Hello everyone. I have an idea: let's share our oeminfo?
What is oeminfo?
Oeminfo is a partition in Huawei devices that defines what regional settings will be applied on boot.
How does it work?
No one except Huawei knows what exactly this partition contains. It can't be mounted, most likely doesn't contain files and its format is undefined.
The only thing we know is that changing its content to the one from device of another country makes your device think it's from that country.
Also we know that the device somehow reads this partiton and decides what folder from cust partiton to read and link to.
What's all that for?
As we know, Chinese manufacturers often forget to update devices from countries other than China. It makes their owners frustrate and dream of new features they'll possibly never get.
How to know what oeminfo do i have?
First of all, go to "About device" and look at build number. For example, my Russian tablet has BTV-DL09C100B005 number. BTV-DL09 is model, C100 is region my firmware belongs to and B005 is version.
At this moment we can find the newest chinese firmware, which build number is BTV-DL09C233B026. C233 is Chinese region and this firmware brings some new features to EMUI like posibility to hide navigation bar, set screen density to apps etc. Of course if your region differs from C233, you won't see this update with Update menu.
Also, you can type *#*#2846579#*#* in dialer, go to Network Information Query and then to Vendor Country info. My device shows Vendor: hw, Country: ru.
How to backup oeminfo?
I know 3 ways:
1) With TWRP backup feature
2) With dd from TWRP adb shell
3) With ES Explorer.
1) Backup with TWRP is easy and doesn't need an explanation.
2) To backup with dd go to TWRP, connect your device to the computer, type adb shell in command line and you'll be in TWRP console.
Now type dd if=/dev/block/platrofm/hi_mci.0/by-name/oeminfo of=/sdcard/oeminfo.img and you'll get a byte-to-byte copy of oeminfo partition in internal storage.
3) To backup with ES Explorer, you'll need root access. If you have if, go to /dev/block/platrofm/hi_mci.0/by-name/ and copy oeminfo to another place.
I don't know which way is the most correct, but owners of another Huawei devices change oeminfo with ES Explorer and sometimes dd.
So, what do you, guys, think? If someone has Chinese DL09 with C233 region, please, share your oeminfo, so other people could get updates.
Wow, great post full of great info...
Just for the sake of trying, I successfully copied my oeminfo file as you advise from /dev/... to SDcard, using ES Explorer in root mode.
For everyone's info that's a mighty 64MB file... my case is vendor=hw, country=eu.
One innocent question: say we get a Chinese oeminfo somehow, how to be sure that swapping around those files in /dev/... directory won't brick the device? (or turn the display to unreadable pinyin characters...)
lolo83560 said:
Wow, great post full of great info...
One innocent question: say we get a Chinese oeminfo somehow, how to be sure that swapping around those files in /dev/... directory won't brick the device? (or turn the display to unreadable pinyin characters...)
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Well, this method of switching regions is used on many huawei devices like Mate 8, Honor 6, P8 lite, Mediapad M2, Mediapad X2, etc. I can't garantee that it works on M3, but I don't think it's something completely different from other devices where this method works. Anyway, at this moment I want to collect these files from different regions and see if they're at least similar. Its size is really 64MB and it's OK. I also would make a dd backup just in case something goes wrong.
P.S. what's your build number? I'd like to know if other countries have more recent firmware than Russia, cause the reason of all this messing around is just getting as more updates as possible.
P.S. what's your build number? I'd like to know if other countries have more recent firmware than Russia, cause the reason of all this messing around is just getting as more updates as possible.
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it's BTV-DL09C100B003
by the way I also uploaded my oeminfo file up there so you can play around.... (click the "Valider et telecharger le fichier" button in the middle).
Let us know how it goes...
Got mine through a gray import, and looks like it is a Chinese version:
Model No: BTV-W09
Build No: BTV-W09C233B019
Device not rooted yet and waiting for availability of official recovery before installing TWRP.
Device did have a lot of Chinese app (since uninstalled) but no real issue switching language to English on first boot up. Had to select English (UK) before I can use Australia as region. Selecting English (US) did not give Australia as a country as an option.
Have also replaced the EMUI with stock standard Google interface.
I am not rooting mine yet but my
Modelnumber: BTV-W09
Build Number: BTF-W09C100B003
bought mine officially in Austria
rling said:
Got mine through a gray import, and looks like it is a Chinese version:
Model No: BTV-W09
Build No: BTV-W09C233B019
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What's different from DL09? Wi-Fi only, no SIM? Is there anything interesting in Settings? Does it see any OTA?
Hi,
from Huawei's specifications page, indeed seems only two models have been released: DL09 (L as LTE) and W09 (W as WIFI).
DL being the same as W with cellphone "Network" features added, i.e. GSM, UMTS, LTE, etc.
Availability of the LTE seems to depend on region, whereas the (cheaper) WIFI model is available everywhere.
eg. in EU we have both, whereas it seems they only get the W in the US.
BTV-DL09
BTV-DL09C100B003
Bought in Germany (LTE Version).
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What's different from DL09? Wi-Fi only, no SIM? Is there anything interesting in Settings? Does it see any OTA?
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WiFi only. Only had one OTA and that was when I first turned it on. No current update in settings.
This is important stuff since it may help us unlock the 5 GHz WiFi which is disabled in the US versions.
I have been searching and I have found https://pan.baidu.com/s/1nuUWTo1 contains the fastboot roms for the chinese versions this has 4 files boot recovery cust and system
in my preliminary analysis I see that boot and recovery are signed and the signature block is 4K
Looks a good start ... but it's all in Chinese characters. Google translate does a great job but eventually downloading bigger files need the "BaiduNetDisk" utility to be installed, which is all in pinyin too ... unreadable for non-asians and google translate cannot be used to help it.
Any chance you could retrieve this all and upload it for us to another place?
Essentially these two big 1.4GB files cannot be downloaded w/o the utility :
华为_BTV-W09_BTV-W09C233B017_中国(China)_6.0.zip
华为_BTV-W09_BTV-W09C233B010_中国(China)_6.0.zip
and beware, the file MiFlash工具教程.zip is reported by Firefox to contain a virus or malware. Might be true or not, but at least MSE does not flag it as dangerous.
lolo83560 said:
Looks a good start ... but it's all in Chinese characters. Google translate does a great job but eventually downloading bigger files need the "BaiduNetDisk" utility to be installed, which is all in pinyin too ... unreadable for non-asians and google translate cannot be used to help it.
Any chance you could retrieve this all and upload it for us to another place?
Essentially these two big 1.4GB files cannot be downloaded w/o the utility :
åŽä¸º_BTV-W09_BTV-W09C233B017_ä¸*国(China)_6.0.zip
åŽä¸º_BTV-W09_BTV-W09C233B010_ä¸*国(China)_6.0.zip
and beware, the file MiFlash工具教程.zip is reported by Firefox to contain a virus or malware. Might be true or not, but at least MSE does not flag it as dangerous.
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Don't know why, but I can mark these files, press 下载 button and files are being downloaded. The problem is it's very slow.
Also, I have a link to Full OTA firmware for BTV-W09C233B019:
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1224/g490/v67974/f1/full/update.zip
PLEASE, BE VERY CAREFUL IF YOU WANT TO INSTALL IT
How-to:
1) Download this file.
2) Open it and assure that it has META-INF folder and UPDATE.APP file inside.
3) Find some kind of Huawei firmware extractor and open UPDATE.APP with it.
4) Extract cust.img and verlist.img
5) Open verlist.img with notepad or any other text editor and assure it has BTV-W09Cxxx inside, where xxx is a number.
6) Find ext4 extractor and extract cust.img. Somewhere in dualcu/cn/prop you will find local.prop. Open it and assure it has ro.build.display_id=BTV-DL09C233B019 inside.
7) Boot into TWRP and make a backup, transfer in to the PC.
8) Make a backup of all partitions with dd from adb shell (still it TWRP):
Code:
for f in 3rdmodem 3rdmodemnvm 3rdmodemnvmbkp boot cache cust dfx dts fastboot frp fw_hifi fw_lpm3 hisitest0 hisitest1 hisitest2 misc modem modem_dsp modem_dtb modem_om modemnvm_backup modemnvm_factory modemnvm_img modemnvm_system modemnvm_update nvme oeminfo persist recovery recovery2 reserved1 reserved2 secure_storage sensorhub splash splash2 system teeos trustfirmware vrl vrl_backup ; do echo "Copying $f"; dd if=$f of=/sdcard/$f.img; done
Please, edit it according to partitions you have, because this script is for BTV-DL09. The easiest way to do it is launch "ls -1" command, copy its output to notepad, delete userdata from the list and put everything in one line.
9) Copy img files to your computer.
10) put update.zip to your tablet's memory and install it with TWRP, just like any other zip file.
11) You will loose TWRP, so boot into fastboot and reinstall it.
I'm not responsible if anything goes wrong. I don't have W09 tablet, but all these have been done by me on a DL09 variant with Chinese C233B026 firmware.
Also, I will try to download these zip files and put them to another site.
Added links to those Chinese ROMS. Please, tell me if you can't download them or can't undestand how to.
Link to Chinese firmware files
BTV-W09
BTV-W09C100B003
European (WiFi Version).
So, well, thanks to all. As I see, there's really no great need in changing OemInfo at this moment.
Here're the reasons:
1) You want OTA -> you don't modify the system. Otherwise it won't install.
2) If you have root and did some modifications, it's better to install Chinese firmware than wait for an OTA which may come or not.
3) This tablet is not a cheap one and still there was no person who'd like to try changing OEMINFO to some other, so we don't know if it can be done at all.
4) Chinese firmware can be successfully installed with TWRP and if you backup your cust partition and restore your original folder structure there after installation, you won't have any problems. Moreover your tablet will behave just like it's from your country, not China.
5) Nobody knows how to manually install OTA updates, because old ways don't work and new ones are not discovered.
Could somebody post a TWRP backup of the Chinese version of oeminfo for the BTV-DL09C233.
TWRP backup image of BTV-DL09C233 (Chinese LTE Version) OEMinfo
bejam said:
Could somebody post a TWRP backup of the Chinese version of oeminfo for the BTV-DL09C233.
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Hello all, I'm relatively new to this forum but I'd like to make a contribution.
Recently I rebranded my Mediapad M3, changing the oeminfo from C233 to C100.
I made a backup before this change and would like to share it.
Of course, I wouldn't recommend the C233 unless you are Chinese. Because of the Chinese gov't ban on Google products, it removes most standard Google features and replaces them with Chinese versions.
While there are workarounds (installing Google Play) I feel that it significantly alters the Android experience.
I can confirm that changing from C233(China) to C100(Europe) works well, however I am not sure if the same can be said of the converse situation.
Anyway, enjoy!
mega.nz/#!9QFFALgT!ugaSQooJBIRlnHHMq7Abrf6lru3SjLcgnvbV3hglPok
Since I'm a new user I can't post a direct link right now
thanks for the oem info.is there much bloatware on the chinese version
Chinese bloatware
trd_jzx100 said:
thanks for the oem info.is there much bloatware on the chinese version
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There are maybe about 10 apps in place of google apps, but most of them can be uninstalled. A few can only be disabled
I bought mine in Romania, it has Vendor: hw, Country: eu. The sticker on the back, with the MAC and S/N says Huawei Technologies Netherlands BV. I have a W09C100 version, with Nougat B301 on it right now.
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Hello!
I've been trying to see if there's any root exploits, ROMs, whatever for this phone. Is it Hamachi (4012) compatible? Or is it another species? It does seem there's not much about it.
The only thing I've found is this mail thread.
comments DOT gmane DOT org / gmane DOT comp DOT mozilla DOT devel DOT b2g / 12487
The Fire C is a Jelly Bean based one. Start from there.
If I can successfully flash mine will post results. Wish me luck.
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Hello!
I've been trying to see if there's any root exploits, ROMs, whatever for this phone. Is it Hamachi (4012) compatible? Or is it another species? It does seem there's not much about it.
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mancvso said:
The only thing I've found is this mail thread.
comments DOT gmane DOT org / gmane DOT comp DOT mozilla DOT devel DOT b2g / 12487
The Fire C is a Jelly Bean based one. Start from there.
If I can successfully flash mine will post results. Wish me luck.
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Nope. Bricked phone.
Anyone knows how to use this files?
forum DOT gsmhosting DOT com / vbb / f272 / flash-file-request-alcatel-4019x-1883599
Where did you find these files? Can you point me to them?
Maybe I can make something out of it. The MTK Droid Tools is totally unable of dumping anything from this phone and it's supposedly designed for these kind of phones (the chipset is a MediaTek).
If only I could snatch the boot image...! But the /dev/ block devices do not make any sense to me, otherwise I'd have at least something to go back when I screw the boot loader.
The URL is in the post above, just replace " DOT " with "." and delete spaces.
Anyway, the direct link is
mediafireDOTcom/?t6x77dxpb9bucbf
Which one is boot, system, userdata? Do you have the original file sizes?
I've tried with various Hamachi (4012X) boot.img but none of them works.
PD: I cannot post links.
I managed to fix my phone!!
In the folder above (Mediafire)
boot.img is B1TC000112R0.mbn
recovery.img is R1TC000112R0.mbn
system.img Y1TC000112R0.mbn
Be sure to explicitly start in fastboot mode (Power+Volume down)
As a side note, if load recovery.img in boot.img the phone will start in that mode. I've had to do that to make it boot (and them flash boot.img)
Good luck. Pass it on.
Wonderful! This is really useful info.
Now we can try to couple it with the FFOS SDK and try to get root and maybe upgrade to 2.0...
D'loading so I can start hacking...
resetreboot said:
Wonderful! This is really useful info.
Now we can try to couple it with the FFOS SDK and try to get root and maybe upgrade to 2.0...
D'loading so I can start hacking...
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Please do so! An upgrade to 2.x is crucial even for copy/pasting text.
mancvso said:
I managed to fix my phone!!
In the folder above (Mediafire)
boot.img is B1TC000112R0.mbn
recovery.img is R1TC000112R0.mbn
system.img Y1TC000112R0.mbn
Be sure to explicitly start in fastboot mode (Power+Volume down)
As a side note, if load recovery.img in boot.img the phone will start in that mode. I've had to do that to make it boot (and them flash boot.img)
Good luck. Pass it on.
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Great news, remember you can type *#3228# to know what are all these filenames in your device.
I have a 4019M (sold unlocked in this country) and I am interested on this, however I don't have experience flashing yet, as this is my first smartphone. If you need to do some tests from here for this particular device to get root and upgrades, feel free to ask!
This device is qualcomm based and gonk is jelly bean based, if I recall correctly.
Some news, they finally uploaded this month 4019X / 4019A GPL compliance sources into sourceforge · net / projects / alcatel / files /
Some progress to get a proper factory image
When using One Touch Update, I tried to figure what happens with the factory image download from the vendor. It downloads a bunch of 64 KiB files stored in a downloaded/ subdir of the programfiles application folder. They are downloaded via TCP, not using HTTP. Once the download is complete, out1.data and out2.data are generated, I guess all these files get somewhat assembled into these. They are placed in the programfiles application folder too, 203 MiB each. They look like a couple of Android sparse image files, according to header magic numbers. These files should be copypasted somewhere before ending the flash operation and closing the application, otherwise they will be deleted. Maybe these files contain interesting stuff :good:. There is also a log file showing addresses where is flashing and sizes of the images of the factory flashing operation.
Maybe some USB sniffing is worth, but not tested.
4019X Brick
Hi guys.
I have a 4019X bricked becasuse i tried to install a wrong system.img.
Can you upload again the factory flash images? The mediafire link is broken.
I made a backup of the original system with adb pull /system /system as mozilla´s recommend in the Firefox OS build prerequisites.
But i dont know how to compile to restore my phone. I tried this:
ANDROIDFS_DIR=<path to system backup> ./config.sh tarako
ANDROIDFS_DIR=<path to system backup> ./build.sh
but always fail.
If you dont know, can you tell me how to use the source code of alcatel to unbrik my phone:
sourceforge.net ... OT_FF_4019X_20150408.tar.xz
Thanks
Backup of the stock One Touch Fire C files
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nzn6g4qhh585ho4/4019X-2[X=A,B,C,D]TBHU1.rar?dl=0
Please keep us informed on any progress, now that Firefox has freed itself.
can u tell me if this rom has portuguese language? i need 4019x android or firefox with portuguese language? or anyway to add language?
best regards
mancvso said:
I managed to fix my phone!!
In the folder above (Mediafire)
boot.img is B1TC000112R0.mbn
recovery.img is R1TC000112R0.mbn
system.img Y1TC000112R0.mbn
Be sure to explicitly start in fastboot mode (Power+Volume down)
As a side note, if load recovery.img in boot.img the phone will start in that mode. I've had to do that to make it boot (and them flash boot.img)
Good luck. Pass it on.
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Hi! I can not fix my Alcatel OT- 4019A yet. ¿could you please help me with that?
I don't know exactly what do with that archives.
Thanks!
Gsmfanatic said:
can u tell me if this rom has portuguese language? i need 4019x android or firefox with portuguese language? or anyway to add language?
best regards
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The firmware doesn't have the Portuguese language, flashed it myself ...
2015/10/07 The information below will be kept to help folks make backups and for linux/mac users to have some images to restore but if you have bricked your phone the recommended solution now is to install Alcatel's Mobile Q software version 4.9.2 or newer and use it to restore your phone to factory condition. Basically turn off the phone..plug it up to the pc via usb and run the software...it should prompt you from there. The link to download the software is here: http://alcatelonetouch.com/global-en/support/download/pixi_3_7_4g.html
*****Warning***** Recent updates from Alcatel have REMOVED the fastboot commands that allow root and custom recovery for some models of the 6039. Before updating read the details here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3173598 and make sure the new update doesn't do the same!
You should also be aware that if your phone hangs on boot and you are rooted don't do a factory reset or you will lose adb access if you had it enabled which can be used to restore your phone
Table of Contents
Post #1: Intro
Post #2: Backup Instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62006344&postcount=2
Post #3: System Images http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62006344&postcount=3
Post #4: Restore Instructions and firmware issues http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62006344&postcount=4
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Folks, OTA updates for Lollipop check if your system has ever been mounted read/write (which is required to root) and if it has they do not allow the update to install. What that means is before you root you need to first go into fastboot and do a fastboot boot of TWRP (this boots twrp on your phone without installing it) then go into twrp and backup your system directory so you always have something to restore to if you want future OTA updates.
The bad news is that for folks who have already rooted, we need TWRP backups of the system partition for each model of the idol 3 BEFORE someone has rooted. 6045i, 6045k, 6045y...are there more?
If you have NOT yet rooted your phone and are willing to help out please post here with your model number(It shows in settings, about phone as Model Number). I'll add some instructions on how to take a backup then the backup needs to be uploaded online somewhere we can access it. The system partition is normally read only so it contains NONE of your personal information.
This paragraph from the TWRP documentation is taken from: https://twrp.me/site/update/2015/06/22/twrp-2.8.7.0-released.html
System read only option: Devices that ship with 5.0 and higher as their initial OS are using block level OTA updates. With this style of OTA update, the update script checks to see if the system partition has ever been mounted read/write. Further, the script also usually runs an SHA sum of the entire system partition to detect if any changes have been made. If any changes have been made, the OTA update will refuse to install. Since not all OEMs and devices have factory images available, we have created a new feature in TWRP that detects if the system partition has ever been mounted read/write. If not, you will be prompted asking if you want TWRP to mount system as read/write. If you choose not to allow TWRP to mount as read/write, TWRP won’t prompt to install SuperSU and TWRP won’t try to patch the stock ROM to prevent TWRP from being replaced by stock recovery. The goal of this option is to hopefully allow the user to make a raw system image backup that they can use to get back to a state where they can take OTA updates again.]
Here's an article that explains it better than I can: https://www.androidpit.com/android-5-0-lollipop-ota-update-fail
20150810 - Turns out all thats required to get updates at least for now is doing a FULL unroot. (That may not be the case with a major jump such as from 5.0.2 to 5.1.1) Failure to do a full unroot can result in boot loops after applying updates that currently DO NOT HAVE A SOLUTION because the default recovery for the 6045i and 6045Y do not have the reboot to bootloader option that IS present in the 6045K and all models of the 6039 Idol 3. Thanks Alcatel! An easier solution is to flash an already upgraded firmware if it is available. Canadian users have also found it useful to flash USA firmware (both have a 6045i) to get updates sooner than being released by the cell providers in canada.
Instructions to backup your system prior to rooting.
-Get/install Alcatel USB driver if Windows. (no need for Mac). FROM HERE: http://54.247.87.13/softwareupgrade/Driver/ALCATEL_ADB_ Driver Qualcomm_ADB.rar , or just connect your idol3 to the computer and from the phone select "cd rom" drive..it will install the drivers automatically
Windows and Mac users should have downloaded the android sdk to get adb and fastboot. [ https://developer.android.com/sdk/ ] Linux (ubuntu based) users should install packages android-tools-adb and android-tools-fastboot Windows users can try a minimal adb and fastboot install using the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790 or here: http://dottech.org/21534/how-to-ins...ows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/
download twrp from here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347778862
-Set USB debugging on in Developer settings (if these are not exposed, go to Settings/About Phone/Build number, and tap 7 times.)
-Plug in USB cable to phone and computer. Tap on USB icon in notifications panel; select MTP (file transfer) mode or PTP also works fine.
-ON your pc open command prompt in the directory where you have placed twrp-2.8.7.0-idol3.img (when using windows in the directory hold shift and press the right button on the mouse, it will pop-up a window where you have to select "open command prompt here" and type "adb reboot-bootloader" to reboot into bootloader
-Then type "fastboot -i 0x1bbb devices" This should show the device
-Type "fastboot -i 0x1bbb boot twrp-2.8.7.0-idol3.img" This will boot twrp on your phone without installing it.
-On your phone do a normal backup but make sure only "system image" (not system) and Boot (to keep the kernel in sync with the system) is checkmarked to be backed up. You can go into TWRP settings and have it write to the external_sd vs using internal "sdcard" before starting the backup if you have one installed
-After backup has completed it will have created a folder named TWRP on your /sdcard or /storage/sdcard1 depending on which you selected (/sdcard by default). Assuming this is your first use of twrp then copy the whole twrp folder over to your pc and zip or rar it then post a message with your model stating you have a backup and we'll work to get it uploaded. If you have previously used twrp and have multiple backups then just go one directory in "/sdcard/TWRP/" and backup only the directory with the date timestamp of your most recent backup.
When uploading to the cloud zip'ing or rar'ing the file will cut it's size by about half. (it's 3gb initially and roughly 900mb afterward) It's still a rather large file so you might look at http://www.filedropper.com/ to upload the file...they claim files allowed up to 5gb and no registration required. https://mega.co.nz is also a good alternative but can be slow. If you have suggestions for a better place to put the files please let me know.
If you are willing to contribute space that will not expire to host the system backups please contact me via pm. Make sure to hit thanks for our generous uploaders.
System Downloads Available [Each download is +- 1GB in size]
(Do not crossflash devices ie flash the 6045i image to a 6045K or 6045Y. We don't know what the results will be!):
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6045 (5.5 inch model)
From most recent back to "out of the box".
Model: 60450(USA-Cricket) Firmware: 5.0.2-010 03 Link: https://mega.nz/#!xhhy0AKC!hWhDgXCQOGt0cNHcfkkejEEBiP1pjOT5-ZK6mAY5MUU Thanks to squeakychu for the upload!
Model: 6045i(usa) Firmware: 5.0.2.7SRA-UEA2 Link: https://mega.nz/#!dRkgxA5L!z7yVmmgeUWBpAGwJW6ixnGhGBzUky1dfhKksu3yGPKg Thanks to Brian117 for the uploads! (09/28/2015)
Model: 6045i(usa) Firmware: 5.0.2.7SR4-UE40 Link: https://mega.co.nz/#!K9szRIKR!ZdjIiH2Ol0ZCNe2VTSl6cbRyQeZFtafG3Y9CM0ecCkg 20150810 md5sum: 56376824f7c10d8debaec6c3a7100e50
Model: 6045i(usa) Firmware: 5.0.2-7SQR-UER0 Link: https://mega.co.nz/#!FB0DQAhQ!rQ4H39hQR2tDhfniEej-RvsSe5OqWY42_xCsjY08o4k Thanks to buggleston for the upload!
Model: 6045i(usa) Firmware: 5.0.2-7SQ3-UE30 Link: https://mega.co.nz/#!focwnJJL!VQW3Omi3TF4iJzIyNLu73P9gb8i_WKA_fu7ZWUiIsN0 Thanks to Electriccars for the upload!
Model: 6045i(usa) Firmware: 5.0.2.7SMA-UEA1 Link: https://mega.nz/#!pdlWhQLR!D2-mEnxp2SnxH0QBDsSSZ-YrDooJC8BdKronYxziF_A Thanks to lordlittlebrooks for the upload!
Model: 6045i(canada) Firmware: 5.0.2-7SQB-UCB0 Link: https://mega.nz/#!opolxbIY!A9dEfORplfhkmuNwobKsEF2wX6yY3oLq8M9dgWpDNq8 Thanks to KryPTiCk0d3 for the upload!
Model: 6045i(canada) Firmware: 5.0.2-7SQ9-UV93 Link: http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8Gqss1TYorTaXZrRFdBdDJ2Vnc/view Thanks to green3water5 for the upload!
Model: 6045K(Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia and maybe Cz) Firmware: 5.0.2-010 0101001 Link: https://mega.nz/#!L5El0QqA!IrxnA4qyXONyWehaJltc7JsE5TgaAXIdT9RQ73K0Rdw Thanks to bokaco7 and Nikola Jovanovic for the upload!
Model: 6045Y(Europe) Firmware: 5.0.2-010 06 Link: https://mega.nz/#!N9phSbTR!hH0bTJnHcUrwKxdpA-RKyecHNPKls7Cy0fi-Ih3BWkM Thanks to Gynoid for the upload!
Model: 6045Y(Europe) Firmware: 5.0.2-010 05 Link: https://mega.nz/#!pxgwXKIA!TInG7xK9Z-qObX1Cc3BObGp88zx0FCpWI3RDt_wdD0Q and https://mega.nz/#!l5xnSDrL!-y2ye27vODfNAR2qcBAQN7q0gGYA579iRzla07lFkd4 [You will need to flash both as one has the system backup and the other has the boot] Thanks to Gynoid for the upload!
Model: 6045Y(Europe) Firmware: 5.0.2-010 03 Link: http://mega.co.nz/#!CYk2mBCa!XJd1nJI1cUcTcGjwzhApcAyABQ8y54D-bATvgxxHMsE Thanks to zrkkrz for uploading this 2 times!
Model: 6045Y(Europe) Firmware: 5.0.2-010 01 Link: http://data.nettitoimisto.com/f/e308c56574/ Thanks to tommihut for the upload!
Other models not listed? NEEDED!
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All backups will eventually be mirrored to MEGA. If the file is missing I'm more than likely still trying to get it uploaded. MEGA can be slow however the files should never expire. The folder is here: https://mega.co.nz/#F!DgNhkDKR!GyJsku7nw4F6nLiT4XFRKA
If an individual download link is dead please let me know via post or pm.
Thanks to kirplunk and zrkkrz for uploading backups that ended up having to be replaced due to incorrect instructions to backup system instead of "system image" from within TWRP.
When using these backups.....
There is currently a bug in TWRP that appears to be showing 6045Y for ALL idol3 devices in the recovery.log so make SURE the system image you are flashing is meant for your device to the best of your ability.
Restoring a TWRP backup image:
If you wish to update to a newer firmware or restore an older one you can follow purple.epod's basic instructions here but use the firmware you want to restore: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62313284&postcount=1 Also make sure you restore both boot AND system image in the newer firmware's when selecting what to restore.
When restoring the UE40 firmware the first time you go into system update checker you need to delete the existing UE40 update as it kept it around...you should then be able to check updates as normal.
This was brought up in the main rooting thread, but you might also be able to unroot via SuperSU with the Full Unroot option. Haven't tried it yet but if it works, you can just unroot, install whatever OTA there may be, and re-root.
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This was brought up in the main rooting thread, but you might also be able to unroot via SuperSU with the Full Unroot option. Haven't tried it yet but if it works, you can just unroot, install whatever OTA there may be, and re-root.
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Yeah, I'm the one who brought it up. I thought those about to root should be made aware.
Based on the twrp documentation it sounds like once it's been mounted once as read/write there is a way for them to check and it will kill the ota update. unrooting isn't going to fix that. We also have no good way to intercept the updates so we could alter them to install anyway. I used a squid transparent proxy to find the download url but won't do me any good if my phone can't download the update. If it lets the phone dwonload and then when it runs aborts I may still be able to grab the url and the update could be modified to apply anyway.
tried to upload stock system backup for 6045i
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i have backed up the stock system twrp backup for 6045i zipped in folder then tried your file link to up load, after about 15 minutes it was still uploading seemed to long so i stopped the upload. do you or dallascz have another place to upload or email maybe? i still have not installed the recovery or rooted yet, trying to give back to Idol3ers.
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Folks, OTA updates for Lollipop check if your system has ever been mounted read/write (which is required to root) and if it has they do not allow the update to install. What that means is before you root you need to first go into fastboot and do a fastboot boot of TWRP (this boots twrp on your phone without installing it) then go into twrp and backup your system directory so you always have something to restore to if you want future OTA updates.
The bad news is that for folks who have already rooted, we need TWRP backups of the system partition for each model of the idol 3 BEFORE someone has rooted. 6045i, 6045k, 6045y...are there more?
If you have NOT yet rooted your phone and are willing to help out please post here with your model number(It shows in settings, about phone as Model Number). I'll add some instructions on how to take a backup then the backup needs to be uploaded online somewhere we can access it. The system partition is normally read only so it contains NONE of your personal information.
System read only option: Devices that ship with 5.0 and higher as their initial OS are using block level OTA updates. With this style of OTA update, the update script checks to see if the system partition has ever been mounted read/write. Further, the script also usually runs an SHA sum of the entire system partition to detect if any changes have been made. If any changes have been made, the OTA update will refuse to install. Since not all OEMs and devices have factory images available, we have created a new feature in TWRP that detects if the system partition has ever been mounted read/write. If not, you will be prompted asking if you want TWRP to mount system as read/write. If you choose not to allow TWRP to mount as read/write, TWRP won’t prompt to install SuperSU and TWRP won’t try to patch the stock ROM to prevent TWRP from being replaced by stock recovery. The goal of this option is to hopefully allow the user to make a raw system image backup that they can use to get back to a state where they can take OTA updates again.]
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i have backed up the stock system twrp backup for 6045i zipped in folder then tried your file link to up load, after about 15 minutes it was still uploading seemed to long so i stopped the upload. do you or dallascz have another place to upload or email maybe? i still have not installed the recovery or rooted yet, trying to give back to Idol3ers.
kirplunk said:
i have backed up the stock system twrp backup for 6045i zipped in folder then tried your file link to up load, after about 15 minutes it was still uploading seemed to long so i stopped the upload. do you or dallascz have another place to upload or email maybe? i still have not installed the recovery or rooted yet, trying to give back to Idol3ers.
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i have backed up the stock system twrp backup for 6045i zipped in folder then tried your file link to up load, after about 15 minutes it was still uploading seemed to long so i stopped the upload. do you or dallascz have another place to upload or email maybe? i still have not installed the recovery or rooted yet, trying to give back to Idol3ers.
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kirplunk, how large is the file after you have zipped it? I'll check into some more services. I'm limited by the fact I don't have hi speed and I don't think xda rules allow me to mention any file sharing service that requires registration. If you do a google of "upload large file" and find a service that works for you let me know. If others have a suggestion also let me know. I'm reply back as soon as I find some other sites. Thanks for your assistance!
*update* In other areas of XDA they suggest https://mega.co.nz/ for large file uploads however it would require creating your own account. They give you 50GB. Let me know if this works for you please.
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kirplunk, how large is the file after you have zipped it? I'll check into some more services. I'm limited by the fact I don't have hi speed and I don't think xda rules allow me to mention any file sharing service that requires registration. If you do a google of "upload large file" and find a service that works for you let me know. If others have a suggestion also let me know. I'm reply back as soon as I find some other sites. Thanks for your assistance!
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the unzipped folder with files was 2.1gb in size, the zipped folder with files that i tried to upload is 855mb in size. i do not use the cloud at all so i don't have a drop box or any thing of the type. the site you referenced said it was uploading but it seemed 15 minutes was more than enough time for that size of file. my browser kept saying it was uploading and connecting to site.
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the unzipped folder with files was 2.1gb in size, the zipped folder with files that i tried to upload is 855mb in size. i do not use the cloud at all so i don't have a drop box or any thing of the type. the site you referenced said it was uploading but it seemed 15 minutes was more than enough time for that size of file. my browser kept saying it was uploading and connecting to site.
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Can you please try https://mega.co.nz/ and see if it works better for you? It will require creating an account but they will give you 50GB and you could use a disposable email address if you prefer. I'm checking other areas of xda to see how they handle large file uploads and this is what I've seen so far.
I have no problem sharing one I've created but there will always be that one person who wants to come along and delete everything in it.
Another is http://www.filedropper.com/ which allows up to 5gb files and keeps them till 30 days of not being downloaded. No registration required.
Also is your backup after the two system updates? Just FYI your upload bandwidth is not going to be as high as your download typically so uploads of large files can take a while.
attempting the second site now, called file dropper.
the file folder i'm uploading is called, 6045i twrp stock system backup.7z
upload is at 10% right now
now at 20%, yes with updates firmware is 5.0.2-7sqr-uero
30% my upload speed should put this file up in 3 minutes but their server is taking it like sucking coffee up through a stir stick, slow
will update when it reaches 100%, but as a junior member i can not post links so you will have to find it at the file dropper.
100% uploaded,
as a junior member this is the best i can do for the link.
www dot filedropper dot com/6045itwrpstocksystembackup
hope this helps
Uploads tend to be much slower than downloads. LTE connections are an exception, but cable and DSL upstream speeds aren't fast.
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the file folder i'm uploading is called, 6045i twrp stock system backup.7z
upload is at 10% right now
now at 20%, yes with updates firmware is 5.0.2-7sqr-uero
30% my upload speed should put this file up in 3 minutes but their server is taking it like sucking coffee up through a stir stick, slow
will update when it reaches 100%, but as a junior member i can not post links so you will have to find it at the file dropper.
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Feel free to send me the link in a PM and I'll post it so others can download it in addition to me or I'm sure I can find it based on filename if they have search.
With your permission I'll put it in post #3 with your name and a thank you. I'll have to visit the local library that has rather fast internet to get these files downloaded and moved to one folder for everyone assuming others share theirs as well.
So using stock recovery to Wipe Data/Factory Reset back to new doesn't remove root or r/w status?
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So using stock recovery to Wipe Data/Factory Reset back to new doesn't remove root or r/w status?
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A factory reset wipes the data and cache partitions. It does nothing to /system since it expects it to be read only.
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A factory reset wipes the data and cache partitions. It does nothing to /system since it expects it to be read only.
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ahhh.... bummer. Thanks for the clarification.
So I used Hide My Root to hide su binary and the system update doesn't give me the error (like all is fine). Prior to hiding the su binary it throws the error about being rooted.
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Is the /system partition different than the /system directory that's in the root of the device? If it's the same, we can change the read/write permissions with ES File Explorer if the device is rooted? I'm not sure if it'll offer us the chance, if we want it, to make all the contents of the dir have the same permissions we set for the dir itself. Can the same thing be done from a command line in TWRP?
Why does TWRP show "system" and "system image" as two different options and sizes to backup? I've never seen that before.
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Is the /system partition different than the /system directory that's in the root of the device? If it's the same, we can change the read/write permissions with ES File Explorer if the device is rooted? I'm not sure if it'll offer us the chance, if we want it, to make all the contents of the dir have the same permissions we set for the dir itself. Can the same thing be done from a command line in TWRP?
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The system partition is the same as the /system folder however it's not a file permission that's an issue and you'd never want to set all your files to the same permissions. Here is an article that explains it better than I can: https://www.androidpit.com/android-5-0-lollipop-ota-update-fail
kirplunk said:
the file folder i'm uploading is called, 6045i twrp stock system backup.7z
upload is at 10% right now
now at 20%, yes with updates firmware is 5.0.2-7sqr-uero
30% my upload speed should put this file up in 3 minutes but their server is taking it like sucking coffee up through a stir stick, slow
will update when it reaches 100%, but as a junior member i can not post links so you will have to find it at the file dropper.
100% uploaded,
as a junior member this is the best i can do for the link.
www dot filedropper dot com/6045itwrpstocksystembackup
hope this helps
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Thanks kirplunk! I've got it downloading and will add my folder as a mirror to try to prevent the file from expiring.
So the US-version of the Mediapad M3 does not support 5GHz Wifi as stated by Huawei and from my personal experience. Per Huawei's website:
Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac at 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz (Products delivered to markets that impose FCC certification requirements do not support 802.11 a/ac at 5 GHz Wi-Fi)
I can't help but think that the hardware is there as I have never heard of a mobile WiFi chip that ONLY supports 802.11 ac at 2.4 GHz. Therefore, is or will there be any way to unlock the 5 GHz band of the WiFi chip assuming the hardware is there?
Well, if you have unlocked bootloader, you may try the following:
1) Get root access.
2) Open /system/build.prop and find ro.config.hw_is_hide_wifi_5g=true and change it to "false". Or to true if it's false.
3) If that doesn't work (cause I really don't know what this option stands for), see below.
4) Go into /cust folder and tell us what's in there. Maybe, there's something like "hw" folder with "eu" folder inside.
5) If there is, edit /data/custom.bin and put "hw/eu" there (without quotemarks), and see, if something has changed.
If you don't have "hw/eu" in /cust, you have two ways:
1) Ask me here to give you "hw/eu" folder, put it into /cust and do (3).
2) Find local.prop file (it's usually in "prop" folder, three folders down from /cust, but folders are those you have, not "hw/eu")
3) There you'll find ro.config.hw_opta and ro.config.hw_optb. Change them to 999 and 156 respectively.
If all that doesn't help, we'll need to find another ways.
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Well, if you have unlocked bootloader, you may try the following:
1) Get root access.
2) Open /system/build.prop and find ro.config.hw_is_hide_wifi_5g=true and change it to "false". Or to true if it's false.
3) If that doesn't work (cause I really don't know what this option stands for), see below.
4) Go into /cust folder and tell us what's in there. Maybe, there's something like "hw" folder with "eu" folder inside.
5) If there is, edit /data/custom.bin and put "hw/eu" there (without quotemarks), and see, if something has changed.
If you don't have "hw/eu" in /cust, you have two ways:
1) Ask me here to give you "hw/eu" folder, put it into /cust and do (3).
2) Find local.prop file (it's usually in "prop" folder, three folders down from /cust, but folders are those you have, not "hw/eu")
3) There you'll find ro.config.hw_opta and ro.config.hw_optb. Change them to 999 and 156 respectively.
If all that doesn't help, we'll need to find another ways.
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Has anyone been able to try this yet?
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Has anyone been able to try this yet?
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C'mon, be the first one
Just another caution.
Please, do a backup first.
I had a factory reset after changing region in custom.bin. I don't know, what was the real cause, and now I don't do anything to my tablet, cause everything it setup and works fine.
You, probably, can avoid it in two cases:
1) Your original recovery was replaced by TWRP
2) You don't change the actual region, changing only the content of your region's folder.
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Has anyone been able to try this yet?
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Changing ro.config.hw_is_hide_wifi_5g=true to "false" didn't do anything for me.
/cust folder contains /hw (subfolders /default, /normal, /oversea, and /usa), /lost+found, /preinstalled, and /special_cust. I haven't messed with any of them.
didn't work.
After unlocking the bootloader and getting root access I did the following:
1. Changed /system/build.prop: ro.config.hw_is_hide_wifi_5g=true to "false".
restarted the tablet but it did nothing
2. went to /cust. it contains the following folders: /hw (subfolders /default, /normal, /oversea, and /usa), /lost+found, /preinstalled, and /special_cust (just like for @neo_1221)
edited local.prop under /Cust/hw/usa/prop/ to ro.config.hw_opta=999 (was 567) and ro.config.hw_optb=156 (was 840).
restarted the tablet but it did nothing
What else can be done?
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What else can be done?
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You may try to flash Chinese firmware. It's Something like BTV-W09C233B0xx or BTV-DL09C233B0xx
I don't have any other ideas, really. If even this doesn't help, then 5GHz is locked by OEMInfo or disabled in hardware.
Firmware can be found with this tool
Am confused by this thread. Are you saying you can only connect to 2.4 networks and cannot see 5ghz networks at all?? That normal only happens when a tablet physically does have a 5ghz radio.
The U.S version of the tablet does not support 5Ghz wi-fi.
We are assuming that there is only one variant of the tablet sold world wide (two actually LTE+wifi and wifi only),
and in order to comply with FCC requirements the 5Ghz wi-fi band was disabled by software and not hardware.
If that is the case than the band can be enabled back by flashing different non-U.S rom.
hopefully
It is WORKING!
I downloaded the latest Chinese version using the tool @Slavon-93 linked, version BTV-W09C233B022 from December 16 2016. I flashed it and after restarting the tablet, I have a Chinese version tablet, with 5Ghz band wi-fi working.
I lost custom recovery and root and may reflash them later.
I got some apps back that I previously removed, but happily all my other apps were still installed and configured.
Thanks @Slavon-93
p.s. I re-flashed TWRP and SU and now have custom recovery and root back
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I downloaded the latest Chinese version using the tool @Slavon-93 linked, version BTV-W09C233B022 from December 16 2016. I flashed it and after restarting the tablet, I have a Chinese version tablet, with 5Ghz band wi-fi working.
I lost custom recovery and root and may reflash them later.
I got some apps back that I previously removed, but happily all my other apps were still installed and configured.
Thanks @Slavon-93
p.s. I re-flashed TWRP and SU and now have custom recovery and root back
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Can you select english as the language?
Yes you can, and since English was my selected language before I flashed the Chinese ROM it stayed as the selected language, so I never got a Chinese welcome screen and had to find out how to change it to English.
So this is a solution to get the "5Ghz band" working on a US WiFi only?
Those, who have a US tablet, could you please upload your entire /cust folder somewhere? If Chinese firmware is a solution, maybe there is something in /cust, that blocks 5GHz wifi? I wanna compare it to Chinese and Russian versions and maybe find something interesting.
@E.Vogel forgive me for being new to Huawei way of doing things. You said you flashed the Chinese ROM. Flashing makes me think of my Nexus 7 where I actually flashed the *.IMG files.
I downloaded the file you mentioned and I have update.app after extraction. I recall reading somewhere about creating a folder and transferring said file to device and restarting it. I'm curious if this is the route you took? I personally prefer fastboot flash but will have to do with what works. Thank you.
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@E.Vogel forgive me for being new to Huawei way of doing things. You said you flashed the Chinese ROM. Flashing makes me think of my Nexus 7 where I actually flashed the *.IMG files.
I downloaded the file you mentioned and I have update.app after extraction. I recall reading somewhere about creating a folder and transferring said file to device and restarting it. I'm curious if this is the route you took? I personally prefer fastboot flash but will have to do with what works. Thank you.
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Forgive me for not being @E.Vogel, but let me explain. Huawei devices are not usual in terms of partition structure. For example, they have 2 recoveries, designed for different things. For a Nexus owner their update structure is also strange. Once upon a time, you could create a "dload" folder in /sdcard or in external SD, choose local update in update utility on your device, select update.app or update.zip, reboot and watch the device updating. Now we don't have an option to choose a local update, so the quickest way to install FULL OTA is from TWRP. You just need to put update.zip (~1.8 Gb) somewhere in /sdcard or other place, reboot into TWRP, press the Install button and select this file. TWRP installs it and you get your Chinese firmware. I recommend to make a backup first, in case something goes wrong. After installing FULL OTA you still get your apps and settings in place, but after a factory reset, you will lose Google Play and other a Google apps, and will have to manually install them from HiApp. Also, you will have to reinstall TWRP, root, xposed and other things you probably have flashed before.
I appreciate the reply all the same @Slavon-93. So creating the dload folder and dropping update.app in it no longer works?
I've not modified anything on my device other than fixing DPI so apps are in tablet mode.
Any idea what each recovery does since it has two of them?
I like to know there's a way out of a screwup if it happens. Nexus 7 was simple to fix.
Thank you.
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I appreciate the reply all the same @Slavon-93. So creating the dload folder and dropping update.app in it no longer works?
I've not modified anything on my device other than fixing DPI so apps are in tablet mode.
Any idea what each recovery does since it has two of them?
I like to know there's a way out of a screwup if it happens. Nexus 7 was simple to fix.
Thank you.
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Huawei devices have two recovery partitions: recovery and recovery2.
Recovery has generally all the same features a typical Nexus recovery has, except it doesn't have an option to apply update.zip and has a touch interface unlike the Nexus recovery.
Recovery2, called eRecovery, also has a touch interface and is designed to make a totally screwed up device great work again. It has a button to download full firmware and install it but on my device it said "No firmware found" after connecting to Huawei servers. People in Russian forum say it works only if you're in China and have a Chinese device. Anyway, if eRecovery does nothing, I considered it totally useless and replaced with TWRP: fastboot flash recovery2 twrp.img
Generally Huawei devices can be restored the same way a Nexus device can. TWRP and fastboot work the same. Personally I prefer to make a total backup of all partitions in device with "dd". I think it will give me more flexibility in restoring if something goes completely wrong. On DL09 model, only modem partitions are the problem. You can find fastboot versions of Chinese ROMS easily, but after installing them, I've lost everything related to phone functions. The only way to fix it was installing Full Chinese firmware in form of update.zip with TWRP.
And about dload folder. I have no idea how it works. I am also a former owner of Nexus 7 and the logic of Huawei is new to me, so I don't know some nuances. On earlier devices there was another option to update: you put update.app to dload folder, dial *#*#2846579#*#*, select Software upgrade -> SDCard Upgrade, the device reboots and installs the update. Again, on my device this trick didn't work and update installation stopped at 5%, saying it's incompatible with my device.
@jmjm003, I also come from a nexus 7 and Huawei devices are different.
First of all there is no formal web site with all factory images and/or OTA to download, I had to use a tool an XDA user developed to find the factory image I needed.
The second change is that the factory image (file update.zip) does not contain *.img files inside like in Google images and contains "update.app" 1.8GB file and some other small files.
To flash the ROM I tried to use ADB sideload but got an error message about the file being unreadable, so I copied the file to the tablet and flashed it using TWRP install function like any other zip file.
@Slavon-93, my /cust/hw folder changed from before and now contains only two sub-folders "cn" and "default"
I uploaded the entire /cust folder to Google drive, use this link to download it.
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@Slavon-93, my /cust/hw folder changed from before and now contains only two sub-folders "cn" and "default"
I uploaded the entire /cust folder to Google drive, use this link to download it.
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Thank you but I know what's inside Chinese /cust folder as I am using Chinese firmware myself. I am interested in untouched /cust of US version of tablet because I think there can be some option in local.prop or somewhere else, that blocks 5GHz Wi-Fi. I can try to look for it by comparing Russian, Chinese and US cust folders.
Greetings to all.
I have a Redmi 2 Prime, I'm in Spain and I'm using Vodafone 4G network. Everything was working fine, but I couldn't use the Netflix app, so I had to update.
I used the Updater (that's the OTA update I think). It didn't install, so I downloaded the "fastboot" rom and installed it. After the install, the phone booted and it asked me for the PIN of the SIM card, then the configuration process started as if it was new (I chose clean install). The problem is that it doesn't connect to the Vodafone network.
I read similar problems in the past, so I though that going back to an older ROM will solve the problem, even if I couldn't use the Netflix app. So, I installed an old ROM V7.5.2.0.LHJMIDE. No luck neither.
Can you tell me how to solve this issue? What ROM should I install, even if it's and old one?
Thanks in advance.
Flash miui zip again try and send review
Exact model is: 2014813 TD-LTE
I've been trying for days now. I've got it running again but on an english ROM and my wife can't understand english. I can't find a Global ROM to install from fastboot, since OTA ROMs won't install. Need spanish language.
I had to change the modem file on the fastboot image. What a joke this Xiaomi updates...
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Exact model is: 2014813 TD-LTE
I've been trying for days now. I've got it running again but on an english ROM and my wife can't understand english. I can't find a Global ROM to install from fastboot, since OTA ROMs won't install. Need spanish language.
I had to change the modem file on the fastboot image. What a joke this Xiaomi updates...
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Yes, that device is china model. You cant install rom global version. Try flash 8.5.1.0 china rom.
Thanks for the comment.
Why would I install a chinese ROM if I won't understand anything?
I already solved the problem downloading a ROM from the Xiaomi.eu site and changing the modem file.
Such a crappy way to update a phone. 2 days (+10 hours) investigating and working on the phone to update it.
suggestion:
1)Backup all partitions via TWRP, in case anything goes wrong.
2)Go to page http://en.miui.com/a-234.html , download "☆ Redmi 2 Prime Latest Global Stable Version Fastboot File Download"
3)Go to page http://en.miui.com/download-261.html#441 , download full rom (stable rom, Redmi 2 Prime Global)
4)Go to page http://en.miui.com/download-261.html#442 , download full rom (stable rom, Redmi 2 Prime China)
5)"Extract files..." via 7zip the file downloaded in step 2. You'll get a folder named "wt88047_pro_global_images_V8.1.3.0.LHJMIDI_20161230.0000.00_5.1_global_23ac47dab8". Shorten the folder name. Inside the folder is another file "wt88047_pro_global_images_V8.1.3.0.LHJMIDI_20161230.0000.00_5.1_global_23ac47dab8.tar". "Extract files..." via 7zip this file. Shorten the folder name. Inside the folder is another folder named "wt88047_pro_global_images_V8.1.3.0.LHJMIDI_20161230.0000.00_5.1_global". Shorten the folder name. Inside this folder is your workplace. Copy your adb and fastboot files and folders here.
6). Copy the file downloaded in step 3 ("miui_HM2XWCProGlobal_V8.5.1.0.LHJMIED_447abeac98_5.1.zip") to your phone's external memory.
7) Extract the file downloaded in step 4 and go inside the folder named "firmware-update". Copy the file named "NON-HLOS.bin" into your workplace(remember?step5).
8)Get ready for the flashing job. Charge you battery. Ensure you have backed up all personal files from your internal storage. Ensure you have your apps data like Whatsapp media backed up. Take a cloud backup. Now get into your workplace, Shift+right-click and select "open command window here". Connect your phone in fastboot mode to the PC. type "flash_all"(without quotes) in the command prompt and press Enter. Let the job proceed. Lastly your phone will reboot. It'll take some time until setup screen is shown. Don't bother. Just skip all details and go to home screen. Go to updater and select updater package in your external memory(remember?step6). Your phone will go into recovery mode to apply the update and it'll reboot. Again wait a few minutes for setup screen to appear. Don't proceed. Switch off.
7)Swith on into fastboot mode. Open command window inside your workplace. Ensure your phone is connected to your PC. Type "fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin" (without quotes). After the flashing has been done, type "fastboot reboot". That's it.
8) Any future updates as a zip file will replace the modem. You can only flash in fastboot mode (after replacing modem file). It is a difficult process to unpack a zip, change it and repack with proper signing and/or checksum so that the stock recovery accepts it.
9) I don't know whether other firmware files also need replacing, but I don't think so.
And FYI, Chinese ROMs also have English language, what they don't have is gapps, and opengapps cannot be installed.
This can:
Bypass TMO flash lock as it uses 9008 EDL.
Remove TMO sim lock and oem lock as you will be using global rom.
Convert your KB2007 (KB09CB) to KB2005 (KB05AA) as much as possible. (Although you're using the latest KB2005 firmware, any LineageOS stuff, such as LOS system,LOS recovery and LOS fastbootd, will still recognize it as KB2007. This is the same in OOS 11. But in OOS 12 system, it shows and acts like a KB2005.)
Should enables dsds (dual sim dual standby) in OOS 12. (Not tested. But status bar shows two empty sim slots in KB2005 OOS 12. After I flash LOS 19.1, slot 2 won't act unless boot with "persist.radio.multisim.config=dsds" prop.)
Give you access to Global OxygenOS firmware. (Bye slow TMO~)
Probably give you better overall condition (e.g. partition) than some fastboot scripts, as it's done directly by 9008 EDL.
AND THIS WILL DELETE ALL YOUR DATA ON DEVICE!!!
Actually, you should be able to change any brand device to any version you like by this method, but take your own risk as nothing is solid tested.
This can't:
Give you a second IMEI. (In OOS IMEI2 is "null". I guess it's hard baked somewhere.)
Remove TMO flash lock or unlock a locked bootloader. (You still need unlock token for that.)
You tell me please. I don't have enough time to test everything.
Please:
BE AWARE THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR HARDWARE, NOT ME.
MY SUCCESS DOESN'T MEAN IT MAST HAPPENS TO YOU.
YOU ARE THE ONE WHO TAKE ALL THE RISKS. (And your phone, too.)
Be kind to other readers and help them, I can't stay online all day, sorry.
Why:
I own a fully unlocked KebabT running LineageOS 18.1, and I decided to try LOS 19.1 out.
But OOS 12 firmware is so buggy that it even broke my LOS instance, and the fastboot (not fastbootD, for hell reasons I can't enter LOS recovery AFTER ALL firmware upgrade) is also too buggy to fix my issue.
I unbricked my phone using this " https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4180981/ " (Thanks for sharing!!!), but only to find that TMO firmware is so old, buggy and limited.
Then I googled and found this "https://www.droidwin.com/convert-oneplus-t-mobile-metro-to-global-on-locked-bootloader/" and this "https://github.com/bkerler/oppo_decrypt" ,but they are slightly outdated and doesn't fit kebab.
I fetched global firmware from here "https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/oneplus-8t-rom-ota-oxygen-os-repo-of-oxygen-os-builds.4193183/" (Thanks for sharing!!!) and started trying.
After a few tries I succeed and decided to share what I found.
How:
Firstly, know your hardware. Especially your ram type (ddr4 or ddr5) !
Then follow what this "https://www.droidwin.com/convert-oneplus-t-mobile-metro-to-global-on-locked-bootloader/" said, BUT WITH EXTRA MODIFICATION on your "settings.xml":
1. Overwrite "BasicInfo Project", "Version", "ModelVerifyPrjName", "ModelVerifyRandom" and "ModelVerifyHashToken", these makes you pass MsmDownloadTool's pre-check.
2. Scroll to the end of file and overwrite [Target ID="1" Desc="O2"] with [Target ID="101" Desc="TMO"], otherwise your flash won't begin as the tool can't find right hardware to flash.
3. Search for "Image ID=" and modify the results. For me, I have a DDR4 device, so I go with "xbl.img" and "xbl_config.img", so FOR ME I change "Image ID="1"" to "Image ID="101"", and change "Image ID="65537"" to "Image ID="65637"". Otherwise MsmDownloadTool won't be able to locate the right xbl img file to flash.
4. Follow the rest of that great guide and have a few tries, you won't lose more as you're already under EDL mode. Wish you success!
And:
Sorry in advance for any possible confusion as I'm not a native English speaker. You can ask in replies!
Please let me know if I'm wrong, I'll try to correct.
If this is already shared by other great guys, please forgive me as I really didn't find any related post in this forum.
I doubt this "https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...m-unlock-or-bootloader-unlock-needed.4188491/" (Thanks for sharing!!!) is done in the same way but no one mentioned about it.
Special thanks to bkerler for creating this awesome "https://github.com/bkerler/oppo_decrypt" project!
Special thanks to LuK1337 for maintain LineageOS for OnePlus 8T!! You're great!!
Question:
It it possible to remove flash lock in this way?
I've tried several times to flash with kebab not kebabT MsmTool. But I can't make it work.
I can fix in os12 but need rw or unpack repack rom
Mr Hassan said:
I can fix in os12 but need rw or unpack repack rom
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I don't understand.
Fix what or unpack what?
Is this what you need? "https://github.com/bkerler/oppo_decrypt"
I'm kind of curious to know what your model number would show up as in the About Phone screen. Being able to incorporate the SIM fix into the ROM would be a good thing. There was a link in the OP to a took that could unpack and repack the OPS file. My concern is, at least with the bastardized Color/Oxygen OS stock hybrid, that it will still see the device as a KB2007 and not an actual KB2005 outside of just the firmware version.
jcsww said:
I'm kind of curious to know what your model number would show up as in the About Phone screen.
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For LOS and OOS 11, KB2007. (But for OOS 11 software update page, it shows as KB2005. You're able to get KB2005 OTA updates without any problem.)
For OOS 12, KB2005 everywhere.
You can try to spoof device model by using magisk_hide_props_config module, but it's another story.
jcsww said:
Being able to incorporate the SIM fix into the ROM would be a good thing.
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If you use global version OOS or flash LOS, sim lock no longer exists.
IAAxl said:
I don't understand.
Fix what or unpack what?
Is this what you need? "https://github.com/bkerler/oppo_decrypt"
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Unpack whole rom system vendor product odm
Its all in super.img
Mr Hassan said:
Unpack whole rom system vendor product odm
Its all in super.img
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You can get super.img using oppo_decrypt.
But, I thought that's an unencrypted raw disk image, am I wrong?
And by the way, I flashed KB2005 super.img into my KB2007, but fastboot flash lock is still there, have to use unlock code bin file to disable it.
I apologize, as I don't quite understand the original post. This seems to be trying to specify a way to get dual-sim on KB2007 with A12? Apologies for the dumb questions, 1) How do I found out if my KB2007 has DDR4 or DDR5? 2) The instruction link https://www.droidwin.com/convert-oneplus-t-mobile-metro-to-global-on-locked-bootloader/ , following these steps seems to still leave the device on Android 11 (because that is the rom that comes with the MSM tools). If we then update to Android 12, won't that disable the dual-sim again?
raven911 said:
I apologize, as I don't quite understand the original post. This seems to be trying to specify a way to get dual-sim on KB2007 with A12? Apologies for the dumb questions, 1) How do I found out if my KB2007 has DDR4 or DDR5? 2) The instruction link https://www.droidwin.com/convert-oneplus-t-mobile-metro-to-global-on-locked-bootloader/ , following these steps seems to still leave the device on Android 11 (because that is the rom that comes with the MSM tools). If we then update to Android 12, won't that disable the dual-sim again?
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In os12 ofcourse your 2nd sim will disable by bootloader partitions and some other as i mention in another post
But good news is i can fix
But bad news no way yo unpack repack or rw after root
raven911 said:
I apologize, as I don't quite understand the original post. This seems to be trying to specify a way to get dual-sim on KB2007 with A12? Apologies for the dumb questions, 1) How do I found out if my KB2007 has DDR4 or DDR5? 2) The instruction link https://www.droidwin.com/convert-oneplus-t-mobile-metro-to-global-on-locked-bootloader/ , following these steps seems to still leave the device on Android 11 (because that is the rom that comes with the MSM tools). If we then update to Android 12, won't that disable the dual-sim again?
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To answer your questions:
1) Check here: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/kebab/fw_update
By the way, 8T hardware has two major variables: UFS 3.0 / 3.1 storage, and lpddr 4 / 5 memory. Storage type doesn't matter to rom flash, but memory type does.
2) Yes! You're still on OOS 11 after change-brand flash, but then you can OTA to KB2005 OOS 12 directly.
And, because my final goal is to run LOS, I didn't put my sim in while my phone is on OOS, so I can't really answer if dual sim is available in OOS 11 or 12.
In LOS, I use magisk_hide_props_config module to add "persist.radio.multisim.config=dsds" into system prop to enable dual sim. You can also try this "https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...bile-8t-kb2007-with-lineage-aosp-rom.4262669/", same stuff.
If your KB2007 is flash locked, you can try the following steps and see if it will work:
A. Use oppo_decrypt to get elf files from msm rom;
B. Use QPST (and the elf file) to flash magisk patched boot.img into your device under 9008.
C. Install magisk model and get dsds.
∆ The risk is in step B.
I'm not familiar enough with QPST and never succeed to get QPST work to do anything.
Mr Hassan said:
Unpack whole rom system vendor product odm
Its all in super.img
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Err… Try use MsmTool readback?
Oppo_decrypt offers an option to enable readback. I haven't used it though.
Or can you change what you have to, directly on a rooted device, and check if it works?
I'm still confused. Aren't those img file raw disk images? Can't you mount and read them on any Unix-alike device? How do you usually do this with other devices?
IAAxl said:
Err… Try use MsmTool readback?
Oppo_decrypt offers an option to enable readback. I haven't used it though.
Or can you change what you have to, directly on a rooted device, and check if it works?
I'm still confused. Aren't those img file raw disk images? Can't you mount and read them on any Unix-alike device? How do you usually do this with other devices?
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let me tell you msm have rb option
but you still not got my pov there,s no rw option in rooted device even after root
so how can i make dump or backup or for which purpose i need backup if i dont even modded something in rooted device
another option which left is unpack system.img vendor.img odm.img etc and modify then repack it
but there,s not way to even convert it to raw i try simg2img but not support by this
even if i able to convert it to raw i can do something
and no its not raw format men. its payload and super
Mr Hassan said:
let me tell you msm have rb option
but you still not got my pov there,s no rw option in rooted device even after root
so how can i make dump or backup or for which purpose i need backup if i dont even modded something in rooted device
another option which left is unpack system.img vendor.img odm.img etc and modify then repack it
but there,s not way to even convert it to raw i try simg2img but not support by this
even if i able to convert it to raw i can do something
and no its not raw format men. its payload and super
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Okay I understand now..
The goal is to change sth inside vendor and other partition, but they can't be remounted read-write inside system.
And the img file can't be exacted or repacked.
Will you try to remount those partition in recovery ADB maybe?
IAAxl said:
Okay I understand now..
The goal is to change sth inside vendor and other partition, but they can't be remounted read-write inside system.
And the img file can't be exacted or repacked.
Will you try to remount those partition in recovery ADB maybe?
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Yes now you fully understand
Yes i tried many thing
And yes in twrp also tried remount etc
I also pull files and edit but when i push
Its said device not have enough space
Its maybe need resize etc
Mr Hassan said:
Yes now you fully understand
Yes i tried many thing
And yes in twrp also tried remount etc
I also pull files and edit but when i push
Its said device not have enough space
Its maybe need resize etc
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I don't know if this helps or not.
But there are some scripts to exctract partitions from SUPER, flash them and make -rw.
[TOOL][WIN,LIN,AND,DARW] Super image tools | extract or make partitions RW in super partition
Disclaimer: Super image tools was made for testing and educational purposes, ME is not responsible for what you do on/with your device using our tools, you must agree that you using our tools on your own risk, I am not responsible for anything...
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[Closed] Universal SystemRW / SuperRW feat. MakeRW / ro2rw (read-only-2-read/write super partition converter)
Welcome to the one and only, the original, universal, System-RW / Super-RW feat. Make-RW / ro2rw (read-only-2-read/write super partition converter) by lebigmac Also known as: THE-REAL-RW, FULL-RW, EXT4-RW, EROFS-RW, EROFS-2-RW, F2FS-RW...
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Rootk1t said:
I don't know if this helps or not.
But there are some scripts to exctract partitions from SUPER, flash them and make -rw.
[TOOL][WIN,LIN,AND,DARW] Super image tools | extract or make partitions RW in super partition
Disclaimer: Super image tools was made for testing and educational purposes, ME is not responsible for what you do on/with your device using our tools, you must agree that you using our tools on your own risk, I am not responsible for anything...
forum.xda-developers.com
[Closed] Universal SystemRW / SuperRW feat. MakeRW / ro2rw (read-only-2-read/write super partition converter)
Welcome to the one and only, the original, universal, System-RW / Super-RW feat. Make-RW / ro2rw (read-only-2-read/write super partition converter) by lebigmac Also known as: THE-REAL-RW, FULL-RW, EXT4-RW, EROFS-RW, EROFS-2-RW, F2FS-RW...
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I done manything even convert to ext4
In shel its showing rw
And also in root explorer get rw but still not edit anything
I also try similar approach using qpst. I can read/save qpst and qcn but i can't write back.
vortex91 said:
I also try similar approach using qpst. I can read/save qpst and qcn but i can't write back.
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Could you please share what you find?
I'm really unfamiliar with QPST, any info could help.
So, I'm not need T-Mobile help to sim unlock my phone?
Just convert it to global, and it will be carrier unlocked?
Are I read this right?
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