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Bricked?

Hi guys.
Just after downloading and installing the new update for my Desire S, it now seems to be bricked...
It installed succesfully, rebooted, and it was stuck at the bootscreen.
Then I pulled out the battery, booted again and still stuck at the bootscreen.
I can get into "hboot" (holding volume down+power) but when I select "recovery" in that menu, it shows a red explanation mark.
How can I fix my phone?!
Thanks!

try to reinstall recovery image then go to recovery and flash any backup.
until u can go to bootloader thats good

Adidas108 said:
try to reinstall recovery image then go to recovery and flash any backup.
until u can go to bootloader thats good
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O that's good ^^
But how can I reinstall Recovery now? Via ADB? If so, how do i do thàt

check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312264

Adidas108 said:
check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312264
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thanks i think this is working:
chaelli said:
1. Download this http://www.4shared.com/get/JeuI2H2s/...YIMG-3200.html
2. Rename to PG88IMG.zip and put on sd-card
3. boot with vol-down pressed
4. wait.. press vol-down (yes) to install
5. reboot with vol-down pressed
6. select recovery and press enter.
7. wait
8. use recovery
does that help?
@Adidas108: thanks again! yeah I think for the next months I stay with stock need to relax a bit after this
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Although I don't know how people having this problem can get the PG88IMG.zip on the sd-card, just a tip; I used a sd-card reader.
UPDATE: Yeah, it worked! thank you man!

good for u man
never pull out battery.better use volume up+down+power button to restart phone.
cheers

Glad to hear you sorted it. An I'm glad I stumbled across this because I am guilty of doing numerous battery pulls x x glad I know about this reset technique now. Thanks again guys. Also I would recommend Endymion Rom sense 3.5. No problems as of yeaterday and really smooth. I even have around 250mb free ram most of the time. Happy flashing.
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TWRP asking for password

After unboxing my Nexus 5, here's what I did:
1. Booted into bootloader
2. fastboot oem unlock
3. Flashed TWRP v2.6.3.0
4. Booted to recovery
The screen that greeted me says "Please Enter Your Password".
I can hit the cancel button below this which takes me to the normal TWRP screen. I then pushed SuperSU to /sdcard, but when I flash it it fails because it's unable to mount /cache or storage.
When I reboot to the system, it takes an awfully long time (approximately 30s) to progress past the "Google" screen, and then it just seems to sit on the booting animation forever.
Any help?
EDIT: Solved my own problem.
Hit cancel at the password screen, then go into Wipe and then do a factory reset by swiping. Then go back into Wipe and press the 'Format data' button. You have to type 'Yes', and it will take a few seconds. After that everything should work normally.

You forgot to reboot after OEM unlock
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mattrb said:
You forgot to reboot after OEM unlock
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Ah, that might explain it. So after you do an OEM unlock, you need to reboot back into the bootloader? Or reboot into the system? And then you flash recovery?

Niksko said:
After unboxing my Nexus 5, here's what I did:
1. Booted into bootloader
2. fastboot oem unlock
3. Flashed TWRP v2.6.3.0
4. Booted to recovery
The screen that greeted me says "Please Enter Your Password".
I can hit the cancel button below this which takes me to the normal TWRP screen. I then pushed SuperSU to /sdcard, but when I flash it it fails because it's unable to mount /cache or storage.
When I reboot to the system, it takes an awfully long time (approximately 30s) to progress past the "Google" screen, and then it just seems to sit on the booting animation forever.
Any help?
EDIT: Solved my own problem.
Hit cancel at the password screen, then go into Wipe and then do a factory reset by swiping. Then go back into Wipe and press the 'Format data' button. You have to type 'Yes', and it will take a few seconds. After that everything should work normally.
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Thanks so so much for your informative edit. I had the exact same issue, solved it perfectly for me. Cheers

Haha at least i wasn't the only one to do this! I guess you need to boot up the device after a oem unlock before you try to flash the recovery... who knew haha
Thanks for the solution!

Now, i have a issue, i did this also and i didn't reboot. My phone seems to be stuck in a boot loop. Should i go threw the motions of flashing a ruu to it?

super-6-1 said:
Now, i have a issue, i did this also and i didn't reboot. My phone seems to be stuck in a boot loop. Should i go threw the motions of flashing a ruu to it?
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If you don't have anything on the phone. Just flash the factory image, and everything will be good as new.

joshyth said:
If you don't have anything on the phone. Just flash the factory image, and everything will be good as new.
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awesome doing that now.

mattrb said:
You forgot to reboot after OEM unlock
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Did this after unlocking my new n7 2013. found this solution, worked like a charm! thanks!

I have this error..but i can't wipe "E:Unable to mount storage."

Polv89 said:
I have this error..but i can't wipe "E:Unable to mount storage."
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Same error here. Did you solved it?

Uwe303 said:
Same error here. Did you solved it?
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I have this error..too
"E:Unable to mount storage."
any idea ?
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EDIT : I flashed twrp-2.6.3.4 and then everything was fine

Uwe303 said:
Same error here. Did you solved it?
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Matrix_19 said:
I have this error..too
"E:Unable to mount storage."
any idea ?
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EDIT : I flashed twrp-2.6.3.4 and then everything was fine
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Were you guys flashing or restoring?
I've came across this too, all i did was manually mount/unmount storage as well as system.
But updating recoveries is always best

same prblm
i have the same prblm here on my xperia z but when i do the factory reset by swiping it gave "failed" again ,what can i do !could anyone help me plz!

hssn a said:
i have the same prblm here on my xperia z but when i do the factory reset by swiping it gave "failed" again ,what can i do !could anyone help me plz!
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You should discuss your issue in the Xperia Z sections.

This happened to me, and caused me a real rough time flashing anything. I bought the phone used, and since I've never used the function, I didn't know what was happening. The previous owner encrypted it. Really messed me up. After I realized it, I managed to wipe everything and restore stock 4.4.2.
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Might not be the same issue for you...but it sure sounds similar.
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:cyclops: thx genius !! just trying to ask here because many ppl have the same prblm , and this isnt about "sony"

Matrix_19 said:
I have this error..too
"E:Unable to mount storage."
any idea ?
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EDIT : I flashed twrp-2.6.3.4 and then everything was fine
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Happened to me a few times...I just kept rebooting to recovery until it mounted.

Niksko said:
EDIT: Solved my own problem.
Hit cancel at the password screen, then go into Wipe and then do a factory reset by swiping. Then go back into Wipe and press the 'Format data' button. You have to type 'Yes', and it will take a few seconds. After that everything should work normally.
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Many thanks from me too!
I've got the described problem by attempting to install a KK ROM on my Xoom. After the TWRP update I also got this "Enter password" dialogue.
Your solution helped very much.

I had the same problem. all you need to do is to set your screen lock to none.(go to settings, security, screen lock, and then select none)

[Q] Attempted CM11 Upgrade Gone Wrong

So I've installed/changed ROMs numerous times but must have slipped up this time.
Attempted to use TWRP to install CM ROM; got an error (can't recall exactly). Used TWRP option to reboot and now I'm stuck in an endless Asus logo loop.
I can get to the 3 icon screen (RCK - Android - Wipe Data).
What are my options at this point?

vexille said:
So I've installed/changed ROMs numerous times but must have slipped up this time.
Attempted to use TWRP to install CM ROM; got an error (can't recall exactly). Used TWRP option to reboot and now I'm stuck in an endless Asus logo loop.
I can get to the 3 icon screen (RCK - Android - Wipe Data).
What are my options at this point?
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Did you upgrade your recovery to a cm11 compatible one first like it says to in the cm11 thread? Either flash your old Rom back or upgrade your recovery to CWM 6.0.4.6+ or TWRP 2.6.3.2.

sbdags said:
Did you upgrade your recovery to a cm11 compatible one first like it says to in the cm11 thread? Either flash your old Rom back or upgrade your recovery to CWM 6.0.4.6+ or TWRP 2.6.3.2.
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I used Clockwork Recovery Manager to update so I thought I did but not sure at this point.
Is there a way to get back into TWRP? Only thing I can seem to get to is the 3 icon menu.

vexille said:
I used Clockwork Recovery Manager to update so I thought I did but not sure at this point.
Is there a way to get back into TWRP? Only thing I can seem to get to is the 3 icon menu.
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Hey if you would like a 4.4 compatable recovery that very easy to install, Head over here http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=3750 and snag the zip file it is flashable from your current recovery... Just flash it with not data wipe and reboot into rom than back into your
new recovery.... Let me know if you need any help along the way... Thx lj

lj50036 said:
Hey if you would like a 4.4 compatable recovery that very easy to install, Head over here http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=3750 and snag the zip file it is flashable from your current recovery... Just flash it with not data wipe and reboot into rom than back into your
new recovery.... Let me know if you need any help along the way... Thx lj
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By "current recovery" do you mean the RCK option I can get to now?

vexille said:
By "current recovery" do you mean the RCK option I can get to now?
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Yep the RCK option is your recovery... Like twrp or cwm

lj50036 said:
Yep the RCK option is your recovery... Like twrp or cwm
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Thanks!
So just place the file into the root of the micro card or doe sit have to go onto the internal disk?

vexille said:
Thanks!
So just place the file into the root of the micro card or doe sit have to go onto the internal disk?
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Yes on your extsdcard will be just fine...

lj50036 said:
Yes on your extsdcard will be just fine...
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Well I think I'm hosed..
The tablet drained down to 0% overnight (due to the boot loop). I downloaded your file and transferred it to the microSD card and then plugged in the tablet to charge.
Now when I try to start it up I can't get back to the 3 icon screen just the Asus logo and "The device is unlocked" in the upper corner.

vexille said:
Well I think I'm hosed..
The tablet drained down to 0% overnight (due to the boot loop). I downloaded your file and transferred it to the microSD card and then plugged in the tablet to charge.
Now when I try to start it up I can't get back to the 3 icon screen just the Asus logo and "The device is unlocked" in the upper corner.
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Well it sounds like to me you have more issue than just trying to install a recovery.... The more info you can give me the better chance we can
get you back up and running... Thx lj....

Did you hold down power and volume down while you rebooting? Try this. You wil get the 3 icons
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lj50036 said:
Well it sounds like to me you have more issue than just trying to install a recovery.... The more info you can give me the better chance we can
get you back up and running... Thx lj....
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What else do you need? I've tried every key combination to restart and always end up at the same screen

sbdags said:
Did you upgrade your recovery to a cm11 compatible one first like it says to in the cm11 thread? Either flash your old Rom back or upgrade your recovery to CWM 6.0.4.6+ or TWRP 2.6.3.2.
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Are you holding the buttons long enough?
Hold Power and Volume Down until the tab
vibrates twice. Let go when tiny script appears
vexille said:
What else do you need? I've tried every key combination to restart and always end up at the same screen
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berndblb said:
Are you holding the buttons long enough?
Hold Power and Volume Down until the tab
vibrates twice. Let go when tiny script appears
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yep. only thing I see if the "Device is unlocked" micetype then the Asus logo.

vexille said:
What else do you need? I've tried every key combination to restart and always end up at the same screen
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Bootloader verison??
Last Rom installed??
Last recovery installed??
What OS is your PC??
How did you unlock your tablet??
Can you use fastboot??
Can you use adb??
Can you pull a logcat of the stuck boot??
That would be a start.... Thx lj

lj50036 said:
Bootloader verison??
Last Rom installed??
Last recovery installed??
What OS is your PC??
How did you unlock your tablet??
Can you use fastboot??
Can you use adb??
Can you pull a logcat of the stuck boot??
That would be a start.... Thx lj
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I rooted/unlocked the device more than a year ago; didn't right any of that down so no idea.
Last ROM I was using was a CM build.
Never used fastboot or adb (AFAIK) so no idea if I can; never pulled a logcat - is there a process for that somewhere to follow?

UPDATE - it appears I can get into APX mode - PC doesn't find the drivers so that's my next step. Once done what are my options?
No luck on TF700 APX drivers. Windows sees it as "Unknown Device". Found 1 thread on Google that referenced TF700 APX drivers but the file it links to is gone.

HELP Restoring phone after bricked

Yesterday my phone died for no reason, and i've been trying everything i can to restore it...
What heleped me a little was the QFIL software, and downloading with it the Color OS.... the problem is that i can't access the fastboot, and the recovery boot only lets me wipe cache and data...
anyone knows how to acces the fast boot??? or is there a way to install CM12 and TWRP with QFIL??
I really need to preserve some data already in the phone, so i havent risked the chance to wipe everything...

xchikyx said:
Yesterday my phone died for no reason, and i've been trying everything i can to restore it...
What heleped me a little was the QFIL software, and downloading with it the Color OS.... the problem is that i can't access the fastboot, and the recovery boot only lets me wipe cache and data...
anyone knows how to acces the fast boot??? or is there a way to install CM12 and TWRP with QFIL??
I really need to preserve some data already in the phone, so i havent risked the chance to wipe everything...
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If you're able to boot into recovery,why not in fastboot(vol+ + power)? That's strange.Also it is really a matter of doubt that you'll be able to save your data if you're not able to boot into fastboot mode.
Did you tried to flash another twrp recovery with Twrp?

Mr.Ak said:
If you're able to boot into recovery,why not in fastboot(vol+ + power)? That's strange.Also it is really a matter of doubt that you'll be able to save your data if you're not able to boot into fastboot mode.
Did you tried to flash another twrp recovery with Twrp?
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i installed a mix of color OS + CM13 and getting into recovery and then advanced lets me reboot into fastboot, which is good... i installed TWRP, but the section with the "slide to confirm" in my phone is damaged (screen not working there) so.... i need to see how to flash everything via fastboot that it's what's been working for me...
any help witht his? tutorials everywhere list only how to install TWRPand then installing OS from there, which is impossible for my device

xchikyx said:
i installed a mix of color OS + CM13 and getting into recovery and then advanced lets me reboot into fastboot, which is good... i installed TWRP, but the section with the "slide to confirm" in my phone is damaged (screen not working there) so.... i need to see how to flash everything via fastboot that it's what's been working for me...
any help witht his? tutorials everywhere list only how to install TWRPand then installing OS from there, which is impossible for my device
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-return-opo-to-100-stock-t2826541
If you want to save your internal,dont do the "userdata" command.

Mr.Ak said:
If you're able to boot into recovery,why not in fastboot(vol+ + power)? That's strange.Also it is really a matter of doubt that you'll be able to save your data if you're not able to boot into fastboot mode.
Did you tried to flash another twrp recovery with Twrp?
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Mr.Ak said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-return-opo-to-100-stock-t2826541
If you want to save your internal,dont do the "userdata" command.
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thank you very much... i'lll try and comment the results

I'm getting this error in the fastboot while trying to flash system
FAILED: (remote: data too large)

xchikyx said:
I'm getting this error in the fastboot while trying to flash system
FAILED: (remote: data too large)
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Are you using original USB cable? Try it a few more times by rebooting into fastboot mode again.

Mr.Ak said:
Are you using original USB cable? Try it a few more times by rebooting into fastboot mode again.
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yes, i am using original cable...
and it keeps showing the data too large
UPDATE:
I installed this https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790 and seems to be working

xchikyx said:
yes, i am using original cable...
and it keeps showing the data too large
UPDATE:
I installed this https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790 and seems to be working
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I'm glad it worked.
But I didn't thought that It was a driver issue as you were able to do other commands just fine but anyways the good thing is ,it worked.:fingers-crossed:

Mr.Ak said:
I'm glad it worked.
But I didn't thought that It was a driver issue as you were able to do other commands just fine but anyways the good thing is ,it worked.:fingers-crossed:
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yeah, now i need to find a way to install the Gapps... i need a) another recovery that doesnt use the bottom part of the screen (so, no TWRP) ; b) gapps in a IMG file
any idea?

xchikyx said:
yeah, now i need to find a way to install the Gapps... i need a) another recovery that doesnt use the bottom part of the screen (so, no TWRP) ; b) gapps in a IMG file
any idea?
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Cos13.1.x already has Gapps mate.Btw,im wondering how you use bacon with broken touch? Screen mirroring to PC?
Just FYI,lcd+digitizer replacement doesn't cost much and even you can replace it at home.I did myself a few months ago.

Mr.Ak said:
Cos13.1.x already has Gapps mate.Btw,im wondering how you use bacon with broken touch? Screen mirroring to PC?
Just FYI,lcd+digitizer replacement doesn't cost much and even you can replace it at home.I did myself a few months ago.
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its not all the screen, just the bottom inch....
and i use it rotating it 180º, which had worked fine for over half a year now... i bought and replaced a screen once, but it only lasted 11 days...
anyway... if cos13.1.x has gapps, why does it stays in the boot logo forever? :/

xchikyx said:
its not all the screen, just the bottom inch....
and i use it rotating it 180º, which had worked fine for over half a year now... i bought and replaced a screen once, but it only lasted 11 days...
anyway... if cos13.1.x has gapps, why does it stays in the boot logo forever? :/
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You mean it didn't booted? FYI,Gapps has nothing to do with rom booting,they are optional.
First boot can usually take 20-30 mins.

Mr.Ak said:
You mean it didn't booted? FYI,Gapps has nothing to do with rom booting,they are optional.
First boot can usually take 20-30 mins.
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oh, so it takes longer than what i let it... i'lltry again

What QFIL software did you use? Similar thing happened to mine
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clevebb said:
What QFIL software did you use? Similar thing happened to mine
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QFIL 1.0.0.2
It worked fine letting me enter fast boot...,
however i havent been able to make the phone work again... it doesnt pass the boot logo

I have oneplus one 64gb but when I was trying to reset my phone it went into brick state. now with the help of my friend I installed a new rom in it but now it is showing 16gb memory. please guide in this regard

Gakhar123 said:
I have oneplus one 64gb but when I was trying to reset my phone it went into brick state. now with the help of my friend I installed a new rom in it but now it is showing 16gb memory. please guide in this regard
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pretty sure he installed the userdata_16g instead of userdata_64g
and i'm not even an expert hahaha
can you tell me which OS he installed and how? i really want to recover my phone

question about particular stock firmware ?

so i went to this website:
https://romfirmware.com/2017/07/28/huawei-honor-6x-bln-l24/
and it has some different firmware things for the honor 6x BLN L24 model.. and one of them is a point version variant that says can be flashed through twrp?
will this work should i trust this?
edit// on the site it says the version for it is BLN-L24C567B360 however mine is BLN-L24C567B366 (5.0.1 EMUI..i think B360 is EMUI 5.0?)

Rommco05 said:
You have a newer firmware on your phone. Yes point version can be flash over twrp in some situations, same like over dload
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can you explain what dload is to me? this phon is my first phone ive had that i could really do something with in the rooting community.. my other one was a galaxy grand prime with no rom support or any img files and it got bricked cause i of course had to screw with the build.prop file XD

Rommco05 said:
You must turn off the phone before installing. You need to turn it on with holding all 3 buttons ... vol + + down + power button, after that will start installation
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okay... so after i extract the particular recovery image i need.. i reboot to the fastboot menu, use adb to flash over the img, like i did with twrp... and reboot into the stock recovery menu?

Rommco05 said:
Basically yes. What you need to do after?
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put the update.app file in a folder on my sd card called dload. and update from sd card?
also i got two files.. recovery.img and recovery2.img... which do i use ?

okay so i read on a thread for the honor 7 having two recovery images... one being the stupid erecovery crap and the other being normal recovery menu? and i guess im able to get both regular and twrp running together on two different partitions somehow?

Rommco05 said:
You can not have two recovery on your phone. For you, only recovery.img is important. Why do you need to replace twrp for stock recovery?
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i ****ed up my phone... the good backups i had with twrp got ****ed up and are some messed up rooted version running a stock rom where the sound doesnt work at all, speakers headphone, blue tooth calls, apps, etc and camera doesnt work (front and back and camera app doesnt run) and i cant watch any videos on any app.. so i was going to restore the stock firmware

i still use adb reboot recovery to boot into the regular recovery menu ? (not erecov)

alright.. im stuck again.. i rebooted to recovery and it gave me 3 options. reboot, wipe data/factory reset, and wipe cache partition... what do i do to install the firmware??

see its almsot 4 am for me right now.. if you could just talk me through this i would be okay..

never mindd i looked at your previous reply

and i believe its stuck at 5%

alright well it just rebooted and it didnt restore the stock firmware..i still have all my apps and **** and nothing has changed

do i have to factory reset it now? or..

xSpartacusx said:
do i have to factory reset it now? or..
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If all working then dont go for factory reset. let it be like this.

shashank1320 said:
If all working then dont go for factory reset. let it be like this.
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nothings working still . camera, sound videos, etc.. still broken.. phone still rooted.. i followed this other ugie i saw on here where you wipe all partitions and things and then do the file from dload and things, and it still stuck at 5%?

heres another question.. when i went through the firmware finder i got 3 files.. update.zip, update_data_full_public.zip, and update_full_BLN-L24_hw_usa.zip they all contain a update.app file... am i using the right one? im using the one from update.zip

now it appears to be stuck at the boot animation screen.. fml
//edt: standby... i actually havent finished the guide..

yup.. i dun ****ed up.... i cant use adb to reboot to recovery.. say null device not found..
i can go into fastboot by doing power and vol down... if i do vol up and power to try to get into recovery/twrp/whatever, it does nothing and does the normal booting process.. holding all three down just does the automatic sd card install thing that doesnt work... what do i do? i think i ****ed it up

well as far as i can tell my phone is bricked cant boot into recovery via key presses or adb.. i get device not found on adb..
fastboot works and i can flash still but i cant get into twrp or anythin i dont know why..
if i let it boot it just stays at the bootloading animation..
am i able to do factory reset from fastboot?
//edit: i did fastboot erase userdata accoring to some websites online.. no success in booting... is there anything i can do at this point?

Rommco05 said:
Disconnect the phone from the usb and switch off. Turn on and hold the power button + vol up when you see the Honor logo release power button but still hold the vol. Now you should be in recovery, perform factory reset
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thank you so much for that little tip i thought i ****ed something up that was preventing it from going into recovery..
omg thank you so much it booted to the set up menu... thank you... ill report back with the status of camera and sounds and things