Xiaomi Mi A3 "Can't load Android system" error - Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers

Hey guys, I would like to ask for advice.
My phone suddenly stuck at this screen:
Android Recovery
Xiaomi/laurel_sprout_eea/laurel_sprout
10/QKQ1.190910.002/V11.0.2.0.QFQEUXM
user/release-keys
Use volume up/down and power.
Can't load Android system. Your data may be corrupt. If you continue to get this message, you may need to perform a factory data reset and erase all user data store on this device.
- Try again
- Factory data reset
Its very similar to an issue already discussed on this site: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/help/xiao-mi-a2-load-android-t3993067?nocache=1
However, in my case, i'm unable to access the Recovery menu. It results in Error screen: https://imgur.com/a/2rPDGQa
I would really appreciate some help as i have data inside my phone which i need. So if possible i would like to retain the data.
Thanks for your help!

If you have already unlocked bootloader, flash TWRP, make backup of all partitions and copy it to the PC. If you're still with locked bootloader, then I'm afraid you're out of luck. There is probably no way how to restore user data.

Also happened to me not long ago, interesting, did you do some system changes before that?

alexandarpb said:
Also happened to me not long ago, interesting, did you do some system changes before that?
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No, I don't think so. Although there might had been some kind of a system update few hours before.

_mysiak_ said:
If you have already unlocked bootloader, flash TWRP, make backup of all partitions and copy it to the PC. If you're still with locked bootloader, then I'm afraid you're out of luck. There is probably no way how to restore user data.
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Hi @_mysiak_ I'm in a similar situation (Mi A3 too) but instead of eMkoC4, I can access to Recovery menu. Is there anything I can do to recover some data?
Thanks in advance, Simone

simogere said:
Hi @_mysiak_ I'm in a similar situation (Mi A3 too) but instead of eMkoC4, I can access to Recovery menu. Is there anything I can do to recover some data?
Thanks in advance, Simone
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I would try pulling the data via ADB (if you have it enabled) in stock recovery. I am not sure how it will behave with encryption, but it's worth a try. Boot into recovery on the phone, connect it to the PC and use this command on the PC:
"adb pull /storage/emulated/0"

_mysiak_ said:
I would try pulling the data via ADB (if you have it enabled) in stock recovery. I am not sure how it will behave with encryption, but it's worth a try. Boot into recovery on the phone, connect it to the PC and use this command on the PC:
"adb pull /storage/emulated/0"
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Hi @_mysiak_ thanks for the reply. I'm quite sure I've never enabled USB debugging

simogere said:
Hi @_mysiak_ thanks for the reply. I'm quite sure I've never enabled USB debugging
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In such case I'm afraid that you're out of luck as well (it probably wouldn't work anyway due to encryption).

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[Q] Help, I bricked my Prime

I was trying to disable FSYNC using the method described by poofyhairguy. I did it via terminal, in su. I mounted /system in rw mode, I copied libsqlite.so and libsqlite_jni.so into backup copies, and overwritten them with copied provided by poofyhairguy. Alas, I forgot to chmod, so they were left with whatever permission they came from. I rebooted the tablet and now it is permanently in the starting screen with big ASUS letters across. I cannot even turn it off!
Help, please, what do I do? I don't really know much about Android, so please use simple explanation.
Just to add some details. My Prime is stock, rooted but not unlocked.
I also don't seem to be able to reach it from ADB. I did install ADB and drivers on my PC a while ago, when I rooted it. I'm trying this now:
- connect Prime to PC
- reboot with volume down, select a USB symbol
- PC says "installing drivers" and "ready"
- in adb shell, when I try "adb devices" it shows an empty list
Any help?
OK, here is more information and more questions. I can start the tablet in fastboot mode (USB symbol on screen). After reinstalling ASUS suite and Google SDK I connected the tablet to my Windows 7 laptop. It searched for drivers for a while, installed and said "ready".
"adb devices" returns and empty list. "fastboot devices" returns one entry, a long hexadecimal number and the word "fastboot". Does it mean that I can see my tablet via fastboot but not adb? Does adb work when tablet is in fastboot mode at all?
Does it mean that the only option is to reflash ASUS firmware?
@Felisek Did you tried to wipe aka hard reset the device via bootloader? or you have important files which you don't want to reset? or you don't see wipe option in bootloader?
Sorry, I'm not much expert in android underhood that I can help you more but looking at your problem doesn't look like you have bricked your device so keep hopes. Someone having more knownledge might come and help you.
btw; AFAIK, adb and fastboot are different kinds. You see fastboot.exe in the sdk package? yes that links with fastboot option on the devices. But I might be wrong as well.
May be you try entering into fastboot and use fastboot.exe, then go to the path where you modified the files. Either replace them to original ones or chmod. But I don't know whether this gonna work.
CRACING said:
Did you tried to wipe aka hard reset the device via bootloader? or you have important files which you don't want to reset? or you don't see wipe option in bootloader?
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There is a wipe option, but I don't think it is going to work. As far as a know (correct me if I'm wrong), factory wipe does not change /system folder. In particular, there are two "wrong" files in /system/lib that cause the problem, so wiping everything else is not going to help. I need to change/restore these files.
I think I can reflash the stock ROM using recovery, but I'd like to try and fix it without wiping everything first. I don't have anything unmissable on the tablet, but reinstalling everything and rooting is a bit of a hassle.
Felisek said:
There is a wipe option, but I don't think it is going to work. As far as a know (correct me if I'm wrong), factory wipe does not change /system folder. In particular, there are two "wrong" files in /system/lib that cause the problem, so wiping everything else is not going to help. I need to change/restore these files.
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Hmm may be you are right so reflashing whole ROM is required.
Felisek said:
I think I can reflash the stock ROM using recovery, but I'd like to try and fix it without wiping everything first. I don't have anything unmissable on the tablet, but reinstalling everything and rooting is a bit of a hassle.
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Recovery? but you said you haven't unlocked or you mean stock recovery?
Yeah, upon reflashing, you will lose root but hey, you can root again using the new method (motorola's) and its not at all risky as unlocking. :good:
May be you can wait for sometime, I hope someone comes up guiding you how to replace/modify the system files using adb or fastboot.
CRACING said:
Recovery? but you said you haven't unlocked or you mean stock recovery?
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There is a "RCK" option on startup, I thought that was recovery. But, yes, I mean stock recovery, if this is how it is called. Download stock firmware, put it on a microSD, rename it to EP201_SDUPDATE.ZIP, reboot and apparently it installs automatically.
When I was making my guide I tried using the old ICS libsqlite.so and libsqlite_jni.so files and softbricked in the same mannor. The only way I found to fix it was to flash the stock ROM as it says to do in my guide.
Note that unless you purposefully wipe your data in the recovery your data should remain intact from my experiance with it. The way the stock Asus recovery seems to do it is to blow /system away (so yes you must re-root, etc).
Good news. I unbricked my Prime by reflashing the stock ROM, using the method described by poofyhairguy. All my apps and settings survived. I only lost root, so even rootkeeper cannot recover it. Not too bad, after all.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk HD

[Q] Root Permission Gone!

So here it goes!
I have this phone, a Cherry Mobile Aeon [ full specs: please find on google. Can't post links yet, apparently. ], and rooted it. It rooted successfully the first time ( with usb debugging enabled and everything. ) and so, as idiotic as I am, I installed CF3D on a JB phone so it ended up bootlooping. And so I data/factory reset it by STOCK RECOVERY then I tried recovering it by ADB but then, everytime I type the su command, it always says UI CONNECT - TIMED OUT or something like that.
And so I've searched Google on why is that happening and found out that it prompts if the device is unrooted!
Now I can't root it back cause I don't have USB Debugging enabled. And I can't get it to the service center because they said that they don't have the software for this phone yet! WHICH IS VERY IDIOTIC!
Please halp.
LockeMishil said:
So here it goes!
I have this phone, a Cherry Mobile Aeon [ full specs: please find on google. Can't post links yet, apparently. ], and rooted it. It rooted successfully the first time ( with usb debugging enabled and everything. ) and so, as idiotic as I am, I installed CF3D on a JB phone so it ended up bootlooping. And so I data/factory reset it by STOCK RECOVERY then I tried recovering it by ADB but then, everytime I type the su command, it always says UI CONNECT - TIMED OUT or something like that.
And so I've searched Google on why is that happening and found out that it prompts if the device is unrooted!
Now I can't root it back cause I don't have USB Debugging enabled. And I can't get it to the service center because they said that they don't have the software for this phone yet! WHICH IS VERY IDIOTIC!
Please halp.
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Your phone not booting after installing cf3d?
Hell_X said:
Your phone not booting after installing cf3d?
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It's stuck on bootloop.
LockeMishil said:
It's stuck on bootloop.
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dont worry
cf3d creates a backup zip which can be flashed if you get bootloop simply boot to cwm recovery and then flash the zip it will be on /sdcard/ something related to cf3d.zip
Hell_X said:
dont worry
cf3d creates a backup zip which can be flashed if you get bootloop simply boot to cwm recovery and then flash the zip it will be on /sdcard/ something related to cf3d.zip
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That's my problem. Since my phone is kinda new on the market and a very remote brand for that matter, I haven't been able to find a CWM that would be compatible on my phone. Which sucks.
And also, I haven't seen that back-up you are saying. I think it is stored on the internal sdcard. :/ Which I cannot access, obvs.
LockeMishil said:
That's my problem. Since my phone is kinda new on the market and a very remote brand for that matter, I haven't been able to find a CWM that would be compatible on my phone. Which sucks.
And also, I haven't seen that back-up you are saying. I think it is stored on the internal sdcard. :/ Which I cannot access, obvs.
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If you have your Rom Backup than flash that?
Hell_X said:
If you have your Rom Backup than flash that?
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As I was saying, I am only rooted, no cwm, no way of flashing and since I am an idiot. I didn't have back up too. Can you suggest an easy way on porting CWMs though?

[Solved] No Operating System, Bootloop, ADP devices blank

I accidentally (and stupidly) wiped my OS on my DNA. I'm stuck in a bootloop and when I type adb devices it says:
List of devices attached:
(blank)
However, when I am in fastboot and type fastboot devices, it says the serial number of my phone.
Does anyone know of any way for me to get an operating system back installed? I have access to TWRP v2.6.3.0.
I scoured XDA for the past 4 hours looking for anything resembling my situation and found nothing. I tried different approaches that were listed that somewhat fit my situation, but to no avail.
Anyone? Please? I'm pretty literate when it comes to these phones, I just haven't ever come across stupidly wiping everything on my phone, including the OS.
It just freezes at the HTC screen and I don't know how to flash any ROM (or anything at this point) using fastboot.
bhinderoid said:
I accidentally (and stupidly) wiped my OS on my DNA. I'm stuck in a bootloop and when I type adb devices it says:
List of devices attached:
(blank)
However, when I am in fastboot and type fastboot devices, it says the serial number of my phone.
Does anyone know of any way for me to get an operating system back installed? I have access to TWRP v2.6.3.0.
I scoured XDA for the past 4 hours looking for anything resembling my situation and found nothing. I tried different approaches that were listed that somewhat fit my situation, but to no avail.
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Do you have adb access in recovery? If not, try to download a .IMG file for the latest twrp and flash that with fastboot and then try again to get adb in recovery.
crpalmer said:
Do you have adb access in recovery? If not, try to download a .IMG file for the latest twrp and flash that with fastboot and then try again to get adb in recovery.
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I had the latest TWRP and it wasn't working. I then switched to CWM (via fastboot flash) and it still wouldn't recognize.
I previously had the ViperDNA rom installed and I think once everything was wiped (OS included), my computer no longer recognized my cellphone.
Is there any other way to recover my device / OS? Possibly only using fastboot?
bhinderoid said:
I had the latest TWRP and it wasn't working. I then switched to CWM (via fastboot flash) and it still wouldn't recognize.
I previously had the ViperDNA rom installed and I think once everything was wiped (OS included), my computer no longer recognized my cellphone.
Is there any other way to recover my device / OS? Possibly only using fastboot?
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Do you have a USB otg cable and a thumb drive? That's another easy way to get a ROM into recovery. If not, the next easiest thing (other than going and buying one or finding someone that you can borrow one from) would be to find a guide to ruu back to stock (make sure you do not screw up locking the bootloader!) and then start over with rooting / unlocking.
crpalmer said:
Do you have a USB otg cable and a thumb drive? That's another easy way to get a ROM into recovery. If not, the next easiest thing (other than going and buying one or finding someone that you can borrow one from) would be to find a guide to ruu back to stock (make sure you do not screw up locking the bootloader!) and then start over with rooting / unlocking.
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I do have a thumbdrive but not a USB otg cable (I can go buy one)
So if I'm accessing it through twrp, is there a particular folder which will allow me access to the thumb drive?
Also, would I be good simply flashing a Rom.zip and have everything re-installed?
Thanks so much for your replies, I really REALLY appreciate it!
Also, I don't think my phone is USB Debugging activated, if I need to activate it is there a way to do it if everything on my phone has been wiped and I have no immediate access to activating the option?
bhinderoid said:
I do have a thumbdrive but not a USB otg cable (I can go buy one)
So if I'm accessing it through twrp, is there a particular folder which will allow me access to the thumb drive?
Also, would I be good simply flashing a Rom.zip and have everything re-installed?
Thanks so much for your replies, I really REALLY appreciate it!
Also, I don't think my phone is USB Debugging activated, if I need to activate it is there a way to do it if everything on my phone has been wiped and I have no immediate access to activating the option?
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No problem.
I don't use twrp but I would imagine it is fairly obvious how to select the usb-otg drive. If not, try cwr. I know that used to work and was fairly obvious (but I forget the exact details).
There isn't any way to enable USB debugging in recovery but flashing a working ROM should get you back in business.
crpalmer said:
No problem.
I don't use twrp but I would imagine it is fairly obvious how to select the usb-otg drive. If not, try cwr. I know that used to work and was fairly obvious (but I forget the exact details).
There isn't any way to enable USB debugging in recovery but flashing a working ROM should get you back in business.
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So I don't need USB debugging activated in order to flash a rom from a USB otg drive, correct?
Thanks again bud, you've talked me off the ledge.
bhinderoid said:
So I don't need USB debugging activated in order to flash a rom from a USB otg drive, correct?
Thanks again bud, you've talked me off the ledge.
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You shouldn't. Usb storage is just storage.
crpalmer said:
You shouldn't. Usb storage is just storage.
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The USB OTG is a GODSEND.
As are you, crpalmer, thank you so much for all the help!!
bhinderoid, did you fix it? Another option is ADB sideload. I've been in the same position as you and it is awful.
here is another thread that mentions the steps and issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46752829#post46752829

I bricked my phone by formating the internal storage

I bricked my phone.
h850 open bootloader. i tried to format the internal storage. didnt made a backup. now it wants a password and my own one doesnt work. is there any chance to repair it?
thank you in advance!
What wants password? TWRP ?
Try to flash the latest v10e KZD file with LGUP.
on a side note: what will happen when all tries are gone? will it erase it self? there is nothing to loose for me if this is the case?!
kripo said:
on a side note: what will happen when all tries are gone? will it erase it self? there is nothing to loose for me if this is the case?!
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I dont know that counter your talking about. After restoring a backup from TWRP I got an issue that it wont accept my pin code to enter the phone. I've followed the steps in this link and it deleted the pin code. I hope this will help you. Please post your result. http://www.howtogeek.com/240657/how-to-fix-pin-errors-after-restoring-from-twrp-android-backups/
Please delete ALL 5 files one by one. It worked for me every time.
ItsNewDroid said:
I dont know that counter your talking about. After restoring a backup from TWRP I got an issue that it wont accept my pin code to enter the phone. I've followed the steps in this link and it deleted the pin code. I hope this will help you. Please post your result. http://www.howtogeek.com/240657/how-to-fix-pin-errors-after-restoring-from-twrp-android-backups/
Please delete ALL 5 files one by one. It worked for me every time.
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hm, i dont think that this is the same thing on my phone.
just to clarify what i did:
i flashed no-verity-opt-encrypt-2.1.zip
i erased userdata and cache in fastboot
i flashed LG-H85010E-Flashable.COMPLETE.zip and FLUENCE_HD24_PATCH.zip
and then my problem(screenshot) occurred
kripo said:
hm, i dont think that this is the same thing on my phone.
just to clarify what i did:
i flashed no-verity-opt-encrypt-2.1.zip
i erased userdata and cache in fastboot
i flashed LG-H85010E-Flashable.COMPLETE.zip and FLUENCE_HD24_PATCH.zip
and then my problem(screenshot) occurred
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I never ever have seen such a screen
But I would guess that something went wrong when flashing 10E or the patch.
I recommend the following:
- Check if TWRP is still installed
- If yes, format data again
- Re-flash SuperSU or no-verity-opt-encrypt-2.1.zip
- Reboot
If you lost TWRP, you have to flash it again, format data etc.
I've done all the steps you have listed few times but never encountered this problem. Can you even access the TWRP menu? Maybe ask Miustone the developer of HD24? Please tell if you can access the TWRP and your files
BabelHuber said:
I never ever have seen such a screen
But I would guess that something went wrong when flashing 10E or the patch.
I recommend the following:
- Check if TWRP is still installed
- If yes, format data again
- Re-flash SuperSU or no-verity-opt-encrypt-2.1.zip
- Reboot
If you lost TWRP, you have to flash it again, format data etc.
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after formatting data in TWRP the new screen appears, thanks for that. but the bar in the new screen(screenshot) doesn't change.
the button beneath the bar makes the phone going into recovery and format cache.
repair data after format data did the trick! thanks everyone for the fast help!!! love you all

SMS failure after root with Magisk

Hello,
maybe someone would be able to help or explain. Running on 9.1.0.215 (but tried with 9.1.0.210 as well), after I try to root with Magisk (=flash patched recovery_ramdisk), my SMS stop working. I've tried more applications (default 'Messaging', Google 'Messages', also Facebook 'Messenger') but no chance, phone is not able to receive or create any SMS messages. However, everything else is working fine.
I'm pretty sure that it's caused by this activity, because when I flash back original RECOVERY_RAMDIS.img, SMS are back again.
Any ideas what could be wrong? I really like to use Magisk, but unfortunately, it's no go without SMS.
Thanks!
1. Flash stock recovery_ramdisk. (If you already flash magisk patched ramdisk). Stock recovery is needed to factory reset.
2. back up your data.
3. reboot to recovery. Perform factory reset
4. Power off device. Hold volume down, plug usb to boot to bootloader.
5. flash magisk patched recovery ramdisk
6. Reboot by holding power + volume up button.
7. Done
buchman said:
1. Flash stock recovery_ramdisk. (If you already flash magisk patched ramdisk). Stock recovery is needed to factory reset.
2. back up your data.
3. reboot to recovery. Perform factory reset
4. Power off device. Hold volume down, plug usb to boot to bootloader.
5. flash magisk patched recovery ramdisk
6. Reboot by holding power + volume up button.
7. Done
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Thanks for hint!
Doing factory reset isn't exactly one's wish, but if there is no other choice I will definitely give it a try. Speaking of backup/restore of apps - can you please give me a hint, what could be the most comfortable way of doing that? I do not care about data - that is easy to backup/restore - but is there any simple way how to avoid manual re-installation of all apps after restore?
Thanks again!
burton_mb said:
I'm pretty sure that it's caused by this activity, because when I flash back original RECOVERY_RAMDIS.img, SMS are back again.
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Hi, just to confirm that I had exactly the same problem. To solve it, I had to reinstall the original recovery ramdisk.
burton_mb said:
Thanks for hint!
Doing factory reset isn't exactly one's wish, but if there is no other choice I will definitely give it a try. Speaking of backup/restore of apps - can you please give me a hint, what could be the most comfortable way of doing that? I do not care about data - that is easy to backup/restore - but is there any simple way how to avoid manual re-installation of all apps after restore?
Thanks again!
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When you go through the setup it should suggest it if you've backed up to drive. Otherwise use titanium backup. It saves the apks and works with root
pierangelof said:
Hi, just to confirm that I had exactly the same problem. To solve it, I had to reinstall the original recovery ramdisk.
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But reinstall original recovery ramdisk means no root, right?
Did you succeed with rooting afterwards, e. g. with factory reset like suggested above?
burton_mb said:
But reinstall original recovery ramdisk means no root, right?
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Yes, this was the price to pay to get the SMS working again
burton_mb said:
Did you succeed with rooting afterwards, e. g. with factory reset like suggested above?
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I haven't tried it, sorry.
I ran into this problem on my honor 9 and in addition to a not working sms-app,the dialer app was broken aswell.
I did find this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/fix-messages-dialer-9-1-root-required-t3955964 and this fixed both issues.
adb shell
su
rm /data/user/0/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/*
rm /data/user/0/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/*
Go back to phone and wipe data of Phone and Messages
Go back to command prompt and:
reboot recovery​
Sheepy777 said:
I ran into this problem on my honor 9 and in addition to a not working sms-app,the dialer app was broken aswell.
I did find this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/fix-messages-dialer-9-1-root-required-t3955964 and this fixed both issues.
adb shell
su
rm /data/user/0/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/*
rm /data/user/0/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/*
Go back to phone and wipe data of Phone and Messages
Go back to command prompt and:
reboot recovery​
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Thank you very much! This helped even without factory reset! :good::good::good:
burton_mb said:
Thank you very much! This helped even without factory reset! :good::good::good:
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Glad I could help I tried a factory reset and rooted afterwards, but as soon as magisk was flashed, sms stopped working and tons of "access denied" or so errors started to show up in the log.
Hello, is it still possible to root the phone? I want to get rid of all the huawei apps and I need adaway.
timenewroman said:
Hello, is it still possible to root the phone? I want to get rid of all the huawei apps and I need adaway.
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If your bootloader is unlocked, yes it's still possible
Sheepy777 said:
If your bootloader is unlocked, yes it's still possible
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And any chances of unlocking the bootloader with Android 9?
Enviado desde mi STF-L09 mediante Tapatalk
xaametz said:
And any chances of unlocking the bootloader with Android 9?
Enviado desde mi STF-L09 mediante Tapatalk
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I unlocked my bootloader last year, when you could get the unlock code from their website. Unlocking your bootloader on Pie with one of those codes should still work.
I don't know, if other unlocking method like dc-unlocker or funkyhuawei will work. Sry
Sheepy777 said:
I ran into this problem on my honor 9 and in addition to a not working sms-app,the dialer app was broken aswell.
I did find this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/fix-messages-dialer-9-1-root-required-t3955964 and this fixed both issues.
adb shell​su​rm /data/user/0/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/*​rm /data/user/0/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/*​​Go back to phone and wipe data of Phone and Messages​Go back to command prompt and:​reboot recovery​
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Thank youuuuuu this worked perfectly for me. I had to change the directory name from user to user_de, but once I did that, it was perfect And I didn't even lose my text messages
Oh no This solution worked, but after doing it, I no longer have access to 4G/LTE on my phone. Did this happen to anyone else? Is there a fix for this?

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