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TWRP for P10 Plus

Here is a preliminary build of TWRP for P10 Plus.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6ox6M5Lb2JYZklQSnZZbHA0ZUk
Pretty sure all the normal functions work, with the exception of decrypting data partition. So if you need to read or write files, have an SD card.

duraaraa said:
Here is a preliminary build of TWRP for P10 Plus.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6ox6M5Lb2JYZklQSnZZbHA0ZUk
Pretty sure all the normal functions work, with the exception of decrypting data partition. So if you need to read or write files, have an SD card.
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Already! Awesome, have you tested this ?

duraaraa said:
Here is a preliminary build of TWRP for P10 Plus.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6ox6M5Lb2JYZklQSnZZbHA0ZUk
Pretty sure all the normal functions work, with the exception of decrypting data partition. So if you need to read or write files, have an SD card.
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can you backup you oeminfo? i need the VKY-L29C636 oeminfo!

duraaraa said:
Here is a preliminary build of TWRP for P10 Plus.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6ox6M5Lb2JYZklQSnZZbHA0ZUk
Pretty sure all the normal functions work, with the exception of decrypting data partition. So if you need to read or write files, have an SD card.
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Any chance were able to install root using this twrp?

XtraArrow said:
Any chance were able to install root using this twrp?
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You can root with phh superuser.

duraaraa said:
You can root with phh superuser.
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Can you kindly tell me the steps? I've got my bootloader unlocked and the twrp installed ATM.

XtraArrow said:
Can you kindly tell me the steps? I've got my bootloader unlocked and the twrp installed ATM.
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Follow the steps here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/development/recovery-unofficial-twrp-huawei-mate-9-t3515617

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Follow the steps here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/development/recovery-unofficial-twrp-huawei-mate-9-t3515617
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Appreciate it. I guess I'm going to be needing an SD card.

@duraaraa Wait wait wait....So, with the phone JUST being released, we have a valid and FULLY functional TWRP, *ALONG WITH* a workable ROOT method too? Really?
That's awesome if so! Are there only certain models / ROMs which we can do this on? According to the linked thread for Mate 9 it says its tested and working great on International Dual Sim MHA-L29 phones, is that the only 1 or type at this stage?
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roosta said:
@duraaraa Wait wait wait....So, with the phone JUST being released, we have a valid and FULLY functional TWRP, *ALONG WITH* a workable ROOT method too? Really?
That's awesome if so! Are there only certain models / ROMs which we can do this on, or virtually any? Like single and dual SIM etc
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Not only that, but you can switch between versions, once I stop being so lazy and start releasing the OEMINFO for various brandings.
The root and the TWRP will work for ALL P10 and P10 Plus versions, as well as the Honor 8 Pro. They are all the same, more or less.
My full-time job is running a service which deals with only Huawei firmware updates, so I deal with it every day, and have no trouble with these things Mostly the phones are the same. Even to the extent where things like this are possible:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/mate-9-rebranded-to-p10-t3587697

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Not only that, but you can switch between versions, once I stop being so lazy and start releasing the OEMINFO for various brandings.
The root and the TWRP will work for ALL P10 and P10 Plus versions, as well as the Honor 8 Pro. They are all the same, more or less.
My full-time job is running a service which deals with only Huawei firmware updates, so I deal with it every day, and have no trouble with these things Mostly the phones are the same. Even to the extent where things like this are possible:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/mate-9-rebranded-to-p10-t3587697
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Finally got root, appreciate all the help you gave. Just wondering. Are we able to flash the standard SuperSU? Also I'm unable to uninstall system apps via the apps. How come?
Edit: can't mount system at all and unable to install busybox. Tried multiple methods to mount system. Just won't have it.

XtraArrow said:
Finally got root, appreciate all the help you gave. Just wondering. Are we able to flash the standard SuperSU? Also I'm unable to uninstall system apps via the apps. How come?
Edit: can't mount system at all and unable to install busybox. Tried multiple methods to mount system. Just won't have it.
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With that method, you can't mount system.
If you want to mount system, it will be a bit more work. I think the process will look something like this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-how-to-root-mate-9-decrypt-data-t3569986

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Not only that, but you can switch between versions, once I stop being so lazy and start releasing the OEMINFO for various brandings.
The root and the TWRP will work for ALL P10 and P10 Plus versions, as well as the Honor 8 Pro. They are all the same, more or less.
My full-time job is running a service which deals with only Huawei firmware updates, so I deal with it every day, and have no trouble with these things Mostly the phones are the same. Even to the extent where things like this are possible:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/mate-9-rebranded-to-p10-t3587697
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Now you are one person to keep around in case we brick our P series device
Thanks for the info
* Join Huawei P10/P10+ WhatsApp Group *

duraaraa said:
With that method, you can't mount system.
If you want to mount system, it will be a bit more work. I think the process will look something like this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-how-to-root-mate-9-decrypt-data-t3569986
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OK..
There's a lot of scattered posts from Mate 9 and now a P10+ thread for TWRP and again, separate post again for a more universal root method. So let's try and consolidate them into the one place and focus on the one device - that way we help those who get easily confused (yes, people like me) making sure all resources are in the 1 spot. I may end up creating a separate thread to POOL all resources together. But for now, i'll use this post:
So how do we go about ROOTING P10 Plus - assuming its **MY** VKY-L29 international DUAL SIM model 128GB / 6GB?
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... You'd use the same PHH root zip [linked here]:
[ https://superuser.phh.me/superuser.zip ]
But with the TWRP from the P10+ thread [linked here]:
[ https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6ox6M5Lb2JYZklQSnZZbHA0ZUk ]
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Pre-root and TWRP step: OEM unlock code - The guide below mentions calling and then getting an email. How can you get it off their website??
The following is courtesy of @Tkkg1994 for the guide and @phhusson for the SuperUser root method:
HOW-TO INSTALL
0. Make sure you enabled OEM unlock in settings, if you haven't please do that now by tipping 10 times on build number (to activate developer options), than open developer options and go to OEM unlock, enable it
1. Having an unlocked bootloader IS a requirement! ***
2. Download the TWRP recovery (file is in his post, page 1, post 1 - OP)
3. Make sure you got fastboot drivers installed (I will describe this below in how to unlock your bootloader)
4. Open the adb/fastboot application on your PC and copy the IMG file from step 3 into the same root folder of ADB/fastboot
5. Boot your phone into download mode
(First method: fastboot reboot-bootloader while connected to pc.
Second method: power off your phone, hit power on and volume down until it boots to download mode)
6. On this screen, your phone should say "Phone Unlocked". If not - don't proceed.
7. If it IS unlocked, type now into your adb/fastboot terminal: fastboot flash recovery FILENAME.IMG where FILENAME is the name of the file you've download in step 3 with the extension (.img)
8. Type: fastboot reboot
9. Now boot into recovery by pressing: power+volume up at the same time
10. Enjoy TWRP!
HOW-TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER
1. Call Huawei in the HiCare app, request the bootloader unlock code there (I had to give my email, IMEI, serial number etc)
2. You will receive an email maybe a few days or hours later with the unlock code, when you got it you can go on here
3. Install minimal adb and fastboot drivers from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
4. Plug in your phone and make sure all huawei drivers installed properly!
5. Enable developer options in settings as described above.
6. Enable OEM unlock, enable USB debugging (both in developer options)
7. Open the adb tool you installed recently
8. Type fastboot devices (now a device number should show up)
9. Type fastboot reboot-bootloader (your phone will now boot into bootloader, if not, you haven't set up drivers or adb/fastboot correctly)
10. This step will wipe all your data! Type: fastboot oem unlock xxx (Where 'xxx' represents your unique unlock code)
11. Ones it's done type: fastboot reboot. Your phone will reboot and you have an unlocked bootloader!
12. You can now go on installing TWRP on your device
HOW-TO ROOT YOUR HUAWEI P10 PLUS:
0. Create a backup, just in case
1. Have an unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed from above
2. We will use this root method LINKED HERE: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/wip-selinux-capable-superuser-t3216394
3. Download latest official phh superuser zip (At time of copying over this guide, it is 'r275 version') http://phhusson.free.fr/superuser-r275.zip
4. Put the zip on your external SD card of your phone (since we can't access /data in twrp)
5. Boot into TWRP and flash the downloaded file
6. Install latest Material phh apk: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69224582&postcount=1896
7. Now you should be rooted, congrats!
SUPPORTED DEVICES
MHA-L29 devices (Is this the same as a VKY-L29 phones????)
MHA-L09 devices
MHA-AL00 devices
MHA-TL01 devices
Am I missing anything? Can I add to or delete info from any steps? This should work without a hitch? I'll keep updated this. Thanks to all those who have helped write or create methods for successfully achieving root/TWRP on other Huawei devices. I want this to focus on the P10+ Plus
RoOSTA

roosta said:
OK..
There's a lot of scattered posts from Mate 9 and now a P10+ thread for TWRP and again, separate post again for a more universal root method. So let's try and consolidate them into the one place and focus on the one device - that way we help those who get easily confused (yes, people like me) making sure all resources are in the 1 spot. I may end up creating a separate thread to POOL all resources together. But for now, i'll use this post:
So how do we go about ROOTING P10 Plus - assuming its **MY** VKY-L29 international DUAL SIM model 128GB / 6GB?
Pre-root and TWRP step: OEM unlock code - The guide below mentions calling and then getting an email. How can you get it off their website??
The following is courtesy of @Tkkg1994 for the guide and @phhusson for the SuperUser root method:
HOW-TO INSTALL
0. Make sure you enabled OEM unlock in settings, if you haven't please do that now by tipping 10 times on build number (to activate developer options), than open developer options and go to OEM unlock, enable it
1. Have an unlocked bootloader is required! ***
2. Download the TWRP recovery (FROM ABOVE)
3. Make sure you got fastboot drivers installed (I will describe this below in how to unlock your bootloader)
4. Open the adb/fastboot application on your pc and go to the directory where your TWRP img file is downloaded
5. Boot your phone into download mode
(First method: fastboot reboot-bootloader while connected to pc.
Second method: power off your phone, hit power on and volume down until it boots to download mode)
6. Check again if there is written: unlocked phone!
7. If YES, type now into your adb/fastboot terminal: fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-hi3660.img
8. Type: fastboot reboot
9. Now boot into recovery by pressing: power+volume up+volume down at the same time
10. Enjoy TWRP!
HOW-TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER
1. Call Huawei in the HiCare app, request the bootloader unlock code there (I had to give my email, IMEI, serial number etc)
2. You will receive an email maybe a few days or hours later with the unlock code, when you got it you can go on here
3. Install minimal adb and fastboot drivers from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
4. Plug in your phone and make sure all huawei drivers installed properly!
5. Enable developer options in settings as described above.
6. Enable OEM unlock, enable USB debugging (both in developer options)
7. Open the adb tool you installed recently
8. Type fastboot devices (now a device number should show up)
9. Type fastboot reboot-bootloader (your phone will now boot into bootloader, if not, you haven't set up drivers or adb/fastboot correctly)
10. This step will wipe all your data! Type: fastboot oem unlock xxx (Where 'xxx' represents your unique unlock code)
11. Ones it's done type: fastboot reboot. Your phone will reboot and you have an unlocked bootloader!
12. You can now go on installing TWRP on your device
HOW-TO ROOT YOUR HUAWEI P10 PLUS:
0. Create a backup, just in case
1. Have an unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed from above
2. We will use this root method LINKED HERE: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/wip-selinux-capable-superuser-t3216394
3. Download latest official phh superuser zip (At time of copying over this guide, it is 'r275 version') http://phhusson.free.fr/superuser-r275.zip
4. Put the zip on your external SD card of your phone (since we can't access /data in twrp)
5. Boot into TWRP and flash the downloaded file
6. Install latest Material phh apk: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69224582&postcount=1896
7. Now you should be rooted, congrats!
SUPPORTED DEVICES
MHA-L29 devices (Is this the same as a VKY-L29 phones????)
MHA-L09 devices
MHA-AL00 devices
MHA-TL01 devices
Am I missing anything? Can I add to or delete info from any steps? This should work without a hitch? I'll keep updated this. Thanks to all those who have helped write or create methods for successfully achieving root/TWRP on other Huawei devices. I want this to focus on the P10+ Plus
RoOSTA
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While you can certainly focus on the P10+, the P10+, the P10 and the Honor 8 Pro are exactly the same when it comes to rooting/software, so whatever applies to those phones applies to the P10+ as well.
The Mate 9 is also the same, but it needs a different TWRP because the kernel is incompatible.
Obviously, the ROMs for each are different.
I know about TWRP, and I know it's possible to root with PHH, but that you won't be able to modify the System partition. But I don't root, myself, so anything beyond that, check out guides for the Mate 9 and modify them to fit the P10+, and they should work.

duraaraa said:
While you can certainly focus on the P10+, the P10+, the P10 and the Honor 8 Pro are exactly the same.
I know about TWRP, and I know it's possible to root with PHH, but that you won't be able to modify the System partition. But I don't root, myself, so anything beyond that, check out guides for the Mate 9 and modify them to fit the P10+, and they should work.
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So if we want to get rid of some bloatware from Huawei, we are not able to do that? If we chant to change system related items (such as start up animation/audio when powering on, etc), this cannot be done with this kind of root?
RoOSTA

roosta said:
So if we want to get rid of some bloatware from Huawei, we are not able to do that? If we chant to change system related items (such as start up animation/audio when powering on, etc), this cannot be done with this kind of root?
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You could use Titanium Backup to freeze them, but you can't change system related items with this root, no.

So we can just check the Mate 9, Honor 8 Pro threads (etc) for other root advantages? Is XPOSED is working on them? As that requires a change to system and also what I'm looking to achieve. Is there a way around that for these other phones?
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roosta said:
So we can just check the Mate 9, Honor 8 Pro threads (etc) for other root advantages? Is XPOSED is working on them? As that requires a change to system and also what I'm looking to achieve. Is there a way around that for these other phones?
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Nobody has xposed working on any of them.

If I unlock my bootloader using Huawei official method, will it void my warranty? The 3-year warranty was a big selling point for me but I'd also really like to root my phone...
Do you think it will be possible to root the phone (with Magisk or something) without unlocking the bootloader/voiding the warranty ?

State of root for the XZ3 (EU version)

Can anyone tell me if rooting is possible for the XZ3? I only need basic root, I'm fine without any custom ROMs and even TWRP, just want root preferably through SuperSU but magisk can work as well.
Thanks!

no, because Sony won't fix greyed out "oem unlocking" prior to December security patch and Sony has not yet delivered the December patch
supposedly it was a bug, but i doubt it. bet it was intentional
extremely upset at Sony not fixing immediately (it has known about "bug" for a while) instead of forcing us to wait

you think it'll be possible after this feature is enabled? I'm not worried so long as rooting is possible whenever..

yes

looks like today may be possible!

New update fixed this. Oem unlock is not greyed out now. So yes rooting is possible.

But you will loose your camera.
On the XZ2/compact/premium the december patch broke the camera for unlocked devices. It shoot green pictures.
Downgrading to the november patch fixed it.
But we only have a working camera on the XZ2 devices, because we used a drmfix on oreo.
I don't know if the same will be on the XZ3 but if you really need the camera, i would wait for one to test the unlocking first.
At the moment, there is no PIE DRMfix.

Any confirmed working method to root XZ3?

First backup your apps/settings using the Google functionality or Sony's backup and restore functionality.
Then update your phone to the latest OTA available (for me this was 52.0.A.84, after three update cycles as I had held off on updating since I got the phone)
This will enable you to tick the "Enable boot loader unlocking" box in the developer options (tap the build number in Settings->System->About 5 times).
Go to your dialer and dial *#*#SERVICE#*#* for the service menu. In service info -> configuration, make sure "Rooting status" shows that unlocking is allowed. While you are in the service menu anyway, note down the IMEI number.
Now go to unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com, go through all the disclaimers, and enter your email address and IMEI number. You will get an email with an unlock code.
Install the Sony fastboot drivers (can be found on Sony's site) and a version of the adb/fastboot binaries (can be found here on XDA somewhere). While you're fetching drivers it might also be handy to get drivers for flash mode as well (also on Sony's site).
Turn off your phone, hold volume up and plug it into your PC. LED will turn blue and phone is now in fastboot mode. You can let go of any buttons.
Type fastboot oem unlock <the code you got from Sony>
Now unplug the phone and boot it normally. It will take a bit longer because this process master resets the entire phone. You will get a stupid warning about not being able to check your phone for corruption because you've unlocked your boot loader (oh noes).
Now get Xperifirm and download the 52.0.A.126 firmware and tell it to extract the firmware somewhere. Download Newflasher and extract it into the same directory as the extracted firmware.
Turn off your phone, hold volume down (flash mode) and plug it into your PC. Run Newflasher, and it will flash the 52.0.A.126 firmware onto your phone.
Unplug your phone, boot it up normally. The phone will have reset again (Newflasher wipes everything) but this will be the last time, so now you can proceed with setting up and personalising your phone (and putting back the backup you made at the beginning).
Head over to the TWRP thread in the XZ3 development forum and follow the installation procedures exactly. This will involve some usage of fastboot which you should by now be familiar with. Once you have TWRP installed, the touch screen won't work. So get a USB-C to USB-A adapter or a USB-C hub, and connect a PC mouse to operate TWRP. Part of the instructions in the thread are to install Magisk, which will give you root.
Congrats! You now have root and a broken camera and broken DRM.
To fix the camera, install the camera fix linked from the TWRP thread (it's a zip you flash with TWRP). This will replace some system files with files from the 52.0.A.84 firmware which will magically make the camera work again.
To fix the DRM, go to Magisk Manager on your phone and install "liboemcrypto disabler". This will fix Netflix and other apps that use DRM.
That's the state of root on the XZ3!

Nice. You mean that the Magisk trick would fix all the DRM issues, hence no other DRMfix or Xperifix needed?

I can't say anything about "all the DRM issues", but the camera works and denoising seems unaffected by the BL unlock with the fix applied, and Netflix seems to work. If there's anything specific you want me to test just let me know.
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Hi.
I got Root on my XZ3. Just install/flash custom made TWRP and flash Magisk Manager and You are good to go. ? ?
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I got root on my XZ3. Download custom made TWRP, flash, reboot in to TWRP and install Magisk Manager. ?
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where can i find this custom twrp? @MurroFX

THANK YOU very much Sir!!

Root is possible. ?
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had the same problem with H9493 on HK firmware...oem greyed out not fixed after decemeber patch.
Reflashed the latest Taiwan rom 11B using this method; http://www.xperiablog.net/2018/01/28/newflasher-guide-to-install-new-firmware-for-xperia-xz-premium-xz1-and-more/
booted without entering credentials (only network), was able to enable OEM unlock in develeoper options.
Still waiting for drm fix till i unlock, but at least now im able to.

Sorry for late answer But I think IT was on AndroidFileHost. Search on (MartinX3). ?

@MurroFX
Could you please provide us with step by step guide? Also, do you need to unlock bootloader to root the XZ3?
Thanks

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[GUIDE] Unlock bootloader, root the device and install any custom ROM! (ALE-L23/21)

Hi all! So, you have a P8 lite in your pocket and you hate EMUI? Well, that was my case too, it's uncustomizable, ugly, and removes plenty of features from android stock. I do not like it one bit, and I like even less the fact that this phone is getting no more updates, ever. This sucks, it all sucks, luckily we can say "F all that" and do whatever we want with this device, provided you follow this guide.
I am making this guide because I want to condensate every single thing I know about this device in one single thread. One big guide to help all of you out installing custom ROMs. Without this, you would have to do research along multiple threads, often with conflicting information, and what's even worse, DEAD LINKS! There's nothing more frustrating than finally finding the solution to your problem, just one download away, just to be greeted by a dead link, and you would need to scout for another file that may or may not work... ugly stuff.
So, the point of this is to bring up to date info so you can make this device rock. This guide assumes you have Huawei's EMUI 4.0 installed which runs on Android 6.0. I'm also assuming you have your bootloader locked, and I will explain how to unlock it FOR FREE. No need to pay to some shady site in order to access what effectively belongs to you.
These are the requirements for this guide:
Code:
#USB cable
#A PC
#Some charge on the device to ensure nothing goes wrong
#An SD Card
#Patience
Before beggining, a quick disclaimer:
Code:
#It's not my objective to break your device, however there's always a risk when doing these kind of things.
#When you follow this guide's steps your are accepting the risks and are taking full responsiblity for whatever may happen to your device.
#Don't blame me for breaking your stuff if that happens, all I'm listing here worked for me, and should work for you.
#I won't be babysitting anybody to help solve their specific problems, don't PM me asking me why X doesn't work.
#I am unaware if this works in other versions of this device, but I'm positive this works on both ALE-L23 and ALE-L21
#If you have a "CAM-XXX" device, it's highly likely this works for you too, but as with everything, TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
#YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Ok, so let's begin. As the title says, the guide is applicable to any custom ROM. However, I will be installing Lineage OS 14.1 which runs on (almost stock) Android 7.1.2. Regardless, the final step where we install the custom ROM is interchangable, and you can use whichever you please.
This process WILL wipe all of your data (except SD card). Make sure to make a backup of everything you want to save (app configs, photos, videos and whatever else).
1. DOWNGRADING TO ANDROID 5
As you may know, Huawei has stopped providing bootloader unlock codes for very stupid reasons. This has led to many unable to unlock their bootloader and having to pay for third party apps in hopes they don't get scammed. There are some trustworthy sites where you can get these at a fee tho (mainly DC Unlocker at 4 bucks), so if you want to pay up to avoid having to downgrade to Android 5, you can do so. However, I understand that you may not want to pay at all, I didn't want to either.
To get the bootloader unlock code, we need root, and to get root, we need Android 5. Why? Because getting root in Android 6 requires us to flash some zips, and for that we need TWRP, and for that we need an unlocked bootloader, everyhing closes up very nicely. So, we have no choice but to downgrade.
An SD card is not needed for this process, but it is going to be required at a later point, so why not use it now too?
NOTE: It may be a good idea to make a factory reset at this point, to avoid issues. For that, do the following:
Turn your phone off.
Boot the phone by holding the power button and the volume up button at the same time.
Wait untill the Huawei logo appears, then let go of both buttons.
You should be in recovery mode, navigate with the volume keys to the "Wipe data/factory reset" option.
Select it with the power button and wipe everything.
Reboot the device with the option in the menu.
Once the device has booted up, follow the guide.
Alright, once that's done, connect your phone to the PC to transfer some files:
NOTE: There's two Stock Android 5s downloads ("HW_Android_5_Transition.zip" and "HW_Stock_Android_5.zip"). One is a transition package, as the name implies, and the other is Huawei's EMUI 3.1 in all of it's glory. What's the difference? The transition package is a much smaller file that is designed to downgrade the phone from EMUI 4.0 (Android 6) to EMUI 3.1 (Android 5). If you are running EMUI 4.0 (which should be the case) then you can use the transition package which will take less to download. If you have another version (i.e. EMUI 4.1) you should use "HW_Stock_Android_5.zip". However, the latter is the safe bet. If you are not sure which one to use, use "HW_Stock_Android_5.zip". The process is exactly the same for both packages.
Extract the "UPDATE.APP" file from "HW_Stock_Android_5.zip" or "HW_Android_5_Transition.zip".
Navigate to your phone's internal memory or SD card (whichever you want to use) and locate a folder called "dload". If there's not one, create it.
Put the "UPDATE.APP" file inside of the "dload" folder.
Turn your phone off.
Once it's off, press the power button and the two volume buttons until you see the Huawei logo.
That should make the phone recognize the "update" and start flashing it. Once it finishes, it will try to boot by itself, so pressing those 3 buttons was your last input until the phone boots into Android 5. It will take a long time for it to both finish and boot, don't be afraid, the phone is not bricked. If you think the phone is indeed bricked because it has been stuck at the logo screen for way to long (longer than an hour) then proceed to the "Unbricking" section of this guide. However, it's highly unlikely that this will happen, as Huawei checks the file before flashing it, so if it's incompatible with your device it should not do anything and boot again into Android 6 with everything untouched.
2. ROOTING ON ANDROID 5 AND EXTRACTING BOOTLOADER UNLOCK CODE
Once you are in Android 5, we will need to root the device. Download KingRoot (proved to work) or another one click root app of your choice. I'm aware of KingRoot's bad reputation because of the spyware accusations, but the phone will be wiped anyway and we are sure it works, so it doesn't really harm at all. If you still don't want to use it, check with other apps, I haven't done so myself so I don't know what else works.
Once your phone is rooted, we will need to use the terminal for the first time. We will need to setup ADB and Fastboot, if you already have that, skip this step.
Extract the "platform-tools" folder from the zip and place it somewhere nice.
Shift right click on a blank space INSIDE of the "platform-tools" folder.
Select "Open command window here".
This should be enough to get ADB working, but we need to make some config on the phone itself too.
Go to Settings -> About Phone
Look for a line that says "Build Number" and tap it multiple times.
When the message saying "You are now a developer" pops up, go back and enter the new "Developer Options" menu.
In there, look for an option called "USB Debugging" and turn it on.
Connect the phone to your PC via USB cable.
A message should have popped up on the phone asking for permission to use USB Debugging, tap on "Always allow from this PC" and then on "Allow".
NOTE: If the message doesn't pop up, you can try a number of things. I prefer to tap the "Revoke USB debugging authorizations" button to ensure that no PC is authorized, so the message must pop up at some point. Once you revoked authorizations, disconnect and connect the phone again, if you still don't see it, try to select MTP as the transfer protocol. If not, then PTP, if you still don't see it install Hi Suite on your PC and open it, it should pop up now.
Once you have everything working, type the following in the terminal in your PC:
Code:
adb devices
If you see a serial number there, that's your phone, and that means everything is set up correctly (make sure you don't have any other device attached to your PC, or you could confuse the two and make bad stuff happen for that other device). If you don't see it, make sure USB Debugging is enabled. You can try to use different cables if you still have problems. Now type:
Code:
adb shell
And then:
Code:
su -c "grep -m1 -aoE 'WVLOCK.{14}[0-9]{16}' /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 |grep -aoE '[0-9]{16}'"
KingRoot (or the app you used to root) should prompt you (in your phone) if you want to give ADB root access, make sure to allow it to make this work. This should give you your unlock code. SAVE IT INTO A TXT FILE AND COPY THAT FILE TO ALL OF YOUR PCS, ALL OF YOUR CLOUD ACCOUNTS AND ALL OF YOUR MOBILE DEVICES.
(Maybe the terminal gets stuck at this point, press CTRL + D (or C) to get it unstuck).
Seriusly tho, it didn't happen to me, but it is a possibility that your Bootloader can re lock after doing some of the things that follow, in which case you will need to unlock it again, and if you don't have that code... it's back to square one.
3. GOING BACK TO ANDROID 6
Now that we have done all that we wanted on Android 5, it's time to go back. The process is exactly the same.
Extract the "UPDATE.APP" file from the "HW_Stock_Android_6.zip" file and move it to the dload folder (SD card or Internal).
Turn off your phone and turn it on again with all three buttons pressed.
Wait.
???
Profit.
So, we're back on Android 6. Why did we go back you may ask? Why did we not just flash our precius custom ROM? Well, for once, this gives people the chance to stay on EMUI if all they wanted was to unlock the bootloader and maybe root on Android 6 (which I will explain how to do too, in case you want to). Another, more important reason, we need Android 6 to install the B895/B896 update, which is a requirement for any custom ROM (mainly Android 7.0+) if you don't want any problems with your SIM card (and others that may arise).
4. UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER AND FLASHING TWRP
Now, we need to turn on USB Debugging again, and to allow our PC... again. Do so, and check that everything is right with:
Code:
adb devices
If that's the case, then type the following:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Your phone will reboot, and you should see a white screen with a wasted android above a green text saying "PHONE LOCKED". If that's the case, take a moment to say goodbye to that green text, because it will soon turn very red. We will need to unlock the bootloader with the code you got from the previous steps, for that type the following:
Code:
fastboot oem unlock ****************
In place of the "****************" you must enter your code, of course. And that was it, now the green text is replaced with a red "PHONE UNLOCKED". This are good news. Now, we need to flash our custom recovery if we want to do anything fancy with the device. For that, extract the "recovery.img" file from the "TWRP_3.1.1.zip" file and paste it into the same folder where all of the ADB files are located (where "adb.exe" is). Now type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
This will flash TWRP into your device, hooray! Now type:
Code:
fastboot reboot
And your device should turn back on, today is a bright day my son. Now you must take a decision, do you want to flash a custom ROM and get very nice and fancy features or do you want to stay with what you have? If you prefer Huawei's EMUI 4.0, then follow to the next step. If you want to flash custom ROMs, then skip the next one.
5. ROOTING ON ANDROID 6 (OPTIONAL)
I don't know why you would prefer EMUI over... anything else really, but it's your call. I'll tell you how to root it so you can at least take some advantage of it. You see that file called "HW_Android_6_Root.zip"? Extract it, inside there will be... another folder called Root... huh? Redundant. Anyway, inside of that there should be two zips. 1.zip and 2.zip. You will need to place the folder called "Root" inside of your SD card or your internal storage. Then, go back to the terminal and type:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
You should reboot into TWRP, isn't it nice? Anyway, we have to flash some zips! Go to "wipe" first and wipe the "Cache" partition and the "Dalvik" partition. Once that's done, go to install and navigate to the Root folder your placed... well, you know where. Select 1.zip and flash it, once it's finished reboot the device. If TWRP prompts you to install it's app, DO NOT DO IT. Once the phone has rebooted (it will take longer because of the cache and dalvik wipe), repeat the process but flash 2.zip this time, reboot and your phone should be rooted. This is the end of the line for you now, as you don't want to make anything else to the phone. However, you can go to the final chapter where I explain how to install Xposed framework, if you want more customization. EMUI doesn't like Xposed very much, so there's little you can do with it, but it's something I guess.
6. INSTALLING THE B895/B896 UPDATE
So, you followed the power user path, the one we all really want deep down. That's cool, I respect you. We gotta use that custom recovery we just flashed, but first we need to transfer some files into our phone's memory. We need to install an update to the phone, for which you need Android 6 (that you should already have anyway). There's two different updates, B895 and B896. As you may guess, B896 is newer. However, any of these two will (or rather should) work without issues. I personally used B896, but some people claim B895 is more stable. I can't find a difference really, but the process is the same regardless of which you choose. Once you have made that decision, move "B895_update.zip" or "B896_update.zip" to your phone's internal storage or SD card AS IS (don't extract it). Then type into the terminal:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
You should be in TWRP now. Go to wipe and select the "Cache" and "Dalvik" partitions ONLY, then wipe them. Once that's done, go to install and flash your update of choice. Once finished, reboot the device. If TWRP prompts you to install it's app, DO NOT DO IT. The boot should take longer than usual because of the "Cache" and "Dalvik" wipe... and because of the update too. Once booted, you should be in EMUI 4.1. Go to settings and into "About Phone". In there, look for a field called "IMEI". If you see a number, that means you did everything properly, if you see "unkown" or nothing at all, then that means you lost your IMEI... which means you will have connectivity issues. To fix this, you will need to do a full wipe (so, boot into recovery (we lost TWRP due to the update) and then go to wipe, in there select everything except SD card) and follow the steps again starting from 3, this time flashing the other update (so if you flashed B895, flash B896 this time and vice versa)).
Now, this last step we made has wiped our custom recovery... so sad. We have to flash it again, but we are almost finished!! Now it's time for you to move the custom ROM you want to your SD card (SD card is mandatory, as we will wipe internal storage). You should also move your custom ROM of choice. If you want root, also move the "SuperSUv82.zip" file.
OPTIONAL:
If you want Gapps, that means the Google apps, so PlayStore, Google services and such (and you really should want them, as Android without PlayStore is kinda rough), then you need to download them separately.
So, go to the Gapps website and select the pacakge you want. You NEED to choose the ARM64 platform, the android version depends on the ROM you are flashing, so check which version it runs, and the package itself is personal preference. Here you can see a comparison of each package, detailing what each one contains so you can make a decision. The aroma package is kinda bugged, I would avoid it. Choose wisely, as flashing another Gapps package once you have flashed a different one can and most likely will cause issues. If you want my opinion, I would stick to the nano package. It offers the basic Google functionality and allows you to download other Google apps you may need/use with the PlayStore once you are booted up.
Once you choose your package, move it to your phone's SD card along with the ROM and the SuperSU zip if you want it.
Check that USB Debugging is still enabled, and then type:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Once into the bootloader, flash the custom recovery once again with:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then:
Code:
fastboot reboot
Once booted up again, type:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
And now it's time to drop the bomb, say bye bye to EMUI, and say hello to... whatever it is you are installing.
7. FLASHING YOUR CUSTOM ROM OF CHOICE
MOST CUSTOM ROMS REQUIRE AN LTE CAPABLE SIM IN ORDER TO HAVE CELLULAR NETWROK WORKING CORRECTLY, THIS DEPENDS ON A ROM TO ROM BASIS, DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE FLASHING
Once in TWRP, go to wipe and check every box, I'm serius, check everything except the SD card. Once that's finished, the moment of glory has come. Go to install and flash your ROM. It will take a while, and when that's done reboot. The phone should boot into your ROM. If you want either Gapps or SuperSU, make a quick setup and enable USB Debugging again, then reboot to recovery with:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
Once in TWRP, go to install and flash the Gapps package and the SuperSU zip (in that order) if you want it. Reboot. That should be it! You are done!
8. UNBRICKING
I don't know why, but with all the flashing and the testing I've done you would have thinked that I should have suffered of a brick state at least once... that was, luckily, not the case. I haven't suffered a single brick. I don't know if I'm extremely lucky or if this phone is tremendously resilient, but the case is I haven't had any issues of this kind.
However, I can understand that it is a possibility, so if this happens to you my best advice is to do the following: Boot into recovery mode (either stock or TWRP depending on where in the whole process you got stuck), make a full wipe and apply the update from "HW_Stock_Android_6.zip" with the dload folder and the three buttons method. That should get it unstuck, if not... try the same with the "HW_Stock_Android_5.zip" 's "UPDATE.APP".
9. INSTALLING XPOSED FRAMEWORK (OPTIONAL)
What? A custom ROM is not enough for you? Getting freed from EMUI is not enough? Well fear not then, because there's one last step for the true power user, for that man who thinks that everything is not enough, the good old Xposed Framework *queue fireworks and trumpets.
So, you need to install the Xposed Installer apk. Get it from here, and ONLY THERE. I once installed an apk from another source... ended up being adware, not fun. The apk is at the very bottom of the thread. You will also need the framework itself, get it from here.
Get the latest (arm64) version for your ROM. This depends on what Android version it is running on:
Code:
SDK21 = Android 5.0
SDK22 = Android 5.1
SDK23 = Android 6.0
SDK24 = Android 7.0
SDK25 = Android 7.1
SDK26 = Android 8.0
SDK27 = Android 8.1
You should also get the uninstaller in case things go south.
Once you got the files, install the apk on your phone. Open the app once. Transfer the framework and the uninstaller into your SD or internal storage. Boot into TWRP recovery and install the framework, reboot the device.
NOTE: Android 6.0 takes about 20 mins to boot, wait about an hour before deciding that it's bricked. Android 7.1.2 took me about 2 mins. I'm unaware of the boot times of other versions, but be aware that it can take LONG. If you think it really got bricked, boot into TWRP again and flash the uninstaller. That should get it unstuck and you can either try again or leave it as is.
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Well guys, that's all I got, quite a big write up huh? I don't really have nothing else to say, just remember that what you are doing here is at your own risk and I don't want anybody blaming me for the bad things that can happen. I will proceed to leave you with the download links so you can try this yourself. I'm currently running Lineage OS 14.1 which features Android Nougat 7.1.2 on my Huawei P8 lite ALE-L23, I've never been happier to be free from the manufacturer's ROM.
DOWNLOADS
(The B895 and B896 update's links are not mine)
Huawei's Stock Android 5:
Android Filehost
Mediafire
Huawei's Android 5 Transition:
Android Filehost
Mediafire
Huawei's Stock Android 6:
Android Filehost
Mediafire
Huawei's Android 6 Root:
Android Filehost
Mediafire
EMUI 4.1 (B895):
Android Filehost
EMUI 4.1 (B896):
Android Filehost
Platform-Tools:
Android Filehost
Mediafire
TWRP 3.1.1:
Android Filehost
Mediafire
Gapps:
Open Gapps
SuperSU:
Android Filehost
Google Drive

Hi,
I didn't understand what do you mean whan you write: Once booted, you should be in EMUI 4.1. If you retained your IMEI, you are in good path, if not... then do a factory reset (wipe everything) and repeat the steps starting from 3.
Could you explain it better?
Thank you

ilmatte said:
Hi,
I didn't understand what do you mean whan you write: Once booted, you should be in EMUI 4.1. If you retained your IMEI, you are in good path, if not... then do a factory reset (wipe everything) and repeat the steps starting from 3.
Could you explain it better?
Thank you
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Yes, it's basically this: If you go into the "About Phone" section you will see that there's a field detailing your IMEI. I won't lie, I don't know exactly what it is, but it's a unique number for every phone and has something to do with your cellular network connection.
If you messed up at some point, you can lose your IMEI (i.e. you won't see it in that field or it will say "unknown" or something of the sort). If that happens, then it means you did something wrong, and proceeding in this state will make you have problems with your connection. The signal would be really unstable and it would be practically unusable.
To make a simpler check, if you have a cellular network connection, and can make calls and send/receive SMS on EMUI 4.1, then you won't have any problems.

Ah ok it wasn't so clear but I know what an imei is luckily it didn't erase it in my case. Anyway, I don't know how to thank you bro! You saved my life. I beleived to be screwed when I learned that Huawei stopped releasing the bootloader unlock code. How stupid they are. I blamed them through the customer support. I'm running lineage now! Kiss my ass Huawei!

ilmatte said:
Ah ok it wasn't so clear but I know what an imei is luckily it didn't erase it in my case. Anyway, I don't know how to thank you bro! You saved my life. I beleived to be screwed when I learned that Huawei stopped releasing the bootloader unlock code. How stupid they are. I blamed them through the customer support. I'm running lineage now! Kiss my ass Huawei!
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Glad to hear I helped! Mind dropping a thank on the main thread? Hope you enjoy your phone

Thanks <3 -notes
Thank you tralph3, you make my life so easy, great easy guide. I have a few suggestions for improving clarity:
Step 1. "Stock_Android_5.zip" contains "transitional" android 6.0 ALE-L21C900B500 firmware According to including Spanish documentation "3., 3.1 Download the Android5.0 update package" It must be downloaded another 5.0 firmware. I use this 5.0 firmware to make kingroot preform root.
Firmware: huaweidl.com/download/p8-lite/ale-l21/b204/
Look for a line that says "Compilation Number" and tap...
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Step 2. second point 2. Change to "Build Number"
su -c "grep -m1 -aoE 'WVLOCK.{14}[0-9]{16}' /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 |grep -aoE '[0-9]{16}'"
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Step 2. getting unlock code. After executing command. Add step -Kingsroot display root access prompt ALLOW it.
t
Thanks for your work.

BelisTT said:
Thank you tralph3, you make my life so easy, great easy guide. I have a few suggestions for improving clarity:
Step 1. "Stock_Android_5.zip" contains "transitional" android 6.0 ALE-L21C900B500 firmware According to including Spanish documentation "3., 3.1 Download the Android5.0 update package" It must be downloaded another 5.0 firmware. I use this 5.0 firmware to make kingroot preform root.
Firmware: huaweidl.com/download/p8-lite/ale-l21/b204/
Step 2. second point 2. Change to "Build Number"
Step 2. getting unlock code. After executing command. Add step -Kingsroot display root access prompt ALLOW it.
t
Thanks for your work.
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Thanks for pointing this stuff out, I'll make those changes you suggested and try to fix some typos too. So, what I gather from what you told me about that Android 5 thing is that in order to correctly flash the update I'm providing you NEED to be in Android 6, right? Whereas with the one you are providing me it should boot into Android 5 regardless of what you currently have. If that's the case, I'll include both and tell people of the distinction between the two so they can use the one they want/need (after all, the transition package is much smaller and easier to download). I'll download the package and upload it to Android Filehost along with everything else. I think I'll keep the mediafire downloads as a mirror. I'll get to that, thanks.

tralph3 said:
.... in Android 6, right? Whereas with the one you are providing me it should boot into Android 5 regardless of what you currently have.
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Yes, exactly. Thanks for curating this additional download, good idea.

Does this also work for the PRA-LX1 version?
I have Android 8.0 on it and absolutely no idea what EMUI version or eben the firmware version.
I want to put crDroid on this phone because EMUI ... you know, it's bad.
Otherwise: I am ok with paying these 4€ if this payed unlock works.
WHICH of all these DC Unlocker Apps do I need for getting the unlock code?

Badoolo said:
Does this also work for the PRA-LX1 version?
I have Android 8.0 on it and absolutely no idea what EMUI version or eben the firmware version.
I want to put crDroid on this phone because EMUI ... you know, it's bad.
Otherwise: I am ok with paying these 4€ if this payed unlock works.
WHICH of all these DC Unlocker Apps do I need for getting the unlock code?
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DON'T TRY ANY OF THIS. All of what I've detailed is for the P8 lite 2015, your phone is a different 2017 version that's basically another completely different phone with the same name, because Huawei doesn't know how to namr their devices. You have a different chipset, doing anything of what's described here will most likely brick your phone. With that said, maybe the bootloader unlock method works IF YOU FIND ANOTHER WAY TO ROOT YOUR PHONE. DON'T ROLL BACK TO ANDROID 5 WITH THE FILES I'M PROVIDING PLEASE.
This forum is dedicated to P8 lite 2015, you can see there's a different forum for 2017. Good luck.

Hello, I have ALE-L21 with EMUI 4.0.3 - MM 6.0 - version B633 and i can not downgrade to android 5, phone says : update failed, or stuck on 5%. could someone help me please ?
I tried a lot of stock ROMs, 5.0 , 6.0 etc, nothing worked for me.
Thanks,

Ax1qwer said:
Hello, I have ALE-L21 with EMUI 4.0.3 - MM 6.0 - version B633 and i can not downgrade to android 5, phone says : update failed, or stuck on 5%. could someone help me please ?
I tried a lot of stock ROMs, 5.0 , 6.0 etc, nothing worked for me.
Thanks,
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Are you using the stock package or the transition package? If you are using the transition package, try stock.

I tried both, with no success. And many others.
I tried to update via internal storage and SDcard too, with no success.
If phone is connected to pc, updating stuck on 5%, if not connected to PC, update fails.

Ax1qwer said:
I tried both, with no success. And many others.
I tried to update via internal storage and SDcard too, with no success.
If phone is connected to pc, updating stuck on 5%, if not connected to PC, update fails.
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Did you wipe all of your data with the stock recovery? If nothing works then I could suggest you to try to apply the downgrade with sideload. (Boot into recovery and select to apply update from adb, then you type adb sideload <filename>)
I'm clueless on why it doesn't work on your device, it should.
Also, you can try to flash the stock android 6 rom first, that's an older emui version (4.0). If you can flash that, then maybe you can flash android 5 after it.

i have tried intalling both the 5.0 stock roms but it always fails at 5%. i got ALE-L21C02B896 with emui 4.1 and android 6.0. i've been trying different guides but all lead me to dead ends. please help
thanks in advance

Wazu786 said:
i have tried intalling both the 5.0 stock roms but it always fails at 5%. i got ALE-L21C02B896 with emui 4.1 and android 6.0. i've been trying different guides but all lead me to dead ends. please help
thanks in advance
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I have the exact same firmware(ALE-L21C02B896) that you have and I also cant downgrade to android 5.0 using any of the tutorials that I found in XDA Furum.

razorfancy said:
I have the exact same firmware(ALE-L21C02B896) that you have and I also cant downgrade to android 5.0 using any of the tutorials that I found in XDA Furum.
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Yeah it very frustrating, please let me know if you find a way and ill do the same.

Wazu786 said:
Yeah it very frustrating, please let me know if you find a way and ill do the same.
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Told you guys, try to flash android 6 and see if that works, afterwards you can flash android 5.

tralph3 said:
Told you guys, try to flash android 6 and see if that works, afterwards you can flash android 5.
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I tried your Huawei's Stock Android 5, Huawei's Android 5 Transition and Huawei's Stock Android 6 and all failed to install giving error at 5 percent.

tralph3 said:
Told you guys, try to flash android 6 and see if that works, afterwards you can flash android 5.
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i tried android 6 also and it also failed at 5%, please is there anything else i can try?

[OPN100][METRO (BE2015) BE82CF] Ungrey OEM Unlocking and complete 10.5.8 stock root guide

Disclaimer: By attempting this I accept no responsibility for any consequences or repercussions or perceived consequences or repercussions of using this guide or any of the files in it. I'm simply a n00b trying to make things easier for the next guy because this was quite a process and my phone was "bricked" for several days before i found the solution so this is more a "how i did it, maybe it will work for you" guide then most of these guides by guys with a lot more experience than me. If you run into something crazy I didn't run into, ill likely not be able to help you.
With that being said after 3-4 days of struggling, this is what was working TODAY, 6-3-2022
Now that the disclaimer is out of the way, here's a further warning... THIS WILL ONLY WORK FOR THE NORD N100 Metropcs Variant (BE2015) BE82CF. You WILL have issues if you try this on another N100! Furthermore, this will leave you stuck on OOS 10.5.8 (android 10) rooted with no way (that I could find) to update further. If that's not ok with you, well then this guide isn't for you.
PLEASE READ THE WHOLE GUIDE BEFORE BEGINNING TO AVOID MAKING MISTAKES OR MISSING STEPS/NOTES!
So normally we would unlock the bootloader and then install magisk and take our boot.img from the firmware we are on and patch it and flash the patched boot img and then we would be done.... HOWEVER there's not a lot of newer firmware floating around for this phones variant.... so first, a step backwards before we continue.
0) Before you start make sure you have everything you want to keep backed up one way or another because this will wipe your phone several times over and you will lose everything that you don't backup!
1) Flashing OOS 10.5.8 using MSMDownloadtool.exe so that our boot.img will match our current version
So the newest firmware I could find that I could VERIFY belonged to this exact variant was 10.5.8 (android 10). However i was on the newest firmware which was android 11. The boot.img wouldn't match so this could likely brick my device
So first i used the firmware i found to go back to an older firmware that i got from here [OPN100][OOS METRO BE82CF] Unbrick tool to restore your device to OxygenOS
and in case a newer version is posted in the future here's the direct link from this post OOS 10.5.8
I used the included MSMDownloadTool but had trouble connecting until i used my motherboard USB port AND uninstalled the qualcomm driver that was already installed and installed the one i got from this post: Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 Drivers: Download & Install
After i finally connected it took me just about 4 minutes to flash the new firmware. Once again you have a fresh clean install. Setup everything really quickly in OFFLINE mode. This is for 2 reasons, one is speed but the other is to stop the auto update of the system firmware! Before enabling internet. enable developer mode and uncheck Automatic System Updates
NOTE: For some people it will make more sense to do this next part first so they aren't stuck on an old firmware for a week while waiting for an unlock token, but regardless if you do these steps first or not they still need to be done here as well since flashing firmware with MSMDownloadTool relocks the bootloader if it was unlocked already.
This is already going to be long so for sake of shortening it im putting these steps here instead
2) Switch the OEM UNLOCK toggle in dev options
We have to flip the OEM Unlocking option in developer options. But it's greyed out! I myself did this the time consuming way but theres two methods, ONLY CHOOSE ONE
2.1a) Its greyed out because you're carried locked. You can get this ungreyed by waiting 6 months and using the stock carrier unlock app named "unlock." You can do this quite easily using this app and following the prompts.
2.1b) There's a way to skip the carrier unlock, after all we dont want to switch carriers just unlock the bootloader. This was found the best way: by accident. Someone made a one plus debloat script and the people that were running it found out that the"unlock bootloader" came unlocked afterwards. It's a neat little script, i ended up running it myself. I found somewhere in my searches the exact command in the script that did it but i can't remember exactly and can't find the post that identified the one command.
I BELIEVE it's one of these three:
com.qualcomm.qti.remoteSimlockAuth
com.qualcomm.qti.uim
com.qualcomm.qti.uimGbaApp
The most obvious one seems to be the remoteSimlockAuth. TBH i only added that because it seemed so obvious. I believe it's actually one of the other two, but i'm just not sure. You could try removing those three only and see if it works. Worse come to worst, run the whole script from this post: One Plus Pure Debloat
NOTE: If you are going to run the whole debloat script make sure to install a keyboard FIRST or you will be stuck without one! Or remove com.google.android.inputmethod.latin from the list.
2.2) No matter which way you completed it (using step 2.1a or 2.1b), the OEM Unlocking toggle in developer option will be usable now. Enable it. While you're in developer options, make sure usb debugging is on because you will need it for the next part. Make sure to plug your phone in and when the rsa key fingerprint pops up, choose "always allow from this computer"
3) Unlocking the bootloader
This part is pretty standard with no serious deviations. I followed this guide from step number 3 on: How to unlock bootloader for OnePlus smart Phone
When you get to step 5 they don't mention it but it takes about a week to get the unlock token.
The only real thing i changed for all of this pretty straightforward guide was when they say the command is fastboot flash cust-unlock <unlock_token.bin> ... Well the bin is called unlock_code.bin so i ended up using fastboot flash cust-unlock unlock_code.bin instead.
Once you finish and your phone restarts, set up the phone quickly in offline mode just to get through it again. Before enabling internet. enable developer mode and uncheck Automatic System Updates. While you're in developer options, make sure usb debugging is on because you will need it further on. Make sure to plug your phone in and when the rsa key fingerprint pops up, choose "always allow from this computer"
4) Decrypt the .OPS firmware file from step 1 to get the boot.img
The next part seemed very complicated but really wasn't. We need to decrypt the .OPS firmware file to get the boot img out of it. I used Oppo Decrypt
There were some changes I needed to make in this section which ended up working, i don't know if the issue was a newer python version or what but if following the readme from the github doesn't work as-is for you, try this instead.
4.1) install python for windows from the official website Python Official Site
4.2) Navigate to the python install directory. C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\PythonXXX\ is the default directory, with %username% being your account username, and XXX being the current python version without the .'s For me this was C:\Users\Kaladin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\
Now launch a command prompt from this location.
4.3) Run the command pip3 install -r requirements.txt and if it complains about anything not being updated run that command next to update everything.
4.4) Move a copy of bengal_14_O.04_201221.ops from step 1 into the python310 folder and then run the command opscrypto.py decrypt bengal_14_O.04_201221.ops and wait for it to finish. You can now close the CMD window. You will find the boot.img we need in the "extract" folder in the same directory. Put your phone in file transfer/MTP and move just the boot.img over to your phone or however you want to get this done, do it.
5) Install magisk and root by patching the boot.img and then flashing the patched boot.img
Now we just follow these steps starting at step 2.3 from this guide How to Root OnePlus Nord N100 using Magisk [No TWRP Required]
The only thing that seemed wrong here is in step 3.4 they say to run the command fastboot devices and not only is this not needed but wont work here. If you want to make sure you're connected, use adb devices here instead or reboot to fastboot first before running fastboot devices (so after step 3.5 before step 3.6 instead of step 3.4).
Then, in step 3.6 we have an A/B partition systems, so we need to use the first command only, fastboot flash boot boot.img ... ignore the second part about non A/B Partition systems. Flashing the wrong command here could probably brick your device.
Follow the rest of the guide.
One additional thing i needed to do to obtain root after rebooting was to again open Magisk Manager and click install and choose "Direct Install (recommended)" this time (instead of select file and patch it). When the process is done, reboot your phone and then once it restarts you will be able to download a root checker app off the play store and verify root.
Yay! It was a long journey, but we are done!
NOTE: Magisk has a way to install OTA updates while keeping root by half uninstalling Magisk and reverting to the stock boot.img before allowing the OTA update, then you would reinstall Magisks patched boot.img to the other partition before restarting but i wasn't able to get this to work myself. I will give you the tutorial here though just in case but for me it auto restarted as soon as the OTA update finished installing and updated me to the newest firmware which removed my root and made it so that i had to start this whole process all over again from step 1 (minus the wait time for the carrier unlock and the unlock token of course). So up to you if you want to try this out.
For now i'm just happy to be rooted on a stock rom even if it is a little old. Hope this helps someone out =)
SPECIAL THANKS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE THE GUIDES, TUTORIALS, AND PROGRAMS USED THAT I LINKED TO! I WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST WITHOUT THESE AND ALSO WITHOUT GOOGLE TO FIND THEM!

any chance you could upload the patched and unpatched boot.img?

dabman710 said:
any chance you could upload the patched and unpatched boot.img?
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Sure, but i don't know enough to know if you should use the patched one or not. I think you should use magisk and patch yourself.... But ill include it anyways Boot.img from bengalm_14_O.04_201221 it may be totally safe im just not sure. but the boot.img is unaltered.

AesopRock127 said:
Sure, but i don't know enough to know if you should use the patched one or not. I think you should use magisk and patch yourself.... But ill include it anyways Boot.img from bengalm_14_O.04_201221 it may be totally safe im just not sure. but the boot.img is unaltered.
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i didnt try using your patched boot.img, but the unpatched one worked perfect for me after patching myself. saves everyone a few steps too by having that available. thank you

So even though i debloated all one plus things i could find and kept autoupdate automatically in dev settings turned off , my phone still pushed an update and i lost root.... Unless someone knows how to fix this, CFW may be our only hope of keeping root, at least for this variant

Question MIUI Rollback 13.0.17.0.SKFEUXM to 13.0.16.0.SKFEUXM

Hello!
the latest MIUI update I've received, 13.0.17.0.SKFMIXM, is not owrking as good as the one I was using, namely 13.0.16.0.SKFMIXM.
I've found and downloaded the 3.41 GB and something full rom and the OTA update of 266.39 MB.
I've tried with each one the following procedure:
rename the file to update.zip
copy it into the root folder of the phone
tap various time on the miui 13 logo to get the "select update package menu"
...every time it says that can't verify the update package, try via usb.
I was so happy with the 10.0.16.0. what can I do? I fear that a factory restore and a subsequent update will bring it back to 13.0.16.0.
Thank you in advance for the help.

awambawamb said:
Hello!
the latest MIUI update I've received, 13.0.17.0.SKFMIXM, is not owrking as good as the one I was using, namely 13.0.16.0.SKFMIXM.
I've found and downloaded the 3.41 GB and something full rom and the OTA update of 266.39 MB.
I've tried with each one the following procedure:
rename the file to update.zip
copy it into the root folder of the phone
tap various time on the miui 13 logo to get the "select update package menu"
...every time it says that can't verify the update package, try via usb.
I was so happy with the 10.0.16.0. what can I do? I fear that a factory restore and a subsequent update will bring it back to 13.0.16.0.
Thank you in advance for the help.
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Google fastboot flash with PC or recovery flash via custom Recovery.
For both the bootloader has to be unlocked. In my opinion there's no other way to rollback .

I've downloaded the right version (EEA) and now I'm getting the message "impossible to downgrade".
ahahah. this is so stupid.
I had a nice, fully working phone, now it's back to garbage and I can't rollback. starting from the battery usage - now I can't activate the battery saver and the drop down menu is transparent and unreadable unless i turn off the battery saver.
My only option is to navigate a jungle of fake infos and obscure downloads to flash the phone - since there is no clear guide. I might be wrong; if there is a CLEAR guide on how to properly flash a Redmi Note 10 Pro, where can I find it?
Cheers.
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awambawamb said:
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My only option is to navigate a jungle of fake infos and obscure downloads to flash the phone - since there is no clear guide......
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I advise to search for the right information on XDA and the downloads from Xiaomi servers.

awambawamb said:
I've downloaded the right version (EEA) and now I'm getting the message "impossible to downgrade".
ahahah. this is so stupid.
I had a nice, fully working phone, now it's back to garbage and I can't rollback. starting from the battery usage - now I can't activate the battery saver and the drop down menu is transparent and unreadable unless i turn off the battery saver.
My only option is to navigate a jungle of fake infos and obscure downloads to flash the phone - since there is no clear guide. I might be wrong; if there is a CLEAR guide on how to properly flash a Redmi Note 10 Pro, where can I find it?
Cheers.
A
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Downgrading using the rename trick is not possible now due to OTA validation. But still, downgrading is still possible as long as the bootloader is unlocked (you can re-lock bootloader afterwards btw so no worry about banking apps).
Procedure might be something similar to this:
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Flash any latest OSS ROM (this is just to remove MIUI)
3. Use MiFlash and fastboot method to install old versions (re-lock if you want)
Alternatively, after No.2 you can directly install the old update through custom recovery and just keep bootloader unlocked. Though this means that you'll have to deal with hiding rooting and passing safetynet.
PS: Just to add, Anti-Rollback is not yet enabled for sweet so no worries with getting bricked while downgrading. Just be careful and flash appropriately.

Thanks for the kind reply, @BigChungus321 . Glad to hear that I can still unlock and lock the bootloader! at least for those 6 months of warranty.
Just one thing, in the step you suggested you said:
1. Unlock bootloader​2. Flash any latest OSS ROM (this is just to remove MIUI)​3. Use MiFlash and fastboot method to install old versions (re-lock if you want)​Alternatively, after No.2 you can directly install the old update through custom recovery and just keep bootloader unlocked. Though this means that you'll have to deal with hiding rooting and passing safetynet.​​Directly installing the old update ( MIUI 13.0.16.0.SKFEUXM ) isn't the same as using MiFlash and fastboot to install the old version, or I am missing a part here?
In this very moment I've made a backup of all the pictures and a list of all the apps installed, to help googling them again later, in preparation for asking the MIUI lords the permit to unlock my device.
Also, I've a friend who has the same phone but it has never been updated; based on my personal experience, if I'd like her to avoid the issues I've found in 13.0.17.0, would it be safe to tell her to manually update the phone with the "select update package menu"?

wow.
I was ready to unlock the phone, but I forgot to unlock the "Mi unlock" in the developer options. So I went there and seems that I cannot unlock: I keep receiving the message "connect to the netwrok and try again".
Am I missing some piece of information here?

awambawamb said:
Directly installing the old update ( MIUI 13.0.16.0.SKFEUXM ) isn't the same as using MiFlash and fastboot to install the old version, or I am missing a part here?
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It is the same but I do encounter people who face anti-rollback error rejecting the downgrade if flashing from MIUI to MIUI. But going from OSS to MIUI, this arb check does not seem to occur.
awambawamb said:
In this very moment I've made a backup of all the pictures and a list of all the apps installed, to help googling them again later, in preparation for asking the MIUI lords the permit to unlock my device.
Also, I've a friend who has the same phone but it has never been updated; based on my personal experience, if I'd like her to avoid the issues I've found in 13.0.17.0, would it be safe to tell her to manually update the phone with the "select update package menu"?
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No clue if that prevents the issue/bug you encounter. I usually just dirty flash the full rom update (not the incremental which is around ~200mb) in recovery and I don't seem to get issue this way, aside from recovery being replaced because dm-verity is getting activated again.
awambawamb said:
wow.
I was ready to unlock the phone, but I forgot to unlock the "Mi unlock" in the developer options. So I went there and seems that I cannot unlock: I keep receiving the message "connect to the netwrok and try again".
Am I missing some piece of information here?
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I've seen many people who have this issue too. Again, no clue how to fix this. Maybe reboot, and just enable mobile data. Try changing sim card or switching sim card slots. Use other Mi Account for unlocking. I did see discussions about how using the same sim card and same Mi account can on a different device can cause this. I still have no clue how to fix this though so sorry. Might be a good idea to use a fresh sim card and mi account if you still encounter it.