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Where is the Nougat update for L29C636?

So i am now starting to get extremely frustrated with Huaweis support teams and the lack of information on here. I have been waiting for a nougat update since the betas last December came out and still nothing. I watch every device model of the mate8 get this update except the model i have listed in the title. Even the L09C636... so where the update for the dual sim L29? and why are there basically no useful threads for it?
I have tried unlocking the bootloader to install the last beta build i have downloaded because it wont install with the official update app. The emui site that is listed all over the mate8 forum keeps telling me that i have not been signed into my huawei ID for more then 14 days when in reality, it has been for almost 2 months now. Im tired of waiting and once again huaweis support is useless in this respect even though they have a whole official page dedicated to unlocking the bootloader.
So I am here with a last ditch effort to finally enjoy this phone. I really want to keep it becasue its had the best battery life on any phone ive tested of late, and its super fast and snappy. Im just picky on software updates becasue like most of you. I like to be as up to date as possible.
Please if you have any info or sites that can help me out with this issue put something in the comments, it would be greatly appreciated.
also im in canada if that has anything to do with my problems, because this is the Asian model of the device.

Same problem. Always waiting for Nougat...
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Me too! im waiting for L29C185...

ronnieb133 said:
So i am now starting to get extremely frustrated with Huaweis support teams and the lack of information on here. I have been waiting for a nougat update since the betas last December came out and still nothing. I watch every device model of the mate8 get this update except the model i have listed in the title. Even the L09C636... so where the update for the dual sim L29? and why are there basically no useful threads for it?
I have tried unlocking the bootloader to install the last beta build i have downloaded because it wont install with the official update app. The emui site that is listed all over the mate8 forum keeps telling me that i have not been signed into my huawei ID for more then 14 days when in reality, it has been for almost 2 months now. Im tired of waiting and once again huaweis support is useless in this respect even though they have a whole official page dedicated to unlocking the bootloader.
So I am here with a last ditch effort to finally enjoy this phone. I really want to keep it becasue its had the best battery life on any phone ive tested of late, and its super fast and snappy. Im just picky on software updates becasue like most of you. I like to be as up to date as possible.
Please if you have any info or sites that can help me out with this issue put something in the comments, it would be greatly appreciated.
also im in canada if that has anything to do with my problems, because this is the Asian model of the device.
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If all works perfectly, why do you are frustrated?
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Grandcru99 said:
If all works perfectly, why do you are frustrated?
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It wasn't working perfectly at all, I only just installed the nougat update yesterday by the Huawei firmware finder app and proxy. The page for the official firmware thread on here hasn't been updated yet to show the new b521 build, it's still on the b321 and below with dead links.
But I digress I found what I was looking for finally even if jumping through hoops to get it and being the last device model to do so.
I'm just happy to finally be running nougat
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ronnieb133 said:
Grandcru99 said:
If all works perfectly, why do you are frustrated?
Sent from my HUAWEI NXT-L29
It wasn't working perfectly at all, I only just installed the nougat update yesterday by the Huawei firmware finder app and proxy. The page for the official firmware thread on here hasn't been updated yet to show the new b521 build, it's still on the b321 and below with dead links.
But I digress I found what I was looking for finally even if jumping through hoops to get it and being the last device model to do so.
I'm just happy to finally be running nougat
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i feel equally frustrated as well. Have been waiting for so long while other variants already got the update. Finally can't wait any longer and install the B521 via the firmware finder as well.
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Me too on c636 b521 beta, everyday refresh the system update for stable version and keep disappointed
Many variant already with stable version, where is my c636

Same here C636 is bad really and always delay in updates....

MohamedNBELAL said:
Same here C636 is bad really and always delay in updates....
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Yeah C636 is lagging behind big time all the time.

Hi there
It's so outrageous that we don't have Nougat for C636.
Someone should post a message in twitter or social media on Huawei's pages... Maybe the Singapore one as the C636 is the Asian model.
Though there are a couple of Nougat betas... We still don't have a stable version and we are way past Q1 2017 which was when Huawei said the Mate 8 would be updated...
https://www.pc-tablet.co.in/huawei-...-existing-smartphones-starting-q1-2017/53526/

I have a mate 8 l29c636 and I got several ota updates. the latest being b563.

Update B858
trd_jzx100 said:
I have a mate 8 l29c636 and I got several ota updates. the latest being b563.
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My B585 update came today

federalprisoner said:
My B585 update came today
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tell me what battery life is like. so we should be expecting this soon

hamta993 said:
Me too! im waiting for L29C185...
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If u update your phone to L29C185B200 u will get the B560 Android 7.0 update automatically .... i got it 1 months ago and now I'm on B580 ....

iamSHANTO said:
If u update your phone to L29C185B200 u will get the B560 Android 7.0 update automatically .... i got it 1 months ago and now I'm on B580 ....
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that is weird!!
i about 1 months ago B560!!
for now i'm trying from system update or hisuite and says you are You're using the latest version of the official!
even i'm try from dload method but this also not working...
"sorry for bad english"

iamSHANTO said:
If u update your phone to L29C185B200 u will get the B560 Android 7.0 update automatically .... i got it 1 months ago and now I'm on B580 ....
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hamta993 said:
that is weird!!
i about 1 months ago B560!!
for now i'm trying from system update or hisuite and says you are You're using the latest version of the official!
even i'm try from dload method but this also not working...
"sorry for bad english"
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I'm still on NXT L29C636B193...
I haven't done anything to it manually...
I've been worried there was chance I may break something... I've heard someone with L29 C636 upgrade manually to Nougat and then do a factory reset only to break it... And then be forced to root it... I want to continue using banking apps so I haven't risked it yet....
Hopefully I'll be updated via OTA to Nougat... Since I'm becoming a little restless...
Also have you manually updated at all? I've been on B193 since day one with no updates...

U can update your phone by firmware finder app ...

federalprisoner said:
My B585 update came today
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Hey man what kind of theme u use ... the black in background is perfect ... please let me know man .... thanks in advance

Apad121 said:
I'm still on NXT L29C636B193...
I haven't done anything to it manually...
I've been worried there was chance I may break something... I've heard someone with L29 C636 upgrade manually to Nougat and then do a factory reset only to break it... And then be forced to root it... I want to continue using banking apps so I haven't risked it yet....
Hopefully I'll be updated via OTA to Nougat... Since I'm becoming a little restless...
Also have you manually updated at all? I've been on B193 since day one with no updates...
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lucky you!
yes i updated manually from B180 to B320 and B320 to B560 and just now i'm updating from B560 to B580 by using system update (its my first time!!!) in this link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/general/nxt-l29c185b580-frimware-t3595441
also before mate 8, i had sony and samsungs phone and updated manually a lot
but yes! its so risky.

I just upgraded via firmware finder to l29c636b585. Went smoothly.

B404

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).

supersakis said:
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.
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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..

zinko_pt said:
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.
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B403 delivered today in Romania

BigD18t said:
Where did you get a Greek SIM card and what network was it.
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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.
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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.

oreo update on firmware finder for Huawei

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?

sugarrrr said:
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.

sugarrrr said:
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

LON-L29C432B371 has anyone successfully installed this?

I can see LON-L29C432B371 (8.0.0.371) on the Firmware Finder app.
It's the June security patch.
It has been there for 9 days but still says not approved for device.
I only had to wait a few days for the May security patch LON-L29C432B370 to be approved.
Has anyone been able to install B371 yet?
How does the approval work? Do Huawei add devices gradually or does a firmware get approved for everyone at the same time?
Sorry for the questions but I've only had my Mate 9 Pro about 6 weeks. It's a LON-AL00 Chinese model but I successfully rebranded it to a LON-L29C432 European model.

I got the 371 update today and it is stable. Rooted with the kangvip installer and everything is fine and dandy.

j0hn83 said:
I can see LON-L29C432B371 (8.0.0.371) on the Firmware Finder app.
It's the June security patch.
It has been there for 9 days but still says not approved for device.
I only had to wait a few days for the May security patch LON-L29C432B370 to be approved.
Has anyone been able to install B371 yet?
How does the approval work? Do Huawei add devices gradually or does a firmware get approved for everyone at the same time?
Sorry for the questions but I've only had my Mate 9 Pro about 6 weeks. It's a LON-AL00 Chinese model but I successfully rebranded it to a LON-L29C432 European model.
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Hej
I got this update in the night via OTA...it's only new security patch from jun 2018

Honor 8 EU model firmware B407

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.

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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.

xfim said:
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

omniapp said:
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