This thread aims to provide every useful information about YotaPhone2 YD201 & YD206. I would like to make this post as the REFERENCE for what a user should know about this device and all the possible guides available. Unfortunately we don't have a dedicated forum for the second model of YotaPhone, so all the threads are still in Yotaphone1's forum. The guide is divided into sections hidden in the spoilers.
NOTE: I suggest to read the post entirely, because some sections depend on previous ones.
1. Overview
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Hardware specifications:
Front-display: Samsung 5.0" 16M-color 1080p AMOLED touchscreen, 442ppi. Back-display: Always-on 4.7" 16-level grayscale e-Ink display (540 x 960 px, 235ppi). Gorilla Glass 3 on both screens.
144 x 69.5 x 8.9 mm, weight: 140g. CPU: Snapdragon 801, Adreno 330, 2GB RAM, 32GB ROM, 2500mAh battery, QuickCharge 2.0, Wireless charging
8MP autofocus camera, LED flash; HDR, panorama; [email protected] video capturing, jack 3.5mm
Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, OTG, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac dual-band. SAR: Head -> 0.49 W/kg. Body -> 0.96 W/kg. Simultaneous transmission: 1.16 W/kg. Nano-sim, LTE cat.3, supported bands differ between YD201 and YD206. The first is sold internationally while the second only in Asia. To see the supported frequencies and to check if your mobile operator works with YD201 & YD206, click here -> Comparison -> FrequencyCheck. UPDATE: unlocking additional bands is possible! Check the last section for more details.
Software: Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. Previous software: Kitkat and Lollipop. More detailed specification can be found on the official website.
2. Getting to know your Yotaphone 2
YotaPhone 2 is based on stock Android, meaning that YotaDevices developed some apps and functionalities and integrated them to the stock Android OS. Hence, there are no personalied UI like TouchWiz (Samsung), EMIUI (Huawei), MIUI (Xiaomi), Flyme (Meizu), etc. YotaDevices adopted a cleaner approach, like Motorola-Lenovo style, and this keeps the devices fast and with less bloatware. On the other hand, YotaDevices, for example, is not able to implement a black settings theme because of this.
Regarding the additional software, I highly suggest you to open the app "YotaHelp" and learn what are the main features of the YotaPhone 2, its main YotaApps and what can be accompished with the back screen. Clearly, open that app once you have the latest OS version that you want (MM, LP, KK).
This is the link to the presentation of the device with some of its features shown off: MainPage. Remember to read the manual, too; choose your language accordingly.
How to check if you have a YD201 or YD206
Don't look at the info section in your phone because those values can be overwritten when flashing a different firmware or even by yourself with a simple edit of build.prop file. The best way to distinguish between YD201 and YD206 is looking at the IMEI:
First 8 digits of Chinese model: 35969406 -> YD206
First 8 digits of International model: 35643106 -> YD201
The Chinese YD206 version seems to work better with its own baseband modem ("radio"), expecially on 2G band, see the the next sections for more details. UPDATE: a hybrid RU-CN baseband has been created, permitting to YD206 users to have strong singal, fully working 2G on RU firmware and without the always blinking proximity sensor issue. More details below.
3. Changing/Updating/Flashing firmwares
Depending where you have bought your device, it may come with different firmwares. Generally, it is advisable to install manually the latest firmware, except if you bought a YD201 (check IMEI to verify) which comes already with RU or EU version of Lollipop and will be automatically updated to Marshmallow. If this is your case you can skip this section. If, for some reason, you have a YD201 with HK or other firmware, it is advisable that you flash manually RU or EU firmware following the procedure below. Personally I advise those with EU firmware to flash the RU one, the are no differences in terms of language (except stock dialer letters), thus the latest updates will surely come as soon as possible.
The process of flashing, rooting, etc is very similar to other Android devices, hence those who have already done this modifications, will have no big issues. There are different firmwares for different markets.
UPDATE: Official FTP servers are down and can't be accessed neigher by browser nor by YotaFlasher. To download firmwares use the yotaphone.torrent file provided at the end of the post, big thanks to Alfonso in the International Telegram group. Please keep the torrent alive, for those who can, let's help each other . There is also another torrent of the full FOTA package of Marshmallow update (About MM, more information can be found in its dedicated thread). Please note: FOTA packages can't be installed using YotaFlasher, but only with adb sideload command, putting the phone into recovery mode.
The official list can be found on the YotaDevices FTP server, from where I suggest you to download firmwares for your use. [In these weeks the link doesn't work, this is an alternative: ftp://5.200.42.210/YotaPhone2/. Thanks ercicalone.]
Be aware that the access to that server is limited to 50 users simultaneously. When the limit is reached, downloads can be unsuccesful or interrupted (Try again in another moment). There you can find the official program to flash the firmware, called "YotaPhone2Flasher.exe" and all the firmwares ever released. Moreover, ftp://yota.hi-p.com/ is where Singapore firmwares for China market can be found, but it isn't useful for our purposes.
The flasher can download the firmwares, too, but sometimes it gets stuck or it doesn't tell you when it has finished. Since that program is really basic and I discourage you to use it because of its problem of flashing big .img files (due to lack of available RAM). Instead, a better option is the reworked version released by a 4pda user, which flashes system with -S 512M command (this solves RAM problem) and makes you choose whether to flash: system, radio, userdata. This version is attached here in the post at the end. Using this version covers you from a lack of physical memory, as the system.img is sent to the phone with 512MB blocks.
ReworkedYotaFlasher, hence, is better with respect to the official one. How to use it? Just download the official flasher, install it and then copy the files found in the reworked flasher into the folder of installation of the official one, substituting the old files. Basically you perform the normal installation and then just put the reworked files into the main folder.
Of course all the flashing process can be done via manual fastboot commands (because this is exactly what the flasher does in the background). To understand how the flasher works, a good starting point is learning more about fastboot here.
Step-by-step procedure to flash a firmware.
[Linux users please refer to this post]. Set-up your PC. adb and fastboot packages must be on your computer, but you don't need to install the whole Android SDK to get them, just install this. Next step is installing the drivers for Yotaphone 2 and getting it recognized properly when connect to Windows. You can find them on this site: http://gsmusbdriver.com/yotaphone-2 with video-instructions included. Another source of getting the drivers is the YotaPhone2Flasher folder. Once you download and install it, you will find the .inf file in the drivers folder. Right click on it and choose install. NOTE: If you have Windows 10, you must disable driver signature verification prior to installing the .inf file. Another way of installing it is to install drivers from C:\Program Files (x86)\yotaphone_flasher\Driver\Google (the folder where you have probably installed your YotaPhoneFlasher).
To do so, go to Device Manager control panel, right click on the start button and select "Device Manager", then right click on your "Computer name" choose "Add Legacy Hardware".
Next -> Install the hardware manually -> Show all devices (Next) -> Have Disk and select the C:\Program Files (x86)\yotaphone_flasher\Driver\Google\android_usb. inf -> "OK" -> "Next" -> "Next.
Set-up your YotaPhone2. Go to settings/About phone, and tap 7 times on the build number, you will activate the developer options which now can be found in settings. Go there and enable USB-Debugging. Charge your phone at least at 70%.
Now you need the firmware files. Download via ftp-server the desired firmware (5.0.0-RU1.1.134.zip or 5.0.0-EU1.1.124b recommended as those are the only firmwares still officialy updated; RU versions receive updates faster), check its integrity using 7-zip or WinRar, and extract the various files in it to a new folder called firmware in the root of YotaPhone2Flasher directory. You will have there drivers folder, firmware folder, adb.exe, etc. files. The firmware folder must be exactly in the root directory of yotaphone_flasher. In the firmware folder you must have: radio, system.img, userdata.img, etc..
Turn off your device, press and hold VOL DOWN + POWER buttons until the you see on the screen "Downloading". Connect the phone to the USB cable, and connect it to the PC. Wait a few seconds to see if Windows install some additional drivers. To check if the device is recognized properly, open the YotaFlasher folder, press and hold SHIFT and right click an empty space inside that folder, then select "Open window command here". Once the black window has opened, type:
Code:
fastboot devices
Some numbers must appear, like:
Code:
56614627 fastboot
In case nothing appears, then it means that the fastboot drivers aren't installed correctly and the procedure WILL NOT WORK. There are many solutions to this: if you are sure you have installed the drivers, try to change usb port, reboot your PC or check if you installed them properly going back in this topic. (Another way you can try installing the drivers is letting Windows recognize them: remove any drivers you already installed, connect the phone in "downloading mode" and let the PC install the drivers when it sees the device connected, then check if everything is ok running the command above).
Then, open YotaFlasher running it as an administrator, and press 1. Remember that for a clean and complete flash you have to answer Y to all the question prompted within the flasher.
Look if the flasher writes some errors during the flashing process, if everything went smoothly, wait until it finishes and reboot the device. Keep in mind that the flasher needs up to 1 minute generally to flash any partition (system.img, userdata.img, etc), so if your flashing process completes itself within few seconds, it means that it wasn't able to load the necessary files into your RAM. Try to close every program on your PC and/or expand virtual memory using your hard disk or a usb-stick.
After a clean flash you HAVE TO WAIT A WHILE. You should see its beautiful bootanimation for 10-30mins, until it finally boots up. To clarify, the boot-animation is the "Yotaphone" writing in the center of blue-grey-white animation. In case it is stuck to "Powered by Android", then something went wrong. Download and verify the integrity of the firmware again, make sure that you selected "Y" in YotaPhoneFlasher and make sure you used the reworked version of it.
That's it! You succesfully flashed the firmware. When you connect to Wi-Fi the phone might download a few OTA updates (it depends of what firmware has been chosen).
How to adb sideload an update (no data loss) @hpnhannghia created a video-guide to update to latest MM build starting from latest RU Lollipop 134, using adb sideload. If you find it useful, you may thank him in this post.
4. Changing only the radio&modem part
YD206 users are advised to change their modem components to the hybrid RU-CN baseband version created by unkernet, in order to have all the available bands working (2G mostly) with a RU firmware. [PLEASE NOTE: a YD206 with CN firmware works perfectly, no modification needed]. RU modem can also be used, but with the existence of the modified version, it performs worse in the reception and 2G availability. The modem version is written in "About Phone", under "baseband version". The list of all existing official baseband-radio versions is in the spoiler, and they can be found in each downloaded firmware in the "radio" folder, composed by 4 files each.
Code:
S01_003_3034_RU1_M11_P2 found in : 4.4.3-S01-003-APC.0.3.56C ; 4.4.3-S01-003-HK1.0.3.56A ; 4.4.3-S01-003-EU1.0.3.56A; 4.4.3-S01-003-RU1.0.3.56A
S01_003_3034_RU1_M15_P2 found in : 4.4.3-S01-003-EU1.0.3.61A ; 4.4.3-S01-003-HK1.0.3.61A ; 4.4.3-S01-003-ME1.0.3.61A
S01_003_4240_RU1_M05 found in : 5.0.0-APC.1.65 ; 5.0.0-RU.1.1.112 ; 5.0.0-HK.1.1.66
S01_003_4240_RU1_M04 found in : 5.0.0-APC.1.44; 5.0.0-EU.1.1.39 ; 5.0.0.-ME.1.1.45
[B]S01_003_3034_CN1_M05 found in every CN firmware, in the oldest there's the 3032 version.[/B]
There are many ways for installing official basebands using YotaFlasher. If the phone you bought, already has the baseband you need, before flashing the entire RU firmware you can just delete the "radio" folder in the firmware folder of YotaPhoneFlasher, once you copied your downloaded and extracted firmware to this folder. In this way the flasher will not change your baseband. Please note that future OTA updates might change your baseband, I'm talking about big OTAs like the one which upgrades from 4.4 to 5.0. If this is your case there is a simple solution below.
During the flashing process you will see some errors due to the fact that the flasher can't find the radio files, this is expected behaviour and proceed without fear. NOTE: Using the reworked YotaPhoneFlasher, just say N when it proposes you to flash radio.
If you are using actively your phone and have set-up all your things or you already flashed the firmware you needed and now you want to change just the radio, do the opposite process. That is, download a CN firmware, extract it, put just its radio folder inside firmware folder, open the flasher and press 1. Within a few seconds you're done because you have flashed only the radio part. No wipes/erases needed. You can change the radio as much as you want without loosing anything. If you use the reworked flasher, answer Y when "flash radio" is prompted and N to every other questions.
IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR YD206 Hybrid RU-CN modem makes the use of CN baseband on RU/EU firmwares obsolete. With CN baseband it has been registered battery drain, proximity sensor blinking, and other connectivity problems. Moreover, a RU baseband on the RU/EU firmware made unavailable most 2G bands and a low signal. The new baseband created by unkernet solves all this! Hence, YD206 users with a firmware different from CN are advised to use his baseband to restore full signal funcionalities of their phone. The hybrid baseband can be downloaded here TWRPHybridModem and flashed like other zips in TWRP; Instead, YotaFlasherHybridModem is designed to be installed with YotaFlasher like any other baseband (extract the .zip and place the radio folder inside the firmware folder, as usual). This baseband will be displayed as S01_003_3034_CN1_M05 in the "About Phone" menu.
5. Root, custom recovery (TWRP), unlocking bootloader, xposed
In order to root your device, you must first unlock your bootloader. This process will WIPE ALL YOUR DATA.Unlocking bootloader:
Go back in the downloading mode using VOL DOWN + POWER, connect the phone and open the command prompt windows (shift + right click in the yotaflasher folder).
Type:
Code:
fastboot devices
to be sure that the phone is recognized.
Then, the command to unlock is:
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
To confirm the operation, the phone will reboot in the stock recovery, there you have to select "Yes" using VOL UP and DOWN to navigate and POWER to confirm. Then, let the phone boot up again (it will take a while).Once unlocked, a custom recovery can be installed. You can also lock it back again.Install or boot TWRP Recovery:
I suggest you the latest TWRP recovery which is attached to this post. Download the zip, extract the .img file in the YotaPhoneFlasher folder along drivers, firmware, adb.exe, etc. you should have twrp-v5.img.
Go to downloading mode, same command window as above, and type the below code to install TWRP upon the stock recovery:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-v5.img
Moreover, TWRP can be used without its installation, booting it without overwriting the stock one, with the following code:
Code:
fastboot boot twrp-v5.img
Once flashed (or booted), you have to enter the recovery, otherwise it won't stick. You can turn off the device and press VOL UP + POWER, or better: right after the flashing process type this command while pressing and holding the VOL UP button on your device:
Code:
fastboot reboot
It will reboot into the recovery! From here you can root the device, sooner or later. The recovery is always accessible pressing VOL UP + POWER when the phone is turned off.How to root:
Download the latest SuperSU (attached at this post), copy it into the internal storage of your phone (when it is connected normally or when it is into recovery mode, it's the same).
Once copied, enter TWRP (POWER + VOL UP), go to "install", select SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815.zip and swipe right to flash, then reboot. Done! If SuperSu app is not present in the phone after the process, there is a lack of system space and the .zip can't be installed. Continue reading to solve the problem.Xposed Framework:
To install xposed, you can simply flash it the same way you rooted the device. Copy xposed-v87-sdk23-arm.zip (this version is for Marshmallow 6.0.x) attached to this post and flash it in the TWRP recovery. After that, install XposedInstaller_3.1.1.apk on your phone, which is also provided here. (KitKat 4.4.x users must download this version, Lollipop users must install xposed-v87-sdk21-arm.zip available here).
An error that usually occurs during flashing is the lack of space in /system partition for xposed to be installed. To solve this issue, a good choice is the guide of @TurbanGuy (link), starting from point 19. For convenience, I will quote it here in a spoiler:
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19. in TWRP: Mount>System>Back
20. Do backup of system+data+boot (to be sure), going to Backup>Select>Swipe
21. There is nto enough space in system (<10MB). We need to remove application which will be updated anyway to latest version from Google Play. Will have >300MB
22. Click: Advanced>File manager
23. go to /system/app
24. Find Books click on it. Now you see apk file for built-in "Google Play Books application"
25. Click bottom (Google Play Books) icon, then delete, then swipe, then back.
26. Continue with these folders:
/Books
/CalendarGoogle (Calendar)
/Chrome (Chrome)
/CloudPrint (Cloud Print)
/Drive (Drive)
/Galaxy4 (some animated wallpaper)
/Hangouts (Hangouts)
/HoloSpiralWallpaper (...)
/Keep Keep
/Lingvo-release (ABBYY Lingvo)
/Maps (Maps)
/Music2 (Google Play Music)
/Newsstand (Google Play Newsstand)
/OfficeSuite_Free (OfficeSuite)
/Videos (Google Play Movies & TV)
/YouTube (Youtube)
27. Go to main menu in TWRP, click Install
28. Find your prepared files and install them (xposed or supersu and xposed).
29. Reboot to System
30. Install XposedInstaller_3.1.1.apk
31. Update SuperSu in Play store
32. Run SuperSu, it will try to update its binary by script in TWRP
33. Later find Xposed application, download your programs and use
If you already have root permission, you can also free system space by using this app or this one to remove some applications from /system partition which you don't need. Moreover, a file manager with system access can do the job, too: in this case you have to find the apps manually. [Be careful of what you remove using the apps or file manager]. A simple option is just removing some basic apps from there (like those pointed out by TurbanGuy) and then reinstall the same app from Play Store. (For example: removing Chrome from system apps and then reinstalling it from Play Store; it will be installed into /data partition). Xposed doesn't need many MBs in /system, so removing a few apps is enough. (Root is advised to use the installed Xposed)
6. Various tips & topics
Official topic about Android Marshmallow MM 6.0.1.
Suggestion to mitigate the memory leak in Android 5.0 with xposed: just install FixLollipopMemoryLeak using the xposed app.
Discussion about unlocking band, frequencies and improving modem signal can be found clicking here. In particular, now it is possible to UNLOCK B20 LTE 800MHz of YD206 by following this procedure.
Useful tools and SDK for who wants to develop an app for the e-ink screen: SDK 2.0 for MM.
Grey EPD or too much ghosting? There are several solutions. This is one: Battery discharging. Another possibility is entering the YotaHub app, and delete all the panels, then putting them back again. Eventually, a solution (if flashing firmwares doesn't work) is to heat the EPD screen for some minutes using a hairdryer for example. Be careful not to heat the phone too much!
How to get out from hard-brick [code 9008 or 9006] situation: Download the files from this 4pda guide, use QFIL as described in the screenshot in that link, then flash with yotaflasher your firmware.
How to use custom fonts with stock e-reader app YotaReader: XDA thread
Android hidden codes available through the dialer app, useful to diagnose and change many parameters, are listed in this website.
GPS issues? Refer to this thread, post #11 in particular.
Telegram users who want to join the discussion about YotaPhone2, here are the groups:
Russian group (Russian and English languages used): YotaPhone Club
Italian group (Italian & English languages used): YotaPhonisti Or in telegram search function: @yotauser
Spanish group: YotaUsuarios
International group created by @Planx66 : YOTA Users
Portuguese/Galician group: Invite link
Sources:
rovo89 xposed / various xda threads in the YotaPhone 2 section / 4pda / ChainFire for SuperSu
If someone update their yota using this guide from 206 to 201 Ru build on windows 10 x64, please confirm that works, I don't want to brik the phone after 2 months of delivery time.
queser.info said:
If someone update their yota using this guide from 206 to 201 Ru build on windows 10 x64, please confirm that works, I don't want to brik the phone after 2 months of delivery time.
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I updated my YD206 using Win10x64. To be sure install the .inf file when you have the verification signature disabled, and then check with
Code:
fastboot devices
if it is recognized.
No way to flash anything. It stucks on "powered by android"
edit: usin the reworked version does the trick
The reworked flasher link is not working on 4pda.ru, thank you for uploading it here.
"(5.0.0-RU1.1.124.zip recommended as it is the only firmware still officialy updated)"
That meens that not RU versions (EU version for example) will not be updated?
Just used this to flash a black chinese YD206 to latest RU firmware, without doing a userdata wipe and it seems to be working very well (much to my girlfriends relief not having to setup her phone again). Thank you for writing this guide, it worked for me.
problem with step 5 !
Hi guys,
I am carefully & slowly progressing through the whole process of "Step-by-step procedure to flash a firmware". Everything went really fine until step 5. :
I launched the flasher as an administrator, but I didn't have the time to "press 1." : I just had a very brief command window that opened and then....nothing.
So I am stuck here with my Yotaphone connected, and still showing "Donwloading". What should I do ?
Thanks for your help.
Edit : hoooo, what a day...
But I think I'm on the good path. So after what I mentionned above, I decided to install the russian rom from the official flasher I found at the official ftp. This time it worked but.....the screen of my Yota was blocked for an hour at "POWERED BY ANDROID".
I searched, I searched through the forum and...found the light, thanks to CVZALEZ :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70743395&postcount=100
Yes, there was a conflict with the ADB drivers. Now I've got the Yota working like a charm ! It even performed an OTA update.
I also managed to put back the CN radio, which is better for the 4G network in France. Hope this experience can help other yotaphoners.
I'm not 100% sure on this but I figured I'd post to make sure I'm right about it and to inform others if I am. In the guide it states:
TheArt. said:
There are multiple ways to do this process. If the phone you bought already has this baseband, before flashing the entire RU firmware you can just delete the "radio" folder in the firmware folder of YotaPhoneFlasher, once you copied your downloaded and extracted firmware to this folder. In this way the flasher will not change your baseband.
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If you flash the RU firmware without the RU radio you won't be able to perform OTA updates as they will fail because it expects the RU radio folder. How I've decided to approach this is to install the RU frimware, then flash the CN radio folder only. Then if there is an OTA update in future I will have to re flash the RU radio folder, perform the update and then flash the CN radio folder again.
I don't wish to spread misinformation so please correct me if I am wrong about this.
Omega Xi said:
I'm not 100% sure..
[...]
I don't wish to spread misinformation so please correct me if I am wrong about this.
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The OTA which updates the phone from RU 124 to RU 134 is about 350MB and doesn't change your radio. Only full-update OTA packages usually change it. For example if you are on RU Kitkat and RU Lollipop pops-up as OTA, then it will change it.
For OTA failing procedure issue, it doesn't work as you explained, because I saw people upgrading flawlessly with OTA having RU firmware and CN radio.
Ah, I must have made a mistake somewhere then, the OTA I got was around 1Gb and has left me on Lolipop rather than Marshmallow. I will start again and see if I can get it right this time ^^; Thanks for the help. Also thanks for the awesome guide. ^_^
Omega Xi said:
Ah, I must have made a mistake somewhere then, the OTA I got was around 1Gb and has left me on Lolipop rather than Marshmallow. I will start again and see if I can get it right this time ^^; Thanks for the help. Also thanks for the awesome guide. ^_^
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I don't know the starting firmware which you flashed, because OTA packages depend on the initial "firmware situation". It also happened that people with RU 124 have received OTA of 350MB to upgrade to RU 134 (the latest stable version available as of now), but this OTA failed to install and thus the phone downloaded the full Lollipop ROM (an OTA of more than 1GB) and then the installation was succesful. In this case the radio files were substituted by RU files. (Meaning that CN radio must be flashed after this OTA, for YD206 users)
PS: It is correct that your phone is on Lollipop, as this is the last version available. Marshmallow is still in beta as you can see on the dedicated thread. Once it will be released, it will arrive as OTA to those who have RU 134 firmware.
TheArt. said:
PS: It is correct that your phone is on Lollipop, as this is the last version available. Marshmallow is still in beta as you can see on the dedicated thread. Once it will be released, it will arrive as OTA to those who have RU 134 firmware.
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Ah, sorry, I managed to get that mixed up somehow. In that case I'll probably just flash the CN radio into the firmware I have now Sorry if my ramblings confuse anyone who visits this thread ^^;
TheArt. said:
Xposed Framework.
If you want to take advantage of the potential of xposed, you can install it the same way you rooted the device. (Root is mandatory to use Xposed). Copy xposed-v87-sdk23-arm.zip attached to this post and flash it in the TWRP recovery. After that install XposedInstaller_3.1.1.apk on your phone, which is also provided here.
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"SDK21 is Android 5.0 (Lollipop), SDK22 is Android 5.1 (also Lollipop) and SDK23 is Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)."
spinecki said:
"SDK21 is Android 5.0 (Lollipop), SDK22 is Android 5.1 (also Lollipop) and SDK23 is Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)."
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You're right, I attached the wrong version. Now it is correct, thank you for the tip.
Stuck at Powered by - Problem
I want to mention one thing for people who may had this problem too while flashing from KitKat 4.4.3 to 5.0.
When i first followed this guide i had the problem that only the powered by Android screen appeared for a long time but nothing changed and it seemed that the flash-procedure was not succesfoul.
So at first i had to POWER OFF the phone to try it again. Pressing Vol+ and Power button for about 10sec opened the Recovery Menu i guess, and there i could select Power off with the Volume keys and entered it with the power button.
Now that the phone was powered off i tried to flash it again, and this time i saw that yotaflasher could not load the system.img file on the phone. i could read this message within the flashing procedure.
So i found a solution for this. It seems that the system.img file is too big, so that some computers are having problems to load and upload this file onto the yotaphone. You have to power off and then starting in Download Mode again and connect the sphone to the pc before the next attempt.
The solution is that you have to go to the folder where the yotaflasher is installed and open there a command prompt holding the shift key and then you have to type
fastboot flash -S 512M system firmware/system.img
This will flash the failed system.img in multiple parts.
- After the flashing of the system partition is finished reboot your phone with the command: fastboot reboot
After that it will boot again, but this time after a short while it will change its screen into the Yota Video for about 10 minutes and after that it will start Lollipop but then it will also take much time till the apps become ready.
I did not invent this solution, just repeating it and hope it will be shown in the guide just to prevent panic.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69258840&postcount=8
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I did not invent this solution, just repeating it and hope it will be shown in the guide just to prevent panic.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69258840&postcount=8
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Long story short : it's already been written in the OP, section "Changing/Updating/Flashing Firmwares" ...
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The reworked YotPhoneFlasher that I attached to OP does exactly the same and I explained it in the guide. Flashing using the new flasher will use that fastboot command you mentioned.
TheArt. said:
The reworked YotPhoneFlasher that I attached to OP does exactly the same and I explained it in the guide. Flashing using the new flasher will use that fastboot command you mentioned.
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Yes i know now. But in the flashing procedure when the powered by Android screen appeared i was not sure what was causing the problem. Also i did not know what to do in this moment, e.g. to go into the recovery mode just to power off.
So i just want people who have the same experience don't panic at this moment. There is a way to get out of this.
Guys I think I would need some help here, I have flashed a lot of phones over the years, but this one is just refusing to do it. I am getting the attached message every time I try to connect the phone, I did install and reinstall the drivers step by step as instructed on the first page, but still nothing. Does anyone have an advice, thank you?
In addition, I tried different cables and different USB ports, also computers (2 on Win 10 and 1 on Win7).
Update: Never mind fellas, finally it worked, not sure what the issue was, but after the 15th time, just worked. Thank you again.
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Well I found the latest official firmware for ZTE Open C.Maybe it is helpful to you guys.
Before doing anything,read the introduction carefully.
Instruction of ZTE OPEN project SD card upgrade
Ⅰ Cautions：
The software version and pictures in this document are just for reference only. Please use ZTE handset support website provided version to download software, moreover, SD card upgrade only allows upgrading between the same version and from low version to high version.
1) Before you begin:
a) Please back up all user data of mobile phone, including Phonebook, Messages and so on;
b) Please make sure the mobile phone can be normally powered on. Otherwise it may cause download failure;
c) Take out SIM card and check whether update.zip of SD card is in accordance with to be upgraded mobile phone; copying update package to update.zip file before upgrade.
d) Please check whether the battery power is enough (2 cells more), if the battery power is not enough, please charge the mobile until the battery power is enough; Do not execute SD card upgrade while charging in case losing data or the mobile phone crashes during downloading.
2) Do not do other operations and do not take out battery by force during upgrading.
3) It will take 1-2 minutes to finish SD card upgrade. If the upgrade is invalid, you can contact local ASC.
Ⅱ Steps of SD card upgrade:
1. Download upgrade package and copy the software to sdcard
a) Open the SD card upgrade package which is downloaded from ZTE website, check whether there is a update.zip file( The picture and file name are just for reference only), as picture 1-1 shown below:
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b) Copy whole update.zip file to root directory of micro Sd card (TF Card)
2. Power off mobile phone, and then hold the power key and volume up key simultaneously to enter into firefox OS recovery mode, as picture 1-10 shown below.
3. Press side down key to move down until move to “apply update from sdcard”, as picture 1-11 shown below:
4. Press power key Choose the downloaded update package update.zip after entering into directory of T card,, as picture 1-12 shown below.
5. The upgrade will be completed after 1-2 minutes
6. Select reboot system now
Here is the download address:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/sczh3w7x2m8ketg/OPEN_C(European_Standard)_SD_card_upgrading_instruction_&_software_package-251920B0788FFOS_OPENCV1.0.0B05.rar
The unzip code is geekbuying.com
The original source is from http://blog.geekbuying.com/index.php/2014/06/10/latest-official-firmware-for-zte-open-c-firefox-smartphone/#.U5q6N3KSyzQ ,contributed by Mike.
Apirl said:
Well I found the latest official firmware for ZTE Open C.Maybe it is helpful to you guys.
Before doing anything,read the introduction carefully.
Instruction of ZTE OPEN project SD card upgrade
Ⅰ Cautions：
The software version and pictures in this document are just for reference only. Please use ZTE handset support website provided version to download software, moreover, SD card upgrade only allows upgrading between the same version and from low version to high version.
1) Before you begin:
a) Please back up all user data of mobile phone, including Phonebook, Messages and so on;
b) Please make sure the mobile phone can be normally powered on. Otherwise it may cause download failure;
c) Take out SIM card and check whether update.zip of SD card is in accordance with to be upgraded mobile phone; copying update package to update.zip file before upgrade.
d) Please check whether the battery power is enough (2 cells more), if the battery power is not enough, please charge the mobile until the battery power is enough; Do not execute SD card upgrade while charging in case losing data or the mobile phone crashes during downloading.
2) Do not do other operations and do not take out battery by force during upgrading.
3) It will take 1-2 minutes to finish SD card upgrade. If the upgrade is invalid, you can contact local ASC.
Ⅱ Steps of SD card upgrade:
1. Download upgrade package and copy the software to sdcard
a) Open the SD card upgrade package which is downloaded from ZTE website, check whether there is a update.zip file( The picture and file name are just for reference only), as picture 1-1 shown below:
b) Copy whole update.zip file to root directory of micro Sd card (TF Card)
2. Power off mobile phone, and then hold the power key and volume up key simultaneously to enter into firefox OS recovery mode, as picture 1-10 shown below.
3. Press side down key to move down until move to “apply update from sdcard”, as picture 1-11 shown below:
4. Press power key Choose the downloaded update package update.zip after entering into directory of T card,, as picture 1-12 shown below.
5. The upgrade will be completed after 1-2 minutes
6. Select reboot system now
Here is the download address:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/sczh3w7x2m8ketg/OPEN_C(European_Standard)_SD_card_upgrading_instruction_&_software_package-251920B0788FFOS_OPENCV1.0.0B05.rar
The unzip code is geekbuying.com
The original source is from http://blog.geekbuying.com/index.php/2014/06/10/latest-official-firmware-for-zte-open-c-firefox-smartphone/#.U5q6N3KSyzQ ,contributed by Mike.
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That's the European Standard version, There are two versions one European Standard other America Standard both on ZTE site.
http://www.ztedevices.com/support/s...cc0-42d6-8f23-8834b4a6849c.html?type=software
vampirefo said:
That's the European Standard version, There are two versions one European Standard other America Standard both on ZTE site.
http://www.ztedevices.com/support/s...cc0-42d6-8f23-8834b4a6849c.html?type=software
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It is a little bit snapper, still 1.3 though, anyway I got my dual boot set up, I am running rooted kitkat from sdcard, and rooted firefox from phone.
B04?!
Hello,
I have an european version of the ZTE Open C.
To update the firmware to version B06 and to root the device I downloaded the "Open C Upgrade Tool" and the latest firmware from comebuy.com
After successful flashing I was wondering that the recovery mode showed B04 instead of B06. So there went something defenitly wrong - probably the firmware file is the wrong one even if the filename says B06.
But my Problem is that I'm not able to update the OS using the integrated updater or to flash any other firmware. I tried B05 from this thread, B06 directly from ZTE and another version I found on the internet.
The update routine of the recovery mode always aborts and the veryfication process of the update.
So the update via the recovery menu fails and the Upgrade Tool also.
Is there any way to flash a version with the possibility to update to my device?
Thanks in advance!
-nr23730
nr23730 said:
Hello,
I have an european version of the ZTE Open C.
To update the firmware to version B06 and to root the device I downloaded the "Open C Upgrade Tool" and the latest firmware from comebuy.com
After successful flashing I was wondering that the recovery mode showed B04 instead of B06. So there went something defenitly wrong - probably the firmware file is the wrong one even if the filename says B06.
But my Problem is that I'm not able to update the OS using the integrated updater or to flash any other firmware. I tried B05 from this thread, B06 directly from ZTE and another version I found on the internet.
The update routine of the recovery mode always aborts and the veryfication process of the update.
So the update via the recovery menu fails and the Upgrade Tool also.
Is there any way to flash a version with the possibility to update to my device?
Thanks in advance!
-nr23730
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You aren't going to be able to update from zte site, firmware is completely different than "Open C Upgrade Tool" firmware. you could upgrade, but you need a backup and custom recovery.
Anytime you update or flash firmware not from zte, then you can no longer upgrade from zte firmware, zte's firmware isn't rooted, it's locked down, once you flash another firmware that gives you root, you have to either continue using from that branch or use custom recovery and re-install your backup of stock firmware, if you never made a backup, then you have to get a backup from another user or phone.
Hi,
I'm in the same situation with the same hardware. Have you found a solution?
Thanks in advance.
vampirefo said:
You aren't going to be able to update from zte site, firmware is completely different than "Open C Upgrade Tool" firmware. you could upgrade, but you need a backup and custom recovery.
Anytime you update or flash firmware not from zte, then you can no longer upgrade from zte firmware, zte's firmware isn't rooted, it's locked down, once you flash another firmware that gives you root, you have to either continue using from that branch or use custom recovery and re-install your backup of stock firmware, if you never made a backup, then you have to get a backup from another user or phone.
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thebeach555 said:
Hi,
I'm in the same situation with the same hardware. Have you found a solution?
Thanks in advance.
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Simply not possible without unlocking bootloader, rooting phone and installing USA update via custom recovery. I know most people quickly followed the video below. but the author didn't warn USA users the files are EU Not US files, so once USA users flash them they have lost any chance to upgrade to any ZTE Official USA releases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axOYIfo7y2s
vampirefo said:
It is a little bit snapper, still 1.3 though, anyway I got my dual boot set up, I am running rooted kitkat from sdcard, and rooted firefox from phone.
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Hi I rooted my open c and I am running kitkat 4.42. I would like to know how I can dual boot with firefox please. Can you help me?
garryc10 said:
Hi I rooted my open c and I am running kitkat 4.42. I would like to know how I can dual boot with firefox please. Can you help me?
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I no longer have this phone.
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I know this is a few years too late, but maybe I still can get some help...
So I still have a ZTE Open C in working state (battery a bit inflated, but if I can get it in proper shape software-wise, I'll probably get a replacement) but I don't seem to be able to flash it (the idea was to put LineageOS 14.1 on it, I recently discovered what appears to be a stable build for this phone by Konstakang). Now...
1. The phone has the latest Firefox OS Nightly build that I was able to get - Boot2Gecko 2.6.0.0-prerelease.
2. I can use ADB to connect to it (Windows), phone is unlocked, but fastboot is not enabled.
3. I have no backups.
... ideas?
KodrutZ said:
I know this is a few years too late, but maybe I still can get some help...
So I still have a ZTE Open C in working state (battery a bit inflated, but if I can get it in proper shape software-wise, I'll probably get a replacement) but I don't seem to be able to flash it (the idea was to put LineageOS 14.1 on it, I recently discovered what appears to be a stable build for this phone by Konstakang). Now...
1. The phone has the latest Firefox OS Nightly build that I was able to get - Boot2Gecko 2.6.0.0-prerelease.
2. I can use ADB to connect to it (Windows), phone is unlocked, but fastboot is not enabled.
3. I have no backups.
... ideas?
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It is in French, but it works https://blog.mossroy.fr/2018/11/21/passer-un-zte-open-c-sous-lineage-os/ . There are a lot of source links in there. Enjoy!
Thank you very much, Nico. Sadly, I wasn't able to enable fastboot. The LineageOS installation part - or any other ROM installation - requires fastboot to be enabled. I will try again as soon as I find the time and the phone itself...
KodrutZ said:
Thank you very much, Nico. Sadly, I wasn't able to enable fastboot. The LineageOS installation part - or any other ROM installation - requires fastboot to be enabled. I will try again as soon as I find the time and the phone itself...
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This command below does not work?
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Does anyone still have a working link for the latest FirefoxOS firmware (and Android->FirefoxOS script, IIRC there was one)?
I've got a yotaphone YD206 from China. tried to flash the latest firmware RU 1.87 with offical yotaphne flasher , it seems ok on my laptop, but after reboot, it stucked in a boot loop (shows android logo, then black screen). I did a few times restart, still not working. I can get to the "Downloading" screen via power + vol down key.
I've also tried using the Yotaphone flasher to flash the other full android images, such as EU, HK ones, which all downloaded from the flasher menu "option 2" - this also looked like everything was OK on the laptop, but didn't seem to change anything on the phone once the process was complete. it always went to stuck in the bright android logo.
Finally, when I tried to flash the CN version, the phone went live again.
Is there anything I'm did wrong or anything else I can try? really want to have the original EU or RU Lollipop......Any help much appreciated!
also , after flashed the new CN version, the e-link back screen look fine but it doesn't response at all to swip up unlock. I can only use the power off key to unlock it. Any idea ? this is a brand new one , I only had it for a few days. it doesn't look like a hardware problem.
I just got the same problem as you.
Tried HK 5.0 RU 5.0 etc..., no firmware is flashable by my YD206. I found when the YT-flasher load the system.img, it reported error, but other .img files were good. I could select Y to continue flashing, but it just turned out to failure as you described. Whether it has something with this?
Anyone could help, appreciated!
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Another guess, My YD206 is rooted. It may has something with the failure?
Maybe unlock bootloader can do？ I'm just guessing.
Great! I just solved the problem.
THe root cause is system.img is too big for my PC memory. So I just type THe manual command below to flash The system.img and it turned out ok.
fastboot.exe flash -S 512M system firmware/system.img
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Hi.
One quick question - have you flashed your YD206 with European firmware and now it appears as YD201 (including LTE bands b7/b20) ...or you just have YD201 too?
EDIT: In other words - is it possible to flash YD206 with firmware for YD201?
mc_gee said:
Hi.
One quick question - have you flashed your YD206 with European firmware and now it appears as YD201 (including LTE bands b7/b20) ...or you just have YD201 too?
EDIT: In other words - is it possible to flash YD206 with firmware for YD206?
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I've received YD 206 version from Tinydeal today and it successfully upgraded from 4.4.3-HK firmware to latest 5.0 EU.
Model is now shown as YD 201 instead of 206.
Edit: LTE bands are the same as were before the upgrade.
Hi
veper said:
I've received YD 206 version from Tinydeal today and it successfully upgraded from 4.4.3-HK firmware to latest 5.0 EU.
Model is now shown as YD 201 instead of 206.
Edit: LTE bands are the same as were before the upgrade.
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How did you upgrade it? I bought the same device from Tinydeal, I have YD206, then in Device Information it isn't "Check Update" option.
How did you use the yotaflasher for do it?
Which firmware did you download?
did you bought the CN version?
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Thanks for your attention
There is no Update option under Settings in version 4.4.3 (CN version YD-206).
You have to manually upgrade - download Yota Flasher from their ftp server first: ftp://fw.ydevices.com/YotaPhone2/YotaPhoneFlasher/
Install the Flasher onto your PC.
Then you have to have USB drivers installed and put the phone into Download mode (power it off, then power it on by pressing Power button + Vol Down button simultaneously).
Start the Yota Flasher on your PC, make it download latest FW for the Region you choose and lastly make it flash the new fw to your phone.
Reboot the phone and wait about 5 minutes and there comes your Lollipop setup screen.
Hope that helps.
Edit: I've installed EU version 5.0.0-EU1.1.124b (the latest that was offered by Yota Flasher) and now in Lollipop the phone also has the Update option under Settings.
For me YotaFlasher was failing to do the job and left the phone in a boot loop but then I used fastboot, flashed each partition separately (with a command for chopping system.img into chunks as xingshi356 described a few posts above) and now it smoothly runs the latest RU firmware
Just to mention one thing, make sure you have installed drivers from Yotaflasher folder because otherwise Windows takes something random that doesn't work.
I have this phone since yesterday and it is phenomenal, absolutely worth its current discount price.
Can't flash YD 206
Electropherogram said:
For me YotaFlasher was failing to do the job and left the phone in a boot loop but then I used fastboot, flashed each partition separately (with a command for chopping system.img into chunks as xingshi356 described a few posts above) and now it smoothly runs the latest RU firmware
Just to mention one thing, make sure you have installed drivers from Yotaflasher folder because otherwise Windows takes something random that doesn't work.
I have this phone since yesterday and it is phenomenal, absolutely worth its current discount price.
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Hello Electropherogram,
Can you help me, I tried to flash my YD206 with Yotaflasher, but it's desn't work. I tried with fastboot but it's doesn't work to, I havewriting 'system'...FAILED ( remote: Unkknow chunk type).
Can you help me, can you tell me the command I must to write.
Thank you very much
New: I tried again to flash and now I didn't connect my phone, I lost boot to "downling..." It boot and stay with "Powered by android". I can't power off.
manu3556 said:
Hello Electropherogram,
Can you help me, I tried to flash my YD206 with Yotaflasher, but it's desn't work. I tried with fastboot but it's doesn't work to, I havewriting 'system'...FAILED ( remote: Unkknow chunk type).
Can you help me, can you tell me the command I must to write.
Thank you very much
New: I tried again to flash and now I didn't connect my phone, I lost boot to "downling..." It boot and stay with "Powered by android". I can't power off.
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I had similar messages and many attempts. Summarising, I did the following:
-I found a thread on using fastboot (I never heard about it before… I’m definitely not an expert!) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
-I unzipped the archive with firmware in the location of the program
-I plugged the phone in downloading mode
-I checked in device manager if it is detected as “Android Composite ADB Interface - fastboot”
-I entered the basic commands for erasing and flashing every partition as described in fastboot thread on XDA with one exception for system.img – I typed something like “fastboot flash -S 512M system system.img” so it was uploaded in parts.
-I restarted the phone and after about 10 minutes it was ready to go.
You may need to charge your phone as the energy goes away very quickly even when connected via USB.
I hope that helps!
i made it!
my yotaphone wasn't rooted.
I downloaded yotaflasher and in the program I downloaded the firmware.
Next I closed the program.
- I pluged mi yotaphone in download mode
- I opened yotaflasher, and i selected the first option(flash firmware).
10 minutes later I already had Llolipop!!!
--Sorry! my English level is so low---
TLE 800 working?
Hello guys,
i think about buying the YD201 because it has the LTE 800 for germany.
Please can you check if your LTE 800 is working after flashing YD201 fw over YD206 hardware.
Than i would buy the YD206, becuase it's cheaper.
Thanks
Marc
vombruch said:
Hello guys,
i think about buying the YD201 because it has the LTE 800 for germany.
Please can you check if your LTE 800 is working after flashing YD201 fw over YD206 hardware.
Than i would buy the YD206, becuase it's cheaper.
Thanks
Marc
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veper said:
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Sorry, but you won't get LTE800 that way.
Wifi connection before flash is horrible, To recive or send a whatsapp i have to wait for 2 min, the google play downloades are eternal.
I will downgrade to kit kat
Electropherogram said:
I had similar messages and many attempts. Summarising, I did the following:
-I found a thread on using fastboot (I never heard about it before… I’m definitely not an expert!) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
-I unzipped the archive with firmware in the location of the program
-I plugged the phone in downloading mode
-I checked in device manager if it is detected as “Android Composite ADB Interface - fastboot”
-I entered the basic commands for erasing and flashing every partition as described in fastboot thread on XDA with one exception for system.img – I typed something like “fastboot flash -S 512M system system.img” so it was uploaded in parts.
-I restarted the phone and after about 10 minutes it was ready to go.
You may need to charge your phone as the energy goes away very quickly even when connected via USB.
I hope that helps!
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Hello,
I did what you do and now it's OK, my phone is on lollipop EU. Thank you vert much.
Other question, I live on France and I have troubles to receive my cell network. At home I received H+ and now nothing, no service...anybody know that ?
just receive but not try to check cell network yet
manu3556 said:
Hello,
I did what you do and now it's OK, my phone is on lollipop EU. Thank you vert much.
Other question, I live on France and I have troubles to receive my cell network. At home I received H+ and now nothing, no service...anybody know that ?
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Hello,
Same issue for me on french network with my new Yotaphone 2...
But I've found a way to restore the cell network...
1 ) Use Yotaphone_flasher and download this CN version : 4.4.3-S01-003-CN1.0.3.32a.zip
2) Close Yotaphone_Flasher
3) Open the Yotaphone_Flasher folder and copy only the RADIO folder to your desktop.
4) Use Yotaphone_flasher again and download the latest EU stock rom 5.0.0-EU1.1.124b.zip
5) Open the Yotaphone_Flasher folder and replace the RADIO folder with the CN RADIO folder you've place on your desktop
6) Execute Yotaphone_Flasher again and just flash your cellphone
7) Let the phone reboot
Works like a charm for me... (LTE ok / H+ ok / wifi ok )
I hope it will be helpfull for you and perhaps everyone in EU.
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Bilidjinn
Flashing directly to lollipop didn't work to me. So I was flashing to kit kat and it worked flawlessly. Then I update to lollipop ota. I encountered bad network reception, but thanks to Billidjin, I followed his instruction. I reflashed lollipop with yotaflasher (with CN firmware radio). My yotaphone 2 battery life is great. I don't encounter any issues so far.
Hello Billidjinn,
Great !!!! Everything is ok, thank you a lot Billidjinn.
You can find it here: ftp://fw.ydevices.com/YotaPhone2/Firmwares/RU/
Install either via OTA update if you're already on the 1.87 RU ROM like I am. On my device it first wanted to install the update only, about 67MB, but it failed to install; then the next time I checked for updates after reboot through the settings update menu, it downloaded the full file, about 0,99 GB. Then the update went all the way through. SuperSU is lost on the way, I will try if it still works through the recovery installation.
You can also install through Yotaflasher like it's explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3247356
Didn't have time to test things out, but it's still Lollipop 5.0, so only bugfixes and some new yotapanel features I guess.
Enjoy!
Thanks for that muchly dude, hadn't checked that for a while.
Update seems to be stability improvements, power efficiency improvements and some yotamirror and panel improvements and features.
Its not 5.1, but it's an update, I'll take it.
And yeah, super glad moved to the RU ROM. Backing up now, will OTA flash update once that's done. SuperSU has been flashable everytime after an update so far so fingers crossed.
All up and running .
I was rooted, running RU 1.87 with TWRP - phone handled it all just fine - downloaded OTA, pressed install - it went to TWRP > flashed stock recovery back over itself > rebooted and installed.
Phone booted up, all working fine. Lost root - simple reboot and flash the SU.zip had sitting there from the last update. Cache and Dalvik wiped for good measure.
Reboot and all is well and back to normal but with a few improvements, lovely.
About as easy as it's even been done really.
Hope everyone else gets to enjoy the update through similarly smooth procedures .
Yeah, I ended up doing a fresh installation plus rooting, everything smooth. I'm never too sure what an update leaves behind.
It's really a great device, hopefully they'll keep updating things for a while. Of course version 6.0 would be welcomed... Apparently, by the numbering they use, next step would be either 1.2.xx with Android 5.1 or 2.x.xx with 6.0. Let's see.
Fair play, I toyed with idea of it, but was fresh from last install and honestly don't have the time to set everything up again.
My hope is they take all their good ideas from this and can at least join someone else in making a great device.
Saw a working bendy phone the other day, lets you turn pages on reading app by bending corner as you would a book etc. I thought if that could be combined with yota tech, then you have damn near the perfect tablet.
Honestly I don't think we'll get 5.1, let alone 6.0. They're refining their ideas in prep for Yotaphone 3, that and the possible tablet are their main focus right now.
Interestingly, the update flashed it's stock recovery over twrp - someone prepared for the possibility of root owners this time around. So they are still paying attention .
So any idea what's the difference between the EU and the RU rom? I mean there has to be some reason they are two separate roms.
To answer my own question: there isn't too many differences between EU and RU roms. I did a diff between the RU1.1.59 and EU1.1.60, and out of 2092 files, roughly 1900 of the files inside system.img were identical. The APKs were slightly different, but only slightly. So probably the difference comes from some differently named resources.
The RU version also has some additional apps which the EU version does not have, such as Esquire, Questions, Strelka and Vector. These are probably the main reason why they have different ROMs. They might only work in Russia.
Jeopardy said:
To answer my own question: there isn't too many differences between EU and RU roms. I did a diff between the RU1.1.59 and EU1.1.60, and out of 2092 files, roughly 1900 of the files inside system.img were identical. The APKs were slightly different, but only slightly. So probably the difference comes from some differently named resources.
The RU version also has some additional apps which the EU version does not have, such as Esquire, Questions, Strelka and Vector. These are probably the main reason why they have different ROMs. They might only work in Russia.
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FYI the difference is essentially the product package configuration (app bundles that are pre-loaded) but there are also some differences between the resources used for the stock apps. One in particular (my personal fav ) is the dialler - the RU variant includes cyrillic characters regardless of language/locale setting (feature). The EU will give you a regular english-only dialler if you're using english locale settings
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You can find it here: ftp://fw.ydevices.com/YotaPhone2/Firmwares/RU/
Install either via OTA update if you're already on the 1.87 RU ROM like I am. On my device it first wanted to install the update only, about 67MB, but it failed to install; then the next time I checked for updates after reboot through the settings update menu, it downloaded the full file, about 0,99 GB. Then the update went all the way through. SuperSU is lost on the way, I will try if it still works through the recovery installation.
You can also install through Yotaflasher like it's explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3247356
Didn't have time to test things out, but it's still Lollipop 5.0, so only bugfixes and some new yotapanel features I guess.
Enjoy!
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Ho to flash the update zip file? I m stuck on 4.4.3...
does nyone know how to flash the file zip into the phone?? i have no idea how it works and i dont find any infos
Does the new update solve the keyboard sensitivity issue??
zute333 said:
numerous guides and how to's in this forum and across XDA, as well as google.
download fastboot + adb > boot to download mode > flash twrp via fastboot commands > boot into twrp > flash zip.
There's obviously more to it than that, up to you to do the research.
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i'm using this post as a minimalistic guide for myself (so i keep it up with my "discoveries" )
and ofc for been helped by everyone who wants to help me because i am completely new to android world cause this is my first android phone ever!
so.. let's get started!
i downloaded [TOOL] [WINDOWS] ADB, Fastboot and Drivers - 15 seconds ADB Installer v1.4.3
version 1.4.3 doesnt works for me so i downloaded the 1.3 as suggested and worked.
then i enabled the download mode following the procedure:
Turn off the phone, then press and hold the volume down key + the power key at the same time. This should boot you into download mode.
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note: phone MUST be disconnected form pc to be turned off.
now..
*does install twrp invalidate warranty?
EDIT: answer is YES cause of
TWRP 2.8.5.0 YotaPhone 2 recovery image said:
Warning: It is currently not known how to re-lock the bootloader. This means you cannot completely undo the next step as of yet. This might have consequences for sending the device in for repairs, if they check for this, and deem it a (warranty) problem
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*is installing TWRP a mandatory step?
EDIT: the answer is NO. it seems that the mandatory part is to unlock the bootloader (the bad part for the warranty.. and that can erase ur data..) and this can be done following this guide How to Install TWRP Recovery on YotaPhone 2 untill point 6 included - which i am reporting here for easy of use.
How to Install TWRP Recovery on YotaPhone 2 said:
How to Flash TWRP Recovery on YotaPhone 2
1 - Setup ADB and Fastboot on your Windows PC.
2 - Enable USB debugging from developer options on your YotaPhone 2.
3 - Connect it to PC with a USB cable, if it asks for debugging authorization, permit it.
4 - Go to the folder where you downloaded the TWRP recovery image from the download link above on your PC and open a command window inside that folder by doing “Shift + Right click” on any empty white space inside the folder, then select “Open command window here”.
5 - (Skip this if your bootloader is already unlocked) Now to unlock the bootloader, type in the following command:
└ Beware that unlocking the bootloader may wipe your phone’s data. Make sure to backup first before proceeding.
adb reboot bootloader
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└ This will reboot your phone to bootloader mode
fastboot oem unlock
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└ This will unlock bootloader on your device.
6 - Now if your phone has rebooted and is no longer in the bootloader mode, then boot it back into bootloader mode with the “adb reboot bootloader” command.
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i already downloaded yotaflasher and the last RU firmware 5.0.0-RU1.1.99.zip
NOTE: Russian firmware seems to contain English language. i dont know how to change it later to the favorite one.
NOTE: you need to move the firmware files to the same location as the Flasher tool. Default one is C:\Program Files (x86)\yotaphone_flasher
i tryed to use yotaflasher right now while phone is in download mode and it says:
error: cannot open 'firmware/emnc_appsboot.mbn'
error: cannot open 'firmware/boot.img'
error: cannot open 'firmware/system.img'
error: cannot open 'firmware/recovery.img'
error: cannot open 'firmware/cache.img'
error: cannot open 'firmware/radio/NON-HLOS.bin'
error: cannot open 'firmware/radio/sbli.mbn'
error: cannot open 'firmware/radio/rpm.mbn'
error: cannot open 'firmware/radio/tz.mbn'
error: cannot open 'firmware/enmc_appsboots.mbn'
Would you like to flash userdata[Y/N]:
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EDIT: placing the firmware in the right folder and unzipping ip let me flash my phone without using any bootloader. now i dont know why but is stucked showing android logo.
i dont know if this happened cause i used the last RU firmware on my stock 4.4.3 android or what..
what do i have to do?:crying::crying::crying:
tnx
Hello guys, I downloaded Lollipop from the ftp but installation fails: no MD5 file found!
I downloaded all russian versions and also the 1.6 EU version... but no way I always get this error.
I'm using TWRP 2.8.5, I guess the last one, and in the tutorials I see this version...
Does anyone know how to solve? :crying:
giocorrado said:
does nyone know how to flash the file zip into the phone?? i have no idea how it works and i dont find any infos
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The info is described in various posts across the yotaphone forum. Are you rooted? If not then there also many many guides across the internet for that.
Not walking you through the whole process, sorry. We all had to learn, once you do it's all much easier.
It happens also to me...don't panic! press Volume up and the power button and when you enter in the bootloader select the downloading options, it will restart the phone with the "downloading" status
in the meanwhile with the yotaflasher select the option to downloads a firmware and try a different one. When the download is finished try to flash once again.
Melting Blaze said:
i already downloaded yotaflasher and the last RU firmware 5.0.0-RU1.1.99.zip
NOTE: Russian firmware seems to contain English language. i dont know how to change it later to the favorite one.
NOTE: you need to move the firmware files to the same location as the Flasher tool. Default one is C:\Program Files (x86)\yotaphone_flasher
i tryed to use yotaflasher right now while phone is in download mode and it says:
EDIT: placing the firmware in the right folder and unzipping ip let me flash my phone without using any bootloader. now i dont know why but is stucked showing android logo.
i dont know if this happened cause i used the last RU firmware on my stock 4.4.3 android or what..
what do i have to do?:crying::crying::crying:
tnx
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I placed like you the rom downloaded through website in the firmware folder and flash got wrong. I was blocked on "powered by android" logo like you.
After this almost-bricking experience, I flashed 4.4.3 downloaded all through Flasher and phone was working again.
Then I tried to substitute 5.0 system.img in the folder downloaded through Flasher but no way... after flashing phone didn't boot.
I reflashed 4.4.3 back again and now is working.
I think that we can't put files in folder for Yota Flasher...
I cannot download last 5.0 EU version, like described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/yot...ially-dead-t3312382/post65839167#post65839167
TKPL said:
I placed like you the rom downloaded through website in the firmware folder and flash got wrong. I was blocked on "powered by android" logo like you.
After this almost-bricking experience, I flashed 4.4.3 downloaded all through Flasher and phone was working again.
Then I tried to substitute 5.0 system.img in the folder downloaded through Flasher but no way... after flashing phone didn't boot.
I reflashed 4.4.3 back again and now is working.
I think that we can't put files in folder for Yota Flasher...
I cannot download last 5.0 EU version, like described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/yot...ially-dead-t3312382/post65839167#post65839167
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yeah i've done the same.
i founded the trick i hope
after my big mistake i have done this:
*i downloaded the last 4.4.3-S01-003-EU1.0.3.61a.zip then i flashed it. reminding to unzip it and put it in the right folder of the flasher. remind that this will delete ur data too prob.
*i checked for update on the phone in setting--> about phone --> sistem update
*it downloaded lollipop (android 5.0 Lollipop - 1Gb to download) :laugh:
*i took the 5.0.0-RU1.1.99.zip and flashed it
*u can choose english when the phone boot so dont worry about firmware to be RU
*i checked the firmware version doing the combo "Volume up and the power button" (press it while restarting)
*i changed the language of the phone in setting --> language (there is plenty of languages to choose. i choose mine, italian, but sometimes it happens to find something in english )
i downladed some app etc etc but i never used it for calls cause of the requested nano sim that i'm going to take tomorrow probably cause today i get stucked with trouble about my contacts.
hope to solve the problem for pass my contacts form my nokia N8 to yotaphone 2 quickly!
please let me know if it works for u too
JAMMANDROID said:
It happens also to me...don't panic! press Volume up and the power button and when you enter in the bootloader select the downloading options, it will restart the phone with the "downloading" status in the meanwhile with the yotaflasher select the option to downloads a firmware and try a different one. When the download is finished try to flash once again.
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yeah. is exactly what i did, but super panicing like a chicken without head
Melting Blaze said:
yeah i've done the same.
i founded the trick i hope
after my big mistake i have done this:
*i downloaded the last 4.4.3-S01-003-EU1.0.3.61a.zip then i flashed it. reminding to unzip it and put it in the right folder of the flasher. remind that this will delete ur data too prob.
*i checked for update on the phone in setting--> about phone --> sistem update
*it downloaded lollipop (android 5.0 Lollipop - 1Gb to download) :laugh:
*i took the 5.0.0-RU1.1.99.zip and flashed it
*u can choose english when the phone boot so dont worry about firmware to be RU
*i checked the firmware version doing the combo "Volume up and the power button" (press it while restarting)
*i changed the language of the phone in setting --> language (there is plenty of languages to choose. i choose mine, italian, but sometimes it happens to find something in english )
i downladed some app etc etc but i never used it for calls cause of the requested nano sim that i'm going to take tomorrow probably cause today i get stucked with trouble about my contacts.
hope to solve the problem for pass my contacts form my nokia N8 to yotaphone 2 quickly!
please let me know if it works for u too
yeah. is exactly what i did, but super panicing like a chicken without head
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I saw also an update this morning at home on wifi (I wait for the SIM too) because yesterday I flashed the 4.4.3-S01-003-EU1.0.51a: is not the 61 like yours and I received an update alert to 4.4.3-S01-003-EU1.0.3.56. I'm at work, I'll try this evening.
I haven't updated this morning because I was downloading a previous 5.0, the EU 1.44, but when flashing I had error "cannot load firmware/system.img". So I reflashed 4.4.3... I'll try again this evening
giocorrado said:
does nyone know how to flash the file zip into the phone?? i have no idea how it works and i dont find any infos
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Hi, download YotaFlasher, it permits you to download and flash firmwares in an easy way, and you don't need to know any shell command
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giocorrado said:
does nyone know how to flash the file zip into the phone?? i have no idea how it works and i dont find any infos
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TKPL said:
I saw also an update this morning at home on wifi (I wait for the SIM too) because yesterday I flashed the 4.4.3-S01-003-EU1.0.51a: is not the 61 like yours and I received an update alert to 4.4.3-S01-003-EU1.0.3.56. I'm at work, I'll try this evening.
I haven't updated this morning because I was downloading a previous 5.0, the EU 1.44, but when flashing I had error "cannot load firmware/system.img". So I reflashed 4.4.3... I'll try again this evening
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Hello! I have 5.0!
After flashing and old version of 4.4.3 (my phone went with a 4.4.something branded Vodafone Italy, and they evidently don't give a fork about updates). With the 4.4.3 rev 1.0.51a I immediately received he update to 1.0.56a: I downloaded the 114MB, rebooted, and then got the update to 1.0.61a, around 63MB. I rebooted and then got finally the update to 5.0, 1GB :laugh:
I have only one problem now: the device doesn't recognize when I'm looking at the ink screen, and power button powers on the amoled... Even unlocking through swiping from bottom to top doesn't work. Option is correctly set, I tried to uncheck, reboot, wipe cache and check the option again but it not working well yet.
I have only one problem now: the device doesn't recognize when I'm looking at the ink screen, and power button powers on the amoled... Even unlocking through swiping from bottom to top doesn't work. Option is correctly set, I tried to uncheck, reboot, wipe cache and check the option again but it not working well yet.
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seems that is the same for a lot of people if not everyone..
cause of this problem i am using this app gravity screen on/off.
it halves the problem cause now i have no problem for the amoled. and for problem i mean use the pwer button instead of simply swipe.
for the e-ink panel i still have to use the power button, only way it works.
HELP please!
My Jiayu S3 (2gb) got some malware and I tried a factory reset without any change.
Next I was prompted to upgrade so I downloaded the new version and clicked on install. That took me to the TWRP screen and that's where I'm stuck! I can move around on that screen but I can't get back to the system. Whenever I reboot, it takes me back to that screen.
Thus, I can't connect the phone to my computer to install a new rom. Is it possible to do so from TWRP? or do I have a brick?
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks
masterpointer said:
HELP please!
My Jiayu S3 (2gb) got some malware and I tried a factory reset without any change.
Next I was prompted to upgrade so I downloaded the new version and clicked on install. That took me to the TWRP screen and that's where I'm stuck! I can move around on that screen but I can't get back to the system. Whenever I reboot, it takes me back to that screen.
Thus, I can't connect the phone to my computer to install a new rom. Is it possible to do so from TWRP? or do I have a brick?
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks
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Hi masterpointer,
You can almost always un-brick S3 with MTK SP Flash tool, but then, you need a firmware (with scatter file) to flash, and, you need to decide to flash KK or LP. If previously you ran KK and go LP (or, for some reason, other way around), you must use "upgrade firmware" instead of just "download" in tool. That's because KK and LP partition layout differ. You can find S3 firmwares and MTK SP Flash tool instructions in various places. Personally, I would perhaps recommend RC5 jiayu.de until a much anticipated MM upgrade arrives.
Just curious: what firmware did you run that would allow/suggest to upgrade/install resulting in getting stuck? Of course, some upgrade/install procedures may expect stock, not custom, recovery.
TWRP should give you adb, and you can always restore stock recovery put on SD card from there with 'dd'.
Dior DNA said:
Hi masterpointer,
You can almost always un-brick S3 with MTK SP Flash tool, but then, you need a firmware (with scatter file) to flash, and, you need to decide to flash KK or LP. If previously you ran KK and go LP (or, for some reason, other way around), you must use "upgrade firmware" instead of just "download" in tool. That's because KK and LP partition layout differ. You can find S3 firmwares and MTK SP Flash tool instructions in various places. Personally, I would perhaps recommend RC5 jiayu.de until a much anticipated MM upgrade arrives.
Just curious: what firmware did you run that would allow/suggest to upgrade/install resulting in getting stuck? Of course, some upgrade/install procedures may expect stock, not custom, recovery.
TWRP should give you adb, and you can always restore stock recovery put on SD card from there with 'dd'.
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Thanks for trying to help.
However, I'm no expert so, for a start, I don't know what "KK" and "LP" refer to.
I do have a firmware (20150205-141543 (unzipped)) complete with a scatter file and I also have the MTK SP Flash Tool. I can copy the firmware to the external SD card (unzipped or zipped?) but how do I proceed from there? Please
masterpointer said:
Thanks for trying to help.
However, I'm no expert so, for a start, I don't know what "KK" and "LP" refer to.
I do have a firmware (20150205-141543 (unzipped)) complete with a scatter file and I also have the MTK SP Flash Tool. I can copy the firmware to the external SD card (unzipped or zipped?) but how do I proceed from there? Please
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KK=KitKat aka Android 4.4.4
LP=Lollipop aka Android 5.1.1
20150205-141543 for sure will be KitKat.
Where did you get firmware?, it seems very old, older than anything I can find on needrom.
Are you sure you do not want to flash something newer? I suggest Lollipop RC5 from Jiayu.DE (to be found there).
You need to have unpacked files on PC for MTK SP Flash Tool to load the scatter file.
If you upgrade KK->LP then use "upgrade firmware" instead of "download".
Good luck!
I managed to flash my S3 Plus using Flash Tools in order to replace the useless rom published on Feb this year.
Having downloaded TWRP 3.0.0.0 on my pc I'm trying to install it on my phone using Flash Tools but I don't know how to open the .img file.
Can anyone help me please?
I tried many times following the process for TWRP but I got the answer
FAILED (remote: download the partition "recovery" is not allowed)
What is wrong?
Please HELP ...
masterpointer said:
HELP please!
My Jiayu S3 (2gb) got some malware and I tried a factory reset without any change.
Next I was prompted to upgrade so I downloaded the new version and clicked on install. That took me to the TWRP screen and that's where I'm stuck! I can move around on that screen but I can't get back to the system. Whenever I reboot, it takes me back to that screen.
Thus, I can't connect the phone to my computer to install a new rom. Is it possible to do so from TWRP? or do I have a brick?
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks
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Apparently you tried to perform an OTA update (over the air). Unfortunately, this will only work with Stock revovery. So - flash the original recovery.img with Sp flash Tool. Power on the phone again. Perform the OTA again.
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Blackcrown said:
Apparently you tried to perform an OTA update (over the air). Unfortunately, this will only work with Stock revovery. So - flash the original recovery.img with Sp flash Tool. Power on the phone again. Perform the OTA again.
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Sorry for the delay with my response. I have been away the last 2 or 3 weeks.
I'm afraid no luck.
I copied the raw zip files (JY-S3-2 and JiayuS2-5.1_20160121-212346_PC)) both from NeedRom. In TWRP I click on Install, select ext. card and click on one of the zip files and then when I swipe to "flash the screen" it starts processing, then shows some error messages and finally a red "Failed" message appears. The same thing happens when I click on other rom.
I have also tried to copy all the unzipped files from an old rom i had (20150205-141543) to the external card, but that doesn't seem to do anything.
I'm obviously doing something wrong. Is it possible to get a step-by-step instructions of how to flash a rom via TWRP? I'm fairly certain that the phone is ok if I can only get the system reinstalled.
Hoping you can help
@masterpointer: Ok, so I got it wrong. You don't try OTA but want to flash a zip from recovery. The steps you've taken seem fine to me, except: do not unzip the files because TWRP will take care of that.
I suspect that you use the wrong version of TWRP recovery. I will get back to you later in the evening (Central European time), when I can access my home PC, and tell you the name of the TWRP recovery file I used.
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@masterpointer: Ok, so I got it wrong. You don't try OTA but want to flash a zip from recovery. The steps you've taken seem fine to me, except: do not unzip the files because TWRP will take care of that.
I suspect that you use the wrong version of TWRP recovery. I will get back to you later in the evening (Central European time), when I can access my home PC, and tell you the name of the TWRP recovery file I used.
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Thanks, looking forward to hearing from you. I really would like to fix it. I loved that phone...!
Well, I see a bit clearer now. Looking closer at the ROMs that you mentioned:
masterpointer said:
I copied the raw zip files (JY-S3-2 and JiayuS2-5.1_20160121-212346_PC)) both from NeedRom. In TWRP I click on Install, select ext. card and click on one of the zip files and then when I swipe to "flash the screen" it starts processing, then shows some error messages and finally a red "Failed" message appears. The same thing happens when I click on other rom.
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These ROMs (at least the second one, the first one I don't know) cannot be flashed with TWRP at all; they are meant to be flashed with SP Flash Tool. It's not TWRP's fault.
To flash with TWRP is easier, but you have to find a zip that is meant to be flashed from recovery. Usually these zips are provided as updates to an existing ROM. However, an update is not a full install, and since I don't know the last working configuration of your phone I recommend a clean install of a full ROM by the means of this ugly, but effective Flash Tool.
Don't use the ROM mentioned above; go for the "S3 RC5", date 04/21/2016, on Needrom. It's from the folks of jiayu.de and from there you can move on later to flash one of the shiny new Android 6 ROMs.
If you never flashed with SP Flash Tool - there's this tuturial How to flash a rom on jiayu s3 on XDA. Unfortunately, before you start flashing, you have to install the preloader driver, which is a bit of a hassle, if you use Windows 8 or 10. I found another tutorial Windows 10 MTK VCOM USB Drivers for 32 & 64 bit + Driver install tutorial which looks newbie friendly.
Many thanks for the explicit explanation. That should keep me busy for a while! I'll have a go and let you know how I fare...
Once again, thank you!
Blackcrown said:
Well, I see a bit clearer now. Looking closer at the ROMs that you mentioned:
These ROMs (at least the second one, the first one I don't know) cannot be flashed with TWRP at all; they are meant to be flashed with SP Flash Tool. It's not TWRP's fault.
To flash with TWRP is easier, but you have to find a zip that is meant to be flashed from recovery. Usually these zips are provided as updates to an existing ROM. However, an update is not a full install, and since I don't know the last working configuration of your phone I recommend a clean install of a full ROM by the means of this ugly, but effective Flash Tool.
Don't use the ROM mentioned above; go for the "S3 RC5", date 04/21/2016, on Needrom. It's from the folks of jiayu.de and from there you can move on later to flash one of the shiny new Android 6 ROMs.
If you never flashed with SP Flash Tool - there's this tuturial How to flash a rom on jiayu s3 on XDA. Unfortunately, before you start flashing, you have to install the preloader driver, which is a bit of a hassle, if you use Windows 8 or 10. I found another tutorial Windows 10 MTK VCOM USB Drivers for 32 & 64 bit + Driver install tutorial which looks newbie friendly.
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Ok, here's what I've done:
1. downloaded and installed the drivers (as per the Windows site) and the Rom you recommended (Jiayu_S3_5.1.1_rc5_flashtool.rar. Please note the ".RAR" extension!!! - No problems
2. I also downloaded the latest flashtools file. However, that needed a password (which was shown) to unzip it, but the shown password does not work! However, I have Flashtools_v5.1452.00 already installed so I used that.
3. opened flash-tool.exe, clicked on Scatter-loading and then on the MTK6752_Android_scatter.txt
4. opened the Download only box and selected "Firmware upgrade"
5. clicked on Options/Download and ticked "DA and DL with checksum.
6. clicked on Download...
...and this is where the story ends! The screen simply greys out and stays like that until I click on Stop. No yellow progress line appears. Nothing happens.
Am I doing something wrong?
masterpointer said:
Many thanks for the explicit explanation. That should keep me busy for a while! I'll have a go and let you know how I fare...
Once again, thank you!
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Blackcrown said:
Well, I see a bit clearer now. Looking closer at the ROMs that you mentioned:
These ROMs (at least the second one, the first one I don't know) cannot be flashed with TWRP at all; they are meant to be flashed with SP Flash Tool. It's not TWRP's fault.
To flash with TWRP is easier, but you have to find a zip that is meant to be flashed from recovery. Usually these zips are provided as updates to an existing ROM. However, an update is not a full install, and since I don't know the last working configuration of your phone I recommend a clean install of a full ROM by the means of this ugly, but effective Flash Tool.
Don't use the ROM mentioned above; go for the "S3 RC5", date 04/21/2016, on Needrom. It's from the folks of jiayu.de and from there you can move on later to flash one of the shiny new Android 6 ROMs.
If you never flashed with SP Flash Tool - there's this tuturial How to flash a rom on jiayu s3 on XDA. Unfortunately, before you start flashing, you have to install the preloader driver, which is a bit of a hassle, if you use Windows 8 or 10. I found another tutorial Windows 10 MTK VCOM USB Drivers for 32 & 64 bit + Driver install tutorial which looks newbie friendly.
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Hi again.
Just realised that the following screen appears in the tutorial (after the "Options/Download/check DA and DL"). The items on my screen stay the same
Preloader
MBR
EBR1
UBOOT
Those items (apart from the "Preloader") do not appear on my screen at any stage. I assume that has got something to do with the lack of further progress?
masterpointer said:
6. clicked on Download...
...and this is where the story ends!
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This is, where the flashing begins! AFTER clicking download, connect the phone to your computer. Phone must be switched OFF. As soon as you connect it, Windows will recognize the switched-off phone (provided that you successfully installed the preloader VCOM driver) and start the flashing indicated by the yellow bar. If the phone is not recognized, start Windows again, then use another USB port and/or try another USB cable.
masterpointer said:
Hi again.
Just realised that the following screen appears in the tutorial (after the "Options/Download/check DA and DL"). The items on my screen stay the same
Preloader
MBR
EBR1
UBOOT
Those items (apart from the "Preloader") do not appear on my screen at any stage. I assume that has got something to do with the lack of further progress?
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No. The person who made the tutorial used some screenshots from another phone. That's all. However, you should untick the "Preloader" image in SP Flashtool before hitting Download. The preloader is working (that's why you can connect to the phone) and should not be flashed again for safety reasons.
Blackcrown said:
This is, where the flashing begins! AFTER clicking download, connect the phone to your computer. Phone must be switched OFF. As soon as you connect it, Windows will recognize the switched-off phone (provided that you successfully installed the preloader VCOM driver) and start the flashing indicated by the yellow bar. If the phone is not recognized, start Windows again, then use another USB port and/or try another USB cable.
No. The person who made the tutorial used some screenshots from another phone. That's all. However, you should untick the "Preloader" image in SP Flashtool before hitting Download. The preloader is working (that's why you can connect to the phone) and should not be flashed again for safety reasons.
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No luck, I un-ticked the preloader but as soon as I hit the download button, everything simply greys out. I have attached a screenshot for your perusal. I'm stuck!
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
masterpointer said:
No luck, I un-ticked the preloader but as soon as I hit the download button, everything simply greys out. I have attached a screenshot for your perusal. I'm stuck!
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more info: Initially I had set the "download only" box to "firmware upgrade", but when I unticked the "preloader" as you suggested, the "firmware upgrade" automatically reverted to "download only" (I hadn't noticed). Same end result, though.
masterpointer said:
more info: Initially I had set the "download only" box to "firmware upgrade", but when I unticked the "preloader" as you suggested, the "firmware upgrade" automatically reverted to "download only" (I hadn't noticed). Same end result, though.
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After SPFlashtools now is working, there are 3 possible things wrong. The bad luck is, that none of this gives a feedback, so you can only mess around.
- Most possible is, that the VCOM driver for your windows isn´t installed correctly. Take care, each windows versions needs a different driver! Reinstall it.
- As Blackcrown already said, try all USB ports with all available cable.
- Some of the S3 needs, that you press volume button after connecting the switched off phone.
Good luck.
1testi said:
After SPFlashtools now is working, there are 3 possible things wrong. The bad luck is, that none of this gives a feedback, so you can only mess around.
- Most possible is, that the VCOM driver for your windows isn´t installed correctly. Take care, each windows versions needs a different driver! Reinstall it.
- As Blackcrown already said, try all USB ports with all available cable.
- Some of the S3 needs, that you press volume button after connecting the switched off phone.
Good luck.
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It works!!!!!!!
I thought I had to wait until being told by SP-FT to connect the phone. You last message made me think that maybe it should be connected BEFORE hitting the download button. So I did that and...Bob's-your-uncle.
I can't thank you enough for all your help. Wish I would get the opportunity to reciprocate. Many, many thanks.
1testi said:
After SPFlashtools now is working, there are 3 possible things wrong. The bad luck is, that none of this gives a feedback, so you can only mess around.
- Most possible is, that the VCOM driver for your windows isn´t installed correctly. Take care, each windows versions needs a different driver! Reinstall it.
- As Blackcrown already said, try all USB ports with all available cable.
- Some of the S3 needs, that you press volume button after connecting the switched off phone.
Good luck.
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It works!!!!!!!
I thought I had to wait until being told by SP-FT to connect the phone. You last message made me think that maybe it should be connected BEFORE hitting the download button. So I did that and...Bob's-your-uncle.
I can't thank you enough for all your help. Wish I would get the opportunity to reciprocate. Many, many thanks.
Hi, this is my first post here so Hello everyone!
I tried to root P9 lite using below steps:
1. Get unlock code from DC-unlocker.
2. "fastboot oem unlock XXXXXXX..."
3. Phone was reset to factory default sow raw Android 7 was installed.
4. "fastboot boot twrp-3.1.1-0-eva.img" was not working (unknown or forbidden command, don't remember exact message)
5. fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-eva.img
6. After restart with recovery mode still Marshmallow recovery was running so I assumed flash failed.
7. I tried several time put other versions (twrp-3.0.2-0-eva and twrp-3.1.0-0-eva) but if I remember well last one was again installing twrp-3.1.1-0-eva again.
8. As that didn't helped I decided to give up and restore phone to previous state so locked bootloader using SRKToolHuawei-STABLE-V1.3-20160619
9. System restarted and restored to factory default and after running I saw message informing that password is needed to unlock mass storage (or mass memory). There was no onscreen keyboard so no possibility to type anything.
10. Restarted in recovery mode (volume up + power) and tried to recover system from Marshmallow recovery option (using WiFi) but it didn't helped.
11. During next restart I accidentally hold both volume up, down with power so phone tried probably to install system from SSD, but as there was no UPDATE.APP it just stopped at 5%. I left it as it is and after some time (around 5min) phone restarted.
12. Now after restart I see only info that "Your device is booting now...". All key combinations are causing phone restart and same message.
Please advise if there is anything what I can do now.
Will appreciate any help.
After discharging the battery phone started responding properly.
With connected USB cable, volume down and power buttons fastboot&rescue mode is working.
Phone unlocked
FRP unlocked
There is still EMUI recovery in place.
So looks like recovery partition was not replaced and bootloader was not locked again.
I can't tell what is in bootloader now.
System is cleared and can't reinstall it using Marshmallow recovery as it is probably end of maintenance.
My goal is to recover system now and I don't want to root it anymore.
How should I proceed?
JimiLincoln said:
After discharging the battery phone started responding properly.
With connected USB cable, volume down and power buttons fastboot&rescue mode is working.
Phone unlocked
FRP unlocked
There is still EMUI recovery in place.
So looks like recovery partition was not replaced and bootloader was not locked again.
I can't tell what is in bootloader now.
System is cleared and can't reinstall it using Marshmallow recovery as it is probably end of maintenance.
My goal is to recover system now and I don't want to root it anymore.
How should I proceed?
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Hello,
it seemed that android 7 was your latest working OS.
Can you confirm it ?
If yes what was you complete firmware ?
(example: VNS-L31C432B418/VNS-L21C185B392, etc...)
note: 'EVA' stuff is for P9 variant, not P9 lite..
that's why you f***ed your phone...
Thank you Dadditz for your reply.
Dadditz said:
Hello,
it seemed that android 7 was your latest working OS.
Can you confirm it ?
If yes what was you complete firmware ?
(example: VNS-L31C432B418/VNS-L21C185B392, etc...)
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It was 7 installed there for sure. And this is VNZ-L21.
Probably latest possible firmware version but can't be sure about this.
Can it be somehow checked now (guess not but not losing hope )?
Dadditz said:
Hello,
note: 'EVA' stuff is for P9 variant, not P9 lite..
that's why you f***ed your phone...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I took TWRP from here: twrp.me/huawei/huaweip9.html
When I look at devices list there is not P9 lite here: twrp.me/Devices/Huawei/
Which one should I use then?
P.S. sorry for no links or pictures but as new here I can't add them for now.
EDIT: I found TWRP in SRKToolHuawei-STABLE-V1.3-20160619\recovery\p9\p9.zip\twrpp9mm.img.
Guess I should load this one.
What do you think?
JimiLincoln said:
Thank you Dadditz for your reply.
It was 7 installed there for sure. And this is VNZ-L21.
Probably latest possible firmware version but can't be sure about this.
Can it be somehow checked now (guess not but not losing hope )?
I took TWRP from here: twrp.me/huawei/huaweip9.html
When I look at devices list there is not P9 lite here: twrp.me/Devices/Huawei/
Which one should I use then?
P.S. sorry for no links or pictures but as new here I can't add them for now.
EDIT: I found TWRP in SRKToolHuawei-STABLE-V1.3-20160619\recovery\p9\p9.zip\twrpp9mm.img.
Guess I should load this one.
What do you think?
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I don't think firmware can be checked now...
Firmware may depend on where you live...
If you live in Europe it can be a branded one
(ex. vodafone: VNS-L21C02B345/6) or unbranded one(VNS-L21C432B505/6).
You cannot flash one of them if you have the other one.
You have to flash an OEMinfo file...
Anyhow you may try a factory reset first and let's hope it will restore the device.
Boot your phone with vol+and power till the e-recovery appear,
do the reset and report back how it went.
P.S.: P9 lite doesn't have an OFFICIAL TWRP.
Available unofficial versions can be founded searching into P9 lite XDA threads.
P.S.2 : A LITTLE SARCASM...
When you tinker with the phone you're not cooking
a plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce.
As you can see bricks are beyond the corner... and not always they can be solved...
Generally it is always better to ask before do, specially
if you don't know what you're doing ... but ... yes,
phone is yours and you can do anything you want...
Dadditz said:
Firmware may depend on where you live...
If you live in Europe it can be a branded one
(ex. vodafone: VNS-L21C02B345/6) or unbranded one(VNS-L21C432B505/6).
You cannot flash one of them if you have the other one.
You have to flash an OEMinfo file...
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VNS-L21C22B383
Dadditz said:
Anyhow you may try a factory reset first and let's hope it will restore the device.
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I don't have such option in Huawei eRecovery, only 3 below:
Download latest version and recovery
Reboot
Shutdown
When I used first option and connected trough WiFi I got error "Getting package info failed".
I tried that several times previous days but today this phone again surprised me.
After over 24 hours with discharged battery it became even more responsive (or maybe I just treated it different today).
Today I tried Huawei eRecovery again, it tried to download latest version trough WiFi and "Getting package info failed".
After restart I saw recovery wizard.
Went trough it and I got 7.0 working.
There was no screen keyboard but after recovering backup from HiSuite keyboard is was installed.
I'm also missing some other default android applications like file explorer, mirror, voice recorder, calc.
I'm wondering if it wasn't corrupted during my activities (eg "fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-eva.img").
Dadditz said:
P.S.: P9 lite doesn't have an OFFICIAL TWRP.
Available unofficial versions can be founded searching into P9 lite XDA threads.
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When I mentioned about SRKToolHuawei-STABLE-V1.3-20160619.zip in my previous post it was one from:
forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p9lite/how-to/guide-unlock-bootloader-twrp-root-t3405701
Would you recommend it?
Dadditz said:
P.S.2 : A LITTLE SARCASM...
When you tinker with the phone you're not cooking
a plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce.
As you can see bricks are beyond the corner... and not always they can be solved...
Generally it is always better to ask before do, specially
if you don't know what you're doing ... but ... yes,
phone is yours and you can do anything you want...
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I fully agree with you.
I was searching for many instruction how to do it properly and my mistake was that I stopped fallowing them at point where I tried to installed manually TWRP.
My general conclusion is that even if system was recovered I'm not sure if everything will be ok.
I was totally surprised how my phone reacted during last days so still everything may happen.
I see also some corruption in restored system as some apps are missing.
Any advise how this could be cleaned?
Maybe I should install this system again from some trusted package like from below topic?
forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p9lite/development/huawei-p9-lite-firmware-compilations-t3517124
What about unlocked bootloader? Should I leave it with annoying screen during phone startup or lock again?
JimiLincoln said:
VNS-L21C22B383
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This is a good new !!
JimiLincoln said:
I don't have such option in Huawei eRecovery, only 3 below:
Download latest version and recovery
Reboot
Shutdown
When I used first option and connected trough WiFi I got error "Getting package info failed".
I tried that several times previous days but today this phone again surprised me.
After over 24 hours with discharged battery it became even more responsive (or maybe I just treated it different today).
Today I tried Huawei eRecovery again, it tried to download latest version trough WiFi and "Getting package info failed".
After restart I saw recovery wizard.
Went trough it and I got 7.0 working.
There was no screen keyboard but after recovering backup from HiSuite keyboard is was installed.
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Also a good new !!
JimiLincoln said:
I'm also missing some other default android applications like file explorer, mirror, voice recorder, calc.
I'm wondering if it wasn't corrupted during my activities (eg "fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-eva.img").
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Yes, surely.
JimiLincoln said:
When I mentioned about SRKToolHuawei-STABLE-V1.3-20160619.zip in my previous post it was one from:
forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p9lite/how-to/guide-unlock-bootloader-twrp-root-t3405701
Would you recommend it?
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No, this recovery isn't for nougat (android 7) version.
If you want, you can flash the one you find into HassanMirza01 TWRP thread.
Do not use 3.2.1, instead choose the 3.1.1-1 version, it's the most stable one.
JimiLincoln said:
I fully agree with you.
I was searching for many instruction how to do it properly and my mistake was that I stopped fallowing them at point where I tried to installed manually TWRP.
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I agree too, it happen when process aren't properly followed...
JimiLincoln said:
My general conclusion is that even if system was recovered I'm not sure if everything will be ok.
I was totally surprised how my phone reacted during last days so still everything may happen.
I see also some corruption in restored system as some apps are missing.
Any advise how this could be cleaned?
Maybe I should install this system again from some trusted package like from below topic?
forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p9lite/development/huawei-p9-lite-firmware-compilations-t3517124
What about unlocked bootloader? Should I leave it with annoying screen during phone startup or lock again?
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Dude,
system can be fully recovered, especially now you're sure about
your latest firmware...
There was a thread with a list of stock apps, but it's been closed
because links are dead...
First thing, eliminate all safeties (fingerprints/pattern/pin)(you can add at the end of process)
You should try to reinstall your current firmware using Firmware Finder app,
download it from the big G store. Use dns/vpn method
and choose VNS-L21C22B383 FULLOTA-MF.
Also all info are inside the app. Using this method
the bootloader will be relocked.
If you wont succeed then i can tell you how to use twrp recovery
providing your stock full firmware.
Cheers
Dadditz said:
No, this recovery isn't for nougat (android 7) version.
If you want, you can flash the one you find into HassanMirza01 TWRP thread.
Do not use 3.2.1, instead choose the 3.1.1-1 version, it's the most stable one.
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Thanks for that info. I will try it in a while when my wife will have new phone.
Dadditz said:
First thing, eliminate all safeties (fingerprints/pattern/pin)(you can add at the end of process)
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Click to collapse
Done
Dadditz said:
You should try to reinstall your current firmware using Firmware Finder app,
download it from the big G store. Use dns/vpn method
and choose VNS-L21C22B383 FULLOTA-MF.
Also all info are inside the app. Using this method
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I fallowed instructions and choose first VNS-L21C22B383 FULLOTA-MF from the top (each version appear 2 times on this list).
Tried downloading trough DNS but got below message.
"Due to changes in the data exchange protocol between the Huawei server and the device, this function stopped its correct operation, but still works on older software that allows you to upgrade to one of the latest software if it has not already been done."
I tried with all FullOTA-MF versions on the list and same situation for all.
Because no other option I choose Download from last section (Other) and now I have 3 files on my phone:
update.zip
public/update_data_full_public.zip
VNS-L21_polkomtel_pl/update_full_VNS-L21_polkomtel_pl.zip
Should I install them manually?
If yes then how?
Vol+Vol-Power with those files on SD card or by TWRP?
Dadditz said:
the bootloader will be relocked.
If you wont succeed then i can tell you how to use twrp recovery
providing your stock full firmware.
Cheers
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Many thanks for your help so far! Really appreciate that.
JimiLincoln said:
I fallowed instructions and choose first VNS-L21C22B383 FULLOTA-MF from the top
(each version appear 2 times on this list).
Tried downloading trough DNS but got below message.
"Due to changes in the data exchange protocol between the Huawei server and the device, this function stopped its correct operation, but still works on older software that allows you to upgrade to one of the latest software if it has not already been done."
I tried with all FullOTA-MF versions on the list and same situation for all.
Because no other option I choose Download from last section (Other) and now I have 3 files on my phone:
update.zip
public/update_data_full_public.zip
VNS-L21_polkomtel_pl/update_full_VNS-L21_polkomtel_pl.zip
Should I install them manually?
If yes then how?
Vol+Vol-Power with those files on SD card or by TWRP?
Many thanks for your help so far! Really appreciate that.
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Dude, sorry if i wrote this.
I'm pretty sure you done everything correct,
but before attempt using the TWRP it's better if you
try again using Firmware Finder this way...
1 - connect to the internet, open the app, accept the disclaimer;
2 - add your complete firmware (add model) - VNS-L21C22B383;
3 - tap on your firmware;
4 - select the one with fullota-mf;
5 - tap check firmware access;
6 - tap check availability, accept disclaimer;
7 - you should have an 'availability of firmware' popup, tap ok;
8 - go back and tap 'get update through dns';
9 - a popup 'alert' you already faced will apper, tap ok;
10 - a new popup 'select dns method' will appear, tap 'auto',
then tap run vpn service and 'accept' the new connection request popup;
11 - you should now have the running vpn service in the notification panel...;
12 - minimize Firmware Finder;
13 - open settings > tap system updater,
you should find the VNS-L21C22B383 update (check multiple times);
14 - tap on it do download and apply the update;
15 - when the download reach 5%, stop the vpn service and continue doing the process...
It's something like THIS VIDEO.
Let me know...
Hi, your directions as well as movie you provided is giving much more details than application itself.
(In below description I had to use links without https as still I don't have enough posts to make them working.)
Dadditz said:
1 - connect to the internet, open the app, accept the disclaimer;
2 - add your complete firmware (add model) - VNS-L21C22B383;
3 - tap on your firmware;
4 - select the one with fullota-mf
5 - tap check firmware access;
6 - tap check availability, accept disclaimer;
7 - you should have an 'availability of firmware' popup, tap ok;
8 - go back and tap 'get update through dns';
9 - a popup 'alert' you already faced will apper, tap ok;
10 - a new popup 'select dns method' will appear, tap 'auto',
then tap run vpn service and 'accept' the new connection request popup;
11 - you should now have the running vpn service in the notification panel...;
12 - minimize Firmware Finder;
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Done
Dadditz said:
13 - open settings > tap system updater,
you should find the VNS-L21C22B383 update (check multiple times);
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No such option in my Phone. It looks like this
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
ibb.co/Zf4k0fX
when it should look like this
ibb.co/C0NfpJd
I found it using search menu
ibb.co/SDSYdjR
but when I tap it nothing is happening
Dadditz said:
14 - tap on it do download and apply the update;
15 - when the download reach 5%, stop the vpn service and continue doing the process...
It's something like THIS VIDEO.
Let me know...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I wish I could do that
JimiLincoln said:
Hi, your directions as well as movie you provided is giving much more details than application itself.
(In below description I had to use links without https as still I don't have enough posts to make them working.)
Done
No such option in my firmware finder
ibb.co/DYkBGVH
ibb.co/rsNTvdb
so i tried to proceed without checking.
Done
No such option in my Phone. It looks like this
ibb.co/Zf4k0fX
when it should look like this
ibb.co/C0NfpJd
I found it using search menu
ibb.co/SDSYdjR
but when I tap it nothing is happening
I wish I could do that :
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Thank you for all your feedbacks dude.
Yep, it's clear the firmware is completely f***ed...
Tomorrow i will tell you how to use TWRP
and completely restore the device.
@JimiLincoln
You can restore the exact same rom you had on your smartphone ...
(I'm not sure, it seems it's a sort of firmware branded by vodafone)
but if I can afford, if it were you
i would install the European non-brand version (C432),
without bloatware and should also have the most updated security patch.
Is the phone single or dual sim?
Also, let me know if you want to have all stocks or
have the bootloader unlocked for future manipulations ...
Hello @Dadditz,
Dadditz said:
You can restore the exact same rom you had on your smartphone ...
(I'm not sure, it seems it's a sort of firmware branded by vodafone)
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It is branded by Polkomtel (plus.pl).
Dadditz said:
but if I can afford, if it were you
i would install the European non-brand version (C432),
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Click to collapse
European non-brand version would be the best.
Dadditz said:
Is the phone single or dual sim?
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Click to collapse
Dual (hybrid)
Dadditz said:
Also, let me know if you want to have all stocks or
have the bootloader unlocked for future manipulations ...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have bootloader unlocked and if future modifications will not erase phone data then we could start with minimal version.
Thanks
JimiLincoln said:
Hello @Dadditz,
It is branded by Polkomtel (plus.pl).
European non-brand version would be the best.
Dual (hybrid)
I have bootloader unlocked and if future modifications will not erase phone data then we could start with minimal version.
Thanks
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You must use a twrp to rebrand your phone.
Download and flash the one i suggested you (3.1.1-1 by HassanMirza01)
When you done, come back for the files and the guide...
TWRP 3.1.1-1 For P9 Lite by HassanMirza01 installed.
I can enter it only by holding Power + Vol Up without USB connected.
When I hold Power + Vol Up with USB connected Huawei eRecovery is launched.
Is it normal?
JimiLincoln said:
TWRP 3.1.1-1 For P9 Lite by HassanMirza01 installed.
I can enter it only by holding Power + Vol Up without USB connected.
When I hold Power + Vol Up with USB connected Huawei eRecovery is launched.
Is it normal?
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Click to collapse
Yes, normal, you have both
stock and custom recovery now...
Ok, i will post a list of file you have to download:
1 - HuRUpdater04.zip file (will do the job);
2 - L21C432OEMinfo.zip file (dual sim);
THE FIRMWARE:
3 - update.zip ;
4 - update_data_full_public.zip ;
5 - update_full_VNS-L21_hw_eu.zip ;
Let file 3 the same name, rename file 4 from
update_data_full_public TO update_data_public,
rename file 5 from update_full_VNS-L21_hw_eu TO update_all_hw.
Names must mandatory match the ones I wrote to you, otherwise it won't work.
This is the procedure:
Use your PC, make a folder and rename it L21C432B506.
Copy files 3-4-5 (renamed) and HuRUpdater04.zip file into that folder.
(if you want you can keep the TWRP copying the .img file into that folder too).
Copy the folder into the SD.
Copy the OEMinfo file wherever you want into the SD.
Put the SD into the device...
Reboot into recovery and format DATA
(wipe>advanced wipe>tick data and tap format in the bottom right> type 'yes').
Reboot again recovery and wipe everything except SD
(wipe>advanced wipe>tick everything except sd).
Go in main menu, tap install, find and select OEMinfo file, let it flash...
When finished go in main menu and select REBOOT then Bootloader.
Once booted, connect the phone to your PC and
unlock again the bootloader. (quickly disconnect it from PC)
Device should automatically reboot into the recovery otherwise you can do
holding vol + and power button.
Now tap install, find your L21C432B506 folder,
select (only) HuRUpdater04.zip file and let it flash...
Your device should reboot into the system correctly,
if not (if passes over 15 mins) reboot into the e-recovery and
do a factory reset + wipe cache.
Done !!
Hello Dadditz,
Everything installed and working fine
Only bothering thing is message that device was unlocked and can't be trusted.
I will keep this for now as it may be useful at some point.
Many thanks Dadditz for your great help!!!
I will probably come back to this topic when my wife will have new phone, so I will play more with this P9 lite, customize system and learn more.
JimiLincoln said:
Hello Dadditz,
Everything installed and working fine
Only bothering thing is message that device was unlocked and can't be trusted.
I will keep this for now as it may be useful at some point.
Many thanks Dadditz for your great help!!!
I will probably come back to this topic when my wife will have new phone, so I will play more with this P9 lite, customize system and learn more.
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Amazing polite guy,
i was very pleased to be able to help you, obviously, for what I know ...
It's not a big deal to have that 'annoying' message at boot.
Re-lock the bootloader is the only way to remove it.
You have more than one method:
Flash a previous version of your current firmware
and use Firmware Finder to update to the latest;
or wait untill a new version of your current firmware comes out
and use Firmware Finder to update to;
or use fastboot commands but it's seriously risky;
Keep it as is..
Cheers dude. :highfive:
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i have a similar problem BUT i can't restart my p9 lite in recovery mode. I tried vol+ & power; vol - & power; vol +, vol - & pwer; only power. The result is always the same: "your device as been unlocked and can't be trusted....... Your device is booting now....". I try also to wait to descharge battery. After descharging, when i connect usb cable to recharge, the smartphone wake on with the same message..... Someone can help me?
Dadditz said:
Amazing polite guy,
i was very pleased to be able to help you, obviously, for what I know ...
It's not a big deal to have that 'annoying' message at boot.
Re-lock the bootloader is the only way to remove it.
You have more than one method:
Flash a previous version of your current firmware
and use Firmware Finder to update to the latest;
or wait untill a new version of your current firmware comes out
and use Firmware Finder to update to;
or use fastboot commands but it's seriously risky;
Keep it as is..
Cheers dude. :highfive:
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Hello Dadditz,
thank you for your warm words.
I can only comment that still being polite is much easier than spending your private time on helping stranger
Also thanks for warning about locking bootloader by fastboot.