In this guide, we will show you the steps to unbrick your Asus Rog Phone 3 and restore it back from dead. When it comes to gaming smartphones, you shouldn’t look any further than the offerings from Asus. Its ROG series has always been regarded as among the best gaming devices that you could get hold of. And its third iteration in this series has further upped the ante. But that isn’t its only USP. These devices have always known to be quite active in custom development. Be it flashing custom ROMs or custom recovery such as TWRP there’s a lot to try out.
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Along the same lines, you could also root your device via magisk and install tons of mods. However, flashing these custom binaries might bring in some risks as well. There is always a chance of the device getting into a boot-loop or soft brick. Moreover, if the device’s partition gets corrupted, it could well result in a hard brick. Well, if that ever happens to your ROG device, you may easily bring it back to life. Given here are the detailed instructions to unbrick your Asus Rog Phone 3 device. Follow along.
How to Unbrick or Restore Your Asus Rog Phone 3 From Dead
Before we list out the instructions, there are a few files that you need to download. So grab them from the below section and then proceed with the steps that follow.
Downloads
- Android SDK Platform Tools for the Fastboot Drivers
- Qualcomm HS-USB QDloader 9008 Driver so that your device gets recognized by your PC in EDL mode.
- EDL Unbrick Firmware: ROG_PHONE_3_ZS661KS_UNBRICK_EDL.7z
- Download the Asus ROG Phone 3 RAW Firmwares from the below link. If you have the Tencent device, then flash the CN firmware. For Global users, they need to download the WW. [Credits: XDA Senior Member deadlyindian].
That’s it. These were all the requirements. You may now proceed with the below steps to unbrick your Asus Rog Phone 3 device.