Hello there! I have been trying to find a working root / update for my model for quite a while now but I cannot
find anything that would work with my model... The numbers are always different from those that uploaders say
it works on. Can you help me root my phone and find a working update since there was no official update for my
country (Slovenia) for Lollipop. It can be a custom ROM too, I don' care as long as it will run faster than current version
which is preinstalled with a lot of crap and runs slow.
Here are the details: (let me know if you need anything else)
Model number: G7-L01
Android version: 4.4.4
EMUI version: 3.0
Baseband version: 11060009
Build number: G7-L01V100R001C00B263
Custom version: CUSTC432D001
Thank you for your time!
You can try with Kingo Root, I used it and my G7-L01 now are rooted.
Good luck
Dave96 said:
Hello there! I have been trying to find a working root / update for my model for quite a while now but I cannot
find anything that would work with my model... The numbers are always different from those that uploaders say
it works on. Can you help me root my phone and find a working update since there was no official update for my
country (Slovenia) for Lollipop. It can be a custom ROM too, I don' care as long as it will run faster than current version
which is preinstalled with a lot of crap and runs slow.
Here are the details: (let me know if you need anything else)
Model number: G7-L01
Android version: 4.4.4
EMUI version: 3.0
Baseband version: 11060009
Build number: G7-L01V100R001C00B263
Custom version: CUSTC432D001
Thank you for your time!
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kingroot.apk
Hello Dave, I have done this a week ago. I summarize the steps you must take.
Prepare your phone to interact with the upgrade tools: you must enable developer mode in the phone and enable usb debugging. it’s easy, do a search in google to find the specific actions (I can’t post url’s there yet)
Dowload and install in your pc the tools for doing the job: you need two tools for doing the work, adb and fastboot, both come with android studio so you can download it to have the tools. If you are using Linux probably you can also install them from your package manager without having to install the full android studio.
Download your ROM and recovery: the recovery is some kind of rescue OS from where to boot the system and apply later the ROM, I have used as recovery the Recovery TWRP that is referred in a post called ‘[ROM][5.1.1][Unofficially | CM12.1 For Huawei Ascend G760] [2016-01-16]’. As ROM I have used the more recent in those referred in the ‘[ROM][6.0.1][Unofficially | CM13.0 For Huawei Ascend G760] [2016-04-01]’ post.
Download gapps: probably you can’t live without google apps (play store, etc) so download the suitable version from opengapps dot org.
Save your data: you are about to lose your data so make a copy of all data that is not saved automatically in the cloud.
Apply recovery: the fun starts, open a shell with root (or admin in Windows, I suppose), connect the phone to the pc with an usb cable, give permissions in the phone to the pc when it asks about it. Reboot the phone in boot mode with ‘adb reboot bootloader’, apply the recovery image with ‘fastboot flash recovery twrp-xxxxxxxx.img’, reboot in recovery mode mode with ‘adb reboot recovery’
Apply rom and gapps: transfer the rom and gapps to the phone with ‘adb push cm-13.0-xxxx.zip /sdcard/’ and ‘adb push open_gapps-arm-6.0-xxxxx.zip /sdcard/’, in the phone do a wipe->factory reset, and after that do an install from the main menu. Install first the cm-13.0 ROM and later the open_gapps. Those will take some time, when finish reboot the phone from the main screen
Boot and configure: if all has gone ok the phone will boot, configure apps and later you have some time configuring it and restoring the data
Seems easy, but what is easy is doing something wrong or forgetting something and ending with a bricked phone. So if your life depends on that phone or you are not sure to have the skills to troubleshoot things when going wrong better stay were you are now
Good luck
Hi M3 users,
I'm a long time lurker and reader on XDA. Now it's time to give something back or at least participate
Following my recent M3 purchase a dugg a bit deeper into this topic and tried to get us the stock recovery for our devices.
I'm not really a dev. I just used the information I found here and in the russian forum where greatslon (thank you guy) is posting his work.
If you find an error in the process please let me know. The files have not been tested in any way. I have no idea if this would even work (encryption and so on).
So I managed to extract the recovery.img file from the chinese rom. This method will also work for the LTE variant.
Maybe @greatslon or @somboons can share their view on the topic or maybe @somboons can even use it in his tool.
Resources
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=780572&st=120
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433454
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tools/general/huawei-firmware-finder-team-mt-t3469146
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teammt.gmanrainy.huaweifirmwarefinder
Tools used
Huawei Firmware Finder (Team MT)
Huawei Update Extractor
Download
M3_BTV-W09C233B019_recovery.zip
Process
1. Start firmware finder (did use the android version)
2. Change device to BTV-W09C233
3. Downloaded the firmware B019 for BTV-W09C233 (no firmware for other variants present ATM)
4. Extracted and copied update.app to SD card
5. copy to PC
6. Extract recovery.img and recovery2.img using Huawei Update Extractor
Best regards,
Benjamin
Don't quite understand what's this for. First of all, recovery should be the same version as your ROM. I don't know if their mismatch will immediately lead to some malfunction, but some people on 4pda said they should match. Second - stock recovery's functions are limited to factory reset (wiping data, cache, etc.) and installing OTA updates. Without changing OEMINFO (and it's still unconfirmed), you won't be able to install any OTA except those, intented for your model and region, so again there's no need to install a higher version of recovery than your ROM is. But anyway, thank you for the extraction instruction.
P.S. I think there's no need to flash both recovery and recovery2. Recovery2 can be successfully replaced with TWRP and this combination is really great, cause you can launch TWRP by holding Volume Up button only.
And the only reason why you should keep recovery original is that it doesn't really wipe /data - it also creates some files there like custom.bin, containing your regional settings.
Hi Slavon,
Thanks for your highly appreciated comment. @somboons was looking for a stock recovery so I thought this might help.
Your given information are really helpful. I did not know that you could flash TWRP in recovery2 and replace erecovery Handy information.
I'm pretty new to the Huawei structure so always glad to learn something.
EDIT
A lot of good information can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/dual-recovery-honor-7-t3308398
Thank you very much,
sselpeelsxx
Giving Back
Benjamin,
I've also been a long time XDA lurker. Most of the devices I have owned were mainstream and thus already had a very active XDA developer community; Even if root had yet to be achieved, there would be hundreds of messages on the topic.
It seems the Mediapad M3 is just getting started. I am a developer of over 20 years, but very little android experience. However, I have recently spent a considerable amount of time (about 50-100 hours) working with the low level ADB protocol source code. And I have rooted and flashed no less than 50 devices, everything from cell phones to Android TV devices to routers.
I'm going to take this device on as my first real dev effort in this arena.
I have a few goals:
1. Get working backups for people that soft-brick or need to revert (including myself).
2. Recompile TWRP for the M3 to confirm greatslon's work, and better understand the process.
3. Release a stock rom that's pre-rooted and cleaned up (not that there was a lot of bloat on my device).
4. Release a custom rom that's not MIUI (perhaps based of CyanogenMod).
Since I have virtually no experience, I am sure these goals are quite lofty and will take some time. But hey, you got to have a plan, and I don't have anything else to work on right now.
Let me know if you want to work on anything together, or if you need any help with anything development related.
- 0D0A
Hey hey 0D0A,
I totally agree with you regarding the backups, I think once the first OTA update is pushed for the EU and US devices we have a good and safe way to go back.
Especially the US owners are struggling with greatslons TWRP version, that's the first thing we should tackle after the backup topic is cleared
I will contact you regarding possible work
Best regards,
Benjamin
can flash twrp via fastboot but get error saying and no recovery
hi, first thanks greatslon for doing the work on m3.
i seem to have succeeded in getting stuck and can't get it to boot into your custom twrp. adb on linux was working fine, but no longer. ditto for fastboot just get "waiting for devices" now. i switched to win10 and installed the hisuite app so i can use fastboot but still no adb. so i have tried to flash recovery and recovery2 but when i try to boot recovery i get error "Func NO: 11 (recovery image) ERROR NO: 2 (load failed)."
i then downloaded your custom rom and tried to flash the boot for that still no luck. i can't use adb so i am not sure how to just flash the custom rom with fastboot without being able to get into any recovery.
i did have this all rooted and working with your twrp but kept having issues with dpi and there was an ota update (b003) which wouldn't apply. so i tried to restore backup and it wen't south from there. basically now can't do much other than see the unlock "can't be trusted" page and bootloader.
any suggestions?
Desperately need stock recovery img, not sure exactly what when wrong, but it is stuck in a horrible boot loop. Tried Benjamin's recovery files and they seem to remove twrp and put it somewhat back to normal, but can only access the emui recovery and that fails to load the files. Put twrp back and tried greatslon's ROMs, they load but goes back to boot loop. Wipe and format everything, install my original backup through twrp recovery, it says it works, but again, back to boot loop... at this point I think I'm dead... any ideas, any word on the official recovery img? anything? Help!!
What device do you have? And what version were you on?
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What device do you have? And what version were you on?
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I have the M3, BTV-W09, not sure what version, MM6.0 EMUI 4.1
Anyone have any other ideas on horrendous boot loop?
sselpeelsxx said:
Hey hey 0D0A,
I totally agree with you regarding the backups, I think once the first OTA update is pushed for the EU and US devices we have a good and safe way to go back.
Especially the US owners are struggling with greatslons TWRP version, that's the first thing we should tackle after the backup topic is cleared
I will contact you regarding possible work
Best regards,
Benjamin
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Hello, I am unlocked, TWRPed, and rooted, but am trying to reverse all of that. My build number is BTV-W09C128B002. Is it safe to download the stock recovery from the OP for my device? Or do I really need the C128 version?
Hello and sorry for the late response, you would need the matching version for your C128 device.
I may be able to extract recovery from an update, I have to look into this tomorrow.
Regards
sselpeelsxx said:
Hello and sorry for the late response, you would need the matching version for your C128 device.
I may be able to extract recovery from an update, I have to look into this tomorrow.
Regards
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Thanks! I have been able to use the Huawei Extractor to extract a recovery.img from OTA updates, but have been afraid to try flashing it. It has been recommended to hold off on trying that since that recovery.img is from an OTA and not a FULL update. Any thoughts?
Hi,
I am trying to digest all that data that is in this forum and I can not find some information. I would like to upgrade my android to newer version as some of my app stopped being supported.
So of what I understand I need to download and flash firmware which can be rooted (for example KOT49H.I9301IXXUANH1 (as per website androidmtk.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s3-neo-gt-i9301i) (my current is KOT49H.I9301IXCSAQA2 which I can not find proper files to root) to my phone for example from here autoroot.chainfire (sorry can not post links)
on that site I can find information that i need to have unblocked bootloader but I can not find information how to do that neither here or there..... I am a little bit confused. Please Can someone tell me if I got it right and maybe help me a little bit with all this mess?
I have got samsung galaxy s3 neo GT-I9301I
version
KOT49H.I9301IXCSAQA2
Android 4.4.2
Is there any other information that is needed to solve problem?
Looking forward for your reply. Thanks in advance.
Kind Regards,
Lukasz F
LukaszF said:
Hi,
I am trying to digest all that data that is in this forum and I can not find some information. I would like to upgrade my android to newer version as some of my app stopped being supported.
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This means to install a custom rom.
So of what I understand I need to download and flash firmware which can be rooted (for example KOT49H.I9301IXXUANH1 (as per website androidmtk.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s3-neo-gt-i9301i) (my current is KOT49H.I9301IXCSAQA2 which I can not find proper files to root) to my phone for example from here autoroot.chainfire (sorry can not post links)
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You need the latest firmware for your phone. There is no need to root before Install custom rom. Activate USB Debugging in developer Options.
You need Odin3 to download and run in your windows PC. Download the latest twrp for our device s3ve3g. Get it from twrp official Homepage. Set your phone download mode and flash it as AP. Then boot directly in recovery mode. Now you should see twrp. Make a backup and then wipe everything.(means you will loose all data) And start Install a custom rom of your choice.
on that site I can find information that i need to have unblocked bootloader but I can not find information how to do that neither here or there..... I am a little bit confused. Please Can someone tell me if I got it right and maybe help me a little bit with all this mess?
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You mean OEM unlocking. This is important for devices delivered with stock lollipop. So this is not relevant for s3 neo afaik.
spirit_of_the_ocean said:
This means to install a custom rom.
You need the latest firmware for your phone. There is no need to root before Install custom rom. Activate USB Debugging in developer Options.
You need Odin3 to download and run in your windows PC. Download the latest twrp for our device s3ve3g. Get it from twrp official Homepage. Set your phone download mode and flash it as AP. Then boot directly in recovery mode. Now you should see twrp. Make a backup and then wipe everything.(means you will loose all data) And start Install a custom rom of your choice.
You mean OEM unlocking. This is important for devices delivered with stock lollipop. So this is not relevant for s3 neo afaik.
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Thank you very much for help!!
Hello,
I am completely new in this rooting/flashing etc, so sorry for a maybe stupid question, and please, if you can help, try to give me detailed instructions. I read some posts on this subject, but it is not obvious to me how to move forward...
I had a running stock firmware. My intention was to root the phone but stay on the stock firmware.
1. I followed Sony's tutorial for unlocking the bootloader:
https://developer.sony.com/develop/...d/unlock-bootloader/how-to-unlock-bootloader/
2. I followed this tutorial for installing TWRP:
https://twrp.me/sony/sonyxperiaxcompact.html
3. I restarted into TWRP
I looked around and wanted to boot the android again
Now I just see alternating screens
black "your device has been unlocked..." screen <-> Sony logo
How to get it working again?
For now I used Sony flash tool:
https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/get-started/flash-tool
and installed the latest available firmware - it seems that I am back on the stock firmware. Ok, better than bricked phone. Yet, I wonder how to proceed with the root? I thought that the TWRP would allow me to install SuperSU(https://supersuroot.org/) and that would be sufficient for me.
Since all the roms are gone I was hoping to at least get Flyme nougat, which apparently flyme 8 is based on.
The problem is that flashing Flyme 7 or 8 china all result in a bootloop. The page says I should install 7 stable first, which I did. No difference. I do this with bootloader and recovery removed because I don't want to lose the unlocked bootloader. Does anyone have an idea what the problem is here? I was thinking maybe its me trying to keep the bootloader so I even tried to flash full stock but that didn't work either. I know how to reverse this but Im pretty much out of ideas at that point to get these images work.
did you replace bootloader file with unlocked_bootloader and recovery file with twrp_recovery? this will let you bootloader still unlocked and recovery still TWRP after you flash it.