My Mate 9 build version is MHA-L09C900B186 (unlocked international version). I see on Developer Team MT there is a version: MHA-L09 8.0.0.324 (C900) which seems to be Oreo for the "C900", correct?
However Firmware Finder says "not approved"...
Has anyone received an OTA or updated the same version (C900) to Oreo?
Oreo is beta, so unless you enroll the beta program and get in you won't be able to install it normally.
You'll have to use HWOTA.
ante0 said:
Oreo is beta, so unless you enroll the beta program and get in you won't be able to install it normally.
You'll have to use HWOTA.
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Not according to this: https://www.getdroidtips.com/huawei-mate-9-android-8-0-oreo/
It says OTA, not beta.
And my question remains unanswered...
pardus said:
Not according to this: https://www.getdroidtips.com/huawei-mate-9-android-8-0-oreo/
It says OTA, not beta.
And my question remains unanswered...
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Official Oreo for Mate 9 should arrive in December
Read the whole article.
pardus said:
Not according to this: https://www.getdroidtips.com/huawei-mate-9-android-8-0-oreo/
It says OTA, not beta.
And my question remains unanswered...
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Their official non beta update has not rolled out yet except for the Chinese variant AFIK and those are quotas, it hasn't rolled out to any other variant as of yet. That article was not very clear about that. When it has rolled out for your variant you will know it as it will show up in settings, system update. All those Oreo ROMs on ff are betas so they are not authorized unless you are enrolled in the beta program. You can install them, but only through the HWOTA method. If you want the official OTA update be patient, it will get to you.
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pardus said:
My Mate 9 build version is MHA-L09C900B186 (unlocked international version). I see on Developer Team MT there is a version: MHA-L09 8.0.0.324 (C900) which seems to be Oreo for the "C900", correct?
However Firmware Finder says "not approved"...
Has anyone received an OTA or updated the same version (C900) to Oreo?
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You are correct that it is Oreo for the C900 variant the reason ff says "not approved" is because it is a beta version.
Still no update for the C900?
And still no update for this darn phone, when is Huawei going to release an update? Android "P" is out already and no bloody update yet for this phone.
Same here. No update for this phone.
Even worse: the security patches are from April 2017.... thats a year ago. Really bad.
tharealmb said:
Same here. No update for this phone.
Even worse: the security patches are from April 2017.... thats a year ago. Really bad.
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What region do you have?
5[Strogino] said:
What region do you have?
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I'm from the Netherlands.
Firmware Finder for Huawei gives the following info:
tharealmb said:
I'm from the Netherlands.
Firmware Finder for Huawei gives the following info:
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Hmm. You have generic international model without binding to specific region.
As I know, it has poor update history.
Maybe, it would be better to rebrand onto C432 (Europe) region.
I think I have the same international unspecified region (although I though I was Middle East) and have been on 181 all the time until today.
Then I received an update to b182 then b188 then 370c then 371c one after the other - just now.
kolembo said:
I think I have the same international unspecified region (although I though I was Middle East) and have been on 181 all the time until today.
Then I received an update to b182 then b188 then 370c then 371c one after the other - just now.
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Probably, Huawei will force C185 region to Oreo.
According experience, there are some factors which decrease chances to get update. Have C185 region while living in Kenya is one of them. I have C636 region's ROM and living in Russia. Also, I have problems with automatic updates and have to use FF to update. Not a big problem at all
6 hours after I wrote previous post, I received update on my device.
Without FF !
If you should want to change from C900 to something else, But I worked for me. I have a phone that I found was IMEI registered to the middle east but during the IMEI checks via FF I found that C900 and C567 worked on mine.
My phone was originally received as C900.
Just try your IMEI against separate ROMs and you'll find the compatible ones.
skeltonh said:
If you should want to change from C900 to something else, But I worked for me. I have a phone that I found was IMEI registered to the middle east but during the IMEI checks via FF I found that C900 and C567 worked on mine.
My phone was originally received as C900.
Just try your IMEI against separate ROMs and you'll find the compatible ones.
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Yeah. Huawei approves imei from other regions, but you have to do rebranding procedure first to go onto foreign region's ROM.
Checked again and the firmware MHA-L09C432B363 is "approved for installation" through FF onto my MHA-L09C900B186, will this work?
Or should I use Funkyhuawei (or other method?) to rebrand?
pardus said:
Checked again and the firmware MHA-L09C432B363 is "approved for installation" through FF onto my MHA-L09C900B186, will this work?
Or should I use Funkyhuawei (or other method?) to rebrand?
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Different region => rebrand
Damn Huawei! This phone STILL has not been updated after all this time, that's the last time I will ever buy a Huawei.
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Hi Guys
Just picked my new Huawei mate 9. So far so good..
But i have an issue with updates. My version is MHA-L09C316B150. Im checking for updates but the update system says i have the latest version.. I checked on this thread that the oreo update is out. Will i be able to update my phone to the MHA-L09 version listed here?
Also can someone explain what the C316 is? I see there is C33, C632 etc
Just to add, my device has the last security update from Jan 2017.. Wtf.. Why has no further updates been done..
Value after C in build number is region/localization.
List of known regions is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/regions-mate-9-region-codes-t3555086
But I didn't find C316.
Where are you from? Is your phone selling in stores or you got it from mobile operator by contract?
You can see available stock ROMs for your phone in Firmware Finder. Enter model MHA-L09C316 in search.
I did it, but FF did not find anything about your region. There are two options: stock ROMs for C316 are existing, but FF does not know where are they. Or Huawei did not post them to HiCloud.
If I have had phone with rare region, I will rebrand it to more popular region. It is too hard process for newbie. You have to read about unlock bootloader, TWRP, patched recovery, different models and regions. But staying on region C316 you may not receive any update even. By my experience, Huawei updates popular regions and does not care operator's versions.
As alternative you can ask provider (if phone by contract), write to Huawei or wait for update.
@ 5[Strogino] Thanks for feedback
Im from South Africa and yes the phone is on contract. Network is Vodacom which is part of Vodafone.. I dont understand why this stupid network didnt issue the international region as most phones come with European software installed or even middle east areas. I agree with you, i will have to rebrand my device. I have done flashing on samsung and LG phones but this is my first Huawei.. will read up on some posts and attempt.
was trying to update with Huawei updater 2.0 and hisuite, no luck.. gives me no internet connection error.. tried editing hosts file too but no luck
Finally managed to to install Android 8 and rebrand my device to europe firmware.. testing now.
redhotneo said:
Finally managed to to install Android 8 and rebrand my device to europe firmware.. testing now.
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Good, but notice that Oreo is beta yet
5[Strogino] said:
Good, but notice that Oreo is beta yet
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I havent used Oreo before but i assume this is official. OS is working well
redhotneo said:
I havent used Oreo before but i assume this is official. OS is working well
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It's an official beta, but still a beta.
Oreo for Mate 9 should arrive in December or January for everyone.
Right now you can only install beta by applying in Huaweis beta app, or cheat and use Hwota as you did
It's a very stable beta.
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It's an official beta, but still a beta.
Oreo for Mate 9 should arrive in December or January for everyone.
Right now you can only install beta by applying in Huaweis beta app, or cheat and use Hwota as you did
It's a very stable beta.
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Ok good to know.
the software is very good and stable. I have had not crashes or lag.
But i do miss some features thats available on LG G5.. Always on display, double tap on screen to wake or sleep and day dream.. very impressed with battery thou
redhotneo said:
Finally managed to to install Android 8 and rebrand my device to europe firmware.. testing now.
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Hi. I have the exact same phone. Please provide me with the steps you used to do this.
Mystical_Titan said:
Hi. I have the exact same phone. Please provide me with the steps you used to do this.
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Don't flash using hwota or rebrand. Use firmware finder and download the updated C316 android 8 firmware
Huawei finally updating phones from SA
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
B404 on Firmware Finder, google's april patch
B403 is now approved for installation
Quite fast!
If everything goes like the past month, i should receive it on 15 April in Italy for my IMEI batch. I know that they make a batch updato to not overcharge their server...but i still preferred they were able to give us monthly updates. As for now we will always receive the previous month update ...well if we don't have root, in that case we could always flash the approved firmware with FF or unapproved ones with RedLotus
I have the c432 model which shows 404 in FF I looked at 403 but for me that is not approved Via IMEI.
For the people in the UK that didn't update their firmware manually, and they are in B394, an update arrived today containing "4 patches" which brings the phone to B403. I updated manually to B401 a while back but I didn't get the new update just yet (and maybe I need to wait until 403 is approved for my IMEI).
B393 update shown in FF app, which is the Google's April security patch. B393 for FRD-L14 (Northamerica version).
It's funny because we're on B391 (Feb. update) but we haven't received B392 (which is useless now because there's the B393 update).
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For the people in the UK that didn't update their firmware manually, and they are in B394, an update arrived today containing "4 patches" which brings the phone to B403. I updated manually to B401 a while back but I didn't get the new update just yet (and maybe I need to wait until 403 is approved for my IMEI).
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I rolled back to official updates instead of FF as I was getting some awful battery life, currently on 394 in the UK and nothing newer yet.
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BigD18t said:
I rolled back to official updates instead of FF as I was getting some awful battery life, currently on 394 in the UK and nothing newer yet.
Sent from my FRD-L09 using Tapatalk
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There is another workaround to get the latest (official) update without FF: use a SIM from another country that has received the update already. By setting it as the primary SIM, even in roaming, you receive the updates. Tried successfully on mine (which was manually updated via FF to B401) with a Greek SIM card, got the update up to 402.
B403
B403 OTA delivery has started un Italy (L09-C432)
My Honor 8 still sits on B394, no update offers from Huawei (FRD-L09C432, Baltic states) although in FF using checking by IMEI i can see that at least B401 and 402 are approved for installation.
Yesterday I asked Honor Finland about the update situation (I'm still on B398 from August on FRD-L19C432). A rep promised to get back to me soon.
Still on B392 for Frdl04
supersakis said:
There is another workaround to get the latest (official) update without FF: use a SIM from another country that has received the update already. By setting it as the primary SIM, even in roaming, you receive the updates. Tried successfully on mine (which was manually updated via FF to B401) with a Greek SIM card, got the update up to 402.
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I can confirm this working in the UK to go from B394 B403.
b1tt1 said:
Yesterday I asked Honor Finland about the update situation (I'm still on B398 from August on FRD-L19C432). A rep promised to get back to me soon.
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Yeah, Tampere Finland
Any news from them?
I had FRD-L09C432B398 and security patch from November, but yesterday i decided to try FF to update my phone.
Now i have B402 with February security patch and everything works fine :good:
I recommend to do it that way if u wanna have almost latest security patch!
I used FRD-L09C432B402 FullOTA-MF because i received only errors from those little OTA-MF updates..
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I can confirm this working in the UK to go from B394 B403.
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Where did you get a Greek SIM card and what network was it.
Sent from my FRD-L09 using Tapatalk
B403 delivered today in Romania
BigD18t said:
Where did you get a Greek SIM card and what network was it.
Sent from my FRD-L09 using Tapatalk
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I assume that he used a Portuguese one
It is not limited to Greek SIM cards, you need to pick a SIM from a country that has received the update.
For what's worth, the greek sim card was from Cosmote.
BigD18t said:
Where did you get a Greek SIM card and what network was it.
Sent from my FRD-L09 using Tapatalk
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Portuguese SIM card. Like it was said, any SIM card from a country that already started receiving the update.
B403 seems to be approved for me today in the UK. I'm on Three if that makes any difference
linkazoid said:
B403 seems to be approved for me today in the UK. I'm on Three if that makes any difference
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I'm with giffgaff/o2 and B403 did not arrive automatically, but I was in b402.
By switching my SIM to my greek one (as described above) I got the update to b403.
If you were in b394 probably you got the triple patch, which is also good news.
Ah yes, mine didn't arrive automatically I just meant that it was approved in FF for me today.
Today i was checking out the firmware finder app for huawei app and i found PRA-LA1 C185B322 and this was with android 8.0 oreo. So i taped on get update through dns and the update started to download. Is it compatible for my device? Should i install it ? Help me
Hi
Tap on the firmware access and see if it's approved or not
And 322 is not for honor 8 lite. 321 is for us
Traceur017 said:
Tap on the firmware access and see if it's approved or not
And 322 is not for honor 8 lite. 321 is for us
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No it is not approved. But it is downloading.
What should i do?
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No it is not approved. But it is downloading.
What should i do?
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Don't continue downloading cause after you download it completely, it won't install. Cause it's not approved and it's not for honor 8 lite.
Traceur017 said:
Don't continue downloading cause after you download it completely, it won't install. Cause it's not approved and it's not for honor 8 lite.
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Then we won't get the oreo update?
sugarrrr said:
Then we won't get the oreo update?
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Yes we will get oreo update but 322 version is not for us.
There is another version in firmware finder that is 321 and that is for our phone but it can't be installed cause it's not approved for installation.
These versions of oreo that are now on firmware finder are beta. Wait a little for the official stable version. It might be released soon. Maybe this week or next week
Traceur017 said:
Yes we will get oreo update but 322 version is not for us.
There is another version in firmware finder that is 321 and that is for our phone but it can't be installed cause it's not approved for installation.
These versions of oreo that are now on firmware finder are beta. Wait a little for the official stable version. It might be released soon. Maybe this week or next week
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Okay bro. One more thing. I am currently one c185b199 is that all right?
Cause i see more ota versions like b212 which is approved for my device as well. So should i go for them or stay right here?
sugarrrr said:
Okay bro. One more thing. I am currently one c185b199 is that all right?
Cause i see more ota versions like b212 which is approved for my device as well.
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The latest version is 214 for our device. If you want to found the firmware for our device in firmware finder you need to do this.
First tap on the Add model button
Then search this: PRA-L21HC185
then tap on ok and you will see this model on the main screen of the app.
The firmwares in that section is for our phone.
The name is different but after you installed the rom,you'll see build number is still pra-la1c185.
Just before getting the update checked the firmware access
The latest version is 214 for now. I installed before and it was approved for installing but now it's not approved. I don't know why!
But you can install 211 if 214 is not approved for you too
Traceur017 said:
The latest version is 214 for our device. If you want to found the firmware for our device in firmware finder you need to do this.
First tap on the Add model button
Then search this: PRA-L21HC185
then tap on ok and you will see this model on the main screen of the app.
The firmwares in that section is for our phone.
The name is different but after you installed the rom,you'll see build number is still pra-la1c185.
Just before getting the update checked the firmware access
The latest version is 214 for now. I installed before and it was approved for installing but now it's not approved. I don't know why!
But you can install 211 if 214 is not approved for you too
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Thanks bro.
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Thanks bro.
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Thats funny because usually I can get the update from firmware finder app faster . But i received b214 faster from system update. And I hope we get the Oreo soon
oreo update
how can i download approved Firmware from firmware finder plz tell me
It looks like the July security patch has appeared in Firmware Finder. May be the EU will get Oreo at around August or September.
That sucks for sure
What happens if the update is not approved for installation and I download it through FF DNS/VPN and try to install it?
I didn't get even the B406.
ThePS4Gamer said:
It looks like the July security patch has appeared in Firmware Finder. May be the EU will get Oreo at around August or September.
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There has been a security update for marshmallow way after nougat got released.
That may still happen with Oreo, oreo and nougat are not necessarily excluding each other IMHO.
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What happens if the update is not approved for installation and I download it through FF DNS/VPN and try to install it?
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You will simply get an installation error...
Old friend said:
I didn't get even the B406.
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Neither did I.
Last update that showed up on my phone before rebranding to L19 was the B405.
Why are Huawei/Honor so sloppy with their update distribution sometimes?
This seems really strange, I haven't even recieved B406 yet and Oreo is being released on another FRD-L09 model, but still they decide to release a new security patch-only update? Why couldn't they just pack it together with Oreo? :|
This seems really strange, I haven't even recieved B406 yet and Oreo is being released on another FRD-L09 model, but still they decide to release a new security patch-only update? Why couldn't they just pack it together with Oreo? :|
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Guess they're just testing with the Russian L09, like they first did with China, and don't know when they'll release it in general Europe.
maybe because in Europe we are crybabies they want to be sure everything works fine
im still on 405 and its not a big deal, besides if you want to get oreo they 're many detailed guides to do so..
And what with gyro bug in B407?
just received B407 OTA
Uhmm... You sure?
Me too in croatia. Previously I manually flashed b406 through the firmware finder
Pure Honor 8
Cool. It is still not approved for me
Still not approved here, in Italy. Honor 8 (FRD-L09) No brand
Giuskiller said:
Still not approved here, in Italy. Honor 8 (FRD-L09) No brand
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Today it's approved (Italy) on a long tap on check button, still not approved on short tap same button
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Today it's approved (Italy) on a long tap on check button, still not approved on short tap same button
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Doesn't matter. Can you install it?
Got it last evening here in Finland
alen1901 said:
Me too in croatia. Previously I manually flashed b406 through the firmware finder
Pure Honor 8
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I am also from Croatia,still not approved