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[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
At this moment, I'm downloading an new update: Nxt-AL 10C00B357. This is a big one: 583 mb. Very curious what this wil bring. Others who already installed this one ?
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
Aha, I didn't know that.
[Mate 8 General] ralphoberholzer:
Hi, new to Huawei phones, loving my Mate 8. I have a NXT-L29C605B100, don't seem to see any updates for this version. Is it posible to use another update? Phone is not rooted and locked bootloader, not looking to root it just now.

Thanks in advance
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
nevermind, wrong thread :)
[Mate 8 General] its the peanut:
Also something to think about. Android at this time has a new "function" that can totally hard brick your device and not to be recovered from ever again when the update fails and it is bricked (this also means all latest android phones, not just huawei, and if a failure happens in data encryption or something in these areas).

The function is to be found in the developer options after multiple tapping the build number in "about phone". This function is called "OEM Unlock" or bootloader can be unlocked or whatever, when the option is off NO ONE can acces your device after factory reset or a failure on the system that triggers it and you can NOT flash ANYTHING by adb fastboot etc not even an repair center, if the switch is turned on you can unlock your phone and/or fastboot flash a new firmware image. Meaning that lets say; your phone gets stolen and the person tries to wipe your phone (if its locked with a password of course) and it reboots the phone cannot be used untill the original owner signed in with his/her google account, and the person cannot even flash a firmware to bypass this function so the phone is totally useless. But in a case like a software update failure (soft/hard brick) can maybe trigger this and locks your device and due to the firmware has a failure it wont boot anymore and you cannot adb fastboot flash a firmware so your phone is useless.

If you guys get an ota update of download it from somewhere like xda, i suggest you first turn this option ON in case if install/boot fails you can still save your phone, and you can just turn it back off when youre done. (Enable OEM Unlocking: option is by default turned off that means the funtion is on, if you flip the switch to On it means you enable to flash adb firmwares and files).

MCV

Current devices:

HUAWEI: Mate 8, Mediapad M2 10.0, Ascend P7

HTC: One M7
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
[MENTION=5940383]its the peanut[/MENTION]

Thanks.

That's useful information
[Mate 8 General] ric76:
Hello everyone, I have a mate 8 al10 4g Ram 64gb gold, I want to put latest firmware European (live in Italy) which can I install you think? at this time I NXT-c900b180 thanks to all!
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
If you install google play store, contact sync and chrome, also update to AL10C00B357 from the op you probably prefer this rom. I know I do.

This rom have some benefits that European roms doesn't have.

See also.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3397796

The alternative is that you at least have to unlock and crossflash (this take a lot of effort). Or if you want a custom rom you also need to root.

I reversed back to stock and don't regret.

Oh almost forgot, I disabled every possible Chinese app.
[Mate 8 General] ric76:
I can insert a L29 firmware on a device AL10 right?

I would last emui version and solve the problems of the notifications

Ave bootloader
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
If you update to AL10C00B357 you won't have a notification problem either. It's solved in that rom also. Even in earlier roms.
[Mate 8 General] ric76:
And if I want to install L29? Any problems?
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
You need to unlock and root. Because you also need to change two system files. Read back to find out how to do everything. Also backup first to make it possible to go back to stock.
[Mate 8 General] its the peanut:
What are the benefits between yours and european?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn HUAWEI NXT-L29 met Tapatalk
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
There is fourth button in the navigation bar to hide it. swipe up to show again.

Oem unlock is not disabled and can't. The option is simply not available. Google can only enforce this if the play store is installed by default.

Not really spectacular, but nice.
[Mate 8 General] matshah:
I'm on emui 4.0 & c636b193 & not root...I'm downloading the b320...any prob if flash it?
[Mate 8 General] bluheart:
I would suggest you to stay on B193
[Mate 8 General] its the peanut:
Only the nav bar is is a good option. But nothing special.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn HUAWEI NXT-L29 met Tapatalk
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
Agree.

But after some work (disabling some Chinese programs and installing some others from apk mirror) I don't need an European rom anymore.

Now It is fully stock again with warranty and everything.
[Mate 8 General] its the peanut:
My device has warranty (even when rooted, EU law) and even if i dont get it (the store where i bought it from are very friendly and will give me my warranty anytime) its also has an insurance against theft, all damage and what so on. I keep my main devices stock, due to banking and payments and work (all my basic living stuff), havent rooted in barely 2 years.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn HUAWEI NXT-L29 met Tapatalk
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
My advice should be to keep it that way.

But your signature suggest you already have changed to L29. Haven't you?
[Mate 8 General] AndroMeise:
No. Dload is ok. Use C636B321.

MATE 8 NXT-L29, C636B3xx
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
+1
[Mate 8 General] its the peanut:
Nah its L29.

Europe/Netherlands device. 32GB storage 3GB ram dual sim version.

I also keep it stock because there is no development. even if there was there is not much that i need or want cause its already in stock. I might get a device for rooting again with a alive community for toying around.

Before this i had an ascend P8 (wich got stolen at a festival) and a P7 (still at my desk but not using it).

I will say that this is my second (flagship) phablet and its a very good device, huawei is doing a good job.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn HUAWEI NXT-L29 met Tapatalk
[Mate 8 General] Kramned015:
I'm in C900 but I don't know how to give you..
[Mate 8 General] Kramned015:
BTW, currently I'm in NXTC900B180 and I want to return from my previous one which is the NXTL29C185B180. Any suggestions which update works fine and stable? I'm also rooted. Please help me, thanks!
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
what'sfirmware B180 that you install? c185,c636,c432?
[Mate 8 General] naveedzeehsan2016:
Brother you not clear mension wich firmware thay are example lolipop or marshmallow
[Mate 8 General] bluheart:
Hahaha NOOBS factory!

Relax and stay with what you are
[Mate 8 General] its the peanut:
So i updated to NXT-L29-C432--B320... Facing one weird problem, on 4G data (or just not on wifi) it does not refresh apps, its like they are not selected in whitelist when screen turns off or something (but they obviously are), and if i connect to wifi it immidiatly synced everything... Think its Doze mode?

Anyone have an idea what this could be?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn HUAWEI NXT-L29 met Tapatalk
[Mate 8 General] Navin.T:
Any Update on NXT-L29C636B321

Its been quite some time there is no update for NXT-L29C636B321.

Can anyone update if there is any latest release for this Stock?

Navin
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
20160816. No news about new firmware.
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
I am a new mate 8 owner I have had mate 7 for 1.5 years so I usually done mostly manual updates because huawei and ota does not work good.

So what is the best update cycle for me ? my devices is cust 432 I am on I am on NXT-L29C432B180 right now.

I have noticed hiding the navigation bar does not work, it can be that the previous owner have done factory reset I know from the time with mate 7 this did take away the hide navigation bar.

So what is the best, can I downgrade to to first original stock ? and from there how do I update then is there any full versions so I can update directly and skip a few updates ?

just tell me please it would save a lot of time for me I want to setup my device as soon as possible but I need to figure out this update cycle first.
[Mate 8 General] dr.haitham010:
I was on L29c185b180 version and today I received ota update to L29c185b190 version.

The update is about 169 mega size.
[Mate 8 General] tsiglas:
Hide navigation bar only in Chinese version Al10 either if you are on first or last stock version you can't do anything... If you want to upgrade to 432B320 you can do it very easy with full 432B320 on first post....
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
Before buying this used phone that was also bought in sweden i cheked out in the physical store, and I tried it out for 20 minutes it could hide the nav bar... it was swedish version cust423.

How do I get back to the first version ? and which is the first version that mate 8 was shipped with ? i think if I go back to and do not do any factory reset when doing updates I think the hide navbar function will still exist, I know from mate 7 all people who did fatory reset after update did lose the hide navbar function. Software for mate 7 and mate 8 is very much alike...so I think the same problems applies to mate 8
[Mate 8 General] tsiglas:
You can't go back to B103 (that was the first rom) because there is no download link and if there was it will be for costum recovery with unlocked bootloader and root... So there is no way to get back to first rom that your phone was steeped
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
alright I understand so how can I go back to its orginal shape pre-factory reset firmware without root ? I know now once you go from emu 4.0 to 4.0 you cant go back to 4.1 so that is why I want to go back to the first rom then update to the latest it might be my best chance to get the hide navbar function working if I update to latest firmware the function might still not be there because the previous owner have done factory reset between updates.
[Mate 8 General] tsiglas:
I think that you can't sorry....
[Mate 8 General] its the peanut:
If you dont like the options this phone has, then first off dont buy this phone then or sell it. Second clearly you CANT go back.

There is a big difference between the mate 7 and 8. Mostly security changes that affect the bootloader.
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
I tried it in the store for 20 minutes and fall in love with it.

I just to hide the navbar just as I could do in the phone in the store

---------- Post added at 01:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:51 AM ----------

Is it possible to downgrade with the nornal local method to NXT-L29C432B137 from NXT-L29C432B180 then update straight to NXT-L29C432B320 ?

Hopefully if I downgrade to b137 first I might get hide navbar function back before I upgrade to emui 4.1

EDIT: After been reading the whole thread of 55 pages the conclusion is that I will stay on L29C432B180 , however I want to downgrade to the earliest possible firmware I Can find for my C432 if possible, I just want to get that question answered, if I can just install a earlier version over B180 with the normal dload procedure ? it is just as you upgrade ?

I will pass emui 4.1 , emui 5.0 and nougat is around the corner I want to wait for that one.
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
Maybe huawei changed hicould link address, I didn't found that version.

Anyone who can get OTA, C185,C432,C636 or any variant , pls help me get hicould link for full ROM and send inbox to me.

You can watch my VDO how to get hicould link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVmkql1un0g

[YOUTUBE]lVmkql1un0g[/YOUTUBE]
[Mate 8 General] dr.haitham010:
Sorry I tried video procedure but it seems like it must be done before applying update.

But I saved the update which is 169 mega on my device if you want it and have any benefit of it.

Sorry again but now I know procedure for any new update
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
Can you show me sub folder in your external sdcard/inrerna sdcardl folder HWOUC. ?
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
this is a link to b131 for l29 can i trust this iraq site ?

http://www.iraq99.com/vb/t10494035.html

i want to go back from b180 to as early rom as possible then go back to b180 maybe some functions like hide navbar, etc will come back that was orginally there with stock
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
why you want to go back?
[Mate 8 General] jcarme16:
I want to know if possible to change a L29 version to chinese version, thx
[Mate 8 General] bluheart:
Ok go ahead and.Do.it ;)

Your wish

That site is just a spamming site, If I recall correctly
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
cause the previous owner did ruin the firmware by doing factory reset, normally on other phones like samsung etc this is no problem with but with huawei firmwares it will lead to problems like some functions get deleted like hide navbar if you do factory reset... it does not hurt to try ?

can just people confirm i do not risk brick the phone going back to an eariler firmware instead of upgrading to a new one ?

---------- Post added at 04:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:44 PM ----------

it might the the stuxnet edition of the firmware :)
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
i would just do a total wipe and reinstall B180 :)
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
This was already done when I got the phone since he had done factory reset.

But as I said it seem with huwaei firmware you inherit certain functions and if you do not update in right order or if you do factory reset you will lose certain functions.

For instance on my Mate 7, in an older firmware in options I could set to have dataspeed shown in real time in status bar I really like this, however, it is no longer available in options to enable or disable the function yet I still have it.
[Mate 8 General] tsiglas:
As I have told you I think that you will have to leave with it... As I know there is no way to find your version first rom....
[Mate 8 General] dr.haitham010:
Sure
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
I will try to do install b180 on top of b180 with the dload method, it is possible that the owner before did update to b180 via ota and not full install and might have ****ed up things when doing factory reset.
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
I did update with http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v51244/f1/full/update.zip NXT-L29C432B180 that was in the first post in this thread with the dload method however the update went fine it did reboot and update but it did not wipe the phone all apps etc are there how do I do a 100% clean install of the b180 as I said the previous owner might have not used a full installer but done a ota update.

EDIT: I did just do a factory reset.
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
็hicould link , it show me B180
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
but after install , it shows b190 :)

I debrand from c636 to c185.
[Mate 8 General] dr.haitham010:
Its good

I was knowing you will get the link.
[Mate 8 General] sandsftime:
apparently most of the links for C636 are down
[Mate 8 General] bluheart:
Links keep getting updates and deleted
[Mate 8 General] mo2005:
hi all , how to downgrade from emui 4.1 to 4.0 ?
[Mate 8 General] bluheart:
Without root, you can't go to EMUI 4.0
[Mate 8 General] Kramned015:
I install C900, Android 6.0 emui 4.0

please kindly help.. Thanks somboons
[Mate 8 General] ViruS_upl0Aded:
Hey guys, I don't understand a thing in rooting, ROMs and everything... I received my Mate 8 today (NXT-AL10C00B197). What is the last update I can get for it and how ? I don't really want to root it, especially since I'm not an expert at all in this kind of thing... Thank you a lot !
[Mate 8 General] AndroMeise:
deleted

MATE 8 NXT-L29, C636B3xx
[Mate 8 General] bluheart:
You are already on the latest ;)
[Mate 8 General] ViruS_upl0Aded:
Really ? Why is EMUI in version 4.0 then ? I saw some Mate 8 in 4.1 ?? :p
[Mate 8 General] bluheart:
EMUI 4.1 is the launcher ;)
[Mate 8 General] tsiglas:
If you own AL10COO version then your latest update rom is in the first page NXT-AL10COOB357 and emui 4.1.... Download and install it via dload method (it's so easy to do it search for instructions) without root or unlocked bootloader but you have to know that if you don't like the update rom then you can't go back to emui 4.0

Or you will have to wait Huawei to give you OTA update if ever give you
[Mate 8 General] its the peanut:
Its weird that there is no rollback firmware available.

On the P7 and P8 there where for each update to an higher version of android or EMUI an rollback firmware to... Lets say... If you are on android 7 and you want to go back to android 6.0 you have to use the rollback package to downgrade back to android 6.0.
[Mate 8 General] tsiglas:
It's not weard... With emui 4.1 they change bootloader so that's why you can't go back to emui 4.0... Only with unlocked bootloader... Or Huawei service... And don't forget that Huawei haven't give emui 4.1 OTA... That means maybe when it does it will give you the possibility to go back to emui 4.0 who knows... Maybe when it does I would own Mate 10....
[Mate 8 General] ViruS_upl0Aded:
Thank you so much ! :)
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
nougat is out! now lets see how long it takes until a user asks for it :D

my bet is we will have to wait until mate 9 is out at the end of the year, with first mate 8 nougat firmware beginning of 2017... until then, ill be enjoying my kangvip b357 install, its perfect :)

Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
My guess would be mate 8 will get an official update within 3 month.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
lol B320 barely JUST came out, so relax. besides, the higher number itself doesnt necessarily mean its way newer and better, theyre just randomly selected numbers ;)

Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10
[Mate 8 General] adriangb:
OTA: NXT-L09C432B322

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v52487/f1/full/update.zip

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v51754/f1/full/changelog.xml
[Mate 8 General] danywalkert:
Changelog states is b320, not b322!
[Mate 8 General] yabadaa:
Hi, I have L29 C185

There is some confusion since NXT-L29C185B320 is not in the list.

Many of you say that NXT-L09C185B320 (wich is in the list) can be uploaded to dual SIM L29 and everything is working fine including dual SIM capability.

They posted a screenshot showing a correct build number NXT-L29C185B320 after the update with NXT-L09C185B320 ROM.

Am I correct?

Can I update my L29 with NXT-L09C185B320 without risk?

I'm very inexperienced with Android. I received my first Android (mate 8) yesterday.

Thank you
[Mate 8 General] bluheart:
Welcome to the Android world yabada

Yes you can safely update like I did!

Random numbers lol jbmc
[Mate 8 General] gnasher666:
I made the jump last night, so far so good. Everything seems to work fine currently although it may be too soon to really tell.

I did think the phone seemed a little sluggish once it booted up after the update but another reboot fixed that.
[Mate 8 General] EnriqueRSC:
Hello

I have a Mate 8 with NXT-L09C45B133 wich rom do you recommend to update my mate 8. please excuse my english, thanks
[Mate 8 General] Leo_83:
If you haven't touched the phone you should have everything stock (original recovery and locked bootloader), then you can just do the dload folder method to update your phone. There is really no need to unlock bootloader unless you are going to crossflash or want root access.
[Mate 8 General] flawlessul:
Thanks for feedback. I also updated yesterday. Everything looked good and I was hoping to avoid master reset. Unlucky, there was one issue, there were times when I receive a phone call and the phone did not ring.

Restart usually fix that but then this behavior would reappear. So I had to reset everything. Now, I've just finished restoring everything from backup, will see how it goes!
[Mate 8 General] keyid:
Seems to be a pattern of increasing version number with new releases no?

Yes I updated L29xx320 with L09xx320 firmware and everything seems to be good. About phone continues to show L29 version.

I left mine locked and unrooted, updated via dload folder method; all previous data/settings migrated over.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
*rollseyes* guys, i was talking about L29 vs. AL10 roms. u cant say that B331 for AL10 is "better" or "newer" than B320 for L29 just because 331 is a higher number than 320. THATS what i meant by "random numbers"!
[Mate 8 General] adriangb:
My bad, I got the links messed up. Here is what I was referring to:

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v52487/f1/full/changelog.xml

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v52487/f1/full/update.zip

I also found this:

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v53019/f1/full/changelog.xml

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v53019/f1/full/update.zip
[Mate 8 General] bluheart:
That's fine.Adrian :) thanks
[Mate 8 General] narcsoul:
what rom would you suggest as the best for HUAWEI NXT-L29 ?

i have b320 and i can see many lags in camera and ui ....

please let me know :)
[Mate 8 General] AndroMeise:
[QUOTE

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.

I also found this:

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v53019/f1/full/changelog.xml

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v53019/f1/full/update.zip[/QUOTE]

Is this C432B320 or ? ?

MATE 8 NXT-L29, C636B320
[Mate 8 General] tsiglas:
No my friend is you open 1st link xml you will see that is for L09C10 (One sim RUSSIA) B330
[Mate 8 General] Cerianes:
Lot of thx!
[Mate 8 General] danywalkert:
I have checked this one and it's for the L09 C432 But is only a 59 MB update, so be careful y'all.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
that would be pretty sweet and id be happy to be proven wrong in my assumptions ^^
[Mate 8 General] Minedevil:
Don't get your hopes up Emui 4.1 isn't released yet lol
[Mate 8 General] moon2boy:
Sorry boy, my Mate 8 (4/64GB, no root) has NXT-L29C185B320 plus EMUI 4.1 :o
[Mate 8 General] velepost:
And that is not OTA update..
[Mate 8 General] moon2boy:
Never mind, it is EMUI 4.1 :cool:
[Mate 8 General] JimBeam12:
It would be nice if people would stop spamming this thread and leave it clean for when an actual update comes.
[Mate 8 General] bluheart:
Stable Rom is all that's needed!

As the study shows, Sony has the rock.solid Rom, others are all so so so so ;)
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
Maybe they skip emui 4.1 all together in favor of emui 5.0 together with Android 7.0.

I know, I'm an optimistic ?
[Mate 8 General] its the peanut:
They will most possibly do that, they did it before with the P7 and P8

P7 was at android 4.4, and there was an test version of 5.0 but then they skipped that and released 5.1.1

With the P8 it started at 5.0.1 and a beta firmware to 5.1 was released but further updates where cancelled and project changed to 6.0 right away.

Would not be too surprising if they would pull the same job for the mate 8. Time will tell.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
in any case, 7 is looking good for the mate 8 :)

Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
New Firmware L29C636B200 :)

donate me if you can :)

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v59342/f1/full/changelog.xml

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v59342/f1/full/update.zip
[Mate 8 General] _Benj_13:
Possible to install by dload on C636B321?

Sent from Mate 8
[Mate 8 General] somboons:
without root , No.
[Mate 8 General] Navin.T:
B200 is EMUI 4.0 or 4.1?
[Mate 8 General] _Benj_13:
Thanks

Sent from Mate 8
[Mate 8 General] Navin.T:
New firmware is EMUI 4.1 or EMUI 4.0?
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
im guessing 4.0 because of the version number. if it were 4.1 it would be 3xx

Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10
[Mate 8 General] AbdulrahmanMG.07:
Yes this update is EMUI 4.0
[Mate 8 General] matshah:
Is it worth it to upgrade from NXT-L29C636B321? Thanks.