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[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
Hey everyone,

So, a couple months back I rebranded my EVA-L09 to a VIE-AL10 through the rebrand tool.

A couple weeks back I wanted to revert back to EVA-L09 to go back to Magic Rainbow v4 or v3.

I failed in trying to rebrand it back and ended up where I am now, I have TWRP installed, I can do the dload methods to install whatever, but I can't for the life of me get any ROM or firmware to boot. It either doesn't go past the "Your device is not trusted" screen or it hangs at the boot animation.

Extra notes: Yes I was on Oreo when I tried to revert, I am currently not on Oreo as I tried to flash a Nougat VIE-AL10 firmware to attempt to get the phone to at least boot to a usable state for the time being, however now it's stuck on a boot animation.

Would appreciate any help,

Cheers.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
Update:

I tried to follow this: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77161313&postcount=2

But as mentioned above the phone hangs on "Your device is booting now..." after HWOTA copies the Nougat firmware files.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] zgfg:
EVA is P9, VIE is P9 Plus

Don't mix firmwares, you wll (no wonder if you really mixed), brick the phone

One procedure is for P9 = EVA (and this is P9 portal here):

rebranding from EVA L09/L19 to EVA AL00c00b535 and back

https://xdaforums.com/p9-plus/development/rebrand-update-tool-hwota7-p9-plus-vie-t3843930

The other is for P9 Plus = VIE (different phone, eg bigger display)

rebranding from VIE L09/L29 to VIE AL00c00b535 and back

https://xdaforums.com/p9/development/rebrand-update-tool-hwota7-p9-eva-t3820849
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
I was reading through the first link there, as mentioned in the second post I made in here. After following the steps one-by-one the device is stuck at "Your device is booting now..."
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] zgfg:
Be more specific, confirm

- Your phone is P9 or P9 Plus?

If P9, was it L09 (single SIM) or L19 (dual SIM)

- On exactly which Chinese Oreo have you been (cannot be VIE, you must well know what you exactly had and what you were flashing), was it EVA -AL00c00 or what and which build number bXX it was

- Did you go to some Open Kirin/AOSP custom ROM or stayed on that stock Chinese ROM?

You first had to come back to Chinese stock Oreo, not downgrading to Nougat directly from Open Kirin / AOSP

- Downgrading consists of several steps, HiSuite to go to Chinese Nougat and then HWOTA7 to rebrand to eg c432 Nougat.

Up to each step did you exactly do when you got stuck in Booting?

-More precisely, if you downgraded by HiSuite to AL10c00 Nougat, did it boot successfully (or were you here stuck at booting)?

If that step was successful, which (full build name and number) you were flashing by HWOTA7 to rebrand to from the Chinese Nougat?

-Have you tried to switch off and boot again?

Have you tried booting to Recovery and do Factory reset and Wipe Cache and Internal mem and then tried to teboot?
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
Sure,

EVA-L09 is a regular P9. Not a P9 Plus.

I never honestly checked which Oreo firmware I was on. I downloaded the VIE-AL10C00B535 (8.0.0.535) firmware and used that.

Yes, at one point I did go to the OpenKirin AOSP ROMs. However, I was able to do the volume + & - + Power to return to Nougat and then re-flash Oreo. After this I stayed on the EMUI 8.0 firmware.

I did not use HiSuite as it never worked for me. It would always just tell me to go to a service center.

I did not use HiSuite. When I returned to EMUI 5.0.1 from eRecovery (?) Restoring over WiFi on the actual phone it booted fine and I then upgraded again to the Oreo firmware.

Yes, I have tried rebooting.

Yes, I have tried a factory reset.

When I tried to revert from a VIE-AL10 rebrand, my phone ended up getting stuck between an AL10 and an EVA-L09. Meaning that I can use the EVA-L09 TWRP but not an EVA-L09 compatible firmware or ROM. I can only boot AL10 firmwares or ROMs however they hang at the boot animation.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] zgfg:
>> I downloaded the VIE-AL10C00B535 (8.0.0.535) firmware and used that.

In yout previous post:

>> I tried to follow this: https://xdaforums.com/sho...13&postcount=2

Guide you cited is for rebranding European P9 EVA to Chinese P9 EVA-AL10c00b535 - see attached screenshots from the guide, observe it is everywhere EVA-AL10, not VIE-AL10

Once again, it must be EVA before rebranding and EVA after rebranding.

VIE is different phone (different hardware - bigger display), P9 Plus.

If you didn't care about difference between EVA and VIE, maybe you really downloaded and flashed AL10c00b535 for VIE (P9 Plus) to your EVA (P9)

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>> Yes, at one point I did go to the OpenKirin AOSP ROMs. However, I was able to do the volume + & - + Power to return to Nougat

This is procedure to boot to Recovery (eRecovery if charging by USB), not to Nougat

----

Details are important, not just when writing posts but really when reading guides and flashing, otherwise bad things can happen ;(

So please, consider again, did you really flash VIE AL10 to your P9 (5,2 inch display)?

(Maybe it worked somehow for AL10b535 because packages for Chinese P9 = EVA and P9 Plus = VIE are similar, but now when returning to Nougat it stays on VIE and doesn't boot)
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
I honestly can't remember how I did it now, it's been a while, but it did go through successfully, and it was working fine after applying the patch.

But yeah, as of now all I can use is fastboot and TWRP. That's all. I've tried flashing EVA-L09 firmware, it doesn't boot. I've flashed AL10 firmware and it gets to a boot animation, but no further than that.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] zgfg:
Boot to Fastboot:

- connect by USB to PC and boot by: press and keep pressing Vol-, then Pow

Ececute from the PC side and copy/paste back your results (is Bootloader still unlocked, what the phone thinks it is current model, cust, build number)

fastboot oem get-bootinfo
PAUSE
fastboot oem get-product-model
PAUSE
fastboot getvar vendorcountry
PAUSE
fastboot oem get-build-number
PAUSE
fastboot oem oeminforead-SYSTEM_VERSION
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] Tecalote:
[MENTION=8190060]gamr13[/MENTION] Please enter the shown commands by [MENTION=7786725]zgfg[/MENTION] in Fastboot mode and tell us the result.

There is not much hope to restore your device after all that you have done wrong → but if you try, what we recommend, we may can recover it.

I can confirm: EVA-L09 is not the same device as VIE-L09 → you can not rebrand EVA-L09 to VIE-AL10, and it is not possible to rebrand VIE-L09 to EVA-AL10 - That causes a lot of problems and you should not be surprised if your device does not boot again.

If your original device was an EVA-L09 you can rebrand to all EVA models, but not to VIE models - That's why there are two threads - one for P9 and the other for P9 Plus.

If you flash oeminfos and related Firmware → it must match with your device!

But if you think, you can flash whatever you like, then your device get "bricked". And here we are now.

BTW: Rebranding back to your originally model can not be done with HWOTA7 - as long the device is on Android 8 ! First a downgrade from Chinese Brand Oreo to Chinese Brand Nougat is required → after this step it is possible to use hwota7 again to rebrand. I have written all the steps in separate Posts after the main Thread.

First we need this Fastboot mode information, then we can see in which status, on which firmware and which oeminfo your device is currently.

Then it's time to flash exactly this firmware with the correct method → for this step, wait for instructions from us.

Only when the device works again, it is possible to downgrade with the correct method and return to the original model, or whatever.

As long as the device is in a "brick", nothing works, since the "brick" must first be resolved.

If it is a "semi brick", a "hard brick" can happen as well, after that the device will be dead and without any function → It teaches you to be careful with flashing and get all the information before you flash anything.

We've also had other issues caused by users doing wrong actions - not knowing what they're actually doing. But both cases were solved successfully - which was not easy:https://xdaforums.com/p9/help/huawei-p9-potentally-bricked-t3841197/
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
Hey guys,

I've attached a screenshot below which contains all the commands and what I got from them below.

Note about the get-build-number, that was the most recent firmware I tried to flash out of literally 10 other firmwares I tried.

I appreciate everything you guys are trying to do to help me fix this problem. I'm currently trying to survive with a Galaxy S3 Mini, and it's not going well in the slightest.

Cheers.

EDIT: Just as a note, which may be obvious from the screenshots to you or not, the partitions are like Nougat, meaning I do not flash the recovery to ramdisk.

[IMG="Commands"]https://i.imgur.com/5LCYYPf.png[/IMG]
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] zgfg:
Looks promissing

It says EVA, not VIE - ok

Somehow you are on c900b182 which means MM (not Nougat) - did you rollback to MM?

In Fastboot screen, does it show in red, at the bottom, both Phone (=Bootloader) and FRP Unlocked?
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
Yes, I tried to flash MM as well.

In fastboot mode it only shows PHONE Unlocked.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] zgfg:
Why didn't you wait, you attempted to rollback?

Now Bootloader is unlocked but FRP is locked (and you cannot boot to System to unlock OEM=FRP)

It can block you fir further flashing ;-(

Do you want to go to c432, is it L09 (Single SIM) or L19 (Dual SIM)?
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
This was around a week ago, and the FRP lock thing went away when I did the rebrand - as it's supposed to

But yeah, I can't boot the system.

It's the single SIM EVA-L09.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] zgfg:
Procedure for rebranding from c900b182 to c432 is here:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72153575&postcount=2

Once on c432b182 you should receive OTAs to get back to Nougat.

However, procedure requires flashing OEMIFO, which most likely will be forbidden to you because your FRP is locked and you cannot boot to Systen to unlock OEM.

Which means serious brick

In that case you can try with DC Unlock (sorry, I don't know a better method), it will cost you 15 EUR (probably) and you must ask them for on-line help if needed

https://www.dc-unlocker.com/DC-Phoenix-flash-repair-tutorial
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
I'll follow the first link carefully and report back, thanks!
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] zgfg:
Try but you most likely you will need second link

Here was another user who also had to use DC Unlocker, take a look into the thread (posts #6-#11), in the last post he described how it was resolved for him by DC Unlocker

https://xdaforums.com/p9/help/bought-phone-ebay-registration-wizard-t3840803
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
I used DC Unlocker before to get my bootloader unlock key.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] zgfg:
I was not writing you about getting the code but to use DC Unlocker to unlock FRP ( carefully read the story, posts #6 till #11, I gave you in the previous post)

Because their tool can unlock both FRP and Bootloader, but it costs more than just getting the Bootloader code

Personally I didn't use their tool (never bricked the phone or so to need it), and cannot help you about the tool further
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] Tecalote:
I would use DC Phoenix Software to flash EVA-L09C432 b182 Full-Version.

With DC Phoenix ( DC Unlocker has: DC Phoenix /DC Unlocker /HCU Client Software) - you can flash UPDATE.APP.

For DC Phoenix it doesn't matter if the phone or FRP is locked.

You can flash every Firmware in each situation but it must match the device.

After flashing in Upgrade Mode by DC Phoenix you should be able to boot the system.

If not, boot only to Stock Recovery and do Factoryreset.

I would recommend to use this Firmware:

https://www.carbontesla.com/2016/11/download-huawei-p9-b182-marshmallow-update-europe/

Unzipp the downloaded File and use UPDATE.APP for flashing with DC Phoenix in Fastboot mode.

After DC Phoenix will restart phone and update in Upgrade Mode..

After the phone can boot again to system, you must rebrand from c900 to c432 with the Link from [MENTION=7786725]zgfg[/MENTION]

It cannot be done with HWOTA7 (only made for Android 7), because you are on Android 6
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] Tecalote:
[MENTION=8190060]gamr13[/MENTION] Did you try anything to repair your phone?
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
Okay, so sorry for the late reply, I've been really busy. So, I have TWRP flashed and I did flash the oeminfo.emmc.win file in TWRP. The "Your device has failed verification and may not work properly" screen has red text underneath as the first link describes. I cannot however access the menu to do the dload method, I believe it's because I flashed TWRP in both recovery and recovery2 a while back.

UPDATE: Okay, so now on the Fastboot screen it shows PHONE Unlocked AND FRP Unlock both in red.

UPDATE 2: So, with the update I downloaded from here: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72153575&postcount=2 I flashed the RECOVERY.img and RECOVERY2.img files (I used Huawei Update Extractor to get them) And used fastboot to flash them both in their correct partitions. I restarted the phone holding Volume + and - and now it's installing the UPDATE.APP file I placed in the dload folder on the SD Card. (The same UPDATE.APP file I got from the link above.)

Okay, so it said software update failed, so I pressed reboot, and now I'm at a white screen with "Encryption unsuccessful" which doesn't matter much, but progress! Tapped wipe phone. "Factory reset lowlevel..." came next. Reset successful. Device rebooted into the firmware!

WOO-HOO!
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
Okay, so following the guide further I went to Settings > Advanced Settings > Backup & Reset and did that. So now after wiping & rebooting, the phone now detects the B383 update and is downloading it now.

Update: I'm now on B383 with no further updates according to System Update.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] zgfg:
What is the full model name and number of your firmware as in Settings About?
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
Model number: EVA-L09

Build number: EVA-L09C432B383
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] Tecalote:
It's required to have the SIM Card inserted to receive further Updates
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
I had it inserted and ran a check. Should I do a wipe and retry?
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] Tecalote:
Okay in this case do following (Stock EMUI Recovery required, not working with TWRP)

Open Settings on phone, go to advanced /backup and restore /Factoryreset and do Factoryreset from this settings with Wipe of internal storage.

This is the only possibility to make a advanced Factoryreset with low level wipe.

This helps in many cases to get the updates.

WLan must be connected during setup and ofc SIM inserted.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
Would it be possible for me to just restore a full backup I made in TWRP of Magic Rainbow v4? Full backup as in when I did it every partition was checked.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] Tecalote:
Yes, but the Firmware should be the same as MRv4. It does not matter if it's b504 but it is not good if its less (example b390).

The Firmware should be minimum b394, better b398.

Do the Factoryreset from Settings first

- a normal Factoryreset started from EMUI Recovery doesn't help.

It is a big difference when Factoryreset is starting from Settings with Wipe of internal storage. This is the important step.

Wipe of internal storage from TWRP doesn't help either.

You need anywhere EMUI Recovery installed to receive OTA's

Soon you are on the required Firmware you can restore your TWRP Backup.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
Alright so I went to settings > Advanced Settings > Backup & Reset > Factory data reset > Made sure Erase internal storage was checked and RESET PHONE. After going through the setup again with the sim card in it still says "No updates". I'll try it once more and get back to you.

Edit: I downloaded the exact same firmware online and replaced the TWRP recovery before attempting this the first time.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
Yeah...Still the same thing "No updates".
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] Tecalote:
That's strange. Something is wrong, because this shouldn't be.

Did you enable WLAN during setup (cause Updates are coming only if WLan is enabled and connected)?

You can manually update to b394 with this method:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74913874&postcount=3

(you need TWRP to flash the script - Please read the instructions on this site)

After that you can repeat the Factoryreset from Settings and you should get further Updates.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
I did enable WLAN during setup, connected to my network and ensured it was. I've restarted it a couple times, did the reset as instructed to and still "No updates."

I'll do the manual update now and see how that goes.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
Alright, so I updated to EMUI Version 5.0.1 with the build number saying: NRD90M test-keys.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] zgfg:
It's not all right

You used HWOTA from the link [MENTION=6870018]Tecalote[/MENTION] gave you - which FullOTA (!!!) zip files did you use/download, which firmware name/number?

Have you correctly renamed zip files as required in that post?

(You may have test keys if eg you did not use FullOTA or you did not rename correctly - in which case method missed to flash one of the required zip files)

Eg, some Win10 users add ".zip" to the file name, alhough files already have zip extension (but Win10 by default hides extensions)

Then the file has wrong name (like update.zip.zip instead of update.zip) and metod cannot find it for flashing
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
The files were named correctly as per the screenshot. I downloaded these files at the bottom of the post: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74913874&postcount=3 and yes, I chose the Update_full_EVA-L09_hw_spcseas.zip file. The previous times I have followed this guide I ended up with the exact same test-keys build number, nothing out of the ordinary for me there.

So, what I have done now is I made a backup of that test-keys firmware in TWRP and restored my Magic Rainbow v4 backup from a while ago. The phone seems to be working just fine, for now at least.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] Tecalote:
Hi,

Some people like you doing always wrong things...

You told me some posts ago, your Build Number is EVA-L09C432b383 and you wouldn't receive further updates.

I told you, you can use manually method - BUT YOU CHOOSE THE WRONG ZIP FILE!!

If you are on Cust c432 you must select the Firmware for EVA-L09C432 =hw_eu and NOT hw_spcseas.

From that post you downloaded - the right one would have been EVA-L09-c432 - and everything would be okay.

But you took the wrong zip file that's why you have test-keys.

The Firmware must be related to the oeminfo.

(If your target would be hw_spcseas changing oeminfo with HWOTA7 Tool would be required with flashing the related firmware from update folder)

Now you restored MRv4 Backup and think everything would working properly.

I can tell you that it will not.

But changing oeminfo can't be done on Custom Rom.

You can download the L09C432b394 hwota zip and flash it over MRv4. This would correct the test-keys to the correct current build number.

Then you could change with HWOTA7 the oeminfo (if needed) and flash the right related firmware.

After MRv4.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
I tested all of the functions I need from the phone last night after restoring the backup and I can confirm everything works as it should, with the only exception I can see being the fingerprint scanner, which I don't use anyway.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] Tecalote:
Okay. I know that MRv4 is a good Rom, including all Partitions, if it's working for your needs it's fine. :)
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] gamr13:
Thanks for all of your help <3

Over a month later and it's still working perfectly (Without the fingerprint scanner -- which is fine)!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] namsuxirtam:
anyone wants it? port from note 9 to mido :)? if there is interest am motivated to trying.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] afotey:
I'm interested!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] namsuxirtam:
it will recieve hate from the android purists that why put lagggy touchwiz when you can get aosp but new stuff fun :D
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Noter2017:
Why port something that even Samsung hates and stopped developing?

Samsung Experience will be replaced by One UI soon:

https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...i-everyones-just-going-keep-calling-touchwiz/
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] akkeo:
Yes do it
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Avi156hata:
Yes bro...
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] JR Bautista:
go port bro
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] andromedya58:
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[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Antony Ricardo:
Goooo broo
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] lasbrujazz:
Honestly, if you make it, this will be my main ROM. Samsung Experience has good view.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Dylan*123:
Go ahead bro m interested ??i like samsung look

---------- Post added at 06:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:09 PM ----------

Let him give a shot i guess some people are waiting for samsung experience
[Thinkpad Tablet General] hinxnz:
Hey guys, what a mess, thread wise with this device lol.

Here's the files needed for google face unlock (TB-8504F_S000061_180912_ROW) if anyone wants it, just download on your tab, extract it and move it to /sbin/.core/img if using magisk and reboot. Otherwise just throw it in ya system..

FaceUnlock.zip
[Thinkpad Tablet General] hinxnz:
Info: Google Face Unlock from Magisk repository working great on 8.1

https://github.com/Magisk-Modules-Repo/FaceUnlock
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] kw0n2k:
As the title says........

As a long time Sony fan, (owned Z2, Z3, Z5 and now XZP) I have always loved the design and Sony's initial "lead ahead" design, i.e IP68 rating, stereo speakers, epic camera hardware, big battery) etc.

Now having owned pretty much gen after gen Sony, I've always been disappointed in the fact that their Hardware have been full proof and cutting edge, but their software implementations have been woeful to say the least.

It's a known fact that must other Android and IOS brand phones use Sony Camera Modules, yet they have always had better low light and the odd day light camera performance.

Also their Speakers. For a phone with Dual front firing speakers, the software implementations again have been c$@*, resorting to "knowledgeable" users having to download and mod their phones to actually utilize the phones full potential.

Anyone else disappointed with some of Sony's software limitations?

sorry for the rant.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] amakuramio:
I like the phone, only problem is the front cam is chit
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Questions & Answers] saved-j:
snapcamera in LowLightMode (multiframe shooting, up to 32 frames) on the front module gives amazing detail even in the night
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] azzi4life:
Hey guys can Pocket SNES and Pocket GBA run with FULL SPEED & SOUND enabled. My T-Mobile Wing couldn't handle and and before I "upgrade" I want to know if it will run at full speed with sound.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] rico002:
i ahve a vid on mine check it out: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wtn4UeAw4hk
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] rob06:
ROM version

Hey rico002 what rom version are you running on your kaiser?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] VirgilWoods:
azzi, I have MorphGear, SNES Emu, and others working just fine on m y Kaiser, running L26's v4 ROM