Hello all,
I have read so many threads, and finally I'm still not sure to have the right method.
My current config has no more memory to update apps so I need to do something ! Here are the details :
Huawei P8 Lite 2017 (PRA-LX1)
build : 8.0.0.402 (C432patch01)
EMUI : 8.0.0
Android : 8.0.0
After reading several threads, here are my questions :
1. I have to use DC Unlocker --> is it always mandatory ?
2. Which TWRP do I have to use ? (link please, I'm completely lost, an still doesn't know which one to download ! :angel: )
3. LineageOS 15.1 seems to be the best choice (battery stamina), does it work perfectly ? (GPS, camera...)
4. What about Treble Project ? I still doesn't understand it is a better idea, how to install it, which ROM to use...
Thanks for all of your replies !
Hello,
DC-Unlocker is mandatory if your bootloader is locked. Recently, TWRP went official on P8 Lite 2017 devices. You can grab it from the official TWRP website (can't post links as I am a new user, search for 'prague' in the device list). I am using LineageOS 15.1 on my device and it's working flawlessly.
I use chimera to unlock bootloader.
But every custom to a have to flash isn't work. Boot loop or other issuses, like "device is uncertificated" so any google apps don't work.
Do i need to decrypt memory? To flash corectly custom rom.
Finally i have only root, and clean all brand apps.
flgmnft said:
I use chimera to unlock bootloader.
But every custom to a have to flash isn't work. Boot loop or other issuses, like "device is uncertificated" so any google apps don't work.
Do i need to decrypt memory? To flash corectly custom rom.
Finally i have only root, and clean all brand apps.
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https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-fix-device-not-certified-by-google-error/
Decrypt in which case? If everything works there is no need to decrypt.
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cactus2000 said:
Hello all,
I have read so many threads, and finally I'm still not sure to have the right method.
My current config has no more memory to update apps so I need to do something ! Here are the details :
Huawei P8 Lite 2017 (PRA-LX1)
build : 8.0.0.402 (C432patch01)
EMUI : 8.0.0
Android : 8.0.0
After reading several threads, here are my questions :
1. I have to use DC Unlocker --> is it always mandatory ?
2. Which TWRP do I have to use ? (link please, I'm completely lost, an still doesn't know which one to download ! :angel: )
3. LineageOS 15.1 seems to be the best choice (battery stamina), does it work perfectly ? (GPS, camera...)
4. What about Treble Project ? I still doesn't understand it is a better idea, how to install it, which ROM to use...
Thanks for all of your replies !
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1. Download DC Unlocker from GPlay, buy credits (it will send you username and password to your email)
2. Download DC Unlocker to your pc, in phone allow ADB debuging and HDB
3. Type into call app '*#*#2846579#*#*', tap on 'Background settings', next on 'USB Ports Settings' and select 'Manufacture mode'.
4. Plug your phone to PC and click on 'Detect device' and allow all stuff that will pop up on your phone.
5. Click on 'Server' tab (we are still on PC) and enter username and password you've got from app and 'Check login'.
6. Click on 'Unlocking' tab and choose 'Unlock bootloader code'. And your code should popup in text log.
7. Let's move to your phone, go to settings -> developer settings -> Enable OEM unlocking, enter your password.
8. Power off your phone and when it vibrate push Vol - and Power button at same time.
8. Plug it back to your PC and start Command prompt, enter 'fasboot oem unlock 00112233445566778899' (use your code).
9. Now just accept unlocking and formating all your data on the phone.
10. Download TWRP and let's flash it using command 'fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk twrp.img' (if your command prompt is in for example C:\Users\Pepege just cd to your Downloads directory where is downloaded .img file)
11. If it's succesfull just type 'fastboot reboot' and keep holding volume up, if eRecovery pops up click on reboot and this time hold volume up and down (idk why but sometimes works this and sometimes this combo)
12. If you are in TWRP just format DATA, CACHE and Dalvik Cache partition, make backup (if you wanna) and now flash whatever you wanna. LOS, AOSP, it's on you.
Also if you wanna LOCK (not relock) your device, download HuRuUpdater, download oldest version of Android for your model and region (C432 in this case) and flash it, after you reboot from recovery go to bootloader (fastboot mode) and type on your pc 'fastboot oem relock 00112233445566778899' then 'fastboot reboot' now do first setup, go to developer options, disable 'Enable OEM unlock', format data again (to be safe) and you are ready to go, after updating to oreo relock status should change to locked.
EDIT: Adding random Youtube video just in case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pclEmwt5C84
EDIT2: Project treble is simply stuff splitting system from vendor, it's on every device runing on oreo or better, more here https://www.xda-developers.com/goog...ze-android-so-oems-can-update-devices-faster/
Also for me best ROM are AOSP 10 and LOS 17.1
No custom rom wanted to boot. The method on this page will not work. All that's left for me is to decrypt the phone's memory. but then knowing that the weekend was over and I needed a phone call on Monday, I just let go.
@DunoCZ
What a great post, thank you so much !!!
Some people have reported more battery consumption on Lineage 16 and 17, compared to 15. Did you test all of these ROM ? Are there people here who have some feedback ?
@flgmnft
If I unterstand well, I need to extract fstab file from the ROM archive in order to remove the encryption : can you confirm or explain me what to do ?
@ilakhnon
It seems you don't have the encryption problem, what is your opinion about it ? did you edit the ROM fstab file ? other ?
cactus2000 said:
@DunoCZ
What a great post, thank you so much !!!
Some people have reported more battery consumption on Lineage 16 and 17, compared to 15. Did you test all of these ROM ? Are there people here who have some feedback ?
@flgmnft
If I unterstand well, I need to extract fstab file from the ROM archive in order to remove the encryption : can you confirm or explain me what to do ?
@ilakhnon
It seems you don't have the encryption problem, what is your opinion about it ? did you edit the ROM fstab file ? other ?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5070533&d=1596027508
Here you go guys, no need to edit it on your own
hummmmm.... bad news : my phone is not detected by DC Unlocker !
I should have tried before buying the license, but it doesn't matter.
But don't you find it strange ?
oh... I didn't read it correctly, the P8 Lite 2017 is not supported, only the P8 Lite (that was my mistake).
But I wonder if I really need it, because I bought it "sim unlocked", what do you think about it ?
EDIT : in other words, how can I know if I can erase the original bootloader ? (adb method)
cactus2000 said:
hummmmm.... bad news : my phone is not detected by DC Unlocker !
I should have tried before buying the license, but it doesn't matter.
But don't you find it strange ?
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Then try using hisuite to downgrade to nougat, but after unlocking upgrade to oreo to have treble enabled.
I'm waiting for an answer from DC unlocker's developper, and I will test this solution if I don't have another choice.
(I don't know if it is easy to downgrade with HiSuite, I've never used it, I will see that later).
Thank you for your help.
cactus2000 said:
I'm waiting for an answer from DC unlocker's developper, and I will test this solution if I don't have another choice.
(I don't know if it is easy to downgrade with HiSuite, I've never used it, I will see that later).
Thank you for your help.
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Downgrading via Hisuit is easy
DunoCZ said:
Then try using hisuite to downgrade to nougat, but after unlocking upgrade to oreo to have treble enabled.
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Hello @DunoCZ,
I was thinking about this post... I won't need to unlock the bootloader if I downgade to Nougat ?
Is there a topic talking about it ?
EDIT : Sorry, I didn't read correctly your post. Unlocking will probably be mandatory, so it doesn't change anything for me.
cactus2000 said:
oh... I didn't read it correctly, the P8 Lite 2017 is not supported, only the P8 Lite (that was my mistake).
But I wonder if I really need it, because I bought it "sim unlocked", what do you think about it ?
EDIT : in other words, how can I know if I can erase the original bootloader ? (adb method)
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There's no problem unlocking 2017 with DC Unlocker which I did two days ago.
Install HiSuite and run it once to be sure you got proper drivers and make sure you put USB into manufacture mode.
cactus2000 said:
I'm waiting for an answer from DC unlocker's developper, and I will test this solution if I don't have another choice.
(I don't know if it is easy to downgrade with HiSuite, I've never used it, I will see that later).
Thank you for your help.
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I had the same issue, and contacted dc_unlocker's developer. Basically, the software can read the bootloader unlock password if it just discoverer the phone's port, even if does not seem to recognize the phone. I had to go ahead an got the code, for 4 credits/€
I'm also interested in knowing what is the best overall ROM these days in terms of compatibility and battery consumption!
Hello all,
Sorry for my silence, I had to go back to work, and after a few days I was seriously ill. I begin to recover some energy, it's not great, but enough to come back here... and because my phone, stiill with the original system, becomes really too slooooooooooooow !
@buteo : Do you confirm me I can go further with DC-unlocker software, in order to unlock the bootloader without any risk ?
@All :
As @Natural_High asked, which ROM is currently the best choice ?
Thanks for your help !
cactus2000 said:
Hello all,
Sorry for my silence, I had to go back to work, and after a few days I was seriously ill. I begin to recover some energy, it's not great, but enough to come back here... and because my phone, stiill with the original system, becomes really too slooooooooooooow !
@buteo : Do you confirm me I can go further with DC-unlocker software, in order to unlock the bootloader without any risk ?
@All :
As @Natural_High asked, which ROM is currently the best choice ?
Thanks for your help !
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You can use DC-unlocker, it's safe. I used it myself a couple of months ago too.
Regarding the ROM, I haven't tried any Android 10 or 9 ROMs. From what I've seen, people say it's still a bit too buggy, so I went for LineageOS 15.1 and it worked fine. I did some tests, since I don't use it as my daily driver, but eveything seemed to work fine! anyway, feel free to try some of the newer ROMs and let us know your opinion
Thank you very much for your answer !
Lineage 15.1 was my preferred choice, I think I will use it.
I hope I won't have any issues, since I really need my phone...
Let's go for backup...
Read the last page here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/p8...geos-15-1-huawei-p8-lite-2017-t3886328/page35
The steps that worked for me are there.
Dear Guys
Kindly, I Had an Automatic Update to Upgrade MIUI to 12.2.4 Stable 12.2.4.0 (RJKMIXM)and Android 11 (RKQ1.200826.002) Last week
after the update, I had many bad issues with my phone
some of them are: (sort by priority)
1- Close and send report Message for any VPN Apps that I have, after 3-5 seconds, and shut it down
I uninstalled them and install them again from Google Play too many times, but it doesn't work for more than 5 seconds, I am living in IRAN, without a VPN we can't do anything!!!
2- no Chat unread messages bubble counter
it's showing on the All Programs Page but it doesn't Show on Desktop Screen
3- Page clutter in displaying icons or doesn't show icons on the first page sometimes
4- Handsfree volume reduction
I also tested with a few handsfree but all of them decreased in the same way
Does anyone have a solution to the above problems?
Or what should be done to ِdowngrade this update?
thank you in advanced
Had this problems too. I choose to downgrade to 12.0.4. I will wait for another update with Android 11, so far Android 10 works well for me
eangel said:
Had this problems too. I choose to downgrade to 12.0.4. I will wait for another update with Android 11, so far Android 10 works well for me
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Can you show me a guide for downgrade to Android 10?
I too have had many problems...
First you need to unlock the bootloader.
https://c.mi.com/thread-2262302-1-0.html
After
Miflash
***download the rom(tgz file) https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/archive/miui/lmi/ pick FASTBOOT
download miflash https://xiaomiflashtool.com/
Phone in Fastboot ,select clean all and Flash rom.
****Open the tgz file and extract the "imi global image folder in the same folder as miflash. Rename the folder without space (ex: MIUI124Eu).
@NOSS8 Hi there, i m in the same situation. I have to go back to Android 10. I don t want any custom rom yet. Do you think i can relock the bootloader if i flash official global rom with miflash and check flash and lock option ?!
Actually i want to be just like before the update.
Thanks.
Adi.stanciu93 said:
@NOSS8 Hi there, i m in the same situation. I have to go back to Android 10. I don t want any custom rom yet. Do you think i can relock the bootloader if i flash official global rom with miflash and check flash and lock option ?!
Actually i want to be just like before the update.
Thanks.
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If EEA or Global phone,of course.
(turn off the update).
Install MIUI 12.2.5 update and Poco Launcher 2.20.1.24 to resolve many issues as third party launcher freeze. They are available on Xiaomi web and don't need to unlock phone
I recently got a Lenovo tab m10 x606f, and decided I wanted to root it with magisk.
It came with android 10 already installed. I can get it into Fastboot but can't seem to unlock the boot loader and have tried quite a few commands. I also need the stock firmware for android 10 on this tab, can't seem to find it anywhere.
Can someone help me with this? Has anyone done this?
lakai777 said:
I recently got a Lenovo tab m10 x606f, and decided I wanted to root it with magisk.
It came with android 10 already installed. I can get it into Fastboot but can't seem to unlock the boot loader and have tried quite a few commands. I also need the stock firmware for android 10 on this tab, can't seem to find it anywhere.
Can someone help me with this? Has anyone done this?
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Do you have up to date plateform tools ? (tell me I can provide the latest since you can't download them alone anymore) Nevermind, you can, here's the link
What commands did you tried ?
Raiz said:
Do you have up to date plateform tools ? (tell me I can provide the latest since you can't download them alone anymore) Nevermind, you can, here's the link
What commands did you tried ?
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Using the current platform tools and the commandsI remember trying are:
oem unlock-go
Fastboot flashing unlock
Fastboot oem unlock