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Root/Rebrand/Unbrick/Update - Official FunkyHuawei Thread for P20 Pro

This is the official FunkyHuawei support thread.
FunkyHuawei is a (mostly) paid service which allows you to do the following:
1. Install the latest system software, even before it's released by OTA.
2. Install beta/prerelease system software, without needing to be a beta tester.
3. Recover a bricked phone.
4. Rebranding / Change the region of your phone (China -> Europe, for example, to get Google and so on.)
5. Enabling dual-sim features on single-sim phones.
6. Root your EMUI 8 phone, even with stock recovery (This feature is free)
--NOTE: SOME OF THESE FEATURES NOT AVAILABLE ON P20 SERIES YET. SEE NEXT POST--
You do not need to unlock your bootloader, or void your warranty to use the service. (except the free rooting feature)
To find FunkyHuawei, please Google it. Or you can find a link to the service as well as our rebranding tool within the following XDA Portal article.
https://www.xda-developers.com/exclusive-att-huawei-mate-10-pro-firmware/
We are pleased to announce FHUnbrickFlashTool -- You can now repair any recent Huawei phone via fastboot, even if you cannot access eRecovery or boot the phone! Even if it doesn't show the Huawei logo, as long as you can get a fastboot connection to your computer, you can recover the phone! Google FHUnbrickFlashTool or check FunkyHuawei's reddit for details.
In cooperation with XDA, FunkyHuawei is offering a free credit to Recognized Developers and Recognized Contributers on XDA.
Please PM me for more details.
We will continue posting in this thread with updates regarding new software versions and releases regarding this device.
We will also be monitoring it so we can help anyone who has issues.
FunkyHuawei, due to popular request, is now offering an unlimited pass. You can break your phone all you want, and turn to FunkyHuawei to unbrick it however many times you need to. You can also install all the latest updates, beta versions, and so on, without worrying about spending credits. You can check out more details on FH's reddit or homepage.
For device-specific information, please see the next post.
Please be sure to read the terms of service as well as the instructions very thoroughly before using the tools, to understand the potential risks of using them.
FunkyHuawei can now offer bootloader unlock codes for all Huawei models (including recent models like P20, P20 Pro, Honor Play, and so on.)
These unlock codes can be provided for free to customers who purchase an unlimited pass from today.
See details from the link on the main page of the site.

P20 and P20 Pro Device Information.
Currently, here is what we support on the P20/P20 Pro series.
Installing new firmware/unbricking via eRecovery: SUPPORTED
Rebranding with unlocked bootloader: AVAILABLE NOW!
Rebranding with locked bootloader: COMING, MIGHT BE A WHILE
Unbricking from fastboot: COMING, MIGHT BE A WHILE
Since it is a new device on a new OS, some things have changed and we need to update some of our methods to fully support it.
Those who would like to test rebranding with an unlocked bootloader before we release it, please contact us.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How much does FunkyHuawei cost?
A: You need to buy credits on the FunkyHuawei website. The price per credit varies depending on the number of credits you buy. Different operations cost different amounts of credits. However, the Root feature of the Mate 10 tool is free, and as mentioned above, Recognized Developers/Contributors of XDA can ask for a free credit.
Q: My phone is bootloader locked, and FRP locked. My bootloader unlock code dosen't work. It won't boot. eRecovery doesn't work. Can you help?
A: Yes. With the Mate 10 this is now a common situation. Contact FunkyHuawei for help in this situation. We'll need to access your computer remotely and the procedure is a little bit complicated, but the phone can be unbricked.
Q: I can't get my bootloader unlock code/don't want to unlock my bootloader, but I want to change my phone to something other than Chinese. Can you help?
A: Yes. Our new FunkyHuawei Rebrand Tool works on recent Huawei phones (Sorry EMUI 8.1 phones not yet supported. Coming soon), to rebrand them to another region even when the bootloader is locked.
Q: I'm not seeing the latest version listed on FunkyHuawei or elsewhere as an OTA. Why not?
A: Huawei has a very odd and unpredictable way of rolling out OTA updates. You can use FunkyHuawei to install the new version immediately, or can wait for the update to be rolled out. It might be a month or more after release until the update reaches your device from Huawei directly. We have no idea why.
Q: Why isn't FunkyHuawei free?
A: Because many of FunkyHuawei's features cost FunkyHuawei money to provide. Features that don't cost FunkyHuawei money to provide, like rooting the Mate 10 or our TWRP build for Mate 9/Oreo, for example, are generally made available for free. There are also bills to pay, kids to put through school, and so on.
Q: I noticed FunkyHuawei in an XDA Portal article!
A: FunkyHuawei loves XDA, and is cooperating with them as much as possible. Recognized Developers and Contributors on the XDA forums are welcome to claim a free credit from FunkyHuawei as well.
Q: I have a different question.
A: This is what this thread is for! Post away!

We now have the following firmwares available to install with eRecovery method:
CLT-L29 8.1.0.107(C432) - European
CLT-L29 8.1.0.107(C636) - Asia/Pacific
More will be added soon.

CLT-L29 8.1.0.108(C185) now available for Middle East P20 Pro.

We have successfully rebranded the P20 series. Tools will be released pretty soon.
(Bootloader will need to be unlocked for the first wave of tools)

duraaraa said:
We have successfully rebranded the P20 series. Tools will be released pretty soon.
(Bootloader will need to be unlocked for the first wave of tools)
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Any chance we'll be able to unlock VOLTE for the North American market?
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CLT-L29 8.1.0.107a(C432) - European
Now available.
It seems to fix many bugs from previous version.
You may need to facotry reset after installation if you see a buggy settings menu.

GiancarloMorr24 said:
Any chance we'll be able to unlock VOLTE for the North American market?
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Probably not without rooting.

duraaraa said:
Probably not without rooting.
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And is the root available yet ? Did you managed to tried magisk method of mate 10 pro to P20 pro ?
Sorry for lot of questions,
Am pretty much sure buying this phone in next few days. But only if there's rooting solution available

Hi,
Is the Enabling dual-sim features on single-sim phones function available yet?
Thanks

weasley said:
Hi,
Is the Enabling dual-sim features on single-sim phones function available yet?
Thanks
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Yes, it's possible, but you'll need to unlock the bootloader.
Please contact funkyhuawei support by email and we can help you, as we have not released the tool to do it publicly yet.

otonieru said:
And is the root available yet ? Did you managed to tried magisk method of mate 10 pro to P20 pro ?
Sorry for lot of questions,
Am pretty much sure buying this phone in next few days. But only if there's rooting solution available
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Surely root will be available eventually, but we are working on other things at the moment.

duraaraa said:
Yes, it's possible, but you'll need to unlock the bootloader.
Please contact funkyhuawei support by email and we can help you, as we have not released the tool to do it publicly yet.
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Thank for the reply, just one more question before buying the unlimited usage membership. After Converting to Dual Sim , does the system show 2 IMEI or still only one ?
Thanks

weasley said:
Thank for the reply, just one more question before buying the unlimited usage membership. After Converting to Dual Sim , does the system show 2 IMEI or still only one ?
Thanks
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Still only one, but both sims work. Same as Mate 10 Pro.

duraaraa said:
Still only one, but both sims work. Same as Mate 10 Pro.
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Does this mean one IMEI share between 2 sim?

@duraaraa Can Funky Huawei contact Huawei to request the release of complete and up to date kernel sources, so that we may have custom rom and kernel development for the new P20 & P20 Pro Series ?

SlyUK said:
@duraaraa Can Funky Huawei contact Huawei to request the release of complete and up to date kernel sources, so that we may have custom rom and kernel development for the new P20 & P20 Pro Series ?
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No... we don't have any contacts at Huawei to ask. AFAIK project treble will let custom rom development go on quite easily even without kernel sources.

weasley said:
Does this mean one IMEI share between 2 sim?
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Yes. But it's possible the phone has an internal secondary IMEI which it simply doesn't show on the settings. We haven't had a way of figuring out exactly how it works IMEI-wise, but both sims do work. It's been this way for generations of Huawei phones.

duraaraa said:
Yes. But it's possible the phone has an internal secondary IMEI which it simply doesn't show on the settings. We haven't had a way of figuring out exactly how it works IMEI-wise, but both sims do work. It's been this way for generations of Huawei phones.
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Thanks for the info, because I am going to use same network sim on the both sim slots after convert. Not sure will the network pick up one imei it been shared between two numbers.
Going to receive my P20 Pro on Friday

Huawei P20 Pro 6/64 CLT-AL01

Hello everyone
I got my Huawei P20 Pro 6/64 CLT-AC01 today in the mail.
It is locked to Chinese region, and doesn't has any of the gapps installed.
I looked for several hours through the forum and on Google today, and I can't find any way to flash a different region ROM to it (often referred to as Debranding)
Also, I read that Huawei canceled the option to unlock the bootloader - I tried it on several ways today and got to a 404 on the unlock page.
Could someone tell me how do I change the region of the device to a normal international one?
Thanks! Can't wait to start using this beautiful device.

Your last option might be funkyhuawei

otonieru said:
funkyhuawei
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I don't think they support my device... That's their devices list

DeanNotDin said:
I don't think they support my device... That's their devices list
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Yours is uncommon one indeed. 90-99% P20 Pro out there is 6/128GB, yet you have 6/64

I talked to Huawei support in 3 countries.
They refuse to supply me with an unlock code and it looks like i'm stuck with this device

You probably got either a early test device or a fake one.
Sent from my CLT-L29 using Tapatalk

It's the Chinese P20 Pro is normal to have 64GB...
I was in the same situation, same model of phone, two weeks ago but I had luck getting the unlock code the last day. When the unlocked bootloader I could debrand the phone following the guide in this forum. As they won't give the unlock code, your only option is funky or dc-unlocker when they support the phone. Also I found an indian guy that maybe could do it, his webpage is called ministry of solutions . But I don't know if it is reliable.
Good luck

gisbby said:
It's the Chinese P20 Pro is normal to have 64GB...
I was in the same situation, same model of phone, two weeks ago but I had luck getting the unlock code the last day. When the unlocked bootloader I could debrand the phone following the guide in this forum. As they won't give the unlock code, your only option is funky or dc-unlocker when they support the phone. Also I found an indian guy that maybe could do it, his webpage is called ministry of solutions . But I don't know if it is reliable.
Good luck
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Could you elaborate on how did you get the unlock code, and supply a link to the rebranding guide?

DeanNotDin said:
Could you elaborate on how did you get the unlock code, and supply a link to the rebranding guide?
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I got the code through the EMUI webpage (which doesn't work now because of Huawei's decission)
The link to guide is the following:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hu...de-how-to-root-debrand-remove-retail-t3788326

Do you have any updates on your case so far???
How did it end?
Did you decide to learn chinese in the end or how did you resolve it??? *smile*
As far as i know theFunkyHuawei have that model listed as "CLT-AL01C00" or is this a different one??
THX

[PE-TL10] Honor 6 plus bootloader - has someone tried this method?

From https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/alternative-method-unlocking-bootloader-t3799294
Since Huawei won't release anymore codes to unlock bootloader, has someone tried this method?
The PE-TL10 featured Android 5 at its launch, so it should be possible to apply the procedure in link
EDIT: it works. See here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6/help/pe-tl10-alternative-procedure-to-unlock-t3951963

Same
Yo, i have Huawei Honor 6 plus PE-TL10 and i didnt get the bootloader code so ima trying to get it now. My other option is DC ulocker but that is paid so i will try this.

Dado338 said:
Yo, i have Huawei Honor 6 plus PE-TL10 and i didnt get the bootloader code so ima trying to get it now. My other option is DC ulocker but that is paid so i will try this.
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I succefully rooted my Honor 6 plus with this metod right now. I downgraded to lolipop and rooted with kingroot.

Dado338 said:
I succefully rooted my Honor 6 plus with this metod right now. I downgraded to lolipop and rooted with kingroot.
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Thank you,but my question was if you can unlock the bootloader by extracting the unlock code from the phone (see the thread I linked), after you root with kingroot
EDIT: My bad, I realized you are posting on that thread about...

Hey Honor 6 Plus people,
I just tried and IT WORKED
Instructions in a new post
edit: this post
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6/help/pe-tl10-alternative-procedure-to-unlock-t3951963

not working, links are down!

Has Mate 9 reached dead end?

Last update was released since 29 July, does this mean Huawei dumped the phone development?
It is real unfortunate to know because the phone is really a beast and working flawlessly till 9.1...
Shall we say R.I.P. Mate 9 Dev.?
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yes, dev for mate9 is dead

I was able to update to 9.0 and the phone is so smooth still. I'm not sure what to get next. I like the screen size and shape and the other phones that are over 6" have a thin screen so video is actually smaller. Oh well...

Latest for c432 is b252 with EMUI 9.1.0 (received last month by OTA)

zgfg said:
Latest for c432 is b252 with EMUI 9.1.0 (received last month by OTA)
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Is that the single file that shows up on FF as of 7/29/2019? MHA-LGP2-OVS 9.1.0.252. Do you have the name of the file or files?

jeffrimerman said:
Is that the single file that shows up on FF as of 7/29/2019? MHA-LGP2-OVS 9.1.0.252. Do you have the name of the file or files?
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It was received by OTA:
MHA-L29 9.1.0.252(C432E7R1P8)
as on screenshot
Frankly, I don't see that one on FF (MHA-L29C432)

I have c432 but I'm in the USA so maybe I won't get it unless I have a euro sim card? When I used FF it starts to walk me through downloading the file but changing the routers mac or something maybe to trick the phone into thinking it's in Europe...

Hi guys
I hope i am posting in the correct place but i have the single sim version of the mate 9 and would like to rebrand it to the dual sim version, i am based in south africa.I checked some youtube videos on how to do it but i need to have the bootloader unlock code, apparently huawei has stopped users from obtaining the code, is there any other way of obtaining the code or is there any other way of rebranding to MHA - L29 which has the dual sim option.
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Jerome.mps said:
Hi guys
I hope i am posting in the correct place but i have the single sim version of the mate 9 and would like to rebrand it to the dual sim version, i am based in south africa.I checked some youtube videos on how to do it but i need to have the bootloader unlock code, apparently huawei has stopped users from obtaining the code, is there any other way of obtaining the code or is there any other way of rebranding to MHA - L29 which has the dual sim option.
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The way and the price to obtain BL code, but also the way how to rebrand HEAVILY depend on what is your current EMUI version.
(,If you don't care about that and just follow some YT guide, you can brick the phone)
So, what is exactly
- EMUI version in Settings/System/About
- also from Settings/System/About, what is the month and year of the Security patch
See the attach

zgfg said:
The way and the price to obtain BL code, but also the way how to rebrand HEAVILY depend on what is your current EMUI version.
(,If you don't care about that and just follow some YT guide, you can brick the phone)
So, what is exactly
- EMUI version in Settings/System/About
- also from Settings/System/About, what is the month and year of the Security patch
See the attach
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Hi thanks for the reply, see my my emui version and security patch, unfortunately i dont have permission to.upload pics.
Emui 9.0.1
Security patch July 5 , 2019
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Jerome.mps said:
Hi thanks for the reply, see my my emui version and security patch, unfortunately i dont have permission to.upload pics.
Emui 9.0.1
Security patch July 5 , 2019
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Unfortunately, you are not on Nougat or Oreo 6/2018 or older to make things cheaper and easier
See this answer (yesterday, last in the thread):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ma...e-firmware-versions-gpu-t3917826/post80486637
If you go with their Telegram group service (cca 30 EU), you should ask them to rebrand - IMO, they will do it (they have to flash some firmware upon erasing by Testpoints, anyway).
They flash remotely, you have to provide TeamViewer connection
If you go for your own (also by Testpoints) you will have to use (VM and) Linux, you will have to find (maybe pay for some) drivers and board firmware.
Shortly: you would have to downgrade to eg Nougat as described there, then to buy BL code for 4 EU from DC Phoenix, then to rebrand (there is an older thread here on XDA about rebranding Mate 9 with Nougat or Oreo Sec Patch 6/2018 or older), and finally to upgrade back to Pie
If you search for Ministry of Solutions, they can do the same/similar thing for you (requiring also to open the phone and use Testpoints, and TeamViewer) but they will ask more, about 45 EU
You could also search and explore Chimera and FunkyHuawei services, but AFAIK, they will cost even more.
With Chimera, you would not even have Bootloader code at the end to reuse, if ever needed

zgfg said:
Latest for c432 is b252 with EMUI 9.1.0 (received last month by OTA)
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I got that 2 months ago but it seems no more updates were being rolled...
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I received a weird 230kb system update today. It didn't change the version number, still on 252 and it didn't update the security settings, still on the ones from 5th July.
Anybody got an idea what this was? Screenshot attached

itenos said:
I received a weird 230kb system update today. It didn't change the version number, still on 252 and it didn't update the security settings, still on the ones from 5th July.
Anybody got an idea what this was? Screenshot attached
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Are you on 9.1.0.252, does it show now something like a Patch in Settings/About?

No, it doesn't show anything. Still on 9.1.0.252 and still on security patch from 5th of July

Firmware finder is showing 9.1.0.260 and 261 (October security patches) for me but not approved so far.

Buckyball60 said:
Firmware finder is showing 9.1.0.260 and 261 (October security patches) for me but not approved so far.
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full ota no appear

itenos said:
I received a weird 230kb system update today. It didn't change the version number, still on 252 and it didn't update the security settings, still on the ones from 5th July.
Anybody got an idea what this was? Screenshot attached
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Received the same today
Btw, I was wondering how did you capture a notification on your screenshot but I see now, by a knuckle (Smart screenshot) ?

Got that update two weeks ago, no idea what it did.

Huawei bootloader unlocking in general

I decided I would like to. Make a petition about terrible support for custom Rom community on Huawei devices. It's not the support itself, it is Huawei (how we all know) you know it sucks when you get an amazing deal on eBay for an p20 pro in this case and it turns out to be a demo model and you can't use it properly. Normally you as a member of the custom Rom community would unlock it and flahs latest official software on it, well not on a Huawei device, because they shut down their official unlock service quite some time ago, but I think this needs to stop. That's why I created a petition for unlocking Huawei phones officially (or whilst this isn't my goal, someone telling on how the read the code manually, but I prefer an official unlock)
[url]http://chng.it/NW5vbSJ8[/URL]
Yes, I published this once already but... It got removed I think... Never got an response

Why not just use the dload method to flash the last firmware? No need to unlock.

Huawei wants its own echosystem, unless locked bootloader affect its profit seriously, Huawei won't think bit of the choice at all. So I don't think Huawei would care about your petition.
And, after buying P20 Pro, I say thousands times of 'good bey' to Huawei.

nms247 said:
Why not just use the dload method to flash the last firmware? No need to unlock.
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What Dload method. SD card expansion isn't possible

@Some random
USB OTG

So sad p20 pro can't be BL unlocked...

titi66200 said:
@Some random
USB OTG
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Well gotta get a new adapter then

Yeah, I would try the dlaod method via USB OTG. Huawei is not going to unlock their bootloaders because of a petition. There are larger issues that motivate them to keep it locked.

Best petition, stop buying their bootloader locked devices.
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Limeybastard said:
Best petition, stop buying their bootloader locked devices.
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This. It's sad since Huawei makes beautiful Hardware, but vote with your wallet. I know my (BL unlocked) P20 Pro will be my last Huawei.

raph84 said:
This. It's sad since Huawei makes beautiful Hardware, but vote with your wallet. I know my (BL unlocked) P20 Pro will be my last Huawei.
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I agree. Great hardware.
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