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[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] chinosan:
Aparently performance is fixed on 188.

Updated via HWOTA, factory reset, and games are performing good again...

Camera RAW bug is gone too
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gurita:
Still not approved for installation...wait to long.:eek:
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxy16:
i wanna update mine but FF still not approved. i wanna tey HWOTA but afraid to brick my phone
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Derpling:
Waiting for more users to confirm no issues with B188, as it slowed down my phone and killed Tekken 6 performance completely.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] STEVED520:
Should see influx of users with 188 once it's approved for install via ff
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] soft-touch:
On B188 here.

I must say the first boot took a long time, anyone updating got to be patient, after that everything is cool.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zayidhs:
FF or HWOTA?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] soft-touch:
HWOTA
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxy16:
Can you teach me how to update using the method you used?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] soft-touch:
Follow the thread here: https://xdaforums.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-mate-9-flash-update-package-t3593108
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxy16:
how about unlocking of the bootloader?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Texan1:
https://hwid5.vmall.com

Log in, put in the info it asks for and you'll get your unlock code.

When you follow the HWOTA method, it will ask for your unlock code at some stage in the process and just enter it then.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] soft-touch:
You got to have your bootloader code handy and backup your data partition with TWRP.

After update, bootloader will relock, so you have to unlocked bootloader which will also wipe device.

Then, I re-install TWRP recovery, format data partition and flash root from TWRP.

Then restore my backup "data" only with TWRP
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] newyesor:
Yes ,B188 bring EMUI 5.0.1
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Okiera29:
Just posted this on the other thread, but I have B190 waiting to be installed by updater. Just came from the Honor 5x and that one was unlocked, rooted and ROM-ed by me. So I have a basic understanding. I am on B183 right now. Anybody on B190 and have any reports or advice?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] STEVED520:
Mate 9 version do you have?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Okiera29:
MHA-L29, sorry, forgot to add that
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tboy2000:
Which country are you in?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] monkeygod:
Sounds like you have the north america version, C567. I flashed to 190 before and really there was nothing much to complain about the phone. There hasn't been new update for C567 since 190 so you will still be on May security patch. Other than that, it seemed to be a fairly solid update. BTW I am non c636b188 now.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxy16:
data partition is refering to my apps , pics , music and files i save on my phone?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
Apps, app settings, app data, internal storage (/sdcard).

To be able to backup /data in twrp you need to be decrypted already.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] soft-touch:
YES.

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Sure
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxy16:
omg i got so much to learn lol.. how do i decrypt it? lets say if i will just redownload my apps? the pictures n other stuffs i will backup to my computer
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] soft-touch:
Decrypt data partition by formatting with TWRP. I always do this first then flash SuperSU.

After setting up phone and installing all the apps, then TWRP can be used to create a nandroid (image) backup of boot, system, recovery, data, crust etc.

which can be restored easily.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] onslaught86:
For anyone still waiting for auth, B188 auth'd for my Mate 9 last night.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] STEVED520:
Still not auth for my mate 9 :(
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zayidhs:
With or without IMEI?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] onslaught86:
With IMEI. This was the OTA, not the FULL-OTA. I've been checking daily since B188 first appeared in FF.

Credit where it's due, Mate 9 is the first of my phones to get the August security patch.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zayidhs:
I'll try the OTA though I always prefer full as it is a sort of "clean" installation.

PS:

Both OTA and full not verified for me with or without IMEI
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Texan1:
This drives me crazy when I know the firmware is available but isn't authorised yet! That's why I use the HWOTA method and flash it straight away :victory:

(and still not showing as authorised on FF for me yet anyway)
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tboy2000:
Mine just got approved. B188 installed. Am in the UK. SIM Unlocked.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] STEVED520:
Anyone in USA get authorized for 188?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bossei:
It sucks that it takes this long to get updates. I mean no security patch or nothing??? Come on Hauwei...
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tboy2000:
Am on the new B188. I don't want to jinx myself but battery life seems better. I got 7hrs sot with it so far. 100% to 3% in almost 23 hours. This is good for me. Occasionally I get 18 hours or much less.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rynegod:
Authentication still failed on my end.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Texan1:
Meanwhile B213 is out for the Chinese version...
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] STEVED520:
Huwaei's update schedule is pretty bad, im still on June security patch! I know i can manually flash but I rather wait for the firmware to authenticate.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 5[Strogino]:
B231 :)

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I'm on May security patch (MHA-L29C636B181). Too lazy to update on new version manually.

There is no super-duper in new versions, so take it easy and use this great phone without concern :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] egotheist:
If by "manually" you mean typing letter B in model name in FF to update to B183, then you're lazy big time, mate.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zayidhs:
:laugh:
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] STEVED520:
188 finally auth for me ?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zayidhs:
OTA just popped up, 600+ MB, using Maxis in Malaysia

Updated, B188, EMUI 5.0.1

Will watch out for improvements.

UPDATE:

May seem too soon but a very significant increase in speed be it opening apps or execution. Phone was quite fast prior to update that's why I wrote this cos the increase in speed is glaringly noticable *double thumbs up*
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] egotheist:
I guess B188 has been rolled out for everyone. Hooray!
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kuprij:
Yes, approved for me too o/
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Derpling:
When i tested it, a month ago I had slowdowns with chrome and all web browsers, and PPSSPP emulator worked poorly, as oppose to B181.

Please post your findings, and if u did factory reset.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gurita:
For me is not approved:crying:
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mad.nexus:
Hey guys! I recently updated to B194... I'm from Portugal, not complaining just, what gives? LOL
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tboy2000:
You mean C636B194?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mad.nexus:
Ooops, nevermind... Lol

I have the C432B194.

Btw, how do you guys access the hicare OS early updates? Always says no files for me...
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 5[Strogino]:
This feature is available only on chinese stock ROMs.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
what does everyone notice in C636B188?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] egotheist:
- new firmwear number (188)

- live photo

- new security patch.

that's pretty much I guess.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] egotheist:
B188 is no longer available for me in FF. I wonder why?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
how about performance / battery'?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] STEVED520:
Battery life is better so far for me. Coming from 183
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Texan1:
Been over a month since any new MHAL29 rom releases, usually a few would have popped up by now.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Derpling:
B189 is on, at Funki soon i hope it hits ff
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walton_Melb:
Who said battery life is better on 188. Mine just updated updated from 183 to 188 today and battery life is woeful.

And, wow, my security update is now August, only 2 months (nearly) out of date again.

Huawei, you are hopeless. What about the Bluetooth security update that is essential. Well we get it before December? Samsung are rolling it out now.

Posting this has used 2% battery, what a joke.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Derpling:
Ok i can say that Huawei updates after B181 are trash, Tekken 6 plays at 5 fps as opposed to 60fps, which means they using some CPU throttling method, like samsung DVFS, i hope it's NOT TRUE.

Angry Birds 2 works excellent like it used to be, switching between apps is laggier, some apps crash even after a factory reset and cache cleaning, web browsing lags a bit as opposed to B181, where it was super smooth.

Though apps launch faster and it boots faster, and include fix for the blueboorn vulnerability, idk wtf Huawei is doing with the updates, but it seems just worst and worst.

Kinda hesitate if to buy the Mate 10 now, and without some credits left in Funkie's, or FF, we wouldn't get any updates, some of us still has very old version... they really need to up there game as it's unacceptable.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] val_lixembeau:
I see this all the time, and I think that a lot of people don't understand what life is like for phone manufacturers who aren't Apple (and maybe Samsung).

Apple has enough market power to dictate to carriers that they will control the rate of software updates, but for other vendors, they have very limited control over how often and how quickly carriers are willing to take updates. And of course, the vendors have limited engineering and sales resources so they push some carriers more or less depending on the market too.

You can definitely blame the vendor if NO areas of the world get updates. But if some do and your region doesn't, I would consider that either up to your carrier or market realities.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mad.nexus:
Tekken 6 you say..? Hmmmmmm...
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Derpling:
My phone is unlocked and android cancer is the updates, security updates at least, shouldn't be tied to the firmware update, Google need to release them globally via play store or a new service, if it's global Android threat, they can do it like Microsoft does on windows.

As for recent hardware updates, Huawei screwed up badly, many users reporting issues with B194 and i had issues on all firmware after B181.

I choose tekken 6 as the best cpu tester game, since it's an emulator that requires lot of cpu power, on my previous galaxy S7 and now on S8 and Note 8, Tekken 6 works bad, very very bad.

However, on the Mate 9 on B181, it works PERFECT, 60 fps with minimal lagging, however, on B183+ it works on 5 fps with mess stuttering, wtf happened? and web browsing became sluggish af.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walton_Melb:
My Phone is unlocked and SHOULD get updates when released. IT DOESN'T. I do not get OTA updates, only when I force it via FF

NOT GOOD ENOUGH HUAWEI
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
try flashin 181 again see how it is
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Derpling:
i did, B181 is perfect.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
have you tried B189?

do you think B181 has better performance and battery than the rest?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Derpling:
Yes i tried B189 and it is still awful, B181 has great battery peformance, idk how it fares vs the latest firmware, but on B181 everything works smoothly and perfect.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] val_lixembeau:
But why are you blaming Huawei and not your carrier?

It used to be that smaller companies like Palm and BlackBerry would sell carrier-branded/locked phones which only got updates when allowed by the carriers, and also sold a small number of phones directly to consumers which were unlocked and unbranded and that got OTAs as soon as they were released. I wish Huawei would adopt this model.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] soft-touch:
Carrier based OTA update might be very difficult for company like Huawei who only focus on Chinese customers. Branding devices to a region is one of the greatest mistake of Huawei.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walton_Melb:
I have only ever got one OTA update - early on when I had a Singapore SIM active.

Actually, I'm not talking about carrier updates. The only way I get updates now is by FF. The holdup with that is that an update will appear on FF but it is not approved by Huawei to install. B188 appeared weeks ago on FF but has only been approved to be installed on my phone over the weekend.

This is B188, not anything later that may solve the Bluetooth bug.

So it is down to Huawei not approving updates quickly. I am now on security update 5 August 2017 (and remember this has JUST become available to me. It is now 4 October where I am, so with the latest update, I now still 2 months out of date with security updates.

This is why I will never own another Huawei phone and why I will be getting rid of the Mate 9 ASAP.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
i may try flashing 181 if thats the case

can anyone else vouch for C636B181 being better than everything after it regarding battery and performance?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tx12345:
Seems that way for me. Installed B183 and it's been a right pain. Feels very clunky and slow
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
i cant remember being on 181, seems like so long ago as i flash the latest directly, assuming latest is greatest haha

i guess ill take some time out of my weekend and flash 181 with my tweaks and see what i notice!
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tboy2000:
B189 is now on Funky Huawei. I wonder how long it will be before it gets on to Firmware Finder?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 5[Strogino]:
FF faced with some troubles. It doesn't know where are new ROMs in HiCloud. Huawei suddenly changed folders (read: urls) where they been and FF needs that someone will tell new folder (url) to scan. But finding url is quite difficult task.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] p51d007:
Other than security patches, I guess I'm getting too old. I just don't get the "hurry" for the latest/greatest nonsense.

If the phone works as intended, has no major security issues, and the newest firmware doesn't bring anything "game changing",

what's the hurry? You want instant access to updates, buy a google phone or an Apple iPhone.

I guess my days of being a gotta have it now are long gone.

Hey, I appreciate those that beta test the newest, but I just don't see the rush (again, other than security patches), to have

the absolutely latest firmware, given if the phone is stable and works as intended.

I've had the Mate2, 8 and now 9, and haven't had any issues with the stock firmware. But, I also don't flash/root/jack around

with my phone, or treat it badly.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Texan1:
Just noticed a heap of new October firmware has just dropped - http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/?firmware_model=MHA&firmware_page=0
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] val_lixembeau:
Oh, I understand what you mean now. I also wish that Huawei did the monthly security patches and had a shorter IMEI approval time. I personally think a one month lag is reasonable-ish (even a security focused company like BlackBerry can take a few weeks to issue security patch). Keep in mind that even Google stages it's updates (or at least did for all the Nexus devices I have owned; I didn't get a Pixel), but it would be nice if you could force-pull an update. The number of people who want to do that should be small enough that it doesn't affect the rollout overall.

It sounds like you are using a phone away from the area you bought it from. I wonder if that has any effect on how fast your IMEI gets approved?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
anyone currently on C636B189 and can give feedback?

also on hwmt.ru when you got to download the update.zip, public, and hw_spceas file via filelist.xml

only update.zip and hw_spcease files are shown

http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1760/g1750/v99137/f1/full/filelist.xml

there is no public.zip in there?...
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] egotheist:
B189 is supposed to be a rollback to Android 7 from 8 for C636, I don't think that there is any need in installing it on B188.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
i have 187 installed currently

so essentially 189 is 188?

i thought android 8 was an internal test, why would they need to make the rollback public?

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Android O beta appeared in FH today.

MHA-L29C636B321
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mimoun103:
help

can give link
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] egotheist:
It's not public though. We can see it in FF which is not official app or something. That's why you can't install anything from it right away and have to wait for authorization.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 5[Strogino]:
Few days on it. It is same as B188.

Noticed:

Live photo mode in camera

Security patch from 5 August

Battery consumption is medium. Phone can sleep when unused.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] vijer:
I'm not sure that is accurate, Huawei System update tries to download it even on B188. Also, the change log only says "This update improves system security with Google security patches." and nothing else.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] egotheist:
Perhaps
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] vijer:
That is from Funky Huawei, which is not the same as a real change log.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 5[Strogino]:
Egotheist provided screenshot from FF.

FF uses links from official HiCloud and what Huawei posted on it.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
compared to B181 how would you compare battery / performance?

as some people are stating B181 was superior in every aspect.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 5[Strogino]:
B188/B189 close to be same as B181. But I agree - B181 is superior.

Current consumption:
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kuprij:
Yesterday a new 189 version with Google security patch on changes was available to download and install on FF, I quickly do that, but since I made the update the software was removed and FF only display the 189 version for rollback to EMUI 5.0
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zayidhs:
The rollback is for Oreo testers that will wish to fall back to Nougat
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 5[Strogino]:
Please, Make screenshot from FF what exactly version of 189 did you install.

99137 or 97776?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zayidhs:
I've been on 189 for well over a week now. It popped up as an update and I applied it.

Many people are complaining about the battery life but for me, I couldn't ask for more cos my Mate 9 is almost a year old with over 250 third-party applications installed (I'm crazy right?), over 75% of my 64GB used up and about 50% of my 128GB SD card used but it is still as fast as the first day I bought it and I have my Xiaomi Amazfit Pace smartwatch connected via Bluetooth 24hrs, my mobile data is constantly on, so is the GPS, screen on auto and I'm mostly in bright places, Wi-Fi is constantly on, coupled with intelligent scanning for Wi-Fi and automatic switching between Wi-Fi and data, then Music! At least 18hrs of beautiful music through Sennheiser HD202 studio headset - say no to removal of headphone jacks LOL, and I do take a lot of pictures (now you understand why I've used over 70GB of storage cos I have no movies on the phone, just pictures music and recoded videos) yet I always get between 6.5 to 8.5 Screen On Time and always over a day's usage comfortably. Oh, and I use live wallpaper.

So, battery life for me is topnotch.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] egotheist:
B189 has been authorized for me. Not the rollback one, but with security update. I've picked 97777 in FF (241MB).

I can't remove persistent notifications from notifications drawer after update. Not that critical, but why would they do it anyway??

At least I'm safe now with updated security patch.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tboy2000:
Add L29BC636 as a device in FF. I installed B189 from L29BC636 which had the security patch whereas in L29C636 it is the rollback version.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kuprij:
Yes, I Know. The one in my SS is another 189 that was removed but I don't know why.

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Yep, that one I installed here!

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Please, read again wait I've said, after the install here the version is not displayed anymore on FF, only the rollback version. Maybe they took off because of something and they will put again soon
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kuprij:
97777 is back online again guys! That is not the rollback version, is 5.0.1 with September Android security patch!
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 5[Strogino]:
Yeah. Installed 97777 OTA on b188 and got b189 at the end.

Noticed security patch from September, but nothing more. Waiting for Oreo :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] egotheist:
New firmware B191 with updated security patch is in FF for L29BC636. Still not available for installation though.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kolembo:
Heh.

I'm still on B181 and April security.

It doesn't bother me much with this phone because it's fast and smooth and great battery as is.

I have decided to go for the OnePlus 5 instead of the Mate 10 though.

One update since I bought the phone makes me feel like I've been marooned out at Sea somewhere....
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Walton_Melb:
I don't understand the whole upgrade scenario with Huawei. I got C636B189 over the air weeks ago in Australia. Even now if I check on FF it tells me B189 is not approved for installation!!!!!

It seems like FF is not useful at all.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] egotheist:
I presume that you're mixing up B189 as a rollback and B189 as a new firmware. First one you can see if you search for updates for MHA-L29C636 in FF (FullOTA only 99137). Second one is for MHA-L29BC636 (two options - OTA 97777 and FullOTA 97776). Rollback is not approved indeed, but B189 as a new firmware is OK. I've been updating with FF since B181 without any issues. What bothers is the time you have to wait for firmware to be approved, but that's not about FF it's about Huawei's update policy.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] 5[Strogino]:
You are understanding incorrectly functional of FF.

It does not bring any own logic.

It doesn't tell that B189 is not approved.

Huawei told that B189 is not approved for you.

FF just makes query with/without your IMEI, sends to Huawei and gets answer.

That's all. Huawei decides what you will get or will not. Blame "H" corporation :)