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[Q] Optimus 4X HD full brick

I tried to put the CM10 on my phone, after installing the zip in recovery mode, I rebooted the device and it never returned to start. Does not show a single light. Do not enter in any way with any combination. When I connect by usb the only thing that appears in device manager is "apx device." Already tried so many things and nothing worked.
anyone have any idea what's going on?
by the way, I tried a lot here in xda before opening a thread.

is your bl unlocked?

Rudjgaard said:
is your bl unlocked?
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yes

does it vibrate? does it turn on? can you control it through adb? can you enter sw mode?

Rudjgaard said:
does it vibrate? does it turn on? can you control it through adb? can you enter sw mode?
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No, no, no and no. the only sign of life when it is connected to the pc. Appears "apx" in device manager.

Yeah you are in apx mode, which is basically the boot section of the nvidia tegra chipset.
You should be able to boot normally by unplugging the phone, remove battery for a few seconds, reinsert and hold power button for about 10 seconds
Also try holding power and vol+ (hold them a while) you should be able to boot into normal recovery

Rudjgaard said:
Yeah you are in apx mode, which is basically the boot section of the nvidia tegra chipset.
You should be able to boot normally by unplugging the phone, remove battery for a few seconds, reinsert and hold power button for about 10 seconds
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I've try that but dont work.

In device manager the apx device is it properly installed or does it have the triangle?
When it first connected as apx device it probably asked you for drivers, i doubt you installed them.
I don't know if the apx drivers for the 04 are out already, check these terms in xda i know some people have been working on them.
Maybe you can find them here
If the device isn't bricked you are in a situation in which you should be able to flash stuff.
For some this method worked:
Try turn off phone
take battery out
hold vol- and put usb cable into phone
if s/w mode starts put battery in and flash kdz
Otherwise check this thread out
or this
I have to go out and can't follow you for a while, sorry

Rudjgaard said:
In device manager the apx device is it properly installed or does it have the triangle?
When it first connected as apx device it probably asked you for drivers, i doubt you installed them.
I don't know if the apx drivers for the 04 are out already, check these terms in xda i know some people have been working on them.
Maybe you can find them here
If the device isn't bricked you are in a situation in which you should be able to flash stuff.
For some this method worked:
Try turn off phone
take battery out
hold vol- and put usb cable into phone
if s/w mode starts put battery in and flash kdz
Otherwise check this thread out
or this
I have to go out and can't follow you for a while, sorry
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it have the triangle, but i jus want it in normal mode. I dont want that apx mode so i dont need the drivers. But tks for every thing

condegil said:
it have the triangle, but i jus want it in normal mode. I dont want that apx mode so i dont need the drivers. But tks for every thing
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The only way for you to get connected in APX is without battery, connect to PC while pressing vol- & vol+.
Anyway... why you want to do that? APX mode doesn't work in JB.
Ok... I got it.
Did you tried to deactivate the APX device in device manager?
You can try to performe the bootloader unlock again (run adb and connect the phone while the program wait for device...)
http://www.4shared.com/rar/HFf4newq/LGO4X-UNLOCK-BOOTLOADER.html (instructions inside).
Or try to get in SW mode by trying untill it works... (connect to PC while pressed vol-).

Any update on the problem?

Rudjgaard said:
Any update on the problem?
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No, i think what happened was that all the firmware is erased and this naturally gave access to apx that should be hidden by the software. Probably there was some error when I wipe to put the CM10. I see no other explanation.

The phone is actually mine. Already sent it to warranty hoping they'll fix it.
Resuming, the phone went unexpectadly in APX mode and havent found a way of quitting that mode, couldn't boot S/W neither bootloader.
And btw the phone is carrier locked and to be honest I'm not sure if it might be part of the problem or not. Anyway in about two weeks the phone should be back and hopefully fixed. If not I'll check here for some more help guys, thanks for attetion so far

[Q] Z1 won't turn on

Well i've got this problem with a Xperia Z1 from a friend of mine. It's not powering on. If i press the power button the phone won't turn on. It can enter fastboot but that is everything. The phone is fully charged because that's the only thing that works so far beside the fastboot. It's on stock firmware no custom ROM. Maybe that you people of XDA have the solution i hope so or experienced the same problem and that it is fixable.
Greetings,
Kyrindia

kyrindia said:
Well i've got this problem with a Xperia Z1 from a friend of mine. It's not powering on. If i press the power button the phone won't turn on. It can enter fastboot but that is everything. The phone is fully charged because that's the only thing that works so far beside the fastboot. It's on stock firmware no custom ROM. Maybe that you people of XDA have the solution i hope so or experienced the same problem and that it is fixable.
Greetings,
Kyrindia
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it is fixable, its very easy: just flash a stock ftf via flashtool. Tutorials can be found here on xda, just google

mo120697 said:
it is fixable, its very easy: just flash a stock ftf via flashtool. Tutorials can be found here on xda, just google
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Well i've tried that to. But when i plug in the USB cable and press the volume down button it shows the Sony screen and then it goes to charging mode and that's it...... So what coud else be the possible solution? If you want i can make a video of it

kyrindia said:
Well i've tried that to. But when i plug in the USB cable and press the volume down button it shows the Sony screen and then it goes to charging mode and that's it...... So what coud else be the possible solution? If you want i can make a video of it
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I Had a similar issue, my volume up button got stuck, causing it to always boot in fastboot.
Power up phone, connect to pc, install driver, then run fastboot on your pc and run:
Code:
fastboot continue
Let me know if it helps!

Brainpower said:
I Had a similar issue, my volume up button got stuck, causing it to always boot in fastboot.
Power up phone, connect to pc, install driver, then run fastboot on your pc and run:
Code:
fastboot continue
Let me know if it helps!
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Thanks for this
Code:
fastboot continue
didn't work but fastboot reboot worked. So i've managed to boot the device and when it was booted. I found out that the power button and the volume down button aren't working! So what is the solution to this can i reinstall Android and find out if it works again because else my friend needs to boot the phone through fastboot and he has no understanding how this fastboot works so is there an another option or am is screwed? Could you please help me? Because i need to fix his phone for this weekend because he already sold his other phone......

kyrindia said:
Thanks for this
Code:
fastboot continue
didn't work but fastboot reboot worked. So i've managed to boot the device and when it was booted. I found out that the power button and the volume down button aren't working! So what is the solution to this can i reinstall Android and find out if it works again because else my friend needs to boot the phone through fastboot and he has no understanding how this fastboot works so is there an another option or am is screwed? Could you please help me? Because i need to fix his phone for this weekend because he already sold his other phone......
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Did something happen to the phone?
Like dropped it in some liquid other than water?
Does the camera button still function?
For an android reinstall:
Boot the phone normally and perform a software reinstall using Sony PC Companion, connect it via USB to your pc.
With PCC you can fully reinstall the software on the phone.
http://support.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/pc-companion/

Brainpower said:
Did something happen to the phone?
Like dropped it in some liquid other than water?
Does the camera button still function?
For an android reinstall:
Boot the phone normally and perform a software reinstall using Sony PC Companion, connect it via USB to your pc.
With PCC you can fully reinstall the software on the phone.
http://support.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/pc-companion/
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The phone screen was replaced recently. The camera button works fine. And i don't know if there was any other liquid then water in the phone or something like that. The last thing that i could try is to reinstall the software and hopefully that works.
Thanks anyway :good:

Boot the Motherboard?

Hey All!
I was recently tasked with getting lost data off a Nexus 6. I was given only the motherboard to do so (the previous person tried to open the phone to replace the screen and destroyed all of the ribbon wires connecting the buttons to board) So, I have only the motherboard. Connecting to a USB power source gives me the green LED at the top so I know that it's not completely shot. I was wonder if anyone knew how I could possibly get the motherboard to boot up to a point that I could pull data from in. Again, I have no buttons or battery. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Hi, I'm a technician, I think it's impossible to retrieve data this way. Even if you could boot the phone (jump the power on switch pins) , you will need to unlock the screen. From what i know, from fastboot you can't backup anything, but I'm not 100% sure so wait for confirmation. Maybe if you try to enter recovery, if it has twrp installed. With the stock one it a not possible ,and to flash twrp bootloader must be unlocked which imply debug usb is on and allow bootloader unlock is checked in development settings. I had the same problem with a nexus 5, and I was lucky because i had a spare broken screen almost working and a damaged battery.

xiRevenant said:
Hey All!
I was recently tasked with getting lost data off a Nexus 6. I was given only the motherboard to do so (the previous person tried to open the phone to replace the screen and destroyed all of the ribbon wires connecting the buttons to board) So, I have only the motherboard. Connecting to a USB power source gives me the green LED at the top so I know that it's not completely shot. I was wonder if anyone knew how I could possibly get the motherboard to boot up to a point that I could pull data from in. Again, I have no buttons or battery. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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What you would need are some professional tools. You will need to get a jtag machine. They normally run about $1500. This will allow you to read and write to just the motherboard.

zelendel said:
What you would need are some professional tools. You will need to get a jtag machine. They normally run about $1500. This will allow you to read and write to just the motherboard.
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A jtag machine is for sure the best solution ,some repair center could do the job

Thank you all for the suggestions. I guess I'll be looking for a jtag machine or someone who has one.

It might be possible but there are 2 IFs:
1 - if you can boot
2 - if ADB is on.
If both those IFs are fullfilled then you can backup any partition from adb with the command dd.
Good luck!!!

yes you can !!
needed-
1.twrp latest image
2.minimal adb and fastboot drivers configured.
steps-
-create a folder and copy all the needed files in one place.
-disconnect the battery connector just to make sure it boots properly in bootlader.
-connect the battery connector.
-hold down power+volume down button to boot into bootloader and connect usb.
-make sure its detected as fastboot device in using the fastboot devices command using cmd.
-type fastboot boot "recovery name".img it will boot into recovery. wait for sumtym...
-it will get detected in pc.
profit.

kaustick said:
yes you can !!
needed-
1.twrp latest image
2.minimal adb and fastboot drivers configured.
steps-
-create a folder and copy all the needed files in one place.
-disconnect the battery connector just to make sure it boots properly in bootlader.
-connect the battery connector.
-hold down power+volume down button to boot into bootloader and connect usb.
-make sure its detected as fastboot device in using the fastboot devices command using cmd.
-type fastboot boot "recovery name".img it will boot into recovery. wait for sumtym...
-it will get detected in pc.
profit.
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Hey,
He only has the motherboard, nothing else...

ohh sorrryyy but a battery will be of great help for him..

[Q] Boot loop for no reason

I left my Lumia 928 charging on the wall for the night and first thing in the morning while taking it off I noticed it was stuck in a boot look at the "NOKIA" screen. Seems like bootloader got corrupted for no good reason.
I can make it start Flash mode though and also Mass Storage mode with WP Internals.
Is there some way I can restore boot other than flashing original firmware and losing all my data???
Any help attempt is appreciated

I have just got this problem on my lumia 730. I have used Windows Recovery Tools to repair my phone. connect your phone to your computer by a USB cable. open WRT, if it don't detect your phone, hit the button My phone was not detected, choose your your device family and press power button + volume down button until it detected. if this doesn't work, try it again or you can use Nokia Recovery Tools. Hope this work for you

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I have just got this problem on my lumia 730. I have used Windows Recovery Tools to repair my phone. connect your phone to your computer by a USB cable. open WRT, if it don't detect your phone, hit the button My phone was not detected, choose your your device family and press power button + volume down button until it detected. if this doesn't work, try it again or you can use Nokia Recovery Tools. Hope this work for you
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Yes, I am probably going that way. Thing is I wanted to retrieve some data in the phone first. I managed to enter flash and mass-storage modes. But can only acces system files in mass-storage mode

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?

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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