View 10 - BKL-L04 - Bringing it all together - Honor View 10 Guides, News, & Discussion

My phone is an Honor View 10 model BKL-L04 (American model) build 8.1.0.133 (C567GT).
These are the steps that I used to remove the stock firmware and recovery and replace them with something more to my taste. I did < 1% of the actual work here, I'm just putting everything that I did in once place so that other people may not have to look so hard to find answers.
Requirements
View 10 - If you don't have one then you're in the wrong place. Do NOT follow these directions for any other phone as both the directions and the links are specific to the model mentioned above.
Cash/PayPal - Most of us don't have the skills to pry out the bootloader unlock code ourselves so we must pay someone who does. God knows the manufacturer isn't going to help us out here
SD Card - You can probably get this done purely on internal storage, but weren't you going to put in a nice, big SD card anyway?
SD Card Writer (optional) - You'll need a way to load files onto the card prior to flashing. IMHO getting an SD card writer is the simplest way, but to each their own.
Unlocking
This guy will get you an unlock code for your View 10 for $22 (USD). Order a Bootloader Unlock Code, select the Huawei option "with IMEI", put BOTH of your IMEI numbers in the comments field, submit it and pay via PayPal. I got a code in about an hour. Once you have the code you can follow these directions to perform the unlocking process. If you need a bit more help getting though it then try this guide.
Flash Recovery
Don't use the official TWRP images. As of Dec 8, 2018 neither 3.2.1-0 nor 3.2.1.-1 worked for me (-0 dropped to fastboot after a few seconds and -1 caused a bootloop when entering recovery). Use the latest unofficial image from this page. Directions included. More detailed directions can be found here but make sure to use the TWRP image from the first link.
Copy Zips
Now pick out a ROM (I went with LineageOS 15.1) and copy all the zips you need to your SD card. The list probably includes the ROM itself, gapps, and some type of su/root package. Put them all on your card.
Flash ROM
If you're going with LIneageOS 15.1 as I did then this guide should get you the rest of the way. It has the links for the ROM itself as well as gapps and the su package. Again, be very careful to match exactly your phone model and architecture (arm64 for the View 10) when grabbing these packages.
Extras
You can find the latest stock firmware image for the BKL-L04 here. Be damn sure your phone matches mine before you use it! If you need to pull out the stock recovery for any reason, you can use the update extractor to do this (grab recovery_ramdisk), then flash it the same way you flash TWRP.
Good luck and have fun! I'll try to help if you get stuck but the real knowledgeable people are those that wrote the articles I've linked to.
Cheers!
- E

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Is "twrp_bkl_0.7.img" the latest one?

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As of Dec 9 I believe it is, yes.

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Eimafn said:
As of Dec 9 I believe it is, yes.
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It installed but it keeps saying unable to unmount system so I can't backup or flash a new rom.

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MikeyJay530 said:
It installed but it keeps saying unable to unmount system so I can't backup or flash a new rom.
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I didn't have that issue when I was first flashing the ROM, but I do now. If you're having it prior to flashing your ROM would it be because you didn't wipe & format beforehand? The guide I linked in step 5 leads you through this procedure if you need it.
As far as the unmounting error, I think that's something we'll have to live with until the issue is corrected in TWRP.
- E

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Eimafn said:
I didn't have that issue when I was first flashing the ROM, but I do now. If you're having it prior to flashing your ROM would it be because you didn't wipe & format beforehand? The guide I linked in step 5 leads you through this procedure if you need it.
As far as the unmounting error, I think that's something we'll have to live with until the issue is corrected in TWRP.
- E
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Then how can I flash a custom rom?

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MikeyJay530 said:
Then how can I flash a custom rom?
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I think it works if you wipe/format first. The guide I linked walks you through this.

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Eimafn said:
I think it works if you wipe/format first. The guide I linked walks you through this.
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I did wipe/format first lol still messed up

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MikeyJay530 said:
I did wipe/format first lol still messed up
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Hmm. Well, you can either try one of the official builds (here) or wait for the guy doing our customized build to fix this issue. You might even post a note on this thread describing your issue so that he can track how many people are having it.
Sorry I couldn't be more help. The View 10 is not the easiest phone to work with by a long shot.
- E

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MikeyJay530 said:
I did wipe/format first lol still messed up
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You should do it from emui settings not from twrp .

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miststudent2011 said:
You should do it from emui settings not from twrp .
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What do you mean?

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MikeyJay530 said:
What do you mean?
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You have told that you have formatted your device, if you have formatted it from twrp it will cause issues, you should format it from emui system settings.

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miststudent2011 said:
You have told that you have formatted your device, if you have formatted it from twrp it will cause issues, you should format it from emui system settings.
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No I need to do it in TWRP if I want to install a custom rom...lol

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MikeyJay530 said:
No I need to do it in TWRP if I want to install a custom rom...lol
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Seriously you are laughing at me for trying to help you ?
I need to do it in TWRP if I want to install a custom rom --> Where did you get it ?
Currently available TWRP are buggy and are causing issues.

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miststudent2011 said:
Seriously you are laughing at me for trying to help you ?
I need to do it in TWRP if I want to install a custom rom --> Where did you get it ?
Currently available TWRP are buggy and are causing issues.
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Noooo I'm laughing because I'm confused lol I got the twrp from the link on this thread.

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MikeyJay530 said:
Noooo I'm laughing because I'm confused lol I got the twrp from the link on this thread.
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TWRP is not needed if you try to flash openkirin roms they are among the best roms available right now for this device. go to openkirin.net for more details.

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miststudent2011 said:
TWRP is not needed if you try to flash openkirin roms they are among the best roms available right now for this device. go to openkirin.net for more details.
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I'm wanting to flash Pixel Experience though.
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miststudent2011 said:
TWRP is not needed if you try to flash openkirin roms they are among the best roms available right now for this device. go to openkirin.net for more details.
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Also, how do I get TWRP off my phone so I have EMUI recovery back?

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MikeyJay530 said:
I'm wanting to flash Pixel Experience though.
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Also, how do I get TWRP off my phone so I have EMUI recovery back?
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Download full firmware package from firmware finder and extract recovery from update.app and flash it ,
BTW what is your current phone state ?

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miststudent2011 said:
Download full firmware package from firmware finder and extract recovery from update.app and flash it ,
BTW what is your current phone state ?
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Is there a guide for that? Sorry I'm new with this phone. My phone is unlocked.

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MikeyJay530 said:
Is there a guide for that? Sorry I'm new with this phone. My phone is unlocked.
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What is your phone current state, you have just flashed only twrp or any other changes ?
did you format your phone through emui settings before flashing twrp ?
what build are you on currently ?