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Root Motorolla Mota G2 Dead PLEASE HELP!

Cash1212

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Dec 30, 2016
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Hi, I tried rooting my moto G2 running in Marshmallow today with a root made for the lollipop version and it failed, but i was able to access my phone by accessing the TWRP menu since my phone was unlocked to bootloader. From there, I installed Android Kitkat 4.4 on my phone so that I could access it. After that i decided to update the firmware from the phone back to marshmallow and somewhere between that time when it was updating, the phone stopped. Now the phone doesn't turn on, doesn't charge and nothing appear on the screen. The only thing I see when i plug it into the computer,it says the device connected to this port has malfunctioned. Please help me, I have tried everything. I tried holding down power key for 120 seconds, i tried holding down power+volume down for 120 seconds and I tried charging it. Nothing works and I fear that I have damaged the ROM. Please help, Thanks to any replies
 
It sounds worse than a damaged ROM (which would still let you into the bootloader and recovery, still let it charge, and could be relatively easily fixed). How did you try to update it?

Unfortunately if you can't get it to respond at all then there's no user fix for this. It will need specialised equipment to get it going again, i.e. a proper repair workshop.
 
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Thats what I was afraid of, do you think I can somehow flash in the original firmware in those 3 seconds the phone is connected to the computer(before it displays that the device has malfunctioned). If I cant fix it , is the phone just garbage or is it possible to make a couple bucks from it? Thanks
 
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