Assistance With Bricked Device - Huawei P10 Plus Questions & Answers

Hi all,
Apologies if this has been posted before elsewhere in the forum, I've done some searching but I'm having a real hard time in getting this fixed.
My friend recently bought a Huawei P10 Plus off Facebook, second hand. He went to the guy's house, bought it and then didn't realise until he got home that it was a demo unit and on the back it says "NOT FOR SALE"
He went back to the house and the guy was nowhere to be seen and now they deny all knowledge of selling it.
So, unable to use it without a 15 second timeout going to a demo video - he gave it to me. I've got some experience of unlocking bootloaders, rooting etc. and I thought that I'd give this a bash.
The Vendor Country Info was locked to Country: Demo - so no firmware upgrades would work.
I got the bootloader unlocked (thanks Huawei Israel - no telephone verification) and then installed TWRP. I then proceeded to modify the oeminfo to set the correct country. This restarted the phone and now it's effectively bricked.
When I power it on, I get two options: eRecovery mode (which is useless) or hold down Vol Up, Vol Down + Power to get the EMUI manual updater.
No firmware files are working with the manual updater and the eRecovery doesn't find any packages to install.
Fastboot doesn't work - hold Vol Down + plug in USB cable just goes to the charging icon on screen. Tried with Power + Vol Down - straight to eRecovery.
Vol Up + Power goes to eRecovery, no standard recovery or TWRP recovery option.
I'm at a complete loss now, I'd be happy to get the demo firmware back on so that I can at least give it back and say "I tried", but I can't seem to get ANY firmware to install.
For information, I'm in the UK - so I'd need VKY-L09C440 firmware.
Any help is appreciated and once again, sorry if I'm reposting stuff - but it's a very particular case.

Anyone have any ideas on this?
Looking to get this resolved ASAP, but just at a real dead end with it all.

Hi there, does anyone have any ideas for this? Tried looking around the site, but can't seem to find any ideas anywhere

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Getting Canadian firmware when rooting has soft bricked your phone.

I just wanted to post this as I had a hell of a time trying to get my phone back to its original state after I installed TWRP and it completely locked up my phone and would not let me get into the custom recovery. I was able to get into download mode but trying to flash stock firmware i found on some help sites would not let me flash in odin, it kept failing and i was scared i had to shell out 80 bucks for someone to fix the software. I installed kies 3 and it was asking for the serial number which I could not access as i took the sticker off the back of the phone and it is not printed on the box anywhere. I actually contacted samsung's live chat and asked them if i gave them my imei would they be able to give me the serial. They did no problem and now my phone is back to its original state. Just wanted to post this as I could not find an answer anywhere and this worked for me and i know how scary it is. Hopefully this can work for someone who is in the same boat as i was.
This happened to me. I have a Rogers S7 Edge. What I did was press volume down then hold power to get out of download mode. Then I held down power home and volume up and was able to get into recovery. I screwed it when I botched xposed install. Luckily I backed up in recovery.

[Solved] Bricked my P9 Lite (VNS-L31) while attempting B130 update from SD card

Hi there !
I just switched from a Windows Phone to a Huawei P9 Lite (VNS-L31), my first Android phone (never too late, I guess?).
I was following the instructions provided in this toolkit (https://forum.xda-developers.com/hu...nt/europe-vns-l31-toolkit-bootloader-t3432873) to unlock the dual SIM support, as this phone is from Orange and locked to single SIM.
I successfully unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP and rooted the phone. I got to the stage when updating the phone from the SD card is requested. Stock firmware was L31C109B120, new firmware is L31C432B130.
The update seemed to progress well, but actually no, as the phone is now bricked (black screen, screen will not power on, does not display anything).
Powering the phone with any combination of Vol+, Vol- and Power depressed results in nothing at all.
So I installed adb + fastboot and at least the phone is recognized in fastboot. I successfully unlocked the bootloader (again?) within fastboot with my unlock code.
Now I am able to manually flash the boot, recovery and system partitions from the B130 firmware. Unfortunately, this results in nothing, the phone will still not boot to anything else than fastboot mode.
I have limited knowledge/experience with Android phones, so I am kind of stuck now. I have read several topics and fastboot definitely seems to be the way to go, but there must be something that I am doing wrong.
I was wondering whether someone would be willing to give me some insight, please?
Any help would be highly appreciated!
Many thanks in advance,
Regards,
Eric.
[Edit]: I was able to flash the stock VNS-L31C432B130 firmware but not with fastboot... I had to use DC-Phoenix and pay 15€ to do so. Is there a free equivalent to DC-Phoenix yet?
Hello
I think you should disconnect the cable and press on volume + and power erevovery wipe factory, cache. Restart
If it does not work, start again.
With the toolkit, bootloader code, installs twrp,
Go download c432oeminfo double sim.zip Badwolf
Fashe c432oeminfo.zip.
switch off.
Doad b130.
Yes, this solution saved my phone... And u can try flash with fastboot any partition (recovery, system....)
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Thank you for your help, guys!
Yet, nothing happens when I disconnect the cable and try to reboot the phone while holding Vol+ and Power. Vol- and power or Vol+, Vol- and Power do not deal any better result unfortunately. The screen remains off.
I believe I should delete/flash something through fastboot, but I do not know what! I believe I have tried everything I could think of, and I am running out of ideas...
Yet the phone is accessible through fastboot, so all hope is not lost, right?
Well, I have good news: I managed to reflash my phone by following this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/hua...green-t3485836
You have to download and use DC-Phoenix to flash a stock firmware to the phone.
The bad part is that it is a paid service that will cost you 15€... but for me it was worth it in comparison with having a dead phone.
I wonder why no one has come up with a free equivalent to DC-Phoenix yet?

flashing went wrong, please help guys to guide me whats wrong here zenpad 10 300cl

Hi from Lithuania!
please help someone
short story - i tried to flash recovery image via asus flash tool and when it stuck. now i havent any droid at begining no recovery option, and when it powers up touch screen dont work.
long story- 1. my friend ask to remove password from zenpad,his children add it. password with program app lock or something.
2. i tried to do hard reset but i didnt find the combination (it was very strange) only three options comes with vol down and pow. nothing comes with vol up.
3. i decide to flash it to stock firmware, download stock img drivers and etc.
4. i used asus flash tool, and it stucks at the moment, and now i cannot flash it anymore. the symptoms are-
nothing comes when power up(only light)
when its power on touch screen not working,but still see the locked app and all concent.also cannot turn it off (need mouse to turn it off)
how i can get out of this situation? how to fix it ? please help guys, i dont have any minds now, searched info for 1 week, but maybe bad.
Greetings from Lithuania
the biggest question how to get the device to bootloader? i cannot to it by buttons

Stuck in EMUI Update, Need Help!

Hi, I need help with my Huawei P10 Lite WAS-LX1. I have poor knowledge on firmware versions, updates etc. so I'll try to describe my problem in short bullets. Here is the development of the situation:
- My phone was in water for couple of seconds
- After I dried it out, the only way I managed to turn it on was using combination of PWR + VOL+ or VOL- not sure which one I used
- That combination got me to Huawei splash screen, and immediately after that to EMUI screen, apparently for update - the screen looks exactly like this - take. ms/iaGMk
- The phone can't get out of this state, it keeps turning itself on and on and trying to install this update, there is no way to turn the phone off, it's just in this loop
Now, what I've tried and results:
- I tried uploading an update (update.app in dload folder) that I found on this forum, to an SD card, and the result was that installaton got to 5% and got to this screen again - take. ms/iaGMk
- I tried connecting the phone to my PC via USB, and the result was that installation got to 5%, and at that point my HiSuite asked me to authorize PC on the phone, looks like this - take. ms/VFUXt ,which I can't do because the phone is in this, recovery or whatever it's called, state
Now, at one point, the battery got empty and the phone somehow showed me the recovery menu, where I had among other options: Update with WiFi and Factory Reset. I did factory reset, and then I updated EMUI with WiFi - once it was done, the phone started up in safe mode, and everything was working except power/lock and volume buttons (is this normal for Android safe mode?).
I was checking the phone a bit and then it turned off, and now it's in the frickin loop again - take. ms/iaGMk
I can't do anything at all, it responds to nothing. My thinking is that there is maybe a correct version that I can upload to an SD card and perhaps that will be the solution.
Anyhow, that's basically it, please let me know if you have any questions. Keep in mind that I have no idea which firmware version it is because I can't start up the phone or anything.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Best,
Strahinja
StrahinjaS said:
Hi, I need help with my Huawei P10 Lite WAS-LX1. I have poor knowledge on firmware versions, updates etc. so I'll try to describe my problem in short bullets. Here is the development of the situation:
- My phone was in water for couple of seconds
- After I dried it out, the only way I managed to turn it on was using combination of PWR + VOL+ or VOL- not sure which one I used
- That combination got me to Huawei splash screen, and immediately after that to EMUI screen, apparently for update - the screen looks exactly like this - take. ms/iaGMk
- The phone can't get out of this state, it keeps turning itself on and on and trying to install this update, there is no way to turn the phone off, it's just in this loop
Now, what I've tried and results:
- I tried uploading an update (update.app in dload folder) that I found on this forum, to an SD card, and the result was that installaton got to 5% and got to this screen again - take. ms/iaGMk
- I tried connecting the phone to my PC via USB, and the result was that installation got to 5%, and at that point my HiSuite asked me to authorize PC on the phone, looks like this - take. ms/VFUXt ,which I can't do because the phone is in this, recovery or whatever it's called, state
Now, at one point, the battery got empty and the phone somehow showed me the recovery menu, where I had among other options: Update with WiFi and Factory Reset. I did factory reset, and then I updated EMUI with WiFi - once it was done, the phone started up in safe mode, and everything was working except power/lock and volume buttons (is this normal for Android safe mode?).
I was checking the phone a bit and then it turned off, and now it's in the frickin loop again - take. ms/iaGMk
I can't do anything at all, it responds to nothing. My thinking is that there is maybe a correct version that I can upload to an SD card and perhaps that will be the solution.
Anyhow, that's basically it, please let me know if you have any questions. Keep in mind that I have no idea which firmware version it is because I can't start up the phone or anything.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Best,
Strahinja
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4gb or 3gb ram, dual or single sim?
nemanjsb said:
4gb or 3gb ram, dual or single sim?
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Hi, I believe it's 3gb. It's a single sim device.

I could use a path

Hello everyone, I'm not sure this is the right forum so please advise.
I'm a software developer (C#, Visualforce) but I'm pretty much a rookie when it comes to Android. I've done some stuff, rooted a phone once... anyway, my son's (he's 5) Galaxy Tab A 8 inch tablet took a dump today. He uses it to watch youtube and do ABC mouse. Life will be hell without this...
Error today after 2 games were intalled. I'm not ruling out hardware issue but for now I'll just proceed with what I know.
Tablet won't boot, 1/2 a second after splash screen it goes to error message "Security Error: This phone has been flashed with unauthorized software & is locked. Call your mobile operator for additional support. Please note that repair / return for this issue may have additional cost"
I've tried power + vol up, pwr + vol down, both vol buttons, pwr and vol.... nothing. Always to this error screen.
So, I can't get to factory reset so I was thinking maybe it was worth flashing the entire thing. I don't know where to begin so I figured asking enthusiasts is best place to start.
Can anyone assist?
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PwrOfCheese said:
Hello everyone, I'm not sure this is the right forum so please advise.
I'm a software developer (C#, Visualforce) but I'm pretty much a rookie when it comes to Android. I've done some stuff, rooted a phone once... anyway, my son's (he's 5) Galaxy Tab A 8 inch tablet took a dump today. He uses it to watch youtube and do ABC mouse. Life will be hell without this...
Error today after 2 games were intalled. I'm not ruling out hardware issue but for now I'll just proceed with what I know.
Tablet won't boot, 1/2 a second after splash screen it goes to error message "Security Error: This phone has been flashed with unauthorized software & is locked. Call your mobile operator for additional support. Please note that repair / return for this issue may have additional cost"
I've tried power + vol up, pwr + vol down, both vol buttons, pwr and vol.... nothing. Always to this error screen.
So, I can't get to factory reset so I was thinking maybe it was worth flashing the entire thing. I don't know where to begin so I figured asking enthusiasts is best place to start.
Can anyone assist?
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