[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingbarnes:
Generate Unlock Code without Huawei's help

To those who are beyond frustrated from not getting unlock code for Huawei Y536-A1, here is why and what you can do about it. I hope this helps people who were in the same boat as me.

So, Huawei, for whatever reason, and I'm guessing some sort of agreement with AT&T revoked access to the English language site for bootloader unlock code generator. In addition to this, they will no longer reply with an unlock code via email. I sent requests to 4 different email addresses, from 3 different email accounts over the course of a week; I received one reply finally. The reply insinuated what my theory was that they are no longer willing to have English language users (U.S.) allow unlock of this go phone.

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Dear Customer,

Thank you for contacting Huawei device.

Sorry that there have no bootloader unlock code for Y536-A1 items.

By default , you can do fastboot downloading for some images directly without Unlocking bootloader..

We suggest you'd better not root your device which would avoid the warranty and maybe cause it freeze.

Once again thank you for contacting Huawei device.

Best Regards.

Huawei Device Customer Care Team 3207

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I need to make it clear that using this method to generate a code worked for me, and I had great results. I cannot and will not be held responsible for any results you may have, positive or negate, so you use the generated code at your own risk.

So, first thing that needs to be done is to download Huawei's Product ID Generator program. This is to generate a Product ID for a *different* cell phone, which we then use to generate an unlock code that, at least in my case, can be used to unlock the Y536-A1. Again, this worked for me and you proceed at your own risk.

To download the Product ID Generator, go here:

http://d-h.st/10o

If this address does not work or you are unable to get the download to work, search in Google for "Huawei product id generator" and you will eventually find it to download

The download will probably be a zipped .rar file, which you will just need to extract (you can figure it out on your own if you don't know how to unzip a .rar file). The file extracted is the Product ID executable. Run it.

Once the program is running, enter your cell phone's IMEI number and select Y300-0000. Once you have those, the Product ID that is shown at the bottom is what we will use to generate the unlock code.

Go to this site:

http://emui.huawei.com/en/plugin.php?id=hwdownload&mod=list

Now at this point, you will need to register if you have not already done so. The unlock generator page is unreachable without registration. However, I will not provide a walkthrough for registration, as it was a frustrating process that took two hours to get sorted for me, and I don't recall what all occurred. But to get you started, click on "Unlock Bootloader" and select Register. IMPORTANT: register by email, not by phone number. Once you have registered, and lucky you for getting it to work, you can find out for yourself that the English-language version of the Bootloader unlock page is no longer accessible (it has been reported to Huawei but I think it being inaccessible is being forced by AT&T). So, we'll go about this a different way. I'll explain in detail so you can get through this, as the Chinese language can be confusing if you don't know what you're looking at. If the English language version does work when you try this, just follow along with what I explain starting below in step 1).

In the upper right corner of the page, click on "Select a language" and choose "中文".

You will now be on the Chinese language version of the Huawei EMUI site. You can either just follow my instructions, which includes Chinese language or use browser translation options, but I did not go that route, so my instructions will not reflect what you see on a translated page.

So, from the Chinese main page, you can see 4 options in the upper right, 首页 功能 下载 主题, select 下载.

You will now be on a page where in the upper right quadrant, under the search box, are 4 Chinese-language strings, the right-most of which is by a green lock icon and says 刷机解锁. Click this. A popup box should appear and have two buttons on the right, click the top button.

This should result in the Chinese-language version of the user agreement. Towards the bottom is a checkbox, which you will need to check, saying you agree to their user agreement. If you choose to select the checkbox, you can then click the button below it to enter the bootloader unlock page.

1) You should now see the page we needed so desperately, just in Chinese. The first selectable value is a dropdown box; click the downward arrow in the right of this dropdown and select the middle string (there are 3 Chinese strings here, select the second one shown; this is for mobile phones).

2) The second value is for the phone's model. Click the down arrow in this dropdown and select "Y300-0000".

3) The third value is the serial number. This has caused confusion, because there is a serial number found in the phone's sticker under the battery, as well as a serial number found by using Settings->About Phone->Status->Serial Number. For the third value on this page, we will use the serial number found UNDER THE BATTERY. Disregard anything you heard about the value found in Settings. Enter the 16-digit number as the third value on this page.

4) The fourth value is your phone's IMEI number. This can also be found on the sticker under the battery. Enter this value.

5) The fifth value is the Product ID for the Y300-0000 that we generated earlier. Enter this value here.

6) Enter the verification code shown and then click the green button. If all goes well, you will see a 16-digit (all numeric) code appear above the grey button. If there is an error and/or no code shown, most likely cause is an invalid verification code entered. Try entering the new verification code shown, clicking the green button and see if you now get the code. If not, go back to step 1) and try again. Once you get that code, WRITE IT DOWN IMMEDIATELY.

Once you have an unlock code, go to this thread to complete the unlock process. Again, AT YOUR OWN RISK.

http://www.droidviews.com/unlock-bootloader-root-huawei-y536a1/

Follow the instructions here regarding ADB/Android Tools and applying unlock code from a command window. This requires some computer savvy but not too much. There are instructions here as well for applying the custom image to root the phone, but I recommend going here:

http://xdaforums.com/android/development/guide-huawei-y536a1-root-t3007547

So I hope this helps, as I know how frustrating unlocking and rooting this phone is currently. I may have left out something, if so, reply on this thread and I will hopefully be alerted to the post and answer your question(s).

Enjoy :)