I’ve searched for and followed pretty much every recovery instructions online and can’t find anybody else who’s had the following issue.
Host computer is Debian 10 (both WSL under Windows 10 as well as native). Removed “modemmanager” package as per some recovery instructions.
Hikey960 v1, jumpers 1 and 2 are bridged, 3 is open (ie, pins 1-2, 3-4, 5x6)
Console shows nothing (as expected).
Trying to recover with hikey_idt, it always hangs indefinitely (several hours) at the following step:
—>>>
bootloader$ sudo ./hikey_idt -c config
[sudo] password for micha:
Config name: config
0: Image: hisi-sec_usb_xloader.img Downalod Address: 0x20000
1: Image: hisi-sec_uce_boot.img Downalod Address: 0x6a908000
2: Image: recovery.bin Downalod Address: 0x1ac00000
Serial port open successfully!
Start downloading hisi-sec_usb_xloader.img@0x20000…
file total size 99584
downlaod address 0x20000
—<<<
Device is connected to ttyUSB1:
—>>>
[26135.470768] usb 1-12: Detected FT-X
[26135.471044] usb 1-12: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[26140.933341] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 30 using xhci_hcd
[26141.086570] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=3609, bcdDevice= 0.00
[26141.086575] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=4, SerialNumber=0
[26141.086579] usb 1-1: Product: \xe3\x84\xb0㌲㔴㜶㤸
[26141.086581] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: 䕇䕎䥎
[26141.088434] option 1-1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[26141.088657] usb 1-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
—<<<
Note that the device does not time-out or disconnect when in this state. When reset in recovery mode without launching the recovery utility the USB device is only active for ~90 seconds (as expected).
Would be grateful for any additional troubleshooting steps.
With best regards,
- Micha.