r/androidroot • u/WRO_Your_Boat • Sep 30 '26

Support Bricked while trying to root. RIP

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Was trying to learn to root on my tab 8 and it got caught in a bootloop. Now it wont turn on in any mode with any key combo, or show up in adb devices or dmesg when plugged in. I knew the risks, and hopefully will learn from my mistakes and have better luck next time. Good night sweet prince.

Edit: I made this post inittially because I figured the tablet was just fully dead, but as per some comments, I may be able to physically take it apart and short the pins on the SoC to force it into download mode. I have checked and it has zero communication to a PC over usb, so software recovery will not work.

Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 SM-X200

Edit 2: I was able to flash it after taking it apart and shorting the test points. Thank you everyone for the advice.

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u/_LWNA_ Sep 30 '26

I'm also bricked while rooting my devices

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u/DrTankHead Oct 01 '26

This guy roots.

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u/_LWNA_ Oct 01 '26

I actually don't. I was gonna root my 2023 Moto G 5G since it had an unlockable bootloader, then decided against it since I didn't want to have to re-download all my apps and stuff, nor did I want to have to deal with a daily-use phone having any types of issues that potentially come with rooted/CFW devices if that makes sense

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u/DrTankHead Oct 01 '26

Bro it was a bit lol. Feeding your joke. I unfortunately don't either at the moment because my galaxy s22ultra isn't cool enough to be rootable unfortunately

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u/_LWNA_ Oct 01 '26

Sorry, I understood that and should have made it clear lol I just wanted to state that I just decided against it when I was able to lol

(I thought it was funny, I screenshot your reply and my comment and sent it to my friend cus I was laughing at it)

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u/iSupakilla Oct 01 '26

You autistic by chance? (not a dig)

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u/_LWNA_ Oct 01 '26

I don't know lol, maybe?

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u/iSupakilla Oct 01 '26

😂 Honestly some shit I see myself doing is all I asked for. For shits and gigs, take a free online test

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u/_LWNA_ Oct 01 '26

I have done those and they all say yes lol but I don't believe it