Hey guys - So i have a bootloader unlocked Honor 8. I just got a pop up saying EMUI5 update is available. What should i do get this installed? Do i just update ti via OTA or do i have to flash stock, lock bootloader and then update via OTA? Is there a reliable guide somewhere where i can refer to/look at? Any help/links are really appreciated!
no need to relock the bootloader , it will lock the loader .just simply update
bond_bhai said:
Hey guys - So i have a bootloader unlocked Honor 8. I just got a pop up saying EMUI5 update is available. What should i do get this installed? Do i just update ti via OTA or do i have to flash stock, lock bootloader and then update via OTA? Is there a reliable guide somewhere where i can refer to/look at? Any help/links are really appreciated!
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You have to rollback. Lets the system updates via clean OS.
I guess your updates showing 1.39gb?
You can read my post from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/how-to/news-emui-5-0-starts-to-roll-to-honor-8-t3553992
Flash the stock recovery. If you update while using TWRP, it will fail.
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I am on rooted stock B331 and I just received an update to B356 (492 MB). If I acceot the OTA will the bootloader get locked? I know I will most likely loose root and twrp. I'd like to updated but not get locked again. Any advice?
Or should I flash the image file in TWRP along with insecure boot?
If anybody has gone this route please advice. Thanks
huh? thats new! here i thought that once u unlock bootloader and root u dont receive ota updates anymore! how is that possible?!
in any case, whats the big deal about bootloader getting locked? u just unlock it again using your code via fastboot, no problem then flash twrp and supersu, done!
Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10
jbmc83 said:
huh? thats new! here i thought that once u unlock bootloader and root u dont receive ota updates anymore! how is that possible?!
in any case, whats the big deal about bootloader getting locked? u just unlock it again using your code via fastboot, no problem then flash twrp and supersu, done!
Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10
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Yeah, I know it is wierd. My bootloader is unlocked, I'm rooted and have twrp installed and received the B356 OTA this morning.
I was hopping to dirty flash so I don't have to go through all the setup process again
true, unlocking BL again would mean that your phone would be reset...
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You can still do OTA'S with an unlocked bootloader. You should be able to OTA but it may remove root or fail in the process because of root. I always recommend backing up the stock rom in TWRP so you can always go back to it to take an OTA. Fastboot flash the stock rom you're on and the stock recovery then boot up and take the OTA then fastboot flash twrp again.
I have also received the notification for b357 and I am on stock rooted b356...sounds fishy, I am not updating
malekowsky said:
I have also received the notification for b357 and I am on stock rooted b356...sounds fishy, I am not updating
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I'd love it if anybody could make a flashable zip rooted B356 or 357 rom to be safe.
I'm currently on NXT-29C185B190 and I received update with NXT-29C185B1200, my phone is unlocked and rooted, I have flash fire installed and it recognized that update was downloaded.
My question is flash fire have big red huawei device warning, saying Huawei device is very easy to hard brick (also my mate 8 is my first locked bootloader phone) so is it safe to use flash fire ? or install update throught huawei system without losing root ?
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I received update with NXT-29C185B1200
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Is this an EMUI update through the standard update menu in settings - updater?
The version seems a bit odd to me, the last update for C185 was B320, I wouldn't expect an official update to jump as high as that. Mind uploading a screenshot?
Anyway, as for actually updating, as long as you are running stock recovery (not TWRP) then it shouldn't be an issue. Just know that you WILL lose root after updating. And I'd strongly suggest making a data backup before the update.
MuPp3t33r said:
Is this an EMUI update through the standard update menu in settings - updater?
The version seems a bit odd to me, the last update for C185 was B320, I wouldn't expect an official update to jump as high as that. Mind uploading a screenshot?
Anyway, as for actually updating, as long as you are running stock recovery (not TWRP) then it shouldn't be an issue. Just know that you WILL lose root after updating. And I'd strongly suggest making a data backup before the update.
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Thanks for the help, I tried to user flash fire to keep my root but it failed to update, now I really think rooting huawei phone is more trouble than it worth as for what you said is version is typo
I'm currently on B190 and I got update to B200.
and yes the update is standard update from system updater
I have twrp installed so that means I can't update at all ?
Plz i want to know how to return to the normal situation after root and unlock bootloader in order to receibe update without problem
Prof1977 said:
Plz i want to know how to return to the normal situation after root and unlock bootloader in order to receibe update without problem
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Well if you unlocked bootlader and rooted, it safe to say that you have TWRP installed, fire up SRKToolHuawei choose (2)install recovery then install stock recovery after that it reboots and then update using system updater from huawei.
PS: You will lose your root access and new to install TWRP then root again.
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Well if you unlocked bootlader and rooted, it safe to say that you have TWRP installed, fire up SRKToolHuawei choose (2)install recovery then install stock recovery after that it reboots and then update using system updater from huawei.
PS: You will lose your root access and new to install TWRP then root again.
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Thinks a lot were can fond recovery?sorry
Prof1977 said:
Thinks a lot were can fond recovery?sorry
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download SRKToolHuawei-Lod-Chong-V2.0-20161002 or whatever version you used to unlock bootloader and choose option 2 (Install recevory) and that it.
Thinks very much
I've got my FRD-L14 (64GB US honor 8) running stable with B360 firmware (released 02-13-17) bootloader unlocked, SU flashed via TWRP.
I wanted to try the latest B385 OTA firmware flash so I used fastboot to flash my current stock B360 System.img, boot.img, and recovery.img to be sure I am running all stock boot/system files before flashing the B360 OTA.
I rebooted from fastboot successfully and continued with the OTA interface to install latest system update, it rebooted into Huawei recovery interface, verifying, installing, and then fails to verify and install.
Do I really have to lock the bootloader and wipe the entire phone in order to install latest OTA and then re-unlock bootloader, reflash twrp, and restore data ?
Thanks !
Well, that wasn't hard.
I used the "download latest full package" in the top-right menu of the OTA updates screen. This successfully installed B385 OTA update package for me without failure, while bootloader unlocked. Imagine that. I hope this helps someone else! Now, to figure out how to use magisk rather than supersu....
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I have the FRD-L04 32GB US model and im wondering why I havent had the update yet
I did revert to stock boot loader and unrooted im on 360 at the moment but no updates.
crowruin said:
I have the FRD-L04 32GB US model and im wondering why I havent had the update yet
I did revert to stock boot loader and unrooted im on 360 at the moment but no updates.
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I just got the new update
mine26135 said:
I just got the new update
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same here hahaha updating now.
Guys, i am unable to update to latest .161. I have unlocked bootloader, twrp and installed magisk.
Update manager download the update but it fails to update in twrp recovery.
Please suggest. I don't want to lose data.
Can someone provide zip update package so that i can update in twrp??
You have to remove majisk
Relock boot
Then you will receive official update
Then unlock and reinstall majisk
br54 said:
You have to remove majisk
Relock boot
Then you will receive official update
Then unlock and reinstall majisk
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Since when do you need to relock to install updates?
br54 said:
You have to remove majisk
Relock boot
Then you will receive official update
Then unlock and reinstall majisk
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freeza said:
Since when do you need to relock to install updates?
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There is no need to relock.
I didnt whe 110 came out and it still updated... rooted with Magisk as well
@any_thing
Check the ROMs/Kernels/Recoveries section, there's a modified stock recovery that allows for updating w/o relocking the Bootloader.*
Once complete, put TWRP back & root, you will not lose any data/apps/etc...... as you would by simply relocking your Bootloader....
* YMMV,this modified recovery may not be compatible w/your model.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ho.../recovery-bkl-nocheck-recovery-flash-t3778085
Sent from my HUAWEI BKL-L04 using XDA Labs
Good luck then.... Personally I don't care.. Mine works fine
any_thing said:
Guys, i am unable to update to latest .161. I have unlocked bootloader, twrp and installed magisk.
Update manager download the update but it fails to update in twrp recovery.
Please suggest. I don't want to lose data.
Can someone provide zip update package so that i can update in twrp??
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I have the BKL-L04 model & got an update notice earlier today:
While on stock rooted with TWRP & Magisk,the update downloaded & attempted to install,but,it failed.
So,just flash the stock recovery for your model & take the update w/o relocking your bootloader.
You will not lose any data from switching recoveries,at least on this phone.
(If you want to unroot 1st,that's fine,but,not necessary,flashing the modified stock recovery image unroots your phone anyway.)
After taking the update,flash the TWRP & Magisk (& Magisk Manager App,if it disappeared) as you did previously.
Just posting what worked for me,& in no way are my experiences/usage intended to contradict posts/suggestions from others,especially if they have the exact same model of phone as yours.
Hope this helps. :good:
any_thing said:
Guys, i am unable to update to latest .161. I have unlocked bootloader, twrp and installed magisk.
Update manager download the update but it fails to update in twrp recovery.
Please suggest. I don't want to lose data.
Can someone provide zip update package so that i can update in twrp??
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Just install stock ram disk...
It would automatically remove twrp and root.. And u will b able to install update once updated just reflash twrp ram disk and install magisk zip to get root back..
That's how I did it on c675
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Just install stock ram disk...
It would automatically remove twrp and root.. And u will b able to install update once updated just reflash twrp ram disk and install magisk zip to get root back..
That's how I did it on c675
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will i lose my data?
any_thing said:
will i lose my data?
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No not at all... Ramdisk is a different partation
I had rooted phone with magisk installed, I received 2 updates like that - automatically lost root privileges, but I didn't receive .161 update (EIS update still not available for me?) any way to get this update?
PS my bootloader is unlocked... do I need lock it to get an update? and how to lock it?
Hey I have a ROG Phone 5 WW and I wanted to flash a GSI and after a while I wanted to go back to stock so I flashed a raw WW firmware and since I don't receive OTA updates (it was working before).
Does anyone have the solution?
what is your current version number rn ?
rhendywp said:
what is your current version number rn ?
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WW_Phone-18.0840.2111.200
Can someone help me please ?
you can just download the firmware from asus website. and place it in the root folder. after that restart the phone. i got no update too
When you unlock bootloader, which You have done to flash GSI, your device is automatically blacklisted for OTA updates, so no more OTAs even after flashing stock firmware and relocking bootloader. You can update manually, download latest firmware from Asus website, put it on root directory of internal storage, system will detect and apply update. Bootloader can be locked or unlocked, in both cases it will work.
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When you unlock bootloader, which You have done to flash GSI, your device is automatically blacklisted for OTA updates, so no more OTAs even after flashing stock firmware and relocking bootloader. You can update manually, download latest firmware from Asus website, put it on root directory of internal storage, system will detect and apply update. Bootloader can be locked or unlocked, in both cases it will work.
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Oh okay thanks for the information
If your bootloader is unlocked and if you're rooted you won't get the updates you will have to manually update that's what I do. There's a way you can keep root without having to reroot as far as the OTA slot. Download the firmware put it in the internal root of your phone and reboot it will automatically pick it up but if you are rooted you can keep root and update at the same time ota
Alex2008Ex said:
Hey I have a ROG Phone 5 WW and I wanted to flash a GSI and after a while I wanted to go back to stock so I flashed a raw WW firmware and since I don't receive OTA updates (it was working before).
Does anyone have the solution?
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ROG Phone 5 - Support
www.asus.com