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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] yes_have_some:
I too have made the leap from a N910a to the note 8. Being that I'm coming from the notorious "you'll never get root on our phone, EVER" from AT&T having root PERIOD was a game changer. With that said, I do miss the IR blaster although alot of the time I'd forget it was there lol. I had my note 4 for nearly 3 years - longest I've ever had a phone and not had something happen i.e. dropping it.

So root was a HUGE deal for me to have, so I may be a bit biased in that area but as others have touched on, for real how did you manage to break not 1, not 2, or 3 but FOUR spens?! If it were 1 I'd say contact them for possibly poor workmanship, no offense but it seems like it's on the user end in this instance. As far as features the Note 8 has root aside, waterproof (or water RESISTANT as it technically really is lol) Another game changer. For over a year I had no working speaker due to having just moving into new apt and first night using it as Hotspot I had no idea sprinklers came on and shat water onto my rear patio. My own fault, but nonetheless very VERY comforting knowing if I ever screwed up in that area, it wouldn't be an issue. That alone with all our own user end mishaps is arguably a MUST HAVE.

The 80 pct limit isn't really that bad, if you must charge it to 100 pct there is always the download mode workaround, but if we are taking straight user friendliness,I could see it being a thing to do it everytime one charged. Raw power over the note 4 is and has to be something that anyone would notice immediately. I have a gear vr and while the note 4 fit, it always was outperformed by my note 8 when I tested them back to back.

I DO miss the removable battery (price to pay for water resistance I suppose) and am not looking forward to when it starts to show signs of aging and needs replaced. There are options I've found that help, like a portable power bank. Although with my use I really don't see much of a difference between when I was stock compared to now, so that wasn't and isn't anything I ever complain about knowing up front that was the price of admission if I wanted root. I still have my note 4 but honestly it just sits along side of my other devices of yesteryear collecting dust.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] icarusnow:
time to sell it and opt for another device:cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] edo101:
So you can root the Note 8? (US version or only international vesion?) and rooting limits battery to 80% only?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] winol:
You can root both models, but with snapdragons, the batt only charges up to 80%, I read about this here XDA, I dont know if there is some patch or workaround for it, as I have an stock Exynos 950F 128GB
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Blob Blobbed:
wait. you can charge to 100% in download mode?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] yes_have_some:
Yeah man you can, takes about 30 min to go from 80 to 100. I just am hesitant due to not wanting the AMOLED screen burn in over time.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Just more evidence at how personal this kind of thing can be for each user. I used to be ride or die root access or no buy but honestly since I bought this T-Mobile N8 variant since the weekend it came out I'm not missing root as much as I anticipated. My Note 5 was getting a bit long in the tooth and the new stuff the N8 was bringing to the table was too much to pass, even if I knew ahead of time I would never see root the same way I have on previous Samsung flagships I've owned.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] whitehawk66:
Seems to me if you turn your screen brightness down really low before charging up, one might minimize that possibility. Thanks for the workaround...didn't know about that

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Of course, being the dork I can sometimes be, it didn't occur to me to think they would have a static brightness level in that mode.....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] eraursls1984:
How is the connectivity? I looked into the Exynos model, but saw that it lacked bands that I would need on Verizon. The only complaints I have so far is the 80% battery and lack of Xposed.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shouren04:
Perfectly fine for me but I'm with T-Mobile, all bands compatible, well except for the new B71 which not even US Note 8s support. Exynos is no good for CDMA/Verizon, GSM only.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ccanyon:
Exynos LTE

I have come across a couple threads about the Exynos processor in the note 8. I understand that LTE speeds are capped at 30 Mb for most people.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] d.cortez:
No capped speeds for my Exynos N8. [emoji3]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sefrcoko:
Nope, my speed aren't capped either on my N950FD. Worst case, maybe some bought the Exynos when it didn't support the right bands for their carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shouren04:
Yup, no capped speeds for me either.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] xchatter:
For me it's perfect, but I can't talk about the US telecoms. I am located in Bulgaria.
[XPERIA X2 General] Tincan17:
I tried following Sony's "walkthrough" for rooting my new X2A. It's a horrible walkthrough, as it took me a few youtube videos to understand how to get my bootloader unlocked. But now it is. And now I'm supposed to use Emma, which states is compatible with the X2A, but it sees my phone and states "No matching services". (See here [add an http before it though] : talk.sonymobile.com/t5/General-Discussion/Emma-Xperia-X2A-quot-No-matching-services-quot/m-p/1313898) So I have put in a request, but I'm asking here because I've found so many more answers that are from people with actual experiences who give answers.

The post on Sonymobile seems to warrant a reply of "Oh, sorry we didn't get updated for your phone" or "your phone's not supported anymore". But I figured this is the [one of the] newest phone they've released for dev options... Are there any other options to flash? It seemed that Emma would give me my Sony-fed options but still root. I'm not looking to run anything fancy; I just want my old root-requiring apps to work. And to uninstall most of Google.

Should I just resort to TWRP? Are there any images out there? I'd looked up whether the phone was rootable, how easy, etc. before I chose it, and I found a few forums that made it sound like it was super easy, Sony-supported, and whatnot. But now that I have it, I can't find anything of use.

Would appreciate any direction. Thanks in advance.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] 253simon:
Im new to Huawei but I have full untouched firmware would like to share with everyone .

BLA-A09 9.0.0.264

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o0kzU45zKovXzqm3il3iMBE7-AR6VJJI/view?usp=drivesdk

grab Huawei updated extractor 0.9.9.5 I read from this post https://xdaforums.com/mate-10/how-to/guide-extracting-stock-firmware-files-t3756733 . thanx for the guide.

Extract the UPDATE.app in the update.zip

Keep the profile as unknown

In the settings of extractor

unckeck verify header checksum

uncheck verify file checksum

Click save

Click extract and you can open the UPDATE.app file to find system.img

after extracting flash in fastboot found https://xdaforums.com/mate-10/how-to/guide-treble-compatible-rom-t3761927

plz help if wrong or missing somthing I will edit and correct

Just unzip and flash system.img in fastboot

I don't know what the rest of the files are but if you wanna shed some light any help is appreciated :)

xposed for Pie

riru flashed in magisk first then edxposed

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GC1TtFwaF_elDU1DZPtM4qGTFy7OSeT9/view?usp=drivesdk
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] zone23:
Thanks for this I was actually able to use this after trashing my device trying to downgrade the software. It was a mess, LOL.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] 253simon:
No problem. I got stuck in a bootloop and took a while before I figured out how to fix. Im coming from Samdung
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] zone23:
The thing I wasn't sure of was the differences in versions so I just took a shot (110) and after clearing the cache got it booted up again.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] minieod:
does the bootloader need to be unlocked for this?

i just got a replacement under warranty and its stuck on 109....the one that broke was 112
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
New comment!

Since the OP apparently is MIA, and since I'm kind of in the first few posts, I'm editing this to provide the latest links for which we in this thread have our hands on, in hopes that a helpless, suffering, wandering soul who may want/need it, sees it.

Other firmwares may be around if you ask.

Also, provide if you have some love to share, since i hear FF also gave up on the A09, presumably to be in tune to Huawei's contempt.

I dunno. Whatever. That's what a community such as this is for.

We also exist here, so check it out if you don't find whatchamacallit here

Thanks to my guide [MENTION=2247733]ante0[/MENTION], for instilling in me a desire to help just like he's helped so many (i read a whole lot by you, even when i hardly ask you things! :) ...although I'm world's behind his knowledge, to be sure lol!

Thank you, [MENTION=4944167]nabril15[/MENTION], for being a real "mate" on this hobby of ours, refreshing to see someone who comes for what brought them here, and stays afterwards to help in every and any thing they can.

I know, i sound like a just cooked a rom or developed the greatest app yet, but if i didn't say it now, when? xD

Lastly, don't forget to thank (thumbs and, if within your means, why not? a beer or latte) the guys who most immediately make this possible, [MENTION=2642882]Pretoriano80[/MENTION], [MENTION=3975929]zxz0O0[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4470081]topjohnwu[/MENTION]

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https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1sWdfguB9kTxusMcqpbJ7f-blFBsfEMEf

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1jFjxhQyzFZpfA1hao2qNNph86uATyrnr

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For any flashing yes you do, there's a way to somehow make it recognize there's an update manually but you would have to search for that as i don't exactly recall how, and that way you wouldn't need to unlock bootloader
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] rifat33:
How can I do it without unlocking the boot loader?Pls can u tell me the method?I have search everywhere but didn't find it.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] alexander宇:
Does anyone know how to flash the VERSION.img file? I was able to flash the system partition however the phone still prompts for a software update, had to manually modify the local.prop file in /version/special_cust/BLA-A09/hw/usa/prop.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] 253simon:
probably in fastboot?

im not sure
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] breadman2843:
Check the firmware finder instructions guide. Here is a link to a description

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.androidpit.com/firmware-updates-huawei-honor?amp=true
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] itsdan313:
Don't guess there have been any updates for bla-a09 c567, since April?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] derausgewanderte:
nope, hopefully soon we are included in the bimonthly updates as well. crossing my fingers but pessimistic.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Divine_Madcat:
Kinda bummed how Huawei went from being on the ball with updates to suddenly falling behind.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDickster:
What do you expect when the government keeps blocking them from doing business in the US?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] derausgewanderte:
yeah, it's unfortunate but likely the case. It's the user/customer that has to suffer in the end. Spying via smartphones is done in the US as well. I that case we shouldn't have to worry :eek:

BBIWY
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] krishnexus:
Hopefully will keep supporting their US versions, or send one update to change the version to European, thereby making it one less version to work on.

I know, it's not something they'll do..but
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Docarut:
Is ridiculous when you think about it. Motorola is owned by Lenovo which is a Chinese company and US government gives them a pass.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] p51d007:
Does anyone know, if you were to buy the INTERNATIONAL version of the Mate 10 Pro (Amazon) yeah, no U.S. warranty, would it get the updates faster than the actual U.S. version?

I'm thinking about getting the international version, since it has the bands for at&t (which I use via straight talk).
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] derausgewanderte:
You should at least be able to rebrand to get updates. I wish I had done that. It will definitely get updates faster, maybe not the latest one. But better than none.

The US brand phone is still great without the latest updates. I'm not a gamer and I can do without face unlock
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] p51d007:
I'm not a gamer either, but, I'd like to have the security patches within a few weeks instead of months after release. Yeah, I know, you want instant updates, get an Apple or Pixel...but I see the Huawei patches released pretty much LAST for the U.S. versions of their phones.

I'm hoping after Treble is the "normal", patches will be pushed by Google, not the manufacturers or carriers.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
The hell? A system update from Google but not from Huawei. What could it be? Curiosity killed the cat. I volunteer
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
Oh hell no, now there's nothing there. Does any body now what's up with that?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] innocentone1:
I am trying to patch the boot img file using magisk manager Everytime I try to I just get this failed after trying to extract the magisk zip.

The file I am trying to patch is named ramdisk_a.img after extracting it from the update.app

Am I missing something?

It says its a Sony ELF64 format and that I can't unpack the boot image.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
I'll post mine, what variant are you? A09?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19MVGNsPWAaGGrphLCNAKD8KCWMM5dRSJ/view?usp=drivesdk

Just remember that now it's >>> fastboot flash ramdisk pb.img <<< obviously pb.img changes to whatever it happens to be named.

As to your issue above, i really wouldn't know. Let me know if you come across any more issues
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] innocentone1:
Hmmmm so I flashed it and now I am getting app crashes and mega phone lag. I had to flash back to the stock ramdisk and it all went away what magisk version is this file? Also idk why things are being so strange.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
If i remember well it's a 112 by 15.4, but i haven't had any problems, that's just to upgrade from there after you got root, wipe things once in a while.

Also, besides the lag and crashes, did you get root? Or you can ask [MENTION=518121]tokoam[/MENTION] for his

Edit: damn, don't you guys just love my grammar in this last post... Lol

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Mr. [MENTION=2247733]ante0[/MENTION], where would i go looking for what's on top of this page, if it isn't too late? A regular Storage Analyze r session by SDM which is how I usually do it won't do because of it not reaching a large file size :(
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] nabril15:
Help

I have about 12 tabs open in Chrome with different threads and guides for this device that we chose.

I unlocked the bootloader, rooted unsing the FH Mate tool, flashed stf-twrp-zxz-0.3.img recovery (as mentioned in the OP of the HURU thread), and I'm trying to reboot back into TWRP so as to continue with the HURU thread so that I can bring the phone up to stock version 119.

I am missing a few apps which are no big deal, but ironically, System update is one of them.

How do I reboot back into twrp so that I can proceed with these steps below. I have tried fastboot reboot, but the phone doesn't respond.

5. Select only HuRUpdater to flash in custom recovery.

6. Follow instructions on screen. Flashing can take multiple minutes.

Thank you

EDIT: I booted into erecovery (vol up and power ) and did a factory reset. I don't know why. In other devices doing that, it took me to twrp. Not here. It wiped a bit, I wiped the cache partition, and rebooted to the initial setup screens.

REEDIT - I re-rooted it and flashed twrp 3.2.1.0. In it I CANNOT see the contents of the SD card. I copied all the files need for doing the huru update to a folder in SDCARD. I cannot see that folder within twrp even though I saw it with ES File Explorer
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] innocentone1:
Magisk says I have root but root apps won't work/crash and magisk keeps crashing too.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Mox512:
Hi!

I see we are stuck with same good device but lack of US customer service. And it looks like there is a huge work done with discovering all these steps. Can you elaborate more on what they actually allow for end user, please.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
Wow, is MORE even possible?

Rather, you elaborate on what info you're after.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Mox512:
I did not get what's the goal for all these steps.

I am looking for reliable way to rebrand to EU/International.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
You're at the wrong place. (And for what you're trying to do, you will always be... as there's NO rebranding WHATSOEVER of this variant).

Those steps are labeled as to the purpose and recipients as well. Good of you not jumping right into them.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] cervantesjc:
Like Culiacanazo said, there is no way to rebrand the US variant, there are hardware differences that make it impossible to rebrand.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Pituky:
Maybe is the same reason why they are not issuing updates trough hota. Low amount of units with different hw.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
That stems from.... ????!!!!

We all know the real reason
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Pituky:
From me ?.

That the Government do now recommend a product is no a reason to abandon it. Bad company image. I do not think they are so brainless with the company they have, they know about Marketing and they know the situation is going be reverted in the future.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
Hey pituki, you're still alive! What did you end up doing, after all? Root, or not? Tell us.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Pituky:
Yea some kind of alive. ?

1)I can not root because use my phone for work.

2)Im not very confident on doing any update procedure without root.

Just afraid of bricking it. I will have to send the phone back to US in case of any issue. And that will take maybe a month... and I need the phone to work. I do not have the BL unlocking code and do not want to pay to that freekysomeone.

Im enjoying my mate 10 just getting old waiting for the OTA, or an easy procedure that does not need to root the phone nor reset to factory defaults.

Think I will wait for Mate 20 pro. Or vivo nexs or any other cool Chinese phone full of funny and colorful backdoors. Of course intenational version. Lesson learned. ?.

In the meantime I will have to live with April FW.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] nabril15:
Pituky... You can't root your phone because it's your work phone, and what does that have to do with Huawei and US support?

I am as frustrated ad you and everyone with this phone and updating it since I'm on version 65. But your phone situation has nothing to do with the manufacturer.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
I still don't know what one has to do with the other.

That little suitcase you see on my status bar, means i use this for work
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Pituky:
.

My comment regarding root was an answer to a Culiacanazo here, of course rooting or not rooting it is my decision. I never involved the support or the manufacturer with that aspect.

I'm only upset about being stuck with an old update.

Huawei sure they have something to do with my phone I have a Huawei phone, basically they made it. And they are responsible for issuing updates. They have everything to do with my situation.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
I'm saying what rooting has to do with your phone being for work, since you can root and still use it for work
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Pituky:
My company does not allow it.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
Gotcha
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ilmar72:
Can someone please give some better instructions on how to use the OP'S linked firmwares to return the phone to stock?

I was able to use the OP firmware to fix my problems that I was having however I still can't get the phone back to stock completely. The stock recovery doesn't give the option to reset anymore. It only gives the option to" check for latest firmware recovery" and that option doesn't work.

I flashed in fastboot: system, recovery_ramdisk. ( I tried flashing ramdisk but that failed).

Right now I have twrp installed and I'm back to a stock image with magisk installed. So im fine for now but I know that I can't currently get this phone back to 100% stock if need be.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
It really doesn't get any more clearer than what you'll find at HurU's OP.

Also, there's no reason, the way you tell it, why ramdisk would have failed.

Check your typing
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] nabril15:
Ilmar - you're asking for help with getting back to stock, but you mention that you're back to a stock image; that's confusing.

I was on a very old version (65), and I just used the HURU instructions and the amazing help of [MENTION=7182553]culiacanazo[/MENTION] (look at his long reply to me a few posts back) to bring my phone up to version 119. I noticed that some apps are missing, for example the Huawei system update app (how ironic - using it didn't work in the past, and now I lost it. Maybe it's a sign..). The themes and a bunch of "magazine" wallpapers are missing. So, I imagine that I'm not 100% back to stock, as I saw it with the old version. But everything that's installed works fine, and I can say that my phone is stock with some things missing.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
Two things:

1. Lol!! ?? Your reply was funny... But yeah you're (kinda?) right!

2. Check my PM regarding your apps
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] innocentone1:
If you want system update go to Google play store and search Huawei system update. :) Once installed it will show up in settings again.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] nabril15:
Yes, I tried that and it doesn't show up. On a pc browser it does appear in Google play butit says that it's not compatible with my phone. I got the apk from the update_hw zip file of the 119 update, but it won't install-thanks for the tip [MENTION=7182553]culiacanazo[/MENTION]
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] innocentone1:
Weird worked right away for me. :( Guess you are right it's a sign.