[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] badiyee:
still does not work (pink screen)

Hello everyone, I did my homework by searching, but alas I could not revive my phone. (U8800)

How did it bricked: Installed CM10.1 v7, (ran fine, had to re-flash because i read that one must do /format system, /format cache, somehow probably i deleted something i wasn't supposed to, and now its bricked)

Symptoms:

1. Press power button: Blue Screen. This includes Power button and volume + together. Blue Screen. (NOTE: Huawei logo flashes briefly for less than 1 sec before screen goes blue)

2. Press power button and volume + & - together: Pink Screen.

3. (new#)Cannot access from Windows 8 (I have drivers installed, will not detect. Every time i plug the phone into win8 the phone boots up blue) but can't see internal SD.

What I know:

1. This is a U8800

2. CWM 5.5.0.4 was installed (it was bricked after i clear and format, and cannot re-enter the CWM anymore, it goes into pink screen instead)

3. Internal SD is not read-able. (this was documented when i wrote my issue, another forumer by the name of rqmok says its fine because i updated the partitioned.zip, therefore even if it cannot be read, but if it can be accessed from the android file browsers, it is okay. I believe him)

4. I can boot up the huawei + bluescreen, but no

What I did:

1. Because i was at CM10.1 v7, i renamed the entire thing as update.zip and place into external sd root folder . RESULT = nothing. just pink screen

2. grabbed an update (Gingerbread) from XDAFORUM u8800 wikipedia page (the international version), place as update.zip in external sd root folder. RESULT = nothing. just pink screen.

3# (new) I unplugged battery and the external SD, plugged the phone via USB to computer. Boot up (few seconds of Huawei logo) then bluescreen.

Yes, I understand that others have asked about this and somehow revived. What I've read, and understood was:

1. Blue screen = something about ./boot was deleted, and needs to be reinstalled.

2. Pink screen = still safe, has a chance to revive the phone.

What i do not understand:

1. Put ROM files as update.zip, but pink screen does not flash into any form of recovery.

2. Somebody from somewhere said use something called ubuntu / bt5 to "dive" into the phone's internal SD. (I don't know how to do this, and from what i understand it is risky because it involves partioning the internal SD again.

3. Any other way to rescue my phone?

What I would like to ask is some form of step by step help.

I would be very grateful if anyone can lend me some assistance. This is my first android phone (yes i'm a poor fellow) and its not even a week old. I do have an AcerA500 tablet and i have been able to update that tablet to any custom variations (ever since i owned it roughly 2 years ago), so i'm pretty confident that i am good in following instructions)

EDIT:

Okay, i'm able to update the firmware by doing the following:

1. PUT "DLOAD" folder into EXTERNAL SD, root.

2. Pull out battery.

3. Stick USB into the port, and into computer.

4. PRESS VOL+,VOL- and POWER together (Reboot into pink screen)

FIRMWARE UPDATE PROGRESS. it should be 1/2 then 2/2.

"Do Not turn off the device".

AFTER finishing step 4 (it takes some time)

there will be a "TICK" and it will say "RESTARTING".

And then the HUAWEI FLOWER (no animation).

And it repeats itself....

What do I mean by repeat itself?

1. BLANK

2. HUAWEI WITH FLOWER (NO ANIMATION)

After this, there is a green android picture and says "FORMAT /CACHE" and something like that.

Then it goes blank and huawei flowr (no animation) again, and again, and again.

*NEWv2*

I can enter the the blue colored Android system recovery *3E* screen.

formatted / data reset

it has formatted all (at first cannot format cache, causes many problems, now finally fixed). So somehow I managed to format data and clear cache.

It finally reboots. It starts up. And I thought problem over. It was not.

First time boot up was okay. It asks me to set up android, etc. Second time boot up, it will get stuck in a boot loop. Help!

I'm stuck here. Any help?