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Hi to all,
Ive been reading a lot this forum, and i find the chinese version more complete, so my question is simple.
¿is it possible to flash a chinese rom? I like chinese features, and i read it gets more updates.
My only worries are warranty and to lose european radio bands.
Any help?
Give it a try and let us know how you get on....;0)
Thanks for your message sheridan2000,
I'm a newie, until now I only had a nexus 4, wich have a huge community, I don't know how to do if for this new phone I just received, and I'm worried about the warranty, about brick if and if is possible get back to EU flash rom.
My abilities are limited, and with my lack of knowledge I feel is too risky.
If some one with experience can bring some information would be great.
Regards,
Just kidding fella, think at this early stage in developement best not to flash any roms not intended for the EU version as may mess up your phone. When we get a fully working ROOT and TWRP then there will be some safety in doing so....
sheridan2000 said:
Just kidding fella, think at this early stage in developement best not to flash any roms not intended for the EU version as may mess up your phone. When we get a fully working ROOT and TWRP then there will be some safety in doing so....
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Agree with him! When we get a stable and well working custom recovery, I think people will mod the Honor 7 more.
Any why do you want the chinese version? I tried a chinese MIUI rom on my Honor 6, and the all the chinese stuff drove me crazy so I had to roll back to a normal EU rom...
kjettern said:
Agree with him! When we get a stable and well working custom recovery, I think people will mod the Honor 7 more.
Any why do you want the chinese version? I tried a chinese MIUI rom on my Honor 6, and the all the chinese stuff drove me crazy so I had to roll back to a normal EU rom...
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Hi!
I feel like chinese rom is more "updated" I think european version is more "conservative" as they might try to secure the user experience. Chinese rom gets much more updates, Ive read something about huawei idchanger; Chinese rom also have more options like recording call, navigation shortcuts, youtube bloat window and download...
In nexus we could chose wich part of the rom we would like to flash, is that posible in this huawei? What I have thought is what about flash the Chinese rom, without flash the radio baseband in order to keep the compatibility with european LTE bands. Any idea??
juanrasmd said:
Thanks for your message sheridan2000,
I'm a newie, until now I only had a nexus 4, wich have a huge community, I don't know how to do if for this new phone I just received, and I'm worried about the warranty, about brick if and if is possible get back to EU flash rom.
My abilities are limited, and with my lack of knowledge I feel is too risky.
If some one with experience can bring some information would be great.
Regards,
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I did this on my european honor 6 plus. DO NOT DO IT.
No way to get back to european firmware. But was probably because officallollipop was not out yet. More hassle than it was worth. Voided warrenty also. DO NOT ATTEMPT
Thank you for your usefull feedback.
I hope soon someone finds a safe way to run and revert back this kind of test.
Regards,
nazzy90 said:
I did this on my european honor 6 plus. DO NOT DO IT.
No way to get back to european firmware. But was probably because officallollipop was not out yet. More hassle than it was worth. Voided warrenty also. DO NOT ATTEMPT
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One question: you had the complete nandroid backup and you couldn't flashed it after experimenting with the Chinese ROM over EU? How far did you get then or where did you stuck when trying to reverse?
I never had EU Honor 7, but my personal opinion is that before playing with different roms, you should be perfectly aware what are you doing and what do you want to achieve. Changing hardware is out of the question and probably is the same with drivers. At least to the point when a real custom rom appears. As I mentioned there are some modifications of Chinese roms already available as a flashable zip, which don't alternate baseband or kernel in general, but they are customized to particular roms. Flashing any of them on EU rom could be safe only if you can get back in the case anything goes wrong. Otherwise, if you just need a particular system application, you can always try to push it to the system with appropriate file manager and stay safe as long as you have the nandroid backup.
Nandroid backup did not work through twrp.
Chinese rom was fine but was a developer edition.
Phone can not go back to kitkat from chinese lollipop.
Tried offical downgrade package. Did not work.
Tried back up many times. Did not work.
Chinese emui site takes hours to load and most of the time fails through multiple browsers.
Dont waste your life.
I was still in my 14 day return so exhange by my network to honor 7
Never messing with a huawei phone again where there is little to no support
i had tried chinese rom PLK-U00 which is DUAL 4G as per claim by Honor China, what i do is i extract out the boot&recovery&system&cache&userdata img from the update.app (using huawei tools) then flash it under fastboot, it will boot & load to "Android is upgrading" but after the progress finish it restart itself and repeat the "android is upgrading" progress
I've tried the same with 5.1.1 ply-tl01h rom. I get the bootloop with boot and system flashed and almost get to the home screen using the boot from the 121 firmware
Hi,
I hope you could find a way. I know there are chinese roms available, but hard to find and understand, we might ask them in english then they might help us.
I hope you could fix your phone
Hello Guys,
I bought my Honor 7 yesterday, and this is the model number -- PLK-L01C636B120
I tried to update to B121 or B130 or 140, All of them failed.
As I read my device model is Malaysia not Europe, So Can I flash Europe Stock ROM and flash all the updates?
Muhammad Rihawi said:
Can I flash Europe Stock ROM and flash all the updates?
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NO i don’t think so! You should do not do that, because there are some differences between both firmwares. Pre-defaults for the mobil-net (modem drivers) ; LTE specifications; maybe some functions like recording during a call etc.
Edit: @Muhammad Rihawi have tried it and it seems to work. But i dont’t recommand it anyway!
non-toxic said:
NO i don’t think so! You should do not do that, because there are some differences between both firmwares. Pre-defaults for the mobil-net (modem drivers) ; LTE specifications; maybe some functions like recording during a call etc.
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Actually I did it already , and now I'm using Marshmallow Europe B313 BETA.
hello,
could anyone advise me on how to flash Chinese custom rom coz currently my unit is also chinese PLK-AL10C92B190....
its possible with Honor multi-tool. Debrand your phone. But 64 to 32 and 32 to 64 not tested. I have PLK-L01 and I debrand it to PLK-TL01H. I recieved OTA and installing it well.
Muhammad Rihawi said:
Actually I did it already , and now I'm using Marshmallow Europe B313 BETA.
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how’s about NFC?
non-toxic said:
how’s about NFC?
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NFC has only PLK-AL10 (64 gb version)
Ok, so think I'm about to choose the Honor 7 over getting the nexus 5X after some careful thought.
Now i just have a questions....
Which version do you think is the best one to buy?
After watching multiple videos, I'm seeing that the Chinese version seems to have quite more features than the EU version. For example I've seen that on the Chinese version you can download YouTube videos straight to the phones internal memory or SD, can this be done on the EU version?
I've also seen that you can shrink the YouTube video and having it playing in the background.
Basically all the features that was shown in S7yler's 10 tricks and tips video he done last month. Can they all be done in the EU version?
Also with the EU version only having 16gb of ram, can you move apps to the SD card?
Thanks for any help
Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk
And the chinese version just got update with "pro" camera mode !
The Pro Mode on the camera is in the B140 firmware found elsewhere on this forum....
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Apps can be moved to the SD card much like on any Lollipop device, if you rooted the Honor 7 you could try app2sd
Hi!
I do not care about youtube download or other features, the PLK10 chinese version does have 64GB internal storage and dualsim, both are important to me. So I did not have had a chance to choose, as only the chinese honor 7 does have both of these features.
echeloni2p
james3833 said:
The Pro Mode on the camera is in the B140 firmware found elsewhere on this forum....
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Apps can be moved to the SD card much like on any Lollipop device, if you rooted the Honor 7 you could try app2sd
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For the Eu version .
The chinese got it on b188 ota .
blackrome0 said:
Ok, so think I'm about to choose the Honor 7 over getting the nexus 5X after some careful thought.
Now i just have a questions....
Which version do you think is the best one to buy?
After watching multiple videos, I'm seeing that the Chinese version seems to have quite more features than the EU version. For example I've seen that on the Chinese version you can download YouTube videos straight to the phones internal memory or SD, can this be done on the EU version?
I've also seen that you can shrink the YouTube video and having it playing in the background.
Basically all the features that was shown in S7yler's 10 tricks and tips video he done last month. Can they all be done in the EU version?
Also with the EU version only having 16gb of ram, can you move apps to the SD card?
Thanks for any help
Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk
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I agree with you.
Im willing to learn how to flash the chinese rom in the european version.
My limited knowledge makes me affraid of a brick. My 3years warranty european Honor 7 just lack in it software and nfc, things solved in the chinese 64gb version.
I would like to find a safe way to unpack chinese 5.1 lollipop version and flash just system, I think we only need to pay attention for the baseband/modem partition, as could be different in the eu version. For the rest in theory it should work just fine as I dont expect any other hardware.
Just BTW, what about buying a back 64gb back cover? Could we get nfc support?
Regards,
juanrasmd said:
I agree with you.
Im willing to learn how to flash the chinese rom in the european version.
My limited knowledge makes me affraid of a brick. My 3years warranty european Honor 7 just lack in it software and nfc, things solved in the chinese 64gb version.
I would like to find a safe way to unpack chinese 5.1 lollipop version and flash just system, I think we only need to pay attention for the baseband/modem partition, as could be different in the eu version. For the rest in theory it should work just fine as I dont expect any other hardware.
Just BTW, what about buying a back 64gb back cover? Could we get nfc support?
Regards,
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I flashed chinese 5.1.1 on the honor 6 plus when I had it. Take my advice dont do it.
I made a nandroid back up before I did it and after I could not restore it. I then used the honor 6 tool to unpack firmware and flash it back to the phone using cmd, it didnt work either. I think when you flash the chinese version it must change some hardware of the phone.
But please note at the time there was only a full rom package of 4.4.2 for my EU version. And of course downgrade is not possible without the official rollback package, which was an OTA update and not a full rom.
But my overall advice dont risk it. I ended up sending the phone back for the honor 7 and I wont be making the same mistake.
Problem with chinese version
Hi,
I have problem with chinese version (plk-al10) . it dosn't pair with my Moto360 smartwatch, because google play service and google play don't work normaly
any body can help me ?
blackrome0 said:
Ok, so think I'm about to choose the Honor 7 over getting the nexus 5X after some careful thought.
Now i just have a questions....
Which version do you think is the best one to buy?
After watching multiple videos, I'm seeing that the Chinese version seems to have quite more features than the EU version. For example I've seen that on the Chinese version you can download YouTube videos straight to the phones internal memory or SD, can this be done on the EU version?
I've also seen that you can shrink the YouTube video and having it playing in the background.
Basically all the features that was shown in S7yler's 10 tricks and tips video he done last month. Can they all be done in the EU version?
Also with the EU version only having 16gb of ram, can you move apps to the SD card?
Thanks for any help
Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk
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Some more info need about your foregoing and current rom version and root yes/no. You checked permission manager? And Play + Services APK versions?
Hi everyone. I need some help. I have an international Huawei Mate 8 NXT L29 international and Huawei doesn't support this phone in America. Is there a way for me to update to OS to 7.0 nougat EUMI 5.0 without the phone update since it won't update in America. Thank you for any help.
Yes you can but wait for official nougat update,now we only have beta firmwares with bugs.
Huawei Mate 8
gm007 said:
Yes you can but wait for official nougat update,now we only have beta firmwares with bugs.
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Ok so your saying that U.S.A. will definitely have the update even though Huawei says that they do not support in the USA for this phone? I need to be sure because I have already decided what my replacement is if I can't upgrade this and will be returning in a couple of days.
Unread count icon badge is not showing anymore in my mate 8 64 GB
Any help how to make the unread notification badge work again on my mate 8 using stock room
Thanks
Bassam
suriname1990 said:
Ok so your saying that U.S.A. will definitely have the update even though Huawei says that they do not support in the USA for this phone? I need to be sure because I have already decided what my replacement is if I can't upgrade this and will be returning in a couple of days.
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I'm not trying to be an a** about this, but, I'd really like someone to answer this question.
What difference, in "real world use" does it matter if you have 6.0 or 7.0?
I ran my mate2, on 4.3 for well over a year before they released the 5.x update, and, had they not given an easy way back, I probably
would have stayed on it. It was just THAT stable. Huawei's 5.x was very stable on my Mate2, and I kept it 100% stock, until September
when I upgraded to the Mate8. 6.x on my version of the mate8, is just flat out stable (Nova Launcher Prime). I'm not a gamer, but I
do a ton of phone (2000 minutes/month), lots of web based work related things, streaming, Mp3's, email, text, photos (Camera FV-5).
I use to be a flash-a-holic back in my PDA phone days, but, phones to me, are "tools". I just pick them up and use them. The version
of software isn't important as is stability. As long as my apps are supported, the version to me, personally, makes no difference.
Don't get me wrong...you guys that flash, tweak, and run the bleeding edge stuff, eventually makes it better for everyone, but, I just
can't wrap my head around being pissed off if a phone, 6-12 months old, as long as it works as built won't get a newer version of
Android. I can see minor builds, patches, but going from say a 5.0 to 6.0 or 6.0 to 7.0 is a "major" update and perhaps the hardware,
as built by a vendor won't support it, but if your phone works, what's the big deal?
Maybe I've been out of the flashing all the time thing to figure it out.
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suriname1990 said:
Hi everyone. I need some help. I have an international Huawei Mate 8 NXT L29 international and Huawei doesn't support this phone in America. Is there a way for me to update to OS to 7.0 nougat EUMI 5.0 without the phone update since it won't update in America. Thank you for any help.
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Does anyone know when the Android update for the Huawei Mate 8 in America will come or is there a way to update the OS through flashing since update isn't supported in America. Thank you.
The last OTA update on L29, if I remember correctly, was B180. The B320 was done via the dload method. I suppose you could use the same even if Huawei do not push a Nugat OTA update in America. But as pointed out, do wait for the official as the current beta is buggy.
hey guys, im using the zenfone 3 ze552kl. and i rooted my z3 right after i updated my firmware to the first official nougat firmware for zenfone 3 which is Version WW-14.2015.1701.8.
and recently, i checked on this website https://www.asus.com/in/support/Download/39/1/0/28/CHukp94xOkwRMIP4/32/ the latest firmware for zenfone 3 is Version WW-14.2020.1708.56 which came out 20 days ago.
so my question is, should i update my zenfone 3 to the latest WW-14.2020.1708.56? or should i stay with WW-14.2015.1701.8 because WW-14.2020.1708.56 has a lot of bugs?
thank you in advance.
It's all good and fine except 3rd party theme no longer supported to which i wasn't able to retain my close to stock android quick setting. If it doesn't matter to you then go ahead.
I find the newer versions to be much more stable. Give it a try, re-rooting is easy.
sanctitude888 said:
It's all good and fine except 3rd party theme no longer supported to which i wasn't able to retain my close to stock android quick setting. If it doesn't matter to you then go ahead.
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Thanks for the answer. No I don't mind that cause I dont use themes anyway.
sensi277 said:
I find the newer versions to be much more stable. Give it a try, re-rooting is easy.
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Are you sure? Then why so many bad reviews at here https://www.asus.com/zentalk/in/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=152944&extra=page=1&page=2&mobile=2
The reason why I asked should I update to the latest firmware or not cause I'm rooted, I can't even checked if there's any system update in settings, so in order for me to update is to manually flash the firmware instead of installing it ota.
Anyway, my current version I'm using is nougat 14.2015.1701.8. it is the first ever official nougat firmware given to the ze552kl. And so far I'm using it, I have no issues at all, no bugs. But I'd like to stay up to date knowing there's a latest and recent firmware out there. But is it worth it? Since my current version is already stable for me.
Are u sure the latest firmware has no bugs? Or should I just stay on my current firmware version?
sensi277 said:
I find the newer versions to be much more stable. Give it a try, re-rooting is easy.
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By the way can u give me the link to re-root? And is ze552kl latest firmware update is 7.1? Or it's still still 7.0.?
w1040 said:
Are you sure? Then why so many bad reviews at here https://www.asus.com/zentalk/in/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=152944&extra=page=1&page=2&mobile=2
The reason why I asked should I update to the latest firmware or not cause I'm rooted, I can't even checked if there's any system update in settings, so in order for me to update is to manually flash the firmware instead of installing it ota.
Anyway, my current version I'm using is nougat 14.2015.1701.8. it is the first ever official nougat firmware given to the ze552kl. And so far I'm using it, I have no issues at all, no bugs. But I'd like to stay up to date knowing there's a latest and recent firmware out there. But is it worth it? Since my current version is already stable for me.
Are u sure the latest firmware has no bugs? Or should I just stay on my current firmware version?
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I've been testing each new version before it comes out through ASUS' beta program. I've found newer firmwares to fix more and more bugs, with no downsides.
Updating is super easy if you sideload the update via adb and simply install Magisk when you're done for root. I did it just the other day and it took me less than 15 minutes.
Edit: It's still 7.0, by the way.
The update is certainly pleasing and anyone agree that the camera takes better pictures in lack of light situation in auto mode ?
sensi277 said:
I've been testing each new version before it comes out through ASUS' beta program. I've found newer firmwares to fix more and more bugs, with no downsides.
Updating is super easy if you sideload the update via adb and simply install Magisk when you're done for root. I did it just the other day and it took me less than 15 minutes.
Edit: It's still 7.0, by the way.
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How to enter in Asus Beta Program ? I have a ze520kl 64gb 4gb ram
pedromms86 said:
How to enter in Asus Beta Program ? I have a ze520kl 64gb 4gb ram
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There was a short period where they were accepting applications. Only a few people got in, myself included. They might open it up again when there's a beta version of Android Oreo for your model.
By the way, the ZE520KL has 3GB of RAM and 32GB storage. The ZE552KL model has 4GB RAM and 64GB storage.
sensi277 said:
There was a short period where they were accepting applications. Only a few people got in, myself included. They might open it up again when there's a beta version of Android Oreo for your model.
By the way, the ZE520KL has 3GB of RAM and 32GB storage. The ZE552KL model has 4GB RAM and 64GB storage.
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ze520kl 4gb 64gb - http://store.asus.com/ph/item/201608DM120000017/D5908-ASUS+Zenfone+3+ZE520KL+(4GB/64GB)
This model was sold only in fews country, i dont like the 5,5 screen so i find this model and buy, same phone, but smaller
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ze520kl 4gb 64gb - http://store.asus.com/ph/item/201608DM120000017/D5908-ASUS+Zenfone+3+ZE520KL+(4GB/64GB)
This model was sold only in fews country, i dont like the 5,5 screen so i find this model and buy, same phone, but smaller
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I stand corrected. TIL.
Hi,
I have an Huawei P10 Plus Dual SIM VKY-L29C636 with the current running Firmware VKY-L29C636B172
The last update was in November 2017 since then I don't get any new Updates displayed in the settings.
I downloaded the App "Firmwarefinder for Huawei" and it shows me the following newer Firmware Versions:
VKY-L29C636B210
VKY-L29C636B211
Does anyone use this new Versions?
Should I update to one of this new Versions?
Just check firmware access see if you approved to update. My FF already shows B301 which is Oreo but denied access when checking it.
Depends where you live. I got tge same phone and I don't have access to download and update.
meeven said:
Hi,
I have an Huawei P10 Plus Dual SIM VKY-L29C636 with the current running Firmware VKY-L29C636B172
The last update was in November 2017 since then I don't get any new Updates displayed in the settings.
I downloaded the App "Firmwarefinder for Huawei" and it shows me the following newer Firmware Versions:
VKY-L29C636B210
VKY-L29C636B211
Does anyone use this new Versions?
Should I update to one of this new Versions?
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The latest model is 211 and you can install it via HWOTA. I don't know anyone using this version. But probably there were no changes after all. Only simple performance tweaks. Otherwise software already stable.
For me latest firmware is 321 however says not authorised to download it..
I've installed the new Version VKY-L29C636B212
It has the Android Security Patches from January 2018
The first thing I discovered, that the phone runs a lot smoother, espacally when scrolling websides in Firefox.
The secound thing I discovered, is that the phone has more free ram, old Version round about 3,6GB, the B212 has 4,5GB free ram.
This are the first impressions, if i discover more, I let you know.
meeven said:
I've installed the new Version VKY-L29C636B212
It has the Android Security Patches from January 2018
The first thing I discovered, that the phone runs a lot smoother, espacally when scrolling websides in Firefox.
The secound thing I discovered, is that the phone has more free ram, old Version round about 3,6GB, the B212 has 4,5GB free ram.
This are the first impressions, if i discover more, I let you know.
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You download full OTA or OTA?
I did the Full OTA, but be carefull there are 2 Versions!
The Version with "PV" didn't work and almost bricked my Phone. I had to load an older Version thru recovery to get it back working.
The Version "FullOTA-MF" is working fine, I only had to wipe the cache and make an Factorydefault after updating, because the phone was in
a boot loop.
My Phone is running fine with the Version 212 and has now a way better Batterylife :good:
meeven said:
I did the Full OTA, but be carefull there are 2 Versions!
The Version with "PV" didn't work and almost bricked my Phone. I had to load an older Version thru recovery to get it back working.
The Version "FullOTA-MF" is working fine, I only had to wipe the cache and make an Factorydefault after updating, because the phone was in
a boot loop.
My Phone is running fine with the Version 212 and has now a way better Batterylife :good:
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You upgrade from what version go 212?
jsheng007 said:
You upgrade from what version go 212?
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There's two 212. Both nougat but the PV will be a rollback firmware from oreo if you need it.
chubbs75 said:
There's two 212. Both nougat but the PV will be a rollback firmware from oreo if you need it.
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That's mean I am on 172, if I want update to 212 I should use the one without PV? Sorry if I asking too many questions
Rollback firmware means what version to what version? 360 to 212?
jsheng007 said:
That's mean I am on 172, if I want update to 212 I should use the one without PV? Sorry if I asking too many questions
Rollback firmware means what version to what version? 360 to 212?
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Yes use the normal full ota.
Rollback from 360(oreo) to 212(nougat) in case you need to.
chubbs75 said:
Yes use the normal full ota.
Rollback from 360(oreo) to 212(nougat) in case you need to.
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Okay..I get my IMEI approved already for the one withoit PV, so for upgrading we use FullOTA-MF, rollback we use FULLOTA-MF-PV....
Thanks chubbs, btw you get approval from Huawei already?
jsheng007 said:
Okay..I get my IMEI approved already for the one withoit PV, so for upgrading we use FullOTA-MF, rollback we use FULLOTA-MF-PV....
Thanks chubbs, btw you get approval from Huawei already?
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Correct.
No approval yet..
chubbs75 said:
Correct.
No approval yet..
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Yesterday my Phone was not approved. I looked in FirmwareFinder today and my Phone is now approved :good:
So should I update to Oreo thru FirmwareFinder or should I wait a day or two?
The normal Huawei Update says in the moment there is no Update.
meeven said:
Yesterday my Phone was not approved. I looked in FirmwareFinder today and my Phone is now approved :good:
So should I update to Oreo thru FirmwareFinder or should I wait a day or two?
The normal Huawei Update says in the moment there is no Update.
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Ota would come from your Huawei updater in over a week or so. Just update it if you authorised.
Now I have Updated to Oreo :good:
Everything works fine, I have only one question:
The Phone is using the Treble Project (see screenshot).
Why is there only one partition, does this mean that fast Updates are not working?
meeven said:
Now I have Updated to Oreo :good:
Everything works fine, I have only one question:
The Phone is using the Treble Project (see screenshot).
Why is there only one partition, does this mean that fast Updates are not working?
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You have to have 3 partition for treble.. And even tho Huawei said p10 plus supports treble it's not the case. Or maybe need to do full factory reset so new firmware will partition correctly im not sure