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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] audit13:
I have been flashing the Samsung Note 2, Note 3, s3, and s4 for many years and have found that some Samsung phones are very picky about the USB cable used for flashing stock ROM via Odin.

I'm confused because a locked bootloader means you can't flash CWM or TWRP. The Note 2 came from AT&T?

Maybe the KK bootloader is not locked, just non-downgradeable?

I don't have an sgh-i317 to test as I only have access the sgh-i317m.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
yes it did come from at&t though you can flash cwm or twrp recovery if the bootloader is locked i believe because i actually installed cwm recovery first on my other phone which had a locked bootloader to have it unlocked. plus i have been using the usb cable that came with the note 2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] audit13:
Hmm, I'm curious about the bootloader version on the phone. If you're flashing via Odin, does the file include the modem and bootloader? I know there are some ROMs that can be flashed that had the bootloader removed.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2589891
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
it does not show modem while flashing but it does show boot.img but im not sure about if boot.img is the bootloader though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] audit13:
Boot.img is not the bootloader as far as I recall. It would be something like aboot.mbn, sboot.bin, etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
these were from my previous entries if it is of any use -:

i tried to flash my phone with param and tz.img but all it did was unlock my stock android recovery. also, when i tried to wipe data/factory reset from the stock android recovery it said

though now i am being able to wipe the cache partition but still it is showing this in the beginning

also when i tried making partitions using adb it showed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
nah then it is not there..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
also there is a modem.bin in the rom im using
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] audit13:
What bootloader version is on the phone? If you're not sure, do you see anything on screen about knox or warranty bit in Odin mode?

The modem.bin is the software the radio transmitter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
all thats there in the screen is

it became custom after i tried flashing different roms on the phone..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] audit13:
Have you tried flashing a different ROM to the phone via CWM?

The phone is running at least a 4.3 bootloader which means the stock rom from sammobile.com can't be flashed to the phone.

Restoring a CWM nandroid backup would not include the bootloader.

Since the phone is running CWM with a Knox-enabled bootloader, the bootloader appears to be unlocked but not downgradeable.

Thanks for confirming this information for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
all i see are stock roms on the net though i tried to install a rom using cwm, it was a disaster. it showed that it was unable to mount /system etc. and hence it aborted the task.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] audit13:
Can't use CWM to install a stock ROM.

Maybe this will help: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-2-att/development/rom-att-i317-ucucnj1-mj4-stock-odex-t2973448
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
which one should i try? deodexed and rooted version? thanks a lot though youre really helpful! :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] audit13:
Rooted is nice because you will have high-level access to add/remove apps.

Deodexed vs odexed has been discussed before and each have their pros and cons. More info here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2200349
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
guess im gonna go for deodexed and rooted file! ill see what the results are and ill update the post :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
im back with the install. after installing its either just stuck on the samsung galaxy note 2 screen or it just boots to recovery..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] audit13:
Did you perform a factory wipe before booting for the first time? Does the phone have TWRP or CWM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
well i did try performing a factory wipe but it gave the following error. i am actually switching between twrp, cwm and philz touch. im switching between them because twrp shows all my storages as 0mb and cwm has less options.

p.s. i forgot to mention that it all started from being stuck at the emergency recovery mode where it asks for emergency firmware recovery through kies but then after trying to connect it, kies did not show anything
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] audit13:
Hmm, I wonder if your phone has a defective memory chip.

Maybe try flashing this via Odin: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2589891
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
I doubt that its a defective memory chip because if it was i wouldnt be able to flash anything i believe. I can flash everything except rom on my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] audit13:
It could be the memory chip even if everything appears to flash properly in Odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
nope.. even the last rom didnt work.. ive actually tried all of them now and it is giving me the same error on odin.. i.e error at system.img.. though now i have got to know that the phone is running android 4.4.2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
this was there too -
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rhaneyjr:
I've odin back to 4.1.2 from 4.3 and 4.4 many times. Cwm recovery is bad for note two. Use twrp if you want less trouble. Been flashing since 2001. I know what I'm saying and by the way you should always use the stock USB cable that came with the phone whenever hooking up to a computer. It is known
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] audit13:
Which ROM is being used to Odin back to 4.1.2? Is the phone running a 4.3 or 4.4 bootloader when it is flashed back to 4.1.2?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] xBkKx:
I didn't notice anywhere of you actually getting an nandroid to test. This one was made using TWRP. It isn't a complete ROM its just a bootable backup to try to restore your phone with.

5.1.1 TWRP nandroid backup (extract folder from rar and move backup to appropriate TWRP backups location)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
uhm.. the link is down..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] xBkKx:
*appears* to still work for me maybe try again or I can re-upload it but that'll be this evening.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
oh wait. sorry it's working now. previously it showed that the file wasn't available. thanks! ill try and let you know the result!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
well i tried to restore but it always ends up showing
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] xBkKx:
Have you tried this yet attempt to to fix the partitions?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2609871
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
Nope, but i'll try it out now and see what happens. Hoping for the best now!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
Though on a second thought the phone was running on 4.4.2 and the pit file wont work without a proper stock img file and yet again 4.4.2 was available ota and only lj2 is available over the net so downgrading it would be a pain.. nor do i have any idea about downgrading it now..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] xBkKx:
Sorry I have no idea what else to try to do since I never updated the firmware and waited for root when I got this device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] henryli333:
everything would be easier if it got past the system.img step...
[General Questions and Answers] mofazar:
Hi Gays!

I have a strange issue with my G920P. I can boot it in "download mode" and in "recovery mode" using

"Power + Vol-up/Vol-dwn + Home button" But when phone system is on the "Home button" not working.

And when I want to confirm to entering in download mode "Vol-up" doesn't work, however it's work fine when phone system is on.

I've tried : Flash fresh stock firmware but still change nothing, flash custom Rom got nothing

Can someone explain it, and very need a solution to this strange issue.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] bcnguyen:
I started out rooting my phone and installed TWRP and Cyanogenmod. Everything was working fine. I play Pokemon GO and I noticed it did not work after an update because my device was rooted. So I had the dumb idea to unroot my phone. No big deal right? Wrong. So now my phone is no longer rooted. Next I attempted to put the stock firmware back on my phone so I got a few images and zips and attempted to install them. They kept failing but at some point I must have accidentally deleted the boot or something because now when I turn on my phone it immediately goes to a green screen with a red rectangle at the top and a blue rectangle at the bottom. It stays there for maybe a second and then goes to a screen that is black and at the top in blue letters it says "Boot image verify failed!" and under that in white text it says "Please update to the authorized images." After about a minute it changes to the Huawei eRecovery screen where it says EMUI at the center and says "Download latest version and recovery" but every time I try that it fails. I have attempted to research how to fix this online but every potential solution requires I have a rooted device or be able to actually access my phone but I don't have a rooted device and I have no way of using my phone. I am able to get to the Android fastboot and rescue screen but again, it doesn't seem like it matters since my phone is locked and everything I've seen thus far that involves unlocking or resolving my issue, requires I either have access to the phone or have an unlocked device. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I hope you guys can help me.

P.S. I literally just now made my xda account to inquire about my situation. I apologize in advance if I am breaking any kind of policy or posting this in the wrong section or something.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] muradulislam:
You need device serial, IMEI and device id to get an unlock code from Huawei.

IMEI and serial, should be on the side of the box and for device id, you can go to

http://xdaforums.com/honor-7/general/bricked-honor-7-honor-6-id-t3468333/page1

But better still, download the latest firmware for your phone, extract to get dload folder containing UPDATE.APP . Copy dload folder to the root of an SD card.

Insert it on your phone. Hold power+vol up+ vol down until the phone reboots. Let go of power but keep other two pressed for 5 sec more. Your device should start a forced update. If it does not work, unlock bootloader as mentioned above and flash images manually.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] Wolfhawke:
Exactly what muradulislam said, is a good method I had a similar issue about a month ago. Get the appropriate download for your firmware, extract the UPDATE.APP, place UPDATE.APP in the root of a fat32 formatted SD card and force the update as he described. You will be back at stock with the unlocked bootloader. From there you should be able to use ADB to flash TWRP and subsequently SuperSU binaries to your stock.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] bcnguyen:
I have already attempted to get the unlock code from Huawei. I have done it before, that is how I unlocked in the first place. However, the unlock code I got before did not work to unlock it this time so like I said, I tried going through that process again. It was asking for Model Number and Product ID, both of which are obtained from having the phone on and using the dial pad, which again, I cannot do because I cannot get past the boot stuff I mentioned. I can try the other idea you mentioned, I really hope it works.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] bcnguyen:
I also clicked on that link and attempted to download the hacker toolkit but it did not work. After downloading and attempting to open I get this error: "Windows cannot open the folder."

"The Compressed (zipped) Folder 'C:\Users\BCNgu\Downloads\Huawei Hacker Toolkit v1.4.zip' is invalid."
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] clsA:
please post a photo of the bootloader screen that says your bootloader is locked

and explain what you did to get it that way. unrooting the phone will not relock the bootloader
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] muradulislam:
I will upload the unzipped file then in the evening... Check back again please...

(Uploaded the unzipped installer)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] bcnguyen:
I just attempted to download and open it again and got the same exact message.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] bcnguyen:
I did explain in the initial post.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] muradulislam:
There are two files there, one is zipped and one unzipped... Both are not working for you?

I double checked them myself and another user did the same.

I can't say what's the problem when you download it...
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] clsA:
your google drive file is corrupt, you can attach it to your post here on xda

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your OP never states that you relocked the bootloader

Please post the photo of your phone in the bootloader

and the command screen where you tried to reflash TWRP
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] bcnguyen:
I just tried the dload folder method you explained and it worked. Thank you so much.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] muradulislam:
My pleasure. Enjoy...
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
Since it's solved, can someone change the title of this thread?!
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] bcnguyen:
Well I solved my initial issue but another thing is still happening. I can now get into my phone but I still get that green screen with the red and blue rectangles initially on bootup. I'm not sure how to get that to go away
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] bcnguyen:
well I spoke too soon. I was able to get back to using my phone using your method but I still get that green screen with the red and blue rectangles on boot up. I'm not sure how to get that to go away. It stays on that for a few seconds then goes to the honor splash screen and boots as normal but it's irritating seeing that every time. On another note, I was thinking if I unlock it that would solve it but I went to the huawei site to unlock and went through the whole process and when it told me to use the 357946 code to obtain the product ID it did nothing for me except pull up a blank white screen.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
That's weird
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] muradulislam:
Any other instances of the red and blue rectangles except boot up?

Do you think that screen splash is because of all the tinkering or may be, (someone may be able to confirm) the boot animation file is corrupt?

Try searching a method to change your boot animation without root? If it still stays, at least we can rule out this possibility...

(I am just Troubleshooting so I may be wrong)

And as for Huawei unlock code, many users reported captcha bugs (captcha did not show up) but never this problem?

Give it a try or two more and then contact Huawei customer service via email to get the unlock code (specifying that the website did not work for you).

---------- Post added at 07:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:45 PM ----------

That hacker tool is now working, I uploaded the wrong file by mistake but corrected it in both my posts now.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] bcnguyen:
The hacker tool worked this time but I did the whole process and got my unlock code and did the adb fast boot unlock oem thing and it said invalid unlock key (I'm thinking maybe because I already unlocked once before? I also attempted to get the key a few more times to see if it changed but it did not. Same unlock key every time. Also, no the only time I see the rectangles and the green screen is immediately upon boot. The splash screen is normal, I didnt mean to imply there was anything wrong with that. It's just the honor logo. I did research and nothing that I saw helped with getting rid of the rectangles and the green screen.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] muradulislam:
That's why I was trying to troubleshoot coz could not find anything about this problem online.

If its the first honor logo then I am not sure how to proceed.
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] parnunu:
1. Scrolling speed very slow, need to flick finger very hard to get it fast.

2. UI is phone UI not Tablet UI
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] kenshin6767:
If you have LTE, do you know if it can make phone calls? Also, if you are in USA, do you know if you can use T-Mobile as a phone. Also, if anyone may know this answer, please let me know because I want to be able to use it as a phone. Thank you for your help.
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] Flavio:
I am from Europe, have the LTE model and use it a phone on the T-Mobile network.

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I have noticed this as well. It's not that the phone is generally slow, on the contrary, but the slow scrolling of long pages is annoying.

The DPI is 400 for the Display View Mode Setting Small, 440 for Medium and 480 for Large.

What is worse, in Small the Switch Tabs function in Chrome does not work anymore so you cannot switch or close tabs!

I tried changing the DPI with the adb shell wm density command but this has no effect.

Another annoying thing is that I cannot change fonts easily from Display Settings as I could on older Huawei phones. I have to use a Huawei Theme editor to change a theme every time I want to change fonts. This in itself is not a problem but this App shows multiple(!) ads of Mobile Strike when using it, absolutely annoying!

Overall I do like the M3. Battery life seems noticeably better than my Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 2016 and that is the main reason I switched. The narrower size also makes it easier to hold than the Samsung.

I have managed to unlock the bootloader but have not found a working root solution yet.
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] fritzeman:
Got mine too, i like it overall, but what was annoyed about soundquality over headphones.

tested it between onplus2,... oneplus headphones quality are way better.

@ Flavio

how do you unlock the bootloader?
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] Flavio:
http://www.stechguide.com/unlock-bootloader-of-huawei-devices/

Use the Chinese language of the Huawei page to get the unlock code because the Captcha function on the English page does not work. Use the English and Chinese pages next to each other so you know which button to press.

Instead of the adb command you can also use the SRK tool.

http://xdaforums.com/p9/development/tool-srk-tool-huawei-bootloader-root-t3374068?nocache=1
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] michi.widy:
Can confirm that scrolling speed is a bit too slow. Hope they fix this via update.

Otherwise I really like the tablet
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] getoliverleon:
Problems w. Chrome & YouTube, Call feature not so good

I can confirm the open/switch tabs button in the preinstalled Chrome does not work at all. If I reset the whole tablet it sometimes works, but as soon as I sign-in into one of my Google accounts in chrome the tabs are dead. This is annoying, as soon as you open a new tab there's no way you can get to the old tabs…

AND: The Youtube app crashes as soon as I load the subscriptions tab. Can anybody else confirm? This is annoying too.

AND: The call feature was the main reason I bought this. BUT: You can make calls with it (even GSM and 3g), BUT: It does NOT have a dedicated speaker for your ear. It uses one of the (great!) standard media playing speakers on the side. So everybody around you (even on the quietest setting) can hear what the other person on the call is saying. So you must use a headset…

Any ideas on getting root or solving Chrome/YouTube?
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] getoliverleon:
By the way: I just did a small review of the M3 and put it up on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYN1lqADJWs
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] fomy:
Hello,

Unfortunately, I confirm having the same problems.
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] michi.widy:
I can't confirm that. Using Chrome and YouTube without any problems.
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] king tsoi:
I got mine a couple days after the release date in a huawei pro shop in China. It came with Chinese ROM so none of the Google stuff is pre installed. I got my Google play store from their own app store and everything else from play store after that. YouTube and chrome works fine. The overall speed is a bit slower that expected. What bugs me is the wifi connection, seems to be quite slow and unstable. Lte wise seems to be OK overall. Battery life and general speed are way better that my tab s2 8.0 tho. What Roms are you guys running?
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] Flavio:
I only have the Chrome Tabs and YouTube issues in View Mode set to Small (400DPI). In the View Mode set to Medium (440DPI) everything is fine. What setting do you use?

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I have the B003 ROM, Android 6.0.

I can concur that the speed and battery life are better than on a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0.
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] king tsoi:
I just dug out my 2 years old z3 tablet compact since game streaming with moonlight on the m3 is totally unbearable. The z3 did a better job on streaming,general performance wise, I'm surprised how little the difference is between these two tablets since there's a two years gap. The m3 got a much newer processor as well as an extra gb of ram, I think the 2k screen is the one to blame, although I did turn it down to 1080 in settings. Battery life, m3 wins hands down.
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] Trillian:
I can confirm all of you the long battery life comparing to Tab S2.

to be honest, I don't have the same feeling about this tablet.

I've a good experience with smoothly and general speed but of course depends of what you are looking for, in my case, for work is perfect due to:

1. Phone/MTM function

2. SD Card slot

3. Battery Life

4. Screen inch resolution

5. Light and slim for portability

for gaming I'm going to wait the root if it's possible and why not, I guess and hope in a custom rom that I think it will solve all lags that other users got because from hw specs, it's really good to run all we want to have on this tab.
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] MrJiM:
No problems buying LTE version in China and use in Europe right? And can those on screen buttons be taken away?
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] Trillian:
I don't know if the China versione is compatible with European LTE bands... I think so but I really don't know.

Regarding the screen buttons the answer is no. At least on mine there's no option to hide them.

Regards
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] king tsoi:
I've tried the 400dpi setting and can confirm that chrome tab and YouTube issue exist in the Chinese rom as well. Got the latest OTA today and it didn't fix the issue.

Not sure about Europe lte but I guess it will work, there is a option to turn on screen buttons on and off in my ROM, not sure about if it's for Chinese rom only or not.
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] getoliverleon:
Solved! Chrome Tab Switching and YouTube Subscriptions work again.

Solution: I had the "view mode" (Settings/Display) set to "small", so I can use as much screen estate as possible. Sadly this makes Chrome and YouTube unusable. Switched this view mode to medium and everything works (after a forced reboot by the settings app).

Strange:

I can not set the dpi via ADB. Via ADB i always get 480 dpi, no matter what setting I have set in view mode. And I can not change this dpi setting, it always stays on 480 dpi. I have the feeling the adb shell command doesn't work or is ignored. This is a bit sad, because I was hoping for the widgets and fonts and interface being as small as possible. But it's still a great device and I am happy.

Now Root is missing. Any ideas?
[Huawei Mediapad M3 Questions & Answers] Trillian:
Ahahah wtf I don't have the same option to hide the bar.

Really sad.

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