Database Users

Factory Restore - Archive does not contain... Help.

Hey guys. My brother got himself a Nexus 7 which is his first Android, and he was playing with some tweaks or mods or something and tried flashing via recovery and has messed something up. I have tried using the Toolkits as well as doing it manually with fastboot. I am able to flash a recovery and use that, but lose it after boot (the permanent option doesn't seem to stick). But, when I try to do a factory restore with the google image, it doesnt matter if i'm doig it manual or with the toolkit, the all respond with a "archive does not contain... " boot.sig, recovery.sig, or system.sig. Here is my output:
C:\Google Nexus 7 ToolKit>fastboot-toolkit.exe -w update "C:\Users\monkey\nakasi-
jro03d\image-nakasi-jro03d.zip"
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
--------------------------------------------
getvar:version-bootloader FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.836s
Even if I do them manually, one at a time:
C:\Google Nexus 7 ToolKit>fastboot-toolkit.exe flash boot nakasi-jro03d\image-na
kasi-jro03d\boot.img
sending 'boot' (4890 KB)...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.858s
I have also tried pushing a stock rom .zip to the /sdcard and it doesnt seem to make it either.
Feels like internal memory is corrupt. Any thoughts or ideas I can try? Also... should any custom recovery allow adb access? TWRP or CWM Touch don't seem to work.

Update... Just rebooted into bootloader and tried:
C:\Google Nexus 7 ToolKit>fastboot-toolkit.exe -w update "C:\Users\monkey\nakasi-jro03d-factory-e102ba72\nakasi-
jro03d\image-nakasi-jro03d.zip"
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: 3.34
Baseband Version.....: N/A
Serial Number........: 015d256898080e19
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.031s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.016s]
sending 'boot' (4890 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.608s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.390s]
sending 'recovery' (5234 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.655s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.343s]
sending 'system' (438656 KB)...
FAILED (unknown status code)
finished. total time: 3.292s
That's the most progress I can get. System seems to fail though. Tried multiple times.

Another note... If I boot into Recovery and adb push a file to the /sdcard, the transfer looks like it completes, but when I go to flash zip in recovery it gives me an E: Can't mount /sdcard/. Same thing if I go to the mounts and storage option and try to mount /sdcard.
Any ideas guys? Never seen this before.

Extract the zip.You will get another file..extract that...keep extracting all the files till you get system.img, recovery.img, boot.img, etc ..then boot into bootloader and Manually flash all the img files
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
etc.

Mr. Monkey said:
Update... Just rebooted into bootloader and tried:
C:\Google Nexus 7 ToolKit>fastboot-toolkit.exe -w update "C:\Users\monkey\nakasi-jro03d-factory-e102ba72\nakasi-
jro03d\image-nakasi-jro03d.zip"
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: 3.34
Baseband Version.....: N/A
Serial Number........: 015d256898080e19
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.031s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.016s]
sending 'boot' (4890 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.608s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.390s]
sending 'recovery' (5234 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.655s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.343s]
sending 'system' (438656 KB)...
FAILED (unknown status code)
finished. total time: 3.292s
That's the most progress I can get. System seems to fail though. Tried multiple times.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The "archive does not contain *.sig" messages are normal. The FAILED messages on sending the system image is disconcerting. Use the platform tools from Google which includes fastboot. http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r16-windows.zip
There is a .bat file in the factory image archive that you can run to return to stock. If you don't want to run that, at least open it up and manually run the commands in sequence.

comminus said:
The "archive does not contain *.sig" messages are normal. The FAILED messages on sending the system image is disconcerting. Use the platform tools from Google which includes fastboot. http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r16-windows.zip
There is a .bat file in the factory image archive that you can run to return to stock. If you don't want to run that, at least open it up and manually run the commands in sequence.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think that's the same thing I've been trying. I did download Google's platform-tools and try with that and still got the same error. Seems like I can't write to /system. Can't even erase it:
c:\android\platform-tools>fastboot.exe flash system C:\android\nakasi-jro03d\ima
ge-nakasi-jro03d\system.img
sending 'system' (438656 KB)...
FAILED (command write failed (Invalid argument))
finished. total time: 0.094s
c:\android\platform-tools>fastboot.exe erase system
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.733s
c:\android\platform-tools>fastboot.exe format system
formatting 'system' partition...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.889s
What are my options? Flash stock recovery, re-lock bootloader and send it in for an RMA? Anyone else know what to try?

Mr. Monkey said:
I think that's the same thing I've been trying. I did download Google's platform-tools and try with that and still got the same error. Seems like I can't write to /system. Can't even erase it:
c:\android\platform-tools>fastboot.exe flash system C:\android\nakasi-jro03d\ima
ge-nakasi-jro03d\system.img
sending 'system' (438656 KB)...
FAILED (command write failed (Invalid argument))
finished. total time: 0.094s
c:\android\platform-tools>fastboot.exe erase system
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.733s
c:\android\platform-tools>fastboot.exe format system
formatting 'system' partition...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.889s
What are my options? Flash stock recovery, re-lock bootloader and send it in for an RMA? Anyone else know what to try?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Two more thoughts - 1. try updating drivers. 2. verify the sha1 hash of the factory image

Did you try switching to a different usb port? Just a thought is all.

Wow. Can't thank you guys enough. Thought this was toast. I ended up trying all of the above, haha. Even though I had done it several times. I tried multiple computers, multiple factory images, multiple programs, multiple USB ports. But somehow, maybe your encouragement, something helped. I'll watch it and make sure nothing seems fishy, because I don't know how in the world that worked.... but it did. Thank you very much.

manasgirdhar said:
Extract the zip.You will get another file..extract that...keep extracting all the files till you get system.img, recovery.img, boot.img, etc ..then boot into bootloader and Manually flash all the img files
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
etc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi there
I was having the same problem but when I try to flash the system.img (or the 'image-nasaki-jop40d.zip file too for that matter) I get the following error:
"error: cannot load 'system.img': Not enough space
I have done ALL the steps found in this guide without any issues until I get to that part
Help please my wife just gave me this N7 for christmas and I can't believe I may have just bricked it!!

My solution
I understand this is an old thread but I came across it when I was having the same issues earlier today.
Oddly, using the USB cable that came with the N7 seemed to fix the multiple "FAILED" I was getting.
Using my Samsung USB cable seemed to cause the issues.
Hope this can be a solution to others that may come by this thread by googling the issue.

manasgirdhar said:
Extract the zip.You will get another file..extract that...keep extracting all the files till you get system.img, recovery.img, boot.img, etc ..then boot into bootloader and Manually flash all the img files
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
etc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This one helped me!:good::good::good:
Thanks a lot.

manasgirdhar said:
Extract the zip.You will get another file..extract that...keep extracting all the files till you get system.img, recovery.img, boot.img, etc ..then boot into bootloader and Manually flash all the img files
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
etc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Works, thanks. :good:

Unlock bootloader
Mr. Monkey said:
Hey guys. My brother got himself a Nexus 7 which is his first Android, and he was playing with some tweaks or mods or something and tried flashing via recovery and has messed something up. I have tried using the Toolkits as well as doing it manually with fastboot. I am able to flash a recovery and use that, but lose it after boot (the permanent option doesn't seem to stick). But, when I try to do a factory restore with the google image, it doesnt matter if i'm doig it manual or with the toolkit, the all respond with a "archive does not contain... " boot.sig, recovery.sig, or system.sig. Here is my output:
C:\Google Nexus 7 ToolKit>fastboot-toolkit.exe -w update "C:\Users\monkey\nakasi-
jro03d\image-nakasi-jro03d.zip"
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
--------------------------------------------
getvar:version-bootloader FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.836s
Even if I do them manually, one at a time:
C:\Google Nexus 7 ToolKit>fastboot-toolkit.exe flash boot nakasi-jro03d\image-na
kasi-jro03d\boot.img
sending 'boot' (4890 KB)...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.858s
I have also tried pushing a stock rom .zip to the /sdcard and it doesnt seem to make it either.
Feels like internal memory is corrupt. Any thoughts or ideas I can try? Also... should any custom recovery allow adb access? TWRP or CWM Touch don't seem to work.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You need the bootloader to be unlock. First run the command " fastboot oem unlock " . It works flawlessly after that! Awesome!

nexus 7 (mobile)
shap4th said:
You need the bootloader to be unlock. First run the command " fastboot oem unlock " . It works flawlessly after that! Awesome!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi!
I bought a second hand nexus 7 rooted. I had a problem with updating os via wifi because it doesn't update. some kind a problem. I tried to do a hard reset hoping I could just restore the device manually but I messed up so I am now stuck with just a google logo and can only access bootloader with start, bootloader, restore and power off option. I don't know what to do. please help me. I am not a tech person but if you can give me a specific instructions, I know i can manage. i saw a lot off post here that they were able to restore their device so I have faith in this site and the members are highly recommended.
thank you in advance

manasgirdhar said:
Extract the zip.You will get another file..extract that...keep extracting all the files till you get system.img, recovery.img, boot.img, etc ..then boot into bootloader and Manually flash all the img files
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
etc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks man! This works for me..

manasgirdhar said:
Extract the zip.You will get another file..extract that...keep extracting all the files till you get system.img, recovery.img, boot.img, etc ..then boot into bootloader and Manually flash all the img files
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
etc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks. This one works for my friend.
Same case, solved on spanish forum.
/showthread.php?t=748207 on htcmania(dot)com
*Note: damn spam filter

Try this website. If you have any question ask me.
You will need to install files one by one.
SImply open flash bat file see what they are doing. and do same but one by one.
Flash bootloader and radio (radio does not appear on all devices, if it's not in your tgz, you don't need it)
fastboot flash bootloader <bootloader file name here>.img
fastboot flash radio <radio file name here>.img
After flashing the bootloader/radio, you need to reboot the bootloader as shown below, don't skip this step!
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now you can move on to the rest of the files
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
NEXUS 9 ONLY - flash this as well
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
If you want to wipe cache and user data (full wipe), flash these
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
Finally, just reboot your device, and Android should start up.
fastboot reboot

Similar issue, please help
I'm using ubuntu 14.10 LTS. I had the same issue arise so i listened reextracted (even though boot.img, system.img & recovery.img were within .zip but im still getting "critical error: extent_create_backing: calloc: Cannot allocate memory
Mmap:invalid argument
Cannot generate image
FAILED()"
Anyone has a suggestion?
---------- Post added at 11:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:18 PM ----------
So as my previous and maybe above msg said i was just about to attempt adb sideload to manually update to lollipop... From the bootloader i entered recovery... My nexus 4 shut down & got stuck @ wild new boot animation for lollipop. I waited 5 minutes while the fantastic yellow, red, blue & green orbs whizzed around, shut my 4 down & now "Android is upgrading... Optimizing app x of 68." How wild is this... But i still have to lock bootloader. Hopefully it doesnt screw anything up... I'll report back asap
---------- Post added 24th November 2014 at 12:19 AM ---------- Previous post was 23rd November 2014 at 11:49 PM ----------
So I relocked bootloader... Sent several test sms & so far so good. Wifi of course works, haven't tested bluetooth but ill report back. Boy I got lucky. No more linux for me... Jk

Everything You may need to install android 5.0.1
I'm writing this so that you all will not have to go through what I just experienced when trying to flash the android 5.0.1 OTA manual update. Here are some of the errors I've gotten out of and I will give you some tips to get fix these. I always seem to encounter issues that no one else has when flashing, so here we go.
Tip 1
1.)If you are trying to flash 5.0.1 (tip applies to any version) from the google website here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images ....Make sure your computer can handle ".tgz" files. This took me a day and a half to figure out. If you try to download one of the files off this website without the proper software to do so you will simply get a ".tgz" file that you cannot extract the necessary files from.
*The solution is to download winrar from http://www.win-rar.com/predownload.html?&L=0 this website. Once you do and run it the ".tgz" file will become a folder (icon should look like stacked books) and you can proceed to actually follow the instructions on the page where you downloaded the file from. I learned this the hard way.
Tip 2
If you dont really understand how to us the "ADB" tools or "SDK" and everything related sounds like a foreign language to you then watch this video: http://highonandroid.com/android-ro...r-android-in-a-bootloop-with-no-os-using-adb/. It will explain how to copy files to your device while in bootloop. Pay special attention to the part about making sure your drivers are set up correctly. Drivers always get me when I installs. This knowledge will transfer over to downloading any rom or factory image in the future.
Links for Moving files to your device while in recovery:
Here are the appropriate drivers for copying files while in recovery to the nexus 5:
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/drivers/Android/usb_driver.zip
Here is the fastboot link: http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/tools/fastboot.zip
Tip 3
The way I installed android 5.0.1 was:
1.)I downloaded the file from the google developer website that i pasted at the top
2.)I moved that file to a folder named "root" that i created on my desktop
*In this folder i have chainfire auto root http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/ in case i need to re-root my phone, I have the adb and fastboot.zip folders in my root folder as well.
3.)I moved the folder inside the FASTBOOT folder and extracted the file that i got from the developer website here. Once this is down there is another
3.)I extract the files here. After you extract there should be another folder called "image-hammerhead-lrx22c.zip." I copied those files to the fastboot folder as well so that they are outside of the zip file. I did not remove the zip file once I copied the insides to the outside. Right or wrong this is what I did.
4.)I used the Command prompt to navigate to this directory. Watch the how to copy files video to see how to navigate using the "cd" command
*basically i typed "cd desktop" which means change directory to the desktop. Then i did "cd root"....then "cd fastboot" ...YOUR PATH MAY BE DIFFERENT.
5.)Once i was here i could follow more of the instructions on the developer website. I could run that "flash-all.bat" command to begin flashing the 5.0.1. In order to run this command you literally type "flash-all.bat."
6.)After it finished it said,
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
helpful links: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992063
This was okay, what you dont want is falures. While 5.0.1 is being installed, if you notice it say failure in the place where everything else is saying "OKAY" you have a problem. One guy on that xda link said:
"Extract the zip.You will get another file..extract that...keep extracting all the files till you get system.img, recovery.img, boot.img, etc ..then boot into bootloader and Manually flash all the img files
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
You can type this into cmd and do each one by one and it may work.
7.)YOU MUST MAKE SURE TO EXTRACT THAT SECOND FOLDER inside the developer file! If you don't you will get failures because the program is looking for them. That's why manually installing them may work as well.
8.)IF YOU SEE THE ANDROID WITH NO LOADING BAR UNDERNEATH this does not mean that you are bricked. I thought it did and kept flashing 5.0.1 over and over and over again. Then i just waited a bit and my phone rebooted and i say the glorious dots rotating on my screen. I lived happily ever after.
9.)Once you are finished installing 5.0.1 you will loose root. Run that chainfire auto root program.You have to boot in to the bootloader screen...NOT RECOVERY...just the screen where you see the android and you can select "start" "recovery" etc. and open up that chainfire program and hit a key to start it. There are instructions on the actual program if you need help. If you are on the bootloader screen that i am talking about and you start the program it will "auto root" that is, automatically root your phone and thats that.
10.)Download root checker off the play store to see if you are actually rooted and have a blessed day. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.rootcheck&hl=en
Let me know if you need further explanation. I'm no pro but I've failed in soooo many ways i probably could help ya out! Jesus loves you all!

Problem to install TWRP to the Huawei P8 with Mac OS X.

I am quite new to the android rooting & custom recovery and having a problem with my Huawei P8 GRA-UL00 flashing (purchased from China), when I try the procedure with MAC OS X. My step by step actions and result was as follows:
1. I installed "SDK Tools Only" for Mac. Connected the device via USB, launched terminal and successfully see the device with the "adb devices" command.
2. Vol +, Vol- and Power didn't work to enter to the fastboot&rescure mode. However, Vol- and Power worked. (Also, Vol+ and Power enters to the Huawei eRecovery mode, which shows EMUI logo, Reboot, Download new version and recovery and Shutdown buttons. I guess this is stock recovery???)
3. In the fastboot mode, I have successfully seen the device with "fastboot devices". Then I unlocked the bootloader with the code. The first problem was here, there were no auto-reboots and I entered "fastboot reboot" command, and stuck in seeing "reboooting..." in terminal. Nothing happened after this command. After 10 minutes I manually rebooted the phone by pressing power and entered into the fastboot mode. I was written as "Phone Unlocked". (Do u think it was really successful?)
4. I tried to flash the TWRP file which was uploaded by @jniklast (openrecovery-twrp-2.8.7.0-p8-ul10-r4.img). The result was like that:
MacBook-Airlatform-tools go$ ./fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.7.0-p8-ul10-r4.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (25566 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.703s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.353s]
finished. total time: 1.056s
MacBook-Airlatform-tools go$
5. Tried fastboot reboot, but I wasn't successful:
MacBook-Airlatform-tools go$ ./fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
ERROR: usb_read failed with status e00002ed
FAILED (status read failed (No such file or directory))
finished. total time: 0.121s
MacBook-Airlatform-tools go$
I am not sure if I have correctly defined my problem. I guess I wasn't successful to install TWRP even it says so. What should I do after finishing the flash recovery command?
Can anyone help me with this error?

@landros57 That recovery is only for Android 5.1.1 beta version. You should flash the @jniklast 's GRA-L09 version of TWRP which is for Android 5.0.

I'm not quite sure what the problem is? You enter rescue mode via power + vol- so that's correct. You enter recovery via power + vol- and vol+ so what happens if you do that after flashing TWRP? And better not use the adb command go voot into recovery as that will lead to a bootloop to recovery which has to be broken by manually booting into it once.

samusalo said:
@landros57 That recovery is only for Android 5.1.1 beta version. You should flash the @jniklast 's GRA-L09 version of TWRP which is for Android 5.0.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you samusalo.. Then I understand that TWRP for GRA-L09 can work on a GRA-UL00. I will try.
jniklast said:
I'm not quite sure what the problem is? You enter rescue mode via power + vol- so that's correct. You enter recovery via power + vol- and vol+ so what happens if you do that after flashing TWRP? And better not use the adb command go voot into recovery as that will lead to a bootloop to recovery which has to be broken by manually booting into it once.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't use adb reboot, I manually press Vol - and Power. Then, the Fastboot & Rescue mode opens, and I enter to the terminal "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.7.0-p8-ul10-r4.img". It quickly shows that the installation is successful. Then I enter fastboot reboot-bootloader (I guess this is required to launch TWRP) but it shows that usb read error.

@jniklast and @samusalo thank you for your explanations. They both worked.
I flashed the GRA-L09 version of the TWRP to my GRA-UL00 and it worked! Now I have a backup...
I also realized that I am doing something wrong.. After installing TWRP, I was trying to fastbot reboot-boatloader in order to get TWRP launched automatically. However, the only thing I need to do is to follow jniklast's instructions and after the phone shut down, press Vol+ Vol- and Power together to get the TWRP launch.
Now I will try to flash an official International ROM, instead of my Chinese ROM.
Is the following command correct for this?
fastboot flash system "HUAWEI P8 Firmware(GRA-UL00&UL10,Android5.0,Emtion UI 3.1,V100R001C900B141,General Version).zip"

No, you need to extract the img files to be able to flash it via fastboot. Look for huawei image extractor

jniklast said:
No, you need to extract the img files to be able to flash it via fastboot. Look for huawei image extractor
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Many .img files exists in the update.app file. I guess I need to flash only the system.img?
If I flash the recovery.img or boot.img inside the update.app, will I lose the custom recovery and my backup?

I'd first try to only flash system.img. If that doesn't work also flash boot.img. it might be though that you have to flash another cust.img as well and I'm not quite sure if that's possible via fastboot. In that case you'd have to do it via TWRP which is a bit tricky

Partially Successful
jniklast said:
I'd first try to only flash system.img. If that doesn't work also flash boot.img. it might be though that you have to flash another cust.img as well and I'm not quite sure if that's possible via fastboot. In that case you'd have to do it via TWRP which is a bit tricky
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Flashing boot and system was successful! Then, again, my "fastboot reboot-bootloader" didn't work and retured me my initial error. But I rebooted manually and successfully launched my phone OS.
I now have a slow-operating new Android firmware, which is a little weird )) I think it is now a international&chinese hybrid version. Some apps disappeared and I have a complete new page for google services and apps. However, my chinese stuff (baidu spotlight search, notifications, etc.) remains The EMUI Build is: GRA-UL00V100R001C00B120, which should be V100R001C900B141 as I have flashed the img files of this update.
I tried "fastboot erase userdata", "fastboot erase cache" and "fastboot erase system" but they both returned with "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)".
The following were my successful fastboot flash commands:
MacBook-Airlatform-tools go$ ./fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'boot' (23256 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.653s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.569s]
finished. total time: 1.222s
MacBook-Airlatform-tools go$ sudo ./fastboot flash system system.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending sparse 'system' (459646 KB)...
OKAY [ 20.184s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 6.149s]
sending sparse 'system' (450260 KB)...
OKAY [ 22.868s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 6.051s]
sending sparse 'system' (437337 KB)...
OKAY [ 18.146s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 5.952s]
sending sparse 'system' (460637 KB)...
OKAY [ 19.570s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 6.267s]
sending sparse 'system' (448019 KB)...
OKAY [ 18.582s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 5.982s]
sending sparse 'system' (165186 KB)...
OKAY [ 6.853s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 2.206s]
finished. total time: 138.824s
MacBook-Airlatform-tools go$

jniklast said:
it might be though that you have to flash another cust.img as well and I'm not quite sure if that's possible via fastboot. In that case you'd have to do it via TWRP which is a bit tricky
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was finally successful to flash cust.img with fastboot and now I have B141 and all Chinese apps are removed. All Chinese ROM specific apps are disappeared and the only remaining Chinese stuff is the text in the Magazine Unlock, accessible when swiped up from the bottom of the screen at the lock screen.
The remaining problem for now is; when I press the Dialer, Contacts and Messages apps at the bottom, they crash.
Do I need to flash any other from the following extracted img files?
3RDMODEM.img
CACHE.img
CRC.img
CURVER.img
DTIMAGE.img
EFI.img
FASTBOOT.img
HIFI.img
MCUIMAGE.img
MODEM.img
MODEM_DSP.img
MODEMNVM_UPDATE.img
RECOVERY.img
RECOVERY2.img
SENSORHUB.img
SHA256RSA.img
TEEOS.img
TRUSTFIRMWARE.img
USERDATA.img
VERLIST.img
XLOADER.img

This is now delicate stuff, you could try and flash the radio (aka modem.img) but that will probably break connectivity as that is different in hardware. Maybe you'd need to install the dialer and messaging apks from the ul00 firmware. Does an alternate dialer work so that you can actually call someone?
And I think fastboot reboot-bootloader doesn't exist. It's either fastboot reboot bootloader or maybe only fastboot reboot. Anyway, booting into bootloader or recovery is better done by pressing the keys on the P8

jniklast said:
This is now delicate stuff, you could try and flash the radio (aka modem.img) but that will probably break connectivity as that is different in hardware. Maybe you'd need to install the dialer and messaging apks from the ul00 firmware. Does an alternate dialer work so that you can actually call someone?
And I think fastboot reboot-bootloader doesn't exist. It's either fastboot reboot bootloader or maybe only fastboot reboot. Anyway, booting into bootloader or recovery is better done by pressing the keys on the P8
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hello again,
Actually the hardware is the same, it is GRA-UL00. The device originally had: GRA-UL00-UL10_EMUI3.1_Android5.0_C00B173
I tried to fastboot the following ROM:
HUAWEI P8 Firmware(GRA-UL00&UL10,Android5.0,Emtion UI 3.1,V100R001C900B141,General Version)
I was successful to flash Root, CUST and System but when I try to flash any Modem-related img files (Modem.img, 3RDMODEM.img, MODEM_DSP.img, MODEMNVM_UPDATE.img), I get the following error:
sending 'modem' (38865 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.038s]
writing 'modem'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.039s
I didn't try to install APKs.
I am still having crash problems with the dialer, contacts, messages, google play, and some other google services.

Network Mode FREEZE AUTO
Hi did you try checking Mobile Networks In Settings, As i m unable to open that. As soon as i click on it the network gets released and then comes back. THATS' ALL. I have the same phone and did the same stuff. Unable to Flash Modem.IMG as well.

Finally Done!
meetkhems said:
Hi did you try checking Mobile Networks In Settings, As i m unable to open that. As soon as i click on it the network gets released and then comes back. THATS' ALL. I have the same phone and did the same stuff. Unable to Flash Modem.IMG as well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I finally succeeded.
After flashing the Boot.img, system.img and cust.img and launching the phone, I flashed the stock recovery and made a wipe/reset to factory settings. First, I extracted the recovery.img from the update.app file which you can find after downloading the official firmware and running the Huawei Update Extractor script available in the forum. Then I flashed this stock recovery.img in the fastboot mode. And finally I entered in the stock recovery (Huawei eRecovery) mode by pressing the Vol+, and Power buttons. After the wipe & reset to factory settings, I launched the phone and all problems with the radio, dialer, contacts, google services, etc were solved.
Thank you @jniklast for your help.

landros57 said:
I finally succeeded.
After flashing the Boot.img, system.img and cust.img and launching the phone, I flashed the stock recovery and made a wipe/reset to factory settings. First, I extracted the recovery.img from the update.app file which you can find after downloading the official firmware and running the Huawei Update Extractor script available in the forum. Then I flashed this stock recovery.img in the fastboot mode. And finally I entered in the stock recovery (Huawei eRecovery) mode by pressing the Vol+, and Power buttons. After the wipe & reset to factory settings, I launched the phone and all problems with the radio, dialer, contacts, google services, etc were solved.
Thank you @jniklast for your help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks a lot but i m still facing the problem. As soon as i select Mobile networks in settings nothing opens just the network gets released "NO Service" & comes back. I m unable to open it to select Network Mode or to change apn. It is not greyed Out but still not opening rest everything is working beautifully. Please Help. @jniklast for your help.[/QUOTE]

meetkhems said:
Thanks a lot but i m still facing the problem. As soon as i select Mobile networks in settings nothing opens just the network gets released "NO Service" & comes back. I m unable to open it to select Network Mode or to change apn. It is not greyed Out but still not opening rest everything is working beautifully. Please Help. @jniklast for your help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just checked and realized that I also have the same problem. THe contents of the "Mobile Networks" button doesn't show up and it works like a reset button. When I press, it disconnects me from the network and then the it reconnects to the network automatically.

Any Update on this anyone? I am unable to use the phone as it drains a lot of battery on 3G and i cant change it to 2G as due to Blank Mobile Network Settings.

Guys I have one problem I want to flash stock recovery for P8 L09 but in cmd it fails like not allowed command anybody knows why ?

landros57 said:
Just checked and realized that I also have the same problem. THe contents of the "Mobile Networks" button doesn't show up and it works like a reset button. When I press, it disconnects me from the network and then the it reconnects to the network automatically.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi landro57 have you tried to flash the update.app file of 18 Kb from local update? Some owners of the P8 gra ul09 variant are using that file to debrand their P8s. The mobile networks problem you ae experiencing is the same some other people have turnaround with that trick. You should check with it and report back to us, because if that goes ok, it means no more china firmware on our P8 gra ul00, we can simply flash the international general P8 firmware V100R001C900B141.
Inviato dal mio SGP311 utilizzando Tapatalk

GryphonA said:
flash the update.app file of 18 Kb from local update
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi GryphonA, I don't get it, which 18kb update.app file do you mean?
I got the same problem (no access to mobile networks settings) and I can't remember if I never had that access or it happened due to my rooting/cusomizing activities.
I have GRA-UL00C433B180. I flashed also C470B180 but that didn't solve the problem.
BTW: There are a lot of mobile network setting apps and widgets in the Play Store but all apps I tested show the same failure as the mobile network settings: There seems to be a network reset and nothing more.

Huawei Software installing Loop!

Hey, i tried to install the android 6.0 beta from this forum, but i was rooted, now its stuck in a loop where it turns off, turns on and tries to install it and fails at 0%, and again. I can enter Fastboot/rescue mode and thats it. I tried to flash recovery boot and system.img in adb and fastboot, but it shows this:
C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (31630 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.265s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.265s
C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'boot' (22796 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.858s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.874s
C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash system.img
unknown partition 'SYSTEM.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'SYSTEM.im
C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash system system.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
Help pls. I tried everything...

System.img flash failed after 2 mins now too. Still no idea.

Looks like you've used the KingRoot method to root your phone.
Flashing via fastboot requires the fastboot to be unlocked.
The message "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)" indicates, that the script tried to execute the command, but because the bootloader is still locked, it cannot do such thing.
There are 2 solutions:
Download the original firmware and try to update to it via the "dload" method. (sdCard>dload>UPDATE.APP)
Try to unlock the bootloader. But for unlocking, you'll need the Product ID, which as of now, only obtainable, when the phone is able to boot up.
I really recommend trying to download the firmware, and give the "dload" method a shot, because without an unlocked bootloader, nothing you can do at home.
Right, it's almost nothing. There's this site called DC-Unlocker, and with a fast runthrough, it should be able to unlock the bootloader, but I haven't tried, or tested it in any way. Still an interesting program, though.
Edit:
Just saw your post under the other similar topic.
You should try to do a Factory Reset, by hand, via fastboot, and then updating with the "dload" method again.
The commands are:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
Maybe this helps.

daviddosa said:
Looks like you've used the KingRoot method to root your phone.
Flashing via fastboot requires the fastboot to be unlocked.
The message "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)" indicates, that the script tried to execute the command, but because the bootloader is still locked, it cannot do such thing.
There are 2 solutions:
Download the original firmware and try to update to it via the "dload" method. (sdCard>dload>UPDATE.APP)
Try to unlock the bootloader. But for unlocking, you'll need the Product ID, which as of now, only obtainable, when the phone is able to boot up.
I really recommend trying to download the firmware, and give the "dload" method a shot, because without an unlocked bootloader, nothing you can do at home.
Right, it's almost nothing. There's this site called DC-Unlocker, and with a fast runthrough, it should be able to unlock the bootloader, but I haven't tried, or tested it in any way. Still an interesting program, though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ive got all the informations for getting the bootloader unlock code, but when i type it in the thing by huawei to get the unlock code it tells me that its wrong... I could get it here if you could help me with it?

Hello,
I'd like to request a bootloader unlock code for my Huawei device
Information:
Product: HUAWEI ALE-L21
SN:
IMEI:Nvm
Product IDups.
Thank you!
So, this is the e-mail i sent to Huawei, they couldnt help me. Everything here is directly from the phone itself, so i dont think its wrong.

With the Product ID, you can get the code, but the details above are wrong, more precisely one of them, which is the Phone Name
Try it without the HUAWEI, it should look like this: "ALE-L21" (without the " of course).
If it somehow would not work for you, I sent you a PM with your unlock code in it.
Note: I recommend not to publish your information like this. The phone is blockable with the IMEI remotely by the service providers or the police. Please remove them for your own safety.

Tried the update again, now flashing doesnt even work.

[video guide] honor 8 unbricking relock bootloader // back2stock//bootloop fix.

In this thread u can find "HOW TO COMPLETLY RELOCK DEVICE" / UNBRICK VIDEO TUTORIAL
" ADB COMMAND METHOD":
In this method You can find how to unbrick device
If your device is only capable to access fastboot mode only
1.Find your stock firmware HERE
2.DOWNLOAD HuaweiUpdate extrator below in download section
3.open HuaweiUpdateExtractor select the update.app which was extracted from firmware zip
4.then extract the following files :::
-->boot .img
-->cust.img
-->recovery.img
-->system.img
Then boot your device into fastboot ,open adb command then type
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash cust cust.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot reboot
device is now working but bootloader is still unlocked.
to lock the bootloader reboot your device into fastboot mode type :::
fastboot oem lock (your 16 digit bootloader code)
<<if it fails>>
then copy the update.app which was extrated earlier into sd card / dload
then force update by pow+volume +&volume-
THAT'S it UR DEVICE IS NOW FULLY LOCKED.
FOR VIDEO TUTORIAL :::
https://youtu.be/OMKDnBqbi3U

When flashing
fastboot flash cust cust.img
i get
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'cust' (433554 KB)...
OKAY [ 13.837s]
writing 'cust'...
FAILED (remote: partition error)
finished. total time: 13.848s
In twrp i can see that the "cust" partition is 184MB, the cust.img il over 400MB, can be this the problem?

mandelbort said:
When flashing
fastboot flash cust cust.img
i get
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'cust' (433554 KB)...
OKAY [ 13.837s]
writing 'cust'...
FAILED (remote: partition error)
finished. total time: 13.848s
In twrp i can see that the "cust" partition is 184MB, the cust.img il over 400MB, can be this the problem?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The bootloader is in unlock state or not??

VenuGopalu said:
The bootloader is in unlock state or not??
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Unlock

are us using the last firmware? and also try all steps one more time respectively .. is your device working fine now

fastboot flash boot failed

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?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.