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[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
(sigh)I have not stated that I couldn't flash files because I can... "I can't get [hold of] the file(s) to flash". I also indicated that I could get into TWRP. What else would I be posting in this thread for if not to get the stock firmwares?

I can (or could until recently) get into both recovery and fastboot but I cannot "flash the correct boot.img" because I cannot find them!!! If apat26 manages to find some working links for me, then I can try doing a force update using dload and hopefully get the device to boot - all the firmwares I have found thus far have been wrong versions.
[Mate 8 General] Leo_83:
Well clearly there is a language barrier here.

"...can't get the file(s) to flash..." would be and was interpretade as the fact that you couldn't flash. Maybe it is an Australian thing. I would have said "I can't get a hold of...". Either way I don't care for the tone in your replies. We are just being helpful and trying to find a solution to your(!) problem. I have no urge to help ungrateful people.

Either way, good luck.
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
Indeed. Neither in Australia nor in England (where I'm actually from) would I ever say "...get a hold of..." - that would be considered a "Americanism" and also considered grammatically incorrect (the "a" is superfluous); clearly American English and British English continue to cause confusion.

However, I did find it very frustrating to have three people insist repeatedly that I had stated something which I believe was clearly not the case, both by context and even after I clarified things - hence my tone, for which I apologise.

Your good wishes are nonetheless gratefully accepted.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
you dont need hisuite to download the firmwares from FF. you should, however, check if the firmware versions offered are

1) fullOTA versions, since that includes the whole rom (larger than 1GB)

and

2) classified as properly flashable by the FF tool. some firmwares are just internal dev versions not intended to be flashed, so no use in trying those.

once you download the firmware, unpack "update.zip", you will find a file named "update.app", that should be approx. 2.5 GB in size (may vary, but it should be around 2 GB or larger).

next, youll need to get yourself the tool "huawei update extractor" available here on xda. with that tool, u can open the update.app file and extract all partition images. in particular, you will need the following: boot, system and recovery images.

boot your phone into fastboot and flash these three partitions one by one with the following syntax: fastboot flash partition filename

thus, system, for example would be: fastboot flash system system.img

recovery would be: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

and so on. just be sure that you get the filenames right and that the partition images are in the same folder as your adb/fastboot installation.

hope that helps!
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
Dont worry...just download and install PC version of FF posted in one of THE forums here...i Just checked on My Mobile version...all files from MMtoNougat.....B170 to latest are there and are flashable....through stock recovery, dload as jb said above for MM versions...you cant dload Nougat versions...

https://xdaforums.com/tools/general/huawei-firmware-finder-team-mt-t3469146
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
20160703 , No new firmware
[Mate 8 General] saeedbg:
Amazing battery

sent from Huawei mate 8
[Mate 8 General] kunalmalviya:
Which firmware version are you using?
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
NXT-L09C521B140

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v55160/f1/full/changelog.xml

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v55160/f1/full/update.zip
[Mate 8 General] stefcio102:
what is the difference between nxt-l29c432b180 and 320? who better to upload?
[Mate 8 General] _Benj_13:
I recommend you to upload the B180 if you want a good battery life , B320 is less than B180 on battery life. There are no very important changes on B320, wait for the next update is the better solution.

Sent from Mate 8
[Mate 8 General] :
B320 brings EMUI 4.1 with mostly camera enhancements. Only worth it if you take a lot of pictures.
[Mate 8 General] mseif:
I tried to get use to the stock UI, but for me having a lot of pages , all are filled with icons, like iphone, is not something I can deal with. I love 2 pages only with one row above the basic one, including some folders. I can not imagine going through tens of icons to fine the one i need . Nove launcher is amust for me.

At least that what I am facing with the stock or iphone.
[Mate 8 General] jordy787:
Camera

On the new update is there camera improvements?
[Mate 8 General] tboy2000:
Try this. I only have three pages. Left its favourite/most used apps. Middle page is home page and right page is folders. That's it.
[Mate 8 General] Grandcru99:
I generally have only one page. With the apps in 6 folders and the must uses apps on screen. This is what I did with nova launcher too. It gives me easy access to all my apps in just two steps. If you have a lot of pages, it's much harder to find something. I don't understand what are the advantages of an app drawer, except if you have hundreds of apps.
[Mate 8 General] mseif:
LOL ....whay do noy you try those ??
[Mate 8 General] tboy2000:
I don't understand. Sorry.
[Mate 8 General] AndroMeise:
Please, It's a Firmware Tread, not "Post your Homescreen". Thx.

MATE 8 NXT-L29, C636B3xx
[Mate 8 General] Yandros1000:
Assistance please

Using the method by OP I attempted to change the model / build of my Mate 8, apparently changing the oeminfo and custom.bin for my NXT-L09C212B120.

My model ending being NXT-C900B120, and loosing root access, used the RKT tool to restore root and tried to apply the original files but after rebooting, model remains unchanged.

I've tried to install the newest update using the dload and 3 keys methods, but when rebooting it goes straight to TWRP not allowing to install.

Even though the phone works, some functions act up, and some others don't even try.

What can I do to get it into a stock "model" that I can get either flashed or installed a working stock rom?

P.S. I'm not able to attach or link to the screenshots I got for this issue, because of forum restrictions
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
In order to use dload update instead TWRP:

Put update.app in folder "dload".

If you have sd-card put de folder in there.

In dialer dial *#*#2846579#*#* and you will get a menu.

Choose "4" software upgrade, then "1" sd-card upgrade and confirm.
[Mate 8 General] grofock:
without forgetting to flash stock recovery, no ?
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
No, dload method uses existing recovery to determine witch version of ROM is needed.

So that's why I used e-recovey first to end up with right rom, after that I used dload method to update to latest.

In fact, you have to make sure of the right recovery first.

You only can use(update) the rom corresponding with existing recovery.
[Mate 8 General] Gilgamesho:
Nothing new for L29C185 after B320 ?
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
i didnt mention the dload method though ;) its true that it doesnt work for nougat, thats why i suggested a manual flash of the partitions via fastboot :)
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
Very much appreciate your effort here.

I managed to get an old Note 3 running and download the firmware that way (simply couldn't work out how to get them via the windows app, just couldn't download them!).

I had the other downloads and extracted (all) the update files and flashed boot, system and recovery via fastboot but still no joy - still reboots repeatedly. Going to try flashing all of the one by one next, after that I really don't know, other than sending it to Huawei.

Edit: wrote a script to flash all the files, the vast majority of the files failed to write, only recovery2 in addition to your list of three. I think that's game over for me.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
shoot, that aint good.... if you could get your hands on a windows machine, u could also try the recovery / unbrick setting in hisuite.

btw, how long do you leave the phone to boot before you give up? just in case, make sure u leave it for 30 minutes before you break off the boot, sometimes it takes quite a while for it to properly start up!
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
Possibly worth a shot but I'd have to throw my son off his gaming machine (eek!). From what I recall, it doesn't support my device, only two were listed but what the hell - it's broken already, I can perhaps give the nearer option a try.

Boot delay? Nah, it boots straight away but always to the unlocked warning screen, if I hit power or wait five seconds the screen goes blank then it reboots to the same place, if I hit vol. up it goes to eRecovery which has never worked.

I thought about reinstalling TWRP and putting a custom rom on it but then I risk wrecking it completely and spending another day getting nowhere.

Ho hum, that's it - booked it in for a repair. Once again, thanks for your help and encouragement.
[Mate 8 General] Leo_83:
I wasn't suppose to but... I want to remember that you sometimes needed to clear cache in eRecovery after flashing via TWRP (can't remember when or why). If that doesn't work, try a factory reset in eRecovery.
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
I appreciate the though but I've done multiple factory resets and sadly it made no difference, the thing just doesn't want to talk. Wish I had found a way to revive it as there are others out there in the same boat, would have been nice to give them hope. Alas, not to be, it's being collected by the courier tomorrow, hopefully Huawei can just blow a fresh ROM and not charge me too much.

Edit: [MENTION=4294020]jbmc83[/MENTION] BTW I kicked the boy off his gaming box... no joy with the hisuite unbrick - device not supported. :'-((
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
tough nut to crack in your case, hm... no worries about the game boy though, its all for a good cause! haha

have u tried erecovery again after having flashed the partitions manually? recovery2 is the image for the erecovery btw.

alternatively, you can flash twrp via fastboot and just restore a full rom, available in this thread for example:

https://xdaforums.com/mate-8/development/mate-8-nxt-al10-b592-clean-stock-custom-t3704301

who knows, that might work :) just be sure to follow the steps described in the OP
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
Ah hell, I've nothing better to do (Christmas holidays!) and the pickup won't now be until Tuesday, I guess it's worth a shot... taking the kids to see Paddington 2 so I'll let you know after how I get on. :)

Edit: One thing, that post is for the NXT-AL10 and mine is the NXT-L09... difference? Does it matter and will it work in the same region?
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
haha im sure the kids will enjoy it :)

i was juuust wondering the same thing actually, what kinda phone model youre sporting. i have no idea to be honest. but seriously, what could go wrong? phone going into bootloop? [emoji14] :D

edit: actually, only the stock B592 is specifically for AL10 :) the custom rom by brother [MENTION=7295200]ChinHon[/MENTION] is for all regions, for example. KangVip might also work, but likely specific to AL10. in any case, uve got four full rom backups to choose from ;) hoping for the best!
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
We all did, it was fun.

So I reinstalled TWRP and tried to reflash one of the stock roms I pulled through firmware finder - partition errors galore. So I restored the AL10 stock backup from your link (it's a chinese version but with no gapps) - reboot and it worked!!

I then tried reflashing one of the stock ROMs over that through TWRP - errors again, seems it can't mount /data and /cust... but at least the thing has a heartbeat again!!

Edit: Nah, no good, without valid cust and data images to restore I just can't get anywhere with the non-chinese reinstalls and the stock image I used leaves me with a zero length data partition according to TWRP.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
wooohooo, very nice!!! glad to hear its alive again :D

be careful when flashing stock rom zips via twrp, most of them are NOT made to be flashable through custom recoveries!

what you can now try though is the following: go to system updater and check if it offers you to revert to stock rom due to "unauthorized system changes" being detected (since its a custom rom, duh!). if thats not the case, u can manually flash the stock recovery partition image of the latest available L29 rom with your cust and check and see if erecovery is finally able to help you out to return to stock :)
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
And.... no. <manaical>hahahahaha</manaical>I think I've got the message from the device, this just isn't going to work!

The roms have no keyboard (at all), just the google talking typing thing and I can't install one because I can't enter my credentials. I can't side load because there's no file manager and there isn't any way to install via play store as I can't enter my credentials. Without any way to restore the partitions that are missing/corrupt, there's nothing I can do.

That's it, I give up, game over.

Thanks again for all your suggestions and efforts, we came so close. The first thing I'm going to do when this thing comes back is suck the entire file system and archive it!!

Had enough, g'night, going to bed.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
oh u gotta be kidding, soooo close! and yet so far, thats mean *lol* but i dont understand how the keyboard could be missing...?

btw sideloading is totally possible via twrp, it also has an inbuilt file manager :)
[Mate 8 General] Leo_83:
It happens sometime with corrupted files I belive or incorrect flash order of files via TWRP. It has happened to me before.
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
[MENTION=4294020]jbmc83[/MENTION] & [MENTION=4771907]Leo_83[/MENTION] I've got to look on the bright side of all this.

Ok, so I'm going to have to cough up for a repair but it turns out I'm close enough to the end of my phone contract, sooo... I'm now the proud owner of a Mate 10 (not Pro - no SD card, bleah!) and my son will inherit my Mate 8 to replace his aging S5 on its return after repair.

Given the recent fun and games(!), plus the built-in data filtering (aka firewall) and improved permissions (don't really need xprivacy as much) of the newer Androids (oh and NetGuard for ad. blocking) I think I'll be leaving these unrooted for the time being, just not quite the need there was before.

Once again, thanks for all your support.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
actually, the pro version lacks the microsd slot, whereas the regular mate 10 does have one! so rejoice ;)
[Mate 8 General] Leo_83:
Yup Mate 10 regular is actually the real Pro [emoji23]

Much better specs in my opinion. My stealing gf loves it, if it wasn't that we soon are going to start seeing the 2018 lineups I would buy a second one.
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
Exactly, I won't even consider a phone without an SD slot, too damned useful.

Amen to that. SD slot, plus an actual headphone jack sold it for me, if they had included the FM radio too, it would have been perfect; my provider even included one of the Huawei 360 cameras in with the deal for signing up again. Yep, I really think someone stuffed the labelling, the 10 is definitely the better device.

Have a good new year folks..
[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
Haha... I suppose it depends on whether you really need more than 128gb of storage. Then again the mate 10 pro and mate 10 have support for usb 3.1 for faster file transfer.

The amoled panel on the pro may be a big selling point to people over the normal mate because of how much more vibrant the quality of display is. The pro amoled has the ability to cover much more of the srgb scale as opposed to the lcd mate 10 which is only able to cover about 86% of the spectrum I believe. Additionally, the 18:9 screen may be attractive for those who enjoy reading webpages and apps so they can see a taller amount of information which is more practical because most applications and webpages are longer vertically than they are horizontally. 18:9 is also more upto date with the current trend of aesthetics in phones. Now that I've used it in person, it makes for a far more attractive look in my opinion. For YouTube and videos the taller display doesn't fill all the screen. However because it's amoled the screen doesn't need to fully be on. If you have a black model, you wouldn't even be able to see where the screen goes to. Also YouTube has the ability to auto size to fill the screen. Movies are generally in 18:9 or even 21:9 so in some ways for movies the 18:9 display isn't even tall enough. For general consumption the taller display is more practical apart from when it comes to videos. It is also much easier to hold than the mate 8 and presumably the mate 10 given that it is narrower.

The amoled panel is far far more vibrant than the lcd though. Seeing them in shops, the amoled panel outshines the contrast of the mate 10 massively. The mate 10 pro also has better battery life because of the amoled panel. 402 ppi is far far higher than the "retina" displays of 300 ppi already. It isn't too long ago that we were discussing that 1080p with 400+ ppi was overdoing it compared to the already HD 720p displays with 300ppi. 2k is really overdoing it apart from vr. However neither mate 10s have Google daydream support dissapointingly.

However the lack of the headphone jack and the sd card may be troublesome. But most photos and videos can be easily uploaded to Google photos or similar.

These are my thoughts and my opinion of the mate 10 pro and the Mate 10.

I own the Mate 10 pro Mocha Brown and the Mate 10 pro Titanium Grey as well as the Mate 8.
[Mate 8 General] matthewtech770:
:laugh:Hay anyone on hear know if there will be a Oreo update for the Huawei mate 8 I have the NXT L09 version :cowboy:
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
u own the mate 10 pro in two different colors? and ure showing two different phones in the picture, neither of which is the mate 8, strange...

btw, 18:9 displays dont have anything to do with aesthetics. there are two reasons why manufacturers are jumping onto the 18:9 bandwagon at the moment:

1) smaller width allows easier handling, especially one handed, even when the display diagonal increases

2) first and foremost: marketing and cost savings! a 6 inch 18:9 display provides a way smaller area than a 16:9 display with identical diagonal. so, manufacturers can boast about "huge" screen sizes by dropping high diagonal numbers, while at the same time being able to save on the smaller ACTUAL display area produced/implemented...

in my opinion 18:9 is just horrible. movies are in 21:9 so u get horizontal black areas, whereas tv shows and basically everything else ist 16:9, resulting in vertical black display areas. add to that the smaller display area at identical diagonals and the imho "awkward" look of longer and longer, stretched-out phones and u got urself and absolute horrible trend thats gaining speed atm...
[Mate 8 General] Xixmx:
Hello anyone tested L29C636B594 version and can give feedback about performance and if there are any issues or reasons for not to upgrade? Thanks.
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
Can't remember the article I saw about a month ago but it suggested it was "very likely" - not a certainty but hopeful nonetheless, after the Mate 9 of course.
[Mate 8 General] speechless:
guys b583 disapear from ff anyone?!
[Mate 8 General] dante-fu:
18:9 displays are a step down in ergonomics in almost all areas of use.

Narrow display means there is less space for visual elements so everything ends up smaller. Text has to have either smaller too or it's divided into more rows. This slows down the reading speed, that's how human brain works.

Videos are either cropped or smaller. There's nothing positive about that.

I felt the downgrade already when I switched from my 16:10 Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 to 16:9 (don't watch videos on phone that often).
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
ha wow, i completely forgot about the 16:10 note display! those were the days! :)
[Mate 8 General] frugalpov:
Revert to MM

I need help, I need to revert to Marshmallow but the stock firmware isn't on FF. My version is L09C636B592, I also can't find the rollback package for L09C636 either. Could a kind soul please link me to both, I assume I would have to use dload method.
[Mate 8 General] Samuapu:
Hi Guys

B595 Google Service how does it work?

NXT-DL00. Chinese version!

Thanks
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
[MENTION=4294020]jbmc83[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4771907]Leo_83[/MENTION]

Had to tell you this... the happy ending to the story. I got a call from the official Huawei repairer today - the phone is obviously out of warranty due to rooting and the Mate 8 is not a model they repair, they replace them (Huawei policy in Oz it appears).

The phone cost me $800 (AUD) almost two years ago and I'm getting a replacement (brand new, not refurb.) for just $365, incl. tax and delivery. Hell, my wife's mid-range GR5 only cost $300 on discount, my son is going to be stoked to get a brand new Mate 8.

Hmm... might need to root the Mate 10 late 2019 and send it for repair!!! x-D

Happy New Year all.
[Mate 8 General] ubermorgan:
Just downloaded c432b560 and there's no update.app. only meta-inf folder and version.mbn

??? Do I put the version.mbn file in SD/card/Dload folder or what? Lol
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
You can not update Nougat ROMs through dload method.

Update through system updater onlyby pushing updates to system updater through FF if you are not getting updates in system updater by default.
[Mate 8 General] ubermorgan:
All done now. B320 first, b330 through dload method then b560 through system, then again to b581. All good. Now gotta unlock bootloader and root.
[Mate 8 General] tlhkrnflr:
is there new update for huawei mate 8 ? i still use Android Nougat 7.0
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
there have been lots of updates and still more coming through as we speak. android version is still 7.0 though.
[Mate 8 General] tlhkrnflr:
Thanks
[Mate 8 General] fcdggh:
Hello
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
hello and welcome to xda mate 8 forum ^^ take a cookie and make yourself comfortable ;)
[Mate 8 General] aaron13:
Ha ha, edgy[emoji3]

Verstuurd vanaf mijn HUAWEI NXT-L29 met Tapatalk
[Mate 8 General] Mr Hassan:
i need 7.0 nxt-al10 , which one is? in google drive or mega link
[Mate 8 General] hmyzagi:
Update from NXT-L29C636B211

Hi guys,

I would like to ask for help. I got the NXT-L29 for my girlfriend about a year ago, and because of some issues out of the box I spent hours to find the best firmware version in this thread, which at that time seemed to be the NXT-L29C636B211. I studied the update procedure, managed to get it into the phone and forgot about it.

Now I would like to ask whether there is a better version out there, and if so, which one and how to upgrade from this current version. I am sure the answer will be somewhere int his thread, but I simply dont want to go through the thousands of posts to find it and therefore I am asking for help..

Also I should add that the phone is not rooted (and I would prefer it to stay that way) and we are using the phone in Europe and that is probably the reason why no OTA updates are available here, therefore manual update would be the only way to go.

Can you please let me know which version I should go for, where to get it and what will be the procedure for update from this version? Any help would be greatly apprediated. Thanks!
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
Just download "Firmware Finder" app from Play Store and put your Model no in there. You will get latest firmwares. Check if the firmware is approved for installation. You need to download full firmware and not OTA updates since you will be moving from MM to Nougat. Go through instructions there on how to install.
[Mate 8 General] Borzz:
Use PC for update China version of this phone