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[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
What makes you sure, that the phone was really rebranded to L19 and before originally AL10?

If it really is AL10 rebranded to L19 - the steps would have been following:

1) Updating L19 to the latest approved Firmware

2) Changing location to AL10, without booting to system - changing firmware to EVA-AL10b399-Sp17a.

3) Booting to system and updating with OTA to Oreo.

There's NO Network Patch or anything else needed, if you correctly rebrand originally EVA-AL10 from EVA-L19 back to EVA-AL10!

The Guide for updating to Oreo (Post #2) is for originally EVA-L09/L19/L29 ONLY - and not for originally EVA-AL10 (rebranded to L19)!

Post #1 is for rebranding (for all included oeminfos), but if you change location you must flash the firmware for the changed location on the same Android Version - and then update with OTA.

I would expect users to ask questions in case of ambiguity BEFORE doing something that is not right - instead after.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] golvellius:
Hi.. I have version B535 and today I have received upgrade .. "this update optimizes mobile data network" only 1,49 mb.

It is possible to upgrade ... ?

Thanks ...
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] casarria:
YEAH SURE
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
Anybody else who is on b535 stock, with System Update enabled, receiving this OTA patch for b535?

I'm curious but I can't test since already manually updated to b540
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dadaricksta:
is your playstore full functional with B540?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
Yes

Everything is fully functional (as it was on b528, b532, b535, b539, b540)
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dadaricksta:
thanks for info mate, i did a manual update few days ago from 535 to 540 and playstore wasnt responding, so i got back to 535.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
Playstore (and few other) screenshots attached

As reported

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78540656&postcount=1276

Upon manually installing b540, did Factory reset, rooted (not necessary for those who don't want), installed NW patch and just manually installed GBoard and Playstore applications (did not use Playstore patch) - and everything was ok

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-store/

IMO, manually installing Playstore application has some advantages: you can put latest Playstore version, it goes to Data and makes it easily available for updating, uninstalling, etc
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] golvellius:
Ok , I have upgraded and it seems a patch .. here you can see the new version ...

Everything works ... No problems for now.

Thanks ...
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
Android Security patch is maybe Jan 2019, or Dec 2018 (like in b540) or older (like b635, b539)?

Settings/About, scroll down (and hide IMEI)
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] golvellius:
It is from September , the same as before.. maybe baseband change ? ....
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
Tethering Hotspot MAC Address

Difference between Nougat and Oreo:

- define a Tethering hotspot

- turn it on, connect by another phone and use eg Ping Tools app to find the MAC address of your P9 Tethering hotspot

- turn the Tethering hotspot off and on again, connect by that other phone again and read again the MAC address of your Tethering hotspot

On Nougat, it randomly changes MAC address for its Tethering hotspot, every time you switch the Tethering hotspot on

(as that, prevents some devices to connect to its Tethering hotspot automatically

On Oreo, P9 keeps the same MAC address for its Tethering hotspot (even if you rename the Tethering hotspot name and/or estart P9)

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Btw, this is not MAC Randomization

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2017/03/10/mac_address_randomization/

For MAC Randomization, device should randomly change its MAC address when connecting to different WLAN connections (to keep its privacy)

Neither Nougat nor Oreo obey the MAC Randomization - they always/everywhere connect with their same MAC addresses.

To find its MAC address when connecting to a WLAN, use eg Network Utilities app
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Party5999:
Any news about changing Audio Codec?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kristiansja:
inm on b528 and no root apps can detect root, its really strange. The apps that tries just crashes after a while. i reflashed the patched root image (b528-magisk17.1-force-encrypt+avb_ramdisk.img), but nothing seems to work. any ideas?

magisk says i have 17.1 installed
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
In the Phone Manager, Launch, Magisk must be put to Auto Launch and Run in the Background (you can also enable Secundary Launch)

Otherwise Magisk will not be running and will not catch root grant requests

You must do the same for other apps you want them to catch notifications, etc

It is described in OP posts

Btw, Magisk must not be just installed, it must pass SafetyNet (although, this is not crucial for root)
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kristiansja:
it dosent pass safetynet (could be kernel), nor does the root seem to work.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kristiansja:
updated it. seems to work now. wierd
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] daveh077:
Will the google play store update on its own or will we need to manually install newer versions, same with play services?

I ask as play services seem to be fairly up to date on my phone (p9 rebranded and installed with oreo 535 using the guide, no root) but the version of google play I have is really old, version 8.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
XDA has very useful Search facility - top/right on the page

Search for Playstore, it will display posts discussing uninstalling/updating/manual installation of Playstore

Eg, posts #1207, #1304

PS: Google relatively often updates Playstore app but rarely pushes its automatic updating (similarly for Play Services and Services Framework) - experience not only from Huawei P9 but also other Android devices.

Hence if you want the newer version, you can use the above posts to update/install
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxxvego:
Hello. During installation, I encountered a problem. In 7th point "7) In TWRP swipe to allow system modification - now hit" enter "(2x) in the Terminal - after a short while you will see: Upgrade Options" screen HWOTA7 stay on "Wait for the device to boot into TWRP.

Press ENTER to continue...".

"Update options" do not appear.

What should i do now ? ;(
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxxvego:
Ok, I got it.

But now have problem with Oreo. Why there is not sychronization? And how to enable it?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
Some small changes are listed in b539 and b540 Changelings, but didn't test them

At least, Security patch with b540 is Dec, with b535 was Separated '18 or so

---------- Post added 16-01-2019 at 12:07 AM ---------- Previous post was 15-01-2019 at 11:54 PM ----------

Usually, you cannot change DNS server settings on your ISP provided router

But if you have your own, secundary WLAN router/access point, under the WAN settings you will be able to redefine DNS server to the Team MT server (I was able on my WLAN router)

Maybe also if you share WLAN connection from your PC (connected to the LAN by cable), if you go to IP Settings on the PC and manually change the DNS server
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Victor7w7:
I get a patch that only weighs 1 mb. Do you know if that affects the data signal?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
You can read a little bit posts before yours, few other users alreeady reported last days about accepting this c00 OTA patch for b535 (assuming you are on b535)...
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxxvego:
Guys, is it possible enable sync? Somebody can answer ?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] daveh077:
Any reason why I can't enroll the phone into a mobile device management: Cisco Meraki?

Worked fine prior to the rebrand, but i'm not rooted so dont' see what the problem is
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
MixPlorer / root and navigate to /system/app/HWoUC and rename HWoUC.bak to HWoUC.apk

- Reboot

This renaming is the only differences between OTA and not-OTA patches
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] daveh077:
After installing youtube vanced through magisk, rebooted to complete, but i can't see it installed anywhere on the phone, but its listed as installed in magisk,

any ideas?

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Ah actually fixed it, I had to remove the default youtube app before it would work,.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
Yes but also disable in Playstore automatic updating for YT app
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Party5999:
Hi guys.

I've got a new phone and my father is going to get my P9.

I'd like to make this phone "normal" again, where bootloader is locked and all things are fine.

Now I'm on b535 with TWRP on (no root).

Can anyone help me?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
It has been asked and answered here several times: locking bootloader triggers low level hard reaet and you will loose all patches, including NW patch (you may even risk bricking)

If you want to go back to Nougat (and to lock Bootloader there), instructions are also given in the OP post #3
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Party5999:
Hey keep calm... i perfectly know that is not a good idea to lock boot loader.

[/QUOTE]If you want to go back to Nougat (and to lock Bootloader there), instructions are also given in the OP post #3[/QUOTE]

That's what I was looking for. Does this method automatically lock bootloader or I have to do it manually? Can you link a recovery for b535? I can't find it.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
b535 stock recovery must have been somewhere in the OP posts

You can always click on any link for dowbliad and then search there through the tecalote's repository, you must find it there

I didn't try going back, but you will see if rollback wuld lock bootliader or not (maybe you will need to umlock once again to rebrand back from al10c00 Nougat to l09/l19 )
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Party5999:
I don't see recovery for b535 in post #3.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
Repeating

>>You can always click on any link for dowbliad and then search there through the tecalote's repository and you must find it there

Did you try?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
Screenshots illustration how to 'search through the repository'
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Party5999:
Got it. Thanks!

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Sooo...

I've done all steps on post 3 and bootloader is still unlocked. Now I have to rebrand to L09.

How can I do it?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime"

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Sooo, post #2 describes how to use HWOTA7 for rebranding Nougat eg L09 c432 to AL10 c00

Figure out how to use the same method to rebrand in the opposite direction :)
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Party5999:
Since the first time you have written to me, this was your intention. I really enjoy modding and brick things but I'm really busy in these days and I can't do more.

---------- Post added at 11:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:58 PM ----------

I was thinking about that but, do I need anything else (Firmware...)?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
Other people are also busy, can't expect that others think and search for you all time

Look at HWOTA7 instructions, you must download/prepare 3 zip files (you will need to rename - again, carefully read OP posts #2) Nougat firmware you will want to flash, like L09 c432 b505 or so

And to prevent one more possible question, like Where from to download it, use Firmware Finder (even if not already on L09 c432 b505, you can use its Add model function)

Good luck & GN8
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
Btw, did you have a root (Magisk) and TWRP during b535 c00 update or you had (reverted to them before accepting c00 update) stock recovery and ramdisk?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
We want to know, if the patch requires the installed original Stock recovery_ramdisk (instead of TWRP) BEFORE applying the OTA Patch - because one User of Android Hilfe de told me that the patch would reboot the phone and can't be installed if there's not the EMUI Recovery.

(different to the old patch on b528, which was installable with TWRP, but had other requirements in relation to Root)

Thanks
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ervin1990:
Linux compatibility

Hello,

Did any of you guys succeded to run/adapt this for Ubuntu?

I believe that there are many users that do not have Windows installed and making this compatible with other OSs would be of great benefit.

Cheers, Ervin
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxxvego:
Hi, when i try enable ROOT ( https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77161300&postcount=4 ) after reboot screen stuck on "Your device is booting now..." (OTA-ENABLED/DISABLED is that same). Can some help me enable ROOT?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
Okay, but OTA asked you again to install the same patch and it was only successful applied after you flashed EMUI Recovery. Thx
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
Which Firmware do you have? - I just ask, because if you have b537 or b540 you need another Firmware related patched ramdisk.img than in Post 4.

I will update the Root Guide on Post 4 for the further Firmwares after b535 during next week.

But if you search the Thread, [MENTION=7786725]zgfg[/MENTION] has provided also the newer patched ramdisk.img
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxxvego:
[MENTION=6870018]Tecalote[/MENTION] [MENTION=7873586]SmartPhonesFan[/MENTION]

I have 535(C00patch01)

So should i do wipe and then try enable ROOT?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
He had the problem that device was stuck on Huawei Logo and didn't boot:

[MENTION=8370715]xxxvego[/MENTION] Perhaps you flashed the patched ramdisk.img instead to ramdisk to recovery_ramdisk?

This could be a reason for your issue.

Another possibility is that using patched ramdisk.img for b535 over OTA Patch perhaps makes the issue.

Because [MENTION=7873586]SmartPhonesFan[/MENTION] made the OTA Patch over already rooted ramdisk.img while you flashed the patched ramdisk.img after the OTA Patch...

This could also be. I can't test at the moment, because I am on not approved b540.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
Double Post deleted
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] aico60:
I updated to B540 and didn't manually install patched ramdisk. Instead I flashed Magisk's zip and it automatically patched the ramdisk. After that it didn't even need to change device's fingerprint. even though it says that B540 is not available in FF. But as I said, I checked in play store and in magisk manager and it says sertificated and passes the SafetyNet check.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
In previous posts about updating to b540 with Magisk v18 it was also described that device fingerprint does not need to be changed for SafetyNet, and that device then also shows as certified in Playstore
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] aico60:
Oh, sorry, I probably have misread this part.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] daveh077:
I'm build 540 and just got the OTA notification, i'm rooted and have TWRP recovery. Do I need to unroot and flash Huawei Recovery or would flashing huawei recovery be enough prior to allowing the OTA update install?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
We have to test, it's not sure.

It could also be that phone won't boot if installing patch over Root.

Stock Recovery from b540 is required (I have not uploaded yet - but you can extract recovery_ramdis.img from update.app with Huawei Extractor)
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
b540 stock recovery_ramdisk.img and others are here

https://mega.nz/#F!JwkVyRya!Rb7OUE0z3PEpXBRxGOM-vQ
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] daveh077:
I unrooted and installed stock recovery, allowed the OTA to install, that part worked but when I then tried to root again i got a bootloop.

Had to temporarily downgrade back down to 7.0 to fix the loop, now moving back up to 8.0 but I think ill operate on the Network patch with OTA off for now.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] daveh077:
So you now have the mini ota installed and still have root? Guess unrooting is where i went wrong.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kristiansja:
are anybody else having prblems with location? none of the apps can find my position, android framework has location

//fixed, was an error with xposed, reinstalled it and fixed
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] golvellius:
Hi ...

Notification of new patch only 3mb. I am in b535 and installed , for now no problems ...

Coopatch02 ...

Improves stabilty in some games.

Thanks
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
[MENTION=7873586]SmartPhonesFan[/MENTION] had luck, because another User on Android Hilfe de installed also the patch over Root and System didn't boot...

It seems to be the same situation then on Patch01 for b528, now Patch02 on b535 (and also P9 Plus on b537 got this patch)

You can root with following method:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77560239&postcount=27389

= the ramdisk.img must be patched with AVB2.0 + Force encryption (and not only with Force encryption)
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
Yes, as long the device is not rooted and the Stock EMUI Recovery is installed, the patches don't make troubles.

But if User want to root afterwards, the special patching is necessary. (Uploaded patched ramdisk.img doesn't work)
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
I don't think so, but there's an excellent Omni PIE from OpenKirin Team
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jure1873:
gapps

Hi, first thanks for all this, i followed the instructions and it was easy to update to oreo

However I have a problem - google play is not working. I try to open it and it closes immediately.

I've tried clearing cache, data for play store and g. framework, tried logging in and out of my google account, but nothing worked. Gmail doesn't work either, and other apps that use google for authentication. I've tried downloading some gapps installers but none worked. Could it be because I updated via ota to 535.c00patch02?

Any ideas on how to fix gapps?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
No, it's only possible to flash on Oreo. I write later how to do it
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
GApps are not compatible with P9 Oreo.

Restore your Firmware first with eRecovery method (look, its written in one of the Post's from 2-4)

After flash Network Patch again and the other files.

Install newest Playstore apk.

https://mega.nz/#!fVhRGI4Q!jReXqmHbAlVif4SxFIeRDVcLRfCfxuE_ju-o5gBxG-c

Don't open Playstore yet - do this after the last step.

Then flash original recovery_ramdisk for b535 (=Stock EMUI Recovery) reboot phone.

Then you can apply OTA Patches.

Then go to the settings /system /factory reset and do a factory reset with wipe of the internal storage.

Phone reboot automatically to EMUI Recovery and perform a Low level wipe.

Set up the phone now - Playstore should work.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jure1873:
Thanks! Now it's all working OK. I owe you a beer :)
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxxvego:
[MENTION=6870018]Tecalote[/MENTION] I installed the B540 version and had no problem with ROOT and Magisk. Today I tried to install Xposed Frameworks from Magisk Maganer, but the phone is constantly restarting. Flash again STOCK RAMDISK in fastboot has helped. How do I install xposed frameworks on B540?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] kristiansja:
you need to flash xposed-v90-sdk26-arm64-beta4-test1 for xposed, and not trough magisk

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@Tecalote could you test this one?

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77269446&postcount=7435

its the working xposed zip ported to magisk, i dont have time to test it.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
Xposed tested at that time with b539 and it worked

However, not as Magisk module but as zip flashed through TWRP

Braking SafetyNet

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78503465&postcount=1259
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] daveh077:
What's the best rom backup tool to use, so just in case an update breaks the phone I could at least restore everything much quicker.
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
Got a bootloop with b540, c00, showing boot image error.

- Could not boot to Fastboot to eg install TWRP again....

- Booting to EMUI Recovery and Huawei Recovery worked but Download and install latest failing (even upon Factor reset)

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Fixed thanks to [MENTION=6870018]Tecalote[/MENTION], using b528 Service Repair from Androidhost.ru (6.46 GB, needs few hours to download):

https://androidhost.ru/6sl

Unzip upon downloading, find dload subfolder in the Software folder.

- From dload, keep only

update_sd.zip and EVA-AL10_all_cn (do not open/unzip them, leave them as they are)

- Delete all other (sub)folders and files

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Copy dload folder with update_sd.zip and EVA-AL10_all_cn to external SD card:

- Press and keep pressing both Vol+ and Vol-, boot by Pow (good, old DLOAD method).

It will install b528, boot and configure only WiFi:

Upon booting I immediately got OTA updates (even without SIM cards)

- Patch for b528

- b535

- Patch02 for b535

Bootloader was unlocked, needed to lock it which triggered low-level hard reset - needed once again to configure basics like WiFi.

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Restored most apps (incl GBoard) and settings from Backup.

Installed Playstore manually.

As usual, needed to enable Developer Menu and ADB, to disable HDB for HiSuite.

Then installed TWRP and b535 NW patch - got working both SIMs (dual SIM P9).

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Rooted with Magisk v18 but with both Preserve Encryption and AVB checked-in (I tried also with only Preserve Encryption

and without Preserve AVB checkedd in but it didn't boot then) - patched ramdisk image available for download

https://mega.nz/#F!JwkVyRya!Rb7OUE0z3PEpXBRxGOM-vQ

SafetyNet green but Device did not appear Certified in Playstore - got it Certified manually as per post #995 (still, no need to change Device Fingerprint)

Finally, created system/xbin folder and installed BusyBox.

Installed also YT Vanced Magisk module (make sure that YT app is not installed and that its automatic update is turned off in Playstore).
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] daveh077:
Beginners question and I couldn't find the answer with the search button.

What are the main benefits or needs for installing Busybox after doing the rebrand and upgrade to oreo?

Also why do we need to create system/xbin folder before installing BusyBox?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] zgfg:
BusyBox installs a number of standard UNiX/Linux utilities that may be used by other Magisk modules or standalone root applications

BusyBox by osm0sis goes to install to system/xbin but it does not create xbin and fails, if xbin subfolder did not exist

If you root by Magisk, create xbin, install BusyBox and reboot, you will find cat, chmod, ls, etc, there (screenshot attached)
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxxvego:
[MENTION=6870018]Tecalote[/MENTION] I have another problem, HiSuite on PC didn`t see my phone. I have enable HDB. Do you have any idea?
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
Tell me first your Build-Number from Settings /.. /About phone
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] xxxvego:
8.0.0.540(C00)
[Huawei P9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
Okay, this is the Firmware Version, but I wanted to have the complete Build-Number just for to be sure you that are not on Test-Keys