Then a buried comment from 2016: "For S10-201u, press and hold the two volume buttons FIRST, then press Power. Keep all three held until the blue bar appears."

He downloaded .

He had fixed it. Leo installed a lightweight PDF reader and turned off Wi-Fi permanently. The MediaPad became an offline e-reader and a music player for his dorm. It was slow, outdated, and fragile. But it worked.

He knew the problem immediately: corrupted system partition. The official firmware was no longer on Huawei’s global site—support for the S10-201u had ended in 2017.

He pressed simultaneously.

Leo held , then tapped Power . His thumbs ached. The screen stayed black for 10 seconds. Then—a flicker. A thin blue progress bar appeared at the bottom of the screen.

He tried again: ? No. Volume Down + Power ? No.