Hello
I had my phone on the VNS-L31C113B132 firmware, unlocked, rooted.
Then I got a message about a new update (VNS-L31C113B141), so naturally, I downloaded the update.app and tried to flash it through twrp with no success, so I used the up+down+power method, it worked, and all was well, except i lost root, lost twrp, and the bootloader seemed to be locked again. No data or apps were deleted though. Then I updated to B150 same method.
any idea why root and recovery are gone? and how can I check if my bootloader indeed is relocked?
That is a completely regular behavior. You can check by booting to bootloader (holding up and power button when the phone is turned off), it will show you a white screen with the Android robot and info on bootloader and FRP status. To get everything back, just unlock the BL again, flash TWRP again and root again, no harm will be done, and your root software (e.g. Xposed) will start working again (although for xposed, you'll have only the client, the framework has to be flashed via TWRP once again).
Klorec said:
That is a completely regular behavior. You can check by booting to bootloader (holding up and power button when the phone is turned off), it will show you a white screen with the Android robot and info on bootloader and FRP status. To get everything back, just unlock the BL again, flash TWRP again and root again, no harm will be done, and your root software (e.g. Xposed) will start working again (although for xposed, you'll have only the client, the framework has to be flashed via TWRP once again).
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unlocking again may result in factory reset.... or is there another method that keeps everything?
Moemen Shahawy said:
unlocking again may result in factory reset.... or is there another method that keeps everything?
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Unfrtunately yes, the phone will be reset. All you can do is to back it up and then restore it. Next time you update firmware, update it with "update.zip" from TWRP, this way, only recovery and root will be removed, but not the BL unlock.
look around, it is a workaround for skip factory reset in unlock/relock procedure.
I was trying to root my huawei honor 8 lite. However during the root process installation of super su went into boot loop and i was not able to reboot the phone properly. So i ran fastboot oem relock to fix the issue and the phone went into factory reset. Since then phone is stuck at 99% factory reset. Hard reset / volume down + power button or any other option. The phone always goes to factory reset after showing up huawei logo. It stucks there at 99%. Is there a way to install the factory firmware using SD card / external storage? I'm not able to connect to the phone using fastboot or adb bootloader. Please help. If possible please provide the step by step guide to the installation using dload method.
try dload method
Can you post the link for step by step instructions?
so i was trying to root and unlocked the bootloader, but i erased the internal storage and apparently messed up its partitioning scheme. i can nolonger get past the bootloader or fastboot. i can lock and unlock the bootloader but i cannot flash a rom. how do i fix this? also no access to recovery mode
Same problem my phone is booting than restarting and is retrying until the battery dies. Cant get in recovery nothing
hi bought this phone off of ebay bootloader is locked and has frp . i tried fastboot unlock_bootloader but came unsuccessful. is there any way i can unlock the bootloader i can go into settings but i can't enable developers mode nothing happens..i want to use this phone but i can't bypass frp any help please...
ooof, can you factory reset the phone in recovery?
aer0zer0 said:
ooof, can you factory reset the phone in recovery?
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I have tried that i boot into recovery it only wipes data. i tried bypassing the google verification screen go into settings and tried factory resetting the device it reboots but boots back up with the same thing..bootloader is locked , secure mode is on device stats that its locked . i even tried fastboot methods to try unlock bootloader or wiping the device but it doesnt allow me because its the device is in locked state...
Rich207 said:
I have tried that i boot into recovery it only wipes data. i tried bypassing the google verification screen go into settings and tried factory resetting the device it reboots but boots back up with the same thing..bootloader is locked , secure mode is on device stats that its locked . i even tried fastboot methods to try unlock bootloader or wiping the device but it doesnt allow me because its the device is in locked state...
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I think your SOL. can you get ahold of the guy to get you logged in?
So I wanted to install lineage OS for this Nokia 6 phone, but in the process of installing something went wrong. Suddenly I couldn't boot into the system (which was expected), and I also couldn't go to recovery either. Not twrp, not even the stock recovery. I can still go to the bootloader with fastboot tho and issue commands. I also tried re-flashing the firmware on the phone, but that doesn't help. Is my phone bricked? How can I fix this? Thanks.
Edit: The bootloader is unlocked.