[Honor Note 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] 7gismo:
Hello Huawei Honor Note 10 owners,

I've been asked by a member of the xda community to create a short and brief tutorial how to get the ROOT installed on this magnificent device. As many of you know, Huawei are not exactly very friendly releasing the unlock method for a bootloader since earlier this year, so we must be looking for other ways how to get it done ourselves.

So here we go:

1) UNLOCK THE BOOTLOADER

The only official way how to get the bootloader unlocked right now, is to pay for this type of service. I had my unlock code delivered fairly fast from the following website:

https://global-unlocking-solutions.miiduu.com/bootloader-unlock-codes-choose-model-below

There are 2 options there, a slow one for $20 and a fast one for $23. Naturally I voted for the faster one to have my device unlocked as soon as possible. Main thing is: it works! Here are the steps how to get the bootloader unlocked for Huawei honor note 10:

a) Go to Settings -> About Phone or Settings -> System -> About Phone and tap on build number 7-8 times. You will see a message “You are now a developer”. At this point head back to Settings and you will see an option called Developer Options. Enable USB debugging on your device now.

b) download and install 15 seconds adb installer on your laptop/PC (ideally running Windows), get the file from here:

https://androidmtk.com/download-15-seconds-adb-installer

c) to ensure you have the correct drivers running for your smarthpone, you might want to install Huawei's HiSuite software found here:

https://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/HiSuite_en/

d) download the following zip package platform-tools_r28.0.1-windows from the source here:

http://mirrors.zzu.edu.cn/android/repository/?C=M;O=D

e) boot your phone into fastboot/bootloader mode.

Make sure the phone is turned on and connect it to computer using usb cable.

Open command prompt/power shell pressing SHIFT+right click (touchpad or mouse) on Windows. It will be a dark blue command screen. You must execute this step inside the platform-tools folder from step d)

Type in the following line: adb reboot bootloader. Your phone reboots to fastboot mode in a few seconds.

Now type in another line: fastboot device. Your phone will be listed as a combination of letter and numbers.

Last line to type: fastboot oem unlock **********. The stars represent your unique unlock code that was given to you from the website above.

You will see a warning message about Unlock Bootloader, use Volume buttons to navigate to Yes (highlighted in red) and Power button to select Yes.

Your device will now reboot, wipe all data and then boot back into Android. Your Note 10's bootloader has been just unlocked, congratulations!

2) FLASH TWRP recovery to HUAWEI HONOR NOTE 10

a) first you need to download the following apk as listed by bark1234: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AizwhfImY2xzgadtepfbKJ1BQqxMvg

You can open it up using winrar and just extract the twrp.img file from it. Keep this file as it is the actual TWRP. It is important that you move the twrp.img file in the platform-tools folder, don't skip this step!

b) Turn off your phone. Press and hold Power + Volume Down until you see a fastboot screen.

Or you can also boot into fastboot mode while device is on. Just connect the phone to laptop/PC using usb cable. Open command prompt/power shell from within the platform-tools folder and execute the following lines:

type the familiar line: adb reboot bootloader

next line to type: fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk twrp.img. You will see that command executed successfully in matter of second.

last line to type: fastboot reboot. As soon as you execute this last command line, remove the USB cable and keep pressing Volume UP, so the device will boot to TWRP. If you don't do it quickly enough, your phone just reboots back to system. But no worries, TWRP is already there!

3) ROOT HUAWEI HONOR NOTE 10

a) download the latest stable Magisk zip file from here: https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445.

Have it ready there, make sure to keep it on your phone's internal memory under one of the folders (I kept it under Downloads folder).

b) Switch off your phone and reboot it by holding volume up + power button. You will boot into TWRP recovery. Be patient there, you might want to hold both buttons for a good while until you see the TWRP screen.

NOTE: In my case the TWRP was encrypted, because I had my lock screen password active (under security settings in system). To bypass this, I just switched lock screen feature completely off. This way TWRP stopped asking for the password and I could proceed with flashing procedure without a problem.

c) Once you're inside TWRP, just locate the Magisk zip file and flash it. Just like that:). Then you can reboot back to system.

d) download the Magisk file manager from the same source where you download the Magisk zip file: https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445

Now you're rooted:good:

IMPORTANT NOTE: I will not be held responsible if anyone bricks their HUAWEI HONOR NOTE 10 following this tutorial. It works for me, hopefully it will work for you, too.