yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
Can you share somewhere files from your board? i'll look into it.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] yoghurt13:
Yeah, I'll upload the thing, I'll PM you the link.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] yoghurt13:
Okay, I somehow managed to get it to work, found the perfect rom for the reset, BUT, the thing is, I lost my IMEI number from the phone, is there any way to reset it?
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] Deleted member 7257971:
Amazing, thank you for this

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I think because of the relocked bootloader
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] volpula:
ı have a dead huawei p10. my phone is open ı reach thr motherboard to make testpoint.but ı never use linux or ubuntu before.dont know how to open abd fastboot or hikey.idt. ı try to open hikey but dont open.just please somebody make a video to how to use this programs. Itry to access to testpoint but ps cant see the devices.my english bad to follow proccess.

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I try to install ubuntu but dont know how to use. ı cant access terminal but ps cant see the device
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
You have two options - you can use HCU Util by DC Unlocker to return back your IMEI (you remember your original IMEI, correct?), or you can edit your NVME byt your own and flash back with same method as in guide. Anyway - make dump of your NVME (there are commands to do that at the end of my guide - you can do it with root from system, or using TWRP), and send it to me - i'll look if your imei is still somewhere around, or it was erased from device
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
I'm looking currently for ways to boot P10 properly for recovery. I had success with Mediapad M5 as it has reach package of Board Software with emui8. Looks like P10 has limited package, so not sure how to boot it properly. Will write update when i'll have answers.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] yoghurt13:
P10 has an older Android 7.0 board software, so if you guys already flashed 8.0.0.379 or newer software, and tried to downgrade, and cause this hard brick, I have a way to unbrick it, but you might get stuck without an IMEI number as my software did, I'm currently trying to make a batch that does flash the correct stuff at fastboot. Remember, this is going to be only for the new xloader versions. I already have prepared some stuff, and might get it done at the weekend, with some tutorials. Also big thanks to [MENTION=2461994]goodwin_c[/MENTION] for the flashable factory xloader/fastboot that made a big a difference in my progress.

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Also, I tried to use the HCU utility, they said that new fw version from android 8 are not compatible with their tool, so If I can't reset to factory board software version, I can't really reset the IMEI with these tools yet. I'll try to manually edit the NVME, but my IMEI should be gone from the software as did my SN number too, but I got them saved.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] volpula:
okay then thank you. ım waiting your solition and yoghurt13 solition about this.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] Ekenfo:
How did you get past that retry ack error? I also have a P10 and I get that error with sec_uce_boot.img and sec_fastboot from the board software.

Thanks!
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] Ekenfo:
Okay, I found it. You used the hikey_idt package provided in the first post. :good:

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Could you please give more info about that perfect rom?

Thanks!
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] yoghurt13:
I made the post and the archive with everything included, you can view it here. https://xdaforums.com/p10/how-to/unbrick-p10-vtr-l09-vtr-l29-unbrick-t3916694
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] zhuanyi:
[MENTION=2461994]goodwin_c[/MENTION] Sorry for the silly question but how can I open up this device (MediaPad M5), I Googled and doesn't see any disassemble tutorial for this model online and I tired to use something to get between the metal frame and the white plastic front and nothing seems to be able to open it up there. Is there an easier spot to start cracking? Is there any special tools/method you used to weaken the join (or if I am opening up from the right spot at all)??? Thanks
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] NowLearn:
HI , i have a p10 hardbrick. how can i avoid getting my IMEI lost. Im downloading your files right now. I should extract my files from UPDATE.APP from the last known firmware?

thank you
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
What did a trick for me - you can take piece of thin flexible plastic (anti-static bag from HDD will work, or cut part of PET bottle), and then CAREFULLY insert sharp corner of it under glass (you will need some time, and maybe few tries to do that). After - you have to use plastic as knife, gently shrinking adhesive under screen. be careful - don't do fast movement, don't insert plastic too much (you shouldn't reach screen itself - only gently cut adhesive). For me it took around 10mins to remove screen assembly, and around 30 mins to assemble tablet back - it is looking like new, with no new scratches :)
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] HakGetiren:
Thanks for your all helps. I've got error flashing HISIUFS_GPT.img. It gives FAILED with command. I managed to install special fastboot, it's OK. After that step can not go further. Could you help me please? (My phone is mate 9, it has kirin960 chipset)
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
If you will provide more info about what you did and what you get - i'l be happy to help. Write what exactly you did, how did you try to write GPT and what exactly you got in response. More details provided - more chances to get proper help.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] HakGetiren:
Right, my bad. I've bricked phone Huawei mate9 which is kirin 960. It doesn't response, boot or recovery. So i came across to your guide. I started to do the guide step by step. First force to recognize as usb com 1.0. Open in linux. Then make it special fastbooted device. After all I came to step 3- fixing your devices. You said that I had to flash proper partition table from UPDATE.APP. I extracted it. Then open an adb cmd command and write command:

fastboot flash ptable HISIUFS_GPT.img

target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes

sending 'ptable' (196 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.000s]

writing 'ptable'...

FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)

finished. total time: 0.016s

Can't go further.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
So, it was recognized as "USB SER" in Linux, and you booted it with my files using hikey_idt, correct? Can you try, for example, flashing xloader? "fastboot flash xloader XLOADER" - and write there what response will you get.

Also, one more question - what version of emui are you trying to restore? I'm not totally sure, but i suspect that restoring anything before emui8 with my files may have issues (still, just suggestion) - Mediapad M5 has initial software with emui 8, and never had anything older, so my configurations are based on emui 8 files.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] HakGetiren:
Yes, first it was USB- SER. After using hikey-idt and flash, it is recognized as fastboot 2.0. After that i used my windows to flash with using "fastboot flash commands". I opened adb cmd console, write "fastboot devices" and i checked if it is recognized or not. ------> XXXXXXXXXXX fastboot is written.

I am using Mha-l29c636b378. It is emui 8. It was bricked. I used both android 7 and 8 Update.app if it is working or not. But both of them give me "FAILED .."

I'll try flashing xloader and inform you asap.

edit: I wrote fastboot flash xloader XLOADER. It said "error: cannot load 'XLOADER': No such file or directory". I added ".img" and wrote fastboot flash xloader XLOADER.img then

target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes

sending 'xloader' (151 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.009s]

writing 'xloader'...

FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)

finished. total time: 0.018s

.I think my phone is dead.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
Than you definitely has something bad in your sequence. Try to flash files on same linux just after running hikey_idt - otherwise, device may reboot back to "normal" fastboot which will not allow to write protected partitions. Hikey_idt is not flashing anything - it is booting device just temporary with special version of fastboot, and after reboot you will get back your normal fastboot from internal memory

So, just transfer all img files to linux box, install fastboot on it - and try to do all steps in sequence on same machine under same Linux, without disconnecting device.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] hackintosh5:
Some points:

- My device has no UCE, so remove that from the config file. If in doubt about the addresses, consult the XML.

- There's no need to flash splash2 or userdata.

- You should avoid erasing modemnvm_anything, as your IMEI may disappear.

- After flashing ptable you should reboot to force fastboot to reload it.

- I would not suggest randomly flashing the reserved partitions, just read the IDT XML to find out what to flash where. You can see the commands under the <partially_erase_configuration> tag.

- Images sent over EDL aren't verified during flashing, as far as I know. Or if they are, DC has some way to bypass the verification.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] Maximize0987:
edited to be clear

I have a sht-w09 c567 8.0.0.190 october1,18 security patch, I have flashed update.app from 8.0.0.156 and it completed confirmed in settings security level is still october1,18. Will this method allow me to downgrade security level? I am assuming I can do this on a raspberry pi 3b+ with raspbian os.

any thought or concerns on this let me know, total noob to this. Thanks
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
Only concern - be careful with removing screen, as it is very sensitive for damage. Overall - yes, you can downgrade to early version with everything (xloader/teeos/other partitions) to get old security patch and unlock with DC.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] Maximize0987:
Im not sure that I will do it, weighing my options. I have one of those gel packs that you microwave and lay down over the edges to soften the adhesive as well as the "guitar picks". Are there ffc's in the way that I should be careful of?

I was hoping to find a used, or old stock one before cracking open a new device.

Thanks
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
Actually, removing screen on Mediapad M5, in my opinion, is one of easiest cases from my experience. Just two bold notes - don't push guitar pick to far inside (adhesive in mediapad is very narrow (just around 2mm of width), and be extremely careful shrinking adhesive on bottom part of screen - there is wide flex, and you can damage it (better find pictures in internet of back side of screen to learn where exactly flex cable is located). Except that - process is very easy.

And one more thing - better cut peaces of PET bottle, or any thin plastic like that - it is much better and safe for screen than guitar picks. And, better, don't use this anti-adhesive gel - if it will reach screen, it can damage glue between glass and screen.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] Maximize0987:
I opened her up today, but I havent found a testpoint for sht-w09. I am waiting to be approved at gsmhosting to ask there as it is not available in the thread you linked to. How would I go about looking for it in the meantime?
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
You may find testpoint by yourself, there are steps:

- disconnect battery flex. be careful with it - don't shorten it accidentally

- power on your board (insert USB cable, that will be enough)

- use any multimeter to check voltage on every testpoint on the board (look carefully, some testpoints may be hidden behind flex cables). What you are looking - will be 99% on top side of board, and 100% it will not be hidden under any of EM shields

- about checking voltage - you can check it between testpoint and any shield on board

- you will find some points that has some voltage, and that voltage will be low - something around 1-2 volts. This testpoints are potential targets. Forget about everything that has more than 3 volts - you may damage board if you will shorten any of this points to ground!

- now funnest part - finding proper testpoint across points with low voltage. disconnect usb cable (battery should be permanently disconnected for all process), take metal tweezers or some peace of cable, and shorten on of "potential" testpoints to ground (any big metal shield will be OK). Keeping it shorted - insert cable. Wait 2-3 seconds and check device type that appeared in system. If it is USB SER device (or Huawei USB 1.0) - then you found it. Otherwise, power board off again and repeat with next point

P.S. Until you will power on board with shorted any point that has normally high voltage (3V+) - this procedure should be safe for hardware

P.P.S. Read that manual twice, carefully, think before doing anything and be careful. If you will do it properly - you will achieve your target, if you will not - you may kill device. Just kind disclaimer :)
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
If you are unsure, or don't understand some step, or have any doubts - don't hesitate asking there before you will do something wrong.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] Maximize0987:
So I found 2 points that are .94v and 1 that is 1.8v the .94v didn't do anything and the 1.8v point blink the led green several times, but running the lsusb command didn't show USB SER:crying:
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
Than you may try other that doesn't have high voltage on them (we don't want to fry something, correct?). Just to be sure - you have disconnected battery (always), and you are connecting usb cable WHILE keeping one test point shorted to ground (metal shield for ex.)?
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] amcreed:
Can this work with huawei Y9 2019? Kirin 710
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
Potentially, there is high chance this would work for most Kirin-based devices. But for every kind you will have to make some homework to find out all variables - like proper boot images (from board firmwares for your device or any other donor with same CPU), proper boot addresses for every boot stage image etc. I did try to describe as much as possible info to give understanding how this should work.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] ferraript:
well, maybe for 10" model

this is the only disassembly video of MediaPad M5 8.4" I found and it doesn't look easy at all to open it :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDbli1Ha5aI

I also found this FCC document - there are internal photos included too - not so many options for testpoint location

[MENTION=9842212]Maximize0987[/MENTION] : were you able to find it in the end?
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] Maximize0987:
No I didn't but I only checked the spots on the top side, but I'm not sure my computer would even detect it.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
Watch that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AFI9ncSgsI

It is on russian, but you may catch the process from video. In short - use plastic (for ex., peace of bottle), and shrink adhesive between frame and glass with sharp corner of that plastic peace. just be careful how much you are inserting plastic under glass - it shouldn't go deeper than 2-3mm - on M5, adhesive is just 1-1.5mm from edge. If you will push plastic in between glass and screen (too much inserted under glass) - you will damage screen. So, basically process is very easy, just you have to be little careful. And you will need new adhesive to stick everything back. Overall time planning: 10mins to remove screen, 15-20 mins to remove old adhesive, 15-20 mins to carefully and nicely apply new adhesive, 30 seconds to put screen back.

P.S. If you are going to do that, let me know your model - and i'll help with finding correct testpoint and other steps
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] ferraript:
ok, so I managed to get into the tablet, but ended up the same way as Maximize0987 did - I can't find the testpoint

and just like he wrote, there are only three points with non-null voltage - first one with 1.76 V and two points with 0.9 V

when I short-circuit the first one and connect USB, LED blinks red and then, every 4 seconds, there is green blink, it's like the tablet is restarting

I also measured the resistance of all the points, I found three with non-null resistance (voltage was 0) and I tried to short-circuit them, but they didn't work neither

so, what now?
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
Tell me exact model of your tablet, and make photo of your PCB (only side that you see, no need to remove board from case)
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] ferraript:
it's 8.4" MediaPad M5 LTE (SHT-AL09)

I uploaded internal photos here

Edit: If you can locate the testpoint, at least you'll help some other people, because I won't need that point anymore

I wanted to check, if there is enough battery left, so I connected battery and display again and now my display looks like this :crying:
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] waterboy1602:
I have an Honor 9 (Kirin 960). it was bricked, but I let it work again by flashing files with dc-phoenix and ChimeraTool. Now my IMEI is null. Is there a possible way to downgrade with HiKey_IDT to a lower xloader version?
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] Maximize0987:
in regards to the SHT-AL09 pictures posted this is what the SHT-W09 looks like if you were to add the LTE chip, otherwise identical.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] wag3slav3:
I'm looking for/waiting for testpoints for the SHT-W09 to appear. Anything I can do to advance the cause? I've got my board out of the case and I've tried to short all of the available 0.1-3v points on the board that I could see and never got anything to appear as a USB device.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] waterboy1602:
When i follow this procedure I get a lot of FAILED (remote: 'image verification error'). Why is that and can i fix that?
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] ElsaReyes:
Yes hi, just curious. Can this be used to downgrade the M5 to a point when it would be possible to unlock the bootloader? Or no?
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
No, i don't see any possible places on that photos. If you can remove board from the case and then make photos from both sides - it may help a lot. Testpoint that we are looking - may be hidden under some flex, or under metal clip that is holding one of flexes - it is best to disconnect everything that is keeping board on place, remove it and then make photo.

About screen - very sad to see such result. Did you apply any force up during removing screen? You should shrink all adhesive with plastic, and then screen should go off by itself just with gravity - never apply any force to modern screens that can deformate upper glass - it will for sure damage screen that is glued directly to glass.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] ferraript:
[MENTION=2002534]wag3slav3[/MENTION] already took out the board and checked all the points with no success

I believe he could make another photos if those I offered are not enough

obviously I pushed those plastic pieces too much inside and they got just between those two parts you are writing about

I ordered new LCD - I rather went for the original one than for one of those "for Huawei..." with uncertain quality and specs

it'll cost me another 85 EUR and I'll have to wait for one month, but I think it's better option than to throw the tablet away
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] goodwin_c:
You made photos from good angles, but quality... it's hard to check small details on PCB from this photos :( If you can re-do this photos from another device, to get better quality - it will be perfect!
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] ferraript:
[MENTION=2002534]wag3slav3[/MENTION] : could you make detailed photos of the board for [MENTION=2461994]goodwin_c[/MENTION] ?
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] wag3slav3:
Do you one better, here's the test point on the back of the board.

https://imgur.com/a/KxIYAZQ

I was able to downgrade to Android 6 since that's all that comes with the board software (Schubert-W09A-BD 1.0.0.18_Board Software_general_8.0.0_r1_EMUI8.0_05022GAE) using the testpoint then used Read booloader code from dc-unlocker I wasn't able to unlock the phone directly with dc-unlocker.

After that I went into upgrade mode (both vol buttons and power) and used dc-phoenix to load Schubert-W09A 8.0.0.190(C567)_Firmware_8.0.0_r1_EMUI8.0_05014YFX and Schubert-W09A 8.0.0.190(C567)_Firmware_8.0.0_r1_EMUI8.0_05014YFX - SHT-W09_hw_usa as an addon package.

Once I was back up to 8.0.0.190 I got into fastboot and ran fastboot oem unlock (code from read bootloader code) and I now have an unlocked M5 8.4.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] ferraript:
can somebody share the board software for SHT-AL09 please?

since you are registered there, you can now share the test point location's photo that wag3slav3 made ;)
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] Maximize0987:
Sorry I cant post links there, and I tried several alterations, but no go.

ok I just made the connection myself and I can confirm this point makes it recognized by my RPi
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] Maximize0987:
ok so I am looking for the 3 files you talk about in your original post in the screenshots you have

usb_xloader.img

uce_boot.img

fastboot.img

I am able to find in my (SHT-W09 8.0.0.156 C567) update.app

xloader.img

fastboot.img

no uce_boot.img to be found anywhere in the release
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] wag3slav3:
Those files are in the board software package. You need both the firmware package (that you have) and the board software package that you don't have yet.
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] Maximize0987:
do you have them?
[Huawei MediaPad M5  Guides, News, & Discussion] wag3slav3:
Firmwares/board/software I used. I had to buy a sub for easy-firmware and 19 credits from DC-Unlocker guys to make it all work. Total investment was about 30 euros.

Board Software for testpoint mode and downgrade to Android 6 (had to pay to get access)

https://easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=127870

DC-Unlocker to extract unlock code from Android 6 exploit, it does not unlock the tablet properly, but you can ask it to extract the code and then fastboot oem unlock with the numbers it kicks out after you flash back up to modern firmware. (had to pay 4 credits to use unlocker)

https://www.dc-unlocker.com/downloads

Main firmware package (paid previously to get board software, same subscription)

https://easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=128266

USA Specific Option File

https://easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=file&id=128265

DC-Phoenix to load main firmware package (had to buy 15 credits)

https://www.dc-unlocker.com/file-list/DC-unlocker_softwares/DC_Phoenix