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Hello, I have a problem with my storm. Two days ago I received it and flashed the then latest cm13 and its corresponding recovery. Everything seemed to work just fine until yesterday when there appeared to be an ota update. After the download finished, the phone rebooted itself and is since then stuck with a black flickering screen. Every attempt to start the phone using recovery or bootloader seems to fail, as the phone keeps showing me the black flickering screen, no matter the combination of keys (vol+/vol-) I use to turn it on. If during the black screen I plug the phone to the computer adb can actually see the phone but says it's not authorized to perform any command. On the other hand fastboot won't even see the device.
Is there anything else I can try before sending it back to wileyfox?
Thank you in advance
I've made some progress, I found out that the device can be forced to Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode by turning it off and then connecting it to usb while holding vol+ and vol-.
I've also found the stock firmware at https://cyngn.com/support.
Now it would be great if somebody could help me, and the others in my situation, to figure the wole QFIL unbricking out, because I'm overwhelmed, and can't seem to find the right info on google.
Thanks to anyone who'll care to help, or share some info
I had a similar issue so have created a thread with stock recovery instructions, which resolved the issue for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wileyfox-storm/help/how-to-flash-stock-images-brick-recovery-t3319617
I hope this helps.
miSAKe said:
I had a similar issue so have created a thread with stock recovery instructions, which resolved the issue for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wileyfox-storm/help/how-to-flash-stock-images-brick-recovery-t3319617
I hope this helps.
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Thank you for your reply.
Unfortunately this does not seem to be applicable to my case because on my device fastboot mode doesn't seem to work.
I've spent an entire afternoon trying to get it to boot to fastboot mode using different vol keys combinations and timings, but none of them seemed to work. No matter the combination, it just kept booting to a black screen flickering.
I'm starting to think that it could be some problem unrelated to my actions because if, as I think it is, recovery mode and fastboot mode are two separated things, nothing I did would justify this kind of behaviour.
maxxie00 said:
Thank you for your reply.
Unfortunately this does not seem to be applicable to my case because on my device fastboot mode doesn't seem to work.
I've spent an entire afternoon trying to get it to boot to fastboot mode using different vol keys combinations and timings, but none of them seemed to work. No matter the combination, it just kept booting to a black screen flickering.
I'm starting to think that it could be some problem unrelated to my actions because if, as I think it is, recovery mode and fastboot mode are two separated things, nothing I did would justify this kind of behaviour.
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Sorry to hear you are still having trouble, it does sound like the same issue, was a CM13 update from the last couple of days, upon reboot I saw the wileyfox logo but when the Cyanogen logo would normally show during boot it displayed a black screen, which would flicker every few seconds. Holding vol- and power to reboot resulted in the same thing so I was unable use recovery.
When the display was black and connected via USB I was able to see the device using ADB but like you no commands were authorised.
Leaving the phone plugged in via USB and holding down vol+ and power until it rebooted I was able to enter fastboot, once the fastboot prompt was displayed on the screen I attempted using fastboot to boot from a custom recovery, unfortunately that just resulted in the same blank screen for me. I also tried booting the stock recovery with the same result, I admit I did not try many older CM recoveries, but I wanted to revert to CM12.1 anyway, as the accelerometer and gyroscope not working in CM13 at the moment is no good for me.
Only thing that worked was a stock restore, so I think something beyond the recovery got broken as you could not even boot a previously working recovery.
For the sake of sanity it may be work getting someone else try booting it into fastboot before resorting to Wileyfox support. Though your phone is really new so could claim a refund or replacement from the seller, that would probably be faster.
FYI if you do end up sending it to Wileyfox support they do flash it back to stock, I had a broken screen replaced, was repaired and back to me in just under 2 weeks.
What would be exactly the timing for it to boot to fastboot mode?
Because I just tried (again...) to plug it to the computer while powered off, then it powered on on its own.
After that I rebooted it by holding together power and vol+ and immediately after it rebooted (right after the vibration) I let the power button go and kept holding the vol+ until the black screen appeared again... no fastboot
maxxie00 said:
What would be exactly the timing for it to boot to fastboot mode?
Because I just tried (again...) to plug it to the computer while powered off, then it powered on on its own.
After that I rebooted it by holding together power and vol+ and immediately after it rebooted (right after the vibration) I let the power button go and kept holding the vol+ until the black screen appeared again... no fastboot
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Hi,
Just tried a few combinations to check timings for you.
Powered off, not plugged in, holding vol+ while plugging in phone end of usb connected to computer, keep holding vol+ -> boots straight to fastboot.
Powered on, already connected to computer via usb, holding vol+ and power, release power when vibrates to indicate reboot but keep holding vol+ -> boots straight to fastboot.
Are you seeing the black and white Wileyfox logo when first booting? When going to fastboot it should skip that. If you are not seeing the logo it might not show the fastboot screen either. You can try following the steps above and then issuing fastboot devices from a command/shell session to see if you are in fastboot mode.
I hope that is of some help.
Thank you but I can confirm that neither of these combinations work for me. When rebooted/powered the device shows the wileyfox's logo.
If I use your first method it just seems to freeze on the wileyfox's logo screen, and the computer won't even see it (it's not listed on the usb devices list) so fastboot's not an option.
If I use your second method, or any other I tried, it shows me the wileyfox's logo and then proceeds to the black screen, which can be seen just by adb (not fastboot) but I'm not authorized to perform any action like you described for your issue.
I'm out of ideas so I'm sending it back and getting it replaced. On the cyanogenmod irc they told me that to brick it like that it cannot be done just by accident but it should require a lot of deliberate effort, and that just installing cm13 + recovery doesn't justify this problem nor does an OTA update, so it's probably some other (hardware?) issue with a very bad timing.
I'm kind of sure it's not the vol+ button that's damaged, because if I leave the device powered off and then proceed to plug the USB while holding together vol+ and vol- it powers on, but the screen stays off meaning the Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode has been triggered.
Anyway thank you for your help, I could rule out my inability to start the fastboot mode and blame it on the phone xD
Hope I'll be luckier with the next one...
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Thank you but I can confirm that neither of these combinations work for me. When rebooted/powered the device shows the wileyfox's logo.
If I use your first method it just seems to freeze on the wileyfox's logo screen, and the computer won't even see it (it's not listed on the usb devices list) so fastboot's not an option.
If I use your second method, or any other I tried, it shows me the wileyfox's logo and then proceeds to the black screen, which can be seen just by adb (not fastboot) but I'm not authorized to perform any action like you described for your issue.
I'm out of ideas so I'm sending it back and getting it replaced. On the cyanogenmod irc they told me that to brick it like that it cannot be done just by accident but it should require a lot of deliberate effort, and that just installing cm13 + recovery doesn't justify this problem nor does an OTA update, so it's probably some other (hardware?) issue with a very bad timing.
I'm kind of sure it's not the vol+ button that's damaged, because if I leave the device powered off and then proceed to plug the USB while holding together vol+ and vol- it powers on, but the screen stays off meaning the Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode has been triggered.
Anyway thank you for your help, I could rule out my inability to start the fastboot mode and blame it on the phone xD
Hope I'll be luckier with the next one...
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No problem, I hope you have more luck with the replacement.
Here I am again, new device, still can't boot to fastboot mode (this time I didn't flash anything, just unlocked bootloader so it's not bricked).
"adb reboot-bootloader" works, advanced reboot menu works, yet the vol+ combination hangs on the vendor's logo.
I'm contacting cyanogen os people to try to understand what might be the issue...
Could you please confirm that your device boots into fastboot mode when using the vol+ way? thank you
maxxie00 said:
Here I am again, new device, still can't boot to fastboot mode (this time I didn't flash anything, just unlocked bootloader so it's not bricked).
"adb reboot-bootloader" works, advanced reboot menu works, yet the vol+ combination hangs on the vendor's logo.
I'm contacting cyanogen os people to try to understand what might be the issue...
Could you please confirm that your device boots into fastboot mode when using the vol+ way? thank you
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Hello again,
So these 5 methods work for me, someone else may have other experiences:
Phone powered off, hold vol+ while connecting USB, other end of USB already plugged into PC, continue holding vol+ until booted to fastboot (almost instant).
Phone powered on, already connected to USB, other end of USB already plugged into PC, hold vol+ and power until reboot vibrate, continue holding vol+ until booted to fastboot (almost instant).
Phone powered on and in OS, already connected to USB, other end of USB already plugged into PC, debug enabled, from ADB console, adb reboot fastboot or adb reboot bootloader
Phone powered on and in OS, advanced reboot options turned on, hold power, select reboot, select bootloader, reboot
Phone powered on and in Recovery, select reboot to bootloader
Currently I am running stock everything.
Perhaps try different USB cables or ports, though I still get to fastboot without the USB cable plugged in.
My Storm was a pre-order so is one of the first releases, it is possible they have changed something since.
Edit: I have come across a thread on the Cyanogen forums which implies this may be related to encrypting your device: http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/117661-bootloader-hangs/ - I see you have been there already
as reference mine is not encrypted at the moment
i tried rooting my phone huawei p8 lite but got stuck at installing super su now i cannot start my device ..i cannot boot into flash mode or recovery ..i need help ...it wont even charge
pepeline said:
i tried rooting my phone huawei p8 lite but got stuck at installing super su now i cannot start my device ..i cannot boot into flash mode or recovery ..i need help ...it wont even charge
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What's your build number what version of supersu did you try to flash?
Shutdown your device, put your current build onto 'dload' folder in the sdcard and press the following key combo: POWER, VOL-UP & VOL-DOWN, it should enable automatic update process
amageek said:
What's your build number what version of supersu did you try to flash?
Shutdown your device, put your current build onto 'dload' folder in the sdcard and press the following key combo: POWER, VOL-UP & VOL-DOWN, it should enable automatic update process
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My phone restarts right at the logo when i press power vol up and vol down
pepeline said:
My phone restarts right at the logo when i press power vol up and vol down
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Shut it down amd press those 3 keys combo.. upon seeing Huawei Logo and vibration, release the Power key while holding the other 2... That ought to do it
Man, your phone is badly bricked. If you don't have at least access to fastboot, then you're screwed.
Good for me to I have the same problem. I was trying to get to stock ( I have made it several times), but the last time was a fail... The whole process of sending firmware was ok. then a reboot and brick.
Now the huawei screen and the short vibration appears and shutdown.
I was trying everything.
In device manager the phone is displayed as mobile devices \ volume f:\ (drive letter)
in connected devices the phone is detected as
hi6210sft
Phone is not detected in fastboot or ADB.
I met this problem yesterday(I hope the identical ). Because I have two booting animations, one from Vodafone, I guess I shutdown early during installation. It just froze. Then it didn't boot and stock recovery didn't help
My solution needs some recovery software like twrp. Press three buttons at the same time until twrp mode. Copy zip file for SuperSU to phone or sdcard, then flash it. After that my phone works again.
You mentioned that you cannot start recovery. Try more. After installing twrp, starting it is quite annoying. Sometimes it just doesn't start or stock recovery starts. An alternative way is to go to whatever mode, and try adb or fast boot to reboot to recovery. Pressing button requires techniques which j don't have
I can't enter TWRP non combination is working for me. Installing firmware using dload from sd card also.
okay if non of these worked you can try flashing the whole update.app file by fastboot..
tools you will need
1- download the official huawei firmware from the official site
2- download Huawei Update Extractor
3- download minimal adb and fastboot
check the unbricking chapter of this thread
Note: to get in fastboot make sure you connected your phone to computer and press the vol down and power down buttons.. if none of these worked your phone is hard bricked .-. .. try opening the phone and reconnecting the battery worked with someone
if you need any help just pm me or replay on this thread hope that help you
Ok thx. I have already opened the phone to reconnect the battery
And then I was trying the combinations;
Battery connected vol- +power - Huawei logo and vibration and shutdown, no fastboot
Battery disconnected, vol-+power and connecting cable to phone - the same
Battery disconnected combination vol + vol - + ppwer, with sd card dload, the same
Battery connected combination vol + vol - power, sd card dload, the same
Any other suggestions?
The phone is recognized in Windows in device manager as mobile device as volume with a letter, I cant change the drivers to the right ones. I can't enter the storage it's unrecognized format.
Any other suggestions?
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Any other suggestions?
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it is easy to suggest others.. I too advised you.. but today i am facing the same problem...
what I tried:
Reinstalling the same ROM using dload method
Upgrading to other ROM (using both dload and flashing 4 image method)
Downgrading
Restoring from the backup
At one point, the phone booted up all well except the Wifi Module... So I flashed another ROM and stuck again...
the worst thing that I don't have any connection to fastboot Each firmware installation method fails
mercom said:
the worst thing that I don't have any connection to fastboot Each firmware installation method fails
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yes, mine too... or I could say flashing succeeds but there's some problem with the boot partition... will get my phone today from the Customer Care and try again (if they can't repair).
you can try removing the back cover and unplugging the battery... that is one of the few things I will do today as I get my phone back..
mercom said:
the worst thing that I don't have any connection to fastboot Each firmware installation method fails
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ok made it back.. just flashed the boot.img from b594 (the one I was using when my mobile got bricked)... somehow made it back. But now I am having a problem with the battery. It doesn't charge when the device is switched on, only when the device is switched off... will see for few days, if there's problem will take it back to service centre again
I have already removed back cover and was trying to reconnect the battery to do clear run. But the only thing is discovered in windows is a driver for storage and I can't change the driver to ADB or FASTBOOT
Now I have connected phone w PC on adb devices I see only emulator-5554 device. In Device manager I see the storage as a Mobile Device.
Nope it was Bluestacks
mercom said:
I have already removed back cover and was trying to reconnect the battery to do clear run. But the only thing is discovered in windows is a driver for storage and I can't change the driver to ADB or FASTBOOT
Now I have connected phone w PC on adb devices I see only emulator-5554 device. In Device manager I see the storage as a Mobile Device.
Nope it was Bluestacks
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Switch off your device and then connect it to PC but just hold the volume- key.. that should get you in fastboot mode... I did that and then flashed the boot.img of the current ROM. This should boot it up...
Nope it doesn't work I was trying it already
hello,
after install some rom, my p9 lite get bootloop. I manage to enter fastboot but phone was locked, so to install twrp i unlocked it.
After unlock i can't enter fastboot.
Screen "your devices has been unlocked and can't be trusted" appears, vol up+- power, nothing happens phone vibe 2 times and back to screen "your devices...".
My bootloader is unlock, can i flash twrp without bootloader screen on phone ? My phone is connected to PC but no device detected. Maybe at linux i can do something more than windows ?
Maybe i need to go to fastboot some different way ? i try to push 3 button after fist vibe and 2nd. Nothing work for me :crying:
i tried to past b130 to sd card in dload, vol+- power, nothing not even update screen, same "your devices"....,
now downloading b151
dragon218 said:
hello,
after install some rom, my p9 lite get bootloop. I manage to enter fastboot but phone was locked, so to install twrp i unlocked it.
After unlock i can't enter fastboot.
Screen "your devices has been unlocked and can't be trusted" appears, vol up+- power, nothing happens phone vibe 2 times and back to screen "your devices...".
My bootloader is unlock, can i flash twrp without bootloader screen on phone ? My phone is connected to PC but no device detected. Maybe at linux i can do something more than windows ?
Maybe i need to go to fastboot some different way ? i try to push 3 button after fist vibe and 2nd. Nothing work for me :crying:
i tried to past b130 to sd card in dload, vol+- power, nothing not even update screen, same "your devices"....,
now downloading b151
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For fastbooting u need to use volume down and power in the same time and the phone needs to be connected to PC, and for entering to recovery u only need to press volume up and power key.
robi10101298 said:
For fastbooting u need to use volume down and power in the same time and the phone needs to be connected to PC, and for entering to recovery u only need to press volume up and power key.
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phone is connected to pc. screen is on "your device..." i push vol down + power. screen going black vibe 2 times, 1 sec huawei logo and back to "your device..". I don't know why after unlock phone i can't go to fastboot
i it possible to erase fastboot ??!!
dragon218 said:
phone is connected to pc. screen is on "your device..." i push vol down + power. screen going black vibe 2 times, 1 sec huawei logo and back to "your device..". I don't know why after unlock phone i can't go to fastboot
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Disconnect the phone from PC. Make sure it's powered off. Plug in USB cable at the same time while holding volume down.
zgomot said:
Disconnect the phone from PC. Make sure it's powered off. Plug in USB cable at the same time while holding volume down.
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don't work, after power on still going to "your devices". Even change pc and usb cable
I can belived that i can open fastboot when phone was lock, after unlock fastboot vanished
dc-phoenix can help if pc dont see device ?
dragon218 said:
don't work, after power on still going to "your devices". Even change pc and usb cable
I can belived that i can open fastboot when phone was lock, after unlock fastboot vanished
dc-phoenix can help if pc dont see device ?
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Don't work, after power on......why power on?
Disconnect from PC. Power of the phone.
Press and hold only vol down, with pressing vol down connect with PC. Device should be start on fastboot mode.
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Anonda said:
Don't work, after power on......why power on?
Disconnect from PC. Power of the phone.
Press and hold only vol down, with pressing vol down connect with PC. Device should be start on fastboot mode.
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in 5 min i will send video i think i'm doing everything right
if u can look at it
http://sendvid.com/svihvenb
No compatible source was found this video
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try this from yt
https://youtu.be/K36zMsaP4As
try putting update.app file into dload folder on your sdcard and updating via three button method.
sirjohnrl said:
try putting update.app file into dload folder on your sdcard and updating via three button method.
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Try with b130 and b161 for region c432 nothing happened. 2 days ago i change region from c185 to c432 now i think maybe i need to past c185b161 to work ?
update doesn't start either, losing hope some one have any other ideas ?
dragon218 said:
try this from yt
https://youtu.be/K36zMsaP4As
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On the starting, your phone is on.
Then you shutdown? How?
After power off
Press and hold only vol down, connect with pc.
Hi suit installed on your PC?
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Anonda said:
On the starting, your phone is on.
Then you shutdown? How?
After power off
Press and hold only vol down, connect with pc.
Hi suit installed on your PC?
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i hold power button, if phone isn't connected to pc he is going off. Think is because battery is very low, led is blinking in red.
Then I hold vol down and connect usb cable, but how u can see on video phone weak up and go to booting.
I have hi suit last night as i mention fastboot works, but need to unlock phone. After that "your devices" screen came out and can't fastboot anymore
When i turning off phone with connected usb i can't turn phone off. After a second phone power on by his own.
If phone is disconnected longer than 5 min, then i push vol down and connect usb only red lightening shows up. I need to wait a while to phone start.
dragon218 said:
i hold power button, if phone isn't connected to pc he is going off. Think is because battery is very low, led is blinking in red.
Then I hold vol down and connect usb cable, but how u can see on video phone weak up and go to booting.
I have hi suit last night as i mention fastboot works, but need to unlock phone. After that "your devices" screen came out and can't fastboot anymore
When i turning off phone with connected usb i can't turn phone off. After a second phone power on by his own.
If phone is disconnected longer than 5 min, then i push vol down and connect usb only red lightening shows up. I need to wait a while to phone start.
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OK. When phone is off, if you connect with PC, phone should be start, but this is only for charging. May be, you don't have charge, so phone is not going to fastboot mode with vol down?
Now just connect the phone with PC for full charge.
You don't have any recovery? Custom or stock?
It can be happen?
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Anonda said:
OK. When phone is off, if you connect with PC, phone should be start, but this is only for charging. May be, you don't have charge, so phone is not going to fastboot mode with vol down?
Now just connect the phone with PC for full charge.
You don't have any recovery? Custom or stock?
It can be happen?
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When i start charge phone blinking red in led, after while phone vibe 1 time and go to booting now, but led don't stop blinking. I will try to charge it, but because of working screen, phone heat a lot i don't wanna burn it.
Before i made rollback and something gone very bad, emui update after 100 % phone don't boot up. Without usb cable i wasn't able to go recovery or fastboot. So i think i don't have any recovery i made backup of files with twrp but now i can't flash it.
after night without power, phone drain all of battery. Now i understood better what is going on. when i plugged usb cable, phone don't start bye it own, only red lighting flash for second .
I disconnect cable and connect it with vol down button how all of here wrote. Phone immediately weak up an go to "your device has been..".
It's look like after i unlock phone (bootloader) somehow i was able to corrupt bootloader files or even delete it. Some one can confirm that it is possible to crash bootloader ?
dragon218 said:
after night without power, phone drain all of battery. Now i understood better what is going on. when i plugged usb cable, phone don't start bye it own, only red lighting flash for second .
I disconnect cable and connect it with vol down button how all of here wrote. Phone immediately weak up an go to "your device has been..".
It's look like after i unlock phone (bootloader) somehow i was able to corrupt bootloader files or even delete it. Some one can confirm that it is possible to crash bootloader ?
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I have the same situation. I tried everything, Three button method, letting the battery run out completely, Vol+ and Power, Vol- and Power, connected to PC, not connected to PC. Every time I disconnect the charger, and reconnect it starts from 0. I read some other people here have the same problem. Send it to warranty and explain your rollback process unlocked the bootloader somehow (I mean the phone does do a lot of sh*ty sh*t, so this shouldn't seem very odd as well!!!) and hope that you get a repair/replacement and after that sell it on ebay hoping some stupid people like us in the first place will buy it and spend your money on a phone more reliable!
I managed to access the fastboot using the 3 button method in cold boot. Hold the Power key until the screen goes off and then release and hold down the Vol- key and immideately connect the usb cable to PC right before it vibrates or exactly when it vibrates (it's a matter of timing), and bingo you are in fastboot and you can flash system.img, recovery.img, cust.img, cache.img and boot.img from there, but this is not how I revived my phone. I used the 3 button method again when the phone was charged for like half an hour or so and the did the same cold boot trick and I could boot into the force upgrade environment (strangely this still didn't work whitout connecting the usb cable to PC), but it somehow didn't want to read the UPDATE.APP that I had in dload folder on my SD card and wanted to have it from my PC (I just felt it nad there was no indication of it ) so then I installed the DC Phoenix tool and payed 15 euros to be able to inject the complete UPDATE.APP to my bricked phone and the installation went well to 99% and failed, but I rebooted the phone and I could boot normally. Just to make sure I did a factory reset afterwards. Hope this helps.
bahador_b_92 said:
I managed to access the fastboot using the 3 button method in cold boot. Hold the Power key until the screen goes off and then release and hold down the Vol- key and immideately connect the usb cable to PC right before it vibrates or exactly when it vibrates (it's a matter of timing), and bingo you are in fastboot and you can flash system.img, recovery.img, cust.img, cache.img and boot.img from there, but this is not how I revived my phone. I used the 3 button method again when the phone was charged for like half an hour or so and the did the same cold boot trick and I could boot into the force upgrade environment (strangely this still didn't work whitout connecting the usb cable to PC), but it somehow didn't want to read the UPDATE.APP that I had in dload folder on my SD card and wanted to have it from my PC (I just felt it nad there was no indication of it ) so then I installed the DC Phoenix tool and payed 15 euros to be able to inject the complete UPDATE.APP to my bricked phone and the installation went well to 99% and failed, but I rebooted the phone and I could boot normally. Just to make sure I did a factory reset afterwards. Hope this helps.
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Now your phone is OK?
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Now your phone is OK?
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Yes. I am actually writing this from my Huawei P9 Lite now. This phone is really a nightmare for modifying and customization. I'm not sure if I'm going to resell it or just wait a reasonable amount of time until some reviews from the next update come out and see if I might wanna take the risk and update my phone again.
I have no android, and twrp seems to have been overridden by the stock thing. Which only has the options to restore to factory settings(that's not gonna help!) and clear partition. (did it but it didn't help).
When turning it on, it goes from the Huawei logo to the "your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted", which it gets stuck on if I don't do anything. Then if i hold vol up and power, it restarts, and does it again. Though if i do it faster I can get to the recover that has the two options.
There's also another screen it goes to which has reboot, shutdown, and download latest version and recovery. The download latest version and recovery makes me connect to wifi then says "retrieving package" but then says failed.
I'm not tech savy, and only started doing all this rooting/going under the hood. Because I'm trying to fix the play store/anything google related not working. Now I appear to have softbricked(hard?) the phone. If I take it to a chop shop do you think they'll be able to fix it? Or do you know what I can do?
What's ur device number? This happened to me and i managed to dload stock firmware and restore device.
Plug in USB
Boot into bootloader
Fire up a terminal
$ fastboot flash recovery ~/TWRP.img
Unplug device and boot into recovery
Reflash ROM
shayaanshaikh1 said:
What's ur device number? This happened to me and i managed to dload stock firmware and restore device.
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Can't check device number right now, because I can't access anything in the phone. Any other way to check?
Carlyle_f said:
Plug in USB
Boot into bootloader
Fire up a terminal
$ fastboot flash recovery ~/TWRP.img
Unplug device and boot into recovery
Reflash ROM
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Hmm... I'll try this soon, though I don't think my computer detects my device anymore...
I had that problem along with a few of my friends, turns out the standard cable is pretty ****ty, try another
Do u remember ur build number?
It should say if it is vns l31 or l21 on the box
shayaanshaikh1 said:
Do u remember ur build number?
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He doesn't need this, download c432 OEMINFO and flash it, it'll lock your bootloader, unlock it again and reflash TWRP via fastboot (bootloader) then download and flash C432B370 update + data and flash it then reboot. Any other C432 ROM will work too
it was vns l31
I already unlocked my bootloader before though. I also rooted it.
Do you have a link to a rom I can download?
will one of these work?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hu...huawei-p9-lite-firmware-compilations-t3517124
I'm in europe do I download VNS-L31C432B151 - Full Europe?
Ok, I've booted into bootloader.
The screen has a circle with EMUI inside.
And 3 options
"Reboot system now"
"Wipe data/factory reset"
"wipe cache partition"
I plugged in a usb cable, and heard the connected sound. So my computer detects it.(yay!)
by terminal you mean cmd, right? I'll do that now.
EDIT
Typed "fastboot flash recovery recovery_twrp.img"
it said waiting for any device...
So my computer doesn't detect the phone, I quit cmd and it an error came up saying "couldn't mount file the disc image is corrupted".
I'm scared I've bricked my phone. What If I put android on an sd card, and press vol up, vol down, and the power button. To get it to update? Will that fix this?
EDIT 2
by pressing power and vol down. i can get to a fastbot and rescue mode. Will this help me? It says connect usb cable to computer, and open hisuite... device still not listed under cmd though.
EDIT 3
Hisuite opens everytime I plug my phone in, but it doesn't say a device is connected. Can't do anything to it in cmd, because it's not recognised. No android, no twrp, no connection to computer...
If I put a rom on the an sd card, and put it in my phone, will I be able to install/flash it?
Are you certain your bootloader is unlocked? Just double check by trying to unlock it.
I unlocked my bootloader a few days ago. When I turn on my device it says it's been unlocked and can't be trusted. Now that android has been deleted I can't try to unlock it again. And I'm pretty sure it's already unlocked.
I just need some help on how I can make this device usable again. There's no OS, no TWRP, and it isn't detected by my computer. I think my only option is putting android on an sd card. Will that work?
TheFunkyChickenWing said:
I just need some help on how I can make this device usable again. There's no OS, no TWRP, and it isn't detected by my computer. I think my only option is putting android on an sd card. Will that work?
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Yes it will, as long as it's the same region Cxxx
region Cxxx? Sorry still new...
EDIT
oooh, region Cxxx was the thing before the Bxxx. Damn I didn't save it and can't check because android is gone. I remember the first number being a 4 though. I think.
Also after I've put it on the SD card. I just have to press power, vol up, and vol down. To install it, right?
TheFunkyChickenWing said:
region Cxxx? Sorry still new...
EDIT
oooh, region Cxxx was the thing before the Bxxx. Damn I didn't save it and can't check because android is gone. I remember the first number being a 4 though. I think.
Also after I've put it on the SD card. I just have to press power, vol up, and vol down. To install it, right?
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Yes it was most likely c432
"EDIT 2
by pressing power and vol down. i can get to a fastbot and rescue mode. Will this help me? It says connect usb cable to computer, and open hisuite... device still not listed under cmd though."
this is where you want to be.
in fastboot mode. connected to the computer, then use this tool to flash twrp
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hu...nt/europe-vns-l31-toolkit-bootloader-t3432873
then, boot into twrp by rebooting with power+ vol+
then mount the sd card in twrp and create a "dload" folder then copy an update.app file for your phone into it and
theeeen boot with power+ vol+ +vol- and it will write your rom
easy peasy.
Thanks velles2003! I'll try it shortly
I have a problem after installing TWRP on my P9 Lite i have a screen saying:
Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted
To Learn more, visit: long www adress
Your device is booting now...
Cant put a picture because i don't know how. But this is all it says, and then nothing else happens. Just stays on that screen. Can't connect to my pc or reboot in Recovery mode it always ends here.
Hopefully one of you guys can help. In a bit of panic.
Can't shut it down, everytime i try to turn it off, it reboots into this screen.
Can tell us some more information? Like what ROM are you on now, what TWRP you used etc..
Potato997 said:
Can tell us some more information? Like what ROM are you on now, what TWRP you used etc..
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I Used TWRP 3.1.1.0 and havn't gooten to custom rom, i am on Android Nougat with EMUI 5.0.
Cant start it other then ending on this screen. I managed to get it booting again, but now my Bluetooth didn't work. So i tryed again and now i am stuck again.
It's a B380 Model
Potato997 said:
Can tell us some more information? Like what ROM are you on now, what TWRP you used etc..
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Just tryed to make the dload folder on the root of my SDcard but still no success. I havn't been able to start boot screen other than this locked screen.
I have tryed to start with volume up + power both volume up and down + power and volume down + power. Nothing changes, just get this screen everytime.
Cant do anything, not even shut the phone down, it only reboots. I have seen other simular problems, but they have been able to get to the screen with 3 options. I havn't been able to come to that part.
Plug USB cable to your phone but not on your computer, restart the phone and as soon as it restart press volume + (or volume - I don't remember which is fastboot) and plug the USB cable to the computer. So you can check if the bootloader is unlocked
Potato997 said:
Plug USB cable to your phone but not on your computer, restart the phone and as soon as it restart press volume + (or volume - I don't remember which is fastboot) and plug the USB cable to the computer. So you can check if the bootloader is unlocked
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I can't get to fastboot, dosn't matter what i do. I have no clue what have happened.
stubbeDk81 said:
I can't get to fastboot, dosn't matter what i do. I have no clue what have happened.
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After i ran out of power and the phone went out. I have been able to boot again. Anybody who knows a bootloader i can install that works on my phone for sure. My bootloader is ****ed up.
It is unlocked now, so i have to be sure it works.