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Stuck on Bootloop & FirstAid kit won't help. Any Ideas? Please Help

Hello everyone!
Okay, so I'll try to keep it as short as possible but with the most information I can give ofc.
So here's what I did with my Oneplus 2:
- unlocked bootloader
- flashed custom recovery (twrp)
- flashed superSU.zip
- flashed xposed.zip
- used it for about half a year if not even longer
everything on Lollipop 5.1 stock rom so xposed would work.
Everything was fine but some day when I wanted to enter twrp recovery it didn't work. (I swear, this is the most illogical thing ever but I DID NOT CHANGE A THING!)
I tried to enter recovery via fastboot but that didn't work either.
So I reflashed latest TWRP recovery.img for OP2 via fastboot.
When I pressed power + vol. down to see if it'd work nothing happened.
When I tried to enter recovery when my system was booted via power button->restart->recovery my phone got stuck in a bootloop.
I had to go in fastboot mode to enter "fastboot continue" in order to get my phone booting normal again.
Then, one night when my phone was in my pocket it vibrated and got stuck in the bootloop again, even though it was booted into system and locked last time I used it (minutes before that).
I had no access to a computer at that moment so I had to wait for a few days.
Now when I boot my phone in fastboot mode and try to enter "fastboot continue" on my cmd nothing happens with my phone and cmd says "(command write failed (Unknown error))" even though "fastboot devices" shows that my device is connected properly.
I also tried:
- the FirstAidKit, copied the Win Files in my fastboot directory and started the firstaid.bat but it stops on "fastboot flash boot boot.img" (I waited for like two hours).
- a different USB port (USB 3 and USB 2)
I am kinda depending on my phone so yeah..
If someone knows how to fix this I would be very grateful.
Have a good day/night
SoulSnatcher

Do you have a backup??
If yes, download the latest official OS from Oneplus and the stock recovery. Flash the stock recovery. Try rebooting into stock recovery. If it succeeds, wipe everything and flash OS via adb sideload.
Honestly, I can't guess what went wrong with your device. Maybe it could've been some app which crashed the entire system.

AJay27 said:
Flash the stock recovery.
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Same problem as with the FirstAidKit:
"fastboot devices" does display the device but "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" doesn't do anything (I waited for 1h just to make sure).
I'll try this Mega Unbrick Guide for A Hard Bricked OnePlus 2 next, even though I can get into fastboot but since it doesn't do s**t I'll have to give it a try. I mean, what's the worst thing that could happen? That my phone gets bricked?!
Haha.... hmm.
I'll keep the person(s) updated who care to know what's happening.
Cheers
fml

nexus 6p doesn't boot, with error when trying to unlock

Greeting,
My nexus 6P, suddenly while having a phone call, got freeze, then rebooted,
Then it keeps rebooting, showing Google “in white” while booting, then off, restart again “by itself”, and same in loop
Started the device into fastboot mode, selected recovery mode
Again same issue, restart, shows Google “in white” then restart again
Tried to follow the instructions, at [GUIDE] Unlock/Root/Flash for Nexus 6P
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
Commands and results are here
C:\nexus6p\angler-n4f26o>adb version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.36
Revision 0e9850346394-android
C:\nexus6p\angler-n4f26o>adb devices
List of devices attached
<Notice no result returned>
C:\nexus6p\angler-n4f26o>fastboot devices
8XV7N16126000082 fastboot
Please note, I checked those points
ADB and fastboot, downloaded from the link provided in the guide, as well I downloaded it from Google directly
USB driver, updated with latest from google
Java, updated
And of course, I cannot run the device, to do any required configuration on it
And here is a copy of the device details

malibusa said:
Greeting,
My nexus 6P, suddenly while having a phone call, got freeze, then rebooted,
Then it keeps rebooting, showing Google “in white” while booting, then off, restart again “by itself”, and same in loop
Started the device into fastboot mode, selected recovery mode
Again same issue, restart, shows Google “in white” then restart again
Tried to follow the instructions, at [GUIDE] Unlock/Root/Flash for Nexus 6P
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
Commands and results are here
C:\nexus6p\angler-n4f26o>adb version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.36
Revision 0e9850346394-android
C:\nexus6p\angler-n4f26o>adb devices
List of devices attached
<Notice no result returned>
C:\nexus6p\angler-n4f26o>fastboot devices
8XV7N16126000082 fastboot
Please note, I checked those points
ADB and fastboot, downloaded from the link provided in the guide, as well I downloaded it from Google directly
USB driver, updated with latest from google
Java, updated
And of course, I cannot run the device, to do any required configuration on it
And here is a copy of the device details
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If you can get into bootloader mode then maybe try fastest flashing things like stock recovery. If you manage to get stock recovery then boot into it and adb sideload a stock OTA from Google Developer website. Other than that I'm not too sure, you might need to contact Google/Huawei if that or anything else doesn't work.
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Okay, in bootloader mode try flashing the stock bootloader image from their OTA by typing fastboot flash bootloader (drag bootloader image here) then type fastboot reboot-bootloader. After that type fastboot flash radio (drag radio image here). Then type fastboot reboot-bootloader again. After that you can try booting up. If you are somehow able to get into recovery mode whether you can boot up normally or not then you can simply adb sideloading the stock OTA. If nothing I have said gets you into recovery or to boot up the device then you are probably screwed to be honest. Good luck

Hi,
thanks for your reply,
let me make sure, that i understood you clearly,
when i boot into bootloader, and select the recovery mode,
it get rebooted, shows Google “in white” then restart again, and again in same loop exactly as if i booted normally, not into the bootloader
as i read in other posts, i should expect the device to show me a confirmation message, or something similar,
but in my case, nothing at all, restart, and keep restarting
The options i have with bootloader are
1- Start
2- Reboot bootloader
3- Recovery mode
4- Power off
5- Barcodes

malibusa said:
Hi,
thanks for your reply,
let me make sure, that i understood you clearly,
when i boot into bootloader, and select the recovery mode,
it get rebooted, shows Google “in white” then restart again, and again in same loop exactly as if i booted normally, not into the bootloader
as i read in other posts, i should expect the device to show me a confirmation message, or something similar,
but in my case, nothing at all, restart, and keep restarting
The options i have with bootloader are
1- Start
2- Reboot bootloader
3- Recovery mode
4- Power off
5- Barcodes
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In bootloader mode, not recovery try flashing the bootloader and radio like I said.

Hi... RMA your phone... Contact google or Huawei depending where you bought your N6P.
Check this link. A lot of people seem to be in the same situation at the moment:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/boot-loop-death-nexus-6p-t3533528

You're in the same boat as a few of us.
Phone is stuck in a bootloop, won't go to recovery. Only boots to fastboot, but your bootloader is locked so you cannot boot/flash any zips, even official ones. That means no recovery access, which means no adb commands. ADB commands *might* be useful to reboot into EDL mode for QFIL flashing, or for wiping partitions. Problem is - if that bootloader wasn't unlocked, it's not going to be. You need to check "Allow OEM unlocking" in settings BEFORE the phone dies, otherwise you will not be able to unlock the bootloader and thereby reflash the phone.
In a perfect world - we could use EDL mode (or something) to use QFIL/MiFlash to completely rewrite the partitions and MAYBE bring the phone back to life, but the stock bootloader does not allow access to EDL. (tried the custom fastboot.exe meant to send the reboot-edl command, didn't work). If someone can figure out the JTAG pins, we might be able to move forward by purposely bricking it to QHUSB_BULK mode.
The thing is - we don't know why the phones started bootlooping in the first place. For some people, a simple cache wipe/factory reset fixes the loop and away they go. HOWEVER, those of us stuck in fastboot mode with a locked bootloader have no way to erase/wipe/format/write partitions, and even if we could, there's no guarantee it was a software issue that caused the loop in the first place.
TL/DR - You have a locked bootloader and cannot access recovery mode, this means you won't be able to flash/wipe/format partitions or images. Best bet is to contact Huawei/Google, but you'll need the original receipt. If that's not an option for you, you're gonna have to wait until the XDA geniuses out there grant us some answers.
Here's a related thread with some deep info:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/qpst-qfil-answer-to-issues-t3455779

singularoctopi said:
You're in the same boat as a few of us.
Phone is stuck in a bootloop, won't go to recovery. Only boots to fastboot, but your bootloader is locked so you cannot boot/flash any zips, even official ones. That means no recovery access, which means no adb commands. ADB commands *might* be useful to reboot into EDL mode for QFIL flashing, or for wiping partitions. Problem is - if that bootloader wasn't unlocked, it's not going to be. You need to check "Allow OEM unlocking" in settings BEFORE the phone dies, otherwise you will not be able to unlock the bootloader and thereby reflash the phone.
In a perfect world - we could use EDL mode (or something) to use QFIL/MiFlash to completely rewrite the partitions and MAYBE bring the phone back to life, but the stock bootloader does not allow access to EDL. (tried the custom fastboot.exe meant to send the reboot-edl command, didn't work). If someone can figure out the JTAG pins, we might be able to move forward by purposely bricking it to QHUSB_BULK mode.
The thing is - we don't know why the phones started bootlooping in the first place. For some people, a simple cache wipe/factory reset fixes the loop and away they go. HOWEVER, those of us stuck in fastboot mode with a locked bootloader have no way to erase/wipe/format/write partitions, and even if we could, there's no guarantee it was a software issue that caused the loop in the first place.
TL/DR - You have a locked bootloader and cannot access recovery mode, this means you won't be able to flash/wipe/format partitions or images. Best bet is to contact Huawei/Google, but you'll need the original receipt. If that's not an option for you, you're gonna have to wait until the XDA geniuses out there grant us some answers.
Here's a related thread with some deep info:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/qpst-qfil-answer-to-issues-t3455779
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I'm stuck with a black screen and QFIL and XiaoMiFlash won't work. My bootloader is unlocked but I can't get to fastboot. Screen is always black but Quallcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 appears in device manager. No red light or vibration when connecting the phone.

vcharette said:
I'm stuck with a black screen and QFIL and XiaoMiFlash won't work. My bootloader is unlocked but I can't get to fastboot. Screen is always black but Quallcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 appears in device manager. No red light or vibration when connecting the phone.
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Have you read this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/howtos-debrick-nexus-6p-stuck-edl-9008-t3552838
Maybe try asking here, explaining the things you tried.

Problems booting into recovery

Okay, to start with, I've read the other threads about this. I understand the process that *should* work:
1. Power off.
2. Then, press and hold both all Volume Down + Power buttons at the same time until the LG Logo is being displayed on your LG V20.
3. Now, release the keys and press the above combination again however, this time you should wait until recovery mode menu is displayed.
...and I've tried the version where you keep holding the Volume Down button the entire time.
So, yes, I've reached the white screen where it asks you if you want to do a factory reset. I've hit "Yes" to both questions. The problem is that it really does a factory reset then.
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After unlocking the bootloader, I installed TWRP via fastboot:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot reboot
...everything went fine.
But I can't get into recovery. And since I'm waiting to have TWRP working so that I can flash root, I can't boot into recovery via an app.
What did I do wrong?
EDIT:
Okay, it looks like TWRP isn't working properly. I tried "adb reboot recovery" and that got me to a dead Android icon and a "No command" message. I have no idea why TWRP isn't working.

Haphim said:
Okay, to start with, I've read the other threads about this. I understand the process that *should* work:
1. Power off.
2. Then, press and hold both all Volume Down + Power buttons at the same time until the LG Logo is being displayed on your LG V20.
3. Now, release the keys and press the above combination again however, this time you should wait until recovery mode menu is displayed.
...and I've tried the version where you keep holding the Volume Down button the entire time.
So, yes, I've reached the white screen where it asks you if you want to do a factory reset. I've hit "Yes" to both questions. The problem is that it really does a factory reset then.
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After unlocking the bootloader, I installed TWRP via fastboot:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot reboot
...everything went fine.
But I can't get into recovery. And since I'm waiting to have TWRP working so that I can flash root, I can't boot into recovery via an app.
What did I do wrong?
EDIT:
Okay, it looks like TWRP isn't working properly. I tried "adb reboot recovery" and that got me to a dead Android icon and a "No command" message. I have no idea why TWRP isn't working.
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to confirm, have you verified you are using the correct TWRP version for your V20?
in this step "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" is your twrp image that you saved, named twrp.img? If its not, that command won't work correctly.
usually after I flash recovery, when still in the recovery menu, i choose reboot recovery just to make sure it did stick. If it reboots back to itself, then try rebooting the device, and again confirm with manually entering recovery. Maybe overkill but it works for me LOL.
Good luck!

I am in need of big help! I made a critical error after days of trying to navigate the minefields of rooting my device. I have a LG V20 h910 and it is no one-click wonder root. It made me work for it and I finally got it. I loaded LineageOS 14.1 and all was good until the USB OTG cable from my PS4 controller did not register anymore. Damn, that was a let down, and probably led to my careless move of needing to downgrade my TWRP, saw the version I needed, forgot these are device specific, and now I'm stuck in a hard place.
Perhaps the fix is easy, but I have not found the answer after many, many searches...
I had TWRP 3.2.1-2 and needed to downgrade to 3.2.1-0 to try SuperRom (hoping it would have OTG ability). I hastily grabbed the first TWRP 3.2.1-0, threw it on the SD card, wiped everything except internal storage, and flashed the img, and did a reboot. Road block went up.
I tried getting back into recovery, did the PWR and DOWN pressing combo and got the Factory Reset screen, but after clicking "Yes" to both, instead of getting the TWRP screen, I got this error screen (attached).
I tried another idea - hooked it up USB to my PC and tried accessing it via adb/fastboot. I tried multiple drivers for my device, but no adb and no fastboot devices were ever found. The only thing that almost worked was booting phone into FASTBOOT mode by holding DOWN btn and plugging in a USB cable attached to PC. Once in FASTBOOT mode, My PC at least saw the ID for fastboot device. I tried to flash TWRP via fastboot, and it looked like it would happen, but in the end there was no phone screen response to my attempt, and the cmd window on my PC would get stuck and just hang.
Can someone please advise me on how I can fix this problem?

A2017U B19 soft bricked after botched LineageOS install

Alright, yesterday I decided to root my phone and install LineageOS through bkores' Axon 7 toolkit, starting from a A2017U on B19. Unlocked the bootloader, rooted, flashed TWRP with no problems. Then, I was a dumbass, and flashed LineageOS without first installing the Universal Bootloader or appropriate modem, which resulted in only being able to access the Fastboot and Recovery menus. Then, I panicked and decided to be an even bigger dumbass and locked the bootloader, which has lead me to this point.
For now, when I try to start the phone "normally," it just cycles through the screen with the blue ZTE logo a few times.
I can't get into EDL mode no matter what I try- I even hacked together a deep flash cable.
I can get into Fastboot mode if I hold down both volume buttons as soon as the ZTE screen pops up. From there, I can select "Start," which just takes me to the first boot loop, "Restart bootloader," which just takes me back into Fastboot, "Recovery mode," which doesn't take me to recovery mode and only puts me in the first boot loop, and "Power off," which does exactly what it says it does.
Device Manager recognizes it as "Android Sooner Single ADB Interface" when it's plugged in Fastboot mode. When not in Fastboot mode, it's recognized as "Handset Diagnostic Interface(DFU) (COM3)," with a model of "QUSB__BULK". Typing "adb devices" into the command line results in no connection in either mode.
Miflash recognizes it as a device when plugged in Fastboot, but any attempts to flash anything results in an error message saying "can not found file flash_all_except_storage.bat".
I've tried pretty much every method to restore it back to a usable state- Axon7Toolkit, MiFlash, axon7tool, all with no luck. All of the other threads on here with people in similar situations seem to be for those with AU2017G models, which hasn't helped. Is there anything I can do, or is it FUBAR?
Thank you in advance for the help.

Americ said:
Alright, yesterday I decided to root my phone and install LineageOS through bkores' Axon 7 toolkit, starting from a A2017U on B19. Unlocked the bootloader, rooted, flashed TWRP with no problems. Then, I was a dumbass, and flashed LineageOS without first installing the Universal Bootloader or appropriate modem, which resulted in only being able to access the Fastboot and Recovery menus. Then, I panicked and decided to be an even bigger dumbass and locked the bootloader, which has lead me to this point.
For now, when I try to start the phone "normally," it just cycles through the screen with the blue ZTE logo a few times.
I can't get into EDL mode no matter what I try- I even hacked together a deep flash cable.
I can get into Fastboot mode if I hold down both volume buttons as soon as the ZTE screen pops up. From there, I can select "Start," which just takes me to the first boot loop, "Restart bootloader," which just takes me back into Fastboot, "Recovery mode," which doesn't take me to recovery mode and only puts me in the first boot loop, and "Power off," which does exactly what it says it does.
Device Manager recognizes it as "Android Sooner Single ADB Interface" when it's plugged in Fastboot mode. When not in Fastboot mode, it's recognized as "Handset Diagnostic Interface(DFU) (COM3)," with a model of "QUSB__BULK". Typing "adb devices" into the command line results in no connection in either mode.
Miflash recognizes it as a device when plugged in Fastboot, but any attempts to flash anything results in an error message saying "can not found file flash_all_except_storage.bat".
I've tried pretty much every method to restore it back to a usable state- Axon7Toolkit, MiFlash, axon7tool, all with no luck. All of the other threads on here with people in similar situations seem to be for those with AU2017G models, which hasn't helped. Is there anything I can do, or is it FUBAR?
Thank you in advance for the help.
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Ouch, DFU brick. I don't know if you can really do anything from fastboot, maybe unlock the bootloader again? fastboot oem unlock?
I'm wondering how you managed to lock the bootloader without having been warned tgat your phone would become a brick if ANYTHING was out of place (for example a custom recovery, or root) Every guide to relock has a big flashy warning. Did you use the toolkit to relock? If that's the case I'd say @bkores needs to add a warning to the option, maybe something like the "Type yes to continue" kind.
Okay, on to the other stuff. There are two ways to fix a DFU brick: send to ZTE, say it broke itself (Or be honest and pay $80, your choice) or take apart your device (I did this on my A2017G, with a lot of care and patience it works). There might be a solution that uses fastboot, but I'm unsure about flashing a system with fastboot, maybe it is possible though. You want EDL mode to use MiFlash and reinstall a working system on the phone. You are on DFU mode instead of EDL. google "4th category brick repair guide" for the actual guide that you need to use (it's here in XDA but it's faster to find via google). Just a small comment:
To download the stuff easily without having to translate the whole 4PDA page (the guys who made the method are Russians from 4pda), find the "MiFlash and Drivers" link. Open it, you'll find a bunch of spoilers. If you open them all you'll see that the actual files that you need to use have non-cyrillic titles, so download the A2017U_FULL_EDL (like 3 GB), and the MiFlash and drivers. Once you have everything you can simply follow the XDA guide and get it up and running again. Remember to keep the battery plugged to the motherboard though, it won't work otherwise

Unable to enter fastboot mode after flashing

I have unlocked my phone, hoping to find a fix to USB external camera not being recognized. As a consequence, I am not able to update my system through OTA. Moreover, I am no longer able to enter fastboot mode. Whatever key combination I tried, my phone will do a normal boot. When I power up or I press volume - I only end up doing a normal boot or powering off. If I press all 3 keys together I get into the e-recovery boot, which fails. I have only been able to boot into TWRP after downloading a system update and choosing to install it. With this procedure, the update will not be installed, but I will boot into TWRP. From here, if I choose recovery, I do boot into fastboot, but my fastboot is not recognized by my computer, as it was before. Running either ADB or Fastboot will not reveal any device connected.

pieemme said:
I have unlocked my phone, hoping to find a fix to USB external camera not being recognized. As a consequence, I am not able to update my system through OTA. Moreover, I am no longer able to enter fastboot mode. Whatever key combination I tried, my phone will do a normal boot. When I power up or I press volume - I only end up doing a normal boot or powering off. If I press all 3 keys together I get into the e-recovery boot, which fails. I have only been able to boot into TWRP after downloading a system update and choosing to install it. With this procedure, the update will not be installed, but I will boot into TWRP. From here, if I choose recovery, I do boot into fastboot, but my fastboot is not recognized by my computer, as it was before. Running either ADB or Fastboot will not reveal any device connected.
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When you use key combinations, you must shutdown your phone first, not reboot or you can boot into system, make sure that usb debugging is turned on, open adb and type "adb reboot bootloader".

DeathBell said:
When you use key combinations, you must shutdown your phone first, not reboot or you can boot into system, make sure that usb debugging is turned on, open adb and type "adb reboot bootloader".
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Thanks, I followed your instructions but with no success. As soon as I plug into USB it will power on and go on with a normal system boot, no matter how quick I am in typing the command "adb reboot bootloader", which invariably returns "no devices/emulators found", or whether I press the volume - button or not. This also happens when I am in the charging screen (not sure whether this also equals power off).

pieemme said:
Thanks, I followed your instructions but with no success. As soon as I plug into USB it will power on and go on with a normal system boot, no matter how quick I am in typing the command "adb reboot bootloader", which invariably returns "no devices/emulators found", or whether I press the volume - button or not. This also happens when I am in the charging screen (not sure whether this also equals power off).
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No, you need to boot to Android to use adb.
Is your device bricked or stuck in a bootloop or something?

DeathBell said:
No, you need to boot to Android to use adb.
Is your device bricked or stuck in a bootloop or something?
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I wouldn’t call it properly bricked, inasmuch as it is actually doing its job. However, It does some strange things: it gets the OTA updates, but when I click on Download and Install, it restarts in the TWRP menu (which I cannot otherwise access. I have 2 TWRP apps installed, which don’t seem to be of any use: official TWRP App and TWRP Manager). When I am in the TWRP menu, I can choose to restart in the bootloader. However, once there, with the green window telling me that my phone is flashed, the phone is still not detected by ADB or Fastboot commands. I don’t know when the bootloader started to be unaccessible because I left the tinkering a couple of months ago, when I realized that nobody so far has had any success in getting a P10 Lite to work with a USB Endoscope.

pieemme said:
I wouldn’t call it properly bricked, inasmuch as it is actually doing its job. However, It does some strange things: it gets the OTA updates, but when I click on Download and Install, it restarts in the TWRP menu (which I cannot otherwise access. I have 2 TWRP apps installed, which don’t seem to be of any use: official TWRP App and TWRP Manager). When I am in the TWRP menu, I can choose to restart in the bootloader. However, once there, with the green window telling me that my phone is flashed, the phone is still not detected by ADB or Fastboot commands. I don’t know when the bootloader started to be unaccessible because I left the tinkering a couple of months ago, when I realized that nobody so far has had any success in getting a P10 Lite to work with a USB Endoscope.
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Thats normal behaviour, when you have a custom recovery installed and do anything in the stock recovery then it boots you into the custom recovery, it should also boot to TWRP when you do factory reset in the stock recovery. And when your phone isn't detected by fastboot then its probably a adb and fastboot installation issue on your PC, type "fastboot devices" to see if it detects your device. And what do you even want to do in fastboot?
Also are you in Nougat or Oreo?

DeathBell said:
Thats normal behaviour, when you have a custom recovery installed and do anything in the stock recovery then it boots you into the custom recovery, it should also boot to TWRP when you do factory reset in the stock recovery. And when your phone isn't detected by fastboot then its probably a adb and fastboot installation issue on your PC, type "fastboot devices" to see if it detects your device. And what do you even want to do in fastboot?
Also are you in Nougat or Oreo?
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I am not too sure to have any working recovery at all, right now. If I press all 3 buttons, I get into the Huawei recovery mode, which fails. I am on EMUI 5.1.1 (Nougat) and would like to install a stock recovery to Oreo. If I am able to get to a working bootloader mode, I would like to install this file which seems to be a stock recovery with Oreo (WARSAW L21C432B182_EU_SERVICE_ANDROIDHOST.RU.RAR). Otherwise, I will buy a MicroSD card reader and try copying this installation to the card, which, according to this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vDgDXePAR4&feature=youtu.be) should be the last resort, if everything else fails. I would be perfectly happy to return to a working and updated standard EMUI. I'm told that if I installed the OTA version this would not be working correctly on my my phone. According to an app called Rootchecker, my phone is not properly rooted either, but there are a lot of crappy apps out there, so I don't know what to believe.
BTW: I don't believe there is any problem with my adb fastboot installation (on MacOS). It was working earlier on. When I type "fastboot devices", it returns: "waiting for any device"

pieemme said:
I am not too sure to have any working recovery at all, right now. If I press all 3 buttons, I get into the Huawei recovery mode, which fails. I am on EMUI 5.1.1 (Nougat) and would like to install a stock recovery to Oreo. If I am able to get to a working bootloader mode, I would like to install this file which seems to be a stock recovery with Oreo (WARSAW L21C432B182_EU_SERVICE_ANDROIDHOST.RU.RAR). Otherwise, I will buy a MicroSD card reader and try copying this installation to the card, which, according to this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vDgDXePAR4&feature=youtu.be) should be the last resort, if everything else fails. I would be perfectly happy to return to a working and updated standard EMUI. I'm told that if I installed the OTA version this would not be working correctly on my my phone. According to an app called Rootchecker, my phone is not properly rooted either, but there are a lot of crappy apps out there, so I don't know what to believe.
BTW: I don't believe there is any problem with my adb fastboot installation (on MacOS). It was working earlier on. When I type "fastboot devices", it returns: "waiting for any device"
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I still can't uderstand you. Can you boot into Android or not? And Does TWRP work? When you device is softbricked, what did you do to brick it?
At one point you say that you can access fastboot by choosing reboot to bootloader in TWRP and then you say that you have no working recovery at all.
Anyway I can't help you with the fastboot thing then and that file isn't Oreo it's an old version of Nougat, B360 and up is Oreo and also B321 witch is Oreo Beta. You can only flash image files in fastboot anyway as that file needs to be unpacked and put on the dload folder on your sd card.
When you want to get to Oreo you can either use service roms from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/p10-lite/development/service-rom-b362-c432-upgrade-o-o-n-o-t3813946, you need to copy the two zip files into the dload folder in your SD card. You can also use HWOTA but that wouldn't work since fastboot isn't working for whatever reason. Or when your custom recovery is working you can use HuRUpdater. But you need to be on the newest version of Nougat B210 or B209 to update as otherwise you may brick your phone.