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[Q] Can't flash recovery - FAILED (remote: image update error)

When I try flash a recovery image using the command prompt I receive the following error:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (8956 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.105s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: image update error)
finished. total time: 1.355s
How to resolve error?

Akio8 said:
When I try flash a recovery image using the command prompt I receive the following error:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (8956 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.105s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: image update error)
finished. total time: 1.355s
How to resolve error?
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Have you successfully unlocked the bootloader ?
Which recovery image are you trying to flash ?

htc_one_mini_m4 said:
Have you successfully unlocked the bootloader ?
Which recovery image are you trying to flash ?
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Yes the bootloader is unlocked. I'm trying to flash philz-touch-6.26.1-m4.img

Akio8 said:
Yes the bootloader is unlocked. I'm trying to flash philz-touch-6.26.1-m4.img
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Can you try flashing TWRP 2.7.1.1 instead ? ( Just to see if it's a general issue or something related to your image file )

htc_one_mini_m4 said:
Can you try flashing TWRP 2.7.1.1 instead ? ( Just to see if it's a general issue or something related to your image file )
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It's a general issue it doesn't matter what image I try to flash

Akio8 said:
It's a general issue it doesn't matter what image I try to flash
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So, you're stuck with the stock recovery or with a custom one ?
I'd try to install an unsecured kernel + ROM like Jmz's and try flashing a new recovery after that.
Not sure if it would work, just my thoughts and gut says that it might

Bricked my Honor 6 H60-L04 Indian variant while trying to install .zip files.

I recently upgraded my phone to EMUI 2.3 to EMUI 3.1 (Android lollipop 5.1), and installed CWM and rooted it. Two days ago I have downloaded cerebus app from Rom manager app and it installed by rebooting into recovery. Then a couple of minutes after rebooting the phone keep on crashing and shutting down randomly and when I tried to reboot it won't reboot but stuck for sometime at the Honor logo and since then I've tried every possible flashing and resetting I found here on XDA.
I still have access to fastboot and that is how I am able to flash ROM s and when I am trying to use the three button method it is stopping at 90 %. I couldn't even access it if my phone is not connected to my PC.
Now I've exhausted all the procedures in here and some other sites.
Somebody please suggest me something, help me.
Thank you.

Follow these steps to get it back to stock:
Download your phone's latest firmware and extract system.img, boot.img, recovery.img, cust.img from UPDATE.APP using Huawei Update Extractor tool.
Boot into bootloader mode by switching off the phone then pressing only the Vol DOWN button, and connecting it to PC simultaneously.
Flash recovery first, using this command.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Flash all other extracted files similarly firing these commands.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash cust cust.img
fastboot flash system system.img
After doing this put that very UPDATE.APP from which you extracted the files in dload folder of your external SDCARD.
Switch off your phone, and press Vol UP + Vol DOWN + Power button simultaneously.
Your device will now get to the full stock firmware.
NOTE: If the manual flashing doesn't works or you get any errors, then first try only the force update method, i.e Putting the UPDATE.APP from which you extracted the files in dload folder of your external SDCARD and pressing Vol UP + Vol DOWN + Power button simultaneously after switching off your phone.

Thanks Brother.
I have tried to flash Recovery through fastboot and the following error is occurring
F:\Android\Honor root\H60-L04>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (13780 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.451s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 1.482s
Thanks again for helping me out,.

yessasikiran said:
I have tried to flash Recovery through fastboot and the following error is occurring
F:\Android\Honor root\H60-L04>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (13780 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.451s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 1.482s
Thanks again for helping me out,.
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I have the same problem with a H60-L12.
I noticed, that I get that error when I try to flash a boot.img from a different EMUI version pack.
In my case, the phone had EMUI3.0 and I can write any of the EMUI3.0 boot.img's, but cannot write a boot.img from an EMUI 3.1 or EMUI4.0 update.app

yessasikiran said:
I have tried to flash Recovery through fastboot and the following error is occurring
F:\Android\Honor root\H60-L04>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (13780 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.451s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 1.482s
Thanks again for helping me out,.
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Which recovery image are you using?
Sent from my PLK-L01 using Tapatalk

yessasikiran said:
I have tried to flash Recovery through fastboot and the following error is occurring
F:\Android\Honor root\H60-L04>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (13780 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.451s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 1.482s
Thanks again for helping me out,.
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Try
download adb.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/download/o5ruw752ked884u/adb+H60.zip
extract adb.zip
download
TWRP_2.8.7.0_EN_EMUI_4.0_v4.img
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0By4NGNfKPDLBMW9jTy1fOHBGTm8?tid=0By4NGNfKPDLBQTZ2S0licGhjNmc
copy TWRP in adb folder
put the devices in fastboot mode
run cmd.exe as administrator and type this command
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery TWRP_2.8.7.0_EN_EMUI_4.0_v4.img
fastboot reboot
If does not work, try to reinstall HiSuite or install the lastet version
http://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/HiSuite_en/index.html
Nexus H791 using Tapatalk

Thnks you for replying so quickly.
I'm using "Honor 6_Firmware_H60-L04_Android 6.0_EMUI 4.0_C675B822_India_Flipkart India"
which is the latest stock firmware for Honor 6 H60-L04.
I have tried to force update with the thee button method and it worked (completed 100%)but unfortunately the phone is now in bootloop. This definitely made the phone a little better but once it got to the EMUI update screen its restarting again.
Thanks again man I though nobody would reply for this. its been so long since ive posted this.

Thank you for replying so quickly.
I'm using "Honor 6_Firmware_H60-L04_Android 6.0_EMUI 4.0_C675B822_India_Flipkart India"
which is the latest stock firmware for Honor 6 H60-L04.
I have tried to force update with the thee button method and it worked (completed 100%)but unfortunately the phone is now in bootloop. This definitely made the phone a little better but once it got to the EMUI update screen its restarting again.
Thanks again man I though nobody would reply for this. its been so long since ive posted this.

Thanks man, I'll get back to you once ive done this.
Nah man, Same thing again.
F:\Android\Honor root\TWRP>fastboot flash recovery TWRP_2.8.7.0_EN_EMUI_4.0_v4.i
mg
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (14468 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.507s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 1.535s
Thank you for guiding me through.

yessasikiran said:
Thank you for replying so quickly.
I'm using "Honor 6_Firmware_H60-L04_Android 6.0_EMUI 4.0_C675B822_India_Flipkart India"
which is the latest stock firmware for Honor 6 H60-L04.
I have tried to force update with the thee button method and it worked (completed 100%)but unfortunately the phone is now in bootloop. This definitely made the phone a little better but once it got to the EMUI update screen its restarting again.
Thanks again man I though nobody would reply for this. its been so long since ive posted this.
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You have to use that last Lollipop package which you were on before, try the three button method with that and report.

DigiGoon said:
You have to use that last Lollipop package which you were on before, try the three button method with that and report.
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Hey,
Yeah man I'll do that now and will get bact to you.
Thanks man

DigiGoon said:
You have to use that last Lollipop package which you were on before, try the three button method with that and report.
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Yeah man, I've tried to flash recovery of the last Lollipop Rom and still the same message FAILED (status read failed (Too many links)).
Is there any other way that we can try to unbrick the device?
Thank you man.

yessasikiran said:
Yeah man, I've tried to flash recovery of the last Lollipop Rom and still the same message FAILED (status read failed (Too many links)).
Is there any other way that we can try to unbrick the device?
Thank you man.
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Have you used Honor Multitool? http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/honor-7-multi-tool-t3281176

zinko_pt said:
Have you used Honor Multitool? http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/honor-7-multi-tool-t3281176
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Yes sir,
Same output and stopping after trying to flash recovery while using the in brick option.
Thank you.

yessasikiran said:
Yes sir,
Same output and stopping after trying to flash recovery while using the in brick option.
Thank you.
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When you flashed manually, did you used the same IMG files from the last installed ROM?
You can´t extract and flash IMG files of a LP ROM in a last installed MM ROM and vice versa.

yessasikiran said:
I have tried to flash Recovery through fastboot and the following error is occurring
F:\Android\Honor root\H60-L04>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery' (13780 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.451s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 1.482s
Thanks again for helping me out,.
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bro type fastboot devices and check how many available devices it shows...if it shows more than 1 device then stop the other device...if thr is only device then try stopping adb.exe and fastboot.exe(if thr)....then again type command "fastboot devices"

yessasikiran said:
Yes sir,
Same output and stopping after trying to flash recovery while using the in brick option.
Thank you.
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Try using the latest version of the developer ROM
chetan_dua said:
bro type fastboot devices and check how many available devices it shows...if it shows more than 1 device then stop the other device...if thr is only device then try stopping adb.exe and fastboot.exe(if thr)....then again type command "fastboot devices"
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Check in task manager to see if you have adb.exe running. Stop all and try again.

Still bricked or have u fixed it yet?

goldfinv said:
Try using the latest version of the developer ROM
Check in task manager to see if you have adb.exe running. Stop all and try again.
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bro i was trying to help another person that was solution according to me for him
Sry if it looks like question...

[RECOVERY][UB]T.W.R.P 3.0.2.0 Xperia E4 E2105 Alpha 1

*PROJECT ABANDONED*
*I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR DEVICE.*
Unofficial TWRP for Xperia E4 E2105
Installation
MAKE SURE YOUR BOOTLOADER IS UNLOCKED
Make sure you have the following:
A Windows PC/Laptop
ADB Drivers Installed
Unlocked Bootloader
Now do the following:
Turn off your phone, and when you connect it to the PC press VOLUME UP+POWER button at the same time to boot in fast boot
Now type in the following commands:
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
ALPHA 1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwfkh9Wew36kTGJlamI3enA1VDg/edit?pref=2&pli=1

G15C said:
*I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR DEVICE.*
Unofficial TWRP for Xperia E4 E2105
Installation
MAKE SURE YOUR BOOTLOADER IS UNLOCKED
Make sure you have the following:
A Windows PC/Laptop
ADB Drivers Installed
Unlocked Bootloader
Now do the following:
Turn off your phone, and when you connect it to the PC press VOLUME UP+POWER button at the same time to boot in fast boot
Now type in the following commands:
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
ALPHA 1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwfkh9Wew36kTGJlamI3enA1VDg/edit?pref=2&pli=1
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Wow awesome news
Thanks:good:
Also Can you port twrp recovery(or any other recoveries) to Sony Xperia E4g? And Is it possible?

This is great news, finally a recovery for our Sony Xperia E4, hoping that we can port this to E4g also, thank you.

fastboot says «FAILED (remote: size too large)»

fastboot flash failure
No luck with this (on unlocked rooted E2105):
"sending 'recovery' (25264 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.231s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.708s"

Brendanus said:
No luck with this (on unlocked rooted E2105):
"sending 'recovery' (25264 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.231s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.708s"
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Just your bootloader locked.

hi,can i use this on my Xperia E4g 2003?

zokipfc said:
hi,can i use this on my Xperia E4g 2003?
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No,we can use this recovery for E4g
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/twrp-recovey-sony-xperia-e4g-t3425174

Does this recovery use the FOTAkernel partition? read here http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/recovery-philz-touch-fotakernel-images-t2826333

Confirm that can't install it. Says FAILED (remote: size too large)

There is a problem with the recovery partition on the E4, it worked for me, I will try to fix the problem and I will upload the recovery as soon as I can. If you want me to port twrp to your device, send me the boot.img

G15C said:
There is a problem with the recovery partition on the E4, it worked for me, I will try to fix the problem and I will upload the recovery as soon as I can. If you want me to port twrp to your device, send me the boot.img
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How to make it?

Actually you just have to tell me what model you are and what firmware version. I will take care of the rest. It would be really helpful if you would send me the kernel.sin found in the .ftf for your device. To do this all you need to do is download the specific firmware and open it with 7-zip or winrar and extract the kernel.sin

Any recovery for e4 dual...
Can someone help with e4 dual e2115 for recovery....

G15C said:
…you need to do is download the specific firmware and open it with 7-zip or winrar and extract the kernel.sin
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Can't find kernel.sin in ftf file:

greenvorbisfan said:
Can't find kernel.sin in ftf file:
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It's boot.sin, and you should have a kernel.elf inside

G15C said:
It's boot.sin, and you should have a kernel.elf inside
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Here's my boot.sin:
MEGA link

hi, tried to flash it on e2105 and got this:
Code:
sending 'recovery' (25264 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.721s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: partition table doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 0.729s

fjrx_ said:
hi, tried to flash it on e2105 and got this:
Code:
sending 'recovery' (25264 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.721s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: partition table doesn't exist)
finished. total time: 0.729s
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Yeah, I need to work a bit more on the recovery, I will upload the recovery when i fix everything.

I had a Xperia tipo bootloader locked, and i installed a cwm but not in the kernel, is there Amy way to do the same in e4 with twrp

Root: Stuck at "Your device is booting now"

Hello! I tried to root my Honor 6x (BLN-L21, EMUI 5.0) following the instructions there:
cyberkey.in/how-to-root-honor-6x-100-working/
The bootloader was successfully unlocked.
But when I tried to flash TWRP the process failed and now my phone is stuck on boot :
"Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted [...] Your device is booting now."
I can get access to recovery and fastboot. I wiped the cache and tried a factory reset but nothing changed, my system won't start and I don't know what to do.
Please help!

if you have the boot backup then restore it.

venugopalu007 said:
if you have the boot backup then restore it.
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I don't have any backup. Is there a way to just reset everything? Also I don't know how to connect to the phone anymore since adb won't find the device.

if you cannot find the boot.img
just do a rollback bro
here is the link
first dload this
http://download-c.huawei.com/download/downloadCenter?downloadId=94070&version=376169&siteCode=de-h
and this now
if your device is BLN-L21C432B151 http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1277/g104/v84712/f1/full/update.zip
or BLN-L21C185B131 http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1277/g104/v75593/f1/full/update.zip

I think that I flashed the wrong files in "boot" and "recovery". Please tell me which files I should flash there.
I used the commands:
.\fastboot flash boot twrp.img
.\fastboot flash recovery twrp.img

Stinks said:
I think that I flashed the wrong files in "boot" and "recovery". Please tell me which files I should flash there.
I used the commands:
.\fastboot flash boot twrp.img
.\fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
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The guide from "cyberkey.in/how-to-root-honor-6x-100-working/" is simply wrong when it comes to flashing the twrp recovery. If you really followed this guide completely then you flashed the recovery to the boot partition.
Use "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" to flash the recovery.
You will still have to flash the boot image to your boot partition then (fastboot flash boot boot.img).

Stinks said:
I don't have any backup. Is there a way to just reset everything? Also I don't know how to connect to the phone anymore since adb won't find the device.
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Use fastboot flash recovery twrpname.img to flash the recovery

Ok so basically I need to flash the boot image. However I don't know where to find the stock boot image. I downloaded the so-called "full version" of the stock firmware that I found here: boycracked.com/2017/07/20/official-huawei-honor-6x-bln-l21-berlin-l21-stock-rom-firmware/
However there was no boot.img file inside.
If you could direct me to the proper stock boot.img or send me one, that would greatly help. I had EMUI 5.0 with Nougat 7.0 I believe, phone version BLN-L21.

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Stinks said:
Ok so basically I need to flash the boot image. However I don't know where to find the stock boot image. I downloaded the so-called "full version" of the stock firmware that I found here: boycracked.com/2017/07/20/official-huawei-honor-6x-bln-l21-berlin-l21-stock-rom-firmware/
However there was no boot.img file inside.
If you could direct me to the proper stock boot.img or send me one, that would greatly help. I had EMUI 5.0 with Nougat 7.0 I believe, phone version BLN-L21.
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Bro there is update.app open it with huawei update extractor then you will see the the boot image.but remember the emui 4.1 boot wont help you in emui 5 .the boot.img must be emui 5 once.

venugopalu007 said:
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Bro there is update.app open it with huawei update extractor then you will see the the boot image.but remember the emui 4.1 boot wont help you in emui 5 .the boot.img must be emui 5 once.
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Thanks. I successfully updated boot.img and and recovery.img, but system won't load, so I might have imported from the wrong STOCK version.
I tried to reinstall a stock ROM using:
fastboot flash system system.img
But I got this error message:
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending sparse 'system' (444686 KB)...
OKAY [ 12.901s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: sparse flash write failure)
finished. total time: 12.929s
Then I tried to erase the system file with "erase system" and got this error:
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.013s
I guess that the only option now is to install the files on an external SD card?

Stinks said:
Thanks. I successfully updated boot.img and and recovery.img, but system won't load, so I might have imported from the wrong STOCK version.
I tried to reinstall a stock ROM using:
fastboot flash system system.img
But I got this error message:
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending sparse 'system' (444686 KB)...
OKAY [ 12.901s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: sparse flash write failure)
finished. total time: 12.929s
Then I tried to erase the system file with "erase system" and got this error:
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.013s
I guess that the only option now is to install the files on an external SD card?
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Bro y this ,just do a rollback .

Stinks said:
Thanks. I successfully updated boot.img and and recovery.img, but system won't load, so I might have imported from the wrong STOCK version.
I tried to reinstall a stock ROM using:
fastboot flash system system.img
But I got this error message:
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending sparse 'system' (444686 KB)...
OKAY [ 12.901s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: sparse flash write failure)
finished. total time: 12.929s
Then I tried to erase the system file with "erase system" and got this error:
erasing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.013s
I guess that the only option now is to install the files on an external SD card?
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I recommend you to download firmware files only from the official honor website or by using the huawei firmware finder(https://forum.xda-developers.com/tools/general/huawei-firmware-finder-team-mt-t3469146)
In this case try to use huawei firmware finder to get the right stock version for your phone. Download these two files: e.g. update.zip & update_full_BLN-L21_hw_eu.zip.
Export the following image files: recovery, system, boot and cust.
The try to flash them:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash cust cust.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
If flashing a partition via fastboot fails then it is usually because it's the wrong image or just not made for your phone.

Thank you guys, you saved my phone! I eventually managed to flash the files from Nougat update for European Honor 6X BLN-L21C432B360 that I found there: stechguide.com/honor-6x-b360-nougat-update/
Now the phone is working fine.

Stinks said:
Thank you guys, you saved my phone! I eventually managed to flash the files from Nougat update for European Honor 6X BLN-L21C432B360 that I found there: stechguide.com/honor-6x-b360-nougat-update/
Now the phone is working fine.
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Glad you revived your phone

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Stinks said:
Hello! I tried to root my Honor 6x (BLN-L21, EMUI 5.0) following the instructions there:
cyberkey.in/how-to-root-honor-6x-100-working/
The bootloader was successfully unlocked.
But when I tried to flash TWRP the process failed and now my phone is stuck on boot :
"Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted [...] Your device is booting now."
I can get access to recovery and fastboot. I wiped the cache and tried a factory reset but nothing changed, my system won't start and I don't know what to do.
Please help!
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my phone is stuck at your device is booting now i cant get to any of other functions such as fastboot or recovry i can only acces it after full charge is gone and after charging.how did you get to acces fastboot or recover.

[email protected] said:
question
my phone is stuck at your device is booting now i cant get to any of other functions such as fastboot or recovry i can only acces it after full charge is gone and after charging.how did you get to acces fastboot or recover.
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did you solve your issue.....I have same problem now

nokiasatyam said:
did you solve your issue.....I have same problem now
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Hello, could you be more specific about your problem? I'll be able to help you.
Brief Explanation:
From the screen on which you're stuck, press and hold power button for about 10 seconds to forcibly restart your device. when you see the same screen again, immediately press and hold volume up button(for about 3 seconds) to boot to eRecovery.
> Choose shut down option on eRecovery. press and hold vol down button and insert the charging cable to boot to fastboot.
> Press and hold power and volume up button to boot to recovery. (You could do this even from fastboot screen and the screen you're stuck at).

how to revert back to non rooted

I traded my phone for this p20 and its rooted, unlocked and has TWRP and I would like to remove all of that and have it back to factory. I've searched but could not find a tutorial. Any help would be appreciated.

Do you have TWRP installed?

Yes. TWRP is installed

I have an OTA update showing on my phone. If I click install will it install stock recovery or will it brick my phone?

ottawadad34 said:
I have an OTA update showing on my phone. If I click install will it install stock recovery or will it brick my phone?
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I dont think it will brick the phone, but I believe it just wont work. I did basically the same, but I cant remember how I got rid of twrp. I followed a guide (not on xda) very closely to not brick the phone (flashing something to get rid of it, then factory reset).
If you wanna relock your phone, I found the all-in-one-tool very helpful. Just doing oem relock like on the Nexuses doesn‘t work. The tool worked great for me, you still need the unlock code though.

it shouldn't that hard.
1. download full update zip file for your phone.
2. extract the zip, and extract the .APP file using HuaweiUpdateExtractor app.
3. get this file from extracted .APP file : ramdisk.img and recovery_ramdisk.img
4. boot into fastboot and do this :
fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk.img

Thanks. When I get home today I will try that

heindrix said:
it shouldn't that hard.
1. download full update zip file for your phone.
2. extract the zip, and extract the .APP file using HuaweiUpdateExtractor app.
3. get this file from extracted .APP file : ramdisk.img and recovery_ramdisk.img
4. boot into fastboot and do this :
fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk.img
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I get this when I extract update.app

ok i figured out the error but wondering what firmware to download. my phone says eml-l09 8.1.0.102(c792)
do i download this? EML-L09C792B102b (8.1.0.102b)
EML-L09C792B102 (8.1.0.102) FullOTA-MF

ottawadad34 said:
ok i figured out the error but wondering what firmware to download. my phone says eml-l09 8.1.0.102(c792)
do i download this? EML-L09C792B102b (8.1.0.102b)
EML-L09C792B102 (8.1.0.102) FullOTA-MF
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okay, first things first.
for HuaweiUpdateExtractor, go to settings, and disable every 'verify' settings, those you'll not receive that error message anymore.
next, for download link, here you are : http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G2639/g1604/v134418/f1/full/update.zip

heindrix said:
okay, first things first.
for HuaweiUpdateExtractor, go to settings, and disable every 'verify' settings, those you'll not receive that error message anymore.
next, for download link, here you are : http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G2639/g1604/v134418/f1/full/update.zip
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ok got that/ I dont see a recovery_ramdisk.img. I see recovery_ramdis.img and this is what i get when I flash the 2 files
PS C:\adb> fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'ramdisk' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.448s]
writing 'ramdisk'...
OKAY [ 0.082s]
finished. total time: 0.534s
PS C:\adb> fastboot flash recovery_ramdis recovery_ramdis.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery_ramdis' (32768 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.887s]
writing 'recovery_ramdis'...
FAILED (remote: partition length get error)
finished. total time: 0.899s

ottawadad34 said:
ok got that/ I dont see a recovery_ramdisk.img. I see recovery_ramdis.img and this is what i get when I flash the 2 files
PS C:\adb> fastboot flash ramdisk ramdisk.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'ramdisk' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.448s]
writing 'ramdisk'...
OKAY [ 0.082s]
finished. total time: 0.534s
PS C:\adb> fastboot flash recovery_ramdis recovery_ramdis.img
target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes
sending 'recovery_ramdis' (32768 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.887s]
writing 'recovery_ramdis'...
FAILED (remote: partition length get error)
finished. total time: 0.899s
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the last command is wrong, mate.
it should be :
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdis.img

heindrix said:
the last command is wrong, mate.
it should be :
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdis.img
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thank you so much. You are a lifesaver, it worked Update through the phone failed but updating through HiSuite worked. Now to relock the bootloader do i Use the multi tool or adb?

ottawadad34 said:
thank you so much. You are a lifesaver, it worked Update through the phone failed but updating through HiSuite worked. Now to relock the bootloader do i Use the multi tool or adb?
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i never relock the bootloader, but i think through adb is okay.
i think the command is :
fastboot oem relock yourcodehere
i must remind you that there's a risk of data lost, you make sure to backup first.
and please save bootloader code somewhere, because Huawei will close the service for releasing bootloader code, for the case maybe you want to sell the device and the buyer needs the code.

Ok thanks. I guess I will be keeping it unlocked. The guy I traded for this phone did not give me the unlock code

Worked for me on my EML-L09. Thanks.