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Updating to Cyanogen 4.01

Hi guys ive been on 3.9.10 since the day i rooted, about a week ago.
now CM updater tells me that 4.0.1 is available. if i download this wil it download directly to my SD card?
since i am using the RAv1.2.0G recovery.img file will this be as easy as:
1. renaming the update-cm-4.0.1-signed.zip to update.zip
2. turning the device off and then holding HOME plus POWER to get into recovery and just going to wipe device
3. apply update.zip from SD card?
or wil i have to go into command prompt on my machine and connect my device via USB and do everything with the fastboot commands from my computer?
i had a hard time rooting and updating to the 3.9.10 myself (meaning it took me longer than others) and im just trying to figure out the exact steps to do this.
the only tutorial threads i have seen are for how to install HERO roms and i dont want those since they are still having issues with sometimes Blut tooth not working or Wifi not working etc
thanks for any help guys!

nextelbuddy said:
since i am using the RAv1.2.0G recovery.img file will this be as easy as:
1. renaming the update-cm-4.0.1-signed.zip to update.zip
2. turning the device off and then holding HOME plus POWER to get into recovery and just going to wipe device
3. apply update.zip from SD card?
thanks for any help guys!
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That's all you need to update your ROM to v4.0.1 enjoy!

the CM updater will actually do it for you also. i just did it on my MT3G with no problems.

thanks so much guys i updated no problem.
now that i feel more comfortable i think i am going to try a HERO rom out now before i load up my device again full of apps.

[Q] [Solved] How to update to the latest official firmware?

Hi,
Automatic update does not seem to work (says no updates found) so I've downloaded the latest official 3.1 image from Asus' FTP server.
However I can't manage to install it.
Put the WW_epad-user-8.4.4.5.zip to the Device Storage root through windows.
Then I reboot the eee Pad (got so frustrated that i confused it with an iPad :S) with Volume Down + Power pressed. Then pressing up.
Then I get a progressbar for around a second before a warning triangle shows up.
Any suggestions?

vidarw said:
Hi,
Automatic update does not seem to work (says no updates found) so I've downloaded the latest official 3.1 image from Asus' FTP server.
However I can't manage to install it.
Put the WW_epad-user-8.4.4.5.zip to the Device Storage root through windows.
Then I reboot the iPad with Volume Down + Power pressed. Then pressing up.
Then I get a progressbar for around a second before a warning triangle shows up.
Any suggestions?
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Its not an Ipad for starters... >,< ''' ok so you get the file you downloaded and go deeper into it until you find the other zip. Then you just put it on your SD card and pop the SD card in your TF. a little triangle with ! should pop up on notification bar. click it and it should tell you to install update. Dont reboot it until it tells you too.

Hi,
Thanks for the info. I put the second zip on the root of the micro sd card (fat32).
However, when I insert the card the TF just says "preparing external storage" and then nothing happens.
Current build is HRI66.WW_epad-8.2.3.9-20110423

vidarw said:
Hi,
Automatic update does not seem to work (says no updates found) so I've downloaded the latest official 3.1 image from Asus' FTP server.
However I can't manage to install it.
Put the WW_epad-user-8.4.4.5.zip to the Device Storage root through windows.
Then I reboot the eee Pad (got so frustrated that i confused it with an iPad :S) with Volume Down + Power pressed. Then pressing up.
Then I get a progressbar for around a second before a warning triangle shows up.
Any suggestions?
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Power on and voloume down button is for CWM installs so you have made it a bit confusing as to how you are trying to flash the update.
If you have downloaded an official update then you flash it by unzipping the file so that you have a folder named asus in the root of your storage card which contains all the update. You must have this folder or it wont recognise the update but make absolutely sure its the correct update for your model or you may end up with a brick.
Restart the tablet with the storage card plugged in and you should get a notification of an udpate.
I recieved my tablet with the docking keyboard on thursday, rooted, flashed CWM and updated to Honeycomb 3.1 within an hour.
Mark.

Hi, I'm in the same situation as you were : I'm not given the 3.1 update, and i can't find it on ftp.asus.com : there is 8.2.2.6 8.2.3.9 and 8.2.3.13, but no 8.4.4.5, where did you find yours ?
Has it been removed ???

mskip said:
Power on and voloume down button is for CWM installs so you have made it a bit confusing as to how you are trying to flash the update.
If you have downloaded an official update then you flash it by unzipping the file so that you have a folder named asus in the root of your storage card which contains all the update. You must have this folder or it wont recognise the update but make absolutely sure its the correct update for your model or you may end up with a brick.
Restart the tablet with the storage card plugged in and you should get a notification of an udpate.
I recieved my tablet with the docking keyboard on thursday, rooted, flashed CWM and updated to Honeycomb 3.1 within an hour.
Mark.
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Thanks for clarifying the situation. The ASUS folder was where I went wrong. I just put the extracted zip directly on the root.
MrTweety: The 8445 files are found here as described in another thread: ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/EeePAD/TF101/

MrTweety said:
Hi, I'm in the same situation as you were : I'm not given the 3.1 update, and i can't find it on ftp.asus.com : there is 8.2.2.6 8.2.3.9 and 8.2.3.13, but no 8.4.4.5, where did you find yours ?
Has it been removed ???
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You have to remember that there are different regional versions i.e. us, ww, tw. You can check your version by going to settings and then about. I believe you would need the ww version and I wouldnt recommend flashing a different regional update as it may affect your wifi signal.
If you want ww 3.1 version then you can follow the tutorial in the development section which has a patched stock 3.1 version that works very well.
If you want a stock update then you will have to wait until you get a notification on your
transformer that an update is available.
Mark.

Thanks Mskip. (one more for your counter)
In fact I knew abour regions, I har a ww 2.4.4.5 tablet and i downgraded it into ww2.3.3.13 (so no glitch there, and no problem with wifi channels), but since then (2 days) no notification.
Maybe it's been removed, maybe the server for ww users is down....
Anyway, I prefer a non patched rom for the time being, so i'm downloading the ww 8.4.4.5 that's sill present on the taiwanese asus ftp (alongside with other versions).
But I really wonder why the hell i'm not notified or i can't get the ota update.

The automatic update did not work for me either.
Could be some kind of issue with Asus update services and 3.0.1 devices.
Especially if they removed the update from the global FTP.

[Q] Vegacomb for POV MOBII 10" guide ?

i am getting the tablet later this week. And since its the same as the advent vega i am hoping to flash a custom rom that supports market and .. well.. better..
i have rooted my HTC Desire Z. But i needed a guide. i guess i need the same with this project.
could someone help me out with something like that. atleast a point in the direction of how..
thanks

Well the way I found the best and easiest for me was to root it with Z4 root (you can find it easily here on XDA forums). It supports Advent Vega tablets and it worked for me like a charm... rooting was done in seconds.
Prior the flashing operation I recommend you to purchase ROM Manager app and use that for the installation of clockwork mod and later for flashing custom ROMs as it is the easiest and most safe way IMO. I'm having this tablet for two days and I've already flashed several ROMs using that way. Of course, I highly recommend you to backup your current ROM just in case. And guess what... you could do that too using the same app
Happy flashing and enjoy your tablet. It's great value for money!

It's reallyyy simple! I did it myself last week with the PoV Mobii..
- First, shut down your tablet.
- Download the recovery mode drivers for your tablet here: http://www.myadventvega.co.uk/SystemUSB.zip
- Extract the files to a folder on your pc.
- Now, connect the tablet to the pc with USB and bring the tablet in recovery mode:
1. Hold the back button 1 second.
2. Press the power button 1 second, but still hold the back button as well
3. Hold the back button 1 second more.
- Now, go to Configuration Panel -> Device Manager, you'll see a device called APX
- Click to update the APX Device drivers with the drivers you extracted a few steps before.
Now the tablet is ready to flash..
Download an arbitrary rom, (I have this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1221336, search this topic for the exe-version of the Build 9 without updates) and execute the file. The tablet should be updated when finished..

please ask questions in the general section. This is for development only. Thanks!
Mods please move this to general.
Take it easy.

cant seem to find the exe version without updates.
unless its the one mentioned in the first post:
And the last file:
Download VegaComb HC3.2 9b Installer.exe HERE!
This is a windows installer for the 9b Full ROM, you don´t need to install ModdedStock before, it makes it all for you
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Can vegacomb be installed through ROM maneger?

krankdroid said:
Can vegacomb be installed through ROM maneger?
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No. But you can install 9n throught CWM. Just remember to flash modded stock v2 first.

Firstly: Copy the main build and update file(If available) to the memory card inside the tablet
Make sure the main build is in the following format "Build.Zip",
Make sure the "Update" is in the following format also "update.zip"
1) run first nvfalsh Modded Stock v2,
1a)Boot-up and conplete installation, Reboot Twice
2)Now select Recovery in Applications
2a)Once you are in recovery, wipe Data, Cache and Dalvik. Select Fix Permissions.
3)Now select Install Main Build zip file form SD card
3a)Select Choose zip file from SD
3b)Select the Build 9n zip file
3c)Wait for it to complete installation and re-boot.
4)Boot it on and power down a few times to make sure it works.
5)Use the shut-down Menu to select Recovery.
5a)Tablet switches off and tries to boot-up, but hangs with a backlit screen.
5b)Press the Power button for 6 seconds to completely switch off the tablet.
5c)Press Power button to boot-up and wait patiently - CWM recovery WILL start.
6)Now select Update file from your SD card
7)After Install,Re-boot

[Q] Unable to downgrade

Hi,
I try to downgrade my current A500 on HC 3.2 to 3.01 with any success.
I follow to tutorial based on "Vache" tips available at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276227
I have done all the step, but when i launch PBJ20upgrade.exe as administrator, it ask me to plug again my iconia, it display the current installed version and version who will be replace, click on "Next" button and... progress bar doesn't move.. the iconia switch off (black screen). I have try many times and always the same result.
My current configuration is :
Kernel : 2.6.36.3+ - build : Acer_A500_7.006.01_COM_GEN1
My computer is on Windows 7 64bits.
Any ideas ?
Have a nice XDA Christmas.

Method 1 can take up to 10 minutes or longer to get action. Perhaps you didn't wait long enough.
Try Method 2. It's even easier.
Not sure if it matters, but set your USB Debugging to on. Settings/Applications/development

USB Debugging is set to on.
When you said "Method 1 can take up to 10 minutes or longer to get action." it's mean before seing the progress bar moving ?
In any case i will check method 2 but just a little bit afraid with the " gives errors and crashes but you only need it to root and install CWM"
One small question, with STEP 2, it will replace the current HC 3.2.1 by an unstable 3.01.
Let imagine after the procedure (root + CWM) i would like to put a ROM STOCK as my iconia was delivered, i think it's possible no (and where to find it because i have no img of my current version because not rooted).
And if i do it (install rom stock) it will be updated to HC 3.2.1 with OTA no ? Root and CWM will be lost again in this case ?
Thx for reply.

aranna said:
USB Debugging is set to on.
When you said "Method 1 can take up to 10 minutes or longer to get action." it's mean before seing the progress bar moving ?
In any case i will check method 2 but just a little bit afraid with the " gives errors and crashes but you only need it to root and install CWM"
One small question, with STEP 2, it will replace the current HC 3.2.1 by an unstable 3.01.
Let imagine after the procedure (root + CWM) i would like to put a ROM STOCK as my iconia was delivered, i think it's possible no (and where to find it because i have no img of my current version because not rooted).
And if i do it (install rom stock) it will be updated to HC 3.2.1 with OTA no ? Root and CWM will be lost again in this case ?
Thx for reply.
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No Problem. Remember, sometime, systems will reboot. And sometimes, you have to wait. I cannot tell you that this is happening with your case. But, it is best to wait some time.
Both methods, I believe, will give you an unstable version of 3.0
Yes, both methods, will replace the current operating system. But, between errors, it will allow you to run the iconia root, and run the acer recovery. I don't think anybody has failed to do this, except for idiots who can't follow instructions.
I would suggest you download these, and put them to SD before starting the procedure. It saves having to get them from the net. Also, go ahead and download a rom you want to try. Might as well do all things at the same time.
True, basically, you will be without a stable recovery. Which is why, after you install Acer recovery, and install the recovery part, it is necessary to make a backup of the current system. Better an unstable one, than no system at all
Then, do your boot to recovery, system off, hold vol- and pwr till you see the text in the top left corner, then release.
Nav is by the vol - and +. Pwr to select an option.
Wipe;
1. User data
2. Cache Partition
3. Go to Advanced, wipe delvak cache
Go back to previous screen, and select Install From Zip, choose zip to install, and select your rom
Wait 10 minutes or so.
Now, when the rom boots, and it will, if you get several error mesages, then, you should reboot to recovery, only this time, goto mounts, and format the partitions. Usually, you don't have to do this. But, sometimes, traces of the opld rom remain behind. But, I think you will be ok with the previous procedures.
And, you're a good boy, as you ask questions before you do things

Spasibo bolchoï

Hi again,
Sorry but i have a stupid question. Based on solution 2 for downgrading (by using a SD card) if it's so simple why we don't use it to flash any ROM like Thor or Tabonnay ? just by placing the "update.zip" file on the SD card and boot on recovery stock ROM.
I understand that "rooting" a tablets allow to have full access on it (all partition) but why it's necessary to replace recovery tools by CWM ?
Sorry for this stupid questions but i love to understand what i'am doing.

Hi again, so i have done the downgrade with step 2 but have some issue.
V 3.0.1 is installed and iconia root 1.3 too
concerning "itsmagic" where to get it (when i should put adb push itsmagic /data/local)
Second, for the second part of tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126364, i need to type some bash command on the tablets, but how to ?

aranna said:
spasibo bolchoï
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пожаловать
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aranna said:
Hi again, so i have done the downgrade with step 2 but have some issue.
V 3.0.1 is installed and iconia root 1.3 too
concerning "itsmagic" where to get it (when i should put adb push itsmagic /data/local)
Second, for the second part of tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126364, i need to type some bash command on the tablets, but how to ?
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Easier to download Acer Recovery from the http Market, and install it on your tab. Then flash the Thor Recovery.
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aranna said:
Hi again,
Sorry but i have a stupid question. Based on solution 2 for downgrading (by using a SD card) if it's so simple why we don't use it to flash any ROM like Thor or Tabonnay ? just by placing the "update.zip" file on the SD card and boot on recovery stock ROM.
I understand that "rooting" a tablets allow to have full access on it (all partition) but why it's necessary to replace recovery tools by CWM ?
Sorry for this stupid questions but i love to understand what i'am doing.
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To make a long story short, it won't work.
Basically, the OTA updates have a special script to run, also, they update the bootloader of the tab, which of course is more or less off limits to use poor people Not to mention the updates are "officially signed" by acer, to allow this method. And I am just guessing on this, but probably pretty close.
Anybody else have anything to add?
I suppose, a lot of time could be invested in creating a custom rom using this method, but it seems more simple to use the "recovery" method.

So it's mean that i don't need CWM and itsmagic but just "Acer recovery" ? i can cancel this part on STEP 2 ? :
5. then install CWM from thor's site (there you can find the latest version) or use Acer Recovery Installer from the Market, or look at the original thread here
6. Boot into CWM and flash whatever ROM you like!
The main problem with the market, i can connect but each time i use the tab keyboard i get an error message as describe on the unstable HC 3.01, is there a way to have an APK version (i can upload it on my microSD card).
Thx a lot.

aranna said:
So it's mean that i don't need CWM and itsmagic but just "Acer recovery" ? i can cancel this part on STEP 2 ? :
5. then install CWM from thor's site (there you can find the latest version) or use Acer Recovery Installer from the Market, or look at the original thread here
6. Boot into CWM and flash whatever ROM you like!
The main problem with the market, i can connect but each time i use the tab keyboard i get an error message as describe on the unstable HC 3.01, is there a way to have an APK version (i can upload it on my microSD card).
Thx a lot.
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Yeah, that keyboard is a killer and causes a lot of issues. I heard where if you mess around with the keyboard settings (a lot), it will actually settle down and work with few errors (but looks bad)
Yes, skip the adb stuff
Use your computer to access the android market web site. Search for acer recovery
Download, put it on your sd for your tab, and install it using any file manager app. Then start the app, and install the Thor Recovery. You can get Thors recent recovery later, so it's not necessary right now.
Acer recovery is a tool that makes it easy for people who do not know how to use adb.
If you can't get it done that way, then you'll have to use adb.
The directories specified in the commands, are the locations they will push the files to. The img to the sd, and the it's magic to /data/local
Never used it myself, so I am not so sure where you are supposed to place the files to begin with. I would guess in the same directory as adb.

Thx for help, when you said "Then start the app, and install the Thor Recovery", Thor Recovery is included on the A.R.I apk file if i understand well but not the last version.
2) I donwload a ROM like TABOONAY or THOR on my microSD card
3) Just after, i reboot on recovery mode by using A.R.I
4) From CWM i select the image located on my microSD card to flash my tablet
right ?

aranna said:
Thx for help, when you said "Then start the app, and install the Thor Recovery", Thor Recovery is included on the A.R.I apk file if i understand well but not the last version.
2) I donwload a ROM like TABOONAY or THOR on my microSD card
3) Just after, i reboot on recovery mode by using A.R.I
4) From CWM i select the image located on my microSD card to flash my tablet
right ?
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Ok, AFTER, you run the acer recovery, install, start app, and install the recovery. Should be the only choice you have
After it does it's thing. Then power off. Then, hold Vol - then PWR button, until you see text in the upper left corner of the tab, then release both buttons.
It will boot to the recovery menu.
Now, it's ok to copy the rom you want to use to the sd before doing all this. No problem.
With Taboonay, I would look at the procedure, as I believe you have to have 2.1 installed first, before upgrading to 2.2. (not sure why he decided to do it that way. Seems like a pain in the neck. I used to run 2.0 for awhile.
Harkon, is also a nice smooth rom.
Thor's V14 is also good (a500 only)
Then, very important. When you boot to recovery, go ahead and make a recovery image of your current rom (yeah, so it's unstable). Always most important to do this, as sometimes, a flash can go bad. Not often, but, better to have a recovery image to go back to, even if it's unstable.
Next, do your 3 wipes. No, not the toilet
1. User data
2. Cach partition
3. Go to Advanced, then dalvek cache.
After it's done, then, you can go back to the main menu, and select Install zip from SD
Then select your rom.
It takes awhile, so have a beer
And ... MAKE SURE you have at least 60% charge on your tablet!!! Before doing things.
People forget, and,,,, it ain't pretty...when your tab shuts down in the middle of a flash.

Nice, totaly clear for me right now. Many thx to you
And to finish, 3 last question (next beer will be paid by me of course )
1) If right now, at my current step (only donwgrade done to 3.0.1 at this moment) i do a factory reset on me main menu of my tablet, what version i will have ? Current unstable version or my previous HC 3.2.1 ?
2) When you said "Ok, AFTER, you run the acer recovery, install, start app, and install the recovery." by install the recovery you mean CWM provide on the A.R.I, there is a special menu on ARI to install it or it will be installed automatically during ARI APK installation ?
3) When you speak about "and select Install zip from SD" the ROM should be on the internal memory of the tablet or on the external (microSD card) ?
One thing that i don't understand yet is the internal structure of the partition on the tablet. As i understand, for the moment i just made a downgrade from HC 3.2.1 to 3.0.1, but we have the possibility to do a factory reset, so i think when we do that, the iconia will restore an img file or iso file from a specific partition.
So if i understand, on my current state, if i do a factory reset as usually, the HC 3.2.1 will be replaced no ?
In any case, thx a lot for time spend by you to explain me all this... this is the Russian POWER

aranna said:
Nice, totaly clear for me right now. Many thx to you
And to finish, 3 last question (next beer will be paid by me of course )
1) If right now, at my current step (only donwgrade done to 3.0.1 at this moment) i do a factory reset on me main menu of my tablet, what version i will have ? Current unstable version or my previous HC 3.2.1 ?
2) When you said "Ok, AFTER, you run the acer recovery, install, start app, and install the recovery." by install the recovery you mean CWM provide on the A.R.I, there is a special menu on ARI to install it or it will be installed automatically during ARI APK installation ?
3) When you speak about "and select Install zip from SD" the ROM should be on the internal memory of the tablet or on the external (microSD card) ?
One thing that i don't understand yet is the internal structure of the partition on the tablet. As i understand, for the moment i just made a downgrade from HC 3.2.1 to 3.0.1, but we have the possibility to do a factory reset, so i think when we do that, the iconia will restore an img file or iso file from a specific partition.
So if i understand, on my current state, if i do a factory reset as usually, the HC 3.2.1 will be replaced no ?
In any case, thx a lot for time spend by you to explain me all this... this is the Russian POWER
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1. Do not do a factory reset. Honestly, I do not know what will happen at this point.
2. The Acer recovery, comes with Thor's recovery program. I think, that is the only one that comes with it. Technically, you can use it to flash roms, but, I advise using the recovery built into the tab afterwards. Usually, this program will go away after flashing a rom.
3. Always in the "root" of the SD (the first file you see when you look at your sd with a file manager).
4. If you're in Moscow, I will take that free beer
Not sure exactly what will happen when you do a "factory reset" I would suspect, the same OS your device came with, but I really don't know. Never had to do it. And, I see a lot of issues when other people try it.

so, today i have installed Rom Stock, Thor and Taboonay... all those has been tested and at the end Taboonay has win (Thor is pretty good but the fact that tab is detected as ASUS is not so good for me).
Many many many thanks to you Moscow Desire for you help concerning this, all is ok for me right now and more clear.
last question, if i want to update current version of CWM (provided by ARI) how to do it ?
I have download "update-recovery-thor2002ro-rev1.3.4.zip" i think i should use CWM itself (on recovery mode) to update it ? right ?
Have a nice christmas !!!!!

Good work. Glad things worked out for you!
I've been lazy, and haven't upgraded my recovery, but I believe you just place the Thorupdate.zip on the SD like you did with Taboonay, and boot to recovery, and flash just like your rom. But really, I haven't done this yet. Maybe this weekend.
Shouldn't be any need to do wipes.
Also, if you want to run a different Kernel on Taboonay, Then you need only to wipe Delvik cache before flashing it.
Merry X-Mas to you as well, but here, we celebrate New Years.

I know it for christman, i work sometime in Russia (near Moscow). Normally for you it's hollydays since yesterday, very lucky people in Russia.
Happy new year to all XDA members !!!!

FYI - if you do a Factory Reset with the unstable 3.01 rom installed, it puts the CURRENT OS back on, this being unstable 3.01. You have COMPLETELY replaced the other OS. This will happen whether you are running a custom OS, or official OS.
You can only have one OS on your tab at a time, unless you do the dual boot but that opens up a whhole new can of worms...

[SOLVED][WALKTHROUGH] Unbricking bluescreen and pinkscreen to fully functioning phone

Hi, this is just a recompilation so that people don't have to get confused and scared.
Before your read this, please understand that this happened because of my own stupidity at somehow managing to delete the /boot from recovery 5.5.0.4, and caused a BLUESCREEN. When I tried to go to recovery, it went back to a pink screen. There were also other issues, such as a corrupted internal sd partitioning (warning, please be careful about doing partition, i highly recommend a proper partitioning zip which i'll link later in the post). In the end I was able to revive from the soft brick, and continued on to reinstall CM10.1 (it was version 7 at the time of the crash)
OKAY, let me repeat. Probably at this point you have a phone that has bricked. But if you can access PINK SCREEN, you're in luck (EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE USB connection, its fine, as long as your EXTERNAL SD CARD is still accessible, physically.)
I'll put the stages in below:
WARNING I am not responsible for any loss, damage, or earthquakes or whatever crap that happens. Do this at your risk. Before you proceed, PLEASE OPEN THE BATTERY AND LOOK INTO THE BACK OF THE PHONE AND MAKE SURE IT SAYS MODEL: U8800 NOT U8800H, NOT U8800PRO. THIS IS FOR U8800 (okay, I admit i'm using U8800H but this is just an exception, probably)
PREPARATION:
STAGE 1: Getting the PINK SCREEN and booting into 2.2 Froyo / 2.3 Gingerbread
STAGE 2: Getting the TOUCH RECOVERY / CLOCKWORK RECOVERY, ROOT and SUPERUSER into the phone.
STAGE 3: Flashing the recovery, the partition, and the firmware
STAGE 4: Miscellaneous
PREPARATION
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There are a few things that you need to prepare before hand.
1. A working computer (in this case i use windows)
2. Huawei USB drivers for windows. http://www.mediafire.com/?5z6i5cv8l6br292
3. Huawei Gingerbread base 528 ROM (this is BOOTLOCKED but don't worry, we can fix it just read up)
http://www.huaweidevice.com/cn/downloadCenter.do?method=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDEyNTU=
4. BLEFISH's "get back your pinkscreen" zip file (to be used with item 3, listen!) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457490
5. Super One Click http://www.multiupload.com/9AJDSU1Q11
6. Blefish's recovery.img for the CLOCKWORKMOD recovery
7. Forumber's PARTITION.ZIP (the better option thus far) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145187&page=124
8.. A ROM OF YOUR CHOICE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2166353) as for me i'll just wait for Blefish to release his version of JB / CM re-write.
Now we're done, let's proceed
BEFORE YOU BEGIN:
*credits to forumber2*
Forumber2 wrote in one of the responses (not in this thread) that caught my attention. Apparently, if you're using a B158 bootloader, you can still access the STORAGE if you remove the battery and plug in USB for 1 minute.
forumber2 said:
In Blue screen,connect your phone to PC and wait 1 minute. A storage will show if you was in B518 bootloader. If the storage shows,please report here
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I am not sure what steps to take this (it is a new information for me) but I presume you can immediately restore the TCRW from there. Have to ask forumber2 though.
STAGE 1: Getting the PINK SCREEN and booting into 2.2 Froyo / 2.3 Gingerbread
Here are the steps.
1. Install the HUAWEI drivers for the phone, and also SUPER ONE CLICK for windows.
2. Take out the U8800's EXTERNAL SD CARD, and plug it into computer. (use a card reader if you don't have)
3. open (UNZIP) the downloaded OFFICIAL GINGERBREAD ROM. Inside it should be a manualand a folder called "STEP 1", and inside folder "STEP 1", another folder called "DLOAD".
3a) COPY the "DLOAD" folder (and its content) and place it into the ROOT of your EXTERNAL SD CARD. that means from your computer it should read like this: (when you navigate)
X:/EXTERNAL SD CARD/DLOAD/UPDATE.APP
(X is the name of the drive)
4. Unmount the EXTERNAL SD CARD, and then slot it back into the U8800 phone.
5. Pull out battery.
6. Stick USB into the port, and into computer. (WITHOUT THE BATTERY)
7. PRESS VOL+,VOL- and POWER together (Reboot into pink screen)
FIRMWARE UPDATE PROGRESS. it should be 1/2 then 2/2.
"Do Not turn off the device".
AFTER finishing step 4 (it takes some time)
there will be a "TICK" and it will say "RESTARTING".
QUESTION What if I can't? It doesn't work?
ANSWER There's another trick. Pull out the battery, plug the USB wire in (YES, just plug in without battery) and then boot into recovery. This should work. Assuming it does not, get another USB cable with data capabilities, and USB 2.0 ready port on the computer. This should provide MORE POWER to the phone (the phone has a weird failsafe system where it would not proceed with upgrade if the power is too low)
REASON: HUAWEI wanted the customers to have a simple update process, so they created the entire thing to just be unzip, plug in, and wait. Yeah. I know, you'll feel weird especially when other phones seem to be super sophisticated at this part and Huawei made it so easy. Even the remove the battery part. Yes.
QUESTION: But what if i'm stuck at 1/2? goddamnit?
ANSWER This did not happen to me with the file. Like I said, again, it depends on the firmware. What I've read and understood is that there is a possibility of 1) bad firmware (need to download another firmware) or 2) EXTERNAL SD CARD is badly formatted (please use an Android phone / tablet to format just to be sure) There's a thread with specific discussion about this but it was lost on my notes, but that's the gist about it. What I'll suggest you to do is download the 2.2 Froyo then upgrade back to 2.3 Gingerbread. Some people have made it through this stage by doing everything from 2.2 Froyo itself.
Reason: I'm not so sure what is wrong, but this is one of the irregularities that posters have asked when unbricking the phone.
NOTE:
After the installation part, it should restart itself a few times. Basically, after the big "TICK" and "RESTARTING", it will continue to restart again, and again, and again, and again. Then finally it should boot up properly, and then the HUAWEI logo, then the flying dust animation, then the Huawei lotus flower glowing animation, and then boot up into 2.2 Froyo or 2.3 Gingerbread (depending on your firmware)
QUESTION: Okay, I see the boot looping. However, it just boot loops, and does nothing. At times i see the animation stop. Something must be WRONG!
ANSWER This happened exactly to me. The answer was that for some reason the pinkscreen update DID not format cache and data, as well as dalvik, etc. This is a recovery issue. The way i solved this was, that I re-did the update (making sure that it really did update properly into the official stock rom), then wait for the boot animation loop, (which happened) Then, the next step was like this:
1. TURN off the phone.
2. Plug in battery (or remove it)
3. Plug in USB (yes, again!)
4. Hold POWER button and VOLUME UP button.
If you can somehow boot into a blue colored Android system recovery *3E* screen. This one is the recovery with menu, but it is HUAWEI's recovery.
5. FORMAT CACHE, FORMAT DATA
6. REINSTALL THE official ROM, (YES wait again for the "TICK" and "RESTARTING", then it should restart a few times, then boot up. Have patience and faith!
*note: apparently as noted by aashi02 when the said user was unbricking the u8800, the 3E recovery has a factory data reset which somehow clears up the entire phone and enables the phone to properly work with the stock factory-default firmware (instead of crashing again and again and again in 2nd boot onwards). So I would presume that after first boot, one would have to again boot into recovery and do a factory reset (or do it while in the settings in first boot). Not sure if there are any users to encounter "2nd boot force close syndrome" after this. (if there are, please tell me)
The phone should have booted. If it doesn't, please tell me. I can't help much but I'll try to record as many possible errors and steps to overcome it, if i see responses from others and proven to work.
STAGE 2: Getting the TOUCH RECOVERY / CLOCKWORK RECOVERY, ROOT and SUPERUSER into the phone.
Once you've got into the GINGERBREAD / FROYO, follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420728
Or I'll record the instructions here
Thatguy said:
Rooting the U8800 with SuperOneClick v2.3.3
1) Dial: *#*#2846579#*#*
2) Go to projectmenu > background settings > log settings > log switch > set Log on
3) Reboot Phone
4) Switch USB Debugging ON
5) Download SuperOneClick v2.3.3
6) Plug your U8800 into your computer but DO NOT mount SD Card.
7) Run SuperOneClick and press the ROOT Button, and let it do its thing (say yes to install drivers if asked).
8) Your phone should now be Rooted.
9) You can now go back and turn logging off if you want.
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The next step immediately after this is NOT TO RESTART the phone, but to install the CWM
Thatguy said:
Installing ClockworkMod 5.5.0.4 on your U8800
1) On your U8800 go to Settings > Applications > Untick Fast Boot (if ticked)
2) Download Blefish's ClockworkMod from HERE (ClockworkMod v5.5.0.4)
3) Copy the recovery.img from computer to your SD Card.
4) Using Remount mount the .cust_backup/image folder as RW.
5) Using ES File Explorer or File Expert copy the recovery.img from the SD Card to .cust_backup/image (replacing existing)
6) ClockworkMod v5.5.0.4 will now be Installed on your U8800
7) Turn on your U8800 while holding [VOL+] to load ClockworkMod Recovery (keep holding [Power] + [VOL+] until ClockworkMod Loads)
Note: if you have a Synaptics screen you have to use the [VOL] buttons to navigate and [Power] button to select an option.
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QUESTION: Okay, somehow somewhere when i boot the phone for the first time, its okay. Second time, everything goes to hell (Force Closure, errors, etc, i can't press anything!) Something must be wrong again! You suck!
ANSWER Well, yes, this happened to me. Again, please read the guide. I said, no reset. Just do everything in one GO. That's how i fixed the problem.
NOTE: by now you should be able to boot into CLOCKWORKMOD recovery.
STAGE 3: Flashing the recovery, the partition, and the firmware
This is where we want to go to, and this is where you want to fix all the problems. I should not need to elaborate here, but if you're reading this part, you can now close this thread and go to the ROM of your choice and install as per THEIR INSTRUCTIONS:
QUESTION: Wait a minute. Something's fishy. THAT EASY? You screwin' with me, noob?
ANSWER Technically it should. There should not be any other problems UNLESS you somehow again delete the /boot. NEVER EVER DELETE /BOOT. If you have installed any firmware higher than 518 (B522 and above) firmware, then you need to do the next step:
NOTE: HOW TO INDENTIFY your firmware base
This is from my own Android "about" screen:
Android version
2.3.5
Baseband version
404020
Kernel version
2.6.35.7-perf
[email protected] #1
Build number
U8800V100R001C00526G001
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Notice the 526 in there? it means i installed base 526
QUESTION: Wait a minute. You asked me to download that frickin' partition.zip and what do you expect me to do?
ANSWER Read the answer to the next question.
QUESTION: Help! I haz problemz! i cannot install ROM! it haz fail / not enough space on my internal SD! helpz!
ANSWER IF, and I repeat IF, you're reading this, then you're probably installing something way bigger than the original partition's system partition. To help you imagine, think of it as a 10-car train. The basic idea is instead of 1 engine, you now put 2 engine, and sacrifice 1 compartment car (that means from "1engine-9car train" into a "2engine-8car train". This is where you'll find the partition.zip helpful.
BUT BEFORE YOU DEAL WITH PARTITION.ZIP, do install "GET YOUR PINKSCREEN" by Blefish, read it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457490
I quote Blefish:
Blefish said:
In the newer official ROMs, Huawei included a "feature" to lock the bootloader and therefore, get less bricks. But happened the opposite - if your cust partition gets corrupted/deleted, you'll have a high change of bricking your device.
The new bootloader is not actually locked, it's changed to use QPST (Qualcomm Product & Support Tools). As it needs a code, we can't use it.
This method flashes the B518 bootloader straight to your phone, so you will get back USB.
Apply only if you have upgraded your phone to B522 or newer. You may have a custom ROM on top, but the base has to be B522 or newer.
Tested by myself on B522, B526 & B528.
The steps required to get back pink/blue screen USB:
Automatic flashable zip is pretty much fail proof, but I have warned you.
Automatic method (recommended):
Download update-B518-bootloader.zip from MediaFire.
Save it to the root of your SD Card.
Start the phone in recovery mode (recommended recovery is 5.5.0.4)
Select "install zip from sdcard"
Select "chooze zip from sdcard"
Select the zip you downloaded before.
Select yes.
Reboot and enjoy!
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Now that you've fixed the locked bootloader on 522/526/528, now its time to do the partition. zip
Follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145187&page=124
I quote NERDO
Nerdo said:
RePartition
Note:After this operation;Phone's /data partition will be 1.4 GB,/system will be 360 MB /HWUserData (2GB Internal Memory) will be 1.02 GB and formatted
1.Download partition.zip in the attachments and copy to sdcard
2.Goto recovery
3.advanced > reboot recovery
4.Wipe data factory set
5.mounts and stroage > format system
6.advanced > reboot recovery
7."install from sdcard" and select partition.zip
*Phone will reboot to recovery after install partition.zip
7."install from sdcard" and select partition.zip again
*Phone will reboot to recovery after install partition.zip again
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The KEY IDEA here is that you need to flash the partition 2 times.
B]QUESTION:[/B] Now what?
ANSWER Install your custom ROM as per your custom ROM's instruction.
B]QUESTION:[/B] No, really. Now what? I want to double make sure, because i don't trust you, noob.
ANSWER Okay, you need to format and clear, not everything. Follow these steps.
ROM Installation:
Use only Forumember partition.zip.
1. Copy package to SD card
2. Boot to recovery
3. Full wipe (data, cache, dalvik,) <--- This one is in main menu
4. Format /system, /data, /cache <--- This one is in ADVANCED MENU. NO NEED TO MOUNT and DISMOUNT, and DO NOT FORMAT BOOT
5. Reboot recovery
6. Install the custom ROM (and gapps if needed.)
7. Reboot. Take a deep breath.
The phone should now boot into your new custom ROM.
As per writing, i booted into CM10.1 v7 by ilyaa299. Still waiting for a better JellyBean ROM though.
Congratulations, enjoy your unbricked phone!
STAGE 4: Miscellaneous
Not all ROMs are created equal. And none stand peer to peer. No matter how many seasons have come and go, please remember the ROM is only alive as long as its developer remains commited to its releases and updates. Please thank them. They will appreciate it.
For most usage, I have no issues, except the piss poor memory of 300++MB. I have not found a way to solve this. There are APPS that claim to create a virtual RAM, but if you don't have class 6, or class 10 External SD card, don't bother, and from what I read it'll shorten your EXTERNAL SD CARD's life A LOT. use it at your own risk.
To help alleviate the situation, i installed "auto memory manager" and also "greenify". This has helped me a lot. Auto memory manager deals with current usage, but "greenify" deals with the apps that are inactive, but greedily and stealthily use RAM and hog it (as if they're some royalty of some sort)
One of the greatest points of this phone is that it has a SUPERIOR camera (even if its only 5.0mp) and it has superior HD viewing (watch movies, youtube, etc, in FULL HD, where other phones, even the MORE expensive ones cannot do)
Try to avoid apps that uses 'download as a process" like mangawatcher, because i somehow managed to fry my EXTERNAL SD card (total death) because i left it overnight to download some manga, and then it froze. Then again it probaby may be a ROM issue (its a custom ROM) but just be careful! I lost a 16GB class 4 SD card.
CREDITS:
Thanks to all that have posted to help me, big thanks to (by alphabetical order)
bdgraue
forumber2
kilroystyx
rqmok
reserved thanks to people named in the process written, especially forumber2 for his help in his post and his partition.zip. Without his post, he would not have triggered my thought process in thinking out of the box to unbrick my phone.
and a big thank you to YOU for reading, and (IF) responding to this thread to help make this thread better.

i made the same mistake, i would guess you formatted the /boot too.
you now have to take an original huawei rom, 2.3.5 will be suitable, and follow some instructions you should find in this forum already.
than u have to root your device again and install the rom you need.

Yes, you need to install the official 2.3.5 firmware again. Download it from Huawei's official website.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420728
in this thread you find almost every information about rooting the device.
and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22682229#post22682229 there are the instructions about installing the original rom
gl&hf

still does not work (pink screen)
Hello everyone, I did my homework by searching, but alas I could not revive my phone. (U8800)
How did it bricked: Installed CM10.1 v7, (ran fine, had to re-flash because i read that one must do /format system, /format cache, somehow probably i deleted something i wasn't supposed to, and now its bricked)
Symptoms:
1. Press power button: Blue Screen. This includes Power button and volume + together. Blue Screen. (NOTE: Huawei logo flashes briefly for less than 1 sec before screen goes blue)
2. Press power button and volume + & - together: Pink Screen.
3. (new#)Cannot access from Windows 8 (I have drivers installed, will not detect. Every time i plug the phone into win8 the phone boots up blue) but can't see internal SD.
What I know:
1. This is a U8800
2. CWM 5.5.0.4 was installed (it was bricked after i clear and format, and cannot re-enter the CWM anymore, it goes into pink screen instead)
3. Internal SD is not read-able. (this was documented when i wrote my issue, another forumer by the name of rqmok says its fine because i updated the partitioned.zip, therefore even if it cannot be read, but if it can be accessed from the android file browsers, it is okay. I believe him)
4. I can boot up the huawei + bluescreen, but no
What I did:
1. Because i was at CM10.1 v7, i renamed the entire thing as update.zip and place into external sd root folder . RESULT = nothing. just pink screen
2. grabbed an update (Gingerbread) from XDAFORUM u8800 wikipedia page (the international version), place as update.zip in external sd root folder. RESULT = nothing. just pink screen.
3# (new) I unplugged battery and the external SD, plugged the phone via USB to computer. Boot up (few seconds of Huawei logo) then bluescreen.
Yes, I understand that others have asked about this and somehow revived. What I've read, and understood was:
1. Blue screen = something about ./boot was deleted, and needs to be reinstalled.
2. Pink screen = still safe, has a chance to revive the phone.
What i do not understand:
1. Put ROM files as update.zip, but pink screen does not flash into any form of recovery.
2. Somebody from somewhere said use something called ubuntu / bt5 to "dive" into the phone's internal SD. (I don't know how to do this, and from what i understand it is risky because it involves partioning the internal SD again.
3. Any other way to rescue my phone?
What I would like to ask is some form of step by step help.
I would be very grateful if anyone can lend me some assistance. This is my first android phone (yes i'm a poor fellow) and its not even a week old. I do have an AcerA500 tablet and i have been able to update that tablet to any custom variations (ever since i owned it roughly 2 years ago), so i'm pretty confident that i am good in following instructions)
EDIT:
Okay, i'm able to update the firmware by doing the following:
1. PUT "DLOAD" folder into EXTERNAL SD, root.
2. Pull out battery.
3. Stick USB into the port, and into computer.
4. PRESS VOL+,VOL- and POWER together (Reboot into pink screen)
FIRMWARE UPDATE PROGRESS. it should be 1/2 then 2/2.
"Do Not turn off the device".
AFTER finishing step 4 (it takes some time)
there will be a "TICK" and it will say "RESTARTING".
And then the HUAWEI FLOWER (no animation).
And it repeats itself....
What do I mean by repeat itself?
1. BLANK
2. HUAWEI WITH FLOWER (NO ANIMATION)
After this, there is a green android picture and says "FORMAT /CACHE" and something like that.
Then it goes blank and huawei flowr (no animation) again, and again, and again.
*NEWv2*
I can enter the the blue colored Android system recovery *3E* screen.
formatted / data reset
it has formatted all (at first cannot format cache, causes many problems, now finally fixed). So somehow I managed to format data and clear cache.
It finally reboots. It starts up. And I thought problem over. It was not.
First time boot up was okay. It asks me to set up android, etc. Second time boot up, it will get stuck in a boot loop. Help!
I'm stuck here. Any help?

Can you access to phone from PC while pink screen?

forumber2 said:
Can you access to phone from PC while pink screen?
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no, unfortunately no.
When I press the volume + up buttons, i can access the blue native recovery.
I updated my post as above.
Can you help me?
NEW:
again, it boots! But 2nd boot will cause issues like process.android.acore and process.google something something has stopped.
can you guys help me on this last one? (i've recorded what i've done and what happened and how i fixed it in previous post. will edit all posts later to do a proper walkthrough.

badiyee said:
no, unfortunately no.
When I press the volume + up buttons, i can access the blue native recovery.
I updated my post as above.
Can you help me?
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Can the recovery detect sdcard?

forumber2 said:
Can the recovery detect sdcard?
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yes, the recovery can detect the EXTERNAL SD.
But Internal SD, no. but when i click wipe data, and wipe cache (i think it does it on internal sd) it has no issues.
Again, first time boot =OKAY!
2nd time boot = F.C, all apps.
list of errors said:
The application Google Services Framework (process com.google.process.gapps) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again)
The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again
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I suspect the errors happen because of the fact that i installed JELLY BEAN CM10.1 v7 before, and flashed the gapps too.
Do i need to reflash gapps to GB version after formating the system? What should I do?

badiyee said:
I suspect the errors happen because of the fact that i installed JELLY BEAN CM10.1 v7 before, and flashed the gapps too.
Do i need to reflash gapps to GB version after formating the system? What should I do?
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did you flash the original huawei rom first? or do you try to flash some custom rom immediately.
which version of original rom do you flash, when u do so?

bdgraue said:
did you flash the original huawei rom first? or do you try to flash some custom rom immediately.
which version of original rom do you flash, when u do so?
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I flashed the original Huawei Rom first. I know i cannot flash custom rom because the recovery is *3E* recovery, not the CWM/TCW recovery.
any ideas?
I've recorded the errors.
Should I try to reinstall the original HUAWEI ROM again?
okay tried flashing Gingerbread GAPPS (FAIL SIGNATURE!)
formating data and cache again...
*ADD MORE INFO*
Huawei ROM via phone status says this
Android version
2.3.5
Baseband version
404020
Kernel version
2.6.35.7-perf
[email protected] #1
Build number
U8800V100R001C00526G001
Did I do any mistakes?

badiyee said:
Should I try to reinstall the original HUAWEI ROM again?
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thats what i would do. first flash the huawei rom. start it, look that it works properly. after that i would root the phone, start again and look that all work as expected. then install rom manager and flash the cwm recovery, start again. boot into recovery, start again, always look if the phone is still working as it should. than take a good rom(aurora or cm10.1 v7) and flash it.
as often as you try it out and test if it all works as expected as early you can find out where errors come from.
only flash gapps if the rest works fine.
(which version of gapps do you try to flash? gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip worked best for me over here)
Edit: http://www.huaweidevice.com/cn/downloadCenter.do?method=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDEyNTU=
this ist official 528 which worked very well for me. maybe 526 isnt the best suitable.

bdgraue said:
thats what i would do. first flash the huawei rom. start it, look that it works properly. after that i would root the phone, start again and look that all work as expected. then install rom manager and flash the cwm recovery, start again. boot into recovery, start again, always look if the phone is still working as it should. than take a good rom(aurora or cm10.1 v7) and flash it.
as often as you try it out and test if it all works as expected as early you can find out where errors come from.
only flash gapps if the rest works fine.
(which version of gapps do you try to flash? gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip worked best for me over here)
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This is the SAME ERROR i'm facing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2146478
I tried flashing gapps-20110828 it gave error. I also have the gapps jb20130301 file as well. But when i flash the GB gapps it says failed signature verification
QUESTION: could the partition be a problem because i used custom partition!

THANK YOU!
Thanks to everyone!
I have fixed the problem.
I will now re-write the ENTIRE post to help others that have similar issues as mine so that they would not need to be lost like I was.
Thanks again everyone!

badiyee said:
Thanks to everyone!
I have fixed the problem.
I will now re-write the ENTIRE post to help others that have similar issues as mine so that they would not need to be lost like I was.
Thanks again everyone!
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I'll suggest you to install the patch from blefish if you are using B522, B526 or B528 as rom base.
You don't know when will be helpful to have a bootloader unlocked.
Find here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457490

kilroystyx said:
I'll suggest you to install the patch from blefish if you are using B522, B526 or B528 as rom base.
You don't know when will be helpful to have a bootloader unlocked.
Find here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457490
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Question, how would I know my base ROM? I have read the thing, but there isn't a way in my status to know that its a B522, B526 or a B528 based ROM.
Answer: Look at the code of the installer:
E.G:
U8800V100R001C00526G001 means I have base 526 installed (LOCKED BOOTLOADER)

badiyee said:
Question, how would I know my base ROM?
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badiyee said:
Huawei ROM via phone status says this
Android version
2.3.5
Baseband version
404020
Kernel version
2.6.35.7-perf
[email protected] #1
Build number
U8800V100R001C00526G001
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at least after installing you will find the information in the area yoou mentioned yourselve.
if you use the original rom, the version should be in the filename. (U8800_Android 2.3 V100R001C00B528G001%28通用版%29.zip for me)

Wait, is your current recovery CWM recovery? If yes, try installing Aurora ICS. If no, first try rooting your phone and installing CWM recovery.

badiyee said:
Question, how would I know my base ROM? I have read the thing, but there isn't a way in my status to know that its a B522, B526 or a B528 based ROM.
Answer: Look at the code of the installer:
E.G:
U8800V100R001C00526G001 means I have base 526 installed (LOCKED BOOTLOADER)
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Official Huawei GB roms have 3 different bootloaders, B517, B518 and B522, the first two are unlocked this mean you easily can reach to eMMC via pink screen. For B522 bootloader that comes into rom B522, B526 and B528 Huawei changed the way how to communicate, so we can’t reach eMMC via pink screen mode. To check if it is unlocked in pink screen mode connect to PC, if you can see the folder “image” your bootloader is unlocked.
Blefish explained in his topic that you have more chances to recover your device from soft-brick if you have a unlock bootloader because you are able to restore your device with a previous full backup done with “dd” command or with a similar program used in windows platform.
Change partition size have a high risk to corrupt them and get a soft-brick.
To have more chances to recover my device I usually follow some steps before start play with roms, see my checklist:
- Install B528
- Root the device
- Imei backup (if I haven’t done previously)
- Install CWM
- Flash Blefish’s patch, alternative I use my patch because I need my phone with SIM unlocked
- Full backup (if I haven’t done previously)
- Ready to play

rqmok said:
Wait, is your current recovery CWM recovery? If yes, try installing Aurora ICS. If no, first try rooting your phone and installing CWM recovery.
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I think at the time of writing AURORA ICS is the most stable, usage-ready, and most complete ROM as of writing. In the future hopefully the newer ROMs like Jelly Bean, Key Lime Pie and others will be able to fit in, and be a PROPER, USABLE ROM just like how AURORA ICS and the MIUI ICS was for this phone.
kilroystyx said:
Official Huawei GB roms have 3 different bootloaders, B517, B518 and B522, the first two are unlocked this mean you easily can reach to eMMC via pink screen. For B522 bootloader that comes into rom B522, B526 and B528 Huawei changed the way how to communicate, so we can’t reach eMMC via pink screen mode. To check if it is unlocked in pink screen mode connect to PC, if you can see the folder “image” your bootloader is unlocked.
Blefish explained in his topic that you have more chances to recover your device from soft-brick if you have a unlock bootloader because you are able to restore your device with a previous full backup done with “dd” command or with a similar program used in windows platform.
Change partition size have a high risk to corrupt them and get a soft-brick.
To have more chances to recover my device I usually follow some steps before start play with roms, see my checklist:
- Install B528
- Root the device
- Imei backup (if I haven’t done previously)
- Install CWM
- Flash Blefish’s patch, alternative I use my patch because I need my phone with SIM unlocked
- Full backup (if I haven’t done previously)
- Ready to play
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Ah, i forgot about the IMEI backup. But since mine wasn't an issue (just missing serial number, but can be found at the sticker behind phone (inside) anyways haha.