FRD-L04 Help needed - Honor 8 Questions & Answers

I have a l04 with the latest 5.0 emui Android 7.0... The issue is that I wanted to format the phone to sell and doing so I deleted the os from twrp on accident and tried flashing the stock rom given from Huawei, but now the phone is giving me errors when trying to flash anything on twrp it tells me zip is corrupt. Not sure what to do from here since I cannot get the 5.0 recovery/boot/cust/system img files. Or the update app to do the 3 button reset.

Rommco05 said:
Just formated data and still you can enter to twrp?
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Well i flashed the old img files for android 6 and they are not working i'm guessing because i am coming from android 7, so i flashed the twrp from xda for nougat and that is currently where i am at.

Rommco05 said:
So try flash full fw Nougad or from Lineage 14.1 by OpenKirin Team flash vendor.zip and rom.zip
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Okay lineage 14.1 worked, but is there any way to go back to emui 5.0?

I used the link on your profile for the go back to stock and I'm on the NRD90M test-keys official, but I wanted to get the b385 update from the team Mt firmware updater and it says it is approved. How would I update it through if the internal updater app on this ROM does not work?

Was able to setup proxy with desktop version and hisuite seems to be updating with new firmware.

Rommco05 said:
So problem is solved...
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Yes thank you for your help.

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How to wipe nougat from twrp 3.1 berlin

I think im stuck in nougat
i have updated my honor 6x to nougat through firmware finder. now this is my build no BLN-L22C675B310.
i tried to downgrade to MM but there is no roll back package for this build no
so i tried to format and wipe entire ph from twrp but the twrp from LOS download section is not booting even after completely power off then tried to boot into recovery not working. i think its for MM. so i tried twrp 3.1 berlin recovery
this time i can enter into recovery and i format data and wipe everything many times nothing happens after reboot it boots to nougat.
anyone help me
Rommco05 said:
You can be happy that you have still access to the system. So is a lottery with rollback packages (ehm
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How go to MM without rollback package, via TWRP:
1. download twrp for MM, flash him, reboot recovery
2. make a factory reset in twrp, reboot recovery
3. flash full firmware MM (right firmware if not sure is it right don't flash it!!!)
4. reboot recovery, twrp is now replaced from stock recovery
5. tap factory reset in stock recovery
6. reboot, done
Guys, I dont take any responsibility about your device... I always can help you but is really possible to brick your device with this method (...corrupted .zip, unconsciously change zips etc) Ok? Thx
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twrp for mm is not working on N. i tried to flash all the MM twrp recoveries they are not booting only twrp for N was working but its not wiping the device.
i have some experience on these recoveries when i was in MM. you can wipe your complete system,data and everything only from twrp recovery available on LOS 13 download section. remaining all twrp will not do the job. so finally we need good twrp for N.
Rommco05 said:
In TWRP for Nougat flash TWRP for MM, that's don't work on your phone?
edit: I personaly tested same way...
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i didn't tried that way i only flash twrp from fastboot. what was the result of your testing?
Ramesh006 said:
I think im stuck in nougat
i have updated my honor 6x to nougat through firmware finder. now this is my build no BLN-L22C675B310.
i tried to downgrade to MM but there is no roll back package for this build no
so i tried to format and wipe entire ph from twrp but the twrp from LOS download section is not booting even after completely power off then tried to boot into recovery not working. i think its for MM. so i tried twrp 3.1 berlin recovery
this time i can enter into recovery and i format data and wipe everything many times nothing happens after reboot it boots to nougat.
anyone help me
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Hi if u unbrick ur honor 6x please give ur honor 6x c675 marshmallow oeminfo I need this file for debranding my honor 6x to indian version
Oeminfo is common on both nougat and mm
gopinaidu77 said:
Oeminfo is common on both nougat and mm
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But I have not getting yet any indian version oeminfo
Sent from my HUAWEI KIW-L22 using XDA Labs
Only backup and someone should send
8109930082 said:
But I have not getting yet any indian version oeminfo
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Which model do u have currently?
gopinaidu77 said:
Only backup and someone should send
Which model do u have currently?
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honor 6x BLN-L21C185 middle east version marshmallow and i am looking indian model oeminfo.
Rommco05 said:
We can take oem info from firmwares or must somebody make backup and resend you?
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i think, someone should backup and send you
Rommco05 said:
I'm looking for OEM info for Honor 5C, I think one member need this, but I don't want asking for on Honor 5C forums because I'm not owner of this phone
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nothing wrong in asking tho

removed system.img from twrp accidentally

i removed system.img by advanced wipe by accident from recovery and now phone is dead , it keep showing huawei logo , what can i do ?
i'm a beginner..sorry for bad english btw
omar.hisham said:
i removed system.img by advanced wipe by accident from recovery and now phone is dead , it keep showing huawei logo , what can i do ?
i'm a beginner..sorry for bad english btw
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If you don't have back up, here is guide how to flash official firmware in TWRP.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-4x/how-to/install-emui-4-1-4x-4c-g-play-g-play-t3515702
keikari said:
If you don't have back up, here is guide how to flash official firmware in TWRP.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-4x/how-to/install-emui-4-1-4x-4c-g-play-g-play-t3515702
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THANK YOU!!! it works
omar.hisham said:
THANK YOU!!! it works
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Be careful next time.
Sent from my Honor 8 using XDA Labs
keikari said:
If you don't have back up, here is guide how to flash official firmware in TWRP.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-4x/how-to/install-emui-4-1-4x-4c-g-play-g-play-t3515702
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My Honor 4c is super bricked , I have cofface recovery installed but phone is stucked on honor startup logo , the link you have mentioned above is not kitkat user please help and guide senpai !
ripper1681 said:
My Honor 4c is super bricked , I have cofface recovery installed but phone is stucked on honor startup logo , the link you have mentioned above is not kitkat user please help and guide senpai !
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Most likely you can somehow still get your device working.
Have you tried to download UPDATE.APP of the firmware you have/had. You could use huawei update extractor to get system, boot, cust, and recovery images from it and then flash them in fastboot.
keikari said:
Most likely you can somehow still get your device working.
Have you tried to download UPDATE.APP of the firmware you have/had. You could use huawei update extractor to get system, boot, cust, and recovery images from it and then flash them in fastboot.
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I had installed build CHM-U01 V100R001C636B190 Emui 3.0.1 (Kitkat) installed earlier, Do i have to flash the same (Kitkat) version or I can flash the new firmware like lollipop or marshmellow ??
ripper1681 said:
I had installed build CHM-U01 V100R001C636B190 Emui 3.0.1 (Kitkat) installed earlier, Do i have to flash the same (Kitkat) version or I can flash the new firmware like lollipop or marshmellow ??
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I think it's best to test first with same firmware, because I think it has better chance to work and if it works you can install TWRP --> take back up and then safely try to update.
keikari said:
I think it's best to test first with same firmware, because I think it has better chance to work and if it works you can install TWRP --> take back up and then safely try to update.
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Thanks . I have flashed B160 build kitkat instead of b190 with everything stock , Is there any marshmellow version i can directly update with b160 or i have update to lollipop first .?? Please let me know !
ripper1681 said:
Thanks . I have flashed B160 build kitkat instead of b190 with everything stock , Is there any marshmellow version i can directly update with b160 or i have update to lollipop first .?? Please let me know !
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Sorry, couldn't find newer version than b190, though I only checked from here http://hwmt.ru/oth/HWFF/info/view.php?find_model=CHM-U01
ripper1681 said:
Thanks . I have flashed B160 build kitkat instead of b190 with everything stock , Is there any marshmellow version i can directly update with b160 or i have update to lollipop first .?? Please let me know !
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If you are on everything stock KK update to MM with B530 use force update or local update. LP is not required in between.

Nougat on FRD-C900?

Background: I got my Honor 8 today, model # FRD-L04 (important later), updated to EMUI 5.1 and Nougat via Updater on phone, and decided I wasn't satisfied with EMUI. So I rooted and that went smoothly, but when I tried to flash a custom ROM, I bricked pretty hard. Long story short, tried flashing multiple ROMs until I found one that worked. The ROM I'm on right now has EMUI 5.1 and build number FRD-C900B131, which is completely different from my original build (FRD-L04). Looked it up and turns out it's a variant of the H8. Unfortunately, I tried to update via Updater and there were no updates available, so I'm stuck with EMUI 4.1 and MM for now (not complaining, since at least it works again). I also tried flashing the rollback ROM for the L04, but I got an incompatibility error when I tried dload method. So now, question is how do I get back to my original stock FRD-L04 ROM, or how do I update to Nougat on this model version (C900B131)?
Thanks for the quick reply. Could you guide me through how I would approach this? I'm not sure which TWRP to use for my (incorrect) build. Do you think using the TWRP for my correct build (L04) should be okay? I'm on EMUI 4.1 also, I think the EMUI version matters too when choosing which TWRP to flash.
Rommco05 said:
That's true, I think u need twro for M. Make quick search for Modaco twrp 3.0.1
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I did, all of them are 3.0.2, none are 3.0.1. Should I try 3.0.1 from TWRP website?
Rommco05 said:
That's true, I think u need twro for M. Make quick search for Modaco twrp 3.0.1
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Would this be okay?
Rommco05 said:
This one should be ok for Marshmallow http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/377647-twrp-recovery-3020-for-honor-8/
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Awesome, thank you. I've installed it and it seems to be working fine with no issues. So I found the rollback package for my model (L04), so I should just install this through TWRP? And then install the Honor 8 upgrade firmware? Does that sound right?
Rommco05 said:
Try just flash full firmware, no install rollback. Put zip to sdcard install over twrp and hope for the best, here can happen some unspecific problems. Firmware is right
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I get "Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' in the zip file". Is there somewhere I can download where it has META-INF?
Rommco05 said:
Try just flash full firmware, no install rollback. Put zip to sdcard install over twrp and hope for the best, here can happen some unspecific problems. Firmware is right
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I managed to find a ROM for MM with my correct build, it's currently updating to Nougat right now, thanks a lot for your help!
davidwanglol said:
I managed to find a ROM for MM with my correct build, it's currently updating to Nougat right now, thanks a lot for your help!
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Dude, i have the same problem, i´m stucked on android 6.0, my build number is C900B131 and it´s FRD-L04. Did you find an update for that exact same number? If so, could you please send it to me?
How about FRD-L09C900B131?

Need help fixing an Honor 8. Stuck on EMUI 4.0 after failing with custom ROMs

Hello! So I tried flashing a custom ROM to my friends Honor 8 after reading around a bit and such but it ultimately failed and now we're trying to get it back to the default ROM. We found a ROM download but it was for the version FRD-l09C900B120 which was running EMUI4.0 and Android 6.0. I also read that the "C" version he has doesn't receive any further updates, I'm failing to find anything on the correct "C" version anywhere. If anyone could guide me through the installation process for the correct and latest firmware it would be great!
On another note, the build in eRecovery doesn't seem to want to install the update package. It always fails pretty early on after connecting to WiFi, any fix for that would be great. Thanks!
Thanks for any help!
On which ROM was the custom ROM based? You should try to flash the rollback package with dload method and then flash B120 or another EMUI 4.X ROM with same method
Rayan19997 said:
On which ROM was the custom ROM based? You should try to flash the rollback package with dload method and then flash B120 or another EMUI 4.X ROM with same method
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The custom ROM was Linageos 14.1, so it wasn't anything EMUI based.
I'm gonna try and manually flash the ROM from an update.app that we downloaded from the app Firmware Finder.
ZelafAry said:
Hello! So I tried flashing a custom ROM to my friends Honor 8 after reading around a bit and such but it ultimately failed and now we're trying to get it back to the default ROM. We found a ROM download but it was for the version FRD-l09C900B120 which was running EMUI4.0 and Android 6.0. I also read that the "C" version he has doesn't receive any further updates, I'm failing to find anything on the correct "C" version anywhere. If anyone could guide me through the installation process for the correct and latest firmware it would be great!
On another note, the build in eRecovery doesn't seem to want to install the update package. It always fails pretty early on after connecting to WiFi, any fix for that would be great. Thanks!
Thanks for any help!
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You did not make any twrp backup??
You are on twrp recovery right now??
Which firmware number you were on before going to custom??
hassanjavaid8181 said:
You did not make any twrp backup??
You are on twrp recovery right now??
Which firmware number you were on before going to custom??
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We did not make a twrp backup (In hindsight we should've....)
We don't have twrp on it right not but can be fixed if needed.
We were on the latest update available to the phone which should be latest today as well. (OTA)
Flashing it manually made the phone enter a bootloop. It didn't even start the firmware. Any suggestions?
EDIT: We got into Fastboot. What are our options?
Right now your best option in my opinion is to flash Boot.img, recovery.img,cust.img and system.img that you will extract from the UPDATE.APP of your CURRENT Rom. Then just try the dload method again and again, it may not accept the firmware you try to flash but in this case just try another, but not a lower one because you need the rollback package to do that
Rayan19997 said:
Right now your best option is to pray for USB debugging to be enabled and then unlock the bootloader if you didn't do it earlier. After that you should try to flash TWRP
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What should we do after we've flashed TWRP? When I tried flashing LineageOS 14 it decided to fail the installation somehow and be at an endless boot animation. So I'd like to get the phone restored to EMUI5.0.
Sorry, what I said was garbage, I just edited my comment, you're so quick lol
Rayan19997 said:
Sorry, what I said was garbage, I just edited my comment, you're so quick lol
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Well currently there's a broken firmware on it of FRD-L09C432B943... Or something like that.
I think at this point he's looking at getting a new phone all together.
No matter if the firmware inside isn't working properly, with fastboot you can manually flash each partition that is needed as long as USB debugging is enabled and bootloader unlocked. After flashing these cleans parts you can properly use the dload method , and if you get an error using dload method can you tell me which one is it? At least the device behavior.
I have to sleep, I'll be right back on the morning hope you'll make it this night , if don't , please be more specific and accurate when you describe the errors you faced, that way we will be more efficient when answering
Sorry for language mistakes, English isn't my native language :silly:
Rayan19997 said:
No matter if the firmware inside isn't working properly, with fastboot you can manually flash each partition that is needed as long as USB debugging is enabled and bootloader unlocked. After flashing these cleans parts you can properly use the dload method , and if you get an error using dload method can you tell me which one is it? At least the device behavior.
I have to sleep, I'll be right back on the morning hope you'll make it this night , if don't , please be more specific and accurate when you describe the errors you faced, that way we will be more efficient when answering
Sorry for language mistakes, English isn't my native language :silly:
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Currently there's no working OS on it so I'm gonna see if I can find a firmware that I can flash. Do you have any idea where I can get one?
Yeah on honor official site: Hihonor
Or with firmware finder
ZelafAry said:
Currently there's no working OS on it so I'm gonna see if I can find a firmware that I can flash. Do you have any idea where I can get one?
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If you need a full firmware then you should visit official honor site..
If you flash LineageOS on a phone without OS it won't work just because LineageOS patch the current installed System, if there is no system there is no way it will boot
hassanjavaid8181 said:
If you need a full firmware then you should visit official honor site..
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I can't find any Honor 8 FRD-L09 downloads anywhere on the Huawei sites or Honor sites. They must've removed the downloads just like they did with the Honor 7..
Rayan19997 said:
If you flash LineageOS on a phone without OS it won't work just because LineageOS patch the current installed System, if there is no system there is no way it will boot
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I get that now and I know how to proceed in the future.
On another note, I got a good UPDATE.APP available but it refuses to install using the dload method because the versions are different. Does anyone know which partition the USERDATA.img file goes to?
You don't have to flash each single partition but dude in my opinion it's better to flash the whole UPDATE.APP, just use the rollback package and flash a lower EMUI.
Another thing: I'm currently on honor official site and I can download firmwares, you're searching in the wrong place.
www.hihonor.com/fr/support/search-result/index.html?keywords=honor 8
Rayan19997 said:
You don't have to flash each single partition but dude in my opinion it's better to flash the whole UPDATE.APP, just use the rollback package and flash a lower EMUI.
Another thing: I'm currently on honor official site and I can download firmwares, you're searching in the wrong place.
www.hihonor.com/fr/support/search-result/index.html?keywords=honor 8
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Thank you for that link, I downloaded it and flashed it, I couldn't find it on any other hihonor site but this French one had it.
Again, thank you, it worked flawlessly installing and it updated instantly. You saved me from a lot of worrying and anxiety about breaking my friends phone lol.
I'm really glad to read that dude
thanks for the firmware been looking for it for very long!
btw you just saved another honor 8

Stable gsi for honor 6x 8.1.0

You need to be in stock emui 8 with unlocked bootloader.
If you are in elemental rom come back to stock emui 8 then flash this rom.
If you are in another gsi you can proceed directly (flash below recovery then do factory reset then flash gsi los rom via fastboot then again reboot to stock recovery do factory reset)
If you are in stock emui 8 do not wipe anything just flash it via fastboot and do factory reset.
first flash this recovery
https://mega.nz/#!cbJFAIQD!qvp1KnZ0qxlg6nHDFmpM5qyZ9QUVIDe5PoZE0BQf8fs
Fastboot command: fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk name of recovery.img
Then download
https://openkirin.net/download/
Fastboot command: fastboot flash system name of image.img
Los or RR rom and flash via fastboot (no need to wipe anything) then reboot to recovery do factory reset. You will have oreo 8.1 with gapps ,full signal bars,face unlock and stock camera.
If you are experiencing no sound its not gsi problem you didn't flashed stock completely so first flash this twrp recovery (only if you are in oreo not for emui5)
https://mega.nz/#!a81EDZAR!2-9yPFh3reghkGcfSl3nRIJhHGkP8fqDsgUG66ewjkk
Then flash stock emui 8 via huru
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-9/development/tool-flash-official-firmware-recovery-t3769279
If huru only flased update.zip and gave you error no update_full_hw.zip and no update_data_full_public.zip not found in sd card then you need to rename them and flash again without wiping anything.
If stock emui 8 taking more than 5 minutes to boot then flash stock recovery mentioned above and do factory reset then it will boot with in 5 minutes.
If you don't have network or imei then you need to root. Then use any root explorer then go to cust/cn/all/localprop and change the line ro_config full network support=ture to false then reboot your network and imei will come back. You can do this in stock or in gsi.
RR ROM has great battery life with tons of customizations.
For emui8 flashing instructions,root and sound mod follow these instructions
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ho...si-honor-6x-8-1-0-t3809004/page5#post76981105
For telegram support of openkirin join this group
https://t.me/joinchat/HUf8EBJUJZQD281E59MdDw
Hell yess, thanks to open kirin team and you for mentioning it, the rom is excellent in use all bugs (the ones i faced in other gsi) fixed in this one and the availability of stock camera is just a cherry on top ?
Im newbie not familiar with this term
what is "gsi"?
need help
How to install emui 8 on bln-l21c432
jlan007 said:
Im newbie not familiar with this term
what is "gsi"?
need help
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Generic system image. Read about project treble.
jlan007 said:
Im newbie not familiar with this term
what is "gsi"?
need help
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Gsi means generic system image. In oreo custom roms will be available in system image formate we don't need twrp to flash custom roms just flash it via fastboot and factory reset.
Gsi roms will give you latest android os updates same as pixel devices getting so we don't need to wait for hauwei to release updates. If android p releases these gsi roms will give u update same as google devices getting. Oreo is game changer for every device.
If u want to flash gsi rom follow the emui8 upgrade method
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/how-to/guide-update-to-emui-8-t3807806
Then follow instructions on openkirin support section.
--ahmed said:
How to install emui 8 on bln-l21c432
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/how-to/guide-update-to-emui-8-t3807806
Follow that guide you will be on oreo in 10mins or less
If we rebrand to Chinese then update to Oreo and flash gsi..can we rebrand to our original variant or is there need to?
Which gsi redirection rom , carbon rom or los 15 ???
johnscrub said:
If we rebrand to Chinese then update to Oreo and flash gsi..can we rebrand to our original variant or is there need to?
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Yes we can rebrand to original variant using hwota8
Khan ubaid said:
Which gsi redirection rom , carbon rom or los 15 ???
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Go for Los 15 which is more stable and updated one.
Resurrection remix has huawei stock camera inbuilt....
Why flash stock recovery ? For those who are on Twrp ?
Great post. Hope you share some more experiences.
Trying to use the Google Play store it's telling me that my device isn't certified and I can't do anything..
NVM: For anyone else wondering I installed Magisk then the Magiskhide module and changed fingerprint.
Khan ubaid said:
Resurrection remix has huawei stock camera inbuilt....
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Los is also had hauwei stock camera but rr in initial buid and los got 4 updates.
Nollie8969 said:
Why flash stock recovery ? For those who are on Twrp ?
Great post. Hope you share some more experiences.
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Because you can't perform factory reset from twrp it can't do it correctly finally you will ended up in bootloop. You can flashctwrp right after doing factory reset but openkirin doesn't support twrp.
whateven12 said:
Trying to use the Google Play store it's telling me that my device isn't certified and I can't do anything..
NVM: For anyone else wondering I installed Magisk then the Magiskhide module and changed fingerprint.
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So before flashing magdisk did playstore worked for you? Or did you flashed magdisk when flashing os? For me playstore works perfectly.
Ramesh006 said:
So before flashing magdisk did playstore worked for you? Or did you flashed magdisk when flashing os? For me playstore works perfectly.
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Play store or any Google app wouldn't work for me before I install Magisk and the Module to change the fingerprint to a certified device.
No solution, but in the meantime you can use Aptoide as store: http://en.aptoide.com
whateven12 said:
Play store or any Google app wouldn't work for me before I install Magisk and the Module to change the fingerprint to a certified device.
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Did you flashed los or rr? Try reflash.

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