Hello dear helpers.
Today I tried to restore my CM11_M12 from a backup I made last night.
That did not work out, saying restoring system and data failed.
At first I though it was just a bad backup, so I flashed .314, restored TA (really dont know why...) and upgraded to .167
Now after unlocking the BL again, I can flash boot.img from CM11, but not boot to it, or boot to system at all.
All the device does is to vibrate slightly, and then nothing else... Is that the sign of soft brick?
Then flashing .314 fw. will bring me back to Stock and working...
It seems like it became what I will name it, Stock-bricked...
A little more info what I did before trying to restore CM:
After backing up my phone last night, I flashed this file, and the device seemed fine. all ex. messaging did not open this morning when I received a SMS
So I though that it messed up and therefore I tried to restore CM, and that causing error...
Hope some one can help me with this, and hopefully fast too, because now I cannot receive any SMS or calls because i forgot the adapter for my SIM-card at home... :crying:
Maybe @Envious_Data?
After some tampering around, I figured I would do the whole progress over again, and that means
-Lock BL
-Flash FTF
-Boot
-Shutdown
-Unlock and now it works. :laugh:
wow didnt see that mention
anyways word of advice
flashtool is your freind
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i rooted my x10 mini,flashed nAa kernel via flash tool & installed cyanogenmod.
i made a nandroid backup before that,now i want to go back to stock rom,so i clicked restore in recovery and restored it.
but now my phone is not turning on,
did the kernel change caused this issue
please anyone help me
I read somewhere that if you want to go to stock rom, you have to re-lock bootloader. Try to search for more about it.
andrumon said:
i rooted my x10 mini,flashed nAa kernel via flash tool & installed cyanogenmod.
i made a nandroid backup before that,now i want to go back to stock rom,so i clicked restore in recovery and restored it.
but now my phone is not turning on,
did the kernel change caused this issue
please anyone help me
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The restore only restores the rom, not the kernel, and the stock rom won't run on a custom kernel.
You either need to get a stock kernel to flash with flashtool or repair your phone using SEUS or PC Companion
The Backup will still be available for restoring, if you figure out how to install CWM on the stock kernel/rom
And there is NEVER a need to relock the bootloader, unless you want to send it for repairs under warranty.
other problem
cheers everyone.
i have an other problem with my u20i.
i think i made very bad, crappy ****. =/
this term is correct for me too:
i rooted my x10 mini,flashed nAa kernel via flash tool & installed cyanogenmod.
i made a nandroid backup before that
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i must say- everything is more than fine. after something like 10 hrs i really like it and tought i should test some other customs too.
but now my problem:
like above is wrote: i have the backup. but what i doesnt minded is- i need to restore my contacts..
normally i would say- okay. i will ask in facebook or something like this- but i have/had somethin ´bout 300contacts.
i thought the google-acc will add all my contacts if i log in( it does as i´ve used an other android-phone some weeks ago[the owner got all my contacts in his contacts-.-]) so- it doesnt adding them for now.
is there any way to restore just the contacts? i know- i should backup them seperately- but its too late now..
i looked around to open the ".img" data, but i only can burn them to disk.
i really dont want to restore the stock rom too get the contacts and backing them up otherwise.
hope you understand what i´m talking about.
mean-language is german- so ask if something isnt clear.
thanks everyone
D3SiRe2 said:
cheers everyone.
i thought the google-acc will add all my contacts if i log in( it does as i´ve used an other android-phone some weeks ago[the owner got all my contacts in his contacts-.-]) so- it doesnt adding them for now.
thanks everyone
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Maybe you've got Auto-synchronisation turned off, so it won't sync your phone with your google-account automatically.
If all your contacts are still on your google-account (check with your pc) then syncing (Settings-Accounts and Synchronisation-Synchronise) should get them back on your phone.
If that doesn't work, restore your previous backup and maybe export your contacts to sd-card, then flash back your new rom and import your contacts from sd-card (in the contacts application, press the menu button and choose import-export)
You could go into CWM - backup and restore and do an advanced restore, which will put back all the settings and data from your original rom, but not all that may be compatible with your new rom, so it might cause more problems than it solves.
Those are your options, as far as I'm aware.
There is a way to 'decompile' the data.img of your backup, if you've got an Android-kitchen, which is for developers, but that's quite complicated, and i wouldn't know where to look for the contact-details that are stored there.
I recently rooted my phone and everything was fine. This morning I installed a debloated rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2296109 and It seemed to work but after I rebooted the phone just sits at a screen that says
Samsung
an unlocked icon
Custom
I can still get into Odin and TWRP but nothing I do seems to solve my problem. I have verified the MD5 of the image as well as trying to install a backup I made prior to flashing but the restore fails.
Does anyone know what I can do?
I should add that TWRP asks for a password when I load it but I never explicitly set one and also it seems to have trouble with the partition table.
Update: Solved maybe? I got this phone to boot but I am not sure what happened. I flashed a rom from TWRP several times and finally one took ... still would like info from someone who actually knows what is going on as I am not sure this wont happen again
Update: So it seems that every time I something happens and the drive or loader gets encrypted and it no longer boots. the "solution" is to do a full wipe then install a rom. This happens every time i reboot and I would really like a solution to this.
I bought my phone almost a week ago, but I only have a 7 day return policy so I need to figure this out quickly.
It's the C6802, bought in China (where I live), with HK firmware 1.4.1.B.0.475. Naturally, right when turning on the phone, it says to update to 532. The phone shop merchant did this for me when I bought it via PC (not sure what software he used), and afterwords the phone would suddenly just go dead and restart.
So I went back to stock 475, worked fine. Once home, I tried firmware 526, using flashtools, to see if it was stable, and same deal. The seller I bought it from says all the other firmwares are really buggy and I should just wait until there is a newer firmware to upgrade. But by that time, I won't be able to return the phone if indeed the problem IS the phone and not the firmware.
I was able to unlock the bootloader, root the phone, and install CWM, but every time I try to use CWM (whether backup, restore, or just navigating), after a couple seconds, the phone goes dead and restarts (same problem when using other firmware). I tried to install TWRP via goodplay, and that didn't work at all. I'm not sure how to flash it so I can use it during recovery because CWM doesn't work and I haven't seen an img of it for the z ultra (I'm still pretty noob at this as you can probably tell).
So does some firmware just bug out on some phones, like in my case, and will future firmwares fix this random death/restart? Do I just have extremely bad luck with CWM and firmware? Or is it a hardware problem and I should return the phone? Or is there a way to update to 532 and fix the crash problems? My first born for some expert advice.
The software you need to update on your PC is the Sony PC Companion suite. It should not prompted you to install it when you first plugged your phone in to your PC. Download that & see if you can update to 532 through there before you try anything else. To me it sounds like a bad flash & redoing it may resolve your issues. Hopefully...
Nuwidol said:
The software you need to update on your PC is the Sony PC Companion suite. It should not prompted you to install it when you first plugged your phone in to your PC. Download that & see if you can update to 532 through there before you try anything else. To me it sounds like a bad flash & redoing it may resolve your issues. Hopefully...
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OK, I'll do that first thing tmrw morning, right now I'm making back-ups of everything using titanium and nandroid. But I can only use them when the phone is on, they don't work during recovery, nothing does. And using TWRP even with the phone on just causes it to die and reboot as soon as I click "OK" - is this something to be concerned about? It still rebooting even with CWM (in recovery) and TWRP (in normal bootup), even with stock 475 firmware, this certainly shouldn't be normal, right? I'll update how the PCC flash to 532 goes tomorrow...
I agree with Nuwidol, it does sound like a bad flash...
To put thing simple, forget CWM / TWRP for the moment, try 'CLEAN' install your phone with the latest firmware (532), then test using it for a day or two and see if it works properly. Yes, all firmwares released by Song so far for this phone are kind of buggy but nothing serious - just minor issues I would say, and definitely not random death or restart like you said.
To clean install, I like using SUS (Sony Update Service) because, unlike PC Companion which packs with a whole bunch of functions, SUS only deals with one thing, to reinstall or update firmware for your phone, and it works well.
First, backup whatever you find important, then relock you bootloader (restore from your TA partition backup, and flash back any stock FTF... stuff like that...).
Hook up your phone with SUS by following its instruction. Choose 'erase / format everything (...or something like that)' when it provides you with update options. Sit and wait until it finishes.
Turn on your phone, skip WiFi setting as well as the Google account, go straight to Home. Then:
'Settings' --> 'Backup & reset' --> 'Factory data reset'
Choose 'erase / format everything' (or something like that) again.
After reboot, you should have a very clean system by now. Use it as is for a few hours / days and see if anything strange comes up. If nothing strange comes up, then your phone is fine; if not, go return it or ask for exchange.
One minor note, rooting the phone is ok, pretty straightforward and safe to do I would say. But unlocking the bootloader? Well... it is ok too, unless you know what you're doing.
Hope this help.
so far so good
littopillo said:
I agree with Nuwidol, it does sound like a bad flash...
To put thing simple, forget CWM / TWRP for the moment, try 'CLEAN' install your phone with the latest firmware (532), then test using it for a day or two and see if it works properly. Yes, all firmwares released by Song so far for this phone are kind of buggy but nothing serious - just minor issues I would say, and definitely not random death or restart like you said.
To clean install, I like using SUS (Sony Update Service) because, unlike PC Companion which packs with a whole bunch of functions, SUS only deals with one thing, to reinstall or update firmware for your phone, and it works well.
First, backup whatever you find important, then relock you bootloader (restore from your TA partition backup, and flash back any stock FTF... stuff like that...).
Hook up your phone with SUS by following its instruction. Choose 'erase / format everything (...or something like that)' when it provides you with update options. Sit and wait until it finishes.
Turn on your phone, skip WiFi setting as well as the Google account, go straight to Home. Then:
'Settings' --> 'Backup & reset' --> 'Factory data reset'
Choose 'erase / format everything' (or something like that) again.
After reboot, you should have a very clean system by now. Use it as is for a few hours / days and see if anything strange comes up. If nothing strange comes up, then your phone is fine; if not, go return it or ask for exchange.
One minor note, rooting the phone is ok, pretty straightforward and safe to do I would say. But unlocking the bootloader? Well... it is ok too, unless you know what you're doing.
Hope this help.
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Litto... your awesome. This has probably been one of the single most helpful replies in my history on xda. I did everything you said, step by step, and I was able to flash 532 without any problems, and so far, after using it for half a day, it's been completely stable. Granted, I haven't installed a single app on it yet or synced anything, I'm hesitant, ha. But I'll do that tonight, and Lord willing, nothing will happen. But so far so good. You really helped me a ton, thanks so much. :victory:
As for the issue about unlocking the bootloader, well, I did it because I was told that is the only way you can install custom ROMs and CWM? So for flashing anything besides stock, I would think it's pretty much mandatory, am I wrong? I hope to install radioactive or paranoid android eventually, but of course with it crashing during CWM and any firmware upgrade, that wasn't an option before. I'll use it for awhile longer with the stock (but rooted) 532 and if no problems occur, I'll move onto flashing the CWM/TWRP img by krabappel, which means then I can finally flash a custom ROM. Here's hoping...
Hi, guys
my phone is Huawei p10 Lite (WAS-LX2)
Note: if you have a bricked huawei p10 lite of any kind (incl WAS-LX2) (or a NZ model)
and you want to know how i finally fixed mine, jump down to the end where it says
GOOD NEWS
quick synopsis: unlocked bootloader, flashed twrp, now i get an error (255) when trying to create backup using twrp..
you can read the rest if you want but the above basically covers it please help
so i have unlocked my bootloader and flashed twrp, before i did this i did a factory reset through androids settings, the phone is also only two months old.. but i cannot create a backup using twrp, it always fails in the same place when backing up data, does this mean my stock rom that has never been altered in anyway ect is somehow corrupt? wtf? i havnt even rooted it yet, i was going to make a backup first (of a known good rom.. lol)
i am assuming the data files are part of the rom? not something you can ignore.. they were one of the few things selected by default.. i have tried rebooting phone a few times, formatting sd card etc (64gb) so there is plenty of space...
any help would be much appreciated
the tutorial i was following is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/p10/how-to/twrp-how-to-root-p10-lite-t3617418
my phones full build (or do i mean firmware number?..) number: WAS-LX2C706B170
android version 7.0
emui 5.1
any more info, just ask..
also, ive heard that once you have installed twrp/ unlocked bootloader you cannot use system update or androids factory reset without bricking your phone? is that true? otherwise i want to try that, i just want to root my damn phone already... or... its been a long time since i last rooted a phone... you dont need root to make a twrp rom backup do you? nah, surely not..?
or could my twrp install be corrupt? the tutorial said to drag and drop the downloaded file into cmd, but that wasnt working so i entered the location manually, it still appeared to install fine that way though so surely thats not it. i dont know
ok, i just bricked my phone... i did a factory reset in twrp, thinking it was... a factory reset... i googled whether it was safe first and everything came up clean... but it is not it wiped the os or something and now i just get a boot loop... what the hell? how could i be so stupid?! and how could twrp not warn me.. it was just a factory reset? and i havnt even rooted it yet, at this point i would probably prefer it was rooted in the hope their would be more options available to me to un brick it.. ok now i really need someones help.. why am i drinking and trying to watch tv while doing this, i am so stupid, this is the best and most expensive phone ive ever owned, what have i done?! sorry sorry ill calm down...
so if my firmware number is: WAS-LX2C706B170 then can i use one of these (also for huawei p10 lite) and if so what would be the difference? why are the numbers slightly different? same phone model, different firmware/ slightly...
here they are:
WAS-LX2C706B120
WAS-LX2C185B121
and they each had a OTA and a full firmware version too.
here is the link: https://romfirmware.com/2017/08/04/huawei-p10-lite-was-lx2/
but before i try these things, is there any saving my current stock rom? i dont understand how a factory reset could prevent it from booting properly..? its not actually bootlooping, it either gets stuck on logo, or goes to black screen but you can still see the volume slider when pressing volume buttons, see the home and back buttons (which do nothing) and hear the lock sound when you press the power button... still always a black screen though.. i guess its possible i knocked the format data button in twrp but im 95% sure i didnt. if i remove twrp and install stock recovery would i be able to get the stock rom working that way? or is there any way to do an OTA update/ fix as i havnt rooted it yet so it should be capable (except i cant boot to rom..) if i hold down all buttons it seems to try to do something... it says emui then goes to 4% then says software install failed: the update package does not exsist. please download the package again... reboot system now..? whats that all about?
ok, so i have found a possible solution but would like confirmation from someone who knows these things first...
i found this tool: Huawei Firmware Finder (Team MT)
link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/tools/general/huawei-firmware-finder-team-mt-t3469146
and using this i have found my exact firmware, apparently straight from the official huawei update servers. the firmware number matches exactly, but there is no mention of it being for a huawei p10 lite so not 100% sure its a good idea, but if the whole firmware number matches perfectly and its the only one of its kind it must be the right one surely? and the size is the same as other huawei p10 lite firmwares..
here is the direct link:http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1514/g104/v89953/f2/full/update.zip
please someone else chime in to give me some advice...
is there any risk with flashing roms, or can i always still access twrp recovery to flash a new rom if i brick the phone?
cheers all
ok UPDATE:
i tried the repair file system option in twrp on the data partition just for fun (wrong word, im not having fun..) because i thought this rom was a lost cause..
upon reboot a huawei warning pops up saying the data partition has some serious damage and offers to try a low level format, it finishes successfully then restarts.
no change, still broken, but it offers to do a full format of data due to serious damage.
after restart phone boots fine, and enters setup wizard for first boot etc... perfect.
problem is, i still cant backup the data partition in twrp, still get same error:
createTarFork() process ended with ERROR: 255
bacjup failed..??
did i somehow get a brand new phone with a bad flash of a stock rom straight from the manuafacturer? with a slightly corrupted data partition... is there anyway to fix this? or can i assume the rom i downloaded from huaweis servers for my exact firmware is correct and i can use that as a backup in case i need it?
or in case my data is corrupt should i try to install that rom now?
or should i try to reflash twrp first and see if i can get a successful backup?
or should i just forget all this crap now my phone works and go straight to rooting it?
i really need some professional advice here.. lol
clearly i aint no expert
ok, so i noticed the frp was still locked for some reason so using adb, i relocked and unlocked bootloader, now frp is unlocked too, reflashed twrp, wiped dalvik cach/ cache, tried backup again...
no change, still fails on data partition, same error 255...?!
im lost,
close to trying to flash that rom i found...
or at least just rooting already..
OK UPDATE: first the bad news, then the good news:
so i gave up on backing up my data partition, as it was clearly somehow corrupt?...
so i went ahead and rooted my phone, everything was more or less working untill i used apps2sd...
that required several reboots and partitioning my sd card etc, then it said something about needing systemless root and a reboot, i went ahead with that and then my phone started bootlooping again, this time there was no fixing it, i of course tried removing sd card too.. nothing..
so i tried restoring to the rom i found using huawei firmware finder tool, that didnt work, using twrp to install zip, i got error -9? (couldnt find that one on the net..)
tried unzipping and putting update.app in dload folder on root of sd card, then booting to erecovery pressing vol- vol+ and power button, that also failed. now i was stressed near tears, this was the third day of research and trying to fix this... so i searche dhigh and wide, and gave up on stock roms, i figured that a custom rom designed for my chipset (hi6250)
and said to work on a huawei p10 lite then it should at least semi work on my phone, i did more research and the rom creator said to only use his version of TWRP to flash their ROM, so i reflashed to theirs... BIG mistake, if the custom recovery is the only thing you can boot into and the only way to access boot loader, do NOT risk losing it.. i did.. i lost my recovery..
so there for i lost my bootloader, so therefore i lost my ability to use ADB, or connect to pc in any way. i wanted to step in front of a bus at this point... but then there was:
GOOD news:
so i resorted to trying the official recovery roms on XDA for p10 lites, only i had been avoiding them as none of the build/ firmware numbers matched mine at all.. but i went ahead and clicked on the first download, (here is the link to post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/p10-lite/help/original-service-rom-huawei-p10-lite-t3688097) - you might find a few comments from me near the end there, lol..
anyway , once downloaded i unzipped and just pasted the dload folder straight to sd card and rebooted phone with all three buttons depressed. to my amazement when the huaei erecovery came up it started installing!!!? wow, i tried not to get my hopes up though..
first boot restarted after blue huawei splash logo, second boot went back to erecovery, offered factory reset and wipe cache(so i did), now it boots up perfectly every time like new, everything works! even gave me NZ language options etc, even though my build number didnt match any of those above, its still worked and even better it still shows all the correct information under about phone.
my build number was: WAS-LX2C706B170
so i can confirm it works for nz huawei p10 lites with 4gb ram and dual sim and WAS-LX2 builds
hope this helps someone else out there like me
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Hey, just wanted to say thank you for posting this!
I'm from New Zealand, and have the exact same phone and the exact same issue.
Your "good news" section was exactly what I was looking for, and helped me fix my phone.
Cheers, George
update copy
Hi was wondering if you have a copy of the update you used as it is near impossible to get from the link on the other thread. Another Kiwi with a bricked phone.
All good, after 4 hours it finally downloaded. I will keep a copy in case anyone needs it. WAS-LX2
Hello everyone. As you saw in the title my right speaker(or lower one) isn't working properly. It sounds like 25% of the left one (or above one). I noticed that after I flashed stock ROM thru flashtool and I wiped everything and also I ticked MASTER-RESET in TA section. I've flashed XGEN rom thinking it would fix the problem without a success. AFAIK I should still have my guarantee and ofc I can't find my TA Backup anywhere.
What I am thinking right now, if reflashing with flashtool again will fix the problem. And if it won't, should I relock my bootloader without TA and send it to my carrier to try to fix the problem? Also is there anyway to see if your drm stuff is missing when bootloader is locked other than testing camera and etc. Hope you understood me and could help me fix the issue.