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Where to Begin? (Model NXT-TL00)

I'm no stranger to custom recoveries or flashing custom roms, but man, I've been trying to get a handle on this thing.
I just bought a Huawei Mate 8 (The model number on the back is NXT-TL00). I'm guessing it's the Chinese version.
Can someone give me an idiots guide to see what firmware I'm on and flashing this thing with a custom rom? I keep seeing references to having "Firmware Bxx", and I'm not even sure how to check that.
This is a vanilla phone straight from eBay and the official build Number in the settings screen reads NXT-TL00C0B197. I'm assuming that means I'm on B197? Does that mean I need to update all the way up into the B3xx's to install the newest roms?
I feel like a complete idiot. I'm used to just unlocking a bootloader, installing a custom recovery, and flashing a rom. It seems like like this is going to be a little more difficult coming from something like a Samsung or LG. Just need some friendly advice. Thanks in advance XDA Folks.

Hello.
Im coming from LG , and yes , its a bit more difficult.
this phone have some variants on different country, but hardware is same , or nearly on all models
Im french and i bought one in china and receved a DL00.
I was able to transform it into an europeean version to get rid of chinese bloatware. my phone is L29C432 B320. C432 is the european rom model. B320 is version of the rom. I always stick to my model to avoid any problems

Yeah, you are on B197.
Its easy as ****. First of all check if you got single or double sim card phone (guess its dual-sim chinese phone )
then if u dont mind - unlock bootloader (check guide, its on the forum, easy access to find it )
then flash TWRP and root your phone (again, a guide + software from here ->http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/development/tool-srk-tool-huawei-t3369797
then - install a software that you want to :
thanks to @jbmc83
AL10 = chinese version, unlocked
TL00, DL00, CL00 = chinese versions, locked to chinese carriers
L29 = international version, unlocked, dual sim
L09 = international version, unlocked, single sim, only available in 3/32 GB
now everything is clear. just ask , people are nice here and able to help you bro.
have a good time with your phone
ps. i dont like to flash custom roms so i recomend you to do it like this -> unlock -> flash TWRP -> flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65544452 from here -> Root -> delete unneccecary apps with root delete program and you are ready to rock like us

what's the result ?
Anyone tried to install a European Software on this Phone Model NXT-TL00 please ?
Thank you

MHA-L29C605B111 to MHA-L29BC605B111

Hello forum, sorry if the question i am going to ask is a bit noob. I have a mate 9 (MHA-L29C605B111 CUSTC605D111). The thing is i am getting annoyed by the notifications in numners not the icon. The thing is via FF i only find the MHA-L29BC605B111 CUSTC605D162. That cust is the same as a friend of mine which has the icons. My questions are:
1) Is there a command to enable the icons?
2) Is there any risk via FF to change from C605 to BC605 as is only OTA-MF?
3) Is this the correct way to change the CUSTID?
Thank you for every help you may give me as i am new in the huawei world!!:good::good:

The_Pacifier said:
Hello forum, sorry if the question i am going to ask is a bit noob. I have a mate 9 (MHA-L29C605B111 CUSTC605D111). The thing is i am getting annoyed by the notifications in numners not the icon. The thing is via FF i only find the MHA-L29BC605B111 CUSTC605D162. That cust is the same as a friend of mine which has the icons. My questions are:
1) Is there a command to enable the icons?
2) Is there any risk via FF to change from C605 to BC605 as is only OTA-MF?
3) Is this the correct way to change the CUSTID?
Thank you for every help you may give me as i am new in the huawei world!!:good::good:
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1. No. Huawei uses numbers in old ROMs. But in new ROMs you can select numbers or icons.
2. You can not change ROM via OTA-MF in this case. This type of ROM contains difference between previous version and current only. If you will flash it over other ROM (non-native) - ROM will not be flashed. I don't know what difference between cust D111 and D165.
Symbol 'B' in MHA-L29BC605 means beta or test.
Maybe, you can flash but ROM version is same B111, so very little chances to flash by OTA type.
If you're not planning to sell phone or not using special functional from your mobile operator, it is better to rebrand on world or china ROM. The most popular are C636 (Asia Pacific), C432 (Europe), C00 (China). But you will lost ability to return on your customization, cause there is no full version of your current ROM.

Hey man, check out this thread...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/huawei-mate-9-mha-l29c605b111-help-t3638341/page2

5[Strogino] said:
1. No. Huawei uses numbers in old ROMs. But in new ROMs you can select numbers or icons.
2. You can not change ROM via OTA-MF in this case. This type of ROM contains difference between previous version and current only. If you will flash it over other ROM (non-native) - ROM will not be flashed. I don't know what difference between cust D111 and D165.
Symbol 'B' in MHA-L29BC605 means beta or test.
Maybe, you can flash but ROM version is same B111, so very little chances to flash by OTA type.
If you're not planning to sell phone or not using special functional from your mobile operator, it is better to rebrand on world or china ROM. The most popular are C636 (Asia Pacific), C432 (Europe), C00 (China). But you will lost ability to return on your customization, cause there is no full version of your current ROM.
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Many thanks. I am a little afraid of rebranding at the moment. I do not understand de process correctly and I do not want to mess up my phone. I do not understand what is important about my operator, as this phone is not from an operator or the man who sell it to me said that, as i live in argentina this phone is not available here and i do not know from which country is from. Is there a posibility that i get otas or i will be stuck in this?

The_Pacifier said:
Many thanks. I am a little afraid of rebranding at the moment. I do not understand de process correctly and I do not want to mess up my phone. I do not understand what is important about my operator, as this phone is not from an operator or the man who sell it to me said that, as i live in argentina this phone is not available here and i do not know from which country is from. Is there a posibility that i get otas or i will be stuck in this?
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Where is your phone from? How you bought it?
Unfortunately, phones with extra customization are not updated often. I reviewed many stock ROMs, and ROMs with cust are hosted without FullOTA type even! So it is very hard to restore original state back.
Imho, if anyone wants buy Mate 9 and don't want problems with ROM or flashing process, he/she must buy phone with popular region.
I don't wander what Huawei included in addition to region when named cust. Maybe, it is special settings for domestic mobile operators, maybe some bloatware, maybe something else.
About existing OTAs.
Need to download them all and check what is inside. Changelogs are different, so it is chance that files are incremental. But I will travel for 2 weeks and without ability to get internet. Sorry.

I bought my phone to a guy who import them here in argentina. But i do not have any carrier branding in the ROM and i put my chip and it is not branded. Does my carrier affect in the time of the updates or no? As is not branded. I just reading reddit that the chip you put in the phone affects otas as mine c605 is destinated to colombia and mine is from argentina. Is really true that? In addition that since i bought the phone (1st May 2017) never received an OTA and still on october 2016 security patch.

5[Strogino] said:
Symbol 'B' in MHA-L29BC605 means beta or test.
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Thanks for clarification. I was wondering why they changed C to BC for some firmwares.

5[Strogino] said:
Where is your phone from? How you bought it?
Unfortunately, phones with extra customization are not updated often. I reviewed many stock ROMs, and ROMs with cust are hosted without FullOTA type even! So it is very hard to restore original state back.
Imho, if anyone wants buy Mate 9 and don't want problems with ROM or flashing process, he/she must buy phone with popular region.
I don't wander what Huawei included in addition to region when named cust. Maybe, it is special settings for domestic mobile operators, maybe some bloatware, maybe something else.
About existing OTAs.
Need to download them all and check what is inside. Changelogs are different, so it is chance that files are incremental. But I will travel for 2 weeks and without ability to get internet. Sorry.
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Well man. Thnxs for all your info. I got the guts to rebrand this thing. Everything went OK in the first try. The only weird thing that make me crap my pants was that after the rebranding process (When i has finished intalling in the EMUI recovery) the phone start rebooting as crazy :crying: :crying: . It posted huawei logo, then black screen and start rebooting not allowing to enter either fastboot or ADB, after some time doing that the phone booted OK :victory: . Then flashed again the same model option and it was all a huge success :highfive:. Was the rebooting normal o not? Because in the guide that was translated to spanish that was a bit more accurate did not mention anything neither here. Any way, my phone is OK now i have the icons that was the thing that bothered me a lot and i am happy with that, THANKS TO EVERYONE :highfive::highfive:

No service in European L09 C432 ROM issue

Hello everyone, i know that here collected the best minds of Huawei custom thing development
So i have a question to you, and i hope that you can help me, i dont know there to search and what to do
Originally i had a Mate 9 with L09 C432 ROM (UK Three mobile), after time i decide to flash custom rom, to get a better battery life, root and another tools
Because my phone is insured i have to bring this to original ROM one day, but.... Now when i am flashing any version of L09 C432 ROM i dont have network access (cannot use mobile data), cannot make calls and messages, but i can receive calls and messages. In row about phone i have MEID 0000000000. In top left corner there should be carrier written - No service, looks like that phone think that he is now 2 sim model
No service
One ROM from L09 which one is working for me is RomAur 1.5
I tried to rebrand to another model, and after back to original, not working, all possible roms - same issue. I dont know which part of ROM responsible for receiving calls and messages, or what i destroyed in my phone
Any idea for this?

Hello.
I'm not a developer or something likewise, I'm just a regular user. I have a mate 9 bought in latin America (Dominican Republic) after a month I rebranded my phone from MHA-L09C25B106 to MHA-L09C432B182. My phone was built with a single SIM and when I installed the ROM from this post. https://youtu.be/8OywEYZ2cbw it also gave me the MEID 00000000000000 but it let me do call and use data, also I noticed that even if the ROM was for MHA-L09 it has two SIM toolkits, one with the name of my carrier and the other with none but the phone was fine. The problem came after I updated to B190. I had the no service massage even though I had my SIM card inside, what I did was while on I took off and back on the SIM card and the service came back on, I restarted and came with the same thing so I took it off and back on again and my service came back. Because I use a case I don't want to be taking it off plus doing the same with the SIM card so I reinstalled back the MHA-L09C432B182 and don't allow the system to update itself.
I recommend for you check your version if it is ...B190 and also do the SIM off and back on solution.
Hope this helps.

Jooosu said:
Hello everyone, i know that here collected the best minds of Huawei custom thing development
So i have a question to you, and i hope that you can help me, i dont know there to search and what to do
Originally i had a Mate 9 with L09 C432 ROM (UK Three mobile), after time i decide to flash custom rom, to get a better battery life, root and another tools
Because my phone is insured i have to bring this to original ROM one day, but.... Now when i am flashing any version of L09 C432 ROM i dont have network access (cannot use mobile data), cannot make calls and messages, but i can receive calls and messages. In row about phone i have MEID 0000000000. In top left corner there should be carrier written - No service, looks like that phone think that he is now 2 sim model
No service
One ROM from L09 which one is working for me is RomAur 1.5
I tried to rebrand to another model, and after back to original, not working, all possible roms - same issue. I dont know which part of ROM responsible for receiving calls and messages, or what i destroyed in my phone
Any idea for this?
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Did you where able to solve the issue
Sent from my MHA-L09 using Tapatalk

Yep I have to eject and reinsert the SIM. Rebranded from L09C185 to L09C432B190. (SINGLE SIM)
Any fix for this on B194?
Will I have the same issue if I rebrand back to L09C185?

kazprotos said:
Yep I have to eject and reinsert the SIM. Rebranded from L09C185 to L09C432B190. (SINGLE SIM)
Any fix for this on B194?
Will I have the same issue if I rebrand back to L09C185?
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Nop, I just updated to that version and no hope at all.
Sent from my MHA-L09 using Tapatalk

Yeah I still have to eject SIM and replace it back in after each reboot

install on Rom Aur 1.5 b182 Your problem is solved
Sent from my MHA-L09 using XDA-Developers Legacy app

it's ok whith L29C432, i have the same problem (L09 and MEID 00000)

help needed, unbricked mate 8 and debranded still showing wrong version

Hi all,
I was running a custom ROM for a while (KangVIP) and decided to revert back to stock. I missed it up and I bricked it. so kept trying several methods and finally managed to make it work via dc-unlocker. However initially I wasn't sure which was my original stock rom version. I'm in the middle east so I tried all the different nxt-l29c185xxx versions. nothing worked out, so I tried the second method of dc-unlocker using NXT-AL10 factory firmware and the phone worked. so I debranded the phone using SRKTools, then I flashed different l29c185 stock roms and it seemed that it worked out. However the issue I'm facing now is I'm getting SIM network unlock message when restarting, which shouldn't be the case since the phone originally is unlocked when bought. so I checked through the manufacturer mode and the Bootloader version there shows NXT-C900B120-fastboot
I'm not sure what this means. I tried several ROMs using SRKTools and ItalianKnife and still this didn't change although the build number in the phone changes.
any ideas how to completely revert this back?
appreciate your help

any suggestions..... things I should try??

Yasa98 said:
any suggestions..... things I should try??
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Hi.
As you said you are on B200 so your phone is marshmallow and it is good because SRKtool just can rebrand Marshmallow version.
My suggestion is to use SRKtools and rebrand your phone to correct brand (NXT-L29C636 or NXT-L29C185)
If you do it correctly, I bet it will work.
Have a nice time.

afromoh said:
Hi.
As you said you are on B200 so your phone is marshmallow and it is good because SRKtool just can rebrand Marshmallow version.
My suggestion is to use SRKtools and rebrand your phone to correct brand (NXT-L29C636 or NXT-L29C185)
If you do it correctly, I bet it will work.
Have a nice time.
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many thanks for your reply.
I tried SRKtools again following the guide and still it isn't working. I still get the Sim lock message and the factory bootloader version NXT-C900B120_fasboot

Yasa98 said:
many thanks for your reply.
I tried SRKtools again following the guide and still it isn't working. I still get the Sim lock message and the factory bootloader version NXT-C900B120_fasboot
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Hi.
Would you please tell me which vesrion is in setting about ??

afromoh said:
Hi.
Would you please tell me which vesrion is in setting about ??
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I've used dc-unlocker to get passed the unlock code. Now I have the phone on L29C185B520; however everything in the phone is working perfectly except the sim; there is totally no signal. I have checked the sim in other phones and it's working fine.
I took the phone to a Huawei repair center and they said its a problem with the mainboard which needed to be changed and it'll cost around $200 USD
I believe it's a problem of modemvm partitions. is there a way to fix it?

Convert canadian g930w8 into european g930f

Hi people.
The motherboard of my G930F breaks down and I bought a new one from one seller.
Seller tolds me that my contry language was in the menus (spanish).
I just mount the mainboard and the phone works fine, but maybe the 75% of the menu texts appear in english.
I tryed to translate them with morelocale or some other apk's but the device must be rooted or make it by ADB.
Now, the seller is telling that I can flash a G930F firmware in my G930W8, because is "the same device".
I don't now certanly if this is real or not.
Can you help me? Thx in advance

They both use the same exynos could buy you can't flash 930f firmware to the 930w8 with Odin.
The model number in download mode will always be 930w8.

TIRITI_2 said:
Hi people.
The motherboard of my G930F breaks down and I bought a new one from one seller.
Seller tolds me that my contry language was in the menus (spanish).
I just mount the mainboard and the phone works fine, but maybe the 75% of the menu texts appear in english.
I tryed to translate them with morelocale or some other apk's but the device must be rooted or make it by ADB.
Now, the seller is telling that I can flash a G930F firmware in my G930W8, because is "the same device".
I don't now certanly if this is real or not.
Can you help me? Thx in advance
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Yes, since it's the Canadian version, I would imagine the W8 ROM's Spanish language abilities would be limited. Even if there's a Spanish language option in the menus, Samsung wouldn't put the effort into translating the whole OS for something they're only selling in Canada, a country that speaks English and French. What you could do, though, is flash an Exynos custom ROM, which will work with W8 or F, and change your CSC (that stands for country specific phone, it tells Android which language and location to use by default) to Mexico-Unlocked or Spain-Unlocked. There are some Claro CSCs in there too, if you're in one of the many Spanish-speaking countries where they have a monopoly and you need their official apps to recognize your phone as a Claro phone. I'll link the thread, all of the instructions for how to flash the ROM and change it to a Spanish-speaking CSC are in there. https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/development/rom-s7-rom-v1-0-t3356197
Just to warn you, if your phone has the Oreo update, this might not work, because even if you flash the Nougat recovery and bootloader, there's no guarantee that TWRP would be able to format /data and mount /system in the Oreo ROM to actually flash the Nougat ROM. If it fails, no worries, a program called "Samsung Smart Switch" can get you back on the working stock ROM with the press of a button. Even if it does work, though, you'll be downgrading to the 1.5-year-old Nougat, which you might not want. The SuperMan ROM developer says Oreo is coming soon though, he wasn't able to do it yet because he was in the hospital with a medical emergency until about a month after Samsung released the official F/FD/W8 Oreo Touchwiz ROM, so it's just a matter of patience. Your comment sounds like you can speak fairly good English, so hopefully you can make calls, text, and bookmark the Spanish versions of your favorite websites until a stock-based Oreo ROM comes out. I don't think it will take any longer than another month.