[Huawei MediaPad M2] beast.in.black:
Hi all,

This is the consolidated thread for all Marshmallow ROMs for the Mediapad M2 8.0 8" devices, as downloads available from the Huawei hicloud.com servers (see below for whois info on this domain, to verify that the domain owner is Huawei). If anyone is running a ROM more recent than those mentioned here, please reply in this thread. Also, if you can mention the source from where you downloaded it, please also add that source in your reply, and I will update this post accordingly and give you credit for finding it :D

This post will be updated as and when new info becomes available. In this post you will find:

ROM downloads for the Mediapad M2 8.0 Marshmallow ROMs.

Installation instructions for the ROMs

Rooting/Unrooting instructions

DPI/LCD Density change instructions

How to perform Local Updates on Marshmallow ROMs

Issues/Problems Noticed

Instructions to recover from a bad ROM install/softbrick/bootloop

Obligatory Disclaimer: I have not tested any of the ROMs mentioned below (apart from B203 and B207 on the M2-802L) because I do not have the proper device models. Also note that even though they are available for download from the Huawei hicloud site, these ROMs have not (as far as I know) been actually formally released by Huawei.

M2-801L

Note: user [MENTION=547034]omaga[/MENTION] reports that B202 seems to contain a newer kernel and security patch than B205.

B205: http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v57899/f2/full/M2-801LC100B205.zip

Thanks to user [MENTION]Caelestiel[/MENTION] for mentioning that B205 existed for M2-801L so that I could search for it - a valid download link for it was not present in my previous search.

B205 Text Link:

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v57899/f2/full/M2-801LC100B205.zip

B202: http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v70346/f1/full/update.zip

B202 Text link:

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v70346/f1/full/update.zip

[MENTION=547034]omaga[/MENTION] has found B206 for the 801L (thanks, omaga!); however the ROM download is NOT from an official Huawei server.

user [MENTION=2369691]pajosekX[/MENTION] has found B206 for the 801L on an official Huawei server! Thanks, pajosekX! User [MENTION=7805253]allrightlite[/MENTION] has verified upgrading from B008 to this B206 ROM. Thanks, allrightlite!

B206: http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v74068/f1/full/M2-801LC100B206.zip

B206 Text link:

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v74068/f1/full/M2-801LC100B206.zip[CODE]

[SIZE="4"][B]M2-801W[/B][/SIZE]
[B]Note: user [MENTION=691574]elendiir[/MENTION] reported that[COLOR="Red"] you should skip the installation step where you unzip the downloaded ROM[/COLOR]. See [URL="https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70623587&postcount=63"]post #63 [/URL]in this thread. Thanks, Elendiir! [/B]
[B]B202 European cust channel M2-801WC232B202[/B] found by XDA user [MENTION=427926]lonwas[/MENTION] (see [URL="https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70691260&postcount=77"]post #77[/URL] in this thread):
[url]http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v74308/f1/full/update.zip[/url]
Text link: [CODE]http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v74308/f1/full/update.zip

B213: XDA user [MENTION=2435564]ruggles[/MENTION] says in a thread replythat the B213 zip posted here worked for him. But please note that this B213 download is NOT from an official Huawei server.

M2-802L

Note: My M2-802L just got an official OTA update from Huawei to B203 (I had restored my old B005 ROM from TWRP). This OTA update does have the Huawei Swype IME keyboard, though (I had lost Swype when I flashed B207 over B005). However, the kernel and security patch version in this B203 OTA update are older than the one on B207. Also, both B203 as well as B207 ( after following the update path B005 -> B203 OTA -> B207) seem to have the "3G/4G icon is always on" problem. See below.

B203: http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v65143/f1/full/M2-802LC209B203.zip

B203 Text Link:

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v65143/f1/full/M2-802LC209B203.zip

B207: http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v67917/f1/full/update.zip

B207 Text link:

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v67917/f1/full/update.zip

3G/4G icon always on: I've confirmed that this is due to B203; the upgrade path B005->B207 does not have this issue. B005->B203, B005->B203->B207 and B005->B207->B203 all have the issue. While it appears to be alarming, no data seems to actually be going through the mobile data if Wifi is on ("Settings"->"About Tablet"->"Status" shows mobile data as disconnected); so it seems to be just be an indicator the current mobile data speeds.

Also note that flashing B207 over B203 will remove the Swype IME.

M2-803L

B215: http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v60481/f3/full/update.zip

B215 Text link:

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p4/s10/G506/g0/v60481/f3/full/update.zip

Sorry, M2 10.0 owners, I do not know what is the proper ROM numbering for the M2 10.0 Android 6.0 Marshmallow ROMs - I have found ROM B030 for the M2-A01L and ROM B020 for the M2-A01W, maybe some M2 10.0 owners can tell me if these are Marshmallow ROMs...? If anyone can confirm that the above-linked B0XX ROMs for the A01L and A01W are Marshmallow, I will update the thread accordingly.

Installation Instructions:

If you are currently rooted and/or have a custom recovery installed, you will need to go back to the Huawei official recovery to install this update. You can do this by following the instructions in my previous post here.

Download the appropriate ROM update zip from one of the above links.

Note: If you are using one of the wifi-only models - specifically the M2-801W, user [MENTION=691574]elendiir[/MENTION] reported that you should skip this step. See post #63 in this thread. Thanks, Elendiir! Extract the contents of the zip file in the link after it has finished downloading. The contents should be something like this:

[update.zip contains]
├── META-INF
│** ├── blacklist.conf
│** ├── CERT.RSA
│** ├── CERT.SF
│** ├── com
│** │** ├── android
│** │** │** └── otacert
│** │** └── google
│** │** └── android
│** │** ├── update-binary
│** │** └── updater-script
│** └── MANIFEST.MF
└── UPDATE.APP

5 directories, 8 files

Create a folder called dload on your SD Card. You can create it on either the internal or the external SD, it doesn't matter.

Copy the entire contents of the unzipped download package into the dload folder on your SD Card, which you created above. Alternatively, you could just unzip the contents directly into the dload directory on your external/internal SD card.

Go to your phone's "Settings". There, navigate to "Updater"->"Menu"->"Local Update", select the displayed option, and allow it to install. Your phone will boot into the original OEM recovery and install the ROM, after which it should (hopefully) boot into the new ROM.

It should then connect to the Google Play Store and update the Google framework. All your settings, apps etc should still be preserved - mine were.

Local updates on Marshmallow ROMs

In the Huawei Marshmallow (Mm) ROMs, the updater app does not have the "Local Update" option anymore. So how do you do an update from the SD Card (say you want to install a different Mm ROM)?

Here's how to do local updates on Huawei Mm ROMs. I used the dialer method. If you are on one of the Wifi-only models, XDA user [MENTION=691574]elendiir[/MENTION] has this method for performing a Local Update on Marshmallow (where the updater app does not have the "Local Update" option), especially on the Wifi-only models which don't come with a dialler app. Thanks, Elendiir!

Rooting/Unrooting instructions using phhusson's Superuser:

Rooting:

First install TWRP as your recovery. If in doubt, use the excellent Huawei Mediapad M2 rooting guide found on these forums.

Then grab the latest superuser.zip (from phhusson's Superuser project which is an actively-maintained fork of Koush's open-source Superuser project), and install it via the TWRP recovery.

Finally, get the "phh superuser" app from the Google Play store.

At this point, you should be successfully rooted. To check, you can install an app which requests root permissions (maybe a terminal app like Termux, firewall app like AFWall+, or file manager like MiXplorer), run it, and see if the root permission app dialog comes up and if the app successfully gets root after you give it the permission in the dialog.

Unrooting:

For this, you need to fastboot flash the BOOT.img from your ROM. This will involve you extracting the BOOT.img from the UPDATE.app of the ROM you flashed.

Make sure that you have ADB and FASTBOOT installed on your computer. You can use the 15-second ADB installer available here on XDA.

Uninstall the "PHH Superuser" app on your device using the app manager or the Google Play Store.

Unzip the ROM's zip file. If you're on Windows, you can use the excellent 7-zip tool for this. On Linux, you can just use the unzip command. After unzipping, you should have an UPDATE.APP file. This is the full ROM update image which we will use.

Extract BOOT.img from your ROM's UPDATE.APP using the Huawei Update Extractor tool (make sure to use the "Huawei Mediapad M2 (M2-802L)" profile in the Huawei Update Extractor tool) and save it somewhere on your computer's hard disk.

Boot your phone into the bootloader - this is called "fastboot mode".

If you have ADB enabled, you can use the following command

adb reboot bootloader

If you don't have ADB set up, you can use the hardware keys method to enter the bootloader - first shut down the phone, and then press POWER+VOLDN simultaneously.

Of the two methods, I'd recommend the ADB method because it works every time (using the hardware keys method I had mixed success; sometimes it would boot into the bootloader and sometimes it would boot into the normal ROM.

With the USB cable connected to your phone, open up a command prompt in the directory where you extracted BOOT.img, and run the following fastboot command:

fastboot flash boot BOOT.img

Reboot your computer:

fastboot reboot

And that's it, you should now be unrooted.

DPI/LCD Density Change:

If you're rooted, you can change the DPI/LCD density. If you're going to attempt this, I'd suggest making a TWRP backup first just in case your phone does not boot after changing the DPI/LCD density.

A big Thanks to [MENTION]Eagle-no1[/MENTION] for testing that a DPI/LCD Density Change to 380 and also 360 works without issues for him. The full thread is here.

To do this manually, you will find the DPI settings in /system/build.prop with these original values:

ro.sf.lcd_density=480
hw.lcd_density=480

Simply change the above so that it looks like this:

ro.sf.lcd_density=360
hw.lcd_density=360

and then reboot your device, and you should be good to go.

Have fun! :cowboy:

Issues/Problems Noticed

XDA user [MENTION=8010577]guille3073[/MENTION] has noticed a problem with the M2-802L and 5GHz WiFi Networks set to "AC-Only" mode, and I have verified the issue. Please see this post and the one before it. The solution is to change your 5GHz WiFi band to be in "Mixed" mode or "N-Only" mode. Thanks, guille3073! If anyone else notices this issue on a different device model than the 802L, please mention it in the comments to it can be added here. Update: User [MENTION=4243808]lepidas[/MENTION] reports the same issue on the 801L as well.

Instructions to recover from a bad ROM install/softbrick/bootloop:

First, make sure that you have known good official Huawei ROM for your particular device model. Then, follow the instructions (replace all references to the ROM version with the correct ROM for your device) in this post. Note: The detailed guide for extracting and flashing specific partitions from Huawei ROMs is here. Wish you good luck in your unbricking efforts.

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A big big shoutout to Team MT and XDA user [MENTION]gmanrainy[/MENTION] for the Huawei Firmware Finder tool available here on XDA - I wish I had known about this earlier when I was manually searching the Huawei servers for ROMs :silly: