soft brick

SITUATION: hello , My phone is an asus x014d. recently I switched it off , and it just would not boot up again. when i press the power on button it shows "powered by android" then the "asus" logo. PROBLEMS: - I CANNOT ENTER RECOVERY MODE (by doing the power on + vol up) - I CANNOT ENTER TO...

SOLVED: had display repalced. Hey there! I've had this Zenfone 3 Zoom ZE553KL for almost 2,5 years now and this is the first real issue I had with it. One night I went to bed with ~30% battery remaining. When I woke up the phone was dead and holding the power button only made a short...

i got my hands on a p30 pro live demo unit, i removed the live demo apps and then tried to install EMUI10 wich was pretty dumb because now the phone doesn't boot anymore. i've tried multiple versions and even tried renaming the different zip files to get a full flash but that doesn't work as the...

basically this is how it went, installed an android 10 rom, it was buggy so i flashed back to stock miui with adb to fully reset everything, installed a recovery and went back to pixel experience now the phone won't recognize my sim card and wont find any wifi connections, miui also did not...

My tab 3 device is rooted with King0root, that worked well. I downloaded and installed the root app from Firefox when I was logged into the Tab3 because downloading from Odin in Windows did not work (due to driver problems). F-secure is installed from Google Play. Odin also didn't seem to work...

Background: Went to update Magisk via TWRP, phone now bootloops (and gets really hot when charging). Before I go ahead with flashing an older firmware, to try and get it running again, I was wondering if there was any way of retrieving data from the phone? I can still boot into TWRP without...

I was flashing this rom -> https://forum.xda-developers.com/k6-power/development/rom-resurrection-remix-lenovo-k6-power-t3845486 when I got error message saying error: 7 and unable to mount /vendor partition, previously i had LineageOS 15.1 oreo link -...

My Moto G 2013 (XT1032, falcon), running Resurrection Remix Oreo, has suddenly failed. It will boot into the bootloader, and I can see it from my PC via USB – fastboot devices shows the serial number. However, when I try to boot to system or recovery nothing happens apart from three white...

Hello guys, My phone recently won't boot up into system after flashing arise deutronomy in twrp. So I decided to flash fresh stock rom using RUU file and there's a problem. All files that I downloaded from...

I have a non-rooted Honor 6x (4,64 BLN-L22) with bootloader LOCKED & UNTOUCHED. I was using the camera app yesterday and the phone suddenly restarted by its own. Then It kept restarting from the lock screen, sometimes it restarted after few seconds of unlocking it. It never lagged or hanged for...

So I was stupid enough to wipe all partitions (Data, system, internal storage etc) thinking that I'll do a super clean install of the new update. Now I flash the new file (which I downloaded from the official website), it flashes just fine but gives me a bootloop. I have (or had) root and can...

I wanted to sign in to Snapchat but apparently, that doesn't work if you have root. I then uninstalled the Xposed Framework and ignored it saying I should wipe dalvik cache (I now know that's stupid but I don't have a recovery or some option to do that rn) Next, I went to SuperSu and did the...

Hi there I am writing this guide as I have had hit and miss with windows 10 getting out of qcom 9008 mode, some times it works sometimes it don't, when windows is in normal mode you sometimes get I/O errors trying to blank flash check list check you phone is in qcom 9008 mode if you have a...

Hello to all. my SM-G350 now gives no sign of life. The latest signs: Battery that is charging even if the phone is not connected to the mains; Phone that starts booting only a few seconds after the power button is pressed; Turning it on, it started in download mode without wanting it. I had...

My moto maxx is booting till the stitching animation and just keeps repeating that animation and doesn’t go further. I tried to reflash the software but keep getting preflash validification error no matter which region I try to flash Recovery shows that it is on 6.0.1 but I tried to flash all...

I have a big problem on my Moto G (2014), I am soft bricked and with 0% battery. I can get into fastboot mode and I'm able to flash TWRP and official roms. But they won't boot. After restarting to recovery or rom it will show the "warning bootloader unlocked" for a minute and then the "0%...

Using Lenovo K6 Power I was flashing this rom, i had twrp at the moment and i wiped cache, dalvic cache, system, data. After wiping i flashed the zip but an error 255 occured and then i by mistake reboot my phone to bootloader and since then it is stuck on Lenovo screen. I cant turn it off even...

I'll put the long story below..but spare those that don't want to read. The short is, I'm not able to ADB Sideload the OTA images as it always fails to verifiy signature at about 40-47%. I've searched many places and not found a fix. So I'm hoping the genuises here at XDA which I frequent can...

Hello Mi A1 ‘ers who have bricked their phone... No worries! Just post your questions here and they will be answered! Noobs.... excuse me..... people that are not so good.... , no worries, those replies will try to be as.... well......... noob-friendly ......... as possible. So, don’t hesitate...

Hi folks. I have the PRA-AL00XC675 (India) variant of the Honor 8 Lite. I recently updated my build to B151 and proceeded to root with Magisk. However, instead of patching a backup of my actual ROM, I extracted BOOT.img from a previous OTA update.app, I couldn't find one for my current build on...

Summary: My tablet is soft-brick now. Can only access to Download (ODIN) mode. I have tried 2,3 different firmwares, tried 3 versions of ODIN. But it doesn't work. Here is the story: I bought this tablet from bestbuy (USA) I only wanted to root my tab A 7.0 SM-T280. I enabled the OEN unlock...

I have a I9505 and it was working fine (samsung ROM), when I decided to 'encrypt' my device! It was fully charged and connected to a charger. After starting, it stayed connected for 5-6 hours, but nothing was seemingly happening.. After 6 hours I switched it off. Then back on again. The device...

I recently soft bricked my phone, still haven't found a fix, so I made this thread a few days ago: https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/afraid-phone-broken-please-help-soft-t3612332 In it I was told to use Odin to fix it and flash a whole .tar.md5 firmware file. So I googled Odin, and...

I'm going crazy. I wanted to upgrade my Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F finally from 4.4.2 to 6.01. I rooted it years ago and never cared to upgrade through OTA, since it never worked. So I found out about the FlashFire app recently, and used it to flash a 6.0.1 firmware stock zip file I downloaded...

The problem is my phone unexpectedly shutted down when it was connected to computer and was running 3 apps that didn´t need much resource. And now if I try to start the device, I get the bootloop error. Also when I go to CWM, I get these errors: E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command E: Can't...

Hello everyone! I saw that there's always some confusion about these terminologies. I wasn't able to find thread on XDA regarding to it so I decided to write about this. This thread won't help you to recover from Hard Brick and Soft Brick situation! ●Why word 'Brick' in Android terminology was...

I am flashing wrong ROM on my redmi 1s .my phone was not able to switch on ,not charging, no bootloader,no fastboot mode totally crashed. I pressed volup+power,voldown+power not going to any mode.When I connected to PC,it recognized Qualcomm qdloader driver. I am flash to ROM with mi flash tool...

I've read a lot of posts on different forums regarding this problem of this blue screen of death. Has any one really tried to heat the motherboard thru blower? I just recently bought an old G3(D855 32GB) not knowing it has this issue. Please tell me if this can be fixed as I don't want a new...

the other day i experience a sudden random reboot. random reboots are always happening. but this time my phone won't proceed as normal after rebooting. phone stucked at samsung logo (where the yellow triangle usually appears). also i cannot proceed pass to recovery logo, i'm using TWRP 3.0.2.1...

I will give this a last chance before I am throwing this piece of junk out of the window. Galaxy S3 i9300 doesn't turn on at all. Stuck on logo. Recovery mode (VOLUME UP) doesn't work at all. Shows white and black screen. Before that used to be stuck at DOWNLOAD MODE forever. Custom mod...

Hi there, Proud owner of a new Pixel XL. Unlocked version. Tried rooting last night (i've rooted all devices i've owned and am not new to this). Followed the instructions to a "t". The device won't get past the white screen and dots leapfrogging each other. Now when going back to fastboot...

Hi All, I have a note 4 n910f on stock 5.1.1 unrooted and stock recovery. The problem happened before when I'd lock the phone, I wont be able to unlock it or turn it back on. For me to boot it up I would have to remove the battery. Then on its reboot, an error would pop up stating: "could...

Hi All,I tried to root my J5 with CFautoroot it showed passed ,screenshot is attached (http://prnt.sc/dbj19y) but what phone does is show two lines after turning on Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing(in red) (and) set warranty bit : recovery any help would be much appreciated...

Hi guys, I kinda need help. I have a Samsung Galaxy 3 Neo that went into softbrick. There are important data in them, particularly images. Is there a way for me to salvage the images inside the phone? The phone's vanilla - no custom ROM nor custom recovery installed. I'd appreciate any...

Soft bricked when trying to flash stock 5.1 back from CM13. Somehow managed to wipe the entire phone and now all I have access to are fastboot and TWRP recovery. I have no ROM ZIPs to access in TWRP since internal storage was wiped. I tried ADB sideload but says it can't mount /data/. My...

Nexus 4 - wiped internal storage & pc wont recognize phone so stuck in recovery mode before i start, i would like to say that my last experience with android phone, rooting and other stuff related to android was last october 2013. please bear with me i posted this exact texts below before...

Guys, I have a big problem on my Xperia M, maybe you could help. I was using my cell normally when several apps has stopped, Google Play services also stopped and restarted the phone. When it started again, the phone asked for a password to decrypt the internal storage, but i do not. I tried in...

Hey guys my Huawei Y3ii is stuck in a bootloop as I tried to flash a custom recovery. I can still access the bootloader but I cannot access the recovery mode. Any help would be appreciated!

Hi All Proud Moto E3 Owners, Please give your precious time on this device to find a root solution.............:good:

Just gonna cut straight to the point. Wiped my phone to flash a new ROM, selected 'Clean to install new ROM' but instead of then flashing a zip file, i went to Reboot Recovery. I then hit No, thinking it would take me back to the main menu, but instead it continued to restart, and now it gets...

I followed this guide in order to root my brand new p8lite. The thing is that now I have a black screen. If I plug my phone via usb, adb shows me that the device is in recovery. By adb shows me that the device is in recovery I mean this: # adb devices List of devices attached W3D7N16712000718...

Hi A couple of weeks ago, i got a new phone which was a lg k7, now i actually like this phone since its better than my old Samsung galaxy light and runs really smoothly, now i wanted to root my lg k7 so i decided to install kingroot and it actually. Did root my phone, however, i also wanted to...

I have F240 stuck in boot loop. I flashed a custom rom (I don't remember its name but I heard it mimics G5 on G Pro) and I forgot to wipe. That caused a boot loop. I tried pressing all buttons along with power button, but that just gave me a black screen, which would reboot when I let go of...

So I was trying to root my phone. I unlocked the bootloader from HTCdev and managed to install TWRP. I selected the read and write option though I think that may have been a mistake reading some of the posts on this forum. Anyways the next step was flashing superuser unfortunately I flashed...

Hello, I have a new S7 Edge and disabled Touchwiz Launcher System Apps with EZ Package disabler. Today I tried for the first time ultra power saving mode, which did not work at all (I think there was no launcher available) After a reboot, I am stuck at the flashing Samsung logo. My question...

A few weeks ago, my phone rebooted and it was stuck rebooting to the att logo. I was on the road and was unable to use my phone. In frustration I tried to do a factory reset from the recovery mode. It wiped system as its supposed to, but I was still stuck booting up to the logo screen and...

What I've done: 1. Tried LGNPST method but phone never showed up in the software 2. Tried flashing with LG official tool. That always resulted phone disconnected.[I did put my phone into download mode] 3.Tried almost all KDZ_FW_UPDATE methods they always stopped either in not responding-> close...

I have an HTC Evo 3d Sprint (SHOOTER XC ENG), S-OFF RL, HBOOT-1.04.2000 (PG8610000), eMMC-boot, RADIO-11.25.3504.06_M Anyway, here's what I did: I wanted to necromancy the phone back to life. Years ago, it was my primary phone, and was rooted with MeanRom and a custom kernel from -that guy-...

Custom TW ROM Lollipop Galaxy S5 SM-G900F: multiple high-impact issues In last 24hrs I managed to get away from several hard issues, so, I thought it might be good idea to share and start separate thread, as I found none to cover all that in the same time. It all started with no baseband - No...

Yo, I've been trying to fix the damned phone for ages now. I accidentally wiped it by being a dumb idiot. Now I'm trying to fix the situtaton. So, I've tried installing a stock firmware and just flashing it with Odin. After trying this with like three different Firmwares, and sequential...