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[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] hack4ever:
yes i think, but it didnt worked with fastboot for me, i used DC-phoenix, it seems like with DC-phoenix you cand do whatever you want even if your bootloader is blocked, (when your mate 9 is hardbricked you cant open fastboot, DC-phoenix install fastboot, recovery mode and update mode with the factory firmware i uploader)

DC-phoenix bypass the update verification.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] awais_666:
i did it previously and fixed imei with that but issue was same anyways i thought it was a good chance of to switch so i sold the phone with same rom thanks alot for giving life to my dead phone highly appreciated
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] hack4ever:
aw ok, it had solution but thats good you sold it maybe you can buy a better phone, good luck. the solution was to change country from ''all'' to ''EU''
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] cr2:
This is true, but the most critical information you have provided is about shortening the testpins.

This is the same as shortening 'Pin 1-2' in this document

https://github.com/96boards-hikey/tools-images-hikey960/blob/master/README-technical.md

to flash the partition table,xloader and fastboot.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] hack4ever:
i dont know im just giving the way how i fixed my hardbricked mate 9 using testpoints :) i dont know what testpoints are the only thing i know is that it helped to fix my phone
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] irony_delerium:
I managed to brick one of my Mate 9s earlier today. It was a pain to get into (it's hard to get between the display and the case), but it's nice that there's still a way to recover.

That's what I get for trying to repair the seemingly dead cell modem. Hopefully it'll work when this all finishes.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] cr2:
Can you tell about your experience with the opened Mate 9 ?

I don't want to open mine without a good reason (happily running LineageOS 15 now).

Mate 9 does not have the serial console on UART5 or 6, the board_id is different,

but it is still interesting to knowif the hikey960 ramloader can start fastboot.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] irony_delerium:
I'm not sure what loader was used, though my gut says it is the HiKey loader.

In any case, the biggest issue is getting the back separated from the rest of it. I've got an iFixit toolkit here which had enough to get into it (though I ended up using a 1mm flathead bit to remove the screws at the bottom since I didn't have a T2). It took me about 15 minutes to get the back off because it's pretty firmly attached and there aren't really any open spots around the edge to get tools into. The plastic opening tool and guitar picks included were helpful, though I also ended up making use of a hair clip to actually finish popping it up.

You do need to be careful taking the back off once you've got it separated, there is a flex cable attached to it with the flash, fingerprint reader, and power/volume controls.

From there, I disconnected the battery, shorted out the specified test points, and it showed up for downloading fastboot.

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Also, if you do end up having to follow this method to restore, you'll probably want to do it on a disposable install of Windows. The Windows drivers specified in the OP are unsigned, and the DC Phoenix package gets flagged by Windows Defender as a trojan.

(Not to mention that you _must_ restore the serial numbers and IMEIs, as they get wiped out in the process. The phone will come back up with a serial number of 0123456789ABCDEF and a pair of 000000000000000 IMEI numbers.)

In the end, it does work, but going through this process on any system that you don't think of as disposable is possibly asking for trouble.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] fncalderong:
It works just perfect... Thanks you all... If any of you Guys need help Just write
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] hack4ever:
i paid $5 dollars in a phone repair store to open my mate 9, but im in El Salvador i dont know in USA, i hope you get to open your phone guys and fix it succesfully
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] hack4ever:
about drivers turn off the driver signature verification from ''start up settings'' you can get there on ''advanced start'' on windows 10 and DC-phoenix is not a trojan
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] irony_delerium:
I figured that out. It's still worrisome to me that I had to disable security functions.

I suspect the reason DC-Phoenix turns up as a trojan is because of the mechanism it uses to gain access to the device - it can do something to Huawei's implementation of fastboot that causes it to allow any writes to the device. (Prior to bricking, I watched it remove the bootloader lock effortlessly, which would be behavior similar to a lot of malicious software.) I suspect it can do similar things to other devices.

In any case, it was more of a "be careful while you're using this" than a "don't do this". Arbitrary unsigned drivers (downloaded from untrusted sources) and packages that get flagged as being malware - even if neither is harmful - are worth noting and keeping in mind while doing this. Who's to say that, in the future, the usb driver or DC-Phoenix stay clean or that someone gets into the servers hosting it (or provides an alternative download) and drops in a trojan?

Right now, it's all good. But it might not always be, which is why I made the recommendation of a disposable Windows installation: if you do end up with malicious versions of the software, at least your important data doesn't get clobbered.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] hack4ever:
mmm thats a good recommendation, but i dont think that happends, but its better to be careful. i didnt do that but im not having any problem in my PC and i already unistalled everything i used to unbrick my mate 9 :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Wirmpolter:
So I should be able to follow everything from this guide after the testpoints stuff since I can boot up my phone into fastboot mode already?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] irony_delerium:
If you can get into fastboot (and your bootloader isn't reporting any lock state), then you should be able to use plenty of other methods. This is really for if you've gotten to a state of ptable / xloader / boot being corrupt, though DC-unlocker can bypass bootloader / frp locks as far as I can tell.

If you're going to use it to force a firmware restore over fastboot with DC-Unlocker, if the phone has Nougat, use a Nougat image; if Oreo, use an Oreo image. Otherwise, you will have a bricked phone that you'll have to use the test points on to repair it. (I think the only images they provide are Nougat images, so...)

Also, make sure you've recorded the IMEI and serial numbers; you'll need them if you do the test point based restore, because the firmware load wipes all of that. If you can, try using HCU Client first to pull that info out, as it also includes details like the system board serial number that aren't printed anywhere that I could see except maybe on the system board itself somewhere.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] cr2:
+1. Oreo fastboot binary is different from Nougat fastboot binary, because it assumes a different partition table layout (separate kernel and ramdisk partitions, encrypted teeos and trustfirmware, and the weird avbtool/vbmeta stuff added by phuawei).

Is it possible to find out which one is used on the device, using only the fastboot on a host machine ?

It is just a NVME variable and can be set from fastboot without any dc-unclocker programs: https://discuss.96boards.org/t/adb-connection-issue-no-device-number-seen/2782
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] irony_delerium:
fastboot oem get-build-number

That might work.

If the bootloader is unlocked and you're going to use DC-Phoenix anyway, you could also try flashing TWRP - if it goes to recovery, it's Nougat; if recovery_ramdisk, Oreo.

I bet that command is blocked on production builds.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Wirmpolter:
Unfortunately, I can't do anything in fastboot because it says Phone Lock and FRP lock.... Was trying to rebrand and messed up... So my model and vendor was changed so no longer can do anything (OEM unlocking is greyed out). I've tried everything to get it not greyed out but no luck.

So since I'm in Oreo, to use DC-unlockr I would need an Oreo built firmware that they don't have since they only have Nougat images? So my only option is funky huawei then?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] irony_delerium:
It _looks_ to me like the images they use for restoration are the UPDATE.APP files that are provided by Huawei, so getting the right Oreo image from Firmware Finder might work, but it's a gamble.

Funky Huawei might work, if you can still access the standard recovery methods.

DC-Phoenix was able to bypass a bootloader lock, it might be able to bypass an FRP lock as well. It'll try to flash anything, though, which is actually how I ended up having to tear my phone apart after making it try to flash Nougat on top of Oreo - it flashed the new ptable but fastboot didn't immediately take it and everything went downhill from there.

It does sound like you can boot the phone though, so before going anywhere with DC-Phoenix (if you bought the license), grab HCU Client and read the phone data - it'll take a backup of the board info & serial numbers should you need to restore them.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Wirmpolter:
Yeah, could be a gamble. I know Firmware Finder failed to install other ones I tried but that's cause they were for my original model number (mha-al00) so thought I could try an actual c567 one to match the oeminfo file I flashed.

I had emailed DC-Unlockr and they told me after emailing them that their service would work to flash, even with FRP lock but as you mentioned if they only have nougat firmware, I don't want to end up flashing that on top of oreo and running into the same problem. They didn't seem to think I would have a problem flashing the nougat firmware but if you tried that already and ended up causing you to brick, I will avoid that. Unless they have oreo firmwares available now.

Funky Huawei emailed me back and said their service would work to rebrand and flash back to original but obviously wanted to use them as a last resort because of the cost of credits.

Man, what a pain in the butt this is....And yes, the phone is working fine and boots up into the system but of course some things are missing (themes, etc.) as well as it seems my battery life is not working as good as it was before, kernel says null.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] cr2:
As a generic command, 'getvar' can't be completely blocked.

I have not tried it on my Mate, but suspect that this feature depends on the FB being unlocked (how to do that ?)
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Wirmpolter:
And another question then, could I just use HCU Client to repair my vendor/model etc. and then that might remove the FRP lock on my device....Since that is the information essentially that the OEMinfo flashed over in the first place?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] irony_delerium:
It can't hurt to try it. They actually have instructions for doing exactly that (remove frp lock) on their site.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Wirmpolter:
I saw that...but the FRP lock removal instructions they have say that it doesn't do it for fastboot... As I have no google sign in problems stopping me.

Looked on the site and they have no Oreo firmwares so I'll download the stock firmware found here in Xda for my original model... Then I might as well get the 3 day license instead of buying credits in case just repairing the vendor doesn't work.

For the chinese model, MHA-AL00 (originally what my phone is, do you know exactly what I need to fill in under the repair utms setting?

Obviously model would be: MHA-AL00

Vendor would be: hw?

Country would be: can?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] irony_delerium:
Vendor probably would be "hw". Region, I've got no clue. I reloaded mine with "usa" because that's what it was... The only other one I know is C432, which uses "spcseas".

If I had to guess, I'd say "cn" but that's just a stab in the dark. (Of course, I probably would have just pulled it apart at this point and forced the issue anyway, so...)
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Wirmpolter:
Yeah, I hear that. I'm thinking then maybe that I will just download the official 8.0 firmware for the mha-al00 first, get the 72 hours timed license, flash the update.app and customization file, and go from there. Obviously, if worse comes to worse and I have to pull it apart I will do that. Hoping to avoid that.

Also, you are right, it is CN.......I checked the dload download of the offline firmware available here, and that's what the file says......the file name ends with cn.zip
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Wirmpolter:
So I was able to fix it!!! Thank goodness and it didn't cost me any money!

I used Firrmware Finder to download a full Oreo firmware for the c567 (matching the OEMinfo I had flashed before) and it worked. Phone booted up normally and FRP lock under fastboot is gone (oem unlocking was no longer grayed out)
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] goldybewon:
Stuck at recovery

How to get rid of this situation. My phone get stuck at recovery after bootloader unlock.

It goes recovery whatever hardware key combination pressed. It can't detect on PC and can't went to download mode.

Do I really try this method to recover the phone.

Thanks,

goldybewon

Huawei Mate - 9 (RIP):laugh:
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] cr2:
It does not look like a dead ptable+xloader+fastboot, so this method is not really necessary.

If your hardware (button) is broken, then you have a bigger problem anyway.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] goldybewon:
No hardware buttons working properly. The problem is whenever I reboot with any key combination It goes to recovery not switch off or download. Second problem is not detected in pc.

Thanks,

goldybewon

Mate - 9 (In ICU) ;)
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] goldybewon:
Solve (:)::::)

Finally Mate 9 is alive with me today.:highfive:

Yesterday I opened mate remove battery contact and rebooted to download mode.

That's it nothing special phone detected by pc after that followed HWOTA8.:cowboy:

I really thanks to OP for sharing such an important information with us.

Good Luck to all who are still trying to recover their phone.

Thanks,

goldybewon

Mate - 9 (Smiling):o
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] btblue:
I've just seen this. My wonderful mate 9 died when I attempted to update using firmware finder. No matter what I did I just couldn't get it working. The USB SER was there I think and when I plugged in to PC, the PC made a connection sound. I'll give this method a go.i almost binned the phone, tried replacing the battery etc. It's now in the boot of my car. Will let you know how I get on in the next few days...
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] btblue:
Note of warning. I've yet to get this to work however, there is a TrojanHorse virus buried in dc_phoenix_v50.rar so best be mindful when considering this. My Windows picked this up and removed it. Thankfully I ran this on an old laptop so can afford to remaster.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] btblue:
So I'm encountering an issue where I flash the relevant roms in DC Phoeni.

It says it's writing bootloader etc then I get an error saying no devices detected after this and I get a split second screen flash (I've had no response from the screen since it bricked it a couple of months ago).

I get the attached screen showing up.

Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

Positive is the screen flash as clearly the phone is working, even though I can't get any other visual response from it. Any advice welcomed.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] cr2:
I have opened the housing of my Mate 9 (running LineageOS 15.1) ,

shortened the 2 pins and rebooted.

The phone does not start the BOOTROM uart bridge, and boots into

the normal adb mode. Any idea what i am doing wrong ?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] irony_delerium:
What I found worked for me was:

Disconnect the battery.

With the device unplugged, short the pins, then plug in the usb cable. It should come up in serial mode. Plug the battery back in.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] btblue:
I gave up and binned it. The final straw being when I inadvertently pulled a cable away from its housing. Game over. :(
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] k4fari:
Hi, i updated huawei mate 10 ALP-L29c636B132 to c636B134 and after update the phone turns into blank screen and not showing any thing, in device manager on windows 10 it was showing usb ser. i downloaded the drivers you mentioned and updated usb ser to usb com 1.0. what should i do further? I have HCU Client account as well as access to DC Phoneix firmware files, but i am not sure which files i shall have to download? further more do i need test points to revive my phone ? or it will be revive with out test points?

Regards
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] goldybewon:
Caution (:|-(

Before do anything to your device you should get proper answer from experts.

You know what test point will permanently brick your device, If it goes wrong.

And don't open your phone yourself, get help from service center or expert people because they have all standard tools.

Ask some questions to yourself before operation.:confused:

# Does your phone boots in to fastboot?

# Does your phone detect in computer?

# Does your phone goes in to any recovery?

# Does your phone switch off?

# What process have you done with it to update?

# Do you feel phone charge or any vibration when you plug in?

Solution are many but you should select what exactly match your needs.

Some times only removing battery will solve many problems.

Get Well soon:highfive:

Thanks,

g@ldybew@n

Mate-10
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] lucian.costea:
Problems

16.05.2018 16:51:40 Starting to write device in FASTBOOT mode...

File to update: MHA-AL00A_HLMHAAL00AM00A063_Factory_firmware_China_Nonspecific_Android_7.0_EMUI_5.0.dgtks

Device detected:

COM4: HUAWEI USB COM 1.0 (COM4)

Writing bootloader...

Writing MHA-AL00A_HLMHAAL00AM00A063_Factory_firmware_China_Nonspecific_Android_7.0_EMUI_5.0_3.dtwork...

Error writing Bootloader

16.05.2018 16:52:03 Writing device finished - INCOMPLETE

Any sugestion ?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] ooemir:
Did you solve this problem.

i have mate 10 pro and same problem..
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] daina:
So, this works, it works, it works. My Mate 9 was gone, after a bad flash. Wouldn't turn on, wouldn't charge, couldn't be found when hooked up to my computer. The test points were perfect. If you're scared of taking apart your Mate 9, make sure you have the proper tools (I went to Amazon, and bought this.) There's a great teardown on iFixit that's super helpful as far as getting your Mate 9 disassembled. You don't really even have to mess with the battery or any of the cables, though I know other people in this thread had to disconnect/re-connect their battery to get their computer to recognize.

I did have to disable the signed drivers thing in Windows 10, which was kind of a pain, but it worked out fine.

And the first flash from brick didn't completely work, I think it got stuck at writing recovery, or something. After 20 minutes or so watching the progress bar in DC-Phoenix go through 7-8 times, I disconnected, and managed to get the phone into fastboot. I repeated the process as far as flashing firmware, ROM, and localization ("customization") files. After that, everything went perfectly well. The provided/linked factory firmware worked perfectly well - thanks [MENTION=5515724]hack4ever[/MENTION] .

Once I got the phone into a booted state, it was stuck in Nougat for a day, with a reported IMEI of 00000000000000. I kept it that way for a day or so, mostly because I was just happy to have a working phone again. I took another crack at changing the IMEI the day after, with no luck (HCU-client was not finding my phone!).

At this point, I had less than 24 hours left on my DC-Unlocked license, and my IMEI was still borked. Phone was completely usable, other than that—I could send/receive SMS, make/take phone calls, use mobile data. Researched a bit on gsm-forums, where they kept telling people to wipe their computers and re-install all of their drivers. I am NOT wiping my computer, I thought, but then I remembered that my HiSuite software had been bugging me to update itself, so I let it. Something went right, because as soon as the HiSuite update finished, I tried again in the HCU-client, and it found my phone!

I happened to have an HCU backup from before my brick, so I tried to install that. For some reason, the first time I tried to write those values, the IMEI didn't get changed. Going back into HCU, the IMEI and SN boxes had become unchecked, somehow. So I checked just those two boxes, IMEI and SN, and wrote again. Success! I knew it was successful, because as soon as my phone rebooted, I got a notification to update my phone, to B367 (or whatever the first Oreo build was). It updated again, and I'm completely current.

I decided to forgo relocking the bootloader. That's actually how this whole nightmare started. Instead, I installed Magisk to pass SafetyNet without a locked bootloader.

Aside from a few weirdnesses in MagiskManager, my phone is awesome. My Mate9 is back. Thank you, [MENTION=5515724]hack4ever[/MENTION], and [MENTION=5066134]irony_delerium[/MENTION]!
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Sraichvold:
So I'm seeing that people are resurrecting phones that wouldn't even boot into fastboot or recovery, right? That would make me so happy... I've had a dead mate 9 that I've been hanging on to because I couldn't bear to throw away such a nice phone. wooooooo!
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] scarlet_venom:
Any alternate way to flash it besides dc unlocker? I have the money, but I have no way to use the payment methods. Is hipay safe? it looks kinda fishy.

Also I'm trying to fix my Honor9 since I messed up everything but I was able to do the testpoint and install the driver.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Spevky:
why is the only solution paid to do?? this is sketchy. and it does even work
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] 4r44444:
Hi, My Honor 9 got connnected as "USB SER" in device manager, when I try install the USB-Drivers manually in device manager it always shows "Problem with installing drivers for HUAwei USB COM".... anyone can help me please? :)
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Spevky:
can you access fastboot?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] 4r44444:
Already restored my dead Honor 9 completely back to stock.

You can find my thread in Honor 9 Guides
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Spevky:
i've done the repair with the dc-phoenix and now my phone is sim locked. Its asking me for a NCK code ;\
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] mmmilo:
Broken V+ (Mainboard related)

I bought a water damaged Mate 9 and it does work now. the V+ Button does not work (Mainboard related) and i dont have the pin/password to enter the phone and use the hisilicon suit.

Can i use this method to recover the phone or install a stock firmware wihtout using the V+ Button`?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] alabin77:
Huawei development just bad. Pathetic firmware control. Once i give my mate away getting the mi 8
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] nur38:
i have mate 9 bricked

i flashed borad firmwae with dc phonex but

bootloder write errore

whats the solve

please help me
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] aureliomilitao:
please helpe me, no detect test point mate9 c432

Huawei com9 1.0 appear but dc unlock says

no device conect in download mode

no device conect in fastboot

me mate9 no enter in fastboot no turn on no charger ...nothing is dead ...helppppppp
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] aureliomilitao:
?????????????????????????????

Looking for a device in upgrade mode

No devices detected in upgrade mode

Looking for a device in fastboot mode

No devices detected in fastboot mode

No device detected to update

in dc unlocker