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Z2 Nougat update coming soon

So finally there is some information about Nougat update for Z2 Plus in India. The upgrade matrix says its coming on May this year: https://support.lenovo.com/in/en/so...AGE:Lenovo Mobile India:BRAND&linkId=35726463
Also the beta sign ups has been started.
http://techtuft.com/lenovo-z2-plus-aka-zuk-z2-nougat-update/1286/

obscurant1st said:
So finally there is some information about Nougat update for Z2 Plus in India. The upgrade matrix says its coming on May this year: https://support.lenovo.com/in/en/so...AGE:Lenovo Mobile India:BRAND&linkId=35726463
Also the beta sign ups has been started.
http://techtuft.com/lenovo-z2-plus-aka-zuk-z2-nougat-update/1286/
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I signed up but no email back or anything since.
I'm actually based in the UK. I constantly check for updates but nothing yet.

I signed up yesterday, but i don't receive email from lenovo.

Well I got the update 3 days back. I am glad to say battery back up is a lot better. Also reduced the heating issue.

Does it voilate warranty ? Fedback of update , specially cons , as its a daily driver.
Thanks.

The review of update is also available. Check the link below for more details.
http://thinkflag.blogspot.in/2017/04/lenovo-z2-plus-official-nougat-update.html

I can say, the heating problem is reduced, battery back up is much better. As for the new features I guess screen video recording and split screen are the 2 features which is noticeable easily. I didn't find anything special other than this.
Also one bug I found is how it shows duplicate notifications for emails and chats from whatsapp allo etc.
For each message it shows 2 notifications which really clutters up the notification area.

obscurant1st said:
I can say, the heating problem is reduced, battery back up is much better. As for the new features I guess screen video recording and split screen are the 2 features which is noticeable easily. I didn't find anything special other than this.
Also one bug I found is how it shows duplicate notifications for emails and chats from whatsapp allo etc.
For each message it shows 2 notifications which really clutters up the notification area.
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Yeah the notification bar is rubbish now and also facing one more bug. Incoming Calls are getting cut automatically. ?

monilsm said:
Yeah the notification bar is rubbish now and also facing one more bug. Incoming Calls are getting cut automatically. ?
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I am not facing this calls issue. Another good thing about the update is the upgrade for the camera software. Notification bar is a complete mess. I asked them why don't they stick with the Android 7.0 default notification tray. Go ahead and ask them yourself or call them and let them know.
May be they will listen to us once they have had enough complaints before they release the final version.

obscurant1st said:
I am not facing this calls issue. Another good thing about the update is the upgrade for the camera software. Notification bar is a complete mess. I asked them why don't they stick with the Android 7.0 default notification tray. Go ahead and ask them yourself or call them and let them know.
May be they will listen to us once they have had enough complaints before they release the final version.
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I got another update of 300mb sth. I downloaded it and tried to update. My phone rebooted but did not start again. My phone was in black screen loop till the charge in the battery got over. So i gave it to local lenovo service center for repair.

monilsm said:
I got another update of 300mb sth. I downloaded it and tried to update. My phone rebooted but did not start again. My phone was in black screen loop till the charge in the battery got over. So i gave it to local lenovo service center for repair.
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Did anybody else get this 300mb update?

visheshjain25 said:
Did anybody else get this 300mb update?
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What did the service center told you ? How much time did they take to get it correct?

I also got the another update today but the update failed after reboot.. I dont know why and after 3-4 attempts i can't update anymore it says 2.0.75st rather than 2.0.83st ( which came today)

akyiboy007 said:
What did the service center told you ? How much time did they take to get it correct?
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It's been a long and still they are telling that it will take one more week as they need to replace my phone's touchpad.

monilsm said:
It's been a long and still they are telling that it will take one more week as they need to replace my phone's touchpad.
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I got mine after 1 week.... They told me that the motherboard has been chanded so is the imei no.

Downloaded and manually flashed the 2.5.099 ST update from below URl.
https://zukfans.eu/community/threads/indian-nougat-beta-update-log-just-released.5719/
It is running fine here. I renamed the zip to update.zip and flashed in stock recovery.

suku_patel_22 said:
Downloaded and manually flashed the 2.5.099 ST update from below URl.
It is running fine here. I renamed the zip to update.zip and flashed in stock recovery.
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How did you install it? I downloaded the zip file and copied it to phone storage and rebooted to recovery. But in recovery, when I click on install update.zip, it says install failure.

droidsid said:
How did you install it? I downloaded the zip file and copied it to phone storage and rebooted to recovery. But in recovery, when I click on install update.zip, it says install failure.
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You have to replace the updater-script of the ota zip file with the one provided in that zukfans thread
and then try to flash via stock recovery

Just copy the "update.zip" to the root directory ( the path which is the first when u open ur sd card).......

droidsid said:
How did you install it? I downloaded the zip file and copied it to phone storage and rebooted to recovery. But in recovery, when I click on install update.zip, it says install failure.
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Same method. Rename Update.zip to update.zip.

Planning to build a new house with my new brick.

Hi all. I have a G900I that has been rooted and has TWRP. I tried flashing it with AICP 7.1.2 using TWRP after copying the rom to the root of the phone (sdcard doesn't work). It appeared to flash fine and then rebooted. No it gets to show AICP changing colours across the screen. Now the only way to turn it off is remove the battery. I can boot into recovery or download mode fine. Booting into recovery isn't much use because I can't access the file system. What I need is a tar.md5 rom so I can flash it with Odin. Any ideas where I might get one? I have tried Sammobile but for some reason when I try to download it asks me to log in but when I log in and go to firmware it logs me out.........sounds like a standard Samsung boot loop.

This is what I've used ever since my S3 Mini days: http://live.samsung-updates.com/index.php?device=SM-G900I
Download may be slow but it definitely works without any registrations

Thank for the link. It tells me the file is too big for a guest.

windoze killa said:
Thank for the link. It tells me the file is too big for a guest.
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Try to use the RapidGator mirror. That always works for me.

Giving it a try but it has failed a few times.

windoze killa said:
Giving it a try but it has failed a few times.
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Bummer, you tried all links/mirrors? Maybe try a different browser too. If not I'll download it and upload it to mega.nz then share link here.

@windoze killa
Try this link:
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model
I've used their website several times before and not once has it disappointed me

Thanks for your replies but samobile started working. I got the ROM and about to try it. Will let you know how it goes.

Looks like I am back up and running. Thanks guys. Now time to try and stuff it again.
Can you suggest a decent simple ROM. I don't want a whole lot of fancy crap, just something that allows me to make phone calls, take pictures and play games.

windoze killa said:
Can you suggest a decent simple ROM. I don't want a whole lot of fancy crap, just something that allows me to make phone calls, take pictures and play games.
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Try Resurrection Remix 5.8.4 (the second latest build). Currently lineageOS has some CPU scaling issues which will waste battery needlessly.
I'm currently using LineageOS 13 (previously called CM13) mainly for better battery life and stability.

I have been trying to install Lineage 14 and it keeps getting to about 90% and just sits there. I will try the resurrection one soon.
Also what is the crDroid one like?

I will give the resurrection one a go. I have been trying the Lineage 14 one and it keeps getting to about 90% and just sits there.

You can wait a bit and flash MagmaROM once a stable version for the G900F comes out.

Whats the difference between an 900I and a 900F?

windoze killa said:
Whats the difference between an 900I and a 900F?
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G900I and G900F have the same SoC, but only the NFC chip is different. If you flash a G900F ROM/kernel on a G900I, you only lose NFC.

Well I have got the resurrection ROM on but now Smartswitch says it is not compatible. I can't get all my contacts back.

I have tried 3 different ROMs and I still can't connect with Smartswitch to get my contacts and messages back. Any ideas? Is there another way to get them?

Also Windows 10 has started recognising the phone. This never happened before.

windoze killa said:
I have tried 3 different ROMs and I still can't connect with Smartswitch to get my contacts and messages back. Any ideas? Is there another way to get them?
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Pretty sure smart switch is only for official firmware, as with other Samsung software. I usually only backup my contacts on Google, but for messages, I'm not too sure (since there really isn't a solid backup tool that I trust).

I got most of them back from an old phone so not many lost. Only problem now is I can't seem to place the contacts widget on the screen. It keeps disappearing.

[HELP!] Stuck in "RECOVERY BOOTING.." Bootloop - N910F

Hello guys, thank you for helping!
I have a N910F that was working on a Lineage OS 14 ROM, I've decided to downgrade it to Marshmallow (It was Nougat) Stock ROM, I did that on Odin and wiped the user data and everything was working fine..
until one day the phone got back on 0% of battery and it just wouldn't boot normally, it was stuck in bootloop, I went and downloaded a Lollipop firmware(Because the MM ROM was deleted) and I flashed the ROM via Odin, and now the phone is stuck in "Recovery Booting..." maybe each boot is like 3 seconds or 2
Please help

Any help guys ^^?

TheDon772 said:
Any help guys ^^?
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Here's a link to the latest sm-n910f from updato.com. Maybe the 910f can't be downgraded from MM to Lp.
It's this firmware:
GALAXY Note 4 SM-N910F 6.0.1 MAY 25, 18
United Kingdom (EE) (EVR)
N910FXXU1DRD1
Edit- Link is broken, please go to updato.com for firmware.

kevintm78 said:
Here's a link to the latest sm-n910f from updato.com. Maybe the 910f can't be downgraded from MM to Lp.
It's this firmware:
GALAXY Note 4 SM-N910F 6.0.1 MAY 25, 18
United Kingdom (EE) (EVR)
N910FXXU1DRD1
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It says Hotlinking is not cool xD
-EDIT- Found it ^^
Do I flash it normally in Odin now?? Just boot the phone in Download mode and put the ROM in Odin and start flashing?

TheDon772 said:
It says Hotlinking is not cool xD
-EDIT- Found it ^^
Do I flash it normally in Odin now?? Just boot the phone in Download mode and put the ROM in Odin and start flashing?
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Oh, I see that hotlinking message now. Lol, I had tested the link but was worried something like that would happen. I updated the other post just in case anyone else is looking.
Yeah, just unzip it and flash through Odin.

I have a N910T, but perhaps someone in the thread I link to will be able to advise if this can help you as well.
This is the only method that helped my Note recover from the recovery bootloop, constant random reboot etc. To be honest, Fire Kat v21 is actually pretty good....very fast and nearly all of my apps still work on Android 4.4.4.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...ws-want-to-downgrade-to-4-4-4-kitkat-t3447773
Sent from my SM-N910T using Tapatalk

taadow1030 said:
I have a N910T, but perhaps someone in the thread I link to will be able to advise if this can help you as well.
This is the only method that helped my Note recover from the recovery bootloop, constant random reboot etc. To be honest, Fire Kat v21 is actually pretty good....very fast and nearly all of my apps still work on Android 4.4.4.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...ws-want-to-downgrade-to-4-4-4-kitkat-t3447773
Sent from my SM-N910T using Tapatalk
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Appreciate for replying and helping out bro! But I cannot boot into the reocvery at all

kevintm78 said:
Oh, I see that hotlinking message now. Lol, I had tested the link but was worried something like that would happen. I updated the other post just in case anyone else is looking.
Yeah, just unzip it and flash through Odin.
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Ty bro! I did what you said but the same problem persists (((( this is my daily driver phone idk what to do rip ;-;

TheDon772 said:
Ty bro! I did what you said but the same problem persists (((( this is my daily driver phone idk what to do rip ;-;
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I've got similar problems. Even Odin flash didn't brought the device further. My battery was completely dead so I supplied with an external powersupply (around 3.9V).
That also doesn't work. I needed to add 2.4kOhm resistor between battery GND clip and thermistor clip to fake the non existing thermistor.
If you've got some electrical equipment at home give it a try. It worked for me.
Else you can try a new battery.
Besides that reboots occured after that again. Now I'm going to test the famous Wakelock app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.wl&hl=en. Nearly all reviews are from Note4 users there. Really sad...
EDIT: Can you measure your battery voltage with a multimeter?

115ek said:
I've got similar problems. Even Odin flash didn't brought the device further. My battery was completely dead so I supplied with an external powersupply (around 3.9V).
That also doesn't work. I needed to add 2.4kOhm resistor between battery GND clip and thermistor clip to fake the non existing thermistor.
If you've got some electrical equipment at home give it a try. It worked for me.
Else you can try a new battery.
Besides that reboots occured after that again. Now I'm going to test the famous Wakelock app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.wl&hl=en. Nearly all reviews are from Note4 users there. Really sad...
EDIT: Can you measure your battery voltage with a multimeter?
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Thank you for your help man ^^, sadly.. I don't have any electrical equipment to measure the voltage, I gave up on this phone.. it's a great phone but the software side is just bad.. :/
I can't even use that app because my phone won't even boot up normally or even go to recovery booting, I tried everything with Odin, what's left is ADB but I don't know how to use that.. do you? Ty!

TheDon772 said:
Thank you for your help man ^^, sadly.. I don't have any electrical equipment to measure the voltage, I gave up on this phone.. it's a great phone but the software side is just bad.. :/
I can't even use that app because my phone won't even boot up normally or even go to recovery booting, I tried everything with Odin, what's left is ADB but I don't know how to use that.. do you? Ty!
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So you flashed stock ROM with Odin via download mode, right? It's exactly the same behaviour as my phone had. Entering download mode is working flawlessly - recovery isn't working. It booted up, blue font "recovery booting" then turns off and on again. Endless loop.
Did you try charging the phone some hours? Is offline charging working?
Another thing you can try is the fridge. https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/bootloop-fridge-t3155586 or here https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxynote4/comments/4to05k/note_4_freezer_reboot_trick/.
Just search for note4 and fridge :laugh:
You have a fridge, right?
If that helps (I hope for you :good you need to install the wakelock app afterwards. For me this worked (at least for the last day.) Without I had spontaneous reboots (especially when using the cam).

115ek said:
So you flashed stock ROM with Odin via download mode, right? It's exactly the same behaviour as my phone had. Entering download mode is working flawlessly - recovery isn't working. It booted up, blue font "recovery booting" then turns off and on again. Endless loop.
Did you try charging the phone some hours? Is offline charging working?
Another thing you can try is the fridge. https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/bootloop-fridge-t3155586 or here https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxynote4/comments/4to05k/note_4_freezer_reboot_trick/.
Just search for note4 and fridge :laugh:
You have a fridge, right?
If that helps (I hope for you :good you need to install the wakelock app afterwards. For me this worked (at least for the last day.) Without I had spontaneous reboots (especially when using the cam).
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Ty man that worked!!!! I ****ing love u no homo xD

Bootloop without reason!! Any solution except Factory Reset?

Hi everyone, I owns a Black, Made in China variant Mi A1, bought it almost 10 months ago so it's in brand new condition.
A night I was using it as regular, watching YouTube, It suddenly restarted automatically, and stuck on 'Android One' boot animation.
I wasn't doing any heavy or intensive task, was not having any issue except storage full. The device is on official stock rom and on June security patch with Android 8.1.
I've tried >?1. Apply update from ADB in recovery mode with June update, which gave me -> E: footer is wrong. E: signature verification failed. Installation aborted
>?2. Apply update from SD card with the same update as above, which gave me -> Couldn't mount SD card
Bootloader is locked, USB debugging is off, no custom recovery installed.
Is there any way to make it work again without erasing user data? I'm familiar with all kinds of Command Line Interface and with almost every tech term. Any help would be appreciated.?

I think only Miflash, with first nougat rom works for you. Save user data. Works for me, after I tried Lineage OS.

ROGGGER3G said:
I think only Miflash, with first nougat rom works for you. Save user data. Works for me, after I tried Lineage OS.
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Hi,
i have also experienced the same issue recently and struggling hard to make it working again.
I have tried with MI flash but u need to have a bootloader unlocked as well. If not, flashing will not start.

Shashankjindal said:
Hi everyone, I owns a Black, Made in China variant Mi A1, bought it almost 10 months ago so it's in brand new condition.
A night I was using it as regular, watching YouTube, It suddenly restarted automatically, and stuck on 'Android One' boot animation.
I wasn't doing any heavy or intensive task, was not having any issue except storage full. The device is on official stock rom and on June security patch with Android 8.1.
I've tried >1. Apply update from ADB in recovery mode with June update, which gave me -> E: footer is wrong. E: signature verification failed. Installation aborted
>2. Apply update from SD card with the same update as above, which gave me -> Couldn't mount SD card
Bootloader is locked, USB debugging is off, no custom recovery installed.
Is there any way to make it work again without erasing user data? I'm familiar with all kinds of Command Line Interface and with almost every tech term. Any help would be appreciated.
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Without reason? Probably THIS is the reason. I think your problem is related to data partition and a flash with Miflash can't help you. Only a factory reset can solve this.

ROGGGER3G said:
I think only Miflash, with first nougat rom works for you. Save user data. Works for me, after I tried Lineage OS.
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Does it work in locked bootloader? Btw thanks for the reply.

sipollo said:
Without reason? Probably THIS is the reason. I think your problem is related to data partition and a flash with Miflash can't help you. Only a factory reset can solve this.
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Can you describe what in the data partition caused this? Because I've been using this device with 90% storage filled for months??*.
And I've factory reset the device as there was no other ways to make it work again but still I want to know what was the cause of the problem.

Shashankjindal said:
Can you describe what in the data partition caused this? Because I've been using this device with 90% storage filled for months??*.
And I've factory reset the device as there was no other ways to make it work again but still I want to know what was the cause of the problem.
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When memory is almost full R/W errors can occur.
Maybe 90% you see is not including temporary-swap files, so that you are dangerously close to 100% storage filled.

sipollo said:
Without reason? Probably THIS is the reason. I think your problem is related to data partition and a flash with Miflash can't help you. Only a factory reset can solve this.
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sipollo said:
When memory is almost full R/W errors can occur.
Maybe 90% you see is not including temporary-swap files, so that you are dangerously close to 100% storage filled.
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Thank you for your answer & time, I'll be carefull in the future.

ROGGGER3G said:
I think only Miflash, with first nougat rom works for you. Save user data. Works for me, after I tried Lineage OS.
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I have just softbricked my Mi A1 and need to flash the official rom with MiFlash, problem is that I can't find the right file to flash. Any tips to where I can download the official firmware? I'm looking for the zipped version, not an image. MiFlash can't read the images I've downloaded so far.

FantLarve said:
I have just softbricked my Mi A1 and need to flash the official rom with MiFlash, problem is that I can't find the right file to flash. Any tips to where I can download the official firmware? I'm looking for the zipped version, not an image. MiFlash can't read the images I've downloaded so far.
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Here are some of the links where you can find the official rom in .zip format. Check if they are compatible with MiFlash tool-
https://firmwarefile.com/xiaomi-mi-a1
https://dhananjaytech.com/flash-stock-rom-mi-a1-through-twrp/
Here is the XDA thread- https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/development/rom-tissot-stock-oreo-8-0-rooted-t3735760.
I'll be happy if this was helpful.

Shashankjindal said:
Here are some of the links where you can find the official rom in .zip format. Check if they are compatible with MiFlash tool-
https://firmwarefile.com/xiaomi-mi-a1
https://dhananjaytech.com/flash-stock-rom-mi-a1-through-twrp/
Here is the XDA thread- https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/development/rom-tissot-stock-oreo-8-0-rooted-t3735760.
I'll be happy if this was helpful.
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Great stuff thanks.

sipollo said:
Without reason? Probably THIS is the reason. I think your problem is related to data partition and a flash with Miflash can't help you. Only a factory reset can solve this.
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There was another thread where someone proceeded to soft brick his device after downloading a file despite having low available storage.

barrack1 said:
There was another thread where someone proceeded to soft brick his device after downloading a file despite having low available storage.
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Thank you for the help, there seems just no way to save user data, factory reset is the only option.

Shashankjindal said:
Does it work in locked bootloader? Btw thanks for the reply.
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works

[Help] MLA-L03 No OS, no Backup, Black Screen need help.

I've probably messed this thing up just about as badly as I can.
Here's what I can tell you:
Update: I just figured out that you are supposed to put dload onto a separate sd card, So i'll be trying that when the phone comes out of it's coma XD anything else you can suggest is very welcome.
- The phone currently isn't turning on after messing around in twrp(tried to restart into bootloader)
- While trying to get it working, it is now showing up as CAN-L11(likely from trying some backups of others)
- I was unable to use ANY roms I tried. full update files didn't work. always error 7
- It seems in twrp that I'd often get this error: mountencrypt failed to mount /data, despite wiping /data many times
- I've tried using iso files extracted from some update.app, and using that to get system and data on there, as well as recovery too
- I was switching between twrp and default recovery to transfer files and then use dload to try to recover the system, never let me do it though. got to 5% then told me something like: "Getting package info failed". it would do this in the download and recover mode as well when I would hook up to the internet and it would also give me that error.
You are free to ask me any questions about the device.
I think I just need to drain the battery then I should be able to at least get something out of it, but until then, if anyone has any recommendations after it's functional again let me know. Any help is appreciated.

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I've probably messed this thing up just about as badly as I can.
Here's what I can tell you:
- The phone currently isn't turning on after messing around in twrp(tried to restart into bootloader)
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It isn't even charging?
- While trying to get it working, it is now showing up as CAN-L11(likely from trying some backups of others)
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Yeah, that's why. The model name can be changed in build.prop, but you're still using a CAN-L11 ROM though.
- I was unable to use ANY roms I tried. full update files didn't work. always error 7
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You haven't flashed the TWRP mentioned in the first post of their thread, hence you've got that error which is basically telling you that you're trying to flash the ROM on an unsupported device (the phone's codename / model is mentioned in TWRP and ROM checks for it), but actually it's working on all models.
- It seems in twrp that I'd often get this error: mountencrypt failed to mount /data, despite wiping /data many times
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That occurs because TWRP doesn't support decryption. You have to format data, not wipe. You can format it from TWRP > Wipe > Format data.
- I've tried using iso files extracted from some update.app, and using that to get system and data on there, as well as recovery too
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What happened after you've tried that?
- I was switching between twrp and default recovery to transfer files and then use dload to try to recover the system, never let me do it though. got to 5% then told me something like: "Getting package info failed". it would do this in the download and recover mode as well when I would hook up to the internet and it would also give me that error.
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Try to unplug the cable from PC. Also, note that I've read in past somewhere that the firmwares from Firmware Finder has to be approved by Huawei and if it isn't, then the stock recovery will fail to flash it. Other Huawei phones has modified / patched stock recovery which allows to flash unapproved firmwares though.
You are free to ask me any questions about the device.
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How do you guys end up like this? xD
Update: I just figured out that you are supposed to put dload onto a separate sd card, So i'll be trying that when the phone comes out of it's coma XD anything else you can suggest is very welcome.
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Hah, here's the answer to the above question: not reading xD. Try to slap the phone to wake it from the coma ahahahah xD. When did it get into coma though?