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[Mate 8 General] Green Dragon:
Hi guys

I want download and install TWRP in my phone. It is L29 C900B321. EMUI version is 4.1

Is there any valid link to download the proper version of ΤWRP????

Is there any guide to go for Nougat???

Thank you!!!
[Mate 8 General] Green Dragon:
please help!!!

is there any way to relock bootloader to my L29 phone

i am in panic, becauce can't install TWRP and do anything
[Mate 8 General] gm007:
Download srk tools it has all things you need .
[Mate 8 General] AGNBSL:
Bootloader unlock failed.

Hello, i'm using NXT-AL10 & i get bootloader unlock code from DC Unlocker, but can't unlock bootloader.

fastboot oem unlock 923453*************

...

FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)

finished. total time: 0.016s

...

I tried fastboot oem unlock, fastboot flashing unlock commads but not working all :( i don't have any accounts on my phone so all things must be free to go :\

Somebody help me please?
[Mate 8 General] gm007:
Try it with srk tools.
[Mate 8 General] RobinLee21:
Flash recovery is succesful but when rebooting im trying to open twrp erecovery is opening not twrp help me pls

---------- Post added at 09:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:33 PM ----------

i have same problem

NXT-AL10 B386
[Mate 8 General] klekot31:
Will it cause warranty loose?
[Mate 8 General] ateya:
4) Decrypt your internal storage.

i try many time Wipe then Format Data and type in yes. but still i see keeb system read only message and i cant install

please help about it, im already unlock
[Mate 8 General] arsenicas:
Hi guys. Trying to unlock bootloader via huawei site but it keeps telling me my account isn't 14 days old. It's a month old now and has been logged in since I bought the device. Has anyone faced this issue before?
[Mate 8 General] nabil427:
Plz can u provide decrypted boot.img for l29 c185b200? I can't find it :)
[Mate 8 General] Azazell83:
Hello guys, I have a problem with Flash TWRP for my Mate 8. I unlocked bootloader and now I try to flash TWRP. ( I try others version TWRP). When i Flash I have a problem. Please look for my picture http://img24.otofotki.pl/obrazki/fp206_2017-01-24_19h09_31.png

FAILED (remote: Command not allowed) - This problem ;( How to fix? I using before TWRP for OnePlus and NExus 5.
[Mate 8 General] Mickie.C:
These links may help

https://github.com/koush/UniversalAdbDriver

or this https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0MKgCbUM0itNVB1elljU2NPR0k/view

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2225405
[Mate 8 General] Azazell83:
Thx is work thx but twrp is encrypted and internal memory dont see from recovery.. How to fix? I have stock b180

Wysłane z mojego HUAWEI NXT-L29 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Mate 8 General] uugankhuu:
Hello bro,

You don't need any tools for unlocking bootloader. I recently got my code from huawei official web site using email support. It was so easy. Just contact them with this link and voila!
[Mate 8 General] intifadamericana:
Hello everyone. I am having a problem. I have seen others say they had something similar happen, but have not found a fix. I unlocked the bootloader fine. I have flashed several different versions of TWRP with all of them appearing to be successful. However, I cannot boot into TWRP. I have tried all button combinations. VOL+ and power takes me to the screen where it says "Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted.... Your device is booting now." But, it never boots or does anything, it just hangs there.

If I press VOL- and power I get the screen with 3 prompts "1) Press power to continue, 2) Press vole Up to enter erecovery, 3) Your device will continue to boot 5 seconds later if there is no operation" If I hold Vol Up then the phone freezes and sits there, just as when I hold Vol Down on the boot.

If I press power or do not press anything from that screen, the phone boots normally.

If I hold Vol Up, Vol Down, and power, I get to the same as Vol Up, where it just sits there saying "Your device is booting now"

I can only assume that my issues have something to do with the model and build I have. I can no longer get to the erecovery whatsoever, which would lead me to think TWRP is somewhere no the phone but I just cannot access it. Any tips or ideas?

My build:

NXT-L09C636B191
[Mate 8 General] apollo_81:
Fastboot simply did not install the TWRP Try again to re-install the TWRP. and checks if the fastboot installed properly
[Mate 8 General] intifadamericana:
I get "OKAY" for both sending and writing in fastboot. Is there another way to verify it has written correctly?
[Mate 8 General] apollo_81:
Not that I know! expect other answers in the forum
[Mate 8 General] 3shmawi:
Hi All,

I went through the Huawei page, and also emailed Huawei, and both returned the same 16-digit unlock code. Great right? Not quite.

The Setup:

1.) ADB and Fastboot BOTH detect the phone just fine and "adb setup 1.42" drivers are installed. No issues here

2.) I Did try on 3 different windows machines (One Desktop, 2 laptops)

3.) I Did try on different USB ports

4.) USB Debugging is enabled

The Issue:

I keep getting the following error:

Without specifying the code:

Quote:

C:\Users\BPCS\Desktop\root>fastboot oem unlock

...

FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes))

finished. total time: 0.016s

With specifying the code

Quote:

C:\Windows\system32>fastboot oem unlock <code_removed_for_privacy_but_typed_here>

...

FAILED (remote: password wrong)

finished. total time: 0.016s

Can someone please help?
[Mate 8 General] Finefeather:
If you have the L29 phone with dual SIM, there are 2 IMEI numbers. I wonder if you have the unclock code for the secondary SIM and not the primary SIM?

Now I am not suggesting that I know a lot about this but I think I read somewhere that you must use the First IMEI number.....just a thought....else you Code must be wrong..
[Mate 8 General] Pho3niX90:
I have litterally tried everything now.

Flashed twrp a couple of times (my bootloader is unlocked), every time I try the key combination it either goes into eRecovery or just shows your phone is booting now () here it hangs.

Any suggestions please? Build NXT-L09C316B150
[Mate 8 General] thedemith:
a few months ago I found a phone where I had worked, there may be a guest who left inadvertently. The guests came from Korea and the type Handphonenya is HUAWEI NXT-AL1. because it is already a month does not look for its owner, the phone finally belongs to me, but unfortunately I can not use, because once turned requesting Huawei ID and password,. How can i use this phone, how the step to unlock this phone?
[Mate 8 General] ryks:
useful link

https://www.dc-unlocker.com/how-to-read-huawei-bootloader-unlock-code

https://www.dc-unlocker.com/android-feature-table
[Mate 8 General] skiswim:
hello,

i have same problem at P10. PHONE RELOCKED

usualy command in fastboot doesnt work. (fastboot oem unlock , fastboot oem unlock).

how to get out of this status Phone Relocked ??
[Mate 8 General] ubermorgan:
Silly question perhaps but how do I fix the following problem:

I flashed twrp3.0.1.1 over twrp 3.1.1-1 in adb. Now when I try and boot into twrp the phone just hangs there with that your device is booting now msg.

Sent from my AL10
[Mate 8 General] hamadazh:
I think not compatible Back to twrp 3.1.1-1 again.

Why you want flashing old version on newer version!!??

:good::good:
[Mate 8 General] ubermorgan:
On my mate 9 pro nougat I've got twrp-3.0.0.1 I figured it should be the same for the mate 8

Sent from my AL10
[Mate 8 General] hamadazh:
No it's different than mate 8 :good
[Mate 8 General] jayinc11:
Guys I need help. I am trying to unlock Mate 8 using DC-unlocker. Phone is connected to laptop, I have 4 credits, DC-unlocker is able to detect/read phone, but it cannot detect ports. How do I fix the ports?
[Mate 8 General] xlyz:
I had the same problem.

1. Make sure to select huawei phone and not huawei modem

2. Search the forum. there is a recent post with detailed instruction on how you need to setup phone and connection that is more up to date of the DC unlocker guide.
[Mate 8 General] hamadazh:
you must enter to project menu by dialling *#*#2846579#*#* then > background settings > usb port settings > and choose manufacture mode.

and active usb debugging too.
[Mate 8 General] jayinc11:
Did both steps already. I have attempted this on another laptop and ended up with the same result. What gives?

After installing drivers I noticed that my device manager did not install Android ADB Interface seen in photo 1 compared to photo 2 (mine). Yes I followed the instructions to the letter on both laptops

Windows 7 laptop.

ADB appears in the posting I followed but does not appear in my Win7 laptop, pic 2 below.

My laptop, no ADB Interface
[Mate 8 General] xlyz:
Jayinc, as I wrote DC unlocker guide miss a few detail. There is a post in the forum with the missing bits. BTW I mean the DC unlocker forum.
[Mate 8 General] xlyz:
I can not find that post any more, but essentially it said :

1. Do not use the driver bundle linked in the guide, but install hisuite. I had to download the latest version from huawei, install, connect it and then uninstall it (to be sure it was not interfering)

2. USB connection setting matters. I think you should select mtp, but in case try every option

3. Run dc unlocker as administrator

BTW device manager looked different from the picture in the guide but also from your. In the forum post there was one that matched mine (latest driver and windows 7).
[Mate 8 General] jayinc11:
I uninstalled it and re-installed Hisuite, let it update but looks different. Now in device manager I have Huawei HDB Interface, phone connects aok to HiSuite. But I don't have,

"Android Device

Android ADB Interface"

I have gone through all connections and I get the right responses. But of course when I boot the phone into bootloader mode the connections don't matter anymore and the phone's connection to Hisuite is lost.

When I reboot into bootloader, run DC-unlocker as admin here is what I have, Huawei HDB Interface goes away and now I have

Alcatel ADB Interface (A)

DC-Unloacker recognizes phone (B)

Same as Fastboot CMD (C)

Still no ports (D)

So basically uninstalled the old drivers from DC-unlocker site, installed Hisuite and this is where I am at. Please advice as you can.
[Mate 8 General] xlyz:
check that old drivers where uninstalled cleanly. in the attached image is how my device manager looks like (when all the cell settings are properly configured)

check that you are still in manufacturer mode when using dc unloader

leave "select model" to autodetect.

if nothing works try contacting dc unlocker support...
[Mate 8 General] jayinc11:
While I am doing that can you comment quickly on this. I went back in and re-enabled manuf. mode, made sure usb debugging was on then re-booted into bootloader.

When I hook up phone to DC-Unlocker Ports are not active, server connects ok, but I don't get Read bootloader code. Instead I get FRP and Temp Fastboot unlock with insufficient credits-photo 1.

I thought bootloader read/unlock was 4 credits? What am I missing? Why is my device not getting read bootloader code?

BTW I have posted to dc-unlocker support.

Device Mate 8

Model NXT-L29

Build NXT-L29C185B560

EMUI ver. 5

Android 7.0

Sec. Patch Dec. 1, 2016
[Mate 8 General] xlyz:
I never had to reboot. in bootloader or else. just changed the phone settings, connected to pc, rechecked that manufacturer mode was still selected, launched dc-unlocker and from then followed the guide on their web site.
[Mate 8 General] jayinc11:
This time I didn't, worked like a charm!

Thank you.
[Mate 8 General] jayinc11:
Now where are the TWRP files that are for this EMUI ver. 5? The links at op are dead.
[Mate 8 General] Zandreas:
Do you know if this still works in 2022?
[Mate 8 General] ajsmsg78:
Unfortunately, No.
[Mate 8 General] Zandreas:
As in, you don't know if it works, or you know it doesn't work?
[Mate 8 General] ajsmsg78:
It hasn't worked in a few years.
[Mate 8 General] Zandreas:
That sucks...

I've noticed I don't see "enable OEM unlocking" option in developer settings. Was that the only way to get that to show?

Build number is NXT-AL10 8.0.0.852(C00). EMUI 8. Android 8.
[Mate 8 General] xlink_nz:
Has anyone had a situation where a Mate 8 says unlocked in red on the bootloader screen and but

1. 'fastboot oem get-bootinfo' returns:

(bootloader) unlocked

2. 'fastboot oem lock-state info' returns:

(bootloader) FB LockState: LOCKED

(bootloader) USER LockState: LOCKED

It would seem the Mate 8 thinks its unlocked but is actually still locked?

Would getting a dc unlocker code be the only way to resolve this?
[Mate 8 General] TheRootPrince:
No offence but that is a horrendous how-to guide. You do not mention anything about opening a command prompt or having ADB. Wouldn't it make sense to just actualy give the required information so people can know how to do it properly?
[Mate 8 General] :
First for all:

DC Unlocker Software= DONT! click "Read Unlock codes" it costs 4credits and you dont need it. Click "Read Bootloader Code".

ive learned it the Hard way.

Then ... i was able to unlock my bootloader (thanks to jbmc83) and installed TWRP -works. (Is it normal that everytime my Phone boots, it asks what i want to do next?... [Press Button to Continue or Volume Up 3 Seconds to start recovery]).

And then i installed the BETA SUPER-SU. (Like: Install - click on Zip - Swipe) i got the "SuperSU Logo on my Launcher. BUT NO SUPERSU.

Titanium Backup say no root- every other app says NO ROOT....

If i leave TWRP it says "You want install Super SU you dont have root" i clicked yes... Back in launcher it says "SU have to update" And it failes everytime. I can send screenshot , but these are germans then...

I need Help pls :(

aaaaaaaand btw. my Huawei launcher is dead. cant apply designs...
[Mate 8 General] ajsmsg78:
There are literally 1,000 different places that explain how to use fastboot. Why don't you start a new thread with a "how to Fastboot flash." I think that would be a lot more helpful than bashing someone else's post. Anyway, I changed the OP a little bit to make it easier to understand. I hope you don't take offense (the proper spelling) to that. ;)
[Mate 8 General] dlorean:
Is it normal after rooting the device, that the themes aren't available in the theme app and the icons are changed?

N910C ~ eRobot 11.1 ~ GoogyMax 2.0
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
yes i have the same thing with the huawei themes not working anymore, dont really care though since i didnt like them anyways :)

same goes for the warning at each boot that ur phone is now "insecure" gotta live with that for the time being.

anyways, concerning your root problem, we werent finished yet :D the first steps i told u were just to unlock the bootloader :) installing twrp was the next thing, u got that right ;)

before u can root now, u need to flash a decrypted bootloader image. use the italian knife tool for that from the development section. go to the root menu, thats where ull find the option to flash the decrypted boot img. only after that is done, u can root the phone. again, i wouldnt use the twrp function when it asks u to root the phone, but rather the root option in the italian knife tool. that worked for me and i initially had the same problems with rooting :)
[Mate 8 General] dlorean:
I don't need the themes and icons, only need the option to change the lockscreen. Because i don't like the clock on the top of the screen.

N910C ~ eRobot 11.1 ~ GoogyMax 2.0
[Mate 8 General] :
the italian knife tool dont start at my pc.
[Mate 8 General] icy20:
Mine too. It just shows some screens with info about the tool and then closes...
[Mate 8 General] :
+1 the infos are not about the tool the infos are from the side where he changed from bat to exe (battoexeconverter).

nothing more is happening
[Mate 8 General] icy20:
Yes that is what happens to my pc too...
[Mate 8 General] :
You have the L29?
[Mate 8 General] smurgier:
Just open cmd.exe window first and then navigate to the knife.exe and execute it. It should be working.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
that would be a nice and easy workaround indeed :)
[Mate 8 General] icy20:
Haha i didn't think of that. Will try!!!
[Mate 8 General] :
"Just open cmd.exe window first and then navigate to the knife.exe and execute it. It should be working."

Dont work. I tried it long before the post. same thing it is starting and closing ;)

My phone is L29... is this relevant?
[Mate 8 General] smurgier:
I've got the same problem than you, and with the v1.4, open cmd.exe and then change directory in the cmd.exe window is working for me (using W7 through parallel desktop)
[Mate 8 General] :
Someone here with Huawei Mate 8-L29 who already rooted? can you check pls
[Mate 8 General] m3dd0g:
Guys all i can say is dont use any flash tools on any phone. Please use only fastboot commands like me since years and everything will work.
[Mate 8 General] :
how can i fastboot SuperSU?
[Mate 8 General] m3dd0g:
You cant fastboot supersu. You can fastboot twrp, in twrp format data (type yes), fastboot your rom, in twrp install supersu.zip. Simple as on a nexus device.
[Mate 8 General] :
Got Root. I make a new Guide for Noobs 2morrow. Im happy now :)thx 4 all guys. and special to jbmc83
[Mate 8 General] mbwf:
"Huawei Mate 8" is an extremely poorly thought out, clunky name - why didn't they just name it "Huawei M8"?
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
fine by me :)
[Mate 8 General] rowihel2012:
Where i can download the latest gsm firmware?

And how to install ?wile no local update setting?
[Mate 8 General] ajsmsg78:
You can get to the local update through the dialer.....type in *#*#2846579#*#* the go to Software Upgrade then SDCard Upgrade. Make sure the file you want to update is in a dload folder on your sdcard.
[Mate 8 General] ItsMunday:
Legal reasons most likely, there are already M8 by HTC.
[Mate 8 General] TheRootPrince:
Because it's the successor to the Huawei Mate 7 and likely the predecessor to the Huawei Mate 9. Additionally, HTC already made the M8 last year and it was their flagship device. So yeah. Some fairly obvious reasons really.
[Mate 8 General] rowihel2012:
Where can i download the latest GSM rom???
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
what do u mean by "GSM rom"?! there are roms available for both the AL10 chinese version and L29 international version, BOTH phones are GSM based, sooo....
[Mate 8 General] jjerickson19:
Where did you get the decrypted boot image?
[Mate 8 General] :
http://xdaforums.com/mate-8/general/guide-normal-to-twrp-root-supersu-noobs-t3302963

there you go buddy.
[Mate 8 General] Dioky:
Hi there,

Thank you for your guide.

Since I wasn't able to register my phone (NXT-AL10) that just came in today from my part of the world, here's what I did:

Register by PC on this Huawei site, by choosing the option email. Afterwards you can register your phone by signing in on the Huawei app.

Kind regards,
[Mate 8 General] mbwf:
I see the point about HTC, and that crossed my mind, but your explanation doesn't say why they've chosen a ridiculous name. You realise names aren't set in stone, and, ya know, can be changed? The bottom line is that it's a daft name, oh well :)
[Mate 8 General] rowihel2012:
L29
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
u can download the L29 international firmware right here in the mate 8 forum.... search for the thread that explains on how to flash the international firmware onto chinese models ;)
[Mate 8 General] rowihel2012:
Ok thats is the latest right ?

I just wanna to flash it with fastboot??
[Mate 8 General] amragha79:
Hi ajsmsg78,

I bought the mate 8 yesterday the middle eastern version NXT-L29. Will these steps work on this version of the mate 8?

Thanks.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
sure, the L29 is the international version, not regional :) this guide was done on an L29 model but also works for AL10
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
[MENTION=1397125]ajsmsg78[/MENTION]

Except warranty, what do we lost after unlockboot loader ? It can re-lock ?

Thanks,
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
it can be relocked, although the user whos tried that kinda messed something up in his phone. no idea though if that was because of the relock or because of something else...

should be possible to return to full stock though, for RMA purposes
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
I'm from LG user , Could you create guide thread how to flash stock huawei firmware ?

Thanks.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
u can basically just follow this guide: http://xdaforums.com/mate-8/general/howto-load-international-mate-8-t3293619
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
OK Flash partition via fastboot.

and How can relock bootloader ?

Thanks.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
fastboot oem relock XXXXXXXXXXXXX does the trick :)
[Mate 8 General] ajsmsg78:
You can relock but make sure you go back to complete stock before you do.
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
XXXXXXXXXXXXX is bootloader code that we used to unlock bootloader ?
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
yes thats correct! but as already mentioned before, make sure to set everything else to stock first before u relock the bootloader, i.e. rom, recovery, unroot, etc.
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
Can I backup stock recovery,boot all partition without root ? In lgg2 , we have kdz firmware . we can extract stock partition from it.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
no need to backup, u can just flash one of the two stock roms available here :)

either that or u can boot into the huawei erecovery (power, vol up, vol down at the same time), that will download the latest stock for you and flash it locally :)
[Mate 8 General] GrdPa:
Hi,

I've a little issue to root my mate 8.

I've unlock the phone, flash twrp and decripted boot, but i can not install supersu.

In twrp i've not my folders like if sdcard wasn't mount then I do not find my supersu.zip

Anyone has an idea ?

(Sorry for my English)
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
I tried to enter huawei erecovery , It show download fail. I wonder, Maybe It can't download the lastest firmware because in that mode mobile doesn't connect the internet,but it try to recovery from other partition from mobile.
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
I'm a new huawei user :) I thought, stock firmware of my country (Thailand) doesn't have in server I try to check from this URL (http://consumer.huawei.com/th/support/downloads/index.htm) Maybe I should be waiting stock firmware before unlock bootloader and root+twrp because I tried to download other stock firmware and unpack them . they have any partitions.

Thanks.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
try and wipe in twrp, then format data partition in twrp and try again with supersu
[Mate 8 General] GrdPa:
Thanks a lot. It's ok, my mate is root.
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
If I relock bootloader . can I get feature change theme back ?
[Mate 8 General] rowihel2012:
hay bro i have weard problem fastboot is not working any more with my mate 8

it was working fine and my bootloader is already unlocked now i cant flash any img with fastboot .cant erase userdata

cant relock bootloader

how to fix this ?
[Mate 8 General] stesteste:
How can you tell if bootloader is unlocked I can't seem to get into recovery. China model
[Mate 8 General] xstatik:
looks like a sim unlock program to memy bootloader is locked not my sim lock status is it worth giving a go?
[Mate 8 General] rowihel2012:
tried to relock

it sayes

FAILED (remote: root type is risk)

what that mean bro?

i cant use fastboot to flash twrp any more
[Mate 8 General] shoppie:
same problem here

tried to relock:

fastboot oem relock 987342842298xxxx

...

FAILED (remote: root type is risk)

finished. total time: 0.007s

Also before some strange things:

>fastboot oem unlock 987342842298xxxx

...

FAILED (remote: already fastboot unlocked)

finished. total time: 0.005s

So before fastboot was unlocked...

then i did

>fastboot flash recovery TWRP_ENG-MATE8.img

target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes

sending 'recovery' (29752 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.215s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 0.166s]

finished. total time: 1.386s

>fastboot reboot

rebooting..

But no recovery TWRP via PWR and UP

fastboot reported unlocked state. But probably is not unlocked. Relocking is not possible, so what to try next?

So the Phone is messed up complete. Any clue how to continue?.