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[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] chriss29:
We are now in May Huawei!! Extremely close to the very end of the vague time-frame you gave us!! And yet there's no sign of the beta testing and release date of the Lollipop update? Why is that?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] p51d007:
Last update to that page, other than the "I want to be a beta" was in what, March?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] pckarma112:
I found a good price on this phone and was debating about buying. Just for s&g. I thought I would e mail them and ask about the lollipop update. That was yesterday. Sometime today got a response back from a Zack there. His reply was yes it will get it sometime by the end of the first half. I geuss that means july? Im not sure. I really hope they keep thier word. I went ahead and pulled the trigger and phone is on it's way. I've read some of the info about unlocking bl. I hope I can pull it off as root is almost essential to me. To many apps I love require it. So, waiting anxiously now..lol.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] chriss29:
Yes, the last official update on their page was quite a while ago. By the end of the first half they should mean the end on June.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] bornagainpenguin:
It's really looking like waiting a bit was the smart play. If we don't start seeing some noise I'll probably just pick up the Consumer Cellular variant and be done with it.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] nate5711:
The Consumer Cellular variant is the one I have, I very much enjoy it my old phone was a S3 from VM the speed on CC blows away VM.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] medwatt:
Huawei says Android Lollipop for the Ascend Mate 2 is on schedule
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
That's actually an old story. Note that there is a post in the comment below the article dated back to March 28.

Many of us HAM2 owners are hopeful that Lollipop will materialize. I am sure it will not look good for Huawei if they don't come through, especially since they did not give us Kit-Kat, as promised. They are starting to run out of time, though.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ScoobSTi:
I think they ran out of time a while ago. Unless the beta program is a secret and has been going on for a while now, it seems extremely unlikely that they can start the beta now and conclude it in about a week.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
That's actually a very good point. There has been no talk leaked about the beta program at all, inferring that it hasn't even started. I am guilty of just standing by and waiting because they said they'd release Lollipop. I think I will send some emails and see if that helps any. I'd encourage everyone to send them emails, too. And please don't start replying with "it won't help". Doing nothing won't help either.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] thinkingbrian:
I thought I would chime in on this discussion. I joined the Huawei Community forum an while back for this very issue and yes they have been saying for months now that they are on schedule for the end of the first half of 2015 which would put them in June-July 2015. However as of this morning, Huawei has not asked for beta testers for Android Lollipop yet on the community. Personally I would expect that very soon as I would imagine they would need a good month to finish it. When they do ask for beta testers, I will be putting my name into that one for sure. I want to know exactly what I'm getting on my Huawei Ascend Mate 2 that is rooted and using the Nova Launcher.

Beyond that, I don't expect Lollipop until July anyway. Of course if there was a official CM 12 ROM for it, I would have already installed a custom recovery and the ROM and have been all set.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] pckarma112:
Dont they have a fb page, twitter too? Btw, I got mine wendsday. So far I really like it. Great phone for the money. Sent my unlock request last night. It was waiting for me this morning. Now, I have to do the adb bl thing and get it rooted. Not real experienced at that. So, it will be a learning experience. Something of note I dont understand. In the e mail I recieved. The person that replied with it. Said, "my working number is ****" . I did not read that in others reply emails. I wonder/guess that is some personal number? Phone maybe? Idk. Just thought it was strange.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
Glad you got your email with code. Check out Superbass videos, http://xdaforums.com/ascend-mate2/general/ascend-mate-2-how-to-videos-t2900316. They are really good and helped me to unlock, root, etc. I didn't get a "working number" in my email so I have no idea what that is about. Welcome to the group.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] wimbet:
Hi everyone, I work for Huawei Device USA. I'm sorry about the lack of communication, but I will say that the update is still on schedule and you should hear information about the beta test real soon. I think you will be pleased by upcoming Android L update (with EMUI 3.1).
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] :
Any reason why the US version is so difficult to receive the proper code for unlocking the bootloader? There is much I want to do for this device but sending emails since September of last year has got me no where. May not be your field but maybe you could speak with others at the company and hopefully get a respectable answer even if that answer may be disappointing lol.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] tomlogan1:
Hot Damn It Works!

Thanks to everyone who helped on this one. Finally got back to what I had before Huawei "made it better"!

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[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] MikeyLee:
Can someone please pull the stock clock apk from b309 or higher and upload it for me?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Qayin:
Anyone has the b321 or b320 zip. Downgraded to JB for a week and now back to b309 but now I'm stuck
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Davinci50:
It's on the index by Scoob STI
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Qayin:
I'm going to try and find it now thanx
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] superbass311:
So CM has a beautiful ROM for this and 3 builds in 2 days and we can't even get an official L from Huawei. :eek:
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Harris.S.Newman:
Yeah, I'm so done with stock.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Alucai Vivorvel:
I know right. Had to convert my WIND Mobile variant to OEM and upgrade to B148, then B309 before I could flash CM, but it's so worth it.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] tdamocles:
So how exactly did we fix the twrp not sticking?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Moody66:
Post #781. A few posts above yours.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] tdamocles:
Yes, I quoted that thread and still can't follow it. Sorry....
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Moody66:
Hook your phone up to your PC. Use adb to boot twrp. Install supersu. From there its easier to just boot into Lollipop. Download a file manager. I use root browser. Navigate to /firmware/image/update. You will see update.app you rename that to update.appx

Then you can reboot your phone and boot into twrp.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] :
Reread it again. In lament terms rename update.app to update.app.keep. This will prevent the stock recovery from being restored. Should you ever want your stock recovery back just rename it back to update.app and reboot.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] tdamocles:
Was getting confused there for a little bit.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] :
It happens lol
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Moody66:
Lol ya. I will ask super to make a video of how. He has one for most everything else.:) We need to get you another mate2 so you can enjoy the fun with CM!
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] :
Hey peeps, need assistance and looking for feedback.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3190331

Researching now. Thanks.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Qayin:
OK just got update b322 and I have a small problem. When I receive a text message I get the regular Lollipop notification and under it is the Huawei EMUI notification as well. How can I prevent the EMUI notification but keep the other ?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
Not sure why you are having issues getting the code via email. It's worked for a lot of us. Read the posts on the subject. Make sure you take the information from the label on the battery, not the box. Email early morning, then again before you go to bed. The thing is sent from China so there is a timezone issue.

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Thanks for posting. I am sure we will be happy but it is taking a really long time, and we still feel like we are being jerked around. This device was promised to get Kit-Kat and when that was changed to Lollipop, it should have been a priority. Huawei said we'd get it first half and time is running low on that. There are a lot of unhappy Ascend Mate 2 owners. We really like the device but better treatment should prevail. Thanks again.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] wimbet:
Users can now register for the Android L preview - https://community.gethuawei.com/sup...the-huawei-mate2-android-l-friendly-user-test
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
Thanks Wimbet. I left my comment. Can't wait for this to happen. Hope I am picked to test.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
Looks like Lollipop is for real. I was invited to beta test. Really psyched. And so happy Huawei is following through. Starting to really feel good about Huawei.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] antinerd:
I just registered for the test, and I'm so excited to see what Huawei has in store for us!
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Moody66:
I don't see anything to click in to sign up..
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] antinerd:
As per the text at the top of the Huawei page in the link given "... If you would like to apply to join our Friendly User Test program, please leave a comment below...."

P.S - I'm waiting to be told if I made it into the test group, but it is Friday evening, and I just asked to join
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] foltz61:
You just need to reply in that blog post.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Moody66:
Ya. Had to request desktop site and sign up. Maybe we will get lucky.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] foltz61:
I got my invite. They are mailing the update out on sd cards.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Moody66:
Killer. Keep us posted!
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] antinerd:
Did they send you an email requesting your mailing address?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] foltz61:
Yes to the email. It had a link to what seems like a private group. There is a link in the group to a form to submit.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Mozgus:
Having to wait for SD cards seems kind of silly. Would have been better to just download it.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
I am in the beta test group. I did not see any such link and I did not fill out a form. What is posted is this, "We will post the full instructions soon. We will also post the original firmware to restore your device to factory settings." No mention of an SD card, which would be more expense and a waste of time since we can simply download the firmware. Maybe you can provide additional info of what you are referring to.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Mozgus:
https://community.gethuawei.com/mat...05/29/welcome-to-the-mate2-friendly-user-test
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] tdamocles:
Does this include a Consumer Cellular device also?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
Thanks for the link. I filled out the form. I was not given that link when I signed up. Odd.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Iguanadon:
thanks for the info
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
There is an FAQ on the Huawei forum and it states that the CC is not included in the beta test. I'm not sure if that applies to the final release but others have been able to convert their CC to a stock MT2-L03 so I would think you will be good after Lollipop is released.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] antinerd:
Would you have a link to that FAQ? Thanks!
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
https://community.gethuawei.com/mate_2_android_l_fut/f/50/t/1399
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ScoobSTi:
So if we want to participate in this and/or update to the official Lollipop, we need to have a completely stock ROM and stock recovery?

Edit: Also, I don't know if you'll be under an NDA or something like that, but our savior Tom says this: "Sure would be nice to get my hands on that L kernel sauce and a set of prop bins.﻿" So if you could provide stuff for him, that would be great! Unless of course you are not allowed to.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] superbass311:
Who ever gets the update first let us know and we will figure out a way yo get an image online. Everyones eyes back on this thread agin. Here we go all over again

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Finlly cm and L on the L03!
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
They are only at the stage of gathering the testers. We gave our shipping address and an SD card with the firmware will be mailed to us. No rules of conduct have been mentioned yet, but I assume there will be some.

Yes, we will have to go back to stock to apply Lollipop but it is for unlocked devices, which is good news.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ScoobSTi:
Well if Huawei does give them some rules and whatnot telling them not to distribute anything, etc I think we should follow that.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] spooky_ghosty:
Will Mate 2 MT2-L02 get Lollipop as well?

Hello guys, don't know if anybody here has the MT2-L02?? Anyone?? I guess it's the European version of MT2.

Will this get the lollipop update?

I have to mention that L02 is already running KITKAT out of the box.

Waiting for ur response.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
Yes, it is supposed to get Lollipop. I assume fairly soon but not sure when. The upcoming beta test of Lollipop is only for L03 version, though.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] foltz61:
If it officially does, they will have to customize it for CC first. Then CC would likely put it through in house tests after that.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] spooky_ghosty:
Can u please give me the email from Huawei customer support so I can email them and ask? Thanks
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
You can get support for your specific country by looking it up at this website, http://www.huawei.com/en/about-huawei/contact-us/index.htm#letter-H.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Moody66:
CC is not getting the update. As said by CC reps.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] resansid:
I guess the only choice CC variant owners will have is to bootloader unlock and then root to flash the OEM L rom.

Haven't converted to stock yet as there was no significant upgrade from the CC Android version 4.2.

I am anxiously waiting for the actual release before I can jump and take this risk. Ofcourse someone has to extract the image and make it available for us to flash.

What do you guys think will it be straight forward as OEM stock conversion for CC variants. Hope someone creates instructions for CC owners.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Moody66:
Easily converted. Gaining root on the lollipop ROM may be thorn in our sides.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
I'm not really sure about that. The L beta test program is for rooted devices.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Moody66:
They will ota non rooted. Every time an ota occurs root must be reapplied. Sometimes that becomes a problem until someone figures it out. Time will tell I guess. Since they are sending SD cards it will likely be unroofed and flashed like stick ROM through stock recovery only. A new twrp nay even be needed.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
Yeah. Good points. They will be rolling it out OTA once it's released to the masses.

I should clarify that the new L test is for rooted but we will lose our root and go back to stock. What I was trying to say is that it seems Huawei root friendly.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] foltz61:
I think it's for carrier unlocked devices. Not rooted.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] elpcmaster:
This will not work on rooted devices as the upgrade earlier last year did not work either.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] pucherto123:
This is the first time I've rooted a phone, how do I back to stock......? Sorry for my noobness
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
Patience. I'm sure there will be instructions when the time comes. But basically you just ADB a stock image onto the phone from your PC.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
Huawei is so frustrating!

Huawei is so freakin' frustrating!!!

On May 31 they started inviting people into their Friendly User Trial (FUT) of Lollipop. They asked us to fill out a form so they could mail us an SD card with the software, for flashing. A couple days later they decided they would create a file download. Today they have announced that the download is still not ready but maybe on Monday. Why did they open the FUT if they aren't ready? They have no idea how to do this stuff. They cancelled Kit-Kat and then said we'd have Lollipop instead. Lollipop is supposed to happen in the first half of the year. That deadline ends in about 3 weeks. When they cancelled Kit-Kat, they should have made Lollipop a priority and had it ready in the first quarter, not the first half. I keep telling myself to be polite and not get too vocal, as I don't want to be shut out of the FUT but man, I am just so frustrated at these guys. And the kicker is that this device is really pretty nice. I have had 3 Huawei devices and I want to be a Huawei fanboy but they make it so damn hard!
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] :
^ lol, breathe :)
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Borghi:
I am am part of the test group for Huawei. Just received an update stating that they expect to be sending a link to download the ROM early next week. This will be for the test group only. Initially they were going to send on SD card, but that has been eliminated.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] pucherto123:
Lol
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
LOL. Yeah. I just needed to get that out of my system. I'm breathing again.

I think I said that they were going to send an SD card (they didn't). They also said they were going to give us Kit-Kat (they didn't). They are really losing credibility. Let's see if they actually DO provide the download early next week, or even late next week. And, since the deadline was by the end of first half of year then I guess us lucky FUT "testers" will have it about a week in advance of all the others.

Anyway, I have to go breathe some more.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] pckarma112:
It's completely understandable that you need to vent. You guys that have owned the phone longer and have been patient would be aggravated. Before I purchased this phone I sent a email to them asking about the update. Of course they said it would happen.

Five days after I got it. I made the mistake of letting my kid play with it to long and result was a cracked screen. Damn I was still setting it up and learning about it. I really love this phone. First one I have owned that I didnt want to rip out half the apps and mod the hell out of it. So, I get your point about wanting to be a fan boy. Every friend or family member were amazed at what I paid for it and how long the battery is lasting. It still works fine with the cracked screen.

I just have to wait for ever for the parts from china. In my case. Im kinda hoping the update does not come out till after my parts arrive. Since the update and the parts are both coming from china. It will be awhile..lol. oh well. I hope we all will be able to say the wait was worth it and hauwei came through. It will go a long way with thier new customers.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ScoobSTi:
Please hang in there and keep us updated! And thanks for beta testing, of course! :good:

Your last sentence brings up a very good point. Huawei is rumored to build one of the next Nexus phones, along with LG. Supposedly Huawei's will be a big screened phone, like our Mate 2. If they really want to take on this task and move tons of these units they have got to get their act together, with BOTH our phone and this new Nexus. All this will probably determine Huawei's future in mobile phones, at least in the western world.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] medwatt:
I wrote on the wall of the HAM2 site to be part of the beta testing on the very day the article was posted. I have received no message from Huawei saying I have been selected even though the guy there responsible for adding users said in a post that our usernames had been added. I thought I'll be selected for testing, so how come I didn't get a message like the rest of the guys here ?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ScoobSTi:
Maybe he missed you? Honestly I think the whole "comment to be selected" thing is really dumb, especially when a lot of the people there don't even own the phone, but try commenting again if you haven't.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] medwatt:
Were you selected ?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ScoobSTi:
I didn't comment as I didn't want to give my address but now I might change my mind. I'd have to revert to stock first though, and I'm not entirely sure how.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] :
If you were smart and made a backup of your device via TWRP prior to making any modifications then restore using that TWRP backup and you will be stock again. Flash your stock recovery to your recovery partition to make it stock official lol.

If you do not have a pure stock TWRP backup then you will need to grab it from another xda member who is on the same service provider as you - this is to insure there is no interruption with data, WiFi, etc, etc.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ScoobSTi:
I have a backup of the recovery, but not the system itself. I assume a factory reset won't fix that?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] :
Nope, factory reset typically wipes out the data partition only. Get with [MENTION=3266877]xordos[/MENTION], he may have a stock TWRP backup to lend out.

Edit: Do not do a factory reset from within TWRP. It will literally reformat your partitions thus wiping everything. Your device WILL NOT boot up unless you restore with a backup.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ScoobSTi:
Crap. So I need a system image from someone who has a Mate 2 on T-Mobile (my provider) or can I just get one from any unlocked non-Consumer Cellular one? My Mate 2 was purchased from Huawei on Amazon.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] :
Recommended T-Mobile, but you can try from another - just expect some issues (possibly) if you go that route.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ScoobSTi:
What if there are no other Mate 2 users on T-Mobile? Don't think I've encountered a single one on here.

If the other phone was bought from the same place (Amazon) shouldn't they be able to work with whatever carrier? Or do I really have no understanding of all this lol...
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] :
It goes deeper. Not as simple as most would think.

For example, I own a K2_CL device. There is an international version referred to as, K2_UL. The K2_CL is cdma and the K2_UL is gsm. Both devices appear equally the same but internally they are far from it. Partition layouts are different, kernel source is different, ramdisk is different, frameworks are different, etc, etc.

Now, I could easily take a Rom from a K2_UL and run it on my K2_CL but now I am not able to send text messages, make phone calls, etc etc. Some serious modifications would be required to make that stuff work but to do that would destroy the roms integrity as being "stock". Not to mention, the md5sums for each system file will not typically be the same from one service provider to another which would cause conflicts with any oem updates in the future.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ScoobSTi:
Ok, last question. If I get a rom from a GSM MT2-L03 (same exact thing as my phone) but with a different carrier, will it work? Or still no. Thank you for your time.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] :
Like I previously said, different carrier typically means different oem update. In a sense the update is exactly the same, but when you look at the files from the update as a "hash" then at this point you start to see a difference. If your system files do not match with the expected sum from the oem update then it will abort. So grabbing a backup from another service provider could possibly result in this becoming a future issue. Hence, the recommendation for a backup from another T-Mobile user.

However, this is not to say that all won't be well should you grab a backup from someone on another service provider. But you can very well expect it.