[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] bowlandspoon:
Installation Method

INSTALLATION METHOD FOR INSTALLATION OF KANGVIP ROM FOR THE HUAWEI P20 PRO

Disclaimer

Firstly this guide is taken from other bits of info taken from this thread. Thank you to those users!

I am not responsible for any issues you may face including bricking your device. This method has worked for me but that doesn't mean it will work for you. I am a keen USER, not a developer or a person with much technical knowledge. I will help where I can!

Remember if you run into trouble you can always use eRecovery to restore.

Prerequisites

Unlocked Bootloader

TWRP (I had the unofficial one installed)

Download and extract to desktop ROM and this TWRP.

Download this mindthegapps GApps package.

Method

1 Reboot to TWRP

2 Wipe [Dalvic/ART, Cache, Data, System]

3 Reboot to Bootloader

4 Locate the folder you extracted with the ROM (SYSTEM.img) and boot (BOOT_R.img) images.

4a In CMD/Terminal type "fastboot flash ramdisk BOOT_R.img" press ENTER​

4b In CMD/Terminal type "fastboot flash system SYSTEM.img" press ENTER​

4c In CMD/Terminal type "fastboot reboot" press ENTER​

5 Allow time for the system to boot (It will take a little while)

6 Reboot to bootloader

7 Locate the "KANGtwrp.img" you downloaded earlier

7a In CMD/Terminal type "fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk KANGtwrp.img" press ENTER​

7b In CMD/Terminal type "fastboot reboot" press ENTER --> 7c As soon as you hit enter unplug the USB and hold the volume UP button to boot into TWRP​

8 Copy the 'MindTheGapps-8.1.0-arm64-20180610_024023.zip' to your phone and flash from TWRP

9 Reboot to system

10 Download Google PlayStore APK from APKMirror.com

11 Open Google PlayStore and sign in with your Google account

12 PROFIT!!!

Note, there is a LOT of Chinese apps installed in this ROM, I am going to start to remove them and see what happens!

If I've helped please hit the thanks button. I'll report back with my view on the ROM soon.

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UPDATE #1

Apps I have successfully removed using System App Remover (ROOT)

Note that as some of these were exclusively in Chinese I have described the icon as I don't know the name of the app!

Appgallery

360 (e, iexplorer looking icon)

360 (blue brush icon)

Browser (blue globe icon)

Freeshare

HiLives

Huawei Phone Manager (icon persisted after reboot but drag it up to the top to ‘remove’) - Consider leaving this one installed, I'm finding it impossible to reinstall it.

Huawei Video

Mirror

Todays Headline

Red icon (all Chinese writing)

Blue Chinese bag icon (shopping)

Colourful ’S’ icon

Blue ’S’ icon

Brush icon

Green peas in a pod icon

K Box icon

Tips

Wifi (green icon)

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UPDATE #2

One thing to take into account; This ROM is pre-rooted with SuperSU it would seem. As much as I have tried I am not able to uninstall it which means I haven't been able to install Magisk (therefore Magisk Hide). This means you won't be able to use Android Pay, and other apps that detect root will not run.

UPDATE #2a

In the VIP section of the ROM there is an option to switch from SuperSU to Magisk. The cost of VIP is $30.

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UPDATE #3

a: Huawei Messages app is present in this ROM as opposed to Google Messages.

b: There's a very annoying popup every time you try and install an APK (including every layer when applying a substratum theme). I believe it's a Huawei safety feature but I can't find a way to disable it. It's not stopping me using the ROM but it's tedious.