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[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
Thank you for your kind words.

The italic sentences are either commands or files.

Every time I say press enter I meant it. Sound be literally step by step as I wrote this in the process of performing these actions.

Anyway, you were successful in de-branding, that's great to see.

Roll on 150 I say, let's see what the Kirin can do.

I already get 60fps on Tekken 6, if I can Max out God of War then I'll be impressed but I don't think it will or that I can turn boost on at will.

We'll see I suppose.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] marko68:
I mean that I think that you can reunlock the bootloader...there are no reasons why you shouldn't
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
Of course you can unless you use the funky huawei method and as long as you've retained your unlock code.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] strikerman10:
Rebrand Posssible for CLT-L09 8.1.0.130 (C782)

I've seen in the instructions that you should not use the guide if your firmware is higher than .120 but is there anyway to do this now as I don't much want to spend the high sums of money on the Funky Huawei method. I have the bootloader unlock code.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] eoga:
I think if you want to do this you only have to use newer firmware files than ops. ie if you are on .128 or .131 in "THEORY" you should be able to download .152 files and use those to perform the process. Not 100% sure though but i think this is how it should work
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
Youre correct, however the files in use if you obtain the newer ones for the firmware you want then you're ok..

But yes, do not use it if you've already gone ahead of the firmware available.

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Needs to be obtained for the model in use.

L-29 432
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] backi1:
Thank you very much for this guide! Worked great on my L09 C55 (Tim Italy).

In the end I had this "No SD card or USB device please connect in 2 minutes!" error. Additionally there was the error "Factory reset could not be completed" at the end of the reset. But it worked anyway. :good:
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] strikerman10:
Ok, thanks. So just to be clear, do I need to oeminfo.bin file for CLT-L09 8.1.0.130 (C782) (my version) or the one I want to rebrand to, in this case L29 C432? Also I assume this is extracted from the firmware. I have tried to download the C432 .152 version from the Huawei Firmware Finder russian website but it stops at about 60 mbs. Any suggestions where I can get an newer version of the oeminfo.bin file if this is what I need?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] gm007:
You need the one you want to rebrand to.

Oeminfo file is a small file so the one you have downloaded could be good. And oeminfo does not get updates so you can use it for every firmware as long as it's the same region.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Mohan211:
As Huawei have stopped giving out unlock codes, is it all possible to unlock the bootloader for p20 pro?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
No it's not.

If you've just got your phone. Send it back.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] eoga:
Why send it back? Most of us may want to modify the phone in a certain way but they may be some people who only want a good phone with probably the best or one of the best cameras and this is more important for them than modify it otherwise maybe they would have bought the essential or any other phone dev friendly. It seems like you only wanted your phone to unlock and modify it ad nothing else as you have been giving this kind of recommendation every time since they close their unlock page and thats ok just let everyone decide by themselves about the phone.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
You're on XDA? This entire site was spawned by people modifying Android and PDAs?

If you want to stick with pure stock, complete with bloat and adverts then you're missing the point of XDA, hence why there is a ROM development section for every phone on XDA!

Furthermore, he asked!! I have my opinion and I have it, you are not Mohan are you, so please share your opinion with him / her but I don't need to know what you think of mine ??

So let him / her decide.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] eoga:
Exactly let him/her decide. It didnt sounds like an opinion but more like an order "send it back". I think you missed a great article here on xda, maybe you should read it.

https://www.xda-developers.com/xda-huawei-decision-stop-bootloader-unlocking/

But something they mentioned and is related to your last statement about XDA is:

What’s the point of covering their products if they don’t allow you to unlock the bootloader? This stems from the perception that XDA is a community only for rooting and installing custom ROMs, kernels, and modifications. That hasn’t been true for years.

Mohan? I don't know who Mohan is. Just as you share your opinion, I shared mine about what you wrote. If you don't like that people write about what you wrote maybe you shouldn't write in an open Forums. Isn't this the point of a forum?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
Mohan was the person who asked me.. lol answer him with your opinion, not me.. I was talking to HIM, not sure why you're involved.

The vast majority of people on here want a device that can be unlocked, every one of my friends list has and always has a device that can be unlocked and they all root otherwise what's the point they would say, sure there are people who leave it at stock, but I'd say it's a small amount in comparison (on XDA) either way it's irrelevant, the person I was responding to did want to know about unlocking the bootloader.

That's the last I'm talking to you about it ok! If you wish to continue please PM me, I don't want this continuing in this thread because it's toxic.

[MENTION=4890339]Mohan211[/MENTION] do you wish to unlock your phone and root it? I guess you do seeing as that's what you asked.

If the answer is yes then my answer stands. This phone is a paper weight if that's what you require.

Get the OnePlus 6 or wait for the 6T or just get the pixel 3

Nothing wrong with the actual P20 pro it's a great phone but....

In comparison to the aforementioned devices, the p20 pro has a pretty diabolical development scene anyway and now that the phone cannot be unlocked , it will only worsen.

One of the two Devs who had cooked a ROM has now left for the OnePlus 6 so even if you did manage to get it unlocked. There is only 1 ROM which is lineage, not only that but the official update cycle is mental, which is why there is a debrand guide in my signature.

It's your call pal.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] subhani:
I wish people who really need a strong development community would check before buying the phone. Even prior to losing unlocking codes, everyone must've known the community is going to be much smaller than for Samsung flagships due to Samsung's popularity, and then for One Plus devices due to their openness.

Even for every one of THOSE phones, the people who care about enthusiast development for their device are a tiny tiny minority of people. Manufacturers know this.

Sure, more options and openness gives more choice. There's never a good enough reason to make that difficult.

But for people like me who need minor tweaks that don't require unlocking, like ad blocking and theming and debloating, but want to maintain security, stability, camera performance, NFC compatibility, crazy battery life, modding at the root level has little to no appeal (I've done my fair share and never bricked a device. But it lost its novelty quickly due to many drawbacks.) I feel bad for those who really want that, but I would have checked properly before buying this phone, if that's really what I always wanted out of this phone. This phone is awesome without root and custom recovery. Many would argue that it is much better FOR it. This may actually apply to all devices. I have not rooted a device in the last three or four years.

But choice is always good. If someone wants to modify and tinker, let them. It's their device. But check for this before buying.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] subhani:
I wanted to add that unlock codes can still be obtained through the DC unlocker method, which uses a paid service to get them. So unlocking isn't impossible, if you want it really bad. Even XDA posted that they are trying to convince Huawei to reconsider their position and an opportunity may exist for unlocking in the future.

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Try DC unlocker, a paid service. I haven't used it but just giving you an option.

Edit: apparently DC UNLOCKER is not compatible for this phone.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Mohan211:
It's not a big deal if I can't was just wondering. I only asked because I'm moving abroad soon and wanted dual SIM functionality. Love my p20 pro and don't have any plans to return it.

Thanks for the replies anyway
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
I agree with a lot of what you've said, people should definitely check ahead of buying a £800 device lol.

But..

It's a minority compared to the other buyers, however with that being said, on XDA it's quite a different matter, it's certainly not 1%

Plus as I've said before the supposed 1% who modify are that 1% who shout about, sell, talk, promote, tweak and advise on the product to the other % of people who choose to commit to a particular device. It would be extremely foolhardy to overlook the importance of those people and anyone and I mean anyone, including Huawei or HTC in the past who decide against the 1% are making a mistake by underestimating their importance.

I think I do speak for a lot of people when I say that this will be my last Huawei device, and the impending ghost town which will take over the P30 Pro section of XDA later next year will be testament to that decision.

Personally I hope I'm wrong, but I really don't think that will be the case.

Custom ROMs

Proper theming

Removal of ad's

AOSP, PA, Lineage, AIKP etc

Custom kernels

Titanium

Magisk modules

Xposed

Bloat clean up

Not to mention the buzz that all of the above creates on a vibrant forum.

I think you'll agree we've all had a device that has had a massive following and a plethora of custom ROMs and tweaks which have been for its betterment.

If anyone wants to sit back and accept a completely stock experience of how an OEM like Huawei intended it, with their bloat and seriously wonky own app store, then they're welcome to it..

For me this will be the last time I'm scrimping the barrel for 1% of what other devices are getting in terms of development, I'm sure you'll agree that it's a better place when choice (which is what android for me means) is in abundance and not between one ROM or nothing..

At least that's how I feel about it ;)
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
Also is DC unlocker compatible with the pro? I've read it is not..bootloader can't be read.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] subhani:
People keep recommending it in different places. I assumed that it works. Seeing as you've checked for incompatibility, I will update my previous post.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
Well from what I've read it doesn't seem to offer it, I'd say that if it did there would be a very obvious thread in the development section.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Hey guys I think I did a big booboo. So I was relocking the bootloader and for some reason FRP was lock which didn't raise any alarm because 1 it's written in green and 2 I never change OEM unlock to locked. So now I'm Phone relocked FRP lock and all I have is huawei eRecovery which won't let me update and fastboot and I can't flash TWRP either. I was trying to flash a system image but the update is not made in such a way that I can do that.

I'm at my wits end at this point. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] gm007:
Maybe unlock bootloader again?

Or try erecovery again but connect to different wifi.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Can't unlock bl again due to frp lock. Can't even flash system ing.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
Have you made sure OEM unlocking is turned on in development options?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
I can't boot the phone. It's either eRecovery or Fastboot.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ToLive4:
You can't receive updates with unlocked and rooted phone but you can install them via find firmware
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] reeved:
Ah I see. What if the firmware finder app says the update isnt authorised for my IMEI?

Also, does this method change your region?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] fishersfish:
Thanks for your reply, it gives me hope. I've tried HiSuite 5.0.2.301 before(thought 5.0.2.301 is the latest), now I've tried HiSuite 8.0.1.304/8.0.1.306/8.0.1.307 , but they don't support P20 Series yet(Tried to fix and checked the supported devices list). Now, the best way for me is HiSuite's update, all I need to do is wait.:)

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Sorry for my long story. Your ramdisk's filename contains "CLT-L29" ,so I didn't flash it, besides, it's easier to flash magisk.zip to get root and move 3 zip file to /data (I moved to /data/ota_package not /data/update/HWOTA ). There must be sth. wrong.

Now, the system refuse to boot to let me disable FRP ,so I can't re-unlock BL. Maybe the best way for me is wait ,wait for HiSuite's update.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] robot1000:
Does WiFi Calling work?

I'm using three mobile and I'll need the option as I've got no mobile signal where I work
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] reeved:
So can I use this method to convert any region phone to C432?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] nsilva.android:
I have an P20 Pro CLT-AL00 8.1.0.109(SP2C00), can i convert to european (C432) firmware with this method? Funky is too much expensive!!!
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Grancapitan:
A great job !, but now I recognize the change from my L09 to L29, but only recognizes me a SIM, and does not even tell me that SIM 2 is empty....
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
This should be a sticky.

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Do yourself a favour and hide your IMEI.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ToLive4:
I don't have AL-00 to try. It should to work if you follow manual step by step
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] fishersfish:
News, Huawei will not provide BL unlock code for newer devices, and will stop providing codes for all phones after 2 months ...... (At least, it is in China ) Such a pity!
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] zoltar1308:
hy. after debrand and remove demo mode my phone have frp lock on. and relock bootloader phone enter only recovery mode. cannot unlock bootloader anymore because frp lock. what is the solution?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MrDanMak:
No more bootloader unlocks anymore. RIP.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] emzobg:
Just got mine from russian site ;)
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] zoltar1308:
My phone now is like this. Cannot unlock bootloader because frp. Cannot flash. I buy frp key and remove frp but when i put in fast boot to flash frp on again. What is the solution?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] nbicho:
Hey guys, I have a question...

When you rebrand from L09 into L29, it relocks the bootloader, right?

Were you able to unlock it again with the same code you used the first time?

Thanks
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] nsilva.android:
Fu**ck yeeeee :D I rebranded my P20 PRO AL-00 to CTL-L29 with this method, sucessefully!!

On process "24.Phone will reboot and starts to install and Rebrand your Phone " - the phone restarted at 74% and then at the start it says the update failed.

I made a wipe/factory reset and bingo, the phone started without problems and was debranded with rom C432.

Now, i have everyhting normal except this: "compilation Number: Chipset-boston 8.1.0.001(01F4). How i change this, to continue recive oficial updates?

Many Many thanks [MENTION=1599044]ToLive4[/MENTION], I saved money by doing this method, because the alternative that exists is that of the funky, which is extremely expensive!
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] smeagol06:
hello i have a problem

when i make :

./oeminfo CLT-L29 C432 hw/eu

i have this response

-bash: ./oeminfo : No such file or directory

anybody could help me please
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] nsilva.android:
try this: ./oeminfo CLT-L29 C432 hw/eu

check the name of file that you put on internal storage if have or not ".bin" in end of the file. It's just oeminfo not oeminfo.bin
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] smeagol06:
I have the same pb without .bin
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] nsilva.android:
you are in "/data/local/tmp" ? the oeminfo file is in "/data/local/tmp"?

you already give execute permissions to file with chmod +x?

make an "ls -al -lt" wihtout "" on /data/local/tmp and post the result here.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] gm007:
Did you tried erecovery again with different wifi?if so not much you can do,try recovery with hisuite? Or funkyhuawei.

Usually erecovery won't work for me from first attempt so try it many time.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
I tried at least 10 times. Hisuite is not seeing the phone and when I try the fastboot recovery thing it says device not supported. Funkyhuawei doesn't support the p20 pro apparently.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
Are you connected to a computer whilst doing all this? Disconnect prior to doing anything.

Funky Huawei does support the p20 pro btw. Well they did from launch up until last month anyway.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] subhani:
FH do support the P20 Pro. Just used it yesterday to update to 156.

They charge a lot for the service but you can use them to install new firmware via eRecovery. They have unbricking solutions that I know nothing about. Check them out.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
That's the thing though. I need to exhaust all other options before paying 80$ for a phone that I already spent 900$ on and won't be able to sell for more than 600$. I'm never touching huawei again this whole experience has been such a nightmare.

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Yeah. From what I saw it's the FRP unlock tool that doesn't support the P20 pro but since I have access to eRecovery I should be able to unbrick. But then again I'm looking at 65$ for 8 points or 80$ for a daypass which would be my best option. Since when do we have to pay that kind of $$$$ for open source stuff? This blows my mind...
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
It's not open source mate.

Android is but that tool is a paid for service as is sunshine on HTC devices.

But you're right, I wouldn't pay a penny and seeing as you can't get the phone to boot, I'd say that neither can Huawei. So if it were me I'd probably contemplate sending the device off to them to get it swapped out.

With that being said I'd make sure it was my last option as the device you get back will not be able to have it's bootloader unlocked, so explore everything.

Can you get to fastboot?

Have you tried to flash twrp from there?

Do that then copy lineage to your internal memory and flash it.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
How would I go about copying lineage to my internal memory if I'm bootloader relock and frp lock? I can't even flash system image.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] gm007:
All you need is an offline firmware that can be flashed with 3 buttons combo,huawei service has it.

Used to have leaked firmwares for older huawei phones like mate 10 pro and earlier but didn't saw one for p20 pro.

There is one firmware here but not sure if it's an offline one maybe try it https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p20-pro/development/huawei-p20-pro-charlotte-l29c-8-1-0-t3778412
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
I have all the necessary firmware. I just can't flash it in fastboot mode due to frp lock. What's 3 button combo?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
Ahh sorry, my bad...

So you can't get into the system either so can't turn on Allow OEM unlocking?

Then if eRecovery doesn't work then I'd say it's back to Huawei...

Reboot the router you're trying to download the firmware from eRecovery from and give it another shot.

At the moment if you can't get FRP to unlock and the above doesn't work then it's Huawei I'm afraid.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Yep. And Huawei told me to go to a 3rd party because I rooted my phone the won't help me. I think I should be able to use funky Huawei to flash my firmware since I still have access to erecovery.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
Why would you tell them that you rooted your phone? Just play ignorant.

Never tell any OEM that you've modded your phone , you may as well say you lit it on fire.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
How else could I explain the bootloader relock status? What's the point of lying and going through the whole return process if I broke the phone and voided the warranty the day after I got. So my warranty is basically void anyway. I usually know to play dumb but in that case I would have shipped it and they would have seen bootloader relock and shipped it right back you know. Not worth the trouble. The fact that I told him the issue and he told me third party just confirmed that funky Huawei is the best way to go. Besides I didn't give him any info like imei so that bridge wasn't burnt. This ain't my first rodeo bruh! Lol.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
To be honest mate it sounds like it is :D if you were in that situation and it says relock then you should brick it completely and then send it back..

Lol u live n you learn ;) tbh tho pal it does sound like a crap situation but there must be a way out.

Feel for you.

If funky works for you, then commit to it mate, would save the bother of shipping it back.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] gm007:
I just rebrand my phone from c185b130 to c432b156,i followed the info in op and got build number shipset Boston than i flashed the same firmware with hurupdate and got everything working as it should.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
You went from 130 to 120 ? Lucky you didn't brick.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] gm007:
No from 130 to 156,i didn't use the firmware from op.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dlads:
Good man.

Nice.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] snipeerz:
i re-brand to dual sim but now i lose the volte function so there is any solution ?