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[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] dhchris:
Hey there,

yesterday I bricked my Xcompact (never come back option).

Now I can choose between a Xc and a new XZ1c.

Root and DRM is very important for me and I do not want to miss it.

Do you think, there´s a fully functional Root-/DRM (TA) Workaround upcomming in the near future or is it unlikely?

Kind Regards,

Chris
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] JALACB:
You can restore DRM function with a "bypass" patch once you have root and lost your keys... but if you "unroot" you wont have the DRM functions

Full DRM keys backup as old days seems impossible with current Sony security, I believe
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] Didgesteve:
As mentioned above, there is no way back from deleting your TA partition. There are several threads on this forum regarding using a DRM 'fix', but it looks pretty tricky to set up.

But, help is at hand. The developer sToRm// is about to release a 'one stop shop' fix for all types of Sony. So follow his Sony Xperia XZ Premium TWRP + KERNEL + ROOT + DRM fix/restore thread and this will be the easy solution.

LineageOS is also gaining traction and reading the comments is almost at a daily driver level.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] luminoso:
There's a fix released.

I trully don't understand why Sony spends so much time with this DRM stuff when their camera isn't all that good. It's just sad.

Official link: https://www.xperifix.com/
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] charliebigpot:
Is it actually worth rooting this phone? I only see 1-2 custom roms, no camera mods, basically no mods in general.

Apart from adblock and getting rid of bloatware (which you can disable), what's the real advantage of voiding the warranty?

Just to be clear, I usually root all my android devices, maybe what I'm missing for the XZ1c are mods and roms..
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] luminoso:
Well... for me, one of the main reasons is to install Xposed and then X Messenger Privacy Premium

Since the device only has 32GB, installing [Magisk Module] Magic Folder Binder in order to expand the internal storage transparently as I explained in this reply

There's also other goodies with Magisk such as ENABLE DOZE on Google Play Services or Greenify4Magisk.

For exposed depending how comfortable you're with the idea of ripping off YouTube Red you have YouTube background playback

All in all, there isn't any direct mods to Xperia Roms, but the ones that come with Xposed/Magisk.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] charliebigpot:
Just got and set up my XZ1 - jeez, I take it all back, can't stand all the apps that are already installed, I'll root for sure.

Btw, thanks for the links!
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] mhaha:
If your biggest reason for root is only because of the preinstalled apps, then might I suggest you take a look at this thread. Unless you have other pressing root uses, in my opinion it's not worth voiding your warranty just to get rid of a couple of apps which can be done without root.

Don't know what Android devices you've previously owned, but in case you weren't aware, with Sony phones you permanently lose your unique DRM keys once you unlock your bootloader with no way of getting them back.

Basically, your warranty would be irreversibly voided, doesn't matter if you relock your bootloader, clean flash stock firmware or whatever.

Currently there exists no method of backing up and restoring those keys, which is likely one of the main reasons for the lack of custom developments for this phone.

Could be a different scene once phones begin to age past their warranty period and people no longer have any other reason to hang on to those keys, but for now, I'd still recommend to hold off rooting.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] lingarajug:
Hi ante0, i have downloaded the bla a09 8.0.0.109 c567 which is the recent update for my US mate 10 pro version, i was using hisuite to update my phone which is failing but i was able to grab the update which it down loaded and it has the following files in it, bla-a09_hw_usa( which contains update_full_BLA-A09_hw_usa, public( which contains update_data_full_public), update.zip which contains update.app and other xml files, i have already bl unlocked and rooted with supersu but i wanted to install magisk and i installed twrp and tried sideloading magisk but it fails stating boot image already modified and advised flask stock boot, so which files do i need to flash and what are the fastboot commands to do so and i was also thinking about complete bl lock just to make it look like new phone and how do i do that, please direct me, thank you.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] oslo83:
I think to update you'll need to:

A) Unroot your supersu.

B) Restore stock boot and restore your stock recovery with guide in OP and with the firmware files actually installed on your phone.

Then you could root oreo with magisk.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] lingarajug:
there lies my problem, i am trying to flash an updated stock firmware than the one that came with my phone, i have unrooted supersu and deleted supersu app and dont have root anymore confirmed by rootcheck apps, since my boot is already patched once magisk wont flash and advising me to flash stock boot image but i dont know which to flash as with oreo there seems to be different partitions and i dont know commands other than basic fastbbot commands to flash stuff.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] lingarajug:
ok so i was able to flash ramdisk, recovery and system and boot back to OS ( i have earlier erased system by mistake) and i have flashed system.img from updated firmware but version still shows old one, and i am trying to use funkyhuawei erecovery method to flash the updated firmware and when i boot to erecovery to update but the update button is missing and i just have rebbot, wipe date/fr and wipe cache, so what do i need to flash and commands for it in order to make erecovery work and i have update button enabled, thank you.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
If you can, use the HWOTA method instead. It's free and found: https://xdaforums.com/mate-10/how-to/guide-mate-10-flash-oreo-update-package-t3716814

If you can't use HWOTA and have to use Funky:

You seem to be in normal Recovery. You should see a button that says 'Download latest firmware', the one you're describing is showing buttons that are in normal Recovery.

Are you booting using Usb plugged in + vol up + power?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] lingarajug:
For some reason my phone would only boot to revovery and not erecocery, anyway i used hisuite method and was able to flash new firmware. Thank you.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] elviss0812345:
I've just unbricked my Mate 10 pro via this method. Thank you Sir.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] lex71:
Not sure if this is the right place but where can I find the original Huawei OS it was shipped with? I installed Lineage and want to go back to Factory.

I just want to .img file. I have only unlocked the bootloader not rooted the phone.

Lack of camera and other features means I need to get back.

Any ideas?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Pretoriano80:
You bricked your device because you don't know what you are doing,not because of this guide.Oh,and i thought KangRom was responsible for bricking you device....anyone else to blame ?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] elviss0812345:
My phone was bricked because of Lineage OS, and i unbricked with this guide. Read my post first.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Pretoriano80:
lol,i've read "bricked"... :D.I apologize for that!:good:
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] lingarajug:
There is no way at least for the US version to find firmwares shipped with phone until now, i figured it out by connecting phone to hisuite on PC and it showed update available and i clicked update and waited until download part of update process completed and then i went to documents folder and hisuite and the app stores the download there and it will have 3 zip files, u can copy them to a different place because once the update completes those files are deleted. Might be the same for other models if supported by hisuite.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Lasacv:
Here https://playstoreappinstall.com/play-store-for-huawei/ more info
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] oslo83:
[MENTION=1295351]linga[/MENTION]raguj not already listed there :

http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/?firmware_model=ALP

?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] lingarajug:
US version firmware not listed, lots of international versions though.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] dark3bod:
can i flash everything in UPDATE.APP to go back to fully stock.

if i can what is the fastboot command for every one of them files like "fastboot flash ramdisk RAMDISK.img'?

ive mate 10 pro.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
It should say your current firmware (besides Lineage) in Settings -> (System?) -> About.

It's better to use:

https://xdaforums.com/mate-10/how-to/guide-mate-10-flash-oreo-update-package-t3716814

I'm not sure if symlinks will be set up correctly if you flash images directly. And some partitions can't be flashed from fastboot (like the erecovery ones)
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bearshare007:
[MENTION=2247733]ante0[/MENTION]

This man is a legend.........

I would like to express my gratitude in you answering my pms and assisting to get the device up and running.

If ever am in Sweden:silly: ill definitely buy you beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers

Thanks for the patience and the help you bring to us noobs bricking these bloody Mate 9's
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] azm.azman82:
Im now on lineage os. I didnt flash twrp and magisk. Can i only flash stock system.img to get fully stock. Or i have to flash ramdisk and boot first before system.img
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
System.img is enough, as that's all you flashed with lineage
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] azm.azman82:
Anyone can find BKL-L09 C636 firmware or zip?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
there is none to be found. Only an OTA for C675.

Someone said you'd get factory images for Honor View 10 but not sure where they could be...
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] pgavril:
Hello

Can you please publish this BLA-A09 hw/usa full update so we can download it?

Thx

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Can you please publish it, so we can download it?

Thx
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] dark3bod:
That requires sd card slot my mate 10 pro doesn't have one

.?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
You don't need sd card for either.

HWOTA doesn't even use twrp, it uses adb push to push files to /data/update/HWOTA then adds the Install information to /cache/recovery/command.

And you can adb push images to root of /data and then tap Install -> (make sure internal storage is selected) -> <up one level> -> /data -> tap Install Image -> tap system.img (or whichever image you want to flash. Twrp for Mate 10 Pro allows ramdisk, kernel, recovery_ramdisk, system and vendor to be flashed by default)
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] lingarajug:
I have no clue how to do that, but if u have US mate 10 pro with build 8.0.0.104 and the update is .109 then download hisuite from huawei and connect your phone with hdbin security settings instead of adb and hisuite recognizes it then it will show u have an update and once u click update and cancel it once download completes and before install begins and then head over documents/hisuite this is where is saves the download which will be erased if installation completes. I don't have the resources to publish almost 3gb file.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] EMsetup:
Block Mate 10 Lite

Hello, I have Huawei Mate 10 Lite RNE-L21C432B130 unlocked the bootloader and I downloaded the twrp, but I wanted to come back to the serial rom and blocked the bootloader but now I do not want to run the phone in a way to fix it began to work. Bootloader blocked at 100%
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] pgavril:
You can try to upload the files to this link:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Fn4OHVg_RSiO5bMMa9lu1VYFv_l97mT7?usp=sharing

Thanks in Advance
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] lvbaal:
When I try to flash RAMDISK.img to ramdisk partition through TWRP>Install, TWRP only gives me two partions to choose from: System and Vendor. So I went ahead and flashed ramdisk through fastboot. Can you confirm that, contrary to what you are stating here above, TWRP can only flash these two partitions?

Or am I missing something here maybe? I had flashed twrp-3.2.1-0-blanc.img to recovery before.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
You're not missing anything.

I was incorrect though, by default only System Image and Vendor Image are flashable in this TWRP build. (It depends on what the user building adds to recovery.fstab)

Use this one: https://mega.nz/#!RLZyxSYD!tXvVpp3IJl0Fv6_xetfA6kZGS5dULwNyAFVUMgRfHvU

It has the previously mentioned partitions and saves TWRP settings to /cache. (Mainly to get rid of the splash that appears after booting twrp)

If you want more partitions use Android Image Kitchen to unpack the TWRP image and add partitions to etc/recovery.fstab.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] oslo83:
[MENTION=2247733]ante0[/MENTION]

Link is down for your special splitupdate script and mount.sh.

Could you post it again please ?

Or do you know how to read mount system.img on windows ?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
Removed it by accident.

You should be able to convert it to raw using simg2img for windows, then use Ext2Explorer to view and extract files from image.

I would suggest using Linux though as files/folders with the same name (ex Image.ext and image.ext) will overwrite each other.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] cosmic_child:
hello, --sorry, wrong section, but i didn´t found a thread in the honor forum ..

i´ve a honor 9 oero b360 (open bootloader, rooted (phone&frp) but some problems (no usb-con.). I would like to restore my system with the multi tool, but i dont know which file is correct from the pro-team website (http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/?firmware_model=STF-L09&firmware_page=0) -> i tried the first 3 update files (FullOTA-MF) but during the extraction i cannot find the cust.img - file ? which is the correct file and is the cust.img in emui8 neede?

thx cosmic
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] wisemanwizz:
Can anyone please share the apk for the settings app (for the mate 10 pro) or even a flashable zip to restore the settings app. "Settings" keep crashing when I attempt to open them.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
Mr, greetings from my side of the pond.

I'd like to ask, mostly because i always appreciate the opportunity of expanding knowledge, because I'm a firm believer that knowledge is power. If GSI are generic system images because of how the partitions are laid, and since the Berkeley and the Blanc are so similar they can use the same roms, etc, what prevents our extracting a system img from a bkl's update app and stuffing it into the blanc?

Lol I'm the type who'll disassemble a new toy just to see how it works.

Also, you know what they say,

Give a man a fish and feed him for a day.

Teach him to fish and you'll feed him for life;

Can you share what word it is that you need to change/scrap in order to make an unencrypted kernel?

I mean it's all "extracting" related, isn't it! ;) OnT as per OP hehehehe
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
You can even install a full BKL update, but data/sim stops working. Other than that it seems to work fine.

Probably because modem mismatch or something.

And... custom built kernel for Mate 10 Pro breaks camera in recent firmware, but V10 custom built kernel fixes it.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
Cool, I'll look for it

Edit, [MENTION=2247733]ante0[/MENTION] blue spark for this device?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Pretoriano80:
Blue Spark only works on BKL-L04 (US version).
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] herb9876:
For Those who are stuck on B302 oreo beta or any other betas and have TWRP as your recovery I finally figured out how to update my mate 9 pro to the most recent approved FW Via Firmware Finder. I searched for days HWOTA this HWOTA8 that NoCHeck LON Recovery 1 Nocheck recovery 2 Nougat to Oreo Oreo to Oreo Downgrade upgrade sidegrade Go F#$% Yourself Grade I was yelling and ready to give up nothing was working. The reason was obviously you cant update your mate using FFinder with a custom recovery or at least I couldn't. I needed to find a way to flash back original B302 RAMDISK and B302 Recovery_ramdisk. out of pure frustration and not caring much at all anymore I downloaded the update.zip for my current B302 Beta FW using FFinder. Extracted update.zip then fired up update extractor. Unchecking the verify header checksum for both extract and repack then opening up the update.app

Copy the recovery_ramdisk.img and ramdisk.img to adb folder or minimal folder dep on which you use. This step I get the courage from this thread on page one the OP was saying something along these lines and i was in a f it mood so i went for it. fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdisk.img then fastboot flash ramdisk.img. Reboot the phone and then do your firmware finder routine and grab B367 or whatever is approved for your device ....i used the VPN deal (what an app those guys are amazing) . SO you flash the boot and recovery from your current beta firmware the you can update with firmware finder. hopefully this helps someone else i was pulling my hair out on this one and thanks to this OP he knows his stuff
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] djclark25:
Is this TWRP fine to flash on a bl-09 mate 10 pro? Just want to double check before flashing it!

Thanks

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Is this TWRP fine to flash on a bl-09 mate 10 pro? Just want to double check before flashing it!

Thanks
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
Use this one, it has decryption too.

https://xdaforums.com/mate-10/development/huawei-mate-10-pro-twrp-3-2-1-0-t3769904
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Obscurecruel:
[MENTION=2247733]ante0[/MENTION] HI thanks for te great work, can I flash the Erecovery using this guide? If not can you please help me on telling me how to get back erecovery.

I can not get into erecovery I have tried pressing only the volume button, introducing FastBoot reboot while I leave the volume button pressed but nothing works, only enters the normal recovery not erecovery sorry if this is off topic. Thanks
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
Make sure you have USB plugged in while pressing Volume up.

Otherwise you can boot up normally to the 'your bootloader is unlocked' screen and hold volume up there until it gets to eRecovery.

Only way to flash erecovery is through TWRP.

Fastboot can't (not for regular users anyway, as it could be dangerous).

You can either extract it, unpack with Android Image Kitchen then repack and flash in TWRP (if your twrp allows flashing erecovery partition). Unpack-repack is because TWRP doesn't like flashing stock images. Or you can use

'dd if=/path/to/erecovery_ramdisk.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/erecovery_ramdisk' using terminal or adb shell in twrp
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] rogerinnyc:
[MENTION=844265]Ante[/MENTION], I used mankindtw's thread (before it was changed) to rebrand my ALP-L29C185 to ALP-L29C636 (B134 -- from 4/16, unfortunately the day before folks began thinking that's the cause of hard bricks). I see that B135 is now officially available for my device (per Firmware Finder, although my device, itself, doesn't see it as an update), but I'm scared to use mankindtw's method at this point. Can I just download and extract the ramdisk.img and flash it in fastboot? Would I also do the system.img and/or anything else? Thanks in advance for any thoughts/advice.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Pretoriano80:
It doesn't matter which method you will use to update from B134(16/04), the risk to brick it's high!

If the firmware it's approved on FF, you could use that, but in case you are rooted and with custom recovery , you should also restore recovery_ramdisk and ramdisk, by flashing them with fastboot.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] rogerinnyc:
I'm rooted with Magisk, but still have stock recovery (I bricked my first Mate 10 when I had TWRP -- not sure there was any causal relationship, but saw no need to go back to it).

So, if I'm willing to take the plunge, my first step would be to unroot with mankindtw's tool. That should be safe enough, I think.

But I'm unclear on which .img(s), extracted from the full B135 rom, I should flash to update, and in which order.

I recognize that no one is to blame but myself if I do this and brick again, so any advice-givers are absolved in advance!
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
To update, use: HWOTA (If you have the full package, mankindtw removed it because of bricks. Though, bricks were caused by firmware, not by his tool), HuRUpdater (Requires TWRP), Firmware Finder.

To just unroot, extract and flash ramdisk from fastboot.

You can't flash everything from fastboot, so fully updating using an extracted update.app would be impossible. You can using TWRP though... But best to stick with the "official" ways :)
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] rogerinnyc:
Thanks for the reply. If I used an old HWOTA package that includes ota.bat, would I first try to repack B135? Would that even work with the old HWOTA?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
Oh wait. If you're on B134 now I would not recommend updating. You will most likely brick if you do. And this is a send phone to Huawei brick. Can't be recoverable (yet anyway).

But, as I said, it's not mankindtws tool that causes the brick. It's the firmware itself. Or xloader to be more precise. (Atleast that's what seem to be it. In all other xloader you have a few switches set to '1', in C636B134 it's set to '2'. Same with BLA-L29C636B137.)
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] rogerinnyc:
That makes sense, and I appreciate the warning. I'm waiting to see if Huawei will fix/replace my first brick and, if they do, then I may be willing to be the guinea pig with the extra device. I presume there is no way you're aware of to edit xloader and reset those switches to "1"?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
No idea. We don't even know what they do yet. My theory is that they set xloader so it can't be written. So next time you update it wouldn't be written to, and that probably causes a mismatch as it contains build info and stuff. Then phone won't boot because of mismstch/old xloader. But this is my theory :p
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] thatruth132:
noob question but which is system.img
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
?

SYSTEM in update.app is system.img, it's named system.img after you extract it.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] vkvictor1989:
How can I extract the apk of the settings app using this method?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] wisemanwizz:
which file do i extract and flash to update modem? - is it the modem_fw - 56mb?

and what would the command be using fastboot?