[Honor 9 Lite  Guides, News, & Discussion] JamesBott:
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I am brick MY phone, what have i done ?

On all my phones is first doing: bootloader unlock, install twrp and rooting.

1 - i login by huawei, fill the form and return my unlock-code

2 - search twrp ( i am found ; but it was the wrong one. [i think i need new eyes])

3 - on phone : menu / 7x tip on build activate developer options / go to developer options / enable oem-unlock and enable usb-debugging

4 - usb-wire in phone and pc, on pc (linux) start terminal (the same as windows dos-prompt), type "adb devices", on phone-screen "access for develop" hook & ok

5 - adb reboot bootloader

6 - fastboot devices (connection test)

5 - fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk twrp.img

6 - fastboot reboot

7 - phone reboot in twrp (not OS)

from now, what ever i do, phone boot only in twrp BOOTLOOP

now i am search in XDA and AH (german community AndroidHilfe) "honor 9 lite bootloop" NOTHING

by random found on AH "Huawei P smart [How to Root] + TWRP - Root - Anleitung". Huawei P smart is sister from Honor 9 Lite (very helpful thread-writer on AH)

ho help : at this moment no downloads at huawei/honor 9 lite (for help i need "update.app") now i wait...

2 days later (wait is not my strength) i found FHMate10Tool. users write "this can work/cant work - test it.

i test it. on windows-pc open explorer, go to folder, right-click on FHMate10Tool.exe, "run as admin", dos-prompt open and write text from tool

usb-wire in pc and phone (phone is on)

point 1 in tool: "root phone" ; i write "1" and press enter

tool write "this rooting phone: for yes press enter", i press enter, 4..5 seconds later write tool "your phone is rootet and rebooting"

phone reboot and boot i customOS - WOH :laugh: phone configure, apps install and phone working (always inside the wrong twrp)

5 days later phone write"new update anailable! install?" "yes" and ota-update download (i think 1 hour) and write "update now" "yes"

update go to factory-update-mode (erecovery?) begins and brake by 25%, "what a hell !!!", i reboot

now the best idea from my life. i copy with es-explorer(root) from /data/update/Hwouc/... the "update.app" to my sd-card.

my phone have build 8.0.0.121, the update.app is LLD-L31 8.0.0.127(C432)FULL. This is important, the little updates not inside "system, recovery". the FULL is what i need.

start HuaweiUpdateExtractor, select update.app, settings "all hook out", extract "recovery_ramdis.img" and "system.img" (automatic extract the header-files)

now copy this 4 files to my adb-folder, phone in bootloader-mode, usb-wire pc to phone

open dos-promt, cd.. to adb-folder, check connection with "fastboot devices", connection work and the fun begins

- fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery_ramdis.img

- fastboot flash system system.img

NOW is custom recovery and system on phone

to clear userdata

- fastboot erase userdata (this make what you reed: ERASE)

- now boot to erecovery (usb-wire in pc and phone, vol-up and power press on phone) and make factory reset. this make low-level-format with userdata.

- reboot and phone is clean and fresh as a new phone. no twrp, no rootet. if i wish (yes) i can fresh install

only restriction at this time: twrp is beta! no full work, backup/restore system = work, backup/restore data = NOT work.

supplement

this work on my phone! on your phone? test at your owen risk

bevor twrp has full-function: attention to this point. no data-backup. everyone brake phone: you begins by zero /better begins zero else phone ded :D

experience

i search for LOS15.1 or RR, for this phone nothing found. i test system.img(oreo!) from other models (my risk, my phone, my fun). i test to now 5x, next test in 5 minutes

now nothing run on my phone. flash *.img, no boot to OS, the game starts from the beginning :D

- inserted 20180325 13:05 test not work, return to customOS :D

- inserted 20180325 13:40 systemOS work, SuperSU is from old install! ALL GOOD :good:

bootloader is open if: PHONE Unlocked & FRP Unlock

I hope this is helpful for your bootloop :angel:

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