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Root = bootloop on 5.0.1

Hi all,
So I'm far from a noob at at all of this (doing the custom android thing for years). But I'm not exactly constantly fiddling with my phone all the time anymore either. Basically I get a set-up that works for me, and I stick with it.
I've patiently been waiting to update to Lollipop. And today I did it. I did it by flashing the required factory images with fastboot.
AND IT WORKS. No problem. It boots. I go through the initial set-up. I can let it restore all my apps and passwords from the google servers, etc. So far so good.
My problem is that I cannot root. After I try, it bootloops (stuck at the Google splash, with my unlocked icon).
I tried to root before my first boot. I tried after the initial boot (before set-up and signing in). I tried rooting after setting it all up, and singing in, and letting google restore all of my apps. No matter which sequence I try, it will reboot a couple times at the first Google splash, and then fall back to Recovery.
(So, I'm on back on my rooted 4.4.4 nandroid, I think it's Mahdi Rom-- I forget)
Vital Stats:
Trying to install factory images of 5.0.1, all stock (system, boot (kernel), radio, bootloader)
Factory reset
(the above works fine)
TWRP 2.8.1.0
SuperSU-v2.40 (flashed via recovery)
Any ideas? Thanks for any help.

No, but could you try the previous version of SuperSU? Just to rule out the new version that I haven't tested please?

I updated to 5.0.1 earlier
Flashed all the img files exact userdata and then booted in to Android.
I then flashed TWRP 2.8.1.0 and used that to flash SuperSU 2.37
All that worked fine.. I then did a play update and SuperSU updated to 2.40
All working fine as far as I can tell. Apps needing root are working!

iowabeakster said:
Hi all,
So I'm far from a noob at at all of this (doing the custom android thing for years). But I'm not exactly constantly fiddling with my phone all the time anymore either. Basically I get a set-up that works for me, and I stick with it.
I've patiently been waiting to update to Lollipop. And today I did it. I did it by flashing the required factory images with fastboot.
AND IT WORKS. No problem. It boots. I go through the initial set-up. I can let it restore all my apps and passwords from the google servers, etc. So far so good.
My problem is that I cannot root. After I try, it bootloops (stuck at the Google splash, with my unlocked icon).
I tried to root before my first boot. I tried after the initial boot (before set-up and signing in). I tried rooting after setting it all up, and singing in, and letting google restore all of my apps. No matter which sequence I try, it will reboot a couple times at the first Google splash, and then fall back to Recovery.
(So, I'm on back on my rooted 4.4.4 nandroid, I think it's Mahdi Rom-- I forget)
Vital Stats:
Trying to install factory images of 5.0.1, all stock (system, boot (kernel), radio, bootloader)
Factory reset
(the above works fine)
TWRP 2.8.1.0
SuperSU-v2.40 (flashed via recovery)
Any ideas? Thanks for any help.
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Try not doing that? When you go through the initial configuration, choose "Set up as a new device". Maybe the restore is somehow corrupting SuperSU?

BirchBarlow said:
Try not doing that? When you go through the initial configuration, choose "Set up as a new device". Maybe the restore is somehow corrupting SuperSU?
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It happens even if I try to root before setting anything up at all.
albert_htc,
Are you saying: I should also flash the stock recovery first. Then boot for the first time. Then re-flash TWRP. Then flash SuperSU.
I never flashed the stock recovery. TWRP was on already on it.
Thanks guys. I'll give it another rip (doing stock recovery, then flashing back to TWRP) sometime soon.

iowabeakster said:
It happens even if I try to root before setting anything up at all.
albert_htc,
Are you saying: I should also flash the stock recovery first. Then boot for the first time. Then re-flash TWRP. Then flash SuperSU.
I never flashed the stock recovery. TWRP was on already on it.
Thanks guys. I'll give it another rip (doing stock recovery, then flashing back to TWRP) sometime soon.
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Yes, flash the factory image using the batch file so every partition gets re-flashed. Now I'm thinking maybe your recovery is corrupt.
Run flash-all.bat and when your device reboots, go through all of the initial configuration and download all of the Gapps updates. Once that's all completed, go ahead and route using TWRP. If you find yourself still having the same problem, try live booting TWRP to flash SuperSU.

BirchBarlow said:
Yes, flash the factory image using the batch file so every partition gets re-flashed. Now I'm thinking maybe your recovery is corrupt.
Run flash-all.bat and when your device reboots, go through all of the initial configuration and download all of the Gapps updates. Once that's all completed, go ahead and route using TWRP. If you find yourself still having the same problem, try live booting TWRP to flash SuperSU.
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I'm not going to flash over my user data, nandroids, app back-ups, etc. I'll stay with kit kat forever on my nexus 5 before I do that. Version numbers aren't that important. Hours wasted getting things set-up again are.
My recovery works fine. Both on kit kat and lollipop. My only problem is a boot loop when I flash SuperSU (via TWRP), on lollipop. I will try flashing stock recovery, though and then reflashing TWRP.

iowabeakster said:
I'm not going to flash over my user data, nandroids, app back-ups, etc. I'll stay with kit kat forever on my nexus 5 before I do that. Version numbers aren't that important. Hours wasted getting things set-up again are.
My recovery works fine. Both on kit kat and lollipop. My only problem is a boot loop when I flash SuperSU (via TWRP), on lollipop. I will try flashing stock recovery, though and then reflashing TWRP.
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It's a tedious process, but it really isn't all that hard to back everything up to a computer, and you can do it easily with fastboot and a single command line.
Or what I'd recommend doing is just booting up, backing up all folders to a PC and then resetting and restoring later, backup apps with Titanium Backup (what I always do). A lot of us flashed factory images when Lollipop came out, so it isn't that bad once you start on the road.

Have you tried rooting from the bootloader via Chainfire's cf-auto root? I know I've read that sometimes rooting from recovery doesn't work properly, and that only certain zips will work. I've used the auto root each time (from stock fastboot flashing 5.0 & 5.0.1) with lollipop and it works fine. Link
Unzip and run batch file in bootloader. It will wipe everything if you haven't already unlocked bootloader (fastboot oem unlock). If you are already unlocked it won't wipe anything.

snappycg1996 said:
It's a tedious process, but it really isn't all that hard to back everything up to a computer, and you can do it easily with fastboot and a single command line.
Or what I'd recommend doing is just booting up, backing up all folders to a PC and then resetting and restoring later, backup apps with Titanium Backup (what I always do). A lot of us flashed factory images when Lollipop came out, so it isn't that bad once you start on the road.
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I just backed the /sdcard, to my PC. I just re-ran titanium.
I can deal with "/sdcard issues" from updating to lollipop easy enough. That's a 30 second fix. I can deal with setting up my email accounts to my email client app. I can deal with launcher settings, and all the other apps, widgets, etc. Those are things that I can slowly get back to where I want. They aren't critical. But yeah, very tedious.
I think "starting over" may be much more tedious for me than most people though. I run ssh servers and clients on all PCs, servers, and phones (disabling passwords and using rsa encryption keys for security). It's very nice, once I get it all set up in that I can access everything (from anything) very easily. I do need root for that though also.
But if I can't just hit a "restore" to get it all my ssh addresses, keys, fingerprits, etc back to where it was and then I have to: reverify new fingerprints, generate new keys, re-enable passwords to transmit new keys for everything, then disable passwords (for all machines) ... well... I just get very very grumpy.

anactoraaron said:
Have you tried rooting from the bootloader via Chainfire's cf-auto root? I know I've read that sometimes rooting from recovery doesn't work properly, and that only certain zips will work. I've used the auto root each time (from stock fastboot flashing 5.0 & 5.0.1) with lollipop and it works fine. Link
Unzip and run batch file in bootloader. It will wipe everything if you haven't already unlocked bootloader (fastboot oem unlock). If you are already unlocked it won't wipe anything.
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I'll check that out. Thanks.

HELPPPP!!!

I attempted to install nougat cause i was impatient, i followed all the steps as much as i could, my device is l29 middle east version, i double checked that i am downloading the correct firmware, i unlocked the bootloader, i installed twrp from this link rive.google.com/file/d/0B5I_q70mNuR4aWphQ2w3QXBUcU0/view and i installed the firmware NXT-L29C185B520 then did format factory reset, then format cache and dalvik cache, restarted my phone everything is working, on the initial setup i am required to type in my google account and password when i open the keyboard i get only voice keyboard, i tried to reboot into recovery i got huawei eRecovery, i flashed twrp again and every time i attempt to boot into recovery i get huaweri eRecovery, i must be doing something wrong, right now my bootloader is unlocked, and i need to know if i can recover my phone or not

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5I_q70mNuR4aWphQ2w3QXBUcU0/view

Armali said:
I attempted to install nougat cause i was impatient, i followed all the steps as much as i could, my device is l29 middle east version, i double checked that i am downloading the correct firmware, i unlocked the bootloader, i installed twrp from this link rive.google.com/file/d/0B5I_q70mNuR4aWphQ2w3QXBUcU0/view and i installed the firmware NXT-L29C185B520 then did format factory reset, then format cache and dalvik cache, restarted my phone everything is working, on the initial setup i am required to type in my google account and password when i open the keyboard i get only voice keyboard, i tried to reboot into recovery i got huawei eRecovery, i flashed twrp again and every time i attempt to boot into recovery i get huaweri eRecovery, i must be doing something wrong, right now my bootloader is unlocked, and i need to know if i can recover my phone or not
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download recovery from here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/development/unofficial-twrp-3-0-3-0-mate-8-t3524025
you not found keyboard because you not flash data file if you want to flash nougat you must flashing 2 files first update.zip second data_full_hw_meafnaf.zip and this one from here
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1255/g104/v67560/f1/full/hw/meafnaf/update_data_full_hw_meafnaf.zip
flash twrp then flash update. zip then data_full_meafnaf.zip and every thing will be good

hamadazh said:
download recovery from here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/development/unofficial-twrp-3-0-3-0-mate-8-t3524025
you not found keyboard because you not flash data file if you want to flash nougat you must flashing 2 files first update.zip second data_full_hw_meafnaf.zip and this one from here
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1255/g104/v67560/f1/full/hw/meafnaf/update_data_full_hw_meafnaf.zip
flash twrp then flash update. zip then data_full_meafnaf.zip and every thing will be good
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okay but i have trouble booting into bootloader, i tried volume up + power, tried volume down + power, tried both volume up and down + power, i almost end up at eRecovery not twrp, can you tell me how to boot into twrp?

hi Armali,
1 - Try to boot with volume up + power, your phone unplugged from your pc
2 - if doesn't work, boot it normally and use SRK Tool in debug mode menu 7 then 2 https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/development/tool-srk-tool-huawei-t3369797

Armali said:
I attempted to install nougat cause i was impatient, i followed all the steps as much as i could, my device is l29 middle east version, i double checked that i am downloading the correct firmware, i unlocked the bootloader, i installed twrp from this link rive.google.com/file/d/0B5I_q70mNuR4aWphQ2w3QXBUcU0/view and i installed the firmware NXT-L29C185B520 then did format factory reset, then format cache and dalvik cache, restarted my phone everything is working, on the initial setup i am required to type in my google account and password when i open the keyboard i get only voice keyboard, i tried to reboot into recovery i got huawei eRecovery, i flashed twrp again and every time i attempt to boot into recovery i get huaweri eRecovery, i must be doing something wrong, right now my bootloader is unlocked, and i need to know if i can recover my phone or not
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[Bricked] One of the harder ones =|

I'm gonna keep it simple, here is the scenario:
ROM is corrupted.
Bootloader is unlocked.
FRP lock is on. (fastboot can't do much)
TWRP was flashed back to stock.
Stock hard-reset fails. (even wipe option)
Force upgrade stops at 5% (swear I am using the same one)
eRecovery does not work.
Can't flash. Can't push files.
Wat do.
Model: BLN-L24C567B369 (pretty sure this was it)
Whole story:
This whole episode began when I wanted to install Magisk to use MagiskManager's HideMe feature. This required me to install TWRP recovery which inturn lead me to unlock my bootloader in the process, straightforward and went off nicely. Now it was time to gain superuser which I already had done before on another device, installing SuperSU through TWRP recovery was painless but after booting found out MagiskManager needs Magisk Root to work. I then followed Android Exlpained's article to do so. Running unSU through recovery went smoothly but running Magisk didn't, on the initial run I was prompted to use Adrian DC's BootBridge which after removing a few Assert lines ran nicely. However there was no root install, SuperSU was removed though.
At the time I wasn't sure what exactly I was doing and ended up soft-bricking by flash boot through TWRP, at this time FRP was unlocked. After many many hours I restored to stock firmware by using YMNDLZ's guide. I used BLN-L24C567B370(OTA-MF-FULL) for the img files then proceed to flash the vendor.img using TWRP and the rest (boot.img, recovery.img, system.img) using fastboot in that order as instructed. The only part which didn't work was the forced update, it always failed at 5% however after more hours going recovery mode (now stock) wiping the cache and data/factory reset did the trick (Note: my model showed BLN-L24C567B369). I proceeded to reinstall TWRP, installed MagiskManager, tried to install Magisk 16.0 which ran but didn't root me but was fine because MagiskManager's download worked. I then thought since I went through all this trouble might as well install a custom rom, EliteRom was my ROM of choice. At this point I had logged in with my gmail credentials FRP was now locked.
*Before further action was taken I took the precaution to backup my current stable stock ROM after installing EliteROM but before booting*
The steps to install EliteROM went by flawlessly, installed EliteTWRP reboot into it, ran EliteROM
went through the setup without any hiccups. However up system restart I the ROM wouldn't boot leading me to boot into my recovery only to be prompted for an encryption password (???). Since I didn't recall setting one, couldn't boot into the OS, and FRP was locked I couldn't read my own internal storage. So I reformatted the internal storage and tried what had worked before, flashing the img files using TWRP then booting into stock recovery wiping cache and data/hard reset. . . this did not work. And here I am FRP locked so fastboot isn't useful (I think?), stock recovery doesn't work, eRecovery fails connection, and force update still fails at 5% with "Software install failed!".
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Lemme know if there is any insight anyone can provide and thanks in advance.

This problem has been solved?

MisterRee said:
I'm gonna keep it simple, here is the scenario:
ROM is corrupted.
Bootloader is unlocked.
FRP lock is on. (fastboot can't do much)
TWRP was flashed back to stock.
Stock hard-reset fails. (even wipe option)
Force upgrade stops at 5% (swear I am using the same one)
eRecovery does not work.
Can't flash. Can't push files.
Wat do.
Model: BLN-L24C567B369 (pretty sure this was it)
Lemme know if there is any insight anyone can provide and thanks in advance.
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you have to follow only xda methods to root or change to custom rom. i have never heard about flashing stock images from twrp. i think u didn't followed elite rom instructions clearly. you need to formate data then reboot to recovery then wipe everything then flash the os in this way you won't get encription error. anyway now your frp is locked so there is no way to flash twrp so download all the available firmwares for your phone oeminfo then do flashing via dload you will get it worked.
even i was also once stuck with elite rom. i didn't liked it because missing apps icon and forgetting permission. i tried to go back to stock but stuck at 5% error. then went to google searched stock rom for honor 6x india and downloaded nearly 3 roms last one worked helped me to get back to stock.
never flash system images boot,vendor etc from fastboot and twrp unless you are on emui8 and going to try gsi roms.

hey i cant revert back to stock rom. it fails to get package from server. does jio voice calling works on this device?? if no then plz guide me how to go back to stock rom..

MisterRee said:
I'm gonna keep it simple, here is the scenario:
ROM is corrupted.
Bootloader is unlocked.
FRP lock is on. (fastboot can't do much)
TWRP was flashed back to stock.
Stock hard-reset fails. (even wipe option)
Force upgrade stops at 5% (swear I am using the same one)
eRecovery does not work.
Can't flash. Can't push files.
Wat do.
Model: BLN-L24C567B369 (pretty sure this was it)
Lemme know if there is any insight anyone can provide and thanks in advance.
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Register for update using firmware finder and Puts dns address in the router settings and then use erecovery

Bootloop after magisk module installation

so i have a bln-l22 on rr 8.1 and magisk and wanted to install pix3lify so i installed it and got stuck in a bootloop so i booted into twrp and tried to flash the magisk manger for twrp and doesn't work then tried the SUmount and it didn't work too so i tried the uninstaller from the original magisk thread didn't work too so i tried using a touch command to create ".disable_magisk" in /cache and that didn't work too, so please i really need help here. and thanks

If you've already tried latest uninstaller and system still can't boot, I'd say that you'll need to factory reset it. If things won't fix either this way even if I don't think so, probably reflashing stock EMUI 8.0 ROM to fix boot.img and other affected partitions (if there are) and then reflashing RR would be another solution.

Just use Hurupdater to restore firmware. It will wipe all your user data and requires you to have TWRP recovery

RedSkull23 said:
If you've already tried latest uninstaller and system still can't boot, I'd say that you'll need to factory reset it. If things won't fix either this way even if I don't think so, probably reflashing stock EMUI 8.0 ROM to fix boot.img and other affected partitions (if there are) and then reflashing RR would be another solution.
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hey can u help me with a guide to to go back to EMUI 8 from RR please ?

The fastest way if you have TWRP (i guess so since that you're rooted) is to rely on HuRUpdater, as the user Mannan Qamar said above.

And if you want instructions I am more than happy to help.

Mannan Qamar said:
And if you want instructions I am more than happy to help.
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yeah, it would be very useful because i just followed what was on the thread and still bootlooping -_-

CodingAddict704 said:
yeah, it would be very useful because i just followed what was on the thread and still bootlooping -_-
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Since you already flashed once I am sure you don't have TWRP recovery anymore. And that you are on EMUI 8 India. So first Order of business is to flash TWRP. While the device is bootlooping plug device into PC and hold Power and Volume Down button. As soon as screen turns off release Power Button but keep holding Volume Down. Your device should boot into bootloader. Flash TWRP recovery from Elemental ROM thread.
Now download Hurupdater 0.4.zip from thread and the firmware for your model. Rename the firmware files as suggested in Hurupdater thread and place them all in the same folder on your SD card.
Now boot into TWRP with Power & Volume Up. Go to Wipe & Format Data. -> YES.
Now go-to Wipe-> Advanced Wipe-> Select:
Dalvik/Art Cache
Cache
Internal
System
Data.
And swipe to Wipe. Only mark these and nothing else. Now go to install, select SD card and navigate to the folder in which all the Zips are present and then select only Hurupdater to flash. Now pressbVolume Down when it prompts. Flashing will take around 10 mins. Be patient. You will also get error of no recovery.img and some other. They're normal.
After flash complete wipe Cache/Dalvik and then reboot system now. In the warning screen, press Volume Up to boot into erecovery and Perform Factory reset. Then format Cache and reboot system now. First boot will take around 10+min. Don't panic. Luck

BLN-L24 - Noob friendly guide for upgrading to EMUI 8/rooting/OpenKirin rom install?

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

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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
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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?