Phone in bootloop, KIW-L21 - Honor 5X Questions & Answers

Hi guys, I wanted to install CM13, so I decided to unlock the bootloader, root and then try and flash. But that didn't go as expected, as I wanted to have my fingerprint sensor working, I had to upgrade from MM, but I had LP installed. Here's all I did, in order (remember it's a KIW-L21) :
-Unlock bootloader
-Install TWRP 3.21 and rooting using this guide
- Then I realized I couldn't upgrade from LP. So I tried to revert using the TWRP backup in this guide
- Then I did the official OTA update to B140
And now I'm in bootloop. Any ideas on what to do? Did I brick my phone ?
I can still access recovery, but it's the EMUI recovery, so all I can do is reboot, factory reset or wipe cache. Not much help from that.

Bump.
Okay so I got into fastboot mode. Any ideas on what I should do ? Put back TWRP ?

You need to flash the full stock ROM.
Tuto in French: Fichiers et liens utiles pour le Honor 5X KIW-L21

Thanks a bunch mooms, I had managed to find the Huawei Update Extractor to flash the images by searching for "bricked" or "bootloop" on this forum, but I was unsure of which stock ROM download.
Another question, is it okay to flash the stock B330 if I was on the B140 before ?

Flashing the full b330 should work.
If not, try to flash b130 or b140 first , then b330.

Teelry said:
Thanks a bunch mooms, I had managed to find the Huawei Update Extractor to flash the images by searching for "bricked" or "bootloop" on this forum, but I was unsure of which stock ROM download.
Another question, is it okay to flash the stock B330 if I was on the B140 before ?
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If it was on lollipop, it is best method to flash a Full Lollipop firmware package instead of Marshmallow.

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lenovo k920 wont OTA after twrp, root, unlock

Lenovo K920 Pro lolipop
Hy
I have a lenovo K920 pro EU with the following software K920_S246_150520_row
I have unlocked bootloader, flashed TWRP 2.8... from xda, root.
Now i want to install K920_S271_150907_ROW and it not works.
I have unrooted, i have reset to factory and not updating.
I dont know , what i have to do, i tri to restore the factory recovery but i did find it!
Help pls
Thank u a lot.
Anyone help pls!
Sent from my Lenovo K920 using Tapatalk
I'm not sure why you would expect a modified device like that to take an OTA, or why you would want to. If you do want the OTA, you have to restore the phone to stock. Other than that, you will have to see if someone will release the update as a custom rom to install through TWRP. There are no other options.
Are u asking why i expect? Because the developer of TWRP for z2 pro sais that it works OTA
- read here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/recovery-twrp-2-8-6-1-sevenmaxs-t3086999
It is a solution, i need the stock recovery, to flash it, then update, and then revert back to twrp , root.
So anyone have the recovery stock img for me pls.
Thank u a lot!
es0tericcha0s said:
I'm not sure why you would expect a modified device like that to take an OTA, or why you would want to. If you do want the OTA, you have to restore the phone to stock. Other than that, you will have to see if someone will release the update as a custom rom to install through TWRP. There are no other options.
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They're not referring to stock OTAs, but custom ones, such as CyanogenMod. You might need to flash the whole firmware package or see if you can extract the recovery img from it. If you can extract, then just flash with Flashify.

honor 5X - marshmallow update on a rooted phone with twrp recovery

Hi,
am using my honor 5X - (KIW-L21 C185 B140) Lollipop 5.1.1 is rooted and with custom recovery TWRP.
am not able to update my available OTA update (KIW-L21 C185 B310) marshmallow 6.0.1- EMUI4.0 from twrp.
is there link for image file so that i can flash the update through TWRP?
or
how i can return to stock recovery?
i couldn't find my stock recovery image on web. please help.
thanks
nithinvf said:
Hi,
am using my honor 5X - (KIW-L21 C185 B140) Lollipop 5.1.1 is rooted and with custom recovery TWRP.
am not able to update my available OTA update (KIW-L21 C185 B310) marshmallow 6.0.1- EMUI4.0 from twrp.
is there link for image file so that i can flash the update through TWRP?
or
how i can return to stock recovery?
i couldn't find my stock recovery image on web. please help.
thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/how-to/guide-kiw-l24-to-stock-t3318268
The stock recoveries are towards the bottom of the post. You can use Rashr or flashify from play store to flash. I prefer Rashr personally.
I just noticed you said l21. Sorry these are for l24
nithinvf said:
Hi,
am using my honor 5X - (KIW-L21 C185 B140) Lollipop 5.1.1 is rooted and with custom recovery TWRP.
am not able to update my available OTA update (KIW-L21 C185 B310) marshmallow 6.0.1- EMUI4.0 from twrp.
is there link for image file so that i can flash the update through TWRP?
or
how i can return to stock recovery?
i couldn't find my stock recovery image on web. please help.
thanks
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talksickisil said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/how-to/guide-kiw-l24-to-stock-t3318268
The stock recoveries are towards the bottom of the post. You can use Rashr or flashify from play store to flash. I prefer Rashr personally.
I just noticed you said l21. Sorry these are for l24
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Here > KIW-L21 B140
Thanks.
flashed the recovery with twrp. stock rom reinstalled.
but while updating ota update , update failed.
tried 2 times but same result.
failed at around 25-30%
did i done anything wrong?
nithinvf said:
Thanks.
flashed the recovery with twrp. stock rom reinstalled.
but while updating ota update , update failed.
tried 2 times but same result.
failed at around 25-30%
did i done anything wrong?
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your phone must also pass the system partition check
you need an untouched system.img so you can revert to stock
If you want to avoid all this in the future it's quite simple
before doing anything to your phone with the phone turned off
plug phone into PC / hold volume down + power to enter the bootloader
from the PC command prompt use
fastboot boot TWRP.img
after it boots go to Backup and backup
Boot
Recovery
system (not system.img)
cust
oeminfo
efs1
efs2
firmware
modem
Save this backup to your PC so you can restore it for the next OTA update
Note: when restoring for the update only restore Boot / Recovery / System
the rest of the files are just in case something happens to your phone and you need them.
clsA said:
your phone must also pass the system partition check
you need an untouched system.img so you can revert to stock
If you want to avoid all this in the future it's quite simple
before doing anything to your phone with the phone turned off
plug phone into PC / hold volume down + power to enter the bootloader
from the PC command prompt use
fastboot boot TWRP.img
after it boots go to Backup and backup
Boot
Recovery
system (not system.img)
cust
oeminfo
efs1
efs2
firmware
modem
Save this backup to your PC so you can restore it for the next OTA update
Note: when restoring for the update only restore Boot / Recovery / System
the rest of the files are just in case something happens to your phone and you need them.
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Hi, if I install TWRP and then do a complete backup will it backup my stock recovery as well or is there another way to backup the stock recovery?
P.S. I already have the backup of L22- B340 and when restored it doesn't get back to stock recovery. I'm completely clueless about how to extract the stock recovery.
nithinvf said:
Hi,
am using my honor 5X - (KIW-L21 C185 B140) Lollipop 5.1.1 is rooted and with custom recovery TWRP.
am not able to update my available OTA update (KIW-L21 C185 B310) marshmallow 6.0.1- EMUI4.0 from twrp.
is there link for image file so that i can flash the update through TWRP?
or
how i can return to stock recovery?
i couldn't find my stock recovery image on web. please help.
thanks
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Maybe, im not sure at All, but maybe u can use Honor multitool or srk tool to Flash your rec img..
Ive done it many Times with My H7 but idk if theres a Difference, i know the two phones have different cpus but Dont know how much it matters
clsA said:
your phone must also pass the system partition check
you need an untouched system.img so you can revert to stock
If you want to avoid all this in the future it's quite simple
before doing anything to your phone with the phone turned off
plug phone into PC / hold volume down + power to enter the bootloader
from the PC command prompt use
fastboot boot twrp
after it boots go to Backup and backup
Boot
Recovery
system (not system.img)
cust
oeminfo
efs1
efs2
firmware
modem
Save this backup to your PC so you can restore it for the next OTA update
Note: when restoring for the update only restore Boot / Recovery / System
the rest of the files are just in case something happens to your phone and you need them.
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to make more clarity..
now am having stock rom EMUI 3.1 on KIW-L21C185 B140 (middle east variant) with stock recovery and root enabled.
previously using TWRP as recovery. never installed custom rom.
despite using stock recovery and stock rom, ota update failed during update (failure happens 25-30%)
i dont have an untouched system image for KIW-L21C185 B140 (middle east variant), if flashing this with TWRP solve the issue please provide link.
TWRP backup need to done after only update right?
what if i install "stock rom + stock recovery" using twrp? if it will be working please provide file link.
not sure both are same. used to do this way on samsung s2.
ps : while in recovery mode after failed ota update failure it asked for a recovery update. and recovery update is also failed due to some failure to gather information. sorry for missing the exact reason for recovery update failure. stock recovery installed from the file you provided.
Thanks
nithinvf said:
to make more clarity..
now am having stock rom EMUI 3.1 on KIW-L21C185 B140 (middle east variant) with stock recovery and root enabled.
previously using TWRP as recovery. never installed custom rom.
despite using stock recovery and stock rom, ota update failed during update (failure happens 25-30%)
i dont have an untouched system image for KIW-L21C185 B140 (middle east variant), if flashing this with TWRP solve the issue please provide link.
TWRP backup need to done after only update right?
what if i install "stock rom + stock recovery" using twrp? if it will be working please provide file link.
not sure both are same. used to do this way on samsung s2.
ps : while in recovery mode after failed ota update failure it asked for a recovery update. and recovery update is also failed due to some failure to gather information. sorry for missing the exact reason for recovery update failure. stock recovery installed from the file you provided.
Thanks
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I think u need to unroot to get OTA update to Work, then root afterwards
vishal.ekka said:
Hi, if I install TWRP and then do a complete backup will it backup my stock recovery as well or is there another way to backup the stock recovery?
P.S. I already have the backup of L22- B340 and when restored it doesn't get back to stock recovery. I'm completely clueless about how to extract the stock recovery.
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no you boot recovery.img so you can backup stock recovery
your backup was done after TWRP was flashed ... stock recovery is overwritten when you Flash TWRP
Their is a collection of Stock recovery's in the File Depot. If you have one that's not in the list please share it with the others
HonorCasper said:
I think u need to unroot to get OTA update to Work, then root afterwards
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now unrooted with supersu, still unable to update.
unrooted with super su. still unable to update. failed at 26%
if flashing with untouched stock system image works, please provide.
nithinvf said:
unrooted with super su. still unable to update. failed at 26%
if flashing with untouched stock system image works, please provide.
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Okay then u need to check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/how-to/repository-honor-5x-file-depot-t3328288/page28
All the files u need for your beast
nithinvf said:
unrooted with super su. still unable to update. failed at 26%
if flashing with untouched stock system image works, please provide.
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Just flash a system and boot image and delete SuperSU next time when you boot.
HonorCasper said:
Okay then u need to check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/how-to/repository-honor-5x-file-depot-t3328288/page28
All the files u need for your beast
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link given is for L22 indian version?
am using my honor 5X - (KIW-L21 C185 B140) middle east variant- Lollipop 5.1.1 is unrooted and stock recovery (previously rooted and twrp)
am not able to update my available OTA update (KIW-L21 C185 B310) marshmallow 6.0.1- EMUI4.0
nithinvf said:
link given is for L22 indian version?
am using my honor 5X - (KIW-L21 C185 B140) middle east variant- Lollipop 5.1.1 is rooted and with stock recovery
am not able to update my available OTA update (KIW-L21 C185 B310) marshmallow 6.0.1- EMUI4.0
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Serious dude?? One search on Google and I found this: forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/how-to/5x-kiw-l21-c185-b310-update-file-t3467857
Google is your friend, in here people of all should know that:laugh:
nithinvf said:
link given is for L22 indian version?
am using my honor 5X - (KIW-L21 C185 B140) middle east variant- Lollipop 5.1.1 is rooted and with stock recovery
am not able to update my available OTA update (KIW-L21 C185 B310) marshmallow 6.0.1- EMUI4.0
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Unroot, do a factory reset and try to apply update again.
If that does not work, you can always try a force update.
HonorCasper said:
Serious dude?? One search on Google and I found this: forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/how-to/5x-kiw-l21-c185-b310-update-file-t3467857
Google is your friend, in here people of all should know that:laugh:
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thanks for your support,
my problem is that while doing an update from stock recovery (both quick update and local update), update installation fails at 26%.
previously my honor 5x L21 c185 b140 middle east verient was rooted and with twrp recovery.
for OTA update i reinstalled stock recovery and unrooted the phone,
still same result on update...
am thinking about flashing with KIW-L21 C185 B140 (EMUI 3.1 ANDROID 5.1.1) Untouched system image. i couldn't find this.
thanks for your support
nithinvf said:
thanks for your support,
my problem is that while doing an update from stock recovery (both quick update and local update), update installation fails at 26%.
previously my honor 5x L21 c185 b140 middle east verient was rooted and with twrp recovery.
for OTA update i reinstalled stock recovery and unrooted the phone,
still same result on update...
am thinking about flashing with KIW-L21 C185 B140 (EMUI 3.1 ANDROID 5.1.1) Untouched system image. i couldn't find this.
thanks for your support
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You Are always welcome, læst post should not be seen as negative
muradulislam said:
Unroot, do a factory reset and try to apply update again.
If that does not work, you can always try a force update.
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unrooted and factory reset done using stock recovery.
still same result.
tried local update..
same result.
how to do a force update.?
Thanks

Twrp + ROM For Honor 5x - L24 varriant

Hi,
I want to install twrp in my 5x l24 us version. I read some threads here at XDA about twrp and rooting of honor 5x. But I am not sure where to start. I am hoping that someone here can guide me a little. I currently have emui 4.0 with marshmallow official from huawei.
My questions are:
1. Should I make nan droid backup of my phone before proceeding to install twrp? I am not sure what exactly is nan droid backup.
2. Is there any risk of device being bricked during the installation of twrp?
3. I read a thread named twrp for l24 l22 l23 and so on.. Does this method work anymore? Because I see users complaining about some twrp issues.
4. What are the safety measures I should do before doing any rooting, flashing?
Note - I don't do much rooting or flashing stuff that's why I am asking here. Thank you in advance
abbas99 said:
Hi,
I want to install twrp in my 5x l24 us version. I read some threads here at XDA about twrp and rooting of honor 5x. But I am not sure where to start. I am hoping that someone here can guide me a little. I currently have emui 4.0 with marshmallow official from huawei.
My questions are:
1. Should I make nan droid backup of my phone before proceeding to install twrp? I am not sure what exactly is nan droid backup.
2. Is there any risk of device being bricked during the installation of twrp?
3. I read a thread named twrp for l24 l22 l23 and so on.. Does this method work anymore? Because I see users complaining about some twrp issues.
4. What are the safety measures I should do before doing any rooting, flashing?
Note - I don't do much rooting or flashing stuff that's why I am asking here. Thank you in advance
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It's all already answered, but OK.
0. You must unlock your bootloader before any of those,
1. you can try just booting into TWRP (fastboot boot recovery.img) and try backing up everything from there. I'm not sure that one works, I simply flashed TWPR and continued backing up from there,
2. No way you can brick it if you go by instructions; follow simple instructions from TWRP thread == recovery flash without issues. This device is flash-friendly
3. This one? That would be an official TWRP thread, so... it works, my L21 is on latest 3.1.1 build.
4. Always have a backup and don't flash anything you're not sure it will work and that's it. So, you've freshly flashed TWRP, first thing would be to make a system backup, that way, if anything goes wrong with rooting or custom ROMs, you can always go back to stock one without hastle.
Hope that helped.
ShadySquirrel said:
It's all already answered, but OK.
0. You must unlock your bootloader before any of those,
1. you can try just booting into TWRP (fastboot boot recovery.img) and try backing up everything from there. I'm not sure that one works, I simply flashed TWPR and continued backing up from there,
2. No way you can brick it if you go by instructions; follow simple instructions from TWRP thread == recovery flash without issues. This device is flash-friendly
3. This one? That would be an official TWRP thread, so... it works, my L21 is on latest 3.1.1 build.
4. Always have a backup and don't flash anything you're not sure it will work and that's it. So, you've freshly flashed TWRP, first thing would be to make a system backup, that way, if anything goes wrong with rooting or custom ROMs, you can always go back to stock one without hastle.
Hope that helped.
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Hey I had EMUI 4.0 so Android 6.0.1 installed. So I unlocked bootloader and installed twrp without doing a backup. But now there is a big problem. No custom Roms will ever boot. So I cant boot to any rom and don't have a backup.
Florian990107 said:
Hey I had EMUI 4.0 so Android 6.0.1 installed. So I unlocked bootloader and installed twrp without doing a backup. But now there is a big problem. No custom Roms will ever boot. So I cant boot to any rom and don't have a backup.
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Um, you did a clean install? I see you're from Germany, so I guess you're using KIW-L21 model, which is fully compatible with all ROMs out there (and it still didn't receive VoLTE update if I'm not wrong). Try clearing everything and flashing again, if not, restore stock recovery via fastboot and do a emergency reflash of full EMUI firmware.
ShadySquirrel said:
Um, you did a clean install? I see you're from Germany, so I guess you're using KIW-L21 model, which is fully compatible with all ROMs out there (and it still didn't receive VoLTE update if I'm not wrong). Try clearing everything and flashing again, if not, restore stock recovery via fastboot and do a emergency reflash of full EMUI firmware.
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Yes I did a clean install with Aosp Rom, LineageOS, Ressurection remix, XenonHD Rom but every Rom encpountered a bootloop where the animation ran for 10 seconds and then stopped. After that the phone rebooted and so on . And do you have a link for flashable L21 EMUI stock rom? And stock firmware only installable with stock recovery or TWRP?
I also encountered this situation, how to solve, help me! Thank you
风雷萨斯 said:
I also encountered this situation, how to solve, help me! Thank you
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Can u explain what u did clearly ?

Twrp Update Fail L24, Re-install it?

I have been sitting here all day searching on xda. I have the L24 running a nougat custom rom, went to flash an update for twrp, rebooted, no twrp, now i get the "download EMUI recovery" message. I am at a loss what to do, searched and searched, can someone point me to a thread I am not finding? I thought I could just reinstall twrp via fastboot but for some reason i get no response via command window on pc when phones connected. I have never had to post on here asking for assistance am hoping I did so correctly.
Just download the full firmware for your model and flash via dload. If you have not heard of this, there is a quick guide in my signature for dload method. Good luck. Let me know in case need more help
Thanks, I ended up reflashing Twrp via fastboot.
ahvamaria said:
Thanks, I ended up reflashing Twrp via fastboot.
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Oops. Just realised you may have flashed the incorrect variant of twrp may be.
Hi same for me i'm on L21 Los 14, i have twrp 3.0.2-0, i can't upgrade always erecovery when i update other version, flash via fastboot or twrp manager not working
green2005 said:
Hi same for me i'm on L21 Los 14, i have twrp 3.0.2-0, i can't upgrade always erecovery when i update other version, flash via fastboot or twrp manager not working
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Did you correct twrp version??
3.1.1-0 In twrp app ?
Édit : i solve it

Restore Stock FW Huawei Mate 10 PRO (BLA-09)

Hi guys,
yesterday I succesfully unlocked bootloader on my Mate 10 PRO (Bla-L09) and installed LineageOS 15.1 with success.
The problem is that now I just want to recover my stock firmware on it.
I downloaded the update.zip from the site (for my branded phone) and it was C55 version but I don't know how to repair it. Just tried to reflash stock recovery and start recovery mode but with no success. Installation hang on 5% and then phone reboots automatically.
Already tried to flash SYSTEM.img (from Huawei Update Extractor) with fastboot: it flashes correctly but im impossible to boot the devices.
I am sure that I do something wrong. Can you help me please?
Hi,
Where have you found original stock rom. It is my impression that it is not available. Could you please provide a link?
Thanks
outlier91 said:
Hi guys,
yesterday I succesfully unlocked bootloader on my Mate 10 PRO (Bla-L09) and installed LineageOS 15.1 with success.
The problem is that now I just want to recover my stock firmware on it.
I downloaded the update.zip from the site (for my branded phone) and it was C55 version but I don't know how to repair it. Just tried to reflash stock recovery and start recovery mode but with no success. Installation hang on 5% and then phone reboots automatically.
Already tried to flash SYSTEM.img (from Huawei Update Extractor) with fastboot: it flashes correctly but im impossible to boot the devices.
I am sure that I do something wrong. Can you help me please?
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After flashing back stock system.img you need to Factory Reset in stock recovery. Alternatively use HWOTA: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/guide-mate-10-flash-oreo-update-package-t3716814
Always make a Twrp backup of your rom so you don't have to worry about flashing back like this.Thats what I do and I have never had a issue.

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