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[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
bootloader only writes except special OEM bootloaders like samsung have a read

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found this gem hidden away...

EDIT: posting images on here is ann assfest just click here

https://imgur.com/a/W7VAX

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[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
Just didn't want someone bricking phone appreciate the candor though.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] whitey13:
this alone is amazing... I haven't had this kind of batt life since I put a Zerolemon into an S3 back in the day. Besides all else this phone is a keeper just for the 4000mah and the refrsh rate is barely noticeable...
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
completely agree i am loving this battery life i dont fear playing games on my phone again!:good::good::good::highfive:
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] scrungydoolittle:
What I realy was trying to say, bootloder runs special cmdline TWRP

Well, my point was that the bootloader will allow you to execute an arbitrary image rather than flash it. So one could create

an arbitrary image that when loaded in with the boot loader and booted to with the boot loader (as opposed to flashing) i.e. unflashed, *THAT* program can do anything it damn well pleases, including opening up a bi-directional communication via

the usb that would allow you to list the partitions, tag the ones to back up, allow you to make a twrp backup to internal or sdcard, OR push the backup to the PC.

This would allow the reading of partitions, and copying of information regardless of whether or not you could boot the machine. Remember, in this case, the recovery partition is corrupted, and I don't have an image to restore it from.

I can get into the bootloader, so the bootloader can load and execute an image, and that program can do literally anything it wants, including copying the various partitions to a flash card, or to the usb interface....
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
If never heard of such a program that's like a generic TWRP with root adb access. Anyone else?

Sounds very cool if it's doable. :)

Maybe the genius who figured out how to make the original XT TWRP will come back if nobody else figures this out first.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] messi2050:
hello

is the bootloader unlockable ?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Already able to do this just trying to find a way to dump the partitions. They phones USB can be set to manufacture mode.

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I have been PMing him we still need the recovery partition dumped. They got the recovery extracted from a small update the phone received.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
XT2 already received an update - very cool. :good:

I already have the XT and Ascend Mate 2 which are both 6" - so passed on XT2 for now.

If you have the recovery image from update, why do you need to dump it from phone? I'm not an expert at this, so sorry if it's a dumb question ;) .

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Yes :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] messi2050:
yo guys anyone read my question :p

edit: ok ty
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
The question really is are you reading the previous posts/keeping up with this thread ;) - no?

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Does the XT2 have a notification LED on the front like the XT?

I don't see mention of it here:

https://www.att.com/devicehowto/index.html#!/devicediagram
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] captain77450:
Yes, by Huawei, FREE, INSTANT with instructions. Go to https://emui.huawei.com/en/ and click UNLOCK at the top.:D:D
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
I have not seen a update yet....?

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Ya says there's no update.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] jakestew:
Bad news buddy... Same thing happened to me, and it is AT&Ts fault BTW.

If the phone doesn't get scanned out at walmart you can NEVER fix it!

It will always be blacklisted until it gets scanned out at walmart!

A blacklisted phone will play a message about some sort of POS activation problem, then connect you to ATT security. They will ask you to send a copy of the receipt or order confirmation email. Once they get that and process it... they will do a security bypass. Your phone will make calls, but is still blacklisted!

What they're doing is a security bypass of the blacklist. The bypass ties your phone # and account with the SIM serial number and your phone's IMEI...

What this means for you is that if you ever switch SIMs your phone immediately goes back to showing up as blacklisted. Any SIM you put in that phone is also blacklisted! No matter how much you argue and threaten to small claims ATT, they will not un-blacklist it!!!

You also cannot apparently activate the phone by calling in the activation barcode number.

What you have to do is take the original packaging with the activation barcode to a walmart. They will then have to return the phone and resell it to you to activate it. This takes several manager overrides BTW.

In any case, hopefully this will save a lot of people from having worthless, blacklisted phones. Chances are that when you switch SIMs months or years down the road you won't have the receipt or the original packaging, and you'll be screwed. I had to do a lot of trash digging to scare mine up!

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Couple other notes....

This phone is damn nice! Probably the best black friday deal of them all! Fast, stable, awesome battery life, not too oversized to hold comfortably.

I highly suggest getting the walmart case with the tempered glass screen protector. I'm normally against screen protectors, but the screen on this phone grabs fingerprints and they cause an annoying prism effect that makes them really noticeable. Screen protector fixes this and you get normal clear/whitish fingerprints that are 10x easier to clean off.

Question... How can I make this phone use a normal SD card without encrypting it? Encrypting the SD card, or whatever it's doing that it can't read a normal formatted SD card completely defeats the purpose of a SD card in the first place! The SD card is for when the phone is destroyed or I want to snap up all my data quickly and use it somewhere else!

Also... What do we have to do to get a forum for this phone? Anyone with half a brain picked up at least one of these on BF, so hopefully there's going to be a ton of users working on this one.

Plug... I use AirvoiceWireless a At&T MVNO (reseller)... $20/mo. for unlimited. Only 100 mb of data on that plan, but still... nice $49 phone + $20/mo. for ATT service = by far the best deal out there. (Let me know if I'm wrong!)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] clsA:
I think you misunderstood what he was saying

TWRP was developed for the original XT by pulling recovery from an OTA update.

Their is no update for the XT2 yet.

their is a charging led on the top left of the phone, it changes from yellow to green. I assume this is the notification light

I also noted theirs no fast charging on the XT2 it takes nearly an hour to charge from 53% to full with a Fast charge 2.0 charger
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] messi2050:
Flashing a recovery of different device with different soc will result in this.. cpus are from different families so a Huawei xt recovery won't work on xt2.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] Kushg1085:
Anyone achieve root yet? Anyone working on twrp? Is twrp possible for this device? I am willing to donate!!
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] enigma2446:
I will attempt to get a twrp working once I can get ahold of the stock recovery. I don't have the device so it would have to be tested by booting first before flashing. Hoping for an ota update for it soon like the original. Once we get working twrp root will be just a flash away.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] lolwatpear:
how is the headphone quality? can it drive earphones to a loud volume?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] whitey13:
i actually prefer it over my s8. not bass heavy though but my beats make up for that.

also a lot of folks mention only one speaker but the thing is still loud and clear :good:

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just saw this. actually doesn't matter to me its working and its just a burner.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
My speaker is very low and only one side of speaker area works. (maybe other side is ventilation?)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
HiSuite - System Recovery ?

Have you tried the HiSuite software to restore the phone? The option is in the lower right corner "System Recovery"

You could also try the "Update" option.

http://consumer.huawei.com/us/support/phones/tor-a1/

The phone should be in fastboot mode for this to work. With the phone plugged into your computer over USB, hold volume down while turning the phone on. Then choose System Recovery as above...
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Tried that got nothing. But I might sniff where it's connecting too and Snoop about, maybe I can find something.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
I could be wrong about what mode the phone has to be in.

You might want to check this alternative software, it's made for unbricking: https://funkyhuawei.club/models

It's not free *the required 7 credits are $50!* Make sure that the phone model is on that list (link above), and if not, email the author to add it. At least you can read about how it works and see if anything mentioned helps you out.

Good luck.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] shawnchalfant:
I'm using my SIM card I got with my LG G6 on this phone with no issues. Don't know where is hair brained idea came from that you can't switch SIM's.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] freedomwarrior:
As long as your sim card runs on the AT&T network you shouldn't have any problems. I'm using Tracfone (ATT version sim card) with no problems.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
Unlock with Chimera Tool?

I noticed that the 11/24/2017 release of Chimera Tool claims to direct unlock the XT2. Does anyone have a license for this software already? Note that if you go to chimeratool.com, the device is supported but it doesn't list "Direct Unlock." Per the author, the direct unlock is supported.

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f898/huawei-update-24-nov-2017-36-new-huawei-models-added-2141808/

The software author has been working with a user to get the unlock working. Supposedly it is now working, but the user hasn't yet confirmed http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f89...-new-huawei-models-added-2141808/index28.html

Ascend XT2 (TOR-A1) - Remove Huawei-ID Lock, Unlock / Relock Bootloader, Factory reset, Update Firmware, FRP Remove, Repair IMEI, Repair MAC, Direct Unlock

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I found the firmware online. Maybe this will help you?

You may be able to flash it or extract the recovery partition.

http://forums.easy-firmware.com/showthread.php?133020-Tor-a1

https://easy-firmware.com/home/browse/category/id/27675/
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
I'll take a look at it the second I get home looks promising
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Paid membership... For exclusive files... Some bull here...

Anyone wanna donate to this? Need $15
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
Sorry for getting your hopes up.

I've tried all the TWRPs I can find (for phones with a 435 processor) and can't get any to boot.

It always hangs here:

>fastboot boot twrp.img

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 0.953s]

booting...

(never gets past booting... and phone is stuck in fastboot gui)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
i will donate soon as card comes in mail

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https://xdaforums.com/general/off-topic/easy-firmware-com-cheats-t3332663

dont try this site they look for comon firmwares and sell you access to fake file!
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
We will get the firmware once AT&T / Huawei releases an update. We have no idea when that is going to occur.

I spoke with Huawei support yesterday & they did not have any available firmware nor any idea when a new one would be available.

I am thinking of compiling TWRP for this phone. There are quite a few similar spec phones w/TWRP but none of them would boot on this one. It may be as simple as updating the fstab/partition table. I can't determine from the various howtos if we need the full boot.img and recovery.img from the XT2 or if we only need certain files (some are available via adb). We might be in a chicken-or-egg predicament until a new update is made available.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Ya I've tried compiling various twrps with no go. Most likely going to have to wait.

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Don't bother then. Screw that bull.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
Scratch the below .. there are entries for the firmware, but of course when you click them it says it is missing!

There is a firmware for the TRT-AL00 (Enjoy 7 Plus or Trinity) in the "Firmware finder for Huawei" app https://xdaforums.com/tools/general/huawei-firmware-finder-team-mt-t3469146

This is a 3gb or 4gb / 32gb version of our phone.

There is both a full OTA & a partial in the list. We --might-- have some luck using this for our TWRP.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
Actually I found the firmware & am downloading it (for the Enjoy 7 Plus/Trinity), it's a Chinese language firmware, you can download it here:

http://www.shouhoubang.com/romdetail/189397_132

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And here's the Chinese language TWRP for the Enjoy 7 Plus - want to give it a try?

http://www.huaweirom.com/device/changxiang7plus/5206.html

https://pan.baidu.com/s/1o89gkKM (click the down arrow next to (23M) in the upper right)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
That TWRP doesn't work for us. From trial & error it seems we cannot boot a twrp.img, we have to flash it first.

So I did that, issued an "adb reboot recovery" & I was stuck in a loop from the initial screen warning about the bootloader being unlocked, then the charge notification light would go blue & the screen would go black.

To fix it (get out of the boot loop), I had to do the following:

with the phone plugged into USB/computer...

1 - hold down the power button for 10 seconds, until the phone vibrates. This reboots the phone.

2- release power & hold down volume-down (as soon as the vibrate occurs)

-->this should get you into the fastboot screen

from fastboot (on your connected PC)

fastboot reboot

-->phone will start reboot

1 -hold volume-up as soon as you see the AT&T logo (or once it vibrates).

this should get you into the eRecovery. from this screen, select:

- reboot phone

This got me back up & running!

Note: If the recovery image is bad, it's OK because the phone still keeps the stock erecovery image (recovery2 partition?). The above steps force the phone out of recovery mode so it will boot instead of being stuck on the (broken) recovery image...

partial credit goes to this thread: https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p9lite/help/huawei-p9-lite-stuck-device-booting-t3539696/page3
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] madvane20:
does the phone have root at all? if so pm me ill see if there isnt something i can do to help get twrp. if i acquire the phone some how i might have better luck but i will try without the phone pm me if ur interested.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
Check my recent post; I had the same issue as you after flashing and have posted how to get back to working condition.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
There is no root yet
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] zMILWAUKEE:
Quick question, anyone familiar with Kali Linux and if any of the exploits they have will even come close to working here. And Im not %100 sure carliv has a generic bootable recovery that may work here for us, going to search as i cant remember where i saw it. Ive been checking in on the thread here and there and seems like there are some pretty smart people working on this.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
Ok so I have had a lot of complaints about my mic on phone being "squanchy". Almost like I had it on speaker, then when I activated and deactivated the speaker I was told I sounded normal.

Anyone having this issue?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] scrungydoolittle:
Going to those pages and translating them with google, I still cannot find the download....
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
I got it was a pain in the ass
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] scrungydoolittle:
I tried this, and managed to unbrick it. Then flashed the chinese recovery below. Still doesn't work. and now I have not been able to get this sequence to get it out of the black screen.

I found that holding the power AND down at the same time will get me into the boot loader

Then do fastboot reboot and hold the up button down at the same time.

So now, we just need a working twrp to install a super user. ls gives you a list of file with permission denied, and then list some other files.

Nowhere on this phone, can I find the old files or explorer app so I can't go look at local storage.....
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
You'll get it unbricked again. Behavior is different plugged into USB / computer vs unplugged.

FYI I found some update.zip OTA for the Y7 2017. This might help us get TWRP!

https://xdaforums.com/huawei-y6/how-to/huawei-y7-trt-lxt-updates-t3704849
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] enigma2446:
On it!
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] scrungydoolittle:
are you saying that the H1711 is the same as the H7?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
[MENTION=5064117]enigma2446[/MENTION],

You are the hero who ported TWRP to H1611 and got root working on it :) .

Do you mean you are planning to do the same for H1711 by your post below?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] scrungydoolittle:
Got it, but the twrp does not work on the H1711 either.

Sure wish there was a command line recovery. Someone should modify TWRP to to the following

1. have a simple menu that the volume up volume down and power buttons can control

2. create a twrp that doesn't use the phone gui at all. Download it, then access it over a command line, via fastboot.

That is, make a program that can do everything that twrp does, and have it accept commands over the usb, so that even if the gui

is not working, it is possible to control it, to do backup, restore, select partitions, etc.

Every menu option that twrp has, just in the form of some kind of simple command.

That way, when new phones come out, the recovery could be used, even if the touch controller and screen are not working.

Given that TWRP boots it's own kernel and can get to everything, it does not seem to me to be to difficult to accomplish this.

So to all the TWRP guys, here is your challenge: make a generic recovery that accepts commands over the command line, will install a su solution (it should be able to patch the .rc files.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] enigma2446:
Not exactly but it's worth a try. I don't have the device this time so testers would have to test. No promises. Would be better if we had an update.zip from the actual device but we will see. I'm having troubles downloading the firmware.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] scrungydoolittle:
P.M. me. I can send you one to work on. I would eventually like to have it back, but I bought 2 on black friday sale.

None of the backup program will work without root, right?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] enigma2446:
The 3rd link does not have the recovery in it FYI. Trying other links.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Still need what partitions are what. And twrp usually has su ability patched into boot kernel

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Oh haaaay buddy thanks for helping out here. Lol

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EDIT: *smacking head* I could compile a basic CWM to get us started......
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] enigma2446:
Someone want to try and boot this in fastboot?

Fastboot boot xt2c.img

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lHFGs_oN14gY2k03cNul3AG2DPSKv-YN/view?usp=drivesdk
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] enigma2446:
No recoverys in any off those. Sorry guys.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] messi2050:
Boot command does not work
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] shawnchalfant:
Boot command is correct, it does not complete as it hangs.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
No luck on this one.

adb reboot bootloader

..

fastboot flash recovery xt2c.img

fastboot reboot

..

adb reboot recovery

#boot menu immediately goes to booting, charging light turns blue & screen goes black. Had to get out of recovery using the steps I pasted earlier.

I can get partition info using diskutil but it's a bit clunky. Have any better suggestions?

Also, did the OTA zips give you any indication of partition layout?

Thanks for your help!
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] enigma2446:
Sorry guys I'm an idiot, the recovery files are in update.app that has to be extracted as well.

Here's a couple more

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fTc2nyKKO0ELjh2-FGxk03HX7Aw4k2qf/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eAwEAqrVnhxPKD4U-TcqfI2ILr37arLz/view?usp=drivesdk
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
C:\Users\blahblah>fastboot flash recovery C:\Users\blahblah\Downloads\xt23.img

target reported max download size of 531628032 bytes

sending 'recovery' (46080 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.451s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 1.766s]

finished. total time: 3.221s

C:\Users\blahblah>fastboot flash recovery C:\Users\blahblah\Downloads\xt2yy.img

target reported max download size of 531628032 bytes

sending 'recovery' (56876 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.791s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 1.715s]

finished. total time: 3.509s

recovery not overwritten and still boots to phone
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
You have to "adb reboot recovery" to get into the flashed recovery. Otherwise it just boots Android as per usual.

Also, I believe if you hold up for three seconds after powering on, it goes to erecovery and not the flashed one.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
i noticed that after posting sry was at work yea still black screen on flashed recovery
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
Tried both of the new recovery .imgs, no luck with booting recovery on either of the new ones :crying:
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
Can someone who hasn't flashed a new recovery to their phone try to boot into recovery & see what happens?

I flashed the RECOVERY.img from the Y7 update.app and I get the same "bricked" behavior.

Steps:

install either minimal adb & fastboot or hiSuite. hiSuite install folder will pop up whenever you plug your phone into USB to your computer.

from the command line (cmd.exe):

C:\adb>adb devices

List of devices attached

* daemon started successfully

74H7N17806123526 device

C:\adb>adb reboot recovery

I'm assuming the eRecovery should startup at this point. For me, the charging light turns blue and the screen goes black :(
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] enigma2446:
Damn, OK back to drawing board. We definitely need an update to be pushed to the XT2.... Need that darn recovery.img-dtb from original recovery.