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Bricked phone! Stuck in fastboot only, bootloader is locked! Need help, please!

Did anyone find a solution in this particular case? I read all forums but I didn't find the steps to fix it yet...
Situation: Huawei P9 keeps turning on and freeze at Huawei Logo. I have an option to go to fastboot mode, but unfortunately, I can't do
anything else (FRP locked). I received the unlock OEM code from official Huawei site, but I can't unlock OEM.
When I launch the fastboot OEM unlock ... command (with unlock code), I always get:
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FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
When I am trying to flash is the same situation: FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
SD micro card is not booting...
The phone is not rooted.
Are any masters who could provide how to unlock bootloader or any flashing method without an unlocked bootloader in this particular situation?

15€ for dc phoenix

any other options?

I have probably the same issue, but maybe you are luckier than me.
Can you still get into the manual updater via "vol+ & vol- & power"?
If you can, you can flash it here with the stock rom app in dload folder of the sd-card.
For me however, I cannot get into the manual updater, erecovery.
I am still trying to figure out if I can get "fastboot update rom.zip" to work. It tells me the android-info.txt is missing and I have no idea where to get it, or how to make one.

noalt said:
I have probably the same issue, but maybe you are luckier than me.
Can you still get into the manual updater via "vol+ & vol- & power"?
If you can, you can flash it here with the stock rom app in dload folder of the sd-card.
For me however, I cannot get into the manual updater, erecovery.
I am still trying to figure out if I can get "fastboot update rom.zip" to work. It tells me the android-info.txt is missing and I have no idea where to get it, or how to make one.
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I can't get into the manual updater via "vol+ & vol- & power". I'm still looking how to remove FRP lock.

Don't bother with the DC-unlocker. It did not work. :-/

noalt said:
Don't bother with the DC-unlocker. It did not work. :-/
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So strange that nobody knows how to fix it. I spend many hours how to find a solution but still couldn't find it..
Did you try by yourself to erase FRP with DC-Unlocker?

Yes, I did. Afterwards I saw in the faq that it doesnt work for bricked phones.

Thankfully I never bricked the phone, but frankly I didn't know there were cases that even DC Phonex cannot resolve (at least to unlock bootloader for the first step)
The following guide helped many people to unbrick phones, but it relies on flashing through fastbook - requiring to have the bootloader unlocked (hence you are again with the chicken and egg problem):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74169408&postcount=7
There is also another commercial 'repeair' tool that was spoken on XDA Huawei topics about, but now looking carefully, seems it's not for unlcking bootloader and neither for unbricking (?!) - you can double-check if you find anything useful:
https://hcu-client.com/
Sorry it doesn't help you...!

The fastboot flash commands are locked due to the frp-lock.
I talked to the tech-guy from dc-unlocker and he said the frp-unlock from the tool only removes the associated google account in the OS, but does not change the frp-lock.
This however might work: https://www.dc-unlocker.com/DC-Phoenix-flash-repair-tutorial
But I'm thinking of returning the phone for repair because it is only a week old and still in waranty.
If somebody tries it, I will be glad to hear how it turned out.

Have you tried wiping everything (data/cache) by using the stock recovery? Volume up and the power button should do it. Then check if it will boot after doing those steps.

thedarkinvader said:
Have you tried wiping everything (data/cache) by using the stock recovery? Volume up and the power button should do it. Then check if it will boot after doing those steps.
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Stock recovery is not available. I think it's partially overwritten.

noalt said:
Stock recovery is not available. I think it's partially overwritten.
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I think we need to know what OP did before all of this happened to get a more clear idea of why it happened and how to solve it

thedarkinvader said:
I think we need to know what OP did before all of this happened to get a more clear idea of why it happened and how to solve it
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For me:
-Bought the phone with android 6.0, Bluetooth was working.
-Upgraded to android nougat with the normal updater (in running OS).
-Upgrade was succesfull but bluetooth was not working.
-Set factory defaults, bluetooth still not working.
-Downloaded stock rom android 7.0 and installed it using dload method (using manual updater (vol+ & vol- & power).
-Was succesfull but still no bluetooth.
-Reverted to android 6.0 using the rollback package and a stock rom I downloaded (using manual updater)
-Revert was succesfull, adroid 6.0 was running and bluetooth was working.
-Wanted to try updating to android 7.0 once again using the normal updater.
-Normal updater said it was already at latest version, but it was android 6.0 (???)
-Tried updating to android 7.0 (same package as before) using dload method (manual updater)
-Updater stopped at 5% and said wrong package (weird, it worked before)
-Tried using the same rollback package as before to get it to region c900 (worldwide)
-Went to 100%, rebooted and stuck at boot-logo.
-After a while, rebooted my phone, but always stuck at boot-logo.
-No longer can shut down my phone. Holding power reboots.
-Tried getting to erecovery using vol+ & power. Reboots to boot-logo (vibrates twice during reboot)
-Tried getting to manual updater using vol+ & vol- & power. Reboots to boot-logo (vibrates twice during reboot)
-Can get into fastboot mode, but bootloader andr frp are locked. (Limited fastboot commands).
-Letting power drain shows red power circle indicating the battery is practically empty and will only boot to fastboot mode (plugged in)
-After charging still stuck at boot-logo.
I think that is about it...
Thanks for the help

noalt said:
For me:
-Bought the phone with android 6.0, Bluetooth was working.
-Upgraded to android nougat with the normal updater (in running OS).
-Upgrade was succesfull but bluetooth was not working.
-Set factory defaults, bluetooth still not working.
-Downloaded stock rom android 7.0 and installed it using dload method (using manual updater (vol+ & vol- & power).
-Was succesfull but still no bluetooth.
-Reverted to android 6.0 using the rollback package and a stock rom I downloaded (using manual updater)
-Revert was succesfull, adroid 6.0 was running and bluetooth was working.
-Wanted to try updating to android 7.0 once again using the normal updater.
-Normal updater said it was already at latest version, but it was android 6.0 (???)
-Tried updating to android 7.0 (same package as before) using dload method (manual updater)
-Updater stopped at 5% and said wrong package (weird, it worked before)
-Tried using the same rollback package as before to get it to region c900 (worldwide)
-Went to 100%, rebooted and stuck at boot-logo.
-After a while, rebooted my phone, but always stuck at boot-logo.
-No longer can shut down my phone. Holding power reboots.
-Tried getting to erecovery using vol+ & power. Reboots to boot-logo (vibrates twice during reboot)
-Tried getting to manual updater using vol+ & vol- & power. Reboots to boot-logo (vibrates twice during reboot)
-Can get into fastboot mode, but bootloader andr frp are locked. (Limited fastboot commands).
-Letting power drain shows red power circle indicating the battery is practically empty and will only boot to fastboot mode (plugged in)
-After charging still stuck at boot-logo.
I think that is about it...
Thanks for the help
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Any luck in doing a rollback again? I mean, wouldn't hurt to try doing it again. I also wonder why doing steps the second time gives us different results. Weird.

Well, I sort of tried it but it only works from the manual updater, which is not accessible.

So, I bit the bullet and tried dc-phoenix flasher. (https://www.dc-unlocker.com/DC-Phoenix-flash-repair-tutorial)
-Loaded nougat in dc-phoenix. Started flashing using the "backdoor".
-In the end there was something that failed, but it did managed to write back the erecovery and manual updater. (I pressume it would not have failed if I had chosen the marshmallow image)
-So at this point, I still had no OS.
-I tried using the manual updater to go to nougat but that did not work.
-I tried the marshmallow package with the manual updater and this did worked.
-So I had a working marshmallow. (with bluetooth working)
-and NOW the first thing I did was OEM UNLOCK!!!!!!
-Flashed TWRP and installed nougat with TWRP.
-The flashing procedure was a partial succes. Nougat was running but without a keyboard installed for some reason.
-Installed a play store keyboard so I can actually type the password of my wifi
-But still no bluetooth in Nougat.
-This evening I am going to try a package via the firmware finder. (The nougat I was trying is b384)

noalt said:
So, I bit the bullet and tried dc-phoenix flasher. (https://www.dc-unlocker.com/DC-Phoenix-flash-repair-tutorial)
-Loaded nougat in dc-phoenix. Started flashing using the "backdoor".
-In the end there was something that failed, but it did managed to write back the erecovery and manual updater. (I pressume it would not have failed if I had chosen the marshmallow image)
-So at this point, I still had no OS.
-I tried using the manual updater to go to nougat but that did not work.
-I tried the marshmallow package with the manual updater and this did worked.
-So I had a working marshmallow. (with bluetooth working)
-and NOW the first thing I did was OEM UNLOCK!!!!!!
-Flashed TWRP and installed nougat with TWRP.
-The flashing procedure was a partial succes. Nougat was running but without a keyboard installed for some reason.
-Installed a play store keyboard so I can actually type the password of my wifi
-But still no bluetooth in Nougat.
-This evening I am going to try a package via the firmware finder. (The nougat I was trying is b384)
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That happened to me one, not having a keyboard to use. I think you have to flash the public zip that comes with the full package.
Since you're unlocked and have the whole package, I suggest that you do the HWOTA steps then. The post title should be about the nocheck recovery thingy.

I got it sorted yesterday.
Got 3 zips with the firmware finder and installed those through twrp.
Bluetooth working and everything
I'm still on b386 though. I tried 397 and 393 which the firmware finder said where compatible (imei check), but they both failed to install through twrp.
And then I got tired of it, so I stuck with b386.
Thank you all for the assistance!

noalt said:
I got it sorted yesterday.
Got 3 zips with the firmware finder and installed those through twrp.
Bluetooth working and everything
I'm still on b386 though. I tried 397 and 393 which the firmware finder said where compatible (imei check), but they both failed to install through twrp.
And then I got tired of it, so I stuck with b386.
Thank you all for the assistance!
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I'm not sure if it's the same for the other versions (L-XX) but for my P9 (L19C363), installing the B394 gave me "dynamic photos" in the Camera app (live photos in iOS) and searching for photos by date, album, etc. in the Gallery app. If what they say is true, that the bootloader being unlocked doesn't affect being able to install updates, I suggest that you flash the stock recovery and update through it if want to get those features

Xiaomi Mi 9 stuck in a bootloop, now with no OS. Help needed

Yeah, I'm not feeling very smart right now.
Short story:
Accidentally wiped OS in TWRP, now only seem to have access to fastboot. Can I fix this? Flash another ROM? Anything? Bootloader is unlocked, can't seem to get into TWRP anymore. Power + Volume up only takes me to fastboot again.
Long story:
Magisk module caused a bootloop. Wanting to try and avoid a factory reset, I tried sideloading Magisk for TWRP which didn't work, ultimately gave up and wanted to perform a factory reset via TWRP, but I've been working late and ticked the wrong box without thinking. Bad idea, I know. Wiped system, yes.
Aside from feeling exceptionally stupid, can this situation be salvaged? The phone doesn't switch off, it just sits in fastboot. I have Minimal ADB and Fastboot on my PC. Any help will be greatly appreciated, really.

Just in case anyone else ends up with a similar problem, the resolution was fortunately rather straightforward - I needed to grab the Mi Flash tool (as it turns out, this version worked best), stock firmware for my version, go into fastboot (which was no issue as that was the only thing my phone would do) and then open the Mi Flash tool and flashing the firmware was pretty straightforward from there. I even managed to get a BSOD during the process, but it's not like it could get any worse, anyway. Rebooted, restarted the process and about 10-15 minutes later, my phone was happily booting again.

divided by zero said:
Just in case anyone else ends up with a similar problem, the resolution was fortunately rather straightforward - I needed to grab the Mi Flash tool (as it turns out, this version worked best), stock firmware for my version, go into fastboot (which was no issue as that was the only thing my phone would do) and then open the Mi Flash tool and flashing the firmware was pretty straightforward from there. I even managed to get a BSOD during the process, but it's not like it could get any worse, anyway. Rebooted, restarted the process and about 10-15 minutes later, my phone was happily booting again.
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With Fastboot mode and Mi flash as fail safes , we can flash to our hears content with no worries !
Also a more automated tool is a custom mi flash tool by a developer called XiaimiToolV2 ,which has a dedicated mode for bricked phones or downloads the latest fastboot roms for you.

crs951 said:
With Fastboot mode and Mi flash as fail safes , we can flash to our hears content with no worries !
Also a more automated tool is a custom mi flash tool by a developer called XiaimiToolV2 ,which has a dedicated mode for bricked phones or downloads the latest fastboot roms for you.
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I have similar problems , but my Mi9 is not recognized by PC and wont enter fastboot . Only sign of life is blinking white LED sometimes I connect it to charger,to PC or try to turn it on.
Can anyone suggest me what to do ?

mstaglicic said:
I have similar problems , but my Mi9 is not recognized by PC and wont enter fastboot . Only sign of life is blinking white LED sometimes I connect it to charger,to PC or try to turn it on.
Can anyone suggest me what to do ?
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I had excaxtly that witha my mi5 , completely dead .
Leave it on the charger for a little bit,mine after an unsuccessful flash with mi flash (catastrophic error message) it turned back on.
IF not download XiaomiTool V2 and try the option for bricked phones.

I tried that yesterday but that option is still in development. Only the modifications one is supported currently. As for the issue mentioned, maybe it's really just a matter of charging the phone first. Can't hurt either way.

mstaglicic said:
I have similar problems , but my Mi9 is not recognized by PC and wont enter fastboot . Only sign of life is blinking white LED sometimes I connect it to charger,to PC or try to turn it on.
Can anyone suggest me what to do ?
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Try to use the EDL mode

How to force it to EDL by key combination or maybe deep flash cable ?
My Mi account is authorized for EDL flash but I cant get Mi9 into EDL mode on my PC ( Windows10 )

No OS, but working TWRP
Hi,
I have a similar problem with my mi 9.
I followed a really bad description for the update xiaomi.eu from MIUI10 to MIUI11.
https://www.chinahandys.net/xiaomi-eu-rom-update/
It recomended to wipe alvik / Art Cache, Cache AND System :crying:
So I do not have no OS any more. However, TRWP is still working.
I have a Backup but it did not work :crying:
Is there a better option than the Mi Flash tool?
Please help me!

Since you already have TWRP, download the latest Xiaomi.eu custom ROM available for the Mi 9, which is 9.11.7 to your computer.
Also download the latest TWRP by Mauronofrio from XDA which is 3.3.1-42.
Then use adb to transfer both the ROM and TWRP to your Mi 9.
In TWRP, install TWRP first and manually reboot to twrp using the vol up + power button.
In TWRP, install the ROM, do a factory reset, then finally reboot.
Sent from my MI 9 (Cepheus) using Tapatalk

sangbuana said:
Since you already have TWRP, download the latest Xiaomi.eu custom ROM available for the Mi 9, which is 9.11.7 to your computer.
Also download the latest TWRP by Mauronofrio from XDA which is 3.3.1-42.
Then use adb to transfer both the ROM and TWRP to your Mi 9.
In TWRP, install TWRP first and manually reboot to twrp using the vol up + power button.
In TWRP, install the ROM, do a factory reset, then finally reboot.
Sent from my MI 9 (Cepheus) using Tapatalk
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Thank you very much for your reply.
When I tried to make my TWRP backup work I had several problems.
First was "vendor read only". So I went in TWRP to "mount" and unticked the "mount vendor partition read-only" (sounds easy, took me some time to find out)
Then I was able to do the restore without error message. However just boot loop and only the possibility to access TWRP.
After some while I realized that this restored the wiped system partition.
So I flashed the aktual MIUI 11 9.11.7 again and rebooted.
And it worked perfectly! :victory:
I did no Factory reset all the time, it seems that everything is perfect!
No lags, no problems with the camera, no issues with auto rotation.
Tom

XT1942-1 won't enter Recovery Mode

Hi, I have a XT1942-1 variant that's stuck on Android 9.0 with the Feb 2019 security update (PPT29.74-41). OTA updates don't work, so working on updating to Android 10 manually. And got stuck almost immediately.
I've enabled USB Debugging inside Developer Mode, but I can't get into Recovery Mode. From the Fastboot screen, when I select Recovery Mode, the screen just goes blank for 2-3 seconds and then comes back to the Fastboot screen.
What am I missing?

Did you solve your problem? I also want to update this model to Android 10. Where you find a proper rom?

Rajneros said:
Did you solve your problem? I also want to update this model to Android 10. Where you find a proper rom?
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Nope, never did. Finding ROM's is easy, and I tried them on my other phone (I ahve 2 of the same), but they all fail at some point.

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I was trying to upgrade to android 7.0, which worked but as I was attempting root the phone I wiped the system partition, this was still okay. Some minor issues booting up the phone but it was still working then I factory reset in an attempt to rid the phone of some of the issues. Didn't work as now when I attempt to boot it up it gets stuck in a loop of attempting to boot but doesn't, I can enter TWRP which states there is no OS installed, my bootloader is unlocked but I can't get into fastboot mode, eRecovery doesn't work and I've tried the dload method however the software install gets to about 5% before saying software install failed.
I have a previous version backed up and it's a decent phone so any advice or help to try to fix this would be appreciated.

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