Jazziette

How to flash the Huawei Ascend back to Stock:

Note: All credit goes to semyazza at xda-developers site.

Huawei Ascend - Flash Back to Stock - xda-developers


Download the Following Package:
MetroPCSStock Recovery Package with Scripts
678041208774eab0aed1005f287d71ab MetroStockRecover.7z

1)Attach phone to USB
2)Power Phone Off
3)Enter Fastboot (End Call + Volume Down - while phone turns on)
4)Run script relevant to your OS
metroPCSStock-linux.sh
metroPCSStock-mac.sh
metroPCSStock-windows.bat
5) Your phone will automatically reboot

WARNING: Only the linux version has been tested. All other versions should work though. DO NOT power off the phone during the process.



Download the Following Package:
MetroPCS Stock Nandroid Backup (Phone Right Out of Box) (EDIT: This file is currently unavailable.)
663fab87380e87c8c158a2f5d0c4495e MetroPCSStock.7z

1) Place nandroid backup files into a directory on sdcard:
/nandroid/mem=211M/stock/
2) Boot into recovery (Send Call + Volume Up - while phone turns on)
3) Go to Backup/Restore.
4) Select Nand restore
5) Select mem=211M
6) Select folder named "stock"
7) Proceed with on screen instructions

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Last edited by Scur; December 1st, 2011 at 06:53 PM. Reason: Fixed first link

Jazziette

Download the Following Package:
Cricket Stock Recovery Package
d97ed410ffa518c689e2444d21007daa M860V100R001C153B251SP03.zip

1) Copy "dload" folder to SD card
2) Switch off the handset ,then press "Volume Control Upper Key +End Key+ Power Key"
3) Showing successful
4) Remove battery one second ,then power on ,waiting till the os start up



Download the Following Package:
Cricket Stock Recovery Package
d97ed410ffa518c689e2444d21007daa M860V100R001C153B251SP03.zip

1) Copy "dload" folder to SD card
2) Settings--SD card & Phone storage--Software Upgrade

Last edited by Scur; December 1st, 2011 at 09:42 PM. Reason: Fixed Bad Links

ventovic

Awesome thanks for the posts Jazz

Jazziette

You're welcome, ventovic. We will put these threads in our trouble shooting section and hopefully it will help those who come here looking for help.

ventovic

cool deal jazz, and your always on your toe's with this info for us

THH209

didnt work for me

Jazziette

Can you get to your CWR ?

THH209

no it just stays on the huawei screen

Jazziette

Are you pressing on the volume up button, the send button and tapping on the power button?

Try that and see if CWR comes up. And keep trying it. It should work.

harrison47

i have a cricket huawei ascend that will NOT boot into recovery, and it wont do the "factory data reset" (that simply results in the phone rebooting). I hope the software upgrade method works for me i will try it when i get home today.

Jazziette

Good luck with that! If I were you I would flash back to stock and start from square one.

moogie522

If I flash back to stock do I have to do everything all over?....root and then install the icurus mod.

Gmash

Yes

Mahasamatman

I am trying to revive an ascend for a friend. It is a MetroPCS version She was cleaning it with a wet wipe and it no longer boots. It stops at the "android" boot screen It will enter fastboot and I used the flash bat from XP everything finished with OKAY, but it still boots no further than "android" I tried booting to recovery but all I get is a solid magenta screen I have a captivate so I am familiar with the concepts even if the phone has different methods Is this Ascend dead? I am willing to disassemble it if needed, just point me at a guide

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Device manager shows an "Android Sooner Single ADB Interface"
when I enter fastboot and plug it in.
however, adb devices lists nothing, not even a ?

Last edited by Mahasamatman; February 27th, 2011 at 12:54 PM.

Jazziette

@ Mahasamatman

Did you take out the battery and make sure you got any excess moisture out of the phone. I would leave the battery out overnight and then put it back in and let it charge for another 24 hours. Then see if it works okay.

Good luck with it.

Mahasamatman

It happened weeks ago.
I got the phone after she let it sit for over a month

I did put it in a bag of silica gel to dry it out, but it didnt help

I just got word from Huawei that I will have to take it back to MPCS, they dont do their own warranty like Samsung, since she has already had the phone at the store once I am sure it is already in the system as nonreturnable so I am starting to think I will have to disassemble it to get it to work since it probly has corrosion on the smd's
any links to a teardown?

also I am thinking of trying a force flash to Cricket just to get it to boot so I can install clockwork and get a working MPCS rom on it
is that crazy talk?

Jazziette

It doesn't make a lot of sense to me....LOL

You can download force upgrade files directly from the Huawei site by going here:

Service Center - Huawei Device Co., Ltd..

Here is the download for Eclair:

http://www.huaweidevice.com/tcpsdownload/downLoadCenter?category=&flay=software&fileName=11 0121100134.zip&attachmentName=kernel-2.6.29-M860-Eclair.zip

Mahasamatman

Thanks!

is that a generic, mpcs, or cricket rom?

Jazziette

Generic. Directly from the Manufacturer.

Mahasamatman

so that eclair file is source to compile?
it does not look line the force update file I got for a cricket
and the huawei site does not list any files for the ascend/m860

I guess I will try the cricket update at this point, unless I hear different

Jazziette

The Huawei Faqs manual says to go there if you need to re-download it. That's where I got the link.

Mahasamatman

well the cricket force update looked like it was working
but I end up in the same "android" screen that follows the Huawei screen
and I get no further than I did when the phone showed up

any advice at all at this point is welcome
thank you

I have learned that it may have gotten damp from cleaning wipes
now I want to see if I can take it apart and find corrosion to clean
anyone know of a teardown?

Last edited by Mahasamatman; March 2nd, 2011 at 04:19 PM.

Jazziette

At this point.....the only advice I have is to tell her to stay away from the wet wipes on her new phone!

Sorry it didn't work!

FishDeeva

My M860 is Metro PCS and when I press the 3 buttons and boot, it gives a directory with choices. There is nothing that says backup or restore. That is what i need to install the files from the SD card directory as directed. Can someone please tell me the exact wording of the choices on that menu I am to choose? I see :

reboot system now
apply sdcard;update.zip
wip data/factory reset
wipe cache partition

I do not see anything that says to backup or restore. HELP

Anduiril

How long have you let it try to boot up after flashing it? The first boot can take 15 minutes.

Anduiril

If you have the zip file on your sd card then use the apply sd card option. Let us know if it works.

Mahasamatman

I let it sit at the screen for at least 30min while I did something else

it has been taken apart now,
Ascend Inside: a teardown - MyAscend Forum

I am planning on trying to clean the crud off the smd's

Mahasamatman

you havent installed clockwork recovery yet
that is why you dont have the nandroid options

Ladya90

Hi i am trying to reinstall canvas on my huawei ascend bcus i cannot get to my phone settings or some of my widgets. I have read the threads on how to do. On the canvas thread i was able to put the file on my phone but when i tried to install it it would say application not installed. I also tried to flash back to stock but when i try to open the updata.app file through my sd card it says it cannot be opened. Do i need to unroot or what? Can anyone help me through the process please and thank you?

Jazziette

Did you uninstall Canvas with Titanium Backup Pro? And if so, did you back it up first? ( I hope!)

Try going to TiBu and clicking on menu and then batch. It should give you the option to restore your Canvas. Just try restoring the one app and not all the rest.

If that doesn't help you may have to unroot and do a hard reset.

Good luck with it and welcome to our happy little forum!

Ladya90

Thanks so much for the help i was able to return the phone to stock the threads are a big help thanks again!

eccentric88

this is not working for me at all im doing the first one....help please!!!

eccentric88

just stays on the huawei screen

eccentric88

Help someone please!!!

Tokenpoke

what computer are you using? you may have to pull your battery for ten seconds too... usb unplugged of course.

ko08

thanks so much for this thread i rooted my phone an deleted a required system app thought my phone was a gonner but for those who is having problems try holding the volume up + end key+ then press power you will get a screen an the led buttons will flash reienstalling the rom only takes a few min

catrains

I was thrilled when I came across this post. In desperate need to flash my Huawei in to stock, I attempted to follow your instructions, step by step...I downloaded and then had to unzip the download and moved it to my sd card. I can see the files. Then did a fast boot...my options are reboot, update via sd card, clear data/reset, and clear cache. I am not getting the option to choose scripts. Am I doing something wrong? Can you please help me figure it out? Thanks.

Anduiril

Which method are you trying? If it's the first then I don't think you are supposed to copy the unzipped file to your sd card I think you are supposed to run the scripts from your computer and it will do the rest. For the second you have to have a custom recovery installed and there are no scripts.
Why are you flashing back to stock? We may be able to help you another way with less trouble.

tampametal

Hey before I go back to stock I have a question. I noticed when I installed Icarus I lost quite a bit of space when I partitioned my card. When I go back to stock what are the steps so I can clear partition to get this space back. I actually want it to be like out of the box when I got the Ascend.

Thanks!

tampametal

Oh by the way I have CWR installed (thats what partitioned it in the first place) I guess my question is if I do the restore on the computer can I remove partition that way to get all my sdcard space back? If yes or no please tell me how to go about this. Again Thanks!

Anduiril

If you flash back to stock reformat your sd card (after flashing) and it will be back to normal.

jduvall1

I could really use some help. I have Clockwork recover v3... and Im trying to do a stock restore (or preferibly simply a restore of a backup or install icarus) but

1.) The restore of the backup I made is successful but boot gets stuck at "android" boot screen.

2.) I copied the dload file from the OP to the root of my sd card per instructions and hold volume up, power, and call buttons, but instead of getting a progress bar for the installation of the stock rom, I get the Clockwork recovery screen.

3.) I tried to install Icarus rom from my sd card in the usual way via instructions from the developers page. But the rom still gets stuck at the "android" boot screen. I now understand that CWR v3... isnt the required version and would love to downgrade to the required one but haven't been able to find out how to do that after hours of searching and trying everything.

I am not new to installing roms as I do it often on my verizon droid so my mistake isnt likely to be a noob one but I could be mistaken.

Any help would be appreciated as this is my friend's phone and I would rather not have broken it. Thanks!

Tokenpoke

Try installing cwm through the "installing cwm recovery from your desktop" thread.

Anduiril

For Icarus there is a link on the 2nd post (i think) of the Icarus 1.1 thread for CWM 2.5. It is CWM Recovery.zip or something close. Sorry but I'm replying from my phone and can't give you the direct link.

AndroidFan420

my laptop has windows 7 i cant open .7z files how on earth do i open them

Tokenpoke

you don't open them, they go on your phone.

AndroidFan420

yeah i just figured that out now it says to put the file in a specific lication wich i cant find ne idea where it is?

1) Place nandroid backup files into a directory on sdcard:
/nandroid/mem=211M/stock/

Tokenpoke

you need to make a nandroid boot using a custom recover method such as cwm.
you make the folder yourself
fast boot works better imo.

AndroidFan420

Fastboot Method
(Note:This method will work even if the phone will not start or go into recovery)
Download the Following Package:
MetroPCSStock Recovery Package with Scripts
678041208774eab0aed1005f287d71ab MetroStockRecover.7z

1)Attach phone to USB
2)Power Phone Off
3)Enter Fastboot (End Call + Volume Down - while phone turns on)
4)Run script relevant to your OS
metroPCSStock-linux.sh
metroPCSStock-mac.sh
metroPCSStock-windows.bat
5) Your phone will automatically reboot

why does it say to open file if i cannot

Tokenpoke

hmm... hold on...