[samueldr]

Short answer "not really".

While it could be used to recover the phone, it requires a "programmer" program, which is signed by the vendor (Google, here) that hasn't been leaked.

Or, really, I should say that these programs should be made available as "software rights to repair".

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Some reading:

https://alephsecurity.com/2018/01/22/qualcomm-edl-1/

A more up-to-date open source tool:

https://github.com/bkerler/edl/

EDIT:

see also this sibling (to you) reply:

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28545937