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Hi everyone, i need your help i bought IRULU 7inch tablet on ebay and tablet didn't download any apps from market while instaling app says package file is invalid or package file is not sign in correctly. i contact the seller and told me you need factory reset data i do this and tablet didnot start anymore it freezes on ANDROID text. please pls help me it is my first tablet.
p.s sorry for bad english.
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Good one, Tell me this what is the name of the recovery image, backup image, nandroid, wtfe, that you used on your device, and whats the device brand, model name, and model number? These are the details needed to help you.. Also, what type of custom recovery is on your device TWRP --CWM?
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Good one, Tell me this what is the name of the recovery image, backup image, nandroid, wtfe, that you used on your device, and whats the device brand, model name, and model number? These are the details needed to help you.. Also, what type of custom recovery is on your device TWRP --CWM?
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So, First i dont know what is recovery image, backup image, nandroid, wtfe and tell me where i can find these details.
Brand IRULU 7inch 4.0.4 tablet. i do factory data reset from settings.
i contact the seller and told me you need factory reset data i do this
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nandroid, wtfe
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lol
Am i the only one that loves to search on Google when i face a problem?
These terms i speak of , are backup images for your tablet.
Let me explain better. Your device is like a computer. It has a OS, operating system, Your tablet is probably Android ?
When you first get the phone, before you change anything, it has a stock recovery, so if you play with it too much, and mess it up , you can return it to factory settings, like a computers recovery partition.
or the factory oem disks they send you if you break your PC. Well within the Open source community, you can find these images for your tablet, MAYBE... depends on how cool your tablet is.
Search my friend. Talk to the guy who sold you a hunk o junk, and ask him.. or make Google" your best friend...
Missed your last line of your reply,
i do factory data reset from settings.
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You may be out of luck, there was a reason, the guy was selling his tablet on ebay, it's cuz it was halfway broken...
Warped420 said:
lol
Am i the only one that loves to search on Google when i face a problem?
These terms i speak of , are backup images for your tablet.
Let me explain better. Your device is like a computer. It has a OS, operating system, Your tablet is probably Android ?
When you first get the phone, before you change anything, it has a stock recovery, so if you play with it too much, and mess it up , you can return it to factory settings, like a computers recovery partition.
or the factory oem disks they send you if you break your PC. Well within the Open source community, you can find these images for your tablet, MAYBE... depends on how cool your tablet is.
Search my friend. Talk to the guy who sold you a hunk o junk, and ask him.. or make Google" your best friend...
Missed your last line of your reply,
You may be out of luck, there was a reason, the guy was selling his tablet on ebay, it's cuz it was halfway broken...
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Lol...He doesn't know what a kernel,recovery or nandroid is and you expect him to have changed his kernel or recovery to root and install cwm or twrp?Ask your best friend on how to gain cwm without changing recovery and lets face the rest in future. And what he needs to search for when he is a noob with no knowledge on what it came with?Understand that everyone on xda doesn't know much about those and even some about root!do thinking everyone here has their phone rooted and installed custom recovery is just foolish!
You have to act sensibly when trying to help a noob.Answer your best or if you can't just ignore the question and someone with more knowledge will help.Dont mislead noobs!
To the OP(The thread creator): After factory reset,it is normal for the device to start up late.It may take well above 5 minutues because it has to rebuild device setup wizards (not technical but to understand).So wait for about 10 mins.If it doesn't boot,ask your seller if he knows how to enter stock recovery.Then you may do another factory reset from there and see if it works.
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I browse through these threads every day and nobody helps these "noobz" as you call them. or they put up an ignorant reply. atleast i took my time and gave him my opinion. Before i posted, nothing was on here. Even if he does not have a rooted device, after receiving my answer, he now has terms to go to "Google" and search them out. A"backup image" is on a phone rather its rooted or not. If he is not using a phone to get on XDA then he is probably on a computer, i tried to explain things and relate them with computer terms, thank u and God bless
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A"backup image" is on a phone rather its rooted or not.
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Seriously???God damn!Dude..please dont talk about something you never know of!How and where in the earth(well in phone actually) would the "BACKUP IMAGE"(the whole system as you mean) would be stored except those nandroid and craps done after rooting??Again I say,dont answer if you are unsure of it.Its not your device and you are putting someone's else device at risk.It is far better to ignore or give/refer to an alternative than misguiding!
So, you trying to start a flame war on this "new users" thead, Let me ask you this , when you press data /factory reset on your phone, How does it return it to factory setting, Is it not a image that it uses to return everything to normal?
Really? your advice to the lil dude was wait 5 minutes. HMMM
Why don't you explain to me, What is an OTA package, when our phones upgrade "over the air" ...is this not an image that is sent to our phone to install update images?
But i guess you do not know? Because i'm looking at 3 OTA on my sd card , one themed by guspeed, one rooted, and a normal one..but i don't know about phones right?
With PlayfulGod's and Hroark13' hard work, I was able to compile a 10.1 jellybeer rom with mods, but i dont know about phones right?
Hi all
I read all of you comments, Somebody says wait 5minutes, i do whole 15minutes it was freezed, after that i turn off computer.
once my tablet after 5minutes working is became hot and hot and when will be very hot it stopping and if i do not turn off tablet nothing doing. tablet work fine when it is cold... pls help me what can i do?
I cant return tablet to seller
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So, you trying to start a flame war on this "new users" thead, Let me ask you this , when you press data /factory reset on your phone, How does it return it to factory setting, Is it not a image that it uses to return everything to normal?
Really? your advice to the lil dude was wait 5 minutes. HMMM
Why don't you explain to me, What is an OTA package, when our phones upgrade "over the air" ...is this not an image that is sent to our phone to install update images?
But i guess you do not know? Because i'm looking at 3 OTA on my sd card , one themed by guspeed, one rooted, and a normal one..but i don't know about phones right?
With PlayfulGod's and Hroark13' hard work, I was able to compile a 10.1 jellybeer rom with mods, but i dont know about phones right?
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Dude!I'm not here for a flame war!Every android phone has something called /system and /data./system contains all your rom's apk,framework,libs etc and your /data contains your personal data,apps downloaded from playstore,app data,settings etc.When you do a factory reset,your /data gets wiped off/formatted and hence all your settings gone and your phone is new again.And when it boots again,it has to dex optimise the apks and framework (if deodexed),setup your phone for first boot etc apart from starting core services and hence the delay for the first time.
OTA updates are never an IMG!OFC or phone's roms are not mere 30mb or 40mb!And if you dont get surprised I have received a 15mb update and you think galaxy note with soooooo many features can be packed into 15mb when its odin rom image is aroung 700mb?Thats 46x compression and I dont think it exists!OTA updates are just a zip containing diff files from the previous build which gets updated through stock recovery(more like flashing a custom rom but automated and some changes in zip).That never proves to be a backup to the entire phone!
All those 3OTA's in your phone you are looking at are not OTA!Its just a cwm update zip IMO!Get it checked with guspeed.
Oh...you compiled a rom!Good work :good: but if you really understood what you were doing,you must also have come to know what I have said above and feel free to verify it with others .
Oh...and for all your question at the end: Yes, you were right .Sorry Ego is human's devil!
If you still feel,I dont know anything thats fine.Please let me know how to restore the "backup image" you said without root and I will be happy to learn it.Unfortunately your best friend (mine too) didnt help me out
Finally,Im stopping it here.I dont have to increase my post count on BS!Will be reporting for a clean up.
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forika said:
I read all of you comments, Somebody says wait 5minutes, i do whole 15minutes it was freezed, after that i turn off computer.
once my tablet after 5minutes working is became hot and hot and when will be very hot it stopping and if i do not turn off tablet nothing doing. tablet work fine when it is cold... pls help me what can i do?
I cant return tablet to seller
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Sorry,I dont understand you exactly but what I understood was,you left the tab for 5 mins but it over heated so you switched it off and suddenly after turning on it works?and again it over heats and hangs?Then when it cools down it works fine again?
who sold you a hunk o junk
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Thank you -- ?2011 for your info, See that is the reason i am here. Not only to help but also to learn.
The OTA "packages were frauds, I did not know this. They pushed them in the thread as real OTA images from the latest upgrade.
As far as the tablet- I think its , like i said before-halfway broken..
vijai2011 said:
Dude!I'm not here for a flame war!Every android phone has something called /system and /data./system contains all your rom's apk,framework,libs etc and your /data contains your personal data,apps downloaded from playstore,app data,settings etc.When you do a factory reset,your /data gets wiped off/formatted and hence all your settings gone and your phone is new again.And when it boots again,it has to dex optimise the apks and framework (if deodexed),setup your phone for first boot etc apart from starting core services and hence the delay for the first time.
OTA updates are never an IMG!OFC or phone's roms are not mere 30mb or 40mb!And if you dont get surprised I have received a 15mb update and you think galaxy note with soooooo many features can be packed into 15mb when its odin rom image is aroung 700mb?Thats 46x compression and I dont think it exists!OTA updates are just a zip containing diff files from the previous build which gets updated through stock recovery(more like flashing a custom rom but automated and some changes in zip).That never proves to be a backup to the entire phone!
All those 3OTA's in your phone you are looking at are not OTA!Its just a cwm update zip IMO!Get it checked with guspeed.
Oh...you compiled a rom!Good work :good: but if you really understood what you were doing,you must also have come to know what I have said above and feel free to verify it with others .
Oh...and for all your question at the end: Yes, you were right .Sorry Ego is human's devil!
If you still feel,I dont know anything thats fine.Please let me know how to restore the "backup image" you said without root and I will be happy to learn it.Unfortunately your best friend (mine too) didnt help me out
Finally,Im stopping it here.I dont have to increase my post count on BS!Will be reporting for a clean up.
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Sorry,I dont understand you exactly but what I understood was,you left the tab for 5 mins but it over heated so you switched it off and suddenly after turning on it works?and again it over heats and hangs?Then when it cools down it works fine again?
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No no, When I use tablet for 5 minute it became hot in backside. and when it will be very hot stops working and rebooted himself.
Now understand?
forika said:
No no, When I use tablet for 5 minute it became hot in backside. and when it will be very hot stops working and rebooted himself.
Now understand?
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So it boots fine but overheats and reboots?Hmm...I guess its really a bad tab which has no optimisation in any way...you gotta talk to the seller to get ur money back or a credit note imo...
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Exactly , talk to the seller , get your money back. (If you're lucky you might get the money or....)
Sent from the state where marijuana is not illegal !
Ok so I got the samsung galaxy light from metro running 4.4.2 and I decided to root my phone got myself rooted but I used some**** that changdd my phone from metro to tmobile and I guess my pho j e is locked now and its on 4.2.2 and im a iphone guy and dont really understandwhat I did but any help with gettjng my phone back would really be awesome
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Ok so I got the samsung galaxy light from metro running 4.4.2 and I decided to root my phone got myself rooted but I used some**** that changdd my phone from metro to tmobile and I guess my pho j e is locked now and its on 4.2.2 and im a iphone guy and dont really understandwhat I did but any help with gettjng my phone back would really be awesome
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What?
I have a Galaxy Light, and I'm fairly knowledgeable about the device. But I don't understand gibberish. You need to tell us exactly what you did, and try to speak in English without typos.
Ok
Lol sorry, I rooted my phone, well I put twrp on my phone the flashed it with I guess a flash for tmobile and on jellybean instead of kitkat. I tried to flash the radio but dont think it did anything. And now I reboot my phone and its asking for the sim pin
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Lol sorry, I rooted my phone, well I put twrp on my phone the flashed it with I guess a flash for tmobile and on jellybean instead of kitkat. I tried to flash the radio but dont think it did anything. And now I reboot my phone and its asking for the sim pin
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Which TWRP did you flash? Did you flash T-Mobile firmware? I need to know EXACTLY what you did.
Ok
I used twrp 2.7.0.0-gardaltetmo.tar. The flashed a supers u update -v 1.94.zip, then I wanted to know how to unroot incase I needed to know and used SGH-t399-stock-MJA.ZIP
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I used twrp 2.7.0.0-gardaltetmo.tar. The flashed a supers u update -v 1.94.zip, then I wanted to know how to unroot incase I needed to know and used SGH-t399-stock-MJA.ZIP
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Don't use T-Mobiles firmware on your MetroPCS phone.
This is what you need to do.
And for the love of all that is good in this world, next time DO A BACKUP before flashing things. You installed TWRP, which gives you the ability to make a complete backup of your system exactly as it is at that point in time. If you had done a back-up before you screwed up your phone, it would have taken you but a few minutes to unscrew it.
I apologize for being harsh, but it seems to me like you really need to read and research a lot more. I always (well, usually...almost bricked my tablet the other day) read everything I can find about something potentially risky before doing it. Let this be a learning experience for you. Read as much as you can, understand what it is you are actually doing rather than just following some guide, and if you don't understand, just ask. I and most of us here would rather you asked a noobish question instead of going blindly ahead and screwing your phone up. Playing around with root and recovery and flashing without understanding it is like thinking you can perform open heart surgery with a meat cleaver because you've seen every episode of ER, Scrubs, and Grey's Anatomy.
thanks
ok thanks alot btw. just now got the files downloaded but im in twrp and the files are on my pc how could i get them to my phone? and i dont have a sd card either
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ok thanks alot btw. just now got the files downloaded but im in twrp and the files are on my pc how could i get them to my phone? and i dont have a sd card either
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Hm. I didn't think about that. I think you might need to get an SD card. Go on Amazon or eBay and pick one up. An 8GB one can be had for literally a few bucks, but a 64GB class 10 one for $35 is an awesome thing too.
Ok
Ok, and with the back up download how do I get the in twrp. Should I put it in a zip file or leave it how it is
ok im a retard
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Hm. I didn't think about that. I think you might need to get an SD card. Go on Amazon or eBay and pick one up. An 8GB one can be had for literally a few bucks, but a 64GB class 10 one for $35 is an awesome thing too.
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ok so i cannot figure out how to do this.
i have the sgh-t399n galaxy light- with no os installed, i have twrp on my phone. and i have a backup a sd card. but when i go to restore in twrp the backup isnt there, and ive tried going threw the file options to move it to where is it suposed to go but no such luck. i thought maybe a terminal command would work but i have no clue what command to use. if you could help one more time that would be awesome
You can always use Samsung Kies 3 to flash your phone back to stock. You need your serial number though, and for some reason it is not printed on the back of the device(at least for me). A call to tech support should get that sorted anyway.
Alternatively, you can do this with Odin to a very similar effect. Search Google for something like "T399NUVUANK3 tar" to get the file you need, my personal backup is corrupt so I can't share.
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You can always use Samsung Kies 3 to flash your phone back to stock. You need your serial number though, and for some reason it is not printed on the back of the device(at least for me). A call to tech support should get that sorted anyway.
Alternatively, you can do this with Odin to a very similar effect. Search Google for something like "T399NUVUANK3 tar" to get the file you need, my personal backup is corrupt so I can't share.
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Ugh... I own a t399n and I'm doing some real development on it. . I've made a stock odex and deodexed rooted zip files for the t399n and haven't posted them yet. . If you're in a bad way still hit me up and I'll have you up and running in no time. Fun things coming for metro users. Who says you have to pay for a high end device to have a high end device? He he he....
Do you have a backup I bicked my samsung galaxy light metropcs then I unbricked it by restoring a backup for the samsung galaxy light that I found online. Search fresh backup for samsung galaxy light sgh t399n.
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Which TWRP did you flash? Did you flash T-Mobile firmware? I need to know EXACTLY what you did.
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You're quite uppity, aren't you? I had no trouble understanding exactly what he did.
reholli said:
You're quite uppity, aren't you? I had no trouble understanding exactly what he did.
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Are you seriously giving me crap about a post from over a year ago? Nice contribution to the discussion.:good: I have no idea if the OP ever fixed his phone, but at least I tried to help.
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Are you seriously giving me crap about a post from over a year ago? Nice contribution to the discussion.:good: I have no idea if the OP ever fixed his phone, but at least I tried to help.
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And the age of the post, with respect to your attitude, is relevant how?
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And the age of the post, with respect to your attitude, is relevant how?
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I just love getting an email alert at 4am because someone quoted me to post absolutely nothing of substance.
It's relevant because IT WAS A YEAR AGO! I don't remember why I was so cranky that day. I did apologize to him for it. Did you notice that I also still did my best to help him? Do you have a solution to his problem? Does he even still have this phone, given that it was a year ago? If you want to fixate on my posts, fixate on the hundreds of times I've been thanked for helping others, especially going above and beyond helping people find the perfect device for them. I'm not here to be grumpy, I'm here to help people, and get help when needed. Why are you here? To pester me? Look, I respect my elders, and you're clearly older, but at the same time don't presume to talk down to me. Try reflecting on yourself and your motive in making a useless post, bumping a thread dead for several months (a severe breach of netiquette), purely to insult another member.
Come to think of it, my email alert wasn't because I was quoted (I have that feature turned off). I got the alert because I'm still subscribed to this thread, having done so in case there were new posts that might enable me to help the OP. I suppose I should unsubscribe, giving the fact that nobody has posted anything of use or substance in 7 months or so.
I got this 13 inch tablet for displaying music PDF files.
It's got KitKat 4.4, and there's apparently no intention to update this from the manufacturer.
I'd like to run igigbook, but that app requires 5.0+. So I figure I can root this, then do the cm12 ...?
I've looked on compatible devices lists and can't find this device.
Anybody got a link or maybe just some advice?
Thx
jazaddict said:
I got this 13 inch tablet for displaying music PDF files.
It's got KitKat 4.4, and there's apparently no intention to update this from the manufacturer.
I'd like to run igigbook, but that app requires 5.0+. So I figure I can root this, then do the cm12 ...?
I've looked on compatible devices lists and can't find this device.
Anybody got a link or maybe just some advice?
Thx
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I own one of these.
I found Kingo Root successfully roots it.
Unfortunately, no CM has been built for it.... yet. I plan to fix this.
Fair warning, though: do NOT remove anything child-mode-related yet, unless you have a backup of the system partition. It's basically an AOSP ROM, but they've tweakedwith the SYSTEMUI enough that straight-up removing it causes crach loops.
It's got an RK3188 chip, for the curious. Opened it to verify.
AmEv said:
I own one of these.
I found Kingo Root successfully roots it.
Unfortunately, no CM has been built for it.... yet. I plan to fix this.
Fair warning, though: do NOT remove anything child-mode-related yet, unless you have a backup of the system partition. It's basically an AOSP ROM, but they've tweakedwith the SYSTEMUI enough that straight-up removing it causes crach loops.
It's got an RK3188 chip, for the curious. Opened it to verify.
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Great.
Ive learned the hard way! lol
Bit too late for me now, but i had a similar tab from smart telecom and i cant find any firmware for it, i rooted with kingroot and after removing all the child mode and disney crap, im having the same thing.
Ive started a thread, but im hoping i can find a patched firmware without all the bloatware and a newer android build if possible.
HI - Just came across this thread, pity I hadn't seen it earlier - I had/have rooted with King Root, which worked fine. Then set about deleting all the child-mode-related apps. Now I'm stuck with receiving "Unfortunately, the process com.android.systemui has stopped" nothing seems to fix it. Do you know where I might find the original ROM that I can restore, can't find anything on the manfactures website..
Any help, really appreciated.
Thanks
Wayne
waynez2016 said:
HI - Just came across this thread, pity I hadn't seen it earlier - I had/have rooted with King Root, which worked fine. Then set about deleting all the child-mode-related apps. Now I'm stuck with receiving "Unfortunately, the process com.android.systemui has stopped" nothing seems to fix it. Do you know where I might find the original ROM that I can restore, can't find anything on the manfactures website..
Any help, really appreciated.
Thanks
Wayne
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Hi Wayne,
I contacted the supplier who was going to contact the manufacturer, still have not found anything.
Someone else started a thread some time back and did the same thing as us.
I think someone was going to create a ROM for me, i will direct them to this thread.
Thanks for the update.
I had some success last night in resolving my issues with "com.android.systemui" - I managed to get into play store and reinstalled "Net Nanny for Android" as soon as the install had completed the error message went away and hasn't returned. The other "Kids" apps that I had deleted have not reinstalled, appears Net Nanny must have removed/broken something when I deleted it.
Would be still good to get a copy of the original rom for next time, better still to get an upgrade from 4.4.4 to something a little newer at least.
Anyway hoe that help to get you going again.
Wayne
I am ordering one of these now. Let me know if there's anything I can do to try to help in terms of getting a copy of the ROM. (I haven't done android development before, but I am a software engineer so I am willing to give anything a shot)
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I am ordering one of these now. Let me know if there's anything I can do to try to help in terms of getting a copy of the ROM. (I haven't done android development before, but I am a software engineer so I am willing to give anything a shot)
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Let me know how you get on, as I am still after a ROM image if i can find one.
Going to start researching all the possible ways to get a ROM image (in addition to just asking the manufacturer). I will first do a search, and then maybe post in the forums somewhere, but I am starting here:
http://www.theandroidhow.com/2014/06/how-to-dump-backup-any-android-rom.html
Did some research, and actually found that the androidhow article I linked in my last post was the most relevant. I followed the romdump script process and believe I have the rom image files.
The question becomes, are the image files most usable in their current form, or as flashable images?
Has there been any developments in this, or anything close to a ROM or even an update?
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Has there been any developments in this, or anything close to a ROM or even an update?
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Not that im aware of, i just did what someone else suggested here and reinstalled netnanny off the app store.
At least its working again, but not terrific.
Oh, well I didn't have that problem. The guy I bought this streamachine off of already had it rooted and everything, i was just wondering if anything had been developed...4.4.4 is quite a bit outdated, and limited.
Clay,
Can you upload that ROM image that you made? I bought another ST13 and while I can get it into recovery mode, it still won't boot even after a factory data reset. My plan is to try recovering from the sdcard before I assume that what I have is a collection of spare parts.
My two others aren't rooted, and since we need them tonight, I don't dare mess with them right now.
Thanks,
Paul
can I get a copy?
I rooted my ST13 and now I'm having bluetooth problems. I'd like to restore back to the stock ROM. Can I have a copy of yours? Does it work?
THANKS!
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Did some research, and actually found that the androidhow article I linked in my last post was the most relevant. I followed the romdump script process and believe I have the rom image files.
The question becomes, are the image files most usable in their current form, or as flashable images?
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I am also interested in this thread, anyone know about the bootloader?
???
So still no DISK IMAGE or ROM? I successfully rooted St1316 but can't connect to wifi. I left natnanny alone, but it now doesn't connect to ANY wifi networks. Tries then switches to either "saved" or "disabled". I can push some apps to the device via bluetooth file transfer app but don't know what's missing. Could this be a permission issue? I'm lost and stressed. Tried factory wipe. No luck. Open to suggestions. Help guys. This thing kinda sucked before I lost wifi. Now it's just a glorified digital photo frame that plays sound WAY too softly.
Hi
I have recently aquired a Gionee W909 from China,
its running a Mediatek MT6755.
Since this phone is currently only available in China, the stock rom AmigoOS sv1.2 is the only rom I can find for it. and its based on lollipop 5.1
The phone comes without any gapps at all. Since I am using this in North America, I need all the gapps installed.
Kingroot works on this phone, so my phone is rooted with kingroot, trying to install gapp
I have googled a few articles saying install google framework, login service, play service, and then install vending in system/app via RE, and then install play store.
all the methods relating to downloading the service/framework apk, and then putting vending in system, have all failed catastrophically.
all of these ends up with a "service" has stopped working, and "com.google.process.gapps has stopped", i've tried installing everything in system/app, or some in system/app, always made sure chmod is rw r r, and nothing worked.
I have also been trying to flash tk gapps and open gapps, downloaded ver 5.1 tried both 32 bit and 64bit. The stock recovery menu has an option to flash a zip onto it, it just doesnt read the tk gapps or the open gapps, the installation always terminate after a few seconds.
so i wanted to flash a twrp or a cwm recovery onto it, but there isnt one made for this phone yet, so i found another gionee phone, gn9007's twrp recovery which was on a chinese site, and tried to flash that in with its own one click flashing software. and it failed. Which seemed to me that boot loader is locked.
so I installed drivers and adb and fastboot.
when i tried fastboot oem unlock, the phone did prompt me and ask me if i wanted to unlock bootloader, and i pressed volume up/yes, and it gives me an error saying unlock operation is not allowed. none of the other flash oem commands work, such as flash oem device-info or flash oem get_identifier_token or get_unlock_data
so now im stuck trying to install gapps on this phone.
any idea is welcome.
thanks
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today i tried using flashfire to flash the gapps zip file, and it didnt work, flashfire just stayed black screen for hours, even though the phone is rooted, theres no twrp or cwm made for it, is there any other way? I have also tried google installer made for MIUI, and ended up with service has stopped working, and com.google.process.gapps has stopped
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I hope you find a solution to this, I guess the phone has just come out. I really want to buy this phone, just need those gapps.
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Hi. i am interested in getting the same phone as well. but waiting till you, or someone else finds a solution to the Gapps Problem. the solution would be simple enough i guess, but needs a Dev to work a bit on it.
i would like to ask a few questions to you though about the phone.
1. If your phone is rooted, have you as a temporary fix tried connecting your phone as USB and downloaded apk files from the internet and installing manually ??
2. i have the Lenovo a588t flip phone and the selfie camera when the flip is open is inverted in all the apps example SnapChat/Instagram/Skype etc.. is it the same with the Gionee W909 phone as well.
3. is 4G working well on your phone ?
4. How often do you need to open the flip or everything works well from outer screen only. Picking calls etc.
5. are u able to run Dual Whatsapp and Dual apps for both the sims or only 1 app for the phone.
and anything interesting about the phone also you can state.. while i try to look for someone who can help fix this problem. thanks alot
EDIT1 :: this was the link we followed to convert our phone rom (Lenovo a588t android 4.4) to a rooted rom and also create a CWM recovery for the phone. im sure this might lead you somewhere. as its for MTK related phones. please have a look
https://www.myrl.net/article/43
EDIT2 :: try looking for a phone with a similar MTK chipset and try to install GAPPS on your phone that way. im sure that would help
EDIT3 :: Atleast you can upload ur downloaded ROM on needrom .com so others can avail benefit of it ?? lol
I bought a w909, it just arrived this morning. The seller made sure I knew gapps wouldn't work on it, but I'm fairly comfortable with following online steps to flash firmware (have done it in the past with Motorola Droid versions). So I'm thinking it shouldn't be too difficult once someone figures out how to bypass the Chinese googlewall.
It was quick and easy to root with Kingo.
I'd be fine with a Cyanogen mod too! Subscribing to this thread for updates on whether anyone has managed to successfully install working gapps.
Honestly I'd be fine without the Play store, just want gmail, calendar, etc.
Jordstar said:
I bought a w909, it just arrived this morning. The seller made sure I knew gapps wouldn't work on it, but I'm fairly comfortable with following online steps to flash firmware (have done it in the past with Motorola Droid versions). So I'm thinking it shouldn't be too difficult once someone figures out how to bypass the Chinese googlewall.
It was quick and easy to root with Kingo.
I'd be fine with a Cyanogen mod too! Subscribing to this thread for updates on whether anyone has managed to successfully install working gapps.
Honestly I'd be fine without the Play store, just want gmail, calendar, etc.
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saqibkhan said:
Hi. i am interested in getting the same phone as well. but waiting till you, or someone else finds a solution to the Gapps Problem. the solution would be simple enough i guess, but needs a Dev to work a bit on it.
i would like to ask a few questions to you though about the phone.
1. If your phone is rooted, have you as a temporary fix tried connecting your phone as USB and downloaded apk files from the internet and installing manually ??
2. i have the Lenovo a588t flip phone and the selfie camera when the flip is open is inverted in all the apps example SnapChat/Instagram/Skype etc.. is it the same with the Gionee W909 phone as well.
3. is 4G working well on your phone ?
4. How often do you need to open the flip or everything works well from outer screen only. Picking calls etc.
5. are u able to run Dual Whatsapp and Dual apps for both the sims or only 1 app for the phone.
and anything interesting about the phone also you can state.. while i try to look for someone who can help fix this problem. thanks alot
EDIT1 :: this was the link we followed to convert our phone rom (Lenovo a588t android 4.4) to a rooted rom and also create a CWM recovery for the phone. im sure this might lead you somewhere. as its for MTK related phones. please have a look
EDIT2 :: try looking for a phone with a similar MTK chipset and try to install GAPPS on your phone that way. im sure that would help
EDIT3 :: Atleast you can upload ur downloaded ROM on needrom .com so others can avail benefit of it ?? lol
EDIT4 :: Wanna sell your phone ?? lol
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Hey and congrats on this amazing phone. where did u buy it from and for how much.
can u please try to answer the above questions i have asked about the phone so i can make up my mind to get the phone.
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I bought it from liaow dot com and the manager of that site was the most helpful and informative person I have EVER bought from. Most reassuring online buying experience I have ever had. The price wasn't the lowest I'd see across the internet, but it was fairly close... lower than Ebay and Aliexpress at least.
1. If your phone is rooted, have you as a temporary fix tried connecting your phone as USB and downloaded apk files from the internet and installing manually ??
I tested installing the gapps apk just to confirm that it wouldn't work (it didn't). But manual install of a 3rd party appmarket .apk worked great, no issues.
2. i have the Lenovo a588t flip phone and the selfie camera when the flip is open is inverted in all the apps example SnapChat/Instagram/Skype etc.. is it the same with the Gionee W909 phone as well.
I haven't tried any of these yet but I haven't had any inversion on the inner screen.
3. is 4G working well on your phone ?
I haven't tested a SIM card in it yet. I don't plan to until I can flash the ROM to something that will allow installation of gapps.
4. How often do you need to open the flip or everything works well from outer screen only. Picking calls etc.
You could get by without opening the flip phone at all. Everything works from the touchscreen and side hardware buttons. But flipping it open is pretty awesome for the physical camera button on the keypad and for dialing.
5. are u able to run Dual Whatsapp and Dual apps for both the sims or only 1 app for the phone.
Didn't test this yet.
and anything interesting about the phone also you can state.. while i try to look for someone who can help fix this problem. thanks alot
The stock apps are not great. Lots of Chinese bloatware. Particularly the embedded browser is bad... it's got the Great Firewall built in (google 404s).
Long shot is this phone will be AMAZING once it can be flashed with gapps. Until that time, it's not great.
@Jordstar
hi .. any update on the phone usage.. what about Gapps ?? any luck on that
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@Jordstar
hi .. any update on the phone usage.. what about Gapps ?? any luck on that
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None at all. The worst thing was, I rooted the device, then was playing around with it and tried to install the OTA firmware update. Whoops-- bricked the phone.
I have had no success even finding a Gionee representative whom I can ask for a new ROM, in English. No email address even.
I tried getting some support at Hovatek paid forum, but to no success. It's hard to get Windows to recognize the device and use the MTK drivers required to allow MTK Droid Tools or other flashing tools to work with it. The support at Hovatek was getting pretty frustrated with me, and was looking for a ROM and not finding one.
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None at all. The worst thing was, I rooted the device, then was playing around with it and tried to install the OTA firmware update. Whoops-- bricked the phone.
I have had no success even finding a Gionee representative whom I can ask for a new ROM, in English. No email address even.
I tried getting some support at Hovatek paid forum, but to no success. It's hard to get Windows to recognize the device and use the MTK drivers required to allow MTK Droid Tools or other flashing tools to work with it. The support at Hovatek was getting pretty frustrated with me, and was looking for a ROM and not finding one.
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Here you go bro.. all 3 versions are here i believe .. v1.1 , v1.2 and v1.3 .. Lookup Version History for 1 and 2.
https://translate.googleusercontent...?id=55&usg=ALkJrhgcxz_nskOsTcaN72_pYQHOqLXEbg
Incase the link wont work.. go to google translate.. Translate from Chinese to English the link www.amigo.cn
and go to firmware downloads and select your mobile.. im sure you need to register somewhere (no need to register i checked).. but thats for you to do.. lol.. i did my part. im not sure if the downloads are OTA updates or full ROMS as of now.. but 1.6GB of data should be a ROM. in any case .. they have to be installed as a zip file from the SD Card.. so try doing that. Entering recovery is also mentioned in the Tutorial Link on the page. keep trying.
Edit/ you will also find the drivers etc for your model.. Try connecting your cell phone to your laptop.. it should show up some form of Desktop Software installation etc like all cell phones do.
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Here you go bro.. all 3 versions are here i believe .. v1.1 , v1.2 and v1.3 .. Lookup Version History for 1 and 2.
https://translate.googleusercontent...?id=55&usg=ALkJrhgcxz_nskOsTcaN72_pYQHOqLXEbg
Incase the link wont work.. go to google translate.. Translate from Chinese to English the link www.amigo.cn
and go to firmware downloads and select your mobile.. im sure you need to register somewhere (no need to register i checked).. but thats for you to do.. lol.. i did my part. im not sure if the downloads are OTA updates or full ROMS as of now.. but 1.6GB of data should be a ROM. in any case .. they have to be installed as a zip file from the SD Card.. so try doing that. Entering recovery is also mentioned in the Tutorial Link on the page. keep trying.
Edit/ you will also find the drivers etc for your model.. Try connecting your cell phone to your laptop.. it should show up some form of Desktop Software installation etc like all cell phones do.
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This is so awesome. Thanks for your help man. I'll get this device back on track I swear. I'll post here when I have some success.
EDIT 1: saqibkhan, I owe you some thanks! The Amigo 1.3 from the link you gave me was very easy to install from sd card using stock recovery. The device is no longer bricked! The first thing I did was install third party app market Aptoide and attempt to install Google Play Services... but it force closes. Now to get to work on gapps...
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This is so awesome. Thanks for your help man. I'll get this device back on track I swear. I'll post here when I have some success.
EDIT 1: saqibkhan, I owe you some thanks! The Amigo 1.3 from the link you gave me was very easy to install from sd card using stock recovery. The device is no longer bricked! The first thing I did was install third party app market Aptoide and attempt to install Google Play Services... but it force closes. Now to get to work on gapps...
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your welcome brov.. and keep that link saved.. w909 is AmigoOS and all updates/roms will keep on coming there in the future.. btw all of what i read in Chinese forums while searching for you.. they mentioned something about W909 not being updated to MarshMallow .. that is soo very sad.. but lets see what gionee does..
1. Why dont you flash Gapps from the sd card recovery as you did the ROM try fixing permissions for it to work. Mess with those.
2. there is a Google Play app that install Gapps for you.. did you try that.. google it.
3. the same website.. has a device forum.. translate and website.. and Keep reading there.. or try posting.. im sure Chinese ppl might have had a solution for this. but needs time to research.
4. what about you manually place the Gapps files within the system folder after rooting your device ?? maybe that would work.. try it.
Hello Jordstar and Saqib, thank you for your comments. My friend has bought the device and is having the same issues as Jordstar unable to use Google services. Saqib, I believe if we are able to get twrp/custom recovery for Gionee we will be able to get Google working on it.
Also, Jordstar have you used whatsapp on the gionee phone. My friend is also having issues with whatsapp, unable to get sound notifications when someone sends a message.
saqibkhan said:
1. Why dont you flash Gapps from the sd card recovery as you did the ROM try fixing permissions for it to work. Mess with those.
2. there is a Google Play app that install Gapps for you.. did you try that.. google it.
3. the same website.. has a device forum.. translate and website.. and Keep reading there.. or try posting.. im sure Chinese ppl might have had a solution for this. but needs time to research.
4. what about you manually place the Gapps files within the system folder after rooting your device ?? maybe that would work.. try it.
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1. I tried this and the install would hang. Fixing permissions didn't change this so I don't think it will work.
2. It's easy enough to use any third-party gapps installer to install gapps on the device. However, the gapps will force close and generate an error message several times per second until they are uninstalled... so they are blocked from the kernel layer, not just in the firmware.
3. I had a look through the translated device forum. Unfortunately came up with nothing yet. It's hard to do a proper search for the English terms specifically in the w909 thread.
4. How would I do this-- through a file browser?
@Jordstar im gonna get an amazing guy to help us out on this. im sure he would be able to. Let me speak to him.
and yes try using a file manager. ES FILE MANAGER would be a good choice.
saqibkhan said:
your welcome brov.. and keep that link saved.. w909 is AmigoOS and all updates/roms will keep on coming there in the future.. btw all of what i read in Chinese forums while searching for you.. they mentioned something about W909 not being updated to MarshMallow .. that is soo very sad.. but lets see what gionee does..
1. Why dont you flash Gapps from the sd card recovery as you did the ROM try fixing permissions for it to work. Mess with those.
2. there is a Google Play app that install Gapps for you.. did you try that.. google it.
3. the same website.. has a device forum.. translate and website.. and Keep reading there.. or try posting.. im sure Chinese ppl might have had a solution for this. but needs time to research.
4. what about you manually place the Gapps files within the system folder after rooting your device ?? maybe that would work.. try it.
lemme know if u ever selling the device lol.. i may want to buy it if within my budget. cant afford the new one atm.
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@Jordstar im gonna get an amazing guy to help us out on this. im sure he would be able to. Let me speak to him.
and yes try using a file manager. ES FILE MANAGER would be a good choice.
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Awesome. OK, I'll see if ES file manager installs on the w909. I have to unzip them and place them directly in the /sys/ folder, right?
Really excited to see if you can get that help. I'm willing to experiment now that I know I can brick/recover the device no problem.
hi @mapleshilc and @Jordstar .. have you tried this.. im sure this should work.. Try it patiently and carefully. This should work.
https://devs-lab.com/clockworkmod-for-all-mediatek-device.html
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hi @mapleshilc and @Jordstar .. have you tried this.. im sure this should work.. Try it patiently and carefully. This should work.
https://devs-lab.com/clockworkmod-for-all-mediatek-device.html
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AMAZING, thank you, I will try this and see if I can get it to work!
Edit: OK, I tried this and I get stuck again with MTKdroidTools.exe not recognizing the w909. When I launch the adb terminal from MTKdroidTools and type "adb devices" no devices are listed when the w909 is connected. I realized this was due to losing root once I updated it to firmware 1.3 after I bricked it (referenced earlier in the thread). I re-rooted with Kingo and this bricked the device again. I will have to downgrade the firmware and hope that version is rootable... will repost updates with an edit later.
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saqibkhan said:
i wish i had this phone in my hand.. i would have fixed all issue of it by now !! lol .. anyone willing to send it to me for testing or wanting to sell it ??
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It seems like you would be the right person to have this device in your hand... better than me.
I kept all the packaging in pristine condition-- I'll send you a private message.
Hello,
I fixed my previous issue that caused my phone to unfortunately not boot after Magisk patching kernel instead of ramdisk, but now my problem is a lot weirder and seems even more complex.
I wanted to patch YouTube with Lucky Patcher once again as the patch seemed to be not working now. After the patch has been applied, a communicate was shown saying that it couldn't make some file because blah blah and that firmware got messed up. I didn't care much, but then I wanted to uninstall YouTube's updates and it hung, YT was unavailable and Play Store was showing that it is still uninstalling, so I wanted to reboot. After that my phone started to bootloop. Flashed system.img and ramdisk.img again via fastboot, but didn't fix the issue. Tried using HwOTA to reinstall the whole system and then the party has started. Download recovery showed that it couldn't install the package. I couldn't reboot anyway nor enter eRecovery, so I forced reboot. Since then I can only enter recovery, broken eRecovery and fastboot. Trying to boot system just brings that broken eRecovery too.
Any way to fix that, or am I forced to install stock ROM, lock the bootloader and try sending phone on warranty (if possible, either way to the service)?
I am so pissed off that I'll probably sell the phone if servicing is needed and buy Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro.
Thank you in advance.
SevenUp9 said:
Hello,
I fixed my previous issue that caused my phone to unfortunately not boot after Magisk patching kernel instead of ramdisk, but now my problem is a lot weirder and seems even more complex.
I wanted to patch YouTube with Lucky Patcher once again as the patch seemed to be not working now.
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Why patch youtube app? To make it adfree?
Fyi, there's this mod app called Youtube Vanced that has black/dark mode and adfree which is awesome.
Edit: you can also install Youtube Vanced along side with the original playstore downloaded youtube.
Well, just to make it black and available to play in the background.
I know there is YouTube Vanced, I used that before, but just for some reason wanted to have original YT app. Not important. Just my weirdness Next time I'll just install Vanced, less problems.
But the thing that simple patching could brick my device... Oh boy. This is really strange.
oh, the irony of your bad luck with lucky patcher
i feel no pain for anyone stealing apps. amazing that the same person stealing apps bricks his phone in the process, and rather than spend time fixing it wants huawei to just replace it.
guys like you are driving up the cost of these devices.
guys like you are also responsible for huawei feeling the need to lock down bootloaders.
WaxysDargle said:
oh, the irony of your bad luck with lucky patcher
i feel no pain for anyone stealing apps. amazing that the same person stealing apps bricks his phone in the process, and rather than spend time fixing it wants huawei to just replace it.
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No stealing. Simple mod to make YT dark-themed and play in the background, that's all. Believe me or not, some of the songs I listen to on YouTube are not available on Spotify or SoundCloud, and Lucky Patcher had its beggining here, on XDA, right? Same applies to YT Vanced. No need to be pissed.
Huawei may not directly be responsible for the issue, but the fact they are shutting down the bootloader unlocking site, they want to kill modders and that's partially why I don't know how to recover. Modding scene for this phone is growing poorly. Only one custom kernel available that is not bugless... And a few ROMs, mainly because of Treble.
If it's irrecoverable, okay, I'll pay for a repair then, but after that I won't be willing to support Huawei anymore. I expected more care for their more advanced, geeky users...
And no, I want to recover it alone, but I am tired already cause this phone has already caused me problems for over 20 hours (8h debranding and installing Oreo, 12h debricking after Magisk patched kernel instead of ramdisk, and some time for kernel testing, fixing, Magisk stuff). I am just tired and have no idea what to do. And if I wanted to just go for an easy way and send on warranty/to repair, I would do it instead of creating this topic... Repair in a service is mentioned here in case it's irrecoverable. Clear enough.
SevenUp9 said:
No stealing. Simple mod to make YT dark-themed and play in the background, that's all. Believe me or not, some of the songs I listen to on YouTube are not available on Spotify or SoundCloud, and Lucky Patcher had its beggining here, on XDA, right? Same applies to YT Vanced. No need to be pissed.
Huawei may not directly be responsible for the issue, but the fact they are shutting down the bootloader unlocking site, they want to kill modders and that's partially why I don't know how to recover. Modding scene for this phone is growing poorly. Only one custom kernel available that is not bugless... And a few ROMs, mainly because of Treble.
If it's irrecoverable, okay, I'll pay for a repair then, but after that I won't be willing to support Huawei anymore. I expected more care for their more advanced, geeky users...
And no, I want to recover it alone, but I am tired already cause this phone has already caused me problems for over 20 hours (8h debranding and installing Oreo, 12h debricking after Magisk patched kernel instead of ramdisk, and some time for kernel testing, fixing, Magisk stuff). I am just tired and have no idea what to do. And if I wanted to just go for an easy way and send on warranty/to repair, I would do it instead of creating this topic... Repair in a service is mentioned here in case it's irrecoverable. Clear enough.
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background play is a paid service on youtube. you're stealing.
if you can get to recovery or fastboot, it's not irrecoverable.
you should really consider sticking with stock from now on. no one should feel sorry for you because you bricked your phone and had to work to fix it.
Do I convince anybody to feel sorry that I bricked my device? No.
Do I feel irresponsible for bricking it by my own? No.
Do I reccommend stealing? No.
I just have no money on my own, also previously there was no background play option on YT. Okay, maybe I wanted to crack, but it should be in my bussiness. Thousands of other people do the same, even here.
And yeah, I know it should be recoverable because I can boot into TWRP and fastboot, question is how, because I am already out of my mind. I'm not saying that I am tired to make others feel sorry for me but just to inform I can't handle this on my own atm and need some help.
I am on stock, that is right, not yet needed to flash customs imo as the phone runs just good.
Let's not offtop any longer. I just want to get some possible solutions. Right now I am going to flash all the system files via fastboot or TWRP once again. The problem is that I can't flash anything eRecovery-related.
OK, actually eRecovery and everything related to it such as dload, low-level reset etc. is broken. Even stock recovery, I can't even shutdown or reboot system. It is probably something deeper in whole framework, device is simply not available of doing simple tasks using its own functions. I am afraid it's not what I am able to fix. It's the first time when I have such problem.
I'm going on holiday on Sunday not bringing my PC with me, so I won't be capable of fixing it for around 1,5-2 weeks. But if anyone's got any idea, I am here to listen.
If it is more complex than a fellow mobile user can fix, I'll just leave it for specialists in a service to fix the issue. I hope it's recoverable with any tool just flashing firmware, either way my wallet will be hurt so much, I suppose.
Wait what? Now all the time my phone boots into TWRP from HwOTA, even if I flashed CATUVA21's version.
I mean... Booting after I just power it on, it just boots HwOTA's TWRP like it was eRecovery...
did u flashed the images that is same with your version?
or did u tried flashing kernel before flashing system img?
I had a similar problem when i used HwOTA, remember that HwOTA8 is when you got oreo and HwOTA7 is for nougat. Using the wrong one will boot to twrp if i remember correctly.
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did u flashed the images that is same with your version?
or did u tried flashing kernel before flashing system img?
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Yeah, I did both.
Anyway, phone's back from repair shop, quite disappointed that they've charged me for $80 when I could do it for $20 using the same tool they did (DC Phoenix), but whatever. Lesson for me - never ever overuse Lucky Patcher and don't believe that repair shop might be cheap. Also never buy Huawei anymore as it is extremely painful to recover it for nerves and for wallet. I'll be more careful now with this phone, still thinking about selling it and buying Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 or Mi8 because there's a good offer where I can get that phone for ~$380.
I'm going to do last mod to this phone - reflashing OS. The OS I got after the phone's been repaired looks a bit sketchy, because OS version is System 8.0.0.046(07P2) instead of RNE-L21 8.0.0.xxx(C432). Firmware Finder sees no updates for that so I expect OTA isn't working as well. Hope it doesn't get bricked again... Wish me luck.
petanque said:
I had a similar problem when i used HwOTA, remember that HwOTA8 is when you got oreo and HwOTA7 is for nougat. Using the wrong one will boot to twrp if i remember correctly.
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Yeah I know. I used proper version (HwOTA8), but it flashed TWRP in eRecovery partition which made the phone complete brick because no dload mode. Hope that it doesn't make such mistake now as I'm going to install proper Oreo for EU locale.
Nah. I'll have to beg for a free (or cheap) repair once again because this piece of crap got bricked again. Thank you Huawei for providing so much pain while flashing your devices.
Whatever, a few days ago I realized the issue was way simplier than I expected. Just flashed oeminfo from HwOTA7 instead of 8, as the one in 8 seems broken and the device won't boot up. $80 repair wasn't worth it... Damn.