[Huawei Ascend XT Guides, News, & Discussion] clsA:
OK to start off this thread is meant to continue the work done in the thread here huawei-ascend-xt2-h1711 their were some good people working on stuff their but most seem to have moved on.

I decided to pick up the Elate this week from Best Buy and thought it might be time to start a new thread on rooting and restoring the Cricket version of this phone.

Rooting the H1711z Huawei Elate​

First step is to unlock your bootloader at Huawei here > https://emui.huawei.com/en/unlock_detail

Well it seems Huawei is no longer unlocking the bootloader so you need to pay DC Unlocker to unlock your bootloader

follow the instructions posted here >> https://xdaforums.com/honor-7x/how-to/how-to-unlock-huawei-bootloader-removal-t3780903

Also please make a backup of your own boot.img as soon as you flash TWRP before flashing the patched _boot.img provided

~Huge thanks to [MENTION=2707713]aslezak[/MENTION] for these instructions~

Note: Magisk Manager will update you to version 16 on first run, it's OK to update in fact feel free to flash it in recovery before you reboot if you want it.

A couple notes about twrp_xt2_v3.img

when you start TWRP choose keep system read only - Unless your planing to restore a backup then choose to make system writable

You cannot backup or restore /data (it's encrypted so don't even try)

Do not use Wipe / factory reset or format data unless you have a good working backup of your userdata partition that you dd to your external_sd yourself see below

From TWRP / adb shell

paste these commands

dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata | bzip2 -9f > /external_sd/userdata.img.bz2

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

dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system | bzip2 -9f > /external_sd/system.img.bz2

to restore--> bzip2 -dc /external_sd/system.img.bz2 | dd of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system

again thanks go to aslezak

When choosing a backup always prefer the image instead of the stock files (system image - custom image - vendor image are best )(Never choose both system and system image at the same time it's too big and a waste of time and space)

when you exit TWRP do not choose to install the twrp app

Also be sure and thank aslezak for his post here > https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75115521&postcount=286

Notes on booting up the phone (from power off)

Bootloader (fastboot) = power + volume down + USB hooked to pc

eRecovery = power + volume up + USB hooked to PC

TWRP = power + volume up

Restoring your phone to Stock​

We now have the B120 Stock dload update See here >> https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=76902495&highlight=dload#post76902495

I've created a Stock Rom to easily return your phone to Stock Factory Settings (b120)

Warning this will completely Wipe your phone​

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To Install

1) Download and copy the H1711z_stock_ROM_v2.zip to your external_sd

2) Boot to TWRP recovery

3) Go to Settings check Use rm -fr instead of formatting / Wipe / Format Data / Type "yes" to confirm

4) Choose Home / Install /Select storage Micro sd / H1711z_stock_ROM_v2.zip / swipe to install

5) when it finishes choose the wipe cache button and then reboot and choose Do not Install

Your phone is now back to stock

Extra's By Request​

Here's the XT2_Stock_Rom and XT2_Magisk_ Rom here > https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=266256

If you like to try my CleanRom for the Elate I uploaded it here >> Elate.CleanRom.v2.zip

flashing instructions are the same as the stock file above

here's whats added/removed

Apps deleted from /Data/hwinit/:

Google Editor Slides

Google Editor Sheets

Google Editor Docs

Apps deleted from Cust:

the entire h1711 folder

AT&T Remote Support

myAT&T

AT&T Visual Voicemail

AT&T Hot Spots

Google Talkback

OMACP

Apps deleted from System:

Amazon shopping

App select

Call Protect

CricketWiFiManager

Device Help

Deezer

Facebook

Facebook App Installer

Facebook app manager

Gmail

Google Duo

Google Chrome

Google Drive

Google Maps

Google Play Photos

Google Play Video

Google Play Music

Google Text to Speech Engine

Ignite

Lookout

myCricket

Protect Plus

Setup & Transfer

Added

FX Root File Manager (as a system App)

Magisk V16 (as a system App)

QuickBoot Reboot (as a system App)

I didn't include Xposed because it's useless without a decrypted Data partition

Note: To remove the Cricket bootanimation, use the FX File Manager with root permission and rename

..\system\version\special_cust\H1711z\cricket\us\media\bootanimation.zip" to bootanimation.zi_ and reboot

I got tired of seeing the error in twrp_v3 about not mounting patch_hw and fixed it ->> Here

you can unzip it and flash it to recovery with TWRP or fastboot