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Huawei P8 Removing Chinese Firmware and Installing European

Hello,
I just bought a new Huawei P8 GRA-UL00 from China and currently the device has GRA-UL00C00B153 build EMUI 3.1.
I live in Europe and even I have chosen the English language settings, the device still has many Chinese specific notifiers, apps, and some other stuff and as you know, there are restrictions on google services, play store, etc..
I searched over the forum and also some other resources to learn whether it is possible to modify the phone as to be purchased in Europe. After I read many discussions, I am now highly confused.
Do I need to unblock and root the device for removing the Chinese stuff or is it also possible to do it by finding and installing a European firmware (if exists) from the manufacturer?
I will be pleased if you guys can help me in this issue.

landros57 said:
Hello,
I just bought a new Huawei P8 GRA-UL00 from China and currently the device has GRA-UL00C00B153 build EMUI 3.1.
I live in Europe and even I have chosen the English language settings, the device still has many Chinese specific notifiers, apps, and some other stuff and as you know, there are restrictions on google services, play store, etc..
I searched over the forum and also some other resources to learn whether it is possible to modify the phone as to be purchased in Europe. After I read many discussions, I am now highly confused.
Do I need to unblock and root the device for removing the Chinese stuff or is it also possible to do it by finding and installing a European firmware (if exists) from the manufacturer?
I will be pleased if you guys can help me in this issue.
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Hello,
I live in France and I have the same problem on my P8 GRA-UL10 with a B183 China ROM version.
I can easily upgrade to an other B173 China ROM version but I can't upgrade to B143 General ROM version.
How to install a B141 General ROM version ? Do I have to unlock the bootloader ?
Thanks in advance

Greetings
Your best option is to select the ROM produced for Europe.
After preparation ROM root the phone and then unlocking the bootloader downgrade supplier.
Most likely your problem will be solved.
good luck.

hamed2307 said:
Greetings
Your best option is to select the ROM produced for Europe.
After preparation ROM root the phone and then unlocking the bootloader downgrade supplier.
Most likely your problem will be solved.
good luck.
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Hi,
It was a hard task but I unclocked the bootloader of my GRA-UL10 (I also root it) but I can not upgrade my offical B173 China ROM to a official B143 General ROM, I see this message hpics.li/4d8b21f
Someone to helh me (us) !?
Thanks in advance

Hi all,
any news about this?
I just bought a new Huawei P8 GRA-UL10 from China, and I'm in the same situation...

Idem

Hi, I have the same problem. Any news on the above ? Thank you very much.

somebody found a solution to this please help. I have same phone and Playstore stops working after a day.

Hey guys! Same problem here, Chinese GRA-TL00. Does anyone know a way? Would be awesome...

thank you
thank you

Hi,
Any news on the above?

Pre-2016 Stock firmware and where to download?

I am desperately looking for any pre-2016 firmware. OPPO seems to have wiped them from every corner of the web that I have searched. My phone is currently not been rooted, and also has been updated with the 2016 firmware which has removed the ability to access bootloader. Very disappointed with OPPO but my focus now is just trying to root this thing to jump across to CYAN-MOD.
If anyone can point me in the direction of stock firmware from 2015, or an alternative way of unlocking bootloader, I would be forever greatful.
Thank you.

Try the vietnamese oppo forums !

Well... I think we truly have been abandoned by Oppo. Their international forum is down since yesterday (AFAIK)...

There international forum has been dead for months. The moderators who cared jumped ship in around April. And ever since (and even before that) it has absolutely not being managed by any Official Oppo member.
My guess they left because they received some behind the scenes information that Oppo will abandon that forum completely.
They don't care about the community at all.
They have become developer unfriendly.
They haven't released kernel sources for their latest phones at all.
They have not just locked bootloader access but also removed the fastboot binarys.

It was completely shutdown for a couple of days, now came back.
As for forum activity, yeah, it pretty much a ghost town now. I didn't pay that much attention until recently notice how dead the forum has become.

If you do have R7sf device, you might want to look at this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/r7-plus/development/recovery-official-twrp-oppo-r7sf-3-0-2-0-t3358552. A good R7sf tutorial for stock ColorOS firmware. Once you get your bootloader unlocked & twrp installed, you can easily install any latest firmwares then simply install supersu update through twrp to get it rooted.

Here is a link.
This is for the R7plusf
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xmh77xyinz2iero/R7plusfEX_11_OTA_012_all_201512251816.zip?dl=0
Sent from my R7plusf using XDA-Developers mobile app

All official firmwares
blog.fujicelular.com/2016/05/download-firmware-oppo-r7-plus.html?m=1
I have already downloaded them all just in case

Thank you kindly, you two are amazing.

Rooting Oppo A71 difficult

Hello you! In this post I basically explain that I have had difficulty rooting my Oppo A71. King root which I've used very succesfully and rapidly on others eg samsung failed repeatedly on the A71. Android recovery doesn't yet support this model (I'm assuming it'sa similar case for KR). iRoot was more like 'ican'troot'. I'm rather stuck. I've visited multiple websites which haven't exactly built my confidence enough to use the methods they provide. Your help would be immensely appreciated.

JeremyJ4 said:
Hello you! In this post I basically explain that I have had difficulty rooting my Oppo A71. King root which I've used very succesfully and rapidly on others eg samsung failed repeatedly on the A71
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Unlock Bootloader first http://apkapple.com/bank-2/how-to-open-up-boot-loader-on-oppo-a71/
And then try rooting https://hopemyworlds.com/root-oppo-a71-get-root-access-oppo/

Custom roms for a71
Is der any custom roms available for oppo a71 ??????

Twrp and custom rom req for oppo a71 (2018)
Dear devs, pls can u provide twrp recovery and custom rom for oppo a71 ?
Device is decent n nice snapdragon 450 octo 1.8ghz n 3gb ram n display is crispy
Color os stock iphone like sucks ...wish could get stock Android customization experience ...ty

Tiqqy said:
Unlock Bootloader first http://apkapple.com/bank-2/how-to-open-up-boot-loader-on-oppo-a71/
And then try rooting https://hopemyworlds.com/root-oppo-a71-get-root-access-oppo/
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Is der going to be anyother simple way to unlock boatloader n twrp Available for this phone near future????

useless thread still no root

TMM8 said:
useless thread still no root
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Because no one from xda supports oppo phone
They will support one plus mi and other phone but not oppo
Requesting since when no response ...plus this model even tho has snapdragons processor

Still no root available. Made multiple requests to King Root.

Oppo
Guys make your request here in the given link!!
Put request for bootloader unlocker and rooting support request in Oppo community forum
https://community.coloros.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=11336&mobile=2
If all will demand they Might do

HELLO!!!?!!
It's been like 2 years of the release of Oppo A71, Where is the root thing in the phone I've been waiting for it about a year now :'(
I just want my phone to be rooted and do other things I've missed and loved to do.

Twrp rivcoary oppo a71 unlock Bodtloodr

Aahad khan said:
Twrp rivcoary oppo a71 unlock Bodtloodr
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Here the list of Oppo devices a TWRP port exists for:
Oppo
This is the Team Win website and the official home of TWRP! Here you will find the list of officially supported devices and instructions for installing TWRP on those devices.
twrp.me
As you might see Oppo A71 isn't supported yet. But you at any time can compile a matching TWRP at your own:
[GUIDE][NOOB FRIENDLY]How to compile TWRP from source step by step
Hi guys, Today because of the continuous requests of help to compile the TWRP on the developers' dedicated thread, I decided to write a guide for those who know very little about Linux and Android development but want to LEARN Initial...
forum.xda-developers.com
BTW: To unlock phone's bootloader TWRP isn't needed at all.

xXx yYy said:
Here the list of Oppo devices a TWRP port exists for:
Oppo
This is the Team Win website and the official home of TWRP! Here you will find the list of officially supported devices and instructions for installing TWRP on those devices.
twrp.me
As you might see Oppo A71 isn't supported yet. But you at any time can compile a matching TWRP at your own:
[GUIDE][NOOB FRIENDLY]How to compile TWRP from source step by step
Hi guys, Today because of the continuous requests of help to compile the TWRP on the developers' dedicated thread, I decided to write a guide for those who know very little about Linux and Android development but want to LEARN Initial...
forum.xda-developers.com
BTW: To unlock phone's bootloader TWRP isn't needed at all. / bootloader unlock karna ke baad twrp rivcoary
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[Q] How to update without OTA or custom ROM

Hi, I’m new in this forum and I’m a very beginner. I have a Tp-link C5 max (702C) [rooted] and I want to upgrade from Android 5.1 to 7.1.2. but there’s no official upgrade (and may be never) or customs ROMs for the device. I think that it is possible but I don’t know how.
After a little research I concluded that I need “port” a ROM or “customize” my own ROM. Is that correct? If it’s, could you help me telling me exactly what to change and how? If not, any idea to do that?
Thanks a lot

shenjitzu said:
Hi, I’m new in this forum and I’m a very beginner. I have a Tp-link C5 max (702C) [rooted] and I want to upgrade from Android 5.1 to 7.1.2. but there’s no official upgrade (and may be never) or customs ROMs for the device. I think that it is possible but I don’t know how.
After a little research I concluded that I need “port” a ROM or “customize” my own ROM. Is that correct? If it’s, could you help me telling me exactly what to change and how? If not, any idea to do that?
Thanks a lot
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I have heard of an utility to update system software other than OTA or custom ROM. Its name is firmware finder, ff.
But I have not used that utility and I prefer OTA for my android devices. Just for your reference.

James_Watson said:
I have heard of an utility to update system software other than OTA or custom ROM. Its name is firmware finder, ff.
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I tried to find the utility but it seems that it is only for Huawei devices. Any other idea?

Question [Q] How do i unlock bootloader on Nokia 2.2

Please help me to unlock bootloader on this phone please.
When i do fastboot oem unlock it just returns
Unlock operation is not allowed.
This is my first thread please help.

I need help with that too.

I can't post it bcuz if it gets widely spread, they'll patch it. If they haven't already. I can however tell you where to go. Search on Reddit, you'll find it in no time. At least, that's where I found it. You have to search deep, but you'll find it.

jstanoob said:
I can't post it bcuz if it gets widely spread, they'll patch it. If they haven't already. I can however tell you where to go. Search on Reddit, you'll find it in no time. At least, that's where I found it. You have to search deep, but you'll find it.
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I did searcn in reddit but cannot find. Can you tell me which r/subreddit it is inside. Thx

RubenGreg said:
I did searcn in reddit but cannot find. Can you tell me which r/subreddit it is inside. Thx
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Hello if you know something PM me plz

doff48 said:
Hello if you know something PM me plz
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No. I think OP is just having a laugh!!!

How to unlock nokia 2.2 bootloader
Any suggestions?

amjadbutt said:
Any suggestions?
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Maybe we have to contact Nokia itself? Can you send them message on Instagram or Facebook?

I have kind of the same problem (I just want to root the Nokia 2.2), and I've just seen this announcement on this forum, from Oct 13 2020: "Official LineageOS 17.1 based on Android 10 is here for the Nokia 6.1"
It says that "HMD Global’s Nokia is known for offering a clean stock Android experience on its devices and the stock Android One ROM on the Nokia 6.1 is no different. The OEM, however, cracks down on the ability to modify the software on their devices, which means there is no simple way you can unlock the bootloader of your Nokia phone and install a custom recovery like TWRP, root, and flash custom ROMs (either in the form of GSIs or device-specific ROMs)."
From this it would seem that is actually impossible to root and / or unlock the bootloader of any HMD Global’s Nokia phone (like the 2.2, 6.1, or any other). Is this really the case?