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[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
So I've been trying to root the xt but currently cannot find any links that are up to date, like the TWRP. Is there an up to date guide on how to root the xt?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] -n0cturne-:
Seriously..? There are plenty of guides posted. Other than that, just follow the instructions from yueng's twrp post to install madvane's version (or better yet, Google around for better instructions, and just use madvane's file). Then you just flash whatever SU manager you like (I prefer magisk).

I really don't want to sound like a jerk, but.. if you can't handle that, you really shouldn't be rooting your phone. It's a whole new level of PITA that only someone who's extremely tech savvy can reap more benefits than utter, miserable pain.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
See post 1:

https://xdaforums.com/huawei-ascend-xt/help/huawei-ascend-xt-h1611-t3507933

There are other instructions elsewhere you can search for, but those should work for rooting the XT.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
I've tried those and almost every other one I've been able to find...the twrp or recovery file in the first part of that post doesn't exist...and the rest I've found are corrupt or also don't exist...found everything else I need as far as I know except that...
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
you got links for yuengs post? or even just the link for mads version? I can't find it to save my life haha

but on another note I've rooted a few phones before just the xt is giving me a hard time and finding a twrp that works is proving more difficult than I thought..even searches on here and google...but that's really all I'm missing is that..
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
I did find one posted by madvayne under the unofficial 5/21/17 thread but everytime I try to flash it it says it cannot open it, it's with adb and fastboot so not sure....
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] popeye2014:
So in developer options you have "Enable OEM unlock" enabled and in security have "Unknown Sources" enabled?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
yuweng's TWRP is in the zip file and the img file needs to be renamed after unzipping depending on what instructions you are following to boot or flash it:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=71184622&postcount=1425

As you said, the original TWRP link in the OP of that thread is broken. :(

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You can try this too:

https://xdaforums.com/huawei-ascend-xt/how-to/huawei-ascend-xt-h1611-feb27-2017-t3564389
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
yeah both are enabled....adb fastboot all works...tried twrp in with adb and fastboot and says cant open...phones definitely unlocked and obviously bootloader is unlocked.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Post the command you are running and a listing of the directory contents of the directory you were in which you ran the command.

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And post the full error message screen.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
for twrp I've tried

adb shell reboot bootloader...to get into fastboot/rescue

fastboot devices ..to double check its still recognized

fastboot boot TWRP.img

also have tried fastboot flash twrp or flash recovery twrp...

and do you mean where are the commands being ran from?

maybe I'm just putting the wrong things but I swear I've followed it exactly...but even then something is wrong...
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
The "thanks button" for those who don't know what it is:

https://www.xda-developers.com/introducing-the-thanks-button-on-xda/

Yes, post the dir output from where you are running "fastboot".
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
fastboot boot TWRP.img comes up as cannot load TWRP.img : no such file or directory

ran from cmd out of windows

even running from cmd out of the adb folder which goes to user not system it says the same thing

but not sure how to get the dir output....noobish lol never had to since all my other roots went fine but this phone
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Is TWRP.img in same folder as fastboot.exe file? It seems to not be. :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
you would think that would be it but nope its in there lol:D
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Type "dir" from the same command line window you typed fastboot command from and post the output. Does TWRP.img show up in the output of the dir command?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]

(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\baileycancino>adb devices

List of devices attached

A9M0216913010982 device

C:\Users\baileycancino>adb shell reboot bootloader

C:\Users\baileycancino>fastboot devices

1967e115 fastboot

C:\Users\baileycancino>fastboot boot TWRP.img

cannot load 'TWRP.img': No such file or directory

C:\Users\baileycancino>dir

Volume in drive C is OS

Volume Serial Number is AEFB-B6F6

Directory of C:\Users\baileycancino

01/02/2018 10:14 PM <DIR> .

01/02/2018 10:14 PM <DIR> ..

01/02/2018 09:30 PM <DIR> .android

12/30/2017 01:18 AM <DIR> .AndroidStudio3.0

10/21/2017 02:27 AM <DIR> .TianTianVM

01/02/2018 10:35 PM <DIR> Contacts

01/02/2018 10:35 PM <DIR> Desktop

01/02/2018 10:35 PM <DIR> Documents

01/02/2018 10:35 PM <DIR> Downloads

09/22/2017 06:56 PM <DIR> Dropbox

01/02/2018 10:35 PM <DIR> Favorites

01/02/2018 10:35 PM <DIR> Links

01/02/2018 10:35 PM <DIR> Music

12/05/2017 02:32 PM <DIR> OneDrive

01/02/2018 10:35 PM <DIR> Pictures

01/02/2018 10:35 PM <DIR> Saved Games

01/02/2018 10:35 PM <DIR> Searches

01/02/2018 10:35 PM <DIR> Videos

0 File(s) 0 bytes

18 Dir(s) 34,665,484,288 bytes free

C:\Users\baileycancino>

that's running cmd from the folder that has adb and fastboot

not sure if the dir is correct...sorry lol
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Nope, fastboot, adb, TWRP.img are not in that dir output. Just find TWRP.img and move it into your directory you listed above, then the fastboot boot TWRP.img command will work :) .

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Tell me it's working.... :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] -n0cturne-:
Filenames can be finicky.. rename whatever the unzipped image file is to 'twrp.img', and try again. Again, I'd use yuwengs instructions to install madvane's 5-21-17 version. Just make sure to backup your default recovery first in case something goes wrong - can Google for more complete twrp install directions, it's fairly universal besides the necessity to use an img built for your device.

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Take it you don't have much command prompt or console experience...

Download and install 'minimal adb and fastboot' and 'universal adb driver' (both can be found on xda or via a Google search). Find the directory you installed 'minimal adb and fastboot' into and copy the twrp img there (now would be a good time for a crc check). Find the shortcut in your start menu for 'minimal adb and fastboot', right click it and run as administrator (or go to properties and enable running as administrator by default). Type 'dir' in the cmd prompt that pops up and confirm that the twrp img is there, then type 'adb devices' to confirm your phone is connected and recognized. Then proceed with the twrp install directions..

What do you need root for? Unlike what many claim, it doesn't make your phone faster - it's for advanced users with specific needs. Getting the phone unlocked and rooted is the easy part, compared to keeping it running smoothly afterward..
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
I wanted/have root so I could debloat the phone myself and avoid AT&T bloatware crap from running to save RAM/CPU/battery. But yes, just rooting the stock ROM won't improve anything without further action.

OP's problem with being unable to access TWRP.img is that TWRP.img is not in the directory where they ran the fastboot command and its path wasn't specified in the fastboot command. Obviously they have fastboot in the command path since it's not in the dir listing and still ran.

My guess is that they resolved the issue since they stopped posting. :confused:
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] -n0cturne-:
Notice, that's their user folder - meaning they just opened up a non-elevated cmd process. Hence, why I started with the basics..
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
What's wrong with a regular command prompt on the desktop folder? It should work if TWRP.img was there - unless I'm forgetting something :confused:

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And actually it's not their desktop folder, it's their user folder. The desktop folder is one level below that - named Desktop in the dir output. I personally wouldn't use either of those two folders for putting the TWRP file into - but it should work.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
am going to try now, maybe that's whats wrong, I copied the renamed unzipped twrp from where it was unzipped to and then went into the adb folder and put it there......... wrong? i swear i even tried just extracting to that folder. After that it would just go to the EMUI recovery to reboot or wipe.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
sorry kind of fell off the planet there lol. Just curious..probably a stupid question but say you open cmd from the folder with adb and fastboot and twrp in it and put said command do you need more than just the fasboot boot twrp.img? so it actually gets the right file path. I guess i assumed if i ran cmd from that folder and used the command it would work.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Yes, that would work. But from what I see above, you were in C:\Users\baileycancino> directory which does not contain the TWRP.img or fastboot or adb.

Either copy TWRP.img into

C:\Users\baileycancino> or open the command prompt from the directory containing adb.exe and fastboot.exe and TWRP.img, then "fastboot boot TWRP.img" should download the file successfully to the phone and boot the phone to TWRP.

You have already unlocked the bootloader previously - correct?

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If it doesn't work again, from the command prompt window, copy the same information and post it like you previously did to help figure out what's going on :) .
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
yes bootloader is unlocked, going to run cmd from that directory and see if that does it...it has everything in the folder so hopefully lol. if not ill repost again.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
omg it worked finally lmao....so I didn't realize that my TWRP was not renamed properly so it showed up as TWRP.img.img hahaha in DIR but ran windows 10 powershell to run the commands and after i renamed TWRP and made sure it was in the right place and that the cmd was ran from the right place it found adb fastboot and twrp in DIR and was able to install to the pone properly. Kind of funny it was slightly small to get twrp to work but yeah...now to the next step of the process lol.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Congratulations :) . Now make sure you make a full TWRP backup of all partitions and select external storage/micro SD as storage location. You might cry later if you don't get this step right, so check that the micro SD actually has the TWRP files before flashing anything. :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
Ran the backup but it ran into some errors.... Oddly it made a backup for 2 system files and one that's a recovery text file ? but still said backup failed when it finished.. So probably got part way and something went wrong.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
The backup folder (which you can modify the name of to include something like "stock" or "original") should be there and contain files for the partitions you backed up. You can rename the folder using your phone file manager or TWRP file manager if you've already made the backup.

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Which partitions did you select to backup?

Post a link to the instructions you are following.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
https://xdaforums.com/huawei-ascend-xt/help/huawei-ascend-xt-h1611-t3507933

following that...well trying ha...and from the main screen on TWRP I went to backup and set to SD but the partitions listed I selected all of them...I listed them a little while ago..but I think I edited that post since and don't remember exactly what they were but had one similar to system image and such....I can try again and get the exact names of the partitions and errors that pop up
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Sorry if I caused any confusion. Best to just follow the instructions and post if a specific step didn't work. Looks like after the "fastboot boot TWRP.img" it just says to backup the stock recovery partition. Then the other partitions get backed up later after flashing TWRP according to the instructions.

At the bottom right corner of the TWRP screen is an icon with three lines that shows details of the TWRP command output which you should look at if something fails. Good luck :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
I keep getting Failed to mount storage and then Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument)

then unable to mount /data/media/twrp/.twrps
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] -n0cturne-:
Your data is encrypted.. I haven't found a way to fix that other than wiping your data partition, which loses all your apps, files, and settings.

Btw, do you have an sd card..? Otherwise you won't be able to have enough space for backups, even if twrp can access the data partition
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Errors are because internal storage is encrypted (so TWRP can't access that partition right now). Was TWRP able to create the stock recovery backup image to external storage folder?

Later in the instructions where it has you format the /data partition, that will blow internal storage away and make those errors not happen for future TWRP backups.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
Does it matter if it's encrypted? I'm not too worried about apps and such... Mainly just what's on the SD so yeah I do have an SD.. Which is almost empty too so that's good.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
So end result ended up trying to get to B180 but messed up somewhere and had to actually factory reset because I was stuck in the AT&T logo... But re rooted and it actually went better than the first time with less errors and other stuff to deal with lol. Sucks about starting over but oh well. Any recommendations on good debloated roms? Also should I stay with B160 or try to update? Not sure what's different between b160 170 and 180 if much of anything or if it would even be worth trying. But thanks for all your guys' help ???
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
I'm using stock B160 ROM which I rooted and debloated myself - not using any of the other ROMs others created. I'm not ready to spend the time and aggrivation to upgrade to B180 yet :) . Haven't seen a reason to do it so far.

You might want to just try your phone the way it is for a while and see if how it feels, because if you just jump to another ROM right now, you won't really have much experience to compare it to the current rooted B160.

So what exactly was your reason for putting yourself through this process of rooting your phone :) ? Knowing that will help make recommendations for what ROM you should try, etc, or what to do next. ;)

Congratulations :) I'm guessing this is your first experience rooting a phone :xd :laugh:
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
That's actually a good plan. Just wasn't sure if there was any real big difference but was planning on sticking with B160 for a while. I did find a system app remover but doesn't seem like there is much it can actually remove... Really just wanna get rid of the AT&T apps I don't need. But that was the main reason was getting rid of those and to be able to slightly tweak stuff more..obviously in those aspects you can only do so much but yeah. Also kind of addicted to messing with stuff like that... (rooting phones, different roms and such)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
What changed:

https://www.att.com/devicehowto/tut...ystep_KM1133944?make=Huawei&model=HuaweiH1611

Click previous updates to see previous change information. B180 does have the BlueBourne fix.

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Try using Link2SD app or App Freeze https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartapp.appfreezer

from Play Store to freeze bloatware apps. I never delete the system apps - high risk and you won't save much space. I do uninstall junk apps using the phone app manager - because it won't let you delete/uninstall critical apps.

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If you don't use Facebook app, I'd freeze that pig :)

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Make a full backup of your rooted B160 before you start debloating - it's very cheap insurance in case you do something bad. :crying: :cowboy:
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] -n0cturne-:
Congrats! I use madvane's swift n whatever b170 unrooted rom. Did a file compare vs stock after I had problems with broken push notifications on another rom, and it seems legit (outside of some bloat like dialer and callerID apps -bleh). Run magisk as my root manager and haven't had any problems, outside of stupidly forgetting to backup by data partition before an update triggering encryption.

Whatever you do, just don't touch HiVoice, Usage Manager, or Phone/System Manager. Stuff will just stop working - seriously.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Usage Manager is part of Phone Manager, though they have separate entries in app drawer - just to clarify.

I have HiVoice frozen with no issues - do you recall what you experienced?

I do recall people using "ROMs" reporting something or the other being broken because the ROM debloated the related app, so suggest people read through "ROM" threads before installing.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] -n0cturne-:
It broke 'okay Google' voice detection for me.. which is fine for the moment given that it's already confusing enough with the 4 google home minis I just bought, lol

I love your usage of "ROM" though.. which brings up the fact that there are no real roms for our device as of yet, just debloated stock roms often with other bloat added in. Stay away from clsa's roms, outside of his stock ones. Removed phone manager messes up a lot of things, as it replaced several system functions that were removed (like battery optimization).
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
I don't use "OK Google", so maybe that is why I don't have issues with HiVoice frozen. I don't want Google listening to my life ;)

I do appreciate the fact that clsA and madvane20 have created "stock ROMs" that enabled us rooted people to update to later stock ROM versions - but even some of those are not 100% stock due to the fact that the person who they came from maybe modified something in /system or /cust before making their backup.

Yeah, in my opinion debloated stock ROM is not the same as a custom ROM - but I guess one could argue it is. :)

I'd rather debloat the stock ROM myself by freezing apps vs not really understanding all of how those debloated custom ROMs were created (and running into stuff not working like you mentioned) - but understand those who want to take that route if it works for them. :)

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Update to my last post:

I had unfroze HiVoice and "OK Google" wasn't working. Froze HiVoice and now "OK Google" is working just fine. :) :confused: I thought it's all done by the Google app - and my test indicates that it is so.

I did have "OK Google" disabled before today. Will go back to disabled for me. :)
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
Been a whole since I've been on but thanks for all the help and recommendations for debloating... So as if today I have a pop up from AT&T FOR B170 BUT after I rooted the first time I had an update that didn't have a remind later option so it would auto download and try to install and would restart but would never install.. So I could reboot my phone but once the update found any connection or anything it would try again... So I was in a cycle of my phone just restarting and not actually doing anything... Now I'm wondering if it's possible after the second root that went way smoother if it might actually install it... Or if there's a way to just turn off the reminder completely and find a B170 to flash myself?
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] divineBliss:
Once the bootloader has been unlocked, all OTAs from AT&T fail. Freeze/disable "AT&T Software Update" with Link2SD app to prevent further OTAs from being downloaded.

There's thread to update to B170 and B180 ROMs using full images that were captured, but study the threads carefully for anything people say didn't work, etc. I'm still on B160 as I don't want to risk anything going wrong or spend the time updating - but others have done it.
[Huawei Ascend XT Questions & Answers] ordinary_peoples:
Right on. I'm totally good with b160 I just don't want it to at some point try and update like last time lol. Maybe someday I'll do it but for now I don't even wanna mess with it
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JaimeZX:
Hey gang. Running LOS 14.1 on the S4 Mini. In the last couple of weeks I've noticed that I lose mobile data (plenty of signal bars, but it'll show H+ or 3G with a little x underneath) for no apparent reason. A reboot fixes it temporarily but it always recurs.

This has survived a wipe of Davlik / Cache / System / Data and reinstall of LOS 14.1 w/ Gapps Nano.

Suggestions?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IronRoo:
Same?

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-mini/help/phone-signal-connect-calls-t3723754
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D4ND310:
Are you using 'System Profiles'? Be sure that 'Network Card Type' is set to 'LTE' or 'Leave Unchanged', there, as well as in your 'Data Usage' settings. Or, switch off profiles.

Maybe that's not your problem but it's the only thing that immediately jumps out to me reading here, I don't see why else your connection settings should auto revert to the defaults.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JaimeZX:
Really hard to tell because suddenly it's acting okay; but no, not exactly the same. What will be happening is one minute the phone is acting fine; the next you realize there's no data. You might still have four bars of signal, and the "H+" or "3G" or whatever, but there is a little X in the corner of the bars implying no data. Voice calls and SMS still work, but there's no data. This condition survives a reboot, and usually all the way home. Once on our wifi, then it works okay and if I turn the phone wifi off, then it will get back on the data network fine. I have yet to pin down a specific condition that causes the mobile data to drop.