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The reason I'm making this thread is because I was trying to root my Honor 8 and things just didn't work out in TWRP. Rebooted my phone and I realized I had bricked it since it would not boot after 10 minutes. Solutions seem to be scattered throughout different threads so here's guide for when you're stuck in a boot loop or you bricked your Honor 8.
What you'll need:
1. The firmware currently you are on. @Coolyou posted a guide for a firmware finder. Here is the post.
2. SD Card
What to do:
Step 1.
Download the correct firmware. It will be a .zip file.
Step 2.
Create a folder called dload in the root of your SD card, not your internal storage. Copy the .zip file the folder and unzip it or unzip it else where and copy the content into the dload folder
Step 3.
Power off Honor 8 (if possible, sometimes it'll auto boot up when forced shutdown)
Step 4.
Make sure your device is not plugged into a computer as it will load into something else.
Hold Vol+ & Vol- & Power. It will being to install the firmware from the dload folder if done correctly. If it instantly fails that means you downloaded the incorrect firmware the device is already one.
You're done! However, if your device does not go past the startup logo within 3 minutes proceed to step 5.
Step 5 is probably necessary as everytime I've bricked my device, I've had to do the next step.
Step 5.
Power off. Hold power and Vol+. Once in Recovery mode (not eRecovery), clear cache and format your device. Once done, reboot.
Ta-da, you're device is now back to normal.
Unfortunately, I cant seem to get to the part where it detects my dload folder and installs from the UPDATE.APP file. My phone keeps auto restarting whenever I try to turn off, and since bootloader is locked, I cant flash any images. Every time I hold down Vol+, Vol-, and power button the phone just vibrates twice and goes to the blue honor boot logo. I have successfully managed to get to the Fastboot menu by holding down Vol- and power button, but this menu is useless as bootloader is locked. Is there anything I can do?
Let go off the power button after the first vibration. Also make sure your phone is not plugged to a pc. With pc connected it boots into eRecovery instead of recovery. Good luck!
Edit:Also the guide does not make it 100% specific but the dload folder on the sd card needs to have the update.app file right inside it. If the structure is sd\dload\folder\update.app it also won't work.
Rakeen70210 said:
Unfortunately, I cant seem to get to the part where it detects my dload folder and installs from the UPDATE.APP file. My phone keeps auto restarting whenever I try to turn off, and since bootloader is locked, I cant flash any images. Every time I hold down Vol+, Vol-, and power button the phone just vibrates twice and goes to the blue honor boot logo. I have successfully managed to get to the Fastboot menu by holding down Vol- and power button, but this menu is useless as bootloader is locked. Is there anything I can do?
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i have same problem!
i can't reboot in download mode: it vibrates twice and reboot in blue screen always, even leaving power button after first vibration.
How can i fix this?
please help..!
alec_trikki said:
i have same problem!
i can't reboot in download mode: it vibrates twice and reboot in blue screen always, even leaving power button after first vibration.
How can i fix this?
please help..!
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i have same problem, you can fix this? help me please
Add me to the list, two soft bricked Honor 8's. Once I made the jump to Nougat and installed the Nougat version of TWRP 3.0.1-1, I started having issues. So, I tried to downgrade to FRD-L04C567B150 from FRD-L04C567B320 and had big problems installing B150. Always getting unable to load /data Has to be something to do with the new data structure of Nougat I have a copy of the full stock rom of B150 and B162 and have wiped the phone. I am trying to dload full B150 from SDcard but will fail immediately and says Wrong Version. I can get to fastboot and ADB. I also tried custom ROMs but that wont work because they need the basic Nougat structure to work from. I don't have a clue how to proceed seeing that I can't even wipe the phone and install a Full stock ROM B150 or B162??
Any help would be extremely appreciated.
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Add me to the list, two soft bricked Honor 8's. Once I made the jump to Nougat and installed the Nougat version of TWRP 3.0.1-1, I started having issues. So, I tried to downgrade to FRD-L04C567B150 from FRD-L04C567B320 and had big problems installing B150. Always getting unable to load /data Has to be something to do with the new data structure of Nougat I have a copy of the full stock rom of B150 and B162 and have wiped the phone. I am trying to dload full B150 from SDcard but will fail immediately and says Wrong Version. I can get to fastboot and ADB. I also tried custom ROMs but that wont work because they need the basic Nougat structure to work from. I don't have a clue how to proceed seeing that I can't even wipe the phone and install a Full stock ROM B150 or B162??
Any help would be extremely appreciated.
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UPDATE : It freaking worked!!! After an entire weekend of hair pulling and going way deep into Nougat and MM trying to find the cause, it was a simple Full ROM B162 that I dloaded and three fingered from the SD card (of course it has to be the exact ROM for your phone such as FRD-L04C567B###). WOW, two phones are back. I'll stay at FRD-L04C567B162 and like it.
Lesson Learned: When you try to do an eRecovery and the Honor 8 starts downloading new firmware from the internet it creates a new folder on the sd card called something like HwOC. In that folder is stored the new firmware that erecover plans to use on the recovery. IF this HwOC folder is present and you try to do a Full ROM three finger install with the B150 or B162 firmware in the dload folder, the recovery will stop and say something like invalid version. To fix, remove the HwOC folder so that only dload is present, now do the three finger start and the firmware will install without error. Worked twice for me.
Hi, my device is still not booting up after installing the matching dload firmware on my device from the honor 8 website (FRD-L09).
Is there still anything I can do to maybe get this fixed?
I created a nandroid backup of all partitions that I were able to back up, but even rolling back all partitions did not make it boot again.
Sadly, I am not able to get the device into e.g. fastboot mode anymore because it is not booting anymore and therefore cant get an adb shell on it.
I can still enter recovery mode, but when trying to boot it just stays at the blue screen with the white "honor" text after the short boot animation with the 3d text
Hi,
my phone keeps entering eRecovery and my PC does not recognize it so please how can I access it to install files. I think I have installed a wrong boot.img and recovery.img version of firmware.
Please I need help.
Thanks
Lorog said:
Hi,
my phone keeps entering eRecovery and my PC does not recognize it so please how can I access it to install files. I think I have installed a wrong boot.img and recovery.img version of firmware.
Please I need help.
Thanks
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Same here on a Note 8 did you find a solution?
thekubiaks said:
UPDATE : It freaking worked!!! After an entire weekend of hair pulling and going way deep into Nougat and MM trying to find the cause, it was a simple Full ROM B162 that I dloaded and three fingered from the SD card (of course it has to be the exact ROM for your phone such as FRD-L04C567B###). WOW, two phones are back. I'll stay at FRD-L04C567B162 and like it.
Lesson Learned: When you try to do an eRecovery and the Honor 8 starts downloading new firmware from the internet it creates a new folder on the sd card called something like HwOC. In that folder is stored the new firmware that erecover plans to use on the recovery. IF this HwOC folder is present and you try to do a Full ROM three finger install with the B150 or B162 firmware in the dload folder, the recovery will stop and say something like invalid version. To fix, remove the HwOC folder so that only dload is present, now do the three finger start and the firmware will install without error. Worked twice for me.
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Do you have the link for the b162 full firmware?
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also what recovery did you have installed when you did this?
nickp22127 said:
Do you have the link for the b162 full firmware?
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also what recovery did you have installed when you did this?
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Its erecovery
tiagoesbastos said:
i have same problem, you can fix this? help me please
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i have the same pblm...how did u both managed to boot it then??
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alec_trikki said:
i have same problem!
i can't reboot in download mode: it vibrates twice and reboot in blue screen always, even leaving power button after first vibration.
How can i fix this?
please help..!
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tiagoesbastos said:
i have same problem, you can fix this? help me please
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i have the same pblm...can u tell how did u managed to solve it???
oops, wrong thread
abbassbhai said:
i have the same pblm...how did u both managed to boot it then??
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i have the same pblm...can u tell how did u managed to solve it???
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Do you find a solution? I have the same problem!
Rakeen70210 said:
Unfortunately, I cant seem to get to the part where it detects my dload folder and installs from the UPDATE.APP file. My phone keeps auto restarting whenever I try to turn off, and since bootloader is locked, I cant flash any images. Every time I hold down Vol+, Vol-, and power button the phone just vibrates twice and goes to the blue honor boot logo. I have successfully managed to get to the Fastboot menu by holding down Vol- and power button, but this menu is useless as bootloader is locked. Is there anything I can do?
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Did you find a solution? I have the same problem!
Rakeen70210 said:
Unfortunately, I cant seem to get to the part where it detects my dload folder and installs from the UPDATE.APP file. My phone keeps auto restarting whenever I try to turn off, and since bootloader is locked, I cant flash any images. Every time I hold down Vol+, Vol-, and power button the phone just vibrates twice and goes to the blue honor boot logo. I have successfully managed to get to the Fastboot menu by holding down Vol- and power button, but this menu is useless as bootloader is locked. Is there anything I can do?
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Hi, I have the exact same problem. Have you managed to fix it?
Same problems as other people above, couldn't load any recovery. Anyone can help us out?
Rakeen70210 said:
Unfortunately, I cant seem to get to the part where it detects my dload folder and installs from the UPDATE.APP file. My phone keeps auto restarting whenever I try to turn off, and since bootloader is locked, I cant flash any images. Every time I hold down Vol+, Vol-, and power button the phone just vibrates twice and goes to the blue honor boot logo. I have successfully managed to get to the Fastboot menu by holding down Vol- and power button, but this menu is useless as bootloader is locked. Is there anything I can do?
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Hi even I have the same problem with Honor 8 Pro.. Did you get any solution??
Hi even I have the same problem with Honor 8 Did you get any solution??
Hi,
I have the RC3 rom installed on my L31 and i can't reach to do a clean install (revert to Marshamalow and then upgrade to Nougat).
I am stucked in a bootloop
Can someone help me with this?
Thanks in advance.
aalmeida1972 said:
Hi,
I have the RC3 rom installed on my L31 and i can't reach to do a clean install (revert to Marshamalow and then upgrade to Nougat).
I am stucked in a bootloop
Can someone help me with this?
Thanks in advance.
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You are in RC3 rom or in bootloop?
Now, i am in a bootloop.
aalmeida1972 said:
Now, i am in a bootloop.
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At 3 key combination restart what is going on? Start erecovery?
It's stuck on Huawei logo.
aalmeida1972 said:
It's stuck on Huawei logo.
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This is not bootloop... Is nothing to boot...
If you can not force phone in bootloader mode, to flash some recovery+system, your last chance is DC Phoenix...
Sorry, what i wanted to say, is this:
When it powers on, i get the Huawei logo, but a few seconds later it powers off and restart.... so on, and on. It keeps repeating this cycle.
aalmeida1972 said:
Sorry, what i wanted to say, is this:
When it powers on, i get the Huawei logo, but a few seconds later it powers off and restart.... so on, and on. It keeps repeating this cycle.
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Flash stock boot.IMG and stock recovery.img by custom recovery or fastboot method.
Then use dload 3 button method. Power off. Go to stock recovery, do factory reset.
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aalmeida1972 said:
Sorry, what i wanted to say, is this:
When it powers on, i get the Huawei logo, but a few seconds later it powers off and restart.... so on, and on. It keeps repeating this cycle.
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With USB cable connected on phone and PC and with Vol-+Power enter in bootloader mode?
Problem solved.
Thanks
aalmeida1972 said:
Problem solved.
Thanks
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how do you solved it? im facing the same problem. i cant boot from power + vol up + vol down. now im stuck at RR Rom with TWRP installed. i tried everything , restore from TWRP doesnt work.
I bricked my P8Lite when flashing the original firmware from withing TWRP.
Now I can neither boot into System, Recovery nor Fastboot. I tried all Power / Volume button combinations.
The screen stays black, the LED is flashing red, then two times green and then red again.
I disconnected the battery and reconnected it, still no progress.
Can anyone help me?
p8liteuser said:
I bricked my P8Lite when flashing the original firmware from withing TWRP.
Now I can neither boot into System, Recovery nor Fastboot. I tried all Power / Volume button combinations.
The screen stays black, the LED is flashing red, then two times green and then red again.
I disconnected the battery and reconnected it, still no progress.
Can anyone help me?
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What version of original firmware were you using? What wipe did you make?
XTutorials said:
What version of original firmware were you using? What wipe did you make?
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I extracted the Huawei Firmware for P8Lite (the correct one, I checked that) with Huawei Update Extractor and then installed from within TWRP.
After that I wiped TWRP asked me to wipe the cache and I did so.
p8liteuser said:
I extracted the Huawei Firmware for P8Lite (the correct one, I checked that) with Huawei Update Extractor and then installed from within TWRP.
After that I wiped TWRP asked me to wipe the cache and I did so.
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Why did you extract the update.app from the update.zip!?!?
Of course it is bricked. I'm pretty sure you didn't edit updater-script to symlink the files not write the update.app.
I've seen this kind of brick 2-3 months ago on general or help section, search and maybe you will find something helpful.
somewhere I had the similar issue. Try this once:
Shut down your mobile
Connect your mobile (while it's turned off) to laptop while pressing the vol down key
This should boot you into fastboot mode
amageek nope, wont help. had that same kind of brick. Need to buy a new phone. Even Huawei Care cant fix it .
p8tgames said:
amageek nope, wont help. had that same kind of brick. Need to buy a new phone. Even Huawei Care cant fix it .
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That sucks man.. Anyways, congrats on your new phone
amageek said:
That sucks man.. Anyways, congrats on your new phone
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It isnt that bad. I take that whole thing with houmor
But, if you got that thing you can plug into the eMMC chip, you can recover it. (Dont know what its called)
Hi!
So i treid to install the twpr recovery via srk tool huawei
after i unlocked the bootloader and reboot the phone i got the ÿour device is booting now screen and i cant do anything
i tried to restart the phone then press the vol down + the usb cable and doesnt work i still get the same screen
can't acces erecovery, can't enter fastboot, i can't do anything
what do i do now?
Nickoll_no1 said:
Hi!
So i treid to install the twpr recovery via srk tool huawei
after i unlocked the bootloader and reboot the phone i got the ÿour device is booting now screen and i cant do anything
i tried to restart the phone then press the vol down + the usb cable and doesnt work i still get the same screen
can't acces erecovery, can't enter fastboot, i can't do anything
what do i do now?
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Device stuck in device is booting now ? or the 3 option screen ?
Kcetin20 said:
Device stuck in device is booting now ? or the 3 option screen ?
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The device is stuck in the "device is booting now':crying:
Same Problem...
Nickoll_no1 said:
The device is stuck in the "device is booting now':crying:
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BLN-L24N - Honor 6x
Sooo, I have the same problem , here's my story. Please help I've resorted to using a SGH-T599N... Its embarrassing... I'd almost rather have an iPhone...
So Little ol' me was messing around/ deleted google play services/ reboot to twrp to recover but device ended up bricked. At the time, still able to access fastboot. I flashed recovery and firmware. I then tried dload roll back method and when it cleared the phone bootloader locked. So I unlocked bootloader again but when device re-booted the following screen came up and still remains:
" ' Your device has been unlocked and cant be trusted. ' -- ' Your device is booting now... ' " (No options are available.)
I eventually tried to restart to fastboot or erecovery BUT Everytime I try to power down the device, it tries to power up again but needs to charge for a minute before trying to boot itself back up. .(even after being on the charger for hours this happens). The problem with that is I can't get into fastboot or force dload because it automatically starts itself/ has to be plugged in until it turns back on. (Yes i've tried button mashing/ button holding/ etc. did not help)
How do I get the phone to charge, without it booting up? I have a feeling that if I can get it to start (without it first having to charge) I can get it to fastboot/ or erecovery. I have already tried to let the battery COMPLETELY drain.
Outside of that, I know the whole roll back and dload stuff. Currently it flashes the honor logo screen and then sits at "Your device is booting now..."
Bootloader is unlocked
OH! I should clarify, it boots on its own. I've tried disconnecting the battery, having it on the charger without the
battery. With the battery, Starting phone up by re-connecting the battery. No positive results
I'm about to start messing around with firmware flashing utilities, I just don't know of any. I wish there was a way to flash without being in fastboot mode. (I know very little of perl/python/linux, but I am a quick learner if you point me in the right direction.
Thank you in advance
MSDB714 said:
BLN-L24N - Honor 6x
Sooo, I have the same problem , here's my story. Please help I've resorted to using a SGH-T599N... Its embarrassing... I'd almost rather have an iPhone...
So Little ol' me was messing around/ deleted google play services/ reboot to twrp to recover but device ended up bricked. At the time, still able to access fastboot. I flashed recovery and firmware. I then tried dload roll back method and when it cleared the phone bootloader locked. So I unlocked bootloader again but when device re-booted the following screen came up and still remains:
" ' Your device has been unlocked and cant be trusted. ' -- ' Your device is booting now... ' " (No options are available.)
I eventually tried to restart to fastboot or erecovery BUT Everytime I try to power down the device, it tries to power up again but needs to charge for a minute before trying to boot itself back up. .(even after being on the charger for hours this happens). The problem with that is I can't get into fastboot or force dload because it automatically starts itself/ has to be plugged in until it turns back on. (Yes i've tried button mashing/ button holding/ etc. did not help)
How do I get the phone to charge, without it booting up? I have a feeling that if I can get it to start (without it first having to charge) I can get it to fastboot/ or erecovery. I have already tried to let the battery COMPLETELY drain.
Outside of that, I know the whole roll back and dload stuff. Currently it flashes the honor logo screen and then sits at "Your device is booting now..."
Bootloader is unlocked
OH! I should clarify, it boots on its own. I've tried disconnecting the battery, having it on the charger without the
battery. With the battery, Starting phone up by re-connecting the battery. No positive results
I'm about to start messing around with firmware flashing utilities, I just don't know of any. I wish there was a way to flash without being in fastboot mode. (I know very little of perl/python/linux, but I am a quick learner if you point me in the right direction.
Thank you in advance
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So on ny phobe the mainboard is dead so i guess the internal storage is corrupted
I need to change that and i guess you need too...
It's not so expensive(like 40$ for my phone)
Nickoll_no1 said:
So on ny phobe the mainboard is dead so i guess the internal storage is corrupted
I need to change that and i guess you need too...
It's not so expensive(like 40$ for my phone)
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do you have a part number?
MSDB714 said:
do you have a part number?
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I dont think i was to a local service...it' s not so expensive but it's not cheap either
I'm in dire need of immediate assistance. I had previosly rooted my phone with this guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p9lite/how-to/guide-unlock-bootloader-twrp-root-t3405701 and unlocked the bootloader. Long story short I made the decision to unroot and lock the booloader. Now im faced with a bootloop and this error message: https://imgur.com/a/ksz1kYY
I can't afford to lose this phone. If someone can help me recover this phone I can even throw in an extra 20$. The phone isn't recognised by pc and thus I cant run adb commands.
Sadly due to huawei becoming the new apple, you can't do anything to restore it, unless you pay for a new motherboard.
If you are lucky enough, drain the battery until the phone no longer boots then charge it. You will have a very small chance for the device to boot and from there unlock the bootloader. If it can't boot up, then try it many times until it no longer boots in error mode.
The error means that the recovery mode cannot check if the device is valid or not, thus locking the device from unwanted access. I hope you get it fixed
MapBreak said:
I'm in dire need of immediate assistance. I had previosly rooted my phone with this guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p9lite/how-to/guide-unlock-bootloader-twrp-root-t3405701 and unlocked the bootloader. Long story short I made the decision to unroot and lock the booloader. Now im faced with a bootloop and this error message: https://imgur.com/a/ksz1kYY
I can't afford to lose this phone. If someone can help me recover this phone I can even throw in an extra 20$. The phone isn't recognised by pc and thus I cant run adb commands.
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Hello, already tried to boot directly in fastboot mode ?
If not, turn off the device then connect it to cpu.
Press and hold vol - and power button until it boot.
Once booted ( hope so ) open adb/fastboot command and see if works now... :fingers-crossed:
Dadditz said:
Hello, already tried to boot directly in fastboot mode ?
If not, turn off the device then connect it to cpu.
Press and hold vol - and power button until it boot.
Once booted ( hope so ) open adb/fastboot command and see if works now... :fingers-crossed:
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Would try this but the device doesn't exactly turn off. Holding down the power button just shuts it down for a second and then it boots automatically back. And can you explain what you mean by connecting it to cpu?
MapBreak said:
Would try this but the device doesn't exactly turn off. Holding down the power button just shuts it down for a second and then it boots automatically back. And can you explain what you mean by connecting it to cpu?
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Ooops...
Yes, i was meaning connect it to your computer.. .
Connect it and try doing the way i told you.
If doesn't work let it completely discharges, then reconnect it to the computer and try again.
Wish you the best
Have you tried my method?
The Restless Soul said:
Have you tried my method?
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I took my phone to a repair shop and I just got it back from there. They said that the phone just turned on like regular, and it appeared to be working so they didn't charge me for a repair. I rebooted to check if they actually had done anything but the error came up once more. I guess the battery had run out and it turned on when they charged it? If I run out the battery again and charge it will it turn on again? If so, what should I do once I'm able to boot? I still can't access the recovery from there to try anything.
EDIT: I'm waiting for the phone to run out of battery again
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I took my phone to a repair shop and I just got it back from there. They said that the phone just turned on like regular, and it appeared to be working so they didn't charge me for a repair. I rebooted to check if they actually had done anything but the error came up once more. I guess the battery had run out and it turned on when they charged it? If I run out the battery again and charge it will it turn on again? If so, what should I do once I'm able to boot? I still can't access the recovery from there to try anything.
EDIT: I'm waiting for the phone to run out of battery again
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Let it run out of battery and try to boot it into the rom. From there try to use firmware finder to reinstall your rom.
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Let it run out of battery and try to boot it into the rom. From there try to use firmware finder to reinstall your rom.
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I've tried several times now to let it run out of battery and try to boot it into fastboot, but every time I'm unsuccessful and it boots up regularly. I've tried holding power + vol- and power + vol- + vol+ and every combination of those. Not sure how to proceed since running adb command -adb reboot bootloader but that just ends up getting me to the same error screen. I don't know what I can do. Is it possible to flash the stock recovery and rom without fastboot?
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I've tried several times now to let it run out of battery and try to boot it into fastboot, but every time I'm unsuccessful and it boots up regularly. I've tried holding power + vol- and power + vol- + vol+ and every combination of those. Not sure how to proceed since running adb command -adb reboot bootloader but that just ends up getting me to the same error screen. I don't know what I can do. Is it possible to flash the stock recovery and rom without fastboot?
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Do not use adb or anything else.
Use firmware finder from Google play. Huawei has it's own eRecovery which is used for updates (OTA), so you shouldn't worry.
If you want to flash stock recovery, simply extract the update file and get the recovery.img, then flash it. It's a long method and hard to explain. Google it. Success
The Restless Soul said:
Do not use adb or anything else.
Use firmware finder from Google play. Huawei has it's own eRecovery which is used for updates (OTA), so you shouldn't worry.
If you want to flash stock recovery, simply extract the update file and get the recovery.img, then flash it. It's a long method and hard to explain. Google it. Success
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Yeah but the thing is I can't flash anything without getting into fastboot.
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Yeah but the thing is I can't flash anything without getting into fastboot.
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Then use Firmware finder method.
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Then use Firmware finder method.
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How do I use firmware finder? I can download a update.app and something but those need to be flashed via fastboot right?
EDIT: Just tried to use firmware finder and update via proxy. I'm not able to get an update to show up despite multiple tries. Feels like I'm running out of options here.
MapBreak said:
How do I use firmware finder? I can download a update.app and something but those need to be flashed via fastboot right?
EDIT: Just tried to use firmware finder and update via proxy. I'm not able to get an update to show up despite multiple tries. Feels like I'm running out of options here.
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Download the update file using firmware finder, put the update into your sd card (update.app), dial *#*#2846579*#*#, press update then wait.
The Restless Soul said:
Download the update file using firmware finder, put the update into your sd card (update.app), dial *#*#2846579*#*#, press update then wait.
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You mean *#*#2846579#*#* ? It brings up a selection but the one ending in *#*# dorsn't. Software upgrade option said that it didn't find an update file. The factory reset option tries to reboot and then the error shows up again.
I got software upgrade to recognize the file but when I tried to update it just reboots back into error mode.
It's hard for me to explain how to fix it. Idk why it doesn't work to you. Have you tried going to a service and ask them to fix it for you?
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It's hard for me to explain how to fix it. Idk why it doesn't work to you. Have you tried going to a service and ask them to fix it for you?
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Yeah I guess getting the mainboard replaced is the only thing I can do now. Should I go to a Huawei service center or a regular phone repair shop? Thanks for all your help.
MapBreak said:
Yeah I guess getting the mainboard replaced is the only thing I can do now. Should I go to a Huawei service center or a regular phone repair shop? Thanks for all your help.
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If you have the warranty tell them you got a bad update and it will fix them for free (there were cases where you would get bad updates via OTA, so you are covered)
If not, then a third party store but you will have to pay cash