Root How to Flash the Huawei Ascend to Stock

[Vemo]

ok so i desperately need to flash back to stock but the computer wont download the file... can anyone help me out? download the file and send it to vemo@live.com please i will greatly appreciate it because my phone wont even boot anymore

 

[londonstylz]

ok my phone has clockwork and icarus installed right now and im wating to flash back to stock. cna anyone help me. i tried downloading the recovery file but they wont unzip. please help.

 

[drake53545]

ive tried to do this but i cant get it to work i have cricket and nothing ive downloaded the files and even done a factory reset but nothing maybe i might be doing it wrong anyone have any advice

 

[PlayfulGod]

ive tried to do this but i cant get it to work i have cricket and nothing ive downloaded the files and even done a factory reset but nothing maybe i might be doing it wrong anyone have any advice

if you can find a nandroid backup I can tell you how to how to with CMWR 3

I have the files for metro but not cricket.

 

[pip2kk]

I have guides as well as files for restoring both cricket and metropcs ascends on Main Page - Prepaid Android

should be fairly straightforward.

check it out, let me know if you have any other questions about things!

heres the direct link for the lazy people

How to restore your CricKet Huawei Ascend to original condition - Prepaid Android

How to restore your MetroPCS Huawei Ascend to original condition - Prepaid Android

 

[PlayfulGod]

I did it a lil different. I took a nandroid backup n put all the files in a folder n named it stock. Then I put that folder in the CWM/backup/ folder, then just did a restore thru CWM like a normal. Worked for me and thats how we got LuLu back up and running, well almost, LuLu dl'ed the zip file I uploaded and did a install zip from sdcard. This method might be a lil easier for those who cant grasp installing the SDK's or to cheap to buy a usb card reader lol


I like your wiki, a few things on there I wanna check out

I have guides as well as files for restoring both cricket and metropcs ascends on Main Page - Prepaid Android

should be fairly straightforward.

check it out, let me know if you have any other questions about things!

heres the direct link for the lazy people

How to restore your CricKet Huawei Ascend to original condition - Prepaid Android

How to restore your MetroPCS Huawei Ascend to original condition - Prepaid Android

 

[pip2kk]

I did it a lil different. I took a nandroid backup n put all the files in a folder n named it stock. Then I put that folder in the CWM/backup/ folder, then just did a restore thru CWM like a normal. Worked for me and thats how we got LuLu back up and running, well almost, LuLu dl'ed the zip file I uploaded and did a install zip from sdcard. This method might be a lil easier for those who cant grasp installing the SDK's or to cheap to buy a usb card reader lol


I like your wiki, a few things on there I wanna check out

there are definitely multiple ways to skin that cat.
glad everything is sorted out

 

[PlayfulGod]

there are definitely multiple ways to skin that cat.
glad everything is sorted out

quick question for ya pip, Can a ROM be compiled from a vmplayer *nix image?

 

[pip2kk]

quick question for ya pip, Can a ROM be compiled from a vmplayer *nix image?

if you mean running a rom like cm6-ascend or cm7-ascend in a vmplayer or any sort of virtual machine, no. best explaination i could give about why it wouldnt work is because the phones have a different type of processor (think mac (before the intel macs) vs intel). the ascend has an arm6.

now you could compile android to run in a virtual machine, that wouldnt run on the phones tho, only in a virtual environment. android supports MANY processors.

WOW i read that absolutely wrong....

i actually do all my compiling inside a virtual machine. i use VMware server 2.0 (it's free, just have to register)

the big thing to remember when compiling in a virtual machine is you need a bit of ram for the VM. i think google says 1.5Gb at least. otherwise the compile will take way toooo long. i dedicated 3Gb to my VM out of 6Gb. it takes meh 2 hours to compile from complete scratch. on a amd x2 6000 running windows 7

 

[PlayfulGod]

kewl, my laptop is a intel Dual proc. and my desktop is a AMD dual core, both have 4GB of RAM.

Just to make clarify lol, ROMs can be compiled on linux in a vm environment and dont have to be compiled on the phone (I bet that would take forever lol), correct?

I use to mess with compiling kernels on my 2nd box all the time til I got lazy n then it died lol. But I never did any real coding, just uncheck all the stuff I didnt need lol.

 

[pip2kk]

kewl, my laptop is a intel Dual proc. and my desktop is a AMD dual core, both have 4GB of RAM.

Just to make clarify lol, ROMs can be compiled on linux in a vm environment and dont have to be compiled on the phone (I bet that would take forever lol), correct?

I use to mess with compiling kernels on my 2nd box all the time til I got lazy n then it died lol. But I never did any real coding, just uncheck all the stuff I didnt need lol.

correct!

heres my guide to compiling cyanogenmod (7), can be applied to 6 also, this uses debian without a gui. so if your not comfortable working in a linux command line, this guide may not be for you.

theres another guide based on using ubuntu (with a gui) on myascend.org (i've not tried it, but the author is very knowledgeable)

 

[PlayfulGod]

kewl. well I installed gentoo way back when gentoo didnt have a fancy nancy installer aka all by cmdline. I'm not no guru by no means but I get by lol. I love cmdline, just hadnt played in it much last few years.

Yea Ubuntu should be much diff since its based off Debian, tho debian isnt my most fav distro lol

 

[s8rdie]

okay so i used the z4root from marketplace. and am using clockworkmod recovery 3.0.0.5. downloaded froyo 2.2 zip, then attempted to install it from sd card while in the volume up +send+power button recovery boot screen.
even though i backed up the current rom, somehow i wiped the cache, entire sd card and pretty sure part of the os data.
now phone when u turn in on regularly boots up to white HUAWEI screen and stays there untill u pull battery. When i choose the find zip file on sd card in recovery screen it says "no files found". I cannot for the life of me figure out how to download these recovery stock files etc. from the computer, because when i link up the usb. it wont let me place any files to the device.
help me please

 

[PlayfulGod]

usb connect to the computer, u have to enable usb storage once the phone is hooked up (it should notify u). Slide the notification screen down n tap on the usb connected notice. Then a screen with the lil android on it should appear with a button to enable usb storage. Then drag n drop your files to the sdcard. Then boot into recovery n start again.

You will prolly need to pull the sdcard out n put in a card reader on your computer. If you dont have one, get one lol like $10 at walmart. There is a way to push files from the PC to the phone via ADB, but I'll let someone else explain that process lol

 

[pip2kk]

yeah adb push or usb card reader are your choices on that fix :/ sorry bro.

i'd recommend just grabbing a 7.99$ usb card reader and going that route,, im serious they are CHEAP heh. i wouldnt have one if they werent

 

[PlayfulGod]

yeah adb push or usb card reader are your choices on that fix :/ sorry bro.

i'd recommend just grabbing a 7.99$ usb card reader and going that route,, im serious they are CHEAP heh. i wouldnt have one if they werent

I have 2 of those, 1 in my laptop, and a dead one in my desktop lol

 

[s8rdie]

hey thanks ill try that. now next, whats your reccomendation on which rom/file i should install? the stock recovery mod or the gingerbread 2.3?

 

[PlayfulGod]

hey thanks ill try that. now next, whats your reccomendation on which rom/file i should install? the stock recovery mod or the gingerbread 2.3?

CM7 rocks but isaac has moved on to other projects. Pip is still actively working CM6 n only not working is mms.

try em both out lol, I love CM7 (2.3.3)


n umm screw 2.1 lol

 

[pip2kk]

if you are able to flash, def try them both, it is a personal preference.

 

[gatorfannum1]

i am not able to flash my phone back to factory setting nor am i able to do the hard reset even though i have the zipfile downloaded to my sd card, plase help a guy out before he goes insane, it seems i have the same issues as ladya90 had, when i try to do the 3 button method i try both vol up and vol down. on the vol up method it says failed, when i do the vol down it just stays on the huawei screen......

 

[PlayfulGod]

send, vol up, power

 

[det1726]

when i try to get into boot loader mode instead of the white huawei screen all i get i a purple screen???

 

[det1726]

wow idk what happened but i havent seen the metro pcs screen in 3 days lol....but now its fixed!

 

[gatorfannum1]

send, vol up, power

thanks that worked until i got to the location consent page in the set up and it will not alllow me to pass that screen i know it might sound crazy but that is what is happening, i wiped it 3 times i didnt even do anything but root my phone originally i never added another ROM or anything i dont understand why the issues are moutning up

 

[PlayfulGod]

thanks that worked until i got to the location consent page in the set up and it will not alllow me to pass that screen i know it might sound crazy but that is what is happening, i wiped it 3 times i didnt even do anything but root my phone originally i never added another ROM or anything i dont understand why the issues are moutning up

umm not sure, I didnt go past the setup screen, the metro shutup made me wanna scream lol SO I flashed CM7 back.