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mi5 hard bricked

hey guys i have a hardbricked mi5 no fast boot or charging if i connect to the computer it says unknown usb device.how to fix my device any ideas.

Try to find and install drivers for qualcomm hs-usb qdloader 9008.

if you hardbrick your pc prob detect your phone as Qualcomm hs-usb qloader 9008 . Just install any MIUI rom use MiFlashTool . you can find tutorial in MIUI forum . Because i got hardbrick last week . and my phone work again after install MIUI rom .

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gowtham300 said:
hey guys i have a hardbricked mi5 no fast boot or charging if i connect to the computer it says unknown usb device.how to fix my device any ideas.
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I know it's been a long while since you had this problem, but as I have to face it myself without any clue how to solve it I thought it was a good idea to recover this thread.
First of all, let me say it happened to me with a Xiaomi mi5s. I had already installed adb & fastboot, as well as Xiaomi drivers from the Xiaomi Unlock Tool.
The problem arose when I made a partial firmware upgrade through fastboot in order to install LOS 14.1 via TWRP. I could not geet into fastboot mode, the screen went completely black and no charging LED. Curiously my laptop (Win10) made a tiny nose everytime I pluged or unplugged it (the same one it does everytime you plug a new device) and saw that it recognised it as a 'Qualcomm HS-USB qloader 9008'. More curiously, Xiaomi Flash Tool (BTW, it was the beta version although I guess the latest version would have worked as well) recognised the device although everytime I tried to flash an official firmware I got a message error: 'cannot receive hello packet'.
Well, after some research I was scared because I didn't want to open the phone to unplug the battery or anything. But I read somewhere that someone had the same problem as me and that he tried Xiaomi Flash Tool until it worked.
That was it, that was the clue. Xiaomi Flash Tool ready, having initially recognised my mi5s, the phone connected to the laptop, I made the combination to get into fastboot (holding volume - & power button) until my laptop made a tiny nose (the same one I explained at the beginning). As soon as I heard it I left the phone and clicked on the flash button on Xiaomi Flash Tool. Yes, it worked out. I installed latest development chinese MIUI rom. From there, I got into fastboot, flashed a new recovery... Well that's another history, the fact is that the mi5s is working again and I must say I feel really relived.
If anyone encounters the same problem I had I hope this post is of any help to him/her.

21prods said:
I know it's been a long while since you had this problem, but as I have to face it myself without any clue how to solve it I thought it was a good idea to recover this thread.
First of all, let me say it happened to me with a Xiaomi mi5s. I had already installed adb & fastboot, as well as Xiaomi drivers from the Xiaomi Unlock Tool.
The problem arose when I made a partial firmware upgrade through fastboot in order to install LOS 14.1 via TWRP. I could not geet into fastboot mode, the screen went completely black and no charging LED. Curiously my laptop (Win10) made a tiny nose everytime I pluged or unplugged it (the same one it does everytime you plug a new device) and saw that it recognised it as a 'Qualcomm HS-USB qloader 9008'. More curiously, Xiaomi Flash Tool (BTW, it was the beta version although I guess the latest version would have worked as well) recognised the device although everytime I tried to flash an official firmware I got a message error: 'cannot receive hello packet'.
Well, after some research I was scared because I didn't want to open the phone to unplug the battery or anything. But I read somewhere that someone had the same problem as me and that he tried Xiaomi Flash Tool until it worked.
That was it, that was the clue. Xiaomi Flash Tool ready, having initially recognised my mi5s, the phone connected to the laptop, I made the combination to get into fastboot (holding volume - & power button) until my laptop made a tiny nose (the same one I explained at the beginning). As soon as I heard it I left the phone and clicked on the flash button on Xiaomi Flash Tool. Yes, it worked out. I installed latest development chinese MIUI rom. From there, I got into fastboot, flashed a new recovery... Well that's another history, the fact is that the mi5s is working again and I must say I feel really relived.
If anyone encounters the same problem I had I hope this post is of any help to him/her.
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fixed long time ago , but i appreciate your help and you taking time to do this for me

You are welcome. I was afraid I wouldn't be of much help to you but I thought that it was a good idea anyway to leave my experience just in case at some point it proves helpful to someone.

Mi 5X - Boot loop and no access to recovery or fastboot

Bootloader type = Oxygen (not sure if that is the proper one for the device though)
Bootloader lock = Unlocked via Xiaomi official procedure
USB Debug = Not sure, I'm starting to fear it's off though
Original issue = My phone was bricked. No sound, display or whatsoever.
What did I try?
I followed an unbrick tutorial which made me flash an Oxygen firmware file. After that I get a boot loop. Mi logo and Android loading bar appears and seems to be like that continuously.
I can't access either fastboot or recovery mode. If I try any of the two button combinations I don't even get the Mi logo screen. I see the backlight turn on and nothing happens.
I tried flashing several fastboot roms, stock roms and firmware files I could find, flashing them with different versions of MiFlash. Except for the one I described in step 1 none of them change the situation as described in 'Original issue'.
I need to use the 'test pin method' to even let the computer detect the phone in MiFlash. The phone does not get detected inADB fasboot (which makes sense, as I can't enter fastboot mode anyway).
I'm hoping someone can point me in a direction which leads me to fix my phone. I'm not sure what steps I did to even get to the point where it stopped responding in any way. It has been some time ago, but I think I flashed an Oreo firmware file just before that point.

i did tryied test point (edl mode) and i think either i connect wrong point together or my rom was wrong and my phone can not boot or show anything . when connect to charge it shows key light flashing without any picture in the screen and without any vibration after pushing power button . i either dont have acces to fastboot now . what is wrong with my phone ?

Esemtix said:
i did tryied test point (edl mode) and i think either i connect wrong point together or my rom was wrong and my phone can not boot or show anything . when connect to charge it shows key light flashing without any picture in the screen and without any vibration after pushing power button . i either dont have acces to fastboot now . what is wrong with my phone ?
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If you find the right points you can get into edl. Did you try a cable already?

Arealhooman said:
If you find the right points you can get into edl. Did you try a cable already?
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i dont know i connect right point together or not but my phone name changed when connect to pc with xiaomi fastboot installer and i gave my phone to a developer and he install a lot of roms with edl mode ,too but there is no change

Try using edl cable

Arealhooman said:
Try using edl cable
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i dont need any box tool for use it ?

What do you mean?

Arealhooman said:
What do you mean?
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boxes like flash you can connect to pc and acces more thing for connecting to your phone
i mean i wont need anything like these except edl cable ?
sorry i ask too many questions

Esemtix said:
boxes like flash you can connect to pc and acces more thing for connecting to your phone
i mean i wont need anything like these except edl cable ?
sorry i ask too many questions
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Nah it’s k. You still need the right files, but most of the time a edl cable can get you in.

i did tryied edl mode and just black screen does shows. what should i do ? my phone either doesn not vibrate when connect to charge

janus.8x said:
i did tryied edl mode and just black screen does shows. what should i do ? my phone either doesn not vibrate when connect to charge
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Someone told me the phone got hard problem .

janus.8x said:
i did tryied edl mode and just black screen does shows. what should i do ? my phone either doesn not vibrate when connect to charge
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hi . I tried to flash the phone a lot but still the phone keys light are just on when I connect the phone to charger and when I disconnected it , it is off even when I push power key
what should I do ?

My friend accidentally installed an A2 Lite ROM to his A2. Is there something to do?

Hello all,
A friend of mine said he was careless and installed an A2 Lite ROM to his A2. All I know is he can't fix the phone no matter what he tried.
Can we do something about this? Or is the phone permanently bricked?

lelele5 said:
Hello all,
A friend of mine said he was careless and installed an A2 Lite ROM to his A2. All I know is he can't fix the phone no matter what he tried.
Can we do something about this? Or is the phone permanently bricked?
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try flashing stock rom

Thank you for the reply. Will get back to you as soon as I get an answer from him.

Okay, I got some more info: From what my friend said:
He installed the ROM but after selecting "restart device" it didn't boot up.
Pressing button combinations has no effect either.
When the device is connected to PC Windows recognizes it as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008(COM3)".
He also tried different versions of MiFlash but he is getting "The Write timed out" and "cannot read hello packets" (???) errors.
Since the device isn't reacting to button presses he can't activate fastboot.
This was translated from another language. Hope I didn't make any mistakes.
EDIT: He tried edl before, it didn't work.
Now he is getting "Error loading type library/DLL".

Your friend need to do Flash Point

Ask him to google "How to flash a qualcomm soc with qpst via com port". I'm sure he'd find a lot of videos on youtube guiding through the entire process. Also tell him to keep the stock fastboot rom downloaded, coz he'll be needing that.
Flashing a wrong rom destroyed the partition table of his device. If he cant fix it himself, tell him to visit a nearby service centre. He'll get the device back in a few days or so.

lelele5 said:
Okay, I got some more info: From what my friend said:
He installed the ROM but after selecting "restart device" it didn't boot up.
Pressing button combinations has no effect either.
When the device is connected to PC Windows recognizes it as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008(COM3)".
He also tried different versions of MiFlash but he is getting "The Write timed out" and "cannot read hello packets" (???) errors.
Since the device isn't reacting to button presses he can't activate fastboot.
This was translated from another language. Hope I didn't make any mistakes.
EDIT: He tried edl before, it didn't work.
Now he is getting "Error loading type library/DLL".
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all is fine ...
he can flash it in miflash in edl mode
if computer can see the 9008 com port he is already in edl
the error with hello packets is because he waits too long to start flashing ..he needs to unplug phone then when he plugs it in he must have everything prepared then press flash quickly
he can wait for battery to run out of charge ...then prepare miflash ...then plug in phome ...the EXACt moment it wakes press flash
then it will work

Thanks a lot for your time and help everyone. He got frustrated and sent it to a service center. I couldn't convince him. It works fine now, though.

Question Help needed. I think I bricked my phone...

I installed android 12 beta on my Mi 11 ultra. Did not like it and wanted to install global. Installed TWRP, wiped data and instead of rebooting in twrp, I tried to enter fastboot mode via adb. The phone screen turned black. Now it is not showing in ADB, not detected by Mi flash tool, not enetering fastboot mode and not entering recovery. When I connect it to computer, there is this connecting sound but soon it is followed by disconnecting sound. Not even getting the charging screen. In the device manager on Windows, there is this Qualcum HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM9) when the phone is connected via USB cable to PC.
Anyway to restore any firmware on it? It is a CN version, star, has bootloadder unlocked.
EDL time? Or even worse? Is it paperweight now?

EDL time I think.

Sathelp said:
EDL time I think.
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Believe me, this is reassuring. I'm happy to settle on EDL instead of paperweight... For EDL does the phone need to be opened, back cover removed and then that magic short circuit or is there a way to get it done without opening the phone?

hellodrsoul said:
Believe me, this is reassuring. I'm happy to settle on EDL instead of paperweight... For EDL does the phone need to be opened, back cover removed and then that magic short circuit or is there a way to get it done without opening the phone?
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Don't worry. When mine was EDL flashed the guy asked me to download a specific miflash version that he had the link for and the ROM of choice to be flashed. I connected the phone to the PC, he connected, asked me to put it in to EDL mode ( he will explain if your not sure) and done his stuff using TeamViewer with control of my desktop. Once finished, just rebooted when asked, all done.

need mi auth to flash

How do you put the phone in EDL mode?

can you get your phone on fastboot?

xNAPx said:
How do you put the phone in EDL mode?
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Hold both vol up and down while powering up or adb, adb reboot edl or fastboot, fastboot oem edl . You will see edl drivers load on your PC.

Thank you guys for your replies. I got it fixed and now it is rocking again. If anybody faces the same issue, please see details below.
Diagnosis: EDL mode
Signs and problems: Completely dead phone. Black screen. None of the buttons or their combinations work. Volume down plus power, volume up plus power, Both volume buttons, All three buttons. None of these worked in this EDL mode. In fact, the only sign that this phone was "alive" was the Qualcomm driver showing in the device manager when the phone was connected to a PC. There was this yellow sign even on the Qualcomm driver and the official Xiaomi flash tool failed to detect the phone due to the Qualcomm driver malfunction. Got the Qualcomm driver working (the yellow sign on the driver name icon in device manager) by disabling windows driver signature check. After this the phone was detected by the official Xiaomi flash tool. When I tried to flash the official and stock CN ROM, it did not allow me and gave the error "you are not authorized to download". Took the phone to Xiaomi service, they refused as the phone was of another region. They did not know any unofficial paid solution. Took it to local technicians. They tried but failed (ultimate multi-tool, some other tool they called as "aqua" did not work.
Treatment: Searched online and found a YouTube channel (
). Paid USD 35 and got it flashed via TeamViewer. I just sat anxiously (praying that he must not be a scammer...). He did some magic and successfully flashed the phone with the original CN ROM with the boot loader unlocked. I then was able to install the global version via fastboot as usual.
Thanks again for the free support I got here. Obliged and stay blessed

hellodrsoul said:
Thank you guys for your replies. I got it fixed and now it is rocking again. If anybody faces the same issue, please see details below.
Diagnosis: EDL mode
Signs and problems: Completely dead phone. Black screen. None of the buttons or their combinations work. Volume down plus power, volume up plus power, Both volume buttons, All three buttons. None of these worked in this EDL mode. In fact, the only sign that this phone was "alive" was the Qualcomm driver showing in the device manager when the phone was connected to a PC. There was this yellow sign even on the Qualcomm driver and the official Xiaomi flash tool failed to detect the phone due to the Qualcomm driver malfunction. Got the Qualcomm driver working (the yellow sign on the driver name icon in device manager) by disabling windows driver signature check. After this the phone was detected by the official Xiaomi flash tool. When I tried to flash the official and stock CN ROM, it did not allow me and gave the error "you are not authorized to download". Took the phone to Xiaomi service, they refused as the phone was of another region. They did not know any unofficial paid solution. Took it to local technicians. They tried but failed (ultimate multi-tool, some other tool they called as "aqua" did not work.
Treatment: Searched online and found a YouTube channel (
). Paid USD 35 and got it flashed via TeamViewer. I just sat anxiously (praying that he must not be a scammer...). He did some magic and successfully flashed the phone with the original CN ROM with the boot loader unlocked. I then was able to install the global version via fastboot as usual.
Thanks again for the free support I got here. Obliged and stay blessed
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I tried this method today and it wasn't successful. It appeared he flashed it with his auth code, but it still doesn't power on. I'm so bummed because DHL won't touch the phone for less than $151 (risk of it being sent back) because seller wants me to lie and say it's a gamepad when DHL has precautions on phones being sent back, etc. requiring importer certificates.
My phone was acting strange on 3rd day: wasn't detecting charging USB cable overnight, would only charge wirelessly. I manually rebooted a bunch of times, then it detected the USB charging and would charge. About that time I updated to Miui 13 OTA update (Chinese /EN Rom) and noticed it was rebooting randomly in my pocket asking for PIN (not getting notifications) . Again got no USB charging through cable.
I was doing a bunch of vol up/down and Power and rebooted into safe mood. Rebooted again after things were 'ok' and little while later, the phone was OFF and never came back on again.
Did I put it into EDL and brick it this way? I Never flashed anything through USB until I tried the 35eur paid service dude.

Happy to see that is being fixed.

Wish it had fixed mine. Unfortunately, it didn't . Was refunded

Asus Rog Phone 3 Uber hard brick

Hi Guys,
I really need help with this one. I have tried almost everything.
Here is my problem.
I have an Rog phone 3 strix edition QUALCOMM based.
I repaired the screen because i dropped the phone.
Everything was fine working well. Me with my big head decided to do an factory reset to wipe everything clean from the phone and then the problem started.
The phone was restarting every time i plugged in a usb c cable. If i wanted to listen to some music on headset wont work because it will end in a bootloop.
Now the phone is stuck in CSC Fastboot mode and PC wont recognized it. The screen will turn on and send me to CSC fastboot but that's it. I can turn it back off.
Can i Revive the phone or is it food for the recycling bin?
Please Help.
Sincerely,
Ayolyas

With some effort you should be able to get back on track - unless it's hardware related to the display change you've done.
Can you do a reboot to bootloader from the boot menu? If you can confirm if you have fastboot access. If you do, RAW flash the device.
Worst case, you force the device into EDL mode and do a flash from there, but leave at as the last option.
If the relpaced display is causing harware issues, that's a bigger problem...

Hi Andrologic,
I cannot reboot to the bootloader. I am stuck in csc fastboot. I was trying to put it in edl mode i even bought an edl cable. But i have no idea how to use it or how to put the phone in edl.
I went back to the repair shop but the phone was working fine when it left the phone shop. The problem started when i decided to go for factory reset.

ayolyas said:
Hi Andrologic,
I cannot reboot to the bootloader. I am stuck in csc fastboot. I was trying to put it in edl mode i even bought an edl cable. But i have no idea how to use it or how to put the phone in edl.
I went back to the repair shop but the phone was working fine when it left the phone shop. The problem started when i decided to go for factory reset.
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So, when you turn on the device, it falls into CSC FB and you can't navigate anywhere at all from there?
What happens if you try to do a RAW flash from CSC FB?
Flashing it in EDL mode may otherwise be the only option. Power off the device completely. Then hold Vol up+down pressed and connect to the USB side port. You should land with a completely black screen and on your pc see the device identified in 9008 mode - that's EDL. Since you have a flash cable, you can obviously use that too.
Remember you need Qualcom drivers installed to work in EDL mode. There is a guide with steps for EDL flashing somewhere here on the forum. All the steps are explained.

Andrologic said:
So, when you turn on the device, it falls into CSC FB and you can't navigate anywhere at all from there?
What happens if you try to do a RAW flash from CSC FB?
Flashing it in EDL mode may otherwise be the only option. Power off the device completely. Then hold Vol up+down pressed and connect to the USB side port. You should land with a completely black screen and on your pc see the device identified in 9008 mode - that's EDL. Since you have a flash cable, you can obviously use that too.
Remember you need Qualcom drivers installed to work in EDL mode. There is a guide with steps for EDL flashing somewhere here on the forum. All the steps are explained.
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I cannot navigate anywhere from csc. If i try to reboot bootloader i will end in the same place.
I try to connect like you told me Vol up + down but i ended up at the same place. An raw flash from csc fb how do i do that?
And the steps for edl if you can help where to find those steps because my google history is full off items and still no luck finding the right one.

ayolyas said:
I cannot navigate anywhere from csc. If i try to reboot bootloader i will end in the same place.
I try to connect like you told me Vol up + down but i ended up at the same place. An raw flash from csc fb how do i do that?
And the steps for edl if you can help where to find those steps because my google history is full off items and still no luck finding the right one.
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Yes, you have flash cable, so getting into EDL shouldn't be an issue any way.
This is a useful video on how to use your flash cable to force the device to EDL:
Just remember you need QCom drivers installed to flash in EDL mode, the normal drivers won't do it in EDL.
What is the device identified as on your PC when in CSC FB? Can you send any FB commands to the device at all? Does 'Fastboot Devices' return your device id? If so, try first to do a RAW flash from the Fastboot state you are stuck at. You don't really want to mess with EDL if you can avoid it. Download one of the RAW rom's from the links here on the forum. Version number doesn't matter as long as it matches with your device version, i.e. WW assuming you're on Global.

ayolyas said:
Hi Guys,
I really need help with this one. I have tried almost everything.
Here is my problem.
I have an Rog phone 3 strix edition QUALCOMM based.
I repaired the screen because i dropped the phone.
Everything was fine working well. Me with my big head decided to do an factory reset to wipe everything clean from the phone and then the problem started.
The phone was restarting every time i plugged in a usb c cable. If i wanted to listen to some music on headset wont work because it will end in a bootloop.
Now the phone is stuck in CSC Fastboot mode and PC wont recognized it. The screen will turn on and send me to CSC fastboot but that's it. I can turn it back off.
Can i Revive the phone or is it food for the recycling bin?
Please Help.
Sincerely,
Ayolyas
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Have you fix it?

osomakohj said:
Have you fix it?
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Hi,
Nope. I can get into EDL mode so i think it is hardware related. You can say it is fresh for the garbage.

ayolyas said:
Hi,
Nope. I can get into EDL mode so i think it is hardware related. You can say it is fresh for the garbage.
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maybe try edl cable maybe it'll work? its very cheap in online store

osomakohj said:
maybe try edl cable maybe it'll work? its very cheap in online store
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I did use a EDL cable and i also build one but no succes for both.

ayolyas said:
I did use a EDL cable and i also build one but no succes for both.
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Hope you did the proper way of entering edl mode. btw you can still send that to service center. but first try some other way as your phone still boot