Flashing custom recovery, rooting, installing custom ROMs and custom kernels are the most common causes for bricking an Android phone like the Moto G 3rd Gen. Performing any of the above said things carelessly can end up with a non-booting system. This situation is called soft bricked, which is hard to recover in most cases, because it damages the bootloader.

In this tutorial, we let you know how to unbrick a bricked Moto G 3rd Gen (all variant) including Moto G Turbo edition. If you have bricked your 3rd Gen Moto G 2015, you can unbrick it by restoring bootloader and installing stock firmware on it. However, you should have knowledge on ADB and fastboot commands.

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Below guide supports all variant of Moto G (3rd Gen) including Moto G Turbo edition, 1GB and 2G RAM versions, such as XT1550, XT1556, XT1557, XT1540, XT1541, etc. However, depending on the model, you may need to make small alteration in the commands, which is also detailed in the guide.

Warning: The below mentioned file is taken from XDA. We are not responsible for anything that goes wrong. Follow the guide at your own risk. Also, playing with Fastboot commands can seriously damage your phone, so take extreme care while issuing commands.

Unbrick a Bricked Moto G 3rd Gen

Disclaimer: Follow the instruction at your own risk. We will not be liable if any damage occurs to your device and/or its components. Backup all data you have on the phone before proceeding.

1. Download [HERE] and install Motorola drivers on your computer

2. Setup ADB and Fastboot drivers on your computer

3. Download [HERE] latest Fastboot zip file (for Windows and Linux)

4. Download stock firmware for your Moto G3 [HERE]. Download correct firmware for your model number.

5. Unzip both the Fastboot zip file and firmware zip file and save the entire file inside the ADB installation folder (C:\adb)

6. Switch off your phone and boot into fastboot mode by pressing ‘Volume down’ then ‘Power’ button.

[Alternatively, connect your phone to your PC and issue the command adb reboot-bootloader from ADB installation folder]

7. Now, go to the folder where you have saved the extracted firmware file, open a command window there and issue the below commands one-by-one.

[The command ‘system.img_sparsechunks’ may differ in number and name. Always check contents of folder you are working with. You must flash all of the sparsechunk files you have]

fastboot oem fb_mode_set
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.5
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.6
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.7
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.8
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase customize
fastboot erase clogo
fastboot oem fb_mode_clear
fastboot reboot

After rebooting your Moto G 3, set up your phone and enjoy. Any question? Leave it in the comment section below. (Source – XDA)

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23 COMMENTS

  2. THANK YOU!!! Thats just came back to life my phone. I though I had to take it to some place and wait for it to be fixed and to pay for that. Well, you are my hero. This is a simple tutorial that saved my phone.

  5. so how to flash rom? i have custom rom of 7.1 android version and i want to flash my custom rom back. How can i do this?

  6. My Moto g turbo (XT1557) is not booting up ..im unable to go in fastboot mode…repair center says ur motherboard has to be changed ..i need blank-flash for moto g3 turbo Edition/moto g3 ..to send mobile in fastboot mode…

    moto g 2013(gen1),2014(gen2),2016(gen4) have these files ..

  8. I got a error preflash Validation Failed after this command fastboot flash partition gpt.bin

    I was using lineage rom version 15.0 Oreo
    My Moto g3 is XT 1550 2015 Model
    I want to unroot it and also Wants install stock rom 5.1

  11. Let us know the software version your device runs on and also let us know the downloaded software version.

  13. It means you have not proper fastboot driver for your device on your PC. In device manager, enable show hidden devices, look for yellow exclamation mark under other devices and update the driver

  14. At step 6 using [Alternatively, connect your phone to your PC and issue the command adb reboot-bootloader from ADB installation folder] i get ” error: device ” not found.
    At device manager under ports i get Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM10)
    How can i fix this error?

  21. Hi man!! At step 6, i used the alternative option [Alternatively, connect your phone to your PC and issue the command adb reboot-bootloader from ADB installation folder] but i get:
    * daemon not running.starting it now on port 5037*
    * daemon started successfully*
    error: device ”not found.

    Is there anything i can do?

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