EDITED: Partially resolved... I recovered but now i am stuck on an emui 3.1 with no gsm working. I have a single sim Huawei p8 lite(ALE-L21) the IMEI is unknown baseband version is empty and model name which is supposed to be ALE-L21 is hi6210sft. Build number is also strange: BalongV100R001C50B311. I would like to know if there is any other way to return to a fully functional emui 4.0 and android 6.0 with GSM working(1 sim). Things i've tried: Checking for updates within EMUI updater.
I have a small little problem... I am quite a huawei newb as Samsung rooting was relatively easy.... One day I looked up on google how to root my personal phone Huawei P8 Lite (ALE-L21) with a Vodafone boot up animation but something went wrong.
I downloaded a "rooting kit" with a .bat file specifically for an ALE-L21 but after going through the whole process (boot loader definitely unlocked) and now nothing works except fastboot mode and recovery mode (twrp) when I try to boot up the phone it gives me an error about an unsuccesful boot and system flash while taking me to the rescue mode(very similar to the fastboot mode) I tried to restore the firmware (I do not know if it has to be same version as build number)... via stock recovery and and update.app but the circle kept being stuck at 90%. I also tried to split the update.app file into a boot.img,recovery.img and system.img but sometimes only system.img or boot.img is outputted with the split_updata.pl. When i try to flash something else other than twrp via fastboot it gives me an error saying "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)"
I would like to know of a 100% efficient way of restoring or reflashing the full stock emui 4.0 android 6.0 firmware including root although a stock rom is preferred.
Thanks
Giorgio G.
Girogio2103 said:
EDITED: Partially resolved... I recovered but now i am stuck on an emui 3.1 with no gsm working. I have a single sim Huawei p8 lite(ALE-L21) the IMEI is unknown baseband version is empty and model name which is supposed to be ALE-L21 is hi6210sft. Build number is also strange: BalongV100R001C50B311. I would like to know if there is any other way to return to a fully functional emui 4.0 and android 6.0 with GSM working(1 sim). Things i've tried: Checking for updates within EMUI updater.
I have a small little problem... I am quite a huawei newb as Samsung rooting was relatively easy.... One day I looked up on google how to root my personal phone Huawei P8 Lite (ALE-L21) with a Vodafone boot up animation but something went wrong.
I downloaded a "rooting kit" with a .bat file specifically for an ALE-L21 but after going through the whole process (boot loader definitely unlocked) and now nothing works except fastboot mode and recovery mode (twrp) when I try to boot up the phone it gives me an error about an unsuccesful boot and system flash while taking me to the rescue mode(very similar to the fastboot mode) I tried to restore the firmware (I do not know if it has to be same version as build number)... via stock recovery and and update.app but the circle kept being stuck at 90%. I also tried to split the update.app file into a boot.img,recovery.img and system.img but sometimes only system.img or boot.img is outputted with the split_updata.pl. When i try to flash something else other than twrp via fastboot it gives me an error saying "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)"
I would like to know of a 100% efficient way of restoring or reflashing the full stock emui 4.0 android 6.0 firmware including root although a stock rom is preferred.
Thanks
Giorgio G.
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Your baseband version is empty because the phone still got a MM modem on it, if the TWRP is the only thing you can flash right now try to find a custom EMUI 4.0 ROM for your device (P8 lite) if I'm correct? and try to flash it, after that go back to TWRP and do a factory reset. After that try to fastboot flash boot.img recovery.img abd system.img, if you want bloatware flash cust.img as well. Hope this helps a bit!
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Your baseband version is empty because the phone still got a MM modem on it, if the TWRP is the only thing you can flash right now try to find a custom EMUI 4.0 ROM for your device (P8 lite) if I'm correct? and try to flash it, after that go back to TWRP and do a factory reset. After that try to fastboot flash boot.img recovery.img abd system.img, if you want bloatware flash cust.img as well. Hope this helps a bit!
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Arent the boot.img, recovery.img and system.img the actual rom? if not what format should roms be in? Please note that not all custom roms for customizing the emui 4.0 are supported from emui 3.1. Some links would be really appreciated... so much spam on the internet! I am also worried about trying roms that are made for emui 4.0 and say that the emui 4.0 already installed is a prequisite. Should I?
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Arent the boot.img, recovery.img and system.img the actual rom? if not what format should roms be in? Please note that not all custom roms for customizing the emui 4.0 are supported from emui 3.1. Some links would be really appreciated... so much spam on the internet! I am also worried about trying roms that are made for emui 4.0 and say that the emui 4.0 already installed is a prequisite. Should I?
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boot.img> Kernel
recovery.img> Recovery lol
system.img> the actual system
Aren't you on marshmallow before you downgraded to lollipop? If you were, modem of MM is not compatible with lollipop hence IMEI and baseband are empty now for you. Search for EMUI custom ROM's to flash thru TWRP (not CyanogenMod). Also, you're in a wrong forum because this is P8 strictly, here are threads for your phone: https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite :good:
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boot.img> Kernel
recovery.img> Recovery lol
system.img> the actual system
Aren't you on marshmallow before you downgraded to lollipop? If you were, modem of MM is not compatible with lollipop hence IMEI and baseband are empty now for you. Search for EMUI custom ROM's to flash thru TWRP (not CyanogenMod). Also, you're in a wrong forum because this is P8 strictly, here are threads for your phone: https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite :good:
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Thanks I tried what you said in your previous reply but another problem came. I installed an android 7.1.1 custom rom but now GSM doesn't work. SIM card would already be in the tray in the phone but it is not detected. Why would I need a phone which isn't a phone? Now i'll post another issue on the proper thread. The android worked fine. I don't know if anybody knows of a huawei emergency software recovery as samsung does... HiSuite only has 4 devices available for emergency software recovery. Also original links on huawei website have disappeared and huawei links for stock rom on xda are also temporarily removed.
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Thanks,
Girogio2103 said:
Thanks I tried what you said in your previous reply but another problem came. I installed an android 7.1.1 custom rom but now GSM doesn't work. SIM card would already be in the tray in the phone but it is not detected. Why would I need a phone which isn't a phone? Now i'll post another issue on the proper thread. The android worked fine. I don't know if anybody knows of a huawei emergency software recovery as samsung does... HiSuite only has 4 devices available for emergency software recovery. Also original links on huawei website have disappeared and huawei links for stock rom on xda are also temporarily removed.
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I told you to flash custom EMUI rom, not CyanogenMod. Now u need to fastboot flash the stock firmware, after that do a factory reset to get your sim functionality back.
Thanks anyway... I resolved this by flashing an emui 4 based custom ROM and I got SIM back plus root(kangvip). Also did a nandroid backup now that everything works good. Btw I never flashed Cyanogen mod ?.
Not sure if it's worth it to go back to stock now...
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Thanks anyway... I resolved this by flashing an emui 4 based custom ROM and I got SIM back plus root(kangvip). Also did a nandroid backup now that everything works good. Btw I never flashed Cyanogen mod .
Not sure if it's worth it to go back to stock now...
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well, you said "I installed an android 7.1.1 custom" having in mind 7.1.1 is basically cyanogenmod/RessurectionRemix/OpenKirin... those are not official. And yeah, that rom that you're on right now is also official but with some tweaks/optimisations/modifications so you dont have to worry
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well, you said "I installed an android 7.1.1 custom" having in mind 7.1.1 is basically cyanogenmod/RessurectionRemix/OpenKirin... those are not official. And yeah, that rom that you're on right now is also official but with some tweaks/optimisations/modifications so you dont have to worry
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Ok... Now to install other Roms how do I know if they are official and will work?
help me
TWrp message
message came to me
say
E: primary block device /dev/block/mmcb1kop8
for mount point /data is not present
failed to mount data
unable to create /data/media folder
when i install zip or wipe or format (yes) or do any thing told me failed to mount data
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Hi M3 users,
I'm a long time lurker and reader on XDA. Now it's time to give something back or at least participate
Following my recent M3 purchase a dugg a bit deeper into this topic and tried to get us the stock recovery for our devices.
I'm not really a dev. I just used the information I found here and in the russian forum where greatslon (thank you guy) is posting his work.
If you find an error in the process please let me know. The files have not been tested in any way. I have no idea if this would even work (encryption and so on).
So I managed to extract the recovery.img file from the chinese rom. This method will also work for the LTE variant.
Maybe @greatslon or @somboons can share their view on the topic or maybe @somboons can even use it in his tool.
Resources
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=780572&st=120
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433454
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tools/general/huawei-firmware-finder-team-mt-t3469146
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teammt.gmanrainy.huaweifirmwarefinder
Tools used
Huawei Firmware Finder (Team MT)
Huawei Update Extractor
Download
M3_BTV-W09C233B019_recovery.zip
Process
1. Start firmware finder (did use the android version)
2. Change device to BTV-W09C233
3. Downloaded the firmware B019 for BTV-W09C233 (no firmware for other variants present ATM)
4. Extracted and copied update.app to SD card
5. copy to PC
6. Extract recovery.img and recovery2.img using Huawei Update Extractor
Best regards,
Benjamin
Don't quite understand what's this for. First of all, recovery should be the same version as your ROM. I don't know if their mismatch will immediately lead to some malfunction, but some people on 4pda said they should match. Second - stock recovery's functions are limited to factory reset (wiping data, cache, etc.) and installing OTA updates. Without changing OEMINFO (and it's still unconfirmed), you won't be able to install any OTA except those, intented for your model and region, so again there's no need to install a higher version of recovery than your ROM is. But anyway, thank you for the extraction instruction.
P.S. I think there's no need to flash both recovery and recovery2. Recovery2 can be successfully replaced with TWRP and this combination is really great, cause you can launch TWRP by holding Volume Up button only.
And the only reason why you should keep recovery original is that it doesn't really wipe /data - it also creates some files there like custom.bin, containing your regional settings.
Hi Slavon,
Thanks for your highly appreciated comment. @somboons was looking for a stock recovery so I thought this might help.
Your given information are really helpful. I did not know that you could flash TWRP in recovery2 and replace erecovery Handy information.
I'm pretty new to the Huawei structure so always glad to learn something.
EDIT
A lot of good information can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/dual-recovery-honor-7-t3308398
Thank you very much,
sselpeelsxx
Giving Back
Benjamin,
I've also been a long time XDA lurker. Most of the devices I have owned were mainstream and thus already had a very active XDA developer community; Even if root had yet to be achieved, there would be hundreds of messages on the topic.
It seems the Mediapad M3 is just getting started. I am a developer of over 20 years, but very little android experience. However, I have recently spent a considerable amount of time (about 50-100 hours) working with the low level ADB protocol source code. And I have rooted and flashed no less than 50 devices, everything from cell phones to Android TV devices to routers.
I'm going to take this device on as my first real dev effort in this arena.
I have a few goals:
1. Get working backups for people that soft-brick or need to revert (including myself).
2. Recompile TWRP for the M3 to confirm greatslon's work, and better understand the process.
3. Release a stock rom that's pre-rooted and cleaned up (not that there was a lot of bloat on my device).
4. Release a custom rom that's not MIUI (perhaps based of CyanogenMod).
Since I have virtually no experience, I am sure these goals are quite lofty and will take some time. But hey, you got to have a plan, and I don't have anything else to work on right now.
Let me know if you want to work on anything together, or if you need any help with anything development related.
- 0D0A
Hey hey 0D0A,
I totally agree with you regarding the backups, I think once the first OTA update is pushed for the EU and US devices we have a good and safe way to go back.
Especially the US owners are struggling with greatslons TWRP version, that's the first thing we should tackle after the backup topic is cleared
I will contact you regarding possible work
Best regards,
Benjamin
can flash twrp via fastboot but get error saying and no recovery
hi, first thanks greatslon for doing the work on m3.
i seem to have succeeded in getting stuck and can't get it to boot into your custom twrp. adb on linux was working fine, but no longer. ditto for fastboot just get "waiting for devices" now. i switched to win10 and installed the hisuite app so i can use fastboot but still no adb. so i have tried to flash recovery and recovery2 but when i try to boot recovery i get error "Func NO: 11 (recovery image) ERROR NO: 2 (load failed)."
i then downloaded your custom rom and tried to flash the boot for that still no luck. i can't use adb so i am not sure how to just flash the custom rom with fastboot without being able to get into any recovery.
i did have this all rooted and working with your twrp but kept having issues with dpi and there was an ota update (b003) which wouldn't apply. so i tried to restore backup and it wen't south from there. basically now can't do much other than see the unlock "can't be trusted" page and bootloader.
any suggestions?
Desperately need stock recovery img, not sure exactly what when wrong, but it is stuck in a horrible boot loop. Tried Benjamin's recovery files and they seem to remove twrp and put it somewhat back to normal, but can only access the emui recovery and that fails to load the files. Put twrp back and tried greatslon's ROMs, they load but goes back to boot loop. Wipe and format everything, install my original backup through twrp recovery, it says it works, but again, back to boot loop... at this point I think I'm dead... any ideas, any word on the official recovery img? anything? Help!!
What device do you have? And what version were you on?
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What device do you have? And what version were you on?
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I have the M3, BTV-W09, not sure what version, MM6.0 EMUI 4.1
Anyone have any other ideas on horrendous boot loop?
sselpeelsxx said:
Hey hey 0D0A,
I totally agree with you regarding the backups, I think once the first OTA update is pushed for the EU and US devices we have a good and safe way to go back.
Especially the US owners are struggling with greatslons TWRP version, that's the first thing we should tackle after the backup topic is cleared
I will contact you regarding possible work
Best regards,
Benjamin
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Hello, I am unlocked, TWRPed, and rooted, but am trying to reverse all of that. My build number is BTV-W09C128B002. Is it safe to download the stock recovery from the OP for my device? Or do I really need the C128 version?
Hello and sorry for the late response, you would need the matching version for your C128 device.
I may be able to extract recovery from an update, I have to look into this tomorrow.
Regards
sselpeelsxx said:
Hello and sorry for the late response, you would need the matching version for your C128 device.
I may be able to extract recovery from an update, I have to look into this tomorrow.
Regards
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Thanks! I have been able to use the Huawei Extractor to extract a recovery.img from OTA updates, but have been afraid to try flashing it. It has been recommended to hold off on trying that since that recovery.img is from an OTA and not a FULL update. Any thoughts?
Hey people,
I've updated to the unofficial Nougat leak here and ever since I can't get into the recovery. The ROM is OK but no matter what I do I can't get into the recovery. After "adb reboot recovery" I just get stuck in a boot loop and I must get into the upgrade utility and restart phone into the system from there. I've tried to flash few other recovery but nothing works. So far I'm fine with the system and I'd like to also try LineageOS but I have no way to flash the ROM. I have tried "Fastboot flash zip xx.zip" from the bootloader to flash LineageOS but it told me I don't have permissions so it was no good.
So do you folks here have any idea what I did wrong and how to make the recovery work again? I'm kind of learn from the tutorial guy so I'll post the sources I've been using to do the flash.
Unlocking bootloader and flashing new recovery
I've only used the unlock bootloader and flash twrp sections with their provided recovery. I've also tried to flash THIS recovery by Meticulus after the nougat update.
Flashing the ROM + used ROM
Used the old process because upgrade with system utility kept giving me errors.
Model number - VNS-L21
Also if this issue can't be (yet) fixed do you know any way to safely flash ROMs without recovery?
Thanks for any kind of help
You cannot flash any ROM in the nougat recovery, because it does not support /data mounting. Downgrade to MM and install the ROM you want from there.
@SALVO9
Ok, thank you for the reply. I'll probably try to downgrade and flash it afterwards to know which ROM suits me better. All I need to do is find the stock ROM copy it to the phone and restart with all buttons pushed right? Also, do you have any info about when there will be a nougat recovery that can mount /data?
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@SALVO9
All I need to do is find the stock ROM copy it to the phone and restart with all buttons pushed right?
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No.
Flash proper OEMinfo first!
@Schlengge
Thanks for the advice. I did my research because I didn't know a thing about oeminfo and I have hit a wall since my phone is not rooted(Should have mentioned that earlier I know) and I'm supposed to replace custom.bin and then flash the img. So afterwards I searched how to root this nougat ROM and found nothing no app was working and everything I found was just using the phone's recovery which I can't access. Does anything come to mind? I will continue getting through the pages of google but I don't think I'll find anything useful.
EDIT> After some searching I found the official rollback package. I have yet to test it (downloading on slow connection atm) and I hope it will work.
Ok it's finally done and I'm back at old stock ROM(EMUI 4.1.1 VNS-L21C432B160) after hours of searching I gave up on the oeminfo or rooting the phone. I searched for the stock firmware and found some rollback packages on the Huawei site. I will post the links in there you even have instructions packed with the zip.
LINK1
LINK2
Download both start with the smaller one because it's flashing first and follow the instructions in the pdf. Worked for me so hope it also helps you.
Also as I found out just now this rollback also locks back your bootloader so be sure to unlock it back again with the code.
I'm at my wits end here. I copied the contents the emoji zip from https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/get-android-nougats-all-new-emojis-right-now-0170328/ for Android N emojis on my L02 (Telstra Australia variant ALE-L52) on 5.0.1 into my system folder and caused it to bootloop, then I got TWRP installed and actually flashed it which let it boot but with a different font and Messaging and Phone among other things weren't working. So I reflashed with 5.1 variants of those files in that zip and flashed a 6.0 stock recovery and did a factory reset and now it won't even let me log in to a Google account so I can restore my app backups which means I'm locked out of several apps I need authenticators for.
Is there anywhere I can download the full image for ALE-L02C451B280? I have access to a second device but I do not want to void the warranty on that by unlocking the bootloader and replacing the recovery just to fix my phone, so is there a way to create a flashable backup of the system without root or an unlocked bootloader
Edit: Great, flashed the official 6.0 image like suggested in the updating thread and now it won't even get past the bootloader, can't even boot to fastboot or recovery. It's officially f**ked
Well, if you can't boot to bootloader/fastboot to install TWRP, repair the phone then your phone is kinda bricked
I see the same symptoms as mine
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/help/help-bricked-p8-lite-t3522136
Any new suggestions?
What does your bootloader say? Enter it and unpack the UPDATE.APP using Huawei Update Extractor. Then flash System, cust, boot and mybe recovery with fastboot.
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What does your bootloader say? Enter it and unpack the UPDATE.APP using Huawei Update Extractor. Then flash System, cust, boot and mybe recovery with fastboot.
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That's how it ended up bricked in the first place
mercom said:
I see the same symptoms as mine
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/help/help-bricked-p8-lite-t3522136
Any new suggestions?
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I ended up fixing it by doing a nandroid backup of another L02 running the original Telstra firmware and restored that, fixed it with a few minor bugs (gave me the Balong bug, so I can't even download any Huawei apps anymore, and I can't disable the stock music app for some reason, and the lock screen is weird, I can't swipe to unlock anywhere it has to be from the circle in the middle). I've just given up hope that I can get the official 6.0 on my L02
I folowed this tutorial https://forum.xda-developers.com/nova-plus/development/rom-aospextended-v4-6-t3717372 and all flashing was fine. Due to some inconveniences of this new flashed rom i decided to restore to default rom. I extracted recovery and update.app version Can-L11 B396 i think from firmware finder and flased with adb this recovery. After that, it asked me to do an factory reset, i did it, but it wont boot any of huawei or Aosp Extended. The main problem i have is i can`t acces any more my phone with adb terminal, maybe after flashing the new original recovery usb debbuging reverted to un-enabled. How can I do now? Thanks in advance.
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I folowed this tutorial https://forum.xda-developers.com/nova-plus/development/rom-aospextended-v4-6-t3717372 and all flashing was fine. Due to some inconveniences of this new flashed rom i decided to restore to default rom. I extracted recovery and update.app version Can-L11 B396 i think from firmware finder and flased with adb this recovery. After that, it asked me to do an factory reset, i did it, but it wont boot any of huawei or Aosp Extended. The main problem i have is i can`t acces any more my phone with adb terminal, maybe after flashing the new original recovery usb debbuging reverted to un-enabled. How can I do now? Thanks in advance.
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Check this post.
I cant access my phone via adb or twrp recovery. I wonder why. Before flashing a stock recovery all Was fine, adb Was connecting with no problem.
campeadore said:
I cant access my phone via adb or twrp recovery. I wonder why. Before flashing a stock recovery all Was fine, adb Was connecting with no problem.
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Try to flash the TWRP again with fastboot.
PS: I don't understand how you people end up like this. It never happened to me.
I cant, adb cant be connected to device. Says null operation.
finally i succeed to revert o stock rom. Now i have on About phone CAN-L11C432B397, Emui 5.0 and Android 7.0. One question please, I dont see anymore the Update system tab or something, "Actualizator" on romanian language. Is that normal? How i can check for updates?
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finally i succeed to revert o stock rom. Now i have on About phone CAN-L11C432B397, Emui 5.0 and Android 7.0. One question please, I dont see anymore the Update system tab or something, "Actualizator" on romanian language. Is that normal? How i can check for updates?
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You need to install the other zip too which has the word "data_full" at zip's name or something like that.
EDIT: @campeadore, i suggest you to edit the thread name and add "[SOLVED]" at begin and write the way you've fixed your phone (the solution), so it'll help other people who might run into the same problem as you.
I`ll do it as soon i fully resolve the problem. I followed your link and everything went fine at step 1 (Go back to EMUI 4.1 (MM). System is booting, but system update is not working. So, i want to flash EMUI 5, but can-l11c432b330 or can-l11c432b396 cant be updated, around 45% gives an error. The only version who work is can-l11c432b320 but i dont have update_full_CAN-L11_hw_eu, only the first update.zip.
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I`ll do it as soon i fully resolve the problem. I followed your link and everything went fine at step 1 (Go back to EMUI 4.1 (MM). System is booting, but system update is not working. So, i want to flash EMUI 5, but can-l11c432b330 or can-l11c432b396 cant be updated, around 45% gives an error. The only version who work is can-l11c432b320 but i dont have update_full_CAN-L11_hw_eu, only the first update.zip.
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Newer / newest firmware downloaded from Firmware Finder needs to be approved by Huawei and that can take some time. It's failing to install because it wasn't approved. I've read this in past somewhere.
Try B381 or B382 as i've always installed that one when i've went back to EMUI 5.
Yes, i did it now with can-l11c432b330. I think my mistake was trying to flash to EMUI5 with usb cable connected. With cable off all went fine like a charm. Now i do all approved updates with system update. Thank you so much man, really appreciated.
Seeking help: I have a smartphone huawei nova lite plus (TRT LX1) that fails to restart. It goes continuously in a loop. Entering recovery only the first 2 functions come out: wipe wash factory reset and wipe wash partition. Then using eRecovery from PC with the USB cable, proceed up to a certain point and then not continue. I think it's in soft brick. I definitely need the right software for flashing, stock roms and usb drivers. Where can I find them? Many thanks
Hello, it is my first post on this forum and it of course has to be problem. I am not expert in mobile phone hacking/flashing and this issue is too big for me to handle.
So like 6 hours ago i had working p8lite L21 with official android 6.0 and locked bootloader. I really wanted install costum rom due to performance issue, so i downgrade it back to 5.0 lolipop, than I root it with kingroot and successful extract key and unlock it using this tutorial: https://forum.xda-developers.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=4627
Than I flash recovery and install TWRP 3.0.2-0 and it all just worked. I was so happy that i manage to pull this off and I forgot that now i have EMUI 3.1 (ALE-L21C432B170) and i flashed phone with this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/development/rom-lineageos-14-1-p8-lite-t3824247
Of course it bricked because I missed that part with special version of TWRP. After that i tried to install something older just to get phone to work again:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-0-ale-l21-t3708835
And surprise, surprise, it did not work either and now I am stuck with huawei boot logo.
I did some research how to fix this issue, but i found so many different problems and solutions, I thought that at this point I really should ask for help because I just have no idea what i am doing now At this stage, can i just flash some costum rom (idc what exactly, just wanna to be lightweight) or i have to somehow restore original firmware? And if so how to do it? As i mentioned, i had access to TWRP.
Thanks a lot for your help in advance.
can someone help me with unbricking this phone? ?
@edit ok nevermind, i thought that this phone is cheap anyways so why not risk and just flashed boot/recovery/system from stock rom with fastboot. I did it and it works again, i needed just this simple hint to do it but i guess p8lite forum is dead.
ChuZZZta said:
Hello, it is my first post on this forum and it of course has to be problem. I am not expert in mobile phone hacking/flashing and this issue is too big for me to handle.
So like 6 hours ago i had working p8lite L21 with official android 6.0 and locked bootloader. I really wanted install costum rom due to performance issue, so i downgrade it back to 5.0 lolipop, than I root it with kingroot and successful extract key and unlock it using this tutorial: https://forum.xda-developers.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=4627
Than I flash recovery and install TWRP 3.0.2-0 and it all just worked. I was so happy that i manage to pull this off and I forgot that now i have EMUI 3.1 (ALE-L21C432B170) and i flashed phone with this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/development/rom-lineageos-14-1-p8-lite-t3824247
Of course it bricked because I missed that part with special version of TWRP. After that i tried to install something older just to get phone to work again:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-0-ale-l21-t3708835
And surprise, surprise, it did not work either and now I am stuck with huawei boot logo.
I did some research how to fix this issue, but i found so many different problems and solutions, I thought that at this point I really should ask for help because I just have no idea what i am doing now At this stage, can i just flash some costum rom (idc what exactly, just wanna to be lightweight) or i have to somehow restore original firmware? And if so how to do it? As i mentioned, i had access to TWRP.
Thanks a lot for your help in advance.
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Can you access TWRP or fastboot mode?? Yes, the thread has been quite inactive... it used to be totally different few years back...
amageek said:
Can you access TWRP or fastboot mode?? Yes, the thread has been quite inactive... it used to be totally different few years back...
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Yea, i had access to twrp and fastboot. I already fixed it by flashing stock rom with fastboot. But maybe you can help me with other issue, currently i have android 5.0.1 emui 3.1 build c432b170 and i wanna install this rom:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/development/rom-lineageos-14-1-p8-lite-t3824247
as i understand i need to have android 7.0 with emui 4.1, install costum twrp and than flash this rom. But how to update this phone to android 7.0? When i check for updates it says that there is nothing to update
ChuZZZta said:
Yea, i had access to twrp and fastboot. I already fixed it by flashing stock rom with fastboot. But maybe you can help me with other issue, currently i have android 5.0.1 emui 3.1 build c432b170 and i wanna install this rom:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/development/rom-lineageos-14-1-p8-lite-t3824247
as i understand i need to have android 7.0 with emui 4.1, install costum twrp and than flash this rom. But how to update this phone to android 7.0? When i check for updates it says that there is nothing to update
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I believe I can help you... Check the First Comment of that post... you'll see two additional firmwares... Only those firmwares have EMUI 4.1... b896 is for dual sim and b895 is for single sim... use any of those as per your requirements... after that download the LineageOS firmware and then proceed as per the Thread's recommended way... Also, before installing LineageOS, make sure you don't have any lockscreen lock...
feel free to ask if you have any more questions...
PS: i may reply bit late... maybe an hour, 5 hours or even days... but will try to check frequently..
amageek said:
PS: i may reply bit late... maybe an hour, 5 hours or even days... but will try to check frequently..
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No worries, im happy that someone reply to me
So yea, i noticed those two softwares, i have two imei number so i picked b896 version for dual sim, but when i extract it and place in dload folder and try to update it via holding power button + -, i get software installation failed message. So I am not rly sure how to install this firmware, do i have to extract update.app and flash recovery/boot/system with fastboot, or i need to install it using some twrp? I look for guide but everyone are using this powerbutt + - methode to do this
ChuZZZta said:
No worries, im happy that someone reply to me
So yea, i noticed those two softwares, i have two imei number so i picked b896 version for dual sim, but when i extract it and place in dload folder and try to update it via holding power button + -, i get software installation failed message. So I am not rly sure how to install this firmware, do i have to extract update.app and flash recovery/boot/system with fastboot, or i need to install it using some twrp? I look for guide but everyone are using this powerbutt + - methode to do this
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Do you mean Vol +, Vol - and Power Button by powerbutton +- ? That's one way of flashing it, if you get error by that method, try it once again. If it doesn't work at all, then yes extract the update.app and go for the hard way...
amageek said:
Do you mean Vol +, Vol - and Power Button by powerbutton +- ? That's one way of flashing it, if you get error by that method, try it once again. If it doesn't work at all, then yes extract the update.app and go for the hard way...
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Yea, i mean that i holding all three buttons (power vol+ vol-) and than it just says that installation failed. To flash it with fastboot i need to just flash recovery/boot/system or more files? I am asking because currently i have android 5 and this firmware is android 7 and I am just not sure if i can just simply flash those files and it will works.
Thanks for helping me
ChuZZZta said:
Yea, i mean that i holding all three buttons (power vol+ vol-) and than it just says that installation failed. To flash it with fastboot i need to just flash recovery/boot/system or more files? I am asking because currently i have android 5 and this firmware is android 7 and I am just not sure if i can just simply flash those files and it will works.
Thanks for helping me
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Which one are you trying to flash??? b896?? or simply LineageOS??
If it's b896, then I did read that it can only be flashed on ALE-L21C02xxx, but i am unsure about it... I did installed LineageOS and Resurrection Remix back in the days but I don't think I ever used C02 ROM for B896...
Also if you have the latest TWRP, you can simply flash with it... Try it...
Here's the link for tutorial