Zte Axon Drivers And ADB - ZTE Axon Pro

Anyone have any problems getting the Axon work correctly with Windows?
I am trying to use helium to back up/restore data from my PC (I would use Titanium but I haven't rooted the Axon). I have no problems with my Nexus 5 but Windows is throwing all sorts of errors when I try to copy files to the Axon (any file starting with "." like ".media" it doesn't like. When trying to connect via adb (e.g. like running "adb devices" to see what devices are connected) I see no devices.When the Axon is connected in device manager I see under "Other devices" "ADB interface" but windows indicates no driver available.
Are there current ZTE drivers available somewhere? Helium points to some (ZTEUSBHostDriver5.2066.1.6-signed) but they look very old...with files dating back to 2010...and I couldn't get these to work anyway (I am currently using Windows 8.1).
Any feedback would be much appreciated. I have also raised a ticket with ZTE support and they said they would get back to me tomorrow.

That's strange. I'm on Windows 10, plugged in phone, drivers installed, showed up as A1P and moved all music to device without issue. Didn't try anything elaborate though.

I've gotten ADB to recognize it, but it looks to be only for sideloading. I'm trying to figure out how to boot straight into fastboot, but I'm not sure of the button combination. So far I have, Volume down + Power goes into Factory Test Mode (FTM), but this isn't recognized in WIndows so far for me so I'm not sure how useful it is (unless the drivers could help). Volume up + power goes into Android system recovery which is where I can "Apply update from ADB" but I'm not able to fastboot from there for some reason (I was hoping it might be this easy). Also, if I "reboot to bootloader", the phone just boots up normally, which is also strange. Finally, Volume up and down + power just seems to boot into a blank screen with the Home button lit up. Not sure what this screen is, but ADB doesn't seem to recognize it either.
That being said, I'm not a pro at this so any help would be appreciated. I would love OEM unlock and root ASAP! Thanks.

Sithben24 said:
I've gotten ADB to recognize it, but it looks to be only for sideloading. I'm trying to figure out how to boot straight into fastboot, but I'm not sure of the button combination. So far I have, Volume down + Power goes into Factory Test Mode (FTM), but this isn't recognized in WIndows so far for me so I'm not sure how useful it is (unless the drivers could help). Volume up + power goes into Android system recovery which is where I can "Apply update from ADB" but I'm not able to fastboot from there for some reason (I was hoping it might be this easy). Also, if I "reboot to bootloader", the phone just boots up normally, which is also strange. Finally, Volume up and down + power just seems to boot into a blank screen with the Home button lit up. Not sure what this screen is, but ADB doesn't seem to recognize it either.
That being said, I'm not a pro at this so any help would be appreciated. I would love OEM unlock and root ASAP! Thanks.
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I've been trying the same thing with the button combos

I don't think the camera button is doing anything. Do you know how to sideload SU or twrp/cwm? I think I could get that possibly. I also tried king root which looked like it worked but didn't.

I booted into the blank screen with the glowing home button. My computer is recognizing it as "Handset Diagnostic Interface (DFU)" I'm assuming this is a debug mode for the factory. No separate drivers downloaded for this mode.

Hmmm. It seems to work better on a Mac. I didn't have any problems on the Mac using adb with the Axon.

I used the Google drivers that come with the SDK tools from the Android SDK.

Any progress on root?

augie7107 said:
Any progress on root?
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I've used a few of the quick root tools, but nothing so far. Everything seems to fail at the end, and I still can't get into fastboot.

watch it'll be backwards and you'll have to root it first to get into fastboot to unlock it.

gflash2015 said:
Anyone have any problems getting the Axon work correctly with Windows?
I am trying to use helium to back up/restore data from my PC (I would use Titanium but I haven't rooted the Axon). I have no problems with my Nexus 5 but Windows is throwing all sorts of errors when I try to copy files to the Axon (any file starting with "." like ".media" it doesn't like. When trying to connect via adb (e.g. like running "adb devices" to see what devices are connected) I see no devices.When the Axon is connected in device manager I see under "Other devices" "ADB interface" but windows indicates no driver available.
Are there current ZTE drivers available somewhere? Helium points to some (ZTEUSBHostDriver5.2066.1.6-signed) but they look very old...with files dating back to 2010...and I couldn't get these to work anyway (I am currently using Windows 8.1).
Any feedback would be much appreciated. I have also raised a ticket with ZTE support and they said they would get back to me tomorrow.
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OK, I missed the obvious. When you connect to the PC and choose "Install Driver" it appears as a new drive on your PC with an auto-run to install the driver (I thought I had tried this before and didn't see anything). Now I can access adb from my PC. Still has problems with files starting with "." though (the Nexus 5 doesn't have this problem).

Source code is out now. http://opensource.ztedevice.com/ should be the first option, A1P.

Sounds to me like the phone has two boot loaders like other new ZTE phones

dligon said:
watch it'll be backwards and you'll have to root it first to get into fastboot to unlock it.
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Cant wait for root, i guess well have to wait a little longer, this area looks like a desert.

Nal Rodriguez said:
Cant wait for root, i guess well have to wait a little longer, this area looks like a desert.
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Haha yeah I know! Supposedly the ZTE phones could be bootloader unlocked via fastboot oem unlock, but only if we could get to fastboot mode.

Archfeind2 said:
Haha yeah I know! Supposedly the ZTE phones could be bootloader unlocked via fastboot oem unlock, but only if we could get to fastboot mode.
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903tex said:
Sounds to me like the phone has two boot loaders like other new ZTE phones
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adb reboot bootloader also just reboots the phone from ADB. There has to be a way to get into the bootloader on this phone. I can get to factory test mode and a blank screen with the home light turned on as well as the stock recovery. grrr...

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[How to] Manually update to 4.2

Figured this would cut down on threads and questions. I have made a video showing how to manually update to 4.1.2 (WILL ALSO WORK FOR 4.2, just use the correct file that I link to) on your Nexus 7.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwlXQoAzrBE
Hope this helps.
Thank you =) will try
-Google
I hope people actually watch and learn from this tutorial instead of waiting around for some point and click tool powered by unicorn blood and hamsters. It's an excellent tutorial and gets you in touch with your device by using the exact tools Google provided you to use for this exact thing.. Use them, they are invaluable.
This means we can't use the old method of putting update.zip file in the root folder and let the system upgrades by itself.
Terrific video but for one problem: My N7 doesn't seem to want to go into Recovery.
Using adb reboot recovery gets me into the red triangle screen, but pressing Power+VolUp just gets the Google logo and pressing all three buttons just restarts it. Something is screwy and I've wasted about three hours on messing with it. I never get the screen shown at 3:41.
If I cold start it by pressing Power+VolUp+VolDn, it brings up a screen with an Android on its back with the body open and a big green Start pointing to the Power button and arrows next to the volume buttons. In the lower left in white computer type is:
FASTBOOT MODE
PRODUCT NAME - grouper
VARIANT - not defined yet
HW VERSION - ER3
BOOTLOADER VERSION - 3.34
BASEBAND VERSION - N/A
SERIAL NUMBER - xxxxxxxxxxx
SIGNING - not defined yet
LOCK STATE - LOCKED
Pressing up or down twice brings up Recovery and pressing Power switches to a Google logo and that's the end of the show.
I followed your "How to install the Android SDK, ADB and Fastboot on your PC" video without a hitch (thank you for that one, too) and I have USB debugging turned on (as proven by adb reboot recovery working), so what the heck is going wrong with getting it past the red triangle screen?
EDIT: I'm bone stock, no root.
DirkBelig said:
Terrific video but for one problem: My N7 doesn't seem to want to go into Recovery.
Using adb reboot recovery gets me into the red triangle screen, but pressing Power+VolUp just gets the Google logo and pressing all three buttons just restarts it. Something is screwy and I've wasted about three hours on messing with it. I never get the screen shown at 3:41.
If I cold start it by pressing Power+VolUp+VolDn, it brings up a screen with an Android on its back with the body open and a big green Start pointing to the Power button and arrows next to the volume buttons. In the lower left in white computer type is:
FASTBOOT MODE
PRODUCT NAME - grouper
VARIANT - not defined yet
HW VERSION - ER3
BOOTLOADER VERSION - 3.34
BASEBAND VERSION - N/A
SERIAL NUMBER - xxxxxxxxxxx
SIGNING - not defined yet
LOCK STATE - LOCKED
Pressing up or down twice brings up Recovery and pressing Power switches to a Google logo and that's the end of the show.
I followed your "How to install the Android SDK, ADB and Fastboot on your PC" video without a hitch (thank you for that one, too) and I have USB debugging turned on (as proven by adb reboot recovery working), so what the heck is going wrong with getting it past the red triangle screen?
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I have the same exact same problem, except my bootloader is unlocked. Tried everything I could think of, and it still doesn't go into android recovery.
Insert your USB cable and make sure it's plugged into a charger or PC.. Recovery won't appear unless you are plugged in. It's an odd bug fixed when you update
I've been plugged in to both a charger and the PC. Come on, if I've fired off adb recovery reboot, doesn't that automatically suggest that I'm connected to the computer? I press Power+Volume Up and it does NOT instantly go to the screen it should, but brings up a Google logo and sits there forever.
styckx said:
Insert your USB cable and make sure it's plugged into a charger or PC.. Recovery won't appear unless you are plugged in. It's an odd bug fixed when you update
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Doesn't work in either case, it just hangs until the hard reboot kicks in.
DirkBelig said:
Terrific video but for one problem: My N7 doesn't seem to want to go into Recovery.
Using adb reboot recovery gets me into the red triangle screen, but pressing Power+VolUp just gets the Google logo and pressing all three buttons just restarts it. Something is screwy and I've wasted about three hours on messing with it. I never get the screen shown at 3:41.
If I cold start it by pressing Power+VolUp+VolDn, it brings up a screen with an Android on its back with the body open and a big green Start pointing to the Power button and arrows next to the volume buttons. In the lower left in white computer type is:
FASTBOOT MODE
PRODUCT NAME - grouper
VARIANT - not defined yet
HW VERSION - ER3
BOOTLOADER VERSION - 3.34
BASEBAND VERSION - N/A
SERIAL NUMBER - xxxxxxxxxxx
SIGNING - not defined yet
LOCK STATE - LOCKED
Pressing up or down twice brings up Recovery and pressing Power switches to a Google logo and that's the end of the show.
I followed your "How to install the Android SDK, ADB and Fastboot on your PC" video without a hitch (thank you for that one, too) and I have USB debugging turned on (as proven by adb reboot recovery working), so what the heck is going wrong with getting it past the red triangle screen?
EDIT: I'm bone stock, no root.
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Omega360 said:
I have the same exact same problem, except my bootloader is unlocked. Tried everything I could think of, and it still doesn't go into android recovery.
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I had the exact same issues. Turns out, I had to hold my volume button directly in the middle while holding power.
ShannonMS81 said:
I had the exact same issues. Turns out, I had to hold my volume button directly in the middle while holding power.
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THIS WORKED!!!!!!
OMFG!!! I burned the time I was going to watch the making of Prometheus Blu-ray trying to get this stupid thing to work! Where were you hours ago, man?!?!? Thank you!!! Better late than never.
Glad you got it.. BTW.. I did-misread what you said and yes, you would have had a USB cable in. All these posts are running together of people asking for help and having issues. Mah poor brain is getting em all mixed together.
Nexus 7 needs a coffee maker attachment!
qbking77 said:
Figured this would cut down on threads and questions. I have made a video showing how to manually update to 4.1.2 on your Nexus 7.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwlXQoAzrBE
Hope this helps.
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Great video! I might just be using this in the near future. I plan on waiting for the factory image (I just like having a full install on my devices when possible) instead of using just the zip file (that is if I dont get the update). Although if the update isnt showing up sometime soon then this is going to work for me just fine.
qbking77 said:
Figured this would cut down on threads and questions. I have made a video showing how to manually update to 4.1.2 on your Nexus 7.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwlXQoAzrBE
Hope this helps.
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can't enterthe stock recovery since i instaled CWM. removing it would bring the stock back ?
for some reason its not working for me. im fully stock, no root, locked bootloader. my pc recognizes N7 adb host and goes into recovery, but when i write the command "adb sideload 03a4eaf95f73.signed-nakasi-JZO54K-from-JRO03D.03a4eaf9.zip" it doesnt send it and just shows me the help info for adb. any suggestions why?
Thanks in advance
Same issue, when I "adb device" it will sometimes show as "device" and other times as something else (don't recall but not device). I can get into recover via "adb reboot recovery" and then into "update via adb" but when I "adb sideload.....(see above)" it just runs through the different commands as if "sideload" is not an option? Followed the video to a "T" and nothing.....thinking about rooting and doing it the old fashion way but this is the first android device I've had that I've not seen a reason to root right away...maybe should just wait for the OTA?
Ram1500 said:
for some reason its not working for me. im fully stock, no root, locked bootloader. my pc recognizes N7 adb host and goes into recovery, but when i write the command "adb sideload 03a4eaf95f73.signed-nakasi-JZO54K-from-JRO03D.03a4eaf9.zip" it doesnt send it and just shows me the help info for adb. any suggestions why?
Thanks in advance
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While in stock recovery and in the "apply update from adb" screen, type in the command window "adb devices". It should say:
<your device serial number> sideload
If it does not, check the drivers in device manager. You may need to manually install it. I had to on mine.
Cheers qbking77, worked a treat.
First time I pushed using adb & after following your tut life is good. Thanks again!
Ram1500 said:
for some reason its not working for me. im fully stock, no root, locked bootloader. my pc recognizes N7 adb host and goes into recovery, but when i write the command "adb sideload 03a4eaf95f73.signed-nakasi-JZO54K-from-JRO03D.03a4eaf9.zip" it doesnt send it and just shows me the help info for adb. any suggestions why?
Thanks in advance
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You may be using an older version of adb that does not support the sideload command.
Jwoc12 said:
Same issue, when I "adb device" it will sometimes show as "device" and other times as something else (don't recall but not device). I can get into recover via "adb reboot recovery" and then into "update via adb" but when I "adb sideload.....(see above)" it just runs through the different commands as if "sideload" is not an option? Followed the video to a "T" and nothing.....thinking about rooting and doing it the old fashion way but this is the first android device I've had that I've not seen a reason to root right away...maybe should just wait for the OTA?
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It should say 8sdgfs3JKSDBFkjk3 device or something like that. If it does not, you need to install the the correct driver.
My computer did not recognize my tablet at first. I went to this thread and installed PDAnet which installed the driver.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195

HTC one M7 stuck on Fastboot / Bootloader screen

Hi All,
I have an HTC one M7 unlocked. Two days ago I tried to restart my phone and it is stuck on the Fast boot /bootloader screen. I tried to use the recovery and Reset Factory options, but these are bringing me back to Fastboot screen. Took my phone to a gadget shop and they said OS has gone. Any idea how to proceed? I am a newbie to this forum and any help would be much appreciated
***LOCKED***
M7_U PVT SHIP S-ON RH
HBOOT-1.57.000
OS-6.13.707.107
eMMC-BOOT 2048M
Jan 7 2015,14:50:53.0
FASTBOOT
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN> to next item
<POWER>to select item
BOOTLOADER
REBOOT
REBOOT BOOTLOADER
POWER DOWN
Unlock the bootloader first then install custom recovery
what's up everyone... got a little question and apologise if it's been asked many times before. my wife loves htc (sense UI) so recently i bought a brand new one for her (M7)... the reason im telling this is the fact that I have already drivers and adb installed on my pc (unlocked, rooted and flashed a rom for her on the second day after buying it) but few days ago I bought another M7 at a good price just to use with mhl-vga converter (as a stationary with Bluetooth keyboard and mouse connected so we wouldn't have to connect her m7 or my s5 all the time back and forth) but the thing is, that volume rocker (the one you actually need to enter a fastboot mode, the Volume Down) - dont work, so my question is, - is it possible to enter a fastboot mode through pc using cmd ? I've read that it is possible but yesterday I connected, opened command window, typed ADB devices just to see if pc recognizes the device and nothing, then typed other commands I found googling... commands for reboot, reboot to fastboot... whatever... so I'm asking is it possible? or the only way to get there is to use power and volume down buttons? thanx.
edit : drivers are all good (updated), adb us on my pc. the device was On (booted).
methoddon1 said:
what's up everyone... got a little question and apologise if it's been asked many times before. my wife loves htc (sense UI) so recently i bought a brand new one for her (M7)... the reason im telling this is the fact that I have already drivers and adb installed on my pc (unlocked, rooted and flashed a rom for her on the second day after buying it) but few days ago I bought another M7 at a good price just to use with mhl-vga converter (as a stationary with Bluetooth keyboard and mouse connected so we wouldn't have to connect her m7 or my s5 all the time back and forth) but the thing is, that volume rocker (the one you actually need to enter a fastboot mode, the Volume Down) - dont work, so my question is, - is it possible to enter a fastboot mode through pc using cmd ? I've read that it is possible but yesterday I connected, opened command window, typed ADB devices just to see if pc recognizes the device and nothing, then typed other commands I found googling... commands for reboot, reboot to fastboot... whatever... so I'm asking is it possible? or the only way to get there is to use power and volume down buttons? thanx.
edit : drivers are all good (updated), adb us on my pc. the device was On (booted).
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You can reboot to the bootloader / fastboot usb mode by using the command "adb reboot bootloader". To use this command, you must have the latest HTC drivers installed on your computer and "USB debugging" option turned on in the developer option menu. If you can't access the developer menu from the settings menu (not in the list), you must active it by going to "settings --> about --> Software info --> more" then start tapping on the "build number" until you see a notification "You are now a developer" telling you that the developer option menu is enabled. Then go back to the settings menu --> Developer option -> USB debug --> ON.
Another important thing when using adb from a booted rom is to make sure that you have unlocked the screen using your PIN (or any other security method). ADB won't work if the screen is locked for obvious security reasons.
Once in the bootloader, if you can't use the volume down key to navigate the options, there is not much you can do except using fastboot commands. If you want to boot in recovery mode for example, since the volume key is broken, you'll need to reboot in the OS and use the "adb reboot recovery" command so you can access the recovery mode. If you want to exit the bootloader, use "fastboot reboot".
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alray said:
You can reboot to the bootloader / fastboot usb mode by using the command "adb reboot bootloader". To use this command, you must have the latest HTC drivers installed on your computer and "USB debugging" option turned on in the developer option menu. If you can't access the developer menu from the settings menu (not in the list), you must active it by going to "settings --> about --> Software info --> more" then start tapping on the "build number" until you see a notification "You are now a developer" telling you that the developer option menu is enabled. Then go back to the settings menu --> Developer option -> USB debug --> ON.
Another important thing when using adb from a booted rom is to make sure that you have unlocked the screen using your PIN (or any other security method). ADB won't work if the screen is locked for obvious security reasons.
p. s. with my wife's phone I was done in 15 minutes (including unlocking, rooting, flashing a rom and a boot up). so I'm confused a bit. but since wife's June us new and obviously the volume rocker is functioning, I had no problem getting to bootloader and take it from there.
Once in the bootloader, if you can't use the volume down key to navigate the options, there is not much you can do except using fastboot commands. If you want to boot in recovery mode for example, since the volume key is broken, you'll need to reboot in the OS and use the "adb reboot recovery" command so you can access the recovery mode. If you want to exit the bootloader, use "fastboot reboot".
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thanx for such detailed info. I'm not" working " a lot with htc, I'm myself a Galaxy Series kinda guy but im familiar with the basics of htc. I'll try again tomorrow. but commands don't do what they were meant to do. after updating the drivers with htc sync and having USB debugging On, and adb installed (everything I used to unlock, root etc my wife's device, this device gives me problems). got to see in manager (on pc) if it's even sees the device. but the command Adb devices didn't show anything connected.
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thanx for such detailed info. I'm not" working " a lot with htc, I'm myself a Galaxy Series kinda guy but im familiar with the basics of htc. I'll try again tomorrow. but commands don't do what they were meant to do. after updating the drivers with htc sync and having USB debugging On, and adb installed (everything I used to unlock, root etc my wife's device, this device gives me problems). got to see in manager (on pc) if it's even sees the device. but the command Adb devices didn't show anything connected.
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Yep and post a screenshot of your devices manager when you'll have time.
alray said:
Yep and post a screenshot of your devices manager when you'll have time.
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what do you mean? I meant go into pc, open a manager and see if the pc sees it.
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what do you mean? I meant go into pc, open a manager and see if the pc sees it.
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Exactly and if the phone isn't detected or is incorrectly detected (yellow triangle with an exclamation mark) take a screenshot of your windows devices manager and post it here.
I will.
alray said:
Exactly and if the phone isn't detected or is incorrectly detected (yellow triangle with an exclamation mark) take a screenshot of your windows devices manager and post it here.
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here is the thing, - I was gonna switch my interface to English so it'd be easier for you but don't have it installed and since we just had a major storm, my Internet is down for a minute so here is the thing... in the manager it showd all is good as you see, when you double tap on My HTC, in the little window in General it shows Connected but in time in the same General it'll show "At this moment the device isn't connected (code45). To solve this problem reconnect the device."
p. s. in Drivers tab (just for the hell of it I pressed Update but the drivers are up to date. so does HTC Sync... connected, synced.
oh sh**, I'm finally in after trying and trying... adb devices - Recognised, adb reboot bootloader - rebooted... never mind right now, I'll take it from here. out of time right now but I'll get back to it when my Internet connection fixed. thanx again, but I might be back with another question.
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maybe it's a coincidence but I deleted folders that I used to work with my wife's htc (in mini-sdk folder was unlock code that I got unlocking her device) and unzipped (still had the zip) again. now I have no problems using adb commands.?
alray said:
Exactly and if the phone isn't detected or is incorrectly detected (yellow triangle with an exclamation mark) take a screenshot of your windows devices manager and post it here.
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well, I fckd it up... after successfully going through process of unlocking, flashing twrp, restoring apps from Titanium Backup, last thing I had to do was install xposed installer... i installed exactly the same that I did before 4beta but instead of flashing 68 arm 21 zip to install framework I flashed 74 arm 21 zip, wiped dalvik but no boot up. that's it! htc one logo... connected the device to pc, now it sees it but it says it's off line (in cmd). another thing, - as soon as I connect it the Manager shows everything is fine, then I open cmd, go to cd C:\ (everything is still ok in the Manager) but as soon as I type mini-sdk (the adb folder), the Android USB at the top of the Manager stays the same but Removable Devices gers a triangle. any clue??? Jesus, I was there, everything was fine, I've got a backup of stock rom after flashing twrp but now a brick.
here it is
I was using mini-sdk but just now installed 15 seconds ADB program and tried with it... same sh**. it sees it but the status is offline... tested on my Galaxy s5, works just fine. wtf? did I hardbricked my htc?! can it actually see the # but be Offline. still on htc logo.
p. s. on connecting the s5, in the line where htc (pic above) has yellow triangle, it's not there on s5.is there a solution? double pressing on HTC with yellow triangle and in the window popping up in General tab it says, - Impossible to start (code 10).
and another thing... i honestly don't remember if I enabled Debugging when I flashed ARHD Rom... is it On by default in custom roms in htc?
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alray said:
Exactly and if the phone isn't detected or is incorrectly detected (yellow triangle with an exclamation mark) take a screenshot of your windows devices manager and post it here.
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look at this... the craziest sh**. look at the commands... on adb reboot - device not found, on adb devices - it shows up but as offline and at that exact moment HTC line on Manager changes to a yellow triangle but not before.
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You can't use adb if the phone isn't fully booted to the OS or booted in a custom recovery. What version of android or what firmware version is installed on the phone? The Xposed version you need to install depends the android version that is installed on the phone. Bootloop caused by xposed is something easy to fix normally, but you need to get in recovery mode which is a problem without a working volume down key
alray said:
You can't use adb if the phone isn't fully booted to the OS or booted in a custom recovery. What version of android or what firmware version is installed on the phone? The Xposed version you need to install depends the android version that is installed on the phone. Bootloop caused by xposed is something easy to fix normally, but you need to get in recovery mode which is a problem without a working volume down key
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I know.... (about the volume)... it was on official 5.0... when I was done with it, it was with a latest twrp and ARHD 92.0 Rom installed. everything was fine... i didn't spend much time on it (had to set it all up), so restored everything with Titanium but instead of waiting for my wife to come back from work (I'm sure I didn't even delete the RIGHT xposed zip. it's still on her phone), I've decided to go and f*** it all up by just flashing the wrong one ....
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so you're saying it's either fixing a volume rocker or throwing it out?! but the thing is, because I was planning on changing the casing anyway, i took off the back cover to have access to the volume down button and I can feel a weak click but it's there (the click) and couldn't enter a fastboot anyway. f*******ck.
methoddon1 said:
I know.... (about the volume)... it was on official 5.0... when I was done with it, it was with a latest twrp and ARHD 92.0 Rom installed. everything was fine... i didn't spend much time on it (had to set it all up), so restored everything with Titanium but instead of waiting for my wife to come back from work (I'm sure I didn't even delete the RIGHT xposed zip. it's still on her phone), I've decided to go and f*** it all up by just flashing the wrong one ....
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xposed-v74-sdk21-arm.zip should have worked fine on ARHD 92 (android 5.0.2) but flashing xposed can sometimes cause boot problems, even simply enabling a module can cause boot problems. That was a little risky to do it on a that phone since you need adb to reboot in recovery/bootloader because of the broken volume button.
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methoddon1 said:
so you're saying it's either fixing a volume rocker or throwing it out?! but the thing is, because I was planning on changing the casing anyway, i took off the back cover to have access to the volume down button and I can feel a weak click but it's there (the click) and couldn't enter a fastboot anyway. f*******ck.
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Unfortunately yes.
Like I said this problem should be easy to fix, but without access to the bootloader or the recovery, there is not much you can do
ok thanx.
I wish youd reminded of that earlier... I've been using Samsung for too long...
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So I just got my shiny new Nokia 8 and it seems to be updated to the latest version of Pie. Reading through all the root forums/threads, I'm noticing a couple issues with my phone that I'm not seeing mentioned:
-In Dev settings, OEM unlocking is off and grayed out, I can't toggle it.
-When I try to access download mode/bootloader (volume down/plug in cable from pc) my screen does a little flashy thing and then goes straight to the battery percentage.
-I can ADB devices just fine and see the phone, when I ADB reboot bootloader, the phone gets stuck on a screen showing "powered by android'', with "download mode" in the upper left corner, and any fastboot commands return absolutely nothing.
Any tips or suggestions?
Many thanks
jgro1976 said:
So I just got my shiny new Nokia 8 and it seems to be updated to the latest version of Pie. Reading through all the root forums/threads, I'm noticing a couple issues with my phone that I'm not seeing mentioned:
-In Dev settings, OEM unlocking is off and grayed out, I can't toggle it.
-When I try to access download mode/bootloader (volume down/plug in cable from pc) my screen does a little flashy thing and then goes straight to the battery percentage.
-I can ADB devices just fine and see the phone, when I ADB reboot bootloader, the phone gets stuck on a screen showing "powered by android'', with "download mode" in the upper left corner, and any fastboot commands return absolutely nothing.
Any tips or suggestions?
Many thanks
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- you cant toggle it because you have not unlocked the bootloader. Sometimes even after you unlock it it will be greyed out, which isnt of importance. To unlock the bootloader downgrade to Oreo November update by sideloading the relevant ROM, then follow the the official HMD instructions.
- Make sure USB debugging is turned on under developer options.
- Are you attempting to boot into the OS or recovery here? Abd reboot is enough to boot into your system. To boot into recovery use adb reboot recovery. Or do it manually using the keys.
Ok, everything I've read so far says to make sure OEM unlock is enabled before you do anything else, so you've confused me now. And none of the guides talk about sideloading the ROM, so you've thrown a new twist with that as well.
USB debugging is enabled, and my computer sees the device via adb devices, but if I try adb reboot recovery, all I get is the little android icon with the red triangle over him, and if I try adb reboot bootloader, basically nothing happens. And I wasn't trying to boot into the OS or recovery, I'm not a noob but maybe this phone is just different enough from what I'm used to I guess.
So basically I'm stuck right now, can't boot into recovery, can't sideload a ROM, can't boot into the bootloader/download mode either.
MDV106 said:
- you cant toggle it because you have not unlocked the bootloader. Sometimes even after you unlock it it will be greyed out, which isnt of importance. To unlock the bootloader downgrade to Oreo November update by sideloading the relevant ROM, then follow the the official HMD instructions.
- Make sure USB debugging is turned on under developer options.
- Are you attempting to boot into the OS or recovery here? Abd reboot is enough to boot into your system. To boot into recovery use adb reboot recovery. Or do it manually using the keys.
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Actually, thank you, you got me thinking and I was able to get downgraded to the Oreo, got my code from Nokia and unlock.key, now the only thing I'm still having a hard time with is my computer won't detect my phone in fastboot mode. Works just fine in normal ADB commands, but no fastboot...
You'd think my drivers are all fine and that since ADB sees the device, but maybe not?
jgro1976 said:
Ok, everything I've read so far says to make sure OEM unlock is enabled before you do anything else, so you've confused me now. And none of the guides talk about sideloading the ROM, so you've thrown a new twist with that as well.
USB debugging is enabled, and my computer sees the device via adb devices, but if I try adb reboot recovery, all I get is the little android icon with the red triangle over him, and if I try adb reboot bootloader, basically nothing happens. And I wasn't trying to boot into the OS or recovery, I'm not a noob but maybe this phone is just different enough from what I'm used to I guess.
So basically I'm stuck right now, can't boot into recovery, can't sideload a ROM, can't boot into the bootloader/download mode either.
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Bootloader, unlocked! Now if I can get the rest of my home wireless **** to work this well/easily, thank you for getting me pointed in the right direction, all good here (I hope).
jgro1976 said:
Actually, thank you, you got me thinking and I was able to get downgraded to the Oreo, got my code from Nokia and unlock.key, now the only thing I'm still having a hard time with is my computer won't detect my phone in fastboot mode. Works just fine in normal ADB commands, but no fastboot...
You'd think my drivers are all fine and that since ADB sees the device, but maybe not?
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Bootloader, unlocked! Now if I can get the rest of my home wireless **** to work this well/easily, thank you for getting me pointed in the right direction, all good here (I hope).
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Im guessing you finally realised they after getting the android icon with the red triangle u have to press volume up and hold it then tap the power key to enter the recovery. Good to know you managed to unlock the bootloader eventually.
A lot of people have been having issues with fastboot, especially on Windows machines . Try restarting the shell or use a different USB port on your computer?also maybe try a different driver version and see if it helps.

ADB Works, Fastboot still "waiting for any device"

I have been blundering my way though the internet to get my ROG Phone 2 rooted. I have unlocked the bootloader, I have a modified boot image from magisk, I have the ADB connection set up through USB and it works fantastically. I honestly don't know how I got it work, it involved many different driver update attempts and then figuring out I hadn't put the phone into USB debugging, but now fastboot doesn't work.
ADB will list the device, but fastboot cannot see it. I have tried rebooting the phone into the bootloader, but there is no connection on either. Not sure why I thought that would work, but I tried. I really don't understand enough about fastboot to get any farther on my own.
I have the tencent version and I was pretty certain I have the CN android 9.0 on it, but I am no longer certain of that. I am running windows 10.
This is my build number: PKQ1.190414.001.WW_Phone-16.0622.1906.19-0
I honestly don't know, but does that WW mean my tencent phone is running the WW firmware?
RichDoe252 said:
I have been blundering my way though the internet to get my ROG Phone 2 rooted. I have unlocked the bootloader, I have a modified boot image from magisk, I have the ADB connection set up through USB and it works fantastically. I honestly don't know how I got it work, it involved many different driver update attempts and then figuring out I hadn't put the phone into USB debugging, but now fastboot doesn't work.
ADB will list the device, but fastboot cannot see it. I have tried rebooting the phone into the bootloader, but there is no connection on either. Not sure why I thought that would work, but I tried. I really don't understand enough about fastboot to get any farther on my own.
I have the tencent version and I was pretty certain I have the CN android 9.0 on it, but I am no longer certain of that. I am running windows 10.
This is my build number: PKQ1.190414.001.WW_Phone-16.0622.1906.19-0
I honestly don't know, but does that WW mean my tencent phone is running the WW firmware?
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Fun fact, I just got Fastboot access from my computer by using the side USB port and rebooting into the bootloader from ADB. Still not to sure about the version bit. I think I'm just going to give it whirl and brick my device, maybe.
RichDoe252 said:
I have been blundering my way though the internet to get my ROG Phone 2 rooted. I have unlocked the bootloader, I have a modified boot image from magisk, I have the ADB connection set up through USB and it works fantastically. I honestly don't know how I got it work, it involved many different driver update attempts and then figuring out I hadn't put the phone into USB debugging, but now fastboot doesn't work.
ADB will list the device, but fastboot cannot see it. I have tried rebooting the phone into the bootloader, but there is no connection on either. Not sure why I thought that would work, but I tried. I really don't understand enough about fastboot to get any farther on my own.
I have the tencent version and I was pretty certain I have the CN android 9.0 on it, but I am no longer certain of that. I am running windows 10.
This is my build number: PKQ1.190414.001.WW_Phone-16.0622.1906.19-0
I honestly don't know, but does that WW mean my tencent phone is running the WW firmware?
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1. You are running a WW rom, but that doesn't necessarily mean your fingerprint is matched. To update you need to have both WW rom and WW fingerprint. You can check if your fingerprint is CN or WW using device info hw from playstore under 'system'
2. In order to root you need to have a matching root boot img for your current rom ie root img for 1906.19, just checking that your know this?
3. Have you managed to get the phone recognised using the cmd 'fastboot devices'? Also are you using the side port?
4.when you say bootloader, have you definitely got the phone in fastboot mode - hold vol up and power button until you see the screen with some options. That screen is fastboot mode, you don't need to select any further options. Once in that mode, connect to pc, open adb and run the fastboot devices cmd. Once your device is recognised, report back here for further steps
superbrick.
reg66 said:
1. You are running a WW rom, but that doesn't necessarily mean your fingerprint is matched. To update you need to have both WW rom and WW fingerprint. You can check if your fingerprint is CN or WW using device info hw from playstore under 'system'
2. In order to root you need to have a matching root boot img for your current rom ie root img for 1906.19, just checking that your know this?
3. Have you managed to get the phone recognised using the cmd 'fastboot devices'? Also are you using the side port?
4.when you say bootloader, have you definitely got the phone in fastboot mode - hold vol up and power button until you see the screen with some options. That screen is fastboot mode, you don't need to select any further options. Once in that mode, connect to pc, open adb and run the fastboot devices cmd. Once your device is recognised, report back here for further steps
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Thanks for the reply! I did indeed get fastboot to work over USB. Fastboot devices reported back the serial number and everything. I did not know that the build need to match on both the boot and the rom, but that does make sense and I probably should have realized that before I went ahead and copied the rooted boot.img I had over. Then my phone couldn't boot up proper, and got stuck in fastboot. Then I went ahead and copied all of the contents of the same rom over and now it is literally just a black screen. Won't turn on any more. I think I super bricked it.
Sorry I didn't see your post earlier and I know I am not father into the deep end, but is there a way out from where I am.
RichDoe252 said:
Thanks for the reply! I did indeed get fastboot to work over USB. Fastboot devices reported back the serial number and everything. I did not know that the build need to match on both the boot and the rom, but that does make sense and I probably should have realized that before I went ahead and copied the rooted boot.img I had over. Then my phone couldn't boot up proper, and got stuck in fastboot. Then I went ahead and copied all of the contents of the same rom over and now it is literally just a black screen. Won't turn on any more. I think I super bricked it.
Sorry I didn't see your post earlier and I know I am not father into the deep end, but is there a way out from where I am.
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Oh jeepers dude. So just a black screen... Can you at least boot into fastboot?
reg66 said:
Oh jeepers dude. So just a black screen... Can you at least boot into fastboot?
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Nope. The only response I can get out of it now is when I plug it into the fastboot port, the computer recognizes that something was plugged in. I don't even get a device on a device manager.
RichDoe252 said:
Nope. The only response I can get out of it now is when I plug it into the fastboot port, the computer recognizes that something was plugged in. I don't even get a device on a device manager.
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Try holding the power button for around 20 secs until it shuts down. Then try vol up and power together and see if you get back to fastboot. If that doesn't work try vol up vol down and power buttons all together. Then try again to put it in fastboot mode using vol up and power. Let us know what happens /if you can reach fastboot mode
reg66 said:
Try holding the power button for around 20 secs until it shuts down. Then try vol up and power together and see if you get back to fastboot. If that doesn't work try vol up vol down and power buttons all together. Then try again to put it in fastboot mode using vol up and power. Let us know what happens /if you can reach fastboot mode
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Unfortunately, nothing. Holding power for 20 seconds showed nothing, and like wise for volume up and power. Battery was fully charged too. Had it plugged in for most of today while I was trying to get fastboot to work.
RichDoe252 said:
Unfortunately, nothing. Holding power for 20 seconds showed nothing, and like wise for volume up and power. Battery was fully charged too. Had it plugged in for most of today while I was trying to get fastboot to work.
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Is there any sort of illumination to the black screen ie do you think the phone is on but the screen is black or do think the phone is completely off?
Holding power button for a while should switch it off after a while. Try holding for longer than 20 secs, then try booting into fastboot mode
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Well dude, it's 4 am here. Gotta get some sleep dude. Will check here when I wake. Good luck in the mean time
Still trying to get to sleep. How ya getting on? What about vol down and power buttons for 30+secs, can you try that and let us know the results
reg66 said:
Still trying to get to sleep. How ya getting on? What about vol down and power buttons for 30+secs, can you try that and let us know the results
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Bro get to sleep! Such a good Samaritan
TikiThePug said:
Bro get to sleep! Such a good Samaritan
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LOL! I would if I could, just can't sleep yet. Hopefully soon tho!
RichDoe252 said:
Unfortunately, nothing. Holding power for 20 seconds showed nothing, and like wise for volume up and power. Battery was fully charged too. Had it plugged in for most of today while I was trying to get fastboot to work.
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Try a USB 2.0 port? Surprisingly this works for some phones even though it's compatible with 3.0.
reg66 said:
Still trying to get to sleep. How ya getting on? What about vol down and power buttons for 30+secs, can you try that and let us know the results
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Well, It's been untouched for a day now, and it still will not react to input. No response from long hold on the power button. I will try again in the morning. Is it possible that I somehow wrote into the BIOS of the phone? Android does use a BIOS, right?
RichDoe252 said:
Well, It's been untouched for a day now, and it still will not react to input. No response from long hold on the power button. I will try again in the morning. Is it possible that I somehow wrote into the BIOS of the phone? Android does use a BIOS, right?
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Android itself does not have a BIOS, since Android is an OS and BIOS is more similar to firmware. But yes, the phone does have firmware, and it could be that the mismatch in firmware versions (from which you tried to flash), has caused the bootloader to "not know what to do now" when trying to start the phone up.
One thing which comes with all phones with a Qualcomm chipset is something called Qualcomm Crashdump Mode. You can try to see if you can get your phone in EDL (emergency download) mode and restore the correct firmware in that way:
https://www.the***********.com/rog-phone-2-unbrick-guide (URL gets censored for some reason; it should be "the custom droid" with no spaces)
Also, if you continue to have driver issues with connecting the phone to your PC, are you able to test another PC or even a Mac if you have access to one? I find Windows can be a giant pain for getting ADB and fastboot to work properly at times.
Good luck and let us know how it goes.
reg66 said:
Still trying to get to sleep. How ya getting on? What about vol down and power buttons for 30+secs, can you try that and let us know the results
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Ok, so here's where I am: I have left the phone unplugged for a long time now. Really had no effect. I just downloaded QPST and I can actually get my computer to see the phone. However, I am still not quite sure how to USE QPST and not make things worse. So this is my plan: I am going to look through the forums here for info on how to use QPST to get my phone working again. Not really sure what that will look like, but fastboot would be a good start. From there, it sounds like I have to get the original firmware back on it, and then go about the process of rooting once again.
Still leaves me with the issue that started me down the path of rooting this phone, but at least it will not longer be bricked.
RichDoe252 said:
Ok, so here's where I am: I have left the phone unplugged for a long time now. Really had no effect. I just downloaded QPST and I can actually get my computer to see the phone. However, I am still not quite sure how to USE QPST and not make things worse. So this is my plan: I am going to look through the forums here for info on how to use QPST to get my phone working again. Not really sure what that will look like, but fastboot would be a good start. From there, it sounds like I have to get the original firmware back on it, and then go about the process of rooting once again.
Still leaves me with the issue that started me down the path of rooting this phone, but at least it will not longer be bricked.
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You may not HAVE to flash complete firmware, it is quite likely that the boot.img is causing the problem as you flashed an incompatible version. Below you'll flash the correct version which HOPEFULLY will fix your phone, provided you can get into fastboot mode now.
Haven't read back through all the thread so i can't recall all the details of where you're at. As far as i can tell you're still running WW 16.0622.1906.19-0, correct? Can you get the device to now boot into fastboot mode? (from a powered off state, press and hold vol up and power at the same time. You should then be presented with some options, DON'T select any option. With that menu screen open is fastboot mode.
1. Download and install ADB Fastboot from here to C: drive of your pc/laptop.
2. With your phone in fastboot mode (as detailed above) connect it to pc/laptop using the side port of the phone.
3. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot folder and double click the cmd-here.exe, this will open a cmd window.
4. Type 'fastboot devices' to check that it's recognised, there should be a serial/key shown after entering that cmd.
5. Provided the serial/key is shown in fastboot mode, download the following boot.img (which is for WW 1906.19) from here.
6. Copy that boot img to the same folder you have open for ADB (C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot)
7. In the cmd window type 'fastboot flash boot boot.img'.
Now, that boot img is the STOCK boot img for your rom version. Don't worry about rooting for now (if i recall correctly, your phone won't boot to system), let's just try to get the phone booting first. Providing there are no errors when flashing the boot img, on the phone fastboot menu, scroll through and choose 'restart'.
Let me know if the device boots to system now... Good luck
I'll pm you my email address so you'll be able to get hold of me if you get stuck at any stage...
EDIT: was forgetting you tried so many times to get into fastboot mode, without success.
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Dude, is your phone screen still black but switched on? When you tap the screen does it vibrate. I'm thinking you might already be in edl mode (which could be a good thing). Let us know
Check your pm's dude for further info. I can't post links to the site required so have sent via pm
TikiThePug said:
Android itself does not have a BIOS, since Android is an OS and BIOS is more similar to firmware. But yes, the phone does have firmware, and it could be that the mismatch in firmware versions (from which you tried to flash), has caused the bootloader to "not know what to do now" when trying to start the phone up.
One thing which comes with all phones with a Qualcomm chipset is something called Qualcomm Crashdump Mode. You can try to see if you can get your phone in EDL (emergency download) mode and restore the correct firmware in that way:
https://www.the***********.com/rog-phone-2-unbrick-guide (URL gets censored for some reason; it should be "the custom droid" with no spaces)
Also, if you continue to have driver issues with connecting the phone to your PC, are you able to test another PC or even a Mac if you have access to one? I find Windows can be a giant pain for getting ADB and fastboot to work properly at times.
Good luck and let us know how it goes.
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Just dropping you a quick note to say thanks for thanks! LOL. Yeah, your post earlier seems like the best place to go. Have used Miflash Tool a few times on Xiaomi devices, it's pretty good and straight forward. Should be a LOT easier than using QPST and having to change EMMC to UFS.
Can't remember where i saw it now, but i'm sure i read that if the phone screen is black (but switched on) and vibrates, then it's likely to be in EDL mode already. Which will hopefully be good news for @RichDoe252. Before that (having never been in that situation), i wasn't aware that an all black screen could mean EDL mode is active. Fingers crossed for Rich it'll all work out just fine.
@RichDoe252 If all goes successfully using the QPST file download (and using the Miflash Tool the guide mentions in the pm i sent you) and flashing, DON'T ROOT JUST YET!!!! LOL. Let us know how it goes and then we can look into, and point you in the right direction, for getting you rooted and up to date on latest A9 or A10 whichever you'd prefer
Well I must say Rich, I'm surprised you haven't been back here yet to give any updates on progress!! Sent you a couple of emails through pm... Man, if it was my fairly expensive phone that was in the poo pan, I'd be all over trying to fix it lol
reg66 said:
Well I must say Rich, I'm surprised you haven't been back here yet to give any updates on progress!! Sent you a couple of emails through pm... Man, if it was my fairly expensive phone that was in the poo pan, I'd be all over trying to fix it lol
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First off, you are a freaking saint. I really do appreciate all the help you have been offering up, and I am sorry I have not been very quick with a response. As my phone currently stands, I get 0% response from anything I do to it. No vibrate, nothing. No indication it even is plugged in. I had it connected to my PC with QPST installed, and it was able to pick up that the phone was there, and then immediately tried to download something to it. Not sure what, not sure why, but that kinda typifiies my interaction with this whole process so far. If you haven't guessed, I'm kinda in over my head.
Back to the problem: QPST started some opperation to download something to it. Wouldn't let me do anything else, said the phone was in "download mode". Either way it stopped at 30% and didn't progress for 30 minutes, so I tried to unplug it and plug it back in. Same interaction. Unable to do anything to the phone, no reaction from the phone what so ever. This was, by the way, plugged into the fastboot side port.
I saw that you PM'ed me, and now I can't find the email notification or the PMs on the site. Forgive me for being unfortunately new at this. I will get back to you bud, and thank you again.

Fast Boot

I received my new sony 1 ii and have checked and the bootloader can be unlocked and the phone can be rooted. I thought I was away to the races but I'm mystified. I can't get the phone to boot into fast boot.
I appears I have the drivers in place and the phone is recognized by the computer but no luck with fast boot.
I have searched and can't seem to find out why this is. I suspect some kind of driver issue with win10 but when I connect to the computer with the phone off and hold the up-volume nothing happens. I have also tried to boot into recovery mode and that does not work as well. Any help would be appreciated.
blkair445 said:
I received my new sony 1 ii and have checked and the bootloader can be unlocked and the phone can be rooted. I thought I was away to the races but I'm mystified. I can't get the phone to boot into fast boot.
I appears I have the drivers in place and the phone is recognized by the computer but no luck with fast boot.
I have searched and can't seem to find out why this is. I suspect some kind of driver issue with win10 but when I connect to the computer with the phone off and hold the up-volume nothing happens. I have also tried to boot into recovery mode and that does not work as well. Any help would be appreciated.
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On Sony devices you need to power off and hold volume up and plug in the USB cable. That should leave the blue LED to indicate fastboot mode. I'm not 100% sure since it's been a while since I've messed around with Sony devices
Thanks for the input. I have done that and am still unable to action ADB - It is a little confusing since the phone only shows the blue light and nothing else.
If I normally boot the phone it will register as an ADB device. I also find it strange that it will not boot into recovery. The android icon flashes but when you release it boots to safe mode. I assume it is a driver issue but it is not revealing its self to me . Cheers
blkair446 said:
Thanks for the input. I have done that and am still unable to action ADB - It is a little confusing since the phone only shows the blue light and nothing else.
If I normally boot the phone it will register as an ADB device. I also find it strange that it will not boot into recovery. The android icon flashes but when you release it boots to safe mode. I assume it is a driver issue but it is not revealing its self to me . Cheers
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The blue light is fastboot mode. There is no ui interface in fastboot for sony devices. Just a blue light and black screen.
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On Sony devices you need to power off and hold volume up and plug in the USB cable. That should leave the blue LED to indicate fastboot mode. I'm not 100% sure since it's been a while since I've messed around with Sony devices
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Same person but had to change user name -- more on the issue
I managed to unlock the boot loader and it seems that at every step for rooting I am running into curve balls. Windows was not working for me so I managed to unlock the bootloader with Linux and going on to the next step I had to go back to windows to find a current factory ROM.
The next issue: going back to the "how to" I am unable to located boot.xxxxx.sin in the factory ROM and the closest I could find is boot_x-Flash-ALL-2389.sin and that doesn't work.
In the boot directory all files are bootloader_X_44 and a combination of zip and sin files
Can anyone steer me through the muddy waters
The factory rom was downloaded through XperiaFirm application
blkair446 said:
Same person but had to change user name -- more on the issue
I managed to unlock the boot loader and it seems that at every step for rooting I am running into curve balls. Windows was not working for me so I managed to unlock the bootloader with Linux and going on to the next step I had to go back to windows to find a current factory ROM.
The next issue: going back to the "how to" I am unable to located boot.xxxxx.sin in the factory ROM and the closest I could find is boot_x-Flash-ALL-2389.sin and that doesn't work.
In the boot directory all files are bootloader_X_44 and a combination of zip and sin files
Can anyone steer me through the muddy waters
The factory rom was downloaded through XperiaFirm application
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May I know how did you unlock the bootloader? Did you use xperia 1 as your device in https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/get-started/unlock-bootloader/#unlock-code?
I have already installed usb drivers and have the platform tools. But everytime I boot my device to fastboot, whether using "adb reboot bootloader" or power button + volume up, screen only shows black (led is solid blue). I did left it for a couple of minutes, nothing happened.
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May I know how did you unlock the bootloader? Did you use xperia 1 as your device in ?
I have already installed usb drivers and have the platform tools. But everytime I boot my device to fastboot, whether using "adb reboot bootloader" or power button + volume up, screen only shows black (led is solid blue). I did left it for a couple of minutes, nothing happened.
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I unlocked my bootloader after obtaining the unlock code from sony developers I used adb/fastboot commands in linux mint. Pretty straight forward but the next step for rooting is giving me issues. Just select xperia 1 and the imei number will identify your phone -- cheers
blkair446 said:
I unlocked my bootloader after obtaining the unlock code from sony developers I used adb/fastboot commands in linux mint. Pretty straight forward but the next step for rooting is giving me issues. Just select xperia 1 and the imei number will identify your phone -- cheers
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Yes I followed those. But may I know how long it took you to finish the unlocking?
Install ADB/SDK drivers
Download platform tools
Plug the device
Make sure adb can see my device
Use adb reboot bootloader command
Device booted to fastboot mode
Execute the command with the unlock code
...stucked here
If I miss something. Please do let me know
jepher said:
Yes I followed those. But may I know how long it took you to finish the unlocking?
Install ADB/SDK drivers
Download platform tools
Plug the device
Make sure adb can see my device
Use adb reboot bootloader command
Device booted to fastboot mode
Execute the command with the unlock code
...stucked here
If I miss something. Please do let me know
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I assume you are using windows and I must say I gave up trying to get win10 to work and I was stuck at the same place you are. I then switched to linux and it went a lot smoother and I didn't need all those tools as laid out in the description.
In linux you must use the phone to go into fastboot mode if you boot from computer it actually boots to a visible screen on the phone and I didn't have connection that would take the command line commands. Linux is very good because if you are missing something it will give you a link or a command line input when you execute the ADB or Fastboot command.
I have run a windows/linux dual boot desktop for a while now and I'm no expert but coming from the era of command line I can muddle through. Sorry if I can't give you more info on windows but win10 is such a pain and I find that with a lot of things linux works better. If I didn't need adobe acrobat I would not even bother with windows.
cheers
blkair446 said:
I assume you are using windows and I must say I gave up trying to get win10 to work and I was stuck at the same place you are. I then switched to linux and it went a lot smoother and I didn't need all those tools as laid out in the description.
In linux you must use the phone to go into fastboot mode if you boot from computer it actually boots to a visible screen on the phone and I didn't have connection that would take the command line commands. Linux is very good because if you are missing something it will give you a link or a command line input when you execute the ADB or Fastboot command.
I have run a windows/linux dual boot desktop for a while now and I'm no expert but coming from the era of command line I can muddle through. Sorry if I can't give you more info on windows but win10 is such a pain and I find that with a lot of things linux works better. If I didn't need adobe acrobat I would not even bother with windows.
cheers
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Yes I am using w10. Will try linux later. I have searched everywhere and stucked at the same step. Thank you.
I have managed to unlock the bootloader and root the phone. But problem is. I can't write on the root folder.
More to this I think I might have located the boot file boot_X-flash-all-2396.sin but using magisk it returns no boot image found. I see the guide says use the canary built but that seems to have been shut down, so at an impasse here and am still reaching out for help - damn op phone were never this funky
I might as well put this one out there then -- Is there anyway to flash a op 8 pro in2025 to dual sim - it's the cause of this painful trip
I was reverting my phone to unroot and locked bootloader. And it is saying that "Your Device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and will not boot" loop.
I tried flashing it using the new flasher. But after flashing, it will do SONY boot loop. If I connect it to a charger it goes back to "Your Device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and will not boot" loop.
I can't use Sony Companion since it is saying that my battery is low, and I can't charge the phone since it will just continue looping.
Do you know/have any recovery.img?
Edt: Fixed my phone. Relocked the bootloader
jepher said:
I was reverting my phone to unroot and locked bootloader. And it is saying that "Your Device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and will not boot" loop.
I tried flashing it using the new flasher. But after flashing, it will do SONY boot loop. If I connect it to a charger it goes back to "Your Device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and will not boot" loop.
I can't use Sony Companion since it is saying that my battery is low, and I can't charge the phone since it will just continue looping.
Do you know/have any recovery.img?
Edt: Fixed my phone. Relocked the bootloader
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Any chance you could post the steps to relock successfully? I presume using the fastboot commands etc though did you then just re run the command to relock the bootloader? Many thanks
cd993 said:
Any chance you could post the steps to relock successfully? I presume using the fastboot commands etc though did you then just re run the command to relock the bootloader? Many thanks
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Yes. Relock it using fastboot command.
I use ubuntu to do it. If you can run fastboot commands in windows10 lucky you.

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