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Can you fix this Problem????

Hi i have an Honor8 and it's kinda destoryed
Problem :
1 Phone is stuck honor 8 logo or it show me the EMUI Huawei eReocover where i have three options A) shutdown B) reboot C) Download latest Version and recovery [ tried options C But i fails to download the package everytime ]
2: my honor 8 is usb dead meaning my pc dosent recognize my phone in anyway so.... yeah
3: Dont have stock Rom or custom rom
4: cant boot to twrp recovery at all
Good news at this point :
The Power and volume bottoms work ..........
Oh and i have Mrico SD card .........
IF you can solve this Problem you my friend are a certify genuineness

Rommco05 said:
Put full fw to sd card and turn on phone with buttons +/-/on,off together or flash .zip fw via twrp
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are you saying that i should download the Frimeware to the miroc sd and press + - and power toghther i ll try that
and i cant boot to twrp to flash the zip
the for the replay i'll report after i try it

Rommco05 said:
Put full fw to sd card and turn on phone with buttons +/-/on,off together or flash .zip fw via twrp
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I tried it but it said the the uppdate pakage dosent exist

Use Method 2
How to install Nougat Firmware on Honor 8 –
Method 1
1) First, download Android 7.0 Nougat ROM for Honor 8 from above and extract it.
2) Now create a folder dload in the root of your SD card and place the update.app file in that folder.
3) Now dial *#*#2846579#*#* from your phone dialer to open a hidden menu.
4) Now click on Project Menu -> Software Upgrade -> SDCard Upgrade.
5) Now select and run the update.
6) Wait until the installation process is complete and then reboot your device.
7) Now extract the second file (update_data_full_hw_eu) from above and save all the files in the dload folder.
8) Now repeat step 3 to 6 again.
9) Done.
Method 2
1) Download Stock ROM for Huawei and extract it.
2) Now create a folder dload in the root of your SD card and place the update.app file in that folder.
3) Now turn off your device.
4) Now press “Volume Up + Volume Down and Power Button” together. The update process will start automatically.
5) Now wait for some time to complete the process.
6) Now extract the second file (update_data_full_hw_eu) from above and save all the files in the dload folder.
7) Now repeat step 3 to 5 again.
8) Done.

Rommco05 said:
You have all ready fw in sdcard? Go to Huawei web download full firmware B131 and copy this file to sdcard
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Yes i have Frimeware in my sdcard what know?

PhantonKid said:
Yes i have Frimeware in my sdcard what know?
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press volume up, down and power when you start the phone. The firmware (UPDATE.APP) should be in a folder called dload and it should install.

Solved it guys thx for all the Help
it work omg so happy dint have i phone for tre days
download the Frimeware
Extart it
made new fold named dload
put the Uppdare.app in dload
power voulme + and -
and magic it works
you are all certify genuineness

StratOS_HTC said:
Use Method 2
How to install Nougat Firmware on Honor 8 –
Method 1
1) First, download Android 7.0 Nougat ROM for Honor 8 from above and extract it.
2) Now create a folder dload in the root of your SD card and place the update.app file in that folder.
3) Now dial *#*#2846579#*#* from your phone dialer to open a hidden menu.
4) Now click on Project Menu -> Software Upgrade -> SDCard Upgrade.
5) Now select and run the update.
6) Wait until the installation process is complete and then reboot your device.
7) Now extract the second file (update_data_full_hw_eu) from above and save all the files in the dload folder.
8) Now repeat step 3 to 6 again.
9) Done.
Method 2
1) Download Stock ROM for Huawei and extract it.
2) Now create a folder dload in the root of your SD card and place the update.app file in that folder.
3) Now turn off your device.
4) Now press “Volume Up + Volume Down and Power Button” together. The update process will start automatically.
5) Now wait for some time to complete the process.
6) Now extract the second file (update_data_full_hw_eu) from above and save all the files in the dload folder.
7) Now repeat step 3 to 5 again.
8) Done.
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I dont understand step six Now extract the second file (update_data_full_hw_eu) from above and save all the files in the dload folder.
what second file ??

PhantonKid said:
I dont understand step six Now extract the second file (update_data_full_hw_eu) from above and save all the files in the dload folder.
what second file ??
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The file named "Update_data_full_hw_(insert your region here).ZIP" It's a US, EU or Asia specific file you should flash as well. It include soft keyboard and other useful stuff.
Place ALL of its contents in the dload folder when flashing.

Honor 8 bootloop issue!!!! (HELP!!!)

Folks,
I recently bought a Honor 8 and was trying to unlock the bootloder, install twrp and supersu by following the link below
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/how-to/guide-unlock-bootloader-install-twrp-t3554789
As stated in the link above, I got to the steps to install supersu. However, on following step 12, it has formatted the data and now the phone is in a bootloop(stuck on the blue screen showing HONOR label)
I'm guessing my phone will not boot up since the OS has been erased. Could someone please help me restore this phone to back to the stock firmware and steps needed to do so. I am new to Honor phones, so not sure what I need to do and steps needed. Would appreciate any help if possible??
1. Boot into TWRP
2. Once there, when asked to keep system read only? - swipe to allow modifications
3. Tap Install
4. Tap Select Storage - Select your SD card
5. Select the supersu file "SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815-EMUI5.0.zip"
6. Swipe to confirm flash
7. Ignore the multiple errors: "Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument)
8. Go back to the main menu
9. Select Reboot to Recovery
10. When asked to keep system read only? - swiped to allow modifications (again)
11. Tap Wipe
12. Tap Format Data
13. Type YES then hit enter
14. It will format data using make_ext4fs..
15. When finished, tap Reboot System
16. Reboot back into TWRP
17. Swipe to allow modifications (You can check the box to never show this again)
18. Tap Install
19. Select storage
20. Select your SD card
21. Select the supersu file "SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815-EMUI5.0.zip"
22. Swipe to confirm flash
23. You should see NO ERRORS now when installing SuperSU
24. Wipe cache/dalvik
25. Swipe to wipe
26. Reboot system

Download the rollback and marshmallow firmware package from honors website. Rename the rollback package to "UPDATE.APP" and place it in a folder called "dload" in your micro SD card. Put the micro SD in your phone, and boot into the firmware update screen (volume up + volume down + power all at the same time). Once it's done, delete the old UPDATE.APP file from the dload folder, rename your marshmallow firmware package to "UPDATE.APP", place it in the dload folder on your micro SD card, place the micro SD in your phone, and again flash the firmware using volume up +volume down +power

Since you still have access to the SD Card via USB, you can just download your firmware, extract it and put the UPDATE.APP in a dload folder on a microSD card and press all 3 buttons when starting up the phone to start installing the OS again.

Appreciate the feedback. I tried going to the below website to pick up the rollback package and the firmware( Android 6.0)
http://www.hihonor.com/us/support/search-result/index.html?keywords=Honor%208%20Firmware
My question is that is it possible to just restore it back to android nougat(7.0) in the U.S or has the 7.0 not released for the U.S markets yet?
I found the following link below for the Android 7.0(Nougat) firmware for Honor 8 but not sure if this work on the phones bought in the U.S
http://hwmt.ru/oth/HWFF/info/view.php?find_model=FRD-L14
Appreciate your feedback on this..

Since the phone is in bootloop, I would have to use a different phone and it's SD card slot to download the firmware and then put it on the Honor 8. I'm guessing the rollback process would only apply if I wanted to go back to the Marshmellow firmware. My question though is would I be able to restore it back to Android Nougat(7.0) if possible.
I found the following link below for the Nougat(7.0) firmware. Not sure if this will work on the U.S phones. Is there a different process to restore it back to Nougat?
http://hwmt.ru/oth/HWFF/info/view.php?find_model=FRD-L14

You can try just getting the nougat firmware onto your micro SD, then pressing volume up + volume down + power to see if it works. Worse case scenario is that you'll get an error.
If you do get an error, your can try the rollback procedure. Once you get marshmallow running you can always just update back to nougat with OTA.
Oh yeah, you don't necessarily need another phone. Just get a micro SD card adapter and plug it into your computer, then transfer the files into the dload folder
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You can use the following link for marshmallow firmware. Again, you can always update to nougat later using OTA
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/models-stock-firmware-packages-honor-8-t3501942

thanks for the info..just another clarification. The nougat firmware I found online was a zip file that included 3 files(attached snapshot) . I noticed one of the files is the UPDATE.APP.
My question is on creating the new dload folder do I need to remove the other two files or just copy all of 3 files in the dload folder before I try to restore the phone back.. Sorry if it's a straight-forward question, but I just want to make sure I'm doing this right.
Much thanks...

Just the UPDATE.APP
What are the other 2 files? Just curious

there is a folder called : META-INF which has some files in it and also a file called: full_mainpkg.tag which is only a 1KB file so maybe that's inconsequential.

Did you try out the procedure yet? The META-INF folder should not be necessary. You can always try the method with and without the folder included if you really need to.

I did...it did do the update following the steps you mentioned and it seems everything went fine as far as the update is concerned. I didn't get any errors, but once the phone rebooted it is still stuck on the blue screen with the Honor logo on it

Have you tried the rollback procedure as well?
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If neither procedure worked, you can try another procedure which involves extracting SYSTEM.IMG, BOOT.IMG, RECOVERY.IMG, and CUST.IMG from the UPDATE.APP file, then flashing all of them through fastboot, and finally preforming the rollback procedure again.

was finally able to get the phone to reboot and load the firmware. It does seem that there is some issue with the keyboard now as it's only showing OK google as the keyboard so I don't have a keyboard anymore. Not sure how to go around this. Also the phone seems a little laggy and unresponsive at times which wasn't happening earlier. I'm thinking of trying the rollback method to see if that helps or improves the performance of the phone. Let me know of you have any suggestions. Thanks again for your help...

That's a known issue with the keyboard. For some reason it does not function correctly after a factory reset. The rollback should fix everything. Once you are back on marshmallow, just update back to nougat (if you want to) through OTA system update.
Edit: it might actually be easier to just perform a factory reset on the nougat firmware. I'm assuming your data was wiped through the procedure anyway, right?

I can do the rollback but I just realized that I have the 64GB version which is the FRD-L14
http://www.phonemore.com/huawei-honor-8/models/629
I'm not sure if there is a FRD-L14(64GB) variant of the MM firmware available anywhere. If so, I'm not aware of the link of the site to find it. Secondly, if I do install the FRD-L04(32GB) variant of the MM firmware would that create problems for the phone in upgrading and later trying to root and install custom ROM etc.
Much Thanks

The nougat firmware your flashed earlier, was it the L14 firmware? I would not flash a L04 firmware on a L14. Instead, you can probably flash the L14 nougat firmware (unless you already did) and then perform a factory reset
EDIT: Refer to this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/how-to/frd-l14-users-how-to-restore-downgrade-t3537433
The OP uploaded the correct L14 firmware files. Remember to first flash the rollback package, then the firmware.

the firmware I flashed earlier was the L14 firmware. I went to the link you mentioned above in your post. It's a little confusing as far as the exact steps that need to be followed as people seem to be adding/modifying steps. Would help if I could get a clear step process on how/what to follow.
Also, is it okay to flash the rollback package and then flash the nougat firmware package for L14 if I am currently on nougat(not fully functioning as mentioned in the posts above).
This link below from your reference thread has a few L14 firmware's. I had earlier picked up the first one from the list. Not sure if that's the correct one to flash..
http://hwmt.ru/oth/HWFF/info/view.php?find_model=FRD-L14
Thanks again...

The rollback package is only used if you're downgrading from nougat to marshmallow. Otherwise, you don't need it. Since you were having some issues after flashing the nougat firmware, I would recommend that you rollback, and then update to nougat afterwards. Here's a step by step:
1. Get an micro SD card. Create a folder on it called "dload"
2. Download the F14 rollback package from the following link:
http://download-c.huawei.com/download/downloadCenter?downloadId=92098&version=360320&siteCode=us-h
Extract the UPDATE.APP file, and place it into your dload folder. Pace the micro sd into your phone
3. With the phone shut off, press volume up + volume down + power to flash the UPDATE.APP. Once it's done, shut down your phone and remove the sd card
4. Download the F14 Marshmallow firmware from the following link:
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1201/g88/v66294/f1/full/update.zip
Extract the UPDATE.APP, and replace the old UPDATE.APP in the dload folder with the new one you just downloaded.
5. Place the micro sd into your phone. Repeat the button combination to flash it. Once it's done, shut down your phone.
6. Press volume up + power to boot into system recovery. Wipe the phone's data from this screen.
7. Boot into the phone. Go to settings -> About
Check to see if the model# etc is correct. If it is not, complete step 8. Otherwise go to step 9:
8. Download the following file:
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/...94/f1/full/hw/usa/update_data_full_hw_usa.zip
Extract the UPDATE.APP, place it in the dload folder, and flash it.
9. Boot into the phone. If you want to update to nougat, do the following:
Go to your dialer, and type *#*#2432546#*#*
This will force your phone to check for updates.
Then go to Settings -> Updater to update to nougat

I did follow your steps, but my keyboard has now vanished when the set up screen appears. It only shows google voice and I'm having trouble setting up my phone. Has anyone had the same problem. What can I do to get my keyboard back?
Note: my phone is unrooted. Not sure if that makes a difference

help me out

hi im using nokia 6 Ta-1021 indian model with android 8.....i have to downgrade 7.1.2.... plz help me out with this clearly post with link plz anyone thanks in advance

magikavi said:
hi im using nokia 6 Ta-1021 indian model with android 8.....i have to downgrade 7.1.2.... plz help me out with this clearly post with link plz anyone thanks in advance
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First thing first, everything you do will be doing on your own risk, these steps are working perfectly but still if anything happened, i will be not responsible for it:
Follow the steps carefully:
First down load the required files
1. Firmware and flashing tool to downgrade from here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-6/how-to/nokia-6-official-firmware-mena-region-t3664441
2. July to January [2018 naugat] OTA from here
Download the February oreo OTA also( in case if you failed to flash your device)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-6/how-to/updated-mirror-link-ota-monthly-updates-t3733784
3. This whole process will also required a sd card or memory card
4. The instructions to flash the device is available on the firmware thread that i provided you.
Now
Install the tool that you downloaded from the link
Put all the OTA zips ok the sd card and reboot your device to recovery
To put it into recovery, power off your device properly
Plug your charger, and wait to see the battery charging animation
Once you see the battery icon, press and hold the power key and volume plus button together
Once you see the android logo, release the power button but keep holding volume plus button teel you see a screen with "no command" written
When you see the screen no command screen
Just hit these three button together simultaneously
Power button+volume plus+home key(fingerprint sensor)
For 2-3 times
You will see the recovery menu
Now select the option, update from sd card
Select the December OTA from sd card
Now it will give you error but it will change some files and nougat recovery menu
Reboot your device, it will take you to direct recovery menu
Now
The instructions will be for OST tool and for mena firmware
Install OST tool
Now
1. Open ur directory, c:/program files x86/OST and replace the online update tool from there and delete the config file,
AND REMEMBER THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT,
2. Open online update tool from ur directory only, from c:/program files x86/OST only, donot start it from any shortcut created on desktop or from start menu, just start it from its original directory,
if it still gives error about microsoft error warning, try fresh replacing ur online update tool again from the zip
And start the program from there only, once it successfully started
3. Click next, then choose the firmware mena, that is
PLE-3320-0-00WW-A02.nb0 file and put ur phone into bootloader, click next button, now the first time u may stuck on flashing splash file and ur phone could restarted
4. Follow all the same steps again
5. Start the tool again
The tool will surely give u error for Microsoft.net
Dont panic
Close it and replace the file again
6. Remember no matter if replace the file before error, it will give error for one time surely
7. Replace it again with online updating tool and the start it from the directory
8. Now Click next, then choose the firmware mena, that is
PLE-3320-0-00WW-A02.nb0 ( your one could be CNxxxx) file and put ur phone into bootloader
9. Now connect it and click next this time your phone will get flashed successfully...if it give error again, then try one more time u will be successfully installed the mena firmware
After this your device could ask you to reset your device. Just do it.
Now one thing to remember
The

Bricked my GR5 2017 (Honor 6x)

Hello,
I have BLL-L21C185 phone, i managed to unlock it and root it successfully. But i wanted to unroot it using this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/how-to/how-to-to-stock-emui-5-0-flashing-twrp-t3679985 and failed now my phone have no os and can't flash twrp recovery, i tried dload method but flashing fail at 5% even after trying different builds. i still can get the phone to boot in fastboot but adb command are not working only fastboot command are. i really need your help
i was on this build before all this happened BLL-L21C185B379

Update: I managed to boot to twrp and restore since i made a twrp backup before attempting to unroot but my model number showing: generic_a15 and my bulid number is: NRDM90M test-keys instead of BLL-L21C185B379 and some apps are missing/not working.
i want to return full stock i'm really desperate plz help me

Kdachraf said:
Update: I managed to boot to twrp and restore since i made a twrp backup before attempting to unroot but my model number showing: generic_a15 and my bulid number is: NRDM90M test-keys instead of BLL-L21C185B379 and some apps are missing/not working.
i want to return full stock i'm really desperate plz help me
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Flash the small data file of same version via twrp
If worked then good else flash oeminfo and then dload the same firmware, your build number will fix

shashank1320 said:
Flash the small data file of same version via twrp
If worked then good else flash oeminfo and then dload the same firmware, your build number will fix
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i tried to flash the small data via twrp but with no success, i tried even dload method with no success it fail at 5%,
do i flash oeminfo via twrp?

Kdachraf said:
i tried to flash the small data via twrp but with no success, i tried even dload method with no success it fail at 5%,
do i flash oeminfo via twrp?
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You need to flash rhe oeminfo via twrp and then dload the full srock firmware

shashank1320 said:
You need to flash rhe oeminfo via twrp and then dload the full srock firmware
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tried flashing oeminfo via twrp with no success

Kdachraf said:
tried flashing oeminfo via twrp with no success
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Did you flash firmware via dload post oeminfo file?

Yes but fail at 5% most app not work like camera call microphone and speaker don't work either

is it possible to rebrand the phone or anything just to get it working properly with twrp and fastboot access

Kdachraf said:
is it possible to rebrand the phone or anything just to get it working properly with twrp and fastboot access
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Try booting to erecocery and see if it is able to download the firmware and reboot. If not, you can try debranding but if dload doesn't work there then tou will get stuck

shashank1320 said:
Try booting to erecocery and see if it is able to download the firmware and reboot. If not, you can try debranding but if dload doesn't work there then tou will get stuck
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i retraced my steps back to this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/hon...-twrp-t3679985 since i was not careful enough the first time, everything went smoothly but always stuck on dload at 5%
i'm able to boot to erecovery and stock recovery, tried downloading/ factory reset but with no success, should i use different build??

SOLVED i unbricked my GR5 2017 BLL-L21
SOLVED
I finally managed to unbrick my GR5 2017 (Honor 6x) BLL-L21 after i lost all hope
After countless attempts to unbrick the phone i managed to go back full stock with EMUI,
All i had to do is:
> Get a GOOD sd card 8gb at least, mine was SanDisk
> Full wipe/data format in twrp
> Turn off the phone
> Now go back to your pc and unzip the update.zip file that you downloaded (make sure to download the correct file depending on your model number)
> Create dload folder in the update folder
> Put UPDATE.APP file in dload folder
> Format sd card using exFAT
> Copy dload folder to the sd card
> Put sd card inside the phone and press volume up + volume down + power at the same time
> Wait until u see Huawei/ Honor logo and release all buttons
> Now the phone will detect the package and start updating
> After update is successful the phone will reboot
Here it gets a bit tricky for me, after reboot i had this message "your phone has failed verification and may not work properly", so this is what i did:
> Shut down phone and remove sd card
> Go back to your computer and unzip this file "update_full_BLL-L21_hw_meafnaf.zip" (make sure to download the correct file for your model)
> Now create a folder and rename it "dload" and move the UPDATE.APP file from the update_full_BLL-L21_hw_meafnaf inside the dload folder
> Format sd card using exFAT
> Copy dload folder to the sd card
> Put sd card inside phone and press volume up + volume down + power at the same time
> Wait until u see Huawei/ Honor logo and release all buttons
> Now the phone will detect the package and start updating
> After update is successful the phone will reboot
> Now phone will boot properly
> setup your phone and enjoy
This worked flawlessly for my GR5 2017 BLL-L21,

Kdachraf said:
SOLVED
I finally managed to unbrick my GR5 2017 (Honor 6x) BLL-L21 after i lost all hope
After countless attempts to unbrick the phone i managed to go back full stock with EMUI,
All i had to do is:
> Get a GOOD sd card 8gb at least, mine was SanDisk
> Full wipe/data format in twrp
> Turn off the phone
> Now go back to your pc and unzip the update.zip file that you downloaded (make sure to download the correct file depending on your model number)
> Create dload folder in the update folder
> Put UPDATE.APP file in dload folder
> Format sd card using exFAT
> Copy dload folder to the sd card
> Put sd card inside the phone and press volume up + volume down + power at the same time
> Wait until u see Huawei/ Honor logo and release all buttons
> Now the phone will detect the package and start updating
> After update is successful the phone will reboot
Here it gets a bit tricky for me, after reboot i had this message "your phone has failed verification and may not work properly", so this is what i did:
> Shut down phone and remove sd card
> Go back to your computer and unzip this file "update_full_BLL-L21_hw_meafnaf.zip" (make sure to download the correct file for your model)
> Now create a folder and rename it "dload" and move the UPDATE.APP file from the update_full_BLL-L21_hw_meafnaf inside the dload folder
> Format sd card using exFAT
> Copy dload folder to the sd card
> Put sd card inside phone and press volume up + volume down + power at the same time
> Wait until u see Huawei/ Honor logo and release all buttons
> Now the phone will detect the package and start updating
> After update is successful the phone will reboot
> Now phone will boot properly
> setup your phone and enjoy
This worked flawlessly for my GR5 2017 BLL-L21,
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hi first thkx for your poste
i follow your steps and when rebooting go to bootloops how can i slove this
im bll-l21
i tried to flash this "update_data_full_BLL-L21_hw_meafnaf (1.01 Go)" after flashing the "update.app (3.31 Go) succes but steel in bootloops
for info i put all the files into "dload" it contain :
/data
/META-INF
update.app
please help me

rafade31 said:
hi first thkx for your poste
i follow your steps and when rebooting go to bootloops how can i slove this
im bll-l21
i tried to flash this "update_data_full_BLL-L21_hw_meafnaf (1.01 Go)" after flashing the "update.app (3.31 Go) succes but steel in bootloops
for info i put all the files into "dload" it contain :
/data
/META-INF
update.app
please help me
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it SLOVED
it was just need a good Factory reset after the complite flash
thank you @Kdachraf

Honor 6x Hard Bricked

While trying to flash a GSI (AICP) on my Honor 6x, I accidentally wiped system and recovery 2 partition.
I was able to boot to fastboot, and somehow to TWRP. So I took the Nougat firmware, put it in Huawei Firmware Extraction utility, and there was an option to create a flashable zip.
I took this zip and flashed on the phone. This was FullOTA Update.APP that I had flashed from TWRP, and ever since, the phone is not turning on. Nope, Fastboot is also not working, neither is screen turning on.
I brought a one plus 6 for myself, as permanent driver, but I miss the Honor 6x.
I wanted to check if there is someone here who could tell me a way to fix this mess.

Looks like you posted in the wrong section. Anyways, download the Full OTA package, and try flashing it with DLOAD method:
1. Extract the Full OTA package
2. Copy the content (all files in the folder where the UPDATE.APP file is located) of the extracted zip in the "dload" folder on your phone's sd card
3. Put your SD Card back in the phone and hold volume up, volume down and power buttons all together.
4. Your phone will start and reboot once, keep the buttons down.
5. Firmware flashing will start: now you can stop pressing the buttons.
Let me know if this works!