I am currently trying to install LineageOS on my phone. I personally have never unlocked or reinstalled a new operating system on my phone. I looked on some XDA forums for some guides and i found one and followed the steps. I unlocked my phone and I installed a custom TWRP because I was trying to downgrade the phone back to android 11. Once i was done flashing the file to the phone and rebooted it doesn't boot anymore and only gives me a booting screen for a few seconds after I hold down the power and volume up button for a few seconds nothing else works. I have use the MSM tool and put my phone into EDL mode and it detected the phone with a black screen. Every time I use the tool it works till about 18% then it gives me a Sahara communication failed error and then my phone gets out of EDL mode.. I installed all the drivers needed on my PC and used multiple USB 2.0 slots but it still fails. Any help would be appreciated.
There are warnings in the TWRP thread for the N200 that it is broken and should not be flashed.
I have written an easy to follow guide here to downgrade to A11 with Fastboot Enhance.
Unfortunately, now that you have used MSMTool on the phone, it is now bootloader LOCKED. This tool should be the last resort only if you are already hard bricked. You could have gotten the phone into fastboot if either boot.img was still intact and re-flashed the rom with a still unlocked bootloader. The phone will change slots after so many failed boots.
Now that your boot loader is locked, the only tool that can modify the phone is MSMTool. If you can get into Recovery, do delete user data and try again.
Otherwise, you will need to get an RMA and send phone back to OP.
scanman0 said:
There are warnings in the TWRP thread for the N200 that it is broken and should not be flashed.
I have written an easy to follow guide here to downgrade to A11 with Fastboot Enhance.
Unfortunately, now that you have used MSMTool on the phone, it is now bootloader LOCKED. This tool should be the last resort only if you are already hard bricked. You could have gotten the phone into fastboot if either boot.img was still intact and re-flashed the rom with a still unlocked bootloader. The phone will change slots after so many failed boots.
Now that your boot loader is locked, the only tool that can modify the phone is MSMTool. If you can get into Recovery, do delete user data and try again.
Otherwise, you will need to get an RMA and send phone back to OP.
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Sorry I should have written more details but I currently have a hard bricked device. It will not boot and It failed to boot like 20 times. It will not enter fastboot or even get past the logo when you first turn it on. I did use MSM tool after it wasn't letting me into fastboot. Thanks for the help and I will send it back.
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Sorry I should have written more details but I currently have a hard bricked device. It will not boot and It failed to boot like 20 times. It will not enter fastboot or even get past the logo when you first turn it on. I did use MSM tool after it wasn't letting me into fastboot. Thanks for the help and I will send it back.
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Hi,
I'm new here, so please excuse me if I am posting in the wrong category.
So I tried to root my Doogee F7 (not the pro version) using fastboot and TWRP, and it resulted in a sort of bootloop where it says:
Code:
Orange State
Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted
Your device will boot in 5 seconds
And then it restarts and gives the same message again. This loop has been going on for some time and I can't stop it because the phone has a non-removable battery and I have tried every possible combination of buttons (i.e. Power + Volume Down + Volume Up).
The process I used in my attempt to root was as following:
1. I used
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
to go into fastboot. (I already set up everything like USB debugging and OEM unlocking in the developer options)
2. I then used
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
and pressed Volume Up to unlock the bootloader. All was successful.
3. I then tried to flash TWRP to recovery and I believe this is where everything went wrong. I flashed it using
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and it was successful, according to the command prompt:
Code:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery "C:\Users\momen\Downloads\recovery (1).img"
target reported max download size of 134217728 bytes
sending 'recovery' (12832 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.562s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.213s]
finished. total time: 0.779s
4. After it finished I used
Code:
fastboot reboot
to reboot the phone and that's when it got stuck.
At the moment I am just letting my battery run out, as I have no other way of turning off the phone, and neither adb nor fastboot is working.
I don't really know if my device was even supported, but I followed the instructions on various websites stating that I should first unlock my bootloader, then flash TWRP, then flash superSU onto it, and my phone would be rooted. I used the latest TWRP image, and I think that was where I went wrong. Is there anything I can do to get my phone to work again?
Hey! i´m sorry for your phone, can you tell me any updates, is it fixed now? what happened? i am about to do the same process to root my Doogee F7 and i´m very worried that my phone gets bricked, so please, i need your recommendations.
I hope everything is alright with your phone.
solartediego said:
Hey! i´m sorry for your phone, can you tell me any updates, is it fixed now? what happened? i am about to do the same process to root my Doogee F7 and i´m very worried that my phone gets bricked, so please, i need your recommendations.
I hope everything is alright with your phone.
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Ah yes, sorry for not updating. I managed to connect my phone to my PC again using the flash tool and then I could flash the original ROM back onto it. I found the ROM by Googling for a bit tho I dont have a link. Be aware that if you do this, it basically factory resets your phone, locking your bootloader again and all. If you do manage to root your phone please contact me as I still have not managed to do so.
Edit: This process of flashing back your ROM always works as long as your phone powers on, so don't worry too much about bricking your phone. I think I've bricked my phone over 20 times trying to root it, and it worked every single time.
Hello there. I suggest that you use "fastboot boot recovery.img" than using "fastboot flash" if you are not sure if the custom recovery works (or if you just want to test/try it). In this way, you'll just boot the custom recovery temporarily (and your stock recovery is still in tacked).
For rooting your device, first you'll need a working custom recovery for your device (you used TWRP, very first if it works or compatible with your device).
Insyder28 said:
Ah yes, sorry for not updating. I managed to connect my phone to my PC again using the flash tool and then I could flash the original ROM back onto it. I found the ROM by Googling for a bit tho I dont have a link. Be aware that if you do this, it basically factory resets your phone, locking your bootloader again and all. If you do manage to root your phone please contact me as I still have not managed to do so.
Edit: This process of flashing back your ROM always works as long as your phone powers on, so don't worry too much about bricking your phone. I think I've bricked my phone over 20 times trying to root it, and it worked every single time.
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Hi.How you actually managed to connect your phone to PC using flash tool if you were in a bootloop and had no access to fastboot mode or recovery?
ciubsy2004 said:
Hi.How you actually managed to connect your phone to PC using flash tool if you were in a bootloop and had no access to fastboot mode or recovery?
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Im interested too in your process to flash TWRP again, as i am in the same boot loop than you with a Doogee S60. I´ve waited till the battery ended, but now flash tool doesn´t recognize my phone. If i charge the battery, i get a boot loop again..
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Im interested too in your process to flash TWRP again, as i am in the same boot loop than you with a Doogee S60. I´ve waited till the battery ended, but now flash tool doesn´t recognize my phone. If i charge the battery, i get a boot loop again..
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I have managed to get the flash tool recognizing my phone.Had to keep pressed volume up,if i recall properly(or try volume down) before connecting usb cable to phone with flash tool opened and . It was a while ago though and i can't remember exactly which key was for sure. Hope this helps
HI GUYS IM BLOCKED IN FASTBOOT (I THINK THAT IS A SOFTBRICK), AND I CAN'T UNLOCK BOOTLOADER WHIT NORMAL STEP BUT EVEN IN EDL MODE, CMD GIVE ME THIS ERROR: (failed device) oem edl is not allowed, I THINK I AM ON THE LIMIT, I REALLY NEED HELP, TRYING TO OPEN MY MOBILE PHONE TO TRY AN ACCESS POINT, I BROKEN THE REAR DISPLAY (IF SOMEONE HAS THE LINK OF SOME SHOP I WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO), AS YOU CAN INTUED, TODAY is a NO DAY
Try flash stock rom via mi flash tool
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HI GUYS IM BLOCKED IN FASTBOOT (I THINK THAT IS A SOFTBRICK), AND I CAN'T UNLOCK BOOTLOADER WHIT NORMAL STEP BUT EVEN IN EDL MODE, CMD GIVE ME THIS ERROR: (failed device) oem edl is not allowed, I THINK I AM ON THE LIMIT, I REALLY NEED HELP, TRYING TO OPEN MY MOBILE PHONE TO TRY AN ACCESS POINT, I BROKEN THE REAR DISPLAY (IF SOMEONE HAS THE LINK OF SOME SHOP I WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO), AS YOU CAN INTUED, TODAY is a NO DAY
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You will need an authorized edl account to update stocks again, I am having the same problem, so if you can find any user I really appreciate contacting me with.
Mi A3 weirdly stuck in fastboot mode, please someone help
I recently opened my mi A3's bootloader and then flashed twrp image as it was error or something, my phones got stuck on fastboot mode and after that I have to flash stock rom v11.0.11.0 through mi flash tool and I successfully worked but then I installed magisk and flashed boot image to obtain boot image and that too successful worked but guess what real problem starts here, after the other day I restarted my device and android one logo showed up and then it got stuck on fastboot mode, then I have to again flash the same rom and again patched boot image file to get my phone back working and it went well for 2-3 days but suddenly, yesterday magisk notified that "DTFO is patched, tap to reboot" and I ignored and after that after few hours my phone automatically got restart and stuck on fastboot again and now when I try to flash the same rom again, it takes more than 3500s in mi flash tool and still not showing success, currently stuck on fastboot, no flash tool is working, can someone help please??
I seem to have completely knackered my phone and maybe someone can help. I've spent days trying to install a custom rom on my G8 power XT2041-3. The bootloader was unlocked. I had TWRP on it and couldn't figure out why I couldn't go to fastbootd to install the Resurrection Remix ROM or HavocOS ROM. Eventually I found the stock firmware for my device and flashed the stock recovery.img to replace TWRP. I was hopeful when I finally saw fastbootd on my screen and went ahead to flash boot.img (all seemed fine) followed by flash system of the custom ROM. It got to 3/3 and then said something about Failed: Operation not Permitted. I can't remember the exact wording now and can't try again because my phone is pretty much useless.
If I try to power on my phone it takes ages trying to boot (alternately between the bootloader unlocked warning and the big M for Motorola), but eventually I get a message saying:
Boot Failed. Press Power Key to Retry
No bootable A/B slot
Failed to boot Linux, falling back to fastboot
Fastboot Reaso: Fall through from normal boot mode
Nothing seems to work. I can't boot into any recovery. The phone won't start at all apart from this very basic looking bootloader. My device is recognised by fastboot devices but that's about it. I can't flash fastboot commands. I tried flash partition gpt.bin. I tried to flash recovery.img again. A few things. But nothing works.
I'm using Linux so can't download RSD Lite that I wanted to try or the Motorola Research and Smart Assistant. Does anybody have any suggestions please? I'm at my wits end with the thing.
Thanks
jibbajobs said:
I seem to have completely knackered my phone and maybe someone can help. I've spent days trying to install a custom rom on my G8 power XT2041-3. The bootloader was unlocked. I had TWRP on it and couldn't figure out why I couldn't go to fastbootd to install the Resurrection Remix ROM or HavocOS ROM. Eventually I found the stock firmware for my device and flashed the stock recovery.img to replace TWRP. I was hopeful when I finally saw fastbootd on my screen and went ahead to flash boot.img (all seemed fine) followed by flash system of the custom ROM. It got to 3/3 and then said something about Failed: Operation not Permitted. I can't remember the exact wording now and can't try again because my phone is pretty much useless.
If I try to power on my phone it takes ages trying to boot (alternately between the bootloader unlocked warning and the big M for Motorola), but eventually I get a message saying:
Boot Failed. Press Power Key to Retry
No bootable A/B slot
Failed to boot Linux, falling back to fastboot
Fastboot Reaso: Fall through from normal boot mode
Nothing seems to work. I can't boot into any recovery. The phone won't start at all apart from this very basic looking bootloader. My device is recognised by fastboot devices but that's about it. I can't flash fastboot commands. I tried flash partition gpt.bin. I tried to flash recovery.img again. A few things. But nothing works.
I'm using Linux so can't download RSD Lite that I wanted to try or the Motorola Research and Smart Assistant. Does anybody have any suggestions please? I'm at my wits end with the thing.
Thanks
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If you don't have a windows running computer, you can try a virtual machine with Virtual Box to emulate a Windows computer and try the Motorola Research and Smart Assistant
Constantinologia said:
If you don't have a windows running computer, you can try a virtual machine with Virtual Box to emulate a Windows computer and try the Motorola Research and Smart Assistant
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Thank you very much for that. I'd never heard of Virtual Box before. I'll have more time tomorrow to install it and see how I get on. Hopefully I can fix it because I think I'm all out of other options. Much appreciated!
ok hear me out, I'm a newbie, and I missed up, plz help
I was trying to root my device following this tutorial, I flashed twrp and vbmeta and every thing went alright without errors, I booted the phone into recovery to continue as how the tutorial said, but it gave me the orange state error and it restarted into system but now the device is factory reset, I enabled usb debugging and went on to follow this tutorial, every thing went same as before and I couldn't boot into recovery, so I decided to flash the "orange_state_disabler_MTK Only.zip" with adb and every thing went downhill from there, It won't boot to recovery, bootloader nor system, It just stays at a blank screen after the logo and the orange state message, It is recognized by adb as "recovery" and I can do adb commands but I can't boot to bootloader to flash the stock firmware, I found this thread and tried using the tool mentioned there, Faced an error, solved it and the phone still won't boot to any thing.
so, is there any way I can get out of this situation ?
TLDR / what you should know/ idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- did something wasn't supposed to do
- can't boot to recovery
- can't boot to bootloader
- device recognized by adb but can't do fastboot commands
- device is recognized by MTKAuthBypassToolV25
- can't shutdown nor restart using phone physical buttons
- don't know if the below screenshots would help with any thing, but here goes nothing
You have misunderstanding, Orange State does not cause anything. That is just notification that bootloader is unlocked, nothing more. Therefore the Orange State Disabler cannot fix anything. You don't need this at all.
But it seems it destroyed fastboot. flash lk from SP Flash Tool
aIecxs said:
You have misunderstanding, Orange State does not cause anything. That is just notification that bootloader is unlocked, nothing more. Therefore the Orange State Disabler cannot fix anything. You don't need this at all.
But it seems it destroyed fastboot. flash lk from SP Flash Tool
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please explain, I don't know what IK is, and if I could flash things with SP flash tools, wouldn't I be able to flash stock firmware?
lk - little kernel. that is the partition where fastboot lives (and was modified by Orange State Disabler).
you need partition image from stock ROM and any flash tool to restore its original state.
i can't do that because i can't boot to bootloader
you don't need bootloader, only preloader or bootrom
ok turns out ima an idiot and misunderstood the entire situation , this is my first dealing with an mtk device so i thought sp flash tool is like odin and you need to be in download mode to flash things so i panicked, and didn't read well how to use the tool.
flashed stock firmware and the phone is up and running again
thanks for your help man really appreciate it and sorry for wasting your time
Hi, I am using a oneplus 7t pro mclaren edition. I have soft-bricked the device. I tried to change the filesystem in twrp to f2fs when i was in stock rom (I know it was a stupid mistake). Now the boot and recovery partitions are destroyed. I can boot to actual fastboot mode. Tried to use payload dumper but whenever it tries to boot fastbootd it says
fastboot: error: Failed to boot into userspace fastboot; one or more components might be unbootable.
Tried erase everything I got the following error using "fastboot -w"
Erasing 'userdata' OKAY [ 0.229s]
/home/abhijith/Documents/op7t/output/make_f2fs failed with status 1
fastboot: error: Cannot generate image for userdata
I have heard of MSM unbrick tool but as far as i know it only works in windows , before installing VM with windows , I want to know if there is any other way i can recover my device. I have a11 fastboot rom and a12 stock rom. Please help
I have exactly the same problem, same errors etc. if I find any solution I'll post it here. Can't use my phone until then I guess. It all happened after my phone was bricked after trying to install TWRP (previously used LineageOS Recovery).
I followed this guide which resulted in the same errors as for you: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ock-fastboot-roms-for-oneplus-7t-pro.3991189/
Okay, I managed to unbrick my phone, but you won't like the (probably only) solution:
- You NEED Windows (7-10) for this, as the tools are only available on this platform, sadly
- There is this one Indian Guy that will save you:
- Includes how to install all drivers and how to get your phone into COM Mode
- This uses the MSM tool. For 1+ 7T Pro, get it here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4002909/
- This is going to STOCK RESET you phone 100%, meaning that your bootloader will be locked etc.
- If you get into any Chinese menu after the phone reboots, you can use Google Lens for translation
I can't believe this worked because it just feels so hacky, but trust me, it's a good last resort as you can always put your phone into COM Mode, regardless of how hard you messed up the system [citation needed].
For me even in device manager qualcomm device itself is not showing :0
abhijiths362 said:
For me even in device manager qualcomm device itself is not showing :0
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Follow the video. When all drivers are installed and you hold both volume buttons while the device is off, it will show up as a COM/serial device for a few seconds before booting.
Important: Only connect the cable while already pressing the buttons or it won't work.
I was able to get to edl mode and msm tool was detecting but now i am facing sahara communication error i dont have official cable so maybe that might be the reason will try that also
@Colin_T Thanks for the help. I was able to install stock rom to my oneplus 7t pro. I really want to install pixel experience, in the instructions it is saying flash oos 12 firmware. But in the official website i am only seeing 11. What to do?