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[Mate 8 General] apat26:
Not visible yet on FF... Lt us know the battery consumption..
[Mate 8 General] nomad4ever:
Just updated from NXT-L29C636B585

Now: EMUI 5.0.1 (previously EMUI 5.0)

Android Security Patch Level: 5 August 2017 (previously 5 April 2017)

Nothing new so far.
[Mate 8 General] aaron13:
How did you update andbwhat was your previous cust nr, built?

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How did you updated it ?

And from which cust/build did you come?

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[Mate 8 General] nomad4ever:
Was served as OTA for nxt-L29C636B585, unrooted
[Mate 8 General] nomad4ever:
Seems I'm having some troubles sending SMS. Both original Huawei and also Google's messaging app. It says 'Sending...' and messages go out maybe 50/50, but no confirmation if sent or not. Sometimes after 20 minutes or so comes an orange error message, 'Not sent. Tap to try again.'.

There seems to be also some new functionality in the camera software, like 'Moving Pictures can record a short film when you take a picture' and mirror preview for selfie pics. Didn't have those before.
[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
Because there are issues sending SMS, is mobile data working fine? Usually when there are thousands of SMS sending in a queue the mobile data connection is heavily impacted.
[Mate 8 General] nomad4ever:
Mobile data works fine. Just sending of SMS. Only a handful, not dozens or even thousands. Receiving works.
[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
If you have tasker, it would be interesting to make it send yourself a lot of text messages to see the speed your phone sends a large number of text messages. Bare in mind that this will make mobile data unusable for several minutes.

This will see if certain messages dissappear. You can make tasker send a different message with a program counter or similar.
[Mate 8 General] MisiekSka:
I've just bought mate L09C900B156 and there is no update. Can I flash rom for other region? Because I'd like to have Android 7.0 but I can't now.
[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
Use the application Firmware Finder... From there you'll see available updates for your phone that you can force install without root.

Hope this helps
[Mate 8 General] dkionline:
A link would be nice.
[Mate 8 General] MisiekSka:
I've got problem with FF. I installed it on my mate and it shows no firmware (earlier it it was showing"no connection with mt server").
[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
What model of the Mate 8 do you have?

Recently I have also had some problems with FF and it showing me the message that there is jo connection with the server. But after spamming the refresh the firmware appear again.
[Mate 8 General] MisiekSka:
My Mate is L09C900

FF shows firmware for other versions of mate (for example L09C432) so I guess there is no firmware for my model?
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
C900 means that your mate 8 was crossflashed with a firmware from a region differing from your original one. example: original cust is C636 and you flash a C432 firmware on top of it: result is C900 in build number.

u could check via the hidden menu for your original cust (google is your friend ;) )
[Mate 8 General] MisiekSka:
Hmm, I thought that C900 means international version.

In hidden menu everywhere I see C900B156 :/
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
yes thats correct, C900 is considered "global cust" but there are no specific firmwares for it. just means that two custs were flashed on top of each other.
[Mate 8 General] MisiekSka:
Ok. So if I want to change for C432 I have to unlock bootloader, change region and then flash C432. Correct? Flashing C432 now will not work, yes?
[Mate 8 General] nomad4ever:
The SMS problems are all solved now with the latest update of Android Messaging from 2 days ago.

Changlog:

• Improvements to enhanced features on some carriers

• Bug fixes and stability improvements

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging

Seems to have been an app problem with their own security patches. Funny!
[Mate 8 General] MisiekSka:
I flashed C432b180 usinf FF on my L09C900B156. It worked (compilation number was still C900). Then I flashed b192. Then android 7.0 but it was test key.

I returned to b192 and now i can not update to 7.0. I've tried with b560 and b581 and every time "Software install failled". I tried dload metod, FF proxy and dns metod.

Is there any solution?
[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
Hi there

I have one question... Which region are you in? And which country sim card you have on your phone?

I'm on B193 also on the l29C636 version it is the south east Asia model. I have not received any updates. After contacting Huawei HK, they have told me that I need to have a Chinese sim card. I have tried a Chinese sim card and updates are available to B211.
[Mate 8 General] nomad4ever:
I'm in SE Asia also.. The phone was bought in Cambodia, but I'm based in Philippines using a Smart Philippines SIM when I got the update.
[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
Yeah... I didn't realise I needed an Asian Sim card in order for me to recieve OTA updates.

As soon as I managed to get hold of an Asian Sim Card... I recieved an update.
[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
Hi there

After updating from B193 to B211 to B563 to B589 using an Asian Sim card, I have the latest software!

I had text message problems too, even using the Google messages app. However after a few hours, the text messaging works fine again.

?
[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
Screenshot
[Mate 8 General] Xixmx:
Do you have battery drainage problems?
[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
It's my second day with the update... Just waiting to collect some screenshots.

However so far so good... Managed to comfortably get 5 hours of screen on time with about 30% power left. It is a little bit worse than the battery life on marshmallow. But barely noticeable. Will likely do a factory reset soon.

No major battery drains or anything strange. ?

However I have some problems with SMS using the Google Messages app. Just using the default.

Battery life is about the same like I said.

:good:
[Mate 8 General] Amorfo05:
Huawei Mate 8 - Telcel

Can anyone point me in the right direction for downloading "NXT-L09 C432 B320" firmware? I have tried the OP links to no avail.

Thanks!
[Mate 8 General] Leo_83:
Use Firmware Finder, download full firmware and then use Huawei extract tool

Why do you want B320 that was a beta release?
[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
Hi there

After a little bit of use... It is clear that B589 has worse battery life than Marshmallow.

It struggles to get to 6hrs screen on time whereas Marshmallow did so easily.

However the phone does feel snappier than it did on EMUI 4.0
[Mate 8 General] alydero:
please help

i downgraded my mate 8 from nougat to marchimallo before by rollback file

but stopped on transition firmmware which is NXT L29 C 185 B500 and showing that nougat firmmware

i tried all previous firmmware all failed e.g

B200, B320 , B120

is there any solution ?
[Mate 8 General] Amorfo05:
I have a NXT-L09 from Telcel in Mexico since 2015. OTA's are really scarce, and I read somewhere here on XDA that was the safest build for my model.... will try the Firmware Finder method and Huawei Extract Tool.

Saludos
[Mate 8 General] bataskhayal:
Hi, I have the (which regarding to HiCare) NXT-L09A model. Currently on the NXT-L09C636B220 build number, which is the EMUI 4.0.3 based on Android Marshmallow.

Before this I was on B211, and I updated through dload method using firmware downloaded from the firmware finder. I chose the software for NXT-L09A, which sadly after the B220 there are no further update. I tried all the firmware available for NXT-L09 but always failed during the installation process.

So kindly give me some enlightenment here, do the NXT-L09A (Australia Single Sim) will have update to Nougat? Or no?

Or is it any kind of workarounds for this?

Thanks,

Fajar
[Mate 8 General] aaron13:
You can find firmware updates for your L09C636 via Firmware finder app. There is also a forum for it on xda.

If there are only updates for other cust versions there is always the possibility to rebrand your mate via SRK tools.

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[Mate 8 General] bataskhayal:
I tried all the software post B220 for L09C636 from the Firmware Finder but its always failed. I think mine is not L09C636 but L09AC636 and hence the failed attempts. I guess rebrand it is worth the look. Thanks!
[Mate 8 General] aaron13:
I would recommend a rebrand to a cust version of your region as network functions best with that.

Success!

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[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
Hi there

As suggested below, the easiest way was to use firmware finder. I don't think you'll recieve an OTA from huawei while you are using a non Asian Sim card.

I just borrowed a sim card from a friend from China.

Rebranding is okay but make sure that you get all the steps right and you may potentially experience some problems with the bootloader.

I would recommend getting your hands on a Chinese sim card or similar for an official update.

Additionally, on firmware finder you can manually enter in the model number to add the A into it.

Good luck

:svetius:
[Mate 8 General] bataskhayal:
Hi yep i tried to add the A from the firmware finder but the latest version available is my current version.

Im currently using Indonesian SIM. Does it count as Asian SIM? Or I should use like China or HK sim for this?

Thanks
[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
Hmmm....

Where did you buy the phone?

It likely does need an HK or Chinese sim.

Good luck :svetius:
[Mate 8 General] Grolsch1:
Why would you need a chinese sim??

I have NXT-AL10C00, this is the Chinese version with dual sim, 4GB ram, 128GB storage.. Bought from China.

I am using this phone i Norway with Norwegian sim card, and i'v recived many OTA updates.

I'm now on android 7.0/EMUI 5.0.1

Never had a non Norwegian sim in it.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
u mean emui 5.01? 5.1 isnt available (yet) for mate 8 afaik....?
[Mate 8 General] Sojiroska:
Good day, people. Any help on a ROM? I am currntly stuck in NXT-L09C900B320 (Marshmallow/Emui 4.0). Could anyone please help me to update to Emui 4.1? To Nougat/Emui 5.0? Thanks a lot.
[Mate 8 General] Grolsch1:
Yes 5.0.1 Edited my post....
[Mate 8 General] elias_ck:
hey,, any links for this one Nxt-l29c185b582 .

thank you
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
You can get it on FF....
[Mate 8 General] dante-fu:
L29C432B582 up on FF.

Not yet approved for installation. What is the Android security patch for B582 guys?
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
5th August, 17... That is the only change in this version as per changelog.
[Mate 8 General] dante-fu:
That's bad. We need the KRACK (wifi vulnerability) fix that's in November patch since these are probably the last updates we are getting.
[Mate 8 General] lvrksn:
hi everyone. I have a nxt-tl00 mate 8 and It came with the rom changed to the European version nxt-l29c900b156 and im not getting updates. I have already unlocked the bootloader and installed twrp and rooted it. I know im not getting updates because of the rom versión. which one should I install to get the nougat update??thanks!!
[Mate 8 General] Mostar088:
C432 if u want the European version.
[Mate 8 General] lvrksn:
so, I can flash that version on my actual version and would have no problem and get the updates? thanks for replying
[Mate 8 General] Mostar088:
No, u must first rebrand your phone by flashing oeminfo from C432.
[Mate 8 General] lvrksn:
ok. thanks, im understanding how it works now, I've always done quite easier with other devices but this one has their tricks to make it work..
[Mate 8 General] Mostar088:
If u still are on MM best is to use SrkTool to debrand.
[Mate 8 General] lvrksn:
can I brick my phone by changing the OEM info with skrtool?
[Mate 8 General] Mostar088:
U can always brick the phone if u do it the wrong way.

If u follow the guide there will be no problem. There is a video guide how to do it, u must unlock bootloader and install TWRP and root the phone first if you have not done it yet.
[Mate 8 General] lvrksn:
thank you very much, you've been really helpful
[Mate 8 General] lvrksn:
i am going to start flashing c432.which version should i flash to get the updates?or its indiferent?.thanks!!

NXT-L29C432B137

NXT-L29C432B152

NXT-L29C432B180

NXT-L29C432B301

NXT-L29C432B192

NXT-L29C432B320
[Mate 8 General] Mostar088:
U need a full ota firmware if u can find, does not mather which one of them.

Where did u find the firmwares?
[Mate 8 General] lvrksn:
in the first page of this thread.
[Mate 8 General] Mostar088:
Most of them has been removed from the server.

U can only use B180 or B192
[Mate 8 General] lvrksn:
so,i can use any of those 2 and will be fine?.thanks!!
[Mate 8 General] Mostar088:
Yes it should work, then u can download Firmware Finder from Play Store and update manually if u dont get OTA to Nougat.
[Mate 8 General] lvrksn:
Im on nougat right now. Thank you again for you guide. You were very helpful
[Mate 8 General] kristophers:
Hello, the links don't work, I need the file for NXT-L29C636B170. Could anybody help me?
[Mate 8 General] waspen123:
Hi! I haven't gotten any updates in forever, seems I am still on b170 (NXT-L29C636). How come? Should I not get updated?
[Mate 8 General] daser4berlin:
New Chinese version on firmware finder!
[Mate 8 General] frugalpov:
Help!!!

I'm having trouble flashing stock firmware, I followed this guide https://xdaforums.com/mat...riant-t3487205 and ended up with C900B133, which is a useless build. I want to upgrade maybe to NXT-L09C636B596 (my device was originally NXT-L09C636B191). What steps do I need to take, my device is rooted, TWRP installed, and adb/fastboot ready with the update.app and HuaweiUpdateExtractor ready. I just can't seem to find any stock firmware, like full firmwares, which is what this thread was supposed to be about?
[Mate 8 General] aaron13:
Have you tried the firmwarefinder app? The res also an xda forum for it.

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[Mate 8 General] frugalpov:
Doesn't work, firmware finder only has updates not full firmwares
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1889/g1755/v96289/f1/full/filelist.xml
[Mate 8 General] frugalpov:
How do I use this?? It links me to a bunch of code
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
give me thanks first and will tell....:)

just remove filelist.xml in the end from the url and put three package names you see one by one. put uodate.zip..press enter and your download will start...then second and then third....these are in blue fonts..
[Mate 8 General] frugalpov:
Sorry these instructions are too vague, do you mean search for something in Firmware Finder? If so, what do I search for and what tab do I put the search term?

I removed filelist.xml, the webpage didn't load. Can you specify what the package names are, and what to do after getting the update.zip file, is it only 1 file or 3?

EDIT: I removed filelist.xml and put update.zip, that gave me a file. But these two, update_data_full_public.zip and update_full_NXT-L09_hw_spcseas.zip don't lead to files.

What files are you giving me and how did you find them???
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
just install firmware finder from app store and download the firmware there ;)
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
best is to load them through FF phone app. This firmware is there. It will guide you through proxy wifi settings and you will get the update in system updater only...

To download the othe two files, remove 'full' before filelist.xml and then insert those and your download will start.

edit...showing error for th other two files. may be the files are removed from the server
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
Rejoice friends....new firmwares coming, visible on FF now

L29C185B583, L09C636B598, L29C636B594

Happy New Year to all....:)
[Mate 8 General] lysiong:
But Huawei not yet approved
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
Takes some days but it comes for sure...
[Mate 8 General] daser4berlin:
Yeah.. There are a little christmas present...
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
Congrats....

I got this.....:(

Well it will come in sometime. Quota over. Just 10 quota. Huawei is kidding.....:)
[Mate 8 General] Grolsch1:
New update for NXT-AL10C00 today
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
december security patch, nice :)
[Mate 8 General] Apad121:
I really do hope that the Mate 8 gets one more major update at least to EMUI 5.1. The Mate 8 is an awesome device.

I've just gotten the Huawei Mate 10 pro. Honestly the battery life on the Mate 8 is better.

The speed of both devices are actually comparable. The Huawei Mate 8 really does stand up amazingly well.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
nowadays, cpu, ram and storage performance has reached a level where even current midrange devices are more than fast enough to properly run android and most apps without any lag. so highend hardware as in the mate 10 pro would only be really challenged during intense multitasking or gaming.

here i thought that the mate 10 pro had the same battery capacity at 4000 mAh but was more power efficient due to its hardware? huh...
[Mate 8 General] frugalpov:
please help I tried rollback to new version, got error sparse flash write failure while flashing system, but already flashed boot and cust, now stuck in bootloop.

I need to find firmware and somehow flash, please tell me how to do this. I think I also overwrote recovery as well

EDIT: Rayglobe Italian Knife saved me. I still can't figure out how to update to an official nougat though keep getting stuck at test-keys

EDIT2: I guess not, I'm still stuck at sparse flash write failure

EDIT3: DC Phoenix saves the day
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
more info...which version you were on before, which you flashed? which recovery? how you flashed?
[Mate 8 General] frugalpov:
I actually got it fixed, but I'm curious as to what I should've done. I had flashed C636B5xx using TWRP, dload doesn't work for me, then I ended up with NRM test-keys version or something. Then, I tried writing C432B5xx and got a sparse write error, using fastboot, then tried to flash another set of cache.img cust.img system.img userdata.img from another post, and ended up stuck in a bootloop because I flashed cache and cust and couldn't flash system. Then I tried again, flashed boot from C432Bxx and couldn't write system again, So infinitely stuck in bootloop. Had to pay my way out because I thought I screwed myself over too hard. During the firmware installation I saw that my firmware was still on NRM test-keys...

Can you tell me which firmware, any region, is best for Mate 8 so I can make the most out of the software while I still have it?
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
dload doesnt work in nougat. You should have updated through FF with stock recovery. NRD because you were not able to flash data files.

Best nougat version is chinese with better battery life than any global nougat versions. If you are having a single SIM version, AL should be ok. For dual SIM , DL will be perfect.
[Mate 8 General] frugalpov:
How do you downgrade back to EMUI 4.0 and Marshmallow from nougat? Can you do it across regions, like downgrading from C636B5xx to C432B2xx?
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
There is a small rollback package from huuawei from nougat to interim....approx. 80 mb....get it and flash through dload via stock recovery. It will show as xxxB500...after that, you can dload your MM emui 4. Let me know once you do this.
[Mate 8 General] frugalpov:
I used the L09 version from here but it didn't work: https://xdaforums.com/mate-8/general/huawei-mate-8-downgrade-android-7-0-to-t3530999

I'm planning on using NXT-L09C432B180 firmware MM because I can't find any for C636
[Mate 8 General] frugalpov:
Help please I can't install SuperSu root on my TWRP on Mate 8... every time I try to install it randomly reboots in the middle of the process. Didn't root
[Mate 8 General] MikzTwix:
Looking for NXT-L29C636B196 Stock Firmware

Hi, guys, I hope You can help me I'm for stock recovery of NXT-L29C636B196 Stock Firmware so I can update officially my Huawei Mate 8 back to nougat.

My phone came back to life after a soft brick.

Hope you can help me.
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
I've been hunting round for a a stock firmware for my Mate8 (L09) which Magisk sadly stuffed up today. Thought all my problems were solved by this post until I discovered that all the firmware links at the start point to the huawei site which is no longer available.

So where else can we find the various firmware images, has someone made a new repository somewhere?

Cheers,
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
check out firmware finder by Team MT (google is your friend), its a huge repository for all official and inofficial huawei firmwares. be sure to read up on its settings and how to use them properly :)
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
Yeah, tried that but for some reason every time I try to install hisuite in my win8.1 vm it crashes windows (I run linux on the host) so I haven't been able to use that route as yet. Looks like I'll need to setup a new VM to get it working. (sigh)

Thanks anyway, much appreciated.
[Mate 8 General] Leo_83:
Firmware Finder is not the same as HiSuite and it is installed on your phone not on the computer
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
There are actually two versions, one for android and one for windows. I eventually got hisuite installed in a win 10 vm (God, I hate Win10!) then used FF to find the required firmware.

Unfortunately, since my phone is in a bootloop because of Magisk, I cannot connect the phone to HiSuite in order to run the Update function - I just can't win!

All I want is a bl***y firmware file, this is seriously putting me off rooting again.
[Mate 8 General] Leo_83:
Are you sure you have flashed the correct boot.img file?
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
I can't get the file(s) to flash, that's the problem.

Unless you're talking about Magisk in which case I let Magisk Manager do it all according to the recommendations - that's what screwed me up to start with. There's a whole bunch of posts from other users who upgraded from 14 to 15 and are now bricked, Samsung, LG, One+1 - we're all in a similar boat, 'cept I can't find the necessary files to recover my device.

Ho hum.
[Mate 8 General] apat26:
Let me know your exact full version and will try get you links...
[Mate 8 General] Leo_83:
Hmmm... When you say you can't flash the files, is it because your bootloader is locked?
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
are u able to enter fastboot or recovery at least? that would definitely help...
[Mate 8 General] Leo_83:
My thought exactly, he should be able to get to fastboot but there see locked phone
[Mate 8 General] mtbsoft.:
Guys, you haven't read my posts properly. The phone is unlocked, (was) rooted and (was) running Magisk 14. The problem is that I cannot find working links to the stock image(s) I need to try to restore the unit to stock.

I'd be indebted if you did. I tried using firmware finder in a windows vm, but the step that downloads the firmware via hisuite requires the phone to be connected and, since it doesn't boot, it can't work.

It's a Mate 8 NXT-L09C636B5nn (nn = whatever you can find). It was running Nougat with EMUI 5 but I'm happy to put MM on and then upgrade, just be happy to get it working again.
[Mate 8 General] Leo_83:
Well actually you stated that you needed stock files. Where the answer you got was that you should try FF. You then replied that your phone was on bootloop and that you couldn't flash any files. We then tried to help you with that b part first, since if you can't flash files it doesn't matter if you get a hold of stock or not.

If you can get to fastboot and your phone is unlocked, you should flash the correct boot.img. Once the phone boots up you can install FF and download any stock files you like and flash those instead. Once you have flashed stock everything you can lock phone again.