How to unbrick hard bricked Motorola Phone (Hardware Method)

Hard bricking on Motorola refers to a situation where the device becomes completely unresponsive and unusable . This is frequently the result of serious software or firmware damage. Utilizing specialized equipment and techniques is often required to recover a hard-bricked Motorola phone. It’s crucial to understand that attempting to use hardware solutions to repair a bricked phone entails risks and may void warranties. Before attempting any hardware-based fixes, if at all possible, think about getting in touch with Motorola support or a reputable repair shop.

Here is a general description of a hardware technique that might work to repair a hard-brick Motorola phone:

Requirement’s:

  • You must have phone disassembly skills.
  • You must have BGA level soldering skills.
  • You need to have a UFS programmer, such as MiPi TESTER, UFI Box with UFS-Prog.
  • You must have Soldering Tools & Consumables, E.g. Soldering Gun, Soldering Station, Tweezers Set, UFS steel mesh, Solder paste…

Steps:

  • Disassemble the phone, place the motherboard on the soldering vise, locate the UFS chip, then use soldering gun to heat and remove the UFS shield, then heat and desolder the UFS chip, finally re-ball the UFS chip (The temperature must not be higher than 350°C/660°F).
  • Place the UFS chip on the UFS adapter, use UFS programmer read the CID partition.
  • Resolder the UFS chip.
  • Find a motorola remote unlock merchants (E.g. MWorker-Tool, you can also find better prices in our group), let them help you rewrite the CID to 0x0000.
  • Desolder UFS chip again, and re-ball the UFS chip.
  • use UFS Programmer restore original CID partition backup.
  • Resolder the UFS chip and shield.
    In the end, you’ll fix your phone completely.

Other things you need to know:

  1. Some may think of restoring a CID backup in EDL mode, this is not possible under normal circumstances, Motorola’s programmer bin restricts the ability to read and write CID Partition, You can’t do that. Only some models have exceptions.
  2. This option is not Feasible for the normal user, you may need to get a repair technical man to help you with this.
  3. If you directly ask Motorola remote unlock service provider to help you, you will permanently lose the original CID partition, and you will no longer be able to unlock the bootloader again, I think this is very heart-wrenching and not recommended.