I've decided to make this guide for those of you that have somehow done something to your phone to make it unbootable/unusable.
This is written from my own experience of unbricking my own Pure XL, after I've been screwing around too much (and consequently softbricking it many times in the process).
Hopefully this reduces the amount of posts/threads about you bricking your phone and asking for help, as well as the (not too encouraging) replies that tell you to search other threads.
Sorry if it's a very long/wordy guide to follow. I just want to be as detailed as I can.
Disclaimer:
Files Needed:
USBDeview
SP Flash Tool (+ Gionee E8 ROM)
BLU Pure XL boot.img, recovery.img, system.img
Allview Soul X2 Xtreme boot.img, recovery.img, system.img
Instructions:
1. Unplug your phone from your computer.
2. Make a working directory where you will extract and put all of the downloaded files in (e.g. C:\Users\[Your Name]\Phone Unbricking).
3. Download the SP Flash Tool with the Gionee E8 ROM (and extract the contents of the downloaded .zip file)
4. Download the images corresponding to your phone model (if you don't have your own backups).
5. Download USBDeview (CTRL+F for Feedback and click the download link for your respective Windows platform (x64 is for 64-bit systems only) and extract the contents of the downloaded .zip file)
6. Open USBDeview and uninstall any devices with "MediaTek" or "MT65xx" in their name.
7. Plug in your bootlooping phone into your computer and let it bootloop at least once before unplugging it again (it will be slower than bootlooping while unplugged because it installs/loads the serial VCOM drivers on the computer while plugged in).
8. (Windows 7) Restart your computer and hit F8 a few times before you get to the "Starting Windows" animation. Use the down arrow key to navigate to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement and press ENTER.
9. (Windows 8/8.1/10) Restart your computer while holding down the Left SHIFT Key to invoke the Advanced Restart menu (It takes a while for non-SSD installations). Go to Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > Restart. After it presents you the list of possible startup options, press 7 or F7 to boot Windows with driver signature enforcement disabled.
10. After Windows boots up without driver signature enforcement, navigate to your working directory and open up SP Flash Tool.
11. Make sure the Download-Agent is pointing to the MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin in the same directory as SP Flash Tool's .exe and the Scatter-loading File is pointing to the MT6795_Android_scatter.txt in the "Firmware" folder that is outside of the SP Flash Tool folder (where the stock Gionee E8 files are located).
12. Make sure that it is set to "Download Only" in the drop-down menu, and uncheck all of the checkboxes. [IMPORTANT]
13. Click under the Location column for "boot" and navigate to the stock boot.img that you've downloaded.
14. Repeat Step 13 for stock system.img and either stock or TWRP recovery.img.
15. After loading up your image files, make sure that those (boot, recovery, system) are the only ones with a check in their checkbox.
16. Go back to Step 11 and check through each proceeding step again to double-check that everything is correct.
17. Press Download. If it is successful, you'll be greeted with a pop-up window with a green circle checkmark.
18. You can close that window and SP Flash Tool, unplug your phone and reboot it, if it doesn't automatically reboot itself.
Now your phone should be in working order again!
Credits:
@dexterxx for Allview X2 stock image uploads
@acheron1502 for BLU Pure XL stock image uploads
This is written from my own experience of unbricking my own Pure XL, after I've been screwing around too much (and consequently softbricking it many times in the process).
Hopefully this reduces the amount of posts/threads about you bricking your phone and asking for help, as well as the (not too encouraging) replies that tell you to search other threads.
Sorry if it's a very long/wordy guide to follow. I just want to be as detailed as I can.
Disclaimer:
Files Needed:
USBDeview
SP Flash Tool (+ Gionee E8 ROM)
BLU Pure XL boot.img, recovery.img, system.img
Allview Soul X2 Xtreme boot.img, recovery.img, system.img
Instructions:
1. Unplug your phone from your computer.
2. Make a working directory where you will extract and put all of the downloaded files in (e.g. C:\Users\[Your Name]\Phone Unbricking).
3. Download the SP Flash Tool with the Gionee E8 ROM (and extract the contents of the downloaded .zip file)
4. Download the images corresponding to your phone model (if you don't have your own backups).
5. Download USBDeview (CTRL+F for Feedback and click the download link for your respective Windows platform (x64 is for 64-bit systems only) and extract the contents of the downloaded .zip file)
6. Open USBDeview and uninstall any devices with "MediaTek" or "MT65xx" in their name.
7. Plug in your bootlooping phone into your computer and let it bootloop at least once before unplugging it again (it will be slower than bootlooping while unplugged because it installs/loads the serial VCOM drivers on the computer while plugged in).
8. (Windows 7) Restart your computer and hit F8 a few times before you get to the "Starting Windows" animation. Use the down arrow key to navigate to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement and press ENTER.
9. (Windows 8/8.1/10) Restart your computer while holding down the Left SHIFT Key to invoke the Advanced Restart menu (It takes a while for non-SSD installations). Go to Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > Restart. After it presents you the list of possible startup options, press 7 or F7 to boot Windows with driver signature enforcement disabled.
10. After Windows boots up without driver signature enforcement, navigate to your working directory and open up SP Flash Tool.
11. Make sure the Download-Agent is pointing to the MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin in the same directory as SP Flash Tool's .exe and the Scatter-loading File is pointing to the MT6795_Android_scatter.txt in the "Firmware" folder that is outside of the SP Flash Tool folder (where the stock Gionee E8 files are located).
12. Make sure that it is set to "Download Only" in the drop-down menu, and uncheck all of the checkboxes. [IMPORTANT]
13. Click under the Location column for "boot" and navigate to the stock boot.img that you've downloaded.
14. Repeat Step 13 for stock system.img and either stock or TWRP recovery.img.
15. After loading up your image files, make sure that those (boot, recovery, system) are the only ones with a check in their checkbox.
16. Go back to Step 11 and check through each proceeding step again to double-check that everything is correct.
17. Press Download. If it is successful, you'll be greeted with a pop-up window with a green circle checkmark.
18. You can close that window and SP Flash Tool, unplug your phone and reboot it, if it doesn't automatically reboot itself.
Now your phone should be in working order again!
Credits:
@dexterxx for Allview X2 stock image uploads
@acheron1502 for BLU Pure XL stock image uploads
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