yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
This is what i meant. No paid services and advertisement for it at XDA, thats how it should be! And it is very strange, like you said, that FH are the only one that can handle this phone. Now Huawei unlock page is gone, maybe because Huawei and FH are together to let people pay for services like rooting and unlocking. We(XDA) will always be there, so why shouldn't they try to make money with this stuff? No Smartphone company likes it, when their phones getting unlocked and rooted. If this will become true, i would sell my Huawei phones and switch to another company!
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I can understand you with having no time, i'm 38 years, also have two kids and a full time job;). So i know why you choose the easy way and that is ok. But for me, doing this stuff is learning and getting better what is very important for me. And it keeps my brain young:D
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] jasonpantuliano:
So XDA. EXPLANATION PLEASE. Can I start Selling things here now. Is that what XDA has become. A place to make money. I joined for the open source fun and have donated alot of money to devs who's work I used.

WE DESERVE TO KNOW WHY THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO THIS BUT NO ONE ELSE CAN. I personally will be done with this site because this kills the whole spirit of why XDA came to be in the first place. Bet ya Rootzwiki would of never sold out Like you have.

EDIT. Im dumb. Rootzwiki is still around. Had no idea. thought they went away years ago. But the rest of this and the last post I'm not wrong about. ANSWERS IS WHAT WE NEED AND DESERVE.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] RabidWolve:
Totally agree with OP.

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Great your enjoying your phone.

Myself after paying premium pricing for the Mate 10 Pro, and with Huawei promising they would

provide fast Android updates and Security Updates I am frustrated that we have to resort to a paid

service to get those fast updates. For that this will be my first and last Huawei phone.

This is not how it should be.

Lots of sites echoed that Huawei will do things differently with the Mate 10 in regards to updates and many people bought this phone on the premise of better support. Yet no one is calling them out on it.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] 0alfred0:
It is sad. Huawei just did not realize yet how important after purchase support is. I will not buy a Huawei device again.

I came from a Nexus 6P which i loved (battery had issues but in EU there is 2 years warranty so after 1.5years Google gave me a brand new device as replacement for the faulty battery. No questions asked, it took them 2 days to have it shipped to my door after i contacted google.) When i sold it in December i already had Android 8.1 installed. I will probably go back to a Pixel device although i feel the price is a total rip-off.

What really makes me angry though is that the updated firmware is right here. FH have it, Firmwarefinder gets its hands on it. Why the heck cant Huawei push it out to all the devices? This is ridiculous.

Instead a shady website is offering updates for money. I get that what they do helps people and is legitimate but how can they use xda as a platform? How are they having access to Beta builds and all the latest builds? Honor is sponsoring xda. I think there is no way that FH is based on an employee stealing firmware. I dont think that a business organized on this scale is run by few hackers who somehow manage to hack huawei servers for months. Something is off with them and i dont think xda should be their platform to sell their service.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] sledgie:
Hi everyone,

So I obviously go waaaay back. I didn't join until 3 years after I started reading forums. Only joined in order to download at the time, which required an account.

I believe there are 2 ways in order to update your huawei phone, unofficially. 1 way is difficult and can lead to bricks. the other way is FH, which can lead to bricks, but is usually 100% repairable using their software.

Previously, the owner of FH was banned. Due to requests by users, he was unbanned and allowed to post here on Xda.

I understand the rules here at xda. And yes, he is making a TON of money on FH. i dont know if any of the money goes back to xda, but FH was featured a few weeks ago on the front page, along with some info on duraaa, who owns FH.

If i'm not mistaken, Duraaa works at or is in constant contact with someone at Huawei. He may be their IT guy, who knows except him? Not only does he post firmwares and makes them available for Mate 10 and Mate 10 pro, but EVERY SINGLE HUAWEI device and off label, including Honor, Xaomi and others.

The service he is providing of course, is use of his server that DOWNLOADS OTA and other firmware to your device. He doesn't own the firmware obviously. I'm not sure how he gets away with having other sites or this site take down firmware, except to say its Huawei's intellectual property.

I'm not a fan of FH, however, I have used it on 2 different phones. The prices have GONE UP since i used it 1 year ago. That is his business. IT is quite expensive to REBRAND a phone, $40 or $50 I believe at the least. It does help us do what we need to do, however.

That being said, the argument is correct that I don't think he should be advertising his services on XDA, as everything on XDA has always been free or shareware or option to donate. XDA has had users post their programs on XDA for a cheaper price than in play store, and there are tons of xda members who do posts and reviews for programs or hardware.

However

Duraaa also posts on reddit and other sites, as a way to help people do what we like with Huawei's phones. For instance, I had to root and unlock the bootloader in order to Allow my phone to connect to VoLTE in the states. I had the international Huawei Mate 10 which I loved, but it shouldn't have been necessary. I blame Huawei.

And as much as I love Huawei and their phones, fingerprint unlock, battery, - I won't be buying them again. Mainly because their phones are lacking something - both software based and hardware based. I don't HAVE to turn to FH, but in a lot of cases, I NEED TO.

But yes, the FH situation should be addressed. I don't feel comfortable for XDA going "rogue" over a user who has all of our information, IMEIs, etc that XDA supports advertising. The cost is also outrageous, and duraaa has benefited greatly. Let him advertise on other sites such as reddit, but perhaps XDA is afraid that will significantly reduce traffic?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] t3ramos:
completely agree... reddit already cut the cords of his subreddit, maybe xda should do the same
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] RabidWolve:
Agree 100%.

Has it ever been investigated how all this is happening.

A phone manufacturer possibly delaying updates to have people pay for the privilege to

be updated far quicker than usual.

Has this ever been a news story?

I called out Huawei on their main mobile Twitter for their slow updates and broken promises, made mention of only being able to update quick via Funky Huawei, they blocked me from their twitter.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] royhanks3:
That would be such a blemish on Huawei's part, I wholeheartedly hope they're not secretly behind FunkyHuawei
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
So, here are some good news. On thursday i bought a used Mate 10 pro for testing. Yesterday i ordered the bootloader unlock code from the link below and after 19 hours i got an email with the working code. Thanks to [MENTION=4408863]royhanks3[/MENTION] for the tipp.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGwoQ44zqykuTfjCQrVP07JOHBYnBcAxAbz9SAVxPTFqMh9g/viewform
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] badmania98:
What is the difference now? See last post.

https://xdaforums.com/mate-9/how-to/xda-exclusive-free-funkyhuawei-credit-t3547532
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
Wow! This has been helluva intensive. I'm subscribing!

Granted. Honestly, who likes paying?

Let's flip the coin. Who doesn't like making money.

Love him or hate him. No middle ground.

I can completely understand both points here, but a third one, rule 11, should prevail or (it) be done away with, which would really be a shame because I can imagine how unbearable of a marketplace this would be.

What I find real odd is, with the fire this thread has ignited given its size and the time it's been up, I'm perplexed as to why neither [MENTION=4572798]duraaraa[/MENTION] nor xda have held a press release right here yet.

To conclude, let me tell you how and why I ended up purchasing the 5 yr unlimited FH pass. Firstly allow me to tell you I last that long with devices (and they last me, which is important, being as you know, the best of the best); however, I have "bricked" this device more in a month (now that I'm "experienced"...)than I have my last 7 devices in the past 8 years combined!! This is worth mentioning because #11 notes, and I quote, with emphasis mine :

"...DO NOT post press releases, announcements, links to trial software or commercial services, UNLESS YOU'RE POSTING AN EXCLUSIVE release for XDA..."

I had been looking for a way to achieve what one of his tools accomplishes (before I knew of such tools existence) , when I stumbled upon his particular tool...

Well, I love suspense, and instead of quoting him, I'll let a picture be worth 1,000 words...

Psst, pssst! Ask me if I could ever locate such tool by then other than in FH Members (read: PAID!) Area. Connect the dots.

P. S. The fact alone that such distinguished member such as [MENTION=2642882]Pretoriano80[/MENTION] calling him out on that can't leave me but wondering... It'd be interesting to see what [MENTION=2247733]ante0[/MENTION] has got to say on this matter when/if he weighs in on this
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] zelendel:
XDA does get kick backs from hm. Rules are made by men and men can be bought.

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I wouldnt expect them to. XDA really doesnt report to users on the goings on. It is their site and their rules.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Maybe they heard us[emoji23]
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Pretoriano80:
Yes, a year ago! ?Look at that post date
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Damn, I read to fast?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] MikeChannon:
Funky Huawei are allowed support threads, as are other commercial suppliers. The threads are and always have been allowed provided certain criteria are met. The assumption made in a support thread is that the User has already bought the soft/hardware or gets it without it being directly advertized in posts here. In other words and as an example, a Support thread could be made by the creators of Titanium backup provided it does not link to a sales site or appear as spam, but provides answers to Members questions and useful information.

This has always been the case here.

Funky Huawei is also an advertizer here, not in threads but in Ads that appear on the site. In that regard you have to remember that we have high running costs and people to pay. Much as we all dislike having a commercial side it is something we can't avoid and still exist.

Funky Huawei being here does not prevent the development of alternative free means of doing the same things they do. I think what annoys people is that what they are supplying for pay are the same sorts of things we normally expect to see for free and shared here. Those of you who have been here for a long time will recall that we allowed unlocker threads in the past IF there was no free alternative. This was at least to allow our Members to get the service even if it did cost something. Even then we had strict rules on them concerning the way they were allowed to post.

We can all dislike commerce, but we all rely on it for employment and we happily buy phones and other software and also discuss it here. Just look around and you'll see many for-pay apps discussed here, it's not forbidden and indeed we do have a for-pay section for the developers here to promote their paid ware.

As said above we have long standing posting rules for these things.

It is for that reason that a Moderator closed the Funky Huawei thread here:

https://xdaforums.com/mate-9/how-to/xda-exclusive-free-funkyhuawei-credit-t3547532

Mike
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
[MENTION=335322]MikeChannon[/MENTION] thank you very much for taking the time to give a clear statement here.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] jantdroid:
Came from the Note3 thread, so much development, very humble qnd accomodating devs and members. Everyone helps you out there when you're a newbie, I became familiar with flashing samsung ROMS becausenof people willingnto teach me a newbie and the devs that are very kind to respond. However I chose this phone for the sake that I'd get the same attention as I have from choosing a flagship phone. It saddened me that paying money to do simple modification to your device is now almost mandatory. I totally agree with your sentiments brother, devs here at XDA get something but it's donation. Not everyone is capable of sending that much and some can only express a simple word of gratitude to some devs.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Thank you brother
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Laurentiu27:
OK so moderator said that it gets money from fh by ads Becouse they need to pay forum and employee

How about XDA to put as to pay let's say 1 euro per month /member of Forum and stop get money from fh

Wouldn't that be more nice?

I joined XDA years ago when ppl helps others for free or for a small donation now if I wants software I have to pay (wierd). We pay flagships over 700 to 1000 USD an now we have to pay software and support

XDA became a pay to win like most of the games
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] zelendel:
As Mike said this is not really the first time. HTC devices have their own set up where you have to pay to get s-off and a few other things.

If things like this bother you then do what many do and research before you buy. Plus if he can do it then there is nothing stopping anyone else from doing it for free. Just like the bump exploit for old LG.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] slavke1976:
I dont care about FH if they take money or not. But what i dont like is that , if it is true, they dont allow if somebody publish firmware here on site ( story with beta firmware and MEGA ).
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] nicogri:
[MENTION=5410665]Laurentiu27[/MENTION] : I think xda cannot rely on donation to run.

This site is too big and requires I think more money than it can get through donations.

You can check example of Wikipedia which have a lot more visibility and struggle much of the time to close budget.

As I said, I am fine with FH... Everyone is "free" to use it or not and I am fine with ads if it can keep xda running fine.

Envoyé de mon BLA-L29 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiago A:
You got pay to play mate. Theres no free lunch. FH can be expensive, but worth every cent. My experience with them, have been excellent. Their service is precise in every aspect, since to support you until their tools. Serious, the product that they offers, is nearly to be perfect. Cirurgical. I spend some minutes to rebrand and flash the latest build on my phone. My logic is: I buy an expensive phone, so why not pay 100usd to get a free pass for fiver years without any headache waiting for updates, devs answer your doubts, risk of brick, etc...

If you are upset by their service, do something close as what they did.

If you do the math, u are paying 9 bucks per month in a year.

And I guarantee you: they are far from be scam.

Envious sucks!
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Goku80:
You have known me for many years now on XDA and what I have been through on here. And yes I have broken the rules many times. And I did ended going by there rules. But now that this is happening and for you to say it's there site there rules its like they are going back on what they are actually preaching about all this time.

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There are always others means of getting financial support for XDA than going through sites like Funky Huawei. If anything I would be more than gladly get the finance for our beloved site than having Funky huawei doing it.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] RabidWolve:
The Huawei way. Pay to play.

Buying an expensive phone you should already be entitled to premium support and quick updates.

Seeing how FH are almost faultless it begs the question are Huawei in on this. Even using the Huawei name any company seeing someone using their name would be all over it.

But it is what it is. I've learned from this and wont be buying Huawei anymore.

No matter how tasty the look and hardware is, I cant overlook the BS with Software and Support.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ante0:
Well, the ad that shows on XDA is there even if you have xda adfree, so it's not really an ad. And the banner/image is hosted at XDA.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Tiago A:
So, buy a pixel. Sad but true.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ozzy lion:
50USD is a complete rip off to switch to an unbranded ROM. It's a disgrace.

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And I think with the branded ROMs it's the telcos that are holding up the updates, not just the OEM.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Bootloader unlock page is expected to reopen end of may?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] tr1cky1:
Well, look at all the idiots that hard bricked their phones because they tried it themselves.

Seems like funkyhuawei has a reason to exist.

I bet you will soon cry about your bricked phone.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Pretoriano80:
Calling someone "idiot" just because he/she bricked the device it's disrespectful and you should keep this kind of thoughts out of XDA.

If you read the whole "bricking story" you could understand that they bricked not because their lack of knowledge. People bricked devices on XDA since the beginning, this could always happen to anyone and you know that when you accept the risk and start modding a device.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
That's right. And the mate 10 is very easy to brick, not like the mate and p series before. That's the way we learn and understand how it works. We all live in the risk world of modding.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
They aren't idiots. they're taking risks and probably knowing it. Called to be brave.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
This link for unlock code don't work any more?

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGwoQ44zqykuTfjCQrVP07JOHBYnBcAxAbz9SAVxPTFqMh9g/viewform
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ooemir:
Pls fix mate 10 pro bricking..
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] royhanks3:
This isn't the place for that. Please post in the appropriate thread
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ghostofcain:
OnePlus? Allow unlocking bootloader, without pretending it voids your warranty.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
OK, I see. Forgot some companies? but oneplus is no option for me?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyFit:
Người mới

I just replaced a new monitor and it does not show up. It only displays the light and no menu or anything.

How to fix
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Maybe wrong connected or one connection is missing
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] CrazyFit:
New member

I can still turn it on and off. But it still has only the light of the screen
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] ChaseRxx:
Dc Phoenix > Funky Huawei

Dc Unlocker Yeah!
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] luciferobert:
Hwota 8 is far more better than funky huawei crap... And its FREE!!!!! Ive been unbricking, rebrand, and do more stuff with those tools *hwota
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Just saw this post. I guess Huawei became the new apple. Oh well. Just when i wanted to get the mate 10 pro. I want a phone to be truly mine, not to be locked under cancer. Let's not forget that HUAWEI has the ****tiest warranty repairs ever (support related).
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] iHussam93:
100% agree !! (Y)
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] dementalist85:
I agree.

I bought a demo retail mate 10 pro and I just unlocked the bootloader, (4 €).

I'm a newbie and I know it. I know I have to rebrand my phone to make it work properly, I tried to flash a stock rom with twrp but it was unable to wipe the cache of the phone (dunno why), I tried to install lineage but all the roms I got are .zip and I didn't find any .img so all gone wrong.

So, as you can see, as a newbie my last chance is funkyhuawei. And I'm not that happy. So I agree. I don't like to be forced to pay, mostly because I wont know what will the procedure be and I wont learn anything.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] deekjx:
If you unlocked you bootloader, why do you need funky huawei? Put a stock recovery on it. Flash the OpenKirin stuff. They have a LOS build. I used it and it works. I prefer OmniRom 3.1
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] dementalist85:
Because It seems that I may not install any rom, TWRP fails to clean the cache and shows errors 7 and 9.. I tried using multitools and it apparently changes firmware but it remains OEM demo with no fingerprint, no lockscreen etc etc... I'll try openkirin then!
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Pretoriano80:
You need to rebrand it with HWOTA8!
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] dementalist85:
this could be a very importan advice! I never heard about hwota before.. that's a gooooood news! thanks a lot!
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Shady282:
do you a link for a step by step on how to do it alone?

Thank you.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] culiacanazo:
And it isn't just Joe Random telling you...

Google is your friend sometimes...
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] dementalist85:
I did it. With OmniRom and it works properly!! I only have a problem with the camera, sometimes the app reboots randomly.. but who cares, the mate is fully working! thank you man!
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dioky:
Totally agree with OP!

OP couldn't have said it better!

I'm on his side all the way here. :highfive:

Regards,
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] dementalist85:
I triedto use it following a tutorial but I didn't find any "update folder" or "update.bat" in hwota8 zip for mate 10 (BLA-L09) :/
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Pretoriano80:
Yeah, it was removed from the thread, i will send you a PM with the download link.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] dementalist85:
GRAZIE!
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] lucasromero-:
Hi, can you send it for me too? i need to unlock the bootloader but there's is no way.. other than FUNKYHUAWEI, because i have the UPDATE FROM 1 JULY.. and look like thisi this BLA-L09 8.0.0.123(C45) ,.

Thx
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Xavind:
Wisdom ?
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] thanku:
Can you PM me the download link also.

Many thanks