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Omg was this not a simple process, finally running L29C636 on the mate 10, fully re branded, the China firmware wasn't bad but too much chinese
Managed to brick it in the process, FRP locked, Bootloader locked, after a long night crying in my sleep we finally manged to unbrick and do it properly, or I should say he did lol
All thanks go to FUNKYHUAWEI, jesus this ain't like it was on the Mate 9, that was s, so simple, FH is finding a way to simplify it but that might not happen, you really gotta know what you're doing here but with FH's help...he made it look easy, very happy now, I'll rebrand to C432 when thats available lol, I feel much better about doing it again
Great news! Where can we find the instructions and the International firmware? Thanks!
SAVVAS. said:
Great news! Where can we find the instructions and the International firmware? Thanks!
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Funkyhuawei support, go to their site
Hi. Once you've rebranded, do you get the updates associated with the new "brand" you converted to? Thanks!
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Hi. Once you've rebranded, do you get the updates associated with the new "brand" you converted to? Thanks!
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Sure.
Serious question. I understand many want to rebrand Chinese ROM to international L29 ROM. But why? My understanding is that you can change AL00 system language to English and you can install Google Play (and services). You can even uninstall all the Chinese bloatware apps via Huawei's Application Store manager app.
So what are the pros and cons? Surely there will be more updates too with the AL00 ROM considering Huawei is a Chinese manufacturer?
So why debrand? Why not just stick to AL00 and do all the above? What am I missing?
tboy2000 said:
Serious question. I understand many want to rebrand Chinese ROM to international L29 ROM. But why? My understanding is that you can change AL00 system language to English and you can install Google Play (and services). You can even uninstall all the Chinese bloatware apps via Huawei's Application Store manager app.
So what are the pros and cons? Surely there will be more updates too with the AL00 ROM considering Huawei is a Chinese manufacturer?
So why debrand? Why not just stick to AL00 and do all the above? What am I missing?
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You cannot remove all the chinese things from china firmware that's why.
What "Chinese things" though? How do they affect day to day use? Thanks.
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What "Chinese things" though? How do they affect day to day use? Thanks.
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You will get Hiboard instead of Google's version of that board. Hivoice instead of Google Now. Since the yellow book is filled with Chinese contacts, the dial pad shows up predictive Chinese contacts from yellow book whenever you dial. The Music and Video app has Chinese online content. And maybe because of the new "AI" introduction you might face China based AI pop up tips. You can turn off the Hiboard, but you can't replace it with Google board in a way you get the same swipe left shortcut. You can't remove nor replace the Hivoice (swipe up shortcut). The Music and Video app you can only get around by hiding the app and using alternate app from playstore. The Chinese Yellow book problem in dial pad also could not be resolved, however not sure if its different on the Oreo + EMUI 8. Most bloatware can be deleted but a couple of them cannot be. So those who wish to use the Chinese rom be sure you can adapt to these. Also not sure if 3rd party NFC payment apps will work.
Up to now I have brought Huawei phones from China because Huawei releases these phones internationally a couple months later, it is priced cheaper and more faster rom updates. So i didn't take much issue to the problems stated above. But this time i might go for the local version of Huawei itself as the release date here is not far off and the price is as cheap as the official price in China (getting from re sellers in China would increase price by 100-200$) and if i get 4-6 rom updates a year (https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/how-rom-update-year-t3696371) that should be more than enough for me.
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What "Chinese things" though? How do they affect day to day use? Thanks.
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I can't remember all but one of them is the chinese yellow page in dialer.
And one more thing not sure if they fix the notification bug in mate 10 cause in mate 9 all chinese firmwares has a bug that won't allow notifications like WhatsApp and Facebook to appear till you open the application itself.
gm007 said:
And one more thing not sure if they fix the notification bug in mate 10 cause in mate 9 all chinese firmwares has a bug that won't allow notifications like WhatsApp and Facebook to appear till you open the application itself.
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That is more to do with changing the settings that makes selected apps to close when phone is in sleep and also maybe toggling notification permissions. Also there is toggle in wifi settings which turns off wifi when in sleep.
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Hi. Thanks. Just to be clear. Does that include OTAs. Or are updates handled via FunkyHuawei? If you happen to know, can one simply purchase the rebranded Mate 10? Thanks again!
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tboy2000 said:
Serious question. I understand many want to rebrand Chinese ROM to international L29 ROM. But why? My understanding is that you can change AL00 system language to English and you can install Google Play (and services). You can even uninstall all the Chinese bloatware apps via Huawei's Application Store manager app.
So what are the pros and cons? Surely there will be more updates too with the AL00 ROM considering Huawei is a Chinese manufacturer?
So why debrand? Why not just stick to AL00 and do all the above? What am I missing?
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All the replys are quite accurate. From my experience with the Mate 9, another thing I noticed is that there are some features that work only if you know Chinese language. For example, you can set the phone to answer a call, hands free, by voice but you have to say "answer" in Chinese. I could never figure a way around that.
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That is more to do with changing the settings that makes selected apps to close when phone is in sleep and also maybe toggling notification permissions. Also there is toggle in wifi settings which turns off wifi when in sleep.
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It's not about settings,the notifications bug in Chinese firmwares is true and you cannot do anything about it,you can check by yourself the mate 9 forum.i don't have the phone anymore but i remember correctly.
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Hi. Thanks. Just to be clear. Does that include OTAs. Or are updates handled via FunkyHuawei? If you happen to know, can one simply purchase the rebranded Mate 10? Thanks again!
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All the replys are quite accurate. From my experience with the Mate 9, another thing I noticed is that there are some features that work only if you know Chinese language. For example, you can set the phone to answer a call, hands free, by voice but you have to say "answer" in Chinese. I could never figure a way around that.
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When you rebrand the phone you will get the ota specified for the region u rebranded to,so no worry about that.
Once rebranded the phone acts like a genuine phone from the region it's rebranded to. Ota updates work normally. You can use volte, WiFi calling and so on
According to O2 in the UK, Volte only works with phones with O2 firmware so it's no point rebranding specifically if you want Volte and you will use an O2 SIM card.
Hi, did you by any chance managed to achieved root as well ? Saw funkyhuawei post on reddit regarding rooting mate 10.
And root is indeed all i need on any android phone. Including this. LoL
Btw, unfortunately, there's no VoLTE option on 636. My carrier has VoLTE and worked out of the box with my s8 and pro7, but not this phone
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Hi, did you by any chance managed to achieved root as well ? Saw funkyhuawei post on reddit regarding rooting mate 10.
And root is indeed all i need on any android phone. Including this. LoL
Btw, unfortunately, there's no VoLTE option on 636. My carrier has VoLTE and worked out of the box with my s8 and pro7, but not this phone
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Yeah root only works. I had volte and wifi calling on mate 9 oreo beta. But not mate 10 at the moment. How do in an update
how about volte
lawtq said:
Omg was this not a simple process, finally running L29C636 on the mate 10, fully re branded, the China firmware wasn't bad but too much chinese
Managed to brick it in the process, FRP locked, Bootloader locked, after a long night crying in my sleep we finally manged to unbrick and do it properly, or I should say he did lol
All thanks go to FUNKYHUAWEI, jesus this ain't like it was on the Mate 9, that was s, so simple, FH is finding a way to simplify it but that might not happen, you really gotta know what you're doing here but with FH's help...he made it look easy, very happy now, I'll rebrand to C432 when thats available lol, I feel much better about doing it again
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dose it support VOLTE in EURO? because C636 for Asia market !
warea said:
You will get Hiboard instead of Google's version of that board. Hivoice instead of Google Now. Since the yellow book is filled with Chinese contacts, the dial pad shows up predictive Chinese contacts from yellow book whenever you dial. The Music and Video app has Chinese online content. And maybe because of the new "AI" introduction you might face China based AI pop up tips. You can turn off the Hiboard, but you can't replace it with Google board in a way you get the same swipe left shortcut. You can't remove nor replace the Hivoice (swipe up shortcut). The Music and Video app you can only get around by hiding the app and using alternate app from playstore. The Chinese Yellow book problem in dial pad also could not be resolved, however not sure if its different on the Oreo + EMUI 8. Most bloatware can be deleted but a couple of them cannot be. So those who wish to use the Chinese rom be sure you can adapt to these. Also not sure if 3rd party NFC payment apps will work.
Up to now I have brought Huawei phones from China because Huawei releases these phones internationally a couple months later, it is priced cheaper and more faster rom updates. So i didn't take much issue to the problems stated above. But this time i might go for the local version of Huawei itself as the release date here is not far off and the price is as cheap as the official price in China (getting from re sellers in China would increase price by 100-200$) and if i get 4-6 rom updates a year (https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/how-rom-update-year-t3696371) that should be more than enough for me.
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I have the 115 C636 ROM and it has the Hiboard instead of the Google Now.. Is there anyway to enable google board instead?
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I have the 115 C636 ROM and it has the Hiboard instead of the Google Now.. Is there anyway to enable google board instead?
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I haven't used EMUI8.0 however for all previous versions, you cannot replace the Hiboard. You can only disable the Hiboard via home screen settings. I don't know if it can be done after rooting though.
I tried searching for this on the forum and using Google but nothing came up.
I have a Huawei p10 selfie, aparently the model is Bac-L03
It uses emui 5.1 and Android version 7.0.
Any help you can give me? I think i can use magisk but i need a clean boot image first and cant find one.. Any tutorials, clues or help you can give me with this? Thanks a lot!
Isn't BAC the model name for Nova 2? Than you're wrong here in the P10 (VTR and VKY for P10 Plus) forum.
Didnt knew that but my phone is branded as a p10 selfie it says so even on the about phone section on settings.. Do you think its a good idea to ask there just in case?
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Didnt knew that but my phone is branded as a p10 selfie it says so even on the about phone section on settings.. Do you think its a good idea to ask there just in case?
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Can we see a screenshot of your about page?
Akildak said:
Didnt knew that but my phone is branded as a p10 selfie it says so even on the about phone section on settings.. Do you think its a good idea to ask there just in case?
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Did you buy the phone in Mexico?
A quick search gives me, that the Nova 2 is called P10 Selfie in Mexico.
When you compare the phone pictures and specs you can see that they're the same phones.
This is a misrepresentation, that Huawei does not know what to do with himself.
this phone is a huawei nova 2 plus!
http://consumer.huawei.com/mx/phones/p10-selfie/specs/
Thanks a lot people i guess thats why i couldnt not find any info at all about it, i guess they rebranded the phone for latín america, thanks a whole bunch!
Method found to root
Hi, I found a method but page is in spanish, please use google translate.
https://gadgetmx.wordpress.com/2018/01/05/como-hacer-root-e-instalar-custom-recovery-al-nova-2-plus-p10-selfie/
I just bought a P20 Pro and try to install ARCORE apps. However I am surprised ARCORE is not compatible with P20 Pro!!! I just checked the official ARCORE web site... only P20 (not Pro) is on the list
You are totally correct, why were you inder the impression that the P20 Pro is compatible?
fregor said:
You are totally correct, why were you inder the impression that the P20 Pro is compatible?
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Arcore is totally compatible with HWCLT so also P20 Pro will be.
At least reading from official websites.
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You are totally correct, why were you inder the impression that the P20 Pro is compatible?
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Huawei said “The HUAWEI P20 Pro is an ARCore supported device” on their official website...:laugh:
Does anyone have any update on this? I tried tweeting Hauwei and Google but no response from either. I think it's crazy that they did a comprehensive demo of ARcore working on the P20 Pro at their launch event and not a word about it since. They even had CEO of Google France at the press conference talking about it!
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Huawei said “The HUAWEI P20 Pro is an ARCore supported device” on their official website...:laugh:
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Source?
It seems a couple of P20 variants are listed as being officially supported (EML-L29, EML-L09 https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/#supported_devices) but no mention of the Pro. That said the Galaxy S9 is not officially supported yet either so it is probably just a case of the team updating official support in the next few weeks.
In the meantime I think there are methods of patching the apk to work on other devices (see https://github.com/thestr4ng3r/arcore-patch) I may look further into it if I get chance later.
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I couldn’t post any image or url here cos I am new XDA user. It is on HUAWEI official site. Click P20 Pro, then scroll down and click “more”. You will find it.
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It seems a couple of P20 variants are listed as being officially supported (EML-L29, EML-L09 https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/#supported_devices) but no mention of the Pro. That said the Galaxy S9 is not officially supported yet either so it is probably just a case of the team updating official support in the next few weeks.
In the meantime I think there are methods of patching the apk to work on other devices (see https://github.com/thestr4ng3r/arcore-patch) I may look further into it if I get chance later.
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I also think so. But it is quite strange that HUAWEI show “ARCore” as a main feature on their official site as a main feature... but it is not yet support. But seems no one is caring about this except me
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I couldn’t post any image or url here cos I am new XDA user. It is on HUAWEI official site. Click P20 Pro, then scroll down and click “more”. You will find it.
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Nope, can't find anything. I'm getting the Norwegian site as default though. Although I saw the stuttering demo from the french P20 Pro launch. So basically, they have confirmed it.
Let's hope they're ironing out some bugs before release.
Not too impressed with framrates though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsdeeLp9A7s
My gf's S7 is also supposed to be supported ( https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/ ) But Google Play says her phone isn't supported.
Basically, a normal Google product launch
I saw its available on apkpure but is the ARCORE just a framework and needs a compatible app to actually do anything? There is no icon for example
ARCore 1.2 Support P20 Pro
Here is an example of working ARCore on P20 Pro:
https://youtu.be/13--TVFWleQ
1:1 Porsche Mission E:
https://youtu.be/kQvX1nV-Sow
Now appears as supported https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/supported-devices
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Now appears as supported https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/supported-devices
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Yeah, but still not downloadable from Google Play :-/
Not the supported apps either.
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Yeah, but still not downloadable from Google Play :-/
Not the supported apps either.
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It says the rollout will happen over the next few days so I think we will have it soon
I got it installed today. ?
Hi all,
I just bought a Huawei P20 pro (CLT-L09) and made all firmware updates (no root).
I cannot install arcore from google play store (Device not compatible).
I tried to install apk files from apk mirror (I tried different versions from 1.3 to 1.5) but when I try to launch an app using arcore, I always have a black screen). When I try to launch "Measure" from google, i have a message telling me that my device is not compatible...
Do some of you have the same issue ?
Do someone have any solution ?
ARCore runs fine on my P20 Pro because it is supported.
/ Magnus
Have it installed in on mine from the play store works fine
Hi all,
i'm new to this thread so please be patient with me, i just brought a new phone the p30 pro from gumtree in sydney it alwyas comes up with live demo for store display only , got ripped off from the person i brought it from
is there anyway i can flash this to a normal phone , and update it to android 10?
current version 9.1.0.178D(C432E4R1PS)
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Hi all,
i'm new to this thread so please be patient with me, i just brought a new phone the p30 pro from gumtree in sydney it alwyas comes up with live demo for store display only , got ripped off from the person i brought it from
is there anyway i can flash this to a normal phone , and update it to android 10?
current version 9.1.0.178D(C432E4R1PS)
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Hi.
Sorry about that, But you could check this https://youtu.be/8Sq9KQq2vrA
Next time try a search, this is for the P30, but the progress should be the same https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p30/help/removing-retail-demo-to-stock-t3919704
This video claims GMS installation on Mate 40 Pro and uses similar method as Googlefier (local backup restore, LZPlay, patched MicroG). It did not work for me. Not sure if this is just click bait or if there is a difference between international and chinese version of Mate 40 Pro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReOU...annel=JohnWang
I have an international Mate 40 Pro (Germany).
I am getting an error message when I start LZPlay and it's not asking for permissions.
doesn't work
Afaik there is no Possible way for now to Install GMS on EMUI 11 Devices. I also have a International Mate 40 Pro and i love it besides that i can't use 3 of my Apps which i need from time to time. I hope someone finds a way pretty soon
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Afaik there is no Possible way for now to Install GMS on EMUI 11 Devices. I also have a International Mate 40 Pro and i love it besides that i can't use 3 of my Apps which i need from time to time. I hope someone finds a way pretty soon
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did you test this?
https://cn.ui.vmall.com/thread-25463131-1-1.html
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did you test this?
https://cn.ui.vmall.com/thread-25463131-1-1.html
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Could you please upload to Mega? I can't register for Baidu with German number.
Search the following video in Youtube:
Step 1
Mate 40 pro安装谷歌商店最新教程（Mate40 pro GMS install Tutorial 2020/11/03
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华为mate40 pro手机解决谷歌商店保护机制弹窗问题（3分钟搞定）
it works on chinese version. emuii 11
Can someone please tell my why LZplay works on chinese version and does not on international?
Can the Lzplay apk be patched?
I've found an App which gives you GMS on the Mate 40 Pro, although its more of a Virtual Machine you run on your Mate 40 Pro so it's not as Snappy like the Phone itself but it works. So if you need to do some Banking or use one of thoose E-Scooter Apps it'll do the Job just right.
Basically you just need to Install the VMOS Pro apk, and boot the Android 7.1 System Enable the Google Services in the Settings, restarting the App and you're good to go.
https://www.vmos.com/
Notice: Gpay also doesn't work with this Method
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did you test this?
https://cn.ui.vmall.com/thread-25463131-1-1.html
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Here is some Proof that Vmos works
Hello everyone, look and perform well the steps of this tutorial regarding the installation of google mobile services and let them know if it works or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReOUbjVRhD4
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Hello everyone, look and perform well the steps of this tutorial regarding the installation of google mobile services and let them know if it works or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReOUbjVRhD4
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It doesn't work with the Global version of Mate 40 Pro, only with the Chinese one...
Does anyone with some Android technical background understand why? I have a feeling 99% of the community is just waiting for something to happen without even trying things out and even wanting to understand what's happening under the hood...
I would be happy to debug things but just need a hint where to look/start.
Is there any info what LZplay exactly did? Did Huawei leave stubs for GMS in the system partition and LZplay leveraged escalated device administrator rights to do things?
i have a Chinese version. i installed GMS on my phone and it works well so far. dont know if it will be banned in the future.
https://medium.com/@topjohnwu/huawe...oor-to-reinstall-google-services-c3a5dd71a7cd
Good article at least for my own education. So no stubs but undocumented API. I guess Huawei removed those in international firmware of Mate 40 just to comply more with Google legal ban. But in China they feel more comfortable and left those in. What a mess based on geopolitics...
MDM SDK is available, the question is if Huawei will even approve the apk signing with speficic calls...
https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/cn/doc/overview/System_Documents
Tested on my mate 40 rs
GMS-Mate 40 Pro
OK, you did it. Would you share how to install GMS on Mate 40 Pro?
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Tested on my mate 40 rs
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did you test this?
https://cn.ui.vmall.com/thread-25463131-1-1.html
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OK, you did it. Would you share how to install GMS on Mate 40 Pro?
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Based on the Weather Widget Location he has a Chinese Version in which you can Install GMS. Doesn't matter to me i (we?) need a way for the International Version...
Dear friends! Would anyone describe in English what to do and how to get to the international version?
Hi to everyone.
I have a Mate 30 Pro 5G LIO-AN00, it's a Chinese device with EMUI 11 updated. I have got it since december, 2019 with Google services working nice ... but 2 days ago I make a mistake so I lost my Google Services.
I followed twice videos of John Wang and at the previous video of him I followed you all the steps RIGHT and at the end of the video I received a lot of Google notifications that my device is not certified.
Then I followed to him at second video in order to delete Google notifications step by step but at the end Google notifications continues ... .... What can I do ???
Before this I reset my Mate 30 Pro and I started from 0. I only use WiFi network, not SIM card .... but it's impossible to delete Google notifications ... :crying: :crying: :crying:
Any advice, please ??
Thank you so much in advance !!!!
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Tested on my mate 40 rs
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Wow, that is awesome !! GMS on a chinese mate 40 RS. Thanks for sharing. I do have a few questions.
1. Where are you using the device? Are you in the USA geographically?
2. Are there any problems with sending and receiving group texts? i.e. Do you ever get a problem where you message on a group text, but the message arrives to the group members individually instead of in the group? I had this problem when i was using a chinese find x2 pro in the US on Tmobile, otherwise it worked perfectly
3. does google assistant "hey google" and google news feed work?
Thanks a bunch!