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[REQ] Tutorial to backup to original firmware

hello i'm trying to original firmware (the last one i can find) but i can't do it with adb or custom recovery maybe i 'm too stupid or french ^^
but if someone can make a thin tutorial , then i can send my tablet to Acer for the screen issue (not solved by the tricks of parameter)
thank a lot

@Amidamaru87,
If you already have CWM installed then it's very easy.
1- Take the original (base) firmware, not the last one. Very likely the last one is not a complete firmware but an update to the original one.
2- Take the update.zip file and unzip it to a folder.
3- Go to folder "\META-INF\com\google\android"
4- Edit the updater-script and put a # as first character of first line. This will avoid this line to execute: #assert(getprop("ro.product.name") == "a510_...");
5- Zip all files again and name it update.zip.
6- Flash it with CWM.
7- When asked to avoid bootloader installation say "NO". This will restore the original bootloader and lock it again. You will not have CWM any more but I think this is what you want right?
That's all.
From this point on you are at factory state. If you connect to internet very likely Acer will send you an OTA update but it's up to you to install it.
Regards.

fast , accurate ! thanks a lot

but i have only image ...

Download from The official Acer site:
http://global-download.acer.com/Ste...0&BC=Acer&SC=&LC=en&OS=a09&FS=O02&Category=OS
Regards.
Sent from my A510 using Tapatalk 2

xdajuanmrodrigues said:
@Amidamaru7,
If you already have CWM installed then it's very easy.
1- Take the original (base) firmware, not the last one. Very likely the last one is not a complete firmware but an update to the original one.
2- Take the update.zip file and unzip it to a folder.
3- Go to folder "\META-INF\com\google\android"
4- Edit the updater-script and put a # as first character of first line. This will avoid this line to execute: #assert(getprop("ro.product.name") == "a510_...");
5- Zip all files again and name it update.zip.
6- Flash it with CWM.
7- When asked to avoid bootloader installation say "NO". This will restore the original bootloader and lock it again. You will not have CWM any more but I think this is what you want right?
That's all.
From this point on you are at factory state. If you connect to internet very likely Acer will send you an OTA update but it's up to you to install it.
Regards.
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I tried to get back to factory state , but i got an "instalation aborted" message every time that i tried
I downloaded the R28.RC02.WW.GEN1 from the site that you linked, unzipped , added "#" character to the first line at the update script file, rezipped and renamed to update.zip
I also copied the file to ext sd and internal sd
I'm currently at franken a700 with nothrills recovery

@ursur,
I would recommend:
- Unzip and zip with another application. Some times wthis could be a problem.
- Edit the script with a linux compatible editor like Notepad++, freeware, google it. Avoid Wordpad or other editors that insert line feeds of CR.
It works for me using internal or external SD.
Regards.

One Hint:
8- When CWM asked to avoid root say "NO".
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What does it mean 'flash with cwm'?
IS it this command : fastboot flash recovery update.zip?
Sorry for stupid question.

Recovery verified failed
Hey guys,
i installed a stockrom from acer with your instructions and it was completly done. I had Nothrills 700 Franken before.
i just answerd this question : When asked to avoid bootloader installation say "NO". This will restore the original bootloader and lock it again. You will not have CWM any more but I think this is what you want right? with YES because i wanted to keep cwm.
The tablet restarted normaly and when setting up acer told me that there is a update so i did the update.
Now the tablet restarted and i get the message : booting recovery kernel imag
and in the second line: Recovery verified fail...
in the middle of the screen you can see the acer logo.
WHAT CAN I DO NOW??? I can't reboot the tablet. Holding the power button get no impact. Shoud i wait till the battery is empyt and then?
I read smthg about fastboot and get a stock recovery. Is that a possibility? if yes, who will give me an instructions what i have to do.
Thx for your help.
But at the Moment i'm very desperate
P.S. Sorry for my bad english
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Benedikt_XVI said:
Hey guys,
i installed a stockrom from acer with your instructions and it was completly done. I had Nothrills 700 Franken before.
i just answerd this question : When asked to avoid bootloader installation say "NO". This will restore the original bootloader and lock it again. You will not have CWM any more but I think this is what you want right? with YES because i wanted to keep cwm.
The tablet restarted normaly and when setting up acer told me that there is a update so i did the update.
Now the tablet restarted and i get the message : booting recovery kernel imag
and in the second line: Recovery verified fail...
in the middle of the screen you can see the acer logo.
WHAT CAN I DO NOW??? I can't reboot the tablet. Holding the power button get no impact. Shoud i wait till the battery is empyt and then?
I read smthg about fastboot and get a stock recovery. Is that a possibility? if yes, who will give me an instructions what i have to do.
Thx for your help.
But at the Moment i'm very desperate
P.S. Sorry for my bad english
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I tried the resetbutton and now my tablet restarted normaly.
But when i do a reboot and try to get to the recovery i get the message like i described before.
Is it possible that i install now the cwm from nothrill with adb?or can i get a stock recovery and flash it with adb?
thx for your help

xdajuanmrodrigues said:
@Amidamaru87,
If you already have CWM installed then it's very easy.
1- Take the original (base) firmware, not the last one. Very likely the last one is not a complete firmware but an update to the original one.
2- Take the update.zip file and unzip it to a folder.
3- Go to folder "\META-INF\com\google\android"
4- Edit the updater-script and put a # as first character of first line. This will avoid this line to execute: #assert(getprop("ro.product.name") == "a510_...");
5- Zip all files again and name it update.zip.
6- Flash it with CWM.
7- When asked to avoid bootloader installation say "NO". This will restore the original bootloader and lock it again. You will not have CWM any more but I think this is what you want right?
That's all.
From this point on you are at factory state. If you connect to internet very likely Acer will send you an OTA update but it's up to you to install it.
Regards.
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Ok, about 2 months ago, I flashed to a Nothrills ROM and all. Then, I wanted to go back fully stock, and I did the same as you mentioned above.
Today, I tried updating my tab OTA and I am getting "Recovery verified failed..." error. Nothing that I can do. Mind you, I was on stock ROM and all, just that I was rooted.
Thanks.

maybe just root is a problem

I tried updating my tab OTA and I am getting "Recovery verified failed..." error. Nothing that I can do. Mind you, I was on stock ROM and all, just that I was rooted.
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I tried to get back to factory state , but i got an "instalation aborted" message every time that i tried
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Lock here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046832

for me it work but i'm stuck on the iconia tab logo ???!!!
help

look in my thread, my device also doesnt boot. Maybe the link in the thread will help you

ok i succed i just forgot to wipe data from cwm all good ... just waiting jellybean thanks

I'm happy you sorted it out.
Safest way to go back to factory is to load the original bootloader i.e. saying NO to step 7:
7- When asked to avoid bootloader installation say "NO". This will restore the original bootloader and lock it again. You will not have CWM any more but I think this is what you want right?
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There is a new CWM from Nothrills that is compatible with JB.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1866378
Regards

Benedikt_XVI said:
Hey guys,
i installed a stockrom from acer with your instructions and it was completly done. I had Nothrills 700 Franken before.
i just answerd this question : When asked to avoid bootloader installation say "NO". This will restore the original bootloader and lock it again. You will not have CWM any more but I think this is what you want right? with YES because i wanted to keep cwm.
The tablet restarted normaly and when setting up acer told me that there is a update so i did the update.
Now the tablet restarted and i get the message : booting recovery kernel imag
and in the second line: Recovery verified fail...
in the middle of the screen you can see the acer logo.
WHAT CAN I DO NOW??? I can't reboot the tablet. Holding the power button get no impact. Shoud i wait till the battery is empyt and then?
I read smthg about fastboot and get a stock recovery. Is that a possibility? if yes, who will give me an instructions what i have to do.
Thx for your help.
But at the Moment i'm very desperate
P.S. Sorry for my bad english
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I tried the resetbutton and now my tablet restarted normaly.
But when i do a reboot and try to get to the recovery i get the message like i described before.
Is it possible that i install now the cwm from nothrill with adb?or can i get a stock recovery and flash it with adb?
thx for your help
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with JB
With system powered off, press and hold ‘Power’ and ‘Vol -‘
b. When the system vibrates, release the ‘Power’ button.
c. When the system vibrates a second time, slide your finger from ‘Vol-‘ to ‘Vol+.”
d. When the system vibrates a third time, release that button.
edit: I have check.partition.size=[__prop_undefined__]
when I try to put the stock rom any ideas
thanks

Tutorial to backup to original firmware on A511
You have a Acer Iconia Tab A511 with e.g. A510 (Custom-)ROM without 2G/3G and you can not install the A511 firmware, cause Status 7 or Status 4 errors?
Deleting the line in the install script with the name of the device doesn't work? Using an other editor and 7zip for repacking is not the solution?
try this way

sortous said:
with JB
With system powered off, press and hold ‘Power’ and ‘Vol -‘
b. When the system vibrates, release the ‘Power’ button.
c. When the system vibrates a second time, slide your finger from ‘Vol-‘ to ‘Vol+.”
d. When the system vibrates a third time, release that button.
edit: I have check.partition.size=[__prop_undefined__]
when I try to put the stock rom any ideas
thanks
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Me too.
Wasn't able to resolve it.

[Feiteng H7189] Root/CWM/Partition/Tools

Just got this phone, really cheap quad core (MTK 6589) 5.5" android phone but pretty decent quality.
Here's some tools I've collected for whoever else gets this phone:
Recovery
CWM 6.0.3.0
Root Script
ADB script to root this device
Partition
This will repartition/shrink the internal SD so that the data partition is about 2.5gig, if you wish to disable the remaining internal SD and use external SD only you can flash the enable/disable internal SD zip files.
SP Flash Tools
Use this to flash the Recovery and Partition files. Just point the program to the scatter file and click download. You'll need the MTK drivers located if you haven't, then once you have clicked download just plug your device in without battery and it will flash it.
Factory Rom
If something goes wrong you can use SP Flash Tools to flash the factory rom here:
http://www.needrom.com/mobile/feiteng-h7189-2/
Download:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z9a99r56llx8zs5/Gj2-LNcuhx

Thanks for sharing it ! :good:
But how to use the repartition?
What should i do after browse the scatter file?

d3kilo said:
Thanks for sharing it ! :good:
But how to use the repartition?
What should i do after browse the scatter file?
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Hey replace the files you flash with the partition ones then flash it. Click download once you've chosen scatter file. You'll need to put your phone in factory mode, I just took the battery out, held volume up and plugged it in.

Double trouble
I just bricked my device in the process of rooting and installing custom ROM. Nowe all it does is when i turn it on is showingg the S2 logo and nothing else. Itried wit stock rom but i t seems like i dowes not even recgnize my volume up plug in maneuver. Need advice...

magnusaaa said:
I just bricked my device in the process of rooting and installing custom ROM. Nowe all it does is when i turn it on is showingg the S2 logo and nothing else. Itried wit stock rom but i t seems like i dowes not even recgnize my volume up plug in maneuver. Need advice...
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Remove a battery and flash stock with sp flashtool.
1. load scatter from firmware folder
2. press download
3. plug phone without battery
You need to install drivers first I got flash and driver here (http://yadi.sk/d/J267LoVxBGQS8) and firmware http://yadi.sk/d/xonGmdhNB2Axr
after I flash partition from head post - works perfectly

I dont know where i fail but after having installed the drivers and started Flashtool nothing happens. I tried both hitting F9 and press the F9 and The regular upgrade button. Still no go. It seems idle and I have zero clue what wrong I'm doing... help appreciated...

[Resolved] [Q] prestigio pap5300 duo stuck at boot screen

SOLVED.....
i've uploaded a original , updated and rooted (with Chainfire's SuperSU.apk and binary) system.img for pap5300 duo,so no more chineese superuser ,no more riscks off bricking and no more trouble...you can use this files and guide to unbrick or to root the PAP5300 DUO the easy way :victory:
This is how to:
--first,make shure you have installed the drivers
--download this and this
--extract the archive on your pc then put system.img in the system_recovery folder
--double click on install-system-windows.bat
--connect the phone to pc in fastboot mode(with the phone offline push and hold volume down button and power )
--wait for fastboot to finish sending and writing system.img on the phone
--the phone will reboot
--all done
there will be no screenshots because this is the updated system.img from prestigio...just rooted and added Busybox
big thanks to Chainfire for SuperSU

Help please
stefano2626 said:
hy guys,
i think i've just bricked my pap5300duo running stock rom 4.1.2 while i was trying to flash a custom recovery compiled on [link]...the problem is that now the phone is stuck at the boot screen and i can't find a way to connect it to pc thru adb...and no way i can reboot in recovery to....so,is there any way i can make adb see my device?cause if it does,my problem it's fixed...i've made a backup on my pc of the 2 files i've changed : mmcblk0p13 and mmcblk0p16....thanks in advance
SOLVED.....
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Hello there,
Please help to solve this problem. How did You do it?

z1ldj1an said:
Hello there,
Please help to solve this problem. How did You do it?
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With fastboot...i've flashed the recovery.img. and system.img
Sent from my LG-P970 using xda app-developers app

Furthermore should be added, that the phone should be brought into 'fastboot flashing' mode and only then reflashed. Bringing the phone into "fastboot flash' mode is done by pressing Vol - (Volume Down) and Power buttons simultaneously, wait for the system to install the drivers (Android Device or smth. similar) and then start flashing.
For more details, feel free to PM me.

z1ldj1an said:
Furthermore should be added, that the phone should be brought into 'fastboot flashing' mode and only then reflashed. Bringing the phone into "fastboot flash' mode is done by pressing Vol - (Volume Down) and Power buttons simultaneously, wait for the system to install the drivers (Android Device or smth. similar) and then start flashing.
For more details, feel free to PM me.
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yes you are right...sorry for not adding those info but i was a bit in a hurry... for booting in fastboot mode i just press and hold volume down while i connect the phone to the pc with the original data cable that was provided with the device...i've tryed with other cables and it did not worked...and if someone need the system.img or recovery.img feel free to pm me

i need recovery img if you can help me for my pap 5300

amarki
stefano2626 said:
yes you are right...sorry for not adding those info but i was a bit in a hurry... for booting in fastboot mode i just press and hold volume down while i connect the phone to the pc with the original data cable that was provided with the device...i've tryed with other cables and it did not worked...and if someone need the system.img or recovery.img feel free to pm me
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Please i forgotten to make a backup and then my pap 5300 duo isnt booting to end.
can you send me the system.img and the recovery ,i didnt find a stock rom etc.
Thank you at first
PS.Sorry my english i am german

updated links in OP
just double click on install-system-windows.bat,connect the device in fastboot mode and wait 5-10 minutes...and youre done

i think i.m gonna edit the OP with the full tutorial this days

Hi stefano2626, I have flashed my pap5300 (i've got in bootloop after changing sytem font through FontInstaller,phone was rooted) following your howto and everything was looking ok, but there is two problems:
it's unable to turn on wifi 'cause there's no mac address and secondary sim is not possible to use data... so the phone is working only offline except calls and sms
I was searching for stock rom but without success. CWM doesnt support tis device so its much more complicated. even when i tried to update fw to 1.0.25 (from 1.0.24) its verifying system and fail on this: "assert failed: apply_patch_check("EMMC:/dev/block/mmcblk0p16:........some numbers and letters") ...installation aborted"
...i don't know what to do,howto fix it... please could you help someway? Thanks

navybill said:
Hi stefano2626, I have flashed my pap5300 (i've got in bootloop after changing sytem font through FontInstaller,phone was rooted) following your howto and everything was looking ok, but there is two problems:
it's unable to turn on wifi 'cause there's no mac address and secondary sim is not possible to use data... so the phone is working only offline except calls and sms
I was searching for stock rom but without success. CWM doesnt support tis device so its much more complicated. even when i tried to update fw to 1.0.25 (from 1.0.24) its verifying system and fail on this: "assert failed: apply_patch_check("EMMC:/dev/block/mmcblk0p16:........some numbers and letters") ...installation aborted"
...i don't know what to do,howto fix it... please could you help someway? Thanks
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and with me is the same thing, please help;
Here's a link, much better, everything works!http://www.tuttoandroid.net/forum/a...-recovery-prestigio-pap-5300-da-fastboot.html

i am uploading the 1.0.16 version and post the link when it's ready
edit:
updated the link in OP

Bricked 5300
The PC make a sound but the fastboot,Odin & other programs cant see my phone. i INSTALLED ALL KIND OF DRIVERS BUT .... i USED PIMP MY ROM BUT I MADE A MISTAKE TO USE OTHER SIMILAR APP AFTER THAT AND AFTER REBOOT i CAN ENTER IN RECOVERY MODE ONLY. I WIPE THE CHACHE & FACTORY RESET BUT AT THE END FAILS AND SAYS ...DATA/APP IS MISSING. i TRYED RESTORE TITANIUM BACKUP FILE BUT DOESNT HELPED. PLEASE HELP !!!
I USED THE SUGGESTED METHOD BUT IT SAYS <WAITING FOR DEVICE>
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stefano2626 said:
i am uploading the 1.0.16 version and post the link when it's ready
edit:
updated the link in OP
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Sory for the question but whats OP

Niko Va said:
The PC make a sound but the fastboot,Odin & other programs cant see my phone. i INSTALLED ALL KIND OF DRIVERS BUT .... i USED PIMP MY ROM BUT I MADE A MISTAKE TO USE OTHER SIMILAR APP AFTER THAT AND AFTER REBOOT i CAN ENTER IN RECOVERY MODE ONLY. I WIPE THE CHACHE & FACTORY RESET BUT AT THE END FAILS AND SAYS ...DATA/APP IS MISSING. i TRYED RESTORE TITANIUM BACKUP FILE BUT DOESNT HELPED. PLEASE HELP !!!
I USED THE SUGGESTED METHOD BUT IT SAYS <WAITING FOR DEVICE>
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Sory for the question but whats OP
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OP is the original post *the first one

stefano2626 said:
--download this and this
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Hello, maybe you could update those links in OP?

LiudasLT said:
Hello, maybe you could update those links in OP?
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Hi,i do not have this device anymore but i will look for the files when i'll get back home tomorrow morning

Root BLU VIVO IV KITKAT 4.4.2

i am not responsible for damaged devices though this may not happen warning Please make backup of system after installing recovery MTK tools for some odd reason due to lack of proper drivers wont detect ur phone
Hello to all BLU vivo iv users this thread is for gaining root access after updating your blu vivo iv to 4.4.2 usually it can't be rooted properly u can get root via recovery install method but root explorer and other root apps will not get proper su access but it won't work or will fail constantly to complete system operations meaning u can't edit system at all!!!:crying:
I made an insecure boot.img with more adb access seeing that it does not have much developer options in settings it still wont but this boot img will allow proper root.
first u must install Carliv recovery from here not my work this is for Gionee elife s5.5 but vivo iv is same device so it's safe tested myself :http://elifes55.blogspot.com/2014/07/guidegionee-elife-s55-cwmroot-required.html
use mobile uncle from market and update recovery choose recovery.img first item at top of the list the downloaded recovery img must be in base of internal storage do not place in any folders!!!
after that reboot to recovery vol up + power scroll with vol keys power to select scrool to install zip then scroll down to install from internal sdcard choose "bootimgADB.zip" wait for install to finish wipe dalvik and cache (ps when doing this it takes about a min or two idk why just dont panic and think your phone is stuck)
after that procedure continue to rooting using Vroot / root genius
Vroot: http://vrootdownload.org/
Root genius: http://www.shuame.com/en/root/
download root checker from market to check for root
Screenshot
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1iyfst24ye3bm1s/Screenshot_2014-08-21-10-48-26.png

update
please install supersu.zip after boot img flash in recovery then root over with root genuis

Thanks a lot for that information. There is not a lot of help aroudn for Vivo iv owners!!!
I have a problem before i reach 4.4.2, as the OTA update will not install correctly.
I have a rooted phone, with recovery installed.
I downloaded the OTA update, installed it, then it booted to recovery and gave the following errors:
CWM automade 10.07.20014 00:34:23
E:Invalid command argument
Finding update package...
E:unknown volume for path [/storage/sdcard0/adupsfota/update.zip]
E:Can’t mount /storage/sdcard0/adupsfota/update.zip
Installation aborted.
Any idea what this means? I tried unrooting my phone, and installing the OTA update again, but it gave the same error. I have emailed Blu, but i'm sure they will be unhelpful. I've tried googlin, and other people (with different devices) with similar errors from OTA updates say you cannot install the update.zip directly from recovery otherwise it gives:
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device" == "**********" || "ro.build.product" == "*************"
E:Error in /sdcard/downloaded_rom/***********.zip
...errors. Which from some peoples replies also gets their phone stuck on bootloop, so I don't want to try that.
Any ideas how to get this OTA kitkat update installed? Did yours update normally (with.without root/recovery)?
Thanks in advance

James666PKR said:
Thanks a lot for that information. There is not a lot of help aroudn for Vivo iv owners!!!
I have a problem before i reach 4.4.2, as the OTA update will not install correctly.
I have a rooted phone, with recovery installed.
I downloaded the OTA update, installed it, then it booted to recovery and gave the following errors:
CWM automade 10.07.20014 00:34:23
E:Invalid command argument
Finding update package...
E:unknown volume for path [/storage/sdcard0/adupsfota/update.zip]
E:Can’t mount /storage/sdcard0/adupsfota/update.zip
Installation aborted.
Any idea what this means? I tried unrooting my phone, and installing the OTA update again, but it gave the same error. I have emailed Blu, but i'm sure they will be unhelpful. I've tried googlin, and other people (with different devices) with similar errors from OTA updates say you cannot install the update.zip directly from recovery otherwise it gives:
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device" == "**********" || "ro.build.product" == "*************"
E:Error in /sdcard/downloaded_rom/***********.zip
...errors. Which from some peoples replies also gets their phone stuck on bootloop, so I don't want to try that.
Any ideas how to get this OTA kitkat update installed? Did yours update normally (with.without root/recovery)?
Thanks in advance
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did u try choose zip from internal then update.zip but still try to get the update.zip for me
yes it would install with root but not custom recovery i kept my stock recovery cuz i knew blu would be releasing KITKAT btw amigo OS ruined KITKAT its like if it didn't update at all
hmm u have the answer at the start custom recovery may not install an official rom update though i may be wrong but if u can get the update.zip where it downloaded on your storage i can poke around and design it to flash via custom recovery
please in future do NOT!!!! install custom recovery before official update it gives probs
since u have the recovery there is an miui rom u can try to install from gionee elife s5.5 make sure u backup though its based on 4.2.2

thanks very much! I will upload the update.zip. I really only need kitkat for an app I am trying to use (which only works on 4.3 and newer) so the MIUI rom won't be of use to me.
If you could have a poke around and create a custom recovery that will boot it, that would be amazing, I will upload the update.zip now. I would forever be in your gratitude.
Also is there a way of removing custom recovery from the phone?
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P.S. yes I also tried to install from zip using the custom recovery, but it said it couldn't mount /sdcard0 or /system or anything when I tried. I think the best option is for me to find a method of removing my custom recovery?

Th elink to the KitKat 4.4.2 update.zip is here: http://we.tl/FGgNDO2ts2
It will only be available online until the 31st August, so if anyone wants to download it/play with it etc... then do so before then.
Thanks a bunch!
P.S. I've bricked my phone trying to mess around in CWM... hoping my nandroid backup restores properly!

James666PKR said:
Th elink to the KitKat 4.4.2 update.zip is here: http://we.tl/FGgNDO2ts2
It will only be available online until the 31st August, so if anyone wants to download it/play with it etc... then do so before then.
Thanks a bunch!
P.S. I've bricked my phone trying to mess around in CWM... hoping my nandroid backup restores properly!
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so u finally bricked it just soft brick right ?
notice something strange it says it can't mount storage yet it backed up your rom it's probably just update script that needs tweaking

Possible Vanilla KITKAT rom
took rom from blu life 8 ported it it booted but got stuck on starting apps once boot.img seems to be giving the errors just have to pull boot from life 8

Pretty sure i've hard bricked it now
Tried to flash the update.zip using SP flashtool, but my phone wont even turn on/go to recovery now.. Computer detects it, but just a blank screen ... going to see if fastboot works, then try and manually install the boot.img etc...
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If anyone has any idea how I can unbrick my phone I would be all ears...
I have tried all combinations of buttons, but the screen just won't turn on. When I press power+volume up+volume down, the flash on the back, flashes once... but thats it... why is there no information about bricked vivo iv's or gionee elife s5.5's on the internet

James666PKR said:
Pretty sure i've hard bricked it now
Tried to flash the update.zip using SP flashtool, but my phone wont even turn on/go to recovery now.. Computer detects it, but just a blank screen ... going to see if fastboot works, then try and manually install the boot.img etc...
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If anyone has any idea how I can unbrick my phone I would be all ears...
I have tried all combinations of buttons, but the screen just won't turn on. When I press power+volume up+volume down, the flash on the back, flashes once... but thats it... why is there no information about bricked vivo iv's or gionee elife s5.5's on the internet
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if the computer still detects it it can be saved so its not totally dead the update.zip wont install via sp tool there is a gionee firmware u can try but it might kill the phone with certain files will just have to uncheck them does sp tool detect ur phone? i backed up my 4.2.2 system.img i'll upload it and then u can try it on sp tool

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if the computer still detects it it can be saved so its not totally dead the update.zip wont install via sp tool there is a gionee firmware u can try but it might kill the phone with certain files will just have to uncheck them does sp tool detect ur phone? i backed up my 4.2.2 system.img i'll upload it and then u can try it on sp tool
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I've tried responding to your PM, but my messages aren't being registered as sent!
If you did recieve them (2 now) awesome, if not, write me here and i'll respond.
I would love to use your 4.2.2 image if you ocudl upload it. I would be forever grateful!

4.2.2 system.img
well here it is https://www.dropbox.com/s/gd95xz06j2oy6pb/system.img?dl=0
you may need to rename it to android.img maybe but try system first
hey could u upload the drivers u used for ur phone i installed almost every driver known to man kind and mtk tools still doesn't recognize the device

taalibj01 said:
well here it is https://www.dropbox.com/s/gd95xz06j2oy6pb/system.img?dl=0
you may need to rename it to android.img maybe but try system first
hey could u upload the drivers u used for ur phone i installed almost every driver known to man kind and mtk tools still doesn't recognize the device
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Just downloading now.
I was using the drivers that windows installs 'from the phone' when you plug it into windows. Those drivers worked fine... I then started messing around with downloaded drivers (probably all the same ones you have tried) and all of them just did the same thing or didn't work.
FYI, MTK Tools no longer detects my phone. It only detected it when it was booted (in CWM for me, I never tried it when it was actually working, in the OS). My phone only gets detected in 'device manager' and 'SP flashtool' sometimes.
I can upload all the drivers I tried downloading, but I think the more drivers you install, the more incompatibility there is... In the end I downloaded USBDeview and uninstalled all the 'phone' related drivers on my computer, then just used the drivers that automatically get installed when you plug your phone in.
I'm just researching how to flash this system.img file you have uploaded (thanks), using SP Tools. If you've done it before could you let me know how? I don't want to mess anything else up now.
Thanks.

I managed to install Gionee Elife s5.5 ROM using SP Flashtool easily, and my phone now works!! Well, sort of.
The screen keeps freezing, touch screen keeps now working (have to press sleep button, to refresh it).
I am hoping the OTA update will fix all these problems! Fingers crossed...
I really want to get the Blu Vivo iv firmware though, as there are loads of chinese characters on this phone, even with English language on.
If anyone could backup their phone using MTK tools, and upload the entire backup for me and everyone else that needs it, that would be great! Then anyone who bricks their phone could unbrick it by flashing the firmware useing SP Flashtool!
Thanks for eveyrone's help especially taalibj01!!!! You are a legend!

Don't know how it's possible but here it is Blu Firmware files!!!!!
James666PKR said:
I managed to install Gionee Elife s5.5 ROM using SP Flashtool easily, and my phone now works!! Well, sort of.
The screen keeps freezing, touch screen keeps now working (have to press sleep button, to refresh it).
I am hoping the OTA update will fix all these problems! Fingers crossed...
I really want to get the Blu Vivo iv firmware though, as there are loads of chinese characters on this phone, even with English language on.
If anyone could backup their phone using MTK tools, and upload the entire backup for me and everyone else that needs it, that would be great! Then anyone who bricks their phone could unbrick it by flashing the firmware useing SP Flashtool!
Thanks for eveyrone's help especially taalibj01!!!! You are a legend!
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/qt0i6d2og8ge0sc/BLU_D970l_V11_GENERICK_T8493.zip?dl=0

I hereby nominate you for a knight-hood. I will contact the Queen and get her to knight you 'Sir Amazing'!!! I'm downloading now, will let you know how it goes and if it all works correctly!!!

Blu vivo iv drivers
these drivers are for gionee and Blu vivo iv just install its auto install so its easy
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x8umdofqgwbjbr1/GN_Driver_V1.3.0_Test.rar?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yk08ekq3hf23zs0/MauiMETA_exe_3G_v6.1336.1.rar?dl=0

taalibj01 said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qt0i6d2og8ge0sc/BLU_D970l_V11_GENERICK_T8493.zip?dl=0
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If you have bricked your Blu Vivo iv, or installed a custom recovery therefore could not upate OTA to KitKat 4.4.2, look here!
So everyone who needs to flash the new KitKat firmware from Blu follow these instructions!
Download the following file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qt0i6d2og8ge0sc/BLU_D970l_V11_GENERICK_T8493.zip?dl=0
(Supplied by the amazing 'taalibj01')
If you have not previously installed the MTK drivers (usually installs from the phone when you plug it into the computer) please download and install from here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x8umdofqgw..._Test.rar?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yk08ekq3hf...336.1.rar?dl=0
Also download/extract SP Flash tool from here (latest version): http://androidxda.com/smart-phone-flash-tool
Before you start, when you connect your 'powered off' phone via USB cable whilst holding the up button, your phone should be recognised in 'device manager' as 'MTK COM USB (COM4)' or something similar, under the 'Ports (COM & LPT)' section. If it is not, then you need to install the relevant drivers (above).
Now you are ready to get started.
Turn off your Vivo iv phone and disconnect it from USB.
Unzip the BLU_D970l_V11_GENERICK_T8493.zip file to any location.
Open SP Flash Tool, and click the 'scatter-loading' button.
Navigate to the unzipped BLU_D970l_V11_GENERICK_T8493 firmware folder.
Double click the MT6592_Android_scatter.txt file
SP Flash Tool will then list all of the files it has read form the scatter file and automatically 'tick/check' each of the 'preloader/MBR/EBR1/UBOOT/BOTIMG etc... files.
Most guides will tell you to press the select 'Download' from the drop down menu, but I kept getting an error message, but if you highlight 'Firmware Upgrade' from the drop down box, you should be fine.
Click the 'Download' green button.
Now plug your phone in whilst holding 'volume up' button.
SP Tools should recognise the phone, and the bar along the bottom should turn RED. The phone will disconnect, then recconnect again after a few seconds, and the bar will turn Yellow and it will say 'Formatting', then it will Flash the files to your phone which should take 30 seconds or so.
After it is done, a nice green circle saying DONE will pop up. You can now disconnect your phone, wait a few seconds, then power on using the power button.
All Done!!! KITKAT is now installed on your bricked phone!
Enjoy!

Hello, thanks for making this thread! Not much help out there for this phone. I started following your instructions, and immediately ran into a problem. On the step below...
taalibj01 said:
use mobile uncle from market and update recovery choose recovery.img first item at top of the list the downloaded recovery img must be in base of internal storage do not place in any folders!!!
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...I opened the Mobile Uncle app on my phone, went to update recovery option, and chose the recovery.img from my SD card. The app popped up a message that read...
Mobile Uncle said:
Please Root your Android first!!
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I just got the phone a few days ago, and it had KitKat 4.4.2 already installed from the factory. What do I need to do? Thanks!

Well I solved the problem. I downloaded Kingo Root and it successfully rooted my phone! I ran Mobile Uncle to verify, and it confirmed my root status.
My question now is, should I install the Carliv recovery, and flash bootimgADB.zip? Or, am I good to go now? I have SuperSU v2.02 installed. Thanks!
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So, I went ahead and tried to install the recovery.img using Mobile Uncle. It ran for a second, then a pop-up asked to reboot into recovery mode. I hit ok, but it rebooted into the orange and grey stock android system recovery.
So, I figured I would try to install the bootimgADB.zip from SD card, but it just comes back with installation aborted.
Any thoughts?

TL-10 no OS

Hi guys..hope somebody can help me to get my phone working again..i had lollipop installed and by accident I deleted the internal memory..the only thing what I can is to reboot to recovery twrp..and then on my pc phone shows up..1 cust drive and 1 internal..which is empty..do you have any idea about that? thanks a lot..please help )))

Download the stock rom for your phone model (tl-10) official one, NOT beta version, better directly from Huawei web site.
Extract stock recovery from downloaded file (by using huawei extractor app).
Using ADB commands, flash stock recovery. Then copy stock rom to sdcard and proceede with 3button procedure.
If any of these operations sound new to you, please use "search" button in these forums.

tuddu said:
Download the stock rom for your phone model (tl-10) official one, NOT beta version, better directly from Huawei web site.
Extract stock recovery from downloaded file (by using huawei extractor app).
Using ADB commands, flash stock recovery. Then copy stock rom to sdcard and proceede with 3button procedure.
If any of these operations sound new to you, please use "search" button in these forums.
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I have downloaded from Huawei web site 120sp04 firmware. I extracted recovery, flashed with adb commands. Copied the stock rom to sd card, and i am not able to force my phone to start update. keeps restarting. is the a special trick for this 3 button procedure? phone should be off, but from bootloader i cannot switch of the phone. Is it possible that the phone doesn't recognize my SD Card? please advise.

Please check, there' s a command trough ADB (I think adb reboot) wich reboot phone.
Then, someone, has been forced to keep the SD card NOT inserted into the phone, waited for reboot and then (after huawei logo I think, but I'm not sure; please check) inserted the SD card.
Then proceede with local update (forced method).
As for the 3button method, simply press and keep pressed volume up+volume down + power on button. All togheter.
Then the phone must boot automatically into recovery and start the procedure itself.
It i clear: stock recovery MUST be already installed !!!

tuddu said:
Please check, there' s a command trough ADB (I think adb reboot) wich reboot phone.
Then, someone, has been forced to keep the SD card NOT inserted into the phone, waited for reboot and then (after huawei logo I think, but I'm not sure; please check) inserted the SD card.
Then proceede with local update (forced method).
As for the 3button method, simply press and keep pressed volume up+volume down + power on button. All togheter.
Then the phone must boot automatically into recovery and start the procedure itself.
It i clear: stock recovery MUST be already installed !!!
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The only thing what i can do is, to flash recovery and boot from fastboot.zip( http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-7/help/5-1-to-4-4-2-bootloop-t3132888 ) i guess for L09 version, where i can get to update mode with 3 buttons...all other possibilities are not possible. even if i extract from original firmware recovery and boot images, nothing work..i was going from B125 back to B123 to B128 and B313 when in TWRP i deleted everything. Phone is charging, i can turn it off..OS is missing..is it possible that somebody would make a back up in twrp and i would flash it on my phone? or what version of firmware i should start with? what about sideload? does it help? please advise.

alworth said:
The only thing what i can do is, to flash recovery and boot from fastboot.zip( http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-7/help/5-1-to-4-4-2-bootloop-t3132888 ) i guess for L09 version, where i can get to update mode with 3 buttons...all other possibilities are not possible. even if i extract from original firmware recovery and boot images, nothing work..i was going from B125 back to B123 to B128 and B313 when in TWRP i deleted everything. Phone is charging, i can turn it off..OS is missing..is it possible that somebody would make a back up in twrp and i would flash it on my phone? or what version of firmware i should start with? what about sideload? does it help? please advise.
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Hello!
I have similar problems, but i have the L09.
Check if you can mount system. Or if you can wipe system, because i can't
Good luck!