ZenFone 8 seems to be bricked. I have no idea what to do.

[idris3396]

So, I was using the phone as usual and all of a sudden, the screen went black/blank as if the phone had been turned off.
The next thing I know, the phone boots up to this screen.


I searched online and found that my phone has possibly been bricked. This used to happen with ROG Phone 2. I found a few videos online showing how to fix this in ROG Phone 2 however, I couldn't find anything for the ZenFone 8.
I did find a Reddit post where another user had faced this exact same problem with their ZenFone 8 as well.
Link to the post: https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/owelrj/bricked_zenfone_8/
I have no idea what to do now. I bought this phone in July.
I would really appreciate some help.
Thank you!

[Lammy]

@irvin, I'm from the UK. What happened with me, is I put my phone on charge, came back a bit later, and was presented with that screen. As you know, there's nothing you can do. I'm now very worried that this can happen again.

[idris3396]

Lammy

Here is the note I got when my phone came back from repair. They never even said what the problem was.

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The last thing looks like a storage replacement part.
Maybe the reason these phones are being bricked on their own is due to the flash memory getting randomly corrupted.
This is exactly what @Danishblunt suggested earlier. He was right.

[Dooboo]

Lammy

@irvin, I'm from the UK. What happened with me, is I put my phone on charge, came back a bit later, and was presented with that screen. As you know, there's nothing you can do. I'm now very worried that this can happen again.

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Good chance it will again. I recommend selling it before its too late. Did they erase all your files too?

[Dooboo]

idris3396

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/182502#Comment_182502

The last thing looks like a storage replacement part.

Maybe the reason these phones are being bricked on their own is due to the flash memory getting randomly corrupted.

This is exactly what @Danishblunt suggested earlier. He was right.

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Hmmm or isit just the motherboard? But the memory could be integrated too.. i hate asus.

[Lammy]

@irvin I will probably keep it, there's actually no phone out there that I want. There's not much selection for decent spec smaller phones. Yes they did wipe everything.