Need help unbricking my Moto G 2015 from reboot loop

Thierry_Salmon

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Hello.

I won't go too deep into detail on how it ended up like this, but basically I messed around with flashing a custom rom, tried to factory reset, and my phone ended up stuck on the following reboot loop:

1 - "Warning: Bootloader Unlocked" screen appears, then the phone emits a short vibration.
2 - Phone goes on to "Erasing..." screen, displaying the Android fella with his belly open and his robot innards spinning.
3 - Phone screen goes black, then back to step one again.

Now I might have bricked my phone to death, but I still have access to some menus and options that lead me to think that *maybe* a fix is possible:
I still have access to the bootloader menu, even though half the commands lead to a reboot of the phone. I still have access, on some extent to the recovery menu (I get the "No Command" screen, but I can still bypass it and get to a screen with a few clickable options.
The options "Apply update from ADB" and "Apply update from SD card" give me a bit of hope.

I did try flashing the stock rom using adb-fastboot (RDSLite doesnt even recognize my device) but I got the "Preflash validation failed" error at the first step (flashing gpt.bin).

So what I'd like to know is if there's anything I could possibly do to unbrick my device and flash the stockrom again, or is my Moto G 2015 just good to be sold for spare parts ? Thanks in advance for your replies.
 

MrTooPhone

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Nov 23, 2012
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Did you save a working ROM before flashing new ROMs?

Hello.

I won't go too deep into detail on how it ended up like this, but basically I messed around with flashing a custom rom, tried to factory reset, and my phone ended up stuck on the following reboot loop:

1 - "Warning: Bootloader Unlocked" screen appears, then the phone emits a short vibration.
2 - Phone goes on to "Erasing..." screen, displaying the Android fella with his belly open and his robot innards spinning.
3 - Phone screen goes black, then back to step one again.

Now I might have bricked my phone to death, but I still have access to some menus and options that lead me to think that *maybe* a fix is possible:
I still have access to the bootloader menu, even though half the commands lead to a reboot of the phone. I still have access, on some extent to the recovery menu (I get the "No Command" screen, but I can still bypass it and get to a screen with a few clickable options.
The options "Apply update from ADB" and "Apply update from SD card" give me a bit of hope.

I did try flashing the stock rom using adb-fastboot (RDSLite doesnt even recognize my device) but I got the "Preflash validation failed" error at the first step (flashing gpt.bin).

So what I'd like to know is if there's anything I could possibly do to unbrick my device and flash the stockrom again, or is my Moto G 2015 just good to be sold for spare parts ? Thanks in advance for your replies.