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Is it bricked? Need help u8800

Hello Guys from XDA:
THis is my first post here. First of all: Thank you stockwell, dzo and franco for the great job here of developing!!
My english is not the best one (I'm from germany) but I hope you can understand my problem.
My mobile phone is an Huawei Ideos x5 u8800.
I've seen the [2011-10-31]U8800Pro Android v2.3.5[Official ROM][UPDATE Screenshot] and thought "Cool- Gingerbread...." and I've flashed it.
I've done backups (from Clockworkmod and Titanium Backup and the "image" folder from the partition with the boot.img and recovery.img files in it).
The flashing process finished...wonderfull... and then I've seen it: U8800Pro. Damned.
Now after round about 5 hours I can't reanimate the phone to work When I start it I see the white HUAWEI Logo...and thats it.
So I want to flash the old stock rom "STOCK ROM B138SP04CUSTESTC205D001EsthoniaElisa" - but this failed! I've put the dload folder with the two update files in in onto the sd card. When I start the bootloader (normally the pink screen) the normal firmware update start.
After Step 1/2 the phone says "Update failed". The whole time the LED is blinking red and after "update failed" very fast! I've never seen this before!.
Then I've used the first "OVER_SEAS_GENERAL_VERSION" - the same problem.
BUT I could flash the "U8800Pro Android v2.3.5" from the link a second time (without the red LED)!
A normal start ends up whith a freezing white huawei LOGO or some rebootings with a little vibration and a black screen at startup.
Short sentences:
Flashed the U8800Pro Android v2.3.5 - phone only goes to the white huawei screen at start after finished update process.
Flashing back to B138 or the general version (i think this was B135?) failed with fast blinking red LED light and "updated failed" after unpacking (1/2).
I see the partition where the "image" folder was when I connect the phone to my PC (with an empty dload folder on SDCard).
So now I have no idea what to do and I hope that someone here in this great forum could help me.
Thanks a lot!
suschmania

Do you have CWM?
If you can, try to format system, cache and data from CWM. (You can found in Mount... menu)
Then try to reinstall B138.

i think u could try the following:
(1) boot into bootloader mode (pink screen): "power" + "volume up" + "volumn down"
(2) connect phone to pc, copy the backed-up image folder back to the phone (with an "image" folder in root and backed up files under "image" folder.. should be 4 files: amss.mbn, boot.img, EMMCBOOT.mbn & recovery.img)
(3) remove battery to power off and reinsert battery
(4) flash B138 as usual
if this succeeds, then u have ur U8800 back..

I don't think your phone is bricked.
During the installation of the Stock Roms the recovery.img and boot.img files get replaced/modified and that's why your phone gets stuck at the Huawei logo.
Try the following:
Boot the phone in Bootloader (pink screen) by holding Vol+, Vol- and Power, format the partition with FAT32, create a folder called "image" and copy the following files on there.
EMMCBOOT - http://www.mediafire.com/?lb6ifvgk72iru4a
AMSS.MBN - http://www.mediafire.com/?d6r45q6p5gew59v
Recovery.img - http://www.mediafire.com/?57njygc8oianjac
Boot.img - http://www.mediafire.com/?6d5i0714a7o9z97
Once the files are copied, just disconnect the USB cable and remove the battery. Then boot into Recovery by pressing the Vol+ and Power. If you manage to get into CWM Recovery, then it's all good, you can install a custom Rom like Oxygen (
https://sourceforge.net/projects/u8800oxygen/files/ ) by selecting "install zip from SD Card" option.
You'll probably have to use the MOUNT functions within the Recovery to transfer the Oxygen.zip file to your root folder of the SD Card.

Me too did the same thing .... tried both iamelton and katu2006 method but no go.......

suschmania said:
So I want to flash the old stock rom "STOCK ROM B138SP04CUSTESTC205D001EsthoniaElisa" - but this failed! I've put the dload folder with the two update files in in onto the sd card. When I start the bootloader (normally the pink screen) the normal firmware update start.
After Step 1/2 the phone says "Update failed". The whole time the LED is blinking red and after "update failed" very fast! I've never seen this before!.
Then I've used the first "OVER_SEAS_GENERAL_VERSION" - the same problem.
BUT I could flash the "U8800Pro Android v2.3.5" from the link a second time (without the red LED)!
A normal start ends up whith a freezing white huawei LOGO or some rebootings with a little vibration and a black screen at startup.
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Hello, I am from Germany too and it's my first post here.
My Huawei Ideos X5 U8800 has the following factory settings!
Modellnummer: U8800
Android-Version: 2.2.1
Baseband-Version: 129005
Kernel-Version: 2.6.32.9-perf
[email protected] #1
Build Nr.: U8800 V100R001C00B135SP01
Custom Version: CUSTDEUC253D001
Hth,
Ponder Stibbons

Ponder Stibbons said:
Hello, I am from Germany too and it's my first post here.
My Huawei Ideos X5 U8800 has the following factory settings!
Modellnummer: U8800
Android-Version: 2.2.1
Baseband-Version: 129005
Kernel-Version: 2.6.32.9-perf
[email protected] #1
Build Nr.: U8800 V100R001C00B135SP01
Custom Version: CUSTDEUC253D001
Hth,
Ponder Stibbons
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Can u please upload your image folder..... we will try once. (Procedure to access image folder is mentioned above)

krish_nank said:
Can u please upload your image folder..... we will try once. (Procedure to access image folder is mentioned above)
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Yes, I will try it in the afternoon. Now I am in the office, working.

Ponder Stibbons said:
Yes, I will try it in the afternoon. Now I am in the office, working.
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Sorry to ask you may i know where are u from.....?

krish_nank said:
Sorry to ask you may i know where are u from.....?
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No problem, I live in a small town in Lower Saxony / Germany.

Download the U8800Pro F rom that was uploaded the same date as the Gingerbread ROM. THis is the downgrade to Froyo rom. Comes in 4 parts so do each part one after the other. http://www.huaweidevice.com/cn/downloadCenter.do?method=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDA3MzI=
then try to flash an original U8800 ROM. No promise this will work.

Ponder Stibbons said:
No problem, I live in a small town in Lower Saxony / Germany.
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Me, too But I'm from the capital auf Lower Saxony
iamelton said:
i think u could try the following:
(1) boot into bootloader mode (pink screen): "power" + "volume up" + "volumn down"
(2) connect phone to pc, copy the backed-up image folder back to the phone (with an "image" folder in root and backed up files under "image" folder.. should be 4 files: amss.mbn, boot.img, EMMCBOOT.mbn & recovery.img)
(3) remove battery to power off and reinsert battery
(4) flash B138 as usual
if this succeeds, then u have ur U8800 back..
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This doesn't work - I*ve tried it two times.
katu2006 said:
I don't think your phone is bricked.
During the installation of the Stock Roms the recovery.img and boot.img files get replaced/modified and that's why your phone gets stuck at the Huawei logo.
Try the following:
Boot the phone in Bootloader (pink screen) by holding Vol+, Vol- and Power, format the partition with FAT32, create a folder called "image" and copy the following files on there.
Once the files are copied, just disconnect the USB cable and remove the battery. Then boot into Recovery by pressing the Vol+ and Power. If you manage to get into CWM Recovery, then it's all good, you can install a custom Rom like Oxygen by selecting "install zip from SD Card" option.
You'll probably have to use the MOUNT functions within the Recovery to transfer the Oxygen.zip file to your root folder of the SD Card.
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I'll try theese files...
BUt I tried to go into the recovery mode and had no chance at all.
I'll test this...
Maybe the phone will update after the "real" 2.3.3 version is out for us?
Orat this procedure.
in the dload method is an integrated Battery check? Because I've never seen a red led flushing Maybe there is the problem that the updated failed because the akku is not insertet or too low ( I think the akku is not charging anymore- the mobile won't become warm.
Edit: After formatting and loading the 4 files into the image folder: I can't reach the recovery Menü. The phone starts with the white Huawei Logo and after ~5 seconds it vibrates, go black..and is restarting...

I flashed the U8800Pro update to my regular U8800 last night. I just wanted to see what would happen and yep the phone ended up a little broken. But after some time I did manage to fix it.. sort of.
As above, flash the U8800+ F ROM to the phone. This will downgrade things and you'll find that you can then use recovery. I did also have another problem that the /data partition was oddly missing from the device so I had to recreate it <DANGEROUS> using Minitool Partition Wizard (with phone on pink bootloader screen). Also I had to make the FAT32 partition for internal SD as well.
The result is that my phone is 95% fully working. The Huawei/IDEOS logo is now missing and replaced with a green background with a red and blue rectangles and load_oemlogo is unable to reprogram this. Custom ROMs work absolutely fine but all U8800 original ROMs fail to install. Also graphics are missing when installing original roms - only the pink progress bar is showing.
So yeah... DON'T FLASH THE U8800+ ROM TO YOUR REGULAR U8800.
I knew it wouldn't work. I'm crazy enough to try it so I could see if it can be reversed.

flibblesan said:
I did also have another problem that the /data partition was oddly missing from the device so I had to recreate it <DANGEROUS> using Minitool Partition Wizard (with phone on pink bootloader screen). Also I had to make the FAT32 partition for internal SD as well.
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I think this could be the main problem here. I'll try the mentioned u8800+ ROM

suschmania said:
I think this could be the main problem here. I'll try the mentionen u8800+ ROM
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Trying and praying in god not to disappointing me as this is my first android phone.....
3 Updates over hoping for best

Now I've flashed this u8800+ ROm ( with the 4 steps) and at first ntohing happened. changing the rom doesn't change anything. but then i could finally install the B138 EstoniaElisa stock rom... and the green froyo symbol arrives SO HAPPY!!
Now it's possible the rot and recover the phone....
THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH! I would never thought about the option to flash another rom that don't fit to this phone

flibblesan said:
I flashed the U8800Pro update to my regular U8800 last night. I just wanted to see what would happen and yep the phone ended up a little broken. But after some time I did manage to fix it.. sort of.
As above, flash the U8800+ F ROM to the phone. This will downgrade things and you'll find that you can then use recovery. I did also have another problem that the /data partition was oddly missing from the device so I had to recreate it <DANGEROUS> using Minitool Partition Wizard (with phone on pink bootloader screen). Also I had to make the FAT32 partition for internal SD as well.
The result is that my phone is 95% fully working. The Huawei/IDEOS logo is now missing and replaced with a green background with a red and blue rectangles and load_oemlogo is unable to reprogram this. Custom ROMs work absolutely fine but all U8800 original ROMs fail to install. Also graphics are missing when installing original roms - only the pink progress bar is showing.
So yeah... DON'T FLASH THE U8800+ ROM TO YOUR REGULAR U8800.
I knew it wouldn't work. I'm crazy enough to try it so I could see if it can be reversed.
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OMG i am so happy BRO thanks to you.....
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suschmania said:
Now I've flashed this u8800+ ROm ( with the 4 steps) and at first ntohing happened. changing the rom doesn't change anything. but then i could finally install the B138 EstoniaElisa stock rom... and the green froyo symbol arrives SO HAPPY!!
Now it's possible the rot and recover the phone....
THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH! I would never thought about the option to flash another rom that don't fit to this phone
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Thanks to you too bro for starting this thread........
But we lost our IMEI number i think.....

flibblesan said:
I did also have another problem that the /data partition was oddly missing from the device so I had to recreate it <DANGEROUS> using Minitool Partition Wizard (with phone on pink bootloader screen). Also I had to make the FAT32 partition for internal SD as well
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I think that I don't have this problems and I see the normal LOGO at startup
No problem krish_nank - I only didn't know how to repair this .
SO: Never change a running system

suschmania said:
Me, too But I'm from the capital auf Lower Saxony
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Ah, Hangover.

suschmania said:
I think that I don't have this problems and I see the normal LOGO at startup
No problem krish_nank - I only didn't know how to repair this .
SO: Never change a running system
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I am trying my stock ROM back....

Flashed wrong ROM, u8800

Quickly, I made a mistake flashing a ROM for u8800+ while I have u8800. I did not understand that "%2B" means "+" in ASCII or somewhere. Im in bootloop, changing boot.img and recovery.img and the rest of the files do not help, tryed to format microSD card, flashing Froyo onto it, nothing works, any other suggestion, maybe with the help of linux?
Thank you for your minute reading this!

Why don't you try to flash the official 2.3 for U8800?

Hello and good morning!
I already tryed to flashed the official 2.3 (U8800 V100R001C00B522G001%28通用版%29%28Gingerbread%29".
I copyed "dload" on microSD, pushed VOL+ and VOL- and the power button, but the phone goes to pink screen instead of the built-in updater.
I will try to take it back to the store, but I doubt, they will believe my "innocence".

Hello and thank you for your time.
I flashed the STEP ONE U8800+ latest ROM in my normal U8800.... :S
Now, even if I have a "dload" with the normal UPDATE.APP, it will just go in the pink screen....Changing the files doesn't do anything..even if I alter the recovery.img and boot.img and stuff, it won't go in Recovery(or CWM) and just keep bootlooping...
Please guys, is there anything I can do to return my phone to normal?
(My problem seems to be exactly the same with R4DK0)

R4DK0 said:
Hello and good morning!
I already tryed to flashed the official 2.3 (U8800 V100R001C00B522G001%28通用版%29%28Gingerbread%29".
I copyed "dload" on microSD, pushed VOL+ and VOL- and the power button, but the phone goes to pink screen instead of the built-in updater.
I will try to take it back to the store, but I doubt, they will believe my "innocence".
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After power off device, connect it first with usb cable and then push VOL+ and VOL- and the power buttons

For me it didn't work :/
It just keeps returning in the Pink Screen, like it did with the battery :/

I think I will solve my problem by using my warranty...For now they accepted my phone, they said I will get it back approx. in two weeks. Until then, I dont have a phone
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@nasos95
I am kinda glad, I am not the only one...and yes, no matter what you do, the only thing that "works" is the pink screen and the bootloop. I have all my older files backup up and replacing it, did not help.

I am very unlucky then....I bought my phone ONLY 2 months ago, but from the shop I bought (as it is second-hand) I suppose it doesn't come with a warranty...I am left without a mobile device... TT.TT
Thank you very much Huawei for the detailed file information u give, and the "warnings" that you SHOULD have put, but are nowhere to be found....
Congratulations...

[Q] Pink screen- no update to stock rom

I use cm7 for a while and want to install aurora ics, copied dload file to sd card.
I turned on phone while holding +- and power button simultaniously.
Booted into pink screen but no update started.
I tried replacing boot and recovery image with original but makes no difference
Tutorial in aurora thread from cm7 to aurora doesn't work for me
Earlier i also installed miui once maybe this is the problem?
Can someone help?

Try putting the dload folder in internal memory or try to remove battery, plug USB cable and pressing volume keys and power before the phone boots...
Sent from my U8800

Also, if this is the fist time you're updating to .35, I recommend you use this version of stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1545923
That won't lock your bootloader, so you'll have USB access in pink mode at all times to easily install recovery images.
Sent from my U8800

Problem- no update in pink screen
I think i have a unlocked bootloader, i can access my recovery in pink screen at all times.
Currently i am using cm7:111128-cm-7.1.0-u8800-Geno-en
Clockworkmod 5.0.2.6
I tried to put dload file in sd card as well as in the internal memory
when i go into pink screen, nothing happens
Can someone help?

devior04 said:
I think i have a unlocked bootloader, i can access my recovery in pink screen at all times.
Currently i am using cm7:111128-cm-7.1.0-u8800-Geno-en
Clockworkmod 5.0.2.6
I tried to put dload file in sd card as well as in the internal memory
when i go into pink screen, nothing happens
Can someone help?
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by "dload" file i think u meant the stock gb rom (B522, B526, B528, etc.), right?
if yes pls describe how u put file in the sd card with detailed directory structure..
also, change to cwm 5.5.0.4 to flash aurora rom..

pink screen- no update
I use this U8800 V100R001C00B136SP05CUSTC75D001(Portugal TMN) from in the aurora thread altough i don't speak portugese
If you know a usable english version?
I put it in /sdcard/dload?

devior04 said:
I use this U8800 V100R001C00B136SP05CUSTC75D001(Portugal TMN) from in the aurora thread altough i don't speak portugese
If you know a usable english version?
I put it in /sdcard/dload?
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I recommend you use the one from the link I posted, because any other stock 2.3.5 ROM and you'll end up with a locked bootloader and, because of that, with no access to usb in pink mode. that would be reversible, but requires more unecessary work....
To start the upgrade process you must have the UPDATE.APP inside a dload folder in the root of sd card. Any other file structure and the upgrade process won't start.
It should look like this:
SdCARD/dload/Update.app.

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I had the same problem - no automatic update, only pink screen.
Then I tried another microSD-card and it worked.

Take off battery and connect to usb while pressing +-power buttons..that worked for me

Your phone goes to pink screen if sd-card doesn't contain only dload-folder.
Sent from my u8800-aurora-ICS using tapa 2-5

I got the same problem, when i press volym UP + volym DOWN + power i only get into pink screen and not the "upgrade" screen... I have tried to hold volym UP + volym DOWN and then connect the USB but didnt work, i have tested with two other SDcards but didnt work
Step1 worked perfectly and installed without problem but not step2.
Any solutions?

Can't update to 2.3.5

I downloaded the B572 rom from huawei site and followed the steps of a video I found here.
This is what I did:
Factory reset
After rebot I copied the dload folder from step 2 onto to the internal SD card. Only the update.app in it.
Pressed volume up + down + power but update did not start.
It gets stuck in a pink screen instead.
I have searched these forums for a solution but the only thing I found was something about a boot.img and some other .img files.
Unfortunately I could not understand what to do to update other than what I had already done.
Has anyone had the same thing and how did you solve it?
To clarify my phone is now running stock froyo 2.2.2

What do you mean by internal SD card.??? I hope you are copying on your external SD card. means your SD card which you insert from outside. not on Internal Phone SD Card
Fireloon said:
I downloaded the B572 rom from huawei site and followed the steps of a video I found here.
This is what I did:
Factory reset
After rebot I copied the dload folder from step 2 onto to the internal SD card. Only the update.app in it.
Pressed volume up + down + power but update did not start.
It gets stuck in a pink screen instead.
I have searched these forums for a solution but the only thing I found was something about a boot.img and some other .img files.
Unfortunately I could not understand what to do to update other than what I had already done.
Has anyone had the same thing and how did you solve it?
To clarify my phone is now running stock froyo 2.2.2
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It should have worked. Personally I am not a big fan of official 2.3.5 as it bricked so many mobiles. Personally I advice you to go for CM7 by Geno . When I updated to 2.3.5 here what I have done.
copy update.app in dload folder and press power button plus volume keys. it will start automatically. But as you are saying now only pink screen coming so your bootloader is fine but unable to update.

Ooops!!! Wrong SD card
Anyway swapped to external SD and the update starts but crashes at update 2/2. More searching i suppose.
Thx for the answer

Blue Screen after formatting everything!!

As the title says, i formatted everything (boot, image etc) and my Phone Huawei U8800 Pro goes in blue screen or Purple Screen when i try to enter the recovery menu. I used to have CWM Recovery 5.0.2.7 and used as stock Rom Gingerbread B512. Can you help me, guide me to bring back in life my phone. Thanks in advance for every help.

avpap said:
As the title says, i formatted everything (boot, image etc) and my Phone Huawei U8800 Pro goes in blue screen or Purple Screen when i try to enter the recovery menu. I used to have CWM Recovery 5.0.2.7 and used as stock Rom Gingerbread B512. Can you help me, guide me to bring back in life my phone. Thanks in advance for every help.
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Flash official rom or someone can post his cust backup!

do not worry.
creates a dload of ver. B521 with inside the .apk file Update _ 374,402 app_ KB file and put it in the SD. Remove battery plug USB cable and hold down the Vol + and Vol-and power button at the same time. Will upload and eventually will do several restarts

Check to myPhone. I've send you my image folder.

Here you are...
Here is my image folder if you didn' t get it...
it's an executable compressed file
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BylL_LbM_40RQjBkOGMzUDFpNW8

Thanks guys for the answers. everything is OK now. I Flashed with the Original 2.3.5. B522 and everything is OK now.

Blue screen Problem please help i hv tried all
baggino said:
do not worry.
creates a dload of ver. B521 with inside the .apk file Update _ 374,402 app_ KB file and put it in the SD. Remove battery plug USB cable and hold down the Vol + and Vol-and power button at the same time. Will upload and eventually will do several restarts
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Dear aal i am very sad, i was using 2.3.5 official update on u8800 x5, then i tried to update 4.0, after installing that was not loading anything and got hang on startup,
then i tried to downgrade to 2.3 official cwm 5 was installed and i format everything, including boot etc, now it only shows blue screen. i can also go to pink screen, but as i connect to pc, it doesnt show and folder or drive so that i can copy dload or image files.
cannot access recovery mod or any type of drive during pink screen. how to solve my problem.

shahbaz9001 said:
Dear aal i am very sad, i was using 2.3.5 official update on u8800 x5, then i tried to update 4.0, after installing that was not loading anything and got hang on startup,
then i tried to downgrade to 2.3 official cwm 5 was installed and i format everything, including boot etc, now it only shows blue screen. i can also go to pink screen, but as i connect to pc, it doesnt show and folder or drive so that i can copy dload or image files.
cannot access recovery mod or any type of drive during pink screen. how to solve my problem.
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re-install offical firmware

forumber2 said:
re-install offical firmware
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Thanx dear, but how to install these firmwares, tell me the way.
i cannot access drive or directory of device when connect to pc....