Honor 8 issue - Honor 8 Questions & Answers

Hi World,
So, i've tried to go back into a stock rom after dealing with serious problems with a bad flash on TWRP, i've gone from EMUI to LineageOS then tried to go back into stock.
i flashed :
System.img
Cust.img
Boot.img
and Recovery.img
from the Duke-L09I_C675B130.rar i saw on XDA.
problem is i can't perform a factory reset neither wipe the cache partition and every time i try to do the Dload method it stops and doesn't move at 5% the there is a "!" in the middle of the circle.
my phone is an FRD-L09 and im in france so if somebody can help me, your welcome.
Have a nice day !

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Mate 8 stuck at boot screen ...not quite a brick, help please NXT-L09 EMUI 4.0

Hi There, need some help if you can...any educated and experienced help would be appreciated thanks.
After downloading my stock firmware and extracting via Huawei update Extractor all the image files ( System, user data, Cache, etc) I backed up oeminfo and cust files via Rayglobe Knife and saving the extracted update.app file to my dload folder on SDCard and successfully resetting my phone to factory using the vol+/- and power method I was quietly confident to make the jump and flash a rom the Android 7.0 (N) Nougat beta on Huawei posted by Somboons
I followed the instructions and dirty flashed this thru TWRP as instructed which seemed to go ok until I tried to reboot, the phone booted to stock recovery so I wiped Dalvik, Cache and Factroy reset, this completed and it all went down hill from there, basically now just stuck at boot screen saying that its about to reboot but never moves unless I use button combos
(OK so yes I feel stupid now and I'll beat myself up so you don"t have to, but I reallyt thought that I could always get back to stock via my SDCard)
What I can do...
Phone can only boot to eRecovery ( with WIFI failed message )
I can go into fastboot ( shows Bootloader and FRP unlocked)
What i can't do...
Cant access my update file on SDCard....Trying to boot using vol+/- and power to access my dload/update.app file on my SDCard just freezes at initial boot screen and tells me to push vol up button for 3 second and this takes me to eRecovery where all i can do is reboot or shut down.
I can't adb sideload files " no SU Binary detected"
What I've tried...
I have tried Rayglobe knife UNBRICK option placing my extracted boot, cust, system, recovery .img files but his fails with my PC popping up and saying this operation can't be performed on this PC please contact developer so this fails.
I then tried to fastboot flash all the image files which seemed to work successfully but no changes to the situation.
I have tried to fastboot flash the update.app which went thru the sparse process of all seven files and then come up with error command can not complete ( something in those words)
I have tried to fastboot new stock recovery from my rom as well as TWRP recovery but nothing works even if it says seems to have completed in the adb command prompt.
I have a feeling this is to do with the encryption of the rom and now my system cannot recognise my partition and without recovery I have no way of mounting my sdcard.
Thank god I have my old and reliable Lumia 1520 to fall back on untill I get this sorted.
Any Help would be appreciated....thanks in advance
Are you able to boot into Huawei recovery?
Mickie.C said:
Hi There, need some help if you can...any educated and experienced help would be appreciated thanks.
After downloading my stock firmware and extracting via Huawei update Extractor all the image files ( System, user data, Cache, etc) I backed up oeminfo and cust files via Rayglobe Knife and saving the extracted update.app file to my dload folder on SDCard and successfully resetting my phone to factory using the vol+/- and power method I was quietly confident to make the jump and flash a rom the Android 7.0 (N) Nougat beta on Huawei posted by Somboons
I followed the instructions and dirty flashed this thru TWRP as instructed which seemed to go ok until I tried to reboot, the phone booted to stock recovery so I wiped Dalvik, Cache and Factroy reset, this completed and it all went down hill from there, basically now just stuck at boot screen saying that its about to reboot but never moves unless I use button combos
(OK so yes I feel stupid now and I'll beat myself up so you don"t have to, but I reallyt thought that I could always get back to stock via my SDCard)
What I can do...
Phone can only boot to eRecovery ( with WIFI failed message )
I can go into fastboot ( shows Bootloader and FRP unlocked)
What i can't do...
Cant access my update file on SDCard....Trying to boot using vol+/- and power to access my dload/update.app file on my SDCard just freezes at initial boot screen and tells me to push vol up button for 3 second and this takes me to eRecovery where all i can do is reboot or shut down.
I can't adb sideload files " no SU Binary detected"
What I've tried...
I have tried Rayglobe knife UNBRICK option placing my extracted boot, cust, system, recovery .img files but his fails with my PC popping up and saying this operation can't be performed on this PC please contact developer so this fails.
I then tried to fastboot flash all the image files which seemed to work successfully but no changes to the situation.
I have tried to fastboot flash the update.app which went thru the sparse process of all seven files and then come up with error command can not complete ( something in those words)
I have tried to fastboot new stock recovery from my rom as well as TWRP recovery but nothing works even if it says seems to have completed in the adb command prompt.
I have a feeling this is to do with the encryption of the rom and now my system cannot recognise my partition and without recovery I have no way of mounting my sdcard.
Thank god I have my old and reliable Lumia 1520 to fall back on untill I get this sorted.
Any Help would be appreciated....thanks in advance
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I have solved so
https://www.dc-unlocker.com/DC-Phoenix-flash-repair-tutorial
warsangel said:
I have solved so
https://www.dc-unlocker.com/DC-Phoenix-flash-repair-tutorial
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A very big thanks ....this worked with no hitches except I now have no service now have to find unlock code for sim and get rid of the Ascend 7 splash screen that appears before the original Huawei Boot screen.?
After the above issues with thanks to warsangel's suggestion to use DC_Phoenix, I have managed to get my phone back up and running...got sim working so I now can detect my network and call and text using HCU client.
I now want to get rid of the annoying splash screen on bootup that shows Huawei Ascend spalsh screen before the mate 8 factory Huawei animated boot up screen. I still cannot access my dload folder on SDCard using vol-/+ and power button combo and if I dial in to manufacturers settings using*#*#2846579#*#* when i select upgrade from sd card i get a "PT failed do you still want to continue" if i click yes it re installs the firmware but makes no changes at all. Does any one have any other ideas. Of how to clear the splash screen and get the phone working back on Mate 8 button and bootup settings. Everything else works perfectly just a couple of things that will niggle at me...just want to get it back to out of the box as I have the Original Firmware zip file for this phone and region. cheers
bluheart said:
Are you able to boot into Huawei recovery?
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Hi blueheart...no I can't, I think this is my problem, I can get to fast boot and I can't fastboot anything now because the boot loader is locked with a different code than the original one that I paid for with dc-unlocker. I have manged thru HCU cLIENT to get my original imei number and serial number but this serial number doesnt show up when I fastboot devices, lists one that come with the Phoenix firmware I flashed which is an Ascend as this was a NXT image closest to my NXT-L09.
My problem still is that I seem to go in to 2G and lose the signal all the time, I'm thinking I need to enter more details in CDMA repair in HCU Client or am I going about this the wrong way???
Oh bru, no idea!
HCU client is good enough. Keep trying dload if your bootloader is locked, it will flash for sure. Phone isn't easy to brick.
bluheart said:
Oh bru, no idea!
HCU client is good enough. Keep trying dload if your bootloader is locked, it will flash for sure. Phone isn't easy to brick.
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Cheers Mate, managed to get to dload/update now but this doesnt seem to give a full reset, but modem is holding a signal but intermittently will drop into no service. I managed via HCU to re enter my imei and serial but a different serial number showsup in my settings still ??? getting back to where i need to but the signal dropping is a real problem. The next step is to try and get bootloader unlocked....any advice from any one.... if I fastboot flash modem will this be enough to bring my base band back or is there another file I should be looking at? cheers
You need to have cust and oem info of your own area for best signal
bluheart said:
You need to have cust and oem info of your own area for best signal
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Thanks....I have my backup oeminfo it isnt a .img or .app file it just says oeminfo (type=file) can i fast boot this ? or do I have to use SRKtool as I don't want to unlock bootloader.
DC-Phoenix tool lets me fastboot .img files via backdoor and app files can I convert the oeminfo file to and .img file?
Cheers
How did you do the back up?
You can flash via fastboot
bluheart said:
How did you do the back up?
You can flash via fastboot
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Backup was done through Rom Manager but the back up isn't an image it's a series of files like system.ext4, boot.emmc.win etc with MD5 info files. I've re-rooted device and tried to use rom manager to restore but when it boots to TWRP recovery nothing happens??? and I can't see any of the files if I go into the twrp folder on the SDcard because they aren't zip or img file.
My biggest problem even after doing full factory reset, wipe cache or install my original firmware update.app file, it doesn't seem to over write the image file that I used to recover my phone with the DC-Phoenix app, every thing indicates that it has been successful, but when I boot up,, It never goes to the stock setup mode where you would normally, choose your region, set your pin etc....it's like my install is only a shell or part of my install is not overwriting the dgtks firmware file I used which was a Huawei Ascend 7. The system re-defaults after rest to this firmware. Anyone help me to get rid of it and get back to my stock please?
I can use my stock update.app but it's not installing over the NXT AL10_M00A095_Factory_firmware_Android_6.0_EMUI_4.0.dgtks that I use ( this was the closest firmware that they had ) I think I need to format my whole system to ext4 ??? especially the partition that it storing this data that is preventing me to get my stock firmware back....any help or advice on this ...thanks
Yes format via Huawei recovery then flash
Or
Root and flash via TWRP after unzipping
bluheart said:
Yes format via Huawei recovery then flash
Or
Root and flash via TWRP after unzipping
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just to update....I tried formatting and resetting all partitions to ext4 format most of the partitioning was successful with the exception of Systrem and Cust...TWRP would allow me to do these....I did numerous wipes via TWRP and Stock RECOVERY but unfortunately even with a full update.app via sdcard / dload folder and fastboot update.app (my firmware) via DC-Phoenix I couldn't seem to get a full factory stock install, same problems as discussed above and file system always goes to Encrypting screen and then I end up with the Ascend 7 screen and settings with obviously the wrong base band for my region. So I hate to admit defeat, but I've relocked bootloader, reset as much as I can and sent off to the Huawei Workshop to see if they can reset all the partitons back to normal.
Hahaha
Cool, let's see
bluheart said:
Hahaha
Cool, let's see
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Update: well I dodged a bullet today....I sent my Mate 8 away 5 days ago to the Huawei tech support up the other end of the country and it arrived back today, back to stock and they replaced the main board with no cost to me at all. I was sure that they would call foul play and charge me but I obviously did such a number on the phone and then cleaned up all traces that they couldn't make that call lesson learn't and I see a few other people having similar problems with the Beta Nougat Rom....that you may need to post a big warning and send them to this posting so they are fair warned. I think this thread is done....I might just leave my phone alone and no tweaking for a while
Absolutely true!
XDA is not a playground for kids
You need courage to keep the Mate's balls on fire and get burnt with the nuclear reactions while keeping the blame on self

Hard brick - SOLVED

Hi !
To prepare the Nougat update I wanted to go back to original rom but I'm currently stuck on honor blue screen. I was on CM13 with encryption erase.
For info I was on FRD-L09C432B131
What I did :
Flash the original recovery
Put the dload folder with the full rom uptade.app inside
Reboot with vol+ and vol-
Installation was ok
But at the reboot i'm stuck on honor screen
I tryed to wipe data/factory reset and cache from the original recovery but doesn't change anything.
Every help is appreciate.
Thanks guys.
I unlocked again my bootloader but wasn't able to format custom partition, message : FAILED (command remote not allowed)
I'm not able to erase anything too, same message.
I was able to flash boot, recovery, cust and system. I flash again the rom with dload but get stuck again in honor screen. A Factory reset don't resolve my problem.
I think my encryption is still broken because when I unlock again the bootloader and flash TWRP I can't wipe anything, message : Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument). Unable to recreate /data/media folder.
Is there a way to do anything ? This phone is driving me mad..
Thanks !
You need to flash first the rollback update from honor site, then flash b131
I was not on Nougat. Are you sure ?
I'm actually on the same boat. I can't seem to get it working either, I first did the rollback update from the Honor site than flashed the update firmware they had on there. That didn't work. Then I tried going into e-recovery, and try doing that. This say's it was successful, but I'm still stuck on the honor screen on boot.
To be clear again I wasn't on Nougat, were you ? If yes your problem is not the same. Good luck anyway..
Problem fix. I was using an old twrp, the one I used to root the device. I tryed with the TWRP suggest for flashing CM13 and I was finally able to wipe the DATA partition.
After that after flashing the B131 via the dload folder I could boot to the original rom.
Hope my wasted night fighting with my H8 can help someone.
I'm a morron but I definitely hate Honor.
Androhyp said:
Problem fix. I was using an old twrp, the one I used to root the device. I tryed with the TWRP suggest for flashing CM13 and I was finally able to wipe the DATA partition.
After that after flashing the B131 via the dload folder I could boot to the original rom.
Hope my wasted night fighting with my H8 can help someone.
I'm a morron but I definitely hate Honor.
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WOW, I've been trying to fix my bricked phone for 2 nights already and this worked like a charm! I can breathe now. Thanks!
J V A said:
WOW, I've been trying to fix my bricked phone for 2 nights already and this worked like a charm! I can breathe now. Thanks!
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Happy to read that
help me,Im using honor 8 FRD-L09 model,I accidently wipe out my os
Androhyp said:
Happy to read that
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Hwlp me out..to restore the os pleaseeeee

size problem after flash userdata.img

hello everyone . i am in a deep sh*t with my phone.
after sawing that my themes dont work anymore, i made some researches about how to solve the problem.
one of the solutions (foud here on xda), was to flash userdata.img on the phone. i've downloaded the file provided, and... i only have 3.7gb of memory now.
i tried to re install new firmware, bricked the phone, ive bringt it to the life again, reflash firmware via fastboot, but it still at 3.7gb. i spend almost all night and cant solve the problem .
would someone help me and provide a good userdata.img file that i can flash and bring back my 32gb? please please please!
I am on b320, and phone is asking to update to b330.
please, i realy need this phone. any help would save me..
I solved by instal twrp and then make wip data yes
And flash insecure boot.img for b320
And then fastboot userdata.img
Try doing a factory reset using Backup and Reset in your settings.
The same thing happened to me on the G7, after flashing the userdata.img via fastboot. A factory reset fixed it. Doing a factory reset in TWRP did not work for me.
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Bricked honor 8 please help

Hello, today while trying to get back to stock i wierdly bircked my honor 8
I flashed the stock recovery and stock boot img
Then i flashed a rollback package and a marshmallow package which i used for this same thing before.
Now the phone didnt start for a solid 30 minutes and ive decided to reflash the rollback and marshmallow package, but after i flashed the rollback got stuck at the boot logo, not even the stock bootanimation showing up.
The phone doesnt reboot neither in any of the recoveries nor in bootloader.
Any help would be appreciated.
Stephen
Okay so after all of this i managed to reboot to bootloader and get my hands on one of my previous unlock codes. So now ive got an unlocked bootoader, but after fashing twrp the phone is stuck at the 'your device is booting now' when im trying to get in it
I thing you have flashed the wrong TWRP, check for the latest version or at least the one for your build
uh well, hello there again.
i've tried to do the dload method which failed(i used lots of versions tho none worked)
and i've tried flashing marshmallow twrp, which at the moment, well, it cannot mount anything. no partition can get mounted.
Does any of you guys have an idea of what i could try?
thanks in advance
Does it mean that you have access to TWRP ? if TWRP cannot mount a partition, go into mount section, tick system, data, boot, vendor and then reboot to TWRP again. Then try your previous operation. If it cannot mount data, go into wipe, advanced wipe, and click on format data, then restart TWRP and try again
seems like i somehow broke the partition table, cause it shows every storage as 0 mb and mounting isn't available, cant tick the option. Looks like i will have to find some service center to repair it by my own cost, by the end of the month. Though im giving it around the 25th so i got some more time till then, so maybe i find some solution to this problem.
Hey, so I managed to make the phone work again.
I have flashed boot cust recovery recovery2 and system from the italian marshmallow firmware, then I flashed that same firmware using dload method(tho it failed at 99%)
ØG_SQUAÐ said:
Hey, so I managed to make the phone work again.
I have flashed boot cust recovery recovery2 and system from the italian marshmallow firmware, then I flashed that same firmware using dload method(tho it failed at 99%)
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You tried only once? Maybe you should now try to flash TWRP recovery and restore a backup made by TWRP. I can provide you one but for FRD-L09, not another. Another method would be to flash the rollback package and then retry flashing an EMUI 4.X ROM (dload method for both), hope you'll figure it out
I think i expressed myself wrong.
That was how i got the phone to work.
Oh lol I misunderstood because of the "it failed at 99%" and I thought the phone wasn't rebooting , no matter I'm glad you succeeded

[SOLVED!] To senior Devs & members with mate 8 64gb variant experience

Hi senior Devs. I hope you can help with this. I'll start off by saying that sometines, with simple things, I can be a bit noobish so to speak. So I have a couple of silly instinctive questions first before I explain.
1 - if I have no boot partition, will the phone still boot up and just hang on that "your phone is unlocked and can't be trusted" message
2 - if boot partition is still there, where in twrp can I see it and flash the necessary boot.img?
I know you guys are busy so I'll show as much mercy as possible by making a long story short. I'll explain what I did in point form.
-Phone - 64gb variant, build L29C1856B200
-I tried to rebrand with SRK tool to L29C432. OEM change was successfully and phone rebooted automatically.
-Change robuild.display.id was successfull. In about phone-build number was showing C900B200. After that phone was supposed to reboot and automatically install update from as card.
-Rebooted the phone and went into bootloop.
-Booted into twrp and flashed L29C432B560, the update zip and the hw mumbo jumbo zip. Both failed with sparse and writing errors.
-Someone suggested flashing system images to phone which made sense sort of, so I flashed boot.img to boot partition ( which I now believe was the wrong thing to do ) and flashed recovery and system images to system.
-Nothing worked, still had bootloop.
-Then I thought I needed to wipe, format, etc and reflash c432b560 zip files. Did that and this time I had same bootloop but no twrp. Only Huawei recovery and rescue mode only, hence my earlier post in q/a which I recently renamed as the title was wrong.
-for the last 4 days, I had no fastboot. Until last night. Don't know how or why but I've got fastboot now so I tried rayglobe unbrick.
-Flashed custom.img, recovery.img, boot.img and system.img from L29C432B560 successfully, much to my surprise. I took video because was expecting lots of errors. Not one error. Everything was written and flashed according to rayglobe.
-Still nothing.
-At 6am ( still havent slept yet ) Went back to SRK tool and reflashed twrp 3.0.2, prompt asked me if I wanted to over write, yes, flashed and rebooted into twrp. Relief of sorts.
-In twrp if I click on restore, it shows backup file for C900B200. Just like it did before.
I really really appreciate any senior developer who takes time to read this and I simply ask for instructions for what to do next. Knowing my luck it probably isn't as complicated as it seems.
With a lot of help from danwalkert, my mate 8 lives again. Flashed c432b330 emui 4.1 stock via 3 button method.
you can not restore a Backup from Nougat to MM.This can not boot into System.
You must flash the B560 again and after flashing must use the Rollback UPDATE.APP to go to MM.
After Rollback flash B192/B180 or B211 via dload Method.
Flash twrp,root or what you want

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