[Honor 5X Guides, News, & Discussion] kobos311:
I've noticed since I've followed the thread the days prior to my device arriving many have struggled to follow the current guides available. I am not responsible for your inability to read, bricked, or internally explosions on devices.

Step 1:

Go to your desktop and create a new folder I labeled mine 'KIWISDK' but you can call it whatever you want. This is where you will store all files during this process so you can easily access them.

[IMG="newfolder"]file:///C:/Users/Jesse/Desktop/desktopfolder.PNG[/IMG]

Step 2:

Create and save a blank Wordpad/Word document into the newly created folder on the desktop title it 'bootloadercode'

[IMG="bootloadercode"]file:///C:/Users/Jesse/Desktop/bootloadercode.PNG[/IMG]

Step 3:

Assuming you're not android developers or have the massive android SDK on your computers you need to download and install adb and fastboot from here.

Go ahead and put the installer in that folder just for safe keeping, run the exe to natively install adb/fastboot from anywhere on your PC. We will use this a few steps later.

Step 4:

Prior to unlocking your bootloader we have to do a few things first. Go ahead and power on your phone and go through the initial setup process.

You can use the following link (corrected from all the other ones) to create a new Huawei account (click register for free below the login. This website can be found here

Once you've created a user ID you can use this same link to access the bootloader unlock page later.

Step 5:

Once your device is fully initialized go to settings>about phone

[IMG="aboutphonescreen"]file:///C:/Users/Jesse/Desktop/aboutphonescreen.png[/IMG]

click the build number 7 times as shown above. It will display a toast notification that you are now a developer.

press the back button (2) up from the about phone area of the settings you will now see

file:///C:/Users/Jesse/Desktop/developeroptions.png

Be sure that the 'developer options', 'enable OEM unlock' and 'USB debugging' toggles are in the on position.

Step 6:

Open the Huawei website posted in step 4. Login and accept the terms.

On your device go to the dialer and type the following into the keypad:

*#*#1357946#*#* Open the bootloadercode document we created in step 2 and record this number here, leave the word pad open to record the unlock code created on the Huawei website.

With the website open,

Carefully go to About Phone> After you select smart phone and type your model number KIW-L24 into the website open your about Phone>Status enter your Serial number and IMEI number (if your IMEI 1 number doesnt work, try again with your IMEI 2 number. Make sure you have all numbers and letters in this step complete with accuracy. DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECK.

Product Identification is the number located on the wordpad/word document copy and past it into this area. Generate the unlock code after typing in the pin.

Copy and paste the generated number onto the wordpad document for future reference and save the wordpad document.

Step 7:

Download TWRP revovery from here

Download the 3.0.2.0 version and save it to your folder you created in step 1

Download SuperSU from here

Save it into the folder on your desktop.

Download opengapps here

Save which ever version you choose to your desktop file (I go with Nano and Micro) Be sure to select the ARM64 and android 6.0 versions.

Also at this time download your favorite custom rom from the ROM/Kernel portion of our website and store it in that file (be sure to check if it needs gapps flashed along with it) if it is a CM based ROM it has to have the gapps either way I always like to keep a gapps zip on my SD card.

Step 8:

Plug your phone into your computer, open your external SD card drag and drop the superSU zip, Open Gapps Zip, and rom if you selected one for future access.

open a command prompt (cmd from Cortana or runcmd in earlier versions of windows.

type the following:

adb reboot bootloader

Your phone should reboot with a white screen, once it has type the following:

fastboot oem unlock 5019482736699543

(these are the numbers the website generated for your specific Identification# copy and paste from the wordpad document 'bootloadercode' It is the 16 digit long code.

Your device will factory reset do not unplug the device until complete.

unplug the device and redo the initial setup. Once complete repeat step 5 to enable USB debugging

Step 9:

Plug the device back into your computer, open the cmd prompt window and type

adb reboot bootloader

FLASHING CUSTOM RECOVERY:

locate the twrp-3.0.2-0-kiwi.img we placed in the folder on your desktop

to ensure you dont misstype anything in the command prompt type:

fastboot flash recovery

then drag and drop the twrp-3.0.2-0.img file from the desktop folder to the cmd prompt

It will look something like this:

fastboot flash recovery C:\Users\Name\Desktop\KIWISDK\twrp-3.0.2-0-kiwi.img

**BE SURE THERE IS A SPACE BETWEEN recovery and C:\**

Hit enter.

Once complete type:

fastboot reboot

[IMG="adbscreenshot"]file:///C:/Users/Jesse/Desktop/screenshot%20of%20adb.jpg[/IMG]

Step 10:

Let your phone fully reboot, once rebooted Power off your phone.

NANDROID BACKUP - THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP

1) With the phone off hold volume up , the while holding volume up press and hold the power button. You will see the boot logo come up hold for about 2 seconds more and release ( just to ensure )

2)Your phone will boot into TWRP Recovery

3) PRIOR TO FLASHING ANYTHING: Click Backup

Select your External SD card to backup too.

Swipe to backup.

once the STOCK ROM is backed, you can flash the superSU zip from your sd card rooting the stock rom, be sure to wipe cache/dalvik before rebooting.

If you choose to flash a custom rom you placed on your SD card: once stock is backed up:

1. Go to wipe and swipe to wipe stock

2. hit back and go to install

3. select the ROM file you wish to flash

4. select the gapps file

5. you can include SU even if rom is already rooted

wipe cache/dalvik and then reboot. Happy flashing!