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[LG G Pro 2] thaiminhtam:
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[LG G Pro 2] thaiminhtam:
I tot of 5.0, while in download mode is not support it reports
[LG G Pro 2] thaiminhtam:
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[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Flo.B:
Hello everyone,

I'm actually in front of a big problem. I try this night to upgrade from FRD-L09C432B120 to FRD-L09C432B316. Since I try it, my phone stay on a Warning screen and i can't do anything. (Just try to shut down by a long press on power button and it make a reboot and it's the same for every key combination).

I can't go in Recovery or eRecovery. The only things that works is the fastboot mode. I try to flash the stock firmware after an extract of "UPDATE.APP" but the system image give me an error. I also try to put UPDATE.APP on the SD Card but I can't access to the update mode (by press vol+ , vol- and power button). I think that i've try all the ideas that i've fund on internet !

I've no more ideas. Do you think that is possible to unbrick it ?

Thanks to your help and your reply. :D
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
But please confirm , was the update from b120 to b316 successfull?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
I think it failed because the warning screen showed right?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Right that was what I am also thinking bro.

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So it's a failure . which mean that it is a semi flashed update . which doesn't installed update.app .

Extract update.app from ota and put it in dload folder .later flash it manually using dload method .

He should follow this way to overcome those reboots

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Consider reading my above post bro.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] technoguy09:
HONOR 8 Bricked

Hello ,

It happened on my FRD-L04, but I think is the same.

Bootloader is unlocked ?

1. Do you have all drivers installed ? OK

2.Do you have STOCK ROM ? OK. If not, use Huawei Firmare Finder to find suitable ROM. Be aware what you choose !!!

3. Unzipp (WinRar) the ROM.

4.Download and install Huawei Update Extractor. Run Huawei Update Extractor . Choose Update.app from the folder you unzipped the ROM.

5. Select cust.img , boot.img , recovery.img and system.img and extract them on a folder.

6.. Install MultiTool by Team (Multi Tool Team). The instalation will make a folder named UNBRICK.

7. Move the files extracted : cust.img , boot.img , recovery.img and system.img on the folder UNBRICK

8. Run MultiTool . Choose option 6 (unbrick) and after that choose option 2 ( if you already have files on folder UNBRICK)

9. Let the tool finish the job.

NOTE : You must have all drivers installed and the phone in FASTBOOT mode ( turn phone OFF - Press VOL- and insert USB cable simultaneously.)

Good luck !
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Flo.B:
Hi, thanks everyone for your reply.

Unfortunatly, the dload method seems not work. I think that to run this method, i need to press simultaneously vol+, vol- and the power button to run it, right ?

If it's like that, the method doesn't work anymore.

I will try the process given by technoguy09 and I said to you if it's ok ! ;)
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Flo.B:
So, after many try, every method that i try doesn't work.

Even the Unbrick method doesn't work because the system and cust report an error.

For the cust, i have "partition error" and for the system I have the "sparse flash write failure". Can we correct this error ?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Was the bootloader unlocked ?

Do u have twrp installed ?

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If u have twrp I will make a flashable zip of stock ROM and cust
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Flo.B:
The bootloader is unlock and TWRP was install but now I can't access it. I try to restore stock recovery and it's the same result.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Can fastboot detect your phone?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Flo.B:
Yes, fastboot is detect, I can launch some command (fastboot devices display my phone, flash etc) everything work but flash recovery didn't change anything and flash system response an error (sparse flash write failure).
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
From what you said, looks like it is reallt bricked. Service center is your friend.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Flo.B:
I think too... I hope that there will be no problem with service center because of the phone is unclocked !

I was never had this kind of problem with my previous android phone. I'm really bad ^^

Thanks for all everybody.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] technoguy09:
Try another ROM.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Goodluck with it buddy.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Flo.B:
I try at least 3 ROM download on different website. I don't think that it can change anything.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] morpheus302:
I had the same problem.

Dont worry, Honor 8 phones are nearly unbrickable.

Take your B120 ROM extract recovery, cust and boot partitions. (use huawei update extractor)

Flash Them via fastboot (adb) then force the dload method via the 3 buttons combo.

I had all the problems you described and restored my phone as new. :) (even the "sparse flash write failure" error)

Now i'm on EMUI 5 rooted, no problem ;)

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Please refer this thread as it might help you.

http://xdaforums.com/mate-8/general/fuss-debrick-restore-mate-8-t3457969

Have a little faith in your Honor :)
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] technoguy09:
Did you use Huawei Firmare Finder for your model ?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Flo.B:
I have extract all this img but the flash of cust won't work too so, the dload method can't be launch. Now, I send my phone to the service center yesterday. Wait and See ^^

Yes, I Download 2 ROM on it but same problem on both.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Leave it for service centre people .they will take care
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] eksasol:
I have a slight problem with this too.

I installed TWRP and flashed CM. I backed up the stock partitions, so I restored them and flashed the stock recovery by extracting them from UPDATE.APP with the tool. So everything is back to stock.

The problem is the phone can't flash Update.app, whether using HiSuite app or manual flash, it failed. I wonder if this is due to changing in the partition structure when I flashed Cyanogen. Or simply because it won't allow me to downgrade version (bootloader version?). Since I'm on B162, trying to flash B122. The other thing I noticed is when I try to do factory reset in stock recovery it gave me an orange ! exclamation error.

My concern is while the phone is working now, when it's time to update to EMUI 5 it might fail.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] tzadkiel2:
My english is very bad.

If fastboot detected, flash recovery change a TWRP several attemps, from command's....directly button's power volume up being fastboot mode.

Por si alguien me lo entiende mejor, si es detectado en fastboot el cambio de recovery puede costar varios intentos, desde intentarlo con comandos a utilizar directamente los botones de volumen arriba y power para apagarlo estando aún en el modo fastboot; en mi caso, y tenía Backup previo (que me devolvió a la Huawei eRecovery) me costó bastantes intentos volver a instalar TWRP y tenía que utilizarla por obligación, ya que un módulo de Xposed me causó un desastre, ya que no podía acceder al sistema, la eRecovery es muy limitada, y además me entró en bootloops.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] fuflo:
ok, so i happened to brick myself in the exact same way as you.

Managed to recover after several hours of trying out stuff...

So, how to:

Download the rollback package and the original M firmware from here https://community.hihonor.com/docs/DOC-1752

Download "Huawei Update Extractor" from here https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2433454

Extract the rollback package .zip ; Extract "RECOVERY.IMG" and "BOOT.IMG" from UPDATE.APP using Huawei Update Extractor.

Not sure if boot is needed, but just in case...

Flash recovery and boot using fastboot

relock the bootloader (i think this is the thing that i missed for most of the time)

Follow the downgrade guide ( https://community.hihonor.com/docs/DOC-1752 ), right from the start - update the rollback pkg using ext sdcard / dload method and then same with the 6.0 fw.

As a sidenote, having your phone (not-)connected might affect the procedure. Like for example, i cannot boot into fastboot unless the phone is connected to the pc.

it might be, that the dload method wasn't working (i've had it stuck on %5 and then bootloop..) because i had the phone connected to the pc. Or it could've been the bootloader relock. Not sure, but i'm back on 6.0 now.

Also, as a side effect, since this is a full flash, the bootloader is "locked" again. Not even "relocked" :)

As for the cause, i can only guess.

My guess is that 7.0 modifies the partition structure in some way, which becomes incompatible with 6.0. Hence why it's original recovery doesn't seem to work.

The "rollback package" has a recovery that most likely is compatible with 7 and 6. Or at least is compatible for the specific way of downgrading to 6, as described in that doc.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] eksasol:
Thank you, finally figured it out. Just needed the latest up to date full sized update.app for my FRD-L04, from here. Not an older version from Honor website (guess it wouldn't let me downgrade).

Used HuaweiUpdateExtractor, then flashed "boot, cust, recovery and system" in fastboot.

After that the phone is able to flash update.app to itself.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] TomboIa:
hi, i was on 6.0 and installed the rollback package with the dload method by accident. The install failed and after that i can only enter the fastboot mode and twrp. installing the 6.0 recovery.img boot.img fails. what can i do?

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ok i tried that. but how do you install the rollback and the fw if it stucks at 5%? thats my problem atm
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] IsatiX:
Hi guys !

I'm also stuck at 5% too :/
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] khaled147:
my FRD-l09 is bricked last weak,

im try any way.

all of them is bull sheet.

dload not work exactlly this case.

fastboot give error .

FRP lock is active.

im really angry...

in last im go to repair center and them used a hard box and alive again my phone just a last hour.

I think huawei reallu easy can be bricked and its reaaly negative points.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] ViCioPT:
People who tried the dload method, some questions:

are you using the keys combination: vol up + vol down + power to enter recovery? you have to do this with your phone totally of and unplugged from the pc!

are you using an external mSD card? Don't put it in internal memory!

Are you in Nougat? If yes, you have to use the rollback package for your version first and only afterwards you should use the full MM package!

What files are you putting on the dload folder? it should contain only the update.app file, not the zip or other files!
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] menriquez:
Couple of questions...I too have a bricked L04

1. What makes a ROM "suitable" for use here...can you give an example of one you used? I had Noguet running before I tried the root process that screwed everything up.

2. Cust.img is failing during the UNBRICK process...how can this be fixed?

3. I tried using the stock ROM B150 first and, as I said, the fastboot flash failed in cust.img...I am trying B162 now to see if perhaps that will work correctly.

I live in North America so, apparently, no service center is available for me to send the bricked phone to, so I am really trying to get something working here, so I am willing to hear all suggestions.

thanks.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] extracrispy829:
I really screwed up!

I wanted to change firmwares from al-00 to l-09 (chinese to european) so I tried to debrand it first.

From what I've seen on other threads this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZVsIKtdgV4&t) was also applicable to honor 8.

My problem is that I've changed the oeminfo & custom.bin to that of a huawei p9 and the phone is now bricked, if anyone knows how to help it would really be appreciated
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] pkoolc1:
I need help, I just bricked my phone by trying to install the wrong firmware. Same situation as above
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] pkoolc1:
I try install firmware but a wrong firmware
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] pkoolc1:
The phone does not power. i press power button nothing happens
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] pkoolc1:
The phone was 100% full while i was flashing. I have tried both charger and usb nothing displaced on the phone.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] pkoolc1:
That means it is a serious problem
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
If u can teardown , just remove battery cable and then insert back. Also check if the battery isnt dead
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] extracrispy829:
Did you use the SRK Tool? If so, you might still your backups
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] pkoolc1:
I use HUAWEI_Multi-Tool_by_Team_MT, i have oeminfo backup
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] pkoolc1:
Here is the situation
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] avohec:
Hey man, I'm dealing with a bricked Honor 8 for the second time now, for some reason, I can't restore it this time around. I'm still trying, but no luck so far.

However, I was running into the exact same problem as you a few hours ago, and I realized if I ran the fastboot shortcut as administrator, everything flashed fine. (Just in my case, the flashing didn't end up helping me for whatever reason)
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
Some partitions are write protected and can only be rewritten inside the phone.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] pkoolc1:
Use DC-Phoenix, you will need about 15 euro. It can flash even if bootloader is locked.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] avohec:
Just as a heads up. I got my Honor 8 unbricked and restored. I had to manually flash every possible extracted file from the UPDATE.APP (like RECOVERY.IMG, CUST.IMG, etc...) and then eRecovery finally launched and allowed me to connect to Wi-Fi and redownload the OS.

Then I updated from EMUI 4, to EMUI 5, unlocked the bootloader again, tried flashing TWRP, and had to wipe my phone again because TWRP wouldn't launch, nor the OS at that point. Which is weird, because when I did it before on EMUI 4 it worked fine.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
So u mean that u downloaded the full firmware from erecovery ? Did that worked for u ?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] avohec:
Yep. As long as you boot into fastboot (Volume Down + Power while USB cable is plugged into the computer) and manually flash each extracted image file (ex: fastboot flash CUST CUST.IMG, etc.), eRecovery will work properly after that and allow you to redownload the OS and recover from being bricked. At least it did for me.

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Another update. I finally got TWRP to flash and load properly. I was trying to flash twrp-3.1.1-0-frd.img from the official download page but it wasn't working. Flashing the older twrp-3.0.2-0-frd.img file worked for me.

EDIT: I finally got TWRP running, Magisk installed and working with proper root privileges, on stock EMUI 5. I flashed the boot image from this thread, and flashed the TWRP version from this thread
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Well my frn. Twrp 3.1.1.0 is for emui and it has as many fixes for encryption and also has new features if u have heard . Are u emui 4 before the two edits ?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
EMUI 5.1? Did we received an update for that?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
No buddy
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
[MENTION=7905873]avohec[/MENTION] said, so I got confused.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
If u dont mind i would like to say something.

As u know throwing a stone in an empty vessel makes a lot of noise, the same way huawei will shout like hell when they release something . Even a noob will cometo know whats latest.

PS: am not praising honor or huawei , i was just saying that they release a few things and behave like they are everything at updates:mad:
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
Well said bro. :highfive:
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
I am:fingers-crossed:
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] venugopalu007:
True lol:laugh:
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Am always true:silly:
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] BrickedHonor8:
To me it didnt work and it shows ''FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)''
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] huynhovip:
thanks you very much, you right, relock bootloader is right act. but my phone doesn't receive internal storage (still access when plug on PC) . can anybody help me please
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] SnoopHTC:
Hello, THANKS A LOT !! unbrick with FRD-L19C432B521 firmware !!! ALL GOOD !!!!! :))
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] GerasxD:
get the version of twrp that is for your device,flash is via fastboot,download hurupdater and the firmware you had before updating,go to twrp and flash your firmware via huruupdater,and done your device will work as before,did this with my phone after upgrading to oreo and bootlooped my device.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namiokadu:
Can anyone tell me how to repair this imei guys .
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
Try flashing the latest stock rom to the phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namiokadu:
Where i check baseband ??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namiokadu:
I did try but its the same .
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
No errors when flashing in Odin? Did this happen after flashing a custom rom? If you have the original imei, you may have to have it repaired at a shop.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namiokadu:
No error . yes while i flashing a custom rom . but i dont have original imei . how i can get my imei original back ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
Is the imei on the label under the battery?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namiokadu:
Not the same
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
If the phone is running the latest stock rom, the baseband would be up to date. If the imei does not appear with the latest bootloader and modem, the imei probably needs to be injected via jtag or octopus box.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namiokadu:
Jtag ? Can u give me the link jtag or octopus box and how to use it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
You would have to know the original IMEI so the repair shop can program the imei into the phone.

Octopus box is not cheap: http://octopusbox.com/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namiokadu:
Original imei in back bateri cover right ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
Yes, if the imei on the label is the same imei that was in the motherboard.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namiokadu:
Okay thanks . i will check it ?
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L1ndon:
Hi,

Oneplus 2, Stock Rom, rooted, SU TWRP,

Just rooted it and flashed TWRP recently

When I boot into TWRP and try wiping/backing up I get this:

'E: unable to load '/twre/language/en-US.xml'

Failed to mount '/cache' (Invalid Argument)

The above line is repeated 5 times

Backups and restores work ok even though they give me this error.

Could it be a corrupted Dalvic Cache File system?

I've searched on here, but nothing definitive. Also Google yields conflicting results (repair System - wipe Davlic cache etc etc)

Does anyone know why its happening, and what is the best way to proceed?
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TiN-MAN:
I got the 'E: unable to load '/twre/language/en-US.xml' as well,

but saw no ill effects. It may just be an error in TWRP.

But the "Failed to mount '/cache' (Invalid Argument)" I haven't seen.
[OnePlus 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L1ndon:
Thanks for that - I fixed the "Unable to mount cache" bit by wiping the cache

(I previously tried wiping the Dalvic cache but I just got an error saying it couldn't mount it.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] junkshot9112:
Hey guys. I really messed up. I was running 7.1 from launch, and have had the systemless root basically since the beginning. I attempted to mount /system as /r/rw (for the stupidest reason) and my phone booted into a "no command" bootloop. Is there any hope for me? I can access recovery (I think). I can get into adb and fastboot and get the device recognized by the computer.

I will donate, buy coffee, anything for some love. Thank you so much for your time!
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] NBreunig3:
Well if you have an unlocked bootloader you can simple flash the stock images.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] junkshot9112:
Thank you so much for the reply. I think I could even do a factory reset from recovery, but I'm not sure. I'm pretty new at this. I was really hoping there may be a way I could backup my data first, or even fix the issue, as I'm pretty sure I know what happened. I think my permissions are set wrong, but I could be entirely wrong. I found this guide that sounds like my issue, but it is for a different device. I've tried adapting it to the best of my ability, but I can't get the phone in ADB mode from recovery. http://www.gizbeat.com/2103/how-to-change-file-permissions-through-adb/
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] NBreunig3:
Wouldn't hurt to try knowing you can also just flash stock images.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] junkshot9112:
Can you point me in the direction of someone who may be able to help me do just that? I've tried just about all I can think to do. I really am new at this and feel I am in over my head. I really appreciate any and all help and would gladly donate to this site or any individual user who is able to help me solve my problems (I hope it isn't against your rules to say things like that).

Thanks again.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] NBreunig3:
This site straight from Google has all the files and instructions. https://developers.google.com/android/images

Follow directions but don't lock bootloader.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] junkshot9112:
Sorry, I was unclear, that was my fault. I believe I know how to flash stock images. That is something I have done since the OG Droid. I was asking if you may know anyone who may be able to help me attempt to backup my data, reset my permissions, or even get the phone into ADB mode before I resort to losing everything. Again, apologies for being unclear.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] NBreunig3:
No worries. I would just look online and possibly post another thread here or just wait for replies.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] cntryby429:
Flash the stock image but remove the -w from the script to keep from losing data. Search around here for instructions. It's been described a zillion times.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] junkshot9112:
Is this what is referred to as a "dirty flash"?
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] robocuff:
I suppose one could think of it that way but it really isn't. Everything other than data will be wiped and flashed. It'll all be new with the exception of your data partition. Removing the w allows you to keep all your apps and their settings in tact. The rest will all be new though. It can't hurt to try it. If it doesn't fix your problem (which it should) you can always run it again and wipe data along with everything else.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] junkshot9112:
I was successful. Thank you so much. What can I do for you to show thanks?
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] TonikJDK:
Yes. But in reality it is not much different than taking an OTA. That never wipes data. I only clean flash if I am having issues after a dirty flash and I can't remember the last time that happened.