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VPN for update?

Hey guys, so a friend of mine has a One Plus 3 but he didn't recived the update yet. So he utilized a vpn to connect to servers from Canada and UK and he got the update.
Has some one claimed that he got the update from sweden, if there are any possibility to connect to another area to look for that update. Specially in sweden

atrix_noob said:
Hey guys, so a friend of mine has a One Plus 3 but he didn't recived the update yet. So he utilized a vpn to connect to servers from Canada and UK and he got the update.
Has some one claimed that he got the update from sweden, if there are any possibility to connect to another area to look for that update. Specially in sweden
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Sadly that won't work unless you have a device from that region or you're running the previous firmware from that region. The OP3 isn't region specific, so he can get the update from any region. The Honor 8 though has various models for each region of the world. (L04/L14 US, L09 EU, etc)

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Sadly that won't work unless you have a device from that region or you're running the previous firmware from that region. The OP3 isn't region specific, so he can get the update from any region. The Honor 8 though has various models for each region of the world. (L04/L14 US, L09 EU, etc)
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Ohh I see, thanks for responding. That is sad tho :/

You shouldn't need to connect to the device OEM's server via a VPN in order to get updates for your device. As OTA OS updates are sent to each device dependent on their model number and the regional OS settings.

if you know the update version just download it online and manually install it?

atrix_noob said:
Ohh I see, thanks for responding. That is sad tho :/
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There's the Charles app method

CronaMell said:
There's the Charles app method
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Mmmmmmmm let me search for it, never heard of it lol

DarkGuyver said:
You shouldn't need to connect to the device OEM's server via a VPN in order to get updates for your device. As OTA OS updates are sent to each device dependent on their model number and the regional OS settings.
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Yeah, I need to read a little more. Lol

atrix_noob said:
Mmmmmmmm let me search for it, never heard of it lol
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Haha, there's a thread in the guide section "sympathetic way to update to nougat" you'll find all the details there

CronaMell said:
Haha, there's a thread in the guide section "sympathetic way to update to nougat" you'll find all the details there
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Thanks, today I buyed a 8gb Sd card just to update to nougat lol

CronaMell said:
Haha, there's a thread in the guide section "sympathetic way to update to nougat" you'll find all the details there
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I read the thread but I'm out of luck cuz I don't have wifi no router near me. To complicated to do that.
:/

I don't know why everybody is in such a hurry to upgrade their OS from Marshmallow to Nougat. When Nougat is only available for a handful of devices at the moment. The majority of the other Nougat release are still in the Beta cycle and have numerous bugs that have yet to be addressed yet.

DarkGuyver said:
I don't know why everybody is in such a hurry to upgrade their OS from Marshmallow to Nougat. When Nougat is only available for a handful of devices at the moment. The majority of the other Nougat release are still in the Beta cycle and have numerous bugs that have yet to be addressed yet.
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Yeah, I just installed beta lol
Performance wise isssssss great!

atrix_noob said:
I read the thread but I'm out of luck cuz I don't have wifi no router near me. To complicated to do that.
:/
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Cheer up, the official nougat update is less than a month away

atrix_noob said:
Yeah, I just installed beta lol
Performance wise isssssss great!
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Just wait till you notice that allot of features that were in Marshmallow are missing in the Nougat Beta. While the performance maybe slightly better than Marshmallow. Nougat still isn't ready for retail use on the Honor 8 yet.

DarkGuyver said:
Just wait till you notice that allot of features that were in Marshmallow are missing in the Nougat Beta. While the performance maybe slightly better than Marshmallow. Nougat still isn't ready for retail use on the Honor 8 yet.
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All essential features are here. Getting 5 to 6 sot.
I haven't faced a single issue. Plus I'm not a guy for complaining about features. I buyer the Honor 8 because of speed. And that's what I'm getting.

DarkGuyver said:
Just wait till you notice that allot of features that were in Marshmallow are missing in the Nougat Beta. While the performance maybe slightly better than Marshmallow. Nougat still isn't ready for retail use on the Honor 8 yet.
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It's because the Nougat on this phone means EMUI 5 and it's 10x better than EMUI 4.1 .. trust me
it's a much better phone on Nougat EMUI5 ( Even Beta) BTW I think the current B360 for the L04 is the final Beta.
It will go live in the next 4 or 5 weeks. (Huawei is really slow)

DarkGuyver said:
Just wait till you notice that allot of features that were in Marshmallow are missing in the Nougat Beta. While the performance maybe slightly better than Marshmallow. Nougat still isn't ready for retail use on the Honor 8 yet.
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B360 is definitely a fully functional build. I have yet to find anything broken and it even includes Vulkan api. As said above, EMUI 5.0 is miles ahead of EMUI 4.1. It's a much better and cleaner looking UI.

clsA said:
It's because the Nougat on this phone means EMUI 5 and it's 10x better than EMUI 4.1 .. trust me
it's a much better phone on Nougat EMUI5 ( Even Beta) BTW I think the current B360 for the L04 is the final Beta.
It will go live in the next 4 or 5 weeks. (Huawei is really slow)
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AH! I forgot that the new version of EMUI is better than the current version. It's the same with most android device OEMs.

atrix_noob said:
Hey guys, so a friend of mine has a One Plus 3 but he didn't recived the update yet. So he utilized a vpn to connect to servers from Canada and UK and he got the update.
Has some one claimed that he got the update from sweden, if there are any possibility to connect to another area to look for that update. Specially in sweden
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Try af+ wall

Any thoughts on Nougat for BLN-L21?

Just bought this (awesome)phone today, the version with NFC and gyroscope and I had read somewhere that the Honor 6X already had Nougat. When is it coming via OTA? (I don't want to use firmware finder)

i got it today and struggling with it now. now jio4gvoice is not connecting . so i wan to roll back to MM

Tell me your model

PalakMi said:
Tell me your model
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What? Its on the title... "BLN-L21"... If you still don't know, its the one with NFC and gyroscope...
Next time read the title

DarkAlpha.Sete said:
What? Its on the title... "BLN-L21"... If you still don't know, its the one with NFC and gyroscope...
Next time read the title
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I only read nougat then stopped, haha :silly:
It's rolling out in phases, you'll get it soon

DarkAlpha.Sete said:
Just bought this (awesome)phone today, the version with NFC and gyroscope and I had read somewhere that the Honor 6X already had Nougat. When is it coming via OTA? (I don't want to use firmware finder)
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It should be rolling out to everyone anyways, keep checking everyday for updates.

RelicUser said:
It should be rolling out to everyone anyways, keep checking everyday for updates.
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Sometimes, ithe OTA arrives after weeks it got released, like me and a friend when he received B360 (first nougat update) and I got it 3 weeks later

Pretty late answer, but just want to say that I finally got Nougat (EMUI 5). Now I'm waiting for EMUI 5.1 hehe
I actually got it 3 days ago, but only remember this thread today...

DarkAlpha.Sete said:
Pretty late answer, but just want to say that I finally got Nougat (EMUI 5). Now I'm waiting for EMUI 5.1 hehe
I actually got it 3 days ago, but only remember this thread today...
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That's good, but no words on EMUI5.1 yet

Oreo update, where are you???

Hey guys, no news about the oreo update ??
Because I am starting to consider flashing a custom ROM and/or rooting.
So Are we getting it or not ?

CodingAddict704 said:
Hey guys, no news about the oreo update ??
Because I am starting to consider flashing a custom ROM and/or rooting.
So Are we getting it or not ?
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probably there is no news till now. But u shall wait for some before flashing.

Nothing yet, as there's a beta only for honor 9.
We should know more in first month of 2018.

Go with custom but all having one or the other bug. so if you want, can switch to custom or stay back with stock. BTW, it may get Oreo. Not confirming anything though.

shashank1320 said:
Go with custom but all having one or the other bug. so if you want, can switch to custom or stay back with stock. BTW, it may get Oreo. Not confirming anything though.
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seems like honor 7x will get oreo update first.. there is no still clear statement from honor CEO mentioning about honor 6x's Oreo update..

Aditya Tondwalkar said:
seems like honor 7x will get oreo update first.. there is no still clear statement from honor CEO mentioning about honor 6x's Oreo update..
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There should into regarding the 6X in the near future

PalakMi said:
There should into regarding the 6X in the near future
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hope so

Aditya Tondwalkar said:
hope so
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If the honor 8 gets Oreo, the 6X should definitely get it

PalakMi said:
If the honor 8 gets Oreo, the 6X should definitely get it
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It's important to keep in mind that Honor 8 is a flagship phone, 6X is a budget one. Anyway hope to get Oreo too

RedSkull23 said:
It's important to keep in mind that Honor 8 is a flagship phone, 6X is a budget one. Anyway hope to get Oreo too
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rightly said...

RedSkull23 said:
It's important to keep in mind that Honor 8 is a flagship phone, 6X is a budget one. Anyway hope to get Oreo too
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It was a guess

Honor 8 got custom Oreo ROM :good:

shashank1320 said:
Honor 8 got custom Oreo ROM :good:
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Yeah just saw it, AOSP 8.0! Nice one from OpenKirin team

RedSkull23 said:
Yeah just saw it, AOSP 8.0! Nice one from OpenKirin team
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Their effort is just tremendous :laugh:

Can i rebrand mate 9 while on Oreo

Hello guys,
I have mate 9 C636 B362 oreo.
The problem is am now living in europe
Which makes my phone unable to get updates through default system update and very slow to updates to go through firmwarefinder
My question is can i rebrand the mate 9 while I am already on Oreo to c432
Thanks

ALA92 said:
Hello guys,
I have mate 9 C636 B362 oreo.
The problem is am now living in europe
Which makes my phone unable to get updates through default system update and very slow to updates to go through firmwarefinder
My question is can i rebrand the mate 9 while I am already on Oreo to c432
Thanks
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There is an easier and much safer way to update if you still have a SIM card of the country you purchased the phone from. It doesn't even have to be active anymore. Just insert it and reboot, then connect to wifi and all the updates will pop up.
Hope that helps
Sent from my MHA-L29 using Tapatalk

itenos said:
There is an easier and much safer way to update if you still have a SIM card of the country you purchased the phone from. It doesn't even have to be active anymore. Just insert it and reboot, then connect to wifi and all the updates will pop up.
Hope that helps
Sent from my MHA-L29 using Tapatalk
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I don't think it matters. Bought a USA C567 for a friend and he is using it in Europe with European sim and he got the C567 Oreo before me. I still didn't get mine. I believe all firmwares are eventually approved for all imei's in a certain model, like model L29. You can check old FF's on the FF app for older firmware and you will see it is approved for almost every region. At least my USA phone is...

crusht said:
I don't think it matters. Bought a USA C567 for a friend and he is using it in Europe with European sim and he got the C567 Oreo before me. I still didn't get mine. I believe all firmwares are eventually approved for all imei's in a certain model, like model L29. You can check old FF's on the FF app for older firmware and you will see it is approved for almost every region. At least my USA phone is...
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Believe it or not but it matters! Maybe your friend activated the C567 phone with a European SIM card and that's why he receives updates.
I bought a C636 phone in Cambodia and am constantly traveling around South East Asia. I never receive updates of any kind but the moment I insert a Cambodian SIM card the updates pop up.
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To answer your question: yes.
Use the "Rebrand" section https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-mate-9-flash-oreo-update-package-t3699522

ALA92 said:
Hello guys,
I have mate 9 C636 B362 oreo.
The problem is am now living in europe
Which makes my phone unable to get updates through default system update and very slow to updates to go through firmwarefinder
My question is can i rebrand the mate 9 while I am already on Oreo to c432
Thanks
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Hi pal! I've got my Mate 9 from china (AL00) and want to rebrand to c636 to get full google integration... you have google assistant (or google now) when holding home button? "ok google" works? that's all I want...
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ante0 said:
To answer your question: yes.
Use the "Rebrand" section https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-mate-9-flash-oreo-update-package-t3699522
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Where do you get "oeminfo.bin"? There's a thread with a collection of them but all for Nougat... If the phone is currently on Oreo and want to rebrand staying on Oreo... I can use those Nougat oeminfos?

Firearg said:
Where do you get "oeminfo.bin"? There's a thread with a collection of them but all for Nougat... If the phone is currently on Oreo and want to rebrand staying on Oreo... I can use those Nougat oeminfos?
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Well, if I had read it more carefully I would've said you need to downgrade to Nougat.
But it's done if you follow the instructions.
Sorry for the misinformation.
Edit: Though, with an oeminfo.bin from Oreo you should be able to rebrand straight to Oreo.
You could always ask mankindtw, he should know.

itenos said:
There is an easier and much safer way to update if you still have a SIM card of the country you purchased the phone from. It doesn't even have to be active anymore. Just insert it and reboot, then connect to wifi and all the updates will pop up.
Hope that helps
Sent from my MHA-L29 using Tapatalk
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Thanks
I will certainly try that method if its that easy.
Hope it works

itenos said:
There is an easier and much safer way to update if you still have a SIM card of the country you purchased the phone from. It doesn't even have to be active anymore. Just insert it and reboot, then connect to wifi and all the updates will pop up.
Hope that helps
Sent from my MHA-L29 using Tapatalk
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ante0 said:
Well, if I had read it more carefully I would've said you need to downgrade to Nougat.
But it's done if you follow the instructions.
Sorry for the misinformation.
Edit: Though, with an oeminfo.bin from Oreo you should be able to rebrand straight to Oreo.
You could always ask mankindtw, he should know.
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I wanted to avoid downgrading and then upgrading again, because it just increase the chances of things going wrong

Firearg said:
Hi pal! I've got my Mate 9 from china (AL00) and want to rebrand to c636 to get full google integration... you have google assistant (or google now) when holding home button? "ok google" works? that's all I want...
No
Actually ok google doesnt work fully (it doesn't work with the screen locked even if i have the settings to unlock the phone on
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n00b here, root guide?

hi, id like to know how to root my huawei mate 9. i have a laptop and a license for supersu. supersu forums are offline. any help is appreciated. thanks.

R1SC said:
hi, id like to know how to root my huawei mate 9. i have a laptop and a license for supersu. supersu forums are offline. any help is appreciated. thanks.
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Hello. I prefer using magisk over SU. And I just wrote up a guide a few days back on how to do that (as long as your running Android Oreo/EMUI 8.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-install-magisk-mate-9-running-t3773878

Wirmpolter said:
Hello. I prefer using magisk over SU. And I just wrote up a guide a few days back on how to do that (as long as your running Android Oreo/EMUI 8.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-install-magisk-mate-9-running-t3773878
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Hey just wanted to ask is emui 8 worth getting over emui 5? I'm running a custom ROM atm.

KitsuneUK said:
Hey just wanted to ask is emui 8 worth getting over emui 5? I'm running a custom ROM atm.
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That's tough to answer.....it's all a manner of opinion really. I had slightly better SOT though in emui 5 (since its running Android Nougat) where as emui 8 us Android Oreo. Truthfully I flashed an AOSP ROM after I upgraded to emui 8 because once you go to emui 8 / Android Oreo, it enables treble support. I'm not a big fan of emui in the first place though. However, the AOSP ROM's are newer so they are still wip when it comes to working 100% for the huawei mate 9.
May I ask what custom ROM you are using? And how do you find it? What's your SOT?

Wirmpolter said:
Hello. I prefer using magisk over SU. And I just wrote up a guide a few days back on how to do that (as long as your running Android Oreo/EMUI 8.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-install-magisk-mate-9-running-t3773878
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awesome! thanks mate, ive got oreo emui 8.

R1SC said:
awesome! thanks mate, ive got oreo emui 8.
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You're welcome

Wirmpolter said:
Hello. I prefer using magisk over SU. And I just wrote up a guide a few days back on how to do that (as long as your running Android Oreo/EMUI 8.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-install-magisk-mate-9-running-t3773878
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how do i find my boot image file?

R1SC said:
how do i find my boot image file?
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Download firmware from http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/ (if available) and unpack update.app from update.zip
Open update.app in Huawei Update Extractor and extract ramdisk.img, this is the boot image file that magisk manager needs to patch.

Wirmpolter said:
That's tough to answer.....it's all a manner of opinion really. I had slightly better SOT though in emui 5 (since its running Android Nougat) where as emui 8 us Android Oreo. Truthfully I flashed an AOSP ROM after I upgraded to emui 8 because once you go to emui 8 / Android Oreo, it enables treble support. I'm not a big fan of emui in the first place though. However, the AOSP ROM's are newer so they are still wip when it comes to working 100% for the huawei mate 9.
May I ask what custom ROM you are using? And how do you find it? What's your SOT?
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I'm currently using fRomFuture, and truthfully i was gonna get oreo the install RR (assuming it can work with my model). My screen on time is around 4-5 hours. If you're willing id appreciate some help on the process cause installing roms and stuff on huawei is not my strong point

KitsuneUK said:
I'm currently using fRomFuture, and truthfully i was gonna get oreo the install RR (assuming it can work with my model). My screen on time is around 4-5 hours. If you're willing id appreciate some help on the process cause installing roms and stuff on huawei is not my strong point
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Yeah, of course. I'll help out as best as I can.. What is your complete model number with region? L29636?

Wirmpolter said:
Yeah, of course. I'll help out as best as I can.. What is your complete model number with region? L29636?
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im on L29C432, I'm UK based.

KitsuneUK said:
im on L29C432, I'm UK based.
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Okay... Sorry for the delay.
You'll obviously have to go back to stock first. And then hisuite should work to upgrade to Oreo. Just trying to think what the best way to return to stock would be for your model version and get you upgraded to Oreo.

i see this requires Microsoft Windows. i only have Linux. any suggestions?

Hi guys,
Im very interested in dooing a root on my huawei mate 9 iv researched all over google and youtube now 1st i should tell you that computers and mobile phone modding has never been in my field i see words like win-rar boot loaders etc to me they are just words but have no idea wat they really mean i know my huawei is running on standard os version 5 i believecan someone please explain to me how and what im supposed to do thankyou in advance for any guidance.

sc0tt187 said:
Hi guys,
Im very interested in dooing a root on my huawei mate 9 iv researched all over google and youtube now 1st i should tell you that computers and mobile phone modding has never been in my field i see words like win-rar boot loaders etc to me they are just words but have no idea wat they really mean i know my huawei is running on standard os version 5 i believecan someone please explain to me how and what im supposed to do thankyou in advance for any guidance.
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Too late... unless you've got a bootloader unlock code before July 24. Did you? I'll guess not, hence...no root for you, enjoy GPU Turbo and Pie (whenever that comes).