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[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] effemmeffe:
Stock phone app

I just bought the p9 lite and discovered I hate the emui.

So I changed the launcher to google launcher, found a nearly stock theme and tried to install the google phone app, but I got a message on google play that says that the app in son compatible with my phone.

Why is that?

Is there some way I can get the stock dialer on my phone?

TIA
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Jeik:
You do know you can install CM 13,right?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] effemmeffe:
I'd rather keep the phone unrooted and with default system, so I can get the OTA and don't have any problems with the warrant.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Jeik:
Hmm.

Have a look at the Themes and Apps section,I made a thread on which I posted a link to the Google Phone apk.

Install it as a normal apk and just give it all permissions through Settings.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] effemmeffe:
Ok, I'll give a try, thanks.

Once installed as apk I can uninstall it like a normal app, right?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Jeik:
Yep.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] emkaer:
reboot after installing ota vns-l31c150b161

hey guys, have serious problem with rebooting after installing ota vns-l31c150b161 fw update from b131 i think. phone is unlocked, it had twrp, root, xposed.

fw update went through without error, just wanted to reinstall twrp and xposed, got error no space left on device while xposed installation,

now system boots, and reboots after 1-3 minutes.

removed xposed and twrp with its modules, still happens. free ram shrunk from ~1.7g to 0-500mb since fw update.

any help on this or phone is bricked to death? factory reset via erecovery doesnt work either.

thx in advance

..nevermind, now it's full bricked )):
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] jonpenn101:
Ok I need some help, I tried to unlock my bootloader, and it didn't work now I get a screen asking me to ""Type password to decrypt storage" I've never set a password and have no idea what to do, I am currently downloading the latest firmware so I can put it in the dload folder on my sd card to try a full reset but i'm unsure this will work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Fixed this myself with the 161 firmware and a factory reset!!
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] monahank:
Hi all,

Considering purchasing a P9 lite - reviews look great, apart from the EMUI stuff. Having been a Moto user for the past few years, I want to stick with a stock Android (or near stock) experience.

So, realistically, is it possible with the P9 lite? From what I can gather, there seems to be two main routes:

1. Launchers, Themes and Stock Google apps

It seems a bit of a minefield out there and I see conflicting reports about how effective some of the launchers/themes are at returning the phone to stock appearance and functionality.

Will a mixture of themes/launchers/stock apps get me back to the stock experience?

2. ROMs

I did see the Revolution Nougat ROM - would anyone reccomend it? I'm familiar with rooting and installing ROMs on Android, but I'd rather avoid that (warranty reasons) in the short term unless this ROM was particularly stable.

Can anyone advise? Thanks!
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
get a Nexus or try to live with emui... also we have CM13 that is more that beta at this moment... like a beta stable... or a stable beta... now really... it's a good phone but the software is the problem... if you like to tweak your device get a Nexus
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] effemmeffe:
I had the moto g3 too and found the EMUI very disappointing at first.

Now I use google launcher, a theme took somewhere here, can't remember where, installed stock apps and it looks a lot to my moto stock.

I even considered to sell the p9 lite since it was new, but now I'm pretty used to it and I don't find a big difference with the stock experience, I don't have money to buy a nexus and I don't really get why the new motos are so big or so low on specs for the moto play so I'll stick with the p9 lite.

The only thing I can't do well is the theming: the theme I found changes some icons and some not, and some of them are not really stock, just similar. But I can live with it.

I also had to install the contact and dialer from apk since I can't find them on play. You can find the apks in a post from The Marionette in the p9 lite section. It was pretty easy.

I'd rather not root the phone until it's on warrant.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Dankmeme:
I thought that I could easily live with EMUI. But it was quite disappointing. Im waiting for a finished version of cyanogenmod, or any custom rom. Tbh if you're really not into EMUI, I would get a different device instead of waiting for a custom rom. Its sad that a launcher can ruin such a great phone. But hey if you can live with EMUI, or decide to wait for a custom rom, its an awesome device for its price.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Potato997:
I can suggest you Xiaomi Mi5, it has a great community support and the price is alike P9 Lite. Better go with a Snapdragon 820 than a Kirin ;)
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] monahank:
Thanks snapdesign, effemmeffe, Dankmeme and Potato997 - really good, informative answers!

I think I might just have to stick with Moto. I looked at Xiaomi (including the Mi5), but my network (GiffGaff, UK) used band 20 for 4G/LTE and none of the Xiaomi models within my budget seem to support it.

It's a pity, the P9 lite looks great otherwise! Thanks for the answers and I hope you get some great ROMs soon!
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] bananas33:
I put the B160 OTA update for my L31C440 (latest in Firmware Finder) in /dload/ on the sdcard, did the dialer code to install and waited as it apparently went through correctly, but afterwards the version in About Phone is still showing B132. Am I missing something? Anyone else managed to update an EE P9 lite?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Ajp30:
Can anyone give me a direction written in english in order for me to downgrade from android n to mm? Thanks
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] iMatteo97:
Hi, i have a questione...

Who install nougt beta if now im on cm?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Ajp30:
You need to revert back to stock rom then you can try either update through the updater or you can follow the directions here on some threads
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
I need some help guys...i helped a few people to get the unlock code from huawei and now i have a 6 month ban to ask any more codes...i`m not near a computer for the moment so...if someone is willing to get the code for me, i would be grateful...PM and i will give you all the info needed...thanks!
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] bananas33:
Replies to self :( Full install worked fine, still no clue why OTA seemingly fails to update.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] cr33po:
Hey guys.

I have an interesting question... But first I'll try and explain my situation. My P9 lite had unlocked bootloader, rooted and had a model number of L31C02B123. And things where good, but I wanted Dual Sim. And I sometimes get very confused between all the threads and now my phone is Dual Sim, but bootloader is locked(also lost root) , it's product key and model number has changed. What's worse it's validation at boot fails(in red text). My bootloader number doesn't work anymore so I can't do anything to my knowledge to rectify. My model number now is L31C02B123!!??

So now the interesting question... :confused: Does that model even exist and also where or what can get me starting to fix this. I have no problem with reading, but I don't know where to begin even.....

Some guidance will be appreciated.

Thanx:fingers-crossed:

Thinus
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] frnkdaves:
if I unroot by rooted phone, will get the official update? or once I rooted my phone I can't get official update anymore despite I unroot my phone?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Kbeinor:
https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p9lite/help/huawei-p9-lite-vns-l21-massive-fail-t3576834

Could you help me out?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] :
Ok thanks. But have you tested?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
i have the bootloader unlocked from day one and still get OTA... in my knowledge you can't install OTA with twrp so i flash the stock recovery, update, install twrp again and root... it's a bit troublesome but i didn't find another solution

thanks button is below
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] :
Thx mate!

I will do this today. I really love double tap to wake and multiwindow

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But how i relock my bootloader?

I just type : Fastboot oem relock *insert code*

And that's all? No need to put boot.img or something?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
just fastboot oem lock, if you want stock recovery flash recovery.img... if you are interested you can activate hidable navbar too, I'll post a mini guide if you would like[/QUOTE]
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] :
[/QUOTE]

I heared typing fastboot oem lock will only reboot to fastboot. Is it true?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
I heared typing fastboot oem lock will only reboot to fastboot. Is it true?[/QUOTE]

honestly didn't try... but why would you like to lock the bootloader? you know Carriers can see that you already unlocked it right?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] SevenSlevin:
The VNS-L31C432B151 stock firmware is for all P9 Lite model VNS-L31.

The fact of dual sim or mono sim depends on your oeminfo. If you have oeminfo vns-l31 mono sim you will b151 mono sim, if you have oeminfo vns-l31 dual sim you will get b151 dual sim.

Another thing that you will know is about the C432. C432 is for no brand europe version. If you have a brand version with C02 (vodafone) for example, after flashing the stock firmware VNS-L31C432B151 you will get C900:

VNS-L31C900B151 (worldwide I think)

NOT: VNS-L31C432B151 (no brand europe), VNS-L31C02B151 (vodafone brand). Same is for others brand (I think)

NOTE: As Default (without changing oeminfo, unlocking bootloader etc), the B150 is for dual sim and the B151 is for mono sim like it was for B130 and 131. And as defaut, as I know, the dual sim if for VNS-L21 model (2gb ram) and the mono sim is for VNS-L31 model (3gb ram).
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] :
Help!

On the official emui unlock bootloader code wesite, i can't see the verification code(it shows only the error icon)

Can i fix it? Is there another way to get the code?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
what browser do you use?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
someone asked for a way to hide the navbar like in other huawei devices... download this and follow the video guide https://mega.nz/#!FAJUgAZB!fJEuK0VpovQ2SFtwyFNrDG0KEB0kg5P2efDrhgURhEM also add this line to build prop ro.config.hw_touchplus_enabled=true
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] :
I used internet explorer, chrome, firefox, opera. Still nothing
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] SevenSlevin:
Most of us had had that problem. Try to surf on Huawei website using chinese version (help yourself after using google translator).

Watch also here in XDA a guide that help you what to do after using chinese version of site.

Here it is:

http://xdaforums.com/huawei-p9lite/how-to/guide-unlock-bootloader-twrp-root-t3405701
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] EnzoDC:
When will be the next update of our P9 Lite? Also, what could be the upcoming updates?

Any info on that?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
i think we should get emui 5 with Android 7 until the first quarter of 2017... my best guess is January 2017... no official response from huawei about the update... until then we will get incremental updates with latest security commits
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] EnzoDC:
I hope they do these updates:

- Remove limit of 9 Quicksettings option, extend them to scrollable (vertically or horizontally)

- Black theme for SystemUI

- When dragging icons in home launcher, App Info will show along with Uninstall; currently its only Uninstall when you drag an app

- Fix light sensors, as the light sensor doesn't switch immediately when needed. (Dark place, display is still a tad too bright, pressing the auto brightness off then on fixes it)

- LED Lights must be customizeable, tried using LED Manager and our LED notif light has Cyan, wanted to use it for Messages, but restart the phone returns it to green or simply leave it for a while and it returns to green

- GPS calibration should be properly fixed, Im in various places most of the time

- Double tap to wake/ sleep (Via notification panel on top) should be there by default (Most phones already have it, its already a standard, I dont get why P9 Lite doesnt have it)

- Screen gestures (When phone is off, ability to make gestures work. Eg. Drawing C on screen turns on Camera, can be changed with any other app, Zenfone 2 has this)

- Themes should be more customizeable; must have the option like in CM 13, Style only, Font only, No wallpaper, and so on

- Try to make OTG compatibility work (As there are OTG folders within the phone as per our dev)

- Quickcharge? Possible? Hopefully.

- Navigation bar can be themed/ changed

What else?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
most of your request are present in emui 5, others can be achieved with root and themes... also search about Substratum, it's a theme engine, better than cm in my opinion... it won't work on system ui but you can change font, nav bar, status bar, google apps and a few others...
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
this is an example of substratum... works with any stock Android 6+ but needs root

Two lines settings and invisible navbar
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] EnzoDC:
Where did you see the EMUI 5? Cause we all currently have 4.1

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Ah. Im not fond of such feature but thanks for showing me!
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
on p9 and mate 8... they have it for a while... it's a beta test

you said your wanted navbar customization...
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] EnzoDC:
Oh.. will check on that. Thanks for the heads up. Am still hoping for the other features
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Klorec:
How can I update my VNS-L21 to B151 with the update.zip file? (no root)
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
Create a folder named "dload" and put the extracted update.app from the zip there, reboot and update...
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Klorec:
Thank you, snapdesign, that worked. I can confirm that on the VNS-L21 the transition from B130 to B151 is smooth and the dualsim functionality remains intact. The phone seems more responsive and faster, and some app named HiGame was installed, but can be uninstalled immediately.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
Thanks for sharing the info with us about the update
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] :
If i install the multiwindow and the double tap to wake, i will still get OTA?

I have the stock recovery. I can flash them by uaing Flashify. I installed root using TWRP and then i plaved the stock recovery back.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] :
Thx :D
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
There is a thanks button for that... also in some cases you will lose the apk in system so back them up, also backup the build prop because you will lose the modified lines
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Gregoire187:
Hello all !

A little question from a noob guy ...

I live in France.

I've a P9 Lite. The rom is number : VNS-L31C530B106 ....

So if I unterstand well the different version of Huawei Rom, I'm with the B106 version and a specific version of my operator (Bouygues Tel). Is-it right ?

Is-it possible for me to upgrade my phone with the rom VNS-L31C432B130 or VNS-L31C185B130 ?

What's the best for me ?

Thx in advance !

P.S. : Sorry for my poor english ...
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
quick answer, none...i will search for your firmware and edit this answer
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] cybero2912:
as far as I know editing build.prop without root is only possible via ADB in TWRP recovery

and for installing TWRP custom recovery you need an unlocked bootloader...
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
you can push build prop via adb on pc
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] cybero2912:
I can try but I don't think that I can overwrite or edit the build.prop without root
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Gregoire187:
So I've made some research about it ...

I've flashed the VNS-L31C900B151 version on my P9Lite, and it's working great :)
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
Your can change oem to Europe and flash the firmware for Europe if you want to..
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] nepsprite:
this probably has a silly fix aa

So I was led down the other day, picked my phone back up and this one apps font size went from Normal to Huge. I've checked my display settings and it's just this one app.

VNS-L31C440B132
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
what app is that? you give it permission to accessibility?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] :
I fully unrooted my P9 lite

When i use the lock command, it says (command not allowed)

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It's about the lock bootloader command

The relock bootloader command works....but not the locked bootloader command
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] harisyks:
Hey guys. Is there any way to uninstall the task killer on P9 Lite? Like uninstall or delete an apk from /system or remove some system app??
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
yes you can but you will lose access to battery and more... you can disable first to see what harness on your device...i did once but after that i couldn't access battery stats so...i keep my phone on performance, important apps i make them system apps or let them ignore battery optimization
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] MrThomasAnderson:
Hello, did you noticed any improvement in performance? Multitasking, app opening etc.. :) my phone is 2gb RAM and apps get killed a lot, even a protected ones.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Dankmeme:
I'm using nova launcher and I turned scrollable background off but once I set a wallpaper it becomes glitchy and only the left part of my background has a wallpaper and the bright part is black. I found out how to prevent that by zooming out at scrollable once I select a photo but is there a way to just set a wallpaper without zooming out.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
EMUI 4.1.1? just noticed this
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] velimirs22:
Hi guys, I have two questions. First, how can I move apps data from internal memory to SD card? And second, does our phone have a front camera flash? Thanks :)
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
1. Root essentials app in play store

2. no... it lights up the screen thought
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] harisyks:
What apps did you disable?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
phone manager
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] MrThomasAnderson:
Just updated my phone to B151 and noticed the same. And a small boost in performance ;)
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
yeah it definitely seems more snappy after the update...
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] bubus44:
[/QUOTE]

VNS L21C432B151 This single SIM?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] harisyks:
VNS L21C432B151 This single SIM?[/QUOTE]

No, I have the L21 and can confirm that the update does not remove the dual SIM functionalities.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
i flashed it on dual sim and works...i didn't took a look in the update... may be that it will work on signed sim to but I'm not sure...i would recommend to wait

edit: L21C432B150 update here http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1164/g104/v60859/f1/full/update.zip
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Claleale:
No i upgrade from vns l21 c432b130 dual sim and now i have c432b151 dual sim!
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] bubus44:
Thanks for the quick reply me VNS L21C432B131 single-SIM will have to do it? Sorry if I get sick because of the translator
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] velimirs22:
Hi, its me, again . I have a problem, when I go on google chrome or whatsapp screen brightness get reduced to a certain level and become a little dark, and when I get out of the app screen brightnes is normal again. I tried to restart the phone but it didnt help. Is there any solution?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
on what firmware are you?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] velimirs22:
l21c432b131
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
I'm using a custom build prop but i took a look on the one in b151... don't know if it's in b131 too... they added some protection for the eyes... look in build prop for ro.config.hw_eyes_protection=7
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] SevenSlevin:
That is cause of Power plan = Smart.

If you go in Phone manager> Battery manager > Power Plan, and change it from Smart to Performance, You will not have that problem.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] marcin111177:
Hi.. can someone tell me how to change dpi?

Wysłane z mojego HUAWEI VNS-L21 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] velimirs22:
Thanks, it worked :)
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
build.prop editor it's an easy mode
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Jeik:
So,some have the 151 update,and the latest package people can download is 150,right?

I mean,I am stuck on 130 "officially",so anything is progress. xD
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Klorec:
I assume most of us are officially stuck on 130 (at least with the C432 region version). Pretty much anything you can do is to update your device manually with one of the links in the forum (as I did). It's worth it, the B151 updates EMUI to 4.1.1 and improves overall performance and reactions of the device, plus adds some minor features that I haven't tried out yet.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Jeik:
I can't find the link to the 151 firmware,to be honest...

Can I maybe update to 151 from my phone after I installed the 150 one?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Klorec:
Can we upgrade this on VNS-L21C432B130 dual sim?[/QUOTE]

Here is the link (actually in the second post of this thread) :) No need to go 130->150->151, I updated from 130 directly to 151 and everything works just fine.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] ndroid1562:
I have VNS L31 version how can I get the update...?
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Klorec:
You can download from here
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] ndroid1562:
And then install in TWRP? Do i lose root if i update??
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] Klorec:
My device is not rooted, so I am not sure. From what I've heard, you should be able to update normally (put into dload folder in storage and reboot) and it should install but you'll lose root and your bootloader will become locked again. I think you should be able to find an answer on the P9lite forums, but I'll leave the definitive answer to someone more experienced.
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] ndroid1562:
Ok maybe someone more experienced can answer this question (see the last 2 posts): Does a software update kill root, unlocked bootloader and twrp etc.? Dont want to do the procedure again
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] lzimbrea:
Yes a software update will restore the stock recovery and will remove root. But bootloader will remain unlocked, so you don't have to wipe your data again
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] snapdesign:
yes you lose root and twrp... the bootloader will remain unlocked