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Recently, I was foolish enough to play around with the tool WSG UnBricker v1.0.3, and I went to flash the recovery (option to flash own image), I then drap the one that's bundled with the tool to flash it, after that I couldn't enter the stock recovery to see the familiar dead Andy, nor can I factory reset the device any more.
When trying to factory reset it, I kept getting the error (in red) that says "Unrecoverable bootloader error 0x00000000", then the device just hangs there.
My TF201 is still locked, not rooted, it is on Jelly Bean and other functions are still OK. I can still boot it and use it normally, just can't factory reset it and get the "Unrecoverable bootloader error 0x00000000" error.
So, please, If anyone has any idea to deal with this, please help me!!! I've been looking all around but to no available. How foolish of me to have done it!!!
What exactly did you try to do with the WSG tool??
Anyway, you could try one of these methods to do a complete restore...
Download the stock ROM (http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_Prime_TF201/#download)... it has a zip within a zip... extract the first zip and you should have a file with a name like US_epad-user-10.4.2.15.zip (or WW or TW depending on which zip you downloaded)
1. Flash via recovery
- Copy the update zip (e.g. US_epad-user-10.4.2.15.zip) to your sdcard
- Open adb shell and enter the following command
Code:
echo '--update_package=/sdcard/US_epad-user-10.4.2.15.zip' >> /cache/recovery/command
- Reboot and enter recovery mode [Power + Vol Down, then select RCK and press Vol Up]
- You should see the recovery screen (green Android with progress bar)
- It should reboot & then you see the blue progress bar on the Asus splash screen
- Let it finish and boot up.
- Now start it up using the Power + Vol Down key, then use the Vol Down key to highlight Wipe Data and pre the Vol Up key. This may take a few minutes.
2. Flash via fastboot
- Extract the blob from the update zip (e.g. US_epad-user-10.4.2.15.zip) on your computer
- Start the device in fastboot mode [Power + Vol Down, then select the USB symbol and press Vol Up]
- Run the follow command in a terminal window
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash staging blob
- You should see the fastboot command transfering the files. Once that is done, reboot
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 reboot
- It should reboot & then you see the blue progress bar on the Asus splash screen
- Let it finish and boot up.
- Now start it up using the Power + Vol Down key, then use the Vol Down key to highlight Wipe Data and pre the Vol Up key. This may take a few minutes.
craigacgomez said:
What exactly did you try to do with the WSG tool??
Anyway, you could try one of these methods to do a complete restore...
Download the stock ROM (http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_Prime_TF201/#download)... it has a zip within a zip... extract the first zip and you should have a file with a name like US_epad-user-10.4.2.15.zip (or WW or TW depending on which zip you downloaded)
1. Flash via recovery
- Copy the update zip (e.g. US_epad-user-10.4.2.15.zip) to your sdcard
- Open adb shell and enter the following command
Code:
echo '--update_package=/sdcard/US_epad-user-10.4.2.15.zip' >> /cache/recovery/command
- Reboot and enter recovery mode [Power + Vol Down, then select RCK and press Vol Up]
- You should see the recovery screen (green Android with progress bar)
- It should reboot & then you see the blue progress bar on the Asus splash screen
- Let it finish and boot up.
- Now start it up using the Power + Vol Down key, then use the Vol Down key to highlight Wipe Data and pre the Vol Up key. This may take a few minutes.
2. Flash via fastboot
- Extract the blob from the update zip (e.g. US_epad-user-10.4.2.15.zip) on your computer
- Start the device in fastboot mode [Power + Vol Down, then select the USB symbol and press Vol Up]
- Run the follow command in a terminal window
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash staging blob
- You should see the fastboot command transfering the files. Once that is done, reboot
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 reboot
- It should reboot & then you see the blue progress bar on the Asus splash screen
- Let it finish and boot up.
- Now start it up using the Power + Vol Down key, then use the Vol Down key to highlight Wipe Data and pre the Vol Up key. This may take a few minutes.
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Thanks a lot, craigacgomez!!! I had to try to use the 2nd option you gave me (flash via fastboot), as my Recovery was probably screwed; as I said before, I couldn't get into Recovery (stock recovery I think, because it's still not unlocked, not rooted), just says "Unrecoverable bootloader error 0x00000000". However, even with the 2nd option, when I try the reboot command, the device just stays there, and the writing process before it only took about 3s as the picture I attached herewith. I tried to manually reboot it after "fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash staging blob", but the device still booted as If nothing was done using the command.
I think the jellybean stock recovery is screwed, only by successfully re-flashing it, can I do the factory reset. Now, it can boot and be used normally but not factory reset. The reason I tried to play with the tool was because I am one of the very "luck" users that have to live with the infamous "Serial unknown" feature!!! For one second of misthought and alcohol, I somehow screwed it like this.
So, what can I do now to re-flash the stock recovery, please tell me! Thanks a lot again man.
I just tried to cold boot the device using the Volume down+Power and let it pass the 10s. After that, the screen says it's cold booting linux or something, then a signature match, but it hangs there. I pressed and held Power until It reboots, but this time It won't even get passed the Asus splash screen. I just officially get an expensive "temporary" paperweight!!! Someone, please help!!!!!!!
Please, anyone???
Same original problem as OP. Not sure about the bricking problem...
I also receive that error when attempting to boot from recovery. However, I can still boot normal and seems I can wipe data. Also, I can start fastboot...but it seems to only be responsive to one command before it becomes unresponsive. Adb doesn't seem to be seeing the device anymore. And I can boot into APX.
This doesn't really help the OP if bricked, but providing these details, because I am still trying to find a solution to the same original problem.
Maybe it's time for me to use Asus's warranty service?
found the solution to this problem?
found the solution to this problem? I am presenting the same problem! someone please help me
same here... I have 10.6.1.8 bootloader currently, courtesy the previous owner and I can't seem to flash anything. After sending a command to the device, it becomes unresponsive and just freezes.
Now, as it is possible to send a file over to the device, does it stay there? It looks like there is only one command that can be executed and that is sending. Maybe if the file was there, the one command would be flashing the file? Just grasping at straws
I have a similar problem.
Can access fastboot, but the unrecoverable error appears every time i enter recovery or wipe mode.
Also fastboot freezes after i flash something.
My opinion: Hard brick. You need to replace the motherboard.
I am almost ready to accept it... However, as the bootloader is from TF300, would it be possible to use those drivers to communicate with the device? I'm at work right now so can't test, but it seems like a remote possibility
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similar here
I also have the bootloader error 0x00000000,
bought the prime second hand and thought I would unlock and try some new ROM, I have done successful root flash etc on my old HTC desire to get it running JB ROMs so thought would give it a go on PRIME, big mistake!! rushed into it like an absolute moron and now have a lovely paperweight!
Everything I have read suggests this is unfixable but I found the tool WSG unbrick and thought hey hey here we go!! but no dice.
The erasing tools seem to do everything but when I tried to install the full unbrick option (write partitions) it just goes straight to the reboot menu with a message that "this menu is only for when the device is in bootloader mode" same for any other install option!
Every time I try to flash something in fastboot it seems like it disconnects or fastboot stops working,
I am pretty much ready to give up and admit defeat, phone call to ASUS!!!
example of what happens in fastboot:-
C:\Android-adb>fastboot devices
???????????? fastboot
C:\Android-adb>fastboot devices
015d078754040a06 fastboot
C:\Android-adb>fastboot flash recovery TWRP.blob
sending 'recovery' (7726 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.795s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.410s]
finished. total time: 4.207s
C:\Android-adb>fastboot devices
???????????? fastboot
have to physically reboot the prime
C:\Android-adb>fastboot devices
015d078754040a06 fastboot
C:\Android-adb>
I have found a solution to my particular problem on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179759
I am writing this from my now fully functional paperweight!!!
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I just got the N9005 Note 3 clone and I believe that I have bricked it. I installed CWM using MTK Tools (or so I thought) and downloaded what I believed to be the correct recovery for the phone. Now when it boots, it will stay on for about 10 seconds and reboot and will continue to do so if I let it. When I try to boot the phone into recovery mode instead it goes to a screen that says,
Select Boot Mode:
[VOLUME_UP to select. VOLUME_DOWN is OK.]
[Recovery. Mode]. <<==
[Fastboot. Mode]
[Normal. Mode]
I can use my volume up key but I can't select anything. No amount of pressing it, or holding it down, or pressing the other buttons selects either of them. I have to pull the battery to get the phone to do anything from there. Which leads me to believe that there was either an error in installing CWM, or it didn't install anything at all and corrupted something else pertinent to the Android system. It's almost as if Android recovery doesn't exist anymore like it was deleted. Is that even possible? I am at a total loss at what to do. Since I can't keep my phone booted for longer than 10 seconds at a time, I can't install CWM (again), which means that I can't factory reset my phone, install any kind of roms, wipe any kind of caches, nothing. Any help that you can provide I would be eternally grateful.
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Ok so after a couple of days of frustration and many hours of trial and error and lots of research done on many outlets of approach I found out that I can now boot the phone into fastboot. I booted the phone normally and in the 5-10 seconds that it does stay booted, PDAnet recognizes the phone and in a command prompt I very quickly typed 'adb reboot bootloader' and the phone reboots into fastboot. I immediately did research to find out what to do next. I tired a couple of things and so far I haven't had much success. I typed in my command prompt 'fastboot -w' and it says erasing 'userdata'... and after many minutes it says 'FAILED <status read failed <too many links>>.' Am I doing something wrong? My goal is to factory reset the phone back to the original boot image.
I'm pretty sure this all happened because I flashed the wrong recovery, when I try to boot into recovery (volume down+home button+power button) it brings me to a boot menu where I have 3 options to choose from, recovery, fastboot, and normal boot, none of which I can select. My best guess is that when I flashed the recovery the original recovery that came with the phone was deleted and it has corrupted something in the system which is causing the continuous reboots.
Upon further research I found a debrick image that is specific to my phone. Would that help? I'm going to try it and see what happens.
Sorry for the doosy here and all the questions but any help that anyone can provide would be very appreciated.
I have the same problem on my MTK6577 !
You have fixed your problem ?
Hello everybody,
since saturday I have a really big problem. Until now I tried to find a similar problem from an other person in the internet in order to fix mine but that was not possible.
So in my last hope I am now writing it down here. Hopefully someone can help me:
The phone was/is rooted and has TWRP as recovery installed (v3.21). The software is still the original EMUI.
On saturday my Huawei Honor 5x (Model KIW-L21) gave me the notification that there is an software update avaible. So I backuped everything with TWRP to my sd-card and copied it to the computer. After this I ran th eupdate. The update downloaded the new software, then rebootet to the recovery, installed the update.zip automaticly and rebootet again. Then there was written on the screen "Huawei software installing ... DO NOT unplug usb or press any key!". Also there was "0%" all the time. It did nothing. also the phone was not connected with usb.
After an hour I long pressed the power button. after two seconds there was the text "Warning: The powerkey is long pressed, please release powerkey to avoid system crash" displayed. I pressed it longer and the phone turned off.
Now I have the following problem. When the phone is turned off, I can:
press the power button: the phone starts, the "honor ... android" logo is shown but nothing more happens. ("fastboot devices" -> no devices found, "adb devices" -> device found but no permission to enter commands)
press the power button and the volume up button and the volume down button at the same time: normally this should take me in the recovery mode, mut it doesn't anymore. Instead the "EMUI" update screen is shown (see above "huawei software installing ..." with "0%") ("fastboot devices" -> no devices found, "adb devices" -> no devices found)
press the power button and the volume up button at the same time: I get a huawei menu with three buttons: "reboot", "wipe user cache" and "factory reset". I tried both (wipe and reset) wich both finished without an error. But nothing changes ("fastboot devices" -> no devices found, "adb devices" -> no devices found)
press the power button and the volume down button at the same time: I get an "eRecovery" menu from huawei with three buttons: "Reboot", "power off" and "Recover with latest software". The last button lets me connect to my wifi and then "searching for packages", with failes all the time. ("fastboot devices" -> no devices found, "adb devices" -> no devices found)
This problem occures with and also without the sd-card. Also there is no "update.zip" or "update.app" on the sd-card.
I really hope somebody can help me. I only need to get into the recovery. If I am there I can recover the backup or install a new ROM. That would be no problem for me. But at the moment I get nothing :crying:
Or maybe a tool to reset the phone completly? to start over from the beginning?
greetings,
Christopher
PS.: Thanks for your efford.
PSS.: Sorry for my bad english, I really try my best and hope that you understand what I am trying to say.
Same problem here... Please help us :'(
christopher2007 said:
Hello everybody,
since saturday I have a really big problem. Until now I tried to find a similar problem from an other person in the internet in order to fix mine but that was not possible.
So in my last hope I am now writing it down here. Hopefully someone can help me:
The phone was/is rooted and has TWRP as recovery installed (v3.21). The software is still the original EMUI.
On saturday my Huawei Honor 5x (Model KIW-L21) gave me the notification that there is an software update avaible. So I backuped everything with TWRP to my sd-card and copied it to the computer. After this I ran th eupdate. The update downloaded the new software, then rebootet to the recovery, installed the update.zip automaticly and rebootet again. Then there was written on the screen "Huawei software installing ... DO NOT unplug usb or press any key!". Also there was "0%" all the time. It did nothing. also the phone was not connected with usb.
After an hour I long pressed the power button. after two seconds there was the text "Warning: The powerkey is long pressed, please release powerkey to avoid system crash" displayed. I pressed it longer and the phone turned off.
Now I have the following problem. When the phone is turned off, I can:
press the power button: the phone starts, the "honor ... android" logo is shown but nothing more happens. ("fastboot devices" -> no devices found, "adb devices" -> device found but no permission to enter commands)
press the power button and the volume up button and the volume down button at the same time: normally this should take me in the recovery mode, mut it doesn't anymore. Instead the "EMUI" update screen is shown (see above "huawei software installing ..." with "0%") ("fastboot devices" -> no devices found, "adb devices" -> no devices found)
press the power button and the volume up button at the same time: I get a huawei menu with three buttons: "reboot", "wipe user cache" and "factory reset". I tried both (wipe and reset) wich both finished without an error. But nothing changes ("fastboot devices" -> no devices found, "adb devices" -> no devices found)
press the power button and the volume down button at the same time: I get an "eRecovery" menu from huawei with three buttons: "Reboot", "power off" and "Recover with latest software". The last button lets me connect to my wifi and then "searching for packages", with failes all the time. ("fastboot devices" -> no devices found, "adb devices" -> no devices found)
This problem occures with and also without the sd-card. Also there is no "update.zip" or "update.app" on the sd-card.
I really hope somebody can help me. I only need to get into the recovery. If I am there I can recover the backup or install a new ROM. That would be no problem for me. But at the moment I get nothing :crying:
Or maybe a tool to reset the phone completly? to start over from the beginning?
greetings,
Christopher
PS.: Thanks for your efford.
PSS.: Sorry for my bad english, I really try my best and hope that you understand what I am trying to say.
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suzushima said:
Same problem here... Please help us :'(
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to enter fastboot mode
1. Place the device in fastboot mode:
Turn off the device. (then wait for at least 2 seconds) For a mobile phone, press and hold the volume down and power keys simultaneously for at least 10 seconds (for a tablet, press and hold the volume up and power keys).
2. If the above operations do not switch the device to fastboot mode, please try the following steps:
Turn off the device. (then wait for at least 2 seconds) Then insert the USB cable and press and hold the volume down and power keys simultaneously for at least 10 seconds.
Step 2 worked for me every time
Arobase40 said:
AGAIN AND AGAIN, when you receive an update notification you MUST first flash back to stock recovery or it won't update with TWRP !!!
- To recover a stock recovery you need to boot onto download mode/your bootloader mode (Power+Volume Down) : plug your phone to your computer and type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img".
From there you will loose your connexion with your computer. So unplug your phone and reboot manually holding down the Power button for some seconds.
If the system ever update your phone, BE VERY PATIENT !
The above note should probably part of a sticky !!!
If you don't get back to your Home screen and if you need TWRP back, reboot again onto download mode/your bootloader mode (Power+Volume Down) : plug your phone to your computer and type "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" (or whatever the custom recovery name).
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The problem a lot of people were having is TWRP flashed enough of the update that they lost custom recovery and had no way to get to the bootloader / fastboot ... that's why I posted the instructions above and in about 4 other threads.
Did you ever get your phone updated ?
Arobase40 said:
AGAIN AND AGAIN, when you receive an update notification you MUST first flash back to stock recovery or it won't update with TWRP !!!
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I did not knew this one. Thanks a lot.
Thanks to @clsA I found the stock recovery here and I will try it:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=49383
clsA said:
1.Turn off the device. (then wait for at least 2 seconds) For a mobile phone, press and hold the volume down and power keys simultaneously for at least 10 seconds (for a tablet, press and hold the volume up and power keys).
2. If the above operations do not switch the device to fastboot mode, please try the following steps:
Turn off the device. (then wait for at least 2 seconds) Then insert the USB cable and press and hold the volume down and power keys simultaneously for at least 10 seconds.
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Working great thanks a lot!
"fastboot & rescue mode" with a working usb connection.
What is the next step? If I now flash the stock recovery, does the phone manages to finish the system update?
Or should I flash the twrp recovery and not the stock revocery?
greetings,
Christopher
EDIT:
I flashed the stock recovery and also the twrp recovery. both times i startet the phone and hoped the installation of the new software will go on. But it didn't.
So my problem is still resistant. so what can I do? How do I stop the update from blocking my recovery? I do not need the update. maybe I can reset my device with the fastboot access somehow?
christopher2007 said:
I did not knew this one. Thanks a lot.
Thanks to @clsA I found the stock recovery here and I will try it:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=49383
Working great thanks a lot!
"fastboot & rescue mode" with a working usb connection.
What is the next step? If I now flash the stock recovery, does the phone manages to finish the system update?
Or should I flash the twrp recovery and not the stock revocery?
greetings,
Christopher
EDIT:
I flashed the stock recovery and also the twrp recovery. both times i startet the phone and hoped the installation of the new software will go on. But it didn't.
So my problem is still resistant. so what can I do? How do I stop the update from blocking my recovery? I do not need the update. maybe I can reset my device with the fastboot access somehow?
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All the full updates are in the file depot
Use stock recovery plus the full update for your version.
You have to hold volup + voldown + power to start the update
Refresh TWRP / Root and your good to go
Sent from my KIW-L24 using Tapatalk
clsA said:
All the full updates are in the file depot
Use stock recovery plus the full update for your version.
You have to hold volup + voldown + power to start the update
Refresh TWRP / Root and your good to go
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I found the stock recovery at https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=51004 but I have no idea what update I must use and how to use it.
Could you please give me a concrete link with a little introduction? Do I have to copy the update file to my sd-card? or do I have to use the "fastboot update *" command?
(Most of the files are for "KIW-L24" but I have a "KIW-L21" ... is there a significant difference? Od do I can use also the other files?)
Also, don't I have to stop the wrong update first?
greetings,
Christopher
EDIT:
I tried these "UPDATE.APP":
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/development/stock-kiw-l24-l21-t3312684
http://www.androidvillaz.com/2016/0...honor-5x-to-stock-lollipop-firmware-b130.html
both did not work. I copied them into the "dload" folder in the root of the sd-card and started the phone with volup+coldown+power.
The only thing the phone said was "Software install failed! ... Press powerkey to conrifm ... Shutdown system now".
christopher2007 said:
I found the stock recovery at https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=51004 but I have no idea what update I must use and how to use it.
Could you please give me a concrete link with a little introduction? Do I have to copy the update file to my sd-card? or do I have to use the "fastboot update *" command?
(Most of the files are for "KIW-L24" but I have a "KIW-L21" ... is there a significant difference? Od do I can use also the other files?)
Also, don't I have to stop the wrong update first?
greetings,
Christopher
EDIT:
I tried these "UPDATE.APP":
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/development/stock-kiw-l24-l21-t3312684
http://www.androidvillaz.com/2016/0...honor-5x-to-stock-lollipop-firmware-b130.html
both did not work. I copied them into the "dload" folder in the root of the sd-card and started the phone with volup+coldown+power.
The only thing the phone said was "Software install failed! ... Press powerkey to conrifm ... Shutdown system now".
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if the update.app doesn't work you'll have to flash TWRP and the Stock Rom and wait like everyone else that's stuck trying to update the L21
clsA said:
if the update.app doesn't work you'll have to flash TWRP and the Stock Rom and wait like everyone else that's stuck trying to update the L21
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The only way I know to flash a ROM, is to go over TWRP.
So I now did the following:
Phone power off
connect to pc
voldown+power
in the fastboot flash the recovery from twrp
shutdown
copy the "customromtemplate-5x-plk21-b130-r3.zip" to the sd-card
volup+coldown+power what normally starts twrp, but only the huawei update manager is shown
I only need twrp, no update and nothing else.
What options do I have left, because "flash a ROM" is not working ...
How can I stop this terrible update that is blocking my twrp?
greetings,
Christopher
christopher2007 said:
The only way I know to flash a ROM, is to go over TWRP.
So I now did the following:
Phone power off
connect to pc
voldown+power
in the fastboot flash the recovery from twrp
shutdown
copy the "customromtemplate-5x-plk21-b130-r3.zip" to the sd-card
volup+coldown+power what normally starts twrp, but only the huawei update manager is shown
I only need twrp, no update and nothing else.
What options do I have left, because "flash a ROM" is not working ...
greetings,
Christopher
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are you flashing TWRP ?
you enter recovery with Volume up and Power
in TWRP you choose Install then choose customromtemplate-5x-plk21-b130-r3.zip
swipe to flash when it's done reboot
and your rom should load
clsA said:
are you flashing TWRP ?
you enter recovery with Volume up and Power
in TWRP you choose Install then choose customromtemplate-5x-plk21-b130-r3.zip
swipe to flash when it's done reboot
and your rom should load
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I flashed TWRP using "kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img". I also used this one last time (one month ago) and it worked then and also now.
Flashing was successful, but when I press volup+power I get a huawei menu.
At the top there is the "EMUI" circle and below there are three buttons:
Reboot system now
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
I can move around in this little menu by using the volume keys.
But this is not TWRP.
And normally I enter the recovery by using volup+voldown+power. But this is currently blocked by the update progress from huawei.
greetings,
Christopher
christopher2007 said:
I flashed TWRP using "kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img". I also used this one last time (one month ago) and it worked then and also now.
Flashing was successful, but when I press volup+power I get a huawei menu.
At the top there is the "EMUI" circle and below there are three buttons:
Reboot system now
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
I can move around in this little menu by using the volume keys.
But this is not TWRP.
And normally I enter the recovery by using volup+voldown+power. But this is currently blocked by the update progress from huawei.
greetings,
Christopher
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You still have stock recovery
Flash TWRP -
fastboot flash recovery kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
Do not reboot the phone
Hold power plus volup and TWRP should load.
Now flash your rom
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clsA said:
You still have stock recovery
Flash TWRP -
fastboot flash recovery kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
Do not reboot the phone
Hold power plus volup and TWRP should load.
Now flash your rom
Sent from my KIW-L24 using Tapatalk
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C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
target reported max download size of 266338304 bytes
sending 'recovery' (45196 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.442s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.703s]
finished. total time: 2.148s
I now flashed this more then ten times ... but with power+volup I still get the EMUI menu.
christopher2007 said:
C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
target reported max download size of 266338304 bytes
sending 'recovery' (45196 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.442s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.703s]
finished. total time: 2.148s
I now flashed this more then ten times ... but with power+volup I still get the EMUI menu.
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Are you rebooting from the fastboot screen?
From the white boot loader screen hold volume up and power for 15 seconds
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clsA said:
Are you rebooting from the fastboot screen?
From the white boot loader screen hold volume up and power for 15 seconds
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The last six hours I tried to fix my phone ... again. One thing I did really helped a little:
Target1920 said:
http://forum.android.com.pl/topic/205126-instalacjaodzyskiwanie-systemu-rom-za-pomoca-fastboot/
This is the polish version of manual, I will write you how to do it:
1. Download ADB and Fastboot
2. Extract to c:/adb
3. Download from this thread firmware for you (extracted version!) http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/development/stock-kiw-l24-l21-t3312684 If you have problem what firmware you have to install, take look at the back side of phone, at the down you will se KIW-L21 or 24 (or another). Copy all files to adb folder
4. Rund adb program
5. Write in the command line: cd c:/adb
6. Connect phone to usb to download mode (power and vol- combination)
7. Write in fastboot command: fastboot flash recovery recover.img (or recovrey .img, see the file and type it name) - wait for install
8. And now: If the flash is succesfull, reboot the phone to recovery (power and volume+) and wipe all data. Phone have to work.
But if flash is not succesfull, plug again usb with download mode
9. Write this commands: fastboot flash cust cust.img -wait for install
and: fastboot flash system system.img -also wait, system.img can took a while
10. Now you will enter recovery and wipe all data
11. Again plug usb cable and install firmware with those commands:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash cust cust.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot flash system system.img
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With this I am not able to start my phone again. It will boot normally and I have a clean android. No userdata and no root.
So I now did the same like last month:
Unlock OEM -> not necessary, because it is already unlocked
install twrp with fastboot
reboot to twrp and there it is again
I did exactly what you said and also I did exactly the same thing I did last month but both times there is the same result: TWRP will not show up.
The "stock recovery" is blocking twrp in some sort of way. I can do whatever I whant ... volup+power out of the fastbook mode, or with "adb reboot recovery", or other ways ... twrp will not show up.
How is this possible? I also tried different twrp images. (The "kiwi_twrp_2-27_recovery.img" and "kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img" out of your repository, and also the "twrp-3.0.0-0-kiwi.img" and "twrp-3.0.2-0-kiwi.img" from the twrp website itself ... always the same result: no twrp)
I am really at the end of my knollage
greetings,
Christopher
christopher2007 said:
The last six hours I tried to fix my phone ... again. One thing I did really helped a little:
With this I am not able to start my phone again. It will boot normally and I have a clean android. No userdata and no root.
So I now did the same like last month:
Unlock OEM -> not necessary, because it is already unlocked
install twrp with fastboot
reboot to twrp and there it is again
I did exactly what you said and also I did exactly the same thing I did last month but both times there is the same result: TWRP will not show up.
The "stock recovery" is blocking twrp in some sort of way. I can do whatever I whant ... volup+power out of the fastbook mode, or with "adb reboot recovery", or other ways ... twrp will not show up.
How is this possible? I also tried different twrp images. (The "kiwi_twrp_2-27_recovery.img" and "kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img" out of your repository, and also the "twrp-3.0.0-0-kiwi.img" and "twrp-3.0.2-0-kiwi.img" from the twrp website itself ... always the same result: no twrp)
I am really at the end of my knollage
greetings,
Christopher
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First off thanks for the very informative post.
Without actually having the phone in my hands I'm also stumped at what to try next.
After flashing TWRP and still in the boot loader unplug the USB before you reboot with power and volume up.
That's all I can think of right now
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clsA said:
First off thanks for the very informative post.
Without actually having the phone in my hands I'm also stumped at what to try next.
After flashing TWRP and still in the boot loader unplug the USB before you reboot with power and volume up.
That's all I can think of right now
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I must thank you for all your help
So I now read some more articles and tried some things. So there are old problems solved, but also new problems came up:
For me it is no longer possible to flash a recovery that is permanent. I have no idea why but I am ignoring it, because I can start the phone with voldown+power into bootloader and then use a usb-connection to enter the following command:
fastboot boot twrp-3.0.2-0-kiwi.img
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So i can enter twrp temporary and because I do not need TWRP this often, that is ok for me.
BUT:
with the extracted "UPDATE.APP" and flashing some "*.img" files manually (see my last post), I have a more or less working "L21C432B130" version of android.
So now there is everything original (recovery, system, ...).
The update to "L21C432B140" is still not working. But that is also something I can live with.
So now I whant to restore my old system in order to have my old data/apps/... .
So I enter my temporary TWRP, go to Restore and select my old backup. Then the restore starts. Restoring EFS, Restoring efs2, Restoring Recovery, Wiping System and Formatting System using make_ext4fs. All of this in this order are successful. But the last operation "Restoring Data" failes with the following error message:
extractTarFork() process ended with error 255
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So I searched on xda and found out, that this could be ANYTHING. I tried five or six different methods in order to fix it. In the end I am not sure what really fixxed it, but now I can restore my old update without any error. The phone now runs and I have all my old data.
There are four main differences on my phone to the time before I tried that damn update:
1. I have less internal storage
2. I have no TWRP permanently avaible
3. I can not Factory-Reset
4. I can not use a "UPDATE.APP" inside a "dload" folder on the sdcard
(the last two things always failes)
But as long as the android system now runs smooth again I can live with these things.
Is there maybe anything else I should be careful? maybe a known bug/problem that I have not seen yet?
The reason why I wanted to update in the first place was, that I have problems with my sd-card.
Some Apps do not allow to use the external storage. Easy Voice Recorder is the main problem. But also the Call Recorder has problems with it.
Is this a well known bug? Does a update helps? And if so, how do I update? (Now I know how to rescue my phone, so I could try it again xD )
Or does this problem gets solved with an custom ROM? If so, what good custom ROMs are out there for the honor 5x?
Or is this a problem that is not possible to fix on the honor 5x? Because these apps does not have this problem on my HTC One M9 ...
And thanks again so much for all your help
greetings,
Christopher
christopher2007 said:
I must thank you for all your help
So I now read some more articles and tried some things. So there are old problems solved, but also new problems came up:
For me it is no longer possible to flash a recovery that is permanent. I have no idea why but I am ignoring it, because I can start the phone with voldown+power into bootloader and then use a usb-connection to enter the following command:
So i can enter twrp temporary and because I do not need TWRP this often, that is ok for me.
BUT:
with the extracted "UPDATE.APP" and flashing some "*.img" files manually (see my last post), I have a more or less working "L21C432B130" version of android.
So now there is everything original (recovery, system, ...).
The update to "L21C432B140" is still not working. But that is also something I can live with.
So now I whant to restore my old system in order to have my old data/apps/... .
So I enter my temporary TWRP, go to Restore and select my old backup. Then the restore starts. Restoring EFS, Restoring efs2, Restoring Recovery, Wiping System and Formatting System using make_ext4fs. All of this in this order are successful. But the last operation "Restoring Data" failes with the following error message:
So I searched on xda and found out, that this could be ANYTHING. I tried five or six different methods in order to fix it. In the end I am not sure what really fixxed it, but now I can restore my old update without any error. The phone now runs and I have all my old data.
There are four main differences on my phone to the time before I tried that damn update:
1. I have less internal storage
2. I have no TWRP permanently avaible
3. I can not Factory-Reset
4. I can not use a "UPDATE.APP" inside a "dload" folder on the sdcard
(the last two things always failes)
But as long as the android system now runs smooth again I can live with these things.
Is there maybe anything else I should be careful? maybe a known bug/problem that I have not seen yet?
The reason why I wanted to update in the first place was, that I have problems with my sd-card.
Some Apps do not allow to use the external storage. Easy Voice Recorder is the main problem. But also the Call Recorder has problems with it.
Is this a well known bug? Does a update helps? And if so, how do I update? (Now I know how to rescue my phone, so I could try it again xD )
Or does this problem gets solved with an custom ROM? If so, what good custom ROMs are out there for the honor 5x?
Or is this a problem that is not possible to fix on the honor 5x? Because these apps does not have this problem on my HTC One M9 ...
And thanks again so much for all your help
greetings,
Christopher
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from your current state you can try flash recovery with TWRP by choosing install / image / your version of TWRP / choose recovery / swipe to flash
Now choose reboot / recovery
As for the sdcard try the sdcard fix for kit Kat in the play store. It works for some older apps.
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Arobase40 said:
If you mean getting my phone updated to KIW-L21 B140, no I still don't get it !
But I did try with KIW-L24 B151 with the result I already mentioned previously : almost bricked... ^^
But I always managed to get into Bootloader/Fastboot to flash back any kind of recovery...
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clsA said:
All the full updates are in the file depot
Use stock recovery plus the full update for your version.
You have to hold volup + voldown + power to start the update
Refresh TWRP / Root and your good to go
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So i have this issue too. im so stupid for doing this. I can go into fastboot mode and i flashed stock recovery and when i rebooted into recovery it still said that it was updating the firmware. I flashed twrp after that and it had the same message. am i doing something wrong or is it my phone? I tried rebooting into bootloader using adb but only fastboot will reconize my phone so adb also wont work. could you guys maybe help me?
Edit: Yessss. i got it using the temporary command. Thank you guys all for your help. it was so stupid of me to flash it with twrp still on it. Thank you all very much
Hi all. I just recently unlocked the bootloader and rooted my LG V30+ following the WTF guide with no issues. However, I installed a "Hide navigation bar" module in Magisk and now the screen is in accessible and I can only reboot the phone. Since I have TWRP installed, I cannot boot into bootloader holding down the volume down and power buttons. Any suggestions? I cannot use adb becuase it says that the device is unauthorized since I cannot allow permisions on my screen ( cant see anything on screen atm).
Blueoval24 said:
However, I installed a "Hide navigation bar" module in Magisk and now the screen is in accessible and I can only reboot the phone. Since I have TWRP installed, I cannot boot into bootloader holding down the volume down and power buttons. Any suggestions? I cannot use adb becuase it says that the device is unauthorized since I cannot allow permisions on my screen ( cant see anything on screen atm).
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You can boot to TWRP with hardware button dance.
8 sec Power + Vol-, and when it shuts off, release both, immediatly press both again (at the same time), and as soon as the LG V30 logo appears, release power and press/hold it again.
Should get you to the factory reset menu, confirm twice with "yes" (navigate via vol/power buttons), and TWRP should boot fine.
Might take a few tries to get the right timing for that
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For that, remember the annoying bootloader unlock warning is part of the boot sequence.
Or do a Master Reset and start over.
ChazzMatt said:
You can boot to TWRP with hardware button dance.
For that, remember the annoying bootloader unlock warning is part of the boot sequence.
Or do a Master Reset and start over.
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So Ive been doing the awesome Hardware button dance but no success. What should I do when I get to the unlock warming menu?
Thanks!
EDIT: The post you link finally got me to boot in recovery. Thanks so much!!!
Cant believe it was that picky!
Blueoval24 said:
So Ive been doing the awesome Hardware button dance but no success. What should I do when I get to the unlock warming menu?
Thanks!
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Ignore bootloader unlock warning. It's just part of the boot sequence. Maybe it's considered the "logo". Don't let it freak you out.
Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
I must have done this button dance 25 times now, it just goes between unlocked boot warning screen and LG SlimQ screen, over & over again. Still no luck.
eff you LG...
christoophat said:
I must have done this button dance 25 times now, it just goes between unlocked boot warning screen and LG SlimQ screen, over & over again. Still no luck.
eff you LG...
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Suggestion... Why not boot to TWRP with fastboot commands like in the WTF instructions? Then reboot to TWRP from within TWRP (reboot to recovery, from Recovery) to make sure you are then on your phone TWRP and not your PC TWRP.
Then after you root, use the recommended power menu app to never have to worry about it again.
If you already have root, then just go install that right now.
ADVANCED POWER MENU (root needed)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79573776&postcount=2963
The person who started this thread couldn't do that because they installed something which messed up their screen. They couldn't see the Advanced Power Menu, nor see ADB/fastboot. So they HAD to use the hardware button dance...
Really no one else ever has to do that, except T-Mobile H932 users who don't have fastboot flash commands.
Hi Chazz, been unlocked and rooted with TWRP installed for months now. Wanted to just refresh us998 H, since something in Anxious mod may have been causing some issues. Wiped cache & dal, flashed the zip, flashed magisk 18.1, then rebooted to system. Magisk showing as not installed. Wanted to get back to recovery & reflash magisk....except now I can't for the life of me get back in there. New PC build here, nothing set up yet to be able to do fastboot stuff. Dang this is frustrating.
christoophat said:
Hi Chazz, been unlocked and rooted with TWRP installed for months now. Wanted to just refresh us998 H, since something in Anxious mod may have been causing some issues. Wiped cache & dal, flashed the zip, flashed magisk 18.1, then rebooted to system. Magisk showing as not installed. Wanted to get back to recovery & reflash magisk....except now I can't for the life of me get back in there. New PC build here, nothing set up yet to be able to do fastboot stuff. Dang this is frustrating.
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In Oreo, did you enable USB debugging and then allow ADB from this PC? You have to install ABD drivers, LG drivers, fastboot drivers, and connect via good USB-C cable. If so go into ADB folder, hold-shift and right click to 'open command prompt here', and type "adb devices". If the PC recognizes your phone then it should say "adb xxxxxxxx authorized". Then type "adb reboot recovery" and it should boot into TWRP. If not then repeat everything and type "adb reboot bootloader" to go into fastboot or bootloader mode. In this mode you can type "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" where the TWRP-xxx-xxxx.img has to be renamed into TWRP.img before hand (else you have to type the full TWRP file name. The TWRP file has to be in the same directory as the adb folder
I'm good turns out I ended up using my old PC, was able to adb recovery mode, installed 19.2 magisk over 18.1, which then showed up as being installed on the phone and root working. Guess I'll be keeping my old puter around for a while...lol
Hello there!
I received my Poco F1 yesterday and set it up with all the apps and settings I wanted to use (including WhatsApp and Signal Backups with private keys). Unfortunately the phone didn't survive the day - after less than three hours the screen went black and since then stayed like that. Additionally, it heats up like nothing else whenever it is turned on. I tried holding power, power + vol up etc. - the phone seems to reboot and booting up again but the screen stays dark. As I live in the EU and bought the phone here I contacted the seller, who agreed on shipping a new device, but I still have to send back the old and broken one. That's where my problem begins:
- There's already a load of private data and information on the phone I do not want to give to the seller and everyone who might gets the phone in their hands afterwards
- The phone itself still seems to work. I can reach it via adb, reboot to bootloader, reach it via fastboot and reboot back to the operating system
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Code:
adb shell pm clear xxx
and
Code:
adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MASTER_CLEAR
both yield a SecurityException
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Code:
fastboot -w
yields
Code:
FAILED (remote: 'Erase is not allowed in Lock State')
- I do not want to unlock the device, as I don't want to give anyone any reasons to refuse this guarantee case.
Do you have an idea?
Thanks in advance!
Your warranty doesn't void on this device. It was confirmed by CEO Jai Mani. If you still concern for warranty you can later relock it. Use this command - "fastboot oem lock". So stay calm and try this.
Hi and thanks for your suggestion! It looks like I don't have any other choice. Could maybe anyone guide me through what happens when (my screen is completely dark after all )?
So, I can easily go into fastboot mode by doing a "adb reboot bootloader". I will then use the unlock tool to unlock the phone. Does anyone have an exact idea of what will happen next?
Will it reboot automatically or do I have to do it by myself? Will it stay in fastboot mode?
Will it try to set something up or anything else I should not abort after rebooting? How long will this take approximately?
Will all data be lost by only unlocking the phone or will I still be able to "adb shell" into the system after unlocking (w/o accepting the computer's key again of course)?
In case I got stuck, is there a reliable way to go from anywhere into fastboot mode again (to "fastboot -w" and relock)? Which button combo can I use for "completely turn the phone off" - is it the "3min power button" or the "power button and volume up" one? After "fastboot -w", how does the phone behave? Does it reboot automatically and does it do something after that I should not abort? If yes, how long will it take approximately?
I see that these are kind of difficult questions for people who could see what's going on, but after all it's pretty important for me because I can't
Thanks for your help!
robo1337 said:
Hi and thanks for your suggestion! It looks like I don't have any other choice. Could maybe anyone guide me through what happens when (my screen is completely dark after all )?
So, I can easily go into fastboot mode by doing a "adb reboot bootloader". I will then use the unlock tool to unlock the phone. Does anyone have an exact idea of what will happen next?
Will it reboot automatically or do I have to do it by myself? Will it stay in fastboot mode?
Will it try to set something up or anything else I should not abort after rebooting? How long will this take approximately?
Will all data be lost by only unlocking the phone or will I still be able to "adb shell" into the system after unlocking (w/o accepting the computer's key again of course)?
In case I got stuck, is there a reliable way to go from anywhere into fastboot mode again (to "fastboot -w" and relock)? Which button combo can I use for "completely turn the phone off" - is it the "3min power button" or the "power button and volume up" one? After "fastboot -w", how does the phone behave? Does it reboot automatically and does it do something after that I should not abort? If yes, how long will it take pictures approximately?
I see that these are kind of difficult questions for people who could see what's going on, but after all it's pretty important for me because I can't
Thanks for your help!
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First unlocking bootloader takes 3 days. Then after unlocking your all data will be wiped and you automatically boot into the system. If anything goes wrong you can use Mi flash tool to flash miui again in fastboot mode. The most reliable way to boot into fastboot mode is to boot into recovery by pressing volume+ button + power button at the same time and then boot from there. I have never encountered that prob so I can't surely tell about that. Please tell me if it works.
robo1337 said:
Hi and thanks for your suggestion! It looks like I don't have any other choice. Could maybe anyone guide me through what happens when (my screen is completely dark after all )?
So, I can easily go into fastboot mode by doing a "adb reboot bootloader". I will then use the unlock tool to unlock the phone. Does anyone have an exact idea of what will happen next?
Will it reboot automatically or do I have to do it by myself? Will it stay in fastboot mode?
Will it try to set something up or anything else I should not abort after rebooting? How long will this take approximately?
Will all data be lost by only unlocking the phone or will I still be able to "adb shell" into the system after unlocking (w/o accepting the computer's key again of course)?
In case I got stuck, is there a reliable way to go from anywhere into fastboot mode again (to "fastboot -w" and relock)? Which button combo can I use for "completely turn the phone off" - is it the "3min power button" or the "power button and volume up" one? After "fastboot -w", how does the phone behave? Does it reboot automatically and does it do something after that I should not abort? If yes, how long will it take approximately?
I see that these are kind of difficult questions for people who could see what's going on, but after all it's pretty important for me because I can't
Thanks for your help!
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As you seem to be interested in only removing the data (not recovering it), the bootloader unlock will wipe your phone completely and it will automatically boot again into the initial Setup screen where the first screen will be asking for the country. At that point simply power off the phone and you will be done. I am saying this from the personal experience of unlocking the bootloader of this phone.
Hi and thanks for your help! The unlocking & relocking process was completely flawless. Vol + Power Up seems to be the "Turn off"-Combo, by the way
Thanks again!
SamyakJ said:
First unlocking bootloader takes 3 days. Then after unlocking your all data will be wiped and you automatically boot into the system. If anything goes wrong you can use Mi flash tool to flash miui again in fastboot mode. The most reliable way to boot into fastboot mode is to boot into recovery by pressing volume+ button + power button at the same time and then boot from there. I have never encountered that prob so I can't surely tell about that. Please tell me if it works.
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nokia c100 doesnt seem to recovery.img to boot recovery only fastboot mode