Help with LineageOS

[Batteries Included]

I have this error when trying to flash the OS on my honor 5X. Here are the instructions...

https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/kiwi/install

 

[TrigrH]

have you unlocked the bootloader?

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot devices

fastboot oem unlock <code here>

fastboot oem get-bootinfo

(make sure it says unlocked)

 

installing twrp:

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot devices

fastboot flash recovery C:\adb-fastboot\platform-tools\twrp-3.1.1-0-kiwi.img

unplug phone

Hold Volume Up and the Power button. Continue to hold buttons until the “Honor” logo appears, then release all buttons

 

after that is successful, make sure you have the rom and gapps on ur micro sd card.

 

[Batteries Included]

3 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

have you unlocked the bootloader?

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot devices

fastboot oem unlock <code here>

fastboot oem get-bootinfo

(make sure it says unlocked)

 

installing twrp:

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot devices

fastboot flash recovery C:\adb-fastboot\platform-tools\twrp-3.1.1-0-kiwi.img

unplug phone

Hold Volume Up and the Power button. Continue to hold buttons until the “Honor” logo appears, then release all buttons

 

after that is successful, make sure you have the rom and gapps on ur micro sd card.

 

It says phone unlocked on the bootloader phone screen.

I booted the phone and it looks as if nothing happened.

[TrigrH]

Just now, Batteries Included said:

It says phone unlocked on the bootloader phone screen.

I booted the phone and it looks as if nothing happened.

so twrp is kinda in basic terms a low level OS which you can use to wipe the phone and install lineage.

 

make sure you have the rom and gapps on ur micro sd card.

 

to boot into twrp:

Hold Volume Up and the Power button. Continue to hold buttons until the “Honor” logo appears, then release all buttons

[Batteries Included]

Just now, TrigrH said:

so twrp is kinda in basic terms a low level OS which you can use to wipe the phone and install lineage.

 

make sure you have the rom and gapps on ur micro sd card.

 

to boot into twrp:

Hold Volume Up and the Power button. Continue to hold buttons until the “Honor” logo appears, then release all buttons

I do not have a microSD. Do I need one?

[TrigrH]

Just now, Batteries Included said:

I do not have a microSD. Do I need one?

you don't but it makes installing lineage sooo much easier.

you only need 1gb of space, are you sure you don't have an old one around somewhere? maybe an old phone has one?

[Batteries Included]

1 minute ago, TrigrH said:

you don't but it makes installing lineage sooo much easier.

you only need 1gb of space, are you sure you don't have an old one around somewhere? maybe an old phone has one?

Found one, let me clear it out. To clarify, do I copy everything from the OS file into the card?

[TrigrH]

Just now, Batteries Included said:

Found one, let me clear it out. To clarify, do I copy everything from the OS file into the card?

no.

you need the zip file (dont upzip it)     lineage-14.1-20170920-nightly-kiwi-signed.zip 

and you need the gapps zip file: open_gapps-arm-7.1-mini

http://opengapps.org/

[Batteries Included]

2 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

no.

you need the zip file (dont upzip it)     lineage-14.1-20170920-nightly-kiwi-signed.zip 

and you need the gapps zip file: open_gapps-arm-7.1-mini

http://opengapps.org/

So after, I put the card in my phone and reboot?

[TrigrH]

1 minute ago, Batteries Included said:

So after, I put the card in my phone and reboot?

with those on the sd card you boot into twrp, wipe the phone, install the os then install gapps then reboot.

 

all existing data is now lost

lineage is now installed

[Batteries Included]

5 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

with those on the sd card you boot into twrp, wipe the phone, install the os then install gapps then reboot.

 

all existing data is now lost

lineage is now installed

Don't have it. I have the huawei default recovery

[TrigrH]

Just now, Batteries Included said:

Don't have it. I have the huawei default recovery

then this step failed:

 

installing twrp:

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot devices

fastboot flash recovery C:\adb-fastboot\platform-tools\twrp-3.1.1-0-kiwi.img

unplug phone

Hold Volume Up and the Power button. Continue to hold buttons until the “Honor” logo appears, then release all buttons

[Batteries Included]

Just now, TrigrH said:

then this step failed:

 

installing twrp:

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot devices

fastboot flash recovery C:\adb-fastboot\platform-tools\twrp-3.1.1-0-kiwi.img

unplug phone

Hold Volume Up and the Power button. Continue to hold buttons until the “Honor” logo appears, then release all buttons

I tried it a few times and it keeps spitting out 

target reported max download size of 266338304 bytes
sending 'recovery' (50048 KB)...
FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 11.264s

[TrigrH]

13 minutes ago, Batteries Included said:

I tried it a few times and it keeps spitting out 

target reported max download size of 266338304 bytes
sending 'recovery' (50048 KB)...
FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 11.264s

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I've got the same problem (different device). In my case, the problem was a faulty USB port in my pc. Just try use another USB port, in my case it solved the problem.

try another port or a better cable

[Batteries Included]

7 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

try another port or a better cable

It installed with a new cable, but my device reboots to android 6.0 (normal UI) when I hold power and volume up.

[TrigrH]

14 minutes ago, Batteries Included said:

It installed with a new cable, but my device reboots to android 6.0 (normal UI) when I hold power and volume up.

power off the phone, press in both buttons to turn it on

[Batteries Included]

Just now, TrigrH said:

power off the phone, press in both buttons to turn it on

Same as before, I got huawei recovery

[TrigrH]

1 minute ago, Batteries Included said:

Same as before, I got huawei recovery

then you must of done it wrong, try flashing twrp 1 more time

[Batteries Included]

1 minute ago, TrigrH said:

then you must of done it wrong, try flashing twrp 1 more time

Restarted again and now I am installing the zips. Done in about a min.

[TrigrH]

2 minutes ago, Batteries Included said:

Restarted again and now I am installing the zips. Done in about a min.

you did wipe the phone first right? (in twrp)

 

the os goes on first then the gapps

dont reboot till you have done both.

[Batteries Included]

Just now, TrigrH said:

you did wipe the phone first right? (in twrp)

 

the os goes on first then the gapps

dont reboot till you have done both.

Yes, I selected both zips.

[Batteries Included]

Right now I see the logo (a circle arc and a dot moving across it) but it seems to be booting forever. 

[Batteries Included]

Update: Works fine. Thank you!

[TrigrH]

52 minutes ago, Batteries Included said:

Right now I see the logo (a circle arc and a dot moving across it) but it seems to be booting forever. 

yeah the first boot takes agesssssss

47 minutes ago, Batteries Included said:

Update: Works fine. Thank you!

awesome!

 

since you have a micro SD card now and twrp is installed you never need to connect to the PC to flash a new rom again.

 

Just put a new rom and gapps on the sd card, wipe and you are good to go!