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[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] superior8888:
OK nice. I Will try Then

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[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
You can use the easy HiSuite method if you already have the LON-L29C432. No need to change DNS or do eRecovery. Just change hosts file and use HiSuite. :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Valuta:
OP has updated their site: https://funkyhuawei.club/plans

I think that 15$ is more affordable. Maybe it is a better idea to limit the amount of downloads, rather than the amount of devices, say 10 downloads for a fixed price. Perhaps a single use (2~3) day pass could be useful for those people (like myself) that get stuck on a soft brick once.

Edit 1:

My page had not refreshed, feel free to ignore above post :s
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
As long as people are not abusing the service, they can request to have their device changed on their account, by contacting me. But it's been 15$ from the beginning for the low plan.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] M4cr0s:
No problem. I might be using your service at some point down the line :) Depends on how the whole root/flashing debacle develops for these devices and if one is left out of substantial updates due to region or SIM.

Mac
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Valuta:
I was referring to changed from yesterday (I only just now notices there were over a dozen more posts between then and now)
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Your device is the only one I've ever seen be approved for the B139 update, so I think if anyone will be not left out, it will be you! Still, if you do decide to use my service, remind me to refund you your first payment in exchange for your help with the breakthrough :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
I see! :D
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] superior8888:
Worked as **** ?

Thanks for this ?

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[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
No problem! Enjoy.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mscion:
Hi. So to make sure I understand the billing process., if, say, I decide to rebrand my phone, its the $30/month plan. Assuming all goes well within 30 days of payment I can cancel and I will not be billed any more so total cost of rebranding with technical support is $30?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] masi0:
[MENTION=4572798]duraaraa[/MENTION] great achievement!!! one question as I cannot find it anywhere supposedly i will flash my phone with latest udate from funkyhuawei.

and supposedly i may want to get back to same stock firmware that was originally installed via standard - official HiSuite update process.

will that work if I run HiSUite and boot phone in Recovery mode? which latest firware HiSuite will choose?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mnoshey@:
What about my donation the last week under name of Hadeer mohhamad Noshey Badawy for pay pal me recovered my phone bot me can't an Thang from today or at leasttow months an me was individual person. https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/home

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For me I donate last week 30 dollars to recover my phone now everything will go to unusable. My pay pal name is Hadeer Mohhamad Noshey Badawy. And pay pal when click donation is https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/home
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] cacilhas:
good evening.

I want to leave here my opinion on this topic (business).

I have always had nexus, samsungs iphones, etc ... but I thought this site was to help people less familiar with the various firmware settings and not only, this is what we are seeing is pure "business" of someone who has links with Huawei, I think ...... or someone who has insider information and is taking advantage of them.

Just do not know how a site like XDA authorizes this. I am deeply disappointed and sorry to have bought 1 huawei phone, but it should be the last one.

This should be a site for the exchange of information and ideas and those who had more knowledge to share with whom it needed.

I'm very sorry for the course this is having, but the gain speaks louder.

I hope I did not offend anyone, this is just an outburst of those who used to come to this site to find useful information for the problems that get us every day the various mobile phones.

I'm sorry again.

Cacilhas
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
HiSuite doesn't support Mate 9 in recovery mode without FunkyHuawei. So you'd get nothing.

If you want to get back to the same original firmware, it's only possible if it's a choice on FunkyHuawei.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Yes, exactly as you describe.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Sorry to all who have experienced various bugs or issues on the first day of the new FunkyHuawei. I have just fixed a couple of bugs, and I'm sure that here and there more will pop up. It's impossible to test it under all scenarios. I ask your patience in reporting issues you have to me, and letting me fix them :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alta1r:
One other thing that bothers me even more than the forced monthly plan and going straight against what xda stands for (and xda's rules) is that, according to the instructions at least, payment can only be done by credit card... You're not a registered business or anything like that that I can see or find on the website (only an email as contact information). I'm protected against Internet fraud with my credit card, but if I'm stupid enough to share my credit card details with an individual on the net I'm not sure the credit card company will see that as fraud should something happen. Anyway, I'm not sharing my credit card details to just an individual or an email address.

I do understand that you can not offer the service for free nor am I asking for it, but in my opinion it's the wrong place to promote it and the wrong way to do it.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Regarding credit cards, it's a valid concern. They are processed by Stripe, and not held on FunkyHuawei's servers. Your credit card information goes to Stripe, and they give FunkyHuawei a token which it uses to charge you. You can confirm that if you bring up the source code of the payment page, or look into how Stripe works. I'm using stripe.js

Anyway, regarding the XDA rules and promoting it, I think it's a grey area, but my intention, which is within the confines of the XDA rules, is to run this thread to offer support to the XDA community and get feedback, not to promote sales. The fact that it needs to be paid for is a side-effect of the scale and nature of the project.

You are more than welcome to hate it, not use it, and badmouth it. But I hope you can appreciate the money, time, and effort I've put into this, and its usefulness to many people.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gm007:
I'm not seeing any moderator saying anything here, maybe they are getting money too from this lol
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Shh! Don't tell anyone about my moderator bribing marketing secrets! :laugh:
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] cacilhas:
You are an opportunist with an open eye, that you should be using insider information from huawei, or someone who works for huawei. I have no doubts about this.

I think XDA should kick your ass, because your goal is to fill your pockets.

Cacilhas

This site is down.

If you want to market a product open a website
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] EMF:
Well I am happy with the service, and have signed up for it. It is easy and it works. It does take time and cost money to run the service. If you don't want to use the service, feel free not to. There is not really any point for you to post about it - simply ignore the thread.

Donating to the developers is not uncommon.

BTW the website works fine here.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
So your theory is that I work at Huawei and disabled eRecovery and delayed OTA updates for non-Chinese models with out-of-region SIM cards so that I could fill my pockets?

You can think what you want, but if you look at my post history on XDA, I think you'll see pretty clearly that I have nothing to do with Huawei, and I simply spent a lot of time and money gaining knowledge, using my skills, and developing a solution to a problem.

As far as I know, I have been obeying the XDA rules. On the other hand, I think your abuse and accusations toward me is beginning to cross the line. What would you want me to do? Abandon the solution entirely? Would you suggest that I pay for the bandwidth, pay for the servers, dedicate pretty much all of my waking hours to running and maintaining the service, then give it away for free until I no longer have any money to pay for it? As it is right now, my pockets are very far from filled.

If you don't like FunkyHuawei, just ignore the FunkyHuawei thread! I'm not making spam posts asking people to sign up, and I'm not causing a disturbance in the community. I'm just offering free support to people who want it via this thread, getting input and help from a community of smart people I've been involved with for a long time, and when I can, giving advice to people about a range of topics on the Mate 9, including FunkyHuawei, because I put in so much time that I've become very knowledgeable about every aspect of how the phone works.

If I end up making money, great! I deserve it. I worked my ass off. I slept 30 minutes last night.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] cacilhas:
Donations of 30 dollars, you are rich ............
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Thank you very much for the support. It's nice to hear something positive at a time like this! :p
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] donJanek:
Quick & solid: CN -> EU

Hey guys,

I'm want a simple and solid solution to change my in China obtained Mate 9 from chinese version to a german one.

I'm super noob, so what I'm looking for is a out-of-the-box-comfort-function-one-click-easy-to-install-in-two-seconds solution.

What to do???

Cheers

Janek
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Unfortunately, no such one-click solution exists. Instead, you will have to take the long, painful journey of following the instructions in this thread:

https://xdaforums.com/mate-9/how-to/mate-9-mate-9-pro-rebranding-guide-t3545154

However, once the journey is finished, your device can work exactly the same as a genuine European one.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] superior8888:
At least [MENTION=4572798]duraaraa[/MENTION] is honest about it. I think he deserves every dollar. But i think payment should be for every flash, not a monthly fee. Thats a suggestion duraaraa ?

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[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mslominski:
Dear duraaraa

I have paid $ 30 and I still have a problem with rebranding. Im still waiting for your help. I am doing everything according to the instructions. I think my payment should be transferred to Funkyhuawei 2.0 at one month and You should help me.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] donJanek:
Hey is it possible to pay you one-time for this, not on monthly basis? I mean, monthly subsricption for a one-time service, is somehow not right for my needs. I need this to do only once...
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Governa:
You can get the subscription, do what you got to do, then cancel it. That way you won't get charged automatically the next month.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dondavis007:
Perfect deal would be a one time deal with another price. Other than that the service works like a charm for Mare 9 Pro, great work!

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[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mostar088:
We should not throw stones on durrarra for charging us for this tool, he has done a great job providing us with a solution that help us upgrade and unbrick the phone. If someone is mad they should throw stones on Huawei for removing the manuall solution of upgrading and slow OTA updates.

But i also think it would be better to have a one time pay to use the tool, like DC-Unlocker have that u can buy credit for one time function.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
I had thought about doing it as a one-time deal, but because it's likely the user will make a mistake and the flash will fail, support for that would be a nightmare. I think it's easy enough to have a subscription that can be activated or de-activated as necessary. The hope is there are enough people who keep their accounts active to cover the costs of the service. Whether or not that actualizes remains to be seen.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] donJanek:
Sounds fair for me, having the option to de-subscribe, if service is not needed.

But for now I spend 3h trying to get this code from Huawei website, finally realising, me not ****ing in China right now...

So any idea, how to get this bootloader code.

Fuk sake my 1-click solution expectation :P
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mostar088:
DC-Unlocker supports Mate 9 now for bootloader code.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] donJanek:
Yepp! It seems messed up now.... So after perfoming all steps as described by [MENTION=4572798]duraaraa[/MENTION] guide, the procedure stucks at following step

8. Use FunkyHuawei eRecovery method to flash the firmware that matches the model you rebranded to. Instructions for eRecovery method can be found at https://funkyhuawei.club/instructions

- 1st of all: I'm not able to start the phone. It starts in eRecovery not able to obtain anything via Wifi...

-2nd: not mention, that at process step #8 at "funkyclub" I need to pick a firmware, described in instructions, buuuuut - guess what, I cant look this info up, as my phone is not loading his stuff...

And now? Any idea how to restart this thing from point zero?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
If it's from the same IP address on the same network, you can use your computer to pick the firmware on the site, of course.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] donJanek:
Could you please explain this process in more detail?

1- How to download via PC?

2- How to load from PC to M9?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
You don't download to your PC. You use your phone to download it with eRecovery.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] donJanek:
Allright. I have managed to reconfigure my internet router to point DNS to your adress. Although my LAN devices point to DNS to the router, when I go to funkyhuaweidnscheck.com it works on all devices.

Now I plug M9 via USB to PC and reboot to eRecovery.

Problem: While trying to obtain package, error occures "Getting package info failed"

What to do now?

(we are doin good - step by step :) )
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Make sure you are logged in on the website and try again. ( https://funkyhuawei.club )

If your IP changed, you will be logged out.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] donJanek:
I've logged in again but same message.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
I don't know your email address on the site, so I can't check the log...

Send an email to support and I'll help you.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Update: Due to feedback from the community, we will be trialing a 'credit' system, as opposed to the subscription system. It will be possible to purchase credits, which are used for each flash. We are also re-enabling the use of Paypal. This update should be live some time today. Those with active subscriptions, nothing will change, nothing to worry about, but we may not be able to continue your subscription at the end of your subscription period.

Those who previously donated can get a credit for their previous donation. Contact support.

Edit: The changes are now live. If you have trouble, contact me or support from the site.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Yes, it's possible. That's one of the reasons it exists.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lukemo:
Dear Duraraa, I'v just bought 5 credits to turn my L29C636B139 to a L29C432B139. I made correctly all the procedures choosing the correct firmware but at the end I have again C636....what's wrong? I lost a credit without any mistake by my side considering the instructions
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gm007:
As per the instructions on rebranding thread,you have to flash the firmware twice in erecovery,and a factory reset from the settings in between.

You did that?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lukemo:
Thanks a lot for your help; sorry I haven't read before flashing the rebranding thread but only the instructions inside funkyhuawei 2.0.

Anyway inside the rebranding thread there is no oeminfo.zip related to the version I need (L29C432), so in any case I have to wait for a zip from duraraa or an update of the rebranding thread.

I don't want to enter in the discussion about the charge of this service, that it doesn't seem in my opinion in the xda spirit; anyway the instructions in funkyhuawei 2.0 are not so clear in my personal opinion and I lost a credit with no benefit.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gm007:
True, that's why I didn't unlock my phone yet.

Maybe I'm stupid but not stupid enough to pay and change my router dns so others steal things from my phone and my pc :D
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tusvik:
Hi just tried to update lon-29c432 it download and installed the update tru hisuite. The phone did a reboot but nothing happened. I am still on the b124. What did i do wrong?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
I gave you another credit to try again. Make sure you have the latest version of HiSuite and try again. Probably, your version was updated, but the version number was not updated. You can confirm by the kernel build date. It's likely to work if you try again, but I recommend eRecovery method as the most reliable way to do it.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
The rebranding thread is linked to from FunkyHuawei's instructions page. Rebranding is very tricky, so it's not easy to make clear instructions. The updates are much more straightforward.

Anyway, here is a zip for LON-L29C432. I will also update the rebranding thread. I will restore your wasted credit as well but from now on please read the instructions carefully :p

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6ox6M5Lb2JYZ3RfRHBZRW16a2M
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tusvik:
thank you,

now trying the erecovery method but I am having the same problem as donJanek

Problem: While trying to obtain package, error occures "Getting package info failed"

Logged in and out of the page several times, no luck

wil try the hisuite method again
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Manook01:
PM Sent
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tusvik:
just did the hisuite again, still not working
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] M4cr0s:
Hey!

I'm in Norway too. LON-L29C432. Telenor/Djuice. I got B139 through OTA when I first got the device a couple if weeks ago. Don't know what original firmware was, but probably B124 or B126. Really weird if I got OTA and you did not...

If you got a friend that you could borrow a SIM from just temporarily that might be enough to trigger an OTA. Any other service provider than you currently have. Just throwing out an idea.

Mac
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Did the update fail after HiSuite tried to start it?

Can you give me more details as to what happened?

Do you have an unlocked bootloader and/or TWRP? If so, it won't work unless you use eRecovery, for sure.

Anyway, I add another credit. This time, please use eRecovery. eRecovery is the most reliable way.

When using eRecovery, you need to make sure your DNS settings are set on your Wifi router, so that your phone will pick it up when it connects to wifi in eRecovery.

I don't see any eRecovery requests for firmware from your device, so the DNS settings were the problem.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Email support. Your credits can be restored
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tusvik:
Hi

I do have twrp installed so that probably the isue with hisuite.

About the erecovery and dns

I tok a screenshot of the check Page before trying to update and it loads.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Ugh. Someone bought the URL.

Anyway, it should load the funkyhuawei site, so if it loads like that, your DNS is wrong.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] olhays:
There is the option of only credit? I don't need 5 credits
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tusvik:
I will try erecovery again in a few days.

I use 4g Mobile router at Home that wont let me change the dns

Thank you for all your help :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
Have been at this all day now. Finally it decides to download FunkyHuawei...

It boots... And bootloop.

I guess I need to wipe after, trying to flash again now.

If any of you can't change the DNS in your router, you can turn your PC/Laptop into a wifi hotspot if you have both wired and wireless in it.

That way you can just change the DNS of your connection in Networking, and your phone will use that DNS instead of your routers DNS.

What I did wrong first time was to flash TWRP but not backing up the backup from settings, as internal memory is wiped as well.

So it went to a state where it didn't have the Play Store or any of the Gapps. I tried to flash Open GAPPS, but that was not a good idea...

Edit: The full bootup sound played now! This must mean...

Edit2: It's booted!

Thank you for this service [MENTION=4572798]duraaraa[/MENTION]
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
You don't need to pick it on your phone. Just pick from your computer. As long as they are on the same network and have the same IP address, it's okay. Make sure you stay logged in, and that your DNS server is set correctly, and it should work.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Just an announcement because there has been a lot of confusion:

If you use eRecovery,

The DNS settings need to be done ON YOUR WIFI ROUTER.

This is different from the Windows control panel, which only sets the DNS for your computer.

The phone will need to see the correct DNS settings from your Wifi router for it to work.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] movizdb:
I'm rebranding now. It is downloading the L29 firmware. Crossing fingers :)

EDIT: I managed to rebrand using my mobile hotspot. I had to share wifi to my latop and then change DNS from the networking settings. Download was slow but i made it happen. Thanks FunkyHuawei
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] the_chinaman:
Well I've reported this thread as I think it is disgusting to make a profit on xda. I posted my objections on the first thread and everyone was quick to say it was an optional donation. Well lo and behold it is now compulsory to purchase credits. And duraaraa only changed his first payment idea because of the negative backlash but this indicates his mindset. In it for the buck.

Now I appreciate there is a hosting cost, but why not share the process with the community so they can work together to find a solution? Rather than that he is looking to make a profit.

As I said in my first post, this isn't craigslist, it is a community that is out to help other, for free. Next we will have unlocking services peddling their wares on the site.