EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO RESTORE/UPGRADE THE HUAWEI P8 LITE
So i'm making this thread because i noticed many of you had some trouble with your devices. Here you're gonna learn what you can do with your device. Every chapter is something that you can do without the need of the previous chapters (unless told otherwise). I'm also gonna explain what happens to your device (in a simple way so you don't get confused).WARNING: THIS THREAD IS TOWARDS ALE-L21, ALE-L23, ALE-L02 USERS. IF YOUR MODELNUMBER IS ALE-L04 YOU CAN'T USE ANY OF THE FILES IN HERE.
ALSO I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SCREWING UP YOUR PHONE, Kevin is.
Note: It will work on the Ale-L02 and the Ale-L23 but you have to settle with some functions that don't work.
Comparison for the modelnumbers ALE-L21, ALE-L23 and ALE-L02
ALSO I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SCREWING UP YOUR PHONE, Kevin is.
Note: It will work on the Ale-L02 and the Ale-L23 but you have to settle with some functions that don't work.
Comparison for the modelnumbers ALE-L21, ALE-L23 and ALE-L02
The Chapters:
Now take your kids and lock them in your basement and put your wife in the kitchen because you're going to learn some stuff and you will get hungry.
Note: If you're a woman take your neighbours wife to make you sandwiches.
Chapter 1: Tools and prepping.
Chapter 2: Unlock Bootloader.
WARNING THIS WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY.
But it doesn't matter. if your phone boots and all the hardware works, everything is fine. The software is something we can fix.
But it doesn't matter. if your phone boots and all the hardware works, everything is fine. The software is something we can fix.
Chapter 3: Bootloop/Softbrick.
Imagine a world where everything went perfect... that would suck, would'nt it? Sometimes our device wont start. This is what we call a "Bricked" Phone. We have 2 kind of bricks. If you encounter them you will sh!t bricks.
No serious... you will!!!
Chapter 4: Unbricking.
It's very simple we try to push a new image into your phone trough an unlocked bootloader with fastboot (some other devices use special methods, we don't). So make sure your bootloader is unlocked.
Chapter 5: Dual and single sim converting.
So you want to convert to a single/dual sim? Well good for you.
Chapter 6: Upgrading to Marshmallow.
The upgrade to Android 6.0 doesn't go trough OTA.
You will have to do it manually.
But first... Let your wife make you a sandwich. You should be hungry by now.
It's done? You ate well? Ok then, let's do this.
Chapter 7: Installing TWRP.
Congratz you've made it this far. At this point whe're gonna install TWRP.
Now? you ask, What does TWRP do and what does it stand for?
TWRP stand short for Team Win Recovery Project. It's an open-source software custom recovery image for Android devices. It provides a touchscreen interface which allows users to install third-party firmware and backup the current system, which are often unsupported by stock recovery images.
Soooooooowwwww... can you just install TWRP on any device?
NO. TWRP has to be modified to your current chipset in order to work on your device. The provided image we gonna install is TWRP 3.0.2 wich is specially build for our device. Ale-L04, NOT FOR YOU GUYS!!!
Chapter 8: Getting root.
So it has come to this. The most famous feature on Android. The almighty ROOT.
Device manufacturers don't want us to get root because the most of us would screw up the device. So if we gain root acces our warranty is void. But we can restore our warranty with unrooting. Altough if your bootloader is unlocked it's unlikely.
Not that you have anything on your warranty... like, remember that time that you took your phone out of your pocket when it rained? Yeeeeaaaaah, if you send it back they will say it's waterdamage. For warranty on your software it's simple. With root acces, TWRP and the knowledge of XDA we can probarly fix the software issue before they even realize there's an issue.
Please don't try this, this is not a real solution!
So go for the root and f*ck the warranty.
Just be sure that your device boots up and all buttons work before doing anything to it.
Chapter 9: Install Xposed framework.
Xposed installer is awesome. it's like a google play store for tweaks than can make your android device just right like you wanted it to.
Chapter 10: Multiuser account.
As you know Huawei did a heavy job theming Android with it's Emui overlay. As so we don't have all the stock features that Android gave us. Here's how to get one back.
Chapter 11: Afterword.
If you're new on XDA remember that the people here do anything in their free time. Be it helping, developing or just testing. Be nice to them and don't spam those people. they may now alot but everything they know is already explained somewhere on XDA and explaining the same thing 1000 times a day is frustrating.
So do a search before asking anything AND READ THE WHOLE THREAD!!! We lost the only 2 developers we had in the P8 lite section this way.
Also if someone helped you press the ":good: Thanks!" button on the right bottom of his/her post. to show your appreciation. The files i enclosed are files that i gatherd over the time at the P8 lite thread or from the Huawei website. I don't remember who made them all but it wasn't me.
Give this guy a thanks @sokkoban for his awesome development on the p8-lite and his site. It learned me a lot about my device. i think most of the files are his. don't know for sure (check out his multitool here). And give this guy @shimp208 a thanks for his awesome work on the Minimal ADB and Fastboot installler and his awesome thread.
Note:for the more advanced people in here who know what they're doing. I know that there are easier ways to do some stuff but i want the people to learn. If you have suggestions, let me know.
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