Help Need stock recovery for Huawei Union Y538
Iam not sure what it is but i did factory reset etc and when i hit add account to enter my google email etc a quick screen pops up then goes away to make it short it wont let me add google account so iam stuck any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance.
Here is the stock recovery .img for the Huawei Union (Y538. This image was dumped from stock 5.1.1, Build Y538C237B128.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByS9qDHT607jSHdSa0gwVHFPaDg/view?usp=docslist_api
Would you please repost this file? The provided link is no longer working.
digitalanarchy said:
Would you please repost this file? The provided link is no longer working.
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Sorry...that Google account was closed and I lost access. I will try and find a copy of the recovery ....What is your firmware version?
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MotoJunkie01 said:
Sorry...that Google account was closed and I lost access. I will try and find a copy of the recovery ....What is your firmware version?
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Thank you for your reply. Firmware version is Y538C237B173
digitalanarchy said:
Thank you for your reply. Firmware version is Y538C237B173
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If I can't find the stock recovery image itself, I can get you a link for the complete stock 5.1.1 firmware package for the Huawei Union (Y538,). The recovery can perhaps be extracted from the package.
MotoJunkie01 said:
If I can't find the stock recovery image itself, I can get you a link for the complete stock 5.1.1 firmware package for the Huawei Union (Y538,). The recovery can perhaps be extracted from the package.
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That would be great. I've only been able to find the one provided by leakite.com, which seems to have been taken down.
digitalanarchy said:
That would be great. I've only been able to find the one provided by leakite.com, which seems to have been taken down.
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That's the one I have. Was lucky enough to have saved a couple backups of it at work. I'll transfer a copy to Google Drive tomorrow and link you a copy.
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That would be great. I've only been able to find the one provided by leakite.com, which seems to have been taken down.
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OK good news. I didn't find another copy of recovery.img, but I did find the complete firmware package. Uploading it to Google Drive now. I'll post a short tutorial on flashing the firmware in a separate thread, which I will post the link here.
MotoJunkie01 said:
That's the one I have. Was lucky enough to have saved a couple backups of it at work. I'll transfer a copy to Google Drive tomorrow and link you a copy.
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Getting my guide written for flashing the firmware. Files are uploaded
Here is the stock 5.1.1 firmware package for the y538. Been tied up so I haven't had a chance to complete my tutorial thread yet.
Android 5.1.1 EMUI v3.1
Virgin Mobile/Boost Mobile
Build: Y538C237B150
Patch Level: 12/01/2015
SDK: 22
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7-zQU1VihD3ZVBSVVJIYnRBOW8/view?usp=drivesdk
Here is a step-by-step:
1. On an external micro SD card, create a folder called "dload" and save the folder to the root directory of the card (ensure you have a minimum of 2GB free space);
2. Download the firmware package from the link. Extract the zip file and find a file called UPDATE.APP;
3. Move UPDATE.APP to the dload folder of your micro SD;
4. Insert the micro SD in your Y538 and ensure your battery is at least 50% charged;
5. With device powered OFF, hold the Volume Up, Volume Down and Power buttons simultaneously for approximately 5 seconds;
6. Your device will recognize the firmware located on dload of your micro SD and flashing will automatically begin;
7. Wait around 3 to 5 minutes for installation to complete.
8. Your device is now fully stock.
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8. Your device is now fully stock.
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Thank you for taking the time to do this. Everything is back to normal again.
Here's the new thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/rom-huawei-union-y538-stock-firmware-t3584542
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I am in the process of upgrading to the 4.03.605.1 rom posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830859, but I am having issues with the firmware upgrade package. My computer says the zip is corrupted, and the phone will not read it. Has anyone else had issues, or have a resolution? I checked the md5sums and they match.
Thanks
mustangz5 said:
I am in the process of upgrading to the 4.03.605.1 rom posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830859, but I am having issues with the firmware upgrade package. My computer says the zip is corrupted, and the phone will not read it. Has anyone else had issues, or have a resolution? I checked the md5sums and they match.
Thanks
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is it a zip inside of a zip? zipception?
synisterwolf said:
is it a zip inside of a zip? zipception?
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I tried to check that, but I can't even open the initial zip. Windows throws an error of "error [file]; start of central directory not found; Zip file corrupt. Possible cause: file transfer error."
mustangz5 said:
I tried to check that, but I can't even open the initial zip. Windows throws an error of "error [file]; start of central directory not found; Zip file corrupt. Possible cause: file transfer error."
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Sounds like a bad download. I got that too from android police. Might try it again.
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synisterwolf said:
Sounds like a bad download. I got that too from android police. Might try it again.
Sent from my iPhone...
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Yea I tried to download it a few different times, and tried from other websites too (which just link back to the same files). Had to put a recovery back on my phone so I could use it again after hours of trying to find the solution.
Anyone else have any ideas?
mustangz5 said:
Yea I tried to download it a few different times, and tried from other websites too (which just link back to the same files). Had to put a recovery back on my phone so I could use it again after hours of trying to find the solution.
Anyone else have any ideas?
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you can get the global ruu right here.....http://bit.ly/RaKEAr
Thank you! Does this file contain both the firmware and the OS update? I was able to download the OS update just fine on the other page, just not the firmware.
Appreciate the help!
Actually - that zip file contains the same error as the other link. Anyone know of a different location of a non-corrupted file?
mustangz5 said:
Actually - that zip file contains the same error as the other link. Anyone know of a different location of a non-corrupted file?
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Try the update to the global RUU. Found one on AndroidPolice but can't post link here yet. Just google androidpolice global ruu
Android zip files need 7zip if you want to look inside it.
Also check that you aren't renaming it as ph98img.zip.zjp because windows hides the file type by default.
So this was a two part issue! #1) post above was right about winzip not being able to handle the file.
Second issue was that I did not have the bootloader re-locked, which is required for this kind of update. I came from the tbolt which didnt require locking & unlocking.
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Hi guys
The official OTA update (B380) with Andoid 6 and Emui 4.0.1 arrived on my PLK-AL10 around a week ago and I was very disappointed when I saw the "privacy protection" feature is not there anymore. This feature allowed me to create "visitor" account and the visitor could not see all the apps and albums.
Now I installed B395 hoping the feature included but it is still not.
I would like to revert to the previous system (as I remember it was B320) or any working version with Android 5 and EMUI 3.1.
I tried to install all the rollback files I found on the net but all stopped after a few percentages with the error message "software install failed".
Pls help me, what can I do?
You can root your device and add a couple of lines in /system/build.prop to get back the multiuser mode.
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DigiGoon said:
You can root your device and add a couple of lines in /system/build.prop to get back the multiuser mode.
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Really?
May I get a bit more detailed explanation what to modify?
tgergo said:
Really?
May I get a bit more detailed explanation what to modify?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...ti-user-mode-guest-mode-simple-build-t3064829
This thread explains what you need to add to build.prop
Or do you need to know how to root your phone?
You can set how many users you want by editing max user line.
lionboy33 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...ti-user-mode-guest-mode-simple-build-t3064829
This thread explains what you need to add to build.prop
Or do you need to know how to root your phone?
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I can find in other topics how to root the phone, thank you. I think I can do it with these. Thanks a lot.
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You can set how many users you want by editing max user line.
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Great.
I will come back if I get into trouble.
tgergo said:
Great.
I will come back if I get into trouble.
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Always here to help buddy.
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Always here to help buddy.
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Hi again,
Finally I managed to edit my build.prop and got "users" option. The problem is that is is not the same function as "Privacy protection" was in android 5. Privacy protection left the icon layout untouched, it was just possible to hide albums and applications.
Here when I create a guest and switch to it, it shows a completely empty system without any installed apps, pictures, etc..
Therefore I still want to go back to Android 5. How is it possible? I have TWRP installed. My current rom is B395 and phone is PLK-AL10.
To add to previous post, please unroot, flash stock boot.img and recovery.img BEFORE attempting to flash any ROM, including transitional package.
zinko_pt said:
To add to previous post, please unroot, flash stock boot.img and recovery.img BEFORE attempting to flash any ROM, including transitional package.
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I don't think he was rooted, as the official update was missing a feature and he just wanted to get back to Lollipop.
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pixelitect said:
You have to first flash the transition package to go back to Lollipop. For transition package to work you have to first flash STOCK recovery.img.
To do that execute the following command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img[/b]
Here [b]recovery.img[/b] is the name of your recovery file, and execute this command from the folder where you have saved the STOCK recovery.img. If you don't have STOCK recovery then you can extract it form the [b]UPDATE.APP[/b] using [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433454"]Huawei Update Extractor tool[/URL].[/QUOTE]
First I wanted to do so, but I could not find any transition package that worked with B380 stock rom (now I have 395). All I tried stopped with "software install failed" :(
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pixelitect said:
Oh, then you can debrand your device using Multi-Tool to the one which has rollback package, and flash the Lollipop of that model.
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Ok, I haven't heard about this yet but I'll try.
Finally, after 2 months of struggling I managed to get back to Android 5 and EMUI 3.1 without a rollback file.
Here is what I did:
0. Download a full ROM you want to install
1. Backup of the current system with Hisuite (everything. Apps, media, contacts, call log, etc.)
2. Flash TWRP recovery with fastboot (start phone in fastboot mode)
3. Wipe (and format!) everything you can with TWRP
4. Extract boot.img and recovery.img from update.app of the new ROM with Huawei Update Extractor
5. Flash boot.img and recovery.img with fastboot.
6. Copy update app to dload folder on SD card, insert into the phone.
7. Restart phone with [VOL+] + [VOL-] + [Power] buttons to force update.
8. The system will be installed from SD card. I had no issues with the installation. First I did not format the phone (just wiped) and it did not work.
9. Restore data from backup.
The only strange thing is that the native app icons look different than my previous lollipop system. Don't know why. They are less colorful. I installed C00B220 for PLK-AL10.
I managed to get back to Android 5 and EMUI 3.1 with a rollback file.
Here what I did:
1. Download Downgrade pack.
2. Download C185B130 ROM, which i want to install.
3. Backup of the current system with Hisuite (everything. Apps, media, contacts, call log, etc.)
4. Copy update app from Downgrade pack to dload folder on mobile internal memory.
5. Restart phone with [VOL+] + [VOL-] + [Power] buttons to force update.
6. The system will be installed from mobile internal memory. I had no issues with the installation.
7. Copy update app from C185B130 ROM to dload folder on mobile internal memory.
8. Restart phone with [VOL+] + [VOL-] + [Power] buttons to force update.
9. The system will be installed from mobile internal memory. I had no issues with the installation.
10. Factory reset the mobile if the memory is showing 4gb.
11. The the native app icons look different than my previous lollipop system.
Thanks to tgergo and rest of everyone for the kind help.
Follow my guide at your own risk.
*WARNING* You are doing it at your own risk, I am not responsible for any damages due to bricked phones or broken ones
For those who are interested and are on stock non-rooted and didn't receive the (german) update by now, here is the logcat link i took :
( i was already on B04(bootstack/system (Australia)) but couldn't help to go back to B02 to have the link and share it - of course back on B04 :cyclops: )
( http://dl1.ztems.com:80/zxmdmp/down...es/HK/ZTE/ZTE A2017G/406489/fota_B04_B06MR.up )
or here the same uploaded zip file with a "little" bit faster download speed
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634768949
Rename to .zip (or try the .up file) ( you may even rename it to update.zip ...)
you don't have to upzip it
Put into root SD (external) or try internal storage
...and update via settings ( when on B02)
ps : when your phone won't detect the zip, you could try to wipe cache in stock recovery and reboot again and try to update again into settings menu
or update in stock recovery either via ADB sideload or update from SD
Enjoy !
Thanks Bro was looking for this.
So I'm able to flash the fota updates via system recovery, but is there any reason why the system updater isn't detecting the files on SD card/not receiving the B04 prompt? ?
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So I'm able to flash the fota updates via system recovery, but is there any reason why the system updater isn't detecting the files on SD card/not receiving the B04 prompt? ?
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Unpack the zip-file, but it in the root of your phone or in the root of external sd card.
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Unpack the zip-file, but it in the root of your phone or in the root of external sd card.
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Just to be clear, you're suggesting to rename the .up file to .zip, then unpack said .zip file to root directory? ?
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Just to be clear, you're suggesting to rename the .up file to .zip, then unpack said .zip file to root directory?
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Just rename. You don't have to unzip anything.
Although I did the update with the UP file once in adb sideload (in stock recovery) when I was on B01.
This is for non rooted users. It's just the clean, German original update from ZTE. Just for those who didn't get it by now.
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So I'm able to flash the fota updates via system recovery, but is there any reason why the system updater isn't detecting the files on SD card/not receiving the B04 prompt? ?
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Yes you can, either adb sideload or via update sd, all in stock recovery.
Or via the normal way when your phone detects the SD update. I have no idea why your phone doesn't detect the OTA on your SD by the normal way via settings. It should but this thing happens often.
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Just to be clear, you're suggesting to rename the .up file to .zip, then unpack said .zip file to root directory? ?
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ooops, sorry my bad...didn't read the whole thread...thought you had the whole zip...I had similar problem with the .up file so the easiest way to do the update was downloading the whole firmware zip...
jopomopo said:
ooops, sorry my bad...didn't read the whole thread...thought you had the whole zip...I had similar problem with the .up file so the easiest way to do the update was downloading the whole firmware zip...
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You mean the " australian " one. AFAIK there isn't already posted a german region whole firmware zip. (could be wrong)
Although i believe there won't be much difference in the end result
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You mean the " australian " one. AFAIK there isn't already posted a german region whole firmware zip. (could be wrong)
Although i believe there won't be much difference in the end result
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Jep, you are not wrong...there's no German full version released yet...I've used Australian one, and so far so good...
Sorry for the noob question ..I am on v1.0 B11..can I upgrade straight to this firmware or do I need to upgrade step by step ?
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First to 7.0 and then to 7.1.1
Hussainally said:
Sorry for the noob question ..I am on v1.0 B11..can I upgrade straight to this firmware or do I need to upgrade step by step ?
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You can upgrade straight using the Australian full V1.2.0B04 ROM. It's 2GB++ file size. Extract the update.zip and put into the root directory of your internal storage or SD card. Then open the system update and it should detect the new firmware.
My phone doesn't detect the update from internal neither from SD. I tried both files, and cleared cache. Says my firmware is up to date, I'll wait till it pops up officially for my region
ГАСООП said:
My phone doesn't detect the update from internal neither from SD. I tried both files, and cleared cache. Says my firmware is up to date, I'll wait till it pops up officially for my region
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Try in recovery. Either via SD or via adb sideload update.zip (put zip in adb folder PC)
(Also try all these steps with .UP instead of .ZIP)
Or flash the whole Australian zip bootstack + system. I'm running on that one. Or flash the original full Australian zip.
Possibilities enough
I know...the A7 can be stubborn :silly:
I am on the German B04..I have terrible mobile signal ..does anyone have a solution to improve the signal .?that's the only thing pushing me to sell this phone ...I love everything else about this phone ...please help
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Hussainally said:
I am on the German B04..I have terrible mobile signal ..does anyone have a solution to improve the signal .?that's the only thing pushing me to sell this phone ...I love everything else about this phone ...please help
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You should try factory reset first.
MrMD69 said:
You should try factory reset first.
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Ok will do ...but anyways I heard B02 has better signal..can I just flash B02 over B04?
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Does anyone know weather widget work or NO on b04 Australian update??? Thanks
So my friend got an update to the huawei XT. He was already at b160. The new update is labeled as b170 which i think it could gain some hope this phone will get nougat sometime (most likely not). The update only has a device security patch. The security is from june 5 which is pretty old but i guess it's better. If someone else received the update post it here
got the notice for update at noon today - but alas, I have mine rooted so it tried to update, and then reset and is back at 160.
and yes, was really hoping beyond hope for some Nougat...
We need someone then to unroot the phone and update to b170 or at least check how to update to b170
See this post and links in it for how we updated before if the phone was already rooted (and for stock phones that can't OTA due to non-AT&T SIM) :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73488912&postcount=1818
ensol52 said:
So my friend got an update to the huawei XT. He was already at b160. The new update is labeled as b170 which i think it could gain some hope this phone will get nougat sometime (most likely not). The update only has a device security patch. The security is from june 5 which is pretty old but i guess it's better. If someone else received the update post it here
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Paisley Pirate said:
got the notice for update at noon today - but alas, I have mine rooted so it tried to update, and then reset and is back at 160.
and yes, was really hoping beyond hope for some Nougat...
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divineBliss said:
See this post and links in it for how we updated before if the phone was already rooted (and for stock phones that can't OTA due to non-AT&T SIM) :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73488912&postcount=1818
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If anyone is able to capture the B170 update and upload it somewhere I'll try and make a TWRP flashable update
My phone doesn't see any updates yet
Could you briefly describe how to do this please? Can it be done from a phone with a locked bootloader or must the bootloader be unlocked?
clsA said:
If anyone is able to capture the B170 update and upload it somewhere I'll try and make a TWRP flashable update
My phone doesn't see any updates yet
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Could you briefly describe how to do this please? Can it be done from a phone with a locked bootloader or must the bootloader be unlocked?
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you would need Root and a Root explorer - file manager
you would go to settings / Software update / download the update
choose to install it later
then with the root explorer search your phone for an update.zip
I'm not sure where it's stored I'm looking for that information now
after you find the update.zip file copy it to your phones storage and upload it to your google drive (or anywhere I can download it from)
if you know the exact location the update.zip is stored you could possibly adb pull the file without having root
Update should be in /cache/fotapkg/update.zip
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you would need Root and a Root explorer - file manager
you would go to settings / Software update / download the update
choose to install it later
then with the root explorer search your phone for an update.zip
I'm not sure where it's stored I'm looking for that information now
after you find the update.zip file copy it to your phones storage and upload it to your google drive (or anywhere I can download it from)
if you know the exact location the update.zip is stored you could possibly adb pull the file without having root
Update should be in /cache/fotapkg/update.zip
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iirc, on huawei, it's in a folder on internal storage. shouldn't need root to grab it.
redbeard1083 said:
iirc, on huawei, it's in a folder on internal storage. shouldn't need root to grab it.
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HwOUC/****** (numbers)
redbeard1083 said:
iirc, on huawei, it's in a folder on internal storage. shouldn't need root to grab it.
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MT2-User said:
HwOUC/****** (numbers)
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Thanks seems AT&T likes to put them in the path I described though
I'm pretty sure we can edit the updater script to install this from TWRP if someone captures it
clsA said:
you would need Root and a Root explorer - file manager
you would go to settings / Software update / download the update
choose to install it later
then with the root explorer search your phone for an update.zip
I'm not sure where it's stored I'm looking for that information now
after you find the update.zip file copy it to your phones storage and upload it to your google drive (or anywhere I can download it from)
if you know the exact location the update.zip is stored you could possibly adb pull the file without having root
Update should be in /cache/fotapkg/update.zip
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working on grabbing it now.
Tried grabbing it - and messed up and got past the waiting part - it tried to update and (of course) failed. I'll give it another shot shortly.
Paisley Pirate said:
working on grabbing it now.
Tried grabbing it - and messed up and got past the waiting part - it tried to update and (of course) failed. I'll give it another shot shortly.
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Good deal .. what was the name and path to the update file ?
you could possibly grab it with the TWRP file manager also
clsA said:
Good deal .. what was the name and path to the update file ?
you could possibly grab it with the TWRP file manager also
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When I get it I'll get all that as well.
The ATT update note calls it B160_B170_SMR_100 , I hit continue when I tried to hit "remind me later" - but it redownloaded.
Ghost Commander shows nothing in the /cache - odd - so I don't know where it's actually sticking it. I'm searching for it both under that name above and also as update.zip and anything else I can think of (by date, since it just re-downloaded)
I'll grab and document all the info on what I got where.
File is in /cache/fotapkg/ but is named package_temp.zip
I have it out, xda won't accept the file that large, trying to figure out how to link that file only to my onedrive so you can get it without access to all my other junk (sorry)
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Good deal .. what was the name and path to the update file ?
you could possibly grab it with the TWRP file manager also
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https://1drv.ms/u/s!AkvKyEBneZGLjuQ44wo1pwjtdbgOCA
OneDrive link to file package_temp.zip should be 102 mb in size.
Got it using Total Commander. It seems to be better at grabbing root files than Ghost was.
Also, one other note - I modified the permissions from root root to everyone so that may need to get changed back (or not - you tell me) to be able to get it to move.
Paisley Pirate said:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AkvKyEBneZGLjuQ44wo1pwjtdbgOCA
OneDrive link to file package_temp.zip should be 102 mb in size.
Got it using Total Commander. It seems to be better at grabbing root files than Ghost was.
Also, one other note - I modified the permissions from root root to everyone so that may need to get changed back (or not - you tell me) to be able to get it to move.
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ok my phone doesn't see the file as an update ..where was it located ?
that is the file sent down from ATT to the phone. I have unzipped it and looked at it as well -it's 209MB unzipped. Contains the following files and drawers:
cust.new
cust.patch
cust.transfer
system.new
system.patch
system.transfer
UPDATE.APP
(drawer) META-INF
(drawer) com
(drawer) android
otacert
(drawer) google
(drawer) android
update-binary
update-script
blacklist.conf
CERT.RSA
CERT.SF
MANIFEST.MF
If you can't get the .zip to open, let me know and I'll stick it on one drive unzipped.
Paisley Pirate said:
that is the file sent down from ATT to the phone. I have unzipped it and looked at it as well -it's 209MB unzipped. Contains the following files and drawers:
If you can't get the .zip to open, let me know and I'll stick it on one drive unzipped.
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file opens fine ..where was it located on the phone
clsA said:
file opens fine ..where was it located on the phone
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as I said earlier - /cache/fotapkg/
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as I said earlier - /cache/fotapkg/
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Well I'm sorry to report so far I have had no luck installing this thing
I have tried the dload/update.app using the dialer method and the update flashes but you have no wifi afterwords
and the phone still shows you on B160 (cust not updated / system files not patched)
I also tried with Flashify and Stock recovery and used an edited updater script in TWRP and all fail for one reason or another
Sooo the only way we will get this is if someone that has done the update
uses TWRP and creates a system.img and cust.img and uploads it somewhere for me
So I can build the B170_Full_Update.zip
Any idea how the phone installs this OTA zip file?
Is the updater-script failing because of assert statements for cust and system?
Have you had success patching cust and system using the OTA updater-script/OTA zips for the Huawei Ascend XT before? How did you end up getting the cust and system for your B160 Update zip? Probably from a TWRP of someone's updated B160, which is what we need to do for B170 now, I'm guessing?
Thanks for your efforts on this and answering my questions.
clsA said:
Well I'm sorry to report so far I have had no luck installing this thing
I have tried the dload/update.app using the dialer method and the update flashes but you have no wifi afterwords
and the phone still shows you on B160 (cust not updated / system files not patched)
I also tried with Flashify and Stock recovery and used an edited updater script in TWRP and all fail for one reason or another
Sooo the only way we will get this is if someone that has done the update
uses TWRP and creates a system.img and cust.img and uploads it somewhere for me
So I can build the B170_Full_Update.zip
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This will be basically the copy of this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p10-plus/development/downgrade-p10-plus-oreo-to-nougat-t3724382
But it seems to me that I am not the only one who didn't find it first, so I post it here
I am not responsible if you brick your device, or just damage it!
And all credit goes to @mankindtw and @NoMercyWWE
Always make a backup of your important data, and if you rollback, you need to make a factory reset!
I only tested it with L09, but should work with L29 as well
First of all, you need a P10
2. It only works with oreo firmwares
3. Download the three zip files that are required for update, these are:
update.zip
update_data_public.zip
update_all_hw.zip
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3/b. You can download them with Firmware Finder, or just search on xda. If you want to make a rollback to Nougat, you need rollback firmwares!
3/c. update_data_public and update_all_hw comes with a slightly different name, but rename both files to these names, otherwise the update will fail!
4. Download HWOTA8 from this topic
5. Put the three update files in HWOTA8 dir
5/b. If you want to rollback, but your files in the repack folder, and run repack.bat
6. Create a new folder on your EXTERNAL sd, named HWOTA8
7. Put your three files in it, plus copy MHA_RECOVERY8_NoCheck.img, and hwota8_update.zip
8. Now install P10 Plus twrp_oreo.img, if you havent't yet:
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk twrp_oreo.img
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credit to @OldDroid
9. Reboot into recovery, install hwota8_update.zip it replaces your recovery with the Mate 9 one, reboots and updates
10. Done! If you downgraded, or just encounter any problems, go back in recovery, and make a factory reset!
Can I do this without an sdcard?
dmmercado23 said:
Can I do this without an sdcard?
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I think it is possible, but you need to rewrite hwota8_update.zip, since the links there are pointing to the external sd. But I dont know what you need to write there instead
Not sure if I did this right but now my phone shows---> Build number System 8.0.0.046(02ZP)
I had showing before---> Build number System 8.0.0.046(01BN)
I don't seem to have it right still
I also have somethong like System 8.0.0.046(02BQ) but .321(C10) installed. And there were some visible updates from the C900log Oreo, eg auto shazam disappeared from the status bar.
It's frustrating lol...my old Nexus 5 was so easy compared to this device...I know I updated with something cuz I also see January 1st security patch and other little differences...everything seems to work ok but still got no themes though...how do we get it right?
Droiduser67 said:
It's frustrating lol...my old Nexus 5 was so easy compared to this device...I know I updated with something cuz I also see January 1st security patch and other little differences...everything seems to work ok but still got no themes though...how do we get it right?
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Here he says that you need to install su, and rename three directories, but for me themes are working even without this. As soon as I try it, these steps will be added to the tutorial though.
EDIT: I followed the steps and renamed the directories, but there was no change anywhere.
Yes just tried it myself too and no change...still no themes...had an extra folder in there on mine named "optus"...not sure but the twrp and rooting work awesome but wasn't able to make a nandroid backup to my external storage...it failed
Good day,
with what firmware (please complete naimeninie) you rolled back and what was installed by this method?
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dmmercado23 said:
Can I do this without an sdcard?
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Without a SD card it is impossible, with firmware via TWRP, internal memory can be reset and then the firmware will not go to the end. Therefore, the programs are located on the SD.
urn said:
Good day,
with what firmware (please complete naimeninie) you rolled back and what was installed by this method?
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If this question is for me, I did not test the rollback (I am fine with Oreo), but I would use C432B180. You can check the description of an update in FF to see if it's a rollback one.
Here's the solution : https://youtu.be/WYSVq1TE2kI
OREO
Can anyone help me android oreo on my Huawei P10
to install?
- OS = Ubuntu 17.10
- Huawei P10 (VTR-L09)
- Bootloader unlocked
- Device rooted
Nakedchef said:
Can anyone help me android oreo on my Huawei P10
to install?
- OS = Ubuntu 17.10
- Huawei P10 (VTR-L09)
- Bootloader unlocked
- Device rooted
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Hey, there are many ways of doing it i would recommend https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3691013
[GUIDE] Huawei P10 Debrand/Rebrand/Update for Nougat&Oreo it works great. Go for the hwota rebrand way, it work like charm for me.
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Perfect! I applied the update as described in the OP, then did a factory reset and relocked the bootloader (which did another factory reset). Now, at least I can't tell anymore that the phone has been unlocked and rooted...
Hello, I have a problem in the rocovery that I flash wota8_update.zip I have E: unknown command [errno]
Updater process ended with ERROR: 9
Error installing zip file '/external_sd/HWOTA8/update.zip
dukenuken said:
Hello, I have a problem in the rocovery that I flash wota8_update.zip I have E: unknown command [errno]
Updater process ended with ERROR: 9
Error installing zip file '/external_sd/HWOTA8/update.zip
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Which TWRP are you using?