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[Moto G4 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Aakash12:
Mukesh, Thankx you for this suggestion,

But can you tell me will this method work for June security patch on stock rom with ,of course, unlocked bootloader?
[Moto G4 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] mukesht:
[MENTION=6508559]Akash12[/MENTION], it will not work on stock rom and I suggest you to dont try it on stock rom coz you will face boot loop issues. You have to flash lineage os 13 from twrp recovery on your stock rom after that you can flash sfos 2.1, then it will boot successfully. (make stock roms proper nandroid backup first)
[Moto G4 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Aakash12:
Thank you mukesh
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rasino:
Hey guys...

i have a very confused trouble,my phone suddenly shut down,then i running and found the battery level is stay 50% even while i use it and shut down suddenly when the battery's level become 0% in theory.

Another trouble is my phone after this mistake hasn't load the recovery screen.

Please any one solve this problem?

Thnx for all..
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] linkazoid:
It appears that some information is not shown when using the XDA Labs apps. View in a browser so that you can see all the instructions

Edit - this is a known bug if XDA has been loaded into ram for a while. Close app and restart XDA if you encounter this.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shashank1320:
Great. Very well explained. Keep it up mate.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
For now use RedLotus method. There might be some problems with TWRP method. I'll try to find the root of the issue but until then, enjoy.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] slonislaw:
May I use RedLotus method without unlocking bootloader?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Yes you can use but it depends on the update you're trying to flash. Updates have built in verification and authentication checks and hence will fail.

That's where the modified recovery comes in which bypasses those checks and allows you to flash any firmware. Unfortunately, flashing modified recovery requires an unlocked bootloader.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vanbayor:
I copied the FRDLO9-C432B396 FULL OTA MF downloaded from another device. My device is FRDL09-C185. I have the three files of my PC.

update.zip

update_full_FRD-L09_hw_eu.zip

update_data_full_public.zip

Which step is ideal for me to use?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Hmm...

Go with TWRP method since you already have the files.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] B3A5T_76:
thanks bro
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shashank1320:
[MENTION=6435663]hackslash[/MENTION] thanks for the detailed method. Can we do something similar for Honor 6x users as well. It may help in debranding or installing the other firmwares as well.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
It is possible but I won't be able to confirm if the recovery works. I'll try to patch the image and will release a recovery for 6X too soon.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shashank1320:
Great. Let me know if i can contribute in any way, for files for testing anything.

Good luck. Hope to see some really useful tool for 6X too.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gus194:
When I hit update in HiSuite it gives me an error saying "No Internet Connection. Please Check Your Network Settings."
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Did you run 'npm run listen-hisuite' before checking for updates. Follow the steps exactly as ordered and explained.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gus194:
Yup, followed all the steps. It says "Okay, Listening for HiSuite" Then I go to HiSuite and click update and it gives me the error.

Edit: What version of HiSuite did you use to flash the update? I updated HiSuite before doing the instructions, do you think that that has something to do with it?

Edit 2: Nevermind I think I fixed it, I just changed the Host line to to be in middle instead of the very end. Thanks for the help though :)
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] fred98:
Guys is it possible to create a modded rollback package with inside these modded recovery images? I saw on firmware extractor something related to re-packing an update, would it be possible to create this package? It could be used to flash firmwares without unlock our bootloader? I suppose yes because rollback package has something of "magic" inside....it flashes everytime on a nougat firmware
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dungtienkm:
In twrp, terminal " mkdir /data/update" is false " mkdir: can't creat directory '/data/update': File exists "

help me !
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dungtienkm:
I have use RedLotus done. but end is erecovery?

now how should i do?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] flip360:
I get the same error after doing the exact steps in the tutorial, can you tell me how did you fix it?

Cheers
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gus194:
Instead of the host line being at the very end I put it in the middle.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] CosmoHunter:
My problem is, after I flashed the stock rom and re-lock the bootloader via fastboot, the OEM unlock function on my developer option was greyed out. So when I attempt to unlock again, the fastboot gives me an error message telling me to turn the OEM unlock function back on. I am not able to do so cause it is greyed out.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Timberlake.C:
Will anyone make a tutorial video for how to make it....a little confused...:crying:
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] PalakMi:
Just follow the steps carefully, everything is as simple as it gets
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] stuckoutside:
Quick question : if i'm on B412, can i flash B562 in TWRP ? Will i lose root if i do this?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ScardracS:
You'll loose root and TWRP
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] miguemely:
Stuck on HiSuite

Hey! Regarding the steps listed above, I'm stuck on the update part using HiSuite. After installing 5.0.1.300_OVE, I'm stuck here:

Been stuck at 0% for a good hour now.

Last file the hicloud got from the server was the filelist: GET query.hicloud.com/redlotus/firmware/full/filelist.xml
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] miguemely:
After restarting HiSuite a couple of times, I got it to work.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] makinapufterpup:
Thanks for this! I am unable to root my phone because DCUnlocker doesn't work with FRD-L14. But, with this tutorial, I was able to upgrade to Oreo/EMUI8 by downloading the FRD-L14C567B560 8.0.0.560 firmware.

Obviously I had to use Method 1 since I'm not rooted, and I also couldn't do section A of method 1, since I couldn't flash a recovery partition. But I was able to do all of section B.

Things went well at first in section C. I had to use HiSuite_5.0.1.300_OVE to get HiSuite to recognize the update.

I didn't get to see the phone reboot after the installation, but when I turned on the screen after it was booted, it was just a blank screen with a solid back button and the other two buttons were just blinking.

To fix this problem, I did a factory reset.

The next time I booted into Oreo, things went well, until I noticed that all google apps were missing, including the play store. At this point I panicked a bit. But here's what I did to fix it: I just went into settings and selected system update. And I got lucky! It said there was an update to FRD-L14.8.0.0.560(C567) (even though that was even listed as the Current Version). So I selected the update, let it download, then it restarted, did it's installation, and when it was done, I had Oreo and all the apps!

I still wish I could unlock and root the dam3d thing! That's what I get for taking a chance on a second hand phone w/o reading that Huawei no longer allowed you to get your unlock code!
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] viper@xda:
Hello I have FRD L19 C10 B402 firmare.

The system does not find newer version.

Is it possible to update manualy to newer version of Android end EMUI?

Of course I have TWRP recovery but flash it to stock recovery. I have unlock bootloader as well.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
The Google drive links have been updated. I have been getting some notifications about expired links via Gmail.

This who were having download issues should try the new download links.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] flip360:
Thanks, finally managed to solve it, the hosts file was ok, the culprit was HiSuite, i had to install an earlier version (v4) and the update appeared!

Eventually updated it succsessfully with the C432B394 update through RedLotus but the weird thing is that i am still on C185B386 and i have EMUI 5.0.1 ?

there are two more files in redlotus-master firmware folder (FRD-L09_hw_eu, update_data_full_public) which i dont think HiSuite used, maybe i should update the FRD-L09_hw_eu.zip through dload?

[MENTION=6435663]hackslash[/MENTION] can you shed some light on the subject?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] huynhovip:
excuse me. i use method 2 but when i reboot recovery, it boot to twrp , not stock recovery, please help me, i use twrp 3.1.1-1 downloaded here : https://xdaforums.com/honor-8/development/twrp-t3566563

i tried method 2 but stuck in 'npm run listen-hisuite' . it's show:

">redlotus@1.0.0 listen-hisuite C:\users\administrator\desktop\redlotus-master

>node index.js -- --hosts

<node:1352> UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection <rejection id: 1> : Error: query.hicloud.com does not resolve to localhost. Please make sure your hostfile is correct

<node:1352> UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection <rejection id: 2> : Error: query.hicloud.com does not resolve to localhost. Please make sure your hostfile is correct"

Please help me
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Did you edited the host file correctly.

The error clearly says that query.hicloud.com is not resolving to 127.0.0.1. Recheck the host file for any errors.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] huynhovip:
i copy line "127.0.0.1 query.hicloud.com" and paste to host file. does it right
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] immichao:
did you do the dload? i have the same problem
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] flip360:
Nope, didnt try but i guess it would be the same situation, i recently rebranded my region from L09 C185 to L09 C432 with the MT tool so you might try that
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Shedding some light on rebranding.

You have to actually replace the custom.bin (oeminfo file or something like that) using Team MT tool prior to flashing the firmware from another firmware. If you don't do that, the other region's firmware will flash but Settings app won't reflect the new firmware change.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shashank1320:
Absolutely mate. Orminfo file will lay the platform for new installation and if there file being flashed is not the same intended for the version of oeminfo file flashed then it will not allow the flashing.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] linkazoid:
I used this method to apply the latest B394 update. It has the November security patch but still says my previous build number in settings so hasn't flashed all the zips. I tried flashing them manually in TWRP but they failed there.

Can anyone offer any help?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrrocketdog:
[MENTION=6435663]hackslash[/MENTION] apologies for OT/wrong thread , (tried Q&A thread with no luck) ; do you know of a way to upgrade from EMUI 4.1 to 5.0/5.1without losing twrp & root?

access to PC is difficult for me or would of course just upgrade and re-install twrp and flash superSU.

any suggestions/help are appreciated. :)

fear a life un-lived , not death
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
No. Flashing update replaces the recovery and boot thus losing TWRP and ROOT.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] thedark1979:
unfortunately not work for me ,,, stick in "no internet connection" in Hisuite even when I move the host from end to middle

what about nodejs , why we download and install it ? why we don't use it ?

Thanks
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tofclaire:
i ve tried to flash b398 by redlotus but fail at verification when phone reboot...i don t know why...i ve followed all steps... ( i m with b394 on L09c432, unlocked)
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] linkazoid:
I couldn't get it to work with HiSuite v5. Download the older version v4 and it will work straight away.

Nodejs is used in the background when you use the other commands,
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] malcho:
2017.11.10	FRD-L09C432B394	changelog	filelist	update	2242013898	FullOTA-MF	1774	1755	102452	1

2017.11.10	FRD-L09C432B394	changelog	filelist	update	2242014488	FullOTA-MF	1774	1755	102451	1

2017.11.10	FRD-L09C432B398	changelog	filelist	update	2249173596	FullOTA-MF	1774	1755	102413	1

I tried Red lotus method with this 3 firmwares above,None of them can be flashed.It's always says Software update failed in recovery.I tried to reflash 2 recoveries several time but no luck.

I notice that i don't have enough space on system partition but i don't think that's root of the problem.

Any idea?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
RedLotus is written in node js and thus is required to execute the program and start listening for requests to localhost.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Shouldn't happen. Try releasing the recoveries and ensure you're not rooted. Secondly, you're downloading the FullOTA update and not the OTAs?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] malcho:
Yes i downloaded FullOTA.i will unroot and try it again.

---------- Post added at 01:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:55 PM ----------

Should i lock bootloader?

---------- Post added at 01:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:09 PM ----------

Strange.I full unroot with superuser.Reflash recoveries again,but same thing happens.Strange...
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tofclaire:
same issue for me
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] thedark1979:
Please Help

I followed the steps but unfortunately after I updated and finish message appeared, the mobile not restart never ( I waited more than 15 minutes) as you see in picture attached, and I upload another picture for redlotus
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] malcho:
Still same situation this morning.I tried this firmware

2017.11.10	FRD-L09C432B394	changelog	filelist	update	2242013898	FullOTA-MF	1774	1755	102452	1

Software update failed.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] malcho:
Frustration continues. Still same. I don't know what I'm doing wrong...
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
I'm really sorry it isn't working for you. You can try flashing the latest PV Firmware through TWRP and then repeat the method to update to MF Firmware.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] malcho:
It's not a big problem. I will try it with PV and then MF. Thank you
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ragonexus:
Doesnt work for me either, I am on B389 on L19, did every step in the instruction to get the new B399.

HiSuite says "Successfully Installed", Phone reboots to install and immediately fails with "SOFTWARE INSTALL FAILED - Failed to apply the differential update file"...

Frustrating.......
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] malcho:
I flashed latest MV firmware using twrp. I have to manually mount system and other partitions in twrp and flash firmware. After that i tried again B398 firmware but no luck
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shashank1320:
For PV, as far as I have tried, only small data zip can be flashed via TWRP but the mail zip via dload..i tried the main zip via TWRP and got error 7. You can try the same, small file via twrp first as it wont replsce recovery, then main file via dload
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] malcho:
I will try it next week. Thanks
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Anonshe:
Hi I think your guide is incomplete.

You mention

echo --update_package=/data/update/HWOTA/update.zip (you need to execute this last command multiple times depending on the number of zip files, in each case replacing update.zip with the actual filename of the zip file)

Referring to OldDroid's guide in the H8 Pro forums, he mentions to echo the above to /cache/recovery/command i.e.

echo --update_package=/data/update/HWOTA/<zip file> > /cache/recovery/command

I tried following your guide but incorporating the above edit and still wasn't successful as i think the recovery isn't sufficiently patched or for the Honor 8, /cache/recovery/command isn't the location to mention the update packages.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jefffisher:
thanks for this, it's actually a whole lot more helpful than advertised my phone hates OTA updates after being rooted and having twrp installed even after restoring everything any updates were impossible

but this custom recovery makes everything go real smooth just flash and update no problem, highly recommended for easy problem solving.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Thanks for pointing out the error. I'll incorporate it as soon as I have the time.

Meanwhile, as far as patching is confirmed, I have been able to flash successfully all of the updates so far (including the latest B399 update for FRD-L09). Can you give me the link to the firmware you're trying to flash.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
I'm happy this recovery worked for you. The recovery itself is useful since you can use it to not only upgrade, but restore your device back or rebranding, etc.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] linkazoid:
I just used Red Lotus to flash B399, but when it booted it showed B394 and the December 1st Security Patch. Had to use the update.app from the EU zip and the dload method for it to show B399.

What are you doing differently from me?

Thanks
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Anonshe:
Most probably I was flashing the same files as you. Anyway since B398 I have extracted the necessary .img files from update.app and used dd to copy on the phone. It works without issues.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] zimmen:
[*]Reboot your device to TWRP.

[*]Open TWRP -> Terminal and execute the following commands in sequence (make necessary path adjustments where needed):

mkdir /data/update
mv /sdcard/HWOTA /data/update/HWOTA
dd if=/sdcard/FRD-RECOVERY-NoCheck.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery_a
dd if=/sdcard/FRD-RECOVERY2-NoCheck.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery2_a
echo --update_package=/data/update/HWOTA/update.zip (you need to execute this last command multiple times depending on the number of zip files, in each case replacing update.zip with the actual filename of the zip file)

[/LIST]

Why the **** wont this work??

All i get is dd: can't open '/sdcard/FRD-RECOVERY-NoCheck.img' : No such file or directory
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] alimokhtarabadi:
Thanks my dear....successful with method one....
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] $lim $hady:
Can i use this method to flash FRD L09 latest update on my FRD l02C675???
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lukke2804:
I dont think so. Unless you rebrand it to FRD-L09
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] thame2010:
[MENTION=6435663]hackslash[/MENTION] Could you help me out?

I've managed to install B401 with RedLotus method on rebranded FRD-L19 (was con c636 now on c432). The problem is that first boot takes a long time and eventually just starts boot-looping. I tried factory resetting, unlocking bootloader and low level factory reset afterwards but nothing works. I'm stuck.

Can I flash B398 PV with this method?

Thanks
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
It shouldn't have bootlooped. I suggest you flash TWRP and install B398 PV through TWRP.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] thame2010:
I'm currently on B360. How do I install B398 PV with TWRP?

Do I dirty flash update.zip, then update_data_full_FRD-L19_hw_eu.zip and finally wipe data?

Thanks a lot for your help hackslash!
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Don't wipe data. Just install the zips you mentioned above via TWRP (just like you install any other zip file).
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] thame2010:
Hi, it bootlooped again.

After researching on 4PDA it appears that chinese variants like mine (FRD-AL10 and FRD-AL00) can't be updated beyond C432B360 without bootloops (after rebranding). What a shame.

I'll try to revert back to chinese firmware to see If i can live with it.

Thanks anyway for your contributions to the site.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Oh, that's something I didn't knew. I would suggest to stay on Chinese variant for latest updates. I'm glad I was of some help.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] harrispapadopoulos:
Rebranded Honor 8 update

Is it indeed the case that a rebranded chinese variant can't be updated without resulting in a bootloop? Did anyone find a solution to this? I managed to update my rebranded phone to B380, but anything beyond that results in a bootloop...
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lukke2804:
How did you update your phone to B380 and what Update method results in a bootloop? Dload,twrp or OTA?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] harrispapadopoulos:
I rebranded my AL10 to L19 following the method described here: https://xdaforums.com/honor-8/how-to/guide-honor-8-to-frd-l19-t3632220

Then I updated to B360 through OTA. Then to B380 (PV) using twrp. I tried updating to B389 through OTA and it seemed to install correctly, but resulted in a bootloop. I also tried various versions (all full versions and B398 which was PV) including B389 through twrp and dload, but either the installation fails or it seems to succeed but results in a bootloop. This is probably because it is a rebranded phone, but is there a way arround this?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Try this. Ensure you are on Chinese Nougat build. Then rebrand and flash the firmware if your choice. If that doesn't works then flash only specific partitions like system, boot, vendor, product and cust.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] San4e7:
Hi all, I have FRD-L19C636B360 on FRD-AL10, can I update it to FRD-L19C636B386 FullOTA-MF by using your method?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sraichvold:
"Goto TeamMT Firmware Finder and search for the firmware you wish to download."

What? The app on my phone? The Windows program? A website? What does this mean?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teammt.gmanrainy.huaweifirmwarefinder

Website: http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
I've made fixes to the TWRP method and have successfully flashed the firmware.

Also, B402 can be successfully flashed using this guide. Enjoy.

Also just to add, if your device gets stuck at the boot screen after flashing, a simple force reboot is enough to get it back again.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] louiloomis:
Thanks for this, gonna give it a go now!
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] blackbuffalo:
It work with L04?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jithendrav83:
[MENTION=6435663]hackslash[/MENTION] I'm facing a weird problem with B402. When I go to 'Phone -> *#*#2846579#*#*-> Battery Charge' , it always says "Charge completely", even though in the current scenario it's only 87% charged. I tried it with both charger connected and disconnected. Still the same result. Could be a bug. Can you confirm this?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
I'm actually at 33% and it's saying me to charge the phone. Plugging in changes the status to Charging. I'll check it after my battery reaches the 75% threshold.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] hackslash:
[MENTION=2725652]jithendrav83[/MENTION]

It shows 'Charge Complete' here too. I guess it is not a bug. It's just how that tool is implemented.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Snowjack:
I tried TWRP method from B394 to B402. Unfortunatelly, after executing terminal and rebooting to recovery again only old TWRP appears. What I am doing wrong?

Update: I made the upgrade via Red Lotus instead.