After fumbling with install twrp in order to change over to CM13 from stock, I somehow managed to install the original recovery wrong as well as completely boning the OS. Because of this, on boot, all that shows is the honor screen continuously. Of course the obvious answer to this is to reinstall twrp and restore one of my recovery files. Unfortunately trying to flash twrp through fastboot results in an "FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error))". Any suggestions? I can't access the phones internal storage nor the SD card either when I plug it into my PC.
Only one solution, flash a stock firmware using a PC.
PalakMi said:
Only one solution, flash a stock firmware using a PC.
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How would I go about doing this? I would really love to get my honor working again. Would it just be using fastboot to flash the firmware?
I'd be worried about that error you're getting. It's strange.
Have you considered trying to flash stock recovery? You can extract the recovery image file from the official website update download. Or use the repository.
Or have you tried flashing a different version of TWRP recovery? Here's the official website.
Dueter1um said:
How would I go about doing this? I would really love to get my honor working again. Would it just be using fastboot to flash the firmware?
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I don't think only fastboot is enough, but take a look at the link provided by JT-on
JT-on said:
I'd be worried about that error you're getting. It's strange.
Have you considered trying to flash stock recovery? You can extract the recovery image file from the official website update download. Or use the repository.
Or have you tried flashing a different version of TWRP recovery? Here's the official website.
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Luckily, after trying to reflash the twrp with a different version like you suggested, there was no error message and it was completed successfully! Currently restoring as I type this. Don't know how to upload an image so text should do
C:\Users\zakpw\Desktop\Honor 5x rooting>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-kiwi.img
target reported max download size of 266338304 bytes
sending 'recovery' (45202 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.423s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.694s]
finished. total time: 2.121s
Dueter1um said:
Luckily, after trying to reflash the twrp with a different version like you suggested, there was no error message and it was completed successfully! Currently restoring as I type this. Don't know how to upload an image so text should do
C:\Users\zakpw\Desktop\Honor 5x rooting>fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-kiwi.img
target reported max download size of 266338304 bytes
sending 'recovery' (45202 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.423s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.694s]
finished. total time: 2.121s
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Happy for you, next time be careful
I got this same error, had to use different USB cable and different USB port.
Before:
I just unlocked the bootloader and installed a custom ROM (LineageOS 15.1: https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-y6/development/lineageos-15-1-huawei-y6-2018-t3832278) on my Huawei but it won't let me flash the TWRP from adb. I tried before flashing the custom ROM and also after but no progress. I tried with 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' as well as 'fastboot flash boot recovery.img' because I knew some smartphones include the recovery in the boot.img but I am always getting the same error:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 535822336 bytes
sending 'recovery' (16544 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.522s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: partition table doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 0.553s
I am not an expert but I understood that 'recovery' partition doesn't exist. I found some possible solutions online such as writing 'fastboot flash RECOVERY recovery.img' or 'fastboot flash erecovery recovery.img' (because Huawei calls the stock one 'erecovery') but they both gave me another error:
Code:
fastboot flash RECOVERY recovery.img
target reported max download size of 535822336 bytes
sending 'RECOVERY' (16544 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.522s]
writing 'RECOVERY'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.528s
UPDATE: I found, maybe, the correct name of the recovery partition and it seems to work:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk twrp.img
< waiting for device >
target reported max download size of 535822336 bytes
sending 'recovery_ramdisk' (14026 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.443s]
writing 'recovery_ramdisk'...
OKAY [ 0.323s]
finished. total time: 0.767s
BUT it actually doesn't work properly because when I boot into recovery it boots the stock one. I tried other solutions found on the net like instantly unplug the phone after the flash and reboot it into recovery immediately but again it boots into stock one...
OTHER UPDATE: I managed to find and flash a TWRP that can boot up but it shows the internal storage 0MB not allowing me to install any .zip file. Because of that, I cannot install SuperSU to get root access.
I tried installing TWRP also with stock ROM but still showing 0MB because the phone is encrypted. To disable encryption I need to install the bluspark TWRP (As I found online), the problem is that bluspark won't boot and gets immediately overwritten by the stock ROM as it happened with the one I mentioned in the first update of the post.
Now I will try buying a microSD card and see if it shows right so that I can still flash .zip from the microSD card.
Now:
LATEST UPDATE: The SD card is working properly and I see it as around 60 GB instead of 64 but that's not the problem. I can see the .zip files I'd want to flash but when I try to do it it says me that it failed to mount every single partition and after some research I discovered that my Huawei has all the data encrypted. After other research I found that there are some TWRPs like blu_spark that could decrypt the data but every version I tried doesn't work and gets immediately overwritten by the stock recovery.
Does anyone know other methods to decrypt all the data on Huawei? Otherwise it's impossible to flash any .zip. Actually it flashes it but it fails to update the partitions state so the system doesn't recognize the changes.
Rooting Huawei is so difficult.. I will buy an OP5t as soon as I have the money XD.
Y6 2018 twrp
Any progress? I'm also looking for a version of TWRP that works with the Y6 2018.
Hello there,
So I tried to flash my phone to install custom ROM now the phone is dead. Currently, it bootloops in Orange State and I'm just able to access fastboot.
I tried downloading stock ROM and installing but it seems that those are corrupted and aren't working. Lastly, I tried downloading TWRP and installing but it seems that there is no official release. I tried downloading one from a website and installing but it was of no help.
>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Sending 'recovery' (13710 KB) OKAY [ 0.418s] Writing 'recovery' OKAY [ 0.324s] Finished. Total time: 0.785s
>fastboot boot recovery.img
Downloading 'boot.img' OKAY [ 0.373s] booting FAILED (remote: invalid ramdisk address: overlap with the download image) Finished. Total time: 0.454s
I'm out of ideas. Let me know if I'm wrong somewhere and if you guys have a twrp version that can run on this phone. Plus how to install it. It will be of great help if you guys can recommend a custom rom for this phone.
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Apologies if I should have searched harder. My understanding is that touch screen issues like this happen when the firmware you flash isn't quite compatible with your device. I've triple checked the stuff I downloaded, and I'm not seeing how it could be that. Maybe I did something else stupid? This is my first time rooting anything.
Product/Variant (as seen in bootloader): sofia XT2041-4 64GB PVT
The boot.img I downloaded: lolinet's firmware/moto/sofia/official/RETUS/ (the august 31 one. Currently trying with the earlier one, but the download is taking forever)
Magisk version: 7.5.1
I only have a linux laptop, so the rescue and smart assistant appears to be off the table
Here's what I did:
Downloaded the boot.img from lolinet
patched it using magisk
flashed it using fastboot
How I flashed it:
Code:
~/Downloads$ fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img
target reported max download size of 805261312 bytes
sending 'boot_b' (12136 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.376s]
writing 'boot_b'...
OKAY [ 0.069s]
finished. total time: 0.446s
I booted up after this, and I couldn't use the touchscreen. Then I noticed the boot_b thing, so I did the following to do both partitions (although I have no idea if this is what you're supposed to do):
Code:
~/Downloads$ fastboot flash boot_a magisk_patched.img
target reported max download size of 805261312 bytes
sending 'boot_a' (12136 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.350s]
writing 'boot_a'...
OKAY [ 0.076s]
finished. total time: 0.425s
~/Downloads$ fastboot flash boot_b magisk_patched.img
target reported max download size of 805261312 bytes
sending 'boot_b' (12136 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.370s]
writing 'boot_b'...
OKAY [ 0.214s]
finished. total time: 0.584s
No dice..
Next, I tried to just use the unpatched boot.img to restore things.
Code:
~/Downloads$ fastboot flash boot_a XT2041-4_SOFIA_RETUS_10_QPMS30.80-109-2_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml/boot.img
target reported max download size of 805259264 bytes
sending 'boot_a' (65536 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.908s]
writing 'boot_a'...
OKAY [ 0.696s]
finished. total time: 2.604s
~/Downloads$ fastboot flash boot_b XT2041-4_SOFIA_RETUS_10_QPMS30.80-109-2_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml/boot.img
target reported max download size of 805259264 bytes
sending 'boot_b' (65536 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.949s]
writing 'boot_b'...
OKAY [ 0.525s]
finished. total time: 2.474s
once again, no dice..this time I didn't even get to the lockscreen. Just stuck on the moto logo
Any idea what I've done wrong? Would really appreciate some help with this.
Update: I tried with the other boot.img from lolinet, doesn't get to lockscreen. Then I tried a factory reset with twrp, and flashing the earlier boot.img and I got to the setup screen, but still no touch.
Update 2: I managed to get omnirom flashed, and that's working so far! I am still curious to know why the touch screen issues popped up..will be useful next time I want to flash stock
check the forums for the g7 play, I've found topics about that kind of issue.
There's a few touchscreen vendors used for the same device, and they use different drivers basically.
Got a link by any chance? The ones I've seen are twrp related or because of the wrong firmware.
Any idea how to figure out which set is right for my phone?
Here is solution: get full ROM through LMSA and flash components through bootloader and fastbootd
* boot, recovery, dtbo, vbmeta, super flashed in fastbootd (adb reboot fastboot)
* All other actions done in bootloader (adb reboot bootloader)
mingkee said:
Here is solution: get full ROM through LMSA and flash components through bootloader and fastbootd
* boot, recovery, dtbo, vbmeta, super flashed in fastbootd (adb reboot fastboot)
* All other actions done in bootloader (adb reboot bootloader)
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Can this be done without fastbootd? i stupidly flashed twrp (which doesnt work). so I dont have stock recovery to get into fastbootd. Can this be done using regular fastboot?
Or any way to flash a stock rom using just fastboot? the rom i have does not have 'flash all' so im not sure what to do from here.
If you get the recovery image from lolinet, you can boot that (or flash recovery) and then enter fastbootd
cnoevl21 said:
Can this be done without fastbootd? i stupidly flashed twrp (which doesnt work). so I dont have stock recovery to get into fastbootd. Can this be done using regular fastboot?
Or any way to flash a stock rom using just fastboot? the rom i have does not have 'flash all' so im not sure what to do from here.
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Solution:
Flash everything ***except*** those flashed in fastbootd
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot reboot fastboot
The last resort: use LMSA rescue, but your phone will be wiped
mingkee said:
Solution:
Flash everything ***except*** those flashed in fastbootd
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot reboot fastboot
The last resort: use LMSA rescue, but your phone will be wiped
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when you say flash everything. is it just flashing the .img files? or literally everything?
Sorry, ive never had to manually flash before.
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nero075 said:
If you get the recovery image from lolinet, you can boot that (or flash recovery) and then enter fastbootd
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ill have to try this. thanks. Ive tried to just boot the boot.img and it hasnt done anything. so ill do this to try and get into fastbootd.
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If you get the recovery image from lolinet, you can boot that (or flash recovery) and then enter fastbootd
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Ok. ive gotten into fastbootd but have no idea what to do now. I assumed it was like flashing with regular fastboot. but when i type commands like fastboot flash boot boot.img i get a failed result no such file or directory
Hello friend,
Did you ever resolve your issue with the touchscreen?
I've just down the same thing using Magisk. Everything was fine until I flashed the magisk.patched.img. The device booted up but the touchscreen doesn’t work no matter what.
Please let me know of your solution.
Thank you kindly.
PamelaGirl said:
Hello friend,
Did you ever resolve your issue with the touchscreen?
I've just down the same thing using Magisk. Everything was fine until I flashed the magisk.patched.img. The device booted up but the touchscreen doesn’t work no matter what.
Please let me know of your solution.
Thank you kindly.
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hey did you fix it or something? i got the same problem, and idk what to do, can you help?
I never solved it.
In the end I was able to get a Moto G8 Plus that I was able to unlock the bootloader and root using Magisk.
PamelaGirl said:
I never solved it.
In the end I was able to get a Moto G8 Plus that I was able to unlock the bootloader and root using Magisk.
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sadly the phone i tried to root is the only phone that i have
I understand the frustration my friend. I tried and tried but it just doesn’t work with Moto G Power.
PamelaGirl said:
I understand the frustration my friend. I tried and tried but it just doesn’t work with Moto G Power.
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i think i got how to do it, u need to use LENOVO MOTOROLA SMART ASSISTANT and it works i think, i am going to try it, there is a tutorial in this forum, sadly only works if u have windows, but i manage to go to a place that has windows pc https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/moto-g-power-flashing-guide.4159301/
klninja said:
i think i got how to do it, u need to use LENOVO MOTOROLA SMART ASSISTANT and it works i think, i am going to try it, there is a tutorial in this forum, sadly only works if u have windows, but i manage to go to a place that has windows pc https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/moto-g-power-flashing-guide.4159301/
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That’s a good find. Please report back with your success so I stand corrected.
PamelaGirl said:
That’s a good find. Please report back with your success so I stand corrected.
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a person already did this
That’s good news!
Now its your turn.
PamelaGirl said:
That’s good news!
Now its your turn.
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i would like to ask a question, when ur g8 wasnt working did the phone charge or not? cus mine dont show how much battery i have
Sorry I honestly cannot recall. I was so frustrated at that time, blinded to get the root to work that I did not notice.
Hello first time here
i am stuck on fastboot
i was following this guide
My complete bootloader unlock and root guide.
So I just got this phone just for fun, it was 75 USD, and went straight to XDA to root it so i can remove some bloat etc. but holy moly i ended up have 10 tabs with different guides open, i have compiled what I did to get this phone rooted. I...
forum.xda-developers.com
i flashed magisk from fastboot after that i fastboot into recovery ...nothink happen its just say the unlock waring and never boot i tried boot into bootloader too didnt fix it .
Please help me its my daily phone
Thank you
deadweiler said:
Hello first time here
i am stuck on fastboot
i was following this guide
My complete bootloader unlock and root guide.
So I just got this phone just for fun, it was 75 USD, and went straight to XDA to root it so i can remove some bloat etc. but holy moly i ended up have 10 tabs with different guides open, i have compiled what I did to get this phone rooted. I...
forum.xda-developers.com
i flashed magisk from fastboot after that i fastboot into recovery ...nothink happen its just say the unlock waring and never boot i tried boot into bootloader too didnt fix it .
Please help me its my daily phone
Thank you
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Try to flash from fastboot kernel, ramdisk and recovery_ramdisk (EMUI 8.0, right?)
https://mega.nz/file/4w9SWAxS#WlHTqaQBGk31Wi6qohVgwbOEubiS2fnKhHTlMBWe2CY
https://mega.nz/file/4h9wGKIa#VMNFjHk0IfyHBWT5JjiJGKveN4jMt9dCXmyl84D7vlE
https://mega.nz/file/BklwBb6Z#S0ZrfWNik5Wd5R_MO7wmmn9432uAcV8qyyvqxy9VwqU
thanks for fast response i ll try it now
yes i am on 8.0.0
C:\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery RECOVERY_RAMDISK-ANE-8.0.img
Sending 'recovery' (32768 KB) OKAY [ 0.961s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: 'partition length get error')
fastboot: error: Command failed
deadweiler said:
yes i am on 8.0.0
C:\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery RECOVERY_RAMDISK-ANE-8.0.img
Sending 'recovery' (32768 KB) OKAY [ 0.961s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: 'partition length get error')
fastboot: error: Command failed
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Wrong command
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk RECOVERY_RAMDISK-ANE-8.0.img
iflash all u send .my device is trying to boot now but its just shows the huawei logo and then again it say the device is unlocked warning
After a lot of bootloops it gave me an option to download latest recovery and firmware so i am downloading it ... You are the best !
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