Hi All,
I've recently purchased a Huawei MediaPad M5 8.4 tablet, wit the default EMUI interface.
The device has recently upgraded from Android 8 to 9.
I'd like to install a custom ROM to see the differences in speed as well as reducing the amount of bloatware on the device.
Can anyone point out any available ROM's for the device that are tested and fully functioning?
I've read about Lineage OS but as far as I'm aware this is stuck at Android 8 level.
Any help would be great.
Thanks!
datom88 said:
Hi All,
I've recently purchased a Huawei MediaPad M5 8.4 tablet, wit the default EMUI interface.
The device has recently upgraded from Android 8 to 9.
I'd like to install a custom ROM to see the differences in speed as well as reducing the amount of bloatware on the device.
Can anyone point out any available ROM's for the device that are tested and fully functioning?
I've read about Lineage OS but as far as I'm aware this is stuck at Android 8 level.
Any help would be great.
Thanks!
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Did you receive a bootloader unlock code and did you unlock your bootloader? Otherwise you cannot install any custom ROM on your device.
Hi AndDiSa,
I've not been given any codes unfortunately. I bought the tablet from Amazon, boxed and new.
Is this code something I can obtain from the manufacturer, as it will still be under support and warranty?
Thanks
datom88 said:
Hi AndDiSa,
I've not been given any codes unfortunately. I bought the tablet from Amazon, boxed and new.
Is this code something I can obtain from the manufacturer, as it will still be under support and warranty?
Thanks
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Sorry, but Huawei stopped giving away unlock codes more than 1.5 years ago. I doubt there is an easy way to get it nowadays .
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What are the chances that this device will get TWRP and Root?
Not that I know... But this seems to be the best android tablet around now considering the price. Furthermore, its born with Android 8, which means it will be treple enabled thus the adaption of vanilla Android or others should be easier. Likewise, this should also improve security patches. I hope that someone will bring it.
Any progress of Rooting the HUAWEI MediaPad M5?
I want to buy it cuz my old Pixel C is sadly broken, but I wanna wait till it gots Root and Custom ROM:
@Marcopoloy13 I am in a similar situation as I would like to retire my old Nexus 7 (2012) and I am quite optimistic that TWRP will be available quite soon, as there is a device tree for the Honor 9 available and the Mediapad M5 sports the same SoC ...
As I am receiving my Huawei Mediapad M5 PRO next week, I wanted to look for root ... Is Huawei known to make a fuzz about root in case of sending it in for repairs etc. (I have a Samsung-past, friends of mine had issues with their support due to root ... ) ?
I am very new to Rooting, i just want to get linux deploy on this tab to install Debian. I have unlocked the bootloader the rooting is very hard.... i have no clue to what i am doing and was following the guide on this awesome forum but the imaging and so forth is not somthing i understand.
i have the CMR-w09 (non pro)
Unlock the bootloader?
How did you unlock the bootloader? I tried the “Huawei unlocking page" mentioned at Kingoapps website, but it didn't find anything about unlocking or bootloaders.
m5mediapad said:
I am very new to Rooting, i just want to get linux deploy on this tab to install Debian. I have unlocked the bootloader the rooting is very hard.... i have no clue to what i am doing and was following the guide on this awesome forum but the imaging and so forth is not somthing i understand.
i have the CMR-w09 (non pro)
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jkaltes said:
How did you unlock the bootloader? I tried the “Huawei unlocking page" mentioned
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For any WIFI only device, contact Huwaei via Phone (they rarely answer mails, so dont write one), explain the problem using their site (WIFI only device, therefore no IMEI etc), provide them your tablets serial number and let them send the unlock code via mail to you. Takes usually two business days until you have the unlock code.
can someone help me to flash twrp recovery to this phone(honor7s).
up someone help me
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up someone help me
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I just saw this post as I too have a Honor 7S
There is NO TWRP for our device.
The TWRP for the Honor 7A/7C/7X and Honor 7 doesn't work on our device.
Don't take any notice of people that tell you the TWRP for the Huawei 5Y or 7Y works on the Honor 7s - it doesn't and someone has already bricked their device trying.
you got to pay 4 euros to unlock the bootloader before you can even flash TWRP - and there isn't one!
The 7S is treble compatible but is a complete and utter waste of time and now I've found out there is absolutely zero development on this device, mine has gone back into its box, never to be seen again.
Greetings friends, I have an Honor 7S, to be honest the tlf disappoints, nor my Honor 4 was so slow ? !! This phone does not have a way to rotate it? In fact even the governor who manages the operating system is strange ... With a clean system (Android Pure) should be a better mobile, I know it is low-end but it is too slow
Zeus Revolution said:
Greetings friends, I have an Honor 7S, to be honest the tlf disappoints, nor my Honor 4 was so slow ? !! This phone does not have a way to rotate it? In fact even the governor who manages the operating system is strange ... With a clean system (Android Pure) should be a better mobile, I know it is low-end but it is too slow
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There is zero development on this device.
You have to pay to unlock the bootloader.
After that there is NO custom recovery for the 7S.
One user mistakenly flashed the Honor 7 twrp and bricked his 7S whilst another flashed the 7C twrp on his 7s and had the same results.
The device is project treble compatible so it should be easy to flash a pure Android GSI but seeing as there's zero development and zero interest in this device I've stopped using my own 7S and moved to something more popular.
Hi,
I am new to custom roms and have a Huawei mediapad tablet T1 on which I wanted to install custom rom, but I discovered that I need code for unlocking bootloader, which isn't provided by Huawei now directly, but paid codes are now provided by third parties. Is it still possible to get these codes for free?
If not, then I plan to buy a new tablet, allowing custom rom installation. Can you please recommend which tablet manufacturer or tablet model is most friendly for such custom roms installation?
Looking forward to your response.
masad8 said:
Hi,
I am new to custom roms and have a Huawei mediapad tablet T1 on which I wanted to install custom rom, but I discovered that I need code for unlocking bootloader, which isn't provided by Huawei now directly, but paid codes are now provided by third parties. Is it still possible to get these codes for free?
If not, then I plan to buy a new tablet, allowing custom rom installation. Can you please recommend which tablet manufacturer or tablet model is most friendly for such custom roms installation?
Looking forward to your response.
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If you're looking for tablet for installing custom roms, it is bad idea)) Now, no one wants to do custom roms for tablets, because iPad exists)) But if you dont care, you can buy Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite (30+ roms for this device), or Xiaomi PocoPhone F1 (20+ roms for this device). But, if you are really need android tablet for Custom ROMs, buy Samsung tablet, cuz, now it is the most popular tablet manufucturer from android world.
sorry for late answer):silly:
By the way, sorry for my language, im ukrainian))
UPD: There's no way to get unlock code for Huawei Bootloader. Exists unofficial methods, but better no try))
See:
Samsung's Galaxy Tab A7 Lite has leaked once again before launch
The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite has leaked once again via unofficial press renders that have been shared by Evan Blass.
www.xda-developers.com
I love the tablet, bought two of the 4GB/64GB for $149 each directly from Samsung site.
Well worth the money, I got them for gaming and watching videos, web surfing, really great tablets.
Can this tablet be rooted ?
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thatha said:
Can this tablet be rooted ?
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Not at this precise moment. Also, it has Knox security in tow...
thatha said:
Can this tablet be rooted ?
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impreza233 said:
Not at this precise moment. Also, it has Knox security in tow...
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Impreza thank you for making me rest.....I've been surfing online finding answers if that tablet can be rooted...please let me know if you guys found more info..thank you
Bought this thinking it was an upgrade from my Galaxy tab a 8.0 but since it's one ui core it's missing many features. Trying to trade it in now but it's past the 15 days. There's no smart view to mirror to any tv easily, theres no network file manager in my files (can't access G drive or any others).
Just make sure you know what you're buying. It's not lite because of being smaller than A7, it's a stripped down OS and the features can't be installed afterwards (have tried many apks). I didn't want a big tablet, wanted a mid size tablet with upgraded CPU.
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Bought this thinking it was an upgrade from my Galaxy tab a 8.0 but since it's one ui core it's missing many features. Trying to trade it in now but it's past the 15 days. There's no smart view to mirror to any tv easily, theres no network file manager in my files (can't access G drive or any others).
Just make sure you know what you're buying. It's not lite because of being smaller than A7, it's a stripped down OS and the features can't be installed afterwards (have tried many apks). I didn't want a big tablet, wanted a mid size tablet with upgraded CPU.
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I agree with that. If you are sure you know what you're buying, the experience of the A7 Lite isn't bad. One UI Core is the same stripped down OS in the regular A7 (Snapdragon 662) and in the A7 Lite. CPU works very fluid if you tweak some settings (default One UI animations are awfully slow). Battery lasts A LOT (8,5-9 hours SOT). Smart View was removed and changed in all One UI devices with the upgrade to Android 11/One UI 3.0 (regular and Core), and it was replaced with Google Cast native screen mirroring (ergo Chromecast).
Use Solid Explorer or Amaze if you want to access network file places. It works well on my side.
Despite being a Mediatek tablet, you wont't find anything MTK-related in the tablet. Samsung has its software very well masked. And I think that, in Helio P22T, Mediatek vulnerabilities have been fixed with security monthly patches.
KINGJAY684 said:
Impreza thank you for making me rest.....I've been surfing online finding answers if that tablet can be rooted...please let me know if you guys found more info..thank you
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I guess that MTK-su has been fixed on Android 11... But I think that I could boot something with DSU Loader, which is available...
impreza233 said:
I guess that MTK-su has been fixed on Android 11... But I think that I could boot something with DSU Loader, which is available...
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Just wanted to chime in here and say that I successfully rooted the tablet using the same method for the Lite as the regular A7 using THIS GUIDE. Obviously it tripped Knox but I needed it rooted for my use case. One note is that when you download the stock firmware with an application like Samsung Firmware Downloader, make sure you choose the correct Model and Region. These can be found in the settings on the tablet.
Is it possible to enable Google Discover for default launcher?
I bought Galaxy Tab A7 Lite LTE SM-T225 3/32GB and it works quite nice. Small and good device. Would be cool to see on it clean Android or LineageOS (fingers crossed). There is not too many ~8 inch tablets today with the latest Android version.
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Yes it can
I've been working on porting TWRP for AOSP Android 11 to this device but have run into some roadblocks.
I currently have TWRP running but touch is not working and I can't seem to get Data R/W with the current tools available. It's possible it's an error in my build or maybe a workflow problem.
If anyone out there with more experience is doing the same or wants to help me sort some things out, please let me know.
I purchased the SM-T225 LTE 4/64GB model, a good device, but there was a problem on the latest T225XXU1AUH5 & UI3 firmware, specifically with a modem... after the end of the call, the mobile network disappears, and after rebooting Baseband Unknown Flashing does not help, only resetting the data helps, but before the next call... The device had Root rights, but is now installed stock firmware and blocked the bootloader, but the problem remains... At the same time, if you install the old modem UDA,UE3,UF2 , it works without problems... Has anyone encountered anything like this?
My only disappointment is that knox is included. I came from tab A 8.0 2019 which has no knox
tagcart said:
Just wanted to chime in here and say that I successfully rooted the tablet using the same method for the Lite as the regular A7 using THIS GUIDE. Obviously it tripped Knox but I needed it rooted for my use case. One note is that when you download the stock firmware with an application like Samsung Firmware Downloader, make sure you choose the correct Model and Region. These can be found in the settings on the tablet.
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I was wondering if you have the 64gb version with 4gb of ram and if it has a 32bit or 64bit version of the android OS
BadCase.org said:
I was wondering if you have the 64gb version with 4gb of ram and if it has a 32bit or 64bit version of the android OS
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I have a SM-T225 LTE 4 / 64Gb model. 64-bit model, 3 / 32Gb variant is the same in parameters, except for the amount of memory ...
Screenshots from the Phone Info program:
Bought one earlier today for a second screen for browsing while I'm gaming on the laptop. Got way more than I expected for such a cheap price. Debloated and tweaked, I really can't complain.
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Yes it can
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would you please help me if i want to root the sm-t220 model for a7 lite. i've tried everything, I've failed. T220XXU1AUJ1
Hi at all. Have a tablet huawei T1 701u with old android 4.4. I ask if exist a custom rom based on android 8 or higher for this tablet. Bootloader is alrealdy unlocked.
Thanks
Nobody can help me, please
Thanks
Mauroz79 said:
Hi at all. Have a tablet huawei T1 701u with old android 4.4. I ask if exist a custom rom based on android 8 or higher for this tablet. Bootloader is alrealdy unlocked.
Thanks
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NOPE, DON'T EXPECT ANDROID 8 OR HIGHER ROMS FOR THIS TABLET.
No one wants to develop software for old ****ing things that aren't iconic or popular enough nowadays, everyone's either focusing on modern phones from Google, Xiaomi, etc.... or phones that were literally hot **** back then (like the Samsung Galaxy S2, S3, S4, etc...)
Highest you can go is Lollipop (and maybe, Marshmallow?)
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NOPE, DON'T EXPECT ANDROID 8 OR HIGHER ROMS FOR THIS TABLET.
No one wants to develop software for old ****ing things that aren't iconic or popular enough nowadays, everyone's either focusing on modern phones from Google, Xiaomi, etc.... or phones that were literally hot **** back then (like the Samsung Galaxy S2, S3, S4, etc...)
Highest you can go is Lollipop (and maybe, Marshmallow?)
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Thanks for reply. Now i am on android 4.4 kitkat. How can find rom lollipop or marshallow for this tablet.Thanks
Mauroz79 said:
Thanks for reply. Now i am on android 4.4 kitkat. How can find rom lollipop or marshallow for this tablet.Thanks
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If your model is a 7D-50xx/S7-30xx variant, you can get custom ROMs for them.
For 7D-50xx (Mediapad X1) models, there's only a beta version of Lollipop from Huawei (and since it's a beta from Huawei, that means there must have been an official update already - go check your updates in the settings if your model is the 7D-50xx model.)
For S7-30xx (Mediapad T1, 7 inches) models, you can get CyanogenMod 10.1 running on it, but that is on 4.2.1. But since you don't give me the specifics of your model name, I don't think I'll be able to help you much.
hey may i ask how u managed to unlock the bootloader, i went through hell i have the 701W version but i can't find any proper solution.