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Questions tagged [unbricking]

Questions about getting Android devices out of a "bricked" state.

Questions with this tag should have to do with "unbricking" an Android device. Although technically the term "bricked" used to mean that a device is beyond rescue (therefore "a brick"), it is recently often used for devices that simply will not boot.

If your device will not boot, one way to restore it can be to put it into fastboot mode. The process of putting your device in a mode like this is different from every device, but it usually involves pressing a hardware button while the phone is connected with USB, and the basic point of it is the same: by putting your device in fastboot you can access your device with fastboot. Running fastboot devices will list all connected devices that are detected, and running fastboot update <filename> would install something like an update.zip. The CyanogenMod wiki article on fastboot has more information on available commands. The binary fastboot is a part of the Android SDK.

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Why is bricking possible?

No matter how messed up a desktop is, you can always format it and reinstall of a live boot. Why can't you do the same thing with a droid?
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What's my solutions if i brick my android phone?

Are there any tricks (general or not) that I can use if I brick my Android phone? e.g.: when updating android..
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"no command" after OTA update of a Wiko Rainbow 4G

My son has a Wiko Rainbow 4G (a French company) which underwent an OTA update. It runs by default Kitkat 4.4. The phone was not rooted not modified in any way. After the OTA the phone rebooted but is now stuck in a "no command" ("pas de commande" in…
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HTC 626 bricked when trying to root the phone. What to do now?

I have bricked my HTC 626. I was trying to root my phone. I installed a recovery. As you can understand that I flashed recovery after unlocking bootloader. But I have s-on on phone. I then got some file on Google searching it for ways of recovery,…
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Did I just brick a non-rooted device?

I have a non-rooted Onyx Boox C67ML Carta running stock Android 4.2.2. I just installed Orientation Locker. I transferred it from my phone using Shareit, but on my phone it had come from the Play Store. Once installed, when I tried to run it, the…
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Is it a hard brick?

I think I've bricked my device (Huawei G330, U8225-1). I was adb pushing while I received a "push failed: no space left on device". The phone boots in recovery, I've root but the bootloader is locked. If I try to push an update to SDCARD/dload it…
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How to know if it's hard bricked or a hardware problem?

Phone: Moto C Plus, rooted. How it started: I was on F-Droid, downloaded Bromite (a browser). While installing it, the phone froze/hang. I went to the kitchen, came back, and i see the recovery TWRP logo screen. It was just frozen on that logo…
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Is my old phone still recoverable after super bricking it?

A long time ago, when I was way dumber, I really wanted to upgrade my old phone (Wiko Lenny 3) from Android 6.0 to Android 7.0 but with no avail. Since that day, the phone is no longer bootable. If I try to connect my phone with the computer, it…
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Sahara error while sending programmer to bricked phone

I flashed a bad aboot partition on my Idol 3 and I'm now stuck on a black screen. Plugging my phone in gives me a "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008" on COM11 (rather than the usual COM7 in EDL). I have a backup of the old aboot, but when I try to flash…
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How do I wipe the data from a hard bricked phone

I think I've hard bricked my Android, and the phone had sensitive private data on it while it was still functional. I plan to try and get it repaired, but is it possible to wipe this data first?
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Softbricked, locked bootloader, no recovery

Trying to fix a bricked Alcatel 4060A. It seems that the original root caused to to not boot, stuck at "Alcatel" logo. I have another untouched, working copy of this phone, is there any way to fix this?
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Soft bricked device fails to boot into recovery, both through key combo and fastboot

I have a Micromax Canvas 2.2 A114 which is soft bricked. I am trying to get into recovery mode after flashing CWM Recovery image using fastboot with the following command: # fastboot flash recovery /tmp/recovery.img The command gives the following…
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Device can only boot into download mode

I have rooted my Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (SM-S920L) running with Android 5.0 and while trying to load TWRP recovery I messed up with my device and now, I can only get into download mode. It says "Set warranty bit : kernel".…
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Flashing of factory image failed Yuphoria

I was flashing the factory image of my YU Yuphoria through the flash-all script, everything completed successfully, but when it came to flashing system partition, the command line got stuck at "writing system" in the last sparse system. It took a…
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Did the "stop" command brick my phone?

I have a rooted Sony Xperia Z3+. So I was mucking around in a root terminal (on my phone, not via adb), and I simply typed stop. The phone seemed to instantly turn off, but it won't turn on again! What did I do? Sorry if this seems like a dumb…
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