After I updated my sisters phone to EMUI 3.1 (android 5.1.1) the phone became pretty much unusable. Even after reinstalling all apps or a factory reset, apps keep crashing. E.g. facebook loads up and is usable but just freezes after a few seconds and then crashes. Already contacted Huawei but no luck. Does anyone have tips, or should we just wait for the next update to patch things up? Thanx in advance
matje103
It happened the same to me! Nothing is working right now. Google chrome, the alarm, facebook, youtube, everything crashes! I made a hard reset and installed the apps again but nothing to do!
How can I fix the problem and have my beautiful phone back?
Shame on Android 5, I want go back to Android 4.4.2!
Please help!
Marco
Factory reset and don't install facebook app.
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Guys, i have the same probçem with my p7. Everything worked propperly before the update D:
I looked everywhere but nobody seem to have an answer, i think we will have to wait till the next update
Same for me
Same problem for me, after the update, Google Play Services threw an error, I cleaned that apps cache and performed a reboot, after which that problem seemed to be solved. However some apps (especially the facebook one), just freezes when scrolling through the app
Hopefully this can be resolved quickly, as the phone was operating just fine before the update.
i have the same problem after 5.1.1 update.
the phone crashes all the time..
any sugestions?
Same problem here. After update several apps freeze while using. Especially facebook, alarm (clock) and the speach messages on WhatsApp. We have tried wiping the cage and factory reset already. Device is not rooted and runs stock firmware, update was ota.
I have that problems too, please help.
Even before crashing, fb videos doesnt load...
I tried wipe partition reset, which seems it has wirked on note 4, but for ne it hasn t worked
Same problem here... all apps get frozen after a few seconds (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat...) and even the alarm or internal apps are not working well. When do you think it will arrive a new update?
I hope they will release a new update or patch soon. My girlfriend's smartphone is quite useless now.
Same problem here!
Well my phone is not crashing, tho it did just a few times maybe in 2 weeks. Nothing too serious. But it is a little bit buggy, and kinda slow. Hope they fix all this
Matje103 said:
After I updated my sisters phone to EMUI 3.1 (android 5.1.1) the phone became pretty much unusable. Even after reinstalling all apps or a factory reset, apps keep crashing. E.g. facebook loads up and is usable but just freezes after a few seconds and then crashes. Already contacted Huawei but no luck. Does anyone have tips, or should we just wait for the next update to patch things up? Thanx in advance
matje103
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I have the same problem. Somebody in XDA is helping me to fix it. I don't know if is possible but I'll paste the chat with the instructions in here. I'm about to start the process, maybe it helps you.
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Hi guys, I upgraded my Huawei P7 to B832 and Emui 3.1 but I can root it. Can I do this procedure to install the version B805 and try to get it rooted?
-When i installed this version, i couldn't change theme, I hadn't keyboard installed, there wasn't application updater. It is the same for you?
-Yes. It's the same. How did you fixed it? I really appreciate your help!
Nothing, i did a force update to B800 and then to B621 because miss the app updater. Now i'm on 830 and still waiting a real stable beta..
-Sorry but I'm learning about this Android world. Can you tell me how did you do this force update to B800, please?
Force update is a different way to start the update. So, download B800, extract the update.app file on PC (no on file manager of the phone because then don't work), after that create a folder called "dload" and put the UPDATE.APP file here. Turn off your phone and press vol+, vol- and power buttons all together, in this way will start the process of upgrade( or downgrade like this). before restart of phone the dload folder with update.app inside has to be put on the root of the sdcard or the internal storage..
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I have the same problem. Somebody in XDA is helping me to fix it. I don't know if is possible but I'll paste the chat with the instructions in here. I'm about to start the process, maybe it helps you.
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Originally Posted by RafaB
Hi guys, I upgraded my Huawei P7 to B832 and Emui 3.1 but I can root it. Can I do this procedure to install the version B805 and try to get it rooted?
-When i installed this version, i couldn't change theme, I hadn't keyboard installed, there wasn't application updater. It is the same for you?
-Yes. It's the same. How did you fixed it? I really appreciate your help!
Nothing, i did a force update to B800 and then to B621 because miss the app updater. Now i'm on 830 and still waiting a real stable beta..
-Sorry but I'm learning about this Android world. Can you tell me how did you do this force update to B800, please?
Force update is a different way to start the update. So, download B800, extract the update.app file on PC (no on file manager of the phone because then don't work), after that create a folder called "dload" and put the UPDATE.APP file here. Turn off your phone and press vol+, vol- and power buttons all together, in this way will start the process of upgrade( or downgrade like this). before restart of phone the dload folder with update.app inside has to be put on the root of the sdcard or the internal storage..
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Sounds interesting! Were you successful with this instructions? Has the phone to be rootet? Where did you get the b800 file? And which Android version did you have in the end? I'm a little confused because you mentioned B805, B800 and B621...
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Sounds interesting! Were you successful with this instructions? Has the phone to be rootet? Where did you get the b800 file? And which Android version did you have in the end? I'm a little confused because you mentioned B805, B800 and B621...
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Unfortunately I couldn´t "downgrade" the EMUI version from 3.1, but I could change from B832 to B830. Still can't get root access. For now, I'm gonna try this version and if I find something wrong, I'll try to change to B800 (as transitional rom) and go back to B621, as the instructions above.
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Unfortunately I couldn´t "downgrade" the EMUI version from 3.1, but I could change from B832 to B830. Still can't get root access. For now, I'm gonna try this version and if I find something wrong, I'll try to change to B800 (as transitional rom) and go back to B621, as the instructions above.
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OK, I don't want to root the phone or install a custom recovery, because my girlfriend doesn't want to void her warranty. I'm just looking for a way to reverse the last update and get back to the stock android version before, because with the last update she got lots of problems with her phone.
Deinstall facebook app, use facebook in browser that will fix the crashes
MrBreadMan said:
Deinstall facebook app, use facebook in browser that will fix the crashes
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Meh... not very helpful. It is not just facebook, also other apps have problems. It is no solution not to use any apps anymore.
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Meh... not very helpful. It is not just facebook, also other apps have problems. It is no solution not to use any apps anymore.
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My wife's phone after upgrade to B830 has some problems but the one most critical is with the audio service.
If you turn off sound, vibro or total silence, sound does not work at all, even after you turn it back on.
When you enter ringtone choosing settings you can't get out, phone stucks, you can't go to alarm clock, also - you are stuck here, nothing works, you can't change alarm time etc...
Phone calls make no sound, just vibro. Only way to get out of this is to reboot a phone.
Can i fix it without doing full factory reset?
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Hey all!
I found a german site that has the android M beta, i havent tested it, but someone should probably post guide and links for updating to the beta
in short there is also now a B508->B550->803 update. i think its the version from india, but according to my understanding of the german site from google translate, it seems to work in europe as well.
im gonna test it later on today and let you know how it goes. )(
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Hey all!
I found a german site that has the android M beta, i havent tested it, but someone should probably post guide and links for updating to the beta
in short there is also now a B508->B550->803 update. i think its the version from india, but according to my understanding of the german site from google translate, it seems to work in europe as well.
im gonna test it later on today and let you know how it goes. )(
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i can now confirm this is working on H60-L04, updated with unlocked bootloader but needed to go back to stock recovery for my B521 install.
i can't remember the policy on posting links here, so i will refrain from this until clarified.
the basic is as always: (usually a backup isnt required, but better safe than sorry)
1. back up your phone to computer(with hi-suite) or SD-card, or use titanium if rooted.
2.restore to stock recovery
3.install update.app(which in this package will downgrade to B507(previous beta)
4.then local restore the update.zip which will install the B803.
(5.) restore backup if needed
experience:
they have removed the option to downscale the screen which might impact battery life. (at least in 5.1.1 the difference between 1080p and 720p was as much as almost 30% or for me charging once a day to two times a day...im really the power user so if you usually have a battery the whole day or two days, then...well...). The battery drained pretty much like normal for me yesterday, but i didnt activate/open all of my 80+ installed apps. (about 20 of them i use on a daily basis, the rest about weekly use).
there is some errors entering recovery mode(when pressing the buttons for entering recovery during startup it tries to install some update, but is unsuccessful and reboots), but i will se if im able to flash CWM recovery later. any battery issues i experience now might be due to unwiped cache.
Android M in general doesnt appear to be a giant leap forward, but i clearly notice that some apps do run a lot better on android M. (especially the google apps and google fit but this is to be expected)
apparently it also appears on my device that some notifications and the "push" functionality they have tried to copy from ios doesnt work as smoothly as i had hoped, but again, this IS a beta, perhaps even an early one.
the only noticeable, or possibly a bigger bug, is a bit more laggy menus and slower animations in MIUI 4.0 compared to the MIUI 3.1 . it just doesnt feel "snappy" when browsing through menus like before.
let me know and i will put together a guide to install this beta! (if you dont know what a BETA version is, dont install it)
There's already a few topics about the testing versions in the General section.
The screen displays "No upgrade file!", but the file update.zip I put it in the folder "dload". How can I fix?
Lollo97 said:
The screen displays "No upgrade file!", but the file update.zip I put it in the folder "dload". How can I fix?
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Update.app should be put in dload folder
Firmware release 16/5/2016
Official website for ale l02: consumer.huawei.com/tw/support/downloads/detail/index.htm?id=80850
Extract
Copy the update.app to DLOAD folder (SD CARD STORAGE)
Normal Upgrade / Local Update
DONE.
PS: Copy the url since im new. :good:
Has anyone tried this? Any feedback with performance and battery drain?
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My unit is l02 too. So far no lags and delay plus Good battery drain. "depends how you use your phone".
Battery is shorter for me (could be some Rogue app like Facebook)
Performance is much better, no more memory leak
Some UI annoyances fixed, like material navigation bar, Camera settings animation lag
Battery settings is worse, too many unnecessary sub-menus
Still no Music Equalizer, but there's a new DTS sound effect which enhances audio quality on good head/earphones
Overall its an update I highly recommend!!!
Has anybody found a successful root method for this build?
Can you update straight to this? I'm on B140 in New Zealand. Cheers
XOtago said:
Can you update straight to this? I'm on B140 in New Zealand. Cheers
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The following versions can be upgraded:
ALE-L02C636B150
ALE-L02C636B522
Thanks for the prompt reply, well those two aren't mine. So I'll have to wait for the nz update lol
Cheers anyway
XOtago said:
Thanks for the prompt reply, well those two aren't mine. So I'll have to wait for the nz update lol
Cheers anyway
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Try searching this phrase to google..
Ex. L02 Based in TAIWAN.
to google - Huawei (Unit Based) Support
Then go to download sections or search for download sections / updates. :good:
i tried to update to android 6, In the update menu ..local update ->full package:Update.app(local storage)..then after i install it...the phone restarts in twrp and in twrp there was an error message
...i.e. e:failed to sysMapFile '/data/media/0' ....wat went wrong...m stuck here,,,i dont know what to do...
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i tried to update to android 6, In the update menu ..local update ->full package:Update.app(local storage)..then after i install it...the phone restarts in twrp and in twrp there was an error message
...i.e. e:failed to sysMapFile '/data/media/0' ....wat went wrong...m stuck here,,,i dont know what to do...
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You need stock recovery and be unrooted to update OTA. You need to download from the links above and side load onto your phone.
Does anyone have a link to all the stock rom's?
Hey folks,
NOTE: SOLVED, update below
On my VTR-L09 Single Sim, I flashed TWRP to edit /vendor/etc/hosts and then flashed recovery again. I went a wrong path there and had to flash the original recovery in order to do a factory reset & wipe. My /data-Partition was broken during the process, too, because I was accidentally wiped it
After the fresh wipe, I started the phone again and after it loaded, configured it (without restoring from my backup) and after a couple of seconds my camera app disappeared from the home screen. Dafuq? Since then, I tried to recover it a couple of times.
I am now hoping that the B126-Update brings my camera app back when it arrives via OTA, but until then:
Does anyone have an Idea where my camera app went, and how I can get it back?
Obviously, I checked under the disabled apps.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
I am on VTR-L09C432B123
UPDATE: I worked out a way of re-flashing an official update without funkyhuawei, check out https://forum.xda-developers.com/p10/development/dev-introducing-redlotus-source-huawei-t3601493
Did you try to install another camera app to see if the camera turn on? it's possible that the data folder of camera to be erased.
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Hey folks,
On my VTR-L09 Single Sim, I flashed TWRP to edit /vendor/etc/hosts and then flashed recovery again. I went a wrong path there and had to flash the original recovery in order to do a factory reset & wipe. My /data-Partition was broken during the process, too, because I was accidentally wiped it
After the fresh wipe, I started the phone again and after it loaded, configured it (without restoring from my backup) and after a couple of seconds my camera app disappeared from the home screen. Dafuq? Since then, I tried to recover it a couple of times.
I am now hoping that the B126-Update brings my camera app back when it arrives via OTA, but until then:
Does anyone have an Idea where my camera app went, and how I can get it back?
Obviously, I checked under the disabled apps.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
I am on VTR-L09C432B123
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Have you tried the HiSuite system restore option. I never used it. But if it works like the restore option from Samsung and Sony. You should restart your phone in recovery mode and the original firmware will be flashed?
Hey
thanks for your answers.
The hisuite does not support my model yet (argh).
OpenCamera works fine, whatsapp's camera feature as well....
The Gallery App is still there, by the way.
I'm having the same issue too after an unsuccessful root which required me to factory reset my P10. After factory rest the stock camera app is missing..
Could someone upload their stock camera backup file? It would be much appreciated.
I attached the HwCamera2 folder with apk, lib and oat folder from /system/priv-app.
I'm on VTR-L29C432B123.
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I attached the HwCamera2 folder with apk, lib and oat folder from /system/priv-app.
I'm on VTR-L29C432B123.
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Thanks for the file. May I know how do I get it installed?
I navigated through the same directory and found the same files as yours. I tried installing the apk file from both my own and yours but it says it is corrupted.
Thanks, @Jannomag. I have found that most other Huawei-Apps in that priv-app folder are also missing (except I am not entirely sad about many of those). I'll keep digging a bit.
*Update* I just found in my /etc/whitelistedapps.xml points to /vendor/etc/whitelistedapps.xml, which in turn does not exist.
could somebody with a working Camera app please check whether that file /vendor/etc/whitelistedapps.xml exists, and what is written in there?
This is just a straw I am holding on to, not a real trace or hint, though.
Lukx said:
Thanks, @Jannomag. I have found that most other Huawei-Apps in that priv-app folder are also missing (except I am not entirely sad about many of those). I'll keep digging a bit.
*Update* I just found in my /etc/whitelistedapps.xml points to /vendor/etc/whitelistedapps.xml, which in turn does not exist.
could somebody with a working Camera app please check whether that file /vendor/etc/whitelistedapps.xml exists, and what is written in there?
This is just a straw I am holding on to, not a real trace or hint, though.
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Hy Lukx, i have exactly the same problem. Wanted to root my phone, but I couldnt see the zip file in twrp, so i wiped whole data and did formatting the whole phone. after reboot my camera app was gone, also the themes were disappeared. I tried installing the firmware for my huawei (from a russian site but I dont know if its the right firmware) but it stopped at 5%.
My Phones Build Number is: VTR-L09C432B113
Thanks
stilla98
Funny thing... I am suspecting that some version mismatch of the recovery or boot partition during the Wipe might be the cause, although I do not have any proof of that.
I am currently trying to write a free alternative to funkyhuawei, so we can flash the full firmware easily again. I think i won't be done with that before mid next week, though...
I am using the OpenCamera app in the meantime.
Lukx said:
Funny thing... I am suspecting that some version mismatch of the recovery or boot partition during the Wipe might be the cause, although I do not have any proof of that.
I am currently trying to write a free alternative to funkyhuawei, so we can flash the full firmware easily again. I think i won't be done with that before mid next week, though...
I am using the OpenCamera app in the meantime.
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So you are telling me, that the funkyhuawei method works? I saw that my Version is supported. Should I try it?
Thanks
stilla98 said:
So you are telling me, that the funkyhuawei method works? I saw that my Version is supported. Should I try it?
Thanks
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I didn't say that
But as FH reflashes your phone fully, it should do a full recovery. If you feel like investing money into that, why not try? Otherwise, I recommend you wait along with me for another week and see how far I get with my approach, which I promise to release for free...
Lukx said:
I didn't say that
But as FH reflashes your phone fully, it should do a full recovery. If you feel like investing money into that, why not try? Otherwise, I recommend you wait along with me for another week and see how far I get with my approach, which I promise to release for free...
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Okay , i will wait for it. I will also install the opencamera app.. by the way, do you also have problems with the design? im having only one design and i cannot add more..
stilla98 said:
im having only one design and i cannot add more..
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I never really use the theme feature, as I have found "my" favorite theme initially and it's now in the Huawei Backup I carry around through reflashes (highly recommended, it stores on SD card). But the "Designs" app seems to show me a couple of designs, yes. I don't want to try downloading them right now, though.
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I never really use the theme feature, as I have found "my" favorite theme initially and it's now in the Huawei Backup I carry around through reflashes (highly recommended, it stores on SD card). But the "Designs" app seems to show me a couple of designs, yes. I don't want to try downloading them right now, though.
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okay, i hadnt a microsd card since yesterday, i also backed up my phone before wiping and formatting but there are still no themes, i will try installing them on sd card.. thank you for your help
just install via fastboot boot.img recovery.img cust.img system.img
i have same problem but i can fix it
Same problem
Lukx said:
Hey folks,
NOTE: SOLVED, update below
On my VTR-L09 Single Sim, I flashed TWRP to edit /vendor/etc/hosts and then flashed recovery again. I went a wrong path there and had to flash the original recovery in order to do a factory reset & wipe. My /data-Partition was broken during the process, too, because I was accidentally wiped it
After the fresh wipe, I started the phone again and after it loaded, configured it (without restoring from my backup) and after a couple of seconds my camera app disappeared from the home screen. Dafuq? Since then, I tried to recover it a couple of times.
I am now hoping that the B126-Update brings my camera app back when it arrives via OTA, but until then:
Does anyone have an Idea where my camera app went, and how I can get it back?
Obviously, I checked under the disabled apps.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
I am on VTR-L09C432B123
UPDATE: I worked out a way of re-flashing an official update without funkyhuawei, check out https://forum.xda-developers.com/p10/development/dev-introducing-redlotus-source-huawei-t3601493
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I have the same problem with my Huawei p10, don't have the camera apk but I can use with the open camera. did you fix the problem? Thank you
been there done that
Guy all you need is follow step on this link to restock rom and start unlock bootloader again
You can try to restore factory settings.
Hi everybody,
I just updated to EMUI5.0 / Android 7.0 from EMUI 4.1 and a Android 6.1 that I had before.
I used a stock ROM, TWRP 3.0.2 recovery from a rooting try a few month back (which was not successful. although i unlocked the bootloader)
Now I just updated the OS with the stock update function. Everything worked. The phone is still unlocked and the recovery was overwritten by the stock EMUI again. Everything fun and games until I realized that my stock camera app was gone.
Not only the icon - which is apparently a common problem with the EMUI app drawer. I use Nova Launcher, so all apps should be visible in there. But the camera is gone.
Now I thought that I just can install the apk again. So I took the file from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/p9/help/huawei-p9-camera-apk-t3415720 -> did not work. Error: "File is corrupted"
Also flashing those zip Files that supposedly contained the camera app through TWRP (I flashed 3.1.0) did not work: https://www.gizdev.com/install-huawei-p9-camera-android-device/
Do you have any idea how I get the camera back WITHOUT installing a new stock ROM? I don't want to loose all apps, settings and so on.
Thanks in advance!
dentz
// I just noticed that the stock alarm clock app is also gone. wtf?
I was still unsuccessful installing/flashing any apk or anything.
Also I found no solution at all and apparently there are not many other people out there having the same issues.
Ok, now I found out / realized that I was running a developer version that was somehow installed over the official updater. Confusing
So I had the NRD90M test-keys on my mobile. I managed to download the fitting stock ROM for my device which is the EVA-L09C02B341 and tried to install it using the three button method. It failed everytime at 5%
I retried it several times and after moving the update files to the SDcard rather the internal storage it worked.
I have now the EVA-L09C02B341. I also installed the corresponding B341_update_data_full_vodafone_default.zip since I had a vodafone branding since ever.
Unfortunately the camera app, calculator, clock are still gone.
So far my data has always been protected. I don't really know how to continue now.
Will a factory reset bring back the stock camera app? Somehow I doubt it ...
I have a SIM free UK P9. Early on in its life it received updates happily but I have still not received Nougat and I'm still on the September 2016 Security Patch from Google. I've never rooted or tampered with the device, so where are my updates? Are Huawei simply too busy with other phones to bother updating flagships from only last year?
It is unacceptable to me that a £450 device from a manufacturer purportedly looking to compete with the big guns in the premium phone space cannot be bothered to keep its older handsets up to date. How is a user supposed to put his trust in a company when they seem to forget about their older devices once newer ones are released onto the market?
Meanwhile a friend of mine with a SIM free Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (!) has June's security patches.
Small wonder people don't take Huawei seriously. This P9 is a lovely device with great battery life and is still (for my usage) an excellent handset; however I will not be buying another Huawei until I am confident that they are willing to maintain support for older devices. So far it seems that some people in different parts of the world on various carriers *do* get updates (or at least have more recent ones) but Huawei seem incapable of rolling them out consistently and across the board.
Disappointing.
Anyone else have any thoughts on this? I don't wish to put Huawei down too much as I think they bring some interesting things to the market but one of my biggest bugbears is where manufacturers forget that after-sales support and updates are some of the things that contribute to people's perception of a company. Might as well just buy Doogees and Vernees off Banggood without it.
Don't wait huawei to send update,use firmware finder from play store,or dload method,or hisuite method,all these methods are officially safe and keep your warranty. What your build number ?
Build number is EVA-L09C432B182.
I'm not really into flashing ROMs these days as i don't want to mess anything up. I don't want to flash firmware that isn't UK SIM free either, and if I haven't had that update OTA then I assume it simply hasn't been released.
I don't have a PC anyway as I sold my Surface Pro and now only have a MacBook.
Use firmware finder from play store,and firmware finder proxy,it is the easy way,only search for the rom u want and let your system update search for update by using proxy,if from MM to nougat u will not loose anything.
You'd have to guide me through that step by step as to be honest I don't entirely understand anything other than the bit about using something from the Play Store
OK so I worked this out. The only firmware it says is approved for my device is the next up on the list - EVAL09C432B330-LOG.
This downloads fine through the stock Huawei update menu (as if i am just doing a normal update) and the phone reboots but then the installation fails, whether I choose the full package or standard update option.
leoni1980 said:
OK so I worked this out. The only firmware it says is approved for my device is the next up on the list - EVAL09C432B330-LOG.
This downloads fine through the stock Huawei update menu (as if i am just doing a normal update) and the phone reboots but then the installation fails, whether I choose the full package or standard update option.
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do you have a way to get the files from firmware finder onto your SD card? If so create a folder called DLOAD on the root directory and then put the update file in that folder. Power off the phone and hold all three buttons (power and vol+/-) until you get the firmware updating screen.
Let me know if it still fails.
Thanks. Will doing this cause any mismatches in future and stop me being able to receive OTA updates, or affect Android Pay?
I have put the update.zip in a folder called dload in the root of the SD but neither the boot method of installation nor the dialler method seems to find it. I've tried with a different update.zip with the same result
leoni1980 said:
I have put the update.zip in a folder called dload in the root of the SD but neither the boot method of installation nor the dialler method seems to find it. I've tried with a different update.zip with the same result
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Who told u that??, incorrect my friend,extract the update.zip and put only update.app inside dlod folder in the root of your sd card,it is explain hunderds of time everywhere
Hi, this isn't all that clear in the other instructions I've read, and historically flashing update.zip from the root of an SD card is quite a typical way to flash software, so you can understand the confusion!
Are you sure this will work? Other threads online indicate that flashing is much more difficult than this and requires unlocking the bootloader. Am I missing something here?
I also tried this but failed on my phone. I put the update.app in the dload folder but always fails after about 14%
leoni1980 said:
Hi, this isn't all that clear in the other instructions I've read, and historically flashing update.zip from the root of an SD card is quite a typical way to flash software, so you can understand the confusion!
Are you sure this will work? Other threads online indicate that flashing is much more difficult than this and requires unlocking the bootloader. Am I missing something here?
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after you download the zip file and then unzip it. Put thr UPDATE.APP in the dload folder on your internal memory. and then perform the update.
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I also tried this but failed on my phone. I put the update.app in the dload folder but always fails after about 14%
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try redownloading the file.
sprouts4all said:
I also tried this but failed on my phone. I put the update.app in the dload folder but always fails after about 14%
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Just to let you know, after downloading a bazillion files and trying every method under the sun I finally got this to work. It is now running B386 firmware.
Using the manual update method didn't work for me; the steps I had to follow are as follows:
With Firmware Finder, choose the B386 full OTA package - check for compatibility first (it said mine was compatible with it) and choose to install via proxy. Set up your WiFi to run the localhost/8080 proxy settings as instructed by FF. While the file is downloading, remove the proxy settings from your WiFi, allow it to reconnect and continue the download.
I then just left the phone to its own thing. I was actually watching a video in the background when it rebooted itself and began the installation process, which didn't fail as I expected it to.
Everything seems to be running fine now.
Thanks to the person in this thread who suggested using Firmware Finder.
leoni1980 said:
Just to let you know, after downloading a bazillion files and trying every method under the sun I finally got this to work. It is now running B386 firmware.
Using the manual update method didn't work for me; the steps I had to follow are as follows:
With Firmware Finder, choose the B386 full OTA package - check for compatibility first (it said mine was compatible with it) and choose to install via proxy. Set up your WiFi to run the localhost/8080 proxy settings as instructed by FF. While the file is downloading, remove the proxy settings from your WiFi, allow it to reconnect and continue the download.
I then just left the phone to its own thing. I was actually watching a video in the background when it rebooted itself and began the installation process, which didn't fail as I expected it to.
Everything seems to be running fine now.
Thanks to the person in this thread who suggested using Firmware Finder.
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What firmware was you on before. I have tried this method with other versions but no luck. I will try with the B386.
sprouts4all said:
What firmware was you on before. I have tried this method with other versions but no luck. I will try with the B386.
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I was on B182. If you're on the exact same firmware as me then try the steps above exactly and you might have more luck. I also deleted all old downloaded update files before I commenced with it.
Thanks
leoni1980 said:
I was on B182. If you're on the exact same firmware as me then try the steps above exactly and you might have more luck. I also deleted all old downloaded update files before I commenced with it.
Thanks
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Still didnt work, went to install but failed. Says incompatible firmware
Follow these like i just did
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70594380&postcount=2)
mazsuper said:
Follow these like i just did
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70594380&postcount=2)
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Didn't work, managed to get to B360 but now Huawei apps are missing including camera
goto b300 then b182 then follow above instructions , and rtfm
skip 361 and goto 378 via hisuite update