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    Galaxy Tab A10.1 2019 brick issue

    Hello everyone. Im in a bit of a pickle with my Tab. The invalid kernel length message appeared along with an annoying boot loop and i tried flashing it so i booted it into download mode. Midway i realised i had the wrong firmware downloaded so i booted out of it using lock&vol down and then...
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    Help Recover Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 soft bricked with bootloader locked

    Hi. This night I went to sleep, left my Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 charging, and when woke up the phone was off, with the white light on. When tried to turn on, it stays in the Mi.com logo. So I think its a soft brick. For adittional info: Lately the phone was slow, with storage at high. Looking for...
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    Galaxy Tab S4 in bootloop - I need to delete something from the storage through ABD

    Hello. The tablet - Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 itself turned off and got into a bootloop - it doesn't boot into the system because there is not enough memory. Before that it worked fine. All on the tablet is stock and official, there is no root. Wipe cache partition tried many times already. The...
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    allview viva H801 need ROM

    i need stock ROM for Allwiev Viva H801 , i couldn't find anywhere i looked. this is tablet for whom i need stock ROM I screwed up whole tablet by going into SP Flash Tool, to format all flash , and now it don't even react to anything, so i need stock ROM to revive it. (It is recognised when i...
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    Help Samsung galaxy core plus duos bricked

    I have an samsung galaxy core plus duos (sm-g3502t), it's bricked, blank flash, and after a google search, I fond a way to recover it, but I need a file extracted from a identical phone, can anyone help me please? ;-;
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    iRulu x7 - Bricked?

    My friend gave me this super cheap tablet and I didn't want to deal with changing up his email and such, so I did a factory reset. I think that bricked it, It was working as fine as a tablet of this type could work until I reset it. Any ideas? This is what happens: On power up, it prompts me...
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    Help I tried to install twrp and now my kindle fire hd 8.9 and now it does a boot loop

    I tried to install twrp and now my kindle fire hdx 8.9 and now it does a boot loop. I've tried to get into the fast boot or use the kindle fire unbrick utility but the reboot doesn't let it get a chance to connect. I believe I used the wrong twrp version and or messed up with a setting in the...
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    Help Galaxy s6 bricked, unresponsive, IRREPLACEABLE photos

    Let me start by saying I'm sorry that this is long, but I'm trying to be as detailed as possible. I'm in a bit of a panic, as I've tried everything I have found so far online, aside from downloading some sort of 3rd party software or a taking it to a shop. I have a perfect condition (never...
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    Help Note 5 Won't turn on

    Okay so I've experienced bricked phones before, but this is kinda new. My friend gave me a Note 5 because my Note 4 is water damaged and told me I'd have to get this to work. It seems like a software glitch rather than hardware, so here's what's happening: It won't turn on no matter what. I...
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    Help Please help rookie mistake

    On my sch-i605 i made a rookie mistake and tried to flash my rom without bootloader being unlocked. Now my phone is stuck between odin mode or a message from verizon saying it found a software not approved. I have odin but dont know what to download to fix.
  11. Android News

    Google adds a way to brick your Android device via recovery to AOSP code

    To give users the option to remotely wipe the partitions of their smartphone (in case it gets stolen), Google has added in a new 'bricking' feature to Android's recovery mode (which can also be activated via Android Device Manager). When activated, the number of partitions that will be wiped...