Firmware Update FRD-L09C432B401 - Honor 8 Questions & Answers

Anybody tried to install it? Is it possible that this is the oreo Update we have been waiting for since it ends with B401 instead of the usual B3XX?

Lukke2804 said:
Anybody tried to install it? Is it possible that this is the oreo Update we have been waiting for since it ends with B401 instead of the usual B3XX?
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UPDATE: I tried to install it, doesnt work.(Via Dload)

It's nougat.
Changelog: http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1774/g1755/v111861/f1/full/changelog.xml

It looks like security patches. The best thing is that we are not receiving these updates, they only showss on FF...i'm still waiting for B399 in Italy..

Giuskiller said:
It looks like security patches. The best thing is that we are not receiving these updates, they only showss on FF...i'm still waiting for B399 in Italy..
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Same here in Germany. I am still on B394 and have the security patch from August. This is awful. The worst thing is to see them every month making a version with the current security patches but dont rolling them out. How hard could it be. Seriously, Honor has to improve this.

Lukke2804 said:
Same here in Germany. I am still on B394 and have the security patch from August. This is awful. The worst thing is to see them every month making a version with the current security patches but dont rolling them out. How hard could it be. Seriously, Honor has to improve this.
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What more can i say? Just totally agree with you. Today i've read that Honor 8 Pro has received official beta Oreo in India, and we don't even know if we're in or out. We just know "the device is under testing phase". What the hell, i'm not an exited guy about updates and i know i shouldn't "expect" Oreo because usually Huawei/Honor just give one major update, but i can't give up to marketing needs. I can't believe and i can't give up to the idea that one day they could easily tell us that our device "hasn't passed the compatibility test" because we all know the our H8 can handle oreo on the hardware side. Even lower specs device can, why could our device be "incompatible"? Well, i think that a company has to put users first rather than money. If they made the same thing about H7 i can't trust them anymore and i will look to other companies.
P.s i know hat the CEO told H8 is in list to be updated, then removed this part...but without any official news at today i won't believe it.
P.P.s I know i bought a great device that works well and still better compared to other, in fact i'm not judging the product itself but the market strategy behind Honor products, wich should really be revisioned because you can't produce for example 10 device a year and fully support just few of them and for less time than they deserve.

I tried it by TWRP, i get error 7 on update.zip Someone know why?

I think this is the Spectre patch for this device. How b**tards the people are at Huawei/Honor that they can't release this critical security update for the Honor 8 (FRD-L09C432)!

The update is still Nougat with the Android patch level now at 1st January 2018. Attached is the screenshot from About Phone.

Anonshe said:
The update is still Nougat with the Android patch level now at 1st January 2018. Attached is the screenshot from About Phone.
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You flashed it ? if so how.

Anonshe said:
The update is still Nougat with the Android patch level now at 1st January 2018. Attached is the screenshot from About Phone.
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please tell us how you made to flash it. I tried it with TWRP and i bricked my phone :laugh:

Sheldd said:
please tell us how you made to flash it. I tried it with TWRP and i bricked my phone :laugh:
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How did you brick your phone? I bricked my phone too when trying to flash B140 I was able to recover it only with DU Phoenix, nothing else worked xD

You could just proxy update to B398 via FF. It's the december security patch but better than nothing
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Sheldd said:
please tell us how you made to flash it. I tried it with TWRP and i bricked my phone :laugh:
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Just extracted the .img for UPDATE.APP then converted using simg2img and booted into recovery to use dd to copy to the right partition following the guide here

Rommco05 said:
Hi mate, when I try to use simg2img... What they mean, see attachement. thx
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Code:
simg2img source.img destination.img
P.S. Please proceed with caution otherwise you may end up bricking.

Del

Lukke2804 said:
How did you brick your phone? I bricked my phone too when trying to flash B140 I was able to recover it only with DU Phoenix, nothing else worked xD
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I tried to flash the update.zip in TWRP and i got error 7, then my phone bootloped, even with factory reset didnt worked. So i made wiped even the system partition, i flashed the recovery.img by ADB and after i flashed the service rom. I made the B131 rollback and updated back to B399. headache......

Sheldd said:
please tell us how you made to flash it. I tried it with TWRP and i bricked my phone :laugh:
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The safest method is to use my Flashing Unapproved Firmwares guide. With it, you not only update the partitions but also the data partition.

hackslash said:
The safest method is to use my Flashing Unapproved Firmwares guide. With it, you not only update the partitions but also the data partition.
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Can you post a link to your guide please?

Hey guys, some italian sites report that's EMUI 5.1 instead 5.0.1. Is that correct? I can't tell anything about because i haven't received the update yet

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New TMO FOTA update

So I just got a notification for my update. If any developer wants it just let me know and I will send you a link to my Google Drive.
Does it tell you what the update version is. That is very helpful to them. My guess is its J which they have already.
DarkestSpawn said:
Does it tell you what the update version is. That is very helpful to them. My guess is its J which they have already.
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Really? I didn't check or know how. I used the kdz for 10i a couple of weeks ago and I took the 10j update. Rooted from there and have only been flashing 10j roms. That's why i thought it was new. How do i check?
If so I feel retarded, haha. I thought I was helping out.
kcsevo said:
Really? I didn't check or know how. I used the kdz for 10i a couple of weeks ago and I took the 10j update. Rooted from there and have only been flashing 10j roms. That's why i thought it was new. How do i check?
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If you click on the notification it should give you more info on it (Haven't actually clicked on one since JB so don't quote me on that lol) or you can pull the update from /cache and upload it to google drive and send me the link so I can look at it. (Dont put the link in the forums cause people tend to flash first, question later why they leap before they look).
DarkestSpawn said:
If you click on the notification it should give you more info on it (Haven't actually clicked on one since JB so don't quote me on that lol) or you can pull the update from /cache and upload it to google drive and send me the link so I can look at it. (Dont put the link in the forums cause people tend to flash first, question later why they leap before they look).
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K, I'll send it to you shortly. Man i thought I was special! Hahaha.
But wouldn't it be kind of weird for me to get that update? Since I'm already on 10j?
I just sent it to you check your p.m.
kcsevo said:
I just sent it to you check your p.m.
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I just checked my pm. Didn't see a message other than my old ones. But I'm guessing its a disappointment for me?
@Tilde88 or another will have to look at this. I tried numerous ways to extract this (I'm on Windows and am not familiar with messing with python on it, keep getting Command "bsdiff" is not valid, don't have dual boot on Windows 10 for a Ubuntu OS to do android related things yet, haven't had any motivation for anything these days) but I at least see it checks in the updater script if your system is NRD90M before it proceeds.
I just cant see an update so soon after J. We all know how good LG is at updates as well as source.
DarkestSpawn said:
@Tilde88 or another will have to look at this. I tried numerous ways to extract this (I'm on Windows and am not familiar with messing with python on it, keep getting Command "bsdiff" is not valid, don't have dual boot on Windows 10 for a Ubuntu OS to do android related things yet, haven't had any motivation for anything these days) but I at least see it checks in the updater script if your system is NRD90M before it proceeds.
I just cant see an update so soon after J. We all know how good LG is at updates as well as source.
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Ok thank you man. I'm sorry I didn't mean to stir this up.
Could be a security patch.
Tilde88 said:
Could be a security patch.
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The zip was downloaded today by OTA. Hopefully not security for preventing root but security for bettering the system.
No update on this?
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darkjedi said:
No update on this?
Sent from my LG-H918 using Tapatalk
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I'm on Ovrdrive's 10j rom and I just went to the update center and checked for an update. It say my phone is up to date. I'm on Tmo H918.
androiddiego said:
I'm on Ovrdrive's 10j rom and I just went to the update center and checked for an update. It say my phone is up to date. I'm on Tmo H918.
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But remember with OTA updates people get them at different rates.
jameslapc2 said:
But remember with OTA updates people get them at different rates.
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You are right, but I also remember with 10j, everyone seemed to get it within a day on TMO.
But you may be right if another one is out.
What size is the zip file?
It's strange why I would see an update on my phone. I am on 10j everything (bootloaded and all) and still got that update.
whats the model after the update
This was the update i took. Also, you can still root just fine.

How to install new B381 firmware on rooted B380

Hi guys,
FF shows brand new firmware B381. did anyone know, how to install on rooted Honor 8 with B380 firmware and TWRP.?
now i try to download and install
I let someone else answer that, but here is the download/changelog.
FRD-L09C432B381
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G753/g104/v81871/f1/full/changelog.xml
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G753/g104/v81871/f1/full/update.zip
FRD-L19C432B381
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G753/g104/v81879/f1/full/changelog.xml
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G753/g104/v81879/f1/full/update.zip
where you have read that b381 is a brand firmware?
Doesnt work with manual update
grifovunque said:
Doesnt work with manual update
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I guess you need to downgrade to MM and than install it
Man I'm still waiting for honor to fix the us version.
sTefIx420 said:
I guess you need to downgrade to MM and than install it
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I have try without downgrade...
I have installed The 380 updafe over 360
Did somebody receive it as OTA from B380 ?
qtoo941 said:
Did somebody receive it as OTA from B380 ?
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If they had I'm sure we all would know about by now...
This method should be ok: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=71669970
I haven't tried it yet. I have no means to recover in case something goes wrong, at the moment.
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Man I'm still waiting for honor to fix the us version.
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Me too. It's looking like they're just not gonna bother, or it will be too late.
I'm already saving my pennies to buy a new phone, and it won't be a huawei
I was looking at the Moto G5 plus today, I'm debating man.
Strange that the date of the B381 build is 06.03.2017, whereas it only got released yesterday. It's probably not going to be worth the hassle.
sysak said:
Strange that the date of the B381 build is 06.03.2017, whereas it only got released yesterday. It's probably not going to be worth the hassle.
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What do you mean?
sysak said:
Strange that the date of the B381 build is 06.03.2017, whereas it only got released yesterday. It's probably not going to be worth the hassle.
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There nothing strange about this.
Often the case the dates of data or OS is older then the release dates, so there nothing strange about this statement.
Nyssa1104 said:
There nothing strange about this.
Often the case the dates of data or OS is older then the release dates, so there nothing strange about this statement.
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True, but previously the build and release dates were close . According to the build date this soft is only 4 days younger than B380, but it's been published on the server over a month later which the small bump in the version number seems to confirm.
Hi Guys ,
i am using FRD-L19C432
it came with B131 , and i used FF to upgrade to B360 , things were fine .. i thought i would go to B380 , but everytime i download and install it , system stays at B360 , so i rolled back to B131 today ... and i need your help because i feel kinda lost how to proceed.
1- should i go from B131 to B380 ?? or B381 directly ?
2- is there a way to flash the firmware from SD ? everytime i try that it fails at 5 % ( incompatibility issues ) .. i am sure i got the correct firmware.
so every time i want to try something , i have to download using FF , which is not that fast ..
please give me a hint , how to proceed.
3- i am lost in the updates too some are FULL OTA MF , others have another letters like PV .. what are those ?
thanks for your help <3 <3
Just an FYI, I was able to flash L04-B360 from TWRP. YMMV of course, as to whether that works with this update.
B131 - B381 via charles not working here (all looks good until it reboots, then fail to verifying update package)

Can't download latest firmware

Hi!
My problem is that I can't download the latest firmware like the FRD-L09C432B394. The latest for my phone is the FRD-L09C432B389.
I tried rollback the phone to Android 6.0 / EMUI 4.1, installing C432B131 official firmware
The phone takes me to update to Android 7.0, and then to FRD-L09C432B389. After that, no other updates.
I wiped all the things I could before doing that, and uninstalled roots. I don't know what the problem might be.
Hope you guys could help me, maybe there's an obvious spot that I'm missing.
UPDATE: After 9 days I still didn't get the update. I'm sure now there's a problem, and I can't find it.
UPDATED 2: I GOT IT! I finally got the update after 15 days. I had to go manually in the update tab to receive it. Thank you guys for keeping me patient and helping me!
RobTekoz said:
Hi!
My problem is that I can't download the latest firmware like the FRD-L09C432B394. The latest for my phone is the FRD-L09C432B389.
I tried rollback the phone to Android 6.0 / EMUI 4.1, installing C432B131 official firmware
The phone takes me to update to Android 7.0, and then to FRD-L09C432B389. After that, no other updates.
I wiped all the things I could before doing that, and uninstalled roots. I don't know what the problem might be.
Hope you guys could help me, maybe there's an obvious spot that I'm missing.
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Have you tried firmware finder?
Updates roll out in batches, so wait and you'll get it
It happened to me also, Indian Variant, but after few days, I received via phone updater. Tried to push via firmware finder but couldn't install.
just wait for the updates, and reset once and try.
sniperlife:D said:
Have you tried firmware finder?
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Yep, but it doesn't work.
PalakMi said:
Updates roll out in batches, so wait and you'll get it
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It's strange tho. I instantly got the update for B389, but not the latest..
RobTekoz said:
It's strange tho. I instantly got the update for B389, but not the latest..
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Wait again, you should get it
RobTekoz said:
Yep, but it doesn't work.
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Strange thing again is that it always worked for me.
sniperlife:D said:
Strange thing again is that it always worked for me.
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Not for me unluckly. I manage to download the update through the official update option, but when it reaches 100% it says something like the update isn't compatible, and deletes it.
RobTekoz said:
Not for me unluckly. I manage to download the update through the official update option, but when it reaches 100% it says something like the update isn't compatible, and deletes it.
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Tough luck bro.
PalakMi said:
Wait again, you should get it
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After 9 days I still don't get the update and I'm stuck with the B389
RobTekoz said:
After 9 days I still don't get the update and I'm stuck with the B389
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Aha, something must be wrong but, from which side?!
i have L09 too and i'm also stuck on B389.
If my phone cries for an update i will let u know.
after writing my post i checked again (just like daily) for updates.
update is now available in germany for me.
the update log dont sais anything special like i read in other posts "moving pictures"
nLz_phone said:
after writing my post i checked again (just like daily) for updates.
update is now available in germany for me.
the update log dont sais anything special like i read in other posts "moving pictures"
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Good. Thanks a lot. Best regards
RobTekoz said:
After 9 days I still don't get the update and I'm stuck with the B389
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May be you need to be little more patience.
We have B340 rolling out for Honor 6X and few got it in early August and few getting it now and others are still waiting but they are getting slowly. Its like they are slowly sending to users but eventually send to all.
I GOT IT! I finally got the update after 15 days. I had to go manually in the update tab to receive it. Thank you guys for keeping me patient and helping me!
RobTekoz said:
I GOT IT! I finally got the update after 15 days. I had to go manually in the update tab to receive it. Thank you guys for keeping me patient and helping me!
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Perfect. Enjoy

L21C432B367 recovery and boot .img request

Accidentally when i updated from B360 to B365, i immediately got prompted with the update to B367, and due my motivation to go on latest security patch i didn't stored the B367 package on my HDD, so i didn't had the chance to extract from it the stock boot and recovery images for future updates. Now B368 is out and obviously I'm in need of those files; someone have a copy of them to share with me (and other members too)?
RedSkull23 said:
Accidentally when i updated from B360 to B365, i immediately got prompted with the update to B367, and due my motivation to go on latest security patch i didn't stored the B367 package on my HDD, so i didn't had the chance to extract from it the stock boot and recovery images for future updates. Now B368 is out and obviously I'm in need of those files; someone have a copy of them to share with me (and other members too)?
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I think you can use the recovery and boot.img of B360/B365 etc. if you have mate can try else let me know I will download the file and share.
Edit- last file I see available on FF is B366 that too OTA file and full firmware is available only for B365.
shashank1320 said:
I think you can use the recovery and boot.img of B360/B365 etc. if you have mate can try else let me know I will download the file and share.
Edit- last file I see available on FF is B366 that too OTA file and full firmware is available only for B365.
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Yeah already gave a check on FF bro and as you said it's since B365 that other updates aren't uploaded, so I'll give a try with B365 files... If it should work, I'll report it here... Hope so.
RedSkull23 said:
Yeah already gave a check on FF bro and as you said it's since B365 that other updates aren't uploaded, so I'll give a try with B365 files... If it should work, I'll report it here... Hope so.
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It will work 99.99%. i have tested this many times..good luck bro
shashank1320 said:
It will work 99.99%. i have tested this many times..good luck bro
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Nice to hear that, i thought about this some day ago but i was afraid that every recovery.img had its own signature, md5 or SHA calc incompatible if found unmatched by next recovery. Gonna try that, thanks friend
shashank1320 said:
It will work 99.99%. i have tested this many times..good luck bro
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Today i flashed B365 boot and recovery files: at phone startup I've encountered bizzare things, like an unmatching PIN of screen unlock (never changed it in months), and so I wasn't able to access the phone anymore; luckily i always have with me on my external SD my previous backup, so i reflashed TWRP by fastboot and restored the backup, recovering the access to my device. Anyway i took the files requested by me by myself; for everyone that could ever need 'em, you can find those here
BLN-L21C432B367 boot.img - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5ltsb3h1ad7yc8y/AAALUixZJTSVIPDcvf__GM-ga
BLN-L21C432B367 recovery.img - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x28ch38regyzcy9/AAAoXz1w_zqMdqBldBdpF37ta
RedSkull23 said:
Today i flashed B365 boot and recovery files: at phone startup I've encountered bizzare things, like an unmatching PIN of screen unlock (never changed it in months), and so I wasn't able to access the phone anymore; luckily i always have with me on my external SD my previous backup, so i reflashed TWRP by fastboot and restored the backup, recovering the access to my device. Anyway i took the files requested by me by myself; for everyone that could ever need 'em, you can find those here
BLN-L21C432B367 boot.img - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5ltsb3h1ad7yc8y/AAALUixZJTSVIPDcvf__GM-ga
BLN-L21C432B367 recovery.img - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x28ch38regyzcy9/AAAoXz1w_zqMdqBldBdpF37ta
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Sorry to hear about the problem. I am confused now as I had only b357 recovery that i used on many, starting from b350,357,360,365,375,379 and all worked fine for me. But its Huawei so can't say anything new things every day.
shashank1320 said:
Sorry to hear about the problem. I am confused now as I had only b357 recovery that i used on many, starting from b350,357,360,365,375,379 and all worked fine for me. But its Huawei so can't say anything new things every day.
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Don't worry pal, nothing hard to solve. Huawei devices improved my problem solving :laugh: Recovery sounds ok to use, in fact i think that it was surely boot.img faults.
RedSkull23 said:
Don't worry pal, nothing hard to solve. Huawei devices improved my problem solving :laugh:.
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Ain't that the truth!! I only used the device for a short time but I learned so much in those few weeks.
Dazed No More said:
Ain't that the truth!! I only used the device for a short time but I learned so much in those few weeks.
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Ahah! Well everything's a problem on Huawei devices, from updating till various recovery procedures... All experience achieved for future tweaking! Always if there won't be a new Huawei :cyclops:
RedSkull23 said:
All experience achieved for future tweaking! Always if there won't be a new Huawei :cyclops:
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Exactly. I'll never buy another Huawei phone but it was a great learning experience. My OnePlus 5T came two days ago so my sister got a new phone and I got a great device with tons of development....a win win situation:good:
Dazed No More said:
Exactly. I'll never buy another Huawei phone but it was a great learning experience. My OnePlus 5T came two days ago so my sister got a new phone and I got a great device with tons of development....a win win situation:good:
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If only 1+ was cheaper, I'd went for it too! Awesome performances but great community support also... I found better support on my previous device, a Galaxy S4 Mini, than here on Honor. You surely did a nice switch

october security update Android 9 Mi A2 Lite

So I just received a new security update, I don't think there's anything more than just the latest security package
same here, just 65 MB. couldn't find any new features yet.
Scrolling is definitely smoother.
It seems like booting up takes shorter time to load unlike with the previous update patches.
any improvements in unlock speed?
Did they bring back d2tw?
loop4444 said:
any improvements in unlock speed?
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Phone is somewhat smoother / faster in general.
coolwei1 said:
Did they bring back d2tw?
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Nope.
stuck
I am stuck on september update, everytime i try to install the october update it says installation problem (i have an unlocked bootloader) what to do i am a newbie when it comes to tinkering with android on this level.
peshovich said:
I am stuck on september update, everytime i try to install the october update it says installation problem (i have an unlocked bootloader) what to do i am a newbie when it comes to tinkering with android on this level.
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Same here. Maybe it's because I'm rooted...
I'm waiting for the next (official) fastboot image...
downloadonlyaccount said:
Same here. Maybe it's because I'm rooted...
I'm waiting for the next (official) fastboot image...
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Well at least i am not alone in this one, hopefully Xiaomi will fix this issue and we can update it normally. Gonna follow this thread.
Especially if you've rooted, you probably have modified system or vendor partitions.
You can see what the OTA doesn't like by looking at adb.
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adb logcat | grep update_engine
There's been no 10.0.14.0 fastboot image but I do have backups of these partitions I made myself. They're huge but I might be able to get them on the internet if needed...
peshovich said:
Well at least i am not alone in this one, hopefully Xiaomi will fix this issue and we can update it normally. Gonna follow this thread.
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So, now with 10.0.16.0 released, I was able to skip the .15 version. I had to download the complete package (around 1 GB) but now I'm on latest version. Just need to root again .
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