Bootloop after B121 OTA - Honor 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
i had B00 with root and chinese recovery
after updating to b121 i goot bootloop
than i changed recovery back to stock
tried to delete cache and system etc. nothing worked
B100 Upgrade via dload/update.app not working cause version mismatch i think
what can i do now. I don't need 349 euro trash.
please help me

Same problem here

Try updating with the full B121 ROM. I have uploaded it here https://mega.nz/#!dgZwAQpb!XcZSZJOWvG1DIDoJRr_EYSehtqTU1ciPE53bNhII8JQ
Follow the instructions in the included documents.

flibblesan said:
Try updating with the full B121 ROM. I have uploaded it here https://mega.nz/#!dgZwAQpb!XcZSZJOWvG1DIDoJRr_EYSehtqTU1ciPE53bNhII8JQ
Follow the instructions in the included documents.
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Thanks mate, I'll give it a try.

pappapishu said:
Thanks mate, I'll give it a try.
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any chance?

Fixed it with honor 6 multi-tool, huwaeiupdateextractor and fw b100.
Now i'm installing the b121 right away.
@evilmumi: hope you fixed it as well.
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evilmumi said:
any chance?
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sorry, i didn't see your previous post.
yes, i figured out:
- downlaod the fw b100 version
- download honor 6 multi-tool (yes, even if it's made for the 6, it worked for 7 as well) and follow the "unbrick" procedure
if you have any question please ask

flibblesan said:
Try updating with the full B121 ROM. I have uploaded it here ...
Follow the instructions in the included documents.
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thanks
you are my hero.
back in business
i hope i can use titanium backup to restore my old data w/o root

i am in trouble! i have erased all (cache dalvick data and system) by twrp! Now obviously the phone is on bootloop...i need desperately a system rom to flash

flibblesan said:
Try updating with the full B121 ROM. I have uploaded it here https://mega.nz/#!dgZwAQpb!XcZSZJOWvG1DIDoJRr_EYSehtqTU1ciPE53bNhII8JQ
Follow the instructions in the included documents.
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Alphasampei said:
i am in trouble! i have erased all (cache dalvick data and system) by twrp! Now obviously the phone is on bootloop...i need desperately a system rom to flash
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just read the thread
short:
0.)download from mega
1.) copy update.app on micro sd card /dload
2.)boot with volume up down and power than you can work!

evilmumi said:
just read the thread
short:
0.)download from mega
1.) copy update.app on micro sd card /dload
2.)boot with volume up down and power than you can work!
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nope! still boot in twrp, i have no system inside the phone

sometimes we have this problem in our german forum too! More on rooted devices!
reflashing the full B100 or B121 rom help
we do it like your user described it here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63070827&postcount=9
BTW: Where we can find the "updateextractor"? All versions of it that i have found, doesn’t work for H7 Roms!:crying:

Back to System boot
evilmumi said:
Hi,
i had B00 with root and chinese recovery
after updating to b121 i goot bootloop
than i changed recovery back to stock
tried to delete cache and system etc. nothing worked
B100 Upgrade via dload/update.app not working cause version mismatch i think
what can i do now. I don't need 349 euro trash.
please help me
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When the phone is in RecoveryMode try a long press vol-up/vol-down/special-key and power all together for a few seconds until the phone reboots ... after that, the phone will start in SystemMode ... for me it worked.

stalfst said:
When the phone is in RecoveryMode try a long press vol-up/vol-down/special-key and power all together for a few seconds until the phone reboots ... after that, the phone will start in SystemMode ... for me it worked.
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I realized that when I plugged the charger to phone and then powered it, it went off the TWRP boot loop. I fdon't know if any others have same issue.
When I updated my phone I had same kind of problem so I flashed stock recovery and then made the force upgrade following the rom's intructions.
Now eveything works again.

Alphasampei said:
nope! still boot in twrp, i have no system inside the phone
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Twrp has a bootloop bug.. I also got this after rooting. What you need to do is to get it out of the bootloop by getting the phone in fastboot/download mode. I have no clue on how I finally got it to boot in fastboot mode, but I tried and tried until it finally booted in fastboot. Then I flashed stock recovery and everything was good after that. Lesson learned was that twrp and especially Chinese twrp is buggy as hell!

kjettern said:
Twrp has a bootloop bug.. I also got this after rooting. What you need to do is to get it out of the bootloop by getting the phone in fastboot/download mode. I have no clue on how I finally got it to boot in fastboot mode, but I tried and tried until it finally booted in fastboot. Then I flashed stock recovery and everything was good after that. Lesson learned was that twrp and especially Chinese twrp is buggy as hell!
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I had no problems at all, no bootloops or any other weird stuff. Perhaps because I wiped cache + dalvik after supersu installation?

have the same problem, what should i do?

sugarray21 said:
have the same problem, what should i do?
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Read instruction HERE

Fix Bootloops
Breaking out of bootloops depends on your device state and what kind of problem you are having. In this section, we are going to focus on the popular case where you can’t access neither the system nor the recovery partitions.
• Step 1: Turn off the phone.
• Step 2: Press Volume UP + Power Button For 10 seconds while connecting the USB cable from your device to your computer. That must make you boot into the bootloader mode.
(Update: A user has reported that holding the power button is optional on some models. Thanks to @sminki for pointing that out).
• Step 3: Head to your computer and download and install the following tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2433454
• Step 4: Download the latest complete update file (B121) from:
http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/3...s-121115-b140/
Then, extract it and get its UPDATE.app file.
• Step 5: Use the Huawei Update Extractor to extract the (BOOT.img), (SYSTEM.img), (RECOVERY.img), (CACHE.img), (CUST.img), and (USERDATA.img) from the UPDATE.app file that you have extracted from Step 4.
• Step 6: Open your command prompt, and navigate to the right directory where you have extracted the image files. Use the “cd” and “..” commands to do so.
• Step 7: Type the following commands and execute them one by one >
Code:
fastboot flash boot BOOT.img
fastboot flash system SYSTEM.img
fastboot flash recovery RECOVERY.img
fastboot flash cache CACHE.img
fastboot flash cust CUST.img
• Step 8: You can also erase the user data if you like by typing and executing the following >
Code:
fastboot flash userdata USERDATA.img
• Step 9: Reboot your device using the following command >
Code:
fastboot reboot
• Step 10: You must be able to boot successfully into the system.
(Noten this model, the "fastboot erase [Partition]" command has been reported by two users that it is not working. Thus, flash the image files directly and if it did not work, then check with the Huawei support center to fix your device. Thanks to @sminki for reporting this).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/guide-beginners-how-to-root-update-fix-t3255452

TWRP Terminal Emulator command method.
I followed the steps here, http://androidforums.com/threads/twrp-bootloop-fix-after-update-ota.922585/ Thanks to the Author... hash_brown.1855790
Which is actually for LG, but slightly altering for Honor7 it works!!
for Honor 7 the commands to be run from TWRP Terminal command emulator will be
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/hi_mci.0/by-name/fota
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Hit GO/enter(return)...wait, takes a few seconds
Now input this
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/hi_mci.0/by-name/misc
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Hit enter (return)...wait again.
When its complete, reboot.
:good:

Alphasampei said:
nope! still boot in twrp, i have no system inside the phone
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I had the same problem with twrp i can walking through how to unbrick your phone happy to help

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L22 Marshmallow - System update failed

Hi,
Today i received a notification on my L22 to update to Marshmallow (310).
But when it reboots into recovery (stock), it says system update failed.
Note:
I have rooted my phone and installed custom rom before. But i used to get back to stock (both rom and recovery) with a TWRP restore. This has worked with all the previous updates of Lollipop (e.g. 130 to 150), but its not working with Marshmallow.
Can someone please help!!.
Can someone please help. I hope this is a beta version. Actually I had opted for the beta previously.
there are no restoration files zips for MM yet, alternatively, you can flash TWRP back via adb and restore your back up. else, follow the steps in thread below....good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/help/bricked-honor-5x-t3328308
Thank you @nandakalyan @Arobase40 for the information.
I can check with them. But when i tried to login to their community, for some reason, my login credentials weren't recognized.
As an update, I tried the following
I downloaded the lollipop 150 firmware and flashed the BOOT, RECOVERY, SYSTEM and CUST image files. But I received REMOTE: COMMAND NOT ALLOWED error while flashing CUST. I even tried installing the USB/ADB drivers again. Still no luck.
Then i tried the update. Still the same error.
Again i followed step 1, then relocked the bootloader (successfully). But still got the same error. (Because i read somewhere that it could be due to modified firmware)
Looks like some issue with the package. So i might have to get back to them.
I will post the update once i get the update from them. Thank you very much guys.
Arobase40 said:
The CUST image file can't be flashed !
But I saw someone was able to rebuild the /Cust folder and its content but I'm too lazy to do the search...
It's in the Honor 5x thread.
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That is correct, cust.img can't be flashed through ADB, I have had this issue too.
@mani0608
The only best way is to flash stock recovery, create a dload folder in the root of the sd-card, place the update.app (original firmware file) in it, boot into download mode (power + vol up + vol down) and let the whole factory image be flashed.
nandakalyan said:
That is correct, cust.img can't be flashed through ADB, I have had this issue too.
@mani0608
The only best way is to flash stock recovery, create a dload folder in the root of the sd-card, place the update.app (original firmware file) in it, boot into download mode (power + vol up + vol down) and let the whole factory image be flashed.
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I followed this and then tried the OTA and voila it worked!!
mani0608 said:
I followed this and then tried the OTA and voila it worked!!
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Super....congrats! Glad it worked

Restoring Stock Rom on KIW-L24 but keeping TWRP

Hi guys,
I am using the link below to perform the restore to stock from CM13 but I think I am not interpreting the questions in this post correctly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/how-to/guide-kiw-l24-to-stock-t3318268
I tried to follow them to get my Honor 5x back to stock rom (while still keeping TWRP) and it was a no go. I kept getting stuck in a boot loop. I was able to immediately reflash CM13 though and get it functionaly. Would someone be kind enough to verify for me as to what steps exactly I need to follow (including ROM names, etc.)? I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks.
@DigiGoon here's a person needing your help
I have a couple questions for you:
1) Before flashing CM13, what stock firmware version were you on? (e.g. b130, b140, b151, b331)
2) Before flashing CM13, did you take a NANDROID backup of your stock setup? Most guides have this step.
Follow these steps, and you'll get your stock ROM back.
Download your phone's latest firmware and extract system.img, boot.img, recovery.img, cust.img from UPDATE.APP using Huawei Update Extractor tool.
Boot into bootloader mode by switching off the phone then pressing only the Vol DOWN button, and connecting it to PC simultaneously.
Flash recovery first, using this command.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Flash all other extracted files similarly firing these commands.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash cust cust.img
fastboot flash system system.img
After doing this put that very UPDATE.APP from which you extracted the files in dload folder of your external SDCARD.
Switch off your phone, and press Vol UP + Vol DOWN + Power button simultaneously.
Your device will now get to the full stock firmware.
Hope this helps you.
@DigiGoon
You are a lifesaver. That seems to have done the trick. Thanks a lot man!
fistfullofbeer said:
Hi guys,
I am using the link below to perform the restore to stock from CM13 but I think I am not interpreting the questions in this post correctly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/how-to/guide-kiw-l24-to-stock-t3318268
I tried to follow them to get my Honor 5x back to stock rom (while still keeping TWRP) and it was a no go. I kept getting stuck in a boot loop. I was able to immediately reflash CM13 though and get it functionaly. Would someone be kind enough to verify for me as to what steps exactly I need to follow (including ROM names, etc.)? I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks.
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There is also a full, latest twrp, recovery backup o.o for b331
You restore everything except data, erecovery, and recovery... 1.6 gig download o.o does the job in one fell swoop as long as you have latest twrp.
Just did this the other day...
fistfullofbeer said:
@DigiGoon
You are a lifesaver. That seems to have done the trick. Thanks a lot man!
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Happy to help buddy.
DigiGoon said:
Follow these steps, and you'll get your stock ROM back.
Download your phone's latest firmware and extract system.img, boot.img, recovery.img, cust.img from UPDATE.APP using Huawei Update Extractor tool.
Boot into bootloader mode by switching off the phone then pressing only the Vol DOWN button, and connecting it to PC simultaneously.
Flash recovery first, using this command.
Flash all other extracted files similarly firing these commands.
After doing this put that very UPDATE.APP from which you extracted the files in dload folder of your external SDCARD.
Switch off your phone, and press Vol UP + Vol DOWN + Power button simultaneously.
Your device will now get to the full stock firmware.
Hope this helps you.
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Just wondering, does this replace the TWRP recovery with stock? And is there a way to keep TWRP if so?
gabepaul said:
Just wondering, does this replace the TWRP recovery with stock? And is there a way to keep TWRP if so?
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Yes it does replace, and you simply need to reflash TWRP again
gabepaul said:
Just wondering, does this replace the TWRP recovery with stock? And is there a way to keep TWRP if so?
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It replaces the TWRP, and if you are flashing stock via 3 button method, then there is no way you can keep it, but if you are getting on stock by flashing individual files then just dont flash the recovery file and you will just have the TWRP alone.
gabepaul said:
Just wondering, does this replace the TWRP recovery with stock? And is there a way to keep TWRP if so?
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Instead of flashing full update.app , i can help u just to stop doing a lot of work after flash
DigiGoon said:
It replaces the TWRP, and if you are flashing stock via 3 button method, then there is no way you can keep it, but if you are getting on stock by flashing individual files then just dont flash the recovery file and you will just have the TWRP alone.
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So which is the three button method and which is the other?
gabepaul said:
So which is the three button method and which is the other?
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Three button method is nothing but by placing update.app in /sdcard/dload/
And then put off the phone followed by pressing vol down+vol up+ power button . This will let it install full stock rom and phone looks brand new in terms of software
gabepaul said:
So which is the three button method and which is the other?
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As @gopinaidu77 said about three button method, its just that. And about the other one, in that you have to extract all the important img files from UPDATE.APP and flash it via fastboot commands.
DigiGoon said:
As @gopinaidu77 said about three button method, its just that. And about the other one, in that you have to extract all the important img files from UPDATE.APP and flash it via fastboot commands.
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so I've tried both, and I'm getting stuck on the "Honor for the brave, powered by Android" screen.
I should probably also add that im trying to downgrade from lineage 14.0 Nougat to the android 6.1 emui 3.1
gabepaul said:
so I've tried both, and I'm getting stuck on the "Honor for the brave, powered by Android" screen.
I should probably also add that im trying to downgrade from lineage 14.0 Nougat to the android 6.1 emui 3.1
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Sorry. 6.0.1 is emui 4.0.1 . Well bro , u can still unbrick ur device . Can i know which build number u are on before u flashed lineageos ?
gopinaidu77 said:
Sorry. 6.0.1 is emui 4.0.1 . Well bro , u can still unbrick ur device . Can i know which build number u are on before u flashed lineageos ?
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Oh yeah, I have restored it already. I made a nandroid backup, and so when it happened, I just rebooted into fastboot and reflashed TWRP, then restored my phone from the backup. Not sure which build. Wondering what went wrong? And how I can successfully convert to stock
gabepaul said:
Oh yeah, I have restored it already. I made a nandroid backup, and so when it happened, I just rebooted into fastboot and reflashed TWRP, then restored my phone from the backup. Not sure which build. Wondering what went wrong? And how I can successfully convert to stock
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Extract UPDATE.APP via Huawei Update Extractor tool, pull out relevant img files (system.img, boot.img, recovery.img, recovery2.img(if not in your device), cust.img) flash this one by one via fastboot by booting your device in fastboot mode, fire the given below commands.
Code:
fastboot flash <img name w/o extension> <full path to the relevant img file>
After this try the three button method, if it doesn't work then boot into eRecovery then tap "Download Latest Firmware". It will connect to Wi-Fi and will start downloading the latest firmware of your device. After the process gets completed you'll be on stock ROM with your bootloader in "Locked" state.
You are guiding wrong bro . There is a need of extension too. Else it will give error saying file not found
CUST issue
Hi,
I tried to do the same, Boot.img, system.img and recovery.img are flashed successfully but I cannot flash CUST.img, following error occurs, please help.
it says: while writing 'cust'...,
error: FAILED (remote: command not allowed)
Please help, thanks in advance.

[SOLVED] Bricked + Formated my Honor 7. Need a ROM

Hey guys,
I've had a total of 4 android smartphones during the last years, and I did root all of them and even install diferent ROM's, but on this phone (Honor 7) was kinda diferent.
The root process is way more complex than all the other androids I did root (simply flash a .zip file...) so I've been post-poning this task over and over..
Finally yesterday I gained courage to try out rooting my phone, and while attempting to root my Honor 7, after flashing SuperSU from TWRP, my phone no longer booted.
Stressed as I was, I just told to myself "f*ck it" and formatted the system and I didn't care much if there was a fix without needing to format the system. (but then I realised that I could not find any .img ROM files to flash from TWRP recovery, so basically I did my actions wrong once again)
I followed the tutorial from guidebeats.com which talks about rooting EMUI 4.0 Android 6.0 (I cant post links)
Basically this is the story:
While unlocking the bootloader, even though, the tutorial said the phone would reboot itself after typing "flashboot oem unlock 1234934829" I did a hard reboot (or reset?) holding (VOL+) + Power button and I have the feeling that the bootloader unlock was not 100% done, even if it said it was unlocked. (Phone was working perfectly fine there)
Then I flashed SuperSU, and I could no longer boot. After powering up my phone, after the first splashscreen, the screen would only turn black.
What (I think) I need to now is remove the TWRP recovery, and use the stock one and attempt to install an "update" using (Vol+) + (Vol-) + Power. (please correct me if I'm wrong)
But now there's some issues I got that I'd like some help with:
1- How can I get back to the stock recovery? (NOTE: I currently got no OS installed on my Honor 7, since I formated it)
2- Will I need to lock and unlock my bootloader again (if I want to 'fix' the bootloader unlock?)
3- Where can I get official Honor 7 stock ROM? (would be awesome if there was already the Android 6 stock rom for a clean install)
4- What are the steps on this tool (Honor 7 Multi-Tool) to root my phone?
I need my Honor 7 asap
Sorry for the long post, It's my first time doing a more advanced root and I have all these questions.
Thank you very much for any kind help!
joaomPT said:
Hey guys,
I've had a total of 4 android smartphones during the last years, and I did root all of them and even install diferent ROM's, but on this phone (Honor 7) was kinda diferent.
The root process is way more complex than all the other androids I did root (simply flash a .zip file...) so I've been post-poning this task over and over..
Finally yesterday I gained courage to try out rooting my phone, and while attempting to root my Honor 7, after flashing SuperSU from TWRP, my phone no longer booted.
Stressed as I was, I just told to myself "f*ck it" and formatted the system and I didn't care much if there was a fix without needing to format the system. (but then I realised that I could not find any .img ROM files to flash from TWRP recovery, so basically I did my actions wrong once again)
I followed the tutorial from guidebeats.com which talks about rooting EMUI 4.0 Android 6.0 (I cant post links)
Basically this is the story:
While unlocking the bootloader, even though, the tutorial said the phone would reboot itself after typing "flashboot oem unlock 1234934829" I did a hard reboot (or reset?) holding (VOL+) + Power button and I have the feeling that the bootloader unlock was not 100% done, even if it said it was unlocked. (Phone was working perfectly fine there)
Then I flashed SuperSU, and I could no longer boot. After powering up my phone, after the first splashscreen, the screen would only turn black.
What (I think) I need to now is remove the TWRP recovery, and use the stock one and attempt to install an "update" using (Vol+) + (Vol-) + Power. (please correct me if I'm wrong)
But now there's some issues I got that I'd like some help with:
1- How can I get back to the stock recovery? (NOTE: I currently got no OS installed on my Honor 7, since I formated it)
2- Will I need to lock and unlock my bootloader again (if I want to 'fix' the bootloader unlock?)
3- Where can I get official Honor 7 stock ROM? (would be awesome if there was already the Android 6 stock rom for a clean install)
4- What are the steps on this tool (Honor 7 Multi-Tool) to root my phone?
I need my Honor 7 asap
Sorry for the long post, It's my first time doing a more advanced root and I have all these questions.
Thank you very much for any kind help!
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As you are already familiar with adb and other stuff so will write a short post for you.
To download latest firmware, head to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/hon...tock-firmware-packages-honor-7-t3448747/page1
Google, download and install Huawei update extractor and open UPDATE.APP in it (obtained after extracting firmware).
You can see all the images. Just extract recovery and boot to platform-tools folder.
Meantime, do the unlocking command again, with
Fastboot OEM unlock xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Followed by fastboot reboot
And press and hold the vol down button again until you reboot in bootloader.
Flash the recovery and boot you extracted using
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
(I got a habit of extracting and flashing system and Cust using
Fastboot flash system system.img
Fastboot flash Cust Cust.img
But they are not necessary)
Now you are set to try a 3 button update (sometimes it gets stuck so if it's stuck for 15 minutes, try 3 button again).
Please do report back if it comes to life.
To root, just flash twrp and then use SuperSU 2.62 (no other version) and update it later using play store.
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Hey!
Thank you alot for your reply.
From the link you sent about the firmwares, there are alot of Builds for the L01 (EU) model. Can I simply use the latest from the list or I gotta install 1 by 1 (from older to newer)?
Also, the bootloader unlock thing, is it ok if I wait to do it until I install the stock ROM again? Because I think I don't have the code anymore (Also don't know about IMEI)
Other thing, yesterday before bricking my phone, I tried to re-unlock the bootloader as you said above, but it didnt let me because "it was already unlocked".
I really have no idea if it's 100% unlocked or not.
important thing!
With those ROM's, I still have the right to receive official OTA updates from the HiCare app right?
Thank you again
joaomPT said:
Hey!
Thank you alot for your reply.
From the link you sent about the firmwares, there are alot of Builds for the L01 (EU) model. Can I simply use the latest from the list or I gotta install 1 by 1 (from older to newer)?
Also, the bootloader unlock thing, is it ok if I wait to do it until I install the stock ROM again? Because I think I don't have the code anymore (Also don't know about IMEI)
Other thing, yesterday before bricking my phone, I tried to re-unlock the bootloader as you said above, but it didnt let me because "it was already unlocked".
I really have no idea if it's 100% unlocked or not.
important thing!
With those ROM's, I still have the right to receive official OTA updates from the HiCare app right?
Thank you again
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Just use B380 as it's the latest full firmware available there.
Unlocking bootloader again was just a precautionary measure (proceed without it and if it is not 100% unlocked and if something goes wrong, we can troubleshoot later, which imo, won't happen)
And yep, if you keep the firmware as it is, but if you flash twrp and root, you will still see the update available in Hicare but will have to install stock recovery again before upgrading. (Nothing else is needed as SuperSU 2.62 gives a systemless root so you only need to flash back stock recovery for an update)
I am not against honor-tool bit it's best to do things manually as it makes you learn stuff and is easy to troubleshoot if something is amiss.
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muradulislam said:
Just use B380 as it's the latest full firmware available there.
Unlocking bootloader again was just a precautionary measure (proceed without it and if it is not 100% unlocked and if something goes wrong, we can troubleshoot later, which imo, won't happen)
And yep, if you keep the firmware as it is, but if you flash twrp and root, you will still see the update available in Hicare but will have to install stock recovery again before upgrading. (Nothing else is needed as SuperSU 2.62 gives a systemless root so you only need to flash back stock recovery for an update)
I am not against honor-tool bit it's best to do things manually as it makes you learn stuff and is easy to troubleshoot if something is amiss.
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Alright, btw, about the thing you said
"Now you are set to try a 3 button update (sometimes it gets stuck so if it's stuck for 15 minutes, try 3 button again)."
I gotta do that myself with an "update.app" file or what?
Sorry, I missed that part
Cheers!
joaomPT said:
Alright, btw, about the thing you said
"Now you are set to try a 3 button update (sometimes it gets stuck so if it's stuck for 15 minutes, try 3 button again)."
I gotta do that myself with an "update.app" file or what?
Sorry, I missed that part
Cheers!
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You have to make a dload folder in SD card and copy UPDATE.APP to that folder.
Then just turn off the phone, press and hold power + vol up + vol down until phone boots.
Let go of power but keep others two pressed for 5, 6 sec more. Your phone will boot into recovery and start installing UPDATE.APP
It likes to get stuck at 5% (most reports) but sometimes, somewhere else. If its stuck for 15 minutes on a particular percentage, just press and hold the above three buttons again using the same process.
Multiple tries make it work...
Sent from my PLK-L01 using XDA Labs
muradulislam said:
You have to make a dload folder in SD card and copy UPDATE.APP to that folder.
Then just turn off the phone, press and hold power + vol up + vol down until phone boots.
Let go of power but keep others two pressed for 5, 6 sec more. Your phone will boot into recovery and start installing UPDATE.APP
It likes to get stuck at 5% (most reports) but sometimes, somewhere else. If its stuck for 15 minutes on a particular percentage, just press and hold the above three buttons again using the same process.
Multiple tries make it work...
Sent from my PLK-L01 using XDA Labs
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Hey man!
Good news, my phone is alive and root is done.
The problem was on the SuperSU that I flashed, it was version 2.71, instead of the one you said » version 2.62 «
I cant thank you enough!! Can I pay you a coffee?
Thank you!
joaomPT said:
Hey man!
Good news, my phone is alive and root is done.
The problem was on the SuperSU that I flashed, it was version 2.71, instead of the one you said �?�» version 2.62 �?�«
I cant thank you enough!! Can I pay you a coffee?
Thank you!
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That's great... Enjoy your phone and as for coffee, well, let's say, you owe me one and we will leave it at that
Better yet, you can search DigiGoon and pay him for the coffee, he taught me what I told you.
You can find him somewhere in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/help/honor-5x-kiw-ul00-boot-loop-t3449554/page1
Decision is yours
muradulislam said:
That's great... Enjoy your phone and as for coffee, well, let's say, you owe me one and we will leave it at that
Better yet, you can search DigiGoon and pay him for the coffee, he taught me what I told you.
Whichever you like...
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Alright man, cheers
joaomPT said:
Alright man, cheers
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Hello
How did you format your phone?
I'm still struggling with going back to Android 5 and EMUI 3.1 since there is no rollback file available. (PLK-AL10, B396) Maybe formatting and installing the old rom could be a solution, like in your case?
tgergo said:
Hello
How did you format your phone?
I'm still struggling with going back to Android 5 and EMUI 3.1 since there is no rollback file available. (PLK-AL10, B396) Maybe formatting and installing the old rom could be a solution, like in your case?
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Hello.
Do you have unlocked bootloader and TWRP recovery? You can format your phone from TWRP recovery.
I think the only option for you is to get the old ROM img and flash it (starting from 0)
You can dirty-flash (Flash a different ROM with same android version as yours, e.g: flashing custom android 5 ROM over your stock android 5 ROM without factory resetting your phone) but I dont think you can do that from Android 6 to 5.
joaomPT said:
Hello.
Do you have unlocked bootloader and TWRP recovery? You can format your phone from TWRP recovery.
I think the only option for you is to get the old ROM img and flash it (starting from 0)
You can dirty-flash (Flash a different ROM with same android version as yours, e.g: flashing custom android 5 ROM over your stock android 5 ROM without factory resetting your phone) but I dont think you can do that from Android 6 to 5.
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Yes I have unlocked bootloader and currently not twrp but I can flash it at any time.
The last two paragraphs you wrote are different solutions or the last one is a more detailed explanation of the previous?
I have android 6 so the later method won't work as you said.
But formatting it and flashing a stock android 5 rom - is it that simple? Nobody here suggested this before, however I have been asking for months.
All the phones are empty when they leave the assembly line.
How did you flash the new rom to your formatted phone? Extracted update.app and flashed each file with fastboot? Any issues you faced?
tgergo said:
Yes I have unlocked bootloader and currently not twrp but I can flash it at any time.
The last two paragraphs you wrote are different solutions or the last one is a more detailed explanation of the previous?
I have android 6 so the later method won't work as you said.
But formatting it and flashing a stock android 5 rom - is it that simple? Nobody here suggested this before, however I have been asking for months.
All the phones are empty when they leave the assembly line.
How did you flash the new rom to your formatted phone? Extracted update.app and flashed each file with fastboot? Any issues you faced?
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From my last 2 paragraphs, the first was a solution, the second was an impossible alternative that I thought it would work.
My issue was that I had a custom recovery but I had no ROM installed, so I had to install the stock recovery and boot (extracting from update.app) and flashing it via fastboot, to afterwards force the update with 3-button method.
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What you'll need to do is:
- Flash TWRP
- Wype system, data, cache.. (so that you completely delete your current ROM)
- Extract recovery.img and boot.img from an update.app of an Android 5 ROM you'd like to have (Official ROM for your device model)
- Flash them via fastboot (You'll go back to stock recovery again)
- Shutdown your device
- Create a folder named "dload" on your sdcard and put UPDATE.APP file in it.
- Reboot
- Do the 3-Button update ([Vol+] + [Vol-] + Power)
- If it works, it will auto install
(- If it gets stuck on 5% for over 5/10min, force reboot pressing [Vol+] + Power) and try again the installation
- After installing it will boot normally (first boot takes a while)
NOTE: I'd recommend creading the dload folder before wiping the ROM, because usb didnt work for me afterwards. (It would still work if I was on recovery tho)
>> Remember to make a full system backup before wiping aswell, dont be stupid like me xD (thats why I had to full wipe my system after soft-brick)
Im answering based on what I did and was explained here to me
joaomPT said:
From my last 2 paragraphs, the first was a solution, the second was an impossible alternative that I thought it would work.
My issue was that I had a custom recovery but I had no ROM installed, so I had to install the stock recovery and boot (extracting from update.app) and flashing it via fastboot, to afterwards force the update with 3-button method.
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What you'll need to do is:
- Flash TWRP
- Wype system, data, cache.. (so that you completely delete your current ROM)
- Extract recovery.img and boot.img from an update.app of an Android 5 ROM you'd like to have (Official ROM for your device model)
- Flash them via fastboot (You'll go back to stock recovery again)
- Shutdown your device
- Create a folder named "dload" on your sdcard and put UPDATE.APP file in it.
- Reboot
- Do the 3-Button update ([Vol+] + [Vol-] + Power)
- If it works, it will auto install
(- If it gets stuck on 5% for over 5/10min, force reboot pressing [Vol+] + Power) and try again the installation
- After installing it will boot normally (first boot takes a while)
NOTE: I'd recommend creading the dload folder before wiping the ROM, because usb didnt work for me afterwards. (It would still work if I was on recovery tho)
>> Remember to make a full system backup before wiping aswell, dont be stupid like me xD (thats why I had to full wipe my system after soft-brick)
Im answering based on what I did and was explained here to me
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I'll try... But seems too simple to be true...
joaomPT said:
From my last 2 paragraphs, the first was a solution, the second was an impossible alternative that I thought it would work.
My issue was that I had a custom recovery but I had no ROM installed, so I had to install the stock recovery and boot (extracting from update.app) and flashing it via fastboot, to afterwards force the update with 3-button method.
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What you'll need to do is:
- Flash TWRP
- Wype system, data, cache.. (so that you completely delete your current ROM)
- Extract recovery.img and boot.img from an update.app of an Android 5 ROM you'd like to have (Official ROM for your device model)
- Flash them via fastboot (You'll go back to stock recovery again)
- Shutdown your device
- Create a folder named "dload" on your sdcard and put UPDATE.APP file in it.
- Reboot
- Do the 3-Button update ([Vol+] + [Vol-] + Power)
- If it works, it will auto install
(- If it gets stuck on 5% for over 5/10min, force reboot pressing [Vol+] + Power) and try again the installation
- After installing it will boot normally (first boot takes a while)
NOTE: I'd recommend creading the dload folder before wiping the ROM, because usb didnt work for me afterwards. (It would still work if I was on recovery tho)
>> Remember to make a full system backup before wiping aswell, dont be stupid like me xD (thats why I had to full wipe my system after soft-brick)
Im answering based on what I did and was explained here to me
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Hi again,
I'm doing this OS installation now. It starts fine but stucks at 90%, (I'm trying to install the latest stock ROM which can be downloaded from Huawei site, B220 or221). Did you have the same issue? I waited more than half an hour at 90% but did not go on.
tgergo said:
Hello
How did you format your phone?
I'm still struggling with going back to Android 5 and EMUI 3.1 since there is no rollback file available. (PLK-AL10, B396) Maybe formatting and installing the old rom could be a solution, like in your case?
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Maybe formatting, Flash stock Android 5 recovery using Honor multitool , and then Flash a Android 5 firmware
Not sure it Will Work without rollback..
Finally, after 2 months of struggling I managed to get back to Android 5 and EMUI 3.1 without a rollback file.
Here is what I did:
0. Download a full ROM you want to install
1. Backup of the current system with Hisuite (everything. Apps, media, contacts, call log, etc.)
2. Flash TWRP recovery with fastboot (start phone in fastboot mode)
3. Wipe (and format!) everything you can with TWRP
4. Extract boot.img and recovery.img from update.app of the new ROM with Huawei Update Extractor
5. Flash boot.img and recovery.img with fastboot.
6. Copy update app to dload folder on SD card, insert into the phone.
7. Restart phone with [VOL+] + [VOL-] + [Power] buttons to force update.
8. The system will be installed from SD card. I had no issues with the installation. First I did not format the phone (just wiped) and it did not work.
9. Restore data from backup.
The only strange thing is that the native app icons look different than my previous lollipop system. Don't know why. They are less colorful. I installed C00B220 for PLK-AL10.
tgergo said:
Finally, after 2 months of struggling I managed to get back to Android 5 and EMUI 3.1 without a rollback file.
Here is what I did:
0. Download a full ROM you want to install
1. Backup of the current system with Hisuite (everything. Apps, media, contacts, call log, etc.)
2. Flash TWRP recovery with fastboot (start phone in fastboot mode)
3. Wipe (and format!) everything you can with TWRP
4. Extract boot.img and recovery.img from update.app of the new ROM with Huawei Update Extractor
5. Flash boot.img and recovery.img with fastboot.
6. Copy update app to dload folder on SD card, insert into the phone.
7. Restart phone with [VOL+] + [VOL-] + [Power] buttons to force update.
8. The system will be installed from SD card. I had no issues with the installation. First I did not format the phone (just wiped) and it did not work.
9. Restore data from backup.
The only strange thing is that the native app icons look different than my previous lollipop system. Don't know why. They are less colorful. I installed C00B220 for PLK-AL10.
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Is this really work? i cant rollback to any version.
Yuaru said:
Is this really work? i cant rollback to any version.
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Yes it does. (It did for me.) Technically this is not a rollback but installing a brand new system on an empty phone. That's why it is important to do a backup upfront.
tgergo said:
Yes it does. (It did for me.) Technically this is not a rollback but installing a brand new system on an empty phone. That's why it is important to do a backup upfront.
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Thanks for the answer. Im gonna try this method. I can't reflash any region rom.

[GUIDE] A2017G : install B02 (root/fb) over A2017Gv1.2.0B01 (system/bootstack tron1)

Hi guys,
for those on system/bootstack by tron1, this is what i did to flash B02 with root and fastboot working.
Thnx to @wineds , @tron1
In detail this is what i did ( because i couldn't update the .zip from sd nor update through adb sideload after i installed stock recovery 711 - @wineds could flash the .zip over SD though - thats up to you to choose)
1. I redownloaded fota B02 (to be sure ) from : http://dl1.ztems.com/zxmdmp/downloa...ages/HK/ZTE/ZTE A2017G/401379/fota_B02_B04.up
2. I didn't change .up to .zip. Put it in ADB folder (you know how...)
3. reinstalled Bootstack B01 tron1 via TWRP ( i reuploaded it here because some users had zip problems : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767157153 )
4. reinstalled System B01 tron1 via TWRP ( i reuploaded and checked it again because some users had zip problems : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862722738 )
5. installed stock recovery from factory img 7.11 , I uploaded it here https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120725539
6. in TWRP reboot to recovery----> you will reboot in stock recovery
7. update from ADB sideload ( adb sideload yourupdateB02file.up)
8. let it update...will take +-5 min in my case, in my case it was hanging a while on 47% (i thought it froze and tapped on power once, it continued...perhaps you don't have to and wait )
9. reboot system----> you'll have B02
10. use adb again, use ADB REBOOT EDL (https://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/how-to/guide-install-twrp-unlock-bl-flash-t3517379), use command ' axon7tool -w recovery' just to reflash TWRP 3.0.2.2 (if needed : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862720446) . It will reboot system ok. Reenter TWRP 3.022 again and stay there.
11 to get fastboot again, use same thread as above under B ( leave TWRP running), in ADB you'll see you're in recovery mode, that's ok.
12. refollow steps 6 to 14. Reboot to fastboot will be ok again !
13 now in ADB type : fastboot flash recovery 'yourlatestrecovery 3.1'.img (if needed : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862720448)
14. fastboot reboot
14. your system will reboot without the anoying " blah blah blah unlocked"
15 reenter TWRP 3.1 again and flash SU2.79 again
16 done
17 pls comment/feedback if you succeeded as well
@raystef66
Your links in steps 1 and 10 are invalid due to copy/paste ellipsis (...).
dnlilas said:
@raystef66
Your links in steps 1 and 10 are invalid due to copy/paste ellipsis (...).
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Some of them were...weird, i never had this problem reffering to other threads..
Did update links. Check them out to verify pls.
Thnx !
I tried your method, everything is fine until I sideload b02 because I get a message when the current system is being verified "E3005: EMMC:/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot: (here are some numbers) has unexpected content" Error in sideload Status 8
And I cannot update to B02, even though currently I am on b01 by tron1 .
S0wL said:
I tried your method, everything is fine until I sideload b02 because I get a message when the current system is being verified "E3005: EMMC:/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot: (here are some numbers) has unexpected content" Error in sideload Status 8
And I cannot update to B02, even though currently I am on b01 by tron1 .
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Have you tried in stock recovery to update with sd instead of sideload with adb? You also could try changing . UP to . ZIP
raystef66 said:
Have you tried in stock recovery to update with sd instead of sideload with adb? You also could try changing . UP to . ZIP
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I tried with stock recovery with sideload and with sd as well. with .up and .zip too and I get the same error .
@raystef66 thanks for ur guide
I need to update to b02 but I don't have courage to lose root
Anyone please report after success
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tuiyaan said:
@raystef66 thanks for ur guide
I need to update to b02 but I don't have courage to lose root
Anyone please report after success
Sent from my ZTE A2017G using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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this method has been tried originally by @wineds - he only updated via SD, that's all and changed .up into .zip
In fact you have nothing to fear because when f.e. you're in stock recovery and things won't update as expected, you always can go back in ADB and flash recovery again with axon7tool (EDL) etc...there's always a way out. And have root back....
When your update succeeds after all, you WILL obtain root again as i discribed. Just follow the steps carefully.
I managed to do this in 1 take
S0wL said:
I tried your method, everything is fine until I sideload b02 because I get a message when the current system is being verified "E3005: EMMC:/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot: (here are some numbers) has unexpected content" Error in sideload Status 8
And I cannot update to B02, even though currently I am on b01 by tron1 .
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Yes rename FOTA as a .zip file and try update from SD card in stock recovery. The fIle needs to be on your external SD. However the error seems to indicate one of your partitions has been modified.
Isn't it easier to
-update to B02
-axon7tool -w recovery
-disconnect before the Success, rebooting countdown ends
-boot TWRP??
Someone made a flashable fastboot zip. haven't tested yet but I guess it will get us fastboot easier
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Isn't it easier to
-update to B02
-axon7tool -w recovery
-disconnect before the Success, rebooting countdown ends
-boot TWRP??
Someone made a flashable fastboot zip. haven't tested yet but I guess it will get us fastboot easier
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Nope, did that too and was a no go. That would have been one of the options to do (i made a thread for this too) but in this case fastboot didn't want to boot with that method strange enough. But you could try and see for your self.
For me this method worked great and i stay 100% stock despite other flashable b02's which are customized.
raystef66 said:
Nope, did that too and was a no go. That would have been one of the options to do (i made a thread for this too) but in this case fastboot didn't want to boot with that method strange enough. But you could try and see for your self.
For me this method worked great and i stay 100% stock despite other flashable b02's which are customized.
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Yeah, fastboot doesn't want to boot because it isn't there... I mean get to EDL then flash TWRP from there with axon7tool.
I used this method on my guide and it's been working flawlessly
Choose an username... said:
Yeah, fastboot doesn't want to boot because it isn't there... I mean get to EDL then flash TWRP from there with axon7tool.
I used this method on my guide and it's been working flawlessly
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To get fastboot back you have to downgrade aboot to b01 version :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71847111&postcount=39
wineds said:
To get fastboot back you have to downgrade aboot to b01 version :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71847111&postcount=39
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Yeah, and you can flash that once you get TWRP
I'm going to update that guide, but the XDA app doesn't let me edit, and I'm far away from a computer. I'll write the process and see if I can try to get fastboot with that zip storming did. For now the process i have in mind is:
Get axon7tool, adb reboot edl, install Zadig qusb_bulk drivers, reload edl with 3 buttons, axon7tool -w recovery (after a backup ofc), disconnect before the tool restarts the phone (you get stock recovery), flash that zip.
Choose an username... said:
Yeah, and you can flash that once you get TWRP
I'm going to update that guide, but the XDA app doesn't let me edit, and I'm far away from a computer. I'll write the process and see if I can try to get fastboot with that zip storming did. For now the process i have in mind is:
Get axon7tool, adb reboot edl, install Zadig qusb_bulk drivers, reload edl with 3 buttons, axon7tool -w recovery (after a backup ofc), disconnect before the tool restarts the phone (you get stock recovery), flash that zip.
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Or use my method
Works too you know :laugh:
Never mind how you do it every method is ok.
I kept it to the basics every one should know by now. In fact performing the steps to get fastboot again lasts no more then a minute. Just copy paste...
Btw, don't brick your phone again! :cyclops: as i remember you came from the other side of the moon...
raystef66 said:
Or use my method
Works too you know :laugh:
Never mind how you do it every method is ok.
I kept it to the basics every one should know by now. In fact performing the steps to get fastboot again lasts no more then a minute. Just copy paste...
Btw, don't brick your phone again! :cyclops: as i remember you came from the other side of the moon...
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Lol I wiped system and data and was holding the power button... Can't believe I was that silly.
My guide actually turned out pretty huge too. So whatever man
Choose an username... said:
Lol I wiped system and data and was holding the power button... Can't believe I was that silly.
My guide actually turned out pretty huge too. So whatever man
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Cheers mate and...happy flashing! :good:
Hi, when I try to flash stocksystem by tron1, TWRP tell me that the zip is incorrect and he can't flash it. I tried to download it again and again but still doesn't work.
fabro91 said:
Hi, when I try to flash stocksystem by tron1, TWRP tell me that the zip is incorrect and he can't flash it. I tried to download it again and again but still doesn't work.
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Dont think the zip is incorrect. Flashed it without any errors. Others too. You're on latest 3.1.0.0 and SU2.79? Is zip in root of sd/internal?
No on external sd
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Didn't work with sideload anymore

Bricked my V10 C432

Hello,
i was on EMUI 9 with my BKL-L09 and decided to give the custom roms a new try.
So i backed up my recovery_ramdisk (it was rooted with magisk before) and then flashed twrp (version 3.2.3-3).
Now i went for Wipe>format data and gave it a try. Result: it was hanging after makefs->(..) done. So i done the whole procedure again but it was still hanging.
Now i can't get back into twrp, because only the twrp bootscreen is showing up. Even after restoring my recovery_ramdisk backup with fastboot i can't get back into erecovery Is there anything i can do?
Thanks.
Ok, i solved this by myself through downloading the full ota update, extracting everything and flashing new kernel, system and recovery from ota update contents.
Can you put the CMD lines to do it?
Thank you anyway. I think i have the same problem.
jesusdoar said:
Can you put the CMD lines to do it?
Thank you anyway. I think i have the same problem.
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I don't have this smartphone anymore but i remember the following:
1. Download the Full OTA Zip (e.g. here: https://www.getdroidtips.com/huawei...-update-for-honor-view-10-download-available/
2. Use the Huawei Update Extractor to extract the partitions from the content in the zip file. (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433454)
3. Flash the partitions over the existing ones on your V10 using fastboot "fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk.img , ...) - these contents are inside the full ota package
Greetings
Did it work out for you?
You can also try to flash the original erecovery using fastboot und use the download option inside the Recovery App. This will reset all partitions back to default. But also all data is lost.
Brodelpiet said:
Did it work out for you?
You can also try to flash the original erecovery using fastboot und use the download option inside the Recovery App. This will reset all partitions back to default. But also all data is lost.
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it works thank you, now the problem is that the erecovery doesn´t download the package to flash.
jesusdoar said:
it works thank you, now the problem is that the erecovery doesn´t download the package to flash.
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Did you just flash the erecovery or also the normal recovery partition und Kernel from the zip? What kind of error do you get?
Brodelpiet said:
Did you just flash the erecovery or also the normal recovery partition und Kernel from the zip? What kind of error do you get?
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Yeah i flashed the kernel and the recovery ramdisk. And now it boots into erecovery, but inside the erecovery, the option to download and install the last version of emui doesn´t work, it just shows an error that it can´t get the package info.
thanks for your attention.
greets

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