Comment on Why don't cell phones have BIOS?
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
As somebody who’s fucked up with custom ROMs several times and made bricks out of my phone, they are soft bricks and can be fixed. Sometimes it’s not easy, but it can be fixed.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I dunno. I have a 2017 flagship that will no longer even boot to fastboot after accidentally disconnecting the cable during a flash.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Which phone. There’s usually a hidden firmware flashing feature. I had to use that when an update failed on a OnePlus phone. I’ve only ever used ones for snapdragon based phones, never tried anything else.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Essential Ph1. The flashing tool isn’t out there anywhere as far as I can find
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
It has a snapdragon CPU so you’d have to try to find how to get it into EDL mode and potentially a cable for it. With my oneplus phone I rescued the other day I was able to use a regular cable, but that was also with their proprietary software.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm_EDL_mode
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Will it boot into fast boot when starting up with like pressing the volume up or volume down key at boot? Because as long as you can get into fast boot, you can fix it.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Yea, it won’t boot to fastboot
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Oh wow, then you’ve managed to break it more than I have ever broken a device. Oopse