Unbrick Method 2

• You should have the inside of your Crystal orientated like this and look for the Flash Memory chip.
  
• Here is a closer look at the area to the right of the battery where the Flash Memory chip is located.
  

Step 2

• At this point you should have the device plugged in and the AML software open. Have the Windows Device Manager open in another visible window and you should also be able to see if there is a Device change in the AML command prompt looking screen.
• On the right side of the chip there are a series of pins.
  
• Counting down from the top right hand corner you want to located the number 5 and 6 pins.
  
• Using a thumbtack or other similar metal object, bridge those two pins by creating a connection between them.
  
• While holding the thumbtack in place, press and hold the Power and Vol- buttons.
• The device may show up in the Device Manager as an M3/M6 chip at this point and as connected to a port in the AML software. You can remove the thumbtack and you should follow the "hard" brick instructions. If you've already installed the World Cup drivers then the computer should automatically recognize the device and use those drivers and the device will appear in the AML software.
• If you have an Ainol Fire or other tablet with two chips, you still bridge the 5/6 pins but first try it on the chip that is closer to the battery. If that does not work then try the chip that is closer to the edge of the tablet. When locating the pins, always make sure the text on the chip is facing the right direction and count down from the upper right hand side of the chip. It will not harm the device to try the 5/6 pins on both chips.

If for any reason something goes wrong, you will have to bridge the number 5 and 6 pins again and start over from the beginning. If you get the device to at the very least be recognized as a mass storage device then you won't have to bridge the pins anymore and everything will work fine.

Step 3

• If you've successfully gotten the computer to recognize the device then you should proceed with the "hard" brick instructions.
• After completing the "hard" brick instructions you will need to follow the "soft" brick instructions for the SD card method.

Deep Brick to SD Card Alternative


Thanks to powman for this info, I will reformat it to be clearer when I get a chance:



Here is a pic of how powman is counting the pins:






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Common Problems.

I can't get the ADB drivers to install correctly

I can't teach you how to use your computer, so if you don't know how to uninstall or install windows drivers you'll have to spend some quality time with Google and then come back here. If you do know what you are doing and are still having problems with the ADB drivers, then try these "Universal Naked Drivers" on XDA might work.
You may have to manually edit the android_winusb.inf file in the universal naked package and add some entries for you device. Copy the address from the device properties page under Details -> Hardware Ids (in the big drop down list) and make the entries for them by copying the generic Nexus format.

File: android_winusb.inf
Lines starting with Google were there already and the other lines are added.




I'm running Windows 8 or 8.1 and can't install drivers

See this blog for instructions on how to temporarily disable your computers security and allow you to install the ADB drivers.