Hypothetically speaking, lets say some idiot was flashing his Moto G7 Plus when he was too tired, and somehow managed to restart his phone with no OS installed via TWRP recovery. Now the screen is black, and can't get any response from the buttons to get back into recovery. When I plug in USB, I just keep hearing USB disconnect and reconnect. I can't seem to get the phone to power off. Thia is all hypothetical of course. Thank you
UPDATE: Through some Googling, I found this amazing thread here on XDA about blankfash. OMG it works!!!
[blankflash.zip] Hard brick Moto G7 Plus after downgrade
Recently by accident I downgraded the operating system on my Moto G7 Plus device (XT1965-3) and hard bricked my phone. :crying: It took me some days on checking different threads to come to a solution. I managed to create a blankflash file that...
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is there any hope to get it booting again
i tried to follow this to get my moto g xt1064 rooted http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/development/xt1064-lollipop-root-t2938051/page2
ended up with a device that won't boot past the warning that my bootloader is unlocked, i tried to flash back to 4.4.4 using the instructions found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/restore-to-stock-t2873657
except using the system images for my particular moto g but ran into some falures along the way
am i stuck with a expensive paperweight now or is there any way to recover my phone
basically i can boot into Bootloader and thats about it
Bobboman said:
is there any hope to get it booting again
i tried to follow this to get my moto g xt1064 rooted http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/development/xt1064-lollipop-root-t2938051/page2
ended up with a device that won't boot past the warning that my bootloader is unlocked, i tried to flash back to 4.4.4 using the instructions found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/restore-to-stock-t2873657
except using the system images for my particular moto g but ran into some falures along the way
am i stuck with a expensive paperweight now or is there any way to recover my phone
basically i can boot into Bootloader and thats about it
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dont worry, im sure its fixable
Tell us, you were on android 5.0 when you tried to root, right?
Wich recovety do you have? Did you tried doing a factory reset?
Bobboman said:
is there any hope to get it booting again
i tried to follow this to get my moto g xt1064 rooted http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/development/xt1064-lollipop-root-t2938051/page2
ended up with a device that won't boot past the warning that my bootloader is unlocked, i tried to flash back to 4.4.4 using the instructions found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/restore-to-stock-t2873657
except using the system images for my particular moto g but ran into some falures along the way
am i stuck with a expensive paperweight now or is there any way to recover my phone
basically i can boot into Bootloader and thats about it
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press and hold the power and volume down button for at least 10 seconds till the screen goes off then let go of ONLY POWER BUTTON while still holding the volume down button this will boot your device into bootloader...you can do this with or without usb connected... hope i helped you
actually, with this root it takes its sweeeet time to boot. just leave it and it will boot. it just takes a little bit for some reason
Bobboman said:
is there any hope to get it booting again
i tried to follow this to get my moto g xt1064 rooted http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/development/xt1064-lollipop-root-t2938051/page2
ended up with a device that won't boot past the warning that my bootloader is unlocked, i tried to flash back to 4.4.4 using the instructions found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/restore-to-stock-t2873657
except using the system images for my particular moto g but ran into some falures along the way
am i stuck with a expensive paperweight now or is there any way to recover my phone
basically i can boot into Bootloader and thats about it
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You had Android L originally correct? Did you know that in the changelog for the OTA that it says you CAN'T downgrade to another version of android after the update? I'm not 100% sure but I don't think you can flash a 4.4.4 system image anymore. So now you might have to wait for the System Image of Lollipop for the XT1064 to be released. I don't know how long that might be.
What were the failures you faced when you tried to flash the system images? Do you remember if anything flashed at all?
Also, the root method for the XT1064 causes takes it's time to boot past the unlocked bootloader warning; as NiekoNieves said. If you know nothing was flashed then you could leave it on for a few minutes and check if it boots into L.
I could only find three references to boot loop in the Moto G troubleshooting area...so here I type.
phone is XT1064
Was trying to side load Lollipop. Got to the boot menu no problem...when I selected Recovery the phone rebooted and got stuck on the Moto logo screen "powered by android."
I'm able via external reset get back to the boot menu, but whatever option I choose I end up looping...
Just spent a couple of hours with Moto tech support...painful, avoid if possible. The script pages were turning so fast I thought there were wind gusts in the tech office!
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Littlalex
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I could only find three references to boot loop in the Moto G troubleshooting area...so here I type.
phone is XT1064
Was trying to side load Lollipop. Got to the boot menu no problem...when I selected Recovery the phone rebooted and got stuck on the Moto logo screen "powered by android."
I'm able via external reset get back to the boot menu, but whatever option I choose I end up looping...
Just spent a couple of hours with Moto tech support...painful, avoid if possible. The script pages were turning so fast I thought there were wind gusts in the tech office!
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Littlalex
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did you have your xt1064 rooted? i have mine rooted in lollipop, i also have the boot loop when starting sometimes, so far you can uninstall root via super user app and solve the problem or have patience untill some good developer fix this problem, to get out of the boot loop i find that connecting to charger the phone does the trick for me, it take like 3 minutes to start, if i uninstall root it starts very fast, im waiting for a solution.
So today I set about unlocking the bootloader and rooting my Moto X 2014 Pure Edition XT1095.
Unlocking the bootloader went just fine. Then I went to root it. I booted the pure2014sb.img but it didn't work. The phone would just hang on the Motorola logo. Then I read somebody later said that doesn't work on lollipop, so I booted the CF-Auto-Root-victara-victaratmo-xt1095.img instead. That showed me the rooting status page thing before it rebooted, and then rebooted again, but when it fired up after that it was still hanging on the Motorola logo.
Then I attempted this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56928477#post56928477
Now the phone will not even hang on the logo, it gets to the animated moto logo part and then turns off half way through. I cannot get back into fastboot state either. It just doesn't respond to power + vol down at all.
EDIT: Actually scratch the not being able to get into fastboot state thing. I just had to hold the buttons down for way longer than normal. I just kept holding them until it showed something. It ended up being like 15 seconds instead of 3-4 like usual.
Help!
slak? said:
So today I set about unlocking the bootloader and rooting my Moto X 2014 Pure Edition XT1095.
Unlocking the bootloader went just fine. Then I went to root it. I booted the pure2014sb.img but it didn't work. The phone would just hang on the Motorola logo. Then I read somebody later said that doesn't work on lollipop, so I booted the CF-Auto-Root-victara-victaratmo-xt1095.img instead. That showed me the rooting status page thing before it rebooted, and then rebooted again, but when it fired up after that it was still hanging on the Motorola logo.
Then I attempted this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56928477#post56928477
Now the phone will not even hang on the logo, it gets to the animated moto logo part and then turns off half way through. I cannot get back into fastboot state either. It just doesn't respond to power + vol down at all.
EDIT: Actually scratch the not being able to get into fastboot state thing. I just had to hold the buttons down for way longer than normal. I just kept holding them until it showed something. It ended up being like 15 seconds instead of 3-4 like usual.
Help!
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Same happened to me early this morning when I was trying to install 5.0.2
You have to flash any firmware you want just avoid to flash the modem and there ate several post here in the general section
Just remember. Don't flash the modem unless is the same firmware you have or else you will lose signal.
Regards
Thanks for the input. I used the instructions in this thread to get my phone back to working condition:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/general/guide-update-xt1095-pure-edition-to-t2937074
I was unable to get it to pick up the 4.4.4 to 5.0 update zip in recovery mode, so I just used the regular OTA update to do it. After that I booted the CF-Auto-Root-victara-victaratmo-xt1095.img and it worked!
slak? said:
Thanks for the input. I used the instructions in this thread to get my phone back to working condition:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/general/guide-update-xt1095-pure-edition-to-t2937074
I was unable to get it to pick up the 4.4.4 to 5.0 update zip in recovery mode, so I just used the regular OTA update to do it. After that I booted the CF-Auto-Root-victara-victaratmo-xt1095.img and it worked!
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Great! Glad it helps
Enjoy the lollipop Sweet my friend.
Yeah, I softbricked my Moto G... and flashing stock isn't fixing it.
Today my Moto G battery was at 0%, so I started charging it again, after a few minutes the phone booted up, but, after it booted, the phone started shutting down (the same way the phone shuts down when the battery is empty) and the screen turned into black (but the LCD was still on), so I just Power + Vol Down and rebooted to the system...
...however, it didn't work, it starts booting up but never boots...
"Okay then, let's flash another ROM..."
When trying to wipe, TWRP returns "I/O error"...
"Uh... ok, let's try reflashing the stock Marshmallow ROM..."
No errors, but NOTHING CHANGES, after I boot up the ROM isn't even wiped.
So now I'm stuck with a phone that does nothing...
I already tried searching but I didn't find a solution, so... can anyone help me?
Hello MrPowerGamerBR, big fan of your work (Undertale Android port).
Just replying here to say that I've faced the same problem. I plugged in my G2 to charge, still at 0%, and it booted to system but shortly powered off. Now it doesn't boot at all. Error 43 on Device Manager (Windows 10). I've searched it up and it's stupid that this eMMC "problem" was something I could have avoided, should I had known in advance that this resulted in hard bricks.
Three years. Now I'm stuck with no phone. I should have known better to wait to charge it..
hey guys and gals, hope yall can help me out a bit. im kinda at my wits end. my girls phone (box stock) decided to reboot a few times today at random then stuck itself at lg logo with a blue and green blinking led. (ive recovered a few of my older moto droids) i have read on here quite a bit but am only finding info on rooted devices. i have tried to boot into stock recovery with no luck. i can however get into the firmware update. i have the software tool, vzw drivers, and a copy of the 27a_05.zdk. i read that to clear device you have to use the cme flash method, during the "write to device" icon the device acts like it rejects and sticks a 4% (was stuck there around 1.5 hrs). any and all help will be greatly appreciated.