yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Was that after flashing the new TWRP or fastboot booting it? It was mentioned that fastboot booting into it doesn't work due to a fastboot bug if I recall correctly.

Would be good for one of experts with this phone to confirm that :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
I'll zip and post the original erecovery
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
this one worked thanks!!!:good::good::good::highfive:

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failed to mount 'patch_hw' (invalid arguement) every time i try flashing something in the v3 twrp
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] yuweng:
Try back up individual partition one at a time, data partition should work now. In fact, this is the first time i'm seeing f2fs on stock recovery data partition :cool: i've set it to auto for both data & cache so that you guys can use TWRP to format it to either f2fs or ext4, many claim that their device is faster with f2fs while some says vice-versa. Again, for the experience guys to try out only, more info here. May be faxanidu should take over the work from here onwards as i can't test it out myself :cowboy:
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
Anybody get Viper4Android and Xposed Framework working?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
now that i did this i cant get phone to boot and cannot factory reset or change partition back

changed partition via twrp (first one we had) but now i cant get to boot just goes to erecovery
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Hold power vol+ vol- at same time. Try that a few times see what happens
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
that gets me to twrp but i cant boot to phone
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
;

U'll have to wipe all the caches dalvik etc.

If that don't work u'll have to restore system and/or boot.

Also I'll be afk from the forum going to take what we have and build latest twrp.

EDIT: I'm dumb already latest build
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
i tried restoring backup of system but it doesnt work

tried the patched boot image and stock image
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Restore, wipe caches, and it may take awhile to boot if it gets stuck at the att logo just let it sit for like 15min. I had this issue flashing magisk.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
stuck at YOUR DEVICE HAS BEEN UNLOCKED screen for 30 min now
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
What'd you do in twrp for your phone to be bricked
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
changed data filesystem to F2FS then wiped to factory reset rebooted and now it just boot loops then gets stuck at that screen
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
The /data has always been f2fs. You have not changed anything else? I'm sure it's the boot... In settings use rm -rf option then restore boot and system.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
Were you having the problem too on the new twrp or no
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Yes but I'm sure I just flashed boot and did fine. But I flashed a DD image I took of my boot.

Which I told EVERYONE to do just for this reason.

Also flash old TWRP. From fastboot.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] home3636:
rooting the phone means unlock "the network lock"? meaning i can use the phone in any cellular network? thanks
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
What you are asking about is SIM unlocking the phone and rooting does not translate to being able to SIM unlock. What carrier are you planning to use this phone on?

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Note I corrected the response in my last post. You may search/find an eBay phone unlocker that can SIM unlock the phone for a few bucks. Maybe someone posted earlier in the thread.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
Was the one that you said you had that you'd keep a backup of 100% complete/working?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
yea i might need something like that seems mine was corrupted somehow
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
Has anyone tried to format to ext4 yet?

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try flashing the old twrp, if that doesn't work, idk... it might be something wrong with boot like the other user said

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[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Yes I have every partition untouched except recovery 0

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[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] yuweng:
i guess every one is fast a sleep now :laugh: Anyway, I've pm faxanidu the require info for porting a fully working TWRP that will be able to back up full factory ROM instead of manually using dd command. After that, anyone should be able unbrick themselves using TWRP :cool:
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
Okay so.. sorry but I'm just now flashing twrp since my pc just now started working. I know we can't back up data in the first twrp, so I skipped that. But when I try backup system and boot, it says "permission denied" anyway to fix that? Or no

EDIT: I had forgotten that I chose my default storage to be my sd card, so I had to create the backup to my sd card

EDIT2: Also, I tried flashing viper4android, it would not work. BusyBox doesn't work either

EDIT3: Xposed also won't work, nor will trying to uninstall any bloatware. I think it's because the system is read only, and swiping to allow system modifications in TWRP doesn't do anything either, it's still read only . This is for the first TWRP btw. Ill try to install with the newer TWRP.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Just woke up. Guys. Lol. Send coffee.

Also I always do for my own piece of mind.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
Any help on my previous post above yours?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Going to work on twrp in a bit. Got some pointers from yuweng.

Also your now my official Guinea pig. XD
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
I'll post my empty data partition img for you tonight. It was backed up using dd and is missing things like default wallpaper but works.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
sweet i am in no rush but that phone is faster than my old one i am using
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
Here is the "empty" userdata.img

I believe you have to unzip it, then flash it from either TWRP (Install/Install Image) or fastboot.

Note that /data mounts the userdata partition. They are synonyms.

If you can't load this from TWRP, then boot into fastboot mode (usb plugged in, VolDown+Power to boot) then:

fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
only options in twrp are recovery and boot partitions when i try flashing the img
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
From TWRP - restore?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
Yeah, I guess the other partitions need to be added into the TWRP fstab config for them to show up.

Flash from fastboot; see my edited post.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
Fails

target reported max download size of 531628032 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 0.085s]
sending sparse 'userdata' (161 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.009s]
writing 'userdata'...
FAILED (remote: Chunk data size exceeds partition size)
finished. total time: 92.673s

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now /data cannot be mounted
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] dany0808:
For XT2 with unlocked BL, unrooted, stock recovery:

Do NOT try

fastboot format userdata

It will brick the device

Solution: boot to Stock Recovery -> do a Factory reset
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
fails at 5%
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] yuweng:
i don't know why it fail as f2fs is enabled, the default XT2 kernel source does have f2fs enabled too but the stock kernel doesn't boot so there is no way to confirmed whether it is the kernel or TWRP problem.

CONFIG_F2FS_FS_ENCRYPTION=y
CONFIG_F2FS_FS=y
CONFIG_F2FS_STAT_FS=y
CONFIG_F2FS_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_F2FS_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
CONFIG_F2FS_FS_SECURITY=y

And i have completely forgotten that TWRP does have logs so i need you to repeat your whole process then attach the logs here. There are two ways, At TWRP => Advanced => Copy Log to SDCard or adb pull /tmp/recovery.log

Hopefully that will give some clues to unbrick your XT2 :fingers-crossed:
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
Sorry, the partition size is too big for a single image.

SparseConverter XDA page

Use this userdata.img.bz2 as it's much smaller.

For simplicity, let's flash this from twrp / Advanced / Terminal:

dd if=/external_sd/userdata.img.bz2 | bzip2 -dc | dd of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata

Let me know if that works. If not, I'll try to split up the image into pieces.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
Note: I just performed the below on my device, and it successfully returns the device (/data) to factory. It will take a while (5-10min) to boot, then start up with the Google setup screen.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
now i just need /system and it will boot i think (i have multiple issues due to my own stupidity)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] aslezak:
Here is my system.img

Need to do the same you did with userdata (dd | bzip2 | dd) to restore from TWRP / Advanced / Terminal
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
think im getting storage issues again on the image
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Tell me step by step what you are doing. And what's happening in most detail as possible
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
fixed and working now!!!!
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
What you do. So if someone else experiences this

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Also got new TWRP and setting up a new thread. Cause this one is a train wreck. And I can update it more efficiently. As things get improved and added
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] messi2050:
You can only mount the ext4 partitions and neglect f2fs, my twrp was fully functional this way.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
Anyone know how to be able to write to the system so things like BusyBox and Xposed can install and work?

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Looking forward to it ?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
It already works?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
?? Not for me. Idk what I did wrong. Would you please do me a favor and download the app ''BusyBox'' from the play store and install it and tell me if it installs for you?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Everyone just wait for the new thread I'll stay up late and work on it when I get home.

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Already did that too
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
Is there something I did wrong? Here's what I did:

1. Flash TWRP (the first one that was posted)

2. Backed up system and boot to my SD card just in case

3. Flashed the Super SU zip, then rebooted and then downloaded Phh's superuser

I know I'm rooted, but I cannot install BusyBox or Xposed no matter how many times I try.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Odd... Get termux and see if you can su
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
I can

When I try to install BusyBox, it says that it's installed, but if I reboot and go back to BusyBox it says not installed, and Xposed still won't install
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Try this one.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
It's an octacore 6" Marshmallow 2GB / 16GB.

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H1611 is 6" :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Can someone confirm their H1711 has a replaceable 4000mAh battery. That's huge :) . Is the phone easily lasting over 24 hours on a single charge.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] freakshow11582:
Battery is not replaceable, and internal/non-removeable. As for the mAh I can't remember what it was, but mine last me an whole day without putting on the charger.

Hope that helps.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Thanks! Bit about the removable battery came from the Walmart website, so you can could have them fix that lie ;) .
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] freakshow11582:
I don't get paid enough.... lol that's there problem.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] Dewthedew:
Bought this for my daughter. Seems pretty nice but no one has a case. Also doesn't seem to be a true 16 gig phone. Has some pot called firmware 7 gigs used
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] jimberkas:
the Cricket branded version is $65 at Target

https://www.target.com/p/cricket-hu...lickdeals LLC&ref=tgt_adv_xasd0002&lnk=search

since I'm on Cricket, might give this a try. Been wanting to try a Huawei phone and this is cheap enough
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] freakshow11582:
Nice I like the white on it.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] eudora2014:
Does anyone know if either phone can be unlocked (maybe dc unlocker) or has anyone tried different SIM cards from carriers....thanks
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] Demc05:
That's the operating system Android 7.0.

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It is 4000mah and performs great, my last phone had 3900mah but this lasts nearly twice as long, it is not removable though.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] jimberkas:
no adoptive storage, so I'll probably pass. Seems to be a Cricket branded Huawei Y7
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] freakshow11582:
You might be right. I did find this.

https://www.androidheadlines.com/20...one-certified-by-fcc-ahead-of-us-release.html

https://m.gsmarena.com/huawei_y7-8687.php
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] nahcyrag:
i was trying to use it on Tmobile. I dont see any unlock that works so far.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] paxChristos:
I just picked one up for my wife and myself, and love them so far.

Has anybody tested the feature in developer options that has OEM Unlock?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] freakshow11582:
Glad to hear.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] mattillakk:
I just picked up one of these for my wife and so far have been unsuccessful in finding a case as well as a screen protector that isn't a "preorder." Most places state that the cases will be in stock on the 15th of December. Anyone got the scoop on where I could obtain one now? Any help is greatly appreciated! :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] freakshow11582:
Amazon got a couple now.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_...h=n:2335752011,k:huawei+ascend+xt2+phone+case
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] Phone_Tinkerer:
Just picked up the H1711 for my wife. She loves the speed as it is mush faster than her old phone. She also likes to customize the interface (fonts, colors, etc.) but has had no luck being able to do so on this phone. We tried IFont app which has a Huawei mode in the settings and it would not work. On the surface, this thing seems to be locked down pretty tight.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] NicJames:
Seems to be the same internal hardware? With an upgrade to the front and rear cameras. Metal body and a half inch smaller screen. Anyone got any info as to the curved glass and what it actually looks like? Or is it even curved at all?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] mattillakk:
It is definitely curved. I would take a few pictures for you but the wife has already hit the hay and has to get up early. To wake her up would be hell on earth. Nevertheless, if someone hasn't uploaded some pictures by the time I get home from work tmrw morning I will take care of that for you. :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
Okay I'll flash it Right now and report back right after

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Failed to flash, it said error 1 along with something about boot
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] dany0808:
Hi.

Do anyone know how to SIM unlock, for less than $40 on ebay.

I have tried https://www.mobileunlocked.com/huawei/ascend+xt2/ for $20.99 with no success :(
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
anyone have an actual stock boot image unaltered?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
Yeah sorry about that
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] messi2050:
i see then they could format it to ext4 :laugh:
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] crashburn833:
what is our goal f2fs or ext4? i have done both and making a new thread on how to do it with credits to proper people later tonight.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] scrungydoolittle:
Well at this point, I'd like to know what the status actually is..

1. Do we have a fully functional TWRP yet? IF so what is the latest stable download link.

2. Do we have a functional non-magisk SU? (I think that phh superuser is functional. I am not happy with SuperSU on my other huawei phone that was rooted by flashing su from twrp (my Y38) half of the programs don't detect root, and super su works by creating a shell of some sort now, and many programs don't use the interactive shell, so just break.

3. Do we have a working Xposed?

4. Do we have a boot image yet?

IF someone has all of these, could you please make a full TWRP backup of the phone and post it, so I can flash it into a phone?

(I'm seriously considering getting an ELATE, since I have lost my second phone. criket uses ATT towers, and neck to neck the pre-paid plans are almost identical,

except at the 35.00 month plan, where I believe that ATT gives you 2 gigs vs criket's 1 gig.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] messi2050:
F2fs as is the default used one by huawei
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
To answer your questions:

1. No, there are two TWRPs that are usable, but not 100% perfect. Theres a person who's working on one that'll be 100% perfect

2. Yes, there's phh's superuser like you said. I'm not sure what would happen if you downloaded a regular SuperSU.zip and flashed it in TWRP

3. Yes Xposed is fully working

4. If you are talking about an original unmodified boot image, then yes we have it

If you need any files PM me, I'll give them to you
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
I got the twrp done but I ****ed a line up somewhere. So it won't boot once I locate that we'll be all good, then I'll make a thread with all install rooting unlocking etc. I may be slow, but I try to be 100% sorry if that frustrates some.

I work and the tower needs a power supply so I'm working on all this on a 32bit cracked tablet. All in my free time, and not asking for any money, donations, OR thanks. I do it cause I like what I do, and helping others.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
I can donate $1 if it'll help. (Know it's not much sorry but I'm very low in PayPal but you do deserve a donation) Btw, if I downloaded a SuperSu zip and flashed it in TWRP will I be rooted? Or do I have to stick with magisk or phh? The reason I ask is because there's an app where I specifically need SuperSu for
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
Magisk won't work cause it relies on /data/adb. So unless that stays unencrypted it won't take. Unless there's a /cache work around.

SuperSU so far has soft bricked my phone Everytime.

Phh has a systemless root AND a systemless exposed. I'll be posting that in the next post.

At the moment finishing up TWRP
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] SuperBrolySSJ:
Thanks for the heads up before I decided to flash it, btw, did you want the donation? You've been working hard ?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] popeye2014:
Should I even consider buying one of these? Sounds like a nightmare right now. My H1611 is unlocked/rooted and working great. Is it worth it to upgrade to this?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
You don't mind going from 6" to 5.5"? I opted not to. It does have Nougat though. Someone with both phones can maybe give an idea of their experience between the two.

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Also the XT2 is currently $89 and locked to AT&T. I'd seriously consider getting a brand new 6" Huawei Honor 7X for $111 more which will be SIM unlocked and get Oreo eventually and is a much better higher end phone and includes 3G RAM + 32GB internal storage - if you don't mind paying $200. Seems like the price to SIM unlock the XT2 is $40 at best IIRC.

https://store.hihonor.com/us/honor-7x-smartphone

I'd expect the 7X to drop a bit over time. I also expect that the XT2 will go on sale for $50 again eventually :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] clsA:
Well I'll put it this way, I had 2 of these and returned them within 48 hours (i never even opened the box on the second one)

If your going to talk alternatives to the H1711 I wouldn't even consider the Honor 7x. Honor has shown time and time again they are only interested in the next sell, their slow to update and as soon as a new model comes out they abandon the old one.

You should consider something like a Moto G4 16GB XT1621 it has LineageOS 14.1 support or a Moto G5 Plus @ the $200 range and already has LineageOS 15.1 support

and then theirs the ZTE Blade V8 Pro @ just $140

but theirs no root or custom recovery for it

Of course this is just my opinion, I'm sure their are others who think Honor phones are fine I just know I won't be buying them anytime soon
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] yuweng:
My 2¢ on custom ROMs, you don't buy a device hoping custom ROMs will come, you choose any devices here that matches your budget, it won't be cheap as DEVs like flagship phones though there are few exception. And i notice the XT2 users are more generous so if you guys donate one to capable DEVs then you guys might get custom ROMs :fingers-crossed:

Device bring-up is a very complicated process but the most important thing is the kernel & i did witness a device that won't obsolete, started with Windows then gingerbread & it went thru 6 generations of Android ! :eek: But its obsolete now as no DEVs continue working on it :laugh:
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] clsA:
LOL somehow I knew it was going to be an HTC device, The HTC M7 and M8 are still being supported and a HTC 10 can be found for under $200 and has lots of development life left in it.

and I agree, look for something already supported by LineageOS
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] faxanidu:
If it's still cheap absolutely. And it's not a night mare I have it mostly sorted out. Just give a few days for my new post.

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When everything is good since I have every partition, and I fix the tower, I might try my hand at Oreo ROM. Or work on my game more I dunno lol.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] scrungydoolittle:
I for one don't want to go to oreo
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Nobody can force you to update to Oreo, but why are you against Oreo? :confused: