yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Mate 8 General] nighthawk626:
Thanks and great job. Now I can freely switch between the international and Chinese roms
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
You MUST root .
[Mate 8 General] lionheart1910:
Thank you

After fastboot user date

It's working without root
[Mate 8 General] icy20:
Guys I have root and tried to do what is described in OP but 2 things: There is no hw_init folder inside the data of the system partition. I created one and copied the hw_init folder inside the zip. Nothing happens. I can't change any theme... Also I cannot change even the lockscreen photo...
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
Sorry for don't clear instructuon. Please read again.
[Mate 8 General] icy20:
Yes i thought it was that you meant. I already tried that but the same outcome. I cant change theme or lockscreen image. Just the background and the lockscreen background gets the same with the general background :(
[Mate 8 General] dlorean:
Flash userdata from B133 with fastboot

Huawei Mate 8 L29-B162 with Tapatalk
[Mate 8 General] icy20:
Let me try and will inform.

PS It doesn't work in any way! I even flashed B133 rom with fastboot from this thread http://xdaforums.com/mate-8/general/nxt-l09-nxt-l29-stock-rom-b133-download-t3311839 but there must be an error at the syntax of this command "Fstbut Flash agile Kstkimg" i did the other 3. Then I did flash the 162 rom through TWRP the same! This does not want to work!!! I lost 4 hours and still I am at the same place I was before.

If someone with AL10 device and L29 firmware has succeeded let us know how please...
[Mate 8 General] nighthawk626:
Step 1: download file

Step 2: unzip or extract file

Step 3: copy or move unzipped file into /data

Simple as that. Don't create any new folders or look for any folders named HW_init. Because it doesn't exist. That's why you're putting this file there
[Mate 8 General] icy20:
Probably the ones that DO get that to work have already L29 device with L29 firmware or AL10 device with AL10 firmware. I have AL10 device with L29 firmware. I suspect that is the culprit.
[Mate 8 General] nighthawk626:
No, the mistake you made was creating a HW_init folder. Don't create one. Simply copy the unzipped file you downloaded and move it under /data
[Mate 8 General] icy20:
I did mate... I figured it our before the post from the thread creator. The only thing I can do to my device is change the desktop background and with it changes the lockscreen background even if I say only to desktop. The icons/themes say that apply but it stays the same.
[Mate 8 General] gnasher666:
I've had this issue but managed to solve it. From the full B133 rom, extract the userdata.img file and flash with the phone is fastboot mode using this command: fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
[Mate 8 General] icy20:
I did that yesterday but didn't work. I will try again flashing the whole b133 rom from another thread jbmc83 pointed out.
[Mate 8 General] gnasher666:
When I extracted the files I found 2 userdata.img files, did you use the larger 400(and something)MB file? That is the correct one, not the smaller file.
[Mate 8 General] icy20:
Hm not sure. Will check when i get back home...

PS You were correct. The rom I flashed yesterday had 150 mb userdata while the one I flashed today had 400+. This was the problem! Thank you very much all guys! I have a fully functioning L29 now!
[Mate 8 General] wolvie80:
Now I can apply my theme on sd but don't show me theme to download? Some solution for these? Thanks

Inviato dal mio HUAWEI NXT-L29 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Mate 8 General] Shinyji:
Could someone upload the userdata.img because if I extract the file it says: 'the disk image file is damaged'

thanks
[Mate 8 General] milili:
I did as instructed

The system themes are working again for me but I can not apply any 3rd party themes

What is the problem??

Also even this far is an improvement over aosp icons
[Mate 8 General] farzamirani:
i tried the user data flashing but it dosent work delorian.

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hey i need that file plz:( i have the 150mb one... where did you get the other one?
[Mate 8 General] milili:
You can find it here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64814976
[Mate 8 General] Pfeffernuss:
Same here, only the included themes in the zip are visible, downloaded/own themes still completely invisible :good:
[Mate 8 General] milili:
so i figured this out

:D

the reason that only system themes are available for me is that in the (hw_init) folder provided in First post has only 6 system themes available and so only these themes can be applied (Although Other themes can be viewed and downloaded but they won't be applied)

if you want other themes to work as well here is what you gotta do ...

Download the hw_init zip file from first post and unzip it (Download link in the post#1)

first of all download any themes you like . you can get almost every theme from this thread

http://xdaforums.com/mate-8/themes-apps/themes-t3312560

and you can find other themes through out web or in Themes and apps section of Forum

once you done that ...

go to the hw_init folder that you downloaded

go into

system

and then

themes

folder and copy all your downloaded themes (only the files with .hwt format) into this folder

now your hw_init folder is ready

the rest you can do according to the instruction in the first post witch is ...

Copy folder hw_init to /data

Reboot

Apply themes

Enjoy

don't forget to push Thanks!
[Mate 8 General] Pfeffernuss:
This is no fix. You can simply download a theme and push it to /system/themes right away. That is not the issue :rolleyes:

"We" need a fix that after applying allows themes to be seen on the internal SD card. At least, that is what I assume.
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
Hi all,

I have other way to fix problem.

You can download update_data_full_hw_spcseas from link below and flash via TWRP : . Enjoy

B170

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/...ll/hw/spcseas/update_data_full_hw_spcseas.zip

B180

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/...ll/hw/spcseas/update_data_full_hw_spcseas.zip

or you can file from other download link of your firmware such as

My download link C636B180

put filelist.xml instead of update.zip

then focus on venderinfo

and put vendorInfo name after /full (you can checking vender info from dial *#*#2846579#*#* > Network information Query>vender country info)

if you can't find it you can choose one of them.

then put fulldatafile after vendorInfo name

:)

cheer!!!
[Mate 8 General] milili:
I'm on C185B180

So all I need to do is to download the file that is for B180 and flash it via TWRP ??
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
yes, or you can find it that support your conntry
[Mate 8 General] milili:
And last question

If I flash the file for b180 will it factory reset my phone and erase my storage ?
[Mate 8 General] Pfeffernuss:
Doubt that, but do note you will also install apps like Facebook, Booking and other unwanted (imho) crap :good:
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
it's easy to uninstall unwanted:D
[Mate 8 General] Pfeffernuss:
Easier/better to delete all that %&*!#$ from the zip prior to flashing, imho.
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
Unzip and remove , then zip it again .

dont' forget del all files before zip.
[Mate 8 General] Pfeffernuss:
I simply open zip (in winrar), delete crap, close winrar, done :good:
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
solved problems about applu themes?
[Mate 8 General] milili:
I flashed the b180 file through TWRP

No changes

I still can't apply themes
[Mate 8 General] fcho1978:
finally figure out how do applied theme using method stated in post #1

here are the step by step guide:

1. download hw_init.zip

2. unzip

3. copy folder hw_init to /data

(beware that after unzip, there are another sub-folder hw_init inside folder hw_init, we should copy this sub-folder hw_init to

/data, so the file structure should be /data/hw_init/system/themes/your theme files)

4. change the permissions of folder hw_init and all its sub-folder to rwxrwxr-x

5. change the permissions of all theme files to rw-r--r--

6. reboot and now you should be able to apply theme using themes manager
[Mate 8 General] Pfeffernuss:
Which themes do work? The ones supplied in the zip (rather useless) or any custom theme on internal sd (great)? :)
[Mate 8 General] fcho1978:
both works for me, as long as you saved the theme files in /data/hw_init/system/themes/ and change the permissions
[Mate 8 General] Pfeffernuss:
Works indeed :good:
[Mate 8 General] milili:
Any idea on how to get the themes working without root ?

I wanna get back to stock

I unrooted the phone and updated through dload method and did a factory rest

Then I relocked and then locked the bootloader but still themes won't work

So any ideas on how to get the themes working in stock mode (bootloader locked and no root)??
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
fix it before unroot
[Mate 8 General] milili:
But how ?

When I do a factory reset the problem still persists
[Mate 8 General] nomipakistanli:
thanks alot, with permissions allowed, finally i can apply.. thanks big timesssss
[Mate 8 General] danywalkert:
Never mind, I solved it, it does work!, I have only one suggestion for OP, let people know that this can only be done through the ROOT EXPLORER APP (Paid), some of us (NOOBS) are used to ES FILE EXPLORER APP and will try doing it from there (with no avail) and then get confused!

Thanks a lot!
[Mate 8 General] fcho1978:
Hi,

the step by step guide already very clear, can't be more specify.....

/data folder is under root, i'm not familiar with es file explorer, i'm using root explorer

I think the /data folder you found under device is correct, but you need to change the folder/sub-folder/files permissions as stated instead of just granted read and write permission
[Mate 8 General] danywalkert:
Hell yes, this does work!

Thanks a lot mate, now I am super happy with my device, after performing this procedure usind the app ROOT EXPLORER, the theme app works as usual, now I could see all the themes, download whichever and apply it!

Thanks again!
[Mate 8 General] danywalkert:
You can always be more specific!

First of all, thanks a lot!, to you and the OP for this thread, it helped me out a lot and I'm sure it will help many others!

Now about the instructions, yes you can always be more specific, you or the OP should not assume that everyone in using the ROOT EXPLORER app, so mentioning that fact from the start would have prevented some confusion, if you read the thread you can see a few of us got confused, so a mention about the actual application to be used would not hurt!, then again, thanks a lot!
[Mate 8 General] tonimontoia:
Solo con root funziona?
[Mate 8 General] Pfeffernuss:
One... post... above... :rolleyes:
[Mate 8 General] tonimontoia:
you can use this system even if it is not root?
[Mate 8 General] Pfeffernuss:
Three posts above :eek:
[Mate 8 General] Darthroeder:
Hi,

I did everything as described, but it doesn´t work.

If I open the "Design" app I could choose the Themes, but they don´t apply.

The design app sees the themes in the HW Themes folder on sdCard, not the ones in Date/ hw-init.

Is there another Theme manager ??

Greez
[Mate 8 General] grofock:
Hi Darthroeder,

There's an other way to solve this issue :

1 - save your data (apps, internal stockage...)

2 - flash userdata.img from your version stock rom

3 - format data in TWRP to uncrypt data

4 - restore your former data
[Mate 8 General] Darthroeder:
Hi,

wherefrom can I get the userdata.img ?? With Huawei extractor ?

Which of these is "userdata" ?
[Mate 8 General] grofock:
There's no userdata in this b162 verion (OTA ?). Try to find b133 version...
[Mate 8 General] tadik:
Sorry but I need again to ask :) I am on l29 b180 not rooted, to apply downloaded themes I need to flash userdata.img from b133 ? If yes will it erease all my data ?
[Mate 8 General] tadik:
Sorry, solved for me, just copied hwt files to themes folder...
[Mate 8 General] adriangb:
Sorry, it's still not clear to me: if I do not have root, and do not have an unlocked bootloader, how can I do this?

Even with root explorer, I can't edit permissions or anything. I can't flash user data (no fast boot, no TWRP)
[Mate 8 General] fcho1978:
The above is for those who rooted their phone and unlock bootloader

If your phone is not root and bootloader is locked then you can just apply theme in theme manager...
[Mate 8 General] adriangb:
I unlocked my bootloader but FRP was locked, so no fast boot. I figured out how to unlock FRP so problem solved
[Mate 8 General] grofock:
Hi adriangb,

Try to go to Settings/Developer options/Enable OEM unlock and activate it.

Edit : you made a thread about it, lol. I didn't see it.
[Mate 8 General] adriangb:
Yeah I made a thread because I read some guides that suggested paying DCunlocker
[Mate 8 General] brambi42:
yes... I have the same problem, and I have not root (and I dont want)... I think that I will never change themes... :(
[Mate 8 General] chm1989627:
how did you change ,i follow the step,but failed at last.i want change l29 2 al10

Sent using XDA One
[Mate 8 General] jordy787:
I returned to stock and relocked BL,do I have to unlock my BL and root again and do this method.
[Mate 8 General] Pfeffernuss:
Only for rooted phones.
[Mate 8 General] bijiboy:
[[solved]]

i found the soultion

it works for me

download all theme from first page

open the int_hwt folder copy system file to root of your memory or:

copy theme folder from int_hwt to "/system" overwrite there then apply theme

it work for me i have unlocked bootloader and rooted:good:
[Mate 8 General] piotrkalb:
I am on P9 B180 - I followed info from OP and it all worked flawlessly. I am rooted and unlocked. Big Thanks were sent to Somboons for this useful trick!
[Mate 8 General] ShaQ Blogs:
Been scratching my head for couple of hours now.

I am unable to change permissions. I have granted root access and I am Using Root Explorer (Paid).

However, When I try to change permissions I get the following message - "Permissions change was not successful. Please note that some file systems do not allow permission changes."

I updated Super SU. I still get the error. Anyone know what the issue is?
[Mate 8 General] KBJ911:
Same here !!!!!!
[Mate 8 General] ShaQ Blogs:
check this...it resolved it for me

http://xdaforums.com/mate-8/help/help-unable-to-change-file-permissions-t3480151
[Mate 8 General] kostrzu:
Hi Guys

I have the same problem with My device NXT-L29C900B180 : After update in Official service of HU they update my software but with the new SW facing the same problem.

Can you share with me any idea how to solve the problem without rooting device ? There is any option. ?

I'm afraid of loosing warranty.

Thank You

Artur.
[Mate 8 General] danterape:
Worked like a charm, thanks ;)
[Mate 8 General] meer34:
i have root access and i also copy themes to right folder but still cant apply themes
[Mate 8 General] :
Hello, I used to have a rooted Huawei P9 Plus, but after some problems with the SU application I restored it again to factory (No root, stock rom), but the problem with the themes is the same as described, with Huawei Theme Manager the themes are shown as "applied" but in reality nothing is applied.

Just did a factory reset again, still with the same results.

Any hint or suggestion? (besides use another launcher, such as nova)

thanks!
[Mate 8 General] basimzanaty:
The only solution that works....

1- Use Root Explorer

2- copy your theme file ending in ". hwt" to root /system / themes

3- in the folder, you find icons file, don't touch.

4- Long press on the "hwt" file you copied to the folder and go to permissions

5- tick all three "read squares"

6- tick the first "write square" only

7- leave all others unticked

8- Now you can see the information of the file like that "rw-r--r--"

9- Nothing else... go to themes... choose" magazine" first... then apply any other theme and finally reboot.

by the way, Don't copy themes to any other folder like "HWThemes" just the folder mentioned above
[Mate 8 General] ad44891:
great job,,thx..i kno its late but i just my mate 8 l29..best phone
[Mate 8 General] Tibdabest:
I tried the unofficial beta on my phone and when I read that my country supported the official beta I returned to stock (l09432b182). Now I can't change the themes anymore . I did the workaround described here and after that the themes worked again. The problem is I don't want a rooted phone with an unlocked bootloader so after this I used the dloadmethod to flash the stock version again. After this the themes stopped working again. Is it possible to get the themes working with a stockROM? It isn't a big inconvenience but it still annoys me. Thank you
[Mate 8 General] vranjes5557@gmail.com:
Same problem,themes not working and unlock magazine no wallpapers,not rooted l09c636b321
[Mate 8 General] vranjes5557@gmail.com:
Full info about problem https://xdaforums.com/mate-8/help/help-mess-l09-t3530673
[Mate 8 General] ameer1982:
Thank you it is apply thank y more
[Mate 8 General] DesertRose65:
Hi. I flashed userdata.img and i solved this problem. But after flash my internal data was 64 gb downgraded to 3.9 gb :( sorry my english. How i fix it this problem :(

NXT-L29C185B320
[Mate 8 General] deejayner:
Can I use this method on my Huawei P9? I have the same issue
[Mate 8 General] erany1:
PLS help!

hi,

I'M rooted (by your srk tool - thanks), bootloader is unlocked & still, its not working for me.

copied the unzipped folder hw_init to /data >> rebooted and still... nothing happens when i choose a different theme, it just doesnt apply...

can you please advice?

thank's

Eran.
[Mate 8 General] •XPLOITZ•:
thx, it works
[Mate 8 General] 4r44444:
I have the Honor 9 and it won't apply themes after factory reset and unlocked bootloader.... anybody know if this solution works? Don't want crash everything :P
[Mate 8 General] musamaashraf:
Thanks worked for me on BLN-L21 EMUI 5.0 :)
[Mate 8 General] sadaboo:
hey i did move the hw_init in the data folder and nothing happen and rebooted my device
[Mate 8 General] daravakoon:
Its not wor for me
[Mate 8 General] daravakoon:
it's not work for me
[Mate 8 General] hichem jerbi:
I'm on NXT-L29C185B200 ,, can i flash userdata.img from this Rom "B133"
[Mate 8 General] alnaloty:
this is my solution ( made by me ) after trying many solutions over this forum @ other forums

just

1- delete any folder for themes u made (as hw_init or themes in root folder or at any site )

2- make folder & name it ( HWTHemes ) in internal memory

3- download this folder & put it inside (HWTHemes )

4- go to themes app and chose ** Aqua theme ** & apply it

5- no need to change any permissions

this was try on huawei y 7 2017
[Mate 8 General] osscar:
Thanks for this (OP). It seems to be working for most everyone. Unfortunately I can't get it to work for me. I am on B360 (unlocked + rooted). I expanded and copied folder to /data/. Neither "Themes" nor 3rd party themes get applied... Icons do, but nothing else. Notification bar / Lock screen / Wallpaper, etc., don't get applied.

I haven't tried ur solution yet [MENTION=5219074]alnaloty[/MENTION]. I will though, I'm hoping it works. Download / unzip / copy + paste ... I don't seem to find HWThemes folder. I'm on B360.
[Mate 8 General] osscar:
Worked like a charm on an Unlocked/Rooted (Magisk) VKY-L29C432 running Android 8.0 with HyperPlusKernel. Thanks a million!!!
[Mate 8 General] Exconvinced:
delete all themes listed in the Themes App until the last remaining theme doesn't have a delete button, which tells you that it s the default theme. Try applying that theme.
[Mate 8 General] TaFN:
Can install theme apk

Hi there, please help me someone !!

I unninstall from mistake huawei theme store apk , and now after i download apk file in can install it.

I get this message : https://dl.xda-developers.com/4/6/0....png?key=d6XTS0Xr0telPv3cgnEPEg&ts=1538149493

Device - mate 8 rooted

Rom - kangvip
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chamelleon:
It can be digitizer problem. Reset Your phone and if it doesn't help consider screen change.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMackonetz:
I have this problem too. But it is only when my device is unlock. I can still pull down my notification bar like normal when it is lock
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chamelleon:
So in Your case it can be framework problem and normal reflash with stock firmware should fix Your problem.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agiss30:
No i think this is a hardwere problem.. Because when i try to diagnose touchscreen i cant draw upside area of mu sceeen..
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agiss30:
Because when i am booting in safe mode this problem doesn't dissapear.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chamelleon:
Yes, in Your case it's hardware but MarkMackonetz can try to reflash to fix his problem.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agiss30:
You mean flash to stock firmware.. Kitkat?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agiss30:
I am in slim firmware from this xda forum..
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chamelleon:
No, flashing firmware in Your case wont help. Most likely You need to change digitizer.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agiss30:
What is that digitizer?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chamelleon:
Touch screen.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMackonetz:
Chamelleon. Thanks. Ill try to reflash again. But just to let u know that i am experiencing same thing like agiss30, like when i checked the touchscreen in service test, the upper part is not responsive anymore..

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And it started when i flashed the slim 4.6 rom then the updates for 4.7, then i decided to go back to stock rom and this s**t happened. :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agiss30:
Try ti reflash to stock rom mr mark and then report to me the result.. Thanks.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agiss30:
Can i resize the screen.. Maybe any app that allow you to resize the screen?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMackonetz:
I reflash the .264 stock rom, still the same.. Then tried the .93 kitkat rom and nothing changed. The odd thing is, when my phone was locked, its working like normal(i can pull it down easily). If the touchscreen is defective, then why it is working fine when the phone is locked?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMackonetz:
But when i use the Glove Mode in Setting>Display , i can pull down the notif bar but sometimes i need to swipe twice or thrice to pull it down.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alan Slade:
I'm in. I have this problem from yesterday and I'm going crazy. From the lockscreen I can easily pull down the notification bar from anywhere (center of the bar, borders) but when I unlock the phone, pulling down works only 3/5 times, and mostly from the borders. From the center works only 1/5 times. Wtf went wrong with this phone this month?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMackonetz:
we have the same problem alan and i dont know what causing this problem.. i get used to it now but on my first day, its like hell..
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alan Slade:
I would like to know if it's an hardware or software problem..

I like thinking that with Marshmallow this problem will disappear, but I fear that something regarding the screen is messed up.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMackonetz:
im looking forward to it too. but i read on some article that z3 series below will not get a MM updates. =(
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agiss30:
I think that is hardwere damage.. I resized my screen to solve this problem. Even my screen become smaller

?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alan Slade:
How did you do that?

Maybe I can try it too..
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxtester:
Did you guys actually realize that we already have about a dozen different threads about this very same topic?!

No software, no FW flashing, no reset etc. will help you. Send your phone in for touchscreen replacement. That's the only solution over here.