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How to Flash EDL Firmware on OnePlus: MSM & Oppo Flash Tool

In this guide, we will show you the steps to flash the EDL firmware on your OnePlus device using the MSM Download and the Oppo Flash Tool. When it comes to custom development, then this Chinese OEM has firmly established itself as the absolute best in this domain. While there have been a few ups and downs in recent years, especially after its tie-up with Oppo, the developers have still managed to give this device a new lease of life.

Apart from the ability to gain administrative privileges, there is a slew of custom ROMs, tweaks, and modules that you can welcome abode on your device. However, carrying out these tweaks has its fair share of risks as well, most noticeably your device ending up in a soft brick or bootloop state. While that is still recoverable [by flashing the firmware in the Fastboot Mode], however, things begin to go south if your device ends up in a hard-bricked state. Fortunately, in the case of OnePlus, there’s still a handy way out.

What is EDL Firmware?

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Once your device gets hard-bricked, it goes straight into the EDL Mode. This Emergency Download Mode is a secondary boot mode present in all devices that come with an underlying Qualcomm chipset and comes in handy if you are planning to unbrick your device. For most OEMs, there is no way to get hold of either the firmware and/or the tool and the only way to flash the firmware is to shell out some bucks.

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Fortunately, that isn’t the case with OnePlus. Beginning with the first OnePlus device all the way up to the ninth iteration and then the eleventh series onwards, you can easily flash the EDL firmware and bring your device back to life. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. So without further ado, let’s get started.

Should I Use the MSM Download Tool or the Oppo Flash Tool?

If you own a device from the OnePlus 1 to the OnePlus 9, then you will have to use the MSM Download Tool. From the OnePlus 11 series onwards, the Oppo Flash Tool should be used. However, as of now, there’s no way out for the 10th series, as and when a method goes live, we will update this post accordingly.

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How to Unbrick OnePlus via EDL Firmware

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Apart from unbricking your device, you can also use the EDL firmware to get back to stock from a custom ROM as well as for downgrading the OS [such as from Android 14 to 13]. With that said, if possible, do take a backup of all the data on your device as the process will reset the device. Droidwin and its members wouldn’t be held responsible in case of a thermonuclear war, your alarm doesn’t wake you up, or if anything happens to your device and data by performing the below steps.

Via MSM Download Tool

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Via Oppo Flash Tool

How to Unbrick OnePlus using Oppo Flash Tool

That’s it. These were the steps to flash the EDL firmware on your OnePlus device via MSM Download Tool and Oppo Flash Tool. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.


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