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[Solved] Bricked my P9 Lite (VNS-L31) while attempting B130 update from SD card

Hi there !
I just switched from a Windows Phone to a Huawei P9 Lite (VNS-L31), my first Android phone (never too late, I guess?).
I was following the instructions provided in this toolkit (https://forum.xda-developers.com/hu...nt/europe-vns-l31-toolkit-bootloader-t3432873) to unlock the dual SIM support, as this phone is from Orange and locked to single SIM.
I successfully unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP and rooted the phone. I got to the stage when updating the phone from the SD card is requested. Stock firmware was L31C109B120, new firmware is L31C432B130.
The update seemed to progress well, but actually no, as the phone is now bricked (black screen, screen will not power on, does not display anything).
Powering the phone with any combination of Vol+, Vol- and Power depressed results in nothing at all.
So I installed adb + fastboot and at least the phone is recognized in fastboot. I successfully unlocked the bootloader (again?) within fastboot with my unlock code.
Now I am able to manually flash the boot, recovery and system partitions from the B130 firmware. Unfortunately, this results in nothing, the phone will still not boot to anything else than fastboot mode.
I have limited knowledge/experience with Android phones, so I am kind of stuck now. I have read several topics and fastboot definitely seems to be the way to go, but there must be something that I am doing wrong.
I was wondering whether someone would be willing to give me some insight, please?
Any help would be highly appreciated!
Many thanks in advance,
Regards,
Eric.
[Edit]: I was able to flash the stock VNS-L31C432B130 firmware but not with fastboot... I had to use DC-Phoenix and pay 15€ to do so. Is there a free equivalent to DC-Phoenix yet?

Hello
I think you should disconnect the cable and press on volume + and power erevovery wipe factory, cache. Restart
If it does not work, start again.
With the toolkit, bootloader code, installs twrp,
Go download c432oeminfo double sim.zip Badwolf
Fashe c432oeminfo.zip.
switch off.
Doad b130.

Yes, this solution saved my phone... And u can try flash with fastboot any partition (recovery, system....)
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Thank you for your help, guys!
Yet, nothing happens when I disconnect the cable and try to reboot the phone while holding Vol+ and Power. Vol- and power or Vol+, Vol- and Power do not deal any better result unfortunately. The screen remains off.
I believe I should delete/flash something through fastboot, but I do not know what! I believe I have tried everything I could think of, and I am running out of ideas...
Yet the phone is accessible through fastboot, so all hope is not lost, right?

Well, I have good news: I managed to reflash my phone by following this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/hua...green-t3485836
You have to download and use DC-Phoenix to flash a stock firmware to the phone.
The bad part is that it is a paid service that will cost you 15€... but for me it was worth it in comparison with having a dead phone.
I wonder why no one has come up with a free equivalent to DC-Phoenix yet?

Another P9 lite brick

Hi everyone. I'm saying another brick phone because i read many many topics about it.
My P9 Lite has only black screen. (even no blinking light).
I still have access to the fastboot (fastboot devices list my phone).
The phone was with emui 5.1 but I flashed twrp 3.1.1
I rebooted under twrp recovery. I installed C432OemInfo-DUALSIM-P9LITE.zip (I wanted dual sim).
Reboot with android, OK.
I rebooted under twrp and flashed L31C432B130 with the update.app methode.
Phone was installing. THen no LCD anymore.
I'm trying button methodes (vol+power, vol- power, vol+ and - power) with or without wire, but it doesn't change anything.
I tried to flash twrp again (3.1.1 or older) but when i reboot, nothing happe. But I see that Hisuite is doing something (even if it doesn"t recognize the phone).
I tried stock recovery too. Nothing.
Bootloder is unlocked (i still have the code). This is a HUAWEI VNS-L31. S/N 4TE7N17209004690
I tried to download a stock rom. and flash (all with fastboot) recovery, boot, system but not working too.
Putting update.app on sd then vol+ vol- power at the sime time => no effect
Is there a method to get it back ? I saw that there is a de-unlock utility but i'm not sur it will work ?
Thank you

I don't remember P9 lite having emui 5.1 (except id it was a port)

you could try dc phoenix but cost 15euros or something.......or ortherwise if you got warranty send to huawei.. i did have 2 black screens till now they replaced the motherboard for free + phone came less then 48hours back to me.

Kcetin20 said:
you could try dc phoenix but cost 15euros or something.......or ortherwise if you got warranty send to huawei.. i did have 2 black screens till now they replaced the motherboard for free + phone came less then 48hours back to me.
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Hi. Sorry for my late answer.
I don't care to pay 15 euros. but I don't know which file to use. I wrote them on their forum but they don't know too.

Mega Bricked 7X - Calling out all Senior/Pros for HELP!!

HI, I will get right to the point. My phone is Honor 7x (BND-AL10C675 INDIAN) I screwed it up.
Now, the fastboot or recovery or E recovery nothing works!!
There is only one screen which keeps coming in a loop rebooting with a vibration
It says " ERROR MODE"
ATTENTION!
PLEASE UPDATE SYSTEM AGAIN
ERROR! FUNC NO : 8 (HIFI IMAGE)
ERROR NO : 1 (SECURITY VERIFY FAILED)
It keeps rebooting and the phone doesn't even turn off. I tried the download mode (Volume UP & Down Power button, SAME SCREEN comes up)
Let me know if you want me to write a detailed version of how I got here or ask any specific questions.
Now, all I need is at least FASTBOOT so I can do something about it. Is there anyone who can help? I hope SOME PRO OR A GEEK is able to solve this issue magically. I just can't tell you what I'm going through.
UPDATE:
As Christo31 requested and maybe it's useful for other people to help me out. Here is what I did. It's a real long story!!
I have Honor 7x (BND-AL10C675 INDIAN) I had unlocked bootloader and twrp and I was on emui 8 beta which I flashed manually using one of the tutorials here on the forum. One day, I decided to get back to stock as I was stuck in emui 8 beta and no OTA updates so I downloaded the emui 8 stable rom from firmware finder and put it in sd card "dload" folder. Now, for this method to work, we need to relock bootloader and flash stock recovery which I did and it completely wiped everything out.
Now, the "dload" method fails at 5% every time. I tried different roms for this very model but no it doesn't work. (Also, my build no. was stuck at B141 for a long time no matter what rom I changed : Yes, this is stupid, I should have fixed it first) Maybe that's why the "dload" method doesn't work.
So, in this forum I saw some with similar issue but somewhat different " Frp locked & bootloader unlocked" and I was told that the DC phoenix software might fix this and I bought some credits and used the software. Here's what I discovered
My observations with the software:
* I put the phone in fastboot and downloaded the update.app full Ota (same one emui stable) and tried to flash. The software flash well ok as it says "the software is written" but the phone doesn't boot and goes directly into the recovery mode and again the bootloader and frp are locked.
*Here, I noticed that it shows something like "opening backdoor" and then the Bootloader status goes to red and says "UNLOCKED" it means it was definitely doing something so the next I repeated the same process but as soon as the phone was "UNLOCKED", I pulled the usb cable out and I kept my command ready and tried "fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk recovery.img" and guess what it flashed that twrp file and I could see in the command line that it went "okay" so I immediately booted to recovery but again the stock recovery comes up. Also, I tried system.img also it flashes fine but phone doesn't boot. Same recovery.
REMEMBER: THE ABOVE STEPS MAY WORK FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER BUT FRP LOCKED. IN MY CASE BOTH ARE LOCKED SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
* I tried another update.app I guess it's BNDL22.ZIP or something and this time the software was trying to flash in "upgrade mode" and somehow the recovery was broke. There was some "ERROR MODE" basically the recovery was broke. I didn't care much. Although flashing another update.app would have fixed it.
* The next step I tried after a lot of trial & error for about 1.5 days. This time I did the same when the bootloader was unlocked, I pulled the cable and tried the command "fastboot oem unlock unlock code" ( I should have got this idea before, I mean it's a mess guys, I didn't sleep for too long) and I was shocked to see that it showed the options "Unlocked bootloader yes or no" and I clicked "yes" and I jumped hoping that it's over but... I ended up with 'ERROR MODE' which I described above.
* I feel, because the recovery was broken, it ended up in error mode. Just imagine if my recovery was fine and then I tried this command then it would have erased everything and maybe I might have been presented with fastboot screen with both "frp & bootloader Unlcock" or at least 'bootloader unlock" in either way, I could have flashed a 'system.img' and get into settings and BEATH THE HELL OUT OF THAT "ENABLE OEM UNLOCK' in settings. The rest you know.
I wrote this not just because someone might help me but because a lot of posts on this forum really helped me a lot and posts like these can help a lot of people down the road.
Now, my phone is still in the same loop. Reboot, Honor logo, Error mode...REPEAT
I heard that once the phone drains down completely, we may get back fastboot. Fingers crossed. Sadly, I have Mac so I borrowed windows laptop for this purpose from a friend. This is the last day and I guess I'm going to put it on sale and sell it as a scrap or something for display and stuff.
How much does motherboard cost? anyone any ideas? if it's below 4K or about 80$ then I might go for the repair if nothing works!!
I'm going to update on this very soon. Le'ts hope for a miracle. Either way my HONOR 7X IS A LEGEND.
UPDATE :
After waiting for hours, my phone got discharged and I curiously plugged in the phone pressing "volume down" button OR power + volume and all other types of combinations but the phone just goes to the same "ERROR MODE' and keeps going in the same loop.
So, I really hate Huawei for not providing stock firmware or some type of recovery for people like me to get back to stock. For example : Xiaomi has that fastboot ROMS which you can easily flash in EDL mode no matter what happens to you and of course some other ways to recovery the bricked phones.
The Huawei E recovery?? What the **** is it? Does it ever work? It's some kind of a joke. The hisuite is again **** It says 'My model is not supported" and it only showed me two very older and ancient models that are supported for recovery.
I'm not expecting warranty but at least they should give the service for the customer. Did I tell you that this phone was in Service centre for three days when it had FASTBOOT, RECOVERY, E RECOVERY working. They could n't fix it in 3 days so I rushed them to get my phone back hoping that I would recover it with the above method.
Now, I got the Redmi Note 5 Pro and my 7X is a dead brick and I'll try selling it as scrap for display etc...
Finally, I really love the XDA forums and the friendly members who are very helping and so empathetic. Thanks guys, you are the best
I'm not leaving. I'll see you on the other side. I mean, the Redmi Note 5 pro development. Keep hustling

You need to tell us what you did exactly first for any help

Thetpcguy said:
ERROR! FUNC NO : 8 (HIFI IMAGE)
ERROR NO : 1 (SECURITY VERIFY FAILED)
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when you are in this situation
- Keep press "volume down" + "power button" for about 10 seconds, the phone will reboot
- When the phone reboot, release the "power button" but keep "volume down" and in the same time plug the micro usb cable ( you have to be ready and quick )
the phone will boot in FASTBOOT&RESCUE MODE ( hope you have unlocked bootloader and frp unlocked )

azerty11 said:
when you are in this situation
- Keep press "volume down" + "power button" for about 10 seconds, the phone will reboot
- When the phone reboot, release the "power button" but keep "volume down" and in the same time plug the micro usb cable ( you have to be ready and quick )
the phone will boot in FASTBOOT&RESCUE MODE ( hope you have unlocked bootloader and frp unlocked )
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Hi, thanks for your help but the phone doesn't turn off. it just keeps rebooting and there is honor logo and then error mode and then phone reboots and the same cycle. I tried what you said also with other possible things but I guess I need to let the battery drain out completely as some people said it worked for them. It's almost 9 hours and it's still not drained (it was on full charge) anyway Fingers Crossed!!

christo31 said:
You need to tell us what you did exactly first for any help
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HI, I Updated the post in full details. I hope my phone is rescued.

Let the battery drain, and then try to get into fastboot using key combinations. Let me know if you can do this, from there on you can proceed normally.

vaasu_g_wills said:
Let the battery drain, and then try to get into fastboot using key combinations. Let me know if you can do this, from there on you can proceed normally.
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It didn't work out. It only boots in error mode and keeps going in a loop.

Thetpcguy said:
It didn't work out. It only boots in error mode and keeps going in a loop.
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Did you try huawie suite system recovery??

vaasu_g_wills said:
Did you try huawie suite system recovery??
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I never heard of it I'm googling it now and please throw some light on this but strangely your message got my hopes up.
UPDATE: Oh, I guess you are talking about Huawei Hisuite. I did try that and it didn't work and I included that in my post above as well. I still have my phone with me completely discharged.

Thetpcguy said:
I never heard of it I'm googling it now and please throw some light on this but strangely your message got my hopes up.
UPDATE: Oh, I guess you are talking about Huawei Hisuite. I did try that and it didn't work and I included that in my post above as well. I still have my phone with me completely discharged.
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and with phone , off, totaly discharged, holding volume down, and plugging in the usb cable , just gives you same error mode?

---------- Post added at 10:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:27 PM ----------
[/COLOR]Follow this steps.
1. Just flash with Dc phoenix
3 extract two update. App with huwai firmware extractor.
4. Check the log of dc phoix. Check which files are not flashed. By comparing with extracted files You will observe some files are not flashed. (some files are not in log of dc phoinix) Like Vendor.img product.img cust.img etc.. Note down which imgs are not flashed..
5. Now use multitool and go to unbrick option. There will be option of flashing around 5 img. Flash the 5 imgs. You will get this 5 img from extracting Update.app
6.then your phone will be working but not perfectly. Flash TWRP with fastboot.
7. Aftee flashing TWRP flash all other imgs which were not flashed by dc phoenix.
Then boot. Your phone must be good.
And again if you want then re flash with HWOTA tool. Your phone will be running now.

mrmazak said:
and with phone , off, totaly discharged, holding volume down, and plugging in the usb cable , just gives you same error mode?
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Yes, even after that it give the error mode and goes on the same loop. Honor log, Error Mode, Reboot...REPEATED LOOP
I Already gave up on this phone but only a miracle can save this phone now.

Thetpcguy said:
Yes, even after that it give the error mode and goes on the same loop. Honor log, Error Mode, Reboot...REPEATED LOOP
I Already gave up on this phone but only a miracle can save this phone now.
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i more question for you. Please . Does the three button combo from power off attempt to show update screen. I know for everyone the dload method is failing at 5%, but still need to know if yours is attempting this or not even try.
There might be dload method that works, according to posts on 4pda.ru

mrmazak said:
i more question for you. Please . Does the three button combo from power off attempt to show update screen. I know for everyone the dload method is failing at 5%, but still need to know if yours is attempting this or not even try.
There might be dload method that works, according to posts on 4pda.ru
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I tried that also. Power+Volume UP+Volume Down to get into download mode but it just goes into that "ERROR MODE'
Normally, it should but maybe because I broke my stock recovery also and then tried to unlock the bootloader when the frp was locked with the DC phoenix trick (Pulling out the plug) that it's really screwed up beyond all this. Let me know if you want me to post pics or maybe if the clips canoe uploaded here, I will make short clip with what's happening. I guess I need some factory or manufacturer level stuff or I need to replace the motherboard. BTW the local guy told me it costs 8K INR which is around 125-130 USD which I'm not willing to spend. I got Redmi Note 5 Pro and I'll probably never ever buy Huawei phones ever.
ANYONE HERE WHO CAN DONATE THE MOTHERBOARD, PLEASE PM ME:laugh:

Meizu reboots on "Internal storage is running out ..."

Note: Posting it here even though ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Development would be more appropriate category but this site isn't allowing me to post there 'coz I'm a new user.
Here's a situation: I've got Meizu 5 pro flashed with Flyme 6 which I flashed using TWRP recovery. I made few tweaks of the partitions (deleting and recreating and renaming) and then I wiped data.
Now the phone boots but as soon as it hits main interface I get error saying "internal storage is running out the process has been stopped" then it reboots and starts over, hits the message, reboots, starts over .... stays in this loop.
I still have access to:
- Meizu's recovery mode (which is kinda useless if I can't access root directory)
- locked fastboot mode (also little bit useless if it's locked)
- recovery partition through USB
I also have MRT dongle for repairing Chinese phones but it doesn't seem to work unless the phone boots fully into Android.
What I can do about this ? Any help much appreciated.

hm.. is it Exynos or Mediatek?

aIecxs said:
hm.. is it Exynos or Mediatek?
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My guess is Exynos as all people here who have dealt with Meizu 5 pro say so.
Allegedly, on this Meizu you can press and hold Vol up and down and press power button once and the
phone's chipset will appear on the screen but my phone doesn't show anything.

[TUTORIAL] Restore hard bricked + lost recovery with locked bootloader Meizu Pro 5

aIecxs said:
[TUTORIAL] Restore hard bricked + lost recovery with locked bootloader Meizu Pro 5
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Funny. I was just reading the thread when you sent me the link. Looks like my phone's last chance for resurrection, doesn't it ?

besides official meizu flash tool (if exist)

Poco M3 does not boot to system but instead always to "POCO-Recovery 3.0"

Hello!
The Poco M3 of my aunt was and still is not rooted and the bootloader was never unlocked. After powering the device off over night, it now does not boot to the system anymore but to "POCO-Recovery 3.0", offering
Reboot
Wipe Data
Connect with MIAssistant
When we select 1. Reboot, it offers:
Reboot to System
Back to Main Menu
When we select 1. Reboot to System, the Poco M3 reboots back to its Recovery screen. Pressing and holding Volume-Up + Power or Volume-Down + Power for a while and/or releasing one of the buttons (we tried all combinations), does not help, as it always comes back to its Recovery screen, so we are stuck.
We did not do any "special" things like rooting or unlocking the boatloader (as written at the beginning), nor are we aware of a recent system OTA update, but maybe she simply did not observe or rembers it (if it happened). She told me that she powered the Poco M3 off because it was getting a bit slow and she read that powering it off might help. So much for that. As we discussed all this over another phone (I am not at her place), I currently cannot connect her phone to my PC via USB and thus cannot try anything in this regard. I am not sure if that could help anyway, though.
I would like to avoid registering with Xiaomi for an account only for being able to reflash the device. Likewise, I do not want to unlock the bootloader or even root the device, unless these are necessary options, of course.
Do you guys have any helpful hints we could follow-up with? Thank you so much for your help!

7wells said:
Hello!
The Poco M3 of my aunt was and still is not rooted and the bootloader was never unlocked. After powering the device off over night, it now does not boot to the system anymore but to "POCO-Recovery 3.0", offering
Reboot
Wipe Data
Connect with MIAssistant
When we select 1. Reboot, it offers:
Reboot to System
Back to Main Menu
When we select 1. Reboot to System, the Poco M3 reboots back to its Recovery screen. Pressing and holding Volume-Up + Power or Volume-Down + Power for a while and/or releasing one of the buttons (we tried all combinations), does not help, as it always comes back to its Recovery screen, so we are stuck.
We did not do any "special" things like rooting or unlocking the boatloader (as written at the beginning), nor are we aware of a recent system OTA update, but maybe she simply did not observe or rembers it (if it happened). She told me that she powered the Poco M3 off because it was getting a bit slow and she read that powering it off might help. So much for that. As we discussed all this over another phone (I am not at her place), I currently cannot connect her phone to my PC via USB and thus cannot try anything in this regard. I am not sure if that could help anyway, though.
I would like to avoid registering with Xiaomi for an account only for being able to reflash the device. Likewise, I do not want to unlock the bootloader or even root the device, unless these are necessary options, of course.
Do you guys have any helpful hints we could follow-up with? Thank you so much for your help!
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If the bootloader is not unlocked, this is a problem.

@rotoko
Well, it was a new device bought from a serious seller, and we have not unlocked it.
Could it be that it is unlocked nevertheless?
And if it is not unlocked, why is it a problem? And what could I do now?
Thank you!

7wells said:
@rotoko
Well, it was a new device bought from a serious seller, and we have not unlocked it.
Could it be that it is unlocked nevertheless?
And if it is not unlocked, why is it a problem? And what could I do now?
Thank you!
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The problem is that when the bootloader is locked, you do not install a new rom via fastboot.

@rotoko
So can I only solve the problem by wiping and then hopefully being able to boot into system and then to unlock the bootloader?
With an unlocked bootloader, at least in the future it would make live a bit easier, right?
But what else can I do when after wiping, she still cannot boot her M3 into system? Going to a service point or contacting the seller? Or are there any other options?
BTW, is it possible to save some files from that device by connecting it to a PC (via ADB)? I am not sure if these are all encrypted.

7wells said:
@rotoko
So can I only solve the problem by wiping and then hopefully being able to boot into system and then to unlock the bootloader?
With an unlocked bootloader, at least in the future it would make live a bit easier, right?
But what else can I do when after wiping, she still cannot boot her M3 into system? Going to a service point or contacting the seller? Or are there any other options?
BTW, is it possible to save some files from that device by connecting it to a PC (via ADB)? I am not sure if these are all encrypted.
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The system will probably no longer boot and nothing can be done without the bootloader unlocked, all that remains is to find an authorized service where they are equipped for it.

rotoko said:
The system will probably no longer boot and nothing can be done without the bootloader unlocked, all that remains is to find an authorized service where they are equipped for it.
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Your aunt probably canceled aktualict the system, which is wrong.

@rotoko
You mean she wiped system? Well, I do not know if she did, but how could a stock recovery let system wiped?
Anyway, I hope we still can do some kind of factory reset.