Flash failed and now? - Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi.
I was flashing a new ROM in my Galaxy Tab 10.1v using ROM Manager.
It rebooted, made the backup, then the recovery said that Flash failed and asked me to reboot. I did the reboot now i've a unflashed tabled and I can't get into the recovery mode.
Any idea?
Thanks.

Are you sure you can't get into recovery mode manually? If you abslutely can't, which I doubt, you can do an Odin flash to get back to stock and then reflash a new recovery.
If you can get into the recovery the manual way, just do a full wipe and reflash from there.

Well, i press the Power and Vol. Up (the button more to the left) and I select the one with a USB symbol (not the "Downloading" one) and it just says: "Fastboot USB download protocol. Bootloader Version: p7100... Baseband version: p7100.. Serial Number: xxx, Lock State: UNLOCKED"

vaurdan said:
Well, i press the Power and Vol. Up (the button more to the left) and I select the one with a USB symbol (not the "Downloading" one) and it just says: "Fastboot USB download protocol. Bootloader Version: p7100... Baseband version: p7100.. Serial Number: xxx, Lock State: UNLOCKED"
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Ouch. Seems to me you are stuck with Odin. You could try to flash the recovery first to see if that works for you. If not I guess a full new flash would do the job. If someone else has got an idea on a smoother way I'm all ears

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[Q] Entering recovery mode

Hello.
I have a bit of a problem with my unrooted IO tab running 3.1. I can't seem to enter recovery mode.
When I press power + volume down for about 10 seconds I get 2 icons:
- USB symbol
- Shoveling android in triangle sign
Selecting 2nd one gets me into download mode and that seem to work (with ODIN and such..)
1st option should get me into recovery mode ... but that doesn't seem to be working.
When I select it USB symbol stops blinking and this is displayed in top left corner:
Fastboot USB download protocol
Bootloader Version : Unknow
Baseband Version : %s
Serial Number : my_serial_number
Lock Status : UNLOCKED
And the only thing I can do now is press power as nothing else works.
What to do now? Help?
Things I've already tried:
- Using ODIN to install CWM and full stock image
- Using nvflash to install stock, io and CWM recoveries
- More or less everything I've read on this forum
Any ideas what to do?
(I can provide more info, just tell me what do you need )
Unlike retail Tabs, which give the option of booting into recovery or ODIN, the I/O Tabs give the option of booting into fastboot or ODIN. There's no key-press combination that will get you into recovery.
You can get into recovery using ADB. I think you can also do it with Rom Manager, but you probably need to root for that to work. I don't have a I/O Tab so I don't have any first-hand knowledge on this.

Screwed my s2!!! help

I was on resurrection rom and I did a factory reset to erase everything on my phone. Now the phone doesn't load up at all.
I hold power and volume up but nothing happens.
However, I can hold volume down and power button and it loads a message about a custom os.
Volume up continue
Volume down restart phone
When I press volume up
Goes to a screen with the following
Odin mode
Product name gt i19100
Custom binary download no
Current binary Samsung official
The android mascot
And underneath says downloading do not turn off target
Please help!
rirawin said:
I was on resurrection rom and I did a factory reset to erase everything on my phone. Now the phone doesn't load up at all.
I hold power and volume up but nothing happens.
However, I can hold volume down and power button and it loads a message about a custom os.
Volume up continue
Volume down restart phone
When I press volume up
Goes to a screen with the following
Odin mode
Product name gt i19100
Custom binary download no
Current binary Samsung official
The android mascot
And underneath says downloading do not turn off target
Please help!
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Also if I just reboot it it goes to the Samsung logo and then a black screen then after a few minutes it flashes white
rirawin said:
I was on resurrection rom and I did a factory reset to erase everything on my phone. Now the phone doesn't load up at all.
I hold power and volume up but nothing happens.
However, I can hold volume down and power button and it loads a message about a custom os.
Volume up continue
Volume down restart phone
When I press volume up
Goes to a screen with the following
Odin mode
Product name gt i19100
Custom binary download no
Current binary Samsung official
The android mascot
And underneath says downloading do not turn off target
Please help!
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So that means you can get into download mode, which is a good thing. Go to www.sammobile.com, signup and enter you device and model number, download a stock firmware and flash through odin. Do NOT tick repartition or use a .pit file. Put it in the PDA and flash.
kilometers4 said:
So that means you can get into download mode, which is a good thing. Go to www.sammobile.com, signup and enter you device and model number, download a stock firmware and flash through odin. Do NOT tick repartition or use a .pit file. Put it in the PDA and flash.
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Is there a guide please because I have clue and I'm stressing out with worry.
rirawin said:
Is there a guide please because I have clue and I'm stressing out with worry.
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Its not that hard of a fix, I just explained how to fix your problem. If you want search the forum about how to fix a bootloop...
Also which carrier do I choose from?
Because it was locked to tmobile but I got it unlocked and I'm now on giff gaff so do I still pick tmobile?
rirawin said:
Also which carrier do I choose from?
Because it was locked to tmobile but I got it unlocked and I'm now on giff gaff so do I still pick tmobile?
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Doesnt matter, you can flash the giff gaff one
Just done it but its stuck at the Samsung S2 logo with the s animation if that makes sense?
OK got it working, phew.
Thank you

Bootloop and no way to enter in recovery or download mode

Hi guys! Yesterday I decided to unlock the bootloader, flash recovery (twrp 2.8.6) and the cyanogen 11 nightly. Everything went good until I tried to install the gapps, I noticed that the physical shortcut to enter in recovery (after the turning off, of course) didn't worked: the phone restarted or boot up the rom, but I was able to enter in recovery from the advanced restart menu from the rom. Going into the info of the phone where it says kernel there was written "unknown" and no way to overclock. So I decided to reinstall the kernel (the cyanogen11extended) from twrp, everything went good except that I couldn't restart into recovery, it stuck on rebooting until shutdown. So I tought let's use fastboot to erase ad flash the recovery partition and the kernel, but it didn't do anything even if on the cmd said okey and finished in something about a second, but when i tried to enter in recovery I always get stucked on rebooting. So I tought"well if I have the system image I could flash it with fastboot and restore the stock kernel", so I erased the system partition and tried to flash the system.img and I get the message that it is too big for the destination device. Now I don't have a system installed tye hotkeys don't work and I'm stuck on LG screen logo.
There is a solution or do you suggest to send the device in warranty, instead?
Pull the battery and try to enter download mode.
Hi vagelis! You mean without the battery? The hotkey is vol up+power, right?
Edit: i tried without the battery pressing the vol up + power (also tried with vol down + power) and it doesn't work, on the screen I have an image which says to put the battery in, and holding the keys has as only result to reboot the phone showing the image... I guess there's no hope right?
Edit2: I entered download mode using the g2 method, now I have to downoad the kdz rom and the lg flash tool to unbrick, right? But where I can download it since the lg site for the firmware is apparently down?
JasperHTC-Touch said:
Hi vagelis! You mean without the battery? The hotkey is vol up+power, right?
Edit: i tried without the battery pressing the vol up + power (also tried with vol down + power) and it doesn't work, on the screen I have an image which says to put the battery in, and holding the keys has as only result to reboot the phone showing the image... I guess there's no hope right?
Edit2: I entered download mode using the g2 method, now I have to downoad the kdz rom and the lg flash tool to unbrick, right? But where I can download it since the lg site for the firmware is apparently down?
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http://lg-phone-firmware.com/mobile/index.php?id_mod=57
Ok guys, I was able to unbrick entering in emergency mode e doing the flash tool stuff. The strange thing is that when I start the flash tool putting the file kdz and going forward in the next window, when I click on read phone info the program stops working, if I click directly on stuff then the lg mobile support tool is opened. Now when it starts to write on the phone, the tool says that an error occurred (something like "the server is offline) but on the phone it says the port com and start to download the rom. If I say ok to the error of the lg mobile support tool it stops the firmware update and stops the program, if I don't click ok the firmware update end is work unbricking the phone.
Now I noticed that with the stock rom from the version v10h until the last one towelroot is not working, so I downloaded the v10g germany version (since the italy version was offline) and flashed with the same procedure as I have done with the unbrick, so I could run towelroot and flash the twrp and the cyanogenmod11. Thank you so much for your time!!
The topic is quite old, but I've just solved that problem. You should just do it:
1) hold power and vol down till you see LG logo -- immediately release these buttons and 
2) immediately hold power and vol up button to enter into factory reset menu. 
Then click "yes" and next "yes", too.
That's all.

[SOLVED] Cannot boot into recovery,please help

My device does not boot into Recovery or Download mode.
I am pressing the RIGHT key combinations, at the right time(at the i9100 logo) but the device does not react.
Buttons are working just fine (the phone is new).
Comes with original unmodified firmware:
4.1.2
Baseband:
I9100XXMS2
Build number:
JZO54K.I9100XWLSS
I also tried booting into recovery from ADB, but ADB does not recognise my phone for some reason.
Can anyone help please?
SethPDA said:
My device does not boot into Recovery or Download mode.
I am pressing the RIGHT key combinations, at the right time(at the i9100 logo) but the device does not react.
Buttons are working just fine (the phone is new).
Comes with original unmodified firmware:
4.1.2
Baseband:
I9100XXMS2
Build number:
JZO54K.I9100XWLSS
I also tried booting into recovery from ADB, but ADB does not recognise my phone for some reason.
Can anyone help please?
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So the phone(system) works?
If the phone works fine, you should be able to get into recovery and download mode. Turn the phone off, then press power, home and vol up at same time and release after the Samsung i9100 screen appears
I know but the key combination is not working. It just doesnt go into recovery at all. Any ideas?
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SethPDA said:
I know but the key combination is not working. It just doesnt go into recovery at all. Any ideas?
Sent from my D5503 using XDA Free mobile app
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Does the phone boot?
Yes. Everything works normally, I just cant enter recovery with the key combination :-/
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SethPDA said:
Yes. Everything works normally, I just cant enter recovery with the key combination :-/
Sent from my D5503 using XDA Free mobile app
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This is one option. By doing this, you will have root access. You will have to get a usb jig to get into download mode, and I'm assuming you can connect to a pc and you have the correct drivers installed etc.
1. Download Odin from HERE
2. Download the philz kernel(XWLSS .tar.md5 version) from HERE
3. Run odin on a pc
4. Use the usb jig to enter download mode and connect phone to pc using a trusted data cord.It should say "added" in the box on the left
5. In "PDA" field, put the philz kernel. Press start, then wait for green box "PASSED"
6. The phone should automatically reboot.
7. Go to Play Store and install "Rom Toolbox Lite"
8. Run the app and go to reboot to recovery/download mode
I remember reading that ROM TOOLBOX was incompatible with the S2. From what I read it breaks recovery on the phone.
There is an alternative......you need root for it, but once you *do* have root, visit the playstore for this app.....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vasily.powermenu
I have used it in the past......
It allows the user to boot into recovery & download modes from the homescreen.....no buttons required.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
keithross39 said:
I remember reading that ROM TOOLBOX was incompatible with the S2. From what I read it breaks recovery on the phone.
There is an alternative......you need root for it, but once you *do* have root, visit the playstore for this app.....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vasily.powermenu
I have used it in the past......
It allows the user to boot into recovery & download modes from the homescreen.....no buttons required.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
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I use it and never had any issues, but that is another good option
SethPDA said:
My device does not boot into Recovery or Download mode.
I am pressing the RIGHT key combinations, at the right time(at the i9100 logo) but the device does not react.
Buttons are working just fine (the phone is new).
Comes with original unmodified firmware:
4.1.2
Baseband:
I9100XXMS2
Build number:
JZO54K.I9100XWLSS
I also tried booting into recovery from ADB, but ADB does not recognise my phone for some reason.
Can anyone help please?
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you need push the buttons from start to the i9100 logo that it is the trick to boot ^^
Thanks guys for suggestions. The problem is, I cannot have root, without getting into recovery.
And I know the correct button combination, it just doesn't work.
I say it again: I check, the buttons function normally inside Android. But while booting, it does not do anything.
Is there any way to get ADB debugging to work on jelly bean firmware 4.1.2? From adb, I could reboot into download and recovery mode too.
Right now, ADB does not recognize my device.
Any suggestions?
As a previous poster said, buy a USB jig from eBay (or make one yourself)......
You plug it in to the usb socket (when the phone is switched off) and it forces the phone into download mode without having to press any buttons.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
Okay so I didn't wanted to buy stuff neither to make my own.
So here's what I did:
I downloaded KingRoot 4.5, and I rooted the phone with it. I downloaded the Quick Reboot app, and now I can enter recovery.
Thanks for your suggestions though. Have a nice day!

honor 5X update freeze/loop - no TWRP recovery possible

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
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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

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