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Recently bricked my honor 5x used fast boot to get it out of boot loop. (Because I tried to its update my phone with twrp)now when I try to re flash twrp it gets replaced by the stock recovery Everytime . Please help!
Samething happend to me... cannot flash twrp because when i restart phone after flashing twrp, it gets replaced by stock recovery.
What i do now is to boot to twrp instead of flashing using this command:
Code:
fastboot boot twrp-3.0.0-0-kiwi.img
Hopefully there is a solution for this flashing problem.
FREAK0N said:
Samething happend to me... cannot flash twrp because when i restart phone after flashing twrp, it gets replaced by stock recovery.
What i do now is to boot to twrp instead of flashing using this command:
Code:
fastboot boot twrp-3.0.0-0-kiwi.img
Hopefully there is a solution for this flashing problem.
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you can't just reboot after flashing recovery ...you have to boot directly to twrp after the flash with power + volume up (Skip the fastboot reboot step)
the simple way is to copy kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img to your sdcard
fastboot boot kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
now in twrp choose install / image / then choose kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
next choose reboot / recovery
you now have kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
from then on adb reboot recovery from android
or power + volume up will enter TWRP
clsA said:
you can't just reboot after flashing recovery ...you have to boot directly to twrp after the flash with power + volume up (Skip the fastboot reboot step)
the simple way is to copy kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img to your sdcard
fastboot boot kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
now in twrp choose install / image / then choose kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
next choose reboot / recovery
you now have kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
from then on adb reboot recovery from android
or power + volume up will enter TWRP
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Thanks alot... i wil try it later.
Too many Links is what ADB Says
RootMega said:
Too many Links is what ADB Says
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why are you using adb ?
did you read the instructions i posted
I have the stock recovery.
I cant get into twrp.
I tried to flash then go straight to twrp which gets replaced by stock bootloader
Idk it gets replaced everytime
Okay the adb thing stopped I got into twrp by doing the fastboot thing but when i boot into recovery it goes to the stock recovery.
RootMega said:
Okay the adb thing stopped I got into twrp by doing the fastboot thing but when i boot into recovery it goes to the stock recovery.
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I really don't know why you don't seem to get it
it's this simple
you fastboot boot kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
now while in TWRP copy kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img to the phone
Also copy SuperSU-v2.64.zip (or newer) to the phone
after the files are copied choose Install / Image / kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
next choose install / SuperSU.zip
next choose Reboot / Recovery
you now have TWRP recovery and you can enter it by using power + volume up
or from an app on the phone (I use Quickboot) or from a pc with adb reboot recovery
I have the same problem, i tried with your method but the system continue to replace bootloader, impossible to keep twrp on recovery
Edit : I try to install Root Checker, it detect my phone is root but impossible to access to TWRP, very strange
clsA said:
you can't just reboot after flashing recovery ...you have to boot directly to twrp after the flash with power + volume up (Skip the fastboot reboot step)
the simple way is to copy kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img to your sdcard
fastboot boot kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
now in twrp choose install / image / then choose kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
next choose reboot / recovery
you now have kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
from then on adb reboot recovery from android
or power + volume up will enter TWRP
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Tried this on my KIW-L21, as this is the only way I did not try it yet...
Did not work, unfortunately, I assume the OP could have the same problem as I already posted in the TWRP thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66678377&postcount=509
(It is a shame people spam this thread with unlocking problems, though)
EarlyMon mentioned something about dual recovery partitions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66838009&postcount=529
So regardless how many times I flash TWRP it wont stick until the next reboot to recovery, as it gets replaced by the stock one all the time.
I am thankful for every news on that topic and I would happily help(to the extent I am able to) getting TWRP back onto our phones :good:
P.S.: I am not quite sure if the OP has another problem in flashing the recovery, though.
Nekly said:
Tried this on my KIW-L21, as this is the only way I did not try it yet...
Did not work, unfortunately, I assume the OP could have the same problem as I already posted in the TWRP thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66678377&postcount=509
(It is a shame people spam this thread with unlocking problems, though)
EarlyMon mentioned something about dual recovery partitions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66838009&postcount=529
So regardless how many times I flash TWRP it wont stick until the next reboot to recovery, as it gets replaced by the stock one all the time.
I am thankful for every news on that topic and I would happily help(to the extent I am able to) getting TWRP back onto our phones :good:
P.S.: I am not quite sure if the OP has another problem in flashing the recovery, though.
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So you are booting TWRP
Installing / TWRP.Img in TWRP and Reboot recovery and your not booting to TWRP ?
Just my two cents into this thread: apparently (from my personal experience, and EarlyMon seems to back this up) the Honor 5X for whatever reason allows the installation of TWRP but still keeps Huawei's stock recovery in place, unlike most phones. What's more, it randomly (yeah, guessing it's not random obviously, but I don't have the slightest clue what the pattern might be) decides to boot into stock recovery while I use the same hardware keys that have continuously booted me into TWRP up until that point. This behavior led me to believe I had bricked my phone for a day, lol (I made a recent post about it on this forum, in case anyone cares).
Bottom line: if you can't boot into TWRP even though you made sure to install it correctly, try changing the key combo. Vol down + Power not working for you? Try Vol Up. Neither work? Try Vol Up + Down + Power. Spice it out and it might solve your problems.
clsA said:
So you are booting TWRP
Installing / TWRP.Img in TWRP and Reboot recovery and your not booting to TWRP ?
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That is correct:
Connected Phone to PC
ADB reboot bootloader
fastboot boot kiwi.img
install image kiwi.img
reboot recovery
Tada, Stock eMUI Recovery :[
I really had hoped it would do the trick, though.
Nekly said:
That is correct:
Connected Phone to PC
ADB reboot bootloader
fastboot boot kiwi.img
install image kiwi.img
reboot recovery
Tada, Stock eMUI Recovery :[
I really had hoped it would do the trick, though.
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what version of TWRP are you using ? whats the real file name ?
Has anyone tried flashing TWRP with TWRP Manager from the play store?
Sm0k3d 0uT said:
Has anyone tried flashing TWRP with TWRP Manager from the play store?
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Been there and done that. Same outcome.
clsA said:
what version of TWRP are you using ? whats the real file name ?
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The last approach was done with the one from the first post of the TWRP thread here on XDA(https://goo.gl/53xai9) "kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img"
I also tried the TWRP images from https://twrp.me/devices/huaweihonor5x.html but always the same result.
I can try with a specific image, just give me a link and I'll try to flash it. :fingers-crossed:
hi so my buddy honor 7 got semi brick after he tried to root , luckily twrp recovery still works so i flashed custom rom H7T B370 V10.1 AND IT WORKS FINE.
I WANT TO FLASH A STOCK ROM .
is there a safe way because im scared of this phone honestly i use to have htc senstation i change the rom every weekend lol. but with this one i need advice plzz
thnx
Hi, you are supposed to do a TWRP backup before flashing/ try to root, so just restore it.
Envoyé de mon PLK-L01 en utilisant Tapatalk
Theres no backup
You have to flash the files extracted from B371's UPDATE.APP, the files you need to flash are system.img, boot.img, cust.img, recovery.img
and after doing that, do the famous three button update with that UPDATE.APP only.
Hope this helps.
acesama said:
hi so my buddy honor 7 got semi brick after he tried to root , luckily twrp recovery still works so i flashed custom rom H7T B370 V10.1 AND IT WORKS FINE.
I WANT TO FLASH A STOCK ROM .
is there a safe way because im scared of this phone honestly i use to have htc senstation i change the rom every weekend lol. but with this one i need advice plzz
thnx
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Unroot if he has root.
Extract System.img, Boot.img and Recovery.img from B370 and flash them manually.
How? Any tut pls
Szumy said:
How? Any tut pls
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Follow below steps and you are good to go:
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.
NOTE: If the manual flashing doesn't works or you get any errors, then first try only the force update method, i.e Putting the UPDATE.APP from which you extracted the files in dload folder of your external SDCARD and pressing Vol UP + Vol DOWN + Power button simultaneously after switching off your phone.
Szumy said:
How? Any tut pls
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Go to SuperSU and in settings select full unroot.
Reboot the phone and check the unroot with some app you might have installed that requires root privileges.
Extract recovery.img from update.app file inside of B370 zip update file.
Install minimal ADB and fastboot in your PC
Install latest Google ADB driver
Reboot your PC.
Connect your H7 to PC.
Reboot H7 into fastboot mode.
Copy recovery.img to ADB fastboot folder in your PC.
Run ADB in your PC.
Run ADB commands:
fastboot devices - should reply with a device (yours)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
Copy the update.app from B370 zip file to a "dload" folder in your phone. Either in root of SDcard your root of phone.
Turn off phone.
Press simultaneously vol+- and power until you see any screen. Should be the update screen. It will update then reboot.
Factory reset and your done.
digigoon said:
follow below steps and you are good to go:
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.
note: if the manual flashing doesn't works or you get any errors, then first try only the force update method, i.e putting the update.app from which you extracted the files in dload folder of your external sdcard and pressing vol up + vol down + power button simultaneously after switching off your phone.
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thnx thats very helpful
@acesama
Awesome..!!
I am in bootloop after flashing the files (I did unroot) . How do i Fix that? I can only go in fastboot mode
Szumy said:
I am in bootloop after flashing the files (I did unroot) . How do i Fix that? I can only go in fastboot mode
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Please boot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik cache, reboot. It might take a bit longer to boot but if does not boot for 15, 20 minutes then you are in bootloop again.
Report back if that happens.
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Szumy said:
I am in bootloop after flashing the files (I did unroot) . How do i Fix that? I can only go in fastboot mode
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Did you flash the same firmware you had before or a different one?
Szumy said:
I am in bootloop after flashing the files (I did unroot) . How do i Fix that? I can only go in fastboot mode
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Probably because either of these:
1 - still using TWRP recovery - need to flash stock recovery.img
2 - corrupted boot.img - flash cust, boot, recovery and system img files from CURRENT B1xx or B3xx ROM update file.
DigiGoon said:
Follow below steps and you are good to go:
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.
NOTE: If the manual flashing doesn't works or you get any errors, then first try only the force update method, i.e Putting the UPDATE.APP from which you extracted the files in dload folder of your external SDCARD and pressing Vol UP + Vol DOWN + Power button simultaneously after switching off your phone.
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Hey, im trying this method and im stuck at 5%. how long does the install usually take? Thanks in advance
ocali94 said:
Hey, im trying this method and im stuck at 5%. how long does the install usually take? Thanks in advance
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A while, don't stress out and have to phone fully charged and/or connected to the charger. It can last like 20 minutes.
Hi i used this method and did everything how DigiGoon said, but with B390. No its stuck at 5% for the last two hours. should i stop the update?
Raleor said:
Hi i used this method and did everything how DigiGoon said, but with B390. No its stuck at 5% for the last two hours. should i stop the update?
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have you solved the problem or need help?
Did you try the correct package.
Nice idea but I have no pc only twrp recovery please anyone have twrp backup ?
[email protected] said:
Nice idea but I have no pc only twrp recovery please anyone have twrp backup ?
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Twrp backup of stock rom??
hassanjavaid8181 said:
Twrp backup of stock rom??
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Sorry I not have twrp backup so plz I need twrp backup anyone share it to me thanks in advance
i flashed new recovery mode to my Gr5 nd i want to go back to stock recovery to have marshmelo update can any one help me pls
sorry for bad english
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Abdel_Fattah said:
i flashed new recovery mode to my Gr5 nd i want to go back to stock recovery to have marshmelo update can any one help me pls
sorry for bad english
:crying:
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Wat is the full model of ur phone? KII-L21?
Go to file depot and get the recovery for ur phone (B130 or B140) or better still get the stock rom from the huawei website of your country and use Huawei Extractor to extract the recovery file. You just have to make sure it tallies with ur software version. B130 or B140 or whatever it is. Copy the recovery file to adb folder and rename to 'recovery.img'
When you get the recovery file, boot into bootloader/fasboot mode using the code below in adb.
"fastboot reboot bootloader"
Then flash it using the code below.
"fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
This should get you stock recovery.
"fastboot reboot recovery" should get you into recovery. To show it's changed to stock.
Note: If you are not sure of the recovery to get, post a screenshot showing your phone information including the software version. Settings > About phone. That's the one. Cheers
Follow these steps and you are back on stock in no time:
As I don't know if you modified system or not, I'm gonna show you the full method.
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.
NOTE: If the manual flashing doesn't works or you get any errors, then first try only the force update method, i.e Putting the UPDATE.APP from which you extracted the files in dload folder of your external SDCARD and pressing Vol UP + Vol DOWN + Power button simultaneously after switching off your phone.
Hey,
I wanted to do a nandroid backup so I did adb reboot recovery to go to TWRP, now I can't boot into system, I'm stuck in twrp, I can't even power off the phone it keeps booting up again and again. Please help i'm really lost. Thanks
I did boot to System but with another key combinaison (volume down + power) , I think it's all messed up and the phone thinks that the recovery is the default boot option.. idk how to change this
Nexx_ said:
I did boot to System but with another key combinaison (volume down + power) , I think it's all messed up and the phone thinks that the recovery is the default boot option.. idk how to change this
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If you can reach the stock recovery, just put update.app file and install it. If you can't, try to flash boot.img and recovery.img manually. After that, try to install rom again.
memht said:
If you can reach the stock recovery, just put update.app file and install it. If you can't, try to flash boot.img and recovery.img manually. After that, try to install rom again.
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Okay thank you, I will try flashing them manually because I have twrp
@DigiGoon Please can you help me with it?
You were on which system? Stock or any Custom ROM?
DigiGoon said:
You were on which system? Stock or any Custom ROM?
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I was on stock b371
Okay follow these step, if you don't understand any step ask again. But follow these:
Download the UPDATE.APP of the Build number you were on before.
Extract system.img, boot.img, recovery.img, cust.img from that UPDATE.APP
Flash all these files via bootloader mode, to boot into bootloader mode, once a loop is over and you see blank screen on your phone, quickly press Vol DOWN button and while pressing it connect your phone to a PC. If this doesn't work and you get into recovery, then in recovery go to option Reboot, in that select Bootloader.
Once in bootloader mode, flash these files by firing these commands from a CMD, make sure files are situated in the same location where you open up the CMD.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash cust cust.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Now after your phone boots up normally, put the same UPDATE.APP from which these files were extracted in dload folder of your external SDcard.
Now switch off your phone and press all the three buttons(Vol UP + Vol DOWN + Power) simultaneously.
Flashing process will start.
Hope this helps.
DigiGoon said:
Okay follow these step, if you don't understand any step ask again. But follow these:
Download the UPDATE.APP of the Build number you were on before.
Extract system.img, boot.img, recovery.img, cust.img from that UPDATE.APP
Flash all these files via bootloader mode, to boot into bootloader mode, once a loop is over and you see blank screen on your phone, quickly press Vol DOWN button and while pressing it connect your phone to a PC. If this doesn't work and you get into recovery, then in recovery go to option Reboot, in that select Bootloader.
Once in bootloader mode, flash these files by firing these commands from a CMD, make sure files are situated in the same location where you open up the CMD.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash cust cust.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Now after your phone boots up normally, put the same UPDATE.APP from which these files were extracted in dload folder of your external SDcard.
Now switch off your phone and press all the three buttons(Vol UP + Vol DOWN + Power) simultaneously.
Flashing process will start.
Hope this helps.
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Thank you a lot for helping me I'll try to follow the process as soon as I get windows on my Mac
@DigiGoon No need to flash system.img actually Just cust, boot and recovery is enough (i think). I forgot to tell cust but it's not necessary always.
memht said:
@DigiGoon No need to flash system.img actually Just cust, boot and recovery is enough (i think). I forgot to tell cust but it's not necessary always.
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The way his phone is acting, system is the main thing he needs to flash.
Same kind of problem different dude
DigiGoon said:
Okay follow these step, if you don't understand any step ask again. But follow these:
Download the UPDATE.APP of the Build number you were on before.
Extract system.img, boot.img, recovery.img, cust.img from that UPDATE.APP
Flash all these files via bootloader mode, to boot into bootloader mode, once a loop is over and you see blank screen on your phone, quickly press Vol DOWN button and while pressing it connect your phone to a PC. If this doesn't work and you get into recovery, then in recovery go to option Reboot, in that select Bootloader.
Once in bootloader mode, flash these files by firing these commands from a CMD, make sure files are situated in the same location where you open up the CMD.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash cust cust.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Now after your phone boots up normally, put the same UPDATE.APP from which these files were extracted in dload folder of your external SDcard.
Now switch off your phone and press all the three buttons(Vol UP + Vol DOWN + Power) simultaneously.
Flashing process will start.
Hope this helps.
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I'm having similar problem as OP. I get access to TWRP(by holding power+vol up), but not fastboot anymore. My TWRP is in chinese and but I found the reboot menu and the alternatives are: System, Power Off, Recovery and Download. I think i've tried them all and none of them brings me fastboot. I went into loop when I tried to install SuperSu through TWRP on stock rom. Is there hope? Yesterday I managed to get into fastboot, but can't remember what I did. I heard something about draining the battery and then theres hope?
mosoo said:
I'm having similar problem as OP. I get access to TWRP(by holding power+vol up), but not fastboot anymore. My TWRP is in chinese and but I found the reboot menu and the alternatives are: System, Power Off, Recovery and Download. I think i've tried them all and none of them brings me fastboot. I went into loop when I tried to install SuperSu through TWRP on stock rom. Is there hope? Yesterday I managed to get into fastboot, but can't remember what I did. I heard something about draining the battery and then theres hope?
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Several options you got:
Install older SuperSU. I remember I had the same thing and the only way was to downgrade SuperSU. 2.5x, I think.
Try to access fastboot - turn off phone, keep vol- pressed and power up. Release vol- when you see fastboot screen. Try it with and without USB PC connection.
Try to deplete your battery. It works in other devices as after charging again, boot.img behaves differently. Don't ask me why, but if the phone charges as it is, no harm in trying.
Wipe all partitions - Dalvik, cache, data, internal storage and system. And then install a custom ROM from sdcard or USB-OTG. You can access H7 content from PC, through USB, while in TWRP.
Huawei eRecovery
I got into Huawei eRecovery EMUI, but when I try to "Download latest version and recovery" and connect to wifi it fails:"Getting package info failed". The other options are Reboot and Shutdown. Could this be useful?
Another question how to transfer to sd-card when in twrp. The phone is detected in windows as MTP thingy, but in adb shell no devices is found... I'm too noob for this.
Got into fastboot mode, and flashed all the imgs except system.img where I get error "cannot load"... Got the ADB drivers now, but still adb shell finds no devices. It appears that my TWRP is gone, and instead I get Huawei eRecovery. So my problem now is that I dont get system.img flashed, still stuck at honor-logo, and can't push files with adb, I get "no devices". Any tips?
Got it now, thank you very much! But what's the point in doing the last steps with dload when everything seems to be good?
mosoo said:
I got into Huawei eRecovery EMUI, but when I try to "Download latest version and recovery" and connect to wifi it fails:"Getting package info failed". The other options are Reboot and Shutdown. Could this be useful?
Another question how to transfer to sd-card when in twrp. The phone is detected in windows as MTP thingy, but in adb shell no devices is found... I'm too noob for this.
Got into fastboot mode, and flashed all the imgs except system.img where I get error "cannot load"... Got the ADB drivers now, but still adb shell finds no devices. It appears that my TWRP is gone, and instead I get Huawei eRecovery. So my problem now is that I dont get system.img flashed, still stuck at honor-logo, and can't push files with adb, I get "no devices". Any tips?
Got it now, thank you very much! But what's the point in doing the last steps with dload when everything seems to be good?
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Please share your solution with others, so that your post can be referred.
Doing a forced updated (dload) gives the absolute assurance you flashed all the partitions correctly with all the *.img compressed files in the update.app file.
mosoo said:
Got it now, thank you very much! But what's the point in doing the last steps with dload when everything seems to be good?
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When you flash the partitions manually, we are not flashing all of them, only some of them, and some partitions are not in regular img format, so by doing the three button update we can put all the partitions in their respective places.
Another benefit of doing force update is that if you don't know your build number and flashed system.img, cust.img etc of some other build then by doing a force update all the img files of same build are flashed.
Hi,
Here is a long story of bricking my device, I wanted to downgrade my device from Oreo to Nougat, and somehow I installed wrong software, mine is RNE-L21 and after successful downgrade with this method:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3vqb8hPZIQ
version of software I installed: RNE-L21C461B153CUSTC461D001
my device was NEO-something, in settings it showed 3GB of RAM instead of 4GB, screen resolutution 1280x720 instead of fullHD and 32GB of internal memory instead of 64, so I wanted to change that.
This time I downloaded (not so sure about this now) proper version of firmware: RNE-L21C432B135CUSTC432D001, and used another method because previous method didnt work, link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76503686&postcount=46
the HuRUpdater scrpit worked fine, I booted up the device and nothing was changed, so I was like, well, ok then.
but then I noticed that my bootloader was locked, so I wanted to unlock it, and after typing the *fastboot oem unlock code* and selecting yes on my device, It rebooted and just stuck at the "Powered by andriod" logo.
I was trying to enter TWRP but id doesnt work, its stuck at the loading screen, I was unable to enter fastboot, but now I figured out that when I discharge it, I'm able to enter fastboot.
So now I'm stuck, I don't know what should I do.
I saw a guide for flashing .img files from UPDATE.APP, but that guide was for Oreo, and I've got diffrent .img files inside my Nougat UPDATE.APP so I don't want to risk:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/help/mate-10-lite-bricked-t3794236
sentavn said:
you should format by using fastboot. First download your stock ROM and extract with Huawei Firmware Extracter. Select UPDATE.APP and extract following files:
erecovery_kernel.img
erecovery_ramdisk.img
erecovery_vbmeta.img
cust.img
erecovery_vendor.img
kernel.img
ramdisk.img
recovery_vbmeta.img
recovery_vendor.img
system.img
Reboot your device in to fastboot mode (recovery mode) and flash those files one by one:
fastboot flash erecovery_kernel erecovery_kernel.img
...
fastboot flash system system.img
//
Erase your userdata space:
fastboot -w
//reboot
fastboot reboot
Now go to your stock recovery and do factory reset, wide cache.
Now your device back to stock OREO
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Any Ideas?
HOW I FIXED:
I downloaded this EMUI 5 Nougat, Thanks to bozka1:
https://androidhost.ru/5SZ
I extracted UPDATE.APP file using Huawei Update Extractor.
I was trying to flash everything via fastboot: BOOT.img, RECOVERY.img, RECOVERY2.img, CUST.img, SYSTEM.img but nothing helped me.
I found out what you can flash via fastboot here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/huawei-fastboot-commands-t3850123
There was no hope for me, so I tried to flash USERDATA.img
fastboot flash userdata USERDATA.img
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And then cmd promped something unusual:
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'userdata' (24576 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.646s]
writing 'userdata'...
(bootloader) success to erase cryypt info in oeminfo
OKAY [ 1.401s]
finished. total time: 2.049s
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Then I proceeded to flash: BOOT.img, RECOVERY.img, RECOVERY2.img and CACHE.img
I didn't flash SYSTEM.img because I flashed it before like 1500 times.
My phone didn't work yet so I used the DLOAD method because RECOVERY finally worked, so I shut down the device and used three buttons combo:
First holding Volume Up, Volume Down and then pressing Power Button.
There is a documentation in the firmware I downloaded, SDcard must be in exFAT format.
Thank You bozka1.
voltzero2 said:
Hi,
Here is a long story of bricking my device, I wanted to downgrade my device from Oreo to Nougat, and somehow I installed wrong software, mine is RNE-L21 and after successful downgrade with this method:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3vqb8hPZIQ
version of software I installed: RNE-L21C461B153CUSTC461D001
my device was NEO-something, in settings it showed 3GB of RAM instead of 4GB, screen resolutution 1280x720 instead of fullHD and 32GB of internal memory instead of 64, so I wanted to change that.
This time I downloaded (not so sure about this now) proper version of firmware: RNE-L21C432B135CUSTC432D001, and used another method because previous method didnt work, link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76503686&postcount=46
the HuRUpdater scrpit worked fine, I booted up the device and nothing was changed, so I was like, well, ok then.
but then I noticed that my bootloader was locked, so I wanted to unlock it, and after typing the *fastboot oem unlock code* and selecting yes on my device, It rebooted and just stuck at the "Powered by andriod" logo.
I was trying to enter TWRP but id doesnt work, its stuck at the loading screen, I was unable to enter fastboot, but now I figured out that when I discharge it, I'm able to enter fastboot.
So now I'm stuck, I don't know what should I do.
I saw a guide for flashing .img files from UPDATE.APP, but that guide was for Oreo, and I've got diffrent .img files inside my Nougat UPDATE.APP so I don't want to risk:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/help/mate-10-lite-bricked-t3794236
Any Ideas?
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What is your original location, C461?
Which oeminfo you have flashed?
bozka1 said:
What is your original location, C461?
Which oeminfo you have flashed?
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My original location is C432, I don't remember flashing any oeminfo
voltzero2 said:
My original location is C432, I don't remember flashing any oeminfo
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Single SIM/dual SIM ?
Try reboot your phone into fastboot mode and use command
fastboot oem get-build-number
you'll see the number of your current firmware
bozka1 said:
Single SIM/dual SIM ?
Try reboot your phone into fastboot mode and use command
fastboot oem get-build-number
you'll see the number of your current firmware
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It's dual sim,
the number of current firmware: System 5.1.0.98(08K5)
voltzero2 said:
It's dual sim,
the number of current firmware: System 5.1.0.98(08K5)
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Okay, phone still locked ? What shows the screen in fastboot mode - phone and FRP ?
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Okay, phone still locked ? What shows the screen in fastboot mode - phone and FRP ?
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It says its unlucked:
https://imgur.com/a/LEDKWFr
I hope this link works
Download oeminfo
https://mega.nz/#!w4cX1QwT!TuFmfultDMDPt2b5yekrWREls7o5tSpveQFiWkBX6zg
Copy it to SD card.
Download TWRP
https://mega.nz/#!IodXAKBB!_VrqsMSxVw_NkXwfUIQb32mG_QAMd4HQ8_BtqmeHI94
and Service ROM
https://androidhost.ru/5SZ
. Extract dload folder from Service ROM and copy it to SD card.
Try to install TWRP: Copy the downloaded TWRP file to the Minimal ADB and fastboot folder, reboot to fastboot mode . Launch Minimal ADB , In the command window, enter the following commands one by one
- fastboot devices - this command will verify connection in fastbot mode (you will see your serial number)
-fastboot flash recovery2 TWRP-MATE.img
-fastboot reboot - the device will reboot
Now you can boot into TWRP mode using button Volume Up after rebooting.
Reboot to TWRP, Select Install, navigate to oeminfoRNE-L21C432 and confirm. Go back to the TWRP main menu, select Reboot and Power Off.
Now you can try flash the Service ROM with three buttons combo. GL!
bozka1 said:
Download oeminfo
https://mega.nz/#!w4cX1QwT!TuFmfultDMDPt2b5yekrWREls7o5tSpveQFiWkBX6zg
Copy it to SD card.
Download TWRP
https://mega.nz/#!IodXAKBB!_VrqsMSxVw_NkXwfUIQb32mG_QAMd4HQ8_BtqmeHI94
and Service ROM
https://androidhost.ru/5SZ
. Extract dload folder from Service ROM and copy it to SD card.
Try to install TWRP: Copy the downloaded TWRP file to the Minimal ADB and fastboot folder, reboot to fastboot mode . Launch Minimal ADB , In the command window, enter the following commands one by one
- fastboot devices - this command will verify connection in fastbot mode (you will see your serial number)
-fastboot flash recovery2 TWRP-MATE.img
-fastboot reboot - the device will reboot
Now you can boot into TWRP mode using button Volume Up after rebooting.
Reboot to TWRP, Select Install, navigate to oeminfoRNE-L21C432 and confirm. Go back to the TWRP main menu, select Reboot and Power Off.
Now you can try flash the Service ROM with three buttons combo. GL!
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So I'll have to wait a little before I'll download Service ROM, my internet connection isn't the greatest, but I flashed Your TWRP and unfortunately it doesn't work;
If I hold the Power button and Volume Up - the same story as before, I see the loading TWRP screen and nothing happends,
If I let the device to boot up and then press only the Volume Up button - it says "Your device is booting up" and nothing happens.
By the way, what can happen when I'll use "fastboot flash recovery something.img" instead of recovery2?
EDIT:
I did some testing and Your TWRP doesn't boot at all on my device, I flashed another one, Catuva21 3.1.1 Nougat, and that is the one that I had before - it is booting but never loads.
voltzero2 said:
By the way, what can happen when I'll use "fastboot flash recovery something.img" instead of recovery2?
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TWRP will automatically overwrite Stock recovery, it's impossible to flash something from dload without Stock recovery .
Using command "recovery2" you will install TWRP over eRecovery .
Try flash Service ROM from SD card without TWRP & oeminfo flashing, but Im not sure... your system is heavily damaged and incomplete .
bozka1 said:
TWRP will automatically overwrite Stock recovery, it's impossible to flash something from dload without Stock recovery .
Using command "recovery2" you will install TWRP over eRecovery .
Try flash Service ROM from SD card without TWRP & oeminfo flashing, but Im not sure... your system is heavily damaged and incomplete .
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So the phone would boot up the TWRP without pressing anything? Damn, I might have done that typo error... Do You know if I can restore the stock recovery from the UPDATE.APP file? I mean flash it
voltzero2 said:
So the phone would boot up the TWRP without pressing anything? Damn, I might have done that typo error... Do You know if I can restore the stock recovery from the UPDATE.APP file? I mean flash it
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Use Huawei Update Extractor and extract RECOVERY.img , copy it to the "Minimal ADB and fastboot" folder . Command :
fastboot flash recovery RECOVERY.img
bozka1 said:
Use Huawei Update Extractor and extract RECOVERY.img , copy it to the "Minimal ADB and fastboot" folder . Command :
fastboot flash recovery RECOVERY.img
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Yeah, I've done it already, unfortunately nothing changed. How about BOOT.img? Can this influence something?
EDIT:
I also wonder about just following the steps in my first post, I've got UPDATE.APP for Oreo, but I don't know if it will only make it worse.
bozka1 said:
Download oeminfo
https://mega.nz/#!w4cX1QwT!TuFmfultDMDPt2b5yekrWREls7o5tSpveQFiWkBX6zg
Copy it to SD card.
Download TWRP
https://mega.nz/#!IodXAKBB!_VrqsMSxVw_NkXwfUIQb32mG_QAMd4HQ8_BtqmeHI94
and Service ROM
https://androidhost.ru/5SZ
. Extract dload folder from Service ROM and copy it to SD card.
Try to install TWRP: Copy the downloaded TWRP file to the Minimal ADB and fastboot folder, reboot to fastboot mode . Launch Minimal ADB , In the command window, enter the following commands one by one
- fastboot devices - this command will verify connection in fastbot mode (you will see your serial number)
-fastboot flash recovery2 TWRP-MATE.img
-fastboot reboot - the device will reboot
Now you can boot into TWRP mode using button Volume Up after rebooting.
Reboot to TWRP, Select Install, navigate to oeminfoRNE-L21C432 and confirm. Go back to the TWRP main menu, select Reboot and Power Off.
Now you can try flash the Service ROM with three buttons combo. GL!
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Do I have to install oeminfo to be able to use the "three buttons combo"? Because I tried it today and it doesn't work, phone is just stuck at "Your device is booting.." screen, guess I'm out of luck
I fixed it, solution will be attached to first post.
Thanks to bozka1 who gave me this helpful link:
https://androidhost.ru/5SZ
voltzero2 said:
I fixed it, solution will be attached to first post.
Thanks to bozka1 who gave me this helpful link:
https://androidhost.ru/5SZ
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You're welcome
Hi help me
Bozka1
My huawei mate 10 lite is brick stock on erecovery what can i do now
Lj08 said:
My huawei mate 10 lite is brick stock on erecovery what can i do now
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Hi, have you tried to do something with your phone? Can you provide some info?
voltzero2 said:
Hi, have you tried to do something with your phone? Can you provide some info?
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Voltzero2
I try factory reset wipe catch and no result just going back to erecovery
Lj08 said:
Voltzero2
I try factory reset wipe catch and no result just going back to erecovery
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Alright, so did it just happened randomly or did you tried to do something with your phone? Did you unlocked bootloader or flashed custom recovery etc? You need to explain what happened, that's quite important if you want someone to help you.