[RECOVERY][UNOFFICIAL] TWRP 3.1.1-0

[#Henkate]

DISCLAIMER:

 * Your warranty is now void.
 *
 * I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
 * thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed.
 * Please do some research if you have any concerns about features included
 * before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
 * you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.

TWRP 3.1.1-0 for Huawei Nova​

Notes

1) It has been confirmed that's working on EMUI 4.1. However, it haven't been tested on EMUI 5 and i don't know if encryption is working. If it is working, you won't have to format /data. So, i would be glad if someone could test it.

2) I've chose the red color because it looks kinda cool and it's also easy to know which recovery you're using. In future, i may change it back to blue or i may change it to other color (like teal). I may also do it like @Meticulus did for his TWRP's (red color when you're on EMUI and blue when you're on LineageOS etc.) or maybe a new color every time you go to recovery lol.

3) There are still some things with blue color. I'll look into it more as I'd like to change the whole blue color. I wanna do it in the source code.

Introduction

Team Win Recovery Project 3.x, or twrp3 for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. Its a fully touch driven user interface no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and completely theme-able. You can change just about every aspect of the look and feel.

Requirements

• Huawei Nova
• Unlocked bootloader ( here's a guide about how to unlock it)

Installation


If you already have a TWRP installed:

1) Boot in TWRP.
2) Select "Install", then "install image".
3) Select the recovery.img where you've placed it and then choose recovery from the partition list.
5) Reboot recovery if you wanna boot in TWRP or reboot system.

If you don't have any TWRP installed:

1) Unlock your bootloader. Here's a guide about how to do it.

2) Run the following command in terminal (linux) or command prompt (windows, e.g. minimal ADB and fastboot):

[COLOR="red"]/* If you are doing this on Linux, 
then run fastboot with [B]sudo[/B]: sudo fastboot blabla */[/COLOR]

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Download

AndroidFileHost | Mediafire


Sources

TWRP: https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/tree/android-7.1
Device tree: https://github.com/skinzor/android_device_huawei_hwcan/tree/android-7.1
Kernel: https://github.com/skinzor/android_kernel_huawei_msm8953-1/tree/cm-14.1

Credits

@abhishek987
@Meticulus
@ TWRP team
@ OmniROM
@ Huawei

XDA:DevDB Information
[RECOVERY][UNOFFICIAL] TWRP 3.1.1-0, Tool/Utility for the Huawei Nova/Nova Plus

Contributors
#Henkate
Source Code: https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/tree/android-7.1


Version Information
Status: Stable
Stable Release Date: 2018-01-20

Created 2018-01-20
Last Updated 2018-01-20

 

[#Henkate]

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[#Henkate]

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[virusdunil]

Nice job on red TWRP...flashed and working great

 

[babysocola1x]

not working on EMUI 5

we have to password to encrypt Data .... (lol no one know pw )
So we have to format Data like you said ....

Thanks for updates.
And waiting your kenel.

 

[To Young]

Do not know whether he supports Chinese? The red UI is cool and I want to try ?

 

[babysocola1x]

Do not know whether he supports Chinese? The red UI is cool and I want to try ?

just trying ... no problem ... u can reflash old version

 

[#Henkate]

Do not know whether he supports Chinese? The red UI is cool and I want to try ?

If you meant chinese language, then it doesn't have it as far as i can see. If you meant the chinese model of Nova, well it should work on all models.

Just like @babysocola1x said, you can try.

 

[To Young]

just trying ... no problem ... u can reflash old version

Thank you ?

---------- Post added at 10:13 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:12 AM ----------

If you meant chinese language, then it doesn't have it as far as i can see. If you meant the chinese model of Nova, well it should work on all models.

Just like @babysocola1x said, you can try.

I mean Chinese, I will try it

 

[Axims]

Nice, but how to make a nandroid backup ?
it dosnt mount any storage, i've even tried otg using a usb flash drive.
what gives?

 

[#Henkate]

Nice, but how to make a nandroid backup ?
it dosnt mount any storage, i've even tried otg using a usb flash drive.
what gives?

I don't have any problem with backups. I've made backups and restored them without any problem. As for OTG, I don't have the possibility to test that.

Please share the recovery log.

 

[Axims]

I don't have any problem with backups. I've made backups and restored them without any problem. As for OTG, I don't have the possibility to test that.

Please share the recovery log.

Well, seems the sd card was buggy, replaced it with a new samsung evo and
everything went smooth from there. (seems ext sd is the only selectable storage).
Now, have you noticed the warning about "project" part during backup?
is it normal?

 

[#Henkate]

Now, have you noticed the warning about "project" part during backup?
is it normal?

I'm not sure what you mean and I don't remember seeing this, but it's also possible that I've just missed it.

Could you share a screenshot? You can take screenshots in recovery just like you do when your phone is booted. You can also share a recovery log.

 

[Axims]

Actually, It's Product no Project!
I PM'd you the recovery.log
nothing important I guess?

 

[#Henkate]

Actually, It's Product no Project!
I PM'd you the recovery.log
nothing important I guess?

I haven't received any PM. Maybe it's XDA's fault as it looks like it's fucked up. All my posts were delayed today and noticed the same thing at other users.

Well, I didn't have this problem, but /product has some files (like acdbata, needed for audio) which EMUI uses and LineageOS or other ROMs too (since it's using blobs from EMUI). So, this could be a problem for ROMs like Lineage, but I think you can just fastboot the product.img after you extract it from update.app (stock firmware).

You can also try to restore this TWRP backup of product partition and restore it.

 

[Axims]

I haven't received any PM. Maybe it's XDA's fault as it looks like it's fucked up. All my posts were delayed today and noticed the same thing at other users.

Well, I didn't have this problem, but /product has some files (like acdbata, needed for audio) which EMUI uses and LineageOS or other ROMs too (since it's using blobs from EMUI). So, this could be a problem for ROMs like Lineage, but I think you can just fastboot the product.img after you extract it from update.app (stock firmware).

You can also try to restore this TWRP backup of product partition and restore it.

Thanks, as you may read the log later, it gave 2 errors at beginning and the end that it could not read or open Product. something like that.
I'm still on B151 MM Rom , will this backup of product work with any version?

 

[Axims]

Ok , my fear came true, long story short: I installed latest rom via FF app and bootloop began.
tried many ways, didnt work. flashed twrp again and tried to restore that nandroid backup, turns out those 2 errors were serious: failed to mount cust, failed to mount product, system goes near end then another error and quits. only boot and data seems restored fine.

while i'm going to try that smoochi's backup (bless him) , can you please recheck to see if my case was some isolated issue or there is something to fix about this reccovery?
thanks

 

[virusdunil]

Hi...youve learned the lesson...never install from FF...ive been using twrp for quite a while on my nova plus and never had such problems except once cuz i tried to restore a backup that ive done format/data...then got into bootloop..
What are you planning to use...emui4 or 5 ?

 

[Axims]

Hi...youve learned the lesson...never install from FF...ive been using twrp for quite a while on my nova plus and never had such problems except once cuz i tried to restore a backup that ive done format/data...then got into bootloop..
What are you planning to use...emui4 or 5 ?

I was on emui 4 (B151) everything was fine until I got an itch to try android 7!
Ok, I restored with smoochi backup then updated to B341 , now cust is gone
(no update in setting either) so went to reflash this twrp , but it seems unlocking bootloader is not enough, now says FRP locked! wtf??
I already hate this android 7! I'll get back to 6 first chance i get !

 

[virusdunil]

I had same problem...theme manager not working...file and updade manager gone so...

Frp locked is OEM unlock in developement...it must be ON...

Im still on emui4 and will stay on it ?