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[Q] Goophone 4GS Unable to ROOT!

G'Day All
Just recently I purchased a Goophone 4GS, simply a Chinese knock off of an Iphone, but I must say a very good one at that indeed. The phone is very nice and I like it a lot but came with all these Chinese apps installed that make it not only difficult but frustrating to use. The simplest solution is to root the the phone and install the apps I want and in English as well.
Before everyone starts pointing me to this thread and that post, I have spent every night for the past week searching and reading every bit of information on trying to root this phone to no avail whatsoever. Root Rec 3.2 does not work, permission denied, superoneclick either hangs or or comes back with the same.
Z4Root does nothing, Gingerbreak just hangs, Anyandroot says wrong version.
More searching even going to translating the Chinese forum made no difference to the outcome, following their procedure, and all the others nothing seems to work
I have downloaded a rom That I would like to use but I need the phone rooted first, I even tried to install the rom, using the initial setup (surprisingly) in English but keeps telling me new rom no E signature process aborted.
Now I'm new to this game but willing to learn, and have come a long way in a week, so If I ask stupid questions please remember I'm still a NOOB.
If anyone can suggest a procedure, or try this or that please help, Speak up and save my sanity, before end up rooting the phone in a different way.
Thanks
Katohdog

Which version of Android is the phone on
Swyped From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation
Virtuous Inquisition 3.0

Please don't laugh, but I'm not real sure, I think its 2.3 Where on the phone would I find this information?
According to the seller's site its android 2.3 with MTK MT6573 Processor,
When you go into the phone Settings, About all listed relate to apple OS not android confuses me even more.:
Thanks
Katohdog

Homescreen/menu/settings/about phone/software version.
Sent from My HD2 with GingerBreadz.

That's weird. You sure it's Android running on it?
Sent from My HD2 with GingerBreadz.

homescreen/settings/general/about
the following information comes up
model nunber, iphone4 (mc605CH)
Version 5.0.1(8C158)
IOSVID, 2.6.35.7 sat jan 14 12:19:50 CST2012
ICCID, 8986 0110 6036 0790 3686
IOS Version, IOS 5.0.1
Hpoe that helps, buts thats all apple, or not?
Thanks
Katohdog

Have to add to last post even what the phone says It is not IOS operating systing it is android, I have manged to download many different apps on the phone, some work and some don't need rooting to work, but its definetly android not apple. at least I think!
You can see my confusion, If I can ridd of the Chinese apps I will be a happy chappy!
Thanks Again
Katohdog

Katohdog said:
Have to add to last post even what the phone says It is not IOS operating systing it is android, I have manged to download many different apps on the phone, some work and some don't need rooting to work, but its definetly android not apple. at least I think!
You can see my confusion, If I can ridd of the Chinese apps I will be a happy chappy!
Thanks Again
Katohdog
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I believe the version is a heavily modded version of 2.2 Froyo OR 2.3 Gingerbread.

An Update I tried a few more packages tonight, CF-Root, and 234root.zip.
CF didn't do a thing, 234 I could not open, non signature error, So I even tried installing 3e refectory installer, but all failed.
Desperate for ideas now, even tried renaming the new rom as backup file to fool the system but no work.
Desperayte for answeres Please!
Thanks
Katohdog

Hi All
Just so I put an end to this thread for others with the same problems the solution is.
The phone is set with an IOS operating system and when you go to root the phone the programme cannot find the correct version. So solution is.
Go to rom.gooapple.com and download an earlier version of the rom . I used 12.02.13.zip and worked.
When you enter the site do not use translator, find the rom and press on it, will redirect you to another site 115 Chinese . Under the picture there are 4 buttons press the white one and download should start.
Once downloaded install it to your SD card go to setup and update from SD, the new rom will then be installed on the phone. Then use the Chinese Root-Rec and it should root. I even checked it with superoneclick and it worked.
So when you check your version on the phone if its running IOS XXXXX then you need to change it to android.
Good Luck.
Thanks to those who assisted me, and I hope I can assist someone else.
Katohdog

Problems in rooting Goophone 4gs
Hello I have the same problem. My phone and yours is the same and we have the same specs. rootrec and superoneclick also does not work for me. try to llok at this as what happened while i was rooting. h t t p://moronsense.blogspot.com/2012/06/problems-with-rooting-goophone-v5-4gs.html
I tried to use Adroid system info.apk to be able to determine the specs and this is are what appears.
Browser UserAgent: Mozzilla/5.0 (linux; U; Android 2.3.6
---This is contradicting what appears to about which is android 2.3.4
Device: 9000H
Hardware: mt6573

Katohdog said:
Hi All
Just so I put an end to this thread for others with the same problems the solution is.
The phone is set with an IOS operating system and when you go to root the phone the programme cannot find the correct version. So solution is.
Go to rom.gooapple.com and download an earlier version of the rom . I used 12.02.13.zip and worked.
When you enter the site do not use translator, find the rom and press on it, will redirect you to another site 115 Chinese . Under the picture there are 4 buttons press the white one and download should start.
Once downloaded install it to your SD card go to setup and update from SD, the new rom will then be installed on the phone. Then use the Chinese Root-Rec and it should root. I even checked it with superoneclick and it worked.
So when you check your version on the phone if its running IOS XXXXX then you need to change it to android.
Good Luck.
Thanks to those who assisted me, and I hope I can assist someone else.
Katohdog
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I tried to download this and renamed it as update.zip.
I entered recovery mode using long press of + volume button and on/off button
i clicked 装SD update.zip but it says Error: Invalid partition setting Update.zip
By the way i tried to long press the + or - button of volume but no sub menu appears. Please help EI have to root my phone. there are lots of bugs

I did this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1332554 to root it. After restart it just shows the apple bootscreen an it is no way to turn the device off or start recovery mode.... so i had to use the secret reset button in the audio jack. But now everything is fine!

Goophone 4gs root
Hi! I'm a newbie and not a techie one. Really.
I have a goophone 4gs, mt6573 (although my antutu says its goophone y5) running android 4.1.1 and i want to root it... pls help.

[Q] flashed 4.0.4 stock rom, messed up IMEI

Hello everybody this is my first post on this site but it has be invaluable to me in the past for getting phones up and running.
I have a photon q that received a forced update to JB i rooted the phone put CWM on and flashed a stock 4.0.4 ROM to it (asanti_c-user-4.0.4-7.7.1Q-6_SPR-125_ASA-10-11-release-keys-Sprint-US )
Everything appeared to have worked correctly (IE it boots, i can access the internet/youtube app, receive gmail .etc) however the play store wasn’t working.
Fast forward 2 days of debugging and I realized that somehow my IMEI and MEID are messed up ( 0 and 00000000000000 respectively)
I have been looking at ways to restore the IMEI to the phone (i have to original number as it came on the screen protector when I bought the phone), however I cannot seem to find a method that will work with the photon Q.
Tried the terminal emulator method, After reboot nothing has changed.
Can’t find the /EFS folder (after looking that one up i do not believe it exists on this phone) so the method of manipulating the files within won’t work.
So the meat and potatoes of my question is how do i put my IMEI number back into my phone so I can use it again?
thank you in advance
Arckonicon

Did you try using RSD Lite to flash the phone back to factory?

RSD lite
I Used RSD lite to flash the ROM.
As far as I know that rom is a factory/stock ROM.
If it is not where would I go about finding a factory ROM?

Arckonicon said:
I Used RSD lite to flash the ROM.
As far as I know that rom is a factory/stock ROM.
If it is not where would I go about finding a factory ROM?
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Ah, OK I was mistaken about how you flashed the device...
I'm not sure why that would or how it could erase your IMEI, I have used it many times.

That is why I am confused i have done this for other peoples phones prolly 20 or 30 times and I have never had an issue with it.
untill i go to do my own
So i need to figure out a way to put my IMEI back onto the phone. like i said i have the number i just dont know how to get it back into the device... :/

Still unable to find information on how to fix this.
I have however found out that there are three differant versions of the "stock" firmware for the same version and same model.
I am going to attempt to try them all and I will post results here.

FIXED
After looking the problem over i determined that my phone must have shipped with a different firmware than the "stock" one I had flashed. I found 2 other 4.0.4 firmware "stock" ROMS. they are all stock but some of them shipped on different devices. I guess with this phone you have to have the exact same "stock" firmware that came with it.
what I did
found and downloaded the other ROMS (will post the site to get them if I am allowed)
re-flashed the ROMS until one automagicaly had my IMEI number populated (i double checked against the number I had written down from when I got the phone and they are the same so it is not a "fake" IMEI)
I hope others who have this problem will find this helpful.

Arckonicon said:
After looking the problem over i determined that my phone must have shipped with a different firmware than the "stock" one I had flashed. I found 2 other 4.0.4 firmware "stock" ROMS. they are all stock but some of them shipped on different devices. I guess with this phone you have to have the exact same "stock" firmware that came with it.
what I did
found and downloaded the other ROMS (will post the site to get them if I am allowed)
re-flashed the ROMS until one automagicaly had my IMEI number populated (i double checked against the number I had written down from when I got the phone and they are the same so it is not a "fake" IMEI)
I hope others who have this problem will find this helpful.
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i mean that erasing imei is impossible on photon...simple question...is your phone switched to gsm mode?

Arckonicon said:
After looking the problem over i determined that my phone must have shipped with a different firmware than the "stock" one I had flashed. I found 2 other 4.0.4 firmware "stock" ROMS. they are all stock but some of them shipped on different devices. I guess with this phone you have to have the exact same "stock" firmware that came with it.
what I did
found and downloaded the other ROMS (will post the site to get them if I am allowed)
re-flashed the ROMS until one automagicaly had my IMEI number populated (i double checked against the number I had written down from when I got the phone and they are the same so it is not a "fake" IMEI)
I hope others who have this problem will find this helpful.
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Hi dude
I faced the same problem
Could you post the site to download roms?
Please help me

unlocking Mi4c

hi all.
like so many others, Xiaomi forced update 6.1.14 on to my phone which locked the bootloader. i even thought i had stopped the phone from auto updating, but it seems i was wrong. since then, i have been put on to the latest 2 updates. i want to get off of the rom i am on but cant do anything now with the phone in the installing rom dept because regardless of whether i try to use the 'Updater' to put a Chinese dev rom on the phone or any other rom, or if i rename a rom and put it on the root of the phone, i cannot update. i always get a message saying Unable to verify rom and the phone simply stops. when trying to go into recovery mode, as i am unable to get to TWRP, i have even been locked out of that. i applied for an unlock code, but haven't received anything and with Chinese New Year fast approaching, bringing a holiday, i can see Xiaomu ignoring those who asked for a code even longer than they have. i haven't read of a single person being sent the code at all, which is very bad on Xiaomi's part.
i was really pleased with this phone. it worked well for me and did all i wanted but now i have a door stop, to all intents and purpose. such a shame as the way things have gone, i wont be buying from them again.
does anyone have any solution to this problem?
many TIA,
Prettygrim

Download stable ROM - http://bigota.d.miui.com/V7.0.16.0.LXKCNCI/miui_MI4c_V7.0.16.0.LXKCNCI_cba5b6c4a8_5.1.zip
Update your phone to that ROM
You will lost all data and setting (/sdcard is safe)
Bootloader unlocked
Flash CM13

cowithgun said:
Download stable ROM - http://bigota.d.miui.com/V7.0.16.0.LXKCNCI/miui_MI4c_V7.0.16.0.LXKCNCI_cba5b6c4a8_5.1.zip
Update your phone to that ROM
You will lost all data and setting (/sdcard is safe)
Bootloader unlocked
Flash CM13
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And stay away from dev ROMs unless you have an unlock code.

hi and tnx for the replies.
to cowithgun:
unfortunately, i cannot update to that or any other rom, as i stated above. trying to do so via the 'Updater' and all i get is 'Unable to verify rom', that is after being told i must connect to the WLAN. the speed of that is almost non-existent.
if i try to do so by putting the rom in the root of the drive, renaming it 'update.zip' i again get told 'unable to verify rom'. because of the failure to be able to do anything 'conventional' was the reason i asked for help. i have even tried Kingroot and Kingoroot but both have failed.
to qtotter:
one of the methods i was asked to try was to try to use a Chinese dev rom, but i cant even get one of those on the phone (my wife is Chinese, so no language issues).
with the upcoming Chinese New Year, i can see Xiaomi using that as an excuse to delay giving out unlock codes, if it intends doing so at all. i am extremely p****d off at what they have done and in my case, they have turned a phone that i really liked into half a phone. such i stupid stunt to pull when the 'unlocked' was a feature used to actually make the phone a more attractive sale. really disappointed
should have asked guys, what method would you suggest i try to get this rom, (if the blasted phone doesn't give me the same message as before about cant verify it) installed on the phone? bear in mind i have no official recovery and obviously no TWRP.
TIA

Prettygrim said:
hi and tnx for the replies.
to cowithgun:
unfortunately, i cannot update to that or any other rom, as i stated above. trying to do so via the 'Updater' and all i get is 'Unable to verify rom', that is after being told i must connect to the WLAN. the speed of that is almost non-existent.
if i try to do so by putting the rom in the root of the drive, renaming it 'update.zip' i again get told 'unable to verify rom'. because of the failure to be able to do anything 'conventional' was the reason i asked for help. i have even tried Kingroot and Kingoroot but both have failed.
to qtotter:
one of the methods i was asked to try was to try to use a Chinese dev rom, but i cant even get one of those on the phone (my wife is Chinese, so no language issues).
with the upcoming Chinese New Year, i can see Xiaomi using that as an excuse to delay giving out unlock codes, if it intends doing so at all. i am extremely p****d off at what they have done and in my case, they have turned a phone that i really liked into half a phone. such i stupid stunt to pull when the 'unlocked' was a feature used to actually make the phone a more attractive sale. really disappointed
should have asked guys, what method would you suggest i try to get this rom, (if the blasted phone doesn't give me the same message as before about cant verify it) installed on the phone? bear in mind i have no official recovery and obviously no TWRP.
TIA
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I tested it myself, it should work. More precisely, I did this:
1. Download this into your computer: http://bigota.d.miui.com/V7.0.16.0.LXKCNCI/miui_MI4c_V7.0.16.0.LXKCNCI_cba5b6c4a8_5.1.zip
2. Connect phone to computer via USB, copy the zip into your phone, say /sdcard/downloaded_rom/miui_MI4c_V7.0.16.0.LXKCNCI_cba5b6c4a8_5.1.zip
3. Start Updater, press the "..." on upper right and select "Choose update package", select the ROM.
4. Installing older developer ROM will causes the error you mentioned, but if you have 6.1.14, installing stable 7.0.16 is OK and tested working. Not sure what is changed but if it still wont work, try the latest 7.1.6 stable instead.
5. It will warn you of losing setting. Please YES.
6. When it's done, you will have a MIUI ROM but bootloader no longer lock.
7. Install CM13 as soon as you can!

Sounds like the problem is your recovery. You said you have no official recovery.
Sent from my Mi-4c using Tapatalk

just tried it and no luck, i'm afraid. still getting the message 'Cant verify update'. also tried moving the file to root of phone, renaming it to 'update.zip' and still no luck, still getting the same message. it seems that the phone is well and truly locked down so it wont even take one of Xiaomi's own official updates, unless it is a progression from the present rom. that in my view is well over the top!!
tnx for trying and if you or anyone has another idea, please let me know. it appears that the thing to turn off is the verification of the rom. is that possible, and if so, how?
one thing i have noticed in the settings -->developer options is 'verify apps over USB. could this be anything to do with the rom verification failure? the txt for that is greyed out with the button on (redish) but i cant see how to change the setting. worth a try maybe? anyone know how to change it?

Ulver said:
Sounds like the problem is your recovery. You said you have no official recovery.
Sent from my Mi-4c using Tapatalk
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you may well be right, but if that's the case, it was done by Xiaomi. is there a way of getting it to work? how do i actually check it isn't working? as stated before, when 'booting into recovery', i get an image of the phone on screen with the USB cable either connected or disconnected, depending on the actual state and nothing else happens. i have to do a reboot holding the start button to achieve this

Prettygrim said:
bear in mind i have no official recovery and obviously no TWRP.
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I'm still waiting for my mi4c to come from China, and this is the reason why I'm gonna flash the latest (unlocked) official "stable" ROM first only to update the recovery and radio partitions right after I receive the phone. Resellers in China sometimes put their custom ROMs, recovery images or malware in the phones.
I don't think I'd flash twrp right away. I'd install cm12.1 or cm13 by "fastboot boot recovery.img" leaving the official recovery left in the phone so that I could go back to the official ROMs in the official way, and confirm if everything works as expected before flashing twrp.
What I don't understand is why people flash the dev (locked) ROMs as they are downloaded. What they need is just boot.img and /system, isn't it?? I'd replace "firmware-update" folder, where bootloader, radio and recovery images are located, in the dev ROM with the one from the stable ROM if I wanna try dev ROMs. Or I'd replace boot.img and system.* in the stable ROM with the ones in the dev ROM. Those modded ROMs should be able to be flashed with twrp...

the main reason for using the Chinese dev roms is because they are supposed to bee already rooted. once any of these roms is on the phone, according to what else i read, any rom going over the top would keep root. personally, i didn't find any rom that had root already and had to root my phone, following instructions i found on the MIUI and other sites. the built in recovery on my phone does nothing.
i had issues with TWRP when first using it, but put that down to being a novice. i found the files needed and the procedure to get out of the constant TWRP loop, which meant the phone was basically soft bricked and all was good. however, even that method fails now with the message something like 'phone is locked, cannot continue.
i have put an official complaint into Xiaomi about the bootloader locking and also about the time being taken to issue unlock codes, which is much longer than 3-21 days in some cases.
if i get anywhere, i'll post what i'm told

Since the latest miui ROMs are all based on Android 5.1.1, it's really easy to root mi4c yourself even on official standard ROMs. You don't have to flash dev ROMs or flash custom recovery like twrp. You can just run twrp on the fly like "fastboot boot twrp.img" to flash SuperSU.zip as long as bootloader is unlocked.
I'd say it's more dangerous to flash dev ROMs only for rooting especially if it's for your wife, not for yourself... Dev ROMs are for people who want to try new functions and designs still under development.
Anyway, I hope you will get an unlock SMS from xiaomi soon!

Had same Problem
search for miui_MI4c_V7.1.6.0.LXKCNCK_1debc127a9_5.1.zip
Hope it helps

So if the bootloader is locked, you can unlock it by flashing an older dev rom?

ermacwins said:
So if the bootloader is locked, you can unlock it by flashing an older dev rom?
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No. Older Developer ROM will not work. Updater will refuse to update it. I tested a few of them back then, only by flashing the latest stable ROM back then (7.0.16) work.

cowithgun said:
No. Older Developer ROM will not work. Updater will refuse to update it. I tested a few of them back then, only by flashing the latest stable ROM back then (7.0.16) work.
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And now flash the lastest developer and try roll back one o two a time (this work for my with the original recovery) and later use one rom from xiaomi.eu that one has not locked bootloader .
Sorry for my bad english.

i'm probably being real thick here guys. please bear with me. i am, as i said before, new to all this stuff with phones.
remember too that i have an unlocked bootloader now, courtesy of Xiaomi.
so, just to be clear, i am using miui_MI4c_5.12.31_5d6537a0b8_5.1.zip. to remove the possibility of Xiaomi doing something else to the phone that i dont want, i would like to get on to the xiaomi.eu_multi_libra roms. how do i go about doing this in idiot-proof steps, please? also, if i manage to achieve what i want, how do i stop the phone taking official updates? there must be a setting in the phone somewhere that can be disabled and prevent it updating to what i dont want. i found the one in the 'updater settings' but am of the opinion there is another somewhere that i cant find.
hope someone will be gentle with me
TIA

If you're already on Xiaomi.EU ROMs, you won't get OTA updates directly from Xiaomi that will lock your bootloader.
Sent from my Mi-4c using Tapatalk

i am on
miui_MI4c_5.12.31_5d6537a0b8_5.1.zip
which is an official rom, i believe. hence the questions in my former posts. i want to get on to the libre eu roms but am unsure how to go about it. i have read about using various roms first but i believe doing so is under certain circumstances, ie, bootloader locked, phone not rooted. my phone has the bootloader unlocked now by Xiaomi and i have rooted the phone. this is where my confusion comes in that i was hoping someone could clarify

You have unlock permission from xiaomi now, which means you don't need to worry about updates. You can unlock your phone again anytime you want. It's not one time only thing.

well that's a relief! tnx, qtotter! i didn't want to have to go through all this again, just because the maker decided i hadn't actually bought the phone, i had just bought permission to use it, as long as it was how he wanted me to use it!
bloody USA judge who decided that must have been paid a small fortune to rule in favour of this! just what the entertainment industries and others wanted!! didn't care what the implications were or ow the industries would take the p**s out of customers!!

Is this correct upgrade for my Honor 6 Plus

Hi, can somebody give me a little help updating my Huawei Honor 6 Plus. I really cannot afford to brick this phone but as it stands it is not much good to me as I need a phone for when I am delivery driving. If I cannot fix this I will have to sell it and lose lots of money :crying:
Reason for upgrade: Google App or any voice assist will not work.
Details:
Model: PE-TL10
Android 4.4.2
Emui: EMUI 3.0
Software Version: PE TL10V100R001CHNC00B260
Custom Version: CUSTCHNC00D260
What I have found out about updating this phone:
On a German forum I found somebody with what looks like the same phone as me, they were given this advice and link…..and it worked for them.
“You have a Chinese version, the H6 + for this is not suitable, the above-mentioned firmware.
For the Chinese version the update but is already available. See here” http://emuirom123.dbankcloud.com/PE_EMUI3.1_Android5.1_5.10.1.zip?rid=1766
I have a few questions:
Is this the correct upgrade for my phone?
This download is very unstable and keeps crashing, is there a better place to download.
Is there a newer download as this download was posted on 20/10/15.
Will this upgrade mess up any UK settings like unlocked, imei, language?
Many thanks for any help

I managed to download the file, it extracts ok. I have uploaded it to Google drive just in case somebody else needs it or would like to check it is the correct update for my phone.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6gDrpSTs-gtREJRWHdjNnJUZTQ/view?usp=sharing

shaney1466 said:
I managed to download the file, it extracts ok. I have uploaded it to Google drive just in case somebody else needs it or would like to check it is the correct update for my phone.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6gDrpSTs-gtREJRWHdjNnJUZTQ/view?usp=sharing
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i've too b260 i wanna upgrade my phone to leave china version is it worked for you ?

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Bayardo said:
i've too b260 i wanna upgrade my phone to leave china version is it worked for you ?
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I am just testing out a different update, will let you know once i have tested.
Can i ask you is your Google App working... ok google?

shaney1466 said:
I am just testing out a different update, will let you know once i have tested.
Can i ask you is your Google App working... ok google?
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i installed your uploaded rom , but it made broken on my phone ? :crying: :crying: WTF why ? Why you didn't update right file ?

Bayardo said:
i installed your uploaded rom , but it made broken on my phone ? :crying: :crying: WTF why ? Why you didn't update right file ?
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You should have read my post first! "I am just testing out a different update, will let you know once i have tested"
I ended up loading this file https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6gDrpSTs-gtU3Z6OTNWeDh1Y1U/view?usp=sharing
and it is working on my phone. I have found one bug so far that i have not managed to fix.

shaney1466 said:
You should have read my post first! "I am just testing out a different update, will let you know once i have tested"
I ended up loading this file https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6gDrpSTs-gtU3Z6OTNWeDh1Y1U/view?usp=sharing
and it is working on my phone. I have found one bug so far that i have not managed to fix.
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I am having the same china set and trying to move away from it.. no need to unlock bootloader for this? pls share link to download

I also have the Chinese version of PE-TL10. After a while, I was a bit annoyed because of all the Chinese apps... So, I tried several updates from the SD-card, which failed because they where not for this Chinese version. However, the phone always restarted and was fully usable, but not updated. So , I found this site: http://emui.huawei.com/cn/plugin.php?id=hwdownload&mod=detail&mid=125
I updated to a version B351 last year, and suddenly HiCloud worked. Yesterday, I updated to the version you can find in the provided link. Now it works even better with Lollipop, and with some new functions too. Batterytime was worse with the 351, and seems much better with this last version, named 5.1.6.1.1. I think this is a final version, the B351 was beta. Just put in the DLOAD folder on your SD card.
I recently came home from a holiday in the Philippines, and it worked like a charm with 2 SIM cards. BEar in mind that most chinese downloads are slow... I can not guarantee that the file in the link will update from your version, as I first installed a beta(351). If you feel safer, search for the B351 version, and install this first. However, when using local update, my phone has never bricked the 4-5 times I used the wrong update file. The phone is branded China, so it seems only Chinese updates work.
Hope this helps..

Roarc3 said:
I also have the Chinese version of PE-TL10. After a while, I was a bit annoyed because of all the Chinese apps... So, I tried several updates from the SD-card, which failed because they where not for this Chinese version. However, the phone always restarted and was fully usable, but not updated. So , I found this site: http://emui.huawei.com/cn/plugin.php?id=hwdownload&mod=detail&mid=125
I updated to a version B351 last year, and suddenly HiCloud worked. Yesterday, I updated to the version you can find in the provided link. Now it works even better with Lollipop, and with some new functions too. Batterytime was worse with the 351, and seems much better with this last version, named 5.1.6.1.1. I think this is a final version, the B351 was beta. Just put in the DLOAD folder on your SD card.
I recently came home from a holiday in the Philippines, and it worked like a charm with 2 SIM cards. BEar in mind that most chinese downloads are slow... I can not guarantee that the file in the link will update from your version, as I first installed a beta(351). If you feel safer, search for the B351 version, and install this first. However, when using local update, my phone has never bricked the 4-5 times I used the wrong update file. The phone is branded China, so it seems only Chinese updates work.
Hope this helps..
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Same for me China variant.
If you are on the stable (out of the box) firmware you will only get 4.4.x.
I flashed the developer Rom was L5 and it got updated OTA to M6. Seems find except for some notifications bug as it was not a clean upgrade. I'm trying to fix the issue..

Bootloader Unlocking through Downgrade possible?

Hello Guys,
i had bought an Huawei P20 about an year ago. Now you know with all of this "USA-Huawei" Trouble going on, the thought came to my mind that i better start unlocking bootloader and be prepared to flash custom rom if worst come to worst. so far, so good.
now i started looking around if there is an easy method of getting the bootloader unlocked. but oh my, the huawei company is very friendly to us users and say "no, you wont get any unlock code from us anymore". so screw that.
now i want to try some experimental stuff. it looks like this:
my Smartphone has currently the version EML-L29 8.1.0.168(C432). I bought some Credits (i think it is that thing for $4) from DC-Unlocker. Yeah yeah i know, there they say "no support for Huawei P20!!!". But i still want to try. Well i tried, but it doesnt work - what you should expect.
now i read from some other website that there is another way of unlocking it. i only read it diagonal but the one thing i read was the information "unlocking bootloader is only possible till firmware version june 2018". so i jumped to an maaybe interesting conclusion about unlocking the phone with DC-Unlocker or HCU (whatever, i guess maybe both use the same method anyway).
if i do an rollback to the old firmware version *before* June 2018 on the device, wouldnt it be possible to do the unlock? Because the security patches that preventing it unlocked arent on the device then.
So what i have done so far is loading the old firmware version 8.1.0.128(C432). But the source is saying that it is coming from "Asia" but in the next line it reads "Asia, Europe" etc. - do they mean that this version is universal or do i run in trouble if i install one that is having the wrong area?
the next thing that kinda baffles me... all guides are sayin "copy the extracted dload folder to your sd-card". even the p20 guides do that. but.. well you know, the p20 device doesnt even have sd-card support. so how are you intended to use it then? i wonder about that a bit.
i dont think that without unlocked bootloader, flashing an original OTA full update would be impossible. but im not really sure how. there is this shady menu you can reach if you call this strange numbercode. but im very unsure if that will really work out. the phone (it is still a phone without SD-Card-Support) even has the option "apply update from sd-card". so im wondering how this feature they implemented in the original software is intended to use at all. maybe i should push the dload folder on the internal storage? i dunno.
i read about another possibilty of flashing stock roms. they say you can do it per adb command. so no problems would be here, i have adb and the hisuite and all already set. but i have absolutely no idea if that is possible without unlocked bootloader. so the questions arose from my mind are those:
- does an stock rom image from possibly/maybe asia would do any harm to my device like it is getting unbootable or anything like that?
- is it possible to flash an image older android stock rom with methods like this special menu on the device or the adb load?
- do you all think that my plan of downgrading the phone in order to get the bootloader code would work?
i'm looking very forward to your answers )

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Bootloader Unlocking through Downgrade possible?
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No. Sorry. There's no solution. Reason: It would appear in this forum within minutes and thousands of people would be happy to unlock their bootloaders. Many Huawei-Owners here on XDA invested a lot of brain power to find a way. Noone succeeded. No bootloader code, no unlock.
If you still want to play around with firmwares, please inform us about any progress.

Jan Philipp said:
No. Sorry. There's no solution. Reason: It would appear in this forum within minutes and thousands of people would be happy to unlock their bootloaders. Many Huawei-Owners here on XDA invested a lot of brain power to find a way. Noone succeeded. No bootloader code, no unlock.
If you still want to play around with firmwares, please inform us about any progress.
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okay so there are basically no real information. look, i dont expect anyone to say like "oh there is an easy method xy" because i know it doesnt exist on this moment in time.
however i made an percent of an progress, it is more a thing for other interested custom rom modders out there.
i downloaded this update.zip and there are all kinds of howtos on the internet about it. the one thing i did is basically create the dload folder. then i put the extracted update.app in there. i rebooted the phone with power, vol down + vol up. i released the power button after the vibrating. the flashing screen indeed appeared! but something very strange has happened and i have no explanation what have happend.
so the emui updater appeared. there was this emui logo in the middle, the circle building up around it. but then it stopped at 5%. i really got panicked that im about to brick my device. so in an mad attempt i wanted to stop the update and power off the phone. glad i didnt do it. the phone always said if i tried to press the power button long enough "the system will crash if it is powered down". i stopped - but i tried it serveral times to stop.
now the strange thing is.. it stuck relatively long on this screen. but after a while (i guess it was 5-6 minutes) it suddenly got dark. and the battery was at 100%, so it wasnt a faulty battery. i just wondered. the phone - other than i would expect - rebooted. after a short while of the logo flashing (for about an half minute) it finally started. first i didnt have any connect to GSM Network. but after a short while that was okay too. all apps are still there. i looked at "about" and the version is still the same as before.
do someone have any imagination what has happened there? so apparently the phone *does* try to install something on this method, but the method seemed to fail. or is there any knowledge out yet for update logs that are getting generated by this process? i try to find any hint in order to tackle this problem atm.
and one thing is still on my mind.. could it be that the update is already through and i just didnt realized it yet because these other custom files werent changed? i mean that could be an possibility to say the least. anyway, i will try to use hcu now if maybe sth has changed. and i give kingoroot as well a shot if this buddy finds everything about rooting the device. maybe with root rights through exploit i can get further.

no_monday said:
okay so there are basically no real information. look, i dont expect anyone to say like "oh there is an easy method xy" because i know it doesnt exist on this moment in time.
however i made an percent of an progress, it is more a thing for other interested custom rom modders out there.
i downloaded this update.zip and there are all kinds of howtos on the internet about it. the one thing i did is basically create the dload folder. then i put the extracted update.app in there. i rebooted the phone with power, vol down + vol up. i released the power button after the vibrating. the flashing screen indeed appeared! but something very strange has happened and i have no explanation what have happend.
so the emui updater appeared. there was this emui logo in the middle, the circle building up around it. but then it stopped at 5%. i really got panicked that im about to brick my device. so in an mad attempt i wanted to stop the update and power off the phone. glad i didnt do it. the phone always said if i tried to press the power button long enough "the system will crash if it is powered down". i stopped - but i tried it serveral times to stop.
now the strange thing is.. it stuck relatively long on this screen. but after a while (i guess it was 5-6 minutes) it suddenly got dark. and the battery was at 100%, so it wasnt a faulty battery. i just wondered. the phone - other than i would expect - rebooted. after a short while of the logo flashing (for about an half minute) it finally started. first i didnt have any connect to GSM Network. but after a short while that was okay too. all apps are still there. i looked at "about" and the version is still the same as before.
do someone have any imagination what has happened there? so apparently the phone *does* try to install something on this method, but the method seemed to fail. or is there any knowledge out yet for update logs that are getting generated by this process? i try to find any hint in order to tackle this problem atm.
and one thing is still on my mind.. could it be that the update is already through and i just didnt realized it yet because these other custom files werent changed? i mean that could be an possibility to say the least. anyway, i will try to use hcu now if maybe sth has changed. and i give kingoroot as well a shot if this buddy finds everything about rooting the device. maybe with root rights through exploit i can get further.
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It seems you have a couple of questions, pal, I answered to the first one (Bootloader Unlocking through Downgrade possible?). All I said is that it's impossible to unlock the bootloader through a downgrade. If you read all the how-to's you should have noticed that FirmwareFinder doesn'st work anymore since EMUI 9.0. This Information simply means Huawei doesn't allow us to flash updates on our own anymore like we did before. For sure there are some guides how to rollback to Android 8 but even this changes nothing to the bootloader.
Sadly I have no answer to the other questions about the strange behavior, it sounds pretty odd. Never heared something like this. But good luck fixing your phone anyway.

well i found out a couple of things now.
first thing: you know the service menu when you try to apply a zip archive from sd card? well you wont be able to use it UNTIL you use an usb-otg cable and an exFat formatted USB-Stick. Next thing to know is, you have to use the right images. there seem to be an kind of rule how this images are supposed to be and the image i found was from an russian firmware download site it was linked here in the forum in a thread. so i did choose "apply zip from sdcard" and .. IT DOES! the device rebooted, the stick flashed and the flashing process occured! and guys, im back to Version EML-L29 8.1.0.128(C432)! it is clearly stated in the build version view in settings. so.. i guess you *can* roll back even without firmware updater.
so far so good. but lets get back to the problem with the Bootloader. sadly Jan Philipp was totally right.. the bootloader cant be unlocked even in this version with the security patch of 5. may 2018. that is kinda sad. even kingoroot is still no different from before. i guess i have to search now for an way to get the system rooted. however, it must be easier on an earlier security update stage like now instead of the future versions of emui 8.1.
edit: another strange thing i discovered so far is that after this restore.. the play store wasnt able to connect to the google server until i gave permission to a few google processes to calendar and file access (i wonder what that is all about). maybe it has something to do with incompatibilities in the rom versions but now it works just fine as it should).

"unlocking bootloader with exploit is only possible till firmware version june/july 2018" does not apply to 2018's devices with kirin970, kirin980 & kirin710.
You are with kirin970.
So to unlock your kirin970, the only way for now is to wait for 3rd party seller to hypotheticaly start back their dervice:
- In the last 6 months there was only 2 'windows' which lasted 3 or 4 days where you could order your bootloader's unlock code by imei (from 5 to 124 us$).

GuestD0711 said:
another strange thing i discovered so far is that after this restore.. the play store wasnt able to connect to the google server until i gave permission to a few google processes to calendar and file access (i wonder what that is all about). maybe it has something to do with incompatibilities in the rom versions but now it works just fine as it should).
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Google Play services require all permissions, otherwise won't work.
I also been searching on how to unlock the bootloader and found no solution or hope. I guess we are stuck with EMUI forever.

Reply from Huawei:
You can roll back to earlier versions of EMUI software, but you have to roll back one version at a time. However, our earlier phones operate exclusively on Google Mobile Services so removing it would limit the functionality extremely, however, we do have a range of new devices that no longer rely on Google Mobile Services and use Huawei Mobile Services instead - such as our P40 series.
Here are the instructions for rolling back software:
[Rollback Guideline] EMUI 9.1 (Android 9) Rollback to EMUI 9.0 (Android 9) Operation Instruction
EMUI 9.1 (Android 9) can now be rolled back to the official version of EMUI 9.0 (Android 9) using HiSuite, without downloading any intermediate packages. To ensure that the rollback succeeds, read the instructions carefully and perform the steps as instructed.
1. The following are precautions for roll-back.
a. Rolling back to an earlier version will erase all data on your device. Use an SD card, computer, or Cloud storage to back up all important data before rolling back your phone, and make sure all backed up content is complete and effective.
b. Use a computer running a Windows operating system to visit http://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/HiSuite_en/index.html and download the latest version of HiSuite. If HiSuite is installed on your computer, click the version number in the lower left corner of the page to check if it is the latest version. Make sure HiSuite version is 9.1.0.303 _OVE or above.
c. Before rolling back the phone, make sure your phone has not been upgraded using non-official updates. Otherwise, the roll-back may fail and unknown issues may be introduced. If you have used non-official packages to upgrade your phone, it is recommended that you go to an after-sales service center to roll back your phone.
d. Before rolling back your phone, make sure that your phone system has not been unlocked or rooted. If the system has been unlocked or rooted, it is recommended that you go to an after-sales service center to roll back your phone.
e. Before the roll-back, restore the phone to factory settings to make sure there is enough storage space.
f. Make sure the battery level is more than 50%.

Hi All,
I need assistance to update my EML L29 Huawei P20 phone.
The phone is Locked and FRP Lock
Issue the phone is always booting into recovery mode and not into the main screen.
I tired flashing via CMD using twrp.img file but its not writing.
Need help