My son brought me his Nexus S 4g and told me that it doesn't work anymore. He says that he didn't do anything and that it just started doing this on its own. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
When powered on, it quickly goes to the screen with the Google icon and a lock icon. It sits here for about 30 seconds, then reboots to the same thing. If I pull the battery and hold Vol Up and Power when inserting the battery I can get into Fastboot, but when I select Recovery or Reboot, I get the same Google screen.
When I gave him the phone, it was rooted with CWM recovery loaded and a ICS ROM running.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have been reading through threads all night long without finding much.
Sounds to me like you need to begin the rooting process again at the "fastboot oem unlock" part. Since you probably don't have anything on your SD card, you might have to push a new recovery via fastboot as well.
Look to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078213
for inspiration.
Once you get into the recovery loaded via fastboot, you can get whatever rom that you want onto the SD card by navigating to:
Mounts and Storage > Mount USB Storage
and leave it on that screen while you load the rom onto the SD card.
After that flash the new rom via CWM as normal.
Thanks for the reply. Since I was already unlocked, I followed the steps to return the phone to stock, including flashing boot, system, userdata, recovery and erasing cache. Now when I reboot, it just loops to the Google screen and reboots after 30 seconds. The only difference is that I don't see the lock icon at the bottom or the Google screen.
When I select Recovery, it just goes into the same Google loop. I am going to try to go through the root steps and see what happens. :-(
I was able to unlock the phone, but it will not boot into Recovery. I can get to Fastboot, but I am back to where I started.
When I gave the phone to my son, I had installed SetCPU and configured a profile to throttle the processor down when the screen was off to conserve battery. I am now wondering if he tried to overclock the processor and clicked "set at boot".
Any more suggestions? (please)
Did you successfully flash a recovery.img? Immediately after this you should hit Recovery, then mount the storage, copy a ROM over, do a Full Wipe and flash the ROM.
If all goes well, you'll boot fine. If not, it may be a hardware problem. Try to wipe most of it and lock the bootloader if you need to send it to samsung.
It looks like I successfully flashed a recovery image. I have tried version 5.x and version 3.x. Below is the result of the 5.x command. However when I select Recovery from Fastboot, I go to the Google screen loop.
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-cloc
kwork-5.0.2.0-crespo4g.img
sending 'recovery' (4136 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... OKAY
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>
OK, go to http://wonderly.com/bb/CRESPO4G/OEM/GRJ22IMAGES.zip
That will download the GRJ22 stock images of your phone. Unzip them in your PC. Next, use fastboot like this.
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
After it finishes you can reboot your phone with "fastboot reboot". This will installed Stock GB 2.3.4 for NS4G. Setup your phone and you will get OTA to 2.3.5. After that you will get OTA again to 2.3.7. Good luck.
By the way, you must let it OTA all the way up to 2.3.7 to get the latest Radio and bootloader version.
Giving it a shot now. I'll let you know shortly how it goes.
Update: Same result. All commands completed successfully, but I end up in the Google logo boot loop. Is there a kernel .img file that I should flash, in case my son tried to flash an unsupported kernel?
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader
img
sending 'bootloader' (1536 KB)... OKAY
writing 'bootloader'... OKAY
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader... OKAY
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot flash radio radio.img
sending 'radio' (15232 KB)... OKAY
writing 'radio'... OKAY
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader... OKAY
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (174451 KB)... OKAY
writing 'system'... OKAY
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
sending 'userdata' (18796 KB)... OKAY
writing 'userdata'... OKAY
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (2904 KB)... OKAY
writing 'boot'... OKAY
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (3144 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... OKAY
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot erase cache
erasing 'cache'... OKAY
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools>
That included stock kernel.
Man you might just want to fastboot oem lock and send the phone. Those were factory images... if they don't work it means hw issues.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA
rasengan82 said:
That included stock kernel.
Man you might just want to fastboot oem lock and send the phone. Those were factory images... if they don't work it means hw issues.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA
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I agree. If this does not work, send the phone back to Sprint.
I really appreciate y'all trying to help. I will see if Sprint will be kind enough to exchange it. Thanks again.
Hi all,
Interesting problem. I've been updating some P8 Lite units that were shipped to us with a single SIM ROM with dual SIM ROM. I've already done two phones without issues (both ALE-L21). Onto the third phone (also ALE-L21), and this time there's a problem.
I'm not quite clear if the HiSilicon Kirin 620 and HI6210SFT are the same chipset or not. An answer to this would be helpful!
Steps taken:
Unlocked bootloader via Huawei website. Fastboot says PHONE Unlocked and fastboot oem get-bootinfo replies: (bootloader) unlocked
Flashed boot, recovery, cust, and system.img via fastboot following the guide (using dual SIM unbrick files)
Phone does not boot past Huawei logo, I get a black screen and then after a minute or so it reboots
Pretty odd, since I've done this on two other phones of the same model and the process worked without any issues.
TWRP 2.8.7 does not boot on the phone (black screen and reboot to Huawei logo)
TWRP 3.0.2 does boot.
Unfortunately I didn't think to take a backup of the system before I started this since I'd done it twice before without problems.
Here's what I've tried to do to get this phone to boot again:
Took TWRP backup of another ALE-L21 running B584 and restore it. Result: bootloop/not booting past Huawei logo
Flashed B052 via fastboot from here. Result: bootloop/not booting past Huawei logo
Flash recovery.img from the guide (not sure which OS version this is based on) and put UPDATE.APP for B052 on sdcard\dload\UPDATE.app. Result: black screen after Huawei logo, no activity
Tried the above with UPDATE.APP from B584. Result: black screen after Huawei logo, no activity
Using Huawei eRecovery from fastboot. Result: "getting package info failed"
I know the phone isn't bricked, because TWRP 3.0.2 still boots.
However, I cannot for the life of me get any Huawei OS to boot on this phone anymore. I'm using fastboot for everything (Linux) and I don't have any problems to flash:
$ fastboot flash boot BOOT.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'boot' (21706 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.887s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 1.692s]
finished. total time: 2.580s
$ fastboot flash recovery RECOVERY.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (34280 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.420s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 2.615s]
finished. total time: 4.036s
$ fastboot flash cust CUST.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'cust' (218981 KB)...
OKAY [ 8.815s]
writing 'cust'...
OKAY [ 5.691s]
finished. total time: 14.507s
$ fastboot flash system SYSTEM.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending sparse 'system' (460798 KB)...
OKAY [ 24.211s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 10.338s]
sending sparse 'system' (460385 KB)...
OKAY [ 23.630s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 10.617s]
sending sparse 'system' (460747 KB)...
OKAY [ 23.682s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 11.319s]
sending sparse 'system' (457010 KB)...
OKAY [ 23.684s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 10.537s]
sending sparse 'system' (443304 KB)...
OKAY [ 23.432s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 10.011s]
finished. total time: 171.461s
My next step would be to try a custom ROM, but there isn't much choice here of flashable zips, and all the custom ROMs seem to be broken or missing features. what I really want is to get this phone back to booting the Huawei OS, but this is seeming impossible.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 amd64 and have no issues with adb/fastboot or drivers.
Does anyone have any ideas why this phone refuses to boot after the attempted dual SIM conversion?
I don't really know about this stuff but
After flashing those .img files, have you tried to go stock recovery and tried factory reset there. I think I had something similiar problem (might have been different can't quite remember) but after that I got device to boot.
keikari said:
After flashing those .img files, have you tried to go stock recovery and tried factory reset there. I think I had something similiar problem (might have been different can't quite remember) but after that I got device to boot.
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How do you access factory recovery? With Power + Vol UP + Vol DOWN?
I've tried this key combination after flashing via fastboot, I get a black screen after the Huawei logo and no recovery.
I'm assuming the factory recovery is supposed to look like what you see during an UPDATE.APP installation?
icewewe said:
How do you access factory recovery? With Power + Vol UP + Vol DOWN?
I've tried this key combination after flashing via fastboot, I get a black screen after the Huawei logo and no recovery.
I'm assuming the factory recovery is supposed to look like what you see during an UPDATE.APP installation?
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Power + Vol UP
---------- Post added at 07:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:34 PM ----------
Also you can test updateflaher.zip from this thread to use TWRP to install stock rom https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-4x/how-to/install-emui-4-1-4x-4c-g-play-g-play-t3515702. I'm not sure will it work for p8lite, but it can install p8lite firmware to honor4x so maybe it can also install p8lite firmware to p8lite. No idea will it help though.
I suspect you did not factory reset before trying to boot. Get into twrp, then factory reset, clear cache, wipe data EVERYTHING YOU CAN clean. No previous data/cache should remain.
Then flash system files using adb (follow the guide to the letter). Reboot. Give it some time, it should come back.
keikari said:
Power + Vol UP
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Does nothing. I get the Huawei logo and then a black screen.
bumjrah said:
I suspect you did not factory reset before trying to boot. Get into twrp, then factory reset, clear cache, wipe data EVERYTHING YOU CAN clean. No previous data/cache should remain.
Then flash system files using adb (follow the guide to the letter). Reboot. Give it some time, it should come back.
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What guide are you referring to? The one I linked to doesn't use TWRP and flashes the system via fastboot, which doesn't require a wipe.
Okay, I fixed the issue. I'm really not sure why it didn't work before.
Here are the steps I took:
Restored a TWRP backup I took of another ALE-L21 running B584
Wipe Data/Cache
Flash RECOVERY.img from B584 UPDATE.APP
But then I had the Balong bug. I figured out this is because the oeminfo partition contained data from somewhere. Lollipop or the single SIM build, I don't know.
The UPDATE.APP containing the fix for Balong wouldn't flash in the Huawei recovery. Probably because it's intended for Lollipop and B584 is MM. Or something. Whatever.
So I flashed TWRP and using adb created /data/custom.bin with
Code:
hw/eu
and permissions 0666. This got rid of Balong build, but neither SIM card was recognized by Android.
Then what I did was take a copy of oeminfo from another hw/eu phone, one I had successfully converted earlier, and flashed that. For others reading, oeminfo partition is /dev/block/mtdblk0p8. It's 32MB but almost entirely 0's, so the zip compressed version is really small (80KB).
So here are the steps again:
Restore TWRP backup of another phone running B584
Wipe Data/Cache
Flashed oeminfo for hw/eu from another phone running B584
Flashed Huawei stock recovery from B584
Performed a system update using Huawei recovery with B584 UPDATE.APP
Now the phone recognizes both SIM cards correctly, and has the correct region/oeminfo.
If anyone else has problems with Balong build and you're running MM, here is the oeminfo I used to fix the phone. You will need to unzip and flash in TWRP (or Android if you have root) using the dd command listed above.
Example:
Code:
unzip oeminfo-eu.zip
adb push oeminfo-eu.bin /tmp/
adb shell
dd if=/tmp/oeminfo-eu.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8
Hi Guys,
I have finally successfully flashed a phh AOSP 8.1 provided in the following thread to Lenovoz5
Before proceeding, here are the basics,
Do not Ever ever ever EVER flash zui_3.9.075_Z5_L78011_multi
Bootloader needs to be unlocked only if you wantto flash custom Android 9.0 Pie roms,
If you want to stick to stock Lenovo rom, then you do not need to unlock bootloader.
If you start your phone and it says "Your device is corrupt" then your phone has zui_3.9.075_Z5_L78011_multi.
This rom is a dirty version of stock rom, that Chinese sellers sells your phone with. This is not the original rom.
Always use "L78011_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00016.0_O_ZUI_3.9.075_ST_180605_qpst" for unlocking bootloader, 075, this version is the only version that allows unlocking bootloader.
With other versions like L78011_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00016.0_O_ZUI_4.0.390_ST_180809_qpst, L78011_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00016.0_O_ZUI_4.0.200_ST_180809_qpst
This option is hidden by manufacturer under Developer options.
If you start your phone and you dont get option to activate via Wifi or Network, then your phone doesnt have stock rom and it has been tweaked by your seller.
Here is the download link for stock rom, do not use the rom that has _multi in its name.
https://mega.nz/#F!9953xR6a!76EEVKmW3LtjE7tYPF2Z1Q
If you get Sahara error when flashing through QFIL
1) Make sure your phone is in edl mode, follow the video for that
2) Make sure the config is correctly set in Settings within QFIL
3) Try changing USB ports on your PC, It only works on USB 2.0, will throw error on USB 3.0 and 3.1
Make sure you go through this thread, each and every question is answered already.
If you have any questions, make sure to list out everything you did and what you are trying to do,
My phone doesnt start
I cant proceed
I cant flash
I am stuck
I cant unlock bootloader
This doesnt help, please post full description with screenshots , what you have done to your phone after your received it from your seller, what you want,
Google the basics, bootloader unlocking, stock rom, custom rom, Android 8.0, Android 9.0 etc
I have created Lenovo z5 group on telegram, pls post there if you have any questions, i dont check xda, but i will respond on telegram whenever i can.
Check out this video on how to flash using qfil
https://youtu.be/TdkNaKpiiUw
Go through this thread and read all the posts, most of your questions is probably already answered.
I would recommend if you are not good at flashing then back up all partitions on external sd card. (WIFI and data working now )
To backup stock partitions,
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Flash TWRP through fastboot
3. Boot to TWRP and do a full back up of all partitions.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...-development/experimental-phh-treble-t3709659
All the credits for the rom goes to developers in that thread, i have only flashed it to Lenovo z5.
Flashing guide for Android 8.1: (Everything is working on Android 9.0, check out second post in this thread.)
What you will need:
ADB: https://www.mediafire.com/file/8j84x6j1g2xb8z6/adb.zip/file
TWRP.img https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yj9Vu-1YqR8kxMReP5pZerpLa-PKnZ1z
boot.img - This is the same boot.img in stock qpst from L78011_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00016.0_O_ZUI_3.9.200_ST_1807 21_qpst
or get it from here https://drive.google.com/open?id=14WNBcstAB3A40fafEhI2NWMAhGBtJge_
vbmeta.img https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dTIuxwKnfZFrE7HFtYSMqUx6gItXvxEB
ROM - system-arm64-ab-gapps-su.img from the above link
superuser flash file (To be flashed through TWRP recovery) https://drive.google.com/open?id=1w0PHZFvfYvExBAEnyDyqBpBjMGLBoLes
superuser apk(not necessary to install) https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XU9pydDRPOZ2weq14j6S-hveM98C8zHe
Procedure to Flash custom rom on Lenovo Z5:
Step 1: Flash stock version L78011_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00016.0_O_ZUI_3.9.075_ST_180605_qpst using qfil mentioned earlier in this thread
(After flashing this stock rom, if your phone goes in to boot loop then don't worry about it, continue with the rest of the process)
Step 2:Unlock bootloader (This will void your warranty) (unlocking command: fastboot flashing unlock)
Step 3: boot to bootloader
Flash with the following commands.
1. adb reboot bootloader
2. fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
3. fastboot flash boot_a boot.img
4. fastboot flash boot_b boot.img
5. fastboot -w flash system_a system-arm64-ab-gapps-su.img
6. fastboot -w flash system_b system-arm64-ab-gapps-su.img
7. fastboot flash boot twrp.img
8. Once twrp is flashed, do not turn off or restart your phone, press volume down twice, select option boot to recovery
9. Flash superuser flash file(mentioned above)
10. Do not clear any data or cache, we already did that, Start and Enjoy!
After completing these steps please wait for about 25 to 30 mins
(My logs when i flashed the rom)
c:\adb>adb reboot bootloader
c:\adb>fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Sending 'vbmeta' (4 KB) OKAY [ 0.018s]
Writing 'vbmeta' OKAY [ 0.037s]
Finished. Total time: 0.079s
c:\adb>fastboot flash boot_a boot.img
Sending 'boot_a' (52261 KB) OKAY [ 1.795s]
Writing 'boot_a' OKAY [ 0.037s]
Finished. Total time: 1.842s
c:\adb>fastboot flash boot_b boot.img
Sending 'boot_b' (52261 KB) OKAY [ 1.798s]
Writing 'boot_b' OKAY [ 0.036s]
Finished. Total time: 1.843s
c:\adb>fastboot flash system_a system-arm64-ab-gapps-su.img
Sending sparse 'system_a' 1/3 (524284 KB) OKAY [ 18.954s]
Writing sparse 'system_a' 1/3 OKAY [ 0.006s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 2/3 (488160 KB) OKAY [ 20.940s]
Writing sparse 'system_a' 2/3 OKAY [ 0.005s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 3/3 (514508 KB) OKAY [ 21.349s]
Writing sparse 'system_a' 3/3 OKAY [ 0.010s]
Finished. Total time: 68.562s
c:\adb>fastboot flash system_b system-arm64-ab-gapps-su.img
mke2fs 1.44.3 (10-July-2018)
Creating filesystem with 12466167 4k blocks and 3121152 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 98e2d366-b46f-11e8-9d3d-3d9d543f2291
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (65536 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
Sending sparse 'system_b' 1/3 (524284 KB) OKAY [ 19.159s]
Writing sparse 'system_b' 1/3 OKAY [ 0.037s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 2/3 (488160 KB) OKAY [ 20.708s]
Writing sparse 'system_b' 2/3 OKAY [ 0.007s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 3/3 (514508 KB) OKAY [ 21.250s]
Writing sparse 'system_b' 3/3 OKAY [ 0.007s]
Erasing 'userdata' OKAY [ 3.849s]
Sending 'userdata' (4348 KB) OKAY [ 0.167s]
Writing 'userdata' OKAY [ 0.007s]
Finished. Total time: 73.993s
c:\adb>fastboot flash boot twrp.img
Sending 'boot_a' (58524 KB) OKAY [ 2.021s]
Writing 'boot_a' OKAY [ 0.007s]
Finished. Total time: 2.041s
c:\adb>adb reboot bootloader
c:\adb>fastboot erase cache
Erasing 'cache' FAILED (remote: 'Check device console.')
Finished. Total time: 0.013s
Not working:
Notification LED (Thanks to DarkerMaster)
Pictures taken by camera are always 90 degrees rotated
Google Camera app is crashing
Working on Android 8.1:
Call
Camera
Fingerprint reader
WIFI
Mobile data ...
Almost everything
I am still testing the device. I will post details later.
Android 8.1
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1k1bgp3sLedy-e5vqYKZF47WXRIVfO-tN
https://drive.google.com/open?id=11RAiDNS-1_bv7ceYJDLriOuGtMIkfbXt
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hDrJHaKKHhowWJSvVUN3Y9scZeCMMLIz
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bvKErzYwF9qH87Leie_acnwElINM8qxQ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Sg5mHLgm6_Bl4xz3ZBrgq7sLDbrveGWg
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XxaiVKaImXZ64mH-TwuXcXNEFaTn2ydK
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ABII2x3hWMKwgTr8mVxI-cYTiej1lVlN
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rn7CXYnhiiiDBYoF_K1us9vXjgTMOigq
Imp:
If you have flashed one of these Roms, and you can boot in to it successfully, please do not use Factory reset. If you do, then the rom wont boot, since Magisk/SU is installed.
If you still do, then boot to Bootloader, flash vbmeta, boot_a, boot_b, twrp, Magisk(Android 9)/SU(Android 8).
If you have unlocked bootloader, do not relock it, ever
Special Thanks to phhusson for his [AOSP 8.1] [2018-08-16] Phh-Treble
Experimental:
Zui FM Radio app (Not working yet!)
Please note this is still under development, i am only posting it here, if anyone wants to work on it.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1raHCHhMxOQVM8L0rbSjoKeTVLmbtBSIc
Don't forget to hit that Thanks button !
Cheers
Android 9.0 flashing guide
Back up all partitions on external sd card.
Check out this video on how to flash using qfil
https://youtu.be/TdkNaKpiiUw
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...ce-development/9-0-pixelexperience-p-t3833294
Rom: PixelExperienceP-arm64-ab.zip
All the credits for the rom goes to developers in that thread, i have only flashed it to Lenovo z5.
What you will need:
TWRP.img https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yj9Vu-1YqR8kxMReP5pZerpLa-PKnZ1z
boot.img - This is the same boot.img in stock qpst from L78011_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00016.0_O_ZUI_3.9.200_ST_1807 21_qpst
or get it from here https://drive.google.com/open?id=14WNBcstAB3A40fafEhI2NWMAhGBtJge_
vbmeta.img https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dTIuxwKnfZFrE7HFtYSMqUx6gItXvxEB
ROM - PixelExperienceP-arm64-ab.img from the above link
Magisk superuser flash file (To be flashed through TWRP recovery) https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FV_ogrSU488bpI_hhuyA8rHm3Fj_xLqb
Magisk superuser apk https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hi_58d1nJ-PNe3aPKb_0YsLrh5ElOXVn
Step 1: Flash stock version L78011_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00016.0_O_ZUI_3.9.075_ST_180605_qpst using qfil mentioned earlier in this thread
(After flashing this stock rom, if your phone goes in to boot loop then don't worry about it, continue with the rest of the process)
Step 2:Unlock bootloader (This will void your warranty) (unlocking command: fastboot flashing unlock)
Step 3: boot to bootloader
Flash with the following commands.
1. adb reboot bootloader
2. fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
3. fastboot flash boot_a boot.img
4. fastboot flash boot_b boot.img
5. fastboot -w flash system_a PixelExperienceP-arm64-ab.img
6. fastboot -w flash system_b PixelExperienceP-arm64-ab.img
7. fastboot flash boot twrp.img
8. Once twrp is flashed, do not turn off or restart your phone, press volume down twice, select option boot to recovery
9. Flash Magisk flash file(mentioned above, once this is done take pictures of the TWRP logs)
10. Do not clear any data or cache, we already did that
11. On first boot install Magisk apk mentioned above. That's it !
Not working:
Notification LED
Working on Android 9:
Call
Camera
Fingerprint reader
WIFI
Mobile data(4G not sure about 3G)
Google Camera (If app crashes then follow procedure in this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/how-to/guide-how-to-enable-camera2-api-t3419579 )
Almost everything
Android 9.0
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1L_q2b8V0V7lIafcQsMVbKgqyRq3Tt2Hp
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1grkAu-FhZ56LKN82ubXYN3163ChTUVwr
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yd5B0HN9Bund6UbJrEScbRsvrofExtT2
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lWnH408p6aIREmEzl8IIKyE4UKS5V0Nk
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12EDJRbNm_4KVPD72FJ4Yem0gt3XE-BVr
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RBt2miHzcvC9punEytJd_9aRyDwwhtV9
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1saTXcINKgbjw4HKxvRrSlbPrYk6GJfRr
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QfLT5_gUk6k3U7o6ZJig8skn7Ckr--GK
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pWJxmxO-ZzdNdGCK4LVO_zqxKpCQV5fG
Some snaps taken from the phone
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1w0GCNHKjuhE3x_A6xAwVgkYua0pMWGj-
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GZ4LXyBHOL-zWEXrJVSMRPc07Nabg-eB
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kTyVHk2Gr8LHekjvn7AwtnC92xrj0_7G
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qgADqYoePMN9B5OMcpXw2pUc5DYXPCLI
If Windows doesnt detect phone in File Transfer mode:
Enable Developer options, turn off USB debugging.
If Mobile data doesnt work:
Settings > mobile data > Preferred network type = 4G and Choose your network providers Access point, if there is none then create one.
Special Thanks to EnesSastim and phhusson for their [9.0][GSI] PixelExperience P - UNOFFICIAL
Follow this process if you want to remove encryption:
This will delete the os and data on your phone. please backup everything before proceeding. External SD card will be untouched.
Flash L78011_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00016.0_O_ZUI_4.0.390_ST_180809_qpst via qfil (This step is to flash latest persist, firmware, vendor etc images available in 390, if you want to stay on 075 and you already have this stock image flashed, then you can skip this step)
TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...overy-lenovo-z5-special-edition-twrp-t3850041
boot.img and persist.img are from version 390 of stock rom. (you can also use 075 images)
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot flash boot_a boot.img
fastboot flash boot_b boot.img
fastboot flash boot recovery-TWRP-3.2.3-1002-LENOVO_Z5-CN-wzsx150.img
Press volume down button twice and go to Recovery
(change language to english if needed)
In recovery backup all of your partitions on to External SD card.
Mount system, persist, firmware
Advanced > RM Forceencrypt
Select Remove DMVerity and Remove Forceencrypt
Swipt to confirm
(This should not throw any error in red fonts, should show Done in the end)
(If it says failed to mount Persist, then reboot to bootloader, fastboot flash persist persist.img)
In recovery goto Wipe
Select Format Data
type Yes (This will remove the encryption)
Reboot to bootloader
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot flash boot_a boot.img
fastboot flash boot_b boot.img
fastboot flash persist persist.img
fastboot -w flash system_a PixelExperienceP-arm64-ab.img
fastboot -w flash system_b PixelExperienceP-arm64-ab.img
fastboot flash boot twrp.img (older version of TWRP)
Boot to TWRP and flash Magisk
Here is the link to the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brS5tqfx2BQ&index=3&list=PLNqXvI29Azcg9lxA_n6ltytf9aFhn3T1d&t=1081s
download for 075
https://mega.nz/#F!9953xR6a!76EEVKmW3LtjE7tYPF2Z1Q
Return to Stock:
Downloads : ZUI5 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IL8Pu3Ame9gu6jqAAkBQrEiRL1a93rHK
ZUI10 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ANAZXbbygyZHAVNGmgoPimJ1fIKbK38D
Credits for ZUI 5 and Zui 10 goes to @M.Z.F and the original developer of the images in these zip files.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/lenovo-z5-custom-roms-pie-t3904607
Steps to return to stockbackup your data or everything will be wiped)
IF you are on Android 9.0
1) go to TWRP and back up all partitions on SD card (persist, vendor, system, data, boot, firmware, ... )
Step 2 and 3 will turn encryption on, so if u want to disable encryption, after step 3, flash recovery-TWRP-3.2.3-1020-LENOVO_Z5-CN-wzsx150.img and disable encryption. v 474 has new firmware and i have seen better call reception and data connectivity.
2) Flash stock L78011_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00016.0_O_ZUI_3.9.075_ST_180605_qpst through QFIL
3) Flash stock L78011_CN_OPEN_USER_Q00016.0_O_ZUI_4.0.474_ST_190118_qpst through QFilL
4) Boot to bootloader
5) go to Zui5 folder (link is above) and click on Batch.bat file
6) Press 2, Hit enter, enter, enter
7) phone will automatically restart and boot to ZUI5
8) go to ZUI10 folder and click on Batch.bat
7) Press 2, Hit enter, enter, wait for phone to restart.
Congrats you are back to stock ZUI.
Don't forget to hit that Thanks button !
Cheers
Wooow! A few questions%
Have you tested camera? How is the quality?
Also Android 9 working ok? What is the file.Zip that should be downloaded and flashed from the Pixel Experience list in the second link?
First link of Android 8.1 doesn't work.
Thanks!
nfraccar said:
Wooow! A few questions%
Have you tested camera? How is the quality?
Also Android 9 working ok? What is the file.Zip that should be downloaded and flashed from the Pixel Experience list in the second link?
First link of Android 8.1 doesn't work.
Thanks!
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Thanks for letting me know about the broken link, i have updated it.
I have everything working on Android 8.1 , not tried 9 yet. I will test camera quality tomorrow during day time. But camera does work.
Second link is the boot image.
GREAT!
Wanna go home quickly and play with my Z5!!!
Thank you for your work!!
Notification led work?
Did you tried Google Camera?
Also would you be so kind to explain how to flash another image? For example from AOSP 8.1 to 9.0?or viceversa. Thanks
nfraccar said:
Also would you be so kind to explain how to flash another image? For example from AOSP 8.1 to 9.0?or viceversa. Thanks
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I have tried that multiple times for Android 9.0, wifi and data just doesnt work, may be we will have to wait for new firmware from Lenovo.
rendroid15 said:
I have tried that multiple times for Android 9.0, wifi and data just doesnt work, may be we will have to wait for new firmware from Lenovo.
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Is it always possible to reflash stock ZUI?
How?
Thank you for Your kind support
nfraccar said:
Is it always possible to reflash stock ZUI?
How?
Thank you for Your kind support
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Unless you mess with Vendor and stock firmware partitions, you can always go back to ZUI.
For flashing stock ZUI, please see below thread, it has all the information you need including downloads
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/help-lenovo-z5-chinese-updates-t3812110
DarkerMaster said:
Thank you for your work!!
Notification led work?
Did you tried Google Camera?
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Google Camera is crashing on start up. I have tried 6 different versions. No luck.
Push Notifications are working so it rings but the led is not blinking.
rendroid15 said:
Google Camera is crashing on start up. I have tried 6 different versions. No luck.
Push Notifications are working so it rings but the led is not blinking.
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Of course you enabled camera 2 API right?
Yo rendroid, I managed to get my phone working again (first time in a week, woo hoo!)
Since flashing the system image didn't work with the adb, I put it in my phone's storage and flashed it with twrp.
(Btw, enabling the file extensions to be seen in file explorer didn't help with flashing the system image)
I was actually surprised it worked!
So my phone now has a working rom on it but I have a few problems:
-WiFi and Data not working. (The wifi toggle actually causes the phone to freeze. However, it breaks itself out and crashes the wifi toggle, leaving you to use the phone again)
-This is a minor issue but the notifications aren't cropped right (cut off and stuff)
This honestly has been a major breakthrough for me ( now that my phone isn't a paperweight anymore) and it's all thanks to you and the other devs for your hard work.
If you could help me with the wifi and data issue, that would the final piece to the puzzle and I could stop using my malfunctioning S4.
Cirus61 said:
Yo rendroid, I managed to get my phone working again (first time in a week, woo hoo!)
Since flashing the system image didn't work with the adb, I put it in my phone's storage and flashed it with twrp.
(Btw, enabling the file extensions to be seen in file explorer didn't help with flashing the system image)
I was actually surprised it worked!
So my phone now has a working rom on it but I have a few problems:
-WiFi and Data not working. (The wifi toggle actually causes the phone to freeze. However, it breaks itself out and crashes the wifi toggle, leaving you to use the phone again)
-This is a minor issue but the notifications aren't cropped right (cut off and stuff)
This honestly has been a major breakthrough for me ( now that my phone isn't a paperweight anymore) and it's all thanks to you and the other devs for your hard work.
If you could help me with the wifi and data issue, that would the final piece to the puzzle and I could stop using my malfunctioning S4.
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nice !
now for the wifi and data
i need you to flash the same rom using fastboot not twrp
The File explorer setting was just to see if the file has any extensions. So if you dont see an extension then add .img in the end.
I think there is a bug in twrp that is causing wifi and data to not work.
I have tried flashing the 8.1 and it has given me error in all files by fastboot
rng30 said:
I have tried flashing the 8.1 and it has given me error in all files by fastboot
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can you post the screenshots?
Its most likely you dont have adb installed,
You can get it from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
nfraccar said:
Of course you enabled camera 2 API right?
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not yet, i am testing stock rom right now.
rendroid15 said:
not yet, i am testing stock rom right now.
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Then Google Cam can't work. Activate camera 2 API if you have time and try again Google Cam!
rendroid15 said:
nice !
now for the wifi and data
i need you to flash the same rom using fastboot not twrp
The File explorer setting was just to see if the file has any extensions. So if you dont see an extension then add .img in the end.
I think there is a bug in twrp that is causing wifi and data to not work.
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Well crap. Just when I thought everything was good. The file does the .img extension but for some reason adb just can't find it even though it's literally in the same folder. I'll try again and let you know.
Cirus61 said:
Well crap. Just when I thought everything was good. The file does the .img extension but for some reason adb just can't find it even though it's literally in the same folder. I'll try again and let you know.
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try this, copy all files directly in adb folder, get rid of folder "Minimal adb drivers", the spaces in that folder name may be the problem.
If that doesnt work then just rename the rom name to rom.img and use that in fastboot command.
trying to flash boot.img even stock boot or patched image but got failed as message partition does not exist. The device is in fastboot mode with unlocked bootloader and rooted.
Tried Flashify, but freeze when tapping on Boot image.
command: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Result:
c:\adb>fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
sending 'boot' (16852 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.382s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: partition does not exist)
finished. total time: 0.387s
Any idea?
Did you solve the problem?
i think you can try https://forum.xda-developers.com/meizu-pro-5/how-to/tutorial-restore-hard-bricked-lost-t3838461
ISCYamil said:
Did you solve the problem?
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Nope. The reason I want to flash stock boot image or patch boot image because of every time flash new flyme rom via TWRP, the phone always rooted and Magisk is not working to hide root. Now I just use as is. The banking app cannot be working with rooted phone.
hall060679 said:
trying to flash boot.img even stock boot or patched image but got failed as message partition does not exist. The device is in fastboot mode with unlocked bootloader and rooted.
Tried Flashify, but freeze when tapping on Boot image.
command: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Result:
c:\adb>fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
sending 'boot' (16852 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.382s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: partition does not exist)
finished. total time: 0.387s
Any idea?
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I had the same problem just earlier today. What did the trick for me was installing the ROM using TWRP recovery. Move the stock ROM (you need to zip it for the process) into phone's root directory using your computer and then in TWRP tap on "Install" and find the zipped stock ROM and confirm. Let us know.
try fastboot flash bootimg instead.
Hello. I'm new in playing with smartphones around and flashing roms and all the other things.
But I wanted to learn, and began with something like the Android 12 Beta.
I found this article: Install Android 12 GSI
I used the ARM64 because after the command to check the architecture I got: arm64-v8a outputted.
I tried it with gApps and without. After every command I reboot and after that I'm in a bootloop. I get the Huawei Logo and after that the "warning" that I have an unlocked bootloader and it can't be trusted. After a bit, I get the Huawei Logo again and so on. After 3 times I guess eRecovery comes.
C:\Users\weber\Desktop\dc-unlocker2client_1.00.1435>adb reboot bootloader
C:\Users\weber\Desktop\dc-unlocker2client_1.00.1435>fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'vbmeta' (4 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.017s]
writing 'vbmeta'...
OKAY [ 0.036s]
finished. total time: 0.073s
C:\Users\weber\Desktop\dc-unlocker2client_1.00.1435>fastboot erase system
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 37.155s]
finished. total time: 37.169s
C:\Users\weber\Desktop\dc-unlocker2client_1.00.1435>fastboot flash system system.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
sending sparse 'system' 1/4 (460796 KB)...
OKAY [ 13.484s]
writing 'system' 1/4...
OKAY [ 4.426s]
sending sparse 'system' 2/4 (456612 KB)...
OKAY [ 14.049s]
writing 'system' 2/4...
OKAY [ 3.476s]
sending sparse 'system' 3/4 (460796 KB)...
OKAY [ 13.959s]
writing 'system' 3/4...
OKAY [ 3.582s]
sending sparse 'system' 4/4 (173628 KB)...
OKAY [ 5.140s]
writing 'system' 4/4...
OKAY [ 1.580s]
finished. total time: 59.786s
C:\Users\weber\Desktop\dc-unlocker2client_1.00.1435>fastboot -w
wiping userdata...
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
Can't determine partition type.
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
erasing 'userdata'...
(bootloader) success to erase cryypt info in oeminfo
OKAY [ 1.711s]
finished. total time: 1.719s
C:\Users\weber\Desktop\dc-unlocker2client_1.00.1435>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.043s
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Those are the outputs ov ervery command. Did I do something wrong? Or is the Huawei P10 Lite not able to flash the Androdi 12 Beta?
I appreciate any help!
Traijan said:
Hello. I'm new in playing with smartphones around and flashing roms and all the other things.
But I wanted to learn, and began with something like the Android 12 Beta.
I found this article: Install Android 12 GSI
I used the ARM64 because after the command to check the architecture I got: arm64-v8a outputted.
I tried it with gApps and without. After every command I reboot and after that I'm in a bootloop. I get the Huawei Logo and after that the "warning" that I have an unlocked bootloader and it can't be trusted. After a bit, I get the Huawei Logo again and so on. After 3 times I guess eRecovery comes.
Those are the outputs ov ervery command. Did I do something wrong? Or is the Huawei P10 Lite not able to flash the Androdi 12 Beta?
I appreciate any help!
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Hi...
first....the untrustet warning is normal even the bootloader is unlocked. Thats just ah info!
sec...did you come from Stock Rom or any other custom Rom and if custom then was this rom rootet. if yes (root) then you need to unroot first or you get bootloop. for unroot you must restore the stock ramdisk image thats the boot image. If you have no backup (btw greatest fail you could do by developing any Device) the recover stock Rom with erecovery and after initia boot activate dev options and usb debugging again. After that start from a clean stock Rom.
next...did you encrypt your internal storage with the fstab.hi6250b.zip and reboot to TWRP and then format Data then wipe Cache, Dalvik, Data, internal Storage and System then (Method a) reboot again to TWRP and flash the Rom. Yor also can also (Method b) not reboot to Bootloader not to TWRP and flash it with fastboot command.
But it is possible that the GSI Rom Android 12 actually not compatible with p10 lite. Its beta State and gapps for A12 would be beta to i think. So my thinking is just to wait for the official release what no garat for compatibility with p10 lite is but then the Rom isnt beta anymore.
solong
speedson
Supplement...the Part with the vbmeta is not necessary as far as i know.
solong
speedson
speedson said:
Hi...
first....the untrustet warning is normal even the bootloader is unlocked. Thats just ah info!
sec...did you come from Stock Rom or any other custom Rom and if custom then was this rom rootet. if yes (root) then you need to unroot first or you get bootloop. for unroot you must restore the stock ramdisk image thats the boot image. If you have no backup (btw greatest fail you could do by developing any Device) the recover stock Rom with erecovery and after initia boot activate dev options and usb debugging again. After that start from a clean stock Rom.
next...did you encrypt your internal storage with the fstab.hi6250b.zip and reboot to TWRP and then format Data then wipe Cache, Dalvik, Data, internal Storage and System then (Method a) reboot again to TWRP and flash the Rom. Yor also can also (Method b) not reboot to Bootloader not to TWRP and flash it with fastboot command.
But it is possible that the GSI Rom Android 12 actually not compatible with p10 lite. Its beta State and gapps for A12 would be beta to i think. So my thinking is just to wait for the official release what no garat for compatibility with p10 lite is but then the Rom isnt beta anymore.
solong
speedson
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Hey, I used the default rom installed on my huawei p10 lite.
I did a complete clean install yet.
Before that I used twrp to install it (because I thought it worked with .img) and after that I startet from a clean install of the default rom again and did the linked tutorial.
I'm not root on this device, I just have a unlocked bootloader.
I also didn't encrypted my internal storage. Do I have to do it?
What you mean with not reboot to bootloader? I did the commands in the link on fastboot (holding vol - and connect to pc)
Do you have an idea what I can do? I really would like to test android 12.
A good place to start when figuring out why no rom install's in my system-as-root...
Back to stock it is...