Hello all. I have a GR5W phone, which I think is specific to wind (freedom) mobile in Canada. I have unlocked the bootloader and managed to install TWRP. But none of the ROMs meant for the 5X work on this phone (I've tried Lineage, CM 13, Slim). In my enthusiasm, I forgot to backup and now I don't have a stock ROM to go back to. Huawei doesn't have any stock firmware on their website. What are my options? I did try using the dload method to update to other firmware, but all result in boot loops. Please help!
seedai_murukku said:
Hello all. I have a GR5W phone, which I think is specific to wind (freedom) mobile in Canada. I have unlocked the bootloader and managed to install TWRP. But none of the ROMs meant for the 5X work on this phone (I've tried Lineage, CM 13, Slim). In my enthusiasm, I forgot to backup and now I don't have a stock ROM to go back to. Huawei doesn't have any stock firmware on their website. What are my options? I did try using the dload method to update to other firmware, but all result in boot loops. Please help!
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Which model do you have? It would say that on the box -- do a search for the specific model (eg: KIW-L24, KII-L05, KII-L21, etc) firmware for your phone.
bb709394 said:
Which model do you have? It would say that on the box -- do a search for the specific model (eg: KIW-L24, KII-L05, KII-L21, etc) firmware for your phone.
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Thanks for your reply. This is a friend's phone. He threw the box out. All I know is the model number is H1621 and it is mentioned as GR5W in huawei's website. Its FCC id is QIS-KIW-A1. I'm going to try flashing a TWRP backup from another thread this weekend. Hopefully that would work.
seedai_murukku said:
Thanks for your reply. This is a friend's phone. He threw the box out. All I know is the model number is H1621 and it is mentioned as GR5W in huawei's website. Its FCC id is QIS-KIW-A1. I'm going to try flashing a TWRP backup from another thread this weekend. Hopefully that would work.
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So, that didn't work. I also found out the phone is called KIWI-A1 (gr5w h1621). Huawei has published the kernel code for this. I don't think this model is supported by any of the Huawei 5x roms. Can I request the lineage team to add this model?
Boot-loopin' and Backup is Bust
seedai_murukku said:
So, that didn't work. I also found out the phone is called KIWI-A1 (gr5w h1621). Huawei has published the kernel code for this. I don't think this model is supported by any of the Huawei 5x roms. Can I request the lineage team to add this model?
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Hi seedai_murukku,
Did you have any luck restoring any ROM to your KIW-A1?
I've found other KIW ROMs but they all result in the same boot loop that you described. Thanks.
guilo420 said:
Hi seedai_murukku,
Did you have any luck restoring any ROM to your KIW-A1?
I've found other KIW ROMs but they all result in the same boot loop that you described. Thanks.
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Hey Guilo,
Still no luck. I tried to compile a custom boot.img from the source. Got stuck with a few warnings and gave up. I might try fixing and re-compiling soon.
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Hi all,
Thought i share my work with porting a ROM from the p9 lite onto my honor 5c nem-ul10 chinese phone. This should work on all variants of the honor 5c models.
I have stripped out all the huawei apps and tried to make it a close to google stock apps that i use daily. It has adaway, busybox, Wi-Fi privacy police and viper4android installed and is rooted with superuser
As always, i take no responsibility if you brick your phone. Do a full backup of your phone before flashing.
I'd recommend doing a full wipe before installing.
Haven't figured yet how to make a flashable zip yet, but am sharing a TWRP backup of the ROM of my work.
Please say thanks if you like my work, feedback welcome.
http://goo.gl/wae4nx
Cheers,
Paul
Wondering if it will work on NEM-TL00H.What about the Baseband?
索素伊凌子 said:
Wondering if it will work on NEM-TL00H.What about the Baseband?
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Shouldn't be an issue, just make sure you take a full backup you can go back too if this doesn't work
OK,thanks a lot!
Liffeyman said:
Hi all,
Haven't figured yet how to make a flashable zip yet, but am sharing a TWRP backup of the ROM of my work.
Cheers,
Paul
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Lay out the firmware file which you ported, I will try to make ZIP for TWRP
DRUGER said:
Lay out the firmware file which you ported, I will try to make ZIP for TWRP
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https://mega.nz/#F!N49UgYSb!yJB-a_O4YABQe2i-_lD58w
thats the full rom for the p9lite, not the stripped version in my rom
What about compatibilty with Honor 7 Lite? Its the same phone as Honor 5c, the only difference is LTE support in Honor 7 Lite.
sajty said:
What about compatibilty with Honor 7 Lite? Its the same phone as Honor 5c, the only difference is LTE support in Honor 7 Lite.
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Hey, it should work, if the SOC is the same as the 5c. I have been able to across flash any of the ROMs used on the Kirin 650 chip.
Just make sure you have a full twrp backup, i'd even go as far as testing the backup. Have you been able to get able to find the official ROM for your phone?
Hello,
I have bought an Honor 5C, chinese version (NEM-UL10).
Can i flash any of the international (european) official 5C roms?
Thank you
Miguel
mjjferreira said:
Hello,
I have bought an Honor 5C, chinese version (NEM-UL10).
Can i flash any of the international (european) official 5C roms?
Thank you
Miguel
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You can but only if you follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/hon...de-porting-5c-models-p9-lite-roms-5c-t3444021
If you try using the dload method it crap out tell you its the wrong version
Thank yoy
Hey!
I recently saw that a lot of updates were available for Lineage. However, last time I tried updating, I entered a bootloop that was acting exactly like the one of me trying to boot LineageOS when I used to be on over B442.
I was just wondering if anyones knows enough about all this VolTE stuff to help me.
Thanks !
Mikor4554 said:
Hey!
I recently saw that a lot of updates were available for Lineage. However, last time I tried updating, I entered a bootloop that was acting exactly like the one of me trying to boot LineageOS when I used to be on over B442.
I was just wondering if anyones knows enough about all this VolTE stuff to help me.
Thanks !
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Hi, have you look around all forums and post ?
Its written n times no volte on custom roms. You have to fallback to a compatible Fw stock version
Mikor4554 said:
Hey!
I recently saw that a lot of updates were available for Lineage. However, last time I tried updating, I entered a bootloop that was acting exactly like the one of me trying to boot LineageOS when I used to be on over B442.
I was just wondering if anyones knows enough about all this VolTE stuff to help me.
Thanks !
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no volte for custom roms ,,,,,
and also you will get bootloop if you flash a custom rom while you are on volte enabled firmware
so I should go back to a stock EMUI that was before VolTE and then intall Lineage ?
if so, how can I do that, knowing that I have the Chinese version (KIW-UL00) and stock firmwares are REALLY hard to find
Mikor4554 said:
so I should go back to a stock EMUI that was before VolTE and then intall Lineage ?
if so, how can I do that, knowing that I have the Chinese version (KIW-UL00) and stock firmwares are REALLY hard to find
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Yes you need to go back to non volte firmware..
You need a rollback package to do that and stock firmware.
Mikor4554 said:
so I should go back to a stock EMUI that was before VolTE and then intall Lineage ?
if so, how can I do that, knowing that I have the Chinese version (KIW-UL00) and stock firmwares are REALLY hard to find
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Yeah as you said its really hard - though i got you the older ones hope this helps and re-flashing the newest after the older firmware
KIW L21
KIW L22
KIW L24
kartrikpal said:
Yeah as you said its really hard - though i got you the older ones hope this helps and re-flashing the newest after the older firmware
KIW L21
KIW L22
KIW L24[/QUOTE
Thank you, but I'm not sure this can help.
As of what I found, I need to flash the update.app from an SD card.
However, I have read that this doesn't work if you have TWRP. Does flashing the separate boot.img, recovery.img,system.img and the other one that I don't remember will work?
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Mikor4554 said:
Yeah as you said its really hard - though i got you the older ones hope this helps and re-flashing the newest after the older firmware
KIW L21
KIW L22
KIW L24[/QUOTE
Thank you, but I'm not sure this can help.
As of what I found, I need to flash the update.app from an SD card.
However, I have read that this doesn't work if you have TWRP. Does flashing the separate boot.img, recovery.img,system.img and the other one that I don't remember will work?
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These won't work for you as these are for other models.
Mikor4554 said:
kartrikpal said:
Yeah as you said its really hard - though i got you the older ones hope this helps and re-flashing the newest after the older firmware
KIW L21
KIW L22
KIW L24[/QUOTE
Thank you, but I'm not sure this can help.
As of what I found, I need to flash the update.app from an SD card.
However, I have read that this doesn't work if you have TWRP. Does flashing the separate boot.img, recovery.img,system.img and the other one that I don't remember will work?
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those wont work for him..he has CLOO model
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Again you don't need to repeat what I said.
Fixed your issue op?
I need to install Android 6, but I can't seem to find a firmware upgrade that matches my version exactly.
What version is safe to use? I'm completely new to the android world, so I'm completely lost…
The closest I've found is a file named "Honor 5X_Firmware_KIW-L21_Android 6.0.1_EMUI 4.0_C432B330CUSTC432D001_Denmark.zip" but according to the PDF included in it I should only be used with versions:
KIW-L21C432B130CUSTC432D005
KIW-L21C432B130CUSTC432D006
KIW-L21C432B140
KIW-L21C432B300CUSTC432D002
Mine is kiw-l21c432b160.
Is it safe to use this one? Do you have any idea where I might find a suitable .zip if not?
Thanks for the help
nicocool84 said:
I need to install Android 6, but I can't seem to find a firmware upgrade that matches my version exactly.
What version is safe to use? I'm completely new to the android world, so I'm completely lost…
The closest I've found is a file named "Honor 5X_Firmware_KIW-L21_Android 6.0.1_EMUI 4.0_C432B330CUSTC432D001_Denmark.zip" but according to the PDF included in it I should only be used with versions:
KIW-L21C432B130CUSTC432D005
KIW-L21C432B130CUSTC432D006
KIW-L21C432B140
KIW-L21C432B300CUSTC432D002
Mine is kiw-l21c432b160.
Is it safe to use this one? Do you have any idea where I might find a suitable .zip if not?
Thanks for the help
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What is cust version of you phone??
Did you try finding your firmware using firmware finder.?
I've given the full build number as it appears on the device (no CUSTxxx) suffix. Should I look somewhere else?
I'll check this firmware finder app once I have the opportunity.
nicocool84 said:
I've given the full build number as it appears on the device (no CUSTxxx) suffix. Should I look somewhere else?
I'll check this firmware finder app once I have the opportunity.
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At bottom in about phone settings..cust version is written..
Oh right, silly me.
CUSTC432D001
nicocool84 said:
Oh right, silly me.
CUSTC432D001
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Try firmware finder app from play store..
nicocool84 said:
Oh right, silly me.
CUSTC432D001
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hwmt.ru can help
I have successfully downloaded a firmware using firmware finder.
When I go to Settings, update, local install, it is recognized and offers to install it. But then it boots to TWRP and fails to install. I guess I need to use the stock recovery? Any help appreciated...
And thanks!
nicocool84 said:
I have successfully downloaded a firmware using firmware finder.
When I go to Settings, update, local install, it is recognized and offers to install it. But then it boots to TWRP and fails to install. I guess I need to use the stock recovery? Any help appreciated...
And thanks!
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Yes you need to to flash stock recovery...
Okay... So the closest I've found is this: https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=55194
But it's for B140, not B160. Apparently I have a very exotic model. Is it safe to flash or am I stuck here?
nicocool84 said:
Okay... So the closest I've found is this: https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=55194
But it's for B140, not B160. Apparently I have a very exotic model. Is it safe to flash or am I stuck here?
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You said you want to upgrade to mm version..
This one is lollipop version...
hassanjavaid8181 said:
You said you want to upgrade to mm version..
This one is lollipop version...
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Yes, now I'm starting to understand all these version numbers. My end goal is to install LineageOS, but I need MM first.
So now, I've switched back to Huawei eRecovery instead of TWRP, and tried two different firmwares (before B360 because apparently it prevents installing LineageOS), that were "validated with my IMEI". Settings>Update>Local>Reboot, installation starts I'm about to cry tears of joy and then around 15%, installation fails with no further details. I can then shutdown and reboot to my good ol' lollipop. Not sure what to do next...
nicocool84 said:
Yes, now I'm starting to understand all these version numbers. My end goal is to install LineageOS, but I need MM first.
So now, I've switched back to Huawei eRecovery instead of TWRP, and tried two different firmwares (before B360 because apparently it prevents installing LineageOS), that were "validated with my IMEI". Settings>Update>Local>Reboot, installation starts I'm about to cry tears of joy and then around 15%, installation fails with no further details. I can then shutdown and reboot to my good ol' lollipop. Not sure what to do next...
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May be the package wasn't right...
You can go to old lollipop firmware??
You will have to download complete firmware file not the ota file..
Extract stock recovery from that firmware..put update.app in dload foler and flash via force upgrade....
You have region variant you have??
You have us variant!?
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http://www.stechguide.com/honor-5x-stock-marshmallow-firmware/
Download that firmware...
hassanjavaid8181 said:
May be the package wasn't right...
You can go to old lollipop firmware??
You will have to download complete firmware file not the ota file..
Extract stock recovery from that firmware..put update.app in dload foler and flash via force upgrade....
You have region variant you have??
You have us variant!?
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http://www.stechguide.com/honor-5x-stock-marshmallow-firmware/
Download that firmware...
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I still have the same lollipop firmware my device was bought with. I don't think I have US variant. I brought it from (Amazon France)[https://www.amazon.fr/Honor-5X-Smar...d=1508409802&sr=8-2&keywords=huawei+honor+5x] and I am in France. The product title says it is unlocked but I had to do it myself.
I'll try your link as soon as I receive my SD card, because apparently it is required for this method. I still have this file from an older download, but was scared because a PDF file included in it mentioned it should be used with B140 and did not mention B160, but now that I've flashed a stock recovery meant for B140, this doesn't scare me anymore.
Thank you very much for taking the time to help a noob FOSS-enthusiast!
nicocool84 said:
I still have the same lollipop firmware my device was bought with. I don't think I have US variant. I brought it from (Amazon France)[https://www.amazon.fr/Honor-5X-Smar...d=1508409802&sr=8-2&keywords=huawei+honor+5x] and I am in France. The product title says it is unlocked but I had to do it myself.
I'll try your link as soon as I receive my SD card, because apparently it is required for this method. I still have this file from an older download, but was scared because a PDF file included in it mentioned it should be used with B140 and did not mention B160, but now that I've flashed a stock recovery meant for B140, this doesn't scare me anymore.
Thank you very much for taking the time to help a noob FOSS-enthusiast!
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I will upgrade doesn't matter you are on 140 or 160...
Good luck.:good:
I recently picked up a Chinese variant (STF-AL10) Honor 9 and wen through the process of unlocking the bootloader, rooting and re-branding to the European variant (STF-L09). All good. Was able to flash the latest ROM (STF-L09C432B378) using HURUpdater. All good except the 2 capacitive keys not working. Saw that there was a potential fix with an updated Kernel for build 366. So.... I tried flashing STF-L09C432B366 with HURUpdater. The flash appeared to be successful (no error messages except for the a couple that are expected apparently). But the phone was dead right after I tried rebooting from TWRP. Absolutely none of the reboot button combinations work.
Has anyone experienced this before? The seller is promising to fix or replace the phone so I've sent it back. But I'm still interested in finding out what went wrong. Are there any pitfalls when downgrading -- I only went from 378 to 366. My impression was that HURUpdater was fairly reliable. I'm wondering if the the B666 ROM was corrupted. I'm still surprised that I ended up with a hard-bricked phone.
Thanks.
SirShnike said:
I recently picked up a Chinese variant (STF-AL10) Honor 9 and wen through the process of unlocking the bootloader, rooting and re-branding to the European variant (STF-L09). All good. Was able to flash the latest ROM (STF-L09C432B378) using HURUpdater. All good except the 2 capacitive keys not working. Saw that there was a potential fix with an updated Kernel for build 366. So.... I tried flashing STF-L09C432B366 with HURUpdater. The flash appeared to be successful (no error messages except for the a couple that are expected apparently). But the phone was dead right after I tried rebooting from TWRP. Absolutely none of the reboot button combinations work.
Has anyone experienced this before? The seller is promising to fix or replace the phone so I've sent it back. But I'm still interested in finding out what went wrong. Are there any pitfalls when downgrading -- I only went from 378 to 366. My impression was that HURUpdater was fairly reliable. I'm wondering if the the B666 ROM was corrupted. I'm still surprised that I ended up with a hard-bricked phone.
Thanks.
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Hello, for me happend quite the same thing, I tried to downgrade my original STF-L09 from b378 to b368 with HURUpdater and right after rebooting from TWRP, where I chose reboot to recovery, the phone died. Because it is in warranty I sent it to service last week. So I'm looking forward to what they'll say to me
Regards.
You can not lower the firmware version if your firmware is gt Turbo
Your phone will fall into the state of usb ser
You can restore it but it costs money
I reconstructed my phone from this brick myself
gaguga said:
You can not lower the firmware version if your firmware is gt Turbo
Your phone will fall into the state of usb ser
You can restore it but it costs money
I reconstructed my phone from this brick myself
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What was the first firmware with gt Turbo? b377? Previously I successfully downgrade from b376 to b368.
btw your post is very useful!
Yeah, that explains a lot. What's been the best fix so far for the capacitive buttons problem? The one route I've seen is flashing the kernel file in fastboot mode from one of the patched builds (366, etc.) Any other ways that work?
gaguga said:
You can not lower the firmware version if your firmware is gt Turbo
Your phone will fall into the state of usb ser
You can restore it but it costs money
I reconstructed my phone from this brick myself
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How did you do that? Dc phoenix?
Midhon58 said:
How did you do that? Dc phoenix?
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no, not phoenix
gaguga said:
no, not phoenix
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IDT?
oslo83 said:
IDT?
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Yes
gaguga said:
Yes
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What does it mean IDT?
Thanks.
modest.young said:
What does it mean IDT?
Thanks.
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Special program
gaguga said:
Yes
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gaguga said:
You can not lower the firmware version if your firmware is gt Turbo
Your phone will fall into the state of usb ser
You can restore it but it costs money
I reconstructed my phone from this brick myself
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My phone came back from service center after bricking it during downgrading from b378 to b368 with changed motherboard. So unlocking the bootloader via HCU client was needed. Unlocking succeeded, so now I'm going to flash new treble ROMs.
modest.young said:
My phone came back from service center after bricking it during downgrading from b378 to b368 with changed motherboard. So unlocking the bootloader via HCU client was needed. Unlocking succeeded, so now I'm going to flash new treble ROMs.
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And I like you))))
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78564317&postcount=1081
cioce said:
I try to flash B376 (already flashed some months ago) over B378 and now it's HARDBRICKED
like this https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-9/how-to/revive-dead-honor-9-hardbrick-connect-t3846500
I don't wanna to spend money on dc-unlocker, so I will give the phone to Honor service, hoping they pass it in warranty. :fingers-crossed:
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fuc*** GPU turbo
yz8_1337 said:
Hello, do you mind telling me how exactly you fixed your phone?
I'd highly appreciate it
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1 Transfer the phone to USB com
2 we sew a board firmware
3 in Hsu prescribe imei
4 flashing firmware
This is briefly
Sorry for my English
Hello, i want to change my phone's vendor(country) from china to middle east, where can i get the update.app file which does it for me?(if it still works like that, i remmember that i installed an update.app file a while back on my honor 6 that changed it's country info from normal to meaf, does honor 10 even work the same way?)
to be more specific i want to change my phone's firmware from china(COL-AL10) to middle east(COL-L29) i know that there is a guide here which shows that but i was wondering if having the vendor file makes the rom changing easier or not
ali_tz said:
Hello, i want to change my phone's vendor(country) from china to middle east, where can i get the update.app file which does it for me?(if it still works like that, i remmember that i installed an update.app file a while back on my honor 6 that changed it's country info from normal to meaf, does honor 10 even work the same way?)
to be more specific i want to change my phone's firmware from china(COL-AL10) to middle east(COL-L29) i know that there is a guide here which shows that but i was wondering if having the vendor file makes the rom changing easier or not
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Do you have Bootloader Unlocking code ?
miststudent2011 said:
Do you have Bootloader Unlocking code ?
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Sadly no, i tried a lot to get the unlock code for my phone but except buying it from some websites there is no other way for now(and sadly thanks to my country's currency's super low value i can't even buy it)
ali_tz said:
Sadly no, i tried a lot to get the unlock code for my phone but except buying it from some websites there is no other way for now(and sadly thanks to my country's currency's super low value i can't even buy it)
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Wait for some time I will post a new guide to update to emui 9 on full stock if that's what you want.
miststudent2011 said:
Wait for some time I will post a new guide to update to emui 9 on full stock if that's what you want.
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Thank you but i want to change my rom because china's rom is very annoying
I brought my phone to a huawei service center and they said they can't change it for some reason for now, and i should wait or do it myself
miststudent2011 said:
Wait for some time I will post a new guide to update to emui 9 on full stock if that's what you want.
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i have another question, if i change my vendor to somewhere like middle east or europe, can i install global rom(COL-L29) without unlocking my bootloader and custom recovery? will there be any risk of bricking?
ali_tz said:
i have another question, if i change my vendor to somewhere like middle east or europe, can i install global rom(COL-L29) without unlocking my bootloader and custom recovery? will there be any risk of bricking?
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Unless your bootloader is unlocked you can do nothing. Else you can try with service center or funkyhuawei which is paid service.