[Honor 5C Guides, News, & Discussion] Xiomax:
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V5.0 coming nd i will try to make instructions more clear... [/QUOTE]

Anyway enough drama, read on to see what you should do.[/HIDE]

Feedback is very welcome and I will try to answer any questions you might have, I am by no means an expert but I have been able to get everything working by following my own guide.

Start instructions

ENSURE YOU READ ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE DOING ANYTHING!

You will need:

- SD-Card with at least 8GB of free space.

- Unlocked Bootloader and the Huawei Unlock code.

- A Honor 7 Lite/Honor 5C phone with EMUI 5.0 / Android 7, otherwise you won't be able to boot into the modified TWRP you will need!

If not then update through "Settings"->"Update" or use "Firmwire Finder" to flash the update.

- Optional: Use Titanium Backup (Pro) to do a full back-up of your phone to later restore parts.​

You will have to install Elite ROM v4 first and once that is working you will install the Elite ROM v4.1 update.

Installation instructions for Elite ROM v4:

1.) Download the following for doing a fresh install:

- "Elite ROM v4 for Honor 5C" from Post #2

- "Patch for Elite ROM v4 for Honor 5C" from Post #2

- "EliteTWRP-3.1.1-1 for Elite ROMS" from Post #2​

If you're a 3GB RAM user then also download the following:

- "Patch for Elite ROM v4 Honor 5C for 3GB RAM users" from Post #2​

If you come from any other region than EU(C432) then also download the following:

- "Region Patch for Elite ROMs" from Post #5​

2.) Connect your phone and unpack the "Elite ROM v4 for Honor 5C" to the root of your SD-Card, you should end up with the "Elite ROM v4.0.zip" and the "SYSTEM.img" files. Also add all the files you previously downloaded to your SD-Card. These will be deleted once were done.​

3.) Flash the modified TWRP "EliteTWRP-3.1.1-1 for Elite ROMS" to your phone. Follow instructions from here (https://twrp.me/devices/huaweihonor5c.html)​

4.) Reboot into TWRP (Hold Volume+ and PowerButton for at least 8 seconds) and then go to "Backup" and back-up EVERYTHING to your SD-card (check in "Select Storage" that the SD-card is selected), including Boot, Data, System, Product, Vendor, Version. Make sure you scroll down and check that you have selected everything. This is very important so don't you dare to skip this step.​

5.) If the back-up has been successful, then go back to the TWRP menu and select "Wipe" -> "Advanced Wipe". Make sure to only select "Cache", "Data" and "System" and then "Swipe to Wipe" to start the wiping of your phone. Don't worry you got a back-up of everything so we can always restore what we are deleting.​

6.) Go back to the TWRP menu and select "Reboot" -> "Recovery" to reboot back into TWRP and continue with the next steps.​

7.) Once done, go to "Wipe" again, select "Format Data" and type in "yes" to confirm. Then go back again to the TWRP menu and select "Reboot" -> "Recovery" to reboot back into TWRP again.​

8.) Once rebooted, go to "Wipe" again, select "Data", then press "Repair or Change File System", then "Change File System", choose "F2FS" and then finally "Swipe to Change" to confirm. Reboot again like you did previously.​

9.) Once back in TWRP, go to the Install section, press "Select Storage", check that "Micro SDCard" has been selected and press "OK". Then press "Install Image" and select the "SYSTEM.img" you put on your SD-Card earlier, then scroll down to choose "System Image" and finally "Swipe to confirm Flash".​

10.) Go back twice, and select "Install Zip".

10A.) Skip this step if youâ€™re in the EU region! If you come from any other region than EU(C432) then select "Region Patch for Elite ROMs" and "Swipe to confirm Flash". After install make sure to reboot back into TWRP.​

10B.) Select "Elite Rom v4.0.zip" and "Swipe to confirm Flash" to install the custom rom. Once finished, go back and select the "Patch for Elite ROM v4 for Honor 5C" and "Swipe to confirm Flash" to install the patch as well.​

10C.) If you have 2GB of RAM then skip this step! If your Honor phone has 3GB RAM, then install the "Patch for Elite ROM v4 Honor 5C for 3GB RAM users" as well.​

11.) Now reboot your phone to confirm everything working. Don't panic if it takes longer, wait at least 3 minutes and you might need to reboot a couple of times.​

12.) Congratulations you now have Elite ROM v4.0 working! Confirm this by going to "Settings"-> "About phone" and scroll down to the Kernel Version. You can now continue with the 4.1 update and/or delete all the files from your SD card you used.​

Installation instructions for Elite ROM v4.1 Update + Root:

1.) Download the following if doing an update from EliteROM 4.0 to 4.1

- "OTA Compatibility Patch for Honor 5C users" from Post #5

- "Elite ROM v4.1 for Honor 5C OTA Update" from Post #2​

If you want to root your phone then download the following as well:

- MagiskSU: MagiskSU 13.3 for Elite ROM v4.1 from Post #4​

2.) Reboot into TWRP and go to "Backup" and back-up EVERYTHING to your SD-card (check in "Select Storage"), including Boot, Data, System, Product, Vendor, Version. Make sure you scroll down and check that you have selected everything. This is very important so don't you dare to skip this step.​

3.) If the back-up has been successful, then go back to the TWRP menu and select "Install" and select "OTA Compatibility Patch for Honor 5C users" and then "Swipe to confirm Flash".​

4.) Go back again, select "Elite ROM v4.1 for Honor 5C OTA Update" and then "Swipe to confirm Flash" to install the update as well.​

5.) [Optional] If you want to have root access as well for your apps then go back again, select "MagiskSU 13.3 for Elite ROM v4.1" and then "Swipe to confirm Flash" to root your phone.​

6.) Now you're done, reboot and Pray :P If everything booted correctly then confirm the update was successful by going to "Settings"-> "About phone" and check if the Build Number states "Elite ROM v4.1".​

7.) Congrats you're done and enjoy your awesome Elite ROM v4.1.​

FAQ:

How to get into TWRP?

- Press Volume+ and the Power button for at least 3 seconds. You will see the warning screen saying the Bootloader is unlocked and can't be trusted, wait a minute and it should boot into TWRP. If not, then you probably made a mistake while flashing.​

I bricked my phone help!

- Press Volume - and Power which will FastBoot the phone and allow you to re-flash TWRP and to restore your back-up.​

I get the error "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)" during FastBoot flashing.

This means your bootloader is locked again, unlock it with the command "fastboot oem unlock <password>", replace <password> with the Huawei code you got.​