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Re:Android malware from Amazon straight to your door by sodality2 on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:21PM (#34347175)
Agh, your script seemed to have bricked my device. It sends it into a loop forever booting and doesn't reach anything. :/

No big loss though, it hasn't been used in years.

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Re:Android malware from Amazon straight to your door by DesktopECHO on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:50PM (#34347512)
Wow sorry to hear that. If you can, check if the device is still available over ADB. If it is, try re-running the script.

Not sure what happened in your case, I flashed many ROMs and ran the script against them to see if anything bad would happen. No issues.

In any case it won't be a Hard Brick. Power off, hold [volume-up] insert power jack and tap the [power] button 10 times. (I think. I lost my remote ages ago and can't check.)

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Re:Android malware from Amazon straight to your door by sodality2 on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:55PM (#34347567)
Yep I actually toyed around with it and got it to boot - thanks for the help!
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