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[Q] U8800H - Not booting - No Recovery Mode - Only Bootloader Mode

Hello People,
Firstly I would like to apologize if this is a duplicate post, Googling reveals tons of different documents which actually has confused me and as I have tried many, I don't even know now what have I screwed up.
Phone - U8800H
OS - Linux
I tried to update my phone and it got messed up. It simply won't boot but go in an infinite loop or restarting every 3 seconds (once the HUAWEI logo is displayed).
By pressing both Vol buttons and starting the phone I can go into bootloader mode (pink screen) and the phone drives get mounted. However trying to go to recover mode by pressing the Vol UP key during start up simply again keeps restarting the phone.
I have tried various solutions which include re-downloading the images folder files again, replacing the recover.img from clockwork, formatting that partition and retrying, almost everything.
The phone simply keeps restarting. Replacing or removing any of the file in the images folder gives me a blue screen during going to bootloader mode.
As I cant get to recover mode I don't know what to do.
The warranty of the phone is finished as it was only of three months. I was told by the company I purchased it from to be a "power problem" but I think its a software problem as I messed it up myself.
If anyone has faced such situation before please help.
Thanks.

find original rom and reinstall it.
Otherwise what rom where you on?

arkudos said:
find original rom and reinstall it.
Otherwise what rom where you on?
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U cant install rom without clockworkmod?
sent from ideos x5

eddydc1 said:
U cant install rom without clockworkmod?
sent from ideos x5
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_original_ means what the phone came with
Rom is the.......
He needs to go back to original phone, or to find probably the old boot.img he had, that is why I asked which rom he was on....

arkudos said:
_original_ means what the phone came with
Rom is the.......
He needs to go back to original phone, or to find probably the old boot.img he had, that is why I asked which rom he was on....
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Okk
sent from ideos x5

The original ROM was U8800HV100R001AREC00B135SP01 CUSTC213D001 (Kuwait VIVA). I have downloaded it as well.
However as suggested it asks me to create a dload folder in a formatted SD card with the zipped files within it, and then start the phone in 'recovery mode'. However the phone doesn't start in that mode with the same restarting issue.
One person suggested to create a 'dload' folder in the SD card with no contents in it and then start the phone in 'bootloader' mode and the phone will auto revert to its default firmware. I did as suggested but it didn't work either.
I have the original boot.img that came with the phone. I also downloaded a fresh boot.img (along with the other three files that come in the images folder) but still the same result of restarting during trying to start in 'recover mode'.
It was working fine till I messed it up trying to upgrade it to 2.3 to change the patched wpa_supplicant file to connect to Ad-Hoc networks.
I think I need to change the files required for 'recover mode' to default ones, but I don't know where they reside. Any tutorial in this direction would be great.
Thanks.

My guess is that some of the partitions got messed up somehow, some different filesystems (ext4 over ext3) in 2.3 stock fw.
Have you tried copying update.app to dload-folder of sdcard then booted phone with both vol-down and vol-up pressed (bootloader mode). That should in theory start the update...
Sent from my u8800 using XDA App

huzefa_from_kuwait said:
The original ROM was U8800HV100R001AREC00B135SP01 CUSTC213D001 (Kuwait VIVA). I have downloaded it as well.
However as suggested it asks me to create a dload folder in a formatted SD card with the zipped files within it, and then start the phone in 'recovery mode'. However the phone doesn't start in that mode with the same restarting issue.
One person suggested to create a 'dload' folder in the SD card with no contents in it and then start the phone in 'bootloader' mode and the phone will auto revert to its default firmware. I did as suggested but it didn't work either.
I have the original boot.img that came with the phone. I also downloaded a fresh boot.img (along with the other three files that come in the images folder) but still the same result of restarting during trying to start in 'recover mode'.
It was working fine till I messed it up trying to upgrade it to 2.3 to change the patched wpa_supplicant file to connect to Ad-Hoc networks.
I think I need to change the files required for 'recover mode' to default ones, but I don't know where they reside. Any tutorial in this direction would be great.
Thanks.
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Ok then.... because I'm lost... which rom was on!
2.2.1?
or 2.3.?
these are the files needed FIRST....
---------- Post added at 05:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:16 PM ----------
Ok IF you were on 2.2.... on sdcard make \dload folder with update 2.2 original rom!!!!
Vol+ Vol- Power on...pink screen and it should do the rest!!!
Recovery after you reinstall 2.2!
Now IF you managed to put 2.3... then put 2.3 update in sdcard \dload and again it should do the rest.
If you are trying to come back to 2.2 or miui oxygen cm7 from the beta.... first put the 2.3 beta back on via the sdcard.

I have put the original ROM in 'dload' folder and as suggested I shall have started the phone in 'bootloader' mode now. There is no movement on the screen so I don't know even if its doing something.
How much should I wait or shall I be notified if the update is done ?
Thanks.

huzefa_from_kuwait said:
I have put the original ROM in 'dload' folder and as suggested I shall have started the phone in 'bootloader' mode now. There is no movement on the screen so I don't know even if its doing something.
How much should I wait or shall I be notified if the update is done ?
Thanks.
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Is your folder structure like this
/sd
/sd/dload
/sd/dload/update.app
If it is, then boot to bootloader. you should see it is doing stuff.

julle131 said:
Is your folder structure like this
/sd
/sd/dload
/sd/dload/update.app
If it is, then boot to bootloader. you should see it is doing stuff.
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I have double checked it again, the structure is 'dload' folder in the root of the memory card and the update.app file in it, still however I don't see any movement in the 'bootloader' mode, just the "pink" screen continuously lit.
What am I doing wrong ?
Thanks.

huzefa_from_kuwait said:
I have double checked it again, the structure is 'dload' folder in the root of the memory card and the update.app file in it, still however I don't see any movement in the 'bootloader' mode, just the "pink" screen continuously lit.
What am I doing wrong ?
Thanks.
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Pink screens means it didn't work. Your phone isn't mounting the sd-card right in bootloader mode. You could try to put the dload-folder on internal sd-card, should be possible since you're on linux. Think you just need to mount the right partition when connecting your phone via usb when in pinkscreen. I don't recall exactly which partition as I'm using Windows and haven't tried this, but you should be able to find some more info around here by searching a bit...

U8800
Hello XDA-Forum!
Same problem here with my u8800
I have original recovery.img but i fd' other files by overwriting them.. (yes i know...)
Now my phone doesen't start flashing and i cant do anything. I was using almost latest version of oxygen mod.
Do i need original files to flash my phone back to stock in image/... floder? And if i need, can i dig version form recovery.img? or might this is problem with partitions? I think oxygen is known by partition problems.

HFZenon said:
Pink screens means it didn't work. Your phone isn't mounting the sd-card right in bootloader mode. You could try to put the dload-folder on internal sd-card, should be possible since you're on linux. Think you just need to mount the right partition when connecting your phone via usb when in pinkscreen. I don't recall exactly which partition as I'm using Windows and haven't tried this, but you should be able to find some more info around here by searching a bit...
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I have tried as you suggested, There were 5 partitions on the phone 2 of which were smaller than 200MB and therefore could not save the update file which is larger in size. I have tried over the remaining three partitions but in vain, they all end up with the same pink screen.
However you might be correct that my phone is not mounting the SD card as I can't see the SD card in the list of mounted drives in the computer.
To put/move files on SD card I have to use my another phone
I will get another SD card and try. In the meanwhile if there is anything else I could try, do advice me.
Thanks.

Nahkamies said:
Hello XDA-Forum!
Same problem here with my u8800
I have original recovery.img but i fd' other files by overwriting them.. (yes i know...)
Now my phone doesen't start flashing and i cant do anything. I was using almost latest version of oxygen mod.
Do i need original files to flash my phone back to stock in image/... floder? And if i need, can i dig version form recovery.img? or might this is problem with partitions? I think oxygen is known by partition problems.
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Hi, and welcome to XDA!
I guess you got the same problem with sd-card not mounting properly if you can't initiate stock flashing via dload-folder-method.
If you search the forums you'll find links to download all files that's needed in the image-folder of pinkscreen-partition. Then you'll hopefully be able to boot to recovery (vol-up + power), wipe data/cache/dalvik cache and flash whatever ROM you'd like. Remember this erases all your data, hopefully you've backed up whatever precious stuff you've got on your phone.

HFZenon said:
Hi, and welcome to XDA!
If you search the forums you'll find links to download all files that's needed in the image-folder of pinkscreen-partition.
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Thank u!
I loaded Official 2.3 overseas original boot.img & recovery.img but nothing new happened. volume up+power = bootloop, if i try flash volumeup+down + power = pinkscreen. If i delete image folder comes blue. Another ideas?

Nahkamies said:
Thank u!
I loaded Official 2.3 overseas original boot.img & recovery.img but nothing new happened. volume up+power = bootloop, if i try flash volumeup+down + power = pinkscreen. If i delete image folder comes blue. Another ideas?
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Remember that you need all files from the same version. Try this, those are from stock 2.2 if I'm not mistaken. When (if?) you get into recovery, remember to clear cache / data / dalvik cache.

HFZenon said:
Remember that you need all files from the same version. Try....
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Bingo! I'm very grateful of your help!

Nahkamies said:
Bingo! I'm very grateful of your help!
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Glad to hear you get it working as we both had the basically same problem.
For me however still it is the same issue, except that while going into the recover mode now it shuts down instead or restarting endlessly. Where as the bootloader mode simply does nothing.
Can you post the exact steps you did to get your work so I can also repeat them?
Thanks.

@huzefa_from_kuwait:
You've got the U8800H right? Then you need to find the correct image-folder for your phone, as it differs from what I uploaded which is for U8800.

Unbrick U8800 with Odin?

Hi there!
I have bricked my phone and it is in "download" mode.
Is there a way to "bring it back" with Odin?
Thanks!
M.

Did they repaired your phone for the second time? If not, what did they said? What did you do in the first place that you bricked it?
Sent from my Ideos X5

Still waitin'
Nobody called me, don't know what's happening with my phone.
Get back here when new info available.

No, Odin is for Samsung
Better try to flash stock rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205307

darkfiremark said:
No, Odin is for Samsung
Better try to flash stock rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205307
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People still doesn't read. I said that it is bricked! Cannot install anything on.
Brgds

What do you mean by download mode? if you turn it on with vol up and down and power held, what happens?
Try put stock rom (2.3 or 2.2 depending on what was on phone before) in dload folder on sd card and it might flash firmware off that.

If you're on download mode then you can upload a recovery an boot image. Do it and use that to flash any rom you want.

I appreciate people trying to help. But sometimes it is good to stay quiet. So please, don't reply with funny suggestions.
Thanks.

Hello;
What, exactly, is "download mode"?

For someone how's in need of help, you should take it easy on the atitude and provide more info for those sparing a moment of their lives to try to help you out, no?

bonowax said:
Hello;
What, exactly, is "download mode"?
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http://androidforums.com/vibrant-tips-tricks/177526-how-enter-download-mode-what-worked-me.html

VuDuCuRSe said:
For someone how's in need of help, you should take it easy on the atitude and provide more info for those sparing a moment of their lives to try to help you out, no?
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I am just trying to say that sometimes it is better to no reply at all.
If i said that the telephone is bricked and only in download mode you should know what does it mean before you reply. That's all. No hard feelings.

Try using a FAT32 formatted sdcard, with nothing in it but the dload folder with a stock ROM.
Couple days ago, I deleted all files from my U8800's FAT32 and EXT4 partitons - yes, even the 'image' folder, connected to my Linux box.
Because I wanted to revert to stock Froyo, i dumped back partition 5, from a backup I did some months ago - but this part is not relevant.
Formatted the card, dumped the dload folder into it, with a card reader; removed the battery and followed the procedure described in your link.
First try, it displayed some error message - can't remember - second try it showed up the pink screen, followed by the blue screen and initiated the ROM flashing. My phone is now fine and dandy... Oh, it rebooted three times after installing stock Froyo, so don't be alarmed when you get there.
Cheers
Good luck

bonowax said:
Try using a FAT32 formatted sdcard, with nothing in it but the dload folder with a stock ROM.
Couple days ago, I deleted all files from my U8800's FAT32 and EXT4 partitons - yes, even the 'image' folder, connected to my Linux box.
Because I wanted to revert to stock Froyo, i dumped back partition 5, from a backup I did some months ago - but this part is not relevant.
Formatted the card, dumped the dload folder into it, with a card reader; removed the battery and followed the procedure described in your link.
First try, it displayed some error message - can't remember - second try it showed up the pink screen, followed by the blue screen and initiated the ROM flashing. My phone is now fine and dandy... Oh, it rebooted three times after installing stock Froyo, so don't be alarmed when you get there.
Cheers
Good luck
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I tried all you mentioned 30 X and more then that But no success
Btw: if you dumped back your partition from backup you had access to internal memory ... i don't have that connection neither on Ubuntu or Windows. I got pink screen but it is in "Download mode" only.
Thanks.

Can you explain me how did you get your Huawei u8800 enter in Download mode if it's a feature of some samsung smartphones to work with odin ?
You're being a little rude for those who're tryin' to help you, you should be more polite ma friend...
You didn't even say what rom were you using... so I guess you don't even deserve any help from anybody.
Peace

I've had download mode on my previous Android device - LG GT540. All it needed to enter such mode was to remove the battery, SIM and sdcard , and plug the USB cable. It would enter download mode and allow a stock ROM to be flashed with the standard LG update tool.
Actually, I dumped partition 5 back to the phone prior to erasing every file system in it, and indeed had pink screen mode access in order to do it...
Sorry it didn't work out for you.

Loureiro said:
Can you explain me how did you get your Huawei u8800 enter in Download mode if it's a feature of some samsung smartphones to work with odin ?
You're being a little rude for those who're tryin' to help you, you should be more polite ma friend...
You didn't even say what rom were you using... so I guess you don't even deserve any help from anybody.
Peace
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I've installed some custom ROM and after reboot it stopped to boot in HUAWEI logo. And that was it. I have tried to install official ROM's all of them with standard methods (dload folder) but every time ends in step 2/2 (installation failed or something like that). I opened up new thread with that few weeks ago:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466953
This thread was supposed to answer my question at the top. And some guys did. I don't know how can thread be closed by the author. I've try to find it but with no success.
I appreciate people like to help. But if people don't know what i am asking why answering and asking questions that are answered in many threads before.
You see .. this thread should be as small as possible but ends with looong explanations which doesn't help at all
Peace.

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U8800 Pro maybe bricked! Please Help!!!

Okay guys.The last today I was messing around with aurora rom and have done some flashing. It was a matter of time for my phone not to boot up since I was flashing custom modded aurora rom(by sakura 2.11a).
The phone doesn't boot.I just see the ideos logo and stays there forever.The same applies also if I try to boot from recovery 5.0.27.Again I'm stuck at ideos logo.
I have a lot of working backups both in my internal and external sd.I only need to reach recovery once !!!
I can access the pink screen and I can see the following files as seen in the screenshoot.
The recovery img is this one : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19331019#
I downloaded the recovery again and compared the phone one with the downloaded one via md5 and crc32(it's the same img).
The boot.img was replaced with the sakura 2.11a because it firstly was a custom one I had created (my bad ... )
The other files are left untouched because I don't know if I should mess with them.
I can connect my external sd card to my laptop and can see all the files are there.I can also write files.
Should I try the solution in post 2 at this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579366
Please help me! I'm pretty much desperate here xD
Thanks in advance!

you got pm (bored to write english)

geocheats2 said:
you got pm (bored to write english)
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Well, we understand that, but if you have a solution to the problem posted, it would be nice to see it written for the whole community, so that if anyone falls into the same issue they will know what to do...

Okay I will tell you something but please don't laugh at me.
I think from the shock that the phone didn't boot my mind messed up the key combination and instead of pressing power & volume up I was pressing power & volume down. That's what I thought after restoring. I copied into my external sd card the dload folder I used to upgrade from 2.2.2 to 2.3.5 and I used power & volume up. It booted into recovery. I restored a backup and everything returned to normal. After that I read genokolar's instructions on how to boot into recovery and I think it was just me who used the wrong key combination
It seems really funny now Panic can be the worst thing in the world sometimes
anyway,problem solved!!!!!

ilciumbia said:
Well, we understand that, but if you have a solution to the problem posted, it would be nice to see it written for the whole community, so that if anyone falls into the same issue they will know what to do...
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i have written it more than twice in similar posts here if someone searches for that i believe he will find the answer

a medicine for the time when u stuck in any thing

whenever u are trying to swap GB TO ICS or what ever u do u stuck in anything boot loop or in recovery or u want to parted the partition this kernel will wipe like a charm on any rom and u can mount ur memory with bricked device and can installl anything with cwm its work like a charm its my expieriance .... specialy for factoryfs problem ......
in atachment you can download both cwm and odin version of this kernel ...try it

What? Are you saying that the attached can be used over a super bricked phone and it will work to reflash and take the phoned out of a bricked state to a fully functioning phone?

yea u can wipe and then install cm9 from cwm it works budyy check it

OP, you wanna post in this thread too?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661590
Perhaps you can help the guys out there, currently they are going through another possible solution in the thread.

HasC said:
What? Are you saying that the attached can be used over a super bricked phone and it will work to reflash and take the phoned out of a bricked state to a fully functioning phone?
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what he's saying ,or rather failed to say ,is that this kernel contains all the necessary tools ,like parted to revive your super bricked phone using adb.

Lets cut to the chase, the full thread is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886

[Q] nook light problem

Hello all,i have problem with nook simple touch with glowlight, i formated it with "Alpha-FormatTouch-2" and my glowlight is gone from system i dont have maked backup. Any soliutons how to get back light to nook ? Thanks for answers

hiii
anyway before do anything i told u ....... unust first take back up by boot up frok sd card have noogie image and then take backup from the whole nook .....and make sure about 1.9gb ......and save it save place ........then go to download the frimware 1.2.1 from barns and noble website and then download the package (*.zip) and dont touch it and connect ur nook to ur pc and put the file in the main directory of nook partition and eject ur nook safely and then when ur nook goes to mode sleep then it will recognize ur file and will install it then reboot and i think ur nook should works fine
ps: format tiuch ddowngrade ur nook to 1.1.0 and the downgrade frimware with glow white is 1.1.5 and if u want downgrade ur nook to this version just tell me , and if method above failed tells me also
good luck
Sent from my NOOK using xda app-developers apps

Thanks its worked now my lglowlight is working, now my nook version is 1.2.1 i using tinynnot and now not all programs want run, i need to downgrade ? (how) or use another root ?

if u wanna root ur nook and ur Version is (1.2.1) , then root with Nook Manager .... it's only root work with this firmware version , but if u downgrade ur nook to (1.1.5) it will work with GlowWhite nooter as i remember
try Nook Manager and if u faced problem , we will move to downgrade process
good luck

downgrade process
speedman2202 said:
if u wanna root ur nook and ur Version is (1.2.1) , then root with Nook Manager .... it's only root work with this firmware version , but if u downgrade ur nook to (1.1.5) it will work with GlowWhite nooter as i remember
try Nook Manager and if u faced problem , we will move to downgrade process
good luck
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I want to downgrade my NST from 1.2.1 to 1.1.5. What is the process?
edit: nevermind, I will try the NookDevs factory restore or this TouchFormatter http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475613

RAFK said:
I want to downgrade my NST from 1.2.1 to 1.1.5. What is the process?
edit: nevermind, I will try the NookDevs factory restore or this TouchFormatter http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475613
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first u download 1.1.5 update from barns and nobol website or any link and then u repack the file with zip compress and then made an clockworkmode recovery sd and put the repacked file an it and then delete all files on nook but dont touch this partition named rom , then boot with cwm and apply update from repacked file then u can boot to 1.1.5 system successfully and then u can root it.
for delete files in ur nook partitions boot with noogie image and boot ur pc with linux os and then u will able to access to nook partitions ad just delete files inside it dont format!!!!!!!
and before do anything take back up , dont forget do that !!!!!!!
another way: use format touch and then dont repack the 1.1.5 file and just put it in nook internal memory and let ur nook go sleep then it will install this update file successfully
any misunderstand or something wrong replay me
thx
Sent from my NOOK using xda app-developers app

Backup, backup, backup first!
BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP FIRST!
speedman2202 said:
and before do anything take back up , dont forget do that !!!!!!!
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SpeedMan, you got that right! I did make a backup BEFORE trying this.
First, I killed my nook, stuck on 'read forever' screen. Second, worried for a while. Third, I fixed it with the CWM backup.
I love my nook too much to try that again. It is good enough for now.
For all who read here, let me repeat:
BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP FIRST!
The backup built into CWM can be a lifesaver. It is very easy to use. Use it!

dont worry man , i killed my nook twice and my backup was not complete , anyway just calm down ..... damm ..... i was being stuck on reed for ever screen for 1 month and 2 weeks cuz i take incomplete backup and now it fine from along time (about a year from now) , i have full back up and i can play with my nook .... dont worry man .....and i am sry if i make u feel bad when u fail downgrade ...... but if u want continue , i am here and i am sure what i say to u , may be u do steps wrong or u
anyway .... easiest way , use format touch (it's downgrade ur nook to 1.1 as i remember) and then register ur nook then download the official update from barns and nobol website ( if u had NST only then u need this version 1.1.2 here and if u own NST with Glowlight then u need this 1.1.5 here ) and then follow this instruction to do manual update:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30745934&postcount=10
anyway man , i am glad u read my instruction well ..... but i think u do something wrong that make u stuck with (read for ever) screen!
before i forget , u need root ur nook and access to ADB to close or turn off ur automatic update
and dont worry , i love my nook too
good luck