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[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] audioralf:
Maybe you don't know how to use a part of other person's Nandroid: Just create one small backup for example only for boot. Then you will find a directory within TWRP/backups/ with your serial number. Then copy eddmechs file for oeminfo within this directory. Then you will be able to select "restore" and select to set checkbox for oeminfo.

I am not a part of this thead, because I don't yet own a Mate9. But it's thrilling as a detective story. I use AJ's X2 Rom and might sell my Nexus6P if AJ would be able to create a slim KangVIP Version for the Mate9 like he did for the X2.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
well can actually just try to backup ur oeminfo or what ever folder u want i would suggest select a small file just to make sure that the twrp/backup/ur serial number folder was created.then i can put the file u have downloaded from my drive in ir sd card where the twrp/backup is located,then boot back into twrp and select restore it will detect the folder u copied into it,i m sorry if i missed the steps above.hope thia oeminfo can help u to boot up..

you will see something like this
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] shakeelajmal:
thanks that was the spot on answer going to do it and report in 5 minutes

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after replacing that file from twrp backup and restoring now my phones is bricked for first time, no fastboot mode no twrp recovery no boot just erecovery whatever button i press or not press with cable inserted or not. and i am sure i flashed the KangVip third time and never formated my system partition and i replaced and restore 100% the file you provided
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] audioralf:
reboot in bootloader mode and flash TWRP again. What did you check to restore?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
ok,actually u dont need to format any partition u just need to restore the oem partition,since now u have formatted there is no turning back,but ur oeminfo still intact,u can try to download the al00 offline file n use the 3 button method from this thread remember do not wipe anything besides dalvik n cache when you r in twrp.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] shakeelajmal:
i said i never formated anything .......................... but now my phone is a complete brick please remove these file these might brick others phone too

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only mode working is E-recovery mode and i check oeminfo partition only when i insert cable while holding power down key it starts with blank screen and after 5 to 8 seconds it again shows huawei logo and goto e-recovery
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] audioralf:
my question was which checkboxes did you check on restoring. I don't know what happens, If you checked all boxes and only have a file for boot and that one for oeminfo. Maybe TWRP gets confused and corrupted the system.

So calm down and flash TWRP and then only check the box for oem. Then install the kangvip. Maybe a full nandroid without data will also recover your device. This is in eddmachas list. Maybe he is so friendly to upload it for you.

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Our answers crossed.

on other huawei devices you can flash TWRP also on e-recovery partition : fastboot flash recovery2 TWRPxxx.img

But normal flash of TWRP should be successful. What is the answer after flashing TWRP on recovery? If ok, you should be able to start TWRT on typing fastboot reboot, disconnect USB Cable, press Volume up key and then press return.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] gm007:
Try this to flash Chinese firmware since you flashed oemino for Chinese phone,you will unbrick ur phone. https://xdaforums.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-rebrand-chinese-al00-mate9-to-t3554656

Second section.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] audioralf:
If you can't get into bootloader mode, then probably because it is because you haven't connected USB befort pressing power and vol down key ?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Rudolpht:
I'm part of this thread because I was "disenchanted" with my Mate 9 but with AJ here, I'm back baby. There have been good advancements by many folks. I would love a slim KangVIP (I guess Xposed wouldn't be built in because of Nougat) or the something like the X2 Google variant. Cool stuff. 5.9"

Jump NOW, I just picked up my replacement Mate 9 for 499.00 space grey vs 588.0 for moonlight silver. Mistake?

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This sounds like voodoo but it worked for me. If you have the USB cable connected to the computer, holding down all 3 keys got me to TWRP recovery even though I was in e-Recovery. I was then able to restore everything from full and partial backups (on a OTG USB stick since it doesn't see the externalSD to pull off the backups)
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
hi sorry for the late reply just woke up,idk why the files won't work bcoz i m using the same file to rebrand my L29 to AL00.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] shakeelajmal:
after spending three hours on downloading and testing finally one MH9-L00 file worked with three button method and phone restored thanks you all for help
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
glad to hear that:svetius:
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] audioralf:
ok, we see that finally he got solved the problem. But I can not follow and eat to understand what happened, because I guess users will fall into the same trap in future and it's helpful to document solutions.

The file you uploaded should correct they oeminfo.

It struggled up the other device.

So did you replace the file behind the download link?

My device: 701->703 B212 KangVIP AJ Xposed

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Good to hear, but please describe what you did more detailly.

I guess you were able to start TWRP with 3 button press?

On x2 this starts dload, is this changed, or depends it on usb connection?

Where did you get the new file from and how did you use it?

Were you able to boot into bootloader mode?

Best regards and thank all participants.

My device: 701->703 B212 KangVIP AJ Xposed
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
well from what i read he actually flashed kangvip for mate 9 custom rom,and he did not rebrand his phone from L29C185 to AL00C00 before doing that thus he cannot boot up his phone,the file i shared (oeminfo) is to rebrand his build from L29C185 to AL00C00 and the 2nd time i asked him to dl the fw for AL00C00 is the full fw.iinm kangvip custom rom zip does not have full img of the rom ,its like somekind of "addon" or extra features.(correct me if i am wrong here ya:) )

2- the 3 button press still starts dload in mate 9 afaik but sometimes ots abit tricky and needs the right timing to get into dload.

i hope others can add on if my explanation is not correct.

thank you and have a great weekends to everyone here.cheers
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
Has anyone tried the new Magisk? V11.1 has built in root now. I'm gonna give this a try tomorrow.

https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] audioralf:
Ok I see. But to do dload there must be content in dload folder and it seemed that he was not able to boot into bootloader nor in TWRP.

So do you think he put the stock fw al00c00 in dload which fit to the oeminfo from your device?

This would make things clear to me. On x2 we had scripts for patching the oeminfo and cust but doing this via TWRP is new route me.

We also saw KangVIP as extension and AJ put this together with stock rom and modified boot and removed Chinese bloatware. This made Aj's KangVIP Rom a full Rom. It seems he is on the way to do this with KangVIP addition for the Mate 9. It's thrilling to follow this tread.

There is still the open question if sahkee... really got into a situation, with no bootloader and no running TWRP. I feel bootloadermode can not be lost.

My device: 701->703 B212 KangVIP AJ Xposed
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] shakeelajmal:
twrp was not working neither fastboot was working but 3 button recovery was working so i downloaded MHA-AL00 offline update file and placed dload folder with update.app in it and pressed 3 buttons and voila ...... it rebooted to recovery again and flashed something again and rebooted to original OS with bootloader locked .... stock recovery.... and MHA-AL00 firmware means total stock

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i think the file i restored thorugh twrp restore did something strange as bootloader now locked itself with no recovery but only e-recovery was working and whatever i do it just boot into e-recovery but when i pressed three button it went to huawei update and as usual ends at error after 5% by saying update not compatible, so i downloaded the MAH-AL00 offline installer and put its dload folder in external sd card and pressed 3 button and it started updating the device, previously my device was MAH-L29 and now its MAH-AL00 next problem was no playstore
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] audioralf:
Ah, ok interesting. Did you get bootloader mode working back? I guess TWRP was lost and you flashed it again?

My device: 701->703 B212 KangVIP AJ Xposed
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
glad u can revive ur phone,for playstore u need to go to hiapp and download GMSinstaller,after install launch it and and click the one touch install(green button),after that go to hiapp and download playstore.

btw u can rebrand your set to L29C636 thru this thread .

good luck ya.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] shakeelajmal:
yes bootloader mode working and lost twrp and also bootloader locked again i still have old bootloader unlock code and it works installed twrp took full backup
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
I'm waiting for TWRP with encryption support before I start any type of rom.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] 5[Strogino]:
I have decrypted data and working TWRP.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70985622&postcount=547

PM me if you have questions.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] CodeRR:
Tried and failed. TWRP crashes and reboots with no change into the system.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
hi do you managed to do full backup and restore thru twrp?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] 5[Strogino]:
I did backup of some partitions including data. TWRP divided it onto 3 files (cause original /data size is more than 4 GB)

But i did not try to restore. Now i'm on other customization.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] eddmecha:
i see,really hoping restore also work then we wont need to have any hassle in rebranding n revert back
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Rudolpht:
Answered an earlier question I had. Darn.

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Regarding three button method, different than X2 (don't know about other Mates), a three button (Vol +, Vol -, Power) hold got me back to Recovery (out of a few problems) IF and only IF the device was plugged into a computer (whether it was running anything or not).

Would actually need to do the 3 finger twice consecutively to actually pull up TWRP - so firm continuous holding until the happy "recovery" comes up on the boot screen upper left, was an added requirement/step.

This behavior did not work if not connected, connected to an OTG stick, or connected to power. Why, I have no idea, and it may be unique to the US device or the amount of snow we have or the alignment of planets.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] audioralf:
AJ has opened a new thread how to get full root and functional TWRP for backups.

So I think the next days we can expect a modified AJ KangVIP Rom. :)

My device: 701->703 B212 KangVIP AJ Xposed
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Rudolpht:
Look forward to results (maybe a thread by itself like your helpful Full Root for Mate 9 thread) despite kernel news.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
Things are difficult with the Mate 9 so not yet.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] audioralf:
If someone has rooted via the steps AJ supports in the new thread, he would have the question.

Would it be is sucessful to install the unmodified KangVIP version, which is already available?

For I have not yet the Mate9, I don't know if this variant of kangvip is only a add-on, or a full but outdated chinese rom, where some things must be patched.

AJ knows the problems, so he did not do this so far.

He does step by step which we appreciate.

So the question is:

Can this be done now, if I would tolerating the circumstances?

What base rom version would I get, in this case?

My device: Mediapad X2 GEM 701->703 B212 KangVIP (AJ mod)
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
Before I rebranded to C636, KangVIP worked fine on my C567 US version. Now it only boots if I restore the original (C567) oeminfo and vendor but developer options doesn't work and something else doesn't work (I don't remember) I'm not sure why this is. I'm waiting for an offline full C567 rom so I can rebrand back.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] albertobom:
Do you tried firmware finder? Maybe you can rebrand back with that.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] mai55:
Google™ Translator

New[Rom firmware] Mate9 B167 call flash dpi switch root privileges and other useful features HRT KangVip

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Card brush package:

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxUuiDq_FRA_NEc1YmppTERqcmM/view?usp=sharing

method:

Downalod twrp, extract, and then run inside the run.bat according to the prompt operation can brush into.

Twrp rec (built-in official rec)

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxUuiDq_FRA_WGp2UVE3eFpubUE/view?usp=sharing

The rom package (no decompression) into the external sd card, which can be installed inside the twrp. About 1-2 minutes after brushing, restart suggested that the installation of twrp app can not be installed.

note:

Do not use twrp double clear (will destroy the data partition system files)

For clarity, please use the official rec (method: k set - more settings - brush into the recovery, brush back to the official rec)

Line brush package:

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxUuiDq_FRA_OXh1S0tGUTZtNWM/view?usp=sharing

Method: download the first extract, and then run inside the run.bat, according to the prompt operation can be.

Line brush need to connect the data cable, and start to fastboot interface (while holding down the power + volume)

Suggested based on b167 at the end of the brush machine (if the package is based on the end of 165, there will be a version of the show wrong, but does not affect the use)
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] audioralf:
Thank you for posting. We should ask the KangVIP team again for help. If they help the xda team to solve the current problems it will be possible to adapt kangvip on non Chinese devices. They will profit on it from users, who choose to donate and get the extended features.

My device: Mediapad X2 GEM 701->703 B212 KangVIP (AJ mod)
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Rudolpht:
There is not a full US ROM posted yet I believe. We thought the build with Alexa built in would make a fast new full ROM. Silly me.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] nbmi2:
I also have the same issue
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] chriskay:
Since everyone seems to be cooking BigStorage ROMs for our beloved Prophet, I am wondering if there is a way to do this with an official WM5 ROM. Is there any foolproof way after having extraced the nbf-file?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] chriskay:
well, i was just thinking - without any offense - that there might be other people, too, who are quite content with wm5 with regard to all those bugs in the self-cooked wm6 roms.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] uk19xx:
ya your right actually. I've think of it today as well. Seen there are lots of bugs in the WM6, perhaps we could just go back to wm5 with big storage.

no offense.

thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mesersmith:
I have some pictures in knox container and I want to move them in personal mode because I have to restore factory settings and I don't want to lose that pictures.

When I tried to to move them in personal mode, I get "security policy restricts this action" message.

Why is happening that? Can anybody help me with this?

Please advice.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] shiner66:
I never used knox for that reason, is so stupid sometime. Sorry I can't help you

Inviato dal mio SM-G935F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] richhaynes:
Im not sure what you mean. I dont know of a 'personal mode' that you refer to. Do you mean you just want them on your phone like normal a normal picture? So that you can back them up before resetting?

I know of private mode but whilst that uses knox containers, you give me the impression you use knox as standalone.

As far as i know, security policies are set up and applied on creation of the container and cannot be modified after creation. Thats what makes knox so secure. If that is the case then its impossible to change the policy now and therefore would be impossible to override it and move the photos. But i could be and hope im wrong on this!

Also, a full reset will cause you to lose your containers as your encryption key for them will be useless afterwards. But are you doing a full reset?

Under my reset there are three options: reset settings which just changes settings to default and should not affect knox; reset networks settings which does exactly as it says and again should not affect knox; and factory data reset which wipes your phone and certainly will affect knox!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] v_square:
Tried to move files between personal mode and knox mode. No issues here.

If you can't do this, backup your pics online.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mesersmith:
I asked for some answer to Samsung, but no response so far.

The ideea is very simple: I have some photos and some videos inside knox conteiner.

If I proceed to a factory reset, I'll lose all of them.

On the previous factory reset that I did, first of all I select all of this photos and videos and move them to Personal Mode. That's the name that appear in contextual menu, after I select any picture.

I can't do an online backup because on mail I can't attach files bigger than 50Mb.

Also, inside knox I do not have any cloud client or anything else.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] alikiaie:
Just Like You

Hi ...

i was searching in net to find a way to solve this issue . because i have this problem like you. Did you find a way to copy or restore photos from secure folder to personal mode?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Grey Hawk:
Currently I have an S7 Edge, but my companies IT is supplying everyone with iPhones since it was too hard to juggle so many different phones. Well as much as I love Android, I don't want to carry 2 phones around everywhere lol, so I was thinking about selling it as it was mine to begin with and the company just paid my phone bill. IT at work just said factory reset it and you're good to sell, but idk they don't seem like the brightest bulbs.

My work involves a good deal of private information from my clients. So my phone is full of photos, texts, emails, pdfs, etc... of things that my clients would probably be extremely angry about if it got out.

Is there anyway to wipe this phone 100% clean with 0% chance of anything being recovered by anyone?

I saw this review article quote:

I asked Samsung if these new phones were encrypted, like the iPhone (most Android phones aren’t.) Referring to both models, the company said: "Default encryption is turned on for Galaxy S7. Samsung cannot decrypt the user’s encrypted phones. The encryption key is randomly generated for each user and the key is protected with the user’s password."

According to that, it sounds like Samsung themselves couldn't even get my data after I factory reset? Is this true? What exactly do I need to do to get to this point?

I'm not sure what this encryption key is and user password? Is user password just your lockscreen pin?

Reason why I'm worried is I remember people always saying if you delete something its gone! Well I remember 10 years ago my mom formatted her camera SD card on accident and all it took was me hooking it up and googling a free recovery program and BAM I had all the photos back. I imagine technology has advanced ten fold since then. I don't want someone rooting my phone and getting some super program and next thing I know my personal information is out there.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Cosmic Blue:
wipe the operating system.

reinstall new operating system with odin or if you have an sd card using stock recovery. make sure that you do not reinstall your gmail account to prevent auto recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Grey Hawk:
I do have an SD card. But I'm not sure about anything you said. Is it possible for you to make a guide for me?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Cosmic Blue:
which model of do you have.

?

I will point out the correct rom to copy to your sd card and/or computer.

Do you know anything about flashing a phone at all ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] edan1979:
This is what i usually do.

a. delete all files in internal memory with myfiles/any file explorer

b. delete your google account via settings

c. factory reset your device.

that will do.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] richhaynes:
A factory reset wipes your pin / pattern / password so that in itself makes the encryption key useless even if you use the same pin / pattern / password. Without that key you can still recover files but it will take hundreds of years to break the encryption.

You may see stories like the FBI breaking encryption but thats not strictly true. They break the unlock system which gives them access to the encryption key which decrypts the data.

Safe to say a factory reset will do the job nicely and if you are in the UK, you will be okay under the Data Protection Act as youve done all YOU can to secure the data from recovery. Its up to your IT tech to make sure you are compliant, especially with Bring Your Own Devices policies so any fallback should be on them.

I would question why you havent mentioned Knox as thats like a safe within a safe and you IT tech should be employing it if they let you use BYOD!

Just note that your clients security is only as secure as your password as if anyone gets hold of that password then they have free rein to your files. You did mention a pin code which i hope you will update to a password asap!!

As you can see, a pin has much less combinations than a password and passwords can be even more secure the longer they are and if you include special characters like @ # * etc. Here is a site which you can use to test how easy it would be to crack your pin or password: https://password.kaspersky.com/

My pin would take 15 minutes to crack, my password would take 33 centuries :)

Sources:

https://password.kaspersky.com/

http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/september32012/

http://math.stackexchange.com/quest...-digits-0-9-how-many-combinations-are-possibl
[MX Player] sunnyappz:
Hi. We use the API to launch the MX player in android and pass subtitles to the player. It works fine unless there is spaces or '[' in the subtitle filenames. Can you suggest a workaround, or fix it please? We tried url encoding the file name but that didnt work either.
[MX Player] Thirumalai.K:
Have you tried to encode the URI properly. I mean using "%2F" instead of a "space", %5B for "[" and "%5D" for "]"..?
[MX Player] sunnyappz:
all good

Yes we got it going now, thanks, the urlEncode function was not quite doing it right.