[Q] How to root Huawei U8860(Honor) with Android 4.0

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chung54

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mirot said:
here : multi language and with gmail and market enabled ! but not rootable !



regards
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I need help guys :( after the phone auto updated to ICS then subsequently finding no login to gmail etc. I downloaded and applied the above 2.3.6, now I can't seem to update using any of the other versions provided in this thread ie ICS plus gapps

I'm creating dload folder and copying related files over, doing the SD upgrade etc but although it goes through the upgrade process it stays as v2.3.6 :confused:

Any ideas please?

And can someone shed some light on this too, please really dumb it down as I've only managed to do it the once...
"Long press volume up + volume down + power button on the handset to startup you device in upgrade mode."

Is it "Long press volume up" then "volume down" then "power button"
Or
"Long press volume up" then "volume down" whilst holding "volume up" then "power button" whilst holding both "volume up" and "volume down" buttons, effectively all 3 buttons end up being held down in sequence after initially "Long press volume up"

??
 
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ll_l_x_l_ll

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Ok can someone help here ?

I have ics 4.0.3 thanks to the guys here. And super user and everything is working fine but 1 thing. 3g is not working.shows 3g on the bar but that's it
 
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robife

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Hi guys thanks for this thread.
I really need help with my HUAWEI U8860 android 2.3.6
I want to root it

I try unlockroot, superoneclick didnt work.
So please help me.

I am really confused.


like Mirot wrote i love this phone battery is fantastic.
 
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ll_l_x_l_ll

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chung54 said:
Nevermind your 3G, I can't even upgrade to 4.0.3 as per instructions here :eek:
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how come? it went find with me :/

my only problem right now is there is an update. if i root the phone the update wont work. so i am debating to whatever update it then try to root it., or just forget about the update and go ahead and root it on 4.0.3

P.S how come there is no dedicated threat for this phone? its much better than xperia arc S. and probably the only phone that got official ics besides the galaxy nexus.

this is kinda stupid :/
 
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cbr900

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I just bought HUAWEI U8860 with android 2.3.6 and I want to update to ICS.

I did not buy sdcard...

Is there a way to make the update without sdcard?

If not...can you recommand a very good sdcard
 
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Yeah thanks for the Help, got now a rootes Honor! :D Works fine! I`ve got a Probleme, there is in the Huawei Keyboard no German Keyboard Layout :confused:
The normal ICS Layout works, but i love the Huawei IME! :/
 
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chung54

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ll_l_x_l_ll said:
how come? it went find with me :/

my only problem right now is there is an update. if i root the phone the update wont work. so i am debating to whatever update it then try to root it., or just forget about the update and go ahead and root it on 4.0.3

P.S how come there is no dedicated threat for this phone? its much better than xperia arc S. and probably the only phone that got official ics besides the galaxy nexus.

this is kinda stupid :/
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No idea man. The phone downloaded the upgrade to ICS itself, but when it turned out there wasn't a marketplace and gmail sign in I downgraded back to 2.3.6 using the file posted earlier on in the thread, now that I've see you can use ICS with gmail via the gapps thing, I can't seem to upgrade off 2.3.6 :(
 
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Svensemann

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I rooted it like in the description 1 Page before, with the latest ics release from he chinese huawei homepage! Or is there now a european version of ics out?
 
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robife

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Still

I still can't root my honor u8860
can somebody help me, please.

Huawei honor u8860 2.3.6
 
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dachau

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Hi guys, I see that you all have the Huawei Honor. I currently have the SGS and am thinking of selling it for 180 € and getting the Honor instead, mainly because of ICS, better camera and LED flash. I also assume that is lays better in the hand, as the SGS has a strange shape. Also the battery seems to be better on the Honor as it has 1900 mAh instread of 1500 mAh.

If you know the SGS, in your opinion, is it worth giving getting the Honor? Or are the advantages not so big or even lower?

Thanks for your opinion!
 
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stoffwindel

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dachau said:
Hi guys, I see that you all have the Huawei Honor. I currently have the SGS and am thinking of selling it for 180 € and getting the Honor instead, mainly because of ICS, better camera and LED flash. I also assume that is lays better in the hand, as the SGS has a strange shape. Also the battery seems to be better on the Honor as it has 1900 mAh instread of 1500 mAh.

If you know the SGS, in your opinion, is it worth giving getting the Honor? Or are the advantages not so big or even lower?

Thanks for your opinion!
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I currently have both the SGS and the Honor, I will sell the SGS though. Couple of reasons, some of you already mentioned:

- LED flash
- Notification LED
- Bigger battery
- Official ICS: You can have ICS for SGS, too, but for instance the FM Radio isn't working there
- Faster CPU
- Sound is a lot louder

I personally think it lays better in the hand, however, that might really be subjective, because the honor is heavier and thicker. Also, SGS has Gorillla glass and Honor doesn't.
 
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robife

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ezone010 said:
two ways to root, either you upgrade to ics 4.0 or downgrade to 2.3.5 then root it.
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Thanks for your answer but
I cant downgrade to 2.3.5 and upgrade to 4.0.3

I need links for roms, can you provide it to me please
I tried some rooms I download but my phone will not upgrade or downgrade at all.


Setings>Storage>softupdate>SDcard upgrade>Ok

Nothing happened at all, my phone reboots and start with normal mode without upgrade.

I tried VOL+ and POWER from >dload folder

I get error this error msg.

-- Install /sdcard/dload ...
update package's ext name error.
E: ota_pre_update error.
Installation aborted



I tried VOL+ and VOL- POWER > I just get PINK screen Nothing else
 
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morpheus620

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huawei release a new version of android 4.


类型: 软件
描述: HUAWEI U8860 Android 4.0 FemaleV100R001C00B909SP02(女性主题)。该版本在4.0基础上特地定制了更符合女性特点的UI，铃声和应用
版本: 100.1.0.909_SP02 ( V100R001C00B909SP02 )
运行平台: --
发布时间: 2012-03-08
文件大小: 269.24MB
语言： 简体中文
适用产品： 华为荣耀Honor（U8860）
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    arnt2
    To enable google apps on ICS 4.0.3

    Upgrade to ICS 4.0.3

    Download ICS 4.0.3 upgrade from huaweidevice.com/cn/downloadCenter.do?method=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDExNTI=

    Make a “dload” directory on SD card root directory

    Copy the "UPDATE.APP” and "UPDATE_CUST.APP" to "dload" folder on SD card.

    Long press volume up + volume down + power button on the handset to startup you device in upgrade mode.

    It will reboot few times.

    Delete "dload" forlder on sdcard


    Root access

    Download recovery image at mediafire.com/?2e8prgk99e3n0f7

    Download su-3.0.3.2-signed.zip at mediafire.com/?burku15l62eb4te

    copy su-3.0.3.2-signed.zip to the root of sdcard

    Delete "dload" folder on sdcard

    Open settings / application then turn off/unthick "fast boot"

    Unplug any usb connection and turn the phone completely off

    Holding both the volume up + volume down + power button to startup you device. Let go when you see a pink/purple screen.

    Attach the usb cable to your computer and wait until a few usb mass storage devices are detected and mounted.

    Look for one that has just one directory called "image" in it. Navigate into this directory and you'll see "recovery.img" etc.

    Rename "recovery.img" to "recovery.org"

    copy "recovery-v8.img" to image folder and rename to "recovery.img", unmount the mass storage device (safely remove in windows) and then pull the battery out to turn the phone off


    Long press volume up + power button on the handset to startup you device in recovery mode

    Select “Install zip from sdcard”
    Select “choose zip from SD card”
    Find and select "su-3.0.3.2-signed.zip"
    Select "++Go Back++"
    Select "reboot system now"


    Add google apps to ICS 4.0.3


    Download gapps-ics-20120215-signed.zip at goo-inside.me/gapps/gapps-ics-20120215-signed.zip and copy to sdcard

    Unplug any usb connection and turn the phone completely off

    Long press volume up + power button on the handset to startup you device in recovery mode

    Select “Install zip from sdcard”
    Select “choose zip from SD card”
    Find and select "gapps-ics-20120215-signed.zip"
    Select "++Go Back++"
    Select "reboot system now"

    On dial pad type ( *147258369# ) select "Display GMS apps" and "Ok"
    Reboot phone

    All done :)

    Arnt
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    kaefert
    kaefert
    The recovery image linked in post #53 named "recovery_v8.img" --> http://www.mediafire.com/?2e8prgk99e3n0f7
    Doesn't seem to be able to make Nandroid Backups. It seems to correctly create a boot.img and a system.img, but while creating the data.img it crashes, leaving the data.img either with a size of 0 bytes or sometimes with a few MB but corrupted. After a bit of testing I found that the problem doesn't seem to be the backup process, but just the time of how long since the boot of the recovery image. It also reboots if I don't do anything.

    Is there any other recovery that works for the U8860, besides the original one and this one? I would like to have these two features from a recovery image:
    -) flashing custom stuff
    -) creating (and restoring) nandroid backups

    I searched the web, but I couldn't find anything satisfactory:
    this links to the same recovery image:
    http://naw32fsystem.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-install-recovery-on-huawei-honor.html

    and here they have another image but it doesn't seem to boot for me, if I try to boot it, it just keeps hanging on the huawei logo
    http://unleashedprepaids.com/index.php?topic=491.0
    --> http://www.mediafire.com/?lwhyfr9kgho80ap

    I managed to get the dmesg output a few milliseconds before such an unwanted reboot -->
    Code: 
    /root # dmesg -c
<3>[0, swapper] [  145.652458] 
<3>[0, swapper] [  145.652458] SMSM: Modem SMSM state changed to SMSM_RESET.
<3>[17, modem_notifier] [  145.652489] Notify: start reset
<3>[17, modem_notifier] [  145.652489] Notify: start reset ch:0
<3>[17, modem_notifier] [  145.652489] Notify: start reset ch:1
<3>[17, modem_notifier] [  145.652519] Notify: start reset ch:2
<3>[17, modem_notifier] [  145.652519] Notify: start reset ch:3
<3>[17, modem_notifier] [  145.652519] Notify: start reset ch:4
<3>[17, modem_notifier] [  145.652519] Notify: start reset ch:5
<3>[17, modem_notifier] [  145.652519] Notify: start reset ch:6
<3>[17, modem_notifier] [  145.652550] Notify: start reset ch:7
<3>[17, modem_notifier] [  145.652550] Notify: start reset ch:8
<3>[17, modem_notifier] [  145.652550] Notify: start reset ch:9
<3>[17, modem_notifier] [  145.652550] Notify: start reset ch:10

    EDIT: Okey, I seem to have finally found a recovery that seems to work, but the problem with it its in chinese... I attach it since for downloading it from this site you first have to register and reply to the post..
    http://www.deepin.org/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2092884
    It's a bit easier to find your way around this recovery menue by looking at the screenshots with english text from here:
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1465957

    EDIT2: I checked the chinese forum again, and found another post that has the same recovery but with english language! --> there -->
    http://www.deepin.org/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2087367
    I replace the attachment file with the english version
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    [FeodoR]
    U8860 root

    Greetings to all!
    First of all I must apologise for my bad English. Lack of practice...

    I've found how to gain root access for Honor running ICS with locked bootloader.
    It is simple and ugly.
    Getting root is based on mempodroid exploit and modified n95-offsets.
    Everything was rather simple except I've got some headache while getting the conclusion :)

    technical and other information
    On June 15 Huawei released firmware for CIS marked as official. Shame to Huawei for locking pinkscreen filesystem mount and many useless software. Also this firmware was really greedy for RAM. Less than 100Mb or mostly less was available after boot.

    Russian community was really upset due to locked pinkscreen issue. We started root privilege search. We choose mempodroid as a primary tool. Another part was n95-offsets.
    As all of you know, n95-offsets use pattern-search scenario to find required memory offsets. Huawei (or some other company or even compiler) slightly changed source code such a way that n95-offsets didn't find necessary addresses. With the help of hexedit I've found that one (of two total for exit function) instruction was changed a little. 0xB0FFFFFF (source of n95-offsets) was changed to 0xB7FFFFFF (run-as application). Among that, while browsing binary copy I got memory address before n95-offset.

    Simple code replace did the trick. mempodroid works. Root access gained.

    Addresses for mempodroid usage
    Assume that you've got android SDK (just for adb), and YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DO. Rooting may violate warranty. Mind it.
    Assume you copied a recent copy of mempodroid to /data/local/tmp and started adb shell right there :)
    Code: 
    shell@android:/data/local/tmp $ ./mempodroid 0xd454 0xaac3 sh
    $ in the end of command prompt became #.
    It means that ACCESS GRANTED! :D
    So...
    Exit code offset is 0xd454
    SUID code offset is 0xaac3

    Cheers!

    P.S. These adresses work for U8800 Pro also. :)
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    abufairuz
    neoblast said:
    did you guys managed to sync calendar? the option is not even available when i log my google account, it can only sync contacts and gmail.
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    For those who have problems with calendar synchronization on ICS, perhaps you can use the way I use:

    1. Go to the calendar
    2. Go to the Settings
    3. Tap/click ADD ACCOUNT
    4. Tap/click Corporate
    5. Insert your Google email address & password
    6. In the Account setup, fill the Domain\username with full of your Gmail address, for example; oke@gmail.com, for password, enter the password you have, for server, fill with m.google.com, checklist Use secure connection (SSL) Accept all SSL certificates, just tap/click Next buttons to continue, later you can choose wether you want to checklist all the options or severals... :D
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    mistic-tooth
    hello, we got Root, I can not insert a link (no rights), copy the post:
    1. Set the wood on your computer.

    2. We enter the engineering menu of the body. (*#*# 2,846,579 #*#*) further ProjectMenu - Background setting-Log setting - Logswitch - LOG on - turn on, return to the ProjectMenu - Damp & Log include all items (total 4 points). Exit and restart ProjectMenu of the body.

    3. Connecting to a PC the "Settings" - "Applications" - "Unknown sources" - turn on, then "Quick" - disable, then "Development" - include "Debug on USB" and "left on"

    4. On the PC, disable antivirus, run SuperOneClickv2.3.1. and in the upper left corner click "ROOT".

    5. On the pop-up windows give the "OK", a window with a proposal where a register just turn it off.

    6. The ending of the whole operation will be a few lines (about half the screen) at the end of the last word "OK"

    7. Turn off SuperOneClickv2.3.1, then "Options" - "Applications" - "Development" - turn off the "Debug on USB" and "left on" turn on "Quick", disconnected from the PC, restart the body.

    8. If done correctly then open desks and one of them will see the icon "Sueruser" versiya3.0.7.

    9. Return to its original condition and value of LOG on Damp & Log

    PS
    A small addition to the previous post, namely, after the root note two folders on the SD card and bugreports sleeplog. Remove the contents. If they continue to be replenished, then go to step 2 do the engineering menu, and then claim 9. Restart the body, clean folder on your SD card.
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