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[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Zahir_Jabrailzadeh:
model is V9 DUK-AL20

1. google is your friend, c900 does not get updates (in most cases), is only for lineage/rros

So it is better to install European version right ? :)

2. checkout twrp thread in rom & development section

I am new to this site and if it is not difficult to you please write me a link to this section, I just don't know what to search for - Honor 8 Pro or Honor V9 on this kind of issues. And if there any difference between these two phones in rooting and bootloading issues.

3. your oeminfo is available (by the end of the day, only l09c10 missing) so you can skip this step

ok then I only have to backup my application data, root the phone, install TWRP and then go through "Debranding" part of your instructions, right ? or something else need to done before your instructions?

And need a little bit emergency plan just what to do in case of bricked phone and so on :)
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
you will loose your entire data, /data cannot be backed up at the moment due to the encryption huawei applies.

Regards
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Zahir_Jabrailzadeh:
What about android backup applications ? I mean to backup important data with something like Titanium Backup and restore after all ? And please comment my other questions in previous post if u can.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
thats a general question, i never used it.

2 members already did it successfully and had no issues so far. And from the dev side: you can safely use h8 pro stuff on v9 ^^
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Zahir_Jabrailzadeh:
Regardin TWRP and root installations I found this link - https://xdaforums.com/honor-8-pro/development/wip-twrp-3-1-1-0-duk-t3625798

Is it the right one ?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
exactly
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Zahir_Jabrailzadeh:
Too much new information, now I have to find out how to unlock bootloader, how to check encrypted/decrypted status and many other issues :) Thanks for the help, going to dive into google.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] zhenufo:
Today I had rebranding from AL20 to C900 successfully. Then I rebranding back to AL20 successfully!!!!!! lol
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] jax28:
Hi Zhenufo, could you share your procedure?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Zahir_Jabrailzadeh:
I have surfed internet and could find out the bootloader unlock method of Honor 8. Does Honor 8 Pro is unlocked with the same method ?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
Yes. All recent Honor phones have the same bootloader unlocking procedure.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Zahir_Jabrailzadeh:
When trying to get unlock code from the site I get the error "The Huawei ID used to apply for the unlock code has not been used on the device for more than 14 days.". But I use this account for about a month, maybe more. Can this problem occur because of that I reset my password yesterday ?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
No. This is am infamous problem to some user. Try to create another account if you can.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Zahir_Jabrailzadeh:
So even if I will wait for 14 days I will still get this error ?

And if I create a new one I won't have to wait for 14 days ?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
It's actually uncertain but the best thing to do if you can't get away from this issue is to create a new account.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Zahir_Jabrailzadeh:
I wrote an email to emuifans@huawei.com about the problem, maybe they can help. If there is no result in several days will try out creating new user.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
Who's that? We have several Honor employees here in XDA. Also you can reach out to them in real time using their live chat service.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] lu711314:
Thank you for sharing
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Zahir_Jabrailzadeh:
It is a contact email on www.emui.com site where I try to get unlock code.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
Oh. I hope he responds early.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] tibcsi0407:
I had oeminfo only in folder: /dev/block/platform/FF3B0000.UFS/By-name. Replaced it, rebooted and now I am not able to update the ROM.

Now my BL is locked back, lost the TWRP and now I will start to try with the V9 original ROM again.

What did I do wrong?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
Would you clearify step by step for the rebranding process please ?!

I will be greatful for you to doing this.

thank you in advance.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
Just follow every step from OP.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
For twrp which one of 3.1.1 1 or 3.1.1.0 which one will

Install for honor al20

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For twrp which one you flash 3.1.1 1 or 3.1.1 0
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
3.1.1-1
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
Ok for oeminf I will install the one for the firmware that I will flash

For example firmware c432 should flash oeminf for it (oeminf dukl09c432.bin)

And last question can I flash oeminf.bin through fastboot I dont need to root the device and dont need twrp?!
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
You need TWRP. Root is optional.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
Would you be with me for the process I will begin to unlook boot loader and whole op. And if I need something I will contact you

Thank you in advance.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
Yeah sure. I'm just here. Just be sure to follow the steps carefully
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
Ok
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
Goodluck man.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
about this step how can i do?

flash OEMInfo through TWRP terminal:

Code:

dd if=/external_sd/oeminfo_<your model number>.bin of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/oeminfo
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
Boot to TWRP, click Advanced, Terminal and type the command.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
how to enter in twrp mode what to press
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
Power of your phone and press volume up and power button simultaneously until the screen lights up.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
whats the meaning of

phone locked

frp locked
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
Your bootloader is locked. I thought you unlocked it already?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
i already unlocked it and say on boot your phone not trust

but he fail at flashing recovery and recovery 2

when restart it say that

one more thing flash recovery with adb or twrp

and what to do now
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
1. V9 = DUK, H8 Pro = DUK, DUK = DUK

this basically means that twrp for the H8 Pro works also works on the V9.

2. Please use the search function inside TWRP or this thread to search for your answers, you should inform yourself better if the answers to most of your questions are just around the corner, so you don't have to spam here.

Read the OP (Owner Post) carefully, follow every step as described and you will succeed.

Don't help him if he can't find those easy answers himself.

They have been answered multiple times already..

Regards
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
I don't understand man. You said it indicates "Phone Locked" right? That's the bootloader.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
i have the original firmware it will flash it through power + volume up + volume down
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
is there any solutions for

phone lock

frp lock

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this is first time for me to do this and phone is locked

thank you for help!!!!!!!!!
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
well i told you in op aswell as adrianisticoblabla did that an unlocked bootloader is required.

FRP Lock indicates the state of the "Allow OEM Unlock" Option from inside the developer settings, you have to toggle it in order to be able to unlock your device.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
the device restart contiuosly and it doesnt boot up
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
you have DUK-AL20?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
yes
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
this what i get
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
don't worry.

Once i'm home i will send you the service firmware for the AL20 variant but have to upload it again ^^

+ guide you through the restoring part
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
i have the firmware but need restoring guide

firmware i have is DUK-AL20C00B181
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
i think i have b131 here for your device, but since thats a service center firmware, it wipes everything from your device so a downgrade would be possible.

I will quote you here so you know when the fw is online.

Regards
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
ok and thank you in advance for your help

my regards
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
I wait for the firmware and instruction and thank you in advance.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
check OP ;)

EDIT: I added a guide to reset the device fully back to stock including all needed firmwares (some of them are still in upload).

OEMInfo and firmware for DUK-AL20C00 (Honor V9) have been added.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
the phone wouldnt update it says

softwere install fail.

incompatibility with current vertion.

please download the current update package.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
you said you replaced oeminfo already, which version you used?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
c432
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
twrp is still on it?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
no it removed
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] tinosenior:
TWRP not showing .bin file

Hi,

I am in the process of following the steps. My Chinese version of the Honor 8 Pro (V9) has the bootloader unlocked and TWRP installed but it won't show the .bin file and when I enter the code to load the oeminfo onto it, it says no such file or directory. I can see the file in the file manager but not when it tries to install it. I have system checked in the mount section (I searched for advice and someone suggested this)

Thanks for your help,

Tino
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
you should put the .bin file on your microsd card
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] tinosenior:
I've done it! Thanks! What I had to do was back up the current oem files onto my sd card, load it onto my computer, change that oem to the one I wanted (L09C432) and then restore the back up in TWRP. Skipped the step of putting the code in
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
any solutions??!!
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
what version you had previously installed?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
the version installed before i begin the op is DUK-AL20C00B181

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could you answer me this question?

files recovery and recovery2 with no check these files flash by twrp or adb fastboot because i flash them by adb fastboot and the op failed

if the answer is twrp then the op failed for this reason.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
You didnt answer me and I have a little update when I try to read the phone on dc unlocker in model it wrote L09
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] blankulus:
Stuck in Rebranding

Ok so i followed the instructions, trying to rebrand my V9 to H8P, used TWRP Terminal and installed the oem***.bin then I try to follow the next step and use fastboot to flash the 2 recovery files and i get "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)"

After several attempts I do some reading and see the question "Is your bootloader unlocked?" So I checked using get-oem in fastboot and it shows bootloader locked. It appears that upon installing the .bin my bootloader was locked.

I tried using the bootloader unlock code I originally got with the fastboot oem unlock in adb, but I keep getting this same "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)". So now my phone is bricked. It won't boot.

Can someone help me please.:crying:
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
You triggered FRP lock.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] blankulus:
What does that mean??
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
It means you're basically stuck unless you unlock it again. Reflash your whole firmware.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] blankulus:
Yes that's what it says
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] adriansticoid:
Reflash your firmware to unlock it.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] blankulus:
Can you tell me how to do this?

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Can you tell me how to do this?

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How do I unlock it again. I've been trying but I can't get past that frd lock

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How do I reflash?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
The only Way to reflash it by DC phonex I face the same problem and force update by DC phonex by the firmware that have before the whole operation and after that I tick oem unlock and USB debugging and open bootloader again and then continue by flash recovery and recovery 2 and complete the guide.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
EDIT: sorry, i just noticed that your frp is locked :/

i'm wondering why a few persons get this ..

did you try to boot into system after flashing the oeminfo?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
I try to tell you that the system doesn't boot after flashing oeminfo
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
i know, thats why you have to flash the new rom for the region you wanna rebrand to. but i directly booted inside fastboot instead of trying to boot system .. thats why i'm asking
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
But to the china version (v9) the bootloader locked again after you flash oeminf.

And solution as I follow is to force flash it did it for me by DC Phoenix by the same version that phone have before your operation and open bootloader again continue for your guide flashing recovery no ckeck and recovery 2.... Etc

it takes for me three days to do it after many searches and many tries by flashing it.

And off course your guide. Thank you again

And now I have honor 8 pro instead of honor v9
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] tinosenior:
Hi again,

The Huawei is now is English with all google play and everything on there as it would be if I bought it here in England. However, the model number still says DUK-Al20 and the only things I am having a problem with is the mobile data section in the settings and also the permissions section. They both open and close immediately. Nothing else has been affected.

Shall I just ignore this, because I can't ever see me having to use it. Apps can still have their permissions accepted and they worl fine.

Any advice?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] venugopalu007:
after rebranding did it says AL20 old build number ?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] tinosenior:
Yeah! It still says DUK-AL20C00B181 but is all in English with the usual defualt apps
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] venugopalu007:
this means it is not successfully rebranded, Try again
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] tinosenior:
Okay I'll have another go. When I put the oem .bin file into the root of my sd card and tried to flash through TWRP terminal, I got an error saying "no such file or directory" but it was there when I checked in file manager. However it wasn't there if I didn't go through the file manager. Any advice on this problem?

To get the new oem file to work, which this is maybe why it hasn't rebranded properly, I had to make a back up of the current oem on my sd card, load the card on my laptop, switch the AL20 oem with the CL432 and then in TWRP restore that back up as if it was always CL432. I found this method online, is this where it went wrong do you think?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] venugopalu007:
i don't understood , can you PM me for easy talk
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] jak989:
I'm glad to hear there is a way out. Right now I also stuck in with locked FRP and Bootloader. Could you please explain how you used DC Phoenix, that would be a great help. Which Phoenix method were you using? tried it with method 1 but after the "Fastboot" flash I dont know how to do the "Upgrade Mode" Flash.

Thanks in advance
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
What version did you have before doing any thing
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] jak989:
I have a DUK-AL20 and followed this instruction to rebrand it to DUK-L09. After I change the oeminfo and bootet into fastboot it was looked.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
duk-al20c00b???
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] jak989:
Yes:crying:
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
B181 or B173
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] jak989:
oh I'm sorry. It was DUK AL-20C00 B181 or higher
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
First you need to download you firmware b181 from easyfirmware

https://easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=browse&b=category&id=25624

Then download dc Phoenix

https://www.dc-unlocker.com/file-list/DC-unlocker_softwares/DC_Phoenix/DC_Phoenix_v39_beta.rar.html

And then make user on dc Phoenix

Then you have to charge your user on dc Phoenix approximately 10$ or 15$ i didn't know how much i pay can't remember then put you phone in fast boot mode.

Then browse from dc Phoenix for the firmware you download and flash it.

The phone will be boot and then you have to go to usb debugging and tick it and oem unlock and tick it.

Restart you phone in fast boot and follow the rest of guide from the piont you stop at by flashing recovery nockeck and recovery 2 nocheck and complete the guide..... Etc

Note : No need to flash twrp again because you already flash oeminf at the beginning and it not removed.

Note : dc Phoenix is to force flash your original firmware.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] jak989:
Thanks a lot! I will immediately try it.

I see, you flashed a zip file. I tried it with the update.app file
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
Important Note: download firmware b181 from easyfirmware the link i give you 4.143 GB and there is firmware b181 1.75 GB this firmware for network in china not global I will upload it later because it is not free in easyfirmware site.
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] venugopalu007:
[MENTION=4960686]OldDroid[/MENTION] last night me and my friends tino successfully followed the proved in OP but the buildnumber is remained same ,what to do }?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] jak989:
I got the firmware but I still cant figure out how to flash a zip-file with phoenix. Did you convert it to another Format?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] venugopalu007:
no, extract the .tar file using any extrator and Copy the extraceted files to sd card/dload folder and power off the phone hold all buttons after vibrate release the power butto n,it will update
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
you've flashed oeminfo of the version you want to rebrand to?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
Extract the zip file and update the two file. APP there are in the firmware 181 4 files you flash two files only.

First file : (update. app)

Second file : in folder DUK-AL20_all_cn (update_DUK-AL20_all_cn.app)
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] venugopalu007:
yeah flashed , and later done a dload successfully , but the phone still saying Duk-AL20
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
after flashing the oeminfo, did you flash the l09c432 firmware or the al20 one?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] venugopalu007:
L09 firmware extracter from tar file you provided
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
there is something you must have done wrong, maybe the oeminfo was not flashed correctly?

Regards
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] tinosenior:
The install and flash method was used instead of using the terminal and the flash command because the .bin oeminfo wasn't showing and the terminal said "no such file or directory". However when I looked in file manager, the .bin file was there. Any advice on getting the .bin file to be found?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
where did you place the .bin file and how was it named?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] tinosenior:
I just placed it into the root of an external sd card and left the name as it was. Looking at it again, I think I know where I went wrong the first time. On the flash command it says /by-name... do you replace name with the name of the .bin file? If so, I have stupidly missed that when I first attempted the rebrand
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
which oeminfo did you try to use?

duk-l09c900?

duk-l09c432?
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] tinosenior:
I tried to use oeminfo_DUK-L09C432.bin
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
dd if=/external_sd/oeminfo_DUK-L09C432.bin of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/oeminfo_a

could be also oeminfo (instead of oeminfo_a)

can't check it atm because i have no twrp installed
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] tinosenior:
Thank you for your help! I'll try it as soon as I am home from work (a few hours yet). I'll let you know how I get on
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
i've added a comprehensive guide on how to flash unapproved ota updates for the h8 pro.

Regards
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] venugopalu007:
Ho thank U , we will try and report back :o
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] jak989:
Thanks for your help. It is booting now, unfortunatly it still has FRP locked and thr build number is NRD90M test-keys.

Bootloader is unlocked but I get an error when I try to step 4, flash duk-recovery-nocheck

(sending 'recovery' (40678 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.894s]

writing 'recovery'...

FAILED (remote: image verification error))

Anyone any advice
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] venugopalu007:
try to unlock the bootloader again
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] jak989:
Unfortunatly, it doesn't accept the original code
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] OldDroid:
relock, re-unlock
[Honor 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Yes350:
Frp : devolper optio and tick oem unlocking.

Build number : i get the same after complete​ the whole op it will edited.

FAILED : you have to unlock frp.