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Root Huawei Honor 6X and install TWRP custom recovery

This tutorial guides to successfully root Huawei Honor 6X. If your want to root your device successfully please read all steps and if you are rooting any device for the first time please read all note and go through each and every step slowly. After following this guide your device will be rooted and ready for any other advanced usage.
Note:
Rooting will void the warranty of your smartphone.
Please follow each and every step carefully to safely root your smartphone without bricking.
We will not be responsible if you brick your smartphone.
Take a backup of your stored files and possible full ROM before rooting.
Make sure you read all steps carefully before doing anything to your smartphone.
Rooting is not illegal but some illegal activities could be engaged after rooting your device.
If you brick your device please mention the issue in comment box we will help you as soon as possible.
Make sure your device is same as mentioned in the article’s title.
Please make sure your device bootloader successfully unlocked to unlock please follow this guide: Click here
Download
Recovery Files
SuperSU
Steps to flash TWRP
Make sure you have installed all the drivers of the Honor 6X.
Open and extract all files from the zip and open the .exe file.
The UI is in Chinese but you can read the recovery option.
Select recovery and Flash the recovery.
Wait untill the process in complete.
Reboot your device.
The process is complete you haver installed the custom recovery TWRP in your Honor 6X.
Root your smartphone
Place the SuperSU in your smartphone internal memory.
Reboot your smartphone in recovery mode. to reboot your smartphone in recovery mode first power off your smartphone then long press volume up + power button simultaneously until the Huawei logo appears
Flash the SuperSU.
Congratulation you have successfully rooted your Honor 6X.
The Guide for Root Huawei Honor 6X is complete.
Risks:
Your device could be hacked and will be more exploited for hacking.
You can screw up the device. (Don’t experiment with your device).
Please read the disclaimer in you want to in any case.
Try the tutorial at your own risk.
If you find any issue mention it in the comment box below.
This Guide Honor 6X Unlock Bootloader is 100% working

It's possible to debloat the stock rom after unlock bootloader, install twrp and root ??? no problem after debloat ???

Renaf2 said:
It's possible to debloat the stock rom after unlock bootloader, install twrp and root ??? no problem after debloat ???
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You have to root the smartphone first

Suman117 said:
You have to root the smartphone first
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It's ok here i have receive my honor 6x yesterday and my honor honor 6x bootloader ulocked , twrp installed and rooted ok no problem here
Debloat in the first time google apps (playgames, books, hangouts, etc...)

Renaf2 said:
It's ok here i have receive my honor 6x yesterday and my honor honor 6x bootloader ulocked , twrp installed and rooted ok no problem here
Debloat in the first time google apps (playgames, books, hangouts, etc...)
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Buy a good case for that phone the screen is not scach resistance and can easily get a crack

Suman117 said:
Buy a good case for that phone the screen is not scach resistance and can easily get a crack
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Thank you for this info
I have received my honor 6x with screen protector directly put on my phone when i open my new device box
This manufacturer is the same quality than meizu phones but little better of course

Renaf2 said:
Thank you for this info
I have received my honor 6x with screen protector directly put on my phone when i open my new device box
This manufacturer is the same quality than meizu phones but little better of course
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Great

Instead of using the twrp tool provided. Is it safe to flash official TWRP image directly in bootloader mode?

marco_wack said:
I am running Android 7.0 with EMUI 5.0 on my 6X, but logically this recovery doesnt work cause its for MM. So i tried this https://forum.xda-developers.com/hu...ecovery-twrp-3-0-2-android-nougat-03-t3511937 recovery from P9 Lite forums, and it boots but i cant mount storage there. Would it be possible for u to update this TWRP to Nougat for us? If u need any files from the Nougat build reach me out or if you want to know how i installed it
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How do you have ennui 5 on your 6x??

marco_wack said:
There is this website which lists all of the huawei updates. i downloaded the newest for our device there and installed the update.app (though i struggled a bit). but now i have a rooted emui 5.0 android 7.0 with system r/w and my only problem is that the recovery cant mount storage
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can you send me screenshots of your emui 5??

marco_wack said:
There you go. Looks just like the same as emui 5.0 on any other Huawei device
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is it true that is has now an app drawer?? can I have a screen shot of your home screen and the link also ?

marco_wack said:
Yes it has one , I'll add an image. As for link, which link do you mean? If you mean the one to install the update its quite tricky and took me a whole day to get it working and i think it's still a test build with some bugs (for example I can't get magazine unlock to work)
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yep the installation link, well I can do that, does it have major bugs like dual sim working or other big bugs?

goodygoods said:
yep the installation link, well I can do that, does it have major bugs like dual sim working or other big bugs?
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Link fot BLN-L21C432 is here:
HTML:
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1277/g104/v75157/f1/full/update.zip
I can't test dual-sim, but i don't see any major bug, but some Huawei apps such Updater and File Manager are missing...the real problem is that we cannot already downgrade to Marshmallow due to the lack of rollback packages...downgrading in dload fails (i tested it yesterday)

Frytz said:
Link fot BLN-L21C432 is here: http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1277/g104/v75157/f1/full/update.zip
I can't test dual-sim, but i don't see any major bug, but some Huawei apps such Updater and File Manager are missing...the real problem is that we cannot already downgrade to Marshmallow due to the lack of rollback packages...downgrading in dload fails (i tested it yesterday)
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so you mean dual sim not working?? but if I reflash stock rom using dload will it work or not?

goodygoods said:
so you mean dual sim not working?? but if I reflash stock rom using dload will it work or not?
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i mean i've only one sim + microsd. Reflashing stock will NOT work until Honor release a rollback package...so i don't reccomend to flash.

Frytz said:
i mean i've only one sim + microsd. Reflashing stock will NOT work until Honor release a rollback package...so i don't reccomend to flash.
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oh I see,did you receive any updates or something?

marco_wack said:
The only bugs i can see so far are:
magazine unlock not working, cant get it to work no matter what
sometimes the background of the notification shade is black instead of showing a darkened background of whats behind
everything else is fine, though i dont know about dual sim
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damn still risky eh, but have you ever received an update ever since? if they give updates then I'll try this rom

marco_wack said:
I checked with HiSuite on PC but it said its the latest version. It says its a developer version doe. And since it's a pre build i guess there is not OTA Update or atleast i couldnt find one so no i didnt receive one
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ok thank you very much for the info mate, gotta decide if I'd go with this or not ??

I installed 7.0 from the provided link and everything works perfectly. This phone is now super smooth, very quick and sips battery... huge difference! Feels better than my Moto Z.
Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

marco_wack said:
Do you have the same bug like me? Magazine unlock not working and when you open the notification shade on homescreen and change brightness then the background of the shade will be black everywhere?
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I do not have the shade problem you describe, but magazine unlock is not working for me either - not really a feature I'm interested in personally.
Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

Android 7 for P2 bought from Three-UK

Anyone know when this will be released? There are reports on the Lenovo forums that phones in the UK going back for repairs have come back with Android 7 on them. So when is & likely to be rolled out to the rest of the phones in the UK?

Why not just install it yourself?
I bought mine from Three UK and now running official latest Nougat and have had all the OTA updates.
Phil

Hi Phil,
I'm not techy enough! I wish I could.
How easy is it? do you have idiot proof instructions?

tmohammad said:
Hi Phil,
I'm not techy enough! I wish I could.
How easy is it? do you have idiot proof instructions?
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It's quite simple but you need an sdcard to update manually.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p2/how-to/lenovo-p2-owners-click-t3668029
In this link go to the "Official Stock Updates" section for the guide.

Download this to SD card. Rename to update.zip.
http://phonedl.ota.lenovomm.com/dls/v6/P2a42_S062_170117_ROW_TO_P2a42_S232_170320_ROW_WC00AFB1F4.zip
Boot to recovery (turn off phone then hold vol+ and power button and select recovery).
Choose to install the update.zip.
It will then likely prompt for an OTA at some point.

Thanks razr96 and philje123,
Instructions seem quite easy! But of the two methods given, Which is better/Easier.
Also the filename suggests fromROW...toROW version. I thought we had a Three version in the UK. It wont get bricked will it?

tmohammad said:
Thanks razr96 and philje123,
Instructions seem quite easy! But of the two methods given, Which is better/Easier.
Also the filename suggests fromROW...toROW version. I thought we had a Three version in the UK. It wont get bricked will it?
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They're the same method. And there's no Three version, I used the same zips on my Three P2 and it worked fine.

I only posted another link as I wasn't sure if the files on the first one were compatible with the stock recovery.
I bought a Three UK "branded" phone. I say "branded" as it was pretty stock but had a couple of Three apps pre-installed.
I installed this Nougat version literally 10 minutes after walking out of the shop and everything is perfectly fine. Had a few OTA updates since it first came out and now on the latest s251 update.

Thanks

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philje123 said:
Download this to SD card. Rename to update.zip.
http://phonedl.ota.lenovomm.com/dls/v6/P2a42_S062_170117_ROW_TO_P2a42_S232_170320_ROW_WC00AFB1F4.zip
Boot to recovery (turn off phone then hold vol+ and power button and select recovery).
Choose to install the update.zip.
It will then likely prompt for an OTA at some point.
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My phone is on s056, will this one file do the job?

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My phone is on s056, will this one file do the job? Even the earlier 4 file method does not start at s056....

tmohammad said:
My phone is on s056, will this one file do the job?
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Should work. Just remember to rename it to update.zip, all lowercase, and place it on the micro sdcard.

Thanks razr96 and philje123,
Worked a treat and it was so easy!
You guys are geniuses.
Thanks again

Pleased to hear that. Did you receive the OTA update yet too?

philje123 said:
Pleased to hear that. Did you receive the OTA update yet too?
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Yes... 3 one after the other!:good::good::good:

dload method stuck at 5%

Hi,
My phone is stuck at boot
error boot.img
keeps rebooting, unable to boot to recovery (can only access erecovery)
bootloader unlocked, frp locked
I tried using dload method to flash stock firmware but each time installation fails at 5% and I am not getting anywhere with it.
MODEL - BND-AL10
How can i recover my phone from this state? Please help!

lalitkhokhar said:
Hi,
My phone is stuck at boot
error boot.img
keeps rebooting, unable to boot to recovery (can only access erecovery)
bootloader unlocked, frp locked
I tried using dload method to flash stock firmware but each time installation fails at 5% and I am not getting anywhere with it.
MODEL - BND-AL10
How can i recover my phone from this state? Please help!
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They did something different for dload on this phone.
It needs special firmware to dload
We found that service firmware for l21c432 will get the phone working again, then use hwota to restore correct region firmware

mrmazak said:
They did something different for dload on this phone.
It needs special firmware to dload
We found that service firmware for l21c432 will get the phone working again, then use hwota to restore correct region firmware
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what is hwota?
will i need to keep all files in dload folder or just the update.app?
is service firmware same as the full ota which is found on Firmware finder?
and there are two type of full ota FullOTA-MF and FullOTA-MF-PV which one should i download

lalitkhokhar said:
what is hwota?
will i need to keep all files in dload folder or just the update.app?
is service firmware same as the full ota which is found on Firmware finder?
and there are two type of full ota FullOTA-MF and FullOTA-MF-PV which one should i download
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Service rom is different then fullOTA.
From the screenshot you have . The fullota-mf-pv examples are Oreo and the ones without the pv are nougat.
This separation is not allways Oreo/ nougat, but only in your example.
HWOTA is a method to force install fullOTA files that uses a modified stock recovery that bypasses version verifications.
Here is link.--( there is other hwota too. One that has more batch file script and incorporate bootloader unlock and device rebranding. )
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/guide-honor-7x-flash-oreo-update-t3781649
And service rom was found on rusian site 4pda.
The file download there has reached a download limit and forces you to sign up for a Yandex account. I copied the service rom to Android file host.
Service rom BND-L21C432
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11050483647474828964
1. Unzip download
2. copy the dload folder to root of sdcard
3. power on phone holding all three buttons
4. After phone finishes and reboots, unlock frp and bootloader, if needed
5. Use Huru or HWOTA to flash correct firmware for your model/ region.

mrmazak said:
Service rom is different then fullOTA.
From the screenshot you have . The fullota-mf-pv examples are Oreo and the ones without the pv are nougat.
This separation is not allways Oreo/ nougat, but only in your example.
HWOTA is a method to force install fullOTA files that uses a modified stock recovery that bypasses version verifications.
Here is link.--( there is other hwota too. One that has more batch file script and incorporate bootloader unlock and device rebranding. )
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/guide-honor-7x-flash-oreo-update-t3781649
And service rom was found on rusian site 4pda.
The file download there has reached a download limit and forces you to sign up for a Yandex account. I copied the service rom to Android file host.
Service rom BND-L21C432
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11050483647474828964
1. Unzip download
2. copy the dload folder to root of sdcard
3. power on phone holding all three buttons
4. After phone finishes and reboots, unlock frp and bootloader, if needed
5. Use Huru or HWOTA to flash correct firmware for your model/ region.
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thank you! I will try this.

@mrmazak Thank you very much! L21 firmware worked and I am running it without any issue.
What difference does it make as now I am using BND-L21 firmware instead of BND-AL10?
Acc. to me this Rom is better as there are very few bloatware installed as compared to AL10 and everything seems to work fine.
In About Phone only things changed are-
Build number
Baseband Version
Model and imei are same as before.
Does i really need to install AL-10 firmware again?

lalitkhokhar said:
@mrmazak Thank you very much! L21 firmware worked and I am running it without any issue.
What difference does it make as now I am using BND-L21 firmware instead of BND-AL10?
Acc. to me this Rom is better as there are very few bloatware installed as compared to AL10 and everything seems to work fine.
In About Phone only things changed are-
Build number
Baseband Version
Model and imei are same as before.
Does i really need to install AL-10 firmware again?
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As long as the phone is working normally, I think you should be fine . But further updates will , of course, need to be manually done . Like this install was.

mrmazak said:
Service rom is different then fullOTA.
From the screenshot you have . The fullota-mf-pv examples are Oreo and the ones without the pv are nougat.
This separation is not allways Oreo/ nougat, but only in your example.
HWOTA is a method to force install fullOTA files that uses a modified stock recovery that bypasses version verifications.
Here is link.--( there is other hwota too. One that has more batch file script and incorporate bootloader unlock and device rebranding. )
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/how-to/guide-honor-7x-flash-oreo-update-t3781649
And service rom was found on rusian site 4pda.
The file download there has reached a download limit and forces you to sign up for a Yandex account. I copied the service rom to Android file host.
Service rom BND-L21C432
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11050483647474828964
1. Unzip download
2. copy the dload folder to root of sdcard
3. power on phone holding all three buttons
4. After phone finishes and reboots, unlock frp and bootloader, if needed
5. Use Huru or HWOTA to flash correct firmware for your model/ region.
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Restored my phone using the service firmware but the "OEM Unlock" option in the Developer Options is completely missing. Is there a fix for this?

XandeR180 said:
Restored my phone using the service firmware but the "OEM Unlock" option in the Developer Options is completely missing. Is there a fix for this?
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Never saw that before, unless your phone in C00 or C01 (China region)
Try factory reset?
Then skip wifi and Google account, but set a lock screen pin or pattern. See if that helps.
Then share screenshot of "about phone". Block out imei number though.
Also which service ROM did you use. How did you use it. Did you change method from as described, did it flash both parts? The update and hw_update?

mrmazak said:
Never saw that before, unless your phone in C00 or C01 (China region)
Try factory reset?
Then skip wifi and Google account, but set a lock screen pin or pattern. See if that helps.
Then share screenshot of "about phone". Block out imei number though.
Also which service ROM did you use. How did you use it. Did you change method from as described, did it flash both parts? The update and hw_update?
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Actually, my phone is a BND-L34 (Mate SE)
Performed a factory reset 3 times. Third time I set up a pattern but the option still hasn't appeared.
I used the ROM in the link you provided in your previous post (had no idea there were any others, as I haven't been able to find anything else).
Didn't change anything. Extracted the dload folder to my external SD card, powered on while holding all three buttons and the update itself went just fine. Also I'm not sure how to tell whether or not it flashed both parts.
Everything else SEEMS to be working. Haven't poked around or anything, nor have I tried my SIM card. However the only issue I'm coming across (that I actually care about at the moment) is the inability to enable OEM unlocking (not grayed out or anything. It's just completely missing).
Pictures below.

XandeR180 said:
Actually, my phone is a BND-L34 (Mate SE)
Performed a factory reset 3 times. Third time I set up a pattern but the option still hasn't appeared.
I used the ROM in the link you provided in your previous post (had no idea there were any others, as I haven't been able to find anything else).
Didn't change anything. Extracted the dload folder to my external SD card, powered on while holding all three buttons and the update itself went just fine. Also I'm not sure how to tell whether or not it flashed both parts.
Everything else SEEMS to be working. Haven't poked around or anything, nor have I tried my SIM card. However the only issue I'm coming across (that I actually care about at the moment) is the inability to enable OEM unlocking (not grayed out or anything. It's just completely missing).
Pictures below.
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The system number ending in .046 is clue that the second part of service ROM did not load.
Before worrying about the oem toggle too much. Does the boooader screen show frp locked?

mrmazak said:
The system number ending in .046 is clue that the second part of service ROM did not load.
Before worrying about the oem toggle too much. Does the boooader screen show frp locked?
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Nope. It just says "PHONE locked". Weird, I could've sworn it said frp locked the first time I went into fastboot

XandeR180 said:
Nope. It just says "PHONE locked". Weird, I could've sworn it said frp locked the first time I went into fastboot
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Alright, oem unlock should work.
Then after the reset and boot up , back to fastboot to flash TWRP.
Then use hwota, and best to go with probably b330,

mrmazak said:
Alright, oem unlock should work.
Then after the reset and boot up , back to fastboot to flash TWRP.
Then use hwota, and best to go with probably b330,
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WOW it actually worked!! I'm amazed that it was that simple. Thank you so much. I'll follow your HWOTA guide and keep you posted if anything goes wrong :good:

XandeR180 said:
WOW it actually worked!! I'm amazed that it was that simple. Thank you so much. I'll follow your HWOTA guide and keep you posted if anything goes wrong :good:
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I did see one time the issue with unknown model and strange build number. And hwota did not help going from emui 8 to emui 8. But downgradeing from emui 8 to emui 5 fixed it. Then update back to 8 went normal

mrmazak said:
I did see one time the issue with unknown model and strange build number. And hwota did not help going from emui 8 to emui 8. But downgradeing from emui 8 to emui 5 fixed it. Then update back to 8 went normal
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Actually, installing the update files for emui 8 while on emui 8 worked perfectly! At least I think. Everything looks normal so far, even the model number and build number

XandeR180 said:
Actually, installing the update files for emui 8 while on emui 8 worked perfectly! At least I think. Everything looks normal so far, even the model number and build number
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Sounds good.
So now let me ask what was the issue you had to recover from. And I assume you had the unlock code already?
I ask because yesterday I was helping someone , also with mate se. They are trying to get uock code from DC unlock, but need to downgrade first. I had guided a downgrade this way before to get unlock codes , and it went just fine. But when you had the unknown model number, it makes me wonder what caused it, and of it could be avoided for the guy I'm helping now.

mrmazak said:
Sounds good.
So now let me ask what was the issue you had to recover from. And I assume you had the unlock code already?
I ask because yesterday I was helping someone , also with mate se. They are trying to get uock code from DC unlock, but need to downgrade first. I had guided a downgrade this way before to get unlock codes , and it went just fine. But when you had the unknown model number, it makes me wonder what caused it, and of it could be avoided for the guy I'm helping now.
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As much as I would love to help, I really don't know what caused the unknown model number.
The reason I needed to restore my phone was because I had originally gotten the Oreo update through firmware finder because I never officially got the OTA (even though my IMEI was approved according to FF). The update seemed to have worked alright but one day my camera suddenly stopped functioning completely. Reboot didn't fix it. So I decided to factory reset it but that only ended in a bootloop.
I could have used TWRP to fix it but for some reason it would not boot into TWRP, so I opted for triggering an OTA installation through stock recovery but that didn't work (this was before I knew of the service ROM). So then I tried reflashing TWRP but I couldn't because I forgot to enable USB debugging. I knew I was done for at that point. And stupid me added to the problem by relocking the bootloader (I don't remember why I decided to do that).
So I hadn't touched the thing in months up until today to see if there was any new methods for restoring a bricked device. That's when I found some threads pointing towards a service ROM. And here I am.
Sorry that I couldn't provide any specific details. Some things I just forgot and some things I don't even know the cause of (like the camera malfunctioning and the bootloop after factory resetting).

Downgrade to emui 5

I got a Huawei mate se and didn't realize that allowing it to update to Android o would block the bootloader unlock tool. Is there anyway to downgrade my firmware so I can unlock my bootloader?

voldomart13 said:
I got a Huawei mate se and didn't realize that allowing it to update to Android o would block the bootloader unlock tool. Is there anyway to downgrade my firmware so I can unlock my bootloader?
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There is a roll-back ROM on firmware finder. As long as it shows your IMEI as approoved, it should install.
That's the nice clean way.
There is a dirty ( possibly dangerous way ) by using the nougat service ROM. That ROM is for bnd-L21, so not sure how an unlocked bootloader will handle it. It has worked on unlocked before.

mrmazak said:
There is a roll-back ROM on firmware finder. As long as it shows your IMEI as approoved, it should install.
That's the nice clean way.
There is a dirty ( possibly dangerous way ) by using the nougat service ROM. That ROM is for bnd-L21, so not sure how an unlocked bootloader will handle it. It has worked on unlocked before.
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I have been attempting to use firmware finder but I can't wrap my head around actually pushing the update. I heard you need an outdated version of hisuite but no one specifies what version. Any help is appreciated =)

voldomart13 said:
I have been attempting to use firmware finder but I can't wrap my head around actually pushing the update. I heard you need an outdated version of hisuite but no one specifies what version. Any help is appreciated =)
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Insttall firmware finder from playstore.
In the app select the "hamburger" menu, from top left corner. Select instructions. Either watch videos, or read the text guides

mrmazak said:
Insttall firmware finder from playstore.
In the app select the "hamburger" menu, from top left corner. Select instructions. Either watch videos, or read the text guides
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The mobile app as far as I can tell doesn't work on newer versions of android. They even have a disclaimer mentioning that the app only works for older devices now.

voldomart13 said:
The mobile app as far as I can tell doesn't work on newer versions of android. They even have a disclaimer mentioning that the app only works for older devices now.
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You are not on 8.1, the app can work.
But I was only referencing the app for the guides linked inside.
You should be able to use it to flash b330. Which should work in DC

mrmazak said:
You are not on 8.1, the app can work.
But I was only referencing the app for the guides linked inside.
You should be able to use it to flash b330. Which should work in DC
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My bad I am on 8.0 to be specific bnd-l34 8.0.0.341(c567) and as much as I've tried I can not get it to work on the phone following along on the videos. They are using the app on emui 5.0 not 8.0. It doesn't work anymore on 8.0

All there videos revolve around emui 5.0 or lower. It stopped working with 8.0

voldomart13 said:
My bad I am on 8.0 to be specific bnd-l34 8.0.0.341(c567) and as much as I've tried I can not get it to work on the phone following along on the videos. They are using the app on emui 5.0 not 8.0. It doesn't work anymore on 8.0
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Because the locked bootloader, you can only use the firmwares that are approoved.
Chances are , the only one that's approoved is the b330
And if not , then only option is the service-rom. Followed by dc-unlock, then the hwota and correct ROM
It has been done.
There should be confirmation back in the mate thread somewhere.

mrmazak said:
Because the locked bootloader, you can only use the firmwares that are approoved.
Chances are , the only one that's approoved is the b330
And if not , then only option is the service-rom. Followed by dc-unlock, then the hwota and correct ROM
It has been done.
There should be confirmation back in the mate thread somewhere.
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Which mate thread?

voldomart13 said:
Which mate thread?
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I'm searching. I know i have recommended this process many times, and got many success responses. But I am striking out in finding threads with confirmed responses.
This search only shows 4 found matches for the search info. One does fit real good, but the author has made it sound , not real credible.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/search/forum/7100?query=unlock mate service-rom#posts

mrmazak said:
Because the locked bootloader, you can only use the firmwares that are approoved.
Chances are , the only one that's approoved is the b330
And if not , then only option is the service-rom. Followed by dc-unlock, then the hwota and correct ROM
It has been done.
There should be confirmation back in the mate thread somewhere.
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What about this method? https://www.getdroidtips.com/full-guide-install-stock-firmware-huawei-smartphone/

mrmazak said:
I'm searching. I know i have recommended this process many times, and got many success responses. But I am striking out in finding threads with confirmed responses.
This search only shows 4 found matches for the search info. One does fit real good, but the author has made it sound , not real credible.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/search/forum/7100?query=unlock mate service-rom#posts
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This post you made here sounds doable.
This service rom so far has been only thing we found that will load with three button method (dload)
But it is not a full rom to keep on device. It needs you to follow up with flashing fullOTA of your correct version after.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid...83647474828964
1. Unzip download
2. copy the dload folder to root of sdcard
3. power on phone holding all three buttons
4. After phone finishes and reboots, unlock frp and bootloader, if needed
5. Use Huru or HWOTA to flash correct firmware for your model/ region.
Enlighten me what is huru or hwota? If I were to flash this does it boot up into android or is it non functional?

voldomart13 said:
This post you made here sounds doable.
This service rom so far has been only thing we found that will load with three button method (dload)
But it is not a full rom to keep on device. It needs you to follow up with flashing fullOTA of your correct version after.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid...83647474828964
1. Unzip download
2. copy the dload folder to root of sdcard
3. power on phone holding all three buttons
4. After phone finishes and reboots, unlock frp and bootloader, if needed
5. Use Huru or HWOTA to flash correct firmware for your model/ region.
Enlighten me what is huru or hwota? If I were to flash this does it boot up into android or is it non functional?
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Yes, this should leave you able to boot. And with build level that should allow DC unlocked to give you the code.
Remember like I said before this is kind of a dirty way around and 'could' have issues unknown. Like what if DC does not give you a code, you would then be stuck . (Though you are stuck now)
Huru and hwota are very similar. They both use TWRP to give custom flashing control.
Hwota uses modified stock recovery to flash full ota files.
Huru repacks full ota files so that TWRP can flash them.
Since doth start with TWRP , bootloader unlock is needed.

mrmazak said:
Yes, this should leave you able to boot. And with build level that should allow DC unlocked to give you the code.
Remember like I said before this is kind of a dirty way around and 'could' have issues unknown. Like what if DC does not give you a code, you would then be stuck . (Though you are stuck now)
Huru and hwota are very similar. They both use TWRP to give custom flashing control.
Hwota uses modified stock recovery to flash full ota files.
Huru repacks full ota files so that TWRP can flash them.
Since doth start with TWRP , bootloader unlock is needed.
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I see. And say dc cant get a code I would be stuck no way of recovery? Man I miss the days of samsung phones and using odin for upgrade/downgrade =/ been doing this stuff since samsung captivate days.

voldomart13 said:
I see. And say dc cant get a code I would be stuck no way of recovery? Man I miss the days of samsung phones and using odin for upgrade/downgrade =/ been doing this stuff since samsung captivate days.
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Just spent most of the morning going back and forth with someone else with mate see, and they just did restored his device with the service ROM.
I do not now what he was restoring from, but he ended up with "unknown model" and default build number of 8.0.0.46
This is because of (probably) some data corrupt issue making the flash go bad. But he was able to run the ROM and unlock boooader.
Difference is he already had his unlock code.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/help/dload-method-stuck-5-t3821898

voldomart13 said:
I see. And say dc cant get a code I would be stuck no way of recovery? Man I miss the days of samsung phones and using odin for upgrade/downgrade =/ been doing this stuff since samsung captivate days.
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Have you seen this guide?
It is for "official" hisuite roll-back
I have not rolled back so do not know it it works though.(I checked with my device, it shows no downgrade available)
I know the roll-back firmwarm listed on firmware finder was listed as "bond" and not "bnd". So this means not available "officially"
https://usermanual.wiki/Huawei/EMUI...roid70OperationInstructionpdf.1621060771/help

Brand new EVR-AL00 which version should I be on?

Hey All,
Thanks in advance for any help.
I just received the AL00 and ran the update which gave me EMUI 9.0.0.200.
I thought for sure we were already at 9.1 something.
I just want to make sure that via OTA updates I should only be on 9.0.0.200 or am I missing something and should be on a newer version of EMUI.
Thanks again everyone.

I bought AL00 a few months ago, but late enough not to be able to unlock it, and I still did not get any update above 9.0.0.200 :/

Thanks for the input...much appreciated. Are we ever going to get 9.1 you think?

( if the phone model is EVR-AL00 ) please change the Region settings as china in both app-gallery and Hi-Care and try to update via Hi-care
it will update to 9.1 it worked for me... good luck

Thanks so much, that worked. The only problem now is that the update is showing in system and when I go to update the 9.1 is there but it's greyed out and won't let me select it ?
SivasankarC said:
( if the phone model is EVR-AL00 ) please change the Region settings as china in both app-gallery and Hi-Care and try to update via Hi-care
it will update to 9.1 it worked for me... good luck
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If you're not able to to update via HiCare, you can try the dload method in this post. Select the AL00 link.

I will certainly give that a try...do I need to unzip the DL first? Thanks again in advance for all your help, I appreciate very much.
Zephels said:
If you're not able to to update via HiCare, you can try the dload method in this post. Select the AL00 link.
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imapfsr said:
I will certainly give that a try...do I need to unzip the DL first? Thanks again in advance for all your help, I appreciate very much.
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Yes. Unzip it. Then open up the "Software" folder and copy the entire dload folder to the root of your SD card/USB OTG. After that turn off your phone. Then power it back on by holding all the 3 buttons until you see the Software Update screen pop up.

You are a ROCKSTAR!...worked like a charm, thanks so much for your help.
Zephels said:
Yes. Unzip it. Then open up the "Software" folder and copy the entire dload folder to the root of your SD card/USB OTG. After that turn off your phone. Then power it back on by holding all the 3 buttons until you see the Software Update screen pop up.
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imapfsr said:
You are a ROCKSTAR!...worked like a charm, thanks so much for your help.
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Glad it worked out! Thx to those who sourced the new firmware.

imapfsr said:
You are a ROCKSTAR!...worked like a charm, thanks so much for your help.
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Which version did you upgrade to? Evr-AL00-9.1.0.127 or 131 ?

I could only find the .127 but it seems ok
SivasankarC said:
Which version did you upgrade to? Evr-AL00-9.1.0.127 or 131 ?
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I wasn't able to find the 131 version AL00...can you point me in the right direction?

imapfsr said:
I wasn't able to find the 131 version AL00...can you point me in the right direction?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-x/how-to/fw-emui-9-1-0-123-evr-al00-t3935995
try the above...

Yogi.G said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-x/how-to/fw-emui-9-1-0-123-evr-al00-t3935995
try the above...
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Please note that by using this firmware and update method, OTA updates will be disabled and you won't be able to check for updates via HiCare & System. The only way to further update will be to manually download the newest firmware and use the HSTool/HiSuite patch methods.
This is because:
1. These firmwares are signed with EVR-LGRP1-CHN version which will eventually display as EVR-AL00 after install. Because of the difference in versions, HiCare can't check for updates via OTA
2. Since the only way to install the firmware on locked bootloaders is to alter the PC host file, this means that Huawei's cloud server does not recognise this ffw version and thus needs to be bypassed, which means that further updates will need to use the bypass method.

Thanks Yogi...I think I want the recovery version though. Thanks for your help anyways.
Yogi.G said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-x/how-to/fw-emui-9-1-0-123-evr-al00-t3935995
try the above...
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Zephels said:
Please note that by using this firmware and update method, OTA updates will be disabled and you won't be able to check for updates via HiCare & System. The only way to further update will be to manually download the newest firmware and use the HSTool/HiSuite patch methods.
This is because:
1. These firmwares are signed with EVR-LGRP1-CHN version which will eventually display as EVR-AL00 after install. Because of the difference in versions, HiCare can't check for updates via OTA
2. Since the only way to install the firmware on locked bootloaders is to alter the PC host file, this means that Huawei's cloud server does not recognise this ffw version and thus needs to be bypassed, which means that further updates will need to use the bypass method.
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Thanks again Zephels, I appreciate all your help. Any chance that there is a recovery version of 131 yet and if not, does that upgrade I did make it possible for OTA or HiCare?

imapfsr said:
I could only find the .127 but it seems ok
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I was able to get 9.1.0.123 via original OTA update... after this, it says no update available via hicare / systemupdates....
for EVR-AL00 - locked !!

Yogi.G said:
I was able to get 9.1.0.123 via original OTA update... after this, it says no update available via hicare / systemupdates....
for EVR-AL00 - locked !!
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You can try the dload method in this post. Select the AL00 link.
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imapfsr said:
Thanks again Zephels, I appreciate all your help. Any chance that there is a recovery version of 131 yet and if not, does that upgrade I did make it possible for OTA or HiCare?
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I'm not able to source the firmware as of yet, but it is possible to check for OTA since you have the official firmware.

Zephels said:
You can try the dload method in this post. Select the AL00 link.
Will this affect my future updates ?? or Legit one for AL00 and I can go for an update ?
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