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[HOW-TO] Convert L55U [UNICOM] to D6633

Hello guys ..
how are you all .. ??
hope you all fine ..
today i'm gonna tell you how to convert your Xperia Z3 (L55u) unicom edition to D6633 ..
what is the benefit of doing that .. ??
after converting your l55u to d6633 you will have an international Z3 edition without any Chinese apps and easy to root ..
also you will receive OTA ..
Notes ..
1. This works only for L55U ..
2. Disable Anti-Virus ..
3. Battery should be at least 50% ..
PLEASE PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK
Let's Start ..
1. Download this package ..
>>>D6633 + FlashTool<<<
which contains latest D6633 FTF and Flashtool (Portable) ..
NOTE: you can download your preferred FlashTool and FTF file from anywhere you want.
2. Extract files and copy FlashTool folder to C:\ ..
3. Now go to "C:\Flashtool\drivers" and run "Flashtool-drivers.exe" and install drivers ..
4. Copy FTF file to "C:\Flashtool\firmwares" then run Flashtool.exe ..
5. Click on the Lightning mark from the left and choose Flashmode ..
6. Now you will see a new window which contains your FTF info .. don't change anything and click FLASH ..
7. Wait a few seconds before you see a new window with instructions of how to connect your device ..
8. Now turn off your phone and press Volume Down + Connect USB and wait for Flashing to start ..
9. Once Flashing is done .. disconnect your phone and power it on and have fun with your international edition of Z3 ..
>>>>>DONE<<<<<
i hope this guide is helpful for someone ..
Regards.

Any chance for something like this with the tmous version?
What are the differences between the unicom and unlocked international? Any hardware differences?
Sean

you could try with D6653 FTF ..
>>but you do that at your own risk ..
and there is no hardware differences between L55U and D6633.

Hi,
Sorry for the noob question but when do I connect the phone? I assume during step 4?
Thanks for the guide! It's just what I was looking for

twelveways1 said:
Hi,
Sorry for the noob question but when do I connect the phone? I assume during step 4?
Thanks for the guide! It's just what I was looking for
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Read the instructions.... step 7/8

gregbradley said:
Read the instructions.... step 7/8
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My bad....
Thanks!

Another possibly stupid question...
I am unable to download and install the drivers from the flashtool, according the the Xperia software, everything is up to date but when I use the flashtool-drivers application it just tells me it has failed and it won't let me flash it without them.
Is there something I am overlooking?
Thanks
edit:
nm, fixed. Needed to change driver permissions on windows 8

Hello everyone
I have a little question
I have a sol26 32g storage then I flashed a d6603 rom now my phone sees only 16g anyone know how to fix it back?

hey guys..
can u pls refresh the link..? it is broken..

I Need the stock firmware for huawei p8lite ALE-L21 with build : c185b160

Forgive me for bad English. I bought a p8 lite ALE-L21 in Egypt. once unpacked and switched on the device, it received two updates one after another. I don't remember the first build. but the current build is ALE-L21 C185B160.
I unlocked bootloader and rooted with king root then flashed TWRP. while removing some bloatware I removed some important apps by mistake.
Now I want to go back to the official untouched build firmware to have these features back.
I searched for this build B160 everywhere but all I found is B170. NO B160 anywhere.
I tried to flash the B170 but FAILED
PLEASE HELP ME FIND ALE-L21C185B160 Build.
any help will be appreciated.
thanks
Vampokin Sent from ale-l21

you need to flash C185B120 rom, then you will receive un apdate to B130 version then an another to the B160
all you have to do is to search for the rom and flash it via fast boot mod

AmINoS007 said:
you need to flash C185B120 rom, then you will receive un apdate to B130 version then an another to the B160
all you have to do? is to search for the rom and flash it via fast boot mod
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thanks. I really appreciate your help. does flashing b120 require an intermediate package? I am gonna try this then give feedback

It Worked, thanks thanks thanks Bro. Please let me help you with anything.

you'r welcome, thank you

I'm sorry, but it didn't work. I thought it was flashed successful but no. it started but then failed. What should I do now. I hate huawei because the rules I don't know.I really want to understand how it goes!
the Cxxx to Bxxx rules make me confused.

Hi i have ALE-21C185B130 BUT. I can't find any update to C185B160, i live in Mauritius, please help

vampokin said:
I'm sorry, but it didn't work. I thougt it was flashed successful but no. it started but then failed. What should I do now. I hate huawei because the rules I don't know.I really want to understand how it goes!
the Cxxx to Bxxx rules make me confused.
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Dude, have you found any solution yet?
I have the same problem and Im Kinda stuck there ..
I read somewhere that I can flash the European version "ALE-the L21 V100R001C432 B052" which I'm not sure whether it will work ..
Now I need a stock Rom to fix all the mess I made.
Plz let me know if you could fix it!
Edit: if B052 didn't work just try this one it should work "Huawei ALE-L21 Firmware(Android 5.0, EMUI 3.1, C185B131, United Arab Emirates Rep)"
...... 3lshhan el version elly f masr hwa hwa bta3 el emarat .. w adi el link ... " http( : )//download-c.huawei(.)com/download/downloadCenter?downloadId=65843&version=232698&siteCode=aeen "
PS: remove the ( ) after "http" and before "com"

hh_hossam said:
Dude, have you found any solution yet?
I have the same problem and Im Kinda stuck there ..
I read somewhere that I can flash the European version "ALE-the L21 V100R001C432 B052" which I'm not sure whether it will work ..
Now I need a stock Rom to fix all the mess I made.
Plz let me know if you could fix it!
Edit: if B052 didn't work just try this one it should work "Huawei ALE-L21 Firmware(Android 5.0, EMUI 3.1, C185B131, United Arab Emirates Rep)"
...... 3lshhan el version elly f masr hwa hwa bta3 el emarat .. w adi el link ... " http( : )//download-c.huawei(.)com/download/downloadCenter?downloadId=65843&version=232698&siteCode=aeen "
PS: remove the ( ) after "http" and before "com"
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shokran hh_hossam, It worked with you?

vampokin said:
shokran hh_hossam, It worked with you?
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Still downloading the Rom ....
Enta 3arf elnet 3ndna zft :crying:
Will keep you updated Insha'Allah and so you do too .. just let me know if anything of this worked for you .. or maybe other.

I didn't work for you, then you didn't know how to do it
I did it my self on my device and it worked like a charm
Any way, I created an auto flashable version for this rom, juste download it, plug in the phone with usb cable into your pc ( of course make sure usb debugging is on and drivers are installed and your bootloader is unlocked ) then juste click the FLASH-ALL file and the phone will reboot automatically into fast-boot mod and flash the rom.
Of course you will loose your data, also your IMEI? but no worries, juste update to B130 version via OTA ( go to update and search for an update and you wll find it ) and you will get your IMEI back. then you will receive the B160 update via OTA too.
here's the link of the rom I made : https://mega.nz/#!ZIkXXRDQ!_jvnDA3_0b2zxNF3atgqM3HBq-0NgMIFQtADQfJLtMs
Good Luck

AmINoS007 said:
I didn't work for you, then you didn't know how to do it
I did it my self on my device and it worked like a charm
Any way, I created an auto flashable version for this rom, juste download it, plug in the phone with usb cable into your pc ( of course make sure usb debugging is on and drivers are installed and your bootloader is unlocked ) then juste click the FLASH-ALL file and the phone will reboot automatically into fast-boot mod and flash the rom.
Of course you will loose your data, also your IMEI? but no worries, juste update to B130 version via OTA ( go to update and search for an update and you wll find it ) and you will get your IMEI back. then you will receive the B160 update via OTA too.
here's the link of the rom I made : https://mega.nz/#!ZIkXXRDQ!_jvnDA3_0b2zxNF3atgqM3HBq-0NgMIFQtADQfJLtMs
Good Luck
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So what if my bootloader is locked?
I have rooted my phone without unlocking the bootloader .. it's not a full root but I can't get rid of it .. the only way is to force flash the official firmware which I couldn't find anywhere .. If maybe I have the OTA update B160 alone I guess it might solve my problem but there isn't such thing on the internet.
Well anyway I finished downloading the full B132 now and I'll give it a try tomorrow morning and see If it will work .. If not .. I'll try the one you made if it works with bootloader locked. (I don't know yet)...
One last question plz: if I want to upgrade to marshmallow 6.0 .. from where should I begin?
I know it's only for the European version which starts with B052 => B170 => B188 => B524 etc...
So is there any working method to get to the B524 directly from our version without having to do it all from scratch like that?
And can we actually flash the European version instead?
I.I'm Sorry but huawei is really confusing and playing dumb with us.

hh_hossam said:
Still downloading the Rom ....
Enta 3arf elnet 3ndna zft :crying:
Will keep you updated Insha'Allah and so you do too .. just let me know if anything of this worked for you .. or maybe other.
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I'm sorry ?. msh shaghalah. wala el europiyyah wala el b130
انا كمان نزلت روم من موقع ايراني b131 وروم من موقع صيني، وبعد عذاب مفيش حاجة اشتغلت.
مش عارف، شكلنا هنتطر ننتظر لما يتزل upgrade ليها، بس يا ريت هو كمان يشتغل.
لو عندك واتساب وعرفت جديد يا ريت تبعتلي
01095502713

hh_hossam said:
So what if my bootloader is locked?
I have rooted my phone without unlocking the bootloader .. it's not a full root but I can't get rid of it .. the only way is to force flash the official firmware which I couldn't find anywhere .. If maybe I have the OTA update B160 alone I guess it might solve my problem but there isn't such thing on the internet.
Well anyway I finished downloading the full B132 now and I'll give it a try tomorrow morning and see If it will work .. If not .. I'll try the one you made if it works with bootloader locked. (I don't know yet)...
One last question plz: if I want to upgrade to marshmallow 6.0 .. from where should I begin?
I know it's only for the European version which starts with B052 => B170 => B188 => B524 etc...
So is there any working method to get to the B524 directly from our version without having to do it all from scratch like that?
And can we actually flash the European version instead?
I.I'm Sorry but huawei is really confusing and playing dumb with us.
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no unlocked bootloader ==> no rom flashing on the phone
there is another way but due to your net speed it could take days maybe even a week... so whatever lol
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vampokin said:
I'm sorry . msh shaghalah. wala el europiyyah wala el b130
انا كمان نزلت روم من موقع ايراني b131 وروم من موقع صيني، وبعد عذاب مفيش حاجة اشتغلت.
مش عارف، شكلنا هنتطر ننتظر لما يتزل upgrade ليها، بس يا ريت هو كمان يشتغل.
لو عندك واتساب وعرفت جديد يا ريت تبعتلي
01095502713
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this is an english forum, don't use arabic language

@amlNoS007
I'd have apologized to you if you'd said "please"
Any way I should be polite koz I am Muslim Arab.
I was directing my speech to Hossam, another Arab, so I spoke Arabic
This should not upset you.

hey i've the same in egypt when i bought first startup got b160 update then nothing and i'm not planning to do downgrades ...etc to get 6.0
someone here got MM update to c185b524 ota in uae from 2 weeks ago

AmINoS007 said:
no unlocked bootloader ==> no rom flashing on the phone
there is another way but due to your net speed it could take days maybe even a week... so whatever lol
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Well I may wanna know this other way though.
no matter how long it will take I have no problem since it's gonna work.

hh_hossam said:
Well I may wanna know this other way though.
no matter how long it will take I have no problem since it's gonna work.
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plug the phone into pc with usb cable, turn it off, then push vol+ , vol - and power button together, the phone will donwload a new firmware

AmINoS007 said:
plug the phone into pc with usb cable, turn it off, then push vol+ , vol - and power button together, the phone will donwload a new firmware
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Thank you for your answers..
But I just found something weird that I don't understand ..
I booted the phone in fastboot mode and found "phone is unlocked" while I haven't actually unlocked the bootloader.
I only followed the tutorial on this thread ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/tutorial-how-to-root-bootloader-unlock-t3314786/page4
My question is ..
Is it really a full unlocking?
With having this, could I make a full root by flashing supersu files through fastboot or flash a custom recovery?
Is there any way to relock the phone as I haven't unlocked it officially?

hh_hossam said:
Thank you for your answers..
But I just found something weird that I don't understand ..
I booted the phone in fastboot mode and found "phone is unlocked" while I haven't actually unlocked the bootloader.
I only followed the tutorial on this thread ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/tutorial-how-to-root-bootloader-unlock-t3314786/page4
My question is ..
Is it really a full unlocking?
With having this, could I make a full root by flashing supersu files through fastboot or flash a custom recovery?
Is there any way to relock the phone as I haven't unlocked it officially?
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Bootloader results unlocked (as you can see) but's acts as locked.
System partition will be mount only read mode, so you cannot update supersu anymore.

How can i Root P8 LiTE without unblock bootloader?

Hey!
First of all my english is very bad, I'll do the best I can .
Some weeks ago (2-3) I received the phone , Huawei P8 Lite Android 5 (Vodafone ROM).
So i rooted with KingRoot and all was perfect.
Few days ago my friends told me to upgrade to 6.0, thats what i do. But surfing @ inet everything I've read is to Root with Bootloader unblocked..
But i cant unblock my bootloader cuz Huawei site says: "The Huawei ID used to apply for the unlock code has not been used on the device for more than 14 days."
So i downgrade to Android 5.0 SPAIN to try to root... butt.. CANT now, KingRoot says unavailable to root cuz version is "hi6210sft" instead of ALE-21, my version is DUAL SIM i dont care about double sim , i only want 1 lol.
The question is.. can i Root my Huawei P8 LITE (Compil.:BalongC50b311) without unblock my bootloader? I can upgrade/dowgrande all version if needed, the only think i need is Root.
Thanks you very much and sorry for this ****ty post (;z)
Regards

First of all, your rom in your Phone is not for Your Phone.. That word "balong" is "you have bad rom" flash right rom, then it could be possible to make root again like you already did

SkopiX said:
First of all, your rom in your Phone is not for Your Phone.. That word "balong" is "you have bad rom" flash right rom, then it could be possible to make root again like you already did
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Yea, but cant flash the rom without bootloader unblocked true? :/
So, BALONG = some is wrong

im not sure, but i think you easily can flash stock rom without unlocking bootloader... you need just right rom image. It will be like "P8Lite_C432_B190.APP" that .APP is very important, because only with this you can flash it (just put it into root of your phone turn off device then press volume up and down in the same ime and urn it on. release after you see huawei logo)
yes, balong means something is wrong, but sometime your phone can work normally, it just rom for different region (for example China)

SkopiX said:
im not sure, but i think you easily can flash stock rom without unlocking bootloader... you need just right rom image. It will be like "P8Lite_C432_B190.APP" that .APP is very important, because only with this you can flash it (just put it into root of your phone turn off device then press volume up and down in the same ime and urn it on. release after you see huawei logo)
yes, balong means something is wrong, but sometime your phone can work normally, it just rom for different region (for example China)
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Okay thanks you, ill try to ask for the correct img to my friend's, only i've to do is search and try to find the correct ROM then flash with what soft??

You dont need aby soft, just do What i describe in previous post... And I think you will need rom like b130 or similar low number... Then u can upgrade to 170....

Im new and i want to roll back to nougat

Hello im new withe the phone and i dont know the secrets of the software, i want to test it with nougat and i try downloading the firmware from sammobile and install it with lastest odin, but its failed and gives me rew check bootloader and binary 2 device 4 somthing like that , how can do the roll back . im using Bulgarian SM-G950F

cropp7 said:
Hello im new withe the phone and i dont know the secrets of the software, i want to test it with nougat and i try downloading the firmware from sammobile and install it with lastest odin, but its failed and gives me rew check bootloader and binary 2 device 4 somthing like that , how can do the roll back . im using Bulgarian SM-G950F
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Unfortunately if your on Oreo you won't be able to downgrade to nougat. Depending on the bootloader version number you can not even downgrade to an early version of Oreo either.
Bootloader version number is the 5th number from the right of the file name that you downloaded from sammobile. Binary 2 device 4 is telling you that your current bootloader version is 4 and you are trying to flash a version with bootloader ver 2.
Eg: G950FXXU4CRKG is a name of a file that you would download from sammobile. The number 4 ( 5th from right ) is the bootloader version number. So you can only flash with a BL 4 or higher and not lower ( ie: 3,2 or 1 )

spawnlives said:
Unfortunately if your on Oreo you won't be able to downgrade to nougat. Depending on the bootloader version number you can not even downgrade to an early version of Oreo either.
Bootloader version number is the 5th number from the right of the file name that you downloaded from sammobile. Binary 2 device 4 is telling you that your current bootloader version is 4 and you are trying to flash a version with bootloader ver 2.
Eg: G950FXXU4CRKG is a name of a file that you would download from sammobile. The number 4 ( 5th from right ) is the bootloader version number. So you can only flash with a BL 4 or higher and not lower ( ie: 3,2 or 1 )
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Thanks for the guide i understand you. And is't there a way to donwgrade the bootloader

cropp7 said:
Thanks for the guide i understand you. And is't there a way to donwgrade the bootloader
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As far as I know there is no way to downgrade bootloader versions

spawnlives said:
As far as I know there is no way to downgrade bootloader versions
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Okey, thanks for ur help

Update P9 Lite from Android 6 to 7

Hello everyone, I have a P9 Lite which was issued from Vodafone Europe (originally VNS-L21C02B128), and I'd like to update it to Android 7.
Since none of the stock ROMs I tried would pass the verification when updating via the Project Menu, I found and flashed a newer Android 6 which works fine apparently - build number is currently VNS-L21C900B170.
Trouble is all of the newer ROMs are still not working. During the verification phase, it says they are not compatible with the phone.
Any ideas what is the simplest safest way to get to Android 7 ? Thanks for the help.

P9Late said:
Since none of the stock ROMs I tried would pass the verification
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Have you tried Service ROMs?
https://androidhost.ru/3za
https://androidhost.ru/56i
P9Late said:
originally VNS-L21C02B128), and I'd like to update it to Android 7.
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- Unlock the bootloader
- on android 6 rebrand to C432 global
- in TWRP install fullOTA-MF-PV VNS-L21C432B370
- then you can upgrade to a higher version by installing a Service ROM via dload method (it will lock your BL again).
The problem is probably with your current build number - the C900 is fake firmware, incomplete or incompatible. I'm afraid you won't be able to unlock the bootloader or rebrand the phone with this build.

Hello Alf, I did try VNS-L21C02B346 but it didn't work, both with the original and the newer ROM. I also tried the "SERVICE Full Repair VNS-L21 C432B381" from here, also with no luck.
The current B170 ROM was labeled as "VNS-L21C432B170" on the site I got it from, but now it shows as C900. This one updated with no problems via the Project Menu upgrade command, the only one to work so far...
I will see later about unlocking the bootloader thanks.

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The current B170 ROM was labeled as "VNS-L21C432B170"
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You can't install C432 on C02 and vice versa without changing oeminfo, that's why you now have a C900 region and failed verification.

Thanks but I don't know hot to change oeminfo. Can I use SRK Tool ?
Also is there a free way to unlock the bootloader ? Is it this one ?
Does the phone have to be dissasembled, or is there a software method as well ?
Is dc-unlocker free for phones with android 6 and 7 ?