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Need Help fixing my N4 :(

So I bricked my N4 somehow (I don't know if it is soft or hardbricked).
I was running latest N5X AOSP 6.0 Lollipop and everything was fine, when i decided to try the AICP 0.1 experimental LP. I made a clean install but it the first boot ended in a black screen. Then i rebooted into recovery and made a factory reset and since then Im stuck in an infinite bootloop.
So here is what i tried so far:
Flashed newest Factory Image via Fastboot and ADB. Result: Bootloop
(Flashed with flash-all.bat and every img by myself, i even tried without flashing cache.img and userdata.img, but everytime i ended in a bootloop that goes longer than 30 minutes)
I tried several Toolkits but nothing helps everytime I reboot its a bootloop.
But somehow when i flash the N5X AOSP 6.0 and let it boot for some minutes and then just shut it down and boot again i can see its optimizing my apps but when it comes to start them i just stays there...
I also tried to format my /cache with TWRP into FAT and back to Ext4 (that was one solution i found) but that doesnt seem to work too..
I am very frustrated and hope someone can help me

Bricked Z00LD, all partition sizes are 0MB size

I had this phone bricked for almost 1-2 months, now I wanted to see if I can get it back to work, I'll list here the extensive list of thing that I tryed before finding this weird problem:
All I remember from 2 months ago is that I had the pre-rooted rom 21.40.1220.1998, had a no signal problem, tried rebooting the phone and it started bootlooping, bootloader was already unlocked when this happened.
I tryed varius flashes from stock recovery, TWRP, even tried installing lineage, but I don't recall the exact steps that I tried at that time. I'm sure that were a lot.
Now, today, booted phone, it started on fastboot mode, tried booting recovery, no way. Flashed stock recovery package found on internet, got stock recovery back.
Then I started doing as follows:
Flashing the oldest stock rom package I had, installation stuck on opening update package for 1 hour, removed battery from the device
tried downloading the package same as the one maked on the first line of the recovery screen, flashed without errors, rebooted: bootloop.
tried flashing a more recent recovery and boot img from fast boot, making sure to do a fastboot erase of both partitions before. recovery doesn't start.
Tried installing TWRP recovery, and rebooting, no way, phone boots on fastboot.
done a "fastboot boot twrprecovery.img" to wipe from there the partitions. Got a mount error for each partition.
I went to the partition repair screen for system, and then I noticed the partition size was 0MB. WTF!
Checked all other partitions, all 0MB size, 0MB used, 0MB free. except for the cahce one, it is 27MB and empty.
Now, I'm pretty sure I need to repartion theese partions, but I don't know the original size. Someone here does have the partion size for system and data (and I gues also recovery?)?
There is any other way to fix this problem and get the phone back to work? I literally spend all the day trying every solution I found on internet.

motherboard is faulty
R3DC0D3 said:
I had this phone bricked for almost 1-2 months, now I wanted to see if I can get it back to work, I'll list here the extensive list of thing that I tryed before finding this weird problem:
All I remember from 2 months ago is that I had the pre-rooted rom 21.40.1220.1998, had a no signal problem, tried rebooting the phone and it started bootlooping, bootloader was already unlocked when this happened.
I tryed varius flashes from stock recovery, TWRP, even tried installing lineage, but I don't recall the exact steps that I tried at that time. I'm sure that were a lot.
Now, today, booted phone, it started on fastboot mode, tried booting recovery, no way. Flashed stock recovery package found on internet, got stock recovery back.
Then I started doing as follows:
Flashing the oldest stock rom package I had, installation stuck on opening update package for 1 hour, removed battery from the device
tried downloading the package same as the one maked on the first line of the recovery screen, flashed without errors, rebooted: bootloop.
tried flashing a more recent recovery and boot img from fast boot, making sure to do a fastboot erase of both partitions before. recovery doesn't start.
Tried installing TWRP recovery, and rebooting, no way, phone boots on fastboot.
done a "fastboot boot twrprecovery.img" to wipe from there the partitions. Got a mount error for each partition.
I went to the partition repair screen for system, and then I noticed the partition size was 0MB. WTF!
Checked all other partitions, all 0MB size, 0MB used, 0MB free. except for the cahce one, it is 27MB and empty.
Now, I'm pretty sure I need to repartion theese partions, but I don't know the original size. Someone here does have the partion size for system and data (and I gues also recovery?)?
There is any other way to fix this problem and get the phone back to work? I literally spend all the day trying every solution I found on internet.
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If all partition showing 0 Mb in twrp and u cant change extention repair or format and reboot your phone phone motherboard is faulty
better buy new phone.

[help] my phone is hard bricked !!!

I was running B618 on my phone (rooted and tweaked a little bit), A few days ago I realized that I am running an outdated version so I decided to update to B630. I downloaded the update extracted it with HUAWEI UPDATE EXTRACTOR and while extracting I saw there was an option to make flashable zip so I decided to try to flash it through TWRP (my biggest mistake). I restarted phone into recovery mode, wiped everything and flashed the zip and restarted the phone, at restarting TWRP warned me about NO OS INSTALLED but I ignored and restarted and boom.... I was holding a bricked phone, Nothing on screen not a single sign of phone being alive, just notification light blinking red and green when power button is pressed. Googled it on internet and found that it can be fixed through jtag box.
I took my phone to a repairer and he promised me that he can take my phone to fastboot mode by JTAG BOX and further software flashing I will do it myself. After 2 days he called me that your phone is successfully in fastboot mode you can take it. I took the phone from him paid him his fee and came back home, Now my phone was running a very basic version of EMUI 2.0 which was looking like EMUI 3.1 with no apps in it just some testing apps shortcuts and gallery and other basic apps. In about phone section it was showing android version 4.3 and EMUI 2.0 and internal storage was just 450mb.
I restarted into fastboot mode flashed the boot, cust, recovery, system and rebooted the phone and boom..... Once again a bricked phone with just total red screen. I googled and again found nothing, then I saw fastboot log on cmd and the issue was that the phone's eMMC is partitioned at just 450mbs and the 2.26GB system.img file is not able be saved into phone.
Is there a way I can fix this now, Its also not booting into recovery I've tried all the commands, and when I try to format through fastboot it gives an error saying that formatting is not allowed on file system type 0.5
PLEASE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO FIX THIS PLEASE TELL ME
I WILL BE VERY THANKFUL TO YOU GUYS.

hbilalshah said:
I was running B618 on my phone (rooted and tweaked a little bit), A few days ago I realized that I am running an outdated version so I decided to update to B630. I downloaded the update extracted it with HUAWEI UPDATE EXTRACTOR and while extracting I saw there was an option to make flashable zip so I decided to try to flash it through TWRP (my biggest mistake). I restarted phone into recovery mode, wiped everything and flashed the zip and restarted the phone, at restarting TWRP warned me about NO OS INSTALLED but I ignored and restarted and boom.... I was holding a bricked phone, Nothing on screen not a single sign of phone being alive, just notification light blinking red and green when power button is pressed. Googled it on internet and found that it can be fixed through jtag box.
I took my phone to a repairer and he promised me that he can take my phone to fastboot mode by JTAG BOX and further software flashing I will do it myself. After 2 days he called me that your phone is successfully in fastboot mode you can take it. I took the phone from him paid him his fee and came back home, Now my phone was running a very basic version of EMUI 2.0 which was looking like EMUI 3.1 with no apps in it just some testing apps shortcuts and gallery and other basic apps. In about phone section it was showing android version 4.3 and EMUI 2.0 and internal storage was just 450mb.
I restarted into fastboot mode flashed the boot, cust, recovery, system and rebooted the phone and boom..... Once again a bricked phone with just total red screen. I googled and again found nothing, then I saw fastboot log on cmd and the issue was that the phone's eMMC is partitioned at just 450mbs and the 2.26GB system.img file is not able be saved into phone.
Is there a way I can fix this now, Its also not booting into recovery I've tried all the commands, and when I try to format through fastboot it gives an error saying that formatting is not allowed on file system type 0.5
PLEASE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO FIX THIS PLEASE TELL ME
I WILL BE VERY THANKFUL TO YOU GUYS.
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Did you try twrp and flashable b630 rom from hicloud?

same here need the dump file to try to unbrick my phone

Adi5 said:
Did you try twrp and flashable b630 rom from hicloud?
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TWRP isn't booting up (TRIED EVERY METHOD)

hbilalshah said:
I was running B618 on my phone (rooted and tweaked a little bit), A few days ago I realized that I am running an outdated version so I decided to update to B630. I downloaded the update extracted it with HUAWEI UPDATE EXTRACTOR and while extracting I saw there was an option to make flashable zip so I decided to try to flash it through TWRP (my biggest mistake). I restarted phone into recovery mode, wiped everything and flashed the zip and restarted the phone, at restarting TWRP warned me about NO OS INSTALLED but I ignored and restarted and boom.... I was holding a bricked phone, Nothing on screen not a single sign of phone being alive, just notification light blinking red and green when power button is pressed. Googled it on internet and found that it can be fixed through jtag box.
I took my phone to a repairer and he promised me that he can take my phone to fastboot mode by JTAG BOX and further software flashing I will do it myself. After 2 days he called me that your phone is successfully in fastboot mode you can take it. I took the phone from him paid him his fee and came back home, Now my phone was running a very basic version of EMUI 2.0 which was looking like EMUI 3.1 with no apps in it just some testing apps shortcuts and gallery and other basic apps. In about phone section it was showing android version 4.3 and EMUI 2.0 and internal storage was just 450mb.
I restarted into fastboot mode flashed the boot, cust, recovery, system and rebooted the phone and boom..... Once again a bricked phone with just total red screen. I googled and again found nothing, then I saw fastboot log on cmd and the issue was that the phone's eMMC is partitioned at just 450mbs and the 2.26GB system.img file is not able be saved into phone.
Is there a way I can fix this now, Its also not booting into recovery I've tried all the commands, and when I try to format through fastboot it gives an error saying that formatting is not allowed on file system type 0.5
PLEASE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO FIX THIS PLEASE TELL ME
I WILL BE VERY THANKFUL TO YOU GUYS.
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If You are able to get TWRP or stock recovery WIPE ALL DATA FAST I had same problem, and after that it solves your issue! If not Open fastboot and Flash Userdata.img then boot, go in recovery and Wipe all data again! Keep me updated!
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Mehdi008 said:
same here need the dump file to try to unbrick my phone
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For Your issue, I recommend dc phoenix tool! It is ULTIMATE TOOL! BEWARE OF MEGA BRICK! If You will do all right. Your phone if boot in no time! Keep me updated!

RootingPro-18 said:
If You are able to get TWRP or stock recovery WIPE ALL DATA FAST I had same problem, and after that it solves your issue! If not Open fastboot and Flash Userdata.img then boot, go in recovery and Wipe all data again! Keep me updated!
---------- Post added at 12:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:51 PM ----------
For Your issue, I recommend dc phoenix tool! It is ULTIMATE TOOL! BEWARE OF MEGA BRICK! If You will do all right. Your phone if boot in no time! Keep me updated!
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WHERE DO I GET USERDATA.img ???

hbilalshah said:
WHERE DO I GET USERDATA.img ???
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From update.app extract and flash

Factory reset after dirty flashing Oreo, now only boots into TWRP

So a while ago I had dirty flashed the Oreo update from this link: OREO open to give it a try and see if I could actually get away with a dirty installation. Phone was working ok but battery drain has been enormous, around 30-50% worse than with Android 7.1 especially on idle so I thought ok time to do a proper factory reset by wiping everything (Dalvik, cache, system).
Now, I selected Factory Reset from within the OS (not TWRP) but during the first reboot it booted into TWRP asking me for decryption password, I did a wipe so it forgot all about it but now it only boots into TWRP no matter if I do an Advanced Factory Reset wiping everything via TWRP's menu, phone starts, shows the LG logo for a couple of sec and then TWRP screen shows up.
I am thinking I should flash a stock Oreo recovery in order for the boot to the OS but not 100% sure if this will cause more trouble.

mclisme said:
So a while ago I had dirty flashed the Oreo update from this link: OREO open to give it a try and see if I could actually get away with a dirty installation. Phone was working ok but battery drain has been enormous, around 30-50% worse than with Android 7.1 especially on idle so I thought ok time to do a proper factory reset by wiping everything (Dalvik, cache, system).
Now, I selected Factory Reset from within the OS (not TWRP) but during the first reboot it booted into TWRP asking me for decryption password, I did a wipe so it forgot all about it but now it only boots into TWRP no matter if I do an Advanced Factory Reset wiping everything via TWRP's menu, phone starts, shows the LG logo for a couple of sec and then TWRP screen shows up.
I am thinking I should flash a stock Oreo recovery in order for the boot to the OS but not 100% sure if this will cause more trouble.
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Flash the oreo update zip from westwood or zefie. You can find it in the rom and development section. Search for v20a

mprovi_15 said:
Flash the oreo update zip from westwood or zefie. You can find it in the rom and development section. Search for v20a
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Thanks but being impatient, I tried flashing the stock recovery. This seemed to free the booting and reset process, phone showed the LG logo, then for 2 seconds "Deleting" then LG Logo again and I thought the factory reset was in progress. After like half an hour still stuck in LG logo I realized I've probably soft bricked it. Phone only starts and gets stuck in LG Logo. So I entered bootloader and re-flashed TWRP but unfortunately now I can't find a way to boot into recovery (the irony). Phone just starts and gets stuck in LG logo forever, only thing i can do is use Power+Vol down to reboot into bootloader but no way to boot into recovery or even shut it off. Any way to enter recovery at this state and flash the OREO zip?
I realize I should have just waited for instructions but coming from consecutive unlocked Nexus devices i thought the steps and processes would be similar...

Try to discharge the phone completely (to shut it off) and enter download mode (I don't know any other method to do it). With LG UP flash stock kdz from your model, if you search a bit you will find it. This should work. If it don't work I've seen a couple of posts with the same problem as yours, search for the solution there, but if you can enter download mode it should work LG UP.

mprovi_15 said:
Try to discharge the phone completely (to shut it off) and enter download mode (I don't know any other method to do it). With LG UP flash stock kdz from your model, if you search a bit you will find it. This should work. If it don't work I've seen a couple of posts with the same problem as yours, search for the solution there, but if you can enter download mode it should work LG UP.
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Thanks for the quick reply. With a bit of Googling I found that you can use volume down to enter stock recovery. This confused me as when I did it I expected to see the TWRP welcome screen. Instead I saw the stock recovery screen which only gives you the option to do factory reset. I did it and then rebooted again into recovery and all of a sudden I saw the TWRP screen! I remember there is something weird with how TWRP sticks to the system or not, again very confusing compared to Nexus devices. Anyway, since I managed to enter Recovery I copied the OREO flashable zip to internal memory and flashed and phone booted fine, now I am waiting to set up a fresh 8.0 installation :good:

mclisme said:
Thanks for the quick reply. With a bit of Googling I found that you can use volume down to enter stock recovery. This confused me as when I did it I expected to see the TWRP welcome screen. Instead I saw the stock recovery screen which only gives you the option to do factory reset. I did it and then rebooted again into recovery and all of a sudden I saw the TWRP screen! I remember there is something weird with how TWRP sticks to the system or not, again very confusing compared to Nexus devices. Anyway, since I managed to enter Recovery I copied the OREO flashable zip to internal memory and flashed and phone booted fine, now I am waiting to set up a fresh 8.0 installation :good:
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OREO flashable zip? I am searching it for a long time, where did you find it?

MI A1 can't boot in either stock or custom rom

Hi all,
I hope someone can guide me through. My MI A1 device has suddenly stopped booting for no reason. To fix up I tried many thing but with no luck.
here is link to one of the thread I have followed
Reddit thread
This guy exactly had the same issue as mine but on different model and I followed all the instruction as in this thread.
Summary of things I tried so far (Including instructions from the thread I mentioned) :
- Try mi flash tool to flash stock rom (Which succeeds and nothing actually works )
- Tried my luck with lineage os 17 and GPAPPS but no luck. (Interestingly, when I Install LOS and I the reboot device, it boots in LOS recovery fine but when I try to boot system it just keep rebooting and then finally stops at charging screen.)
PS. One more observation, when I flash it with MIflash tool with stock rom and it boots up for the first time, an intermediate screen with circle logo and erasing text appears just like when we get update screen not sure why!
Guys, this is my last bet on XDA. I almost wasted my whole day searching for solution on #Youtube and other forums, nearly read a ton of things but still no luck!
Please Help!
UPDATE :
Here is a little more progress,
So, I tried flashing the original stock rom boot image with fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
and as usual first it just got rebooted with no luck but later somehow booted the device. I tried the same with recursion OS ROM and then again flashed boot image and just like prev attempt it rebooted first & then booted normally.
Also, when device was booted normally, I received a call and when I tried to pick it, It just got rebooted and I am where I started!
I really don't get the point why it boot when I manually boot it with fastboot and its not able to boot itself.
Anyone knows, why this is happening? Is there a way to clean whole and then install? am I doing something wrong here?
Update :
Yes, confirmed when I flash the boot image from fastboot it does boots up. the only problem is after a few seconds/minutes it just reboot and goes back to problematic state.
This thing is really pissing me off! Can someone help?
Update:
After a few more attempts now, it seems like the device is completely broken! It only boots up in fastboot and does not even boot in recovery ( Volume up + Power)
I also tried with pushing twrp recovery image with fastboot but even though the command succeeds the device just reboots with MI logo continuously.