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Need help figuring out how to help a remote friend update

In November, I helped my friend unlock and root his T-Mobile HTC One S using Hasoon's All-In-One-Toolkit.
He left the ROM as stock, and hasn't uninstalled any apps or bloats.
A couple weeks ago he got the OTA message to update. When he hits the notification to proceed with the update, the following happens:
phone resets
clockwork mod recovery v5.8.3.1
finding update package...
e: unknown volume for path [internals dcard: download/OTA_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_TMOUS_2.35.531.10-1.84.531.2_release_2978576yp8mjiw19tsxxey.zip]
e: can't mount INTERNAL SDCARDownload/OTA(tons of numbers).zip
His current software version is 1.84.531.2.710ORD, and he's on Android 4.0.3.
What needs to be done to enable the OTA update? I'm not near him, but I can talk him through it with Skype. I'm just not used to the HTC environment and terminology.

All he needs is to relock bootloader and install stock recovery, here is a link to download it from my dropbox..
http://db.tt/YTK06p9b

how to install stock recovery
Can you please explain how to relock the bootloader and how to install the stock recovery.
shadowch31 said:
All he needs is to relock bootloader and install stock recovery, here is a link to download it from my dropbox..
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espaniol said:
Can you please explain how to relock the bootloader and how to install the stock recovery.
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shadowch31 said:
All he needs is to relock bootloader and install stock recovery, here is a link to download it from my dropbox..
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Put the phone into bootloader.
Type in the following command in a command shell, opened in the adb directory: fastboot oem lock

espaniol said:
Can you please explain how to relock the bootloader and how to install the stock recovery.
shadowch31 said:
All he needs is to relock bootloader and install stock recovery, here is a link to download it from my dropbox..
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Your friend will need to have the phone drivers installed and an adb/fastboot folder set up (similar to the "data" folder from Hasoon's All-In-One-Toolkit with fastboot, adb, etc.). Get the phone to the bootloader then go to fastboot mode and connect the USB (it should say "fastboot usb"). Now flash the stock recovery by running the following command in the terminal:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery stock_recovery.img
then lock the bootloader with this command:
Code:
fastboot oem lock
as Raptylos suggested
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FRP Locked - Stock ROM Corrupt - TWRP Backup Corrupt

[FRD_L09]
Ok, here's the deal.
I recently got myself an unofficial version of TWRP.
Installed it, fine. I then downloaded SuperSu .zip and flashed it.
Tried booting my phone; nothing. OEM was unlocked, and i already made
a twrp backup, before making any changes. I am now stuck with a phone
that wont boot up (nothing happens upon boot), and FRP being locked in bootloader.
I realised some ROMs require a custom version of TWRP, which i cannot flash as FRP is locked
in boot loader, and i dont have access to "USB Debugging" since it wont boot. I tried installing
several different ROMs, including LineAge, CM14 and some others. No luck.
I also went to the manufacturer website (Huawei) to see if they would help me with this issue; no luck. Please help me restore
my device to its original state. Thanks a lot.

Rommco05 said:
Enter to fastboot (plug device to USB and turn on with vol down + on/off) and whats status is your phone? (...fastboot devices...)
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It shows up in fastboot, but FRP is locked. I guess FRP is usb debugging, since i cant make any changes.

Rommco05 said:
Try reinstal HiSuite (latest version) and after type adb command in fastboot: fastboot devices
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yeah, it shows up in fastboot when i do devices command. i have latest hisuite.
but when i try to flash something, it doesnt allow.
gives:
73QDU16A20004317 fastboot

Rommco05 said:
You allready try install MM via dload?
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I tried, but idk why it didnt find my update.app thing on my sd card. is it because i have twrp flashed?

Rommco05 said:
I think no, can you enter to recovery? If no flash recovery via HuaweiMultitool https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/tool-huawei-multi-tool-team-mt-t3523923
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How can i use it?
Also it is russian.

Rommco05 said:
Try another version that isnt russian (I know that) and it is easy to use, just follow steps
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ok, ill try that.

Rommco05 said:
Try another version that isnt russian (I know that) and it is easy to use, just follow steps
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No luck. Remmember, usb debugging cant be enabled...

Impossible to install custom recovery.

Hello, I have a honor 6x and when i want to root it.
So I unlock OEM and bootloader and i flashed twrp via "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img", no error appears but when i try to reboot my phone in recovery it boot in "erecovery" mode. I tried to flash "recovery2" too but then when i try to boot in recovery my phone stay on "Your device is booting now..". I try using Linux Vmware too but there is no change.
I try many possibilities but nothing work, have you a solution ?
Thank's to help me.

theo59640 said:
Hello, I have a honor 6x and when i want to root it.
So I unlock OEM and bootloader and i flashed twrp via "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img", no error appears but when i try to reboot my phone in recovery it boot in "erecovery" mode. I tried to flash "recovery2" too but then when i try to boot in recovery my phone stay on "Your device is booting now..". I try using Linux Vmware too but there is no change.
I try many possibilities but nothing work, have you a solution ?
Thank's to help me.
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Try this method
First copy the recovery img to your phone sdcard
Then
"fastboot boot RECOVERY.img"
While on recovery flash the img file from sdcard.
Press Reboot to recovery.
Let me know how it goes

psxda97 said:
Try this method
First copy the recovery img to your phone sdcard
Then
"fastboot boot RECOVERY.img"
While on recovery flash the img file from sdcard.
Press Reboot to recovery.
Let me know how it goes
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When I enter "fastboot boot RECOVERY.img" an error message appear and tell me I have no the permission to do that, maybe because my phone is not root..
Have you an other idea ?

theo59640 said:
When I enter "fastboot boot RECOVERY.img" an error message appear and tell me I have no the permission to do that, maybe because my phone is not root..
Have you an other idea ?
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You have to unlock the bootloader to gain access to flash or boot via fastboot
Edit : You've to change RECOVERY.img by your recovery name

psxda97 said:
You have to unlock the bootloader to gain access to flash or boot via fastboot
Edit : You've to change RECOVERY.img by your recovery name
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I already unlocked the bootloader, here is a screen of my cmd :
https://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/693316Sanstitre54656461.png
Have you a solution ?

theo59640 said:
I already unlocked the bootloader, here is a screen of my cmd :
https://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/693316Sanstitre54656461.png
Have you a solution ?
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I'm out.. Try posting it on your device specific thread. There will be devs more familiar with your situation.

psxda97 said:
I'm out.. Try posting it on your device specific thread. There will be devs more familiar with your situation.
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Do you have a link? I don't find it

theo59640 said:
Do you have a link? I don't find it
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/development/twrp-t3583413

(HELP ME ) Bricked

So i did a stupid thing and flashed the wrong image when i was installing a new rom, I managed to lock myself out of ADB, TWRP and download mode. I'm in a bit of a pickle right now I've been trying everything I can to fix it, but I managed to do nothing. Is there anyone that can walk me through the steeps to get unbricked.
I've tried recovery through hisuite, but it says my device is not supported. My phone showed up via CMD command (fastboot devices) but not (adb devices). I have no idea what to do?
PLEASE HELP ME!!!

Nixonkai417 said:
So i did a stupid thing and flashed the wrong image when i was installing a new rom, I managed to lock myself out of ADB, TWRP and download mode. I'm in a bit of a pickle right now I've been trying everything I can to fix it, but I managed to do nothing. Is there anyone that can walk me through the steeps to get unbricked.
I've tried recovery through hisuite, but it says my device is not supported. My phone showed up via CMD command (fastboot devices) but not (adb devices). I have no idea what to do?
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
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Give the all required information like Brand, model number in your post first.

Huawei honor 5x kiwi L24, I can't really acces the phone so finding some information is impossible. My main issue is when I boot it's failing to verify the Boot.img , recovery.img and system.img . I don't exactly know what all information I can give you

Nixonkai417 said:
So i did a stupid thing and flashed the wrong image when i was installing a new rom, I managed to lock myself out of ADB, TWRP and download mode. I'm in a bit of a pickle right now I've been trying everything I can to fix it, but I managed to do nothing. Is there anyone that can walk me through the steeps to get unbricked.
I've tried recovery through hisuite, but it says my device is not supported. My phone showed up via CMD command (fastboot devices) but not (adb devices). I have no idea what to do?
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
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First open the tool
Select the update.app file
Then press Ctrl and select the imgs you want
And then right click and click extract selected
Like in here
https://up.harajgulf.com/imagef-149893652739431-png.html

-Hope- said:
First open the tool
Select the update.app file
Then press Ctrl and select the imgs you want
And then right click and click extract selected
Like in here
https://up.harajgulf.com/imagef-149893652739431-png.html
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I have already done that, I've tried flashing it via SP flash tool but nothing, it won't show up. I've downloaded correct drivers and done what I could but my phone shows up as Lemobile android adb interface. It sometimes shows as a disk drive as well.
When I run CMD command (fastboot flash oem info) it shows everything but the recovery.img system.img and boot.img need verification how can I verify them without the debugging bridge active on the phone.

Nixonkai417 said:
I have already done that, I've tried flashing it via SP flash tool but nothing, it won't show up. I've downloaded correct drivers and done what I could but my phone shows up as Lemobile android adb interface. It sometimes shows as a disk drive as well.
When I run CMD command (fastboot flash oem info) it shows everything but the recovery.img system.img and boot.img need verification how can I verify them without the debugging bridge active on the phone.
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What do you mean sir
Imgs are already verified cause they are official
And you don't need USB debug in fastboot mode
Your device is not has mtk processor so it won't work

-Hope- said:
What do you mean sir
Imgs are already verified cause they are official
And you don't need USB debug in fastboot mode
Your device is not has mtk processor so it won't work
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I rooted my phone and was running xenon HD on my Huawei honor 5x, in the midst of switching ROMs I accidently targeted a TWRP recovery.img with the ROM and Gapps.
So what my phone dose now is when it powers on it an all green screen with a red box and a blue box. After a second it come up with " recovery image verify failed, please update to verified images." I can enter fastboot&rescue mode and a Huawei erecovery, but when i do try to download the recovery via WIFI it says package failure.

Nixonkai417 said:
I rooted my phone and was running xenon HD on my Huawei honor 5x, in the midst of switching ROMs I accidently targeted a TWRP recovery.img with the ROM and Gapps.
So what my phone dose now is when it powers on it an all green screen with a red box and a blue box. After a second it come up with " recovery image verify failed, please update to verified images." I can enter fastboot&rescue mode and a Huawei erecovery, but when i do try to download the recovery via WIFI it says package failure.
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What happens when you try flashing through fastboot
Assuming that your bootloader is unlocked have you tried reflashing twrp?

-Hope- said:
What happens when you try flashing through fastboot
Assuming that your bootloader is unlocked have you tried reflashing twrp?
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I had unlocked my bootloader but some research I was doing says, when you accidently flash wrong images it can relock the bootloader. I lost the original bootloader code and i don't exactly have the box anymore, so getting a new code will be difficult.

Nixonkai417 said:
I had unlocked my bootloader but some research I was doing says, when you accidently flash wrong images it can relock the bootloader. I lost the original bootloader code and i don't exactly have the box anymore, so getting a new code will be difficult.
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As long as the bootloader says 'phone is unlocked' then its ok

-Hope- said:
As long as the bootloader says 'phone is unlocked' then its ok
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I'm my case the bootloader has relocked, so in green it say phone status: locked.

Nixonkai417 said:
I'm my case the bootloader has relocked, so in green it say phone status: locked.
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I've reread your previous post and you didn't mentioned what happens in the cmd window when trying to flash the files?

-Hope- said:
I've reread your previous post and you didn't mentioned what happens in the cmd window when trying to flash the files?
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(REMOTE: command not allowed)

I have already sent an email to Huawei support, just waiting on a response to see if they can give me another unlock code. If I'm unable to unlock the boot loader again with the codes, what's my options for unlocling the boot loader without Huawei's help.

Help on my TWRP bootloop phone

Hello, newbie here..
Need help!! My phone keeps booting to TWRP whenever I turned it on, connected it to PC, or even when I connected it to my charger.
It happened after I mistakenly uninstalled a system app (it is an app named Freeshare). I thought it was just a sharing app like MiDrop or ShareIt, but clearly that was a mistake.
Now I just can't seem to boot into the system, not even able to enter into the download mode.
I've tried a method that I found in here, like entering a code in TWRP terminal (it was "dd if blablabla", i forgot. Lol), to no avail.
Haven't tried to flash the stock rom or stock boot since I can't find any zip Stock Rom for my phone (my phone is Gome Fenmmy Note).
Does anyone have an idea or know how to fix it?
Thanks in advance

Did you flash MISC partition?
Give a try on this (plese, method #2 only): https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...omi-redmi-note-9-xiaomi-redmi-10x-4g.4209299/
Or you can try to FORMAT the misc partition inside the TWRP.
Or did you flash TWRP to boot partition ??
TWRP needs to be flashed to RECOVERY partition.
If you flash TWRP to boot partition, your device will boot forever to recovery.
If yes, you need to flash the original stock boot.img

VD171 said:
Did you flash MISC partition?
Give a try on this (plese, method #2 only): https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...omi-redmi-note-9-xiaomi-redmi-10x-4g.4209299/
Or you can try to FORMAT the misc partition inside the TWRP.
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But before i mistakenly uninstalled the system app, my phone is completely fine. No twrp bootloop when i rebooting hte phone. The bootloop happened after I uninstalled a system app.
But thanks anyway. Will try this after I got home.

disegiooo said:
But before i mistakenly uninstalled the system app, my phone is completely fine. No twrp bootloop when i rebooting hte phone. The bootloop happened after I uninstalled a system app.
But thanks anyway. Will try this after I got home.
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You don't need to uninstall a system app for disabling it completely.
If you've uninstalled a system app, you've modified your system.
1. Did you unlock bootloader?
2. Did you flash vbmeta with disabled verification?
3. Did you root your device?
4. Did you debloat your device?
You can't modify your system before the answer for all questions be YES.
Probably you need to flash the SYSTEM again.
(Only system should be enough.)

VD171 said:
You don't need to uninstall a system app for disabling it completely.
If you've uninstalled a system app, you've modified your system.
1. Did you unlock bootloader?
2. Did you flash vbmeta with disabled verification?
3. Did you root your device?
4. Did you debloat your device?
You can't modify your system before the answer for all questions be YES.
Probably you need to flash the SYSTEM again.
(Only system should be enough.)
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For questions 1,3,4 the answer is YES. For question 2, I'm not really sure.
Okay, so I need to flash the system again. Can I just flash the system.img through TWRP? Since it won't enter fastboot or download mode. Since once I connect my turned off phone to PC, it will immediately reboot to TWRP.
Sorry, if I'm asking too much. Please be patience.

disegiooo said:
For questions 1,3,4 the answer is YES. For question 2, I'm not really sure.
Okay, so I need to flash the system again. Can I just flash the system.img through TWRP? Since it won't enter fastboot or download mode. Since once I connect my turned off phone to PC, it will immediately reboot to TWRP.
Sorry, if I'm asking too much. Please be patience.
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Are you sure you can't enter in fastboot mode?
I'm not sure, but I think to flash system using TWRP you need to convert sparse image to regular image using simg2img first.

VD171 said:
Are you sure you can't enter in fastboot mode?
I'm not sure, but I think to flash system using TWRP you need to convert sparse image to regular image using simg2img first.
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VD171 said:
Are you sure you can't enter in fastboot mode?
I'm not sure, but I think to flash system using TWRP you need to convert sparse image to regular image using simg2img first.
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Well, I haven't tried to enter fastboot using adb yet since the phone will automatically turn on and boot into TWRP if i connect it to PC using usb cable. Is it possible to enter fastboot using adb eventhough the phone isn't turned off and in TWRP mode?
I see, so i need to convert the image into regular image first. Got it.
I'll try all of your suggestions. Hope it worked.

disegiooo said:
Well, I haven't tried to enter fastboot using adb yet since the phone will automatically turn on and boot into TWRP if i connect it to PC using usb cable. Is it possible to enter fastboot using adb eventhough the phone isn't turned off and in TWRP mode?
I see, so i need to convert the image into regular image first. Got it.
I'll try all of your suggestions. Hope it worked.
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Yes.
Enter in twrp.
Plug usb cable.
Type "adb devices" and check your device is detected.
And then try "adb reboot bootloader"

VD171 said:
Yes.
Enter in twrp.
Plug usb cable.
Type "adb devices" and check your device is detected.
And then try "adb reboot bootloader"
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Hello, sorry for late reply. Yes my phone now able to enter the fastboot mode. Then what should i do next to flash my stock rom? I can't turn off my phone

disegiooo said:
Hello, sorry for late reply. Yes my phone now able to enter the fastboot mode. Then what should i do next to flash my stock rom? I can't turn off my phone
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If you can enter in fastboot mode, you can flash the rom easily.
But it requires unlocked bootloader.
If your bootloader is locked, you need to flash using SP FLASH TOOL.
Just download the stock rom, extract it and flash using any of the flashing script (if available).
Good luck

VD171 said:
If you can enter in fastboot mode, you can flash the rom easily.
But it requires unlocked bootloader.
If your bootloader is locked, you need to flash using SP FLASH TOOL.
Just download the stock rom, extract it and flash using any of the flashing script.
Good luck
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Alright, my phone bootloader is unlocked. Then how do I flash the stock rom?
Sorry, I'm completely a noob.

disegiooo said:
Alright, my phone bootloader is unlocked. Then how do I flash the stock rom?
Sorry, I'm completely a noob.
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I suggest you to watch some videos in youtube.
Certainly, it helps alot.

VD171 said:
It's same for all xiaomi devices.
I suggest you to watch some videos in youtube.
Certainly, it helps alot.
If you don't know how to flash manually using fastboot, try MiFlash:
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Thank you very much. Managed to flash the stock rom safely.
Once again, thank you for your help! May God bless you

disegiooo said:
Thank you very much. Managed to flash the stock rom safely.
Once again, thank you for your help! May God bless you
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Good job, my friend
You are welcome.
God bless you too

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