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[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] mscion:
Hi. Was just wondering if you considered the Xiaomi Mi Mix? Seems to be getting a bit more development than Mate 9. Bigger screen with much smaller bezel. Maybe some other features not as nice as Mate 9. While I'm pretty happy with Mate 9 I occasionally peak at their thread.

https://xdaforums.com/mi-mix
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] misal6666:
If you do not know what baidu is then I am sad to inform you that you are missing out on more then 50% of beautiful custom ROMs out there. Chinese devs tend to upload only on that website and we gotta deal with it. The way the website is built is we cannot have high downloads speed in North America but it cannot be helped. I try to mirror it on Mega/Google Drive but downloading those ROMs once is a painful process.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] azukayx:
I have played with the mi mix... that phone is seriously slippery and delicate. Have to case on at all times. Also it is heavy.

Personally I do not think it is a very good phone for playing media. Since there are no bezels at all it is impossible to hold it comfortably without obstructing the screen. Don't even think about using it in bed without a rear attachment that loops around your fingers, you will drop it on your face :crying: it will hurt.

Oh, the camera sucks too.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] mscion:
Yes, several folks have complained about the camera. Many replace with app called Snap Camera. Not sure how much better the pics are with that app. I would definitely slap a case on that device before I did anything. Never thought about the weight but you're right. The Mi Mix is 19grams more than the Mate 9. So the main draw for me would be the screen size and the fact that it's getting more dev luv. But for now, I'm good with Mate 9.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] 954wrecker:
That screen size does look nice, the LTE bands don't look like a match for us in the US. They have a new one coming out soon with a Snapdragon 835, hopefully the LTE bands are good in the US.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
I have a Mi Max already so I passed on the mix. Just received my Mate 9 about an hour ago. Time to unlock the bootloader.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] onemandivision:
I know what baidu is, I was referring the the content. I don't care missing out on proprietary mods of the official firmware by developers who don't open source their work in a language I can understand. I'd only be interested in original custom roms based on the AOSP and I think my point still stands that this is not going to happen.

I'm not trying to say that those custom ROMs which are available are necessarily bad, but if you don't have open source ROMs based on AOSP, then this phone will basically be worthless after about two or three years when Huawei stops releasing updates. If that happens, no custom Rom which isn't based on AOSP will be able to deliver newer android versions than those already released by Huawei.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] mscion:
Hi. Mi Mix should be fine on at least tmobile. It has the right bands

http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_mix-8400.php

Maybe you were looking at the Mi Max which has same size screen and wider bezel. That one will not work here as far as I can tell. Maybe there is a global version.

The rumoured Mi Mix Evo is the one that is supposed to have the Snapdragon 835. Looking forward to that! Also, I think, in general, this might be a pretty good year for large screen phones that work in US. Even Samsung is getting in the act with its new Galaxy phones. Supposed to be a version with a 6.2 inch screen. Also burning to see to the next iteration of the Note...
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] cangcan:
you are the man bro :good:
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] 954wrecker:
True, I'm interested, the odds of touching one before buying one are very low here in the usa.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] misal6666:
mai55 posted a Baidu link to which you said and I quote "No, that's even worse, I have no idea what that is. The only thing that will convince me is a stable open source custom ROM forked from the AOSP. But that isn't going to happen."

A reasonable thinking is that you did not know what Baidu was at that time.

If you want Open Source ROMs then develop one yourself (If you can that is) instead of accusing developers of releasing infected firmware and calling it a "Chinese hack of stock ROM".
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] zelendel:
That is what all the developers are calling it themselves. There were a few aosp teams that were given the device to develope for and they gave it back due to the way the source was coded and how it was hacked together.

They are running into the same issue Lenovo is. They under estimated how different the rest of the world works compared to China. In China it is easy to get away with cheap like that. Not so much everywhere else.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] misal6666:
Well it was still not right to call it a "Chinese" hack of stock rom and accuse it of being infected just because of a Chinese developer modded it.

Btw given the source code, it is not impossible to develop for that particular device. The only needed thing is investment of time by someone.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] zelendel:
There are a few things you have to understand. China based devices are forced to have things that are concidered malware in the rest of the world. Things like keyloggers, screen recorders and data miners. This comes from the Chinese Government having the rights to monitor everything its citizens do on line. While this is ok in China it is not in the rest of the world. Something they are not understanding very well.

Also it is more then that as all the code is mashed together and written in Chinese which doesnt translate well at all. Some of the best developers on the site have looked at it and said flat out no. Also you have to look at what is allowed to be released from the devices due to companies in China not following copyrights or the GPL. This makes things very hard for developers.

XDA tried working with them on the honor 8 and we all saw where that lead to. Plus add on the security issues that this OEM is known for. heck they were just taken off the banned list for the US military as well as in India.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] gm007:
I think this one is a proof of how they are monitoring ur device,some apps are enabled by default to not sleep lol
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] misal6666:
The thing is Huawei doesn't EXCLUSIVELY make devices for China. There are several firmwares for different regions out there as well. The keyloggers and constant screen recorders you mentioned are not a part of those firmwares. While writing a code in Chinese, the programming language is the same and a simple translation tool can help translate the code. A person who understands the programming language can easily replicate the same software in "proper" English once the translated code is provided. The standards that Huawei does not follow on the other hand is a different thing but for that they are providing their source code. It all comes down to if someone wants to invest enough time to work on the provided source code.

Edit: Anyways, my point was it is not ethical to say that a developer is giving infected and insecure ROMs who is not even asking for anything in return for his work just because the device he is developing for has core problems.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] zelendel:
No no it doesnt translate very well at all. Have you tried? Many of the developers here tried. One of the things that XDA worked on with them was getting code that would translate properly. They code things very differently and with all the different dialects in China it is not even sure that all the code uses the same one. Have you ever tried to work with a China based device?

As for the firmware. No it is still there. you can see it if you rip the files apart. All they remove is the apps that china requires and swaps them for googles.

Their devices are not dev friendly at all. Even XDA walked away from their partnership with this OEM due to this. They just are not willing to work with devs.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] misal6666:
You are trying to tell me that the Chinese Java program does not translate to English Java program?

Are you saying that something like 公共静态无效的主要 cannot be translate to "public static void main" or am I understanding something wrong?

Even if there were multiple dialects used in the whole source code, there are tools available to translate it to simplified chinese which can be further translated to English even by translate.google.com
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] zelendel:
Try it yourself and find out. As you seem to think it is so easy even though none of the best developers in the world are here and tried.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] misal6666:
Nothing worth is ever easy. I have been saying this for a few posts now. Its about how much time are you willing to invest and how much of your time you can dedicate to it.

Edit: I do not have access to source code anyways.

Edit 2: XDA by no means have best developers in the world. Not even a single developer exclusive to XDA would even come close to the top 100 devs in the world.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] zelendel:
Take a look at any of the source this OEM has released. One should not be in a rush to judge until they try it themselves first. Either way if you want custom stuff for it then you may end up doing it yourself as developers avoid this OEM. Even the XDA sponsered Mate 8 didnt see many developers going to it. Even the ones that were given the device for free. It now sits in a drawer never to be touched again.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] misal6666:
I did not ask for any custom stuff for any of the Huawei device. I simply called out to a guy who had no respect for a developer who created something without asking for anything in return. Its not that developers fault anyways that Huawei has made crap non-standard software.

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I did not ask for any custom stuff for any of the Huawei device. I simply called out to a guy who had no respect for a developer who created something without asking for anything in return. Its not that developers fault anyways that Huawei has made crap non-standard software.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
After playing with the Mate 9 for hours last night I think it's going back . The code is a mess, you can't even disable the soft keys as I use LMT launcher on all my phones. Add qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 in the build.prop and the phone doesn't boot. The same bugs that were present in EMUI 3 still haven't been fixed. The device probably won't be getting AOSP love because the source code is always a mess with Huawei. I may end up going with the Mi Mix if I return this but I may just keep my Mi Max for a bit longer. I just can't stand EMUI any more. If you use it stock its ok but if you wanna do any mods it always fights you. Even extracting a system.img fails. I give up.

The device itself is great. It works and feels good and the battery lasted all night with me tinkering. I just wish huawei would go Stock Android.

This is coming from someone who owned a Mediapad X2, M2, and Mate 8 and did roms for all three. The 9 just isn't cutting it.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] onemandivision:
Then apparently I wasn't clear enough with my wordings. I didn't expect that one would think that I could possibly not know what baidu is. I mean baidu is quite large and well-known by their investment in search and AI

I wouldn't try to since I'm not even convinced it's possible (a stable and usable version that is). You seem to misunderstand me. I haven't accused anyone of anything. I raised legitimate concerns about the idea of installing a modded rom from an unknown source. Generally speaking that is. I don't use custom ROMs which are not open source, no matter where they came from. And to me, the content that link pointed to, was not something I could comprehend in detail, which leaves me with uncertainty. I don't try to apply uncertainty when it comes to privacy on/stability of the phone I use as a daily driver.

That's all what I meant, no reason for anyone to feel attacked. You may agree with me or not, but please lets keep this thread friendly and constructive. If you have arguments against my case, I'll gladly hear them, would love to be proven wrong.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] misal6666:
Well said. It just felt wrong to accuse a developer for the mistakes of the manufacturer of the device and thus I raised my concern.

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http://download-c.huawei.com/download/downloadCenter?downloadId=62086

Took source code from here as you said take any of the source code Huawei has released. What do you not understand from this source code that Huawei released? You might want to consider doing your research before asking someone to do something.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] taphius:
Dont blame you at all, this phone is extremely complicated to do anything to it without royally screwing things up.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] nighthawk626:
Damn. That really sucks big balls. Well good thing I still have my Nexus 6p to tinker around with. I guess I'll just use this as DD till I feel like flashing some Roms. Mi mix isn't an option because it doesn't have all the US LTE bands. Sad
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
Ok guys I've modified the rooted boot.img so that it doesn't force encryption and also updated TWRP with no encryption so TWRP will see your internal storage and save your settings. The key is to always flash the decrypted boot.img to stay decrypted when returning to stock so TWRP will recognize your internal storage properly. I'll have the download for you in a little while, I just wanna run a few tests first.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] albertobom:
:good:

Great job my friend
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
False alarm, root doesn't work after modding the KangVIP boot.img (gives errors when unpacking) I'm trying to figure out how to get root the easy way.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] 5[Strogino]:
The easy way to get root is to auto-modify boot.img with script: http://phhusson.free.fr/superuser-r275.zip

You can even turn dm-verity off with it (to get system, cust, vendor and other partitions read/write able)

Just one thing is stopping now: can not turn encryption off (in TWRP). If you have any ideas, it would be very great.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
Well guys, the Mate 9 is going back today. I lost the ability to fastboot flash anything, I can't do a factory reset as it just boots into eRecovery, Huawei eRecovery is useless. I'm staying away from Huawei from now on.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] gm007:
There is an offline firmware post number 3 , extract to external sd and press the 3 buttons combo,see if it can restore ur phone. https://xdaforums.com/mate-9/help/help-wiped-products-vendo-bootloop-t3534594

By the way if you have usb plugged it will boot into erecovery, remove the usb and try to boot to normal recovery,power+ volume up.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
Thanks for the link, that did the trick sort of. It looks like it turned my phone into a M300-L29 (Nova). I didn't have the USB cable in and it still booted into eRecovery even when I did a factory reset from Settings. It looks like the cust is not the right now. Now at least I can flash in fastboot. I did backup the stock rom when I first installed TWRP so I have the version and vendor backed up.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] gm007:
Good that you recovered the fastboot at least.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
In TWRP, go to Wipe, then Format Data, then type in Yes. Then flash my decrypted boot.img so stay decrypted. Then you'll be able to read your internal storage in TWRP.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] jcrompton:
This is probably a stupid question but I'm still fighting to make the decision to keep my newly acquired mate 9 .....

I'm assuming that we cannot restore backups of the system int TWRP ??? Otherwise wouldn't we just see people posting TWRP backups of different updated systems ... instead of the online flashing like eRecovery and FunkyHuawei?

I have MHA-L29C567 with no posted firmware available so I don't want to flash anything newer until there is an update. So am I correct in assuming that backing up my current system in TWRP really doesn't accomplish anything ??
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] 5[Strogino]:
Where i can find your modified boot? But it's simple to say what parameter in ramdisk did you change to deactivate encryption?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] JATCHUHAN:
Would you be able to post a link to this version of twrp please. Thanks

Also a link to the boot.img and what version of the mate 9 is this boot.img for? Thanks again
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
TWRP:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862690903

Patched Boot.img is from Chinese B156. It's basically the same boot.img across all variants:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5I_q70mNuR4V2hvNGRZY3RLRmM/view?usp=sharing
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Rudolpht:
As always, you are solving problems beyond all human comprehension. are you staying or going to Mi Mix?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
I'm staying.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] KOLIOSIS:
The MIX is a nice phone as well (got both),perhaps if prices drop soon enough,it'd be a nice 2nd project/phone to have.

The achilles heel is lack of LTE Band support for a lot of users (good enough for me on T-Mobile US),hopefully they'll have a sequel w/better LTE Band suppoort as with the Mate 9 & Mi Note2.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
I'd even take a Mi Max sequel with full LTE support. Xiaomi is definitely better with updating software and easier to mod as they release weekly updates of MIUI although I hate MIUI as much as I hate EMUI. The day we see a 6.5" phone with full US LTE support will be the day I die. It doesn't even have to be released here in the US as my friend is Chinese and his family is always going to China so I have them bring me back a phone when I want it. This way I'm not paying those jacked up prices that websites like Gizok, Gearbest and eBay sellers charge.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] rebel377:
if it had lineage support i would definately buy it and retire my lg g2
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] JATCHUHAN:
Hi thanks for posting these links and confirming that the boot.img can be flashed on any version of mate 9 regular. I have managed to download twrp but having problems downloading the boot.img as the link keeps saying that the source file does not exist. Any help with this please. Many thanks
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
That's the kangvip rooted boot. Here's the decrypted boot that I modded from B165:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5I_q70mNuR4OE15d19nS2dIZ0k/view?usp=drivesdk

I'll start a boot.img thread like I have in the Mate 8 forum tomorrrow.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] JATCHUHAN:
Hi thanks for the quick reply but I am still having problems downloading the file. Still says source not present. Sorry for the hassle. Thanks
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862702027

Time to get some sleep. :D
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] JATCHUHAN:
Thank you very much that worked great.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] JATCHUHAN:
Have managed to download the decrypted B165 boot.img

I am currently downloading the MHA-L09C432B138 update on my phone which I just received from my carrier in the UK. Once I install the update is it ok for me to flash the decrypted B165 boot.img to get decrypted data and root, or do I need to be on a version of B165 to flash this decrypted B165 boot.img

Just wanted advice before I do anything stupid. Thanks
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Rudolpht:
Me too. Well maybe not die, but I would be pretty happy
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
To decrypt you first have to wipe data in twrp then flash the boot.img. Yes you can flash it over B138, that's exactly what I did.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] JATCHUHAN:
Ok thanks for the advice. Much appreciated. In another thread you mentioned that you can't root this decrypted boot.img yet. Is that true? Thanks
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] shakeelajmal:
i have MHA-L29 which hangs on huawei logo i tried to install stock rom but which ever rom i download it says not compatible so i decided to go to custom rom way i installed twrp recovery formated the phone installed decrypted boot installed the only custom rom i.e KangVip rom everything went good but when phone try to boot it went to rom logo and stays there for 8 to 10 seconds and reboots to recovery or recovery, no matter what i do it keeps the same way, if anyone have twrp backup it might help me to store my phone
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Blue.Ember:
I jave it for MHA-L29C185B126 if it could help you I will send the link to you
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] gm007:
Which region ur phone?l29Cxxx?

You can unbrick using this https://xdaforums.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-rebrand-chinese-al00-mate9-to-t3554656
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
dude u r on which model?L29C??? and u flashed to kangvip custom rom ?afaik kangvip is using AL00C00 ,so is it mean ur phone is china region which is AL00?well there is an offline(dload) file u can download and use it to unbrick by using 3 button method.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] shakeelajmal:
MHA-L29 and its europe version with arabic support
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
well isn't it easy if you just go and have a look at your box?u will find the model no there
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] shakeelajmal:
lost the box i think or may placed somewhere i forget trying to find but failed :D
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
lol nvm but since now u r in boot loop,can u boot to twrp?if can maybe you can try to restore the oeminfo of AL00 i will upload to drive for you to flash
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] shakeelajmal:
Found it MHA-L29C185B138

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i can boot into twrp and also can access my drive through twrp from PC
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
well here is the oeminfo for al00 AL00 try to restore thru Twrp
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] shakeelajmal:
what should i do with oeminfo.emmc.win file ? its 64mb file and another file with md5

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yes its same as yours
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Blue.Ember:
Will share the links with you once I return home
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
since u flash kangvip which is based on al00 so this oeminfo will.match the fw u flashed thus will bring you out from boot loop,just go to twrp select restore n select oeminfo then thats all
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] shakeelajmal:
restore ???? without restore backup/folder its impossible you know and i have no backup
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
lol i ask u to restore the oeminfo bro the one i just share for u.obviously u never did read on how to rebrand thus u all rich ppl just now how to waste money and whine,if you dont trust me why ask for help.in the first place,i was just handing a helping hand here.its ok if you don wanna try.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] shakeelajmal:
thanks for telling me who i am but still question remain there how to restore that file, either my english is weird or you just frustrated with me. a file with "win" extension can not be flashed nor twrp take it as restore file so even after your sarcastic answer things wont get better by the way i am pressing thanks for your every comment and have "thank your very much" as formality too. i appreciate your help