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Hi,
I have just attempted to root my Honor 6A (which is no easy task, given its popularity) using TWRP installed via adb & fastboot.
Though when I got to Wipe my phone using TWRP, all the remaining files and folder were I believe encrypted (random strings of numbers and letters), therefore I couldn't find whatever image I was looking for.
I then attempted to reboot my phone and see what's going on, and only the navigation buttons are there, the rest of the screen being black, no android system.
I then attempted to use Huawei's eRecovery, but no luck, it can't find the "package" it needs to restore.
I also tried the fastboot + HiSuite option, it says the phone is not supported.
So what to do? What can I do? I have TWRP, unlocked bootloader.
I thought about flashing the stock rom but I can't find it anywhere, this phone literally has the worst support I've ever seen.
I'm thinking of just bringing this phone to after-sale services but not sure they'll help given the phone is unlocked and everything.
Yuuteru said:
Hi,
I have just attempted to root my Honor 6A (which is no easy task, given its popularity) using TWRP installed via adb & fastboot.
Though when I got to Wipe my phone using TWRP, all the remaining files and folder were I believe encrypted (random strings of numbers and letters), therefore I couldn't find whatever image I was looking for.
I then attempted to reboot my phone and see what's going on, and only the navigation buttons are there, the rest of the screen being black, no android system.
I then attempted to use Huawei's eRecovery, but no luck, it can't find the "package" it needs to restore.
I also tried the fastboot + HiSuite option, it says the phone is not supported.
So what to do? What can I do? I have TWRP, unlocked bootloader.
I thought about flashing the stock rom but I can't find it anywhere, this phone literally has the worst support I've ever seen.
I'm thinking of just bringing this phone to after-sale services but not sure they'll help given the phone is unlocked and everything.
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I didn't understand really well what happened. Did you successful install the TWRP? can you put here the download link? What did you do to brick your phone?
As you have already discovered there isn't enough "modding" on our phone (I have the same model). As far as I know the Honor 6A's stock rom is not published on internet yet. The only methods that I know to obtain the rom are: ask to Huawei/Honor for it (I've tried to contact them, but they didn't reply) or dump it using a custom recovery.
I dumped an official update, it is for the model DLI-L22 and you can download it following this link (size: ~400MB). The update contains several files, in particular there is the update.app archive that you can open with this tool, the files inside update.app are the following:
Code:
ABOOT.img CMNLIB64.img ERECOVERY.img MODEM.img SBL1.img
AMSS_VER.img CMNLIB.img GPT.img MSADP.img SHA256RSA.img
AMSS_VERLIST.img CRC.img KEYMASTER.img PACKAGE_TYPE.img TZ.img
APDP.img DEVCFG.img LKSECAPP.img RECOVERY.img
BOOT.img DSP.img MDTP.img RPM.img
It seems to contain the original recovery and other stuff that maybe can help you. Please pay attention, because it is not the full rom, it is just an incremental update, for example SYSTEM.img and USERDATA.img are missing.
The best solution is that someone with the TWRP makes a dump of the official rom, unfortunately I have still the stock rom and I'm not sure to install the TWRP. The reason is because I don't want to lose the official updates, so you should wait for some other user with the same phone that shares the rom.
Maybe you can try to flash some of the component from the update that I've dumped, but it is risky.
In my opinion, the eRecovery is completely useless., because it simply doesn't work. Maybe you can also try to flash the RECOVERY.img on the eRecovery partition (it should be called recovery2), but I'm not sure it is possible to do it on our phone. Then, you can try to install the full update through the official recovery. However, those images don't seem to be very helpful.
EDIT:
Some progresses have been made since the last time I checked, see this thread. Another possibility is to try some stock ROMs from other phones with similar specs (e.g. Honor 4X/5X), but probably it doesn't work.
Nrin said:
I didn't understand really well what happened. Did you successful install the TWRP? can you put here the download link? What did you do to brick your phone?
As you have already discovered there isn't enough "modding" on our phone (I have the same model). As far as I know the Honor 6A's stock rom is not published on internet yet. The only methods that I know to obtain the rom are: ask to Huawei/Honor for it (I've tried to contact them, but they didn't reply) or dump it using a custom recovery.
I dumped an official update, it is for the model DLI-L22 and you can download it following this link (size: ~400MB). The update contains several files, in particular there is the update.app archive that you can open with this tool, the files inside update.app are the following:
Code:
ABOOT.img CMNLIB64.img ERECOVERY.img MODEM.img SBL1.img
AMSS_VER.img CMNLIB.img GPT.img MSADP.img SHA256RSA.img
AMSS_VERLIST.img CRC.img KEYMASTER.img PACKAGE_TYPE.img TZ.img
APDP.img DEVCFG.img LKSECAPP.img RECOVERY.img
BOOT.img DSP.img MDTP.img RPM.img
It seems to contain the original recovery and other stuff that maybe can help you. Please pay attention, because it is not the full rom, it is just an incremental update, for example SYSTEM.img and USERDATA.img are missing.
The best solution is that someone with the TWRP makes a dump of the official rom, unfortunately I have still the stock rom and I'm not sure to install the TWRP. The reason is because I don't want to lose the official updates, so you should wait for some other user with the same phone that shares the rom.
Maybe you can try to flash some of the component from the update that I've dumped, but it is risky.
In my opinion, the eRecovery is completely useless., because it simply doesn't work. Maybe you can also try to flash the RECOVERY.img on the eRecovery partition (it should be called recovery2), but I'm not sure it is possible to do it on our phone. Then, you can try to install the full update through the official recovery. However, those images don't seem to be very helpful.
EDIT:
Some progresses have been made since the last time I checked, see this thread. Another possibility is to try some stock ROMs from other phones with similar specs (e.g. Honor 4X/5X), but probably it doesn't work.
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le firmware intégrale pour le Huawei Honor 6A DLI-L22 se trouve a cette adresse
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G2094/g1650/v120299/f1/full/update.zip (thanks www.4pda.ru)
the complete firmware for the Huawei Honor 6A DLI-L22 is located at this address
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G2094/g1650/v120299/f1/full/update.zip (thanks on 4pda.ru)
Guys i have a really really big problem with mate 9 (MHA-L29). I broke both twrp and system same time (please don't ask why.)
Now, my phone don't open, just fastboot&rescue mode, useless huawei recovery (which can't format data neither install stock rom). Besides, i can't install stock rom because i tried once, and i downloaded wrong system file, and i can't format the phone now. Because of that, stock rom that i download sd card not working too. Because there is a dload file in phone.
worst of all, i can't install twrp again, because my fastboot screen tell me that: "Phone Unloced" (with red) "FRP Lock" (with green). When i try to install twrp, adb says "Failed, remote command not allowed"
Now, if can install the twrp, all my problems will be solve. There is 1 custom rom (RomAur) and 1 system backup.
How can i install twrp with this situation?
Please someone help me i spend 2 days and still nothing! How can i open this phone? Stock rom, with/without root, custom rom whatever, just tell me how can i open this phone
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You get that command when trying to flash the wrong recovery partition, was your room nougat or Oreo based?? If nougat it's fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and Oreo fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery.img I think you are trying to flash the wrong partition
shae23 said:
You get that command when trying to flash the wrong recovery partition, was your room nougat or Oreo based?? If nougat it's fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and Oreo fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery.img I think you are trying to flash the wrong partition
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No, my twrp is not wrong, i installed before, and i used long time, till broken. I installed wrong twrp recovery over correct recovery (i was trying to chance recovery because project treble). Thats why my twrp broken. Now i try to correct one, but adb says "not allowed". My custom rom nougat based.
cannurkars said:
No, my twrp is not wrong, i installed before, and i used long time, till broken. I installed wrong twrp recovery over correct recovery (i was trying to chance recovery because project treble). Thats why my twrp broken. Now i try to correct one, but adb says "not allowed". My custom rom nougat based.
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With FRP lock you'll have to use DC-Phoenix.
But it costs €19 (For 3 days usage).
Simply put you can bypass FRP with it by force closing DC-Phoenix when it has activated the backdoor, after this you can flash anything from fastboot (until you reboot).
So you could use it to flash back TWRP.
Or you can use it to install stock firmware
ante0 said:
With FRP lock you'll have to use DC-Phoenix.
But it costs €19 (For 3 days usage).
Simply put you can bypass FRP with it by force closing DC-Phoenix when it has activated the backdoor, after this you can flash anything from fastboot (until you reboot).
So you could use it to flash back TWRP.
Or you can use it to install stock firmware
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I will try it. Thank you very much.
cannurkars said:
Guys i have a really really big problem with mate 9 (MHA-L29). I broke both twrp and system same time (please don't ask why.)
Now, my phone don't open, just fastboot&rescue mode, useless huawei recovery (which can't format data neither install stock rom). Besides, i can't install stock rom because i tried once, and i downloaded wrong system file, and i can't format the phone now. Because of that, stock rom that i download sd card not working too. Because there is a dload file in phone.
worst of all, i can't install twrp again, because my fastboot screen tell me that: "Phone Unloced" (with red) "FRP Lock" (with green). When i try to install twrp, adb says "Failed, remote command not allowed"
Now, if can install the twrp, all my problems will be solve. There is 1 custom rom (RomAur) and 1 system backup.
How can i install twrp with this situation?
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During startup the menu there is a option to go in Huawei e-recovery, when you are at the start up menu hold volume up for about 5 second.
ConnerZhao929 said:
During startup the menu there is a option to go in Huawei e-recovery, when you are at the start up menu hold volume up for about 5 second.
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No it wasn't work for me. But thank for your attention. I'm glad to find a good person to help me and my problem solved about 1-2 hour ago.
Special Request
Hey ante . Is it possible to help me ? I rooted my phone 2 days back and messed it up while downloading a framework app which ended me up in a bootloop. I have been reading and following your posts of you helping others. I don't really get the steps what I should follow.
My phone is unlocked. FRP shows Unlock.
Rooted on oreo and I tried e-recovery and fastboot steps you mentioned in other threads using kernel and ramdisk etc. ( After this I have lost access to TWRP and I am simply getting EMUI Screen with options for Factory Data Reset and Wipe Cache Partition. I don't know where it is going to lead me next :-/.
Also downloaded Huawei Extractor and tried to extracted specific files but the firmware file I have doesn't have CUST.img file.
Also the site link you mentioned for download firmware is in some other language and I am unable to search for my firmware.
I also tried the placing update file in the dload on my sd card but fails at 5%. The file was correct and I am sure I did'n download the wrong firmware.
Currently it shows this on the fastboot screen.
Andorid reboot reason
: AP_S_ABNORMAL 32
NA
Just don't know what I should be doing ? PLEASE HELP BRO?
ante0 said:
With FRP lock you'll have to use DC-Phoenix.
But it costs €19 (For 3 days usage).
Simply put you can bypass FRP with it by force closing DC-Phoenix when it has activated the backdoor, after this you can flash anything from fastboot (until you reboot).
So you could use it to flash back TWRP.
Or you can use it to install stock firmware
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AniMaL92 said:
Hey ante . Is it possible to help me ? I rooted my phone 2 days back and messed it up while downloading a framework app which ended me up in a bootloop. I have been reading and following your posts of you helping others. I don't really get the steps what I should follow.
My phone is unlocked. FRP shows Unlock.
Rooted on oreo and I tried e-recovery and fastboot steps you mentioned in other threads using kernel and ramdisk etc. ( After this I have lost access to TWRP and I am simply getting EMUI Screen with options for Factory Data Reset and Wipe Cache Partition. I don't know where it is going to lead me next :-/.
Also downloaded Huawei Extractor and tried to extracted specific files but the firmware file I have doesn't have CUST.img file.
Also the site link you mentioned for download firmware is in some other language and I am unable to search for my firmware.
I also tried the placing update file in the dload on my sd card but fails at 5%. The file was correct and I am sure I did'n download the wrong firmware.
Currently it shows this on the fastboot screen.
Andorid reboot reason
: AP_S_ABNORMAL 32
NA
Just don't know what I should be doing ? PLEASE HELP BRO?
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What's your firmware now?
You can get that info in Fastboot using
Code:
fastboot oem get-product-model
fastboot oem get-build-number
Since your recovery and fastboot still functions you probably will only need to use HWOTA to get back to stock.
It can be found here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-mate-9-flash-oreo-update-package-t3699522
But post your cust/build before proceeding.
Also cust.img is found in UPDATE.APP in the hw data zip.
Problem Solved - Somewhat
Hey ante. Thanks for the promt reply. I got it solved by using CHIMERA tool.
Would like to suggest others also stuck with same issue to use CHIMERA.
Note - It is a paid tool and 100% legit and it can help with all problems related to FRP, Bootloader Lock / Unlock & also flashes back to factory firmware.
However what I am facing now I have flashed another version of firmware which isn't my region and some features of my phone like fingerprint scanner and other things are not working but phone is back to live. So Im glad and looking forward to searching for clean Oreo Firmware for my region to flash using CHIMERA Again.
Also, the sick and stupid part of it. I went to the service center and a person non-technical told me straight that you lost your device and it's of no use now. We cannot fix such issues 99% but I'll still ask my team and let you know after 3 days.
Thank God I didn give them and wasted my time and money.
As soon as I returned, I followed up to things and got it done myself. :good:
Anybody can possibly suggest a official firmware Oreo EMUI for Middle East Region!? If not which one can be flashed instead and where to download from?
Bricked my phone by doing the following:
Honor View 10 ROMs are compatible with P20 Pro, I installed and used them all. Then the other day they made a mod that force the EMUI 9 update so I ran it. The mod ended rebranding my entire phone to Honor View 10 followed by boot loops like crazy. So then I went into twrp and tried to format thinking it would help. It ended up deleting everything including eRecovery. The only this I had access to was fastboot. Yes I brought this on my self lol. I paid a lot for Funky Huawei but nothing worked. I tried every tool they had.
Fix: (Turns out my phone's structure is now EMUI 9\Android 9)
1- Downloaded my phone image (CLT-L04 - EMUI 9 version), extracted the update.app file from it.
2- Used EMUI extractor app to extracted everything from the update.app file (Lots of image files)
3- Noticed userdata.img wasn't in the extracted files so I downloaded multiple images that are similar models to my phone until I found it.
4- Used fastboot command to flash the userdata.img, followed by eRecovery.img, followed by the rest I pulled from that update.app file.
after about three reboots I was back into my phone except I now have EMUI 9.
My case is similar. I downgraded from B195 to rollback B161. Now I am literally doomed. No erecovery, no huawei logo, just plain black fastboot screen. My bootlodaer is unlocked and I'm unable to relock it. Huawei is denying service, is there any way to revive my black dead phone???
twrp.img gets flashed succesfully but doesnt boot into it.
QuazIqbal said:
My case is similar. I downgraded from B195 to rollback B161. Now I am literally doomed. No erecovery, no huawei logo, just plain black fastboot screen. My bootlodaer is unlocked and I'm unable to relock it. Huawei is denying service, is there any way to revive my black dead phone???
twrp.img gets flashed succesfully but doesnt boot into it.
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Can you try this.
Files that you will be downloading are,
update.zip
update_full_CLT-L29_hw_eu.zip (Or whatever model of phone you have)
Get them here by searching for your model and click filelist
Prep:
a. Rename update_full_CLT-L29_hw_eu.zip to update_all_hw.zip
b. Download this Flash tool and extract in to a folder in your PC
c. Copy update.zip and update_all_hw.zip to ZIPS-HERE folder (you can find this folder where you have extracted Flash tool
How to flash Firmware
1. Double click to run the file cmd-here.exe. It opens command prompt in the same folder where you are.
2. Once command prompt opens, type FLASH.bat and follow steps carefully. Once flashing is complete, it will boot normally.
- if it fails to detect the files try removing the .zip from the names of the files in the ZIPS-HERE folder
This should bring back eRecovery, recovery, system, whatever. Even at the end if it fails the structure should be rebuilt enough for you to recover via HiSuite application. This worked for me.
Vedrick said:
2. Once command prompt opens, type FLASH.bat and follow steps carefully. Once flashing is complete, it will boot normally.
- if it fails to detect the files try removing the .zip from the names of the files in the ZIPS-HERE folder
This should bring back eRecovery, recovery, system, whatever. Even at the end if it fails the structure should be rebuilt enough for you to recover via HiSuite application. This worked for me.
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Thanks for offering your help. Mine case looks different....
I have tried this, after flashing twrp in the fastboot the device fails to boot into twrp recovery, it's all black, only fastboot is accessible in the black screen.
I experienced the same problem. Bricked my P20 Pro and can only access fastboot (no access to erecovery). Could you tell me which image that you used to flash userdata.img and erecovery.img? I tried several images but none of them contains userdata.img and erecovery.img.
Thanks.
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Also, aside from userdata.img and erecovery.img, what files did you flash to the phone?
przival said:
I experienced the same problem. Bricked my P20 Pro and can only access fastboot (no access to erecovery). Could you tell me which image that you used to flash userdata.img and erecovery.img? I tried several images but none of them contains userdata.img and erecovery.img.
Thanks.
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Also, aside from userdata.img and erecovery.img, what files did you flash to the phone?
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Update : Good news finally. My device is now unbricked by flashing downloaded OTA from Firmware Finder (Oreo B161 simple non-rollback version) using DC phoenix via testpoint mode. P.S. Flashing B195 pie didn't worked earlier.
QuazIqbal said:
Update : Good news finally. My device is now unbricked by flashing downloaded OTA from Firmware Finder (Oreo B161 simple non-rollback version) using DC phoenix via testpoint mode. P.S. Flashing B195 pie didn't worked earlier.
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Nice one!!
Can I ask that you help me out as I'm in the same situation? I'm scared about removing back cover and loading credit to CD and still not being able to fix it. A step-by-step idiots guide would be greatly appreciated.
How was it removing the back?
Did you need to buy a new back glass case?
Were are the test points and how do you trigger them?
What FW did you use exactly?
Sorry for the questions but I've yet to find anyone who's provided help to sort it.
QuazIqbal said:
Update : Good news finally. My device is now unbricked by flashing downloaded OTA from Firmware Finder (Oreo B161 simple non-rollback version) using DC phoenix via testpoint mode. P.S. Flashing B195 pie didn't worked earlier.
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can i ask you are your phone relock after update or not ??if yes are you unlock your phone again with same number and in the end can you give us full guide what you done to unbrick your phone
Deano1889 said:
Nice one!!
Can I ask that you help me out as I'm in the same situation? I'm scared about removing back cover and loading credit to CD and still not being able to fix it. A step-by-step idiots guide would be greatly appreciated.
How was it removing the back?
Did you need to buy a new back glass case?
Were are the test points and how do you trigger them?
What FW did you use exactly?
Sorry for the questions but I've yet to find anyone who's provided help to sort it.
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I will do my best to answer tomorrow, God willing. Please wait
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black_1986 said:
can i ask you are your phone relock after update or not ??if yes are you unlock your phone again with same number and in the end can you give us full guide what you done to unbrick your phone
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After this process your bl will be in 'locked' state. If you had my kind of downgrade brick the imeis and serial will number will not be disturbed. You may simply use your old bl code to unlock. However I messed up my oeminfo but due to my own stupidity, I'm looking to restore my imei and will try to unlock again.
If possible, could you share the files you use?
Disclaimers:
> I am NOT encouraging anyone to do this. I'm not responsible for anything that happens to your device once you've rooted it already. I did this out of curiosity and I'm just sharing my experience.
> Also yeah, Rmx2040. Not Rmx2040EU.
> It's doable, but it is NOT stable. It boots but you can't use the phone normally. You know, like how you'd normally use a phone.
> I SOFTBRICKED MY PHONE.
Bugs:
UI Restarts every time you go landscape and go back to portrait
Can't open camera
UI Restarts every time you scroll on playstore or anywhere with lots of images
Phone lags, actually no, it restarts all the damn time
NOTES:
@Kraitos was looking for boot.img files so i decided to do a little digging too. I saw in a post somewhere that you need vbmeta.img and a patched (via magisk) boot.img from the device itself.
The "vbmeta.img" I used here was from a Realme 5. I figured all they 'kinda' looked the same plus I don't know if the file is also patched. I tried patching it in magisk but it didn't work, so I just grabbed a (patched?) vbmeta.img (from Realme 5 somewhere in the internet) and used that for our device which is, Rmx2040 (6i)
I grabbed the boot.img from the official ozip file in realme's site (From version A.27, I couldn't find any boot.img for A.31 because they haven't updated the link in the site yet). I opened it up, looked for it, grabbed it and patched it using magisk. Thankfully, it worked.
I used both the vbmeta.img (again, idk if it's patched) and the patched boot.img to root my device. I doubted it too, I thought it'll give me a bootloop or something, but it didn't.
If you want to do it, here are the steps:
Unlock your bootloader. Go here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-6i/how-to/unlocking-bootloader-realme-6i-rmx-2040-t4174255
Credits to @Kraitos for this awesome guide on how to unlock Rmx2040's bootloader.
If you're done unlocking your bootloader, download these files:
boot.img:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D7S9JGwDusyL6hJ6pWrFRBLo_9DdQLGR/view?usp=sharing
vbmeta.img:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Do2SfGI_Tp2jERcO77Vh1vEfjiQ6Xxe9/view?usp=sharing
Portable adb fastboot (if you don't have it yet):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m78UIsabMQlCvNIIv2e4xI19pN9b1otw/view?usp=sharing
Put all in one folder, it doesn't have to have a name.
Extract the zip file (minimal_adb_fastboot_1.4.3_portable.zip)
*Your folders should have the ff:
adb.exe
AdbWinApi.dll
AdbWinUsbApi.dll
boot.img
cmd-here.exe
Disclaimer.txt
fastboot.exe
vbmeta.img
Enable USB debugging in your phone.
Connect your phone to your pc.
Double click "cmd-here.exe"
Type the following in CMD:
adb reboot bootloader
If it displays a text in the middle, type "fastboot devices" on cmd. You SHOULD your phone's code there. If it doesn't display anything, replug the type C cable on your phone and type it again, do this until it shows.
Copy this and paste it in CMD:
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img --disable-verity --disable-verification
Then press enter.
once it's done, copy this next:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then press enter.
Reboot your device by typing this in CMD:
fastboot reboot
If you've made it this far, you should install the latest Magisk Manager after you've unlocked the bootloader though. Or do it last, whatever you prefer works.
Viola, now you have an unstable phone.
I'm gonna try locking my bootloader later to flash the A.27 ozip later, I hope going back to "stock and unrooted" fixes the bugs I've experienced :|
I don't really know anything besides trying stuff out, I just wanted to see if it'll work properly with root. If anyone here noticed that I've done something wrong, please do tell me. I wanna try all the methods we can think of just so we can root this device.
Have a wonderful day y'all
Edit:
Everything went bad. I locked the bootloader because I needed access to stock recovery. It gave me a "red state"
I don't know how to fix this problem :|
Awesome guide and thanks for mention you know some people do that if you pay them to unlock bootloader and rooting device so this thread will be a savior to alot of people , I'll do testing in a couple of days asap i get a laptop relocking bootloader is mostly the same when you unlocked bootloader so it should be easy to flash stock again
Alright, so, quick update:
I tried to lock the bootloader while it had root (in my case, magisk). When I did, the phone went to "red state" (For those who don't know, it's basically bootloop wherein the phone never goes to recovery no matter what you do. Not even in stock).
Now, my phone is broken. It bootloops. I don't know what to do with this problem except going to a service center and have this fixed. Does anyone know how much it costs for reflashing stock rom to realme devices?
Sidenote: I tried the volume + down/up method to get into fastboot mode or stock recovery, but it never works. And honestly speaking, I don't think it will. To get into fastboot mode the bootloader needs to be unlocked, so that's crossed out AND I can't get into stock recovery because the phone restarts every 5 seconds because of that pesky "red state" thingy at the start.
Joesh.lucas said:
Alright, so, quick update:
I tried to lock the bootloader while it had root (in my case, magisk). When I did, the phone went to "red state" (For those who don't know, it's basically bootloop wherein the phone never goes to recovery no matter what you do. Not even in stock).
Now, my phone is broken. It bootloops. I don't know what to do with this problem except going to a service center and have this fixed. Does anyone know how much it costs for reflashing stock rom to realme devices?
Sidenote: I tried the volume + down/up method to get into fastboot mode or stock recovery, but it never works. And honestly speaking, I don't think it will. To get into fastboot mode the bootloader needs to be unlocked, so that's crossed out AND I can't get into stock recovery because the phone restarts every 5 seconds because of that pesky "red state" thingy at the start.
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The problems you faced after rooting the phone is because you flashed an older version of boot.img thats why it wasn't working with latest rom and caused instability in system... And the second problem that you faced that red state thing..!! it was your fault you shouldn't relocked the bootloader with a patched boot img.. and if you wanted to boot the stock recovery you should have used the command " fastboot reboot recovery " this command in fastboot mode reboots the phone to recovery mode... Well i want to know what happend did your phone survived??
mehdi.shah said:
The problems you faced after rooting the phone is because you flashed an older version of boot.img thats why it wasn't working with latest rom and caused instability in system... And the second problem that you faced that red state thing..!! it was your fault you shouldn't relocked the bootloader with a patched boot img.. and if you wanted to boot the stock recovery you should have used the command " fastboot reboot recovery " this command in fastboot mode reboots the phone to recovery mode... Well i want to know what happend did your phone survived??
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Thanks for the information, I now understand that I should use the same boot.img. It was worth the experiment tho, I just hoped I did it better so I wouldn't have to go through this process again.
My phone is here with me. It's still stuck on red state and I haven't went to a service center to have it fixed yet. I went to Hovatek to look for some ways to fix this problem. I tried using miracle box and the SP flashtool method but the latter had problems with the scatter file and the former didn't get past this:
Waiting for USB Port...
Set OPPO PreLoader USB VCOM (Android) (COM4)
>>Please Hold "ON" to connect with the phone...
I also looked a little bit more into it and I found out that I can use the OFP file and the flasher application here: https://firmwarex.net/realme-6i-rmx2040-official-firmware/
But unfortunately, I can't use the application because it's asking for an OPPO ID or something. Either I bring this phone to a service center or I'll just let it be this way until I decide to sell it somewhere. I hope I'll be able to fix this on my own tho, at least, someday.
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You can read more of my experience here:
Rmx2040 (realme 6i) scatter file
Hi guys, I'm trying to get the scatter file in this and so far I found this on the ozip file: preloader 0x0 pgpt 0x0 recovery_a 0x8000 misc 0x2008000 para 0x2088000 opporeserve1 0x2108000 opporeserve2
forum.hovatek.com
I'm subma rine13.
Joesh.lucas said:
Thanks for the information, I now understand that I should use the same boot.img. It was worth the experiment tho, I just hoped I did it better so I wouldn't have to go through this process again.
My phone is here with me. It's still stuck on red state and I haven't went to a service center to have it fixed yet. I went to Hovatek to look for some ways to fix this problem. I tried using miracle box and the SP flashtool method but the latter had problems with the scatter file and the former didn't get past this:
Waiting for USB Port...
Set OPPO PreLoader USB VCOM (Android) (COM4)
>>Please Hold "ON" to connect with the phone...
I also looked a little bit more into it and I found out that I can use the OFP file and the flasher application here: https://firmwarex.net/realme-6i-rmx2040-official-firmware/
But unfortunately, I can't use the application because it's asking for an OPPO ID or something. Either I bring this phone to a service center or I'll just let it be this way until I decide to sell it somewhere. I hope I'll be able to fix this on my own tho, at least, someday.
Edit:
You can read more of my experience here:
Rmx2040 (realme 6i) scatter file
Hi guys, I'm trying to get the scatter file in this and so far I found this on the ozip file: preloader 0x0 pgpt 0x0 recovery_a 0x8000 misc 0x2008000 para 0x2088000 opporeserve1 0x2108000 opporeserve2
forum.hovatek.com
I'm subma rine13.
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Hey buddy i just rooted my realme 6i (RMX 2040) on build number A.37... everything went smooth and working flawlessly.... No system instabilities at all... Btw sorry to hear that your phone is still in brick state.. actually thing is oppo does not allow the users to flash stock rom on locked bl devices that why flasher tool asks for oppo authorized account in order to flash the device... And about SP flash tool.. it will not work either we have to wait for the patched rom that can be flashed on locked devices with sp flash tool
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Hey buddy i just rooted my realme 6i (RMX 2040) on build number A.37... everything went smooth and working flawlessly.... No system instabilities at all... Btw sorry to hear that your phone is still in brick state.. actually thing is oppo does not allow the users to flash stock rom on locked bl devices that why flasher tool asks for oppo authorized account in order to flash the device... And about SP flash tool.. it will not work either we have to wait for the patched rom that can be flashed on locked devices with sp flash tool
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Woah, is it true you've rooted it? How did you manage to pull it off? Is it similar to what I did except with different files?
Oh and yeah, I think I'll need to bring this to an authorized service center to have it fixed. In your currency, how much do you think it costs to flash the stock rom back to the phone? This has been a question that's been bothering me for months. I do hope it isn't pricey, because if it is then maybe I'll never have it fixed.
Joesh.lucas said:
Woah, is it true you've rooted it? How did you manage to pull it off? Is it similar to what I did except with different files?
Oh and yeah, I think I'll need to bring this to an authorized service center to have it fixed. In your currency, how much do you think it costs to flash the stock rom back to the phone? This has been a question that's been bothering me for months. I do hope it isn't pricey, because if it is then maybe I'll never have it fixed.
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Yeah the procedure was the same as yours... I unlocked the bootloader i was on A27 build... And i downloaded the latest ozip file from the official site and i opened it up in file manager it asked if i want to update the software i clicked yes.. and it rebooted to stock recovery and started updating the device.. after successful update i opend up the ozip file by renaming it to .zip and extracted the boot.img and vbmeta.img. i patched the boot.img with latest magisk manager and tha than flashed those files in fastboot mode... With same commands that u used... And everything went well and its all good and rooted no problem at all..
And yeah the service center thing.. if its the software issue than the charge around 1.5 to 2k rupees in my country...which is around 9.34 to12.4 US dollars..
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Yeah the procedure was the same as yours... I unlocked the bootloader i was on A27 build... And i downloaded the latest ozip file from the official site and i opened it up in file manager it asked if i want to update the software i clicked yes.. and it rebooted to stock recovery and started updating the device.. after successful update i opend up the ozip file by renaming it to .zip and extracted the boot.img and vbmeta.img. i patched the boot.img with latest magisk manager and tha than flashed those files in fastboot mode... With same commands that u used... And everything went well and its all good and rooted no problem at all..
And yeah the service center thing.. if its the software issue than the charge around 1.5 to 2k rupees in my country...which is around 9.34 to12.4 US dollars..
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Does root work as it should?
Russian community guys reported that root exists in the system but not works at all. Rooting procedure looks the same.
sqzd0 said:
Does root work as it should?
Russian community guys reported that root exists in the system but not works at all. Rooting procedure looks the same.
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Yeah it is working like it should work... I tried many things... Different magisk modules.. even changed boot animation with root file manager every thing works like charm..
mehdi.shah said:
Yeah it is working like it should work... I tried many things... Different magisk modules.. even changed boot animation with root file manager every thing works like charm..
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I don't mean to be rude but, can you make a thread for that? Some rmx 2040 owners want to root their device and I think i just gave them a recipe for disaster.
Oh and by the way, thanks for answering my question. I have another one, will it be okay to update your device whilst rooted? If so then how do you stop the auto update?
(Sorry for the questions man hahahaha I wanted the same outcome but I failed miserably :| )
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Yeah it is working like it should work... I tried many things... Different magisk modules.. even changed boot animation with root file manager every thing works like charm..
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Bro give me boot.img a37
mehdi.shah said:
Yeah it is working like it should work... I tried many things... Different magisk modules.. even changed boot animation with root file manager every thing works like charm..
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Give me boot.img of a37 version
mehdi.shah said:
Hey buddy i just rooted my realme 6i (RMX 2040) on build number A.37... everything went smooth and working flawlessly.... No system instabilities at all... Btw sorry to hear that your phone is still in brick state.. actually thing is oppo does not allow the users to flash stock rom on locked bl devices that why flasher tool asks for oppo authorized account in order to flash the device... And about SP flash tool.. it will not work either we have to wait for the patched rom that can be flashed on locked devices with sp flash tool
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If you rooted dump the stock recovery and boot.img through terminal emulator I will try to port twrp
Boot.img and Vbmeta file can now be accessed by clicking the text above
Do is still need to relock my bootloader inorder to downgrade to A.27 update ? Thanks
mehdi.shah said:
Yeah it is working like it should work... I tried many things... Different magisk modules.. even changed boot animation with root file manager every thing works like charm..
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Bro i tried the rooting process and i didnt check the boot and i rooted my phone the wifi,blueooth, camera, etc doesnt work anymore. If POSSIBLE can i revert it back to normal?
Can anyone provide me a twrp recovery file for realme 6i rmx2040 A.47 plsss
Long story short I messed up and now I don't have recovery. Only fastboot. Was bricked too before the no recovery thing.
How do I try to sort this? I don't have a pc either.
Using my old OnePlus 8T I was able to unlock, root and install a custom kernel.
Any ideas?
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Long story short I messed up and now I don't have recovery. Only fastboot. Was bricked too before the no recovery thing.
How do I try to sort this? I don't have a pc either.
the good news is your phone can very likely be fixed. however in my experience you will need a computer. Folks here would love to help but knowing what device you are having an issue with would probably help with response to your situation. from fastboot you can boot a recovery image for your device and go from there. from fastboot you can also likely flash stock firmware to your device and start over fresh. It's also common to have to perform a factory reset after flashing the device to get it to properly boot.
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OnePlus 9.
I tried searching but there are so many dead ends for finding the stock recovery. Even with that I'd still be bricked.
Where would one find the stock recovery, kernel and fastboot ready update.zip?
You do realize the boot.img is both recovery and kernel. Just extract it from payload.bin
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You do realize the boot.img is both recovery and kernel. Just extract it from payload.bin
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If only I thought of that. It's not like I've been trying all day without success extracting what I need from the payload.bin. Definitely no dead ends there. Thanks for the massive help.
shadowofdeth said:
If only I thought of that. It's not like I've been trying all day without success extracting what I need from the payload.bin. Definitely no dead ends there. Thanks for the massive help.
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borrow a laptop from someone , use the msm tool
taintsx said:
borrow a laptop from someone , use the msm tool
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Im so close I can smell it now. Managed to get Python installed (had to deep dive into the comments on articles and tutorials) and have everything extracted in the last hour.
Now, for flashing these images I have to use Termux and it's working for the most part. My issue is now that I can flash one batch of images but not the other as per the xda guide linked now:
Restore OnePlus 9 to Stock via Fastboot Commands
This guide assumes you have the SDK Platform Tools installed and working, along with USB drivers for your device (if needed), and have your full update zip which you've already extracted the payload.bin from, and then dumped the images using...
forum.xda-developers.com
I keep getting errors about the partition being locked or something.
So close man. So close.
Locked partitions can only be flashed in fastbootd (fastboot reboot fastboot to get there).
First of all... Hold the both volume and power button for around 2 minutes. It'll take you to the bootloader mode. Then from the bootloader mode turn off your device then boot into edl then flash with msm.
Lesson learned