bricked from downgrade - Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I tried to downgrade from L29C185B320 to L29C185B200 however I'm now faced with the following:
(Prior to the downgrade I did flash the B320 recovery.img as I was on TWRP before)
On boot, Huawei logo displays then display goes black. Still powered on but not displaying anything
eRecovery is accessible, tried wiping cache but no change, also tried factory reset. The "download latest version and recovery" option isn't possible, "getting package info failed"
Can't access device over ADB as it doesn't detect in "adb devices"
Bootloader is now locked (was unlocked before)
I can "fastboot reboot" but no other command works due to bootloader locked
I can do Vol Up+Down reset but takes me right back to blank screen after installing. I've tried with various update versions (B162, B180, B200, even going back to B320) but its the same result every time.
Afraid I now have a brick, would appreciate any help I can get.

MuPp3t33r said:
I tried to downgrade from L29C185B320 to L29C185B200 however I'm now faced with the following:
(Prior to the downgrade I did flash the B320 recovery.img as I was on TWRP before)
On boot, Huawei logo displays then display goes black. Still powered on but not displaying anything
eRecovery is accessible, tried wiping cache but no change, also tried factory reset. The "download latest version and recovery" option isn't possible, "getting package info failed"
Can't access device over ADB as it doesn't detect in "adb devices"
Bootloader is now locked (was unlocked before)
I can "fastboot reboot" but no other command works due to bootloader locked
I can do Vol Up+Down reset but takes me right back to blank screen after installing. I've tried with various update versions (B162, B180, B200, even going back to B320) but its the same result every time.
Afraid I now have a brick, would appreciate any help I can get.
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I have same problem...
And cant find any solution for adb commands work again. I don't know where is the problem.Tryed everythink. And nothing. Maybe problem is FRP lock, but in bootloader its nothing showing. Just phone unlocked. I saw many users have this problem.

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Same problem
Hi guys,
I'm new here and I have the same problem after my try to downgrade from EMUI5 to EMUI4.1 Mashmallow.
My Phone bootload twice and after my only choice is to use eRecovery taht don't work. I tried to use italian swiss knife nad the other from Asia to unlock the phone but it don't work at all, I got the same message Failed : remote command unaviable, or something like that.
Please can you help me to recover my phone?
Thank you in advance for all your suggestions

lecsolo said:
Hi guys,
I'm new here and I have the same problem after my try to downgrade from EMUI5 to EMUI4.1 Mashmallow.
My Phone bootload twice and after my only choice is to use eRecovery taht don't work. I tried to use italian swiss knife nad the other from Asia to unlock the phone but it don't work at all, I got the same message Failed : remote command unaviable, or something like that.
Please can you help me to recover my phone?
Thank you in advance for all your suggestions
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Try by dloadl UPDATE.APP (C185B521) from Update.zip.
After re-try rollback

pescixx79 said:
Try by dloadl UPDATE.APP (C185B521) from Update.zip.
After re-try rollback
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Thank you, is the right update for an EU phone the C185B521?

lecsolo said:
Thank you, is the right update for an EU phone the C185B521?
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I was on C185B521, flashed Rollback and tryed to downgrade to C185B180. Had ISSUE.
I extracted Update.app from C185B521 zip and Flashed (dload) (had keyboard issue and other not working)
Try to rollback again and alla woked fine.

pescixx79 said:
I was on C185B521, flashed Rollback and tryed to downgrade to C185B180. Had ISSUE.
I extracted Update.app from C185B521 zip and Flashed (dload) (had keyboard issue and other not working)
Try to rollback again and alla woked fine.
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Ok I will try this, hope it will work on my phone
Thanks for your help

Problem solved this morning I try to boot with vol up and start bouton pressed, when wipe/factory reset appears and selected, then press ok. After that my phone reboot on EMUI 4.1/mashmallow and work fine.
Thank you very much for your help, much appreciated.

r4ason said:
I have same problem...
And cant find any solution for adb commands work again. I don't know where is the problem.Tryed everythink. And nothing. Maybe problem is FRP lock, but in bootloader its nothing showing. Just phone unlocked. I saw many users have this problem.
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Sigh, that's a pity. I don't think it would be an frp problem in my case as I have my Google account details to login, rather just that it's failing to boot the os partition. What I've gathered from this is that something went wrong with the firmware installation and now that its relocked the bootloader there's no way to push the files into place with adb/fastboot.
Nevertheless, my device is still fairly new so I've sent it back to the supplier, will wait for their response...

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Very hard brick

Hi!
Okay, this case is really weird and of course is thanks to my negligence. I'm gonna post it hoping someone can help me, or at least keep other people aware about trying stupid things lol
I tried to update to Nougat with an unofficial method (I don't consider necessary to tell what method...) and I just messed it up, badly. I'll try to give a detailed explanation:
The phone has the bootloader unlocked. After trying to update to Nougat, it got stuck when rebooting. After the unlocked bootloader warning message, the phone won't go further than that, it just stays there. If I hold and press the power button for more than 10 seconds the phone won't shut down, it will restart to get stuck again after the unlocked BL warning, making impossible to turn it off completely.
I try to enter to stock recovery by pressing vol + and power button at the same time (tried other combinations, vol - and power button & vol -, vol + and power button) but I have no luck, it just gets stuck at the same point.
I already tried extracting BOOT.img, RECOVERY.img, CUST.img and SYSTEM.img from an official update.app and flash them in that order via fastboot (yeah, I can enter to fastboot mode). The process is successful in terminal (I use Linux) but when I reboot the phone, it gets stuck again after the warning.
The only recovery that is actually working is TWRP, the one ported for the Honor 8 (flashed via fastboot), but it won't let me install any custom ROM, it just stays in "patching image unconditionally" forever, making me press and hold the power button but this won't shutdown the phone, it reboots, gets stuck and... so on *infinite loop*
Btw, when I wipe cache, dalvik and data in TWMP, the message "failed to mount /cust" with red letters appears, so it's probably a very corrupted system partition. also, It's impossible to repair the custom partition. This appears:
Repairing Custom using e2fdck...
/sbin/e2fsck -fp /devblock/mmcblk0p44 process ended with ERROR: 8
Unable to repair Custom.
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Tried HiSuite from Huawei (in Windows) and it doesn't even recognize the phone.
Hope somebody could possibly give a solution, if there's any. If not, I'm afraid I have a beautiful paperweight now...
Oh yeah, one very important part: my Honor 8 is the US version (FRD-L04), and yes, I'm making sure I'm getting the current update.app for this model.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Hi There
you try this method.
Get a SD CARD
make a directory at the card root name dload
put your best update.app in the directory (the most older version the best)
insert into your phone 2nd sim slot
try everyway to make the 3 button combo.
hope this help
edit: you need stock recovery to do this
chongns said:
Hi There
you try this method.
Get a SD CARD
make a directory at the card root name dload
put your best update.app in the directory (the most older version the best)
insert into your phone 2nd sim slot
try everyway to make the 3 button combo.
hope this help
edit: you need stock recovery to do this
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Hey, thanks!
unfortunately, as far as I know is that for this method I have to enter to stock recovery, but then again, I can't get in. The phone gets stuck trying any combination of pressed buttons... But I'll try it.
Edit: Trying your method right now, hope it goes well...
El Brillantinas said:
Hey, thanks!
unfortunately, as far as I know is that for this method I have to enter to stock recovery, but then again, I can't get in. The phone gets stuck trying any combination of pressed buttons...
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Yes, but since you r able to go into TWRP, can your use adb command like adb reboot bootloader than flash stock recovery image?
after that since it is keep rebooting, you can hold your volume up and down all the way to force update.
IDK if this work. but no harm to try it, since it is "very hard brick"
Edit: Fastboot erase {partition} before flash back the image maybe help
chongns said:
Yes, but since you r able to go into TWRP, can your use adb command like adb reboot bootloader than flash stock recovery image?
after that since it is keep rebooting, you can hold your volume up and down all the way to force update.
IDK if this work. but no harm to try it, since it is "very hard brick"
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Yep, I'm trying it now and right now is installing the update (the EMUI logo with the circular progress bar). Hope it works *crossed fingers*
Edit: No luck. After the process finished, it says:
Software install failed!
Get help from: http//www.emui.com/emotionetcetc.
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El Brillantinas said:
Yep, I'm trying it now and right now is installing the update (the EMUI logo with the circular progress bar). Hope it works *crossed fingers*
Edit: No luck. After the process finished, it says:
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I assume you having the update.app from a L04 full firmware, not the OTA.
for the not able to repair partition like custom maybe you can erase it using fastboot erase command and fastboot flash it back
or you can fastboot erase all the known partition like system, cache, data, custom etc.... and fastboot flash back the image.
i assume your fastboot still able to access
chongns said:
I assume you having the update.app from a L04 full firmware, not the OTA.
for the not able to repair partition like custom maybe you can erase it using fastboot erase command and fastboot flash it back
or you can fastboot erase all the known partition like system, cache, data, custom etc.... and fastboot flash back the image.
i assume your fastboot still able to access
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I did it!!
I could bring it back following some of your methods. Here's how I achieved it:
-Formatted the Custom partition in fastboot.
-Flashed BOOT.img, RECOVERY.img, CUST.img and SYSTEM.img again.
-Forced the update by putting the entire firmware in the dload folder located in the sdcard, it failed at the end, but I rebooted by pressing and holding the power button.
-The phone passed beyond the point where it was getting stuck (finally!), but now it got stuck in the Honor 8 blue screen. Rebooted it again doing coldboot.
-Entered to stock recovery, wiped everything.
Then I just rebooted it and Voalá! It started all new!
Guess it was not that hard brick haha. I'll have to change the name of the topic.
A million thanks @chongns, you rock!
El Brillantinas said:
I did it!!
I could bring it back following some of your methods. Here's how I achieved it:
-Formatted the Custom partition in fastboot.
-Flashed BOOT.img, RECOVERY.img, CUST.img and SYSTEM.img again.
-Forced the update by putting the entire firmware in the dload folder located in the sdcard, it failed at the end, but I rebooted by pressing and holding the power button.
-The phone passed beyond the point where it was getting stuck (finally!), but now it got stuck in the Honor 8 blue screen. Rebooted it again doing coldboot.
-Entered to stock recovery, wiped everything.
Then I just rebooted it and Voalá! It started all new!
Guess it was not that hard brick haha. I'll have to change the name of the topic.
A million thanks @chongns, you rock!
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Good to know you succeed.
please tag a moderator to move your thread to Guide, News and Discussion section..
most of the time ppl search solution at there.
Guide in another Huawei phone XDA forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/general/fuss-debrick-restore-mate-8-t3457969
Moderatos, can you please move this topic to the Guides and discussion section? Thanks in advance.
Glad you fixed it bro. That was very critical.
El Brillantinas said:
Moderatos, can you please move this topic to the Guides and discussion section? Thanks in advance.
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good to hear u go phone back , and there is another guides already exist to restore a framware throw the same method , thank you for sharing ur experience .
Here's the issure I'm having. My Honor 8 FRD-L04 is stuck at a hard brick. It won't reach the recovery. I tried to flash images using fastboot. But I end up with the error: FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
Any help would be appreciated
bho01 said:
Here's the issure I'm having. My Honor 8 FRD-L04 is stuck at a hard brick. It won't reach the recovery. I tried to flash images using fastboot. But I end up with the error: FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
Any help would be appreciated
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Is your frp status lock in fastboot?
faizalotai said:
Is your frp status lock in fastboot?
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No it's unlocked
bho01 said:
No it's unlocked
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Your phone status?
faizalotai said:
Your phone status?
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Still can't get into recovery and I'm still getting the "FAILED(Command not allowed)" error whenever I try to flash stock images
bho01 said:
Still can't get into recovery and I'm still getting the "FAILED(Command not allowed)" error whenever I try to flash stock images
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I mean your phone status in fastboot.
Its comes with frp and phone status..both have to be unlocked in order to flash images.
Try using the dload method of flashing
faizalotai said:
I mean your phone status in fastboot.
Its comes with frp and phone status..both have to be unlocked in order to flash images.
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Also unlocked

Frp locked

Ok, here is the deal, i was being impatient, i flashed nougat yesterday on my phone, after flashing it there was no keyboard to enter my email to login, so i stupidly but unknowingly so changed my gmail password to an easier one cause the only input method i had was voice commands, anyways, i got helped out by another xda member, and i got FRP locked for changing my password, then i attempted to rollback to MM, now my bootloader is relocked and it says FRP LOCKED, the thing is i did a nandroid full backup with twrp of everything on my phone before starting all this and every step along the way when something went wrong i went to twrp to recover but the restore did not appear despite having it on my sd card so idk if it have to be on internal memory or there is something wrong with twrp, currently my phone is bricked and i need help recovering it since i am broke these days and i can't afford another phone and it's out of warranty, if the backup can be restored somehow or any other methods, please guys let me know, any help is greatly appreciated
i flashed rollback package, then b320, then black screen, then flashed b200 failed at 5%, b162 also failed at 5%, then flashed the rollback package one more time, now i am stuck with the huawei logo, can't flash anything else, any long press just shuts the phone for a second then takes me back to the huawei logo, i can only access the bootloader and it is FRP locked
Read here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/help/frp-locked-bootloader-update-to-n-t3524202
Flash latest recovery2.img of nougat and then try dload
Use huawei exrtacor to get recovery.img
And then flash using fastboot
Then dload ur original FW before updating to nougat
h4ni said:
Use huawei exrtacor to get recovery.img
And then flash using fastboot
Then dload ur original FW before updating to nougat
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and how do i flash this img?
Tavros said:
Read here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/help/frp-locked-bootloader-update-to-n-t3524202
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i read there and asked and no one replied me back yet, i also tried the method listed in one of the comments about rollback then 320 and that didnt work
Armali said:
and how do i flash this img?
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"And then flash using fastboot "
Pfeffernuss said:
"And then flash using fastboot "
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i'm FRP LOCKED, my bootloader is locked, and i can't use ADB commands
I have the same problem. I am on nougat and I cant enter my google account details because I only have google keyboard voice input wich doesnt work... so its dead now?

Flashing new TWRP 3.1.1 lead me to no recovery

Hi guys.
My issue: I had TWRP 3.0.2.1 on my honor and decided to update to latest version. Big error.
I have the TWRP app installed and I followed the procedure to flash recovery with that app. It seemed everything was fine, because it said ""recovery flashed".
Now when I try to enter recovery, my phone gets stuck at logo "your device is booting now".
I have to reboot in EMUI recovery to go out from that stuck page and to load normally the phone.
So I decided to flash recovery in the old ADB fashioned way: now when I get to "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img", the phone tells me "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)"
Practically now I have no TWRP and I do not know how to proceed.
Some good Samaritan out there?
Thanks.
My firmware is latest Nougat (BLN-L21C432B360).
I tried to flash TRWP 3.1.1. Before this try, I had version 3.0.2-1 as written above. I flashed twrp when I still had Android 6 with EMUI 4.
Regarding the way to enter TWRP, yes, I know the method and I do it.
The problem is my phone don't enter twrp but remain stuck at logo.
It seems that the recovery is not present or has problems.
I've tried even to reflash the old recovery, just in case. Nothing.
Try this-
flash stock recovery for your model.
boot normally.
flash TWRP latest.
Now I try and post later.
What a mess. I should leave the old 3.0.2 which was working good...
I was already on nougat and the 3.0.2 was still working perfectly. I had flashed that twrp when I was still on 6.0 and after the update with firmware finder it was still working.
Moreover I used the official TWRP app to update and it failed miserably even if it said flash successful at the end of operation....
Then I used the classic way with ADB and still nothing.
I can see on the Windows shell "failed: command not allowed"
Rommco05 said:
Frp in fastboot is unlocked?
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AFAIK, Factory Reset Protection is linked to account protection in case someone steals the phone. In this way it should be more difficult to wipe completely the phone and use it.
Anyway, just checked in fastboot and no, FRP is locked. I just had a look in developer options and I noticed that "Enable OEM unlocked" is greyed out. But it should not have nothing to do with flashing the recovery.
Or not?
Let's see
Diamantes said:
Hi guys.
My issue: I had TWRP 3.0.2.1 on my honor and decided to update to latest version. Big error.
I have the TWRP app installed and I followed the procedure to flash recovery with that app. It seemed everything was fine, because it said ""recovery flashed".
Now when I try to enter recovery, my phone gets stuck at logo "your device is booting now".
I have to reboot in EMUI recovery to go out from that stuck page and to load normally the phone.
So I decided to flash recovery in the old ADB fashioned way: now when I get to "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img", the phone tells me "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)"
Practically now I have no TWRP and I do not know how to proceed.
Some good Samaritan out there?
Thanks.
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Unlock your boot loader
Bootloader is unlocked.
For some reason, my "OEM unlocked" option turned greyed out, and FRP is locked again.
I will try this eve to lock bootloader again and restart the unlocking operation from scratch.
Will see
Diamantes said:
Bootloader is unlocked.
For some reason, my "OEM unlocked" option turned greyed out, and FRP is locked again.
I will try this eve to lock bootloader again and restart the unlocking operation from scratch.
Will see
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In emui 5 OEM unlock option is not there and can only be found in MM or Emui 4.x
you mean that even if I can't access TWRP, this should be still there and I cannot lock bootloader?
And you advice to do a factory reset first.
If this doesn't work? Then?
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In emui 5 OEM unlock option is not there and can only be found in MM or Emui 4.x
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You mean that I couldn't even see the option?
I have nougat and emui 5, the option is present but greyed out
Diamantes said:
You mean that I couldn't even see the option?
I have nougat and emui 5, the option is present but greyed out
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Yeah exactly. See SS
This was there till emui 4
So how can I solve the problem?
Someone told me the only way is to lock bootloader in order to have again this option available to be turned on... And so start the process again.
At the moment I cannot access TWRP nor flash it through ADB. Practically even if bootloader is unlocked, I have a rooted phone with no possibility to do anything else... Regarding flashing of course.
Thank you for your replies.
Anyway I really know now that I cannot buy honor for flashing.
I just tried a factory reset from advanced options.
After all the pin request etc, the phone rebooted and get stuck on the initial window (your phone has been unlocked and cannot be trusted-your phone is booting now...).
So I had to press usual buttons to enter in emui recovery, the only way I can get the rebooting option from this state.
Of course the phone is not reset.
I give up. This crappy phone is taking too much time of my life.
I will keep it like this. And I'm not sure at all I will get future OTA update.
I never EVER had these issues with Samsung phones or HTC, and believe me that I was flashaholic... I flashed tens and tens of ROMs, I rooted and unlocked all my previous phones with no glitches or whatever..,
This time I tried honor for the price.
Never again for flashing or playing around.
Just for normal, classic phone use, hoping it will last some other month before I purchase another brand.
Thank you all.
Of course my thoughts about this ****ty phone were all right.
I received the ota update for version b365, downloaded and OF COURSE STUCK at boot logo after automatic restart...
I will never be able to install anything else because the recovery is corrupted.
I am condemned to stay with b360 until this cursed phone will die for natural causes...
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Diamantes said:
Of course my thoughts about this ****ty phone were all right.
I received the ota update for version b365, downloaded and OF COURSE STUCK at boot logo after automatic restart...
I will never be able to install anything else because the recovery is corrupted.
I am condemned to stay with b360 until this cursed phone will die for natural causes...
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But recovery can be changed mate. Try twrp with new thread in my signature and follow steps, it won't be a trouble. Try once in free time as i know you already are frustrated with trying all ways.
The TWRP on official TWRP site sadly won't work for our berlin devices, i neither know why it is still there sincerely. Personally i can't recommend the usage of TWRP official app for our phone as it downloads a wrong version... you have to get the OpenKirin edition from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/development/twrp-t3583413 and flash that via adb fastboot. Be sure to have "USB debug" on by developer options menu, and to have installed HiSuite (just to have all the functional drivers)
I thank you all for your patience and replies.
But as Shashank said, I'm really frustrated because I tried everything in the past.
Now I'm rooted (luckily) but with FRP locked. It seems the reason why I cannot flash nothing.
In any case I will try again the suggestion of redskull. The last hope!
Thanks.

I messed up with Huawei Mate 9. Please Help.

Guys i have a really really big problem with mate 9 (MHA-L29). I broke both twrp and system same time (please don't ask why.)
Now, my phone don't open, just fastboot&rescue mode, useless huawei recovery (which can't format data neither install stock rom). Besides, i can't install stock rom because i tried once, and i downloaded wrong system file, and i can't format the phone now. Because of that, stock rom that i download sd card not working too. Because there is a dload file in phone.
worst of all, i can't install twrp again, because my fastboot screen tell me that: "Phone Unloced" (with red) "FRP Lock" (with green). When i try to install twrp, adb says "Failed, remote command not allowed"
Now, if can install the twrp, all my problems will be solve. There is 1 custom rom (RomAur) and 1 system backup.
How can i install twrp with this situation?
Please someone help me i spend 2 days and still nothing! How can i open this phone? Stock rom, with/without root, custom rom whatever, just tell me how can i open this phone
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You get that command when trying to flash the wrong recovery partition, was your room nougat or Oreo based?? If nougat it's fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and Oreo fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery.img I think you are trying to flash the wrong partition
shae23 said:
You get that command when trying to flash the wrong recovery partition, was your room nougat or Oreo based?? If nougat it's fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and Oreo fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery.img I think you are trying to flash the wrong partition
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No, my twrp is not wrong, i installed before, and i used long time, till broken. I installed wrong twrp recovery over correct recovery (i was trying to chance recovery because project treble). Thats why my twrp broken. Now i try to correct one, but adb says "not allowed". My custom rom nougat based.
cannurkars said:
No, my twrp is not wrong, i installed before, and i used long time, till broken. I installed wrong twrp recovery over correct recovery (i was trying to chance recovery because project treble). Thats why my twrp broken. Now i try to correct one, but adb says "not allowed". My custom rom nougat based.
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With FRP lock you'll have to use DC-Phoenix.
But it costs €19 (For 3 days usage).
Simply put you can bypass FRP with it by force closing DC-Phoenix when it has activated the backdoor, after this you can flash anything from fastboot (until you reboot).
So you could use it to flash back TWRP.
Or you can use it to install stock firmware
ante0 said:
With FRP lock you'll have to use DC-Phoenix.
But it costs €19 (For 3 days usage).
Simply put you can bypass FRP with it by force closing DC-Phoenix when it has activated the backdoor, after this you can flash anything from fastboot (until you reboot).
So you could use it to flash back TWRP.
Or you can use it to install stock firmware
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I will try it. Thank you very much.
cannurkars said:
Guys i have a really really big problem with mate 9 (MHA-L29). I broke both twrp and system same time (please don't ask why.)
Now, my phone don't open, just fastboot&rescue mode, useless huawei recovery (which can't format data neither install stock rom). Besides, i can't install stock rom because i tried once, and i downloaded wrong system file, and i can't format the phone now. Because of that, stock rom that i download sd card not working too. Because there is a dload file in phone.
worst of all, i can't install twrp again, because my fastboot screen tell me that: "Phone Unloced" (with red) "FRP Lock" (with green). When i try to install twrp, adb says "Failed, remote command not allowed"
Now, if can install the twrp, all my problems will be solve. There is 1 custom rom (RomAur) and 1 system backup.
How can i install twrp with this situation?
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During startup the menu there is a option to go in Huawei e-recovery, when you are at the start up menu hold volume up for about 5 second.
ConnerZhao929 said:
During startup the menu there is a option to go in Huawei e-recovery, when you are at the start up menu hold volume up for about 5 second.
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No it wasn't work for me. But thank for your attention. I'm glad to find a good person to help me and my problem solved about 1-2 hour ago.
Special Request
Hey ante . Is it possible to help me ? I rooted my phone 2 days back and messed it up while downloading a framework app which ended me up in a bootloop. I have been reading and following your posts of you helping others. I don't really get the steps what I should follow.
My phone is unlocked. FRP shows Unlock.
Rooted on oreo and I tried e-recovery and fastboot steps you mentioned in other threads using kernel and ramdisk etc. ( After this I have lost access to TWRP and I am simply getting EMUI Screen with options for Factory Data Reset and Wipe Cache Partition. I don't know where it is going to lead me next :-/.
Also downloaded Huawei Extractor and tried to extracted specific files but the firmware file I have doesn't have CUST.img file.
Also the site link you mentioned for download firmware is in some other language and I am unable to search for my firmware.
I also tried the placing update file in the dload on my sd card but fails at 5%. The file was correct and I am sure I did'n download the wrong firmware.
Currently it shows this on the fastboot screen.
Andorid reboot reason
: AP_S_ABNORMAL 32
NA
Just don't know what I should be doing ? PLEASE HELP BRO?
ante0 said:
With FRP lock you'll have to use DC-Phoenix.
But it costs €19 (For 3 days usage).
Simply put you can bypass FRP with it by force closing DC-Phoenix when it has activated the backdoor, after this you can flash anything from fastboot (until you reboot).
So you could use it to flash back TWRP.
Or you can use it to install stock firmware
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AniMaL92 said:
Hey ante . Is it possible to help me ? I rooted my phone 2 days back and messed it up while downloading a framework app which ended me up in a bootloop. I have been reading and following your posts of you helping others. I don't really get the steps what I should follow.
My phone is unlocked. FRP shows Unlock.
Rooted on oreo and I tried e-recovery and fastboot steps you mentioned in other threads using kernel and ramdisk etc. ( After this I have lost access to TWRP and I am simply getting EMUI Screen with options for Factory Data Reset and Wipe Cache Partition. I don't know where it is going to lead me next :-/.
Also downloaded Huawei Extractor and tried to extracted specific files but the firmware file I have doesn't have CUST.img file.
Also the site link you mentioned for download firmware is in some other language and I am unable to search for my firmware.
I also tried the placing update file in the dload on my sd card but fails at 5%. The file was correct and I am sure I did'n download the wrong firmware.
Currently it shows this on the fastboot screen.
Andorid reboot reason
: AP_S_ABNORMAL 32
NA
Just don't know what I should be doing ? PLEASE HELP BRO?
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What's your firmware now?
You can get that info in Fastboot using
Code:
fastboot oem get-product-model
fastboot oem get-build-number
Since your recovery and fastboot still functions you probably will only need to use HWOTA to get back to stock.
It can be found here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-mate-9-flash-oreo-update-package-t3699522
But post your cust/build before proceeding.
Also cust.img is found in UPDATE.APP in the hw data zip.
Problem Solved - Somewhat
Hey ante. Thanks for the promt reply. I got it solved by using CHIMERA tool.
Would like to suggest others also stuck with same issue to use CHIMERA.
Note - It is a paid tool and 100% legit and it can help with all problems related to FRP, Bootloader Lock / Unlock & also flashes back to factory firmware.
However what I am facing now I have flashed another version of firmware which isn't my region and some features of my phone like fingerprint scanner and other things are not working but phone is back to live. So Im glad and looking forward to searching for clean Oreo Firmware for my region to flash using CHIMERA Again.
Also, the sick and stupid part of it. I went to the service center and a person non-technical told me straight that you lost your device and it's of no use now. We cannot fix such issues 99% but I'll still ask my team and let you know after 3 days.
Thank God I didn give them and wasted my time and money.
As soon as I returned, I followed up to things and got it done myself. :good:
Anybody can possibly suggest a official firmware Oreo EMUI for Middle East Region!? If not which one can be flashed instead and where to download from?

Boot brick - Can't power off, can't get to erecovery or recovery after rollback

Hey guys, my Honor is in brick state. I pushed a rollback package while I was in marshmallow (but with wrong ROM, so I was trying to rollback again and retry the procedure) and the phone got stuck in Honor blue screen at loop.
It won't let me power off, it justs turns on again. All button combinations won't work apparently. I can't get to recovery or e-recovery.
I tried depleting the battery. But as soon as I connect to the charger, it powers on. If I try the button combination before putting charge, it also doesn't work.
After the first successful rollback to MM, I think the bootloader got locked.
adb and fastbook can't seem to list the device.
I can get to fastboot and rescue mode, but I don't know the procedure from there.
So, is this a unsolvable brick? Or is there anything else that can be done to save this phone?
Thanks a lot for your feedback.
use dc unlocker to flash unlock bootloader and after dc flasher
valp88 said:
Hey guys, my Honor is in brick state. I pushed a rollback package while I was in marshmallow (but with wrong ROM, so I was trying to rollback again and retry the procedure) and the phone got stuck in Honor blue screen at loop.
It won't let me power off, it justs turns on again. All button combinations won't work apparently. I can't get to recovery or e-recovery.
I tried depleting the battery. But as soon as I connect to the charger, it powers on. If I try the button combination before putting charge, it also doesn't work.
After the first successful rollback to MM, I think the bootloader got locked.
adb and fastbook can't seem to list the device.
I can get to fastboot and rescue mode, but I don't know the procedure from there.
So, is this a unsolvable brick? Or is there anything else that can be done to save this phone?
Thanks a lot for your feedback.
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It's easy. I had a similar problem too. Just when your phone attempts to boot, hold the Volume Down button and immediately connect it to the PC (within 1-2 second). It should go into fastboot mode. Now, open Huawei Multi Tool and unlock your bootloader then use the tool to unbrick your phone, start with flashing stock recovery and then the correct firmware.
SirDarknight said:
It's easy. I had a similar problem too. Just when your phone attempts to boot, hold the Volume Down button and immediately connect it to the PC (within 1-2 second). It should go into fastboot mode. Now, open Huawei Multi Tool and unlock your bootloader then use the tool to unbrick your phone, start with flashing stock recovery and then the correct firmware.
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Thanks for repying. I unlocked my bootloader through fastboot and I'm trying to get multi-tool now!
i'm getting 404 from xda for the download link though.
SirDarknight said:
It's easy. I had a similar problem too. Just when your phone attempts to boot, hold the Volume Down button and immediately connect it to the PC (within 1-2 second). It should go into fastboot mode. Now, open Huawei Multi Tool and unlock your bootloader then use the tool to unbrick your phone, start with flashing stock recovery and then the correct firmware.
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I flashed extracted and flashed images for B131 and B360, without luck. Stuck on the unlocked warning now: "Your device is booting now".
I can't seem to get to erecovery. Please let me know if you have any ideas.
valp88 said:
I flashed extracted and flashed images for B131 and B360, without luck. Stuck on the unlocked warning now: "Your device is booting now".
I can't seem to get to erecovery. Please let me know if you have any ideas.
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If you're stuck on "Your device is booting now". This probably means your recovery is screwed. Don't worry, flash stock recovery and erecovery using Multi-Tool.
Then try the dload method. If the problem persists, then flash the correct TWRP then use HuRUpdater to flash the ROM you want. This will definitely fix the issue.
SirDarknight said:
If you're stuck on "Your device is booting now". This probably means your recovery is screwed. Don't worry, flash stock recovery and erecovery using Multi-Tool.
Then try the dload method. If the problem persists, then flash the correct TWRP then use HuRUpdater to flash the ROM you want. This will definitely fix the issue.
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The recovery images from Multi-Tool servers seem to work! Thanks a lot. I was able to get to erecovery, now I'll proceed as decribed by you! :good::good::good:
Edit: dload failed at 99%, but I was able to factory reset and get to the system after all!

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