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I'd like to get rid of the Huawei UI and get something clean like AOSP or CM.
Do we have any roms yet?
None so far. It seems Huawei hasn't released any sources yet.
As a workaround, just install any 3rd party launcher. Nova works fine.
Nova would probably be the first thing I put on there, I hear this phone doesn't come with the Google play store though?
What about root? Has that been done yet? Gotta uninstall all the junk
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None so far. It seems Huawei hasn't released any sources yet.
As a workaround, just install any 3rd party launcher. Nova works fine.
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There is not even any custom recovery yet !! So flashing any zip roms not possible even if available..
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Do we have a way to root yet?
Rooting just use n google for program root genius. It works fine n very fast to get phone rooted
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omniphil said:
Nova would probably be the first thing I put on there, I hear this phone doesn't come with the Google play store though?
What about root? Has that been done yet? Gotta uninstall all the junk
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There isn't much junk on this phone, quite a clean ROM. The International models come with Play store. The China models have an installable Play store from the Huawei app store, so there is no problem.
To root, you need to first install HiSuite, then enable USB debugging, then run Root Genius.
I'm not sure which version I ordered. I got the FDD Dual LTE one from here..
http://www.huaweimobileshop.com/
Does HiSuite come with the phone or do I have to download it somewhere?
joytest said:
There isn't much junk on this phone, quite a clean ROM. The International models come with Play store. The China models have an installable Play store from the Huawei app store, so there is no problem.
To root, you need to first install HiSuite, then enable USB debugging, then run Root Genius.
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I'm not sure which version I ordered. I got the FDD Dual LTE one from here..
http://www.huaweimobileshop.com/
Does HiSuite come with the phone or do I have to download it somewhere?
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Here
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/downloads/detail/index.htm?id=16205
or here which is the main site
http://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/HiSuite_en/index.html
Excellent! Thank you!
I guess the first thing to do once I get the phone is to update it to the latest firmware via HiSuite and then root it.
I wonder if I need to unlock the phone as well? I will be putting in a sim card from the US, but I suspect phones outside the US aren't carrier locked.
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There isn't much junk on this phone, quite a clean ROM. The International models come with Play store. The China models have an installable Play store from the Huawei app store, so there is no problem.
To root, you need to first install HiSuite, then enable USB debugging, then run Root Genius.
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Here
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/downloads/detail/index.htm?id=16205
or here which is the main site
http://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/HiSuite_en/index.html
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omniphil said:
I'm not sure which version I ordered. I got the FDD Dual LTE one from here..
http://www.huaweimobileshop.com/
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Which country do you live in and how long did it take to arrive?
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Which country do you live in and how long did it take to arrive?
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United States, took 3 days to arrive.
omniphil said:
United States, took 3 days to arrive.
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OK, thanks. Any import tax on charged on it?
I'm in the UK and a bit concerned that I'm going to get hit with another £30 or £40 in import duty, as it'll be coming from the Far East. It might not be the same in the US though I suppose.
Does anyone know how it works regarding import tax/duty to the UK?
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OK, thanks. Any import tax on charged on it?
I'm in the UK and a bit concerned that I'm going to get hit with another £30 or £40 in import duty, as it'll be coming from the Far East. It might not be the same in the US though I suppose.
Does anyone know how it works regarding import tax/duty to the UK?
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USA doesn't charge tax/customs for these devices. Some China based vendors will offer to ship the item without the original retail packaging to avoid additional taxes for certain destinations.
acuratlsfan said:
USA doesn't charge tax/customs for these devices. Some China based vendors will offer to ship the item without the original retail packaging to avoid additional taxes for certain destinations.
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Yup, no taxes for me. It was either $13 for regular shipping and $19 for expedited shipping, Expedited took 3 days, pretty nice...
That's all I paid over the cost of the phone.
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OK, thanks. Any import tax on charged on it?
I'm in the UK and a bit concerned that I'm going to get hit with another £30 or £40 in import duty, as it'll be coming from the Far East. It might not be the same in the US though I suppose.
Does anyone know how it works regarding import tax/duty to the UK?
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One of my first replies here on XDA, even tho I visit these forums every day.
About customs taxes: I live in The Netherlands, rougly 10% of all incoming parcels gets manually checked and opened by the dutch customs. I always let the seller mark the customs value as 17$ OR BELOW IT. The rule in The Netherlands is that all parcels, coming from outside EU, gets a 21% TAX and €17,50 standard import/clearance costs. Writing now with my X1, imported without any additional costs. Try to let the seller mark 15$ on your parcel and I think you can import it without having to pay taxes. Also this works perfect for me with DHL and small airmail parcels, big parcels (i.e. 20pcs Beats by Dre Studio) shipped with Airmail or HK Speedpost always gets picked out, never with DHL.
Wish you good luck, and let me knpw if you order it and how it's done after importing regardings taxes.
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One of my first replies here on XDA, even tho I visit these forums every day.
About customs taxes: I live in The Netherlands, rougly 10% of all incoming parcels gets manually checked and opened by the dutch customs. I always let the seller mark the customs value as 17$ OR BELOW IT. The rule in The Netherlands is that all parcels, coming from outside EU, gets a 21% TAX and €17,50 standard import/clearance costs. Writing now with my X1, imported without any additional costs. Try to let the seller mark 15$ on your parcel and I think you can import it without having to pay taxes. Also this works perfect for me with DHL and small airmail parcels, big parcels (i.e. 20pcs Beats by Dre Studio) shipped with Airmail or HK Speedpost always gets picked out, never with DHL.
Wish you good luck, and let me knpw if you order it and how it's done after importing regardings taxes.
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Thanks for the post. I'm hoping a friend of mine can get one from Malaysia and bring it back to the UK for me.
I suppose the important question is actually this:
Is the phone actually worth it - is it any good?
DrHRH said:
Thanks for the post. I'm hoping a friend of mine can get one from Malaysia and bring it back to the UK for me.
I suppose the important question is actually this:
Is the phone actually worth it - is it any good?
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Great.
Phone is actually pretty good. Annoys me that the AOSP Android Development isn't going fast. Chinese forums already have CWM in Chinese language, but still nothing different than MIUI. I've installed the 4.4 Google Now launcher and removed the borders around the icons which MIUI implements by default. Really strange thing is that my Android is way faster now than it was when I got it in the beginning, didn't change anything.
Keyboard typing needs some practice at this big screen, using AOSP keyboard right now but I always type the letter 'M' instead of 'N' and the letter 'P' instead of 'o' lol. Trying to get used to it now for a couple of weeks, but still need to practice more haha.
Hopefully this phone gets dev's attention, so we can get a AOSP rom, but I think we'll need to wait on Huawei for releasing the kernel sources...
As above, is there anyway to download the above firmware other than funkyHuawei? I dont think its right i should have to pay $35 for 5 credits when Huawei should release the OTA update to fix several problems with there device, especially a phone that doesn't work over WiFi!
I guess you could email Huawei, or your operator. It doesn't exist outside of FH, not sure how he got his hand on it.
Or you could rebrand to C432 or C636.
No way to do this unfortunately. You could contact Huawei but they will ask for your IMEI, then tell you the update is being rolled out.
Luckily I don't have the WiFi problem, but a few other smaller problems which could do with an update.
Maybe the phone doesn't like certain routers. Not sure.
I emailed Huawei last week but doubt anything good will come out of it. So is the firmware over at FH unofficial?
ant78 said:
I emailed Huawei last week but doubt anything good will come out of it. So is the firmware over at FH unofficial?
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Could be a beta.
ant78 said:
I emailed Huawei last week but doubt anything good will come out of it. So is the firmware over at FH unofficial?
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A select few have said they got it as an OTA so I don't think so, unless they used FH
I talked to Huawei live chat and they confirmed that this update is rolling out to UK users, just a waiting game.
I'd use funkyhuawei if it was a one time purchase but having to buy 'credits' every time I want to flash an update just doesn't justify value to me.
Guess I'll wait for the OTA
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I talked to Huawei live chat and they confirmed that this update is rolling out to UK users, just a waiting game.
I'd use funkyhuawei if it was a one time purchase but having to buy 'credits' every time I want to flash an update just doesn't justify value to me.
Guess I'll wait for the OTA
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Exactly, why should we pay for a official ota update !!!! What is really bugging me is the fact im having to use my data plan as the WiFi doesn't work. If i dont get a ota very soon im going to return my handset as i dont get long to return anyway.
ant78 said:
Exactly, why should we pay for a official ota update !!!! What is really bugging me is the fact im having to use my data plan as the WiFi doesn't work. If i dont get a ota very soon im going to return my handset as i dont get long to return anyway.
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I'm the same mate, I've got until tomorrow. Going to try the Huawei live chat again tomorrow to see if they can force an update. If not I'll see what three can do
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I'm the same mate, I've got until tomorrow. Going to try the Huawei live chat again tomorrow to see if they can force an update. If not I'll see what three can do
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Let me know how you get on, im still waiting on an email reply as the chat was down. I bought mine sim free from amazon so i dont see why im waiting for a OTA unless its because i stuck a Vodafone sim card in it?
Hi, I got the BLA-L09 8.0.0.124 update about a fortnight ago (bought unlocked from CPW in Nov.) and did receive the update OTA..... did NOT buy anything from FH. So, can confirm it is a UK OTA update, so, should roll-out eventually...bit of a pain though for anybody playing the IMEI waiting game...
When checking for ota, sometimes you have to click the 3 dots in the upper right and click install full package.
Another thing sometimes i was getting ota update on Huawei's phones after a factory reset directly,i would do it from the stock recovery,but don't feel bad if this doesn't work for you, it's up to you if you can't wait and want to try.
ant78 said:
Exactly, why should we pay for a official ota update !!!! What is really bugging me is the fact im having to use my data plan as the WiFi doesn't work. If i dont get a ota very soon im going to return my handset as i dont get long to return anyway.
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I'm the same mate, I've got until tomorrow. Going to try the Huawei live chat again tomorrow to see if they can force an update. If not I'll see what three can do
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Let me know how you get on, im still waiting on an email reply as the chat was down. I bought mine sim free from amazon so i dont see why im waiting for a OTA unless its because i stuck a Vodafone sim card in it?
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Think I am going to send it back. Apart from having a bit better battery and brighter screen than my U11+, the software is a mess and the audio via every dongle is worse.
Don't think the sim card you used has anything to do with it really. Just IMEI lottery which is stupid tbh lol
What is in this update? In the Change Log it says, "No information". Google search doesn't return much except a reddit thread where someone said, "I purchased a sim free mate 10 pro from CPW which was running 115 (c782) flashed this fine but since I always get an EE app even after a factory reset, help?" I too bought Sim Free from Carphone Warehouse and am worried I'll get EE spam on my phone (I'm an EE subscriber), so need to know if it is worth updating.
cpoxon said:
What is in this update? In the Change Log it says, "No information". Google search doesn't return much except a reddit thread where someone said, "I purchased a sim free mate 10 pro from CPW which was running 115 (c782) flashed this fine but since I always get an EE app even after a factory reset, help?" I too bought Sim Free from Carphone Warehouse and am worried I'll get EE spam on my phone (I'm an EE subscriber), so need to know if it is worth updating.
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If you pay the money and update via FunkyHuawei you will likely get some EE branding. If you wait for the official OTA update, it will stay with the carrier branding you have at the moment.
It appears that FunkyHuawei has managed to get hold of the EE version of the latest firmware.
Three?
mad.jack10 said:
I'm the same mate, I've got until tomorrow. Going to try the Huawei live chat again tomorrow to see if they can force an update. If not I'll see what three can do
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Good luck with that!
Still no reply from Huawei, they have till the end of the week to reply back to me otherwise im sending it back for a one plus 5T. The more i use the phone the more faults i find, Today i used google maps to navigate me to an address, is so jerky and not smooth at all, really bad.
I spoke with Huawei regarding the bugs I have with this phone on firmware 115 and the update to fix them.
They took my imei . They told me there was an update that is approved for ota waiting for me.
I told them both ota and hi suite say there is no update for my phone.
They then tell me the update is automated and rolled out in batches and I must then wait for the update notification....
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I spoke with Huawei regarding the bugs I have with this phone on firmware 115 and the update to fix them.
They took my imei . They told me there was an update that is approved for ota waiting for me.
I told them both ota and hi suite say there is no update for my phone.
They then tell me the update is automated and rolled out in batches and I must then wait for the update notification....
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I asked the same question 14 days ago and was told the same. Still no update.
numbnutsuk said:
I spoke with Huawei regarding the bugs I have with this phone on firmware 115 and the update to fix them.
They took my imei . They told me there was an update that is approved for ota waiting for me.
I told them both ota and hi suite say there is no update for my phone.
They then tell me the update is automated and rolled out in batches and I must then wait for the update notification....
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Mario_Wiznycia said:
I asked the same question 14 days ago and was told the same. Still no update.
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If the update is approved for ur iemi than factory reset Should trigger it,you can try wiping cache first in stock recovery.
Hi
I have a mate 20 pro LYA-L09 but its region is set at C900, I have not gotten any of the updates since getting the phone, is there a way to change the region?
Just guessing here but, try changing your Huawei region on the Huawei Apps Gallery (I don't remember the exact name for the Huawei Store).
gamekill said:
Just guessing here but, try changing your Huawei region on the Huawei Apps Gallery (I don't remember the exact name for the Huawei Store).
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I think you meant Huawei app gallery. No, it doesn't work.
To OP. Is your phone bound by carrier? If no, it means it is an international unlocked version. VPN wouldn't solve your issue. Your best bet is to insert another country's SIM card into your phone and hopefully receive that country's update.
Koong1 said:
I think you meant Huawei app gallery. No, it doesn't work.
To OP. Is your phone bound by carrier? If no, it means it is an international unlocked version. VPN wouldn't solve your issue. Your best bet is to insert another country's SIM card into your phone and hopefully receive that country's update.
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Hey no its not bound to a carrier, I got it direct from Huawei, will see if i can get my hands on another countries sim card. Thank you
I bought my phone in Malaysia, international version, and am using it in the US on T-Mobile. I just received the update tonight after checking the settings. It'll come, it just takes time.
Mate 20 Pro in USA
Did you get the 9.1 EMUI yet?
RCS Available in ASIA region. What's up with your areas?
How do I post pictures? I was able to get a screenshot of it but now after refreshing it reverted back to unavailable. Dang it
RCS not available yet in Google Android Messages (C432 France).
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RCS not available yet in Google Android Messages (C432 France).
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I know it is on initial release in Europe. That is why I got took screenshot of it when I saw it on my phone. Now it reverted back to "unavailable" was able to change some settings on it.
I got notifications that is working on my handset in the uk after emui 9.1 update
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I got notifications that is working on my handset in the uk after emui 9.1 update
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To be honest I got excited to see it but then again.
Google has got tired on waiting on the networks to do this so are working on a fix for Android itself to do it, can't imagine how
Nothing in denmark, status says configuration but will not accept ?
Available in the Philippines under Globe telecom.
saironjay said:
Available in the Philippines under Globe telecom.
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I saw it enabled on mine but was rebooted right away then became unavailable. Im on smart btw.
AndreBernardo13 said:
I saw it enabled on mine but was rebooted right away then became unavailable. Im on smart btw.
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Hmm. Maybe Smart just beginning to roll out the feature. I only noticed RCS last Sunday and was able to use it. Unfortunately, I don't have any friends under Smart telecom so I can test the feature.
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Hmm. Maybe Smart just beginning to roll out the feature. I only noticed RCS last Sunday and was able to use it. Unfortunately, I don't have any friends under Smart telecom so I can test the feature.
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I have a globe sim with this M20P. Maybe i could try it! Il update you if its okay!
This feature is mobile services dependent. If you're mobile service provider doesn't offer this feature you can't use it. For me it's been available since I've got the phone in November, because my provider has this feature.
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Hmm. Maybe Smart just beginning to roll out the feature. I only noticed RCS last Sunday and was able to use it. Unfortunately, I don't have any friends under Smart telecom so I can test the feature.
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Its working on Globe!! But my primary number is smart! Dangggggg!!! How can i post a pic? Haha niceeee!
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This feature is mobile services dependent. If you're mobile service provider doesn't offer this feature you can't use it. For me it's been available since I've got the phone in November, because my provider has this feature.
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Hi! Google just started to roll out this feature just last month. Primarily in EU, im surprised to see it out here in SEA. Il post the link here!
It's been available (and working) on my L-09 UK unlocked handset (running on EE) for the last couple of weeks.
My OnePlus 7 Pro, using the same SIM, refuses to even try activating it though
AndreBernardo13 said:
Hi! Google just started to roll out this feature just last month. Primarily in EU, im surprised to see it out here in SEA. Il post the link here!
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This feature was available for some time now. But it depended on the manufacturer of the smartphone and carrier to work. It seems that Google made this to work without any dependencies.
stuclark said:
It's been available (and working) on my L-09 UK unlocked handset (running on EE) for the last couple of weeks.
My OnePlus 7 Pro, using the same SIM, refuses to even try activating it though
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Yeah Google's trying it out there. If all goes well it might roll out soon to other countries. Hopefully it'll be like iMessage.
I now have this on my Mate 20 Pro. BT Mobile UK.
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Is there an issue with this on dual sim phones? I think I've seen that mentioned before?
Hi all,
I have been looking for over 6 months for a way to unlock the bootloader on my UK Huawei Mate 20 Pro. I can not find any way which looks to work and doesnt involve going to a dodgy looking website. Has any one found a verified way to unlock the bootloader recently?
Thanks
ahmed786 said:
Hi all,
I have been looking for over 6 months for a way to unlock the bootloader on my UK Huawei Mate 20 Pro. I can not find any way which looks to work and doesnt involve going to a dodgy looking website. Has any one found a verified way to unlock the bootloader recently?
Thanks
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You can no longer unlock bootloader as Huawei stopped releasing codes, some may post sites where they get code from, I personally wouldn't use any site or trust any site as how they can generate a code if official source has stopped.
The sites are legit actually.
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The sites are legit actually.
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Which sites do you use?
kotosif said:
Which sites do you use?
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Ministry of solutions made mine from from Chinese to global edition
speedtripler said:
Ministry of solutions made mine from from Chinese to global edition
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but charge very expensive with $40, some chinese provider can rebrand with only $10 to rebrand .... I DO rebrand mine from chinese to global as well
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but charge very expensive with $40, some chinese provider can rebrand with only $10 to rebrand .... I DO rebrand mine from chinese to global as well
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Very nice!