[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ubermorgan:
i've done that, end up with the same result, not all apps are there and NRDM90 Test keys

---------- Post added at 03:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:37 PM ----------

i think i know whats going on after rebranding now. Something similar happened with my mate 8, i updated using system update and the update file was incomplete. Ended up having no file manager, no google accounts, no keyboard. Voice activation was the only option with no alternative and lots of other stuff was missing. I had to downgrade back emui 4. Whats happening on my mate 9 pro is not exactly the same but it is similar because there are missing apps like file manager; so i'm willing to bet that one the 3 zip files was incomplete. I should try another region, just not sure which other region apart from c636 comes close to australia.

---------- Post added at 03:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:42 PM ----------

This is nothing more than just clearer explanation of the [Guide] Mate 9 Flash Update Package and Rebrand by By mankindtw which i am using for my mate 9 pro AL00.

This is for the Manual Update only --- I'll try and explain this as best i can and i'm only posting this now, even though my mate 9 pro is not 100%. There are some apps missing like file manager. I haven't bothered to go through the phone in detail yet as i am too busy with other things but i am sure other things are missing as well but hopefully, someone out there can figure out either what i am missing, or what is missing , after all, a good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

First and foremost, download the three files that you need and rename them to update.zip, update_all_hw.zip and update_data_public.zip AND MAKE A COPY OF THEM. This is very important and you will see why further down in the explanation.

Step 1 : Download the Base: HWOTA_2017050101_Base.zip first and unzip into a temp folder. You will then be left with 2 subfolders, HWOTA_2017050101_Base and then HWOTA. In there you will see 4 folders, oem, recovery, update and tools; you will also see hwota.sh. Take these 4 folders and the sh file and put them into a new HWOTA folder, preferably in C:\

Step 2 : download Windows -> HWOTA_2017050101_Windows.zip and unzip into a temp folder. You will then be left with 2 subfolders, HWOTA_2017050101_Windows and HWOTA, in there you will see 2 folders, cygwin and tools; you will also see update.bat. Take these 2 folders and the update.bat and put them into the new HWOTA folder

Step 3 : Download HWOTA_2017050101_LON.zip and unzip into a temp folder. You will then be left with 2 subfolders, HWOTA_2017050101_LON and HWOTA. In there you will see 2 folders, oem and recovery. Grab all the files from the oem folder and put them into the recovery folder you put into the HWOTA folder from step 1

Then grab all the files from the recovery folder and put them into the recovery folder you put into HWOTA in step 1

Now the HWOTA folder you created in step 1 should have the following folders and files :

cygwin

oeminfo

recovery

tools

update

hwota.sh

update.bat

Now run the bat programme. Follow the prompts.

Once the phone has restarted there may be a few things missing like google accounts, file manager, play store etc - this may vary depending on what model your rebranding from. Eg i rebranded from AL00 to L29C636 and file manger, google play and google accounts were missing. Probably other stuff is missing as well but i didn't bother checking every single thing. This is because you have only gone through the bat programme once. You need to go through it again. So.

you must copy the three zip you made a copy of earlier back into HWOTA update folder which is now empty thanks to the first rebrand and start the process again. Only this time, instead of selecting rebrand, you must select update same model. After this your mate 9 pro should be rebranded.

I will repeat again that on my mate 9 pro there are some things missing like file manager. So i believe one of the 3 update files is incomplete however if this does help you to rebrand successfully then by all means...AWESOME!!!! I would love the feedback as i am sure many other would too.

SUCCESS!!!! Mate 9 pro AL00 rebranded to LON-L29C636B228

Ok. I had to go through the bat programme more than twice for this so this may vary depending on what your debranding from. Ultimately you may have to run the bat programme more than twice and keep checking the update folder before you do so. As mentioned above, after the first rebrand the update folder will be empty.

Chuffing marvelous!!