Hi
I upgraded my phone to 2.3.5 and after that i flashed the auroraICS ROM. Before upgrading i made a backup using CWM, and now after i used the recovery option in CWM i wont get past the huawei logo after i turn the phone on. I cant get back into CWM either it only goes to the huawei logo. Does anyone know a way to fix this? If so i would be very happy xD
So you went back from ICS to stock 2.3.5 by recovering your 2.3.5 backup using CWM, and then it wouldn't boot properly?
Do you have anything important in that backup that you want to recover, or do you just want to get your phone clean and working again?
In any case, have you tried putting an official update on your memory card and "upgrading" with the usual method (holding both volume buttons and power button at boot)?
If that doesn't work, are you able to access the pink recovery screen by holding the same buttons without the dload folder on your memory card (though you may need the card inserted)?
If so, connect a USB cable to your computer and see which folders you can see. In my experience, Windows has only seen the /.cust_backup/ partition, while (CrunchBang) Linux has seen four automatically, including the internal SD memory. Copying a dload folder to the internal memory and using the normal upgrade method without the external SD card inserted could work.
I used the backup to get rid of aurora and just get normal stock rom. I tryed to "upgrade" back to 2.3.5 using a dload folder and pink screan and it worked! Thank you! A "thanks" to you sir! Glad i didnt have to send my phone in for reparation xD
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Hi,
I believe i bricked my brand new, just-out-of-the-box U8800 Pro. I will write the exact steps i did (in other words i will write what you SHOULD'T do!):
1. i entered the pink screen and copied the official recovery.img (5.0.2.6). then i tried to enter the recovery menu but it didn't work. it just showed a blue screen and that's it.
2. then i copied the unofficial recovery version (5.0.2.3) and it worked. i made a backup and flashed cm7 using the recovery. i did not reboot and wiped data. after that i rebooted the phone but it did not boot. it was just showing the huawei logo.
3. then i wiped everything again and rebooted. when i entered the pink screen mode there was no image folder nor any files. i could't access the recovery. i searched the forum for a solution and found links to 4 files (amss.mbn, boot.img, EMMCBOOT.MBN, recovery.img). i copied them to the phone but still couldn't enter the recovery.
4. on that same thread i found something about flashing U8800V100R001C00B138SP04CUSTESTC205D001(Esthonia Elisa). i copied the /dload/UPDATE.APP and UPDATE_CUST.APP files to my sd card. then flashed them by pressing VOL+ VOL- & POWER buttons at the same time. everything was looking nice... it said unpacking.. then installing.. and right after it said COMPLETE the phone restarted and since then it is showing just a black screen.
5. when i pull out the battery and insert it back the phone just vibrates but the screen doesn't even blink or something. it's like completely dead.
in sd card i found sd_update.log file:
"notesdld_file_ptr != -1) ! update.app have updated! start cust update ! SD download finished!"
if anyone has any thoughts, suggestions or info i would be very greatfull. thank you.
the rom B138 (Esthonia Elisa) is meant for U8800, not ur U8800Pro..
you finaly bricked your phone by flashing ROM from different model. now only service center can help you.
Sent from my ragelis
bronxitas said:
you finaly bricked your phone by flashing ROM from different model. now only service center can help you.
Sent from my ragelis
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X2, so sorry dude
Sent from my U8800Pro using xda premium
iamelton said:
the rom B138 (Esthonia Elisa) is meant for U8800, not ur U8800Pro..
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huawei made a really stupid thing by allowing flashing roms without any checks. and i made a really stupid thing by not noticing the pro at the end of the model oh well thanks
EdisDee said:
huawei made a really stupid thing by allowing flashing roms without any checks. and i made a really stupid thing by not noticing the pro at the end of the model oh well thanks
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That goes for 5.0.2.6 recovery too (it's u8800 only). And I believe you did the same thing with CM7 for U8800, not Pro
My phone is not working too but I bricked it in the differrent way
hi, can someone help.
I've tried to install update 2.3.5 for u8800pro (second one with bug fixes) to my u8800pro, but i did something wrong. Now the phone didn't work.
1. I've copied step1 file to SDcard. that's it.
I,ve got to menu-stetings-sdcard-upgrade from sdcard.
upgrade started, then phone rebooted, but touchscreen is not reacting, also senso buttons. also it says that there is no sim card but it is in the phone.
I have no image of old system.
I think that what i did wrong that I copied only Step 1 file in Dload folder of SDcard (in upgrade there were also Step 2 and Step 3 files, but i didnt put them in SDcard Dload folder)
2. Then i've downloaded original Stock rom for u8800pro. Via computer i deleted from SDcard dload folder and then created new dload folder and copied stock rom (2 files).
Took off batery for 5 min., then pushed vol +, vol- and pwr buttones.
Got screen android system recovery (3e) with 4 options.
but i canot do anything from that point. I can't choose from theese options (buttons are not working), vol- or vol+, or pwr button not reacting.
maybe someone knows how to recover my phone to original stock or make something else to work phone?
Hi there, did you managed to recover your phone?
I have the same problem with my U8800PRO after attempt to upgrade to Gingerbread.
mmm200 said:
hi, can someone help.
I've tried to install update 2.3.5 for u8800pro (second one with bug fixes) to my u8800pro, but i did something wrong. Now the phone didn't work.
1. I've copied step1 file to SDcard. that's it.
I,ve got to menu-stetings-sdcard-upgrade from sdcard.
upgrade started, then phone rebooted, but touchscreen is not reacting, also senso buttons. also it says that there is no sim card but it is in the phone.
I have no image of old system.
I think that what i did wrong that I copied only Step 1 file in Dload folder of SDcard (in upgrade there were also Step 2 and Step 3 files, but i didnt put them in SDcard Dload folder)
2. Then i've downloaded original Stock rom for u8800pro. Via computer i deleted from SDcard dload folder and then created new dload folder and copied stock rom (2 files).
Took off batery for 5 min., then pushed vol +, vol- and pwr buttones.
Got screen android system recovery (3e) with 4 options.
but i canot do anything from that point. I can't choose from theese options (buttons are not working), vol- or vol+, or pwr button not reacting.
maybe someone knows how to recover my phone to original stock or make something else to work phone?
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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?
I was using miui 2.3.30 with 5.5.0.4 cwm.
I decided to try the new ics miuis around, so I updated to 2.3.5 original through dload method.
booted ok, installed cwm again by copying over recovery.img to .cust_backup/image.
Thing is I lost so much time, I wanted to go back to my stable miui. went to cwm, wiped, and restored my nandroid backup. after restore, on 1st boot it turned off.
Now, pressing power on, after huawei's logo, turns off.
vol+ power, it gests stuck on logo forever.
vol+, vol-, power, goes to pink screen even with dload folder on card.
in any of these situations, adb sees no devices.
am i definitely screwed?
TuMatos said:
I was using miui 2.3.30 with 5.5.0.4 cwm.
I decided to try the new ics miuis around, so I updated to 2.3.5 original through dload method.
booted ok, installed cwm again by copying over recovery.img to .cust_backup/image.
Thing is I lost so much time, I wanted to go back to my stable miui. went to cwm, wiped, and restored my nandroid backup. after restore, on 1st boot it turned off.
Now, pressing power on, after huawei's logo, turns off.
vol+ power, it gests stuck on logo forever.
vol+, vol-, power, goes to pink screen even with dload folder on card.
in any of these situations, adb sees no devices.
am i definitely screwed?
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Far from it
But you tried to go back to your froyo miui while you have gingerbread (2.35) kernel. This can only be done using the dload method.
As you understand you must use a sd card with the appropriate files inside the dload folder. You have two choices.
1. Download the overseas file for 2.2.2 from here http://www.mediafire.com/?kgg7kper9hjvhi0 and after installing CWM restore your nandroid backup.
2. Download the overseas file for 2.3.5 from here http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwi...=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDQxODE= and after installing CWM using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420728 download and install the miui version you prefer from the Ideos X5 U8800 Android Development threads.
Either way you must use a fat32 formatted sd card with the dload folder in the root directory. If for any reason it wont start the update process try without the battery using the usb cable. Again if it fails try as a last step the following:
Take out the sd card and put the battery back inside.
Then connect the phone with a usb and wait to see the battery charging icon.
Afterwards disconnect the usb, take out the battery, put the sd card back in, connect the usb and try again to flash the dload folder using the two volume + power buttons.
thanks for the reply halman.
i eventually read in another thread about trying to update without battery and it started immediately to unpack. i honestly was out of ideas already.
nothing worked, and everything hanged
i learned the hard way why you need to install official 2.2 or 2.3.5 to flash different roms. i guess it's like flashing a .32 rom into a .35 kernel phone. it's never going to work.
in the end, removing the battery and plugging only the usb cable saved me.
EDIT: i don't get it. i downgraded to 2.2, booted fine. rooted and installed cwm 5.5.0.4. booted to cwm and installed the miui version i was using before. it installs fine but hangs on boot. i've tried wiping everything several times but doesn't seem to work.
why doesn't it boot? i'm back on 2.2 (b138), with 5.5.0.4 but my miuiportugal_u8800_2.3.30.1_AIO_Signed.zip hangs on 1st boot. now what am i missing?
You should use 5.0.2.6 instead of 5.5.0.4 in froyo.
Sent from my u8800-aurora-ICS using tapa 2-5
but i was already in 5.5.0.4 before. maybe i updated cwm AFTER i was already using miui.
you're saying 5.5.0.4 isn't good to flash miui 1st time, and that i should try 5.0.2.6?
i'll never understand completely how this works
EDIT: damn using 5.0.2.6 for flashing back my nandroid backup didn't work either. this is really starting to piss me off.
EDIT 2: Finally!! had to install from fresh, nandroid backup also saves cwm lol
TuMatos said:
but i was already in 5.5.0.4 before. maybe i updated cwm AFTER i was already using miui.
you're saying 5.5.0.4 isn't good to flash miui 1st time, and that i should try 5.0.2.6?
i'll never understand completely how this works
EDIT: damn using 5.0.2.6 for flashing back my nandroid backup didn't work either. this is really starting to piss me off.
EDIT 2: Finally!! had to install from fresh, nandroid backup also saves cwm lol
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Glad you finally got it
Regarding the CWM and the nandroid backup you should never use different type of CWM from the one you had when you created the backup. The 5.5.0.4 (Blefish) creates differnt type of files from the 5.0.2.6 (Genokolar). That's why your backup couldn't work with 5.0.2.6
halman said:
Far from it
But you tried to go back to your froyo miui while you have gingerbread (2.35) kernel. This can only be done using the dload method.
As you understand you must use a sd card with the appropriate files inside the dload folder. You have two choices.
1. Download the overseas file for 2.2.2 from here http://www.mediafire.com/?kgg7kper9hjvhi0 and after installing CWM restore your nandroid backup.
2. Download the overseas file for 2.3.5 from here http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwi...=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDQxODE= and after installing CWM using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420728 download and install the miui version you prefer from the Ideos X5 U8800 Android Development threads.
Either way you must use a fat32 formatted sd card with the dload folder in the root directory. If for any reason it wont start the update process try without the battery using the usb cable. Again if it fails try as a last step the following:
Take out the sd card and put the battery back inside.
Then connect the phone with a usb and wait to see the battery charging icon.
Afterwards disconnect the usb, take out the battery, put the sd card back in, connect the usb and try again to flash the dload folder using the two volume + power buttons.
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greetings...
i have the same problem.
i turn the phone on, it apires logo and than it turns of.
a already tryed a lot of stock roms. 2.2.2 and 2.3.5 but when i run pink screen, it doesn't start installing... stays pink... even with out the battery.
i tried to put the phone in charge but it doesn't apire the batery charging... does the logo loop.
i dont know what to do...
please help me.
greetings...
I have a problem.
i flashed a rom that i dont remamber its name and my ideos x5 stoped working.
i turn the phone on, it apires logo and than it turns of.
i already tryed a lot of stock roms. 2.2.2 and 2.3.5 but when i run pink screen, it doesn't start installing... stays pink... even with out the battery.
it doesn't start recovery.
i tried to put the phone in charge but it doesn't apire the batery charging... does the logo loop.
i dont know what to do...
please help me.
Try to take off battery, and when phone is off connect the usb cable while you keep pushing the vol-/+ buttons. If doesn't start, then push(and keep pushing for a while) the power button, without to release the vol buttons.
Also make sure that you have put the update file in correct position on sd card.
You must make a folder with the name "dload" on the root directory of sd card and inside the update.app file.
i did every thing but it doesn't start installing the rom... it stays pink with and without the batery.
i toght that was the rom, but i downloaded all kind of stock roms but nun worked...
i dont know what to do more...
is there any way to access to the phone memory were are the rom files installed??
This is most probably means that your sd card doesn't detected, so loads the pink srceen mode instead of the update mode.
If you have pink screen unlocked(official froyo rom or 2.3 older version than B518 roms), then you can access some of the partitions from a linux pc. Then you can access internal storage and put the dload folder there.
im not realy familiarised with linux but i tried to atatch the phone on ubuntu with pink screen and it didnt apear nothing.
i think the rom that i used was 1 of this 2... i dont remember with one was. but i think it was the 1st.
U8800proB928GaDaNaV5_2 or 404029_4.0_BasebandCWM
Yep, that would do it. If you have a plain u8800 x5, those roms would have killed your phone good and proper. Most of those u8800 pro ICS roms flash bootloaders, amss and all kinds of things, not just system and boot.img. Unless you can get through the pinkscreen with a fresh SD card with the official B5XX update.app in a dload folder on it, you are looking at having to buy a new phone. Sorry man.
Try the official updates here: http://www.mediafire.com/#9adk7amyag95k
Start with b526 for gingerbread or b138 for froyo.
yessssss...
Thanks for every thing. specialy for the rom and specialy for the detail of the sd cards...
i tried with 3 diferent sd's and only one did the update... now the phone is funcional...
Thanks alot. i was desperating
Glad it got worked out man, nothing worse than seeing a phone stick and reboot.
Sent from my U8800 using xda premium
I have a U8800 Pro with the original 2.2.2 kernel.
I attempted today to update to 2.3.5 so that then I could take it to the newly released 4.0.3.
All these were done with the official Huwaei ROMs. (U8800%2B Android 2.3 V100R001C00B572G001)
I did a factory restore before I started the whole process just to be on the safe side as well.
Unfortunately during the second step of the process after the reboot the phone remains in the "Unpacking - Update Failed" state
I cannot go into the pink screen mode. I tried with removing the battery as well but even though I attempt to boot with Volume + power key pressed it still goes straight to the update process and the obvious error. Obviously I cannot access the internal SD card from my PC (does not show up on dmesg) so I can at least delete the dload directory
Is there a way to bypass this problem and go to pink screen mode ?
If I use an external SD card and put a ROM on that will it boot from that or it will still first access the internal SD card ?
Thanks is advance for any answers.
Try to put dload folder on a external sd and update again. I guess you cant access recovery right?
Try to turn on the phone in pink screen (Download Mode) without the SD CARD, I use that trick when the same problem attack my phone.
xolott said:
Try to turn on the phone in pink screen (Download Mode) without the SD CARD, I use that trick when the same problem attack my phone.
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He doesn't have access to pink screen.
TheJoker0 said:
Try to put dload folder on a external sd and update again. I guess you cant access recovery right?
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unfortunately no recovery or pink screen mode. Will try to use an external SD card
So, it worked?
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So, it worked?
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Yeah it worked.
Used an external SD card to do the update and to phone booted without any trouble.
It seems the update file on the internal SD card must have been corrupted or not transferred correctly.
Still the inability to access to pink screen was quite scary. Serves me right for using the internal storage for something like this.
OK