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[Q] First blue screen, now boot loop.

Hello XDA-devs forums,
I'm having an issue since yesterday.
I have rooted my Huawei Ideos X5, and it ran fine for a day or so.
However, when my battery ran out it shut down into a completely blue screen.
When I tried booting it again, this just showed me a blue screen as well.
Now, I fixed this issue by connecting the phone to my PC after booting it with the Vol+ and Vol- pressed.
(So you get the pink/purple screen)
However, when I opened the phone on my PC, all I saw was a "239 MB" "empty" space, and it should have ~2GB..
I placed a backup copy I saved of my "image" folder in that 239 MB storage, and it booted.
However, today I hooked it up to my PC again to see if it magically changed..
And I couldn't access the 239 MB space anymore.
When I tried fixing the issue with a reboot of the phone, that just caused it to get stuck in a booting loop.
So now I'm stuck with a phone that keeps trying to boot itself,
and I can't access it on my windows PC.
I can, however, access 4 different folders of the phone on my linux notebook.
Now, my question is: can someone with a good understanding of problems like these please help me out?
I'm getting kind of fed up with it, as I've only got the phone for 2 days now.
Thank you in advance, and thank you for taking the time to read this.

Have you tried removing the battery for 5 minutes and then putting it back in?
After this, what happens when you press VOL+ and Power?
How about if you press VOL+, VOL- and Power, without the USB cable?

Hello Katu, thank you for posting.
Regarding your questions:
Yes, I have tried to take out the battery for 5+ minutes- it didn't change anything to the situation unfortunately..
If I press VOL+ and Power at the same time, the device boots into recovery mode.
In this I have tried to format the device in order to reset it to factory defaults, but this did not help either.
When I press VOL+, VOL- and Power, the phone boots into the pink/purple screen.

Can you try a custom recovery and a custom rom? I want to see if your onboard flash is borked.
u8800,cm7,[email protected]

I had the same when my phone got f*ucked up. Put the image folder, than download official rom, like b138 and install it. then check your imei. There is a change that it will be 0.

PlanDreaM said:
Can you try a custom recovery and a custom rom? I want to see if your onboard flash is borked.
u8800,cm7,[email protected]
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Well, I used an original ROM:
U8800 V100R001C00B136(Overseas General version)
And that resulted in the boot.img being corrupted, so I can't even overwrite that anymore.
Also, this is what I see when I hit VOL+, VOL- and Power at the same time to boot into safe mode, and connect it to my PC.
img69 [dot] imageshack [dot] us/img69/244/10101191548pm.png
julle131 said:
I had the same when my phone got f*ucked up. Put the image folder, than download official rom, like b138 and install it. then check your imei. There is a change that it will be 0.
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I installed the official B136 rom, and after it rebooted, it would just hang on a black screen.
(it used to show the IDEOS or Android logo when it booted)

Hmm mine came with this Rom
U8800 V100R001C00B135SP01 ( general )
Looking at your name you're from the Netherlands ( so am I )
where did you get this 136 version from ?
I would try to put this one on it
You have to put the 'dload' folder into the root of your SD Card,
then boot into boot-loader, after that it'll automatically flash back to the stock Rom.
1 Format SD card
2 On the SD card, create "dload" folder
3 Put the unzipped Rom into "dload" folder
4 Then boot to bootloader (pink screen)

Yes, mine came with that version as well.
However, I couldn't find it anymore and thus downloaded the version I said earlier.
Also, I did everything as you described, except step 4.
You have to boot to recovery instead of bootloader. (VOL+ and Power)
Anyways, I managed to get ClockworkMod's recovery.img on my phone,
and from there on install a custom ROM on the phone, which magically got it working again - even though it didn't work earlier.
Thank you for reading my thread and taking the time to reply to it.
My issue has been resolved.

just for the record, flashing a stock rom is different from flashing a custom rom..
the 4 steps described by Gman2oo6 is the correct way to flash a stock rom (and it is written clearly in the document that is in the stock rom zip file)
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step (1) is not a necessary step though..

Yeah, I noticed that.
What I did was format my SDcard with FAT32,
and put a custom rom (update.zip) on the SDcard.
I then booted ClockworksMod Recovery and installed the custom rom from the SDcard.
When I tried installing the stock rom, I just followed the PDF file's instructions that came with the stock rom.

hey i udated to GB 2.3.4 (official)and i didnt like the it cuz the wifif ddnt work and the bluetooth also the DATA so itryed to downgrade to 2.2.2 original official and it did the 2/2 steps intalled and when it restarted it did not want to turn on all that happened was it vibrated and thats all so i left it on like that and when the battery died i plugged it in to the AC and the LED turned on red and the touch kkeys also but not the screen so i really NEED help!

Try to turn it on with lead connected but no battery and see if you can start it.
My battery also went dead flat this morning and I couldn't get it started at all till I tried this. Once I got it started the only thing I could do was quickly pop in the batery and let it charge. Just leave off the cover till you get it going.
I have to add that I did not have the problem of a failed update to deal with but it may at least get you started

i tryed it
nope nothin good happened all that happens is a blank screen with nothin on ,LED is off and the touch keys are off. it justz vibrates and when i put the battery it turn the LED on to red and the touch keys turn on but then like 5 min later the LED and keys turn off

astewart said:
Try to turn it on with lead connected but no battery and see if you can start it.
My battery also went dead flat this morning and I couldn't get it started at all till I tried this. Once I got it started the only thing I could do was quickly pop in the batery and let it charge. Just leave off the cover till you get it going.
I have to add that I did not have the problem of a failed update to deal with but it may at least get you started
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ok heres what i did i wanted to upgrade my phone to the newest version GB 2.3.4.So what i did was download the update and i followed the installation steps i successfully updated to Gb 2.3.4. so like i was checking how it look and the new feature but when i wanted to go on the android market i went to setting and turn on the wifi and it said Error and then i tried the Bluetooth and it said Error also so then i put my SIMs card in and i was like imma use DATA then and when i restarted my phone it had service but no HSPA+ or Edge or GPRS so like i just hatted my phone from their so then i was trying to root it but iddnt know how to do that so like i read this website and i got the UPDATE.APP or 2.2.2 AT&T did the same steps of the installation of BG 2.3.4 and it went to the process and 1/2 stepp good it passed and then 2/2 also passed it installed it and when it said Successively Installed it said Restarting and the scrren turn of and it vibrated and thats all that happened and i left it like that for the whole days and nothing happened
Do u got any idea?
When i connect it to my laptop it says installing drivers .then its says sucesfully installed drivers ready to use. so then i got to Device Manger and i check what has been installed and their it said USB Human interface device and HID-compliant device WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??

Not sure about the HID (human interface device) probably just the way windows sees the device for interfacing with it. With regards to the not booting I have read a lot of people saying that you need to factory reset and clear cache after the upgrade/downgrade. With the phone off, turn it on by long pressing volume+ and power on button till you get the blue recovery screen and from there you can reset factory/ data and also clear the cache. from what I see this should clear up the problem and start up. Please read this thread, it may help you somehow..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420728
Hope this helps a little

U mean Boot recovery and imma try it and thanks ill check it out
Sent from my MB300 using XDA App

all that i know is that if u customized your partition, it'll bootloop,
so go back to stock-partition ^^

How do I do that got like the steps or video?
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when i downgraded to 2.2.2 i installed this V100R001C00B138SP04CUSTC185D002
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1251250 got it from that link

Looks like you are not having much luck. Did you try to factory reset?

astewart said:
Looks like you are not having much luck. Did you try to factory reset?
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well how do i do that do i need to got to the purple/pink screen or bot recovery cuz i cannot access that my phone doesn't do anything pretty much

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.
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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?

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....

[Q] [HELP] bricked my u8800 - can't recover

Hi guys,
Today I tried to update my u8800 from aurora 4.1 to aurora 5 but somehow I bricked it. The screen just turns blue. Luckily I made a backup, however it seems that I accidentally wiped the wrong partition because volume[+] + power on doesn't get me into CMW anymore to restore my backup!
To make matters even worse, when I go into the pink screen and attach my phone over USB no drives show up in windows, so I can't replace the recovery.img with CMW.
Is there any way to fix this??? I am leaving on holiday tomorrow and was really hoping to use my phone for GPS and 3G internet :/

I am just going to install the official gingerbread again using the update.app file, then root again and install CMW. Hope this works
// Edit: This did the trick. Feel free to close the topic, I just panicked a bit when the **** hit the fan.

Blue Screen
Dear all,
i have been trying to install again the 2.3.7 but when i was wiping the data... i have wiped ALL the external SD as well.
Now what is happening is that when pressing vol + and power i get a blue screen. I dont have any other official version available.
What could i do? Please for your help
P.S. What is the update.app ? Where can i find it and how could i install it?