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How to Unbrick Moto Edge 40 Pro via Fastboot Commands

In this guide, we will show you the steps to unbrick your Moto Edge 40 Pro via Fastboot Commands. Motorola devices have always been quite an active player in custom development. And the newest addition to the Edge series is no different either. Once you have checkmarked the sole prerequisite of an unlocked bootloader, you could then flash a plethora of GSI ROMs, gain administrative rights by rooting the device via Magisk, and welcome abode a plethora of modules.

However, this is just one side of the coin. Carrying out these tweaks brings in a few uninvited risks as well. Among them, there’s always a risk of things going south or in other words, your device being in a bootloop or soft brick state.  Well, even if that happens, you could easily unbrick your Moto Edge 40 Pro via Fastboot Commands. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. Follow along.

How to Unbrick Moto Edge 40 Pro via Fastboot Commands

Unbrick Moto Edge 40 Pro

The below instructions are listed under separate sections for ease of understanding. Make sure to follow the same sequence as mentioned. 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.

STEP 1: Install Android SDK

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To begin with, install the Android SDK Platform Tools on your PC. This is the official ADB and Fastboot binary provided by Google and is the only recommended one. So download it and then extract it to any convenient location on your PC. Doing so will give you the platform tools folder, which will be used throughout this guide.

STEP 2: Download Moto Edge 40 Pro [EU] Firmware

Now, get hold of the stock firmware for your device from a trusted site [such as Lolinet]. Once downloaded, extract it to the platform tools folder on your PC.

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STEP 3: Boot Moto Edge 40 Pro to Fastboot Mode

In most cases, a soft-bricked or boot-looped device might already be in the Fastboot Mode. However, if you are stuck in a bootloop, then long-press the Power key to turn it off. Then press and hold the Power and Volume Down keys (or Power and Volume Up) together to boot your device to Fastboot Mode.

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However, if you are unable to power off the device, then let its battery drain out. Once that happens, connect it to the charger. Then as soon as it is about to boot up, use the Power and Volume Up/Down keys and it will straightaway boot to Fastboot Mode.

STEP 4: Unbrick Moto Edge 40 Pro via Fastboot

  1. Now type in the following commands in the CMD window that is opened in the platform-tools folder. Make sure to execute one command at a time.
  2. Moreover, if you get an error while executing that command, just skip that command and move over to the next one, don’t leave the process mid-way.
    fastboot flash gpt gpt.bin
    fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
    fastboot flash vbmeta.img vbmeta.img
    fastboot flash vbmeta_system.img vbmeta_system.img
    fastboot flash radio.img radio.img
    fastboot flash BTFM.bin BTFM.bin
    fastboot flash dspso.bin dspso.bin
    fastboot flash logo.bin logo.bin
    fastboot flash boot.img boot.img
    fastboot flash init_boot.img init_boot.img
    fastboot flash vendor_boot.img vendor_boot.img
    fastboot flash dtbo.img dtbo.img
    fastboot flash recovery.img recovery.img
    fastboot flash super.img_sparsechunk.0
    fastboot flash super.img_sparsechunk.1
    fastboot flash super.img_sparsechunk.2
    fastboot flash super.img_sparsechunk.3
    fastboot flash super.img_sparsechunk.4
    fastboot flash super.img_sparsechunk.5
    fastboot flash super.img_sparsechunk.6
    fastboot flash super.img_sparsechunk.7
    fastboot flash super.img_sparsechunk.8
    fastboot flash super.img_sparsechunk.9
    fastboot flash super.img_sparsechunk.10
    fastboot flash super.img_sparsechunk.11
    fastboot erase partition apdp
    fastboot erase partition apdpb
    fastboot erase partition carrier
    fastboot erase partition userdata
    fastboot erase partition metadata
    fastboot erase partition ddr
    fastboot oem fb_mode_clear
  3. Finally, type in the below command to boot your device to the OS:
    fastboot reboot

That’s it. These were the steps to unbrick your Moto Edge 40 Pro via Fastboot Commands. 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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