Huawei recently shipped update B180.
They advised to unroot the phone first, but I have been stupid and updated with TWRP installed on the second recovery partition (e-recovery?) and the update failed.
My phone now won't boot. I can put it in fastboot/recovery mode and access TWRP, so I guess all I need is a stock ROM.
I cannot find anything useful for Honor 7 with Google, I would like a recent ROM (most recent I found is a B130).
I would also appreciate some advice on how to recover from this boot freeze.
Would flashing a stock ROM with TWRP be enough?
Thank you very much.
I'm kinda pissed since that phone is quite expensive.
You cannot flash a stock rom with TWRP.
You have to flash the stock recovery then a stock rom, using fastboot.
The more recent stock rom available is the B130, unfortunatly.
Have a look at my posts, I have done similar (although I had the normally recovery.img installed) you need to downgrade using the marshmallow downgrade ROM then to the full 121 or 130 ROM after putting the stock recovery back (for the version your phone was on before this happened I assume it was 170 if you were going to 180) once you are back on 130 you can then upgrade up to 180 through the usual process. I have done this a few times and it has been fine whilst experimenting with the device.
The current version of the phone appears to be burned in to it (I think curver.img is doing this inside the UPDATE.APP but I haven't found a way of flashing this file back to the phone to play around with downgrading without the MM downgrade ROM), this I think is what causes it to hang if it has a boot.img and recovery.img that does not match the version the phone thinks it is.
I am in the same boat with @rbuccia.
I can only access fastboot and recovery (twrp).
I also found that I must have something wrong with 3rdmodem because if i wipe form inside twrp I always get an error message on that partition.
Also I have a rom from Kangvip flashable with twrp but veven this has no effect.
I think that we cannot unbrick it without a completely and full stock rom but I think there is no one.
Any idea?
This method should work for the above, first we need to get your device to boot. The following should work... Extract UPDATE.APP from the B180 ROM and then extract boot.img and recovery.img using Huawei Update Extract. Now extract the UPDATE.APP from the full 130 ROM and extract system.img using the Huawei image extractor. Once you have them 3 files, place them in the same folder as your fastboot installation and do the following...
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
This should give you a working bootable phone, it will be a mess half 180 for Kernel etc... and the system itself will be 130 but it should boot. Then place the MM downgrade ROM into the dload folder on your SDCARD and run the update process, it will crash at 95% this is fine the phone will boot back up. Now place the UPDADTE.APP from 130 in the dload folder and run the update again, this should flash and give you a fully functioning normal system running version 130, then follow the update process to get back to 180.
The modem will get flashed as part of the 130 update package so hopefully that will resolve that issue for you as well.
james194zt said:
This method should work for the above, first we need to get your device to boot. The following should work... Extract UPDATE.APP from the B180 ROM and then extract boot.img and recovery.img using Huawei Update Extract. Now extract the UPDATE.APP from the full 130 ROM and extract system.img using the Huawei image extractor. Once you have them 3 files, place them in the same folder as your fastboot installation and do the following...
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
This should give you a working bootable phone, it will be a mess half 180 for Kernel etc... and the system itself will be 130 but it should boot. Then place the MM downgrade ROM into the dload folder on your SDCARD and run the update process, it will crash at 95% this is fine the phone will boot back up. Now place the UPDADTE.APP from 130 in the dload folder and run the update again, this should flash and give you a fully functioning normal system running version 130, then follow the update process to get back to 180.
The modem will get flashed as part of the 130 update package so hopefully that will resolve that issue for you as well.
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Thanks for the tips, but
1. Where can i download the B180 full firmware?
2. I can't access the VOL+ VOL- POWer AKA updater mode, it just bootloops.
Thx :laugh:
Its on one of the threads at the top of General all the firmwares are there, no you don't need to do the vol+/- thing, just power power it down and then hold power up whilst plugging in to your PC. If this works the device will load up in fastboot and you should be able to flash what you need, to do the above the bootloader will need to be unlocked but you can do that from fastboot.
If your device is in a boot loop plug it in via USB to your PC and keep holding the volume up and when it reboots eventually it will go in to fastboot.
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Its on one of the threads at the top of General all the firmwares are there, no you don't need to do the vol+/- thing, just power power it down and then hold power up whilst plugging in to your PC. If this works the device will load up in fastboot and you should be able to flash what you need, to do the above the bootloader will need to be unlocked but you can do that from fastboot.
If your device is in a boot loop plug it in via USB to your PC and keep holding the volume up and when it reboots eventually it will go in to fastboot.
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I must be blind, but i can only find the ota updates, not the full stock firmware :/
Thx tho, i'm starting to understand a bit better how it works and how i can fix it.
I'll just try to flash boot and recovery for B100 and B130 untill i cant make it work, for the system.app tho i can't take the B180 as i can't find it.
You need to use the system.img from B130 it is located here https://mega.nz/#!PlpXnLxD!azPTqEscNnwuSdrjpJJKO9zkyCpzAl7d6w3OpYx1se8 once you have this follow the above process and you should end up with a phone thats working and has the correctly matching firmware. Make sure you do it all though, just because it will boot with a mismatched boot loader and system.img doesn't mean you should keep it that way, it could be unstable and will cause issues with future upgrades.
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You need to use the system.img from B130 it is located here https://mega.nz/#!PlpXnLxD!azPTqEscNnwuSdrjpJJKO9zkyCpzAl7d6w3OpYx1se8 once you have this follow the above process and you should end up with a phone thats working and has the correctly matching firmware. Make sure you do it all though, just because it will boot with a mismatched boot loader and system.img doesn't mean you should keep it that way, it could be unstable and will cause issues with future upgrades.
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Thx for the reply ! But that's what i said earlier, when i flash boot.img, system.img and recovery.img from the B130 update.app, the phone still bootloops.
I have access to the Huawei E-recovery if i do VOL+ POWER while the phone is plugged in the pc
I have access to the fastboot mode if i do VOL- POWER while the phone is plugged in he pc
I DON'T have access to the software mode upgrader if i do VOL+ VOL- POWER, no matter is the phone is plugged in or not
The phone still bootloops, plugged in or not.
:/
You need to flash boot.img and recovery.img from 180 and system.img from 130, sorry if that was not clear above! the boot loop is being caused because the boot.img doesn't match the version your phone thinks its on, if 180 doesn't work try the version before you upgraded i.e. 170 the system.img is just the android OS if you see HONOR glowing then you are booting system.img at that point but if it isn't glowing then you are still in the bootloader at that point so you need to sort out boot.img.
I've never been in 180, and as i said, i can't take the boot and recovery.img from the OTA update, i need a full stock firmware of B180 ! :/
Thx for the help tho.
I already tried to flash boot.img from B100 b121 and B130, and the phone still bootloops :/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/hon...dating-to-b180-fastboot-t3317249#post65420964
This fixed it!
Found this and it worked for me.
Download latest Official Full ROM from EMUI's site, HuaweiUpdateExtractor and adb / fastboot.
2. Unzip ROM and open UPDATE.APP with HuaweiUpdateExtractor.
3. Extract SYSTEM.img and RECOVERY.img (delete .header files that HuaweiUpdateExtractor generates you need only .img files) and put them in adb folder.
4. Boot in fastboot and conect to PC. (You can achieve this from TWRP to boot to bootloader, adb dosent work but fastboot will there is also key combination to get to bootloader/repair mode or what it is).
5. Open cmd.exe from adb folder and type (or copy-paste) the follow commands one by one:
Code:
fastboot devices
Code:
fastboot flash recovery RECOVERY.img
Code:
fastboot flash system SYSTEM.img
And finally where i had some trouble:
If you got no permissions try again or take usb cable off etc. Took me while to get back from same situtation. Few reboots to TWRP and to bootloader and USB replugging while in bootloader.
And for LINUX: i used split_updata.pl-master from github to extract the .APP/Firmware needed to sudo fastboot aswell.
Hiiiii guys
Please help me respected sir and other friends.
Anyone have twrp backup of stock rom ?
Because I want go back to stock rom and I have only twrp not pc please thanks in advance
Good evening everyone , I have a big enough problem . Mistakenly I did wipe of all phone including system by TWRP and now it will not start . I suppose to to flash the stck ROM but i don't have it, could you help me ?
i can only enter in twrp , no system
aboumoslih said:
Good evening everyone , I have a big enough problem . Mistakenly I did wipe of all phone including system by TWRP and now it will not start . I suppose to to flash the stck ROM but i don't have it, could you help me ?
i can only enter in twrp , no system
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You can solve your problem with Multi Tools and -Unbrick from bootloop
Follow these steps in order to return it to fully stock:
Download your phone's latest firmware and extract system.img, boot.img, recovery.img, cust.img from UPDATE.APP using Huawei Update Extractor tool.
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.
Hi I havae huawei plk-l01 single sim eu phone.
First I want to make a root.
Unlcked Bootlader succesfully.installed twrp succes and root succesfuly flashed.
After reboot
phone bootloop.
and I dont know what is my Bxxx versiion.Please help me How can I reborn this phone :S
Hi , flash this file for root , works both for B121 to B371.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3O4DzQkXNR4aFoxbXk5cmZPRlE/view?usp=sharing
it's a super SU adapted to Honor7 by me
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technopark said:
Hi I havae huawei plk-l01 single sim eu phone.
First I want to make a root.
Unlcked Bootlader succesfully.installed twrp succes and root succesfuly flashed.
After reboot
phone bootloop.
and I dont know what is my Bxxx versiion.Please help me How can I reborn this phone :S
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You have to flash the Stock firmware in order to reborn the phone.
Follow these steps in order to do that.
Download your latest firmware and extract system.img, boot.img, recovery.img, cust.img from UPDATE.APP using Huawei Update Extractor tool.
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 nw get to the full stock firmware.
This will help you get your fone back from loops.
I need help my phone is rooted and I want updated it but phone can't updated
What's method for update it
Thanks
Akram ghanam said:
I need help my phone is rooted and I want updated it but phone can't updated
What's method for update it
Thanks
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Flash stock recovery or visit Honor 5X File Depot and and install b310 software. And update it.
HUAWEI KII-L21 Sent with Tapatalk.
Can you give me the link to download it
Thanks again
Akram ghanam said:
Can you give me the link to download it
Thanks again
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Here C185 b310 version. Use Huawei update extractor And select update.app from the zip you downloaded and extract recovery, system, boot files with huawei extractor and flash with adb. Install Mfastboot first.
Follow the steps:
Steps:
Use Huawei Update Extractor to open the stock rom (update.app file from downloaded stock rom zip) with profile unkown.
Select BOOT.img, RECOVERY.img, SYSTEM.img and extract them using right-click Extract selected
put .img files in the folder as minimalfastboot.
boot device in fastboot mode: VOLUME DOWN + POWER: and on Pc's commandline navigate to fastboot
Flash Recovery: fastboot flash recovery RECOVERY.img
Flash Boot: fastboot flash boot BOOT.img
Flash System: fastboot flash system SYSTEM.img
Reboot. Finished, And share the result
can you send me a video on how to do it? please instructions are too hard
Any body can help me how to repack update.app (stock rom) into flashable Zip
My phone have unlocked bootloader and have twrp.
Impossible to flash stockroom with update.app file via twrp.
I`ve tired using custom rom so many bug.
I want rolling back into stockrom with keep twrp n unlocked bootloader.
I've lost my backup
Sorry bad English
Device SCL-L21
1. extract boot.img and system.img for update.app using huawei update extractor
2. copy them into fastboot folder on your computer
3. go into fastboot mode and type this on you computer:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
&
fastboot flash system system.img
3. when completed just type "fastboot reboot"
4. wipe data and cache in recovery to start your phone like new
that`s what i do when i flash stock rom
TheWarrior12345 said:
1. extract boot.img and system.img for update.app using huawei update extractor
2. copy them into fastboot folder on your computer
3. go into fastboot mode and type this on you computer:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
&
fastboot flash system system.img
3. when completed just type "fastboot reboot"
4. wipe data and cache in recovery to start your phone like new
that`s what i do when i flash stock rom
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Hi man, itś so many years dead discussion, but now i need upgrade my Honor 5C. I don´t know if i´ve make something bad, but if i try flash system from stock rom (NEM-L21C432B364), my phone is dead. Only recovery and fastboot mode is working. I´ve try upgrade from version B132. Can you help me please? Now I am not sure, if upgrade version B132 directly to B364 is OK....