[GUIDE] How to Convert your Nokia X5 to Global Nokia 5.1 Plus / Unbrick Guide

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zahidm said:
Firmware link is on first post , Download and flash via SP flash tool by selecting "Upgrade firmware "
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So is this gonna work with Model=TA-1102 indian veriant and all i have to do is just download firmware and flash it though sp flash tool that's it??
Is there any thing that i have to do like something i read on internet that backup one file and then open that file with text editor and find userdata or something like that i have to do in this process or i just have to flash it with firmware?
 
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Shivaay13 said:
So is this gonna work with Model=TA-1102 indian veriant and all i have to do is just download firmware and flash it though sp flash tool that's it??
Is there any thing that i have to do like something i read on internet that backup one file and then open that file with text editor and find userdata or something like that i have to do in this process or i just have to flash it with firmware?
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You are at 5.1 plus global or X5 Chinese?
 
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zahidm said:
Please download the firmware and just select "Upgrade Firmware" power off device , hold volume up and down and connect and wait..
Once finish .. just power up.. done
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I tried this method with android oreo firmware so meanwhile it showed some i also try to fix tho se error but that not fixed by me and now phone completely not working it's not powering on so if i try to flash android 9 firmware flash than it eill be fix plz help me i am in trouble!
 
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zahidm said:
You are hard bricked, you did something wrong, now contact me at hangouts, i will help you restore i sent you PM
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Okay thank you for your help i am going to nokia care tomorrow for the problem so i just went to know that this will be fix or not and also i want to know that is it software related problem or not???
 
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MiMiTheBeauty said:
Guys! I'm following these step and I can't get into Fastboot mode after flash Step 2...
I tried these:
Flashing - Unplug phone - Type ".\fastboot reboot-bootloader" then hit Enter - Holding both Vol then connect to PC => Windows keeps playing sound as "Device connected" then "Device disconnected" again and again
I tried to hold only Vol- key but still nothing works. ADB still waiting for device connect...
Someone help me please!
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The same, please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I tried this "How to Disable Driver Signature Verification on 64-Bit" too !

EDIT 1: CHOOSE FORMAT ALL + DOWNLOAD IS FIXED FOR ME NOW. LOL :laugh::laugh::laugh:
 
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    Unlike previously released Qualcomm based Nokia phones, Nokia X5 uses MediaTek Helio P60 processor.
    However, unlike Nokia 3, it no longer uses authentication file, this will make unbrick easier.
    After you read the full guide, you should understand how to unbrick your phone.
    This guide should work on both 64-bit Linux distro and Windows operating system.

    And this guide is simplified than previous guide to ensure your phone will get newer updates.

    中文版教程请看这里：https://hikaricalyx.com/2018/10/25/how-to-convert-nokia-x5-to-global-and-unbrick/
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    What you need to have:
    - MTK Smart Phone Flash Tool, which you can download from https://spflashtool.com/download/
    - Android Platform Tools
    - For Windows users, patched OST LA: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1n91aYT9Di6_v4F3Wjlv8TjfeLc64AcYA and MediaTek USB Port driver, which is easy to find
    - Nokia X5 Chinese firmware and Global conversion firmware: https://fih-firmware.hikaricalyx.com/fihsw_en.html

    Part 1: DO FULL BACKUP
    Because few critical partitions are included in this backup, this will ensure you can restore them.
    Download "PDA-114A-0-00WW-B01" and extract it.

    Open Smart Phone Flash Tool, choose the Download Agent file and Scatter File in the unpacked PDA-1100 firmware.

    DO NOT USE DOWNLOAD AGENT FROM THE FLASH TOOL ITSELF!
    image1-1.png


    Then pick "Readback" tab, add a category.
    image2-1.png


    Double click this category, and choose the location you want to save the backup.
    Use any text editor to open the scatter file, and find "userdata". You'll need the start address of userdata as the length of the full backup.
    image3-1.png

    image4-1.png

    image5-1.png


    After it properly set, click "Read Back", then power off your phone and connect your phone to PC with both volume keys pressed and holded.
    When you see a progress bar moving, you can release both keys and wait for the procedure complete.
    image6-1.png


    Disconnect your phone when procedure completed.

    Part 2: Flash PDA-1100 global firmware
    Return to download tab, choose "Firmware Upgrade" in the download options, click "Download", then power off your phone and connect your phone to PC with both volume keys pressed and holded.
    When you see a progress bar moving, you can release both keys and wait for the procedure complete.


    If you just want to unbrick it as Chinese firmware, double click the Location of "lk_a", and choose "PDA-0-102A-00CN-lk.img" before you "Download", or you will unable to install later OTA updates.

    Because it flashes service lk by default.
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    Part 3: Modify SKUID and flash lk
    Trigger your phone to Fastboot mode.
    You can type this command then connect your powered off phone:

    Note: If you're using fastboot included in OST LA, use .\fastboot-android instead of .\fastboot
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    Code: 
    .\fastboot reboot-bootloader

    Type this command to confirm your phone's Serial Number, in this example the serial number is PDAGAM0123456789:
    Code: 
    PDAGAM0123456789    fastboot

    Google a website to calculate the md5 checksum of the serial number, for example, the md5 checksum of PDAGAM0123456789 is bb1bfc95418f51dc906462554d71313a.

    Now type following command to grant service permission:
    Code: 
    .\fastboot --set-active=a
.\fastboot reboot-bootloader
.\fastboot oem dm-verity (your_md5_checksum)

    In this example:
    Code: 
    .\fastboot --set-active=a
.\fastboot reboot-bootloader
.\fastboot oem dm-verity bb1bfc95418f51dc906462554d71313a

    Type following commands to confirm and modify SKUID. Following commands are case sensitive:
    Code: 
    .\fastboot oem CustomerSKUID get
.\fastboot oem CustomerSKUID set 600WW
.\fastboot oem CustomerSKUID get

    Type following commands to reflash stock lk and reboot:
    Code: 
    .\fastboot flash lk_a G:\PDA-114A-0-00WW-B01_unpacked\PDA-0-114A-00WW-lk.img
.\fastboot reboot

    Part 4: Install PDA-209B update manually.
    Download this package, and rename it to "PDA-209B-0-00WW-B06-update.zip", place it to root directory of internal storage and dial *#*#874#*#* to update.
    https://android.googleapis.com/pack.../b1ebc1be5c4b01109fc3c4dea515e8286904fad0.zip

    Old ota packages:
    https://tpedutw-my.sharepoint.com/:...hBsIjYfYvl9dsBMabfvVPHJU5mJloVo2qIKw?e=TexpIz

    That's it.
    Is it bootloader unlockable? Still finding out.

    Special thanks to:
    @blackpanther0582 for PDA-021G firmware
    givemerom for PDA-1100 firmware
    Someone for Nokia 5.1 Plus firmware dumping
    Someone for Nokia X5 device testing
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    hikari_calyx
    hikari_calyx
    Nokiyem said:
    Thank you for sharing this tutorial. But how to unlock Nokia x5 bootloader? It needs unlocked bootloader right?
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    Nope, bootloader unlock is not required.
    You can just convert your phone, that's it.
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    shady0702
    4GB RAM/64GB storage

    will this work with 4GB/64GB version?
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    hikari_calyx said:
    Unlike previously released Qualcomm based Nokia phones, Nokia X5 uses MediaTek Helio P60 processor.
    However, unlike Nokia 3, it no longer uses authentication file, this will make unbrick easier.
    After you read the full guide, you should understand how to unbrick your phone.
    This guide should work on both 64-bit Linux distro and Windows operating system.

    And this guide is simplified than previous guide to ensure your phone will get newer updates.



    What you need to have:
    - MTK Smart Phone Flash Tool, which you can download from https://spflashtool.com/download/
    - Android Platform Tools
    - For Windows users, patched OST LA: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1n91aYT9Di6_v4F3Wjlv8TjfeLc64AcYA and MediaTek USB Port driver, which is easy to find
    - Nokia X5 Chinese firmware and Global conversion firmware: https://tpedutw-my.sharepoint.com/:...dFks--5G6V4vYBGTwLw1BsthbtIuJqMUN3tQ?e=wOfytH

    Part 1: DO FULL BACKUP
    Because few critical partitions are included in this backup, this will ensure you can restore them.
    Download "PDA-1100-0-00WW-B01_unpacked.7z" and extract it.

    Open Smart Phone Flash Tool, choose the Download Agent file and Scatter File in the unpacked PDA-1100 firmware.

    DO NOT USE DOWNLOAD AGENT FROM THE FLASH TOOL ITSELF!
    image1-1.png


    Then pick "Readback" tab, add a category.
    image2-1.png


    Double click this category, and choose the location you want to save the backup.
    Use any text editor to open the scatter file, and find "userdata". You'll need the start address of userdata as the length of the full backup.
    image3-1.png

    image4-1.png

    image5-1.png


    After it properly set, click "Read Back", then power off your phone and connect your phone to PC with both volume keys pressed and holded.
    When you see a progress bar moving, you can release both keys and wait for the procedure complete.
    image6-1.png


    Disconnect your phone when procedure completed.

    Part 2: Flash PDA-1100 global firmware
    Return to download tab, choose "Firmware Upgrade" in the download options, click "Download", then power off your phone and connect your phone to PC with both volume keys pressed and holded.
    When you see a progress bar moving, you can release both keys and wait for the procedure complete.




    Part 3: Modify SKUID and flash lk
    Trigger your phone to Fastboot mode.
    You can type this command then connect your powered off phone:


    Code: 
    .\fastboot reboot-bootloader

    Type this command to confirm your phone's Serial Number, in this example the serial number is PDAGAM0123456789:
    Code: 
    PDAGAM0123456789	fastboot

    Google a website to calculate the md5 checksum of the serial number, for example, the md5 checksum of PDAGAM0123456789 is bb1bfc95418f51dc906462554d71313a.

    Now type following command to grant service permission:
    Code: 
    .\fastboot oem dm-verity (your_md5_checksum)

    In this example:
    Code: 
    .\fastboot oem dm-verity bb1bfc95418f51dc906462554d71313a

    Type following commands to confirm and modify SKUID. Following commands are case sensitive:
    Code: 
    .\fastboot oem CustomerSKUID get
.\fastboot oem CustomerSKUID set 600WW
.\fastboot oem CustomerSKUID get

    Type following commands to reflash stock lk and reboot:
    Code: 
    .\fastboot flash lk_a G:\PDA-1100-0-00WW-B01_unpacked\PDA-0-1100-00WW-lk.img
.\fastboot reboot

    Part 4: Install PDA-114A update manually.
    Download the update package "PDA-114A-0-00WW-B03-1100-0-00WW-B01-update.zip", copy it to root directory of internal storage, then dial *#*#874#*#* to update.

    This can be downloaded from here:
    https://tpedutw-my.sharepoint.com/:...hBsIjYfYvl9dsBMabfvVPHJU5mJloVo2qIKw?e=TexpIz



    That's it.
    Is it bootloader unlockable? Still finding out.

    Special thanks to:
    @blackpanther0582 for PDA-021G firmware
    givemerom for PDA-1100 firmware
    Someone for Nokia 5.1 Plus firmware dumping
    Someone for Nokia X5 device testing
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    hikari_calyx
    hikari_calyx
    thirakun said:
    hi.. i had global version Nokia 5.1 Plus, can i flash it with chinese rom ?
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    Yes you can, but you need to unpack PDA-102A-0-00CN-B07.nb0 and follow the guide, but change the SKUID to 600CN instead of 600WW.
    And you need to flash a different lk file which you'll find out.

    Use this tool to unpack nb0: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/nb0-unpacker-packer-tool-t3699464
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