This might just be the dumbest question ever posted on this forum. Having said that I've made other posts so maybe not!
I'm hopefully buying a Chinese AL00 Mate 9 from wonda, and they say they've got the MHA-L29C636 ROM installed on it, which is international so they've clearly changed it.
I wanted to know if this is rootable (so I can do cool stuff you can only do with rooted phone) but then it hit me that if it's already got a different ROM on it then perhaps it must already have been rooted? Or does it mean the bootloader is already unlocked so then I can easily root it myself?
Can anyone help clarify for a thickie like me?
applehater00 said:
This might just be the dumbest question ever posted on this forum. Having said that I've made other posts so maybe not!
I'm hopefully buying a Chinese AL00 Mate 9 from wonda, and they say they've got the MHA-L29C636 ROM installed on it, which is international so they've clearly changed it.
I wanted to know if this is rootable (so I can do cool stuff you can only do with rooted phone) but then it hit me that if it's already got a different ROM on it then perhaps it must already have been rooted? Or does it mean the bootloader is already unlocked so then I can easily root it myself?
Can anyone help clarify for a thickie like me?
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Hi. It is unlikely to come rooted. Chances are the bootloader is locked too. Best is to ask the seller.
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Hey everyone,
As stated in the title, I'm a real noob when it comes to rooting/flashing phones. Please bear with me through the stupid questions.
I've started to get sick/bored of my phone running version 4.4.2 with emui 3.0. I bought this phone off Amazon when it came out because I wanted something new. Sammy, LG, etc weren't producing phones I liked.
when the Mate 8 came out with newer software, I wondered what would happen with my phone, and boy did I get some bad news.
I own the MT7-TL10V100R001C00B130 version, which seems to get none of the updates that the Malaysia area phones get.
http://imgur.com/78imLxd
I messaged Huawei Support, and they confirmed the bad news.
http://imgur.com/XtQpgoW
I even tried contacting the UAE support like they suggested, but I haven't gotten a reply back.
I've looked at threads like:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-7/help/help-please-impossible-to-update-mt7-t3286615
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-7/general/huawei-mt7-l09-l10-stock-firmware-ota-t3275784
but in the end, they don't help me very much.
I've given up on any hope of my phone being updated OTA, so I've decided to sign up and post here to ask question(s):
1. Is there a firmware I can download/install to update my phone to something newer even if the builds don't match?
2. If I must result to rooting, I'm willing to give it a try, but then I'd like to have Nougat on the phone. Are there stable builds for this yet? or must I wait longer?
Thanks very much for reading and any help you can provide.
_sC said:
Hey everyone,
As stated in the title, I'm a real noob when it comes to rooting/flashing phones. Please bear with me through the stupid questions.
I've started to get sick/bored of my phone running version 4.4.2 with emui 3.0. I bought this phone off Amazon when it came out because I wanted something new. Sammy, LG, etc weren't producing phones I liked.
when the Mate 8 came out with newer software, I wondered what would happen with my phone, and boy did I get some bad news.
I own the MT7-TL10V100R001C00B130 version, which seems to get none of the updates that the Malaysia area phones get.
http://imgur.com/78imLxd
I messaged Huawei Support, and they confirmed the bad news.
http://imgur.com/XtQpgoW
I even tried contacting the UAE support like they suggested, but I haven't gotten a reply back.
I've looked at threads like:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-7/help/help-please-impossible-to-update-mt7-t3286615
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-7/general/huawei-mt7-l09-l10-stock-firmware-ota-t3275784
but in the end, they don't help me very much.
I've given up on any hope of my phone being updated OTA, so I've decided to sign up and post here to ask question(s):
1. Is there a firmware I can download/install to update my phone to something newer even if the builds don't match?
2. If I must result to rooting, I'm willing to give it a try, but then I'd like to have Nougat on the phone. Are there stable builds for this yet? or must I wait longer?
Thanks very much for reading and any help you can provide.
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Hi,
To answer your questions:
1) You can download B324 Malaysia from https://mega.nz/#!h1JDnQaB!En6LMDE6hbm22m0xFX2fbWZWwoGX2urEXrPRJaFlRxc, unzip it and put UPDATE.app file in SDCARD/dload folder in root of SDCARD. Then try to update it from the Updater in Settings. You will then have lollipop. Back up your apps/settings etc before, just in case.
2) Not necessary to root, but there are lots of posts in the Mate7 forum that can assist if you do want to root. Nobody knows yet if Nougat will be released for the Mate 7 (I'm thinking unlikely, as we already got Lollipop and Marshmallow, and the phone is two years old, but you never know)
thanks for much for the info.
for option #1, is there any other precaution i need to take? do i simply just copy paste into the sd card?
_sC said:
thanks for much for the info.
for option #1, is there any other precaution i need to take? do i simply just copy paste into the sd card?
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Nope, you're good to go.
cege987 said:
Nope, you're good to go.
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cheers for that. :good: i'll give that a go. fingers crossed
Hi guys,
I just bought a frd-al00, I've seen in another thread that changing regions is possible so could someone please show me how to change my firmware to a European version?
Thanks
ps: sorry if this thread already exists or if it's posted in the wrong area
I really don't recommend doing this as you will void the retailer's warranty.
DarkGuyver said:
I really don't recommend doing this as you will void the retailer's warranty.
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In all honesty, I really don't mind
I plan to root afterwards anyway
idk how to do it but if you said there is another thread talking about it, then wouldnt it be easier to ask the question there?
It's too hard go do so.
But no one made a guide specifically for the honor 8. There's a similar guide for the 5x (Again don't try it as there's no guide for our device)
jkccl9 said:
idk how to do it but if you said there is another thread talking about it, then wouldnt it be easier to ask the question there?
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haha it's actually just that I can't find it anymore
CronaMell said:
It's too hard go do so.
But no one made a guide specifically for the honor 8. There's a similar guide for the 5x (Again don't try it as there's no guide for our device)
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Even if it's hard I still really want to do it
I can't stand having Chinese on my phone when I don't understand it
extracrispy829 said:
Even if it's hard I still really want to do it
I can't stand having Chinese on my phone when I don't understand it
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The problem is there's no method specifically for the honor 8, there's one for the honor 5x (I think it can work)
Make sure to backup EVERYTHING, if you want to do it
Hi everyone!
I recently got my hands on a s8+ (G955f) and i'm trying to root it buy i'm really lost.
I did try to root it one time, twrp+no verity+magisk while on Oreo, then i installed magisk manager and both things seemed ok (at least to my knowledge) but the second i take my eyes off the phone, "only official released binaries...".
After that i installed Pie stock firmware since i couldn't use Oreo.
I'd like to try again but theres a lot of info (new and out of date) and i don't even know whats good and what isn't.
TL;DR: Want to root the phone but i don't know what to do, can someone kindly point me out on what to do/share me a link?
Thank you.
micrace said:
Hi everyone!
I recently got my hands on a s8+ (G955f) and i'm trying to root it buy i'm really lost.
I did try to root it one time, twrp+no verity+magisk while on Oreo, then i installed magisk manager and both things seemed ok (at least to my knowledge) but the second i take my eyes off the phone, "only official released binaries...".
After that i installed Pie stock firmware since i couldn't use Oreo.
I'd like to try again but theres a lot of info (new and out of date) and i don't even know whats good and what isn't.
TL;DR: Want to root the phone but i don't know what to do, can someone kindly point me out on what to do/share me a link?
Thank you.
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Maybe this guide will help
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...ide-root-install-twrp-samsung-t3747535/page69
spawnlives said:
Maybe this guide will help
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...ide-root-install-twrp-samsung-t3747535/page69
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I did look at that but some latest comments saying they got some errors made me wait and ask here, before doing it wrong again but maybe i should just try it.
Anyways, thank you!
Hi guys, has anyone flashed a Chinese version of a phone with a global ROM. I have a Vivo Nex Dual Display but everything is in Chinese. Just wondering if it was possible to flash a global ROM on there. I don't even know if the bootloader is unlocked etc because everything is in Chinese.
TT-Twister said:
Hi guys, has anyone flashed a Chinese version of a phone with a global ROM. I have a Vivo Nex Dual Display but everything is in Chinese. Just wondering if it was possible to flash a global ROM on there. I don't even know if the bootloader is unlocked etc because everything is in Chinese.
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Personally I did that on my OnePlus 8, but you're posting your question on the wrong section, next time be careful on that.
Just find out it's not possible for Vivo phones:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/vivo-nex-global-rom-t3818470/
"I asked Vivo about firmware change. They said it is not possible, if I want to have firmware from India I have to buy phone in India, phones from China can have only Chinese firmware"
Raiz said:
Personally I did that on my OnePlus 8, but you're posting your question on the wrong section, next time be careful on that.
Just find out it's not possible for Vivo phones:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/vivo-nex-global-rom-t3818470/
"I asked Vivo about firmware change. They said it is not possible, if I want to have firmware from India I have to buy phone in India, phones from China can have only Chinese firmware"
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Ah thanks man. That was very helpful. I thought this was the section to talk about "flashing" where should I have posted this?
Btw that link is broken. 404 Page Not Found
TT-Twister said:
Ah thanks man. That was very helpful. I thought this was the section to talk about "flashing" where should I have posted this?
Btw that link is broken. 404 Page Not Found
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The right section is Q'n'A: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8/development (edit: wrong link, right one = https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help)
Try this link,hopefully it'll work :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nex/how-to/vivo-nex-global-rom-t3818470/page15
Raiz said:
The right section is Q'n'A: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8/development
Try this link,hopefully it'll work :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nex/how-to/vivo-nex-global-rom-t3818470/page15
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Emmm...ok. I would have never thought to post about flashing a Vivo phone in the OnePlus section lol
Thanks for the new link, that's working and I guess you can't flash Vivo. Some people are giving solutions but it's not as simple as just flashing a new ROM.
:highfive:
TT-Twister said:
Emmm...ok. I would have never thought to post about flashing a Vivo phone in the OnePlus section lol
Thanks for the new link, that's working and I guess you can't flash Vivo. Some people are giving solutions but it's not as simple as just flashing a new ROM.
:highfive:
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No my bad I gave you the wrong link, it's in the Q'n'A :silly:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help
That's the right one
I know that using unofficial ROMs and firmware is always risky, but I'm wondering if this is legit. I want to update my Vivo Y51A (unsupported) to at least Android 8 (Oreo), and this website claims to have all the supplies needed for that, but would they actually work?
How to flash Vivo Y51A. Update to Android 9Pie, 10 Q, 11 | Guideroot
Download firmware for Vivo Y51A. Updating smartphone firmware to Android 10 Q
guideroot.net
Edit: So it seems that the rooting apps suggested could be dubious. What alternatives (noob-friendly and free) can I use instead, if the rest of this is legit?
Thank you in advance!
Note: I am a noob, please make your answer noob-friendly
It's 11 o'clock at night, do you know where your firmware is?
If there was even the slightest doubt I wouldn't touch it... actions have consequences.
blackhawk said:
It's 11 o'clock at night, do you know where your firmware is?
If there was even the slightest doubt I wouldn't touch it... actions have consequences.
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hehe true dont worry im getting help or at least trying to *oof*
Hopefully someone here knows about this variant or has a better plan for you.
My POV: rooting a phone or replacing the stock rom with a custom rom has become a pointless popular sport. At the end of the day, no better device comes out than the one you bought.
To be on the safe side only use rooting tools / custom recoveries / custom ROMs authored by non-chinese people and introduced and provided here on XDA.
blackhawk said:
Hopefully someone here knows about this variant or has a better plan for you.
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Yes I really want a plan apparently LineageOS doesn't have anything for Vivo phones so I need an alternative.
SilverParsnips said:
Yes I really want a plan apparently LineageOS doesn't have anything for Vivo phones so I need an alternative.
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Maybe a better question is why do you want to root it?