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[SOLVED] local updates (update.zip, update.app) after root and unroot not working

Hello guys,
I have general issue updating locally (DLOAD) my P8 Lite, from root or SD, full update.app or incremental update.zip.
System always says: Sorry OTA update package (update.app or update.zip) not found and phone restarts
I had root but already unrooted. Tried to go back manually with adb to B052, didn´t help.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Ing.King said:
Hello guys,
I have general issue updating locally (DLOAD) my P8 Lite, from root or SD, full update.app or incremental update.zip.
System always says: Sorry OTA update package (update.app or update.zip) not found and phone restarts
I had root but already unrooted. Tried to go back manually with adb to B052, didn´t help.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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Do you have stock recovery or TWRP?
Local update is not possible with TWRP. If you have TWRP you need to flash stock recovery, before trying the local update.

Well, I never installed different recovery, everything is default.

So after I renamed packages to something else, from e.g. update.zip to Update.zip1, and then back to update.zip, it started to work. While update I had DLOAD folder located both SD and root.

pmp said:
Do you have stock recovery or TWRP?
Local update is not possible with TWRP. If you have TWRP you need to flash stock recovery, before trying the local update.
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how can i find a stock recovery?

same problem here. i have it on root of sd named update.app what do i have to do? rename it update.zip ?

Get a USB cable and plug it into a computer then restart the phone into recovery you should find it boots Huawei standard recovery if not you will have to flash it
EDIT turn off the phone then press volume up whilst pressing volume up press the power button keep holding volume up recovery should load

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I've always used TWRP to flash stock updates. After flashing you have stock recovery and it's unrooted.

dereppsteiner said:
how can i find a stock recovery?
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Here you can find a table with all Huawei firmware in it. Find one (F3) for your device (for example, ale-l21 europe region: ALE-L21C432) and download the FULL version. Then use Huawei Update Extractor to get just the recovery.img (right click on it > Extract)

[Guide] How To Update To The Latest Marshmallow 6.0 From B180

[FONT=&quot]As some of us including myself have been wondering how do i update my honor 7 while running android 5.0.2 to the latest Marshmallow 6.0 update if my honor 7 is rooted?
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[FONT=&quot]I have successfully updated to The latest Marshmallow 6.0 using this method[/FONT][FONT=&quot] and i was running b180 rooted
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[FONT=&quot]I have a uk version of honor 7 so the process will be the same except the firmware files for your country.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Please back your phone as i have done with titanium backup and Hisuite
[FONT=&quot]I[/FONT] don't take any responsibility for any damage caused by your mistakes[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
[/FONT]​ [FONT=&quot]Step 1: We need to unroot honor 7 before doing anything else
open superSU scroll down and you will see an option full unroot click and phone should reboot sometime it may not reboot so dont worry just to be sure download root checker app from play store to see if unroot has been successful[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Step 2: Head to your computer and download and install the following tool:
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2433454[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Step 3: Download the [FONT=&quot]full[/FONT] complete update file (B121) from:
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/3...s-121115-b140/[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
Then, extract it and get its UPDATE.app file.[/FONT]
· [FONT=&quot]Step 4: [/FONT]Use the Huawei Update Extractor to extract the (BOOT.img), (SYSTEM.img), (RECOVERY.img), (CACHE.img), (CUST.img),) from the UPDATE.app file that you have extracted from Step 3.
[FONT=&quot]Step 5: Open your command prompt, and navigate to the right directory where you have extracted the image files. Use the “cd” and “..” commands to do so.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Step 6: Type the following commands and execute them one by one
[/FONT]
Code:
fastboot reboot bootloaderTest if your device is detected by typing
the following command fastboot devices while you are in the bootloader mode
Then execute the these commands
fastboot flash boot BOOT.img
fastboot flash system SYSTEM.img
fastboot flash recovery RECOVERY.img
fastboot flash cache CACHE.img
fastboot flash cust CUST.img
[FONT=&quot]Step 7: Navigate to your sd card and copy the dload [/FONT]folder that you have extracted from Step 3 to the root of your sd card. Note inside the dload folder is the update file UPDATE.APP
· [FONT=&quot]Step 8: Hold volume + and volume – at the same time then hold the power button don’t let go until you see Huawei software installation screen, Once installation is done phone will reboot and android system will load after setup process you will get a ota update notification, Click on it and update to b180 [/FONT]
· [FONT=&quot]Step 9: Go to http://www.hihonor.com/uk/support/ and [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Download the latest complete update file honor 7 firmware[/FONT][FONT=&quot] (PLK-L01, Andriod 6.0, EMUI4.0, C432B330, United Kingdom) [/FONT]
Step 10: Extract The files download in Step 9 And you will see a folder called dload copy that folder to the root of your sd card .
Note if you already have a folder called dload then just copy the APDATE.APP from the dload folder to your sd cards dload folder
· [FONT=&quot]Step [FONT=&quot]11[/FONT]: Hold volume + and volume – at the same time then hold the power button don’t let go until you see Huawei software installation screen[/FONT]
You may get installation failed error don’t worry just reboot the system and enjoy the Official Marshmallow 6.0 update.:good:​

Thanks for the guide, however, I couldn't get it to work on my UK H7. I'm already on B180 with no root and bootloader still locked so I just proceeded from step 9. I placed the UPDATE.APP from the update.zip I downloaded to the dload folder but it fails (like you said) but when i reboot i'm still on B180.
I also tried just placing the update.zip directly into dload but that also fails after attempting a local update.
Any ideas?

Andy4Shurr said:
Thanks for the guide, however, I couldn't get it to work on my UK H7. I'm already on B180 with no root and bootloader still locked so I just proceeded from step 9. I placed the UPDATE.APP from the update.zip I downloaded to the dload folder but it fails (like you said) but when i reboot i'm still on B180.
I also tried just placing the update.zip directly into dload but that also fails after attempting a local update.
Any ideas?
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I used german file and it failed at 98% but when phone reboot its b330... i was on b180.
its strange but everything works fine.
no root of course

Tile0107 said:
I used german file and it failed at 98% but when phone reboot its b330... i was on b180.
its strange but everything works fine.
no root of course
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Did you start from step 1 or did you already have B180 like me?

I downloaded this file: http://www.hihonor.com/de/support/details/?DOC_ID=77508
than i create dload folder and copy this,( unziped and take update.app) to sd card. Next i open the updater and start.
phone restart goes to 98% than i saw on screen "failed", phone reboot and its b330 i dont know how but work fine...

Tile0107 said:
I downloaded this file: http://www.hihonor.com/de/support/details/?DOC_ID=77508
than i create dload folder and copy this,( unziped and take update.app) to sd card. Next i open the updater and start.
phone restart goes to 98% than i saw on screen "failed", phone reboot and its b330 i dont know how but work fine...
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Thanks Tile, we both started from the same point with the same firmware then :/
I'll try again.

Andy4Shurr said:
Thanks Tile, we both started from the same point with the same firmware then :/
I'll try again.
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Oh and one more thing my phone dont wipe after this update. I tried again now to update it was completed and phone restart, now my phone was wiped...
Strange...

Andy4Shurr said:
Thanks for the guide, however, I couldn't get it to work on my UK H7. I'm already on B180 with no root and bootloader still locked so I just proceeded from step 9. I placed the UPDATE.APP from the update.zip I downloaded to the dload folder but it fails (like you said) but when i reboot i'm still on B180.
I also tried just placing the update.zip directly into dload but that also fails after attempting a local update.
Any ideas?
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Hi Andy
I think it maybe because you are not rooted or you may have done something different.
Try downloading the files again.
If not follow this official guide if you are not rooted http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/377073-how-to-update-your-honor-7-to-marshmallow/

Tile0107 said:
Oh and one more thing my phone dont wipe after this update. I tried again now to update it was completed and phone restart, now my phone was wiped...
Strange...
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I backed up, just in case.
I tried again, the update went really quick (like 15 seconds) then said it was complete and I restarted. Since then it has been sat with the honor boot up logo for about 10 minutes... I'm just going to wait and hopefully it will boot into the android system
EDIT: So it's not progressing from the boot logo... I went into the recovery and wiped/factory reset to see if that would help but it's just sat at the boot logo again and won't go any further
I can obviously get to recovery and to the update screen so I'll have to try and download the full B121 ROM and put it on my SD card to try again.

Andy4Shurr said:
I backed up, just in case.
I tried again, the update went really quick (like 15 seconds) then said it was complete and I restarted. Since then it has been sat with the honor boot up logo for about 10 minutes... I'm just going to wait and hopefully it will boot into the android system
EDIT: So it's not progressing from the boot logo... I went into the recovery and wiped/factory reset to see if that would help but it's just sat at the boot logo again and won't go any further
I can obviously get to recovery and to the update screen so I'll have to try and download the full B121 ROM and put it on my SD card to try again.
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Are you running custom recovery or stock?
If you are on stock recovery Start a fresh install
download the full B121 firmware flash it and after setup you should get OTA update notification proceed with the update once the update it done to b180 download the full firmware for marshmallow from here http://www.hihonor.com/uk/support/details/?DOC_ID=77509
Extract the zip file once done you will see a dload folder copy the UPDATE.APP to you dload folder in your sd card then go to settings and update click on local update and update the phone.
Let me know if it worked.

alphadude said:
Are you running custom recovery or stock?
If you are on stock recovery Start a fresh install
download the full B121 firmware flash it and after setup you should get OTA update notification proceed with the update once the update it done to b180 download the full firmware for marshmallow from here http://www.hihonor.com/uk/support/details/?DOC_ID=77509
Extract the zip file once done you will see a dload folder copy the UPDATE.APP to you dload folder in your sd card then go to settings and update click on local update and update the phone.
Let me know if it worked.
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Yes, full stock. Never rooted or unlocked bootloader. I agree, I think the full 121 upgrade path is probably the best option now, I'm in the process of copying over the update.app from the 121 firmware to my sd card as we speak. I tried the 330 update while I was at work and didn't have my usb sd card reader so I've only just managed to get home and start that now.
EDIT: I'm just getting the update failed message now when attempting to install the B121 Update.App... about 6% into the update, then just asks to reboot system which gets stuck at the boot logo again :/
EDIT 2: After repeatedly trying and switching between B100, B120 and B330 update.App files to try and reflash the firmware the B330 version finally decided to do a full install and complete 100%. Very strange how it literally just decided to work this time but all's well that ends well I guess. If anyone else has this issue then just persevere and keep trying, hopefully it will just work one time!
Thanks Tile and Alphadude for trying to figure it out

for unrooted B180 this is how i did it
I went from B180>B320>B330
downloaded B320 to sd card
extracted intermediate file to sdcard/dload
EMUI update app and manual update
it restarted and did its buisness
deleted the UPDATE.APP from dload folder and copied in the full UPDATE.APP
EMUI update app and manual update
it restarted and did its buisness
then once restarted back into the emui update app and it said the 330 update was available OTA
no data loss through any of it

joelk2 said:
for unrooted B180 this is how i did it
I went from B180>B320>B330
downloaded B320 to sd card
extracted intermediate file to sdcard/dload
EMUI update app and manual update
it restarted and did its buisness
deleted the UPDATE.APP from dload folder and copied in the full UPDATE.APP
EMUI update app and manual update
it restarted and did its buisness
then once restarted back into the emui update app and it said the 330 update was available OTA
no data loss through any of it
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Which b320 download did you use, do you have a link.

sbellseb said:
Which b320 download did you use, do you have a link.
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I used this one from the French honor sitehttp://www.hihonor.com/fr/support/details/?DOC_ID=72951

joelk2 said:
I used this one from the French honor sitehttp://www.hihonor.com/fr/support/details/?DOC_ID=72951
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I'll try that one. I followed a different one which failed. Thanks.

sbellseb said:
I'll try that one. I followed a different one which failed. Thanks.
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Make sure you flash the intermediate file first and then the main update

I doff my cap. It worked. An error at 95%, plodded on through and I'm now on MM B330.

Good work. I've noticed an improved battery life on b330

joelk2 said:
Good work. I've noticed an improved battery life on b330
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There's nothing great that I've come across yet. No data lost either doing the upgrade so I'm happy to be on MM.

After the update everything else seems to be working fine and smooth, but i've had several sudden restarts and couple of freezes.

Deleted firmware; can only access TWRP

Hi,
Yesterday in the Updater app, my Huawei P8 Lite suggested I upgrade to new firmware, so I unrooted my device and tried to apply the OTA update. I got an error, however, and in the midst of trying a few fixes, I accidentally wiped everything except the internal and external storage, so now the device hangs on the Huawei symbol on boot-up. Yes, I did a very, very stupid thing!
I have downloaded my stock firmware (HUAWEI ALE-L21 Firmware(Android 5.0, EMUI_3.1, 05012XNT, C432B171, Single SIM, CEE&Nordic, European, Region, Channel-Others), but cannot access the stock recovery it recommends because VOLUME UP + VOLUME DOWN + POWER takes me into TWRP. My understanding is that I should be able to create a TWRP flashable .zip with Huawei Update Extractor, but when I select BOOT.img, RECOVERY.img and SYSTEM.img and right-click to create a flashable zip, I get the error NO SUITABLE PROFILES SELECTED. CHECK PROFILES .XML.
It seems I am stuck. I guess I need a full ROM for the P8 Lite (B171) that can be flashed with TWRP? I have a Titanium Backup on an SD card, so I am not concerned about losing that data.
Any advice would be very gratefully received. Thanks.

Thankfully, shortly after I posted this thread, I found the following fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p8/how-to/guide-how-to-unbrick-huawei-p8-failed-t3260704
I was able to get into fastboot mode and flash recovery.img, boot.img, and system.img which got me out of the bootloop.
Thanks to everyone who read this anyway!

Restore L14 back to stock after a bad flash or if you do not like EMUI 5

Last night I tried to root my device and ended up bricking my L14 honor 8. After several hours I finally got restored back to EMUI 4 then updated back to 5. Because of how difficult it was to find exactly how to do this I have compiled an exact how to of how to restore your device along with an all in one download.
1. Flash the stock recovery if you currently have twrp or something else installed. In the compressed file this file is labeled as STOCK RECOVERY.img. To flash load fastboot then use the command "fastboot flash recovery "STOCK RECOVERY.img"" without the outside quotes
2. Create a folder named "dload" on a micro sd card. This folder is where you will copy your update.app files for recoverying
3. Copy the update.app from the rollback folder to the dloads folder on the microsd card.
4. Boot up the phone while holding vol up and down. This will put the phone into image restore mode. If the file is in the right location it will start loading the image. Once it finishes loading the phone will reboot. Once rebooted copy the other update.app from the mm folder to the dload folder on the micro sd card. Then reboot the phone again to restore mode. This will load the default stock image the honor 8 came with.
Download Link: https://mega.nz/#!vtQxDC4S!e-8bT-IkTWW5NFk1NNttNM-8-_NKXk6GxUGNL9yZ64k

Will I have to relock my bootloader in order to apply the update.app? In the pdf file you provided, it says to "Make sure your phone system version has not been unlocked or rooted," but I just want to make sure before I do this.

It will relock your bootloader once you flash the stock mm fw.

texanman said:
Last night I tried to root my device and ended up bricking my L14 honor 8. After several hours I finally got restored back to EMUI 4 then updated back to 5. Because of how difficult it was to find exactly how to do this I have compiled an exact how to of how to restore your device along with an all in one download.
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Do you know how to root L14 with MM and EMUI 4.1? I have just successfully unlocked the bootloader using Huawei MultiTool but the Root permission menu is confusing. I don't see any "US" version in the option. Do you have any idea?

[SOLVED] How to unroot, relock bootloader and flash EMUI ?

Hello,
I tried to flash the RessurectionRemix ROM and it was working well except the LTE so I decided to get back to EMUI.
Problem, i took the backup of bluesmoothie and flashed it but the phone never finish to boot.... (I didn't wipe anything, i thought that the restore function of TWRP was doing everything, am I wrong ?)
Moreover, the TWRP recovery can't access the content of my ext sdcard where the RR ROM is located and even if i put this rom to internal storage, i got the ERROR 7 (this is for deive: can; you have generic_a53)
Do you know what can I do to :
- Come back to EMUI
- Unroot the phone
- Re-lock the bootloader
The files of the TWRP backup are located on the sdcard, if i wipe data/system/cache, will it delete these files ?
Infos :
- Bootloader unlocked
- TWRP of Garak (but still have ERROR 7 now)
Thank you very much

First you need to flash the stock recovery in fastboot. After that you need to put the update.app in a folder called dload in your internal storage.

wangdaning said:
First you need to flash the stock recovery in fastboot. After that you need to put the update.app in a folder called dload in your internal storage.
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Okay but where can I find the stock recovery ?
Then, do i have to flash it via ADB like i did with TWRP ?
After that, where can I find the "update.app" that you are talking about ?
If i'm right, you're telling me that i can't go back to EMUI without flashing the stock recovery ?

That is correct. First use firmware finder to get the update.app. There is a firmware extractor tool for Huawei firmware. Use it to extract the recovery.img and flash with fastboot.

wangdaning said:
That is correct. First use firmware finder to get the update.app. There is a firmware extractor tool for Huawei firmware. Use it to extract the recovery.img and flash with fastboot.
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First of all, thank you very much for your anwser, it's very kind of you.
If i understood everything, that's what i have to do :
- Download one of the Huawei firmwares with Huawei Finder (Better get the B100 or another one ?)
- Extract the recovery.img with the update.app from Huawei Finder
- Flash the stock recovery with ADB
Then :
- I put the update.app that i get through the Huawei Finder in the dload folder of the internal storage (If i flash the stock recovery, will I be able to put files in the storage ?)
- I reboot the phone in recovery and normally, it should install the EMUI rom
At the end, my phone will no longer have a custom recvery, bootloader unlocked and root status ?

iSpeeX said:
First of all, thank you very much for your anwser, it's very kind of you.
If i understood everything, that's what i have to do :
- Download one of the Huawei firmwares with Huawei Finder (Better get the B100 or another one ?)
- Extract the recovery.img with the update.app from Huawei Finder
- Flash the stock recovery with ADB
Then :
- I put the update.app that i get through the Huawei Finder in the dload folder of the internal storage (If i flash the stock recovery, will I be able to put files in the storage ?)
- I reboot the phone in recovery and normally, it should install the EMUI rom
At the end, my phone will no longer have a custom recvery, bootloader unlocked and root status ?
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Yes, that's correct. But you have to put update.app in dload folder on your SD card as far as I know. That's how I did it.
I couldn't find B100 on Firmware Finder and I've got relocked bootloader on Nougat.

Yes, you will need to copy the update.app to internal storage in TWRP, then flash the stock recovery. After flashing you need to hold all three buttons when booting (just like getting into TWRP. After update you will have no custom recovery, no root, and it should lock bootloader.

wangdaning said:
Yes, you will need to copy the update.app to internal storage in TWRP, then flash the stock recovery. After flashing you need to hold all three buttons when booting (just like getting into TWRP. After update you will have no custom recovery, no root, and it should lock bootloader.
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I did everything, now it's booting but it's VERY VERY LONG... I'll wait and pray

iSpeeX said:
I did everything, now it's booting but it's VERY VERY LONG... I'll wait and pray
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If it doesn't boot, then boot in recovery and do a factory reset and then it should boot. It happened to me and that's what I did.

#Henkate said:
If it doesn't boot, then boot in recovery and do a factory reset and then it should boot. It happened to me and that's what I did.
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I still have the warning message "your phone is unlocked", is it normal ?
When i boot into recovery it's displaying "eRecovery" and ask me to download the new update of recovery but it fails when getting the package. I can only reboot and turn off :/
Thank you as always

iSpeeX said:
I still have the warning message "your phone is unlocked", is it normal ?
When i boot into recovery it's displaying "eRecovery" and ask me to download the new update of recovery but it fails when getting the package. I can only reboot and turn off :/
Thank you as always
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You shouldn't have that message anymore.
Are you sure that the update.app got installed? @wangdaning told you to put it on dload folder in internal memory. I don't know if that is right or if it works, but I've put it in dload folder on sdcard when I've installed update.app.

#Henkate said:
You shouldn't have that message anymore.
Are you sure that the update.app got installed? @wangdaning told you to put it on dload folder in internal memory. I don't know if that is right or if it works, but I've put it in dload folder on sdcard when I've installed update.app.
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Well i wasn't in front of it when it finished and I just did it : the update stops at 5% and then the phone reboot....
Do you know what do I have to do ? I took the recovery from the last B350 on huawei firmware finder
EDIT1 : but this time in recovery i can Reboot, Wipe factory reset, Wipe cache

iSpeeX said:
Well i wasn't in front of it when it finished and I just did it : the update stops at 5% and then the phone reboot....
Do you know what do I have to do ? I took the recovery from the last B350 on huawei firmware finder
EDIT1 : but this time in recovery i can Reboot, Wipe factory reset, Wipe cache
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You can read in this post the steps I've used to relock the bootloader and get update (official I guess) through Settings > System update. Just "click to show content".

#Henkate said:
You can read in this post the steps I've used to relock the bootloader and get update (official I guess) through Settings > System update. Just "click to show content".
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The problem is that the phone doesnt finish to but anymore... i can't do things in menu.
When you talk about SD card, it's the external sd card ? Because i don't have access to it anymore, but i have the partition SD Card
When you installed the B340 update, you seen the percent growing up and had a "success" message ? Because, for me, the update is stuck at 5% and then it reboot the phone

iSpeeX said:
The problem is that the phone doesnt finish to but anymore... i can't do things in menu.
When you talk about SD card, it's the external sd card ? Because i don't have access to it anymore, but i have the partition SD Card
When you installed the B340 update, you seen the percent growing up and had a "success" message ? Because, for me, the update is stuck at 5% and then it reboot the phone
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Yes, I mean external sdcard.
Reinstall TWRP and restore bluesmoothie's backup and then flash the stock recovery again.
I didn't have any issues with installing the B340 firmware. It was installed successfully.
Try to follow the steps I've used. You shouldn't have any problem.

#Henkate said:
Yes, I mean external sdcard.
Reinstall TWRP and restore bluesmoothie's backup and then flash the stock recovery again.
I didn't have any issues with installing the B340 firmware. It was installed successfully.
Try to follow the steps I've used. You shouldn't have any problem.
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Okay i'm going to try it right away
My external sd card doesnt show up anymore when i connect it to my PC, i don't know why

I mentioned internal SD card because you said your external was not recognized, but you might try putting the dload folder on external. I have done it both ways. Sometimes the update through stock recovery is finicky. If it doesn't finish run it again. Also, make sure your USB is disconnected, as may Huawei users have mentioned this causes it to freeze. If it still fails, try dloading a different update from firmware finder.

Did it work?

I didn't have so much time these days but I did it and it worked for the 1st part (flash bouesmoothie's backup). Tomorrow I'll do the final step! Thank you again

Here I am :
1 : flashed stock recovery from B350 and i don't have the "unlocked" message anymore !
2 : The update B350 made it, "update success"
3 : It doesn't boot for now
4 : The boot doesn't end
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1 : flashed TWRP recovery, launched a factory reset in the same time
2 : Phone booting again on B100
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1 : flashed stock recovery from b350
2 : flashed b350 update
3 : Everything is fine !
Thank you for your help !!!