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[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Ulfrik:
Sound very interesting indeed! Would like as well to free up ressources from useless Honor system apps...

Have you been doing so already? I would be interested in your experience, which one you deleted, improvements observed, possible issues?

Thanks a lot in advance
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] PaulJin:
I have question. If i make your instruction step by step, how can i install european rom?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Snanf:
Hello everyone and thanks to chickenwingding for this thread !

My Galaxy Note 3 is still working but it is now quite old, laggy and has some hardware issues. This weekend I think I will buy the honor 8x (international model) and root it asap with your method. But I'd like to know if someone has tried to use the xposed module, xprivacyLua and titanium backup (to freeze apps) ?

A nice day to all !
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] PaulJin:
:(

I unlock and root my Honor 8x. Thank u very much for guide ! U are the best. I have problem now. I try to flash my phone from chinese to europe. I download the system and when i try to install it i have some ERRO: 9 :/ and dont know what to do :/
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] marisaleh:
A quick update so far:

This tutorial is accurate, I followed it exactly and got my phone rooted.

As a result I ended up with this really annoying Bootloader Unlocked warning every time I restart.

Apparently you can't get rid of it unless you Relock the Bootloader.

Now the fun and game bit,

A rooted phone, but there is not much you can do with it, a lot of the current software won't install on it

I think it is a lot to do with the Honor factory firmware, it is not allowing software to be installed on it

For example I couldn't get any of the sound mods to install; Viper4X, Dolby Atoms…..

I ended up with a boot loop trying to install viper4X, couldn't get out of it.

The only way to get my phone back was to flash the appropriate Stock Firmware from this Thread

Now be careful, The only way to flash this Firmware is by using the installed TWRP on the phone.

The way I did it:

1- Unzipped the Stock Firmware with 7-Zip

2- I found Two zip files of interest: update_sd_JSN-L21_hw_eu.zip, and update_sd.zip

3- Copied both files onto an External Micro SD Card

4- Inserted the Micro SD Card into the phone

5- Booted the phone into TWREP

6- Now From TWRP, I wiped everything except Internal Storage and SD Card, ie left these two boxes unticked.

7_ Flashed both Zip files, update_sd.zip, this one installed perfectly

update_sd_JSN-L21_hw_eu.zip, this one failed to install, I don't know the significance of this file

Perhaps Someone can tell me why TWRP couldn't flash it, and if we really do need it

8- I wiped cache/dalvik and then rebooted the phone.

9- The phone was successfully Locked again and flashed with Stock Firmware which seem to be less Bloated.

Absolutely Perfect

As for uninstalling System Software, you can uninstall it without being rooted

I used Multi-Tool 8 to do that

Now be careful using Multi-Tool 8, Because when I clicked the Get Unlock Key from the bootloader screen

Get Through DC Unlocker, It downloaded something on my computer and then my Antivirus went crazy, quarantined

it immediately, saying, malware, malicious etc....

But the tool works perfectly for as long as you don't touch those key unlock buttons.

Please Guys Report back if you feel that we shouldn't use Multi-Tool, with any experiences with it.

Conclusion:

Perfect Tutorial for unlocking and rooting The Honor 8X

But currently, there seems to be a lack of support for it from our Dev's, ie provision of Custom Roms, Supported Apps.

I see a little point in Rooting The Phone, Because the Stock Firmware seems to be intolerant.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
HI, I have the newest version of xposed modules installed and all the modules I tested worked well. I haven't tested those apps you mentioned, I will test them for you soon and I'll give you an update.

Sorry to hear about your issues. I haven't had those issues you mentioned, did you try using the root masking feature of Magisk on the specific apps you had trouble with?

And you're right that there isn't much support for custom Roms for newer Huawei/honor devices. It's a sad state of affairs. But there is still value in rooting for xposed modules and tweaks, at least.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Wilcur:
The other software at viper sound etc don't work because the Huawei/Honor provider compiled kernel at force flag enforcing. Switch to permissive don't work. Kernel source for this device is unavailable yet. Root this device at this moment is crazy idea.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] marisaleh:
No, I couldn't access the phone, app installed, reboot and then got stuck in a boot loop, no way of breaking that

Only way is to do what I did.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] PaulJin:
For all who want flash honor 8x from Chinese rom to European. I tried to do it but it dont work. Maybe there is some hardware difference, i dont know. Im too rookie at this. I can only tell u, if u root and try to flash by twrp Error: 9 go to screen and thats all.. But dont be sad. U can install google play store on it, google keyboard and almost all will be like eu version.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Snanf:
Hello !

So I've bought my 8x yesterday and have rooted it this morning. I had the unlock code last night. Everything went fine. Xposed, Titanium and Xprivacy are working good. All bloatwares from honor and all Google apps are now frozen, the phone is smoother and some more ram is free.

The phone is beautiful (I have the blue one), battery life seems to be very good and EMUI is not bad - but I'm waiting to test future custom roms.

Thanks again for your step by step method !
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] GinaTrve:
Hello everyone!

I'm about to buy Honor 8X (which here, in Italy, is called View 10 Lite) and I'm rather in trouble because I'm used to unlock and root all my smartphones (mainly to manage the system app and check the resources consumption through process control). Since it doesn't seem convenient to unlock the bootloader and root the phone, I read that you can effectively uninstall the system apps via the Multi-Tool 8; who used it can tell me how it works and if you encounter any problems with system updates, after removing the system apps?

Thank you in advance!
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] reticuli:
I also unlocked the Honor 8x but it seems that we need different methods to rebrand this to another rom. It has something to do with the oeminfo.img file. I got the JSN-AL00a with firmware EMUi 8.2.0.140 (C00) from aliexpress. I tried to flash JSN-L22 & JSN-L21, none worked.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] marisaleh:
Yes Mate, I used Multi-Tool 8:

1- I installed Package Name Viewer from the Play Store, you need that because Multi-Tool 8 only understands Package Name

2- From Multi-Tool 8, Go To the Misc Tap, and from there Delete system applications without rooting
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] juusokayhko:
Does this work on the Honor 8?

Does this work on the Honor 8?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] satheeshmarimuthu:
Bro,

How did u get unlock code??? & what's the procedure? Bro
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] kwan58:
After unlocked the phone, how can I to install the new firmware
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] shashank1320:
If you just unlocked and nothing changed then you can do directly as usual
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] kwan58:
Use what software to install the new rom
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] shashank1320:
Unable to understand your requirements
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Snanf:
I bought it 20€ (22$) on Global Unlock Solutions (link is in OP). You choose your model phone (it was Huawei international or something like that I don't remember) and then I gave the model phone and both imei numbers in the comments area just before paying by PayPal. The code was sent a few hours later.

The only way for now to get a code is to pay.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] kwan58:
where to install the new firmware,

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After i have root my phone,

How can i factory data reset, the twrp have run every time reboot
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Snanf:
Hello there !

I had a message about an update for the phone, a big one (2,91 go). If I want to accept the update, do I need to relock the phone before ? A warning message tells me that if the phone is rooted the update may not work. Has anyone of you went through this case ?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] shashank1320:
You can not install ota if phone is rooted. Unroot to have a stock boot, stock recovery and then install OTA. Else it will fail.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] PaulJin:
And how i can unroot after i did it? I root to install European rom but it dont work so i dont need to have rooted phone anymore.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Snanf:
I've downloaded it with Firmware Finder and tried to flash it in TWRP. It doesn't worked and as I made a total wipe, I stood without any OS. After three or four reboots, the phone has booted into EMUI eRecovery and I could download the last firmware. The bootloader was still unlocked so I just had to root. I could restore my titanium backup without any problem.

Yes, ok, I was a little bit stressed ;) But now I know how to do when there's a new ota.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] shashank1320:
You need to uninstall magisk, and then flash stock recovery. Or just dload the current firmware for full stock.

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Soemtime condition is not this simple but even erecovery not able to find package so you may be out of luck
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Snanf:
I was already downloading a stock rom and thinking how I could make work the warranty... I'm totally out of luck ! :fingers-crossed:
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] shashank1320:
Just dload the firmware. It will be full stock with locked bootloader
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Snanf:
There were three files I've dl with Firmware Finder : update.zip, update_data_full_public.zip and update_full_JSN-L21_hw_eu.zip. Only the flash of the second worked without error, the others showed an "error 9". So the flash didn't work at all.

It could be very helpful if you could add in OP the way to go back to a full stock rom, where we can find the files we need, etc. Of course, if you can't or don't want, I understand and it doesn't matter.

About the donations, you only accept bitcoins ? No other way ?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
Thanks for the advice. So help me out; you were only able to update the firmware and EMUI using eRecovery, right? After that, your phone was updated, but you needed to re-root it right? I'm not sure how to flash the ota update without formatting the phone, since as you said it causes the error 9. I'm not really sure about that. I will add some of that info to the op now.

That's very kind of you to offer. I also accept paypal. I'll PM you.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Snanf:
Yes my firmware was updated by EMUI eRecovery and then I had to re-root. But the boatloader was still unlocked so I just installed Magisk apk, flashed the magisk.zip and twrp.img (steps 5 and 6 from your OP).

What does mean the error 9 ?

Thanks for the changes you've made in the OP !
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
I'm really not sure. I will try asking some friends, and I'll look it up. I'll update the thread as soon as I can. :good:
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] PaulJin:
Same problem here xD i made erecovery but bootloader is still there. But im not sure it will cause any problems with normal usage of the phone? I dont have warranty anyway because chinese warranty dont work in europe..
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] shashank1320:
I am not OP of this post. You want to donate me :silly: well, I am just helping, dont worry about the donation.

may be you would want to donate to OP.

Regarding files, you can flash update.zip via dload method. Method is given in my signature if you are not aware.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Snanf:
Done : 51E651537C040431N. (Sorry if it looks like some harassment but all my pm don't appear in my sent box except those before 2016. I can't see my sent message in XDA website nor in the app.)

I hope all of you will have a nice Christmas time whatever are your beliefs or non - beliefs. I wish you a lot of good things!
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
Thanks so much, buddy. :D It really means the world to me that my guide helped people. And thanks for your donation, it's really kind of you! Have a great Christmas! :good:
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] user23072003:
does any gsi boots up???
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Honor_Fan:
why is this so complex compared to Honor 5C and HOnor 8?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] shashank1320:
Because honor has stopped providing bootloader unlock code and hence the development is complicated and also the rooting and other stuffs. It used be simpler for developers to unlock and play with system to develope many things for us but not anymore my friend.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] igusse:
здравствуйте, а как стоковое рекавери вернуть вместо twrp ? :смущенный:

Jsn-l21 4/64
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] rohitagstam:
Honor is giving unlock code through their service center and i personally comformed it by calling service center also this news is confirmed by xda. So i hope development start soon.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] Supersonic27543:
I personally don't think so. Only Honor India is giving bootloader codes, and based on some XDA threads only some service centers give codes, others refuse. So only some developers would be able to get bootloader unlock codes, and I don't think that will be enough to start development. Obviously I wish I am wrong about this, so let's see...
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
A couple months ago, I personally went to a local Huawei official service center in my city, and I spoke with the manager and explained I wanted a bootloader unlock code for development, and he had no idea what I was talking about and said he couldn't help me. So much for that.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] kylek389:
Is there an updated TWRP for Kirin available? I'm getting " failed (remote: partition length get error)" error when trying to flash twrp-kirin.img from 1st post on JSN-AL00a 8.2.0.150(C00) Honor 8x. It used to work before I updated the phone.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] georkings:
Did you find a solution? I also have 8.2.0.150 and I don't want to purchase an unlock code if I won't be able to root it.

BTW, Is the twrp mandatory for rooting?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] kylek389:
TWRP certainly would make rooting a lot easier, but you can root without it i.e using Magisk via patched bootloader. I'm hoping for updated Kirin/Honor8x TWRP. If anybody has more info and knows devs behind the TWRP that we already have that would be welcomed.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
[MENTION=6084385]yshalsager[/MENTION] was the one from Twrp Builder who helped me get the image that I used in this guide. He put me in contact with [MENTION=8556932]hackintosh5[/MENTION], who said it was made by [MENTION=2642882]Pretoriano80[/MENTION]. If you like, you can try contacting them on Telegram or here on XDA.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] hackintosh5:
Telegram is faster for me, but XDA works too
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] georkings:
Did you do it? Do you have the patched image for .150?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] kylek389:
I have figured it out why I was getting the partition error when trying to flash recovery_ramdisk, I had to relock and oem unlock again:

(1) fastboot oem relock <unlock code>

(2) fastboot oem unlock <unlock code>

(3) fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk twrp-kirin.img

The twrp-kirin.img is from OP's post and is working again for me.

I did not try, I assumed it would work. I can confirm that twrp-kirin.img works ok even on latest .150 update, granted you need an OTG USB cable and mouse as there's no touch support yet.

Now I'm really hoping someone will contribute and upload a dump of Honor 8x JSN-L21 Oeminfo zip, waiting patiently.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] georkings:
Those are great news!!! I'll give it a try. Thanks.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] PowerOfHorde:
Fixed?

They fixed this? ->

This version of twrp is a work in progress so the touchscreen does not work (this is currently being worked on by the folks at twrp builder . As soon as they fix it, I will update this guide!). A temporary fix is by using an OTG Cable and a standard USB mouse. Use it to swipe-right and select "Install". You might need to "Select storage" and choose your SD card. Find the Magisk zip and install it, then reboot.​
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] azuman:
there is already on this forum an oeminfo zip from someone that dumped it off his jsn-l21, so hopefully this will start moving! https://xdaforums.com/honor-8x/how-to/honor-8x-jsn-l21-oeminfo-zip-request-t3887985
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] murali3127:
What should be my expectation of development for this device? Does Huawei release source codes?Can I expect an aosp rom in the future?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
Don't hold your breath, the modding scene for newer Huawei/Honor devices is pretty much dead, since July of 2018 (the day they stopped providing bootloader unlock codes). They don't release source codes either.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] user23072003:
Have you tried flashing gsi

As it supports treble??
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] kylek389:
I tried flashing AOSP 9.0 Phh-Treble by phhusson on my Honor 8x before I semi-bricked it, unfortunately no boot. I'm hoping support will get added to Phh-Treble, also maybe OpenKirin folks will get around adding support for Honor 8x at some point.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] user23072003:
Our only hope is by contacting phh treble support

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Well one of the admin of phh-treble telegram group told that it should work and to file a proper bug report on their group can you do that??

Oo BTW did you follow the steps properly??

First factory reset and format data

Then flash the gsi in system img
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] kingbily:
honor 8x

Honor 8x, 4/128. Kirin 710. Global Unlocking Solutions - 4 hours waiting and bootloader unlocked​
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] azuman:
I'm still waiting for their email in order to make payment... And I did "buy" the unlock like 4 times, wrote emails... Nothing.

Just selling this phone now, tired of having such a closed device, contrary to what Android is supposed to be.

Just got myself a mi 8, so let's see.

Thanks to all!!
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] murali3127:
Why are people of global unlocking solutions spamming here? Is it sponsored by them?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] azuman:
Seems like it...
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] mj084:
Same here, I still getting answers like: we will send....
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] azuman:
Just another reason to get rid of this phone...
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
A number of us already used them in the past. I was able to unlock my bootloader with their code. They seem to be having some issues right now though. You could always use the Ministry of Solutions or FunkyHuawei instead, they seem to be open. No need to get rid of your phone, lol.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] mj084:
But Ministry of Solutions is down and Funky is too expensive...
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
Try this ebay seller: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Huawei-Bootloader-Unlock-Code-Worldwide-Provider/143073067393

He's selling codes for only $19, and apparently has good rep on ebay. (Please purchase at your own risk, I can't vouch for that person. However, ebay has a 30 day money back guarantee, so you should be protected). Another seller: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Huawei-Bootloader-Unlock-Code-Worldwide-Service/263984694540 But he has a notice in the listing "Service is down so please don't order until further notice.".

Since so many services by many different sellers are down at the same time, I suspect that Huawei/Honor killed the method that these guys were using to get their codes. I read articles that said official service centers in some countries were giving codes to people who asked for them. Source: https://www.androidauthority.com/honor-india-bootloader-unlocking-933231/ Perhaps that's how all these sellers were getting their codes, and now Huawei has stopped that practice?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] PalakMi:
How about DC unlocker?!
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] mj084:
https://www.dc-unlocker.com/generate-factory-huawei-phone-unlock-codes

First ebayer looks nice but:
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
Every seller on eBay that sells digital goods has to put a disclaimer like that in their listings, to prevent eBay from removing/deleting the listing (since it's technically against eBay's rules to list digital items). They usually email it after purchase anyway. It's a sneaky little loophole around the rules.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] mj084:
Answer from the first eBayer:

:crying:
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
Yep, I strongly believe every seller was getting their codes from service centers in India and other places in Asia. Now Huawei has killed that method most probably.

Edit: Looks like FunkyHuawei has stopped too! Their page now says "Sorry, bootloader code processing is currently not available."

We have to wait for a new method to be discovered. :(
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] ipohboyz:
Lol. Just get an 8x last 2 week ago and said to myself "let me wait for my salary at the end of this month then buy the code". You know what, there no code anymore. Will never buy huawei product anymore
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] reotam27:
Is global unlocking solutions working now? Are they legit?

Title says all

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You get paid from global unlocking solutions
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
Just wait, a new method will be discovered sooner or later.

No! All seller services are down. Huawei killed their method of getting unlock codes (most likely from service centers).
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] reotam27:
So I could have just gone to their service center and ask for the code?
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
You could try. Find your local Huawi service center, and try taking a trip over and asking them: https://consumer.huawei.com/en/worldwide/
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] mj084:
Ask the guy in my local Huawei Service Center --> he told me that they haven't the technical possibilities:crying:
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] chickenwingding:
Speak to the manager, ask them you want one for "development purposes". If he says he doesn't know, tell him to contact his manager/head office, also you can show him this article: https://www.androidauthority.com/honor-india-bootloader-unlocking-933231/. Print that email and show it to them. It should work at service centers outside of India/Asia, I saw some people on Reddit saying they had success at their local centers.
[Honor 8X Guides, News, & Discussion] hackintosh5:
Already done. Check the Guides and Discussion section in Honor 9 Lite

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I've heard it's definitely available in Russia and India. Others idk