I also had a bricked H96 Pro Plus (3gb RAM / 16Gb flash), after trying to unroot the device with SuperSU.
I spent many, many hours reading many, many threads and i eventually found the solution. So a big THANKYOU to everyone who has posted problems and solutions. Without your help my H96 Plus + would still be bricked.
Initially, my box wail fail at the H96 Pro logo, but for some reason wouldn't even output to HDMI, with only a feint blue LED.
This is what I learnt.....
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no HDMI output doesn't mean it is totally bricked
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it took me a while to work out that only 1 usb socket on the box works (closest to the SD card)
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usb burning tool 2.0.8 worked fine
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laptop must use usb 2.0 (usb 3.0 does NOT work!)
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there is NO NEED to connect the box to a power supply. The eMCC h96 flash can be powered and accessed from the laptop usb 2.0 alone
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the laptop usb 2.0 will sometimes reduce power output if it doesn't see activity for a few minutes (so try unplugging/replugging if failure)
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the connection between h96 and laptop can be started 3 ways and is not fussy
option 1. click start on the laptop with usb already connected
option 2. connect the usb with the flash process already started
option 3. use a paperclip to reset the box with the usb already connected and flash process started -
all the above methods will cause the flash process to restart
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it is VERY important to try lots of dfferent ROM's!!
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sometime a ROM will stop a 2% every time
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some ROMs will appear to stop at any random point (2%, 10% 90% etc.) each time it is run. I thought this was a problem with power, or usb cable, but it was just the WRONG ROM!
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the "aml_7.1_s912_q9377-H96PROPLUS_mac-20170422" rom didn't work for me, and crashed out at random %
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after about 10 ROMS , "aml_7.1_s912_q9377-H96PROPLUS_LP_KDMC_mac-20171010" worked with success!!
My method;
- start laptop and load USB Burning tool 2.0.8
- open ROM 20171010 above (MAC licence issue already fixed)
- click start
- connect box to laptop with correct usb sockets
- flash process auto starts
- success!! - unplug usb
- click stop
- connect h96 to tv and power on - first boot took about 5 minutes