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[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hp5942:
[MENTION=6435663]mfbcool[/MENTION]

Plz help

I got a new honor 4c (Indian) some days agk. Downloaded the official lollipop from honor site and the installation failed ( was on C636B070 version).

I tried again with the middle_update update package and this time it succeeded.

After that I cannot apply any update or even boot into recovery for factory reset.

Please suggest any workaround as I don't want to root and void my warranty

Thanks
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
You screwed it pretty big. The Middle Update Package is only meant for downgrading NOT upgrading. Before you upgrade to a newer Lollipop version, you have to make sure you are on the latest KitKat version.

Still have no worries. Use the Fastboot Flash Method as described in the main post. Be sure to download B070 Kitkat ROM and then flash it through Fastboot.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hp5942:
Yeah I guess I should have read before flashing. BTW will B070 Kitkat rom flash with a locked bootloader? I don't want to loose my warranty so early.

Thanks
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
You can always flash Stock ROMs with a locked bootloader. And B070 was the version you were on before this happened so no worries.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] Waqar90:
Is it necessary to flash stock recovery if I wanna go from Lolipop to Kitkat?

I'm using TWRP Recovery.

And what are the benefits of xposed when you can't change system UI?
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
1. You need to have stock recovery installed to install or upgrade original EMUI firmware.

2. On KitKat, Xposed works flawless. I have installed Flat Style Indicators to change Status Bar icons, Flat Colored Keyboard and Status Bar, Minminguard to block ads, Grernify, Amplify, Status Bar Gestures and Download Progress, DoublebTap to Sleep, KT2, App Settings, AC Display, etc. All if these modules work without any problems and pretty much convince me to not upgrade to Lollipop and also Marshmallow.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] Waqar90:
I would give a try to kitkat laters after testing Marshallow
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] kimerika:
hello can you help me with this,,,after upgrading to lollipop,,,its seems may model are different from the old and i cant downgrade to kitkat or upgrade to marshmallow

YES. i use middle package for downgrading,,,,,('_')

NO ROOt...NO UNLOCK BOOLOADER
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Your software version is "Balong". That means you can flash any ROM over it. You can flash any Kitkat ROM of your choice. But you can't flash Marshmallow as full standalone ROM hasn't been released (only OTA zip).

But you mentioned you are facing an error on downgrading. Please elaborate and post a screenshot of error if possible.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] ElIT3ShOOT3R:
Hello,

I change product model to balong in build.prop but still when I try to install that middle UPDATE.APP, it reboots and says incompatible version, plz help
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] kimerika:
thanks hit.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
I have seen some cases like this. Just follow the steps below (YOU HAVE TO BE ROOTED TO CONTINUE):

1. Change your region to any one of those mentioned in Change your Region Guide in first post but not the one you are currently on. (Changing region automatically changes your build to Balong)

2. Now directly flash YOUR REGION's Kitkat ROM Update.APP using Forced or Local Update Method.

3. After flashing again Change Region to yours default one or to the one of the ROM you flashed i.e. if you flashed Malaysian Kitkat change the region to Malaysia.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] zeke11:
hi. .im new here. .and i need to unlock my phone's bootloader. .can you please help me with my honor 4c product id?? i soft bricked my phone aft updating it (local update). is there anyway i can get the prod id without my phone? im stuck with the logo that's why there's no way i can dial it on the phone itself. .and on the huawei prod id generator app i can't see CHM-U01 model.

please advice :( . .here's my email rhei2four6teen@gmail.com
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] miststudent2011:
Region change is enough already tried.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] trooperhevy:
I change my region, then i reflash some image and then i install the euro update?
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] miststudent2011:
Yup after flashing this file mostly you can install Europe ROM
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] gopinaidu77:
Thats right
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] Don't bother me:
My phone hanged and turn off itself

What I do?
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hassanjavaid8181:
Its not turning on?? Did you try to put it on charge??
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] nhinjha:
quick question

does this upgrade method retain original internal memory capacity (i tried others they all decreased internal memory to around 3gb)

tnx in advance
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] miststudent2011:
No, upgrade will reduce internal storage
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] utze:
Search for Huawei Update extractor. Extract an full MM update.zip an flash each .IMG seperatly an reboot.

Should work
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] muhammad42620:
Hey guys. So I got my hands on a bootloader unlock code finally and now I realised that the kit Kat firmware links are down and I really really need them. So if anybody has mirrored the file I would greatly appreciated.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] miststudent2011:
What region rom you needed. Try carbontesla they have full roms
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] muhammad42620:
already tried :(

I've already tried Carbontesla but the links are down. Seems like Huawei has pulled the files off the website so the only firmware available for download is the B560. Also tried TeamMT but they don't have C185 firmwares. I also need the C185B067 or B120, whichever can be found.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] miststudent2011:
As you are still in KitKat just grab any of the kitkat builds and try 3 button method to force upgrade. If it fails extract partitions and flash them individually.

And later use 3 button method to force update.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Use Y300-0000 as Phone Model in Huawei Product ID Generator software.

However, even after unlocking bootloader, your device won't be fixed automatically and will still be soft bricked. I advice you to before unlocking your bootloader, revive your device first. Use Fastboot Flash Method or Forced Upgrade Method as instructed in the first post to learn about those methods and resurrect your device.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] zeke11:
thanks for the help :) . .forced upgrade didn't work. .im trying the fastboot flash method. .im on the cmd window. .i typed the code as instructed but cmd shows 'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

please advice! thanks!!
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
1. Did you installed Fastboot? I mentioned in the guide to install ADB and Fastboot first before trying the commands.

2. What error are you experiencing with Forced Upgrade method?
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] zeke11:
yes, i did install it. .i even try installing the sdk. .but none worked :(

on forced upgrade method screen shows upgrade failed when it reaches 5% of the update
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Hmm....

For Fastboot Issue Try downloading the adb+fastboot.zip via this link. Extract to any location.

Now while holding Volume Down button attach your phone to computer via USB cable and keep pressing the button until you see Fastboot Screen on your device.

After that, open the folder where you extracted the archive. While holding Shift Button, Right click on any empty space within the folder and click

Open Command Window here

in the context menu. Execute the following code in the CMD window that opens:

fastboot devices

This command must generate something like

List of devices attached
12345678 (your serial number) fastboot

If there is nothing written after 'List of devices attached', that means the necessary drivers are not installed. Download Huawei HiSuite from this link and install it. It will automatically install all necessary drivers.

Now Software Update error: Well, now you should try the Fastboot flash method and see if your mobile boots. If it doesn't reply me immediately and I'll post another workaound. Alternatively, download the full Latest Standalone ROM available for your region and flash it using Forced Upgrade Method (if you need help in finding one, tell me your region and I'll find one :) )
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] zeke11:
cmd recognizes my device. .aft i typed the command cmd window shows like this:

target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes

sending 'boot' <23486 kb>

OKAY

writing 'boot'

FAILED <remote: Command not allowed>

finished.

what could have been my mistake with this??
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Try flashing only the System partition.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] zeke11:
same result. .failed! :(
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Before you follow please tell me which ROM version you were on before bootloop and which ROM you're trying to flash.

Follow the below steps:

Unlock Bootloader of your device (this will void your warranty). None of the methods worked that required locked bootloader worked for you hence it's mandatory.

Flash a Custom Recovery compatible with your device. For Kitkat flash CWM, for Lollipop flash TWRP.

We'll now change your region (changing region changes your build to Balong which allows you to flash any ROM whether Kitkat or Lollipop on your device regardless of version or region).

After flashing Recovery, flash any one of the ZIP files below (the ZIP file you chose should not be the same as your current region)

European EU

Asia Pacific (Pakistan)

China CN

Middle East (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, India)

After flashing ANY ONE OF THE ABOVE, reboot your phone into Fastboot Mode and now revert back to STOCK RECOVERY. (See the main post for instructions and download links)

Now try the Forced Upgrade method. It will work without any problem. No error whatsoever! FLASH THE ROM OF YOUR REGION or OF THE REGION YOU CHANGED TO THROUGH RECOVERY.

If you flashed the ROM released by your Region, then change the Region back to yours. If you flashed the ROM of the region you changed to, then no worries :)
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] ElIT3ShOOT3R:
After changing my region to malaysia, will I need to flash KITKAT rom for malaysia? or Pakistan's?
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] zeke11:
before bootloop i'm on lollipop 5.1 asia pacific update B360. .works well. .really smooth. .no worries. .then tried to update it to marshmallow. .as instructed by the author i can use the local update, so i did. .everything was ok. .100% updated. .phone reboots. .then stuck on the logo. . . . .:eek: i thought it was just rebooting. .but its taking hours!!! omg!! im gonna die!! i bricked it!! hehe!! and now im having a hard time. .sigh!
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Now I finally understand what's happening. You upgraded to Marshmallow. Hence when you tried to flash Asian Lollipop ROM, you were greeted by an error in recovery because you can't simply downgrade from Marshmallow to Lollipop.

Hence you will need Marshmallow Full Stock ROM (not the OTA zip) and then flash it via Forced Upgrade Method. Luckily for you, Huawei released full Stock ROM a few days back. Download the ROM from this link (don't worry if the downloaded zip file is named EMUI 3.0 Kitkat. It is a mistake from Huawei).

After that follow the Forced Upgrade Method to completely flash the ROM.

If it still doesn't works try the method I posted in the previous post. It's guaranteed to work! (I did that when my Marshmallow got bootloop. I changed region, flashed Lollipop and then again upgraded to Marshmallow because at that time Huawei didn't released the full ROM)
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Actually, you can flash any Region ROM after you change region regardless of version (KK or LP or MM). However, if you want to receive OTA updates, then flash the ROM from the respective region you changed to.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] ElIT3ShOOT3R:
I am trying to flash B063 over my current B310 firmware, even after changing the region to malaysia, it still says incompatible with the current version and when i try to force upgrade it freezes on the HONOR logo.

P.S. the phone is rooted with unlocked bootloader
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
After changing the region to Malaysia, reboot your phone. Go to Settings > About Phone and see if the build number contains the word "Balong".
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] ElIT3ShOOT3R:
I can see "spcseas" in country vendor info but not balong in about device build number, what have i done wrong? I copy pasted that "my" named oeminfo file and used root explorer instead of ES file explorer
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Sorry I forgot to mention!

DO NOT USE ROOT EXPLORER!!!

Use ES File Explorer and change the region again until it shows Balong in build number.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] zeke11:
.many many thanks for patiently teaching me how to fix my prob!!! :laugh::good: .my phone is now running perfectly!!! :victory: forced upgrade just made it. again, thank u!! :D:victory::good:
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
No problem! It's a win-win for both of us :)
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] kimerika:
@ OP,,"just an info or update maybe,,, and other that have same build number and model number with me"

i just update may honor 4c.

from LL with model number HI6120SFT and build number BALONG...to MARSHMALLOW without any problem....
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] kimerika:
thanks for this INFO ,..OP
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
That Balong acts just like a cheat :laugh:
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] ElIT3ShOOT3R:
I have used ES explorer and successfully changed the build to balong but still I get incompatibility error when I try the local update. Also tried forced upgrading but it doesnt goes past the Honor logo
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] kimerika:
delete
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] ElIT3ShOOT3R:
I am having storage problems with lollipop, the dalvik cache fills up the Internal memory rapidly even after clearing it which I didnt had with KITKAT, so thats why willing to downgrade to kitkat, if anyone can assure me that marshmallow is free of bugs and cache problems then I can upgrade tobit for sure
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] kimerika:
i did not recommend to flash M if you are in softbrick state,, i miss-read your post,,,

yeah,,,marshmallow in my opinion has offer more storage than the two old version,,,i Have more than 2gig of memory upon,,,
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] ElIT3ShOOT3R:
what do u mean softbrick state?
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] kimerika:
not booting up,,,hang up in honor logo,,,
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] ElIT3ShOOT3R:
bro its booting up just fine, the problem is just with the forced upgrade thing.. how can i fix that?
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] ElIT3ShOOT3R:
Can anyone help me please? force upgrade is not working for me, I have copied the dload folder in root of SD card with UPDATE.APP in it but when I try to force upgrade, it freezes on the HONOR logo and then I have to restart the device
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Do you even have Stock Recovery installed? Your mobile should boot to recovery when you hold Volume Down + Volume Up and Power and leave hold of Power button when you reach Honor Logo but keeping the other two intact and should start Installation. Your mobile is not getting past Honor Logo. That has definitely something to do with the recovery installed. Remember YOU CAN'T FLASH UPDATE.APP THROUGH CUSTOM RECVOVERY!!!
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] zsolt0616:
super
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Thanks for the compliment! :)
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] ElIT3ShOOT3R:
Does the LINK+ features really work in the 4C ?
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] ahmed ali90:
I have upgraded my honor 4c to lollipop(b120 to b310) but now I want to go back to kitkat verson b310 to b120 .. please tell me the procedure of downgrade C185B310(lollipop) to C185B120(kitkatI ) I could not perform the steps Please help me
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
To downgrade you have to be unlocked and your device must be rooted. In the main post I have described two downgrade methods. Use the second method to downgrade to Kit Kat.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] kimerika:
in my opinion force upgrade is just like the same with normal update,,since you have stock recovery,,on the second thought normal update is advisable rather than force because of MIDDLE PACKAGE" thing when downgrading.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] galiaf95:
link2sd problem

Hello.

Recently I updated my phone to the latest firmware and suddenly link2sd stopped working. It only show message with 'Read only' error. My phone is rooted with kingroot (it was rooted before updating).

What I've tried so far is reformat second partition to ext4. But it did not help.

Also I tried to use same SD card with other phone and there was no such problem.

Firmware version: CHM-U01C10B320

Please help.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] kimerika:
i see myself at you man,,trying to do some stuff to make our phone special,,so i suggest try to upgrade to MArhmallow first root it and maybe link2sd gonna work,,
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] galiaf95:
Can you please give me link where I can get marshmallow?
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] kimerika:
http://www.carbontesla.com/2016/02/...510-marshmallow-firmware-stable-asia-pacific/
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] galiaf95:
I looked in some forums and found possible solution but can't use it. So the thing is to change android /etc/permissions/platfrom.xml file and change

<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
</permission>

to

<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >
<group gid="sdcard_r" />
<group gid="sdcard_rw" />
<group gid="media_rw" />
</permission>

But I tried that with

adb pull

and get error:

failed to copy 'platform.xml' to '/etc/permissions/platform.xml': Read-only file system
734 KB/s (7390 bytes in 0.009s)

How can this be done?
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] kimerika:
are you trying to switch external to internal storage,,
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] galiaf95:
No, I'm just trying to make link2sd work.

But, is it possible to switch external to internal storage??
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
1. Link2sd DOESN'T WORK ON EMUI 4.0 MARSHMALLOW. Use Apps2SD All in One instead. I am using it and it is working flawlessly.

2. You can switch Internal with External only if your SD-card is formatted as Ext4.

3. The error you are recieiving from Terminal Output is because your system is mounted read only. However, I WON'T recommend mounting SYSTEM as read-write. As of Marshmallow, once the System partition is modified you won't be able to take updates and you have to flash the complete firmware with complete data wipe to take OTA.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] galiaf95:
Hi!

I've just tried Apps2SD All in One but it does not work. I got next error (I think error caused by the same reason as in link2sd)

[IMG="error"]http://i.imgbox.com/g2GtfMes.jpg[/IMG]
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Oh! You're on EMUI 3.1. As I stated earlier, your system partition is mounted read only.

Execute the following commands in terminal:

su
mount -o rw,remount /system
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] galiaf95:
I tried that too, but had that error like

Read only system

Also tried to find device with

mount | grep system

(find it in /dev/block/) and mount it on /system.

Also tried

adb remount

.

Also in apps like root explorer or ES, or root browser I cant enable r/w mode in /system or subfolders.

Can it be somthing with root that installed by KingRoot?
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Mount command shouldn't give you 'Read only system'. It will mount your partition as read write. It can only output partition related errors such as partition not found etc.

In adb or Terminal emulator, type su and verify if the next command line reads root@. If it doesn't, your device is probably not rooted. Also, you many need to install Busybox (contains dependencies used by many apps).
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] galiaf95:
But unfortunately it does. SU command works, so I'm rooted and mount works with root directory.

If I do official downgrade to 4.4 it will keep root?
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
No need to downgrade. Unlock Bootloader, Flash TWRP, remove Kingroot and install SuperSU binary. SuperSU will work for sure :)
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] galiaf95:
Ok, I'll try. Thank you. Could you please give me some links with instructions, if it's possible.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
The first post of this thread has everything you need :)
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] rysalf:
Hey, i want intsal Android 6 for my G play mini but i cant find it ))
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Ghobar:
Hello

I have an honor 4c. I have installed HiSuite. The device is recognized by computer. But the device either is absent from My Computer or is present but when I click on it I receive the message "There is no disk in the drive".

How can this problem be solved?
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] Dr.Ghobar:
I solved the problem the following way:

I changed the usb cable, and a page appeared on the phone's screen. Its title was Methods of Connecting USB. Its options was: MTP, HiSuite, Only Charge. By default, it was on "Only Charge". I changed it to "MTP". It opened on the PC and the problem was solved.
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] Linkin Park AD:
I never unlock my bootloader.

Now my phone bricked on rescue mode. ive tried to flash but it didnt work bcoz my phone locked. Help me. Please. :crying::crying::crying:
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] ahtyshamafzal:
Salam Bro,

I am unable to update my Honor 4C fro B310 to B510 or above.

I tried using this method

http://xdaforums.com/general/general/rom-upgrade-4c-to-android-6-0-t3316846

I tried this method even after unlocking my bootloader.

I think those updates are not for Pakistan, so i have to change region before update.

If i change region, i have to root my phone, and if i root my phone i wont be able to update it. :confused:

Kindly help me, its scratching my nerves trying to find the solution everyday not finding anything.

[IMG="Error"]http://i.imgur.com/2HNZrV8.jpg[/IMG]
[Honor 4C Guides, News, & Discussion] montazar:
hi bro [MENTION=6435663]mfbcool[/MENTION]

sorry i want to downgrade to kitkat

but i dont know what i have to do

in mothod 1 i should have a downgrade package or i can creat it with update.app from lolipop and kitkat?

i dont know the meaning of this sentence

" From Lollipop Stock ROM: First copy UPDATE.APP located in 0_CUSTOM_PACKAGE\MiddlePackage\dload to dload directory in the root of your SD card"

in method 2 "balong" is a file or editing the file?

and how to change value to "balong"?

3 question and 1 guidnese for downgrade to kitkat

now my build in lolipop is "B310" >>>>>>>> i want downgrade to build "b067" or "b120"

thanks dear bro [MENTION=6435663]mfbcool[/MENTION]