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Flashing firmware is technically called “Mass Production” or “MPT” because you are resetting the drive to factory state. This will erase all data. Use only as a last resort for a bricked drive.
Historically, early revisions of SM2259XT firmware (and the similar SM2258XT) were associated with stability issues, specifically related to power states. sm2259xt firmware
If you encounter these, the controller itself is failing (not just firmware): In these cases, data recovery requires a chip-off
In these cases, data recovery requires a chip-off process (desoldering NAND and using a PC3000 Flash). The firmware cannot help. In these cases