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Recently updated to A5FMB19

I purchased the tablet online in China about two months ago, so I got a tablet running CN system. (A5CN51C as I got it.)
So I followed a manual and immediately flashed a A5FM51C system.img to my tablet.
When the OTA A5FM91E came, I checked up this forum, only found high risk of updating.
While today, while I consulted a Chinese forum, there is a method to safely update the tablet to a newer version of system without converting back to CN systems ( meanwhile the boot is still lost after updating ! )
Basically, for all who initially has a CN system installed and successfully converted to TW version, there is a way to update your system while keeping all google frameworks.
Method is listed below.
1. Enable developper mode and USB debugging, and connect to PC using adb.
2. Flash the corresponding boot.img and recovery.img to the tablet. (By saying corresponding, it's the boot.img and recovery.img must match the version you're using. For eg, I'm updating from a A5FM51C version, so I should at least have a boot.img and recovery.img of A5FM51C.)
Below you can find the boot.img and recovery.img of A5FM51C.
HTML:
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1gdwKN7P
Password 2jwi
or https://www.dropbox.com/sh/drmfv30k54jgb35/AABc9uPxpOSUNHsV1lSD-k_1a?dl=0
command on adb shell should be like :
Code:
su
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/pci/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/by-name/recovery
dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/pci/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/by-name/boot
3. After rebooting once and rebooting into recovery mode, check if the recovery is converted to the targeted version.
As I am updating to a system with Google applications, I should check if the version is marked FM.
4. In the recovery mode, side load the updating zip files, after a patient waiting, the system should be successfully updated.
ATTENTION ! [/SIZE]the zip file should be a full updating file, NOT A PATCH zip. So the file you are side loading is at least 300+ M.
If you are updating from A5FM51C, you can directly download from the links below two files.
HTML:
A5FM91E 848.38M
http://ota-service.oss.fc811.com/upload/Nokia/moorefield/Nokia_N1/N1-tw2015/A5FM91E_update.zip
A5FMB19 816.04M
http://ota-service.oss.fc811.com/upload/Nokia/moorefield/Nokia_N1/N1-tw2015/A5FMB19_update.zip
5. The first time booting the updated system could be time consuming, so take a cup of coffee and be patient.
All credits should be given to the Baidu Tieba user "遇上咨询", and if you happened to be capable to read Chinese, you can visit http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4174802149 for further consult.
PS.
I updated from A5FM51C firstly to A5FM91E, after once rebooting normally into the system, I then updated again to A5FMB19, just being careful not to cause any damage.
And after updating there could be several applications crash unconditionally, since I've been using the system for less than 24 hours, I am not sure if this situation can be optimised after a period of time.
So the update only brought the Android version to 5.1.1, and Nokia added a "Close all app" button in the overview. Consider again if you are willing to spend one hour to update the tablet into a very similar system !
Wish you luck.

Update
As soon as I finished updating the "System Webview" app to newest version at Play, all those apps started running again

Neegola said:
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As soon as I finished updating the "System Webview" app to newest version at Play, all those apps started running again
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i'm update to A5CNB19 today. How can move Chinese to Taiwan?

thanks for your post, is there any chance to make it rooted in A5FMB19 ??
thanks

p233 said:
i'm update to A5CNB19 today. How can move Chinese to Taiwan?
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Originally, I converted my tablet at A5CN51C, with root. Following this manual.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-n1/general/n1-taiwan-release-t3083115/post62313790
So using this method to convert, you should guarantee a valid root state executing DD command on adb shell.
So I personally think that at least you should wait for a root method, then there would be a chance for converting system.

I directly updated from A5FM51C to A5FMB19 (not went through A5FM91E . confirmed it's okie with this method

Thanks a lot. I confirm that we can directly update from A5FM51C to A5FMB19. I just have a question, if an update release can i do the update by the ota ? Sorry for my bad english.

Xiware said:
Thanks a lot. I confirm that we can directly update from A5FM51C to A5FMB19. I just have a question, if an update release can i do the update by the ota ? Sorry for my bad english.
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After converting the recovery and boot partitions to FM version, there should not be a problem in updating directly by OTA.
Before, when I execute OTA, it will pop up a message read "Could not download the update, please check the storage". And after, I could successfully start the download. It was because the limited network speed, I've chosen to side load the update package.
But it's merely my guess. Since the tablet has at least 20 partitions, and I don't know if there's any other which could influence this process. Maybe we could invite a real expert to join in this discussion.

Are you update with OTA?

gazziandrea said:
Are you update with OTA?
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No.
But technically I did use the ota package to update. Given it was a whole system compressed file.

Neegola said:
No.
But technically I did use the ota package to update. Given it was a whole system compressed file.
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I did rootare the devise to other people ( chinese guys) and i dnot have many experience in modding, only with TWRP in Xiaomi Redmi Note 2, so I can update via OTA diretly ?

gazziandrea said:
I did rootare the devise to other people ( chinese guys) and i dnot have many experience in modding, only with TWRP in Xiaomi Redmi Note 2, so I can update via OTA diretly ?
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Hi, I'm afraid I don't understand what you are asking.
Do you speak any other languages like Chinese or French, or your native language so I can do a google translate ?

Thanks for these updated information.

Hi, guys, thank you for help with moving from CN to TW. I've done this from rooted A5CN51C to A5FMB19.
But, now I've got system reboot every 15 min. Uptime no more than 30-35 min. It's very unstable during watching video (e.g. youtube app). Do you have the same? Model: n1s.
Hard reset doesn't solve this problem.

Moto z play (xt1635-03) transformation 64 GB ROM + 3GB RAM

Dear all
There are so many people looking for exactly samething that iam looking for but unfortunately there is not any proper tutorial available.
Could you confirm if there is anyway to install any other ROM on chinese moto z play ? i don't mind if i have to install each OTA manually.
If so could you please guide step by step guide how to perform this?
If there so no any ROM that can work with chinese variant is there any custom ROM that would and support Moto Mods?

You can read my thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z-play/help/problem-reteu-firmwares-chinese-t3619235
Briefly:
1) If you unlock your bootloader you will be able to flash full image of any firmware throug fastboot (with ordinary instruction)
2) OTA at the moment can't be installed even manually due to different device name (addison_retcn vs addison)
I'm looking through different ways to fix device name with no luck at the moment (but I am sure it is possible)

freeman_g said:
You can read my thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z-play/help/problem-reteu-firmwares-chinese-t3619235
Briefly:
1) If you unlock your bootloader you will be able to flash full image of any firmware throug fastboot (with ordinary instruction)
2) OTA at the moment can't be installed even manually due to different device name (addison_retcn vs addison)
I'm looking through different ways to fix device name with no luck at the moment (but I am sure it is possible)
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Did you try editing build.prop?

jameelmemon said:
Did you try editing build.prop?
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I see that you has not even tried to look through my thread (link was provided in previous post). Suggest to do that (espesially the very end) before further questions / discussion

I have gone through almost all threads including your befiore posting or asking you that question
you are referring to
2) target script is probably /device/company_name/device_name/init.device_name.usb.rc
3) there is a string in that script: write /sys/class/android_usb/android0/iProduct ${ro.product.model}
aactualy {ro.product.model} is variable in build.prop so that script (/device/company_name/device_name/init.device_name.usb.rc) from build.prop

Actually, not there. I have pushed build.prop with adb and has not found any signs of "addison_retcn" there
Hovewer AIDA64 (as well as adb once you try to sideload OTA) will display "addison_retcn" so it is somewhere else
I do not thing that script take the name from build.prop as, for example, it also obtains serial number with the same way and it is the first recommendation on recovering serial (in case it is lost during the some flashing procedure) to manually set it in that script

Finally i manage to install 7.1.1
My phone is addison after installing RETAIL version (7.0)
I installed RETAIL version then downloaded ota then installed 7.1.1 OTA from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z-play/how-to/official-android-7-1-1-download-how-to-t3616352
phone should not be locked/encrypted or protected at least i bricked it and it was not booting up.
Now need to change two things those are in bootloader (SKU and ro.carrier) fastboot getvar all

So just install retail version and sideload OTA through ADB?
I see that my phone is encrypted, shall I decrypt it first?
In any case any news on how you managed to boot 7.1.1 are appreciated

Just found ro.carrier comes from kernel and will be taken from kernel each time devices boots up. so we need someone to customize the kernel and add retru or retus to kernel as ro.carrier.
sku i can not change as i am getting error of command is not allowed
can anyone help regarding this?

So what is the result? You have managed to sideload 7.1.1 аnd it is not booting?
Or everything works fine and you tried to change SKU/channel for further updates?

freeman_g said:
Actually, not there. I have pushed build.prop with adb and has not found any signs of "addison_retcn" there
Hovewer AIDA64 (as well as adb once you try to sideload OTA) will display "addison_retcn" so it is somewhere else
I do not thing that script take the name from build.prop as, for example, it also obtains serial number with the same way and it is the first recommendation on recovering serial (in case it is lost during the some flashing procedure) to manually set it in that script
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freeman_g said:
So just install retail version and sideload OTA through ADB?
I see that my phone is encrypted, shall I decrypt it first?
In any case any news on how you managed to boot 7.1.1 are appreciated
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Just install fresh retail version then sideload first ota via adb then boot your phone do not complete setup.
then install 7.1.1 then do factory restore then you are good to go
and it have so many great features you can view them here specially camera app

freeman_g said:
So what is the result? You have managed to sideload 7.1.1 аnd it is not booting?
Or everything works fine and you tried to change SKU/channel for further updates?
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Initally it didn't work and stuck on bootloader unlock warning but later it worked perfect and iam using 7.1.1 and now trying to figure out how we can change sku and channel to get official OTA.
Sku (XT1635-03) is in bootloader but i can't write is with Fastboot, channel (retcn) is in kernel.

Lucky you I still have the same problem
Yesterday I tried to start with flashing stock retail 7.0 (the link you have provided earlier) but due to fact I had already flashed image with April security patch I didn't manage to downgrade bootloader and gpt (security downgrade issue)
Despite this fact phone boots but small OTA with April security patch did not agree to flash for the same reason: wrong name "addison_retcn"
So I believe the problem is in bootliader and I will probably manage to fix it only with full 7.1.1 retail image.

Glad to see you guys are making some progress. I'll try flashing the retail version on my Chinese Z Play. I'm currently on Epsilon rom (stock rooted 7.0) with January patch. Can I flash retail and then the ota?

I woulf suggest the following:
1) At your current firmware install Aida64 and check if you have addison or addison_cn product name in System section. If you see only addison - then you may install retail firmware and OTAs
2) If you still have addison_cn here then try to install retail firmware provided above (bootloader can be upgraded) and then check product name in Aida64 again. If it changed to addison - you can sideload OTAs. If still addison_cn - then you can't

Thanks @freeman_g
Here is a screenshot of AIDA64 on my device: https://imgur.com/gallery/Or2JF
I guess I should be good to go, right?

Yes, should work
What I can't understand why I still with addison_retcn. Probably, will have to wait for full 7.1.1 retail image

Sorry for the noobie question, but how did you guys with XT1635-03 flash the XT1635-02 firmware? Did you use this script? Did you flash the full rom, including partition, fsg, and modem, no restrictions? I bought my device at Banggood. I know it will come with a shop rom and I would like to install the stock firmware. I want to be prepared when it arrives. Don't want to take the risk of brick it and would like to leave the custom roms for later.

Ok, I have finally found why some people (and myself) have problems with 7.1.1 OTA on xt1635-03
As I mentioned before, OTA just refuses to install mentioning wrong device name (addison_retcn vs addison)
The problem is standard instuction for flashing any firmware with fastboot missing these lines:
fastboot flash dsp adspso.bin
fastboot flash oem oem.img
After flashing these files I saw correct "addison" name in Aida64 and managed to install 7.1.1 OTA on my XT1635-03
People who use RSD Lite did not have such problem as this program use xml file contained both commands (oem and dsp)
It is better to have unlocked bootloader as at first attempt OTA was flashed with some mistake and the phone did not boot. After restoring full image (7.0) with fastboot I managed to sucessfully sideload OTA and now have 7.1.1 on my Chineese device.
Hope this helps

freeman_g said:
Ok, I have finally found why some people (and myself) have problems with 7.1.1 OTA on xt1635-03
As I mentioned before, OTA just refuses to install mentioning wrong device name (addison_retcn vs addison)
The problem is standard instuction for flashing any firmware with fastboot missing these lines:
fastboot flash dsp adspso.bin
fastboot flash oem oem.img
After flashing these files I saw correct "addison" name in Aida64 and managed to install 7.1.1 OTA on my XT1635-03
People who use RSD Lite did not have such problem as this program use xml file contained both commands (oem and dsp)
It is better to have unlocked bootloader as at first attempt OTA was flashed with some mistake and the phone did not boot. After restoring full image (7.0) with fastboot I managed to sucessfully sideload OTA and now have 7.1.1 on my Chineese device.
Hope this helps
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Awesome, many thanks for sharing. Does this mean you'll receive future OTAs?

SHIELD Experience 6.0 upgrade just released - Worth upgrading?

So it looks like the major feature added is the Google Play assistant, which I don't even use on my phone.
But also, I believe the latest version of YouTube will be the stock app, which I just don't like.
I am rooted, which I realize will go away after the upgrade. But also, I don't have anything installed that requires root really. I wanted to take advantage of some xposed features, but apparently there is no version of the framework that supports nvidia shield tv 5.2?
So is it worth upgrading right now? Has anyone tried it? Anything notable worth upgrading for?

I'm in the same situation (rooted) as you. I tried to update, but I end up in TWRP and I don't know what to do from there. If I boot system it just start up as normal and ask me again to update.
Any ideas? Anyone?
What to do, what to do?

Kickasscowboy said:
I'm in the same situation (rooted) as you. I tried to update, but I end up in TWRP and I don't know what to do from there. If I boot system it just start up as normal and ask me again to update.
Any ideas? Anyone?
What to do, what to do?
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Most likely have to wait for the developers image .

jionny said:
Most likely have to wait for the developers image .
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And flash through FlashFire

orificium said:
So it looks like the major feature added is the Google Play assistant, which I don't even use on my phone.
But also, I believe the latest version of YouTube will be the stock app, which I just don't like.
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I have a stock shield (not rooted), but had backed off the YouTube app to be the old one (the one that works with secondary accounts).
I let it upgrade and it did not force a YouTube update. After it finished, I'm still running YT 1.3.11. So you should be okay there.
Of course other than Google Assistant, I haven't found much new. What I really want is for Google Assistant to work with Google Play Music, but it doesn't do that (yet?).

I'm in the same boat as you guys. Currently rooted and debating the upgrade. I would think that we could update via flash fire if someone knows where the ota is stored once it downloads.
Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

I hear you guys. I will wait for OTA update to be downloadable or I might even consider returning to stock. I really don't have any use for root now.

FYI, Doesn't work with flashfire.
https://m.imgur.com/a/4ZKy6

n1gh7mar3 said:
FYI, Doesn't work with flashfire.
https://m.imgur.com/a/4ZKy6
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That's not a developer image right? wouldn't think it would work unless it is the developer image or your bootloader is locked

I got mine to update even though its rooted.
After it finished downloading, it rebooted into twrp and installed the update automatically with no issues.
I did however get some issues after it finished updating.
The recovery/twrp is gone and cant boot into that anymore.
Root is of course gone.
And now im also just getting a black wallpaper in the launcher instead of the default nvidia one.

WisdomWolf said:
I'm in the same boat as you guys. Currently rooted and debating the upgrade. I would think that we could update via flash fire if someone knows where the ota is stored once it downloads.
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data/data/com.nvidia.ota/app_download

jionny said:
That's not a developer image right? wouldn't think it would work unless it is the developer image or your bootloader is locked
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I would assume the OTA is a developer image. Since it couldn't get flash fire to work, I reflashed the stock recovery image and applied the OTA, but it kept freezing and after about 10 minutes it would just boot into the original os.

n1gh7mar3 said:
I would assume the OTA is a developer image. Since it couldn't get flash fire to work, I reflashed the stock recovery image and applied the OTA, but it kept freezing and after about 10 minutes it would just boot into the original os.
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Sorry I meant the developer rooted image that Nvidia usually releases shortly after a upgrade that you can flash over a unlocked bootloader and root and keep root

jionny said:
Sorry I meant the developer rooted image that Nvidia usually releases shortly after a upgrade that you can flash over a unlocked bootloader and root and keep root
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I totally understand what you mean, I was already on 5.2.0 developer image, so I assume if presented with an OTA it's of the same type.

n1gh7mar3 said:
I totally understand what you mean, I was already on 5.2.0 developer image, so I assume if presented with an OTA it's of the same type.
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No you have to get that from Nvidias site however last time I checked it was not up yet

n1gh7mar3 said:
I would assume the OTA is a developer image. Since it couldn't get flash fire to work, I reflashed the stock recovery image and applied the OTA, but it kept freezing and after about 10 minutes it would just boot into the original os.
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you have to flash all the files inside, not only recovery. (nv-recovery-image-shield-atv-5.2.0.zip)
now it worked

Screen flickers
My shield got the latest upgrade (non root) and now my screen flickers from time to time. Any known solution to this issue ?

Tifulb said:
My shield got the latest upgrade (non root) and now my screen flickers from time to time. Any known solution to this issue ?
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I've seen a few fixes for screen issues, either making sure in advanced display resolution settings things are correct, or disabling/renabling the CEC in settings.
You may want to check out the nvidia geforce forums thread, I'd probably start out middle to last several pages (assuming you read this soon, in a few days you'll just have to take a guess as there will be way more pages) https://forums.geforce.com/default/.../shield-experience-upgrade-6-0-for-shield-tv/
I think there's a post about chroma clipping which may be what yours is doing, but it could be some of the HDR stuff or something with the HDMI or CEC issues for all I know.

Hi,
i have a 2015 Shield (root) with 5.2 image.
I would back to stock image and unroot my shield.
I have download the "nv-recovery-image-shield-atv-5.2.0".
my approach.
*** Prerequisites:
1. Ensure that the bootloader is unlocked (see above step)
*** Flashing instructions:
1. Execute these commands on the host PC:
fastboot flash staging blob
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
fastboot reboot
Is this the right way?
Thanks!

OTA zip shield 2015 6.0
if someone need:
Original ota zip for Shield TV 2015 (non pro) 5.2 -> 6.0
https://mega.nz/#!BChlSbaR!em9CV5PoRzalWnMWf7iqAj4oVeDQqLhrz_Q1GGXy0Ug

Model BND-AL10 No system update- how to manually update

Dear all,
This is my first post and I have bought a honor 7x on ebay and I noticed after a few months that I cannot update the phone as there is no system update button. I contacted the seller but ofcourse he was not of any help.
From what I understood( correct me if i'm wrong), the seller installed a custom firmware on the phone so that there is no chinese on the phone. but with these custom firmware, there is no updates. I also get a message upon restart( please find the picture below)
I would like to update the phone . is it possible to update the phone or roll back to stock firmware so I can be notified of updates.
Please find the necessary attachment. Please let me know what I can do as I cannot access my mobile network section( hence cannot switch on roaming) .
i live in Europe and use english as phone language.
Message upon restart
drive.google.com/file/d/0B3LtSNi7gWPDdWRrZHgxNWlrUDdKa3BNSDAxSXVNX0VrNUd3/view
Settings
drive.google.com/file/d/0B3LtSNi7gWPDTjUzUUowZ2lnNV9yVlpLLWtiaWg4SHMzRGhz/view
Emui
drive.google.com/file/d/0B3LtSNi7gWPDLWoyNkZPUXJHd2lLTTBuNlpnd1NCcndER3Zj/view
I cannot post links and I cannot make the image url work, thus the link above.

misha09 said:
Dear all,
This is my first post and I have bought a honor 7x on ebay and I noticed after a few months that I cannot update the phone as there is no system update button. I contacted the seller but ofcourse he was not of any help.
From what I understood( correct me if i'm wrong), the seller installed a custom firmware on the phone so that there is no chinese on the phone. but with these custom firmware, there is no updates. I also get a message upon restart( please find the picture below)
I would like to update the phone . is it possible to update the phone or roll back to stock firmware so I can be notified of updates.
Please find the necessary attachment. Please let me know what I can do as I cannot access my mobile network section( hence cannot switch on roaming) .
i live in Europe and use english as phone language.
unfortunately i cannot upload the pics, it is not showing
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You intended on telling us important information with a screen shot. But you are not allowed. I get that. But now we (as a group) do not know what you have , nor what you need.

mrmazak said:
You intended on telling us important information with a screen shot. But you are not allowed. I get that. But now we (as a group) do not know what you have , nor what you need.
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Message upon restart
drive.google.com/file/d/0B3LtSNi7gWPDdWRrZHgxNWlrUDdKa3BNSDAxSXVNX0VrNUd3/view
Settings
drive.google.com/file/d/0B3LtSNi7gWPDTjUzUUowZ2lnNV9yVlpLLWtiaWg4SHMzRGhz/view
Emui
drive.google.com/file/d/0B3LtSNi7gWPDLWoyNkZPUXJHd2lLTTBuNlpnd1NCcndER3Zj/view

misha09 said:
Message upon restart
drive.google.com/file/d/0B3LtSNi7gWPDdWRrZHgxNWlrUDdKa3BNSDAxSXVNX0VrNUd3/view
Settings
drive.google.com/file/d/0B3LtSNi7gWPDTjUzUUowZ2lnNV9yVlpLLWtiaWg4SHMzRGhz/view
Emui
drive.google.com/file/d/0B3LtSNi7gWPDLWoyNkZPUXJHd2lLTTBuNlpnd1NCcndER3Zj/view
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ok so you get the warning message, so bootloader is unlocked. Means you should be able to modify it.
your model is "BND-AL10" your region is "C00"
there are many full roms available for this model.
http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/?firmware_model=bnd-al10c00&firmware_page=0
you should be able to install almost any of them through the firmware finder app search play store--- if you have google play installed

you should be able to install almost any of them through the firmware finder app search play store--- if you have google play installed[/QUOTE]
Thank you for your quick response.
I install the firmware finder on the play store but I couldn't trigger the update as there is no update button on the settings system.
Even though I do not have the update option in my settings, I can follow instructions to update the phone manually through the computer. If i understood correctly, I can follow these instruction: appuals.com/manually-update-honor-7x-al-10-firmware/
Is it possible to install another firmware on the phone so that I have the update option and also the mobile network section( hence cannot switch on roaming). I travel a lot and the data roaming is important for me.
I am completely new to this as I was an apple user, hence still discovering android possibilities

misha09 said:
you should be able to install almost any of them through the firmware finder app search play store--- if you have google play installed
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misha09 said:
Thank you for your quick response.
I install the firmware finder on the play store but I couldn't trigger the update as there is no update button on the settings system.
Even though I do not have the update option in my settings, I can follow instructions to update the phone manually through the computer. If i understood correctly, I can follow these instruction: appuals.com/manually-update-honor-7x-al-10-firmware/
Is it possible to install another firmware on the phone so that I have the update option and also the mobile network section( hence cannot switch on roaming). I travel a lot and the data roaming is important for me.
I am completely new to this as I was an apple user, hence still discovering android possibilities
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don't get a bad idea of android based on this device. It has way more specific weirdness about it than any other android I have had.
There is way to change to other area firmware, but do not try that yet. Your device is missing stuff , probably because previous owner deleted it, not because to version it is.
download fullOTA files for your devices listed model/ region and use HWOTA to install.

mrmazak said:
Thank you for your quick response.
I install the firmware finder on the play store but I couldn't trigger the update as there is no update button on the settings system.
Even though I do not have the update option in my settings, I can follow instructions to update the phone manually through the computer. If i understood correctly, I can follow these instruction: appuals.com/manually-update-honor-7x-al-10-firmware/
Is it possible to install another firmware on the phone so that I have the update option and also the mobile network section( hence cannot switch on roaming). I travel a lot and the data roaming is important for me.
I am completely new to this as I was an apple user, hence still discovering android possibilities
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don't get a bad idea of android based on this device. It has way more specific weirdness about it than any other android I have had.
There is way to change to other area firmware, but do not try that yet. Your device is missing stuff , probably because previous owner deleted it, not because to version it is.
download fullOTA files for your devices listed model/ region and use HWOTA to install.[/QUOTE]
Hello, I did the update via the HiSuite of Huawei. I got the notifications on the windows programs. I did 2 update ( one for the system and the other one was the emui)
Now I cannot open google play or any google applications(maps, gmail, etc)
do you know how I can remedy that?
My emui version is 8.0.0
android version 8.0.0
It is a bit frustrating
my google play version is Google Play Store 10.8.32-all [0] [PR] 205344279 (240-480dpi) (Android 4.1+) 5 WHICH I updated through the Hisuite Update and downloaded this apk.

How To Guide [TOOL] RAW Firmware for ROG Phone 6 - can be used for CN -> WW converting

Too many people are trying to use firmware to make money, so I decided to release them for free!
I got them from a site that distributes them for $10.
DOWNLOAD
Password is:
Code:
https://androplus.org
How to flash:
Plug the USB Type-C cable into the port on the side
Reboot into bootloader
Extract RAW firmware zip and run flashall_AFT.cmd
You'll see "FLASH COMPLETE. RESTART!" when flashing is completed
Rebooting will open recovery, so do a Factory data reset.
Done!
(The guide is also on my blog)
The functionality of fingerprint sensor and Widevine L1 remain intact when flashing global RAW firmware on CN hardware.
How to delete HardwareStub notification:
Use my Magisk module.
You can extract boot.img from RAW firmware or payload.bin found in official OTA zip.

Good idea to create a separate thread for this, information has been spread around the forum so this makes it easy.
Thanks for sharing the firmware, more and more people should be receiving their devices so this will be useful. I think the mods should make this a sticky.
Re the magisk module for hardware stub notification - any way to get rid of the notification without having root? I will be selling my CN version of the device with WW hardware, so dont want to give the buyer a rooted phone.
I bought a 512GB global version of the device

AndroPlus said:
Too many people are trying to use firmware to make money, so I decided to release them for free!
I got them from a site that distributes them for $10.
DOWNLOAD
How to flash:
Plug the USB Type-C cable into the port on the side
Reboot into bootloader
Extract RAW firmware zip and run flashall_AFT.cmd
You'll see "FLASH COMPLETE. RESTART!" when flashing is completed
Rebooting will open recovery, so do a Factory data reset.
Done!
(The guide is also on my blog)
The functionality of fingerprint sensor and Widevine L1 remain intact when flashing global RAW firmware on CN hardware.
How to delete HardwareStub notification:
Use my Magisk module.
You can extract boot.img from RAW firmware or payload.bin found in official OTA zip.
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One more question about your magisk module for the hwstub notification - will the fix remain if you root, flash the magisk module, and then remove magisk/root? or will it need the magisk module to be active on the phone to keep the fix?

mahdibassam said:
One more question about your magisk module for the hwstub notification - will the fix remain if you root, flash the magisk module, and then remove magisk/root? or will it need the magisk module to be active on the phone to keep the fix?
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Notification fix works only when Magisk module is active.
Maybe there's a way to fix without root, but I don't know.

mahdibassam said:
One more question about your magisk module for the hwstub notification - will the fix remain if you root, flash the magisk module, and then remove magisk/root? or will it need the magisk module to be active on the phone to keep the fix?
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Instead of using a Magisk module, you *might* be able to root, then use a non-invasive tool like App Manager (link below) with SU access to unflag POST_NOTIFICATION under App Ops for HW Stub and then remove root if that's what you really want. The solution should be permanent. I may be able to test it when I find some time, or you can have a go yourself and confirm. No risk of breaking anything:
App Manager - Android package manager | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
A full-featured open source package manager for android.
f-droid.org

Does this root the phone, if so would LSPosed and Island work? I'm planning to get the international/HK version of the 6 Pro since there's no warranty for CN models here. Or should I wait for TWRP instead?

williamcll said:
Does this root the phone, if so would LSPosed and Island work? I'm planning to get the international/HK version of the 6 Pro since there's no warranty for CN models here. Or should I wait for TWRP instead?
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No, this guide only flash stock global ROM.
You just need to extract boot.img by unpacking raw img, then patch it in Magisk app and flash it in fastboot: fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img
Installation
The Magic Mask for Android
topjohnwu.github.io

AndroPlus said:
No, this guide only flash stock global ROM.
You just need to extract boot.img by unpacking raw img, then patch it in Magisk app and flash it in fastboot: fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img
Installation
The Magic Mask for Android
topjohnwu.github.io
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Well, that's kind of useless considering the one I am going to buy has the global rom.

williamcll said:
Does this root the phone, if so would LSPosed and Island work? I'm planning to get the international/HK version of the 6 Pro since there's no warranty for CN models here. Or should I wait for TWRP instead?
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You can root & run LSPosed on these devices with no issues. The WW (HK) version is great and it's a genuine global version which is the way to go (the only way to go if you ask me). I have the same WW-HK versions of 3 and 5 and have set up a same version 6 for someone, all rooted, running LSPosed and everything else 100% smooth. TWRP is not a must although definitely a nice to have once available for the 6.

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THANK YOU!
Code:
sed -i 's/\.\///g' * && sudo flash flashall_AFT.sh
Is what I used to run it from my linux and it worked great.
wanted to try the chinese version and see this better battery stuff

AndroPlus said:
Too many people are trying to use firmware to make money, so I decided to release them for free!
I got them from a site that distributes them for $10.
DOWNLOAD
Password is:
Code:
https://androplus.org
How to flash:
Plug the USB Type-C cable into the port on the side
Reboot into bootloader
Extract RAW firmware zip and run flashall_AFT.cmd
You'll see "FLASH COMPLETE. RESTART!" when flashing is completed
Rebooting will open recovery, so do a Factory data reset.
Done!
(The guide is also on my blog)
The functionality of fingerprint sensor and Widevine L1 remain intact when flashing global RAW firmware on CN hardware.
How to delete HardwareStub notification:
Use my Magisk module.
You can extract boot.img from RAW firmware or payload.bin found in official OTA zip.
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Thanks!!
Could you also provide the boot.img & patched magisk boot.img from this raw file? I don't mind paying for it..

finallau said:
Thanks!!
Could you also provide the boot.img & patched magisk boot.img from this raw file? I don't mind paying for it..
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OK, I uploaded here:
WW-AI2201-32.2810.2205.63 - Google Drive
drive.google.com

AndroPlus said:
OK, I uploaded here:
WW-AI2201-32.2810.2205.63 - Google Drive
drive.google.com
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thanks!!
I'll donate you once i got everything working!

What people outside of cn buying the cn version don't understand is, it will probably not have the same 5g reception as the global version. A phone at that price range deserves some patience. Also you sure you have nfc on the cn hardware?

I couldn't use G Pay now because my play protection certification isn't certified after changing to WW rom running latest rom, bootloader locked & unrooted..
Safety net check all passed except for cts profile match fail..
I tried clearing data on services, play store & framework still can't get it solved..
Any solution other than using magisk/root to bypass it?

AndroPlus said:
OK, I uploaded here:
WW-AI2201-32.2810.2205.63 - Google Drive
drive.google.com
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Just tipped you ✓

finallau said:
I couldn't use G Pay now because my play protection certification isn't certified after changing to WW rom running latest rom, bootloader locked & unrooted..
Safety net check all passed except for cts profile match fail..
I tried clearing data on services, play store & framework still can't get it solved..
Any solution other than using magisk/root to bypass it?
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I'm thinking of buying the tencent version if everything goes well.
Did you change fingerprint to CN > WW ?
>When rooted, use ROOT EXPLORER APK
>Inside app, change MOUNT R/W to R/O.
>Navigate to the /Vendor/Factory
>Find file COUNTRY.
>Change CN to WW
It should stay permanent even after factory reset & unroot.
It worked well for me at least for my ROG Phone 2.

atsushiboy said:
I'm thinking of buying the tencent version if everything goes well.
Did you change fingerprint to CN > WW ?
>When rooted, use ROOT EXPLORER APK
>Inside app, change MOUNT R/W to R/O.
>Navigate to the /Vendor/Factory
>Find file COUNTRY.
>Change CN to WW
It should stay permanent even after factory reset & unroot.
It worked well for me at least for my ROG Phone 2.
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Yeah I did otherwise manually update would had failed since fingerprint not changed.
I did a re-flash back from provided raw firmware it got certified again but then after I did an update & wiped data, same issue cts profile match fail...

atsushiboy said:
I'm thinking of buying the tencent version if everything goes well.
Did you change fingerprint to CN > WW ?
>When rooted, use ROOT EXPLORER APK
>Inside app, change MOUNT R/W to R/O.
>Navigate to the /Vendor/Factory
>Find file COUNTRY.
>Change CN to WW
It should stay permanent even after factory reset & unroot.
It worked well for me at least for my ROG Phone 2.
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Just realize my fingerprint isn't WW upon checking from device info HW app. However going back the COUNTRY file in root explorer did show WW..
Any solution? I did a 2nd reflash of the WW raw firmware still no change..
Any solution?
Also, tapping "mount r/w" has no changes in ROOT explorer but I have root checker checked..