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Possible to Downgrade from EMUI 4.1 to EMUI 4.0

Hi,
my phone is NXT AL-10. It came with B180 ROM. I upgraded to B323 version through dload method.
i tried to unlock the bootloader through dcunlocker. When i unlocked through OEM Unlock method, it gave me some error but i could see the confirmation and other usual stuffs in phone screen. So i proceeded.
Later i installed TWRP for EMUI 4.1 and installed L29-B320 Stock Rooted firmware. Everything went fine. But after this only my problem started, i tried to flash some zip (like fonts) its not working. I tried ES file explorer it says i don't have root permission. So really don't know whats happening.
Now, i really want to go back to L29-B180 Stock rooted for good. Possible? any kind soul can point me a correct direction?
Thank you.

Same problem
Hello, did you find a solution? I want to do a downgrade to.

Vimedike said:
Hello, did you find a solution? I want to do a downgrade to.
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No.. I haven't found any solution yet.

No Setup Wizard after reflashing, factory reset

I've bricked my phone while trying to roll back from Oreo update, then used DC Unlocker to unbrick my phone and return everything to normal (including IMEI, SN...) but I don't have initial phone setup after factory reset (first boot). Do you have any suggestions?

aleksp994 said:
I've bricked my phone while trying to roll back from Oreo update, then used DC Unlocker to unbrick my phone and return everything to normal (including IMEI, SN...) but I don't have initial phone setup after factory reset (first boot). Do you have any suggestions?
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I had been in the same situation as you are to use DC Phoenix to unbrick my phone. If you have successfully boot to nougat (emui 5) then follow these steps;
1. Unlock bootloader,
2. install TWRP
3. Rebrand your device to your original brand
4. install the rollback package by dload method
5. install the OTA updates as received.
Your phone will be back to normal. It worked well for me.

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
I don't think that you understand the problem that I'm having. I have returned everything back to normal with those same steps that you wrote. The only problem that I have now is the initial setup wizard app. It doesn't start when I factory reset the phone (you know that screen for logging into google account, connecting to wifi, etc...). I was on marshmallow, then I updated to Nougat via official OTA.

aleksp994 said:
Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
I don't think that you understand the problem that I'm having. I have returned everything back to normal with those same steps that you wrote. The only problem that I have now is the initial setup wizard app. It doesn't start when I factory reset the phone (you know that screen for logging into google account, connecting to wifi, etc...). I was on marshmallow, then I updated to Nougat via official OTA.
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Yes i understand your problem, so insiting on rebranding your device to your brand again. Means if your phone originally is FRD-L02C675 (e.g.) then rebrand to that again and then follow dload method. After installing via dload method do factory reset. This will help you solve the problem and you will have normal startup with initial setup.

But I did that already. My device model is c432, and I managed to install russian firmware without rebranding. When I used dc phoenix and then flashed via dload I didnt have to rebrand because my device was slready c432.

Then i am not sure what could be troubling your phone to run the setup wizard. May some other member could help you to resolve this.
Are you able to login to google services?

Yes, Im able to login and use my phone normally

aleksp994 said:
Yes, Im able to login and use my phone normally
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you may have installed the firmware badly, before installing it do a wipe of the data partition from the twrp, restart it in recovery and try to install the firmware again..

I need to rollback (Honor 8), HELP!

I have a seemingly stupid but still annoying problem. As many of you know Android 8 + EMUI 8 came out this summer and I have updated my Honor8. Everything works well, even better (especially with regard to the battery) apart from a problem, quite annoying. I have seen that everyone around complains about the same problem, so it is clear that both a build bug and not a local problem.
Basically ... the bluetooth link with the multimedia system of my car doesn't work as it should, while it worked well with the 7.0.
Tracknames, music infos disappears, sometimes it connects regularly, starting the music, sometimes nothing happens, sometimes the music passes from the car speakers to smartphone (!!)... in short, manage the music in the car It has become a big problem!
I tried all possible options; reset pairing, reset bluetooth, clear cache, activate the developer options to control some low-level aspects of bluetooth, and finally installed Bluetooth Auto Connect which also has several advanced options. Nothing works. In the meantime an update of 8.0 has been released (mine is the buiold 521). The update came out in September ... maybe (MAYBE) this update fixes all bluetooth issues (but i don't have any detailed info about). Until today I have not received any updates and normally I check new version regularly every day. At this point I decided to return to Nougat!
And here the adventure begins!
I CANNOT IN ANY WAY do the downgrade.
What I tried:
- through HiSuite. The "back to previous version" option appears random (rarely); normally the program tells me "the system is up to date". Once appeared I tried to run the procedure, but after the decompression it gives me an error "error updating".
- by standard Rollback procedure. Using a microSD and putting the full version of Nougate in the dload folder. The installation starts but stops almost immediately with the same "update cannot be applied" error.
At this point I am desperate. I cannot update Oreo, I can't go back to Nougat and meanwhile the bluetooth still doesn't work with my car. Remember that before Oreo, everything worked very well!
What can I do? Can you help me?
Thank you

hi / i can help u / pls say me this:
your region(Ru/Eu/Cn.......)
your model( FRD-L09/L19/L04........)
Your Build number
and which build you upgrade to emui 8

m2relax said:
hi / i can help u / pls say me this:
your region(Ru/Eu/Cn.......)
your model( FRD-L09/L19/L04........)
Your Build number
and which build you upgrade to emui 8
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Region: EU
Model: FRD-L09
Build: 8.0.0.521 (C432)
Previous Build: don't remember. It was Nougat, and I've upgraded around the first week of September. From that day I haven't received/applied any patch, because nothing appears until now.
This morning I've tried again with HiSuite. As usual it says I'm running the latest version and it doesn't offer any downgrade option .

Thelothian said:
Region: EU
Model: FRD-L09
Build: 8.0.0.521 (C432)
Previous Build: don't remember. It was Nougat, and I've upgraded around the first week of September. From that day I haven't received/applied any patch, because nothing appears until now.
This morning I've tried again with HiSuite. As usual it says I'm running the latest version and it doesn't offer any downgrade option .
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dont worry/ do u change region of your phone past?

m2relax said:
dont worry/ do u change region of your phone past?
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Never. And never jailbroken or rooted...

Thelothian said:
Never. And never jailbroken or rooted...
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ok / pls do this work step by step :
1-Get Unlock Code for your Phone
2-Unlock your phone with Unlock Code
3-install TWRP recovery
4-after install TWRP notice me to send a file for u ( u must flash it from recovery TWRP )
5-after flashing u most install recovery stock
6-End and your problem is done! :fingers-crossed:

m2relax said:
ok / pls do this work step by step :
1-Get Unlock Code for your Phone
2-Unlock your phone with Unlock Code
3-install TWRP recovery
4-after install TWRP notice me to send a file for u ( u must flash it from recovery TWRP )
5-after flashing u most install recovery stock
6-End and your problem is done! :fingers-crossed:
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I Heard TWRP doesn't work well on Oreo...

CurlyApple said:
I Heard TWRP doesn't work well on Oreo...
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no if you use multi tools 8 for install twrp its work perfectly on oero

m2relax said:
no if you use multi tools 8 for install twrp its work perfectly on oero
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The more you know...

Finally I've decide to try updating to 8.0.0.562. After a month of tries, fails (damn Huawei and his stupid update system), errors and a lot of other stupid things, I was finally able to update my Honor hoping the latest version will fix all the problems. It was a enormous waste of time (searching around internet)... but in the end I found a method described here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p20-pro/help/p20-pro-bricked-t3868085#4And if you go ahead you should find the correct firmware link (on a Russian site). Although, IMHO, failing with the classic method was due to the impossibility or some bugs in the update system, to unpack the update files on sdcard. So the solution seems to be to leave both the zip and the unpacked folder.The problems with bluetooth remain, but I hope that now there is not to be crazy applying next updates. ATTENTION: the method above is NOT valid for rollback! If you try, you'll brick your Honor.
And finally I've taken an important decision... for me this is the last Huawei/honor device. Next time I'll go to another brand, with a serious update system.

Hello,
I have the same problem whit my honor, bluetooth lost signal random times, and my battery is faster get low, on android 7 i dont feel thees problems. Anyone have an idea how can i downgrade to nougat or marshmallow? My phone infos:
-FRD-L09 8.0.0.521(C432), I bought it in Hungary (i think its an EU modell), the phone have an unlocked bootloader, and flashed whit TWRP recovery
Who know the solution, pls reply here or, write me an email. Big thanks

scseke said:
Hello,
I have the same problem whit my honor, bluetooth lost signal random times, and my battery is faster get low, on android 7 i dont feel thees problems. Anyone have an idea how can i downgrade to nougat or marshmallow? My phone infos:
-FRD-L09 8.0.0.521(C432), I bought it in Hungary (i think its an EU modell), the phone have an unlocked bootloader, and flashed whit TWRP recovery
Who know the solution, pls reply here or, write me an email. Big thanks
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flash this file with twrp and install stock recovery and do reset factor / finally use hisuite to rollback

Honor 8 sort of half rooted?

Hello, first of all i want to say that i don't understand a lot of those thing, i'll just try to explain myself as best as i can but if you don't understand something just ask and i'll rephrase it somehow.
I have an EU FRD-L09. When i bought it i tried to root it because i couldnt mute the sound of the whatsapp camera. I did some things (it was a long time ago, i don't remember precisely what) and the phone was in a state where superSU told me that there was no root, but at the boot i always got the message "your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted etc.. ". I was tired so i left it like this until now, the only thing that mattered is that i could use the phone. Now, i want to update from FRD-L09C432B380 to FRD-L09C432B389 (and then hopefully to android 8) but i just can't. When i try to update it, either from the phone or from hisuite it reboots and get stuck in the "your device has been unlocked" state with "your device is booting now..." forever. The only thing i can do is to go in erecovery and reboot. I also tried to restore from erecovery but it says that "Getting package info failed". Restoring from the settings does the same as trying to update. Somebody know what can i do?

I Don't think you ever rooted the phone. From what you said, you only unlocked the bootloader (phone cannot be trusted message on boot). Have you tried dload method to get the system to stock and then updating through HiSuite? (AFAIK This will wipe system and data)

I read about it and i will try it. Should i flash the rollback package from android 7.0 to 6.0 or directly the 6.0 firmware? Right now i am on emui 5.0 android 7.0.
P.S. so i can't update the phone in any way with the bootloader unlocked?

Bruce_Ketta said:
I read about it and i will try it. Should i flash the rollback package from android 7.0 to 6.0 or directly the 6.0 firmware? Right now i am on emui 5.0 android 7.0.
P.S. so i can't update the phone in any way with the bootloader unlocked?
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I'm not that good with repairs but you could try this:
https://www.stechguide.com/downgrade-honor-8-from-nougat-to-marshmallow/

Motog8 plus root

Does anyone know how to root? Till yet ?
Today IT was my Christmas.present
Thanks
Daniel

No source from motorola, nor updates yet.

Hello you can root your moto with magisk.

Mounib BOULAABI said:
Hello you can root your moto with magisk.
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If you have a copy of the boot.img
Sent from my mata using XDA Labs

Thanks by the way. I found i way to root my Device.

Please do tell, how?

Danieldergrosse said:
Thanks by the way. I found i way to root my Device.
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Would you mind sharing your way to root your device? Every piece of knowledge can help other users here on XDA.
Sent from my Moto G5 Plus using XDA Labs

http://androidbiits.com/root-motorola-moto-g8-plus-xt2019-2-xt2019-1-easily/
This method

Danieldergrosse said:
http://androidbiits.com/root-motorola-moto-g8-plus-xt2019-2-xt2019-1-easily/
This method
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your link seems dead or not correct. - edit: link correct, was not working due to my vpn...
I assume he patched a G8+ boot.img with magisk manager.
boot image can be extracted from official Doha firmware found here: https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/doha/official/
manual on how to do this can be found on official magisk manager website.
be aware that when unlocking bootloader your phone will reset to factory settings.

This is what I did. Yes..

Worked great for my G8+. I guess people should just check which stock ROM file they get from lolinet to make sure it's the right one. I say that because, in my case, lolinet list had two files for the Brazilian stock ROM. I went to Settings / About / Version number and downloaded the matching file. Don't know whether the other file would work the same or not. Just didn't want to risk having any issue since G8+ is somewhat new and there's not much info on solving root problems on the Internet.

Hi,
Couple of questions
Does the Bootloader have to be Unlocked to flash the modified Boot image?
Or can I use update option?
Are Motorola releasing unlock numbers for Bootloader now?
Thanks, Carl

carl.13 said:
Hi,
Couple of questions
Does the Bootloader have to be Unlocked to flash the modified Boot image?
Or can I use update option?
Are Motorola releasing unlock numbers for Bootloader now?
Thanks, Carl
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Hello, Carl. I guess it's not possible unless there's a flaw in the security. There are some articles on the Internet about that. Google "is-there-a-way-to-root-an-android-phone-without-unlocking-the-bootloader". I can't post URLs yet.
As for Motorola devices, I was able to unlock the bootloader without problems on my G8+, last week. The only caveat, I'm my case, is that I had to wait some days for the unlock bootloader option be available under developer options. It was disabled by default in my G8+. And, yes, they're releasing bootloader unlocking codes.

THANKS!

Have anybody with a rooted device tried to get wide angle camera working in gcam ports?
Thanks.

successfully rooted my Moto G8 Plus using the info in this thread
but for some reason I can't delete bloatware, even by deleting apps from root browsers or trying few solution I found on google

esrd43 said:
successfully rooted my Moto G8 Plus using the info in this thread
but for some reason I can't delete bloatware, even by deleting apps from root browsers or trying few solution I found on google
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magisk module debloater and also sdmaid helped with most of the bloatware, the only thing I could not remove was google files but I just deactivated it.

a really weird thing happened with the April 1st update, basically the update started automatically and it failed at 3/6 so I tought I should restart my phone and test it again, but it got stuck in bootloop and I had to reflash a rom with fastboot cmd.
I think that's because I unlocked the bootloader and rooted my phone, cause u lose the right for updates after you do that, but for some reason lenovo/moto update system goes automatically the next second u connect to the internet and fails halfway thru so u have a higher chance to ruin your phone or something, instead of denying the update from the start
so the solution I found was to try and delete "moto update service" app that I can't force stop or disable but I couldnt find it in system/app or system/priv-app, that's because the app name is "3c_ota", so deleting that with SD Maid app worked and the "update system" option in settings is reverted to a sort of default android one that lets you check manually.

Had a similiar issue. I soft bricked my phone (bootloop) and installed a stock rom from an unofficial source. The funny thing is, this version did make like 3 or 4 system upgrades to PPSI.29.65-51 without any issue. But the 1st April updated failed to install. I then flashed the official 1st april stock image with the moto rescue and smart assistant. After that, the official ROM tells me my phone is not allowed to do updates because the security of this phone is compromised and I should contact lenovo support
Those upates are kinda annoying if they don't work, I guess I'll just completey flash the phone every 6-12 months with the moto assistant.

yeah you should always have a backup rom that you can download with moto assistant or from lolinet g8 roms (https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/doha/official/)
I also got the same message saying that my phone is compromised ( unlocked bootloader + rooted) and it won't receive any further updates, but I just deleted the "3c_ota" app (the moto update service) which is bad cause if forces automatic updates the second u connect to internet.
I'm not going to touch any further updates or security patches until android 10, which I will attempt to flash via moto assistant