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Unlocked Bootloader for 10.3

Will there eventually be an app for unlocking the bootloader on the 10.3 firmware? I don't have the factory cable and it sounds like a lot of people have bricked their device doing the downgrade to 10.2.

I hope so. I am not gonna even try it... Lol instead rooted it and used Kindlefree app to install Nova and used titanium backup. So it's "like" Android but not quite lol....
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It worked for me even with the 10.3.1 bootloader. It seems that the exploit is not closed yet.
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I can confirm that the utilities still work fine with the latest version of the kindle software, so you shouldn't even need to downgrade.

flopower1996 said:
It worked for me even with the 10.3.1 bootloader. It seems that the exploit is not closed yet.
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But if I downgrade my bootloader I won't have to use the whole 2nd bootloader method and all that right? Won't I then just be able to use some utility to flash TWRP and then flash a ROM? This Kindle thing is probably a little more intimidating than anything else I've messed with. I have mine rooted and a bunch of other hacks but I want pure Android on. I don't want a brick though..
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jwort93 said:
I can confirm that the utilities still work fine with the latest version of the kindle software, so you shouldn't even need to downgrade.
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Which utility did you use and did you need a fastboot cable?
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You're going to need the second boot loader no matter what
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mindmajick said:
You're going to need the second boot loader no matter what
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Ok so if I use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2216285 to downgrade my current bootloader then use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2106463 to flash the freedom boot img and TWRP then I can just flash a ROM like normal through TWRP. Right?
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jcnbama said:
Ok so if I use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2216285 to downgrade my current bootloader then use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2106463 to flash the freedom boot img and TWRP then I can just flash a ROM like normal through TWRP. Right?
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No need to downgrade the bootloader. Install the apk from the dev. Thread and click install. Nothing else.
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flopower1996 said:
No need to downgrade the bootloader. Install the apk from the dev. Thread and click install. Nothing else.
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What about all that craziness I have been reading about locking up the bootloader due to the 10.3.1 bootloader? I can just forget about that and install that apk file and THEN I would be able to flash a ROM via TWRP? I thought that the thread said that this tool said it was for the old bootloader. This is great news! Can you confirm this? Are we on the same page?
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jcnbama said:
What about all that craziness I have been reading about locking up the bootloader due to the 10.3.1 bootloader? I can just forget about that and install that apk file and THEN I would be able to flash a ROM via TWRP? I thought that the thread said that this tool said it was for the old bootloader. This is great news! Can you confirm this? Are we on the same page?
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Yes the exploit stil exists. Tested by myself withe the 10.3.1 bootloader and confirmed by other people. Enjoy the freedom of flashing!
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flopower1996 said:
Yes the exploit stil exists. Tested by myself withe the 10.3.1 bootloader and confirmed by other people. Enjoy the freedom of flashing!
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Oh my goodness. This absolutely worked. WHY didn't I meet you like 3 days ago? LOL Any noob to Kindle should know about this. Root + Run a simple .apk WOW. Any thoughts on the best Rom going right now for KF2? Kernel?

jcnbama said:
Oh my goodness. This absolutely worked. WHY didn't I meet you like 3 days ago? LOL Any noob to Kindle should know about this. Root + Run a simple .apk WOW. Any thoughts on the best Rom going right now for KF2? Kernel?
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Well, i personally use the aosp Rom by hashcode. It`s simple, nice and clean. But what you are using is your own choice. Flash different Roms and make your own mind.
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flopower1996 said:
Well, i personally use the aosp Rom by hashcode. It`s simple, nice and clean. But what you are using is your own choice. Flash different Roms and make your own mind.
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So, it looks like I have screwed something up. This figures as my luck is terrible with this freegin Kindle. So I got TWRP recovery working fine. I DL Cyanogenmod 10.1 and Gapps accordingly. Went into TWRP of course made a backup, then went to flash. I wiped EVERYTHING and went to flash the ROM. I received the error <Could Not Open .zip> So now I have nothing on file except a bad .zip. I did re-download the ROM assuming it was bad and restored my TWRP backup. Now I am stuck in what appears to be a Kindle Bootloop. The Kindle Fire (Orange) logo comes up, a few seconds later it blinks back off again and recycles. Now what? I can't get the Kindle to boot so I can put the .zip back on the machine. I am STUCK. This sucks... :crying:

jcnbama said:
So, it looks like I have screwed something up. This figures as my luck is terrible with this freegin Kindle. So I got TWRP recovery working fine. I DL Cyanogenmod 10.1 and Gapps accordingly. Went into TWRP of course made a backup, then went to flash. I wiped EVERYTHING and went to flash the ROM. I received the error <Could Not Open .zip> So now I have nothing on file except a bad .zip. I did re-download the ROM assuming it was bad and restored my TWRP backup. Now I am stuck in what appears to be a Kindle Bootloop. The Kindle Fire (Orange) logo comes up, a few seconds later it blinks back off again and recycles. Now what? I can't get the Kindle to boot so I can put the .zip back on the machine. I am STUCK. This sucks... :crying:
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You have fastboot cable?
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You have fastboot cable?
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It's on the way lol. Ordered it today. What is terrible is I thought I was doing the right thing by doing a backup up TWRP. Just in case ya know? It *usually* works. Now I just need to know the next steps so I can get back where I need to be. Thought I was home free with TWRP.
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jcnbama said:
It's on the way lol. Ordered it today. What is terrible is I thought I was doing the right thing by doing a backup up TWRP. Just in case ya know? It *usually* works. Now I just need to know the next steps so I can get back where I need to be. Thought I was home free with TWRP.
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I did the exact same thing when i got my kindle back in January. (Yeah, i had to order my cable right after that )
For some reason I've never been able to restore a stock TWRP backup on the kf2. It always borks the bootloader.
I know there is a special requirement that our bootloader uses a file called stack on the system partition- that's why you can't get into recovery now (when you wiped the system it wiped the stack file which let's us run the second bootloader.)
Anyway, Once you have the fastboot cable its really easy to get things going again. Pm me if you need a hand.. I've been through this myself a few times lol.
If you ever end up in the same situation again where you wiped the system and the zip is bad... Stay in twrp and use "adb sideload" to push a good zip from pc.
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mindmajick said:
I did the exact same thing when i got my kindle back in January. (Yeah, i had to order my cable right after that )
For some reason I've never been able to restore a stock TWRP backup on the kf2. It always borks the bootloader.
I know there is a special requirement that our bootloader uses a file called stack on the system partition- that's why you can't get into recovery now (when you wiped the system it wiped the stack file which let's us run the second bootloader.)
Anyway, Once you have the fastboot cable its really easy to get things going again. Pm me if you need a hand.. I've been through this myself a few times lol.
If you ever end up in the same situation again where you wiped the system and the zip is bad... Stay in twrp and use "adb sideload" to push a good zip from pc.
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I actually tried the side load through TWRP. When I typed "adb devices" it showed my device in host mode and the file wouldn't transfer although TWRP was in adb sideload mode. But then I just thought "oh well guess I'll restore my backup" lol. Yeah that didn't work out..
Sent you a P. M. BTW. thanks again!
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Thanks for the info guys. I'm glad I didn't have to change the firmware. The whole process was super easy and now I'm running jb 4.2. For those reading, just root->install one touch apk->make backup in twrp->factory reset->flash rom and gapps->success!

punkcitykid said:
Thanks for the info guys. I'm glad I didn't have to change the firmware. The whole process was super easy and now I'm running jb 4.2. For those reading, just root->install one touch apk->make backup in twrp->factory reset->flash rom and gapps->success!
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**As a special note however DO NOT restore your factory backup if you have trouble. You will end up like me. Bootlooping with a fast boot cable in the mail.** if I could go back in time I would've downloaded the files via a hard line rather than slow wifi and maybe even double downloaded.. Oh well. This is a learning opportunity.
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[Q] No os installed need help

hi i accidently factory reset my Samsung Galaxy tab 3 10.1 in the wrong way with twrp and yes it was rooted but i tried to unroot it and go back to the stock rom. (i dont remember what rom it was rooted with) and now i get stuck at splash screen when i start it up and when i access twrp and press reboot it says No Os installed are you sure you wanna reboot? i need help quickly i cant give much more info im not that good with technical stuff but il try my best thanks for your time

vince9812 said:
hi i accidently factory reset my Samsung Galaxy tab 3 10.1 in the wrong way with twrp and yes it was rooted but i tried to unroot it and go back to the stock rom. (i dont remember what rom it was rooted with) and now i get stuck at splash screen when i start it up and when i access twrp and press reboot it says No Os installed are you sure you wanna reboot? i need help quickly i cant give much more info im not that good with technical stuff but il try my best thanks for your time
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If you have a back up you can restore. If not;
find a stock ROM or any ROM of your choosing for your device;
download;
take external SD card out;
put in your computer;
move ROM on root of SD card;
make sure your tablets off;
put SD card back in tablet;
reboot recovery;
wipe again;
install your ROM;
start over fresh.
I'd help more, but own the 7, not 10. This will fix it without losing root
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creep138 said:
If you have a back up you can restore. If not;
find a stock ROM or any ROM of your choosing for your device;
download;
take external SD card out;
put in your computer;
move ROM on root of SD card;
make sure your tablets off;
put SD card back in tablet;
reboot recovery;
wipe again;
install your ROM;
start over fresh.
I'd help more, but own the 7, not 10. This will fix it without losing root
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hi thanks for your response unfourtunatly it didnt work for me but thank you for the effort i appreciate it

vince9812 said:
hi thanks for your response unfourtunatly it didnt work for me but thank you for the effort i appreciate it
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Then your only option is to Odin back to stock. Be sure to use the original firmware you had before you rooted.
Sometimes on my tab, I have to flash the ROM twice before it'll mount the system. You can try it, but still unsure of the 10's
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creep138 said:
Then your only option is to Odin back to stock. Be sure to use the original firmware you had before you rooted.
Sometimes on my tab, I have to flash the ROM twice before it'll mount the system. You can try it, but still unsure of the 10's
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is there any available tutorial for doing that i dont wanna screw up more than i have also thanks for your help

vince9812 said:
is there any available tutorial for doing that i dont wanna screw up more than i have also thanks for your help
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What model is it so I don't send the wrong link and brick your device lol.
I know its a tab 3 10.1, all I need is the model number
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creep138 said:
What model is it so I don't send the wrong link and brick your device lol.
I know its a tab 3 10.1, all I need is the model number
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im using GT-P5210

vince9812 said:
im using GT-P5210
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Surprisingly nothing shows on Google except for the 3g and LTE models, but I did find this on xda and looks like they have download problems, but I didn't read the whole way thru.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2604681
I hope this helps cause Google wasn't much lol
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creep138 said:
Surprisingly nothing shows on Google except for the 3g and LTE models, but I did find this on xda and looks like they have download problems, but I didn't read the whole way thru.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2604681
I hope this helps cause Google wasn't much lol
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thank you so much for sharing it worked i no longer have issues with my pad

vince9812 said:
thank you so much for sharing it worked i no longer have issues with my pad
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Just don't forget to thank the persons thread
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[Q] Bootloop, no recovery...

I recently installed Cyanogenmod on my friends International (GT-19195) GS4 Mini. He said it was glitchy and ****, and he couldn't sign into his Google account. I then turned the phone off, went straight into recovery and installed a stock firmware. Being as dumb as I am, I didn't erase any data or anything whatsoever, I just installed the stock firmware. Now it hangs on the Samsung logo, and I can't get into recovery, pressing the buttons just doesn't work. I can however get into download mode. Help!

Use programme called adb ..
But first take bat out for a sec or 2
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trilock said:
Use programme called adb ..
But first take bat out for a sec or 2
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That isn't very specific, what should I do with ABD? I know what it is, but not what to do with it.

Can somebody please try and help?

rapzeh76 said:
Can somebody please try and help?
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re-flash custom recovery twrp or cwm :good: good luck :good:

Custom Recovery and Rom

If you want a custom recovery and rom and you just unlocked your bootloader go here:
http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/
Download and Flash:
XT901-XT907-TWRP-2.6.3.0-recovery.img
and
cm-11-20140615-UNOFFICIAL-RAZR-HD_M-KITKAT-TEST
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Any way to flash the recovery without a PC?
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ezknives said:
Any way to flash the recovery without a PC?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.recoverytools
or
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify

As always thank you kindly ATTACK...
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Wich one of those did you use?
And did it work? Can we use rom manager?
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The first one with twrp 2.7... Worked fine for me...
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I can't seem to reboot into recovery correctly. Every attempt just lands me back in the stock firmware. Rebooting from there to recovery via adb just gives me the Motorola warning.

Strife89 said:
I can't seem to reboot into recovery correctly. Every attempt just lands me back in the stock firmware. Rebooting from there to recovery via adb just gives me the Motorola warning.
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This is what I use
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot

ATTACK said:
This is what I use
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot
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No dice. Rebooting to recovery even with that just leaves me staring at the boot image.
EDIT: I remember reading that those who took the KitKat OTA got a different boot image that makes going back to Jellybean difficult, if not impossible. Could that have anything to do with this?

Strife89 said:
No dice. Rebooting to recovery even with that just leaves me staring at the boot image.
EDIT: I remember reading that those who took the KitKat OTA got a different boot image that makes going back to Jellybean difficult, if not impossible. Could that have anything to do with this?
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Which recovery are you flashing? It should read TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT.img.

ATTACK said:
Which recovery are you flashing? It should read TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT.img.
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Bah, pay me no mind. I was trying to flash a CWM recovery because that's what I'm familiar with. I tried the one you just named and it works fine.
Sorry about that!

Just an FYI I couldn't get rashr to even look for the file so I tried flashify and it installed recovery with ease.
Thanks for the links attack. I don't like to try these flashing apks without a recommendation.
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Strife89 said:
I can't seem to reboot into recovery correctly. Every attempt just lands me back in the stock firmware. Rebooting from there to recovery via adb just gives me the Motorola warning.
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Are you Fastboot flashing?

Guys KEEP IN MIND:
These are not officials, these are fairly beta builds. You will get errors, I was hoping this would reach some crack-flashers.
That's basically who this is for.

ericerk said:
Guys KEEP IN MIND:
These are not officials, these are fairly beta builds. You will get errors, I was hoping this would reach some crack-flashers.
That's basically who this is for.
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How can we get onto official CM then?
I know it has something to do with the kernel. We can't downgrade the kernel to the one CM is using? Or we have to wait until CM move up to kernel 3.4?

gtmaster303 said:
How can we get onto official CM then?
I know it has something to do with the kernel. We can't downgrade the kernel to the one CM is using? Or we have to wait until CM move up to kernel 3.4?
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The latest Nightly is from February, which is 4.4.2.
Honestly keep checking that website, and check XDA.
Since the bootloader has been unlocked there should be a lot of movement / action in the dev section.
I would honestly not flash anything older, I mean feel free to mess around w/ kernel that are newer than 4.4.2 on CM.
I can't promise anything if you're on stock. I hope that helped at least a bit.

Didn't think this deserved its own thread, but could someone on 4.4.2 upload their systemui.apk real quick?
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Leraeniesh said:
Didn't think this deserved its own thread, but could someone on 4.4.2 upload their systemui.apk real quick?
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Odexed or Deodexed?
Here's a Deodexed SystemUI

I'm unable to boot official CM 11, yes i flashed it with TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT recovery i also try mokee 4.4.3 but same stuck on bootloader.

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Are you Fastboot flashing?
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I was, but in the end I followed @ATTACK 's advice and used the apps from the Play Store. My impatience and forgetfulness caused me to butt my head against a metaphorical brick wall a few times, but I managed.

Huawei Mate 2 boot looping/soft brick issue

Hello, I'm having some trouble with my Huawei Ascend Mate 2 for Consumer Cellular. I recently unlocked the boot loader and rooted my phone. Things seemed to be going fine but once I tried to change my system font in an app called BusyBox, my phones screen turn on then off a couple times and restarted. Since then, the phone will power on to the Consumer Cellular boot logo but shuts off shortly after. I didnt have any custom ROMs on it and I've tried doing a factory reset in the recovery menu by holding Vol Up+Power Button and it said it finished and I selected the option to reboot and the same issue occurs. It worries me because I am unable to get a new phone and I really need it to work as soon as possible but I'm not sure what to do at this point. I tried to find the UPDATE.APP file for my phone cause I read that I can put that file on my SD card and reboot and it'll reload the original OS but I cannot find it anywhere, even Huawei's site.
Trying to keep my cool about this but it's getting frustrating and I'm kinda lost.
I do have the Android SDK and ADB drivers on my computer but I'm not sure if that would help.
Any help would be much appreciated

Is your phone the B929?
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In regards to the model, its the MT2-L03

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In regards to the model, its the MT2-L03
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What's the baseband and software version... because I may have found something for you but I don't want you to screw up your phone. It said it was for B 929
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nobreak1970 said:
What's the baseband and software version... because I may have found something for you but I don't want you to screw up your phone. It said it was for B 929
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How do I find out that information? Is it on the phone? I'm not very knowledgable about this stuff but I'm running Android 4.2.2 but in terms of the B929, I'm not sure. I've seen stuff like you mentioned but I'm unsure of what it is.
Sorry for the lack of info on my part, I tried looking for something relevant but cant find anything that fits that description.
Side note, I was able to get the recovery screen for TWRP but it looks for a zip to install but I dont have anything like that to boot it into.

Go to Settings then About Phone. Info is there.
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Go to Settings then About Phone. Info is there.
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Since I am kinda stuck in a bootloop and cant fully turn on the phone, I cannot find that infomation.
I am gonna check some things online

Yeah brain fart on my part I found the update.app for the ascend mate B929 not sure if it's yours.
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nobreak1970 said:
Yeah brain fart on my part I found the update.app for the ascend mate B929 not sure if it's yours.
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At least from what I've gathered, I think thats the one for the original Mate phone.
So since I've tried to go into recovery, wiped everything on the phone and the data cache and it still doesn't go past the boot screen, is the fix probably putting the correct UPDATE.APP on my SD card, then trying to boot it from an external slot? (SD card)
I've tried multiple things but I think I used the UPDATE.APP from the original Mate.
Based on the things you asked for I browsed the web for possible firmwares and found an Ascend Mate 2 firmware but it's Kit Kat and from what I've read,. the MAte 2 is going from JB to Lollipop and skipping KK. IT's the only firmware I can find that relatively close to my phone. Should I attempt to try to boot with that firmware I found or would I absolutely need the exact firmware that the phone shipped with?
Sorry for the long mesage, just wanna make sure my facts are straight.

Definitely don't want to flash the wrong update.app
I've read that this is going to lollipop and skipping kitkat too. suspicious about that one you found.
I definitely wouldn't try it until you get advice from someone more familiar with the device.
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nobreak1970 said:
Definitely don't want to flash the wrong update.app
I've read that this is going to lollipop and skipping kitkat too. suspicious about that one you found.
I definitely wouldn't try it until you get advice from someone more familiar with the device.
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I'll try to look around more online. So to your knowledge, booting the correct UPDATE.APP would typically solve the problem on more known devices?
And thanks again for the help, it's much appreciated

Definitely
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Get it fixed?
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