Problem: After installing CWM, the phone won't boot fully. It goes to the HTC screen (with some new red text about this being a development-only build) and then reboots to the same screen over and over.
What I've done based on what I've read here:
Cleared the caches in fastboot and rebooted.
Run the unlock token script again.
Installed TWRP, wiped everything.
Attempted to flash CM9 through TWRP (fails).
Attempted to install Scott's Roms 1.85 ROM throught TWRP (failed).
Reinstalled CWM to try to flash Scott's 1.85, but CWM will not go into recovery mode (just goes to the HTC screen and starts boot loop again).
Attempted to install CM9 and Scott's 1.85 through flashboot, no luck because of missing text files (am I using the wrong package?).
Factory reset just takes me to TWRP, and when I try to factory reset from there it goes back into bootloop.
What does work:
I can get to Fastboot on phone.
With TWRP installed, I can into TWRP recovery.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
Thanks.
makanai said:
Problem: After installing CWM, the phone won't boot fully. It goes to the HTC screen (with some new red text about this being a development-only build) and then reboots to the same screen over and over.
What I've done based on what I've read here:
Cleared the caches in fastboot and rebooted.
Run the unlock token script again.
Installed TWRP, wiped everything.
Attempted to flash CM9 through TWRP (fails).
Attempted to install Scott's Roms 1.85 ROM throught TWRP (failed).
Reinstalled CWM to try to flash Scott's 1.85, but CWM will not go into recovery mode (just goes to the HTC screen and starts boot loop again).
Attempted to install CM9 and Scott's 1.85 through flashboot, no luck because of missing text files (am I using the wrong package?).
Factory reset just takes me to TWRP, and when I try to factory reset from there it goes back into bootloop.
What does work:
I can get to Fastboot on phone.
With TWRP installed, I can into TWRP recovery.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
Thanks.
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Uhhhhh...try to relock your bootloader (fastboot oem lock) and run an RUU. You'll go back to stock. Then follow these steps:
1. Re-unlock your bootloader using the same unlock token you used before
2. Flash TWRP from fastboot (or a one-click)
3. Reboot into TWRP
4. Mount storage and put whatever rom you want into whatever folder you want on the sdcard (CM9 Alpha 5, CleanROM, AOKP M6.2, etc etc)
5. Factory Reset
6. Flash the rom and anything that needs to go with the rom (like Gapps if you're flashing CM9 or AOKP)
7. Reboot and enjoy, be sure to update your SU binaries immediately after booting by opening up the SuperUser app
Also, do not use CWM, our device is not officially supported by the CWM team. Only TWRP is an officially supported recovery for our HOX.
stnguyen09 said:
Uhhhhh...try to relock your bootloader (fastboot oem lock) and run an RUU. You'll go back to stock. Then follow these steps:
1. Re-unlock your bootloader using the same unlock token you used before
2. Flash TWRP from fastboot (or a one-click)
3. Reboot into TWRP
4. Mount storage and put whatever rom you want into whatever folder you want on the sdcard (CM9 Alpha 5, CleanROM, AOKP M6.2, etc etc)
5. Factory Reset
6. Flash the rom and anything that needs to go with the rom (like Gapps if you're flashing CM9 or AOKP)
7. Reboot and enjoy, be sure to update your SU binaries immediately after booting by opening up the SuperUser app
Also, do not use CWM, our device is not officially supported by the CWM team. Only TWRP is an officially supported recovery for our HOX.
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Worked. I had to leave town for a week as I was reading your reply stnguyen, so I didn't get a chance to try it until I got home tonight. I'm up and running again. Thanks a ton!
Hey,
I have a problem with my Honor 6x.
Yesterday I wanted to flash a custom rom on my phone (LineageOS). First I flashed the twrp recovery on it, after that B rooted the device. No problem yet.
After the rooting I wiped dalvik/cache, cache, data and system. Then I installed Lineage OS and GApps.
When it was ready I rebooted the device. It booted, but the boot animation didn't stop for a long time, so i decided to do it again.
I wiped the partitions (system too) and after that nothing worked at all! No boot animation.
The device is freezing when the "your device is unlocked" trys to boot a system.
I tried the dload methode mutiple times, sometimes it worked but it didn't boot and sometimes it failed while installing.
E-recovery doesn't either. It can find the package info or something like this.
Please Help me, Lukas.
lukasedeeeer said:
Hey,
I have a problem with my Honor 6x.
Yesterday I wanted to flash a custom rom on my phone (LineageOS). First I flashed the twrp recovery on it, after that B rooted the device. No problem yet.
After the rooting I wiped dalvik/cache, cache, data and system. Then I installed Lineage OS and GApps.
When it was ready I rebooted the device. It booted, but the boot animation didn't stop for a long time, so i decided to do it again.
I wiped the partitions (system too) and after that nothing worked at all! No boot animation.
The device is freezing when the "your device is unlocked" trys to boot a system.
I tried the dload methode mutiple times, sometimes it worked but it didn't boot and sometimes it failed while installing.
E-recovery doesn't either. It can find the package info or something like this.
Please Help me, Lukas.
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did u have access to twrp?
Ramesh006 said:
did u have access to twrp?
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Yes I have.
lukasedeeeer said:
Hey,
I have a problem with my Honor 6x.
Yesterday I wanted to flash a custom rom on my phone (LineageOS). First I flashed the twrp recovery on it, after that B rooted the device. No problem yet.
After the rooting I wiped dalvik/cache, cache, data and system. Then I installed Lineage OS and GApps.
When it was ready I rebooted the device. It booted, but the boot animation didn't stop for a long time, so i decided to do it again.
I wiped the partitions (system too) and after that nothing worked at all! No boot animation.
The device is freezing when the "your device is unlocked" trys to boot a system.
I tried the dload methode mutiple times, sometimes it worked but it didn't boot and sometimes it failed while installing.
E-recovery doesn't either. It can find the package info or something like this.
Please Help me, Lukas.
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download full package and use this method https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-9/development/tool-flash-official-firmware-recovery-t3769279
How I solved it!
Yesterday figured out myself what I had to do.
If someone have this situation as well, here is what I did:
1. go into fastbootmode (volume down + power)
2. flash twrp (fastboot flash recovery **path on your pc**.img)
3. reboot in twrp (volume up and down + power or volume up + power)
4. download the update.zip (dload method) for your device* and the "Huawei Extractor" on your pc.*
5. open the update.zip in the Huawei Extractor and extract following images (.img): boot, system, vendor
6. put the image files on your sd-card
7. repair the dalvik/cache, cache, internal storage partition and change the filesystem to ext4
8. wipe the same partitions
9. go to install and install the images in twrp (select the image > choose the right partition (boot.img=boot))
10. after you installed the images you can install your custom rom and gapps
11. restart your phone and it should work!
US BLN-L24 on straight talk here. I've spent months trying to figure out a painless way to get this thing upgraded, rooted, and rom'd but 100 different threads explain 100 different processes and none of them are particularly easy to follow. Surely someone has taken the time to write up an updated, easy to follow guide for this specific model of 6x? Does this still require debranding?
Model number = BLN-L24
EMUI Version = 5.0.4
Build Number = BLN-L24C567B377
Android version = 7.0
Thanks.
johnnyrichter said:
US BLN-L24 on straight talk here. I've spent months trying to figure out a painless way to get this thing upgraded, rooted, and rom'd but 100 different threads explain 100 different processes and none of them are particularly easy to follow. Surely someone has taken the time to write up an updated, easy to follow guide for this specific model of 6x? Does this still require debranding?
Model number = BLN-L24
EMUI Version = 5.0.4
Build Number = BLN-L24C567B377
Android version = 7.0
Thanks.
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There is. But yeah I agree. Anyway to debrand and update to EMUI 8 you need to follow a few steps.
You need an Unlocked Bootloader. If yours isn't unlocked, unlock it via Ministry of Solutions or DC Phoenix. Both are paid.
You need an SD card with at least 8 GB size.
First of all download Firmware Finder from Play Store. Search for model BLN-AL20 and download the 8.0.0.536 Full-OTA. Download the following three archives:
Update.zip
Update_data_full_public.zip
And the last one should be the one with BLN-AL20 in the name.
After you download the three files, go ahead and search for HWOTA for Honor 6X on XDA and download it. Extract it to /C. Once extracted, rename the files you downloaded before to:
Update.zip -> Don't rename
Update_data_full_public.zip -> update_data_public.zil
And the last file to -> update_all_hw.zip
Transfer the three files to update folder inside HWOTA 7. Now, you need an unlocked Bootloader. Now boot phone into Fastboot and connect phone to PC. And now run update.bat once it asks you to boot into TWRP unplug your phone. Now hold power button. When it boots up and you see three options menu, hold volume up to enter into TWRP. once in TWRP reconnect USB cable. Now press Enter twice. Wait patiently. Once it finishes, reboot phone and when you see three options menu, again hold volume up to boot into eRecovery. Perform a Factory reset. Once that complete, Format Cache and reboot. First boot will take several minutes. On first boot it will be an incomplete flash. You won't have any signal. To fix that, download Hurupdater. Search for it. Once it's download transfer it and the same three files you used before to your SD card inside the same folder. Next download TWRP from link:
https://mega.nz/#!a81EDZAR!2-9yPFh3reghkGcfSl3nRIJhHGkP8fqDsgUG66ewjkk
Once TWRP is downloaded, again reboot to Bootloader and flash TWRP by command:
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk RECOVERY-V2.img
Then reboot with fastboot reboot.
Once phone reboots, power it off. Next turn on by holding Power and Volume Up simultaneously till you boot into TWRP. Once in TWRP head over to
Wipe -> Format Data -> YES -> hit Enter
Once that finishes, press back twice. Now:
Advanced Wipe -> Mark Dalvik/ART Cache, Cache, Data, Internal and System. Swipe to Wipe.
Once wipe finishes head over to install, select SD card and navigate to folder with the Hurupdater files. Select only Hurupdater to flash. Press Volume Down when prompted. It will take at least 10 mins. So be patient. Once it finishes, Wipe Cache/Dalvik. After that, Reboot System Now. When it's booting and you see these options menu again hold into eRecovery and wipe Data/Factory Reset. Once that finishes again Format Cache and then Reboot System Now.
First boot will take at least 10 minutes. So be patient and don't panic. When your phone first boots you won't have any signal. Finish setup. Then turn off phone. Plug USB into computer and the other end into phone while holding Volume Down when it's powered off. Once you boot into Bootloader reflash TWRP as you did before. Next flash latest Magisk. Install Magisk Manager and ES File Explorer and Grant SU rights of ES File Explorer. Then using root Explorer navigate to
/cust/all/cn/prop/local.prop
And edit the line
ro.config.full_network_support=true
Change true to false. Save and reboot. Now you have Network. If this works then I'll help you flash a Custom ROM.
I saved my PID and unlock code from last year when I first tried to unlock/root/rom the phone, so no need to pay for bootloader unlock.
I just unlocked my bootloader and it factory reset my phone, now waiting for phone to boot so I can go to play store and continue with your instructions. Will report back soon, hopefully. I made sure all my photos and contacts were saved to external SD before unlock so no data lost.
Edit1: Downloaded/installed firmware finder, retrieving those 3 files now, then will move them to pc. Getting hwota extracted to C:\ right now.
Got stuck near the end of your guide;
Code:
C:\Users\John>fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk RECOVERY-V2.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery_ramdisk' (9100 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.222s]
writing 'recovery_ramdisk'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.232s
I put the recovery-v2.img file in C:\users\john\ directory, assuming it needed to be there since that's my working directory in cmd prompt when I submit that command.
I figured I would have to unlock bootloader again since it relocked from earlier, so I did that and went back to fastboot and ran fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk RECOVERY-V2.img again. Now I get this error,
Code:
c:\Users\John>fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk RECOVERY-V2.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery_ramdisk' (9100 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.221s]
writing 'recovery_ramdisk'...
FAILED (remote: partition length get error)
finished. total time: 0.231s
Not sure what to do now?
Rebooted to recovery and had TWRP, noticed the update.bat window was still up waiting for me to hit enter once booted in to TWRP so I tried that. Flashed the three files I saved earlier, rebooted, now doing update install so it looks like I'm back on track and not finished yet.
Edit1: Performed factory reset, then wiped cache and rebooted. Phone is now booting. At this point it *Should* boot normally, no signal, then I can reboot to fastboot and continue with flashing twrp and last few steps.
Edit2: fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk RECOVERY-V2.img appears to have worked after booting in to fastboot. Then ran fastboot reboot, booting now.
Edit3: On this part my phone appears to be stuck on chinese language?
First boot will take at least 10 minutes. So be patient and don't panic. When your phone first boots you won't have any signal. Finish setup. Then turn off phone.
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I'm trying to figure out how to get it to english so i can finish setup, shut down, get in tyo fastboot, flash twrp again, then boot in to that to flash magisk. Also do I get magisk manager and es file explorer in play store?
Edit4: Got it to english, finished setup, shut down, fastboot, reflashed twrp, reboot, shut down, enter twrp with volume up + power, sd card not showing up on computer to copy latest magisk so had to reboot system and put that file on sd(showing BLN-AL20 and EMUI 8!!!), shut down, enter twrp again, flashed latest magisk, rebooted to EMUI8, launched Magisk Manager(already present) and it downloaded/installed update and Magisk now shows latest version installed. Installed ES File Explorer from xda labs page via hisuite, shows installed but when launching it just goes to white screen so currently trying to figure that out so I can edit that file and restore cell service.
Edit5: Removed ES File Explorer since it's not working and went with MiXplorer, edited that file and saved, rebooted, now have service. Now ready for new rom!
Now that phone is unlocked, rooted, and on EMUI8 how do I go about flashing one of the official openkirin roms at https://openkirin.net/download/? Which one is most stable for daily use?
Edit: Also no google apps, so I'm very limited in using my phone until I can get one of the OpenKirin roms installed.
johnnyrichter said:
Now that phone is unlocked, rooted, and on EMUI8 how do I go about flashing one of the official openkirin roms at https://openkirin.net/download/? Which one is most stable for daily use?
Edit: Also no google apps, so I'm very limited in using my phone until I can get one of the OpenKirin roms installed.
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I used RROS and it was pretty stable with no major bugs. 99% daily driver. But you can see ignorable force closes here and there.
It's simple to flash all OpenKirin Roms. Just download the desired one, put it into your adb folder, boot your phone to bootloader/fastboot, type command:
fastboot flash system (filename).img
Regarding GAPPS if you're on Stock Chinese Oreo B536, just download the playstore apk from apkpure or any other source and install. It will work and you can then disable AppGallery.
OpenKirin Roms have everything included, Gapps too.
Edit: https://openkirin.net/user_guide/openkirin-rom-installation-instructions/
The detailed guide to flashing OpenKirin roms.
Went with LineageOS since I've always loved their roms, figured I'd try that one first. At step 15 I choose wipe data/factory reset, it reboots, I don't touch anything, and it loads to the black/red TWRP. It did this twice so the second time I did factory reset from TWRP and reboot system.
It then went to LOS boot, then "to start android, enter password" screen. Looked around on google, some people said clearing cache fixed that, rebooted to stock recovery, said data partition corrupted, factory reset again, rebooted, again went to that TWRP for some reason, factory reset in there, wipe dalvik/art and cache, reboot system, LOS boot logo, phone said it was encrypting, rebooted, LOS boot logo, encryption unsuccessful screen and option to reset phone, keep clicking RESET PHONE button and nothing happens. Was able to do a power button restart since LOS is partially working, same encryption unsuccessful screen with non-working RESET PHONE button.
How do I fix this? I think the problem is factory reset in factory recovery is not working, because when it reboots to start factory reset it instead loads to TWRP and factory reset never happens. Can't use phone at all at the moment.
Trying RROS next to see if that helps, but I did notice FRP UNLOCK wasn't on fastboot screen...not sure why? Maybe that is my problem? Bootloader is unlocked.
Edit: Flashed RROS, tried a factory reset from erecovery, rebooted in to twrp again. Tried to factory reset there and reboot, RROS loading screen, encrypting again, reboot, I'm now in rom setup wizard so maybe it's working now? Not sure if I'm still rooted, though or why fastboot stopped saying FRP unlock.
johnnyrichter said:
Trying RROS next to see if that helps, but I did notice FRP UNLOCK wasn't on fastboot screen...not sure why? Maybe that is my problem? Bootloader is unlocked.
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No frp on chinese oreo due to partial Gapps presence/support. That's not an issue.
Now the Wipe Data option.
Wiping data through TWRP decrypts data partition and wiping with stock one encrypts it. OS works with encrypted one. So after installing any OpenKirin Rom, do factory reset with stock recovery right after flashing the rom.
Now follow the instructions of flashing rom, after that flash and go to stock recovery, wipe/factory reset. Restart and it should work
goldenevil47 said:
No frp on chinese oreo due to partial Gapps presence/support. That's not an issue.
Now the Wipe Data option.
Wiping data through TWRP decrypts data partition and wiping with stock one encrypts it. OS works with encrypted one. So after installing any OpenKirin Rom, do factory reset with stock recovery right after flashing the rom.
Now follow the instructions of flashing rom, after that flash and go to stock recovery, wipe/factory reset. Restart and it should work
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That's the part that is broken for me, stock recovery factory reset. I click the button, type yes and hit the button, phone reboots but instead of booting to the factory reset process it reboots to twrp each time.
Right now I'm officially loaded in to RROS I'm assuming, but not sure if I should expect any issues since I never did do a factory reset from what I've seen so far.
johnnyrichter said:
That's the part that is broken for me, stock recovery factory reset. I click the button, type yes and hit the button, phone reboots but instead of booting to the factory reset process it reboots to twrp each time.
Right now I'm officially loaded in to RROS I'm assuming, but not sure if I should expect any issues since I never did do a factory reset from what I've seen so far.
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I am SO sorry. I wrote the guide and went to sleep. Glad to know everything worked for you. Here Is the stock Recovery. Flash it in the same way you flashed TWRP. And then factory reset. I was writing instructions but look like someone beat me to them. Again, Sorry.
https://mega.nz/#!xiR2TYAB!kmt60JDRh4_7u37W56CEJZUuhcZvv6AefJiuadF1e9s
And if you want a Pie ROM just ask. I know a really good and stable one. I will help with that.
Right now everything seems to be working fine, RROS is working with no issues so far, getting all my apps/settings back in place. Unfortunately I can only add my work exchange email account(office365) to gmail on this rom, can't do exchange in the android e-mail app which sucks.
I know TWRP is still there on the "ramdisk" hiding, but I've done several shutdowns and restarts and it hasn't come back up so I think I'll leave it be. If it becomes a problem I can always flash the stock recovery again.
johnnyrichter said:
Right now everything seems to be working fine, RROS is working with no issues so far, getting all my apps/settings back in place. Unfortunately I can only add my work exchange email account(office365) to gmail on this rom, can't do exchange in the android e-mail app which sucks.
I know TWRP is still there on the "ramdisk" hiding, but I've done several shutdowns and restarts and it hasn't come back up so I think I'll leave it be. If it becomes a problem I can always flash the stock recovery again.
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Again. I am SO SORRY. I shouldn't have been this careless. But if you want to be sure, just boot into fastboot, flash stock Recovery, reboot. Again boot to fastboot, flash ROM like you did before, this time boot into Stock Recovery and Factory Reset. Reboot and profit. And if you want Root, then flash TWRP like you did before, followed by latest Magisk.
Mannan Qamar said:
Again. I am SO SORRY. I shouldn't have been this careless. But if you want to be sure, just boot into fastboot, flash stock Recovery, reboot. Again boot to fastboot, flash ROM like you did before, this time boot into Stock Recovery and Factory Reset. Reboot and profit. And if you want Root, then flash TWRP like you did before, followed by latest Magisk.
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No problem at all, worst case scenario I would have just gone back to stock firmware since I still have the files from last year when I tried rooting/romming and failed.
Everything seems to be working great though. RROS is real smooth and very customizable which I like. Just can't seem to figure out how to get the stock email app to allow exchange account, and how to customize the notification light.
Magisk Manager was present when I first loaded in to RROS, upon opening it did its updates/installs. Just ran a root checker and phone is rooted...so somehow it maintained root from when I did the EMUI 8 install. Should I have busybox installed? Will xposed work for me?
Thanks to the both of you for all the help. I'm so happy to finally have a good ROM on my 6x. :good:
Phone is all configured and running great, sorted out the fb messenger light issue, busybox running.
Is xposed compatible with this version of android yet? And if I wanted to try one of the other OpenKirin roms, what is involved in switching? Just flash the other rom and perform a stock recovery wipe/reset, or do I need to wipe data before flashing new rom?
johnnyrichter said:
Phone is all configured and running great, sorted out the fb messenger light issue, busybox running.
Is xposed compatible with this version of android yet? And if I wanted to try one of the other OpenKirin roms, what is involved in switching? Just flash the other rom and perform a stock recovery wipe/reset, or do I need to wipe data before flashing new rom?
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No. No Xposed. And to switch ROMs, flash the new one via fastboot followed by a factory reset in stock recovery and you're Golden
Mannan Qamar said:
No. No Xposed. And to switch ROMs, flash the new one via fastboot followed by a factory reset in stock recovery and you're Golden
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Awesome. I might give LOS a try tonight, depends on how attached I am to RROS by then. I've been playing with my phone all day at the office tweaking and change stuff in RROS getting everything working just the way I like it. I'm so thrilled to have the phone rooted/rom'd!
Thank you again for all your help!
I want to revert back too. Will report.
soweic said:
I want to revert back too. Will report.
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What do you mean?
Can anyone tell me what is the reason for the failure to flash the third-party ROM? The phone has been unlocked, and the twrp that was swiped is twrp-3.3.1-24-I01WD-Q-mauronofrio.img. The method I swiped in is to double-clear and then select the rom to flash in. The flash is successful but the system cannot be restarted Boot, can only be stuck in fastboot, seek solutions
There are a couple of similar threads from people with similar problems. Have a look and see if you can solve your issue. If not, feel free to ask again and provide more detailed information about what you did and what did not work.
Unofficial twrp can be successfully brushed in with adb, and the success rate is also high. The probability of official twrp brushing in is greater, but it can also be brushed in, but the official twrp brush third-party rom is easy to fail, the reason is unclear, unofficial twrp brush It is easy to succeed in the third-party rom, but why can't the boot be stuck in fastboot after the unofficial twrp is flashed into the rom?
Because zenfone6 is the ab partition, I think this may be the main reason for not booting. Is it possible that the two partitions are not flashed into the system, and only one partition is flashed into the system, so it will not boot!
I flashed in the rom twice and couldn't boot. The specific method of flashing the phone is: the mobile phone system is the latest system, first use adb to flash into the unofficial twrp (twrp-3.3.1-24-I01WD-Q-mauronofrio.img), flash in Successfully, the phone automatically enters twrp, and then flashes the unofficial twrp in zip format again (twrp-3.3.1-24-I01WD-installer-mauronofrio.zip), restart twrp, click wipe, and swipe to complete. Click lnstall, select rom, and swipe to complete, and click wipe again to complete the slide. Click lnstall, select rom to complete the flashing, click to restart the system, the phone cannot boot, only fastboot.
The above method can not boot, I connected the phone to the computer and re-brushed into twrp with adb. Note: When I first flashed into twrp, the phone did not restart to twrp, but booted to the official system to restore the factory interface, etc. After the operation of the mobile phone is completed, boot up and enter the desktop. I turned on the USB debugging. At this time, the mobile phone can enter the unofficial twrp. Then I flashed into the rom again, and then did not restart the system. I restarted twrp, but the mobile phone reached fastboot again. What I thought was Restart twrp when flashing for the first time, flash once, so that both partitions can flash into the system, but twrp cannot be restarted, only fastboot!
Guiqiu you guys to solve my problem, can't the phone be broken?