Hi all, this is my last hope at the moment. Any input would be highly thanked.
I own an
ASUS Padfone 2 (KOT49H.WW_Padfone-11.8.4.23-20141028), stock firmware, that I managed to get soft-bricked, as I read they call it.
Phone is unrooted, ran KitKat, and I really don't know much more about it, I'm not really an expert unfortunately... No custom ROM or any of those pro stuff.
Scenario:
Every single app crashed upon opening, performed a reboot, phone got stuck into infinite boot-loop, at the company logo in the beginning.
What can the phone do and what I've done so far (all of which have been found through internet):
I can enter into recovery mode.
Did a factory reset and wiped cache partition before the following.
I entered what the phone calls "CSC mode", that other sources call "fastboot mode".
Followed this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2256977 , installed drivers, entered into the proper directory on CMD, and typed "fastboot boot recovery.img", but CMD says "OKAY" and all, but gets stuck at "booting...", even after like 15 minutes.
Then, for whatever reason I saw on the internet, I tried the command "fastboot oem unlock" that also didn't finish anything either in CMD or (seemingly) on the phone.
Then, I tried following this guide in CSC mode (even though I don't have the invalid kernel error)
http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/3...omment-2191432 , but also didn't get any further than CMD stuck at "booting..." for forever.
I suspect it could be possible to do some of those booting magic, but I have no clue how it works and how my problem inside the problem could be solved...
Thank you so much in advance.
(Please beware that I don't understand what the words bootloader, fastboot, flash or ROM mean. I'm a mere mortal.)