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[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] revjamescarver:
Beta Versions

There are beta Versions for almost all variants of the mate 9 now and if people want to install them more power to them if they want to go through the process and it is a process. I installed the beta for my us mate 9 (C567) to check it out, worked great and there are not a lot of bugs that I could see and not a lot of changes that the average used will even notice or use. I ended up checking it out for a week and rolled back to wait for the official update. Problem is is that it is a process, not as simple as installing twrp and flashing a new firmware, and there are a lot of people that can't follow directions and are not tech savvy at all and end up bricking their phones and end up blaming Huawei for their problems. That's why Huawei has a limited number of beta testers and don't release it for everyone, when you have a study or test you always have a certain number of testers that are "supposed" to report bugs through the beta app. If someone is tech savvy and wants to install the beta and can follow instructions great, the beta is a good way for them to check out Oreo for the mate 9, as long as they understand that they are going to have to go through the process all over again to roll back to nougat and get the official ROM if they every want to get any updates in the future.

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That's true, everyone has their right to their own opinion on things, I don't really agree on their beta policy either, I think it should have been a bit bigger than just 300 people, in the US their beta test opened and closed again in a matter of hours so I ended up downloading the US version and installing it myself to try it out. But if you really want the beta version of Oreo you can sure download it and install it yourself, just be aware that if you want any official updates after that you will have to roll it back to nougat and wait for the official Oreo if you want any further updates.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] robogo1982:
EU, Switzerland, Balkans, Russia.

Sounds about right. Soon there will be 5 - hello, UK! :D
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] le grande magnetto:
Are you even talking about the official beta program and "joining project" and everything? Is it really that much harder than "installing twrp and flashing a new firmware"? And why would you will have to rollback to nougat to install Oreo? Is it not possible from official beta?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] revjamescarver:
No it's not an option

Yeah, I'm talking about the "official" beta program and joining project, and yes it is a lot more involved than just installing twrp and flashing. Twrp is only used to flash a modified stock recovery which is then used to install the Oreo update files, you have to use adb and fastboot to unlock your bootloader and install twrp and if you don't follow the instructions to the letter you can brick your device most of the threads here on updating to Oreo are specific to a variant of our device (C432,C626,etc) so if you don't have that specific variant you have to do the additional step of "rebranding" your device which opens another can of worms as Huawei region locks updates (sim has to match region). Also, unless you are part of the official beta you cannot update your Oreo to the official Oreo when it comes out, hence the need to rollback to stock nougat in order to get any further updates. None of the current Oreo builds are authorized for installation and if installed break your updates. So if you rebrand to install one of these Oreo betas you'll have to rebrand back to your stock region before you roll back to nougat in order to get ANY updates.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] le grande magnetto:
since when participating in beta program required twrp, unlocking bootloader and so on?

maybe you dont quite understand the issue I am complaining about - why that stupid limited beta program.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] revjamescarver:
Beta Test

You misunderstood what I am talking about, I wasn't referring to the limited beta program when I referred to having to use twrp and all that, I was talking about the rest of the people wanting Oreo and what they had to do to get Oreo on their mate 9 devices, which is really what this thread was about in the first place. I agree with you on the beta program in that it is a little limited and probably needs to include more testers than it does (so many people er region so I don't know how many world wide), but it's really no different than what Google is doing with Android 8.1 with their pixel devices and what Samsung is doing with the S8 Oreo beta, they didn't actually limit it by making you sign up for a beta test "program" but the updates just disappear after a certain number of users install it. The real difference is that at least with Huawei you know what the beta test program entails and what information is going to be fed back to them (user logs, usage information, etc) where with Google and Samsung's beta this information is in the fine print that nobody ever really reads. Sorry if I misunderstood your issue, but you have to understand that all beta tests are always limited in scope no matter who the manufacturer is, at least with Huawei the firmware is out there for you to install if you so choose.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] schlockmaster:
Beta for U.S. Mate 9

I purchased my Mate 9 on Amazon and believe that its the U.S. Version. Where can I get the Oreo Beta for the U.S. Model that you are speaking about in your post? I love Huawei and have owned so many of their phones. Never been disappointed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] revjamescarver:
US version beta

If you have the US version you can go to my thread here https://xdaforums.com/mate-9/how-to/mate-9-c567-t3705915 I have all the links a guides listed there, they worked for me. You can check if you have the US version by going to your settings about phone, build number will be MHA-L29C567B*** (Latest is B190 for us). The Oreo build is pretty smooth in my opinion, just remember that if you want any "official" updates after installing the beta you will have to roll it back to an official firmware (I used the guide here https://xdaforums.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-mate-9-flash-oreo-update-package-t3699522 with a few changes)
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tusko5:
Is treble enabled?

To check it:

https://www.xda-developers.com/project-treble-android-oreo/
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rndchef:
I am truly a reformed flashaholic. Haven't flashed in 6 months and have gotten bored with it. This phone is also a pain in arse to flash. Must have flashed a 1000 times in the past 10 years. If it could make my espresso in the morning, I would flash again.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] DANone:
Can you share the Firmware here please?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Sorry, can't.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Looserke:
Hiding navigation bar option was my big wish in this phone, i hope it will really arrive in oreo.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] flyingjack:
will it be available for MHA -L29C432 on FunkyHuawei? Just found it for thr chinese version?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
It's M9OEU in the Misc section.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] flyingjack:
Thx....can I go back to 194 (fully stock with bootloader locked) incase I don't like it?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
It was possible for me, but can't make any promises. Try at your own risk. For me it was fine though.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] flyingjack:
;).....all data will be lost?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Yes, most likely you have to do factory reset after flashing Android O rom. Might not be required, but you should expect to need to.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] flyingjack:
will give it a try....and report back!
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Evolutios:
any new Camera Modes? [MENTION=4572798]duraaraa[/MENTION]
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] flyingjack:
first impression, after isnstalling without factory reset (coming from 194) very smooth.....
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lawtq:
That's it! Installing! Ain't had time, now I do!
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Just be careful not to click the OK button in the notification menu about logging. If you do, you'll get locked out and will need to factory reset.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tusko5:
Please, may you check if treble is enabled?

run

$ getprop ro.treble.enabled

From adb or a terminal
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Derpling:
Is it stable enough for daily run?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
I haven't experienced any crashes, but it is pre-release.

There is a permanent notification that if you click OK on, you'll get locked out. You're not allowed to install benchmark apps.

Otherwise, yes, I'd say it is.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MishaalRahman:
Please don't share blog spam/stolen content. That website blatantly steals content from XDA and does not give credit to us. If I could, I would blacklist linking to that site.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] tusko5:
Ok. I updated the link.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Derpling:
Update us when the content gets updated, i'll try the new release probably.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Governa:
[MENTION=4572798]duraaraa[/MENTION] is it or not?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lawtq:
At last wifi calling and voice over Lte.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
getprop ro.treble.enabled returns True.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] ardf69:
Is mirrorlink supported?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
I don't know. I don't have a mirrorlink stereo.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] d.m.s:
Just hold on permanent notification and in app hiview click disable. And perm app is gone. You must do it on every reboot.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rudolpht:
M0OEU works for C567 also?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MishaalRahman:
I have posted a full breakdown of what's new in Android Oreo on the Mate 9 here: https://www.xda-developers.com/android-oreo-emui-6-huawei-mate-9/

Thanks to duraaraa for the firmware!
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Yes, but you have to rebrand to C432.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mad.nexus:
Hey guys,

So, did Android Oreo preview bring some news about the camera app/features? ;)

Thanks for the updates guys!
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] flyingjack:
I am using this build now since 3 days but I am not very familiar with the camera opps, therefore I can not state anything about possible changes -sorry-....but I can confirm it is stable and works fine during the day (phone, mail, internet, BT car connection etc....).

@ duraaraa, how will be possible updates being indicated?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] headsand:
Sorry for bad English.

I've got this ROM with my last FH credit.

Seems to work well.

Only one noted bug - (or not-working) - in battery menu when you push autorun management - it just rolls back to main menu.

Also there is a bluetooth codec settings in developers option. Wonder if it true - but it shows "Streaming Aptx" when i listen to music with my beyerdynamic Byron BTA.

I can't create HCI log to tell for certain, but when i watch video, it seems there is no big sound lag, as before. So i can think MATE 9 with Android O really use APTX

But now i failed to back to previous ROMS, offline ROM doesn't work, TWRP cant be installed and i have no more FH credits )))
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Exelios:
Usual root methods work fine on this build or?

Thanks
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] headsand:
@ No, cause you cant flash existing TWRP. If you know other methods, give me link or manual how to do root without TWRP, i will try.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] icemankent:
Can you please confirm if Double-Tap-To-Wake is on the build, and if so, how well does it work ?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Exelios:
2 Ways if you have the boot.img

If you have the boot.img of this build try https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445

Via Magisk Manager (Only support v14.0+):

This method does not need root, and also does not require a custom recovery.

However, you MUST have a stock boot image dump beforehand, and also be able to flash the patched boot image, either through fastboot/download mode or ODIN

Or upload the boot.img and recovery.img to https://desktop.firmware.mobi/ and download a patched boot image, altrough Chainfire website didn't work for some reason (not even he knows why) with the 7.0 boot.img for the Mate 9
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] headsand:
Isn't Double-Tap-To-Wake the KangVIP feature? I have not found anything like this in the build. Just standart methods, as it was on nougat. Maybe i miss something, will look another time...

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No, as i flash it via Funky Huawei, I have no any *img* or *zip*s of this build. Think we have to wait, when oreo build become official ((
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Governa:
Brilliant news, thanks! :good:
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] arminbih:
How is screen sensivity. Can you send a video of scrolling then mid scrolling trying to go left or right?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] NasGR:
horizontal scrolling or folder option in app drawer for the stock launcher?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lemonade747:
Im waiting for they will bring back the DT2W feature, this feature is a must for many users like me, dont need to press the power button to check new notification anymore.

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Maybe only you have this problem, I saw other thread you created out there. If I understand this well, this issue is something like scrolling up or down fast (maybe in any app. for example: file manager) then immediately swipe left or right to see if it can be done right? If it's thing I said above, maybe I will make a video to show you my mate9 doesnt have this problem :D

P/S: here is the video

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B66h4FLRIO5ScFpLYU4yZUl4ekk
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] le grande magnetto:
Im new Mate9 user, so don't mind me asking if Mate9 had DT2W feature?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] doom6666:
did anyone try to go back to MHA-L29C432B194? According to Reddit FunkyHuawei there are problems .. THX
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lemonade747:
Mate8 has this feature and on mate9 huawei disabled this function. You can unlock the hidden setting for this (there is a guide somewhere) but only DT2S is working, no DT2W.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pecha2k:
can't go back to 194 via funky, or flash twrp on this early rom.

Some help will be apreciated, really need to go back
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] arminbih:
Thx a lot I just tried it and there is no problem in file manager. I guess it must be some apps then. Not properly optimised or something. I am talking about facebook, messenger etc... ?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
Looking into it. You might be successful using HiSuite's recovery mode alongside FunkyHuawei
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pecha2k:
also failed to update via HiSuite's update, and HiSuite's recovery mode says that all is ok and nothing has to be recovered
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] d.m.s:
Please if someone managed to downgrade, write guide. Thanks
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
You have to boot with fastboot and run hisuite recovery.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Exelios:
What's exactly the issue why TWRP cannot be used on this rom?

Tried just booting TWRP in ram instead of flashing?

Command is Fastboot boot twrp.img
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gnasher666:
You get a partition mismatch error. I'll get the exact message in a bit and post it.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Exelios:
"mismatched partition size" is nothing wrong, it is basically just saying, that the TWRP image is smaller than the stock recovery one.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pecha2k:
Device not supported for system recovery Hisuite v 5.0.3.300

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fastboot flash recovery twrp.img

target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes

sending 'recovery' (27944 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.762s]

writing 'recovery'...

FAILED (remote: partition length get error)

finished. total time: 0.769s

fastboot boot twrp.img

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 0.756s]

booting...

FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)

finished. total time: 0.762s

as result twrp can't be flashed or be booted, bootloader is open of course.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] duraaraa:
The partitions are very different in Android O. This is why TWRP won't work. I can make a new TWRP possibly, but this won't help you downgrade. It seems because of the different partitions in Android O, it's not possible to flash older firmware on top of this firmware, in any way. So unless you're willing to take huge risks of not being able to downgrade, best to not install it.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pecha2k:
Well I'll wait for the stable release and use the 1 left of my 5 funky credit useless wasted to upgrade. thanks anyway
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Exelios:
That would still be nice, we are now more then sure 8.0 is coming to the device and will need a new TRWP anyway
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] headsand:
At least maybe we wil be able to root. I still find this firmware usable as "everyday", all important things seems to work well. Battery life maybe even better with this firmware, cause there is a way to limit background processes and autoruns.

One thing i dont like is EMUI beta testing, that you cant turn off and phone send some data to huawei servers. It is in system menu at the end, near sertificate logos.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] auras76:
here is new mounts points

system - /dev/block/dm-0

vendor - /dev/block/dm-1

version - /dev/block/dm-3

product - /dev/block/dm-4

cust - /dev/block/dm-5

data - /dev/block/sdd55

cache - /dev/block/sdd13

maybe will get twrp working.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] d.m.s:
We need to wait for official Oreo update?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alberto_Cardoso:
Yes, and cross finger that maintain same partition estructure of this leak and maintain the hope that we will be able to update, if not RMA not supported by huawei warranty. I'll never learn, [emoji25] [emoji4]

Enviado desde mi M300-L29 mediante Tapatalk
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blackball:
[MENTION=2112104]auras76[/MENTION]

Can you upload the boot.img?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mad.nexus:
You must be Portuguese... Looool ?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] d.m.s:
Maybe we can use DC phoenix do downgrade? Someone tried that?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] auras76:
I have not been able to extract it from the phone at the moment.

I cant flash anything on fastboot.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blackball:
You didn't save the update file before you installed it?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pecha2k:
thanks [MENTION=477335]Blackball[/MENTION], in my case I have a backup made by twrp with the, the extensions .win I suppose

how could I upload to the phone using adb due to twrp is not usable?

boot.emmc.win

cust.ex4.win

cust.info

modem_secure_ext4.win

modem_secure.info

oeminfo.emmc.win

product.ext4.win

product.info

splash2.ex4.win

splash2.info

version.ext4.win

version.info
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Exelios:
Doesn't matter you have a backup, you can't restore it any way because the partitions are now different.

There is NO WAY of going back to 7.0 from 8.0

[MENTION=477335]Blackball[/MENTION] they all updated with a paid service that does not give them access to the update files
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pecha2k:
very clear now. It's a matter o fime until final version will roll out and then see if we can upgrade.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dkionline:
Can someone upload Emui 6 themes and wallpapers, please?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Giocarro:
There won't be any black or dark theme, don't worry.

Jokes aside, I'd love if Huawei would give us a stock dark theme.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gnasher666:
I'm in TWRP,

flashing of everything still fails.

Is it possible to list / amend partition sizes with TWRP?

Thanks,

Andy
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mad.nexus:
Hey guys, don't know if anyone is interested but:

http://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/fut/

Article: https://www.androidheadlines.com/20...oid-8-0-oreo-beta-arrives-250-spots-open.html
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gnasher666:
Downgraded....

Just a quick note to say I have managed to downgrade. It's not free though :(

Basic process overview:

1) Get DC-Unlocker credits (15 required)

2) Install DC-Phoenix(v39 beta)

3) Extract update.zip for MHA-L29C432B194 downloaded from here: http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1366/g104/v93424/f1/full/update.zip

4) Boot phone into Fastboot

5) Run DC-Phoenix and select Advanced option

6) Locate your update.app you extracted from 3

7) Click Update - the update will fail to flash some partitions

8) Reboot phone - this will produce and error and show a screen like the fastboot screen (but it isn't fastboot)

9) Reboot back into Fastboot

10) Perform 5,6 and 7 again. This time all partitions are flashed successfully

11) Reboot phone, it will fail to boot and take you to the eRecovery software

12) Follow FunkyHuawei process to flash MHA-L29C432B194

Boot, enjoy

(all yours for only €15 Euros and 1 FunkyHuawei credit)

PS - This is the process I followed, some steps may not be required but I'm sharing what I did to get back to pre Orep beta. Please don't blame me for any bricks following this mini process.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] d.m.s:
Do i need unlocked bootloader for this proces?

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Do i need unlocked bootloader for this process?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gnasher666:
Nope it will work with a locked bootloader I believe as detailed here: https://www.dc-unlocker.com/DC-Phoenix-flash-repair-tutorial
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] headsand:
[MENTION=231780]gnasher666[/MENTION] Please, can you tell what exactly made you to downgrade. Have you notice any critical bugs or something?
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] gnasher666:
A few little things really, had some troubles with Gmail and setting notifications. Android Pay wasn't working but it doesn't normally on beta / unofficial firmware. That bloody beta log app was doing my head in too. Maybe I'm just a princess :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] d.m.s:
For beta log app just force stop it...
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kermex:
I tried to enroll to that FUT but it seems they accept only 250 members and it's already full.

Also: Huawei is extremely region restrictive regarding this Beta. I've seen a lot of articles came from German websites and forums. Maybe they have a development center in Germany.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sammath:
Well, Huawei always introduces their mate flagship at IFA in Germany so that could be the reason.
[Huawei Mate 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kermex:
Maybe, but this is not an excuse to put a note onto that FUT page! They're so hermetic regarding customers!