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hello i have a zte z820 i found on the ground ive waited a week and no one has called it or locked it. it has a pattern so i couldant find any way to give it back to owner.
so i would like to use it as a media phone
so unaware of FRP and kill switch because all the other phones ive reset never had this
i reset this phone and when it booted it wanted the google account from the previous owner.
two questions...
1. if i could find a stock rom or stock backup(the stock recovery has a backup restore feature?) could i just restore from that and that would wipe the system directory and i could continue?
2. can someone backup their zte z820 metro pcs and send me the link?
or can soemone assist be me getting around frp
Let me know if you got this done.... I too need stock rom
yeah i dont believe anyone is willing to help with this issue or device in general. luckily the phone is cheap enough to not be hurt by getting a new phone instead
if someone can pull firmware from working device i can buy one just for that.....
i also have this phone with bootloop problem ... i also need its firmware ...
I got an update I have ignored for weeks and two days ago I noticed my message won't open so I decided to update . that was the end of this phone. I have been looking for firmware, what did I do to zte
Hi! thanks XDA people. I believe someone in this forum should be able to get us the stock ROM just so we can fix our devices and quit complaining. This place is largely our best hope. Mine is ZTE Z820 OBSIDIAN
Hello everyone, i bought a lot of 30 Qilive Q.4688 phones from a Spanish foreign seller in the weekly market in order to make some profits of them because this is the only way i make my living but i didn't have the time to check each one of them so i randomly picked 6 of them and check them and they were fine but after i went home and checked each i found that 11 unites have a bootloop issues and they needs a firmware and this is a big strike to my small seed money i have so i looked everywhere in the net for a firmware but i never find one after that i decided to contact Qilive them selves in their FB page and they replied to me but their answer was (sorry we don't provide Firmwares for our phones you need to take them to the nearest customer service) well i believe they don't know yet that Spain and Morocco are totally different countries :laugh: so i tried to get a custom recovery, this way i could take a backup from a working Qilive and install it into the non working ones and again there is no CWM or TWRP for this model but somewhere i heard about CWM builder and what i did was that i rooted my phone and used a partition backup App to save Stock recovery and then i uploaded it to the CW builder but unfortunately the CWM builder gives me just ( Cannot build ), again i tried to backup the Rom using the Simple ADB backup but again this phone is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 based phone and has only fastboot 1 and fastboot 2 modes. so now i will shorten my problem like this
NO firmware available
NO custom Recovery available
NO adb Mode backup available
So if anyone can give me a working firmware with flashing tool or just can make me a working TWRP or CWM recovery i will donate him 20$ in his paypal and i will be grateful
here is the link for the Stock Recovery
http://www.mediafire.com/file/lyd58zd348u7tbf/Qilive+Q.4688+recovery.zip
Consider one day you upset the devil and your phone is bricked by him, lets try to revive the phone from hell (at your own risk) :
Link to the OTA firmware's :
Click here for the links page
Important tools links:
[TOOL] Huawei Multi-Tool v8 by Team MT by inside!out
TWRP Honor 7X img
Stage 1
Download from here everything you need for the procedure - Download Folder Link
I am testing it on my BND-L21 firmware from BND-AL10
Downloading firmware (from topic). Full firmware must be more than 1.5Gb, all smaller is just
OTA Updates to the system.
After that we must download Huawei-MultiTool (future MT) version 8.x.x (link topic)
and downloading custom recovery. We will use TWRP for Honor7x (link topic)
Last we must prepare OTG Cable, SD Card more than 4Gb. On first stage that's all.
Stage 2
Go to MT and reboot phone to Fastboot mode (while phone off, hold "Volume -" and power)
If you did all correctly, you will see in the down right side your number and "Fastboot".
Now go in MT to the Bootloader and check the status. If you have already unlocked, skip this.
If you have locked phone, you must have IMEI and Huawei account. (if not please unlock your bootloader via the Huawei site)
After that, go to Recovery menu and choose our TWRP image in "Custom recovery" section and
type "Recovery". IMPORTANT!!! DON'T FLASH ERECOVERY, I DON'T HAVE THIS IMAGE!!!
After flashing recovery, we must turn off our phone.
Now we must to prepare base system image. In archive we have UPDATE.ZIP file. extract this
file to custom folder and open "Unbrick" in MT and choose "extractor". Open our file in extractor
and click right mouse key on empty space, choose extract all... and choose custom folder to
extracting.
Go to the folder and copy file VENDOR.IMG to the SD-Card (or USB with OTG). Turn on your
device in Recovery mode (Volume + and power), choose Wipe and Wipe ALL partitions! After
doing this, go to Install and choose "Install img", go to the SD-Card, and install VENDOR.img to
VENDOR folder (Important!)
After installing reboot phone again to Fastboot mode and connect to PC.
Now we must download .zip update to your region. We need this for using LTE (4G) in your country + Localization.
After downloading open .zip archive with our CUST file. archive must be called update_BND-
YOUR-NUMBER_hw_YOUR- COUNTRY.zip
From this archive we must extract .img file from root folder. It can be called cust.img CUST.img
version.img etc.
if name different from CUST.img rename it and put to the extracted UPDATE.app folder.
Last Stage 3
In MT go to Unbrick, choose our unpacked system with our CUST file and we must have at least
4/5 checkbox. And just type "UNBRICK" and wait. NOTICE: at moment of extracting system.img
it will be about 10-15 minutes. It's not a freezing of PC)
After good installing in log you will see like "All ok" Just reboot phone and you will see low level
factory reset, or something else like formatting. After formatting phone will reboot to the system.
That's all
Flashing Gapps method coming soon...
Password - 4pda for the update_full_bnd-AL10... Zip
Special Thanks to Kallibr44 my friend who helped me decipher everything. :highfive:
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED YOU IT MAKES ME HAPPY
We need a Full Firmware Package for L21,this is only Ota Updates.
letschky said:
We need a Full Firmware Package for L21,this is only Ota Updates.
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there is a procedure used by EU users to completely revive the phone using the OTA but the procedure is too long which i haven't tried yet and is completely for users who have dead phones for now and yes obviously there is no official firmware available for Honor 7x but the user from an EU forum revived his phone so it is possible from the images.
though i made this thread for users who want to update their firmwares and not the procedure to flash a stock firmware since there is not one available yet but i can point to the thread where this user posted the procedure if someone wants to try. PM me
sid21 said:
i can point to the thread where this user posted the procedure if someone wants to try. PM me
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Yes please....
fmotta said:
Yes please....
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Sent reply.
There are teams who have unlocked a lot of stuff like flashing international FW,
flashing gapps on chinese fw, Automatic Call Recording, restoring the phone.
so i am in contact with them to make our phone better. lets keep our fingers crossed. :fingers-crossed:
i am waiting for firmware flashing to get it translated from one of the users.
This is the full recovery package right? Atleast for the Indian version?
TheDj408 said:
This is the full recovery package right? Atleast for the Indian version?
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They arent recovery packages. they are full OTA which can be flashed for updating.
but there is a process to compile them into making them stock firmware packages but due to the long procedure i didnt post it here. rather wait for official stock firmware package.
sid21 said:
Hello Honor 7X Users, turns out there is firmware available for flashing for the AL10 and L21 variants
but i haven't tried them out and can post the procedure if someone needs it but all credit goes to PRO-TEAMMT for releasing them for us so now if we mess up we got official firmware's latest available to go back to.
I personally haven't tested any but i soon will.
Link to the firmware's :
Click here for the links page
Important tools :
[TOOL] Huawei Multi-Tool v8 by Team MT by inside!out
TWRP Honor 7X img
Steps : (Considering you have unlocked bootloader and flashed twrp)
1. Download the appropriate firmware as per your model (Link to the website given)
2. Clear Cache
3. Flash the firmware file
(Wait for the complete process to flash a firmware from scratch so that i can do it and confirm myself but if anybody tests before me let me know)
Refer to the thread by inside!out for any help till them if you want to try out
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Hi
I am a New in Android world
I have honor 7x BND L21c185b101
And i rooted
Know exactly do this?
Step 3 how?
And the multi tool For what?
sid21 said:
there is a procedure used by EU users to completely revive the phone using the OTA but the procedure is too long which i haven't tried yet and is completely for users who have dead phones for now and yes obviously there is no official firmware available for Honor 7x but the user from an EU forum revived his phone so it is possible from the images.
though i made this thread for users who want to update their firmwares and not the procedure to flash a stock firmware since there is not one available yet but i can point to the thread where this user posted the procedure if someone wants to try. PM me
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Can I have the procedure link?
I ordered a 7X from AliExpress.
I also own an Honor 5X & errrmmmm.. I'm not a developer rather still a learning buildbot ? still I want to take part in bringing up LOS or AOSP for Honor 7X. So we can work on it together if you want. ?
Cheers!
P.S. Belated Merry Christmas.
tootysa said:
Hi
I am a New in Android world
I have honor 7x BND L21c185b101
And i rooted
Know exactly do this?
Step 3 how?
And the multi tool For what?
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exactly what you want to do?
this is to update to the latest firmware. if you have the latest firmware you dont need it.
the multi tool is used to flash stock with a procedure which is only needed to return to stock or else theres no need for it for the most part..
mumith3 said:
Can I have the procedure link?
I ordered a 7X from AliExpress.
I also own an Honor 5X & errrmmmm.. I'm not a developer rather still a learning buildbot ? still I want to take part in bringing up LOS or AOSP for Honor 7X. So we can work on it together if you want.
Cheers!
P.S. Belated Merry Christmas.
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PM Sent kindly check.
sid21 said:
Hello Honor 7X Users, turns out there is firmware available for flashing for the AL10 and L21 variants
but i haven't tried them out and can post the procedure if someone needs it but all credit goes to PRO-TEAMMT for releasing them for us so now if we mess up we got official firmware's latest available to go back to.
I personally haven't tested any but i soon will.
Link to the firmware's :
Click here for the links page
Important tools :
[TOOL] Huawei Multi-Tool v8 by Team MT by inside!out
TWRP Honor 7X img
Steps : (Considering you have unlocked bootloader and flashed twrp)
1. Download the appropriate firmware as per your model (Link to the website given)
2. Clear Cache
3. Flash the firmware file
(Wait for the complete process to flash a firmware from scratch so that i can do it and confirm myself but if anybody tests before me let me know)
Refer to the thread by inside!out for any help till them if you want to try out
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HI I wanna know many things:
1-if I can constantly update the 7x with the application (or the software on PC, is the same) "Firmware Finder" even if I don't recive the official OTAs (because I want to root my device)
2-if its possible upgrade the system via OTA (or Firmware finder etc...) when the device is rooted
3-is dangerous root the Honor 7x?
4-if I can upgrade the system when the device Is rooted via the software HiSuite
5- how/where can I do/find and restore a Nandroid Backup for my phone
6-where I can find a local/manual update (UPDATE. APP) for the 7x (in case a brick the phone)
7-how can i UNBRICK my phone I case of brick
(sorry for my bad english?)
PLEASE HELP ME??
Thanks
Lambo™ said:
HI I wanna know many things:
1-if I can constantly update the 7x with the application (or the software on PC, is the same) "Firmware Finder" even if I don't recive the official OTAs (because I want to root my device)
2-if its possible upgrade the system via OTA (or Firmware finder etc...) when the device is rooted
3-is dangerous root the Honor 7x?
4-if I can upgrade the system when the device Is rooted via the software HiSuite
5- how/where can I do/find and restore a Nandroid Backup for my phone
6-where I can find a local/manual update (UPDATE. APP) for the 7x (in case a brick the phone)
7-how can i UNBRICK my phone I case of brick
(sorry for my bad english?)
PLEASE HELP ME??
Thanks
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1) ???
2) Not sure there is always a chance of bricking
3) Yes, if you don't know what you're doing. No if you're not going to be flashing anything.
4) You should be able to and also refer to #1.
5) None available
6) None available
7) You can't, no stock image released = no procedures to unbrick
Soapy! said:
1) ???
2) Not sure there is always a chance of bricking
3) Yes, if you don't know what you're doing. No if you're not going to be flashing anything.
4) You should be able to.
5) None available
6) None available
7) You can't, no stock image released = no procedures to unrbcik
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1- can i upgrade the system at every update (when the device is rooted) with Firmware finder many times even if I don't recive the notification on the phone of the update (or if the device updater cannot find it)?
2-ok but if do all right steps you cannot brick the phone, no?
3-ok i only wanna unlock bootloader, flash twrp and root the phone. If I do all right steps there are no risks, no?
4-i don't understand it (in hisuite there s the option that says "Update device". With the device rooted can I update the phone with this software?)
5-ok but can I do one with a custom recovery, no?
6-ok so we just have to wait, no?
7-ok. Same thing of the - 6 (we have to wait for the UPDATE.APP for the 7x to be able to UNBRICK the phone in case it could happen, no?)
Sorry for my bad English and thanks for the answers?
Lambo™ said:
HI I wanna know many things:
1-if I can constantly update the 7x with the application (or the software on PC, is the same) "Firmware Finder" even if I don't recive the official OTAs (because I want to root my device)
2-if its possible upgrade the system via OTA (or Firmware finder etc...) when the device is rooted
3-is dangerous root the Honor 7x?
4-if I can upgrade the system when the device Is rooted via the software HiSuite
5- how/where can I do/find and restore a Nandroid Backup for my phone
6-where I can find a local/manual update (UPDATE. APP) for the 7x (in case a brick the phone)
7-how can i UNBRICK my phone I case of brick
(sorry for my bad english)
PLEASE HELP ME
Thanks
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1. yes you can if the app supported honor 7x with their firmware but it doesn't yet, use twrp
2. yes you can upgrade via flashing it in twrp
3. unlocking bootloader itself is dangerous let alone rooting since your waranty is gone since there is still no sign of official stock firmware
4. same as no. 1 ans
5. if u flashed twrp you can do your nandroid backup which can be later restored anytime so it will be obv on the phone at that time
6. manual or local update? in the op main post i guess? by opening the link?
7. Still no official firmware and the procedure i am aware of consists of turning the official chinese firmware into normal by changing settings and stuff which is a long procedure so probably if u brick, u r stuck until honor decides to release stock firmware
by the looks i guess you have no clue about phone flashing, its better you dont try anything until there are guides properly made for newbies. :silly:
sid21 said:
1. yes you can if the app supported honor 7x with their firmware but it doesn't yet, use twrp
2. yes you can upgrade via flashing it in twrp
3. unlocking bootloader itself is dangerous let alone rooting since your waranty is gone [emoji14] since there is still no sign of official stock firmware
4. same as no. 1 ans
5. if u flashed twrp you can do your nandroid backup which can be later restored anytime so it will be obv on the phone at that time
6. manual or local update? in the op main post i guess? by opening the link?
7. Still no official firmware and the procedure i am aware of consists of turning the official chinese firmware into normal by changing settings and stuff which is a long procedure so probably if u brick, u r stuck until honor decides to release stock firmware
by the looks i guess you have no clue about phone flashing, its better you dont try anything until there are guides properly made for newbies. :silly:
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Thanks lol [emoji23]
Sent from my BND-L24 using Tapatalk
I rooted my 7X(Al10) version successfully but while performing the reset, deleted the system file also by mistake. There is no TWRP backup. Is there any way to get the stock OS files again to flash in TWRP ? Or does anyone have a backup file they made that they can share? I tried Huawei e-recovery too, but that gets stuck at 'unable to get package info'. The people at the service centre can't think of any other method to restore the phone, except changing the motherboard. When is the official stock file expected to be available?
GC95 said:
I rooted my 7X(Al10) version successfully but while performing the reset, deleted the system file also by mistake. There is no TWRP backup. Is there any way to get the stock OS files again to flash in TWRP ? Or does anyone have a backup file they made that they can share? I tried Huawei e-recovery too, but that gets stuck at 'unable to get package info'. The people at the service centre can't think of any other method to restore the phone, except changing the motherboard. When is the official stock file expected to be available?
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I have a TWRP backup not sure if it'll work, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EntdgNwcJSOTZizqt_W-yWfkd3-YVmCm/view?usp=drivesdk
It's a zip file with 2 backup folder, one with boot and system and one with vendor
Edit: pls thank if it worked, so I have an indicator of the effectiveness
GC95 said:
I rooted my 7X(Al10) version successfully but while performing the reset, deleted the system file also by mistake. There is no TWRP backup. Is there any way to get the stock OS files again to flash in TWRP ? Or does anyone have a backup file they made that they can share? I tried Huawei e-recovery too, but that gets stuck at 'unable to get package info'. The people at the service centre can't think of any other method to restore the phone, except changing the motherboard. When is the official stock file expected to be available?
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I am waitinig for the official stock file since two weeks now, because I deleted accidently the OS from my phone -_-
I think we can wait several weeks again...
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Jan.Pul said:
I have a TWRP backup not sure if it'll work, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EntdgNwcJSOTZizqt_W-yWfkd3-YVmCm/view?usp=drivesdk
It's a zip file with 2 backup folder, one with boot and system and one with vendor
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Thanks! I will try on my bricked phone
sid21 said:
1. yes you can if the app supported honor 7x with their firmware but it doesn't yet, use twrp
2. yes you can upgrade via flashing it in twrp
3. unlocking bootloader itself is dangerous let alone rooting since your waranty is gone since there is still no sign of official stock firmware
4. same as no. 1 ans
5. if u flashed twrp you can do your nandroid backup which can be later restored anytime so it will be obv on the phone at that time
6. manual or local update? in the op main post i guess? by opening the link?
7. Still no official firmware and the procedure i am aware of consists of turning the official chinese firmware into normal by changing settings and stuff which is a long procedure so probably if u brick, u r stuck until honor decides to release stock firmware
by the looks i guess you have no clue about phone flashing, its better you dont try anything until there are guides properly made for newbies. :silly:
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1. In the app firmware finder there are firmwares for the phone but how can I flash a official firmware (OTA I mean) if there are no one (or how can I flash a firmware finder Update)?
2. Same thing in -1 (I mean)
3. Ok. Now we have to wait the official stock firmware, no? (i don't understand this answer, please write it in another way)
4. I don't understand it
5. Okok (obv? Sorry I'm Italian hahaha)
6. It's not the same thing local or manual? Write it in another way please hahaha google translate doesnt help me?
7. Okok, So if I don't use your method I only have to wait that honor release the official stock firmware (UPDATE. APP). And for greater security it's better wait it before to root and unlock bootloader etc, no?
Anyway, I have an idea of what flashing is, in fact every device I have (they are all Samsung, so that's why I'm disoriented) is completely modified. The fact is that I dont have much experience (I'm 14 years old) with non-Samsung devices, in fact my honor 7x I received for Christmas and for the hurry and the want to modify it, I would like to know all these things.
Thank you
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k0pernicus said:
I am waitinig for the official stock file since two weeks now, because I deleted accidently the OS from my phone -_-
I think we can wait several weeks again...
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Thanks! I will try on my bricked phone
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OK thanks I'll keep it aside in case of brick
I would recommend everyone to not do experiments over your phone to try and root and flash random stuff..
they only have official chinese firmware for flashing so its better to wait for the official firmware for non chinese version.
the method which i know of to flash on the phone is for people with flashing knowledge cz the procedure is not simple and secondly even i have been flashing my phone for many years on various devices yet i havent got the guts to root this first honor device cz their partitions are different and somewhat secured so dont play with it.
wait for the official firmware for your respective devices. maybe they will straightaway launch the oreo firmware.
Bricked your M5? Post here. I am one of three posters who have posted threads requesting assistance - we might as well create one thread where we can try and help each other.
My model? SHT-AL09 (C636). My story? I apparently made a bad change to my build.prop file, and had USB debugging disabled. I then probably dug myself a deeper hole trying to recover. I don't even get boot animation anymore. I'd happily pay someone to unbrick me.
The only potential progress I have made, is that I was able to install and successfully boot TWRP - although TWRP detects that I have no operating system installed and I am unable to mount any partitions except for my external SD card. Using TWRP's file manager, I can see that the system partition, for example, has not been entirely wiped, but many files seem to be missing. At the very least, TWRP allows me to turn the screen off without seeking to contantly reboot thereafter.
To install TWRP, I followed these instructions intended for Mate 9 owners:
duraaraa said:
This is TWRP to Mate 9/Android O, brought to you by FunkyHuawei.
It's just a preliminary build so I can't promise anything/everything will work! Keep that in mind. I'm not responsible if you brick your device.
EDIT: Does not work with Mate 10 series.
DOWNLOAD LINK:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B45NCsO2AL_1NEh2aDFLM3JlYkU
It works on the Android O build here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/FunkyHuawei/comments/75uwkd/october_12_first_official_android_o_beta_for/
and the official European beta.
To install:
First, have Android O running. Unlock the bootloader. Download the twrp image.
Then, run in fastboot mode:
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk twrp_android_o_mate9_a1.img
Then, reboot holding volume up, and you've got TWRP!
Note: With the Android O update, it is no longer possible to flash the recovery2 partition. Furthermore, the names of the partitions have changed. Please keep that in mind, and don't mess around too much with TWRP, to be sure you don't brick your system!
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Hmm ... I wanted to ask you whether you have the full OTA package for your device? So you should be able to extract all the partition images from there and to fastboot flash them. But I checked on HFF and I do not see a full OTA package matching your device yet.
AndDiSa said:
Hmm ... I wanted to ask you whether you have the full OTA package for your device? So you should be able to extract all the partition images from there and to fastboot flash them. But I checked on HFF and I do not see a full OTA package matching your device yet.
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I've tried flashing system.img/ramdisk.img from the c00 package. Maybe I have to wait for c636 firmware, or maybe I have to flash additional .imgs. I am pretty sure that the specs and hardware I have are the same as the c00.
I've tried flashing the entire update.zip file in TWRP...but as noted TWRP is unable to mount internal storage. I'm not sure if I need to wipe and reformat first. I also have no clue whether the TWRP build I installed is properly compatible with the device. I had nothing to lose by giving it a shot.
thref23 said:
I've tried flashing system.img/ramdisk.img from the c00 package. Maybe I have to wait for c636 firmware, or maybe I have to flash additional .imgs. I am pretty sure that the specs and hardware I have are the same as the c00.
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This will not work as the boot chain will be broken due to mismatching checksums. You need to have the correct images. To flash a OTA image you also need to have the standard recovery image installed ...
So...will someone correct please correct me if this is wrong?
If I were to flash a c00 oeminfo file, I could then install a c00 update.zip via dload folder?
Would c432 work as well (with a flashed oeminfo), even though the Euro hardware has different bands than my hardware?
There is now a full OTA on FF for C635.....still nothing for c636...
Finally, a full OTA is available for c636.
But the 'dload' method (update.app on an sd card) failed at 5%. And flashing ramdisk/recovery/erecovery/system images also failed.
Is this possibly because the OTA is B153, whereas my M5 was shipped B121?
(I hate to be that guy bumping his own thread, sorry)
I'm unbricked!
For those in a similar spot, looking to rebrand, or otherwise interested...
I finally e-mailed Funky Huawei for assistance. Their unbrick tool did not work. However, their e-recovery method worked perfectly (basically, you point your router's DNS to Funky Huawei, enter stock recovery and connect to wi-fi, and Funky Huawei's servers mimic Huawei's servers. If they do not have your firmware on their server, they will add it by request (provided it exists on the internet).
I paid $65 for a 30 day pass - a little steep, but I was impatient. I'm not sure if I could have gotten away with paying less. If you want to try and use my FH account over the next 30 days PM me (although I don't want to get carried away with that).
For those looking to rebrand, if you can flash an OEMinfo file successfully (FH has a rebrand tool and I have no clue how well it works), you should be able to use FH's erecovery method to flash firmware (don't blame me if something goes wrong).
One reason for the trouble I was having, if because I bootlooped after making a change to the vendor/build.prop file. This file was on the vendor partition, not the system partition, and for whatever reason the vendor partition cannot be flashed via fastboot (in theory it can be flashed, in reality it returns an error that doesn't have to do with the size of the partition).
Before reverting to FH, I finally got TWRP installled and functioning, and after all the attempts I made to recover my device, the same build.prop file which initially caused a bootloop was still in the /vendor folder. And TWRP wouldn't mount the system and vendor partitions as read/writeable - that was frustrating.
Now off to experiment with AOSP GSIs while I feel like I have little to lose...
Please help me
hello everyone,
i tried to rebrand my m5pro with help of ministryofsolutions. Something went wrong and my tablet (CMR-AL19) is stucked in the recovery mode. how can i fix it? Someone who ca help me? I will pay
Greeztings
Luigi
thref23 said:
Bricked your M5? Post here. I am one of three posters who have posted threads requesting assistance - we might as well create one thread where we can try and help each other.
My model? SHT-AL09 (C636). My story? I apparently made a bad change to my build.prop file, and had USB debugging disabled. I then probably dug myself a deeper hole trying to recover. I don't even get boot animation anymore. I'd happily pay someone to unbrick me.
The only potential progress I have made, is that I was able to install and successfully boot TWRP - although TWRP detects that I have no operating system installed and I am unable to mount any partitions except for my external SD card. Using TWRP's file manager, I can see that the system partition, for example, has not been entirely wiped, but many files seem to be missing. At the very least, TWRP allows me to turn the screen off without seeking to contantly reboot thereafter.
To install TWRP, I followed these instructions intended for Mate 9 owners:
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'Morning all,
I would really appreciate some advice on a couple of things about my MATE 10 Standard.
I bought this phone online from an online shop in Manchester around April last year. I got the Mate 10 ALP-AL00 which was rebranded by the shop to ALP-L29. Its currently on 8.0.0.136(C636).
My aim is to unlock and root my device with Magisk and of course get TWRP working as well. From what I have read, there seems to be quite a high level of success but there are still things i'm not sure about. Huawei phones are a bit fragile, software wise and can easily brick. Plus, the fact that the phone itself is the Chinese variant, I don't expect any kind of help from Huawei Customer services if it does get bricked. Hence i'm being very cautious. (Past bad experience with a Honor 9 STF-AL10).
1. my phone is on ALP-L29 8.0.0.136(c636) 1 June security patch. Bootloader Version: Chipset-boston8.0.0.001(02M8)_FASTBOOT
I've refused all attempts to upgrade via OTA as I've read about the 01 and 02 bootloaders fiasco.
2. I've got an unlock code from DC-Unlocker, but I've not tried it yet. I never was able to get a code from Huawei's official site due to the fact that it was rebranded, which lead me to believe the online shop I bought it from used Funky to rebrand. (Apparently, FunkyH messes up something on the bootloader thus preventing unlocking with official unlockcode. AFIK). BUT, the info displayed by phone is exactly the same as what is on the box, imei 1&2, S/N, device Id code, etc...
Basically my questions are:
With the current firmware version I'm on, can I unlock my bootloader, install the unofficial TWRP then root with Magisk? AFIK its on xloader 01.
Is there anything to look out for when doing the above?
and, If I do a full backup immediately after installing TWRP, can this be used to recover the phone if it fails to boot up for any reason.?
I'm not really interested in being on the latest EMUI version etc, just wan't a phone with full root and an easy method to unbrick it.
thank you all,
ums1405 said:
'Morning all,
I would really appreciate some advice on a couple of things about my MATE 10 Standard.
I bought this phone online from an online shop in Manchester around April last year. I got the Mate 10 ALP-AL00 which was rebranded by the shop to ALP-L29. Its currently on 8.0.0.136(C636).
My aim is to unlock and root my device with Magisk and of course get TWRP working as well. From what I have read, there seems to be quite a high level of success but there are still things i'm not sure about. Huawei phones are a bit fragile, software wise and can easily brick. Plus, the fact that the phone itself is the Chinese variant, I don't expect any kind of help from Huawei Customer services if it does get bricked. Hence i'm being very cautious. (Past bad experience with a Honor 9 STF-AL10).
1. my phone is on ALP-L29 8.0.0.136(c636) 1 June security patch. Bootloader Version: Chipset-boston8.0.0.001(02M8)_FASTBOOT
I've refused all attempts to upgrade via OTA as I've read about the 01 and 02 bootloaders fiasco.
2. I've got an unlock code from DC-Unlocker, but I've not tried it yet. I never was able to get a code from Huawei's official site due to the fact that it was rebranded, which lead me to believe the online shop I bought it from used Funky to rebrand. (Apparently, FunkyH messes up something on the bootloader thus preventing unlocking with official unlockcode. AFIK). BUT, the info displayed by phone is exactly the same as what is on the box, imei 1&2, S/N, device Id code, etc...
Basically my questions are:
With the current firmware version I'm on, can I unlock my bootloader, install the unofficial TWRP then root with Magisk? AFIK its on xloader 01.
Is there anything to look out for when doing the above?
and, If I do a full backup immediately after installing TWRP, can this be used to recover the phone if it fails to boot up for any reason.?
I'm not really interested in being on the latest EMUI version etc, just wan't a phone with full root and an easy method to unbrick it.
thank you all,
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You could just test the code in fastboot: fastboot oem unlock UNLOCKCODE
If the code is incorrect, for some reason, it will say Password incorrect. Else it will bring you to the yes/no unlock screen on phone. DCs unlock code should always work as it doesn't need the correct imei/imei2/sn/product combo when generating unlock code.
There's no real point in staying on xloader 01 anymore, every update (except a few unapproved firmware) after 02 started appearing has been 02.
Downside is that you can't downgrade, but you could replace fastboot in latest fw with the one from may/June and you'd have DC working again. But there's also service firmware available for free on androidhost.ru which can be used if phone should brick. There's also testpoint (only one person has tested this) which can be used to downgrade to any firmware (even xloader 02 to 01).
Before unlocking, backup everything as unlocking will wipe data.
ums1405 said:
'Morning all,
I would really appreciate some advice on a couple of things about my MATE 10 Standard.
I bought this phone online from an online shop in Manchester around April last year. I got the Mate 10 ALP-AL00 which was rebranded by the shop to ALP-L29. Its currently on 8.0.0.136(C636).
My aim is to unlock and root my device with Magisk and of course get TWRP working as well. From what I have read, there seems to be quite a high level of success but there are still things i'm not sure about. Huawei phones are a bit fragile, software wise and can easily brick. Plus, the fact that the phone itself is the Chinese variant, I don't expect any kind of help from Huawei Customer services if it does get bricked. Hence i'm being very cautious. (Past bad experience with a Honor 9 STF-AL10).
1. my phone is on ALP-L29 8.0.0.136(c636) 1 June security patch. Bootloader Version: Chipset-boston8.0.0.001(02M8)_FASTBOOT
I've refused all attempts to upgrade via OTA as I've read about the 01 and 02 bootloaders fiasco.
2. I've got an unlock code from DC-Unlocker, but I've not tried it yet. I never was able to get a code from Huawei's official site due to the fact that it was rebranded, which lead me to believe the online shop I bought it from used Funky to rebrand. (Apparently, FunkyH messes up something on the bootloader thus preventing unlocking with official unlockcode. AFIK). BUT, the info displayed by phone is exactly the same as what is on the box, imei 1&2, S/N, device Id code, etc...
Basically my questions are:
With the current firmware version I'm on, can I unlock my bootloader, install the unofficial TWRP then root with Magisk? AFIK its on xloader 01.
Is there anything to look out for when doing the above?
and, If I do a full backup immediately after installing TWRP, can this be used to recover the phone if it fails to boot up for any reason.?
I'm not really interested in being on the latest EMUI version etc, just wan't a phone with full root and an easy method to unbrick it.
thank you all,
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U can check unlock code by dialing *#*#2846579#*#* and goto veneer informations>Verify key> Input boot unlock code. If it is correct it will show Success in toast notification.
Hi all,
Appologies for late reply as I've been lumbered with bored kids on their midterms plus a backlog of work.
I've verified the key I go from DC, and success it got verified OK.
Now to prepare and read through again all the important bits for TWRP nstallatuon and magisk.
Quick question, is there a way or method that is 100% foolproof to recover your device via unofficial TWRP.
Noobish questions, I know but please bear with me.
Thanks for your time and patience and best regards....
ums1405 said:
Hi all,
Appologies for late reply as I've been lumbered with bored kids on their midterms plus a backlog of work.
I've verified the key I go from DC, and success it got verified OK.
Now to prepare and read through again all the important bits for TWRP nstallatuon and magisk.
Quick question, is there a way or method that is 100% foolproof to recover your device via unofficial TWRP.
Noobish questions, I know but please bear with me.
Thanks for your time and patience and best regards....
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There are a few methods to recover your device from an eventual soft-brick, i wouldn't call them foolproof, not because are hard to follow/use, but only because it seem that no matter how easy a guid, a method or a tool is, there are still some people that fail to do it properly.
If your only goal is to install TWRP and Magisk, my advice is to read a bit on these forums and you shoul be fine.
Another advice, that people seem to ignore completely after they acquire root, is to backup your partitions. I recommend Partitions Backup (by Wanam) from Playstore. Backup all partitions beside system, vendor and userdata then transfer the backup on PC, Cloud, etc.
Good luck!
debbuger said:
U can check unlock code by dialing *#*#2846579#*#* and goto veneer informations>Verify key> Input boot unlock code. If it is correct it will show Success in toast notification.
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Thanks, that's worth the entrance fee alone as they say.
Pretoriano80 said:
There are a few methods to recover your device from an eventual soft-brick, i wouldn't call them foolproof, not because are hard to follow/use, but only because it seem that no matter how easy a guid, a method or a tool is, there are still some people that fail to do it properly.
If your only goal is to install TWRP and Magisk, my advice is to read a bit on these forums and you shoul be fine.
Another advice, that people seem to ignore completely after they acquire root, is to backup your partitions. I recommend Partitions Backup (by Wanam) from Playstore. Backup all partitions beside system, vendor and userdata then transfer the backup on PC, Cloud, etc.
Good luck!
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Thank you for taking the time to put me right.
I'll go back to your Unofficial TWRP post and go through it A to Z.
Hi all,
thanks for the all the help with my issues.
I've unlocked the bootloader and even got the unofficial TWRP working.
I've also backup my partitions and kept them on my PC and Cloud.
Now the problem I'm having is with Magisk. I can't seem to get it installed.
When I flashed it in TWRP I got an error that /system and /Vendor are not mounted. Mounted them manually and retried the instalation and it worked. When I check the APP, it shows as not installed.
I've tried magisk 16.0 and 17.1 both failed to install. Tried the one in the HWOTA zip and it failed too.
Anyone please advise...
ums1405 said:
Hi all,
thanks for the all the help with my issues.
I've unlocked the bootloader and even got the unofficial TWRP working.
I've also backup my partitions and kept them on my PC and Cloud.
Now the problem I'm having is with Magisk. I can't seem to get it installed.
When I flashed it in TWRP I got an error that /system and /Vendor are not mounted. Mounted them manually and retried the instalation and it worked. When I check the APP, it shows as not installed.
I've tried magisk 16.0 and 17.1 both failed to install. Tried the one in the HWOTA zip and it failed too.
Anyone please advise...
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Which device and build do you have? First uninstall Magisk with Magisk Uninstaller, by flashing it with TWRP. Then try again to install latest Magisk.
And btw, your partitions backup is not completely done, not untill you install Magisk and use that app, Partitions Backup!
Solved!
I ran the magisk_uninstall twice then ran the magisk.bat again.
Got 16.0 to work, now updated to 17.1 via the app and all is good.
worked like a CHARM.
full root & TWRP + Magisk 17.1 installed
Christmas has come early for me!
Now to way the pros and cons of updating to xloader2 (infact anything above B136)
Much respect to all and best regards.....
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ums1405 said:
Solved!
I ran the magisk_uninstall twice then ran the magisk.bat again.
Got 16.0 to work, now updated to 17.1 via the app and all is good.
worked like a CHARM.
full root & TWRP + Magisk 17.1 installed
Christmas has come early for me!
Now to way the pros and cons of updating to xloader2 (infact anything above B136)
Much respect to all and best regards.....
:good:
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Well, you can't stay on xloader01 forever, at least not if you want to update your device.
The cons is that once on xloader02, you can't go back to xloader01.
Pretoriano80 said:
Which device and build do you have? First uninstall Magisk with Magisk Uninstaller, by flashing it with TWRP. Then try again to install latest Magisk.
And btw, your partitions backup is not completely done, not untill you install Magisk and use that app, Partitions Backup!
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All sorted now boss......I'm about to do the backups now.
I'm presented with heaps of partions, anyone in particular or just back the whole lot?
ums1405 said:
All sorted now boss......I'm about to do the backups now.
I'm presented with heaps of partions, anyone in particular or just back the whole lot?
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All except userdata, system and vendor (these are large and can be found on stock firmwares, so can be skipped).
all done.
just restoring apps and data now.
if I was going to update to x2loader FW how would i do that?
Thanks again pal.
ums1405 said:
all done.
just restoring apps and data now.
if I was going to update to x2loader FW how would i do that?
Thanks again pal.
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You can use HWOTA8 or HuRUpdater! Beware that if you update to a firmware with patch 01, simply flashing Magisk won't work anymore and you will have to patch the stock ramdisk with Magisk Manage (keep encryption and preserve dm_verity must be enabled) , then flash the patched image with fastboot.