[Huawei Nova/Nova Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, &] Xelfmade:
TeamWin Recovery Project 3.0.3

WARNING #1: Unlocking BL and flashing a custom recovery voids your warranty. Please make sure to contact your carrier/seller if your phone is still under warranty after unlocking the bootloader.

WARNING #2: Make sure you have enabled OEM unlock and unlocked bootloader before trying to flash this. How you can successful root and install TWRP will be described below.

WHAT IS TWRP?

Oh come on, you know what it is - don't try to fool me!

In case you're serious, though...

Team Win Recovery Project is a custom recovery for Android devices.

It allows you to back up and restore your data, flash custom ROMs to your device, repair broken file systems, and root your device.

HOW-TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER

Get bootloader Unlock code here (for more Information look in this thread)

Install minimal adb and fastboot

Plug in your phone and make sure all huawei drivers got installed

Enable developer options in settings as described above.

Enable OEM unlock, enable USB debugging (both in developer options)

Open the adb tool you installed recently

Type fastboot devices (now a device number should show up)

Type fastboot reboot-bootloader (your phone will now boot into bootloader, if not, you haven't set up drivers or adb/fastboot correctly)

This step will wipe all your data! Type:

fastboot oem unlock xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(xx is for your unlock code)

Ones it's done type:

fastboot reboot

Your phone will reboot and you have an unlocked bootloader!

You can now go on installing TWRP on your device

HOW-TO INSTALL

Make sure you enabled OEM unlock in settings, if you haven't please do that now by tipping 10 times on build number (to activate developer options), than open developer options and go to OEM unlock, enable it

Have an unlocked bootloader is required! (In my case, I called huawei and received the unlock code 12 hours later)

Download the TWRP recovery from the download section below

Make sure you got fastboot drivers installed (I will describe this below in how to unlock your bootloader)

Open the adb/fastboot application on your pc and go to the directory where your TWRP img file is downloaded

Boot your phone into download mode (First method: fastboot reboot-bootloader while connected to pc. Second method: power off your phone, hit power on and volume down until it boots to download mode)

Check again if there is written: unlocked phone!

If yes type now into your adb/fastboot terminal:

fastboot flash recovery twrp_huawei_generic_a53_YYYYMMDD.img

Type:

fastboot reboot

Now boot into recovery by pressing: power+volume up+volume down at the same time

Enjoy twrp

HOW-TO ROOT

Backup, just in case

Have an unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed from above (take one from december)

We will use this root method: Phh's superuser

Download latest official phh superuser zip here.

Put the zip on your external sd card of your phone (since we can't access /data in twrp)

Boot into twrp and flash the downloaded file

Install latest Material phh apk: Release post

Now you are rooted, congrats!

SUPPORTED DEVICES

CAN-L01

CAN-L11

MLA-L03

(Test your Device, if you want to take the risk, and I'll add it to this list ;) )

DOWNLOAD

CHANGES

21.12.2016: First release.

22.12.2016: Backup all your partitions.

16.02.2017: Cleanup, little fixes bump to 3.0.3-0 (Note: Root is just supported for 3.0.2)

17.02.2017: Turn Crypto off again.

KNOWN ISSUES

Encryption is not supported yet!

SOURCE CODE

TWRP: TWRP source code (7.1 branch)

Device tree (International: hwcan (master branch)

CREDITS

TWRP master [MENTION=5672995]jcadduono[/MENTION]

For helping a newby: [MENTION=5899304]Tkkg1994[/MENTION]

CONTRIBUTIONS

Gerrit for TWRP: Omni gerrit

Gerrit for officially supported devices: TWRP gerrit

XDA:DevDB Information

TWRP for Huawei Nova, Tool/Utility for the Huawei Nova/Nova Plus

Contributors

Xelfmade

Source Code: https://github.com/Xelfmade/android_device_huawei_hwcan

Version Information

Status: Beta

Current Beta Version: 3.0.3-0

Beta Release Date: 2016-12-22

Created 2016-12-21

Last Updated 2017-02-17

XDA:DevDB Information

TWRP for Huawei Nova, Tool/Utility for the Huawei Nova/Nova Plus

Contributors

Xelfmade

Source Code: https://github.com/Xelfmade/android_device_huawei_generic_a53

Version Information

Status: Beta

Current Beta Version: 3.0.3-0

Beta Release Date: 2016-12-22

Created 2016-12-21

Last Updated 2017-02-17