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[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
Check my android file host account

Or download any of the back to stock roms they all include stock boot.img
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] erlin168:
Hello,

I flashed full B180 update today. However, my device won't boot.

I followed your instruction to extract the file, and flash boot img to the boot partition.

Do I need to flash boot img to a different partition?

Thank you very much for your help.

Update: I kept repeating turn off and reflash like 5 - 6 times, finally it reboot to the B180rom. Thanks again.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] skuly:
I'm using the B180 stock and I got an unlock code but when I put a metro pcs simcard in I don't get asked for an unlock code or anything, the notification bar just says no service and there is the signal icon with an x over it .
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
I would check the APN settings

You may need a tmobile sim for it to ask for unlock code
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] skuly:
Metro PCS is Tmobile though so I figured it would ask for a code. And I looked at APN when I had the Metro PCS sim in and it showed Metro PCS info but I think it wasn't editable and all the info grayed out.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
sounds like your phone was already sim unlocked. do you have any other sim cards you can try ?
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] skuly:
I was thinking the same thing but the only sim I have access to is the Metropcs one from my Girlfriend's phone.

I used the dialer code *#*#2846579#*#* that I found on a youtube video and it shows SIMLOCK_DEACTIVE so has me thinking maybe it was sim unlocked but idk why it won't register with metro pcs.

https://youtu.be/NGhbof6KJ1A?t=25s
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] skuly:
Maybe Metro PCS locks their sim-cards to a phone.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] Rookie2018:
I just unlocked the bootloader and nothing else. Says this device is unlocked and can't be trusted. Never did any flashing before. Could someone guide me what to do next?
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] BurnedDrake:
Just follow the first steps on the OP, for flashing TWRP and backing things up before flashing ROMs
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] skuly:
Yeah it was already sim unlocked... metro pcs is the first tmobile/att mvno that requires you to notify them when you when put your simcard in other phones. I've always just put them in a phone and they would work but not with metro pcs.

It's all sorted now thanks.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
Thanks to [MENTION=8723424]goesham2[/MENTION] I was browsing around and found the dload firmware for this phone

it's the older B160 but it should work to return you phone to stock

hxxps://easy-firmware.com/home/browse/category/id/25781/

See my post here for instructions >> https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76902495&postcount=86

using the above instructions you need the Stock recovery for your phone NOT the one for the Elate !

[MENTION=6065620]divineBliss[/MENTION] [MENTION=7934375]madvane20[/MENTION]

I used the one for my Elate and it Removed the warning at bootup and relocked the bootloader

Too bad it took over a year for this file to finally surface
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] jg1210:
Nice! Thanks for finding this. I've realized that I don't really need root and returned to stock. This is a better option though, if it really relocks the bootloader. I am annoyed of seeing that warning. I will try it later today and see how it goes on my H1611. Thanks again!
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] mattaran:
I have a H1611 with build H1611C07B130 and am getting notified that there are updates for the phone, but they don't install and fail. I'd like to update the phone to the latest available sw/fw version. Should I just follow the steps in post #2? Do I need to upgrade in order (i.e. 130->140>150>160...) or can I just upgrade to the latest image?

Thanks much in advance for your help.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
You can go straight to the last update b180
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] mike0921:
b170 link by madvane20 takes you to b180

This link takes you to the page for b180. Is there a b170 Rom downgrade from b180 to flash so I can flash slim and fast v2?
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
Those roms will install the correct firmware for you
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] mike0921:
b180

I installed the B180+stock+Rom file and it was no different then what I have on my phone. I followed the directions for the B170 as it says. After I did fastboot boot/flash recovery the instructions imply the phone will power off a few ties and after I power it on and set it up I should power off and then power on and madvanes apps will load. It doesn't.

I have downloaded the b180 slim and fast to restore with twrp - it's a rar file. do I load it on my phone and then unpack it, then install it? I don't know what to do with it' I'm trying to get my system down to a reasonable size and get it to act quicker and smoother, I thought that was what slim and fast was all about. The B180+_Stock+Rom seems to be as large and cumbersome as the stock b180 I have on my phone...

I also tried the final version B180Stock and that wasn't working as I thought either.

Please advise me on what to do... Restore with twrp the early version of B180 after you let me know how to unpack it and install it? Go to another?

Sorry to be so dense! I have tried searching and can't seem to find what I am looking for.

Thanks

Mike
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
Mike,

This ROM flashing stuff can quickly get confusing and complicated, so don't let it make you feel dense.

You got an expert, clsA helping you, so you're in good hands :) ..
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
The rar file is so you don't confuse it with a rom (rom.zip) it's actually a TWRP backup

The easy way to use it is boot to twrp

go to backup and just choose recovery (also backup to your ext_sdcard)

after the backup is created hook your phone to the pc and extract the contains of the rar to your just created backup on the ext_sdcard

after the files are in the correct location you can reboot recovery and restore the backup

not sure of the file structure of the rar just make sure you only extract the files no folders to your phone

it should be in

TWRP/Backups/yourphone serial number/files go here

Haven't seen you post in a while, I hope all is well with you and your family
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] mike0921:
Thanks for asking... and all your help!I have a chronic health issue that takes me out of life every now and then.. I'm about over this episode, thank goodness! I hope you and yours are all doing well.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] mike0921:
When I use the downloaded Official TRWP app from the play store i get a file with the question mark Icon labeled "recovery.img" and when I try to open it the "file is corrupt: message appears. Should I not be using that app but instead the minimal adb/fastboot I have been using to make backups?
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
You have to flash twrp to the phone and boot to recovery. I thought you said you had flashed roms to your phone already ?
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] mike0921:
I have but never with the app from the Play Store. I was just wondering why it didn't work like with adb...
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
You can't flash ROMs with adb

If you mean adb reboot recovery then yeah your in TWRP.

The play store app is useless for flashing ROMs and restoring a backup.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] mike0921:
ON the restore after placing all your files in the backup I created it asks what partitions do I want to Restore.

Just the Recovery I made or the Boot, Cust, EFS, and System partitions as well?

I Restored everything and when rebooting the first screen was a black and white screen with "ANDROID" on it. It then went to my normal home screen with all my apps as they were.

I went back and Restored just the "Recovery," rebooted and the same sequence of events took place.

Is this what is supposed to happen? My "About Phone" info hasn't changed. I followed your instructions you gave above. My wifi is working fine...
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
Well their all basically stock roms, so yeah your not going to see some huge change

I never used or looked at the TWRP backup that was [MENTION=7934375]madvane20[/MENTION] thing

but I can tell you if you didn't do a factory reset before restoring his backup all your apps will most likely remain.

Did you watch TWRP during the restore and make sure their were no errors ?
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] mike0921:
I have to admit, I do not recall if I specifically watched TWRP or not. I usually do watch stuff and I don't recall anything in particular. However, I did not do a factory reset before restoring his backup.

I'm going to redo all of it.

I guess the only question I have is what advantage does the "stock roms," I guess I'm asking your opinion specifically about the B180+Stock+ROM, give me? And is the Nexus_XT.B160.v3 that is posted worth downgrading from B180 to B160? Or do I need to downgrade first or just install it? I'm in information overload. I have read all the threads but I am just confused now...
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
Well the Stock ROMs all began because people without an ATT sim were unable to update their phones.

I'm an ATT customer and got all of the updates, and made them available to anyone that wanted them, in an easy to flash rom. This lead Stock rooted ROMs and debloated rooted ROMs.

You can safely try any of them and return to Stock at anytime.

The correct way would be to flash stock version (b130, b160, b180)followed by the same version debloated rooted ROMs to avoid any firmware mismatch (usually breaks WIFI)
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] mike0921:
Okay! Such a short answer and my info overload is cleared. Thanks a mil...
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] madvane20:
i cant get to my private messages keeps saying to many request from ip or just loads to say ur already registered so anyone who needs me post in my swift in fast post ill try to get to u til i figure out whats wrong
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] mike0921:
hey, it's me again!

I hope all is well.

I did a Swap with Visible.com for a new ZTE Blade A7 Prime for free. I have to send them the Ascend XT in Stock condition, but after flashing your B18+Stock+ROM and rebooting I still have that "Your device has been unlocked!!" warning message at start-up.

I followed your instructions exactly as you have them posted. Twice. I thought that getting the phone back to Stock B180 using your B180+Stock+ROM zip file would relock the bootloader.

During flashing there was a message in red that said," Unable to mount /data/media/TWRP/trwps"

I watched as it scrolled through what it was doing and at the end it said:

"Done!! Stock B180 is now installed!!

Thank you for your support!

Updating Partition details...

failed to mount ' data/ ' (invalid arguement)

...done"

I was then given the option to: Wipe dalvik/cache or to: Reboot System.

I tapped on Reboot System

Is there no way to re-lock the bootloader in order to return the phone to Stock so I can send my phone back and get credit for it to Visible.com? It is not rooted according to Root Checker so the only thing I need to do is re-lock the bootloader.

Thanks,
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
Sorry but as I recall their is no way to relock the bootloader

the known method was to flash a dload file downloaded from huawei

but the XT never got this file so your stuck...

you could search the forums and see if anyone ever successfully re-locked but I don't recall it ever happening
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] mike0921:
My bad. Thanks... :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] sweetboy02125:
Which step you did differently avoid the full wipe?
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
Just don't restore data
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] yb45324:
I just followed the procedure on a non-rooted B130, but it failed on last step to flash cust with custPartitionB140.img. I got "permission denied" from adb shell. So now I have no Wifi.

Is there a way to fix this?

thanks.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
Type "su" to become root before doing the "dd" to flash cust.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] yb45324:
the phone is not rooted yet, so when I got system/bin/sh: su: not found error.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
Sounds like you are doing things out of order and not follow the guide. Specify what you are trying to follow and do please.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] yb45324:
Thanks for the help.

Initial status, my phone was never rooted, bootloader locked, with B130 stock rom. I checked for OTA updates 3 times over 3 days but ended up no update so far. So I thought about doing that by use the zip file. My bad to not read all 5 posts and made wrong assumptions. So far I have done,

1. downloaded the zip and put it on sd card

2. put update.app under \dload, all other files are at \

3. dial the magic number, choose update from sd card.

4. the update went through 100% no error.

5. I lost wifi and rom still shows b130, same as previous post.

6. I tried to do dd on cust but no luck.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
If you didn't debloat your phone, which you could not do without rooting, then you can just skip the step about restoring the cust partition to B130 and go on with the procedure.

Most people following the OP are probably rooted and debloated their phones.

Don't forget the thanks button if my posts were useful to you :) .
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] yb45324:
well, if I skip flashing the cust I will have no wifi. Maybe I need to go ahead and root the phone.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] yb45324:
Not sure I did it right or wrong :) I went ahead rooted the phone.:D Then I played the su and dd again but with no luck. A different error, Operation not permitted.

dd if=/storage/sdcard1/custPartitionB140.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p23 <

dd: /dev/block/mmcblk0p23: Operation not permitted

1+0 records in

0+0 records out

0 bytes transferred in 0.002 secs (0 bytes/sec)
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
Did you enter adb shell first
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
1. Have you ever used adb and dd before on other phones?

2. Post a screeshot of your computer screen showing the command/error if it's still not working. Include the output of the "date" command from adb shell prompt.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] yb45324:
Yes.

adb shell

$>su

#>dd
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
Is the phone booted into TWRP when you did this ?
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] yb45324:
That's the part I have missed. I flashed the custPartitionB140 while the phone was on TWRP. All went through well with no error, took about 90 seconds to flash 512MB. However after reboot, still no wifi. So I followed the instruction to restore the system, boot, data to B130. Everything works now.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] Marlon177:
i really need some help here.

i was updating to 140, after the step below, the phone just restarted, now i am stuck at installing update @ 5% then it will restarts, then stuck at your device is booting now....

the phone reboots to the EMUI update screen and flashes the firmware you put in the dload folder
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
so do you always use the guide backwords ? .. you actually did nothing to your phone congratulations

the only reason you return to b130 is so the dload/update.app doesn't fail like the guy below describes

after your on stock b130 you proceed to flash b140 dload/update.app then cust and system and then root with supersu

this would not happen if you return the phone to stock B130 before you use the dialer to flash the b140 dload/update.app

just plug the phone into the PC and hold volume down and power until you get into the bootloader

then simply boot TWRP and start over
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] Marlon177:
[Guide]Huawei Ascend XT - How to update from B130 to B140 and B150 after being rooted

I did turn the phone back to stock B130 then flash to B140, I do not know what went wrong.

Now I'm getting failed to mount /data
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
Format data to mount data
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] Marlon177:
I'm sorry. What u mean by format data to mount data? I don't see format data. Thanks.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
Go to Wipe / format data and type yes

Reboot recovery and restore B130
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] Marlon177:
It worked. Thank u so much
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
Now that you're stock b130 you can continue to B140 update
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
[MENTION=6065620]divineBliss[/MENTION] I'm still looking for the Full B140 Cust.image if you can help
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
I'm still waiting for the SIM unlock code from AT&T before I open the box.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
you can open it just take the go sim out

I'm also waiting on the unlock code

I thought you had the cust backup of your old one
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] yb45324:
I will try again this weekend and I suggest you put a warning about not trying this if the phone was never rooted, or they would loss Wifi. The step to flash cust partition requires root. So far I am the second trying it on unrooted stock rom B130 and failed. Both asked some questions that might not be needed :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
The B140 cust image I have is not 100% pure virgin because I had made changes, then undid those changes before making a backup of the cust image. So it's file/folders should be 100% stock but is possible file/folder times may not be 100% stock and so the resulting image may not match the factory stock B140 cust image. I will try and post a link to it later today.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
Hmm... the name of the thread is "How to update from B130 to B140 and B150 after being rooted"

Phones that are not rooted can take the OTA normally
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
OK the unlock keys should be coming soon I can wait for the cust image
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
Once I receive the unlock code from AT&T, I will backup what I can with the bootloader still locked (which may be nothing or very little) , then OTA to B150, then unlock the bootloader and TWRP backup, root, etc. I'm in no hurry to do all this, so it may be a while. The new phone already has B140.

I'm also waiting for a microSD card which is not supposed to be here until 3/13.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
If it's on b140 just boot the new TWRP

Keep system read only and backup cust image and system image and put them on AFH for me.. thanks
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
As long as that can be done with the bootloader locked/unrooted.

I updated my last post.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
No you have to unlock first to boot TWRP
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
Not happening until I'm OTAd to B150.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
My "stock" B140 cust image:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=153150
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] mattzane227:
I'm on B130, are the updates just security or are there any other improvements? I just use the phone for music.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
B140 AND B150 were security only updates.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] yb45324:
OK, I tried again and successfully landed on rooted B150 with working wifi.

0. initial status: bootloader unlocked, twrp installed, stock B130, backed up system, boot, factory recovery, cust, etc. wifi working.

1. skip all B140 crap. download Stock_b150_pre_root, restore boot and system. kept data.

2. after reboot, no wifi as expected.

3. adb reboot bootloader, wait for bootloader

4. fastboot boot path_to_twrp\twrp.img, wait for twrp

5. adb shell

6. flash cust,

~ # [6ndd if=/external_sd/custPartitionB150.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p23

1048576+0 records in

1048576+0 records out

536870912 bytes (512.0MB) copied, 86.938635 seconds, 5.9MB/s

~ # [6n

7. must install supersu zip (SR2-SuperSU-v2.79-SR2-20170103215521.zip) from twrp.

After 2x reboot, I am on rooted B150, wifi auto connected. Wifi problem might be related to both cust and boot partitions. As I have tried to restore only system and flash cust and I did not have wifi. Then I restored both system and boot, issue resolved.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] ogre177age:
In need of some help.

I followed steps to unlock bootloader, and root the phone.

I then proceeded to follow instructions for upgrading from B130 to 140. Followed instructions to the tee. I went into TWRP and installed the stock b130. wiped cache and rebooted. Phone never rebooted and was stuck at AT&T logo.

So I went back into TWRP and restored my backup that I made before I installed SU. after restore I booted into TWRP and installed SU. After that I tried to boot and the phone will not go pass "your device is booting now"

I cannot shut it down, it keeps rebooting. \

Also if I hold volume up key and power button when it reboots, I get into an Emui screen with option to "reboot system now" , '"Wipe data/factory reset", Wipe cache partition" .

I've tried factory reset and wipe cache partition and reboot, but the device still does not boot.

Can anyone give me help to restoring the phone back into working order? Please help. Thanks
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
Did you format the data partition where it says to do that?
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] ogre177age:
format before installing B130 stock? The instructions did not mention I need to format, but right now I cannot even get into TWRP. So I cannot really do anything.

I still have a TWRP backup of my phone on my microSD card, but I can't do anything to put it back.

I hope I didn't brick my phone. After waiting one week for unlock code and finally getting it, and now I can't get it to boot.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
Scratch that. Was your phone rooted and booting before you started the update instructions in the OP?
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] ogre177age:
yes, rooted and booted into att B130. I was able to go into play store and installed Rootchecker to make sure it was rooted. Then I started following instructions on this topic of upgrading.

This is the screen I see when I try to boot into bootloader (holding volume up + power).
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
What do you mean? What happens if you try to go to recovery mode or fastboot mode?
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] ogre177age:
No response from Fastboot, doesn't detect the device. When I try to go into bootloader by holding volume up+power I get the screen of the attachment I just uploaded on previous message.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
You need to be in the bootloader to boot TWRP

Volume down + power while hooked to the PC

You lost TWRP when you do the dialer firmware update.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] divineBliss:
Just as the instructions for when you first rooted the phone.
[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] ogre177age:
when I try to boot into bootloader I get this screen. Somehow TWRP dissapeared