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[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] flowchilla:
I am now on version 9 and notice a much worse performance, octane 2.0 in Crome and Opera got only 6700 points

on Android 8.1 i got around 12000 points, after factory reset i got around 12000 points thats ok..

i think a factory reset is usefull.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] delirii:
It worked like a charm for me. eRecovery is THE feature we all needed in FF.

Not sure I want to factory reset, is it really a necessary step?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mosaiques:
No root for this ROM yet?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] otonieru:
please read around my friend,

root already achieved days ago :)
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mosaiques:
Hi, I used to update my P20Pro via HuRUpdater as shown in this post:

https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p20-pro/development/huawei-p20-pro-charlotte-l29c432b131

They say, in that post that root methods for EMUI 9.0 are still not available, if I may ask, how did you root it?

By the way my P20Pro has already an unlocked bootloader.

Cheers and happy new year!

P. S. Did you use this method to root it?:

https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p20-pro/development/guide-how-to-finally-root-emui9-t3883295
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] otonieru:
i follow the instructions from topjohnwu twitter to root. but that thread also basically using same methodology, only, he suggesting to use TWRP image as base image, which i dont recommend.

if you check that thread, around 4th post, i posted a prepatched recovery_ramdisk that you can use to root your p20 pro. simply use fastboot and do "fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk patched_boot.img" command
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
On FF if I check availability for my imei in the clt l09 version, it says approved for clt l29 (what?)

In CLT-L29 version it says not approved, but long press says approved for CLT-L09

So I'm on CLT-L29 c432 which one I should download and use for e recovery method?

Really confused, need help please. Thanks
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Danchibald:
In download option you will see which one is for L29...
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
Yes but please re read carefully what I said, it's confusing
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Danchibald:
I know what are you talking about... they messed up info in app...
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] virtualmacfrog:
Since I can live without I'll wait for OTA, but I'm surprised the rollout is taking so long... .
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
I'll wait for OTA too, but this so slow rollout has broken my balls...
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mosaiques:
Thanks for your reply.

I didn't tried to root it yet because I am facing a very weird problem.

After "successfully" updated the phone to 9.0.0.163 my computer can't access to it. Its appears as a "CD Drive" not as an external drive as always was. :confused:

EDIT: I managed to root the phone, but every time I reboot, root is gone. I still have the problem that the PC shows the phone as "CD Drive", no matter what I do: installing drivers, changing USB settings... nothing seems to work.

Is there a way to do a clean flash of this ROM?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Sebi1960:
Is the Update already arrived in Germany, Telekom ?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] otonieru:
in order to stay rooted upon reboot, you need to press vol up upon boot, or use quick reboot app and choose reboot to recovery, since basically the new magisk on emui 9 occupying recovery partition to gain root, so you always need to boot to recovery to get a rooted system.

as for cd drive, update your hisuite on PC to 9.0.xxx (cant remember the exact number)
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] thanito:
Finally, the OTA arrived in Greece [emoji1787]
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mosaiques:
Yeah. I've noticed that.

You mean that the only way to access the phone internal storage with the PC is through HiSuite?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MeisterGigi:
No Problem for me with android 9 + PC. Can access it. I also have a "cd-rom" with hisuite, but also the phone.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] otonieru:
no, it just the latest hisuite will update the neccessary driver for MTP.

at least thats what happen on mine,

prior to updating hisuite, i cant see my phone on windows explorer
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] estanenmi:
You have bad oem... When bad oem is writte fon cant mount mtp on windows... I notice that.. No usb debug nothing only on fastboot or twrp works... U need repair ur oem...
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mdda7:
form 9.0.0.108 beta+OEM LOCKED

I did not find a way to update :(
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mikber18:
Has anybody in the UK had the update yet? I have not had one come down OTA, I wonder if I am the only one...
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] otonieru:
better unlocked it first
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mdda7:
how?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Dodger1977:
I haven't either, I'm on Vodafone so hoping that it'll be soon.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] estanenmi:
U can downgrade using hicare now have rollbak firmware

Hicare can save u if u have frp lock.... Teste on mine restore from full brick and block frp... Its hard and need funcky tools oembin twrp and adb fastboot... But its alive

Only dont lose erecovery and your bootloader will be fine
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mosaiques:
So was before with Oreo 8.1 but now I get only one CD Drive and no access to it, only through HiSuite.

How do you repair the oem?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] grisusu:
I wait for it,too.

Tested with O2 and Telekom SIM.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] estanenmi:
u need oeminfo.bin and run the commands... this file can writte any version u need... c432, c69, c782 etc...

https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ajnw8KFTLBNrgcdPNRzUGkJKOtEIRg

5.Install Magisk Manager MagiskManager.apk

6. Copy OEM info binary file to internal memory oeminfo.bin

7.Boot into Android System enable adb debbuging in developer settings.

8. Start ADB

9.adb shell

10.su

11.accept the prompt at your P20pro

12.mkdir /data/local/tmp

13.mv /sdcard/oeminfo /data/local/tmp

14.cd /data/local/tmp

15.chmod +x oeminfo

16. ./oeminfo CLT-L29 C432 hw/eu <---- this is the comand.... change for example ./oeminfo CLT-L09 C432 hw/eu ./oeminfo CLT-L04 C69 telcel/mx be careful it can break ur fon try on oreo ful bootlader unlock and frp unlock... this is funcky huawei sell... dont loose bootloader unlock or u be bad and need funky...

this can be done on twrp if u lose the mount on windows if u have bad oeminfo... the bad news u need root

tested on mine
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mosaiques:
Thanks a lot for this answer! My device is CLT-L09 C432.

First of all, a few questions before I do something wrong:

The link you've provided has a 379KB file "oeminfo" but no ".bin", is that correct?

The last command for me should be "./oeminfo CLT-L09 C432 hw/eu"?

Saludos!
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] estanenmi:
yes the file is correct only oeminfo be careful whit "." dot the command is correct.. sorry for bad english i speak spanish!
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mosaiques:
All right, If I may, I'll PM you in spanish if I need something else. Thanks a lot!
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] argh9:
I was on 108 beta with OEM locked / greyed out. This method worked without any problems:

https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p20-pro/how-to/guide-how-to-update-to-emui-9-c432-l09-t3883557
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] virtualmacfrog:
Till a few months ago I was having a Vodafone branded Samsung S7 Edge, OTA updates were always slower than unbranded one. Now that I own an unbranded P20 pro I'm waiting way longer I ever waited an update on Samsung. I'm really curious to understand where is the problem for Huawei to speed-up this rollout...
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
Maybe Trump is right about China spying through huawei?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] virtualmacfrog:
or simply Huawey don't have a structure capable to keep up with all the devices they have sold
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
Sure ?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] virtualmacfrog:
There is no rason any spying technology would require a slow rollout. Said this, Trump is fighting a commercial war against China, what would you expect? Do you really believe USA don't have technology to spy your data? Do you think your data would be safer in the hands of western companies? Check the link below, no one was able to demonstrate Ericsson responsibilities... But who else had the possibility?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_wiretapping_case_2004–05
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
Of course, mine was a provocation....

And "sure" was referring to the post above about the inability of huawei to keep so many models updated (more probable)

So, the fact is not the ability to spy: but is to spy.

If you don't trust anyone, you should even consider not access internet at all, also for your email, bank account, etc.

So if a ceo of huawei has legal problems for spying in USA, maybe they are considering to remove illegal code in their updates and this could slow down the roll out... But this falls in the field of conspiracy theories, and I think xda is not the right place to talk about this. ?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] picitup:
Hi All

I wonder if I can ask a favour from someone who has Pie installed: Is the Camera2 RAW format exposed for 3rd party apps?

You can check this easily by installing Camera2 Probe from the Play Store and look at the last entry on the info screen. This would be my main reason for upgrading to Pie.

Thanks in anticipation.....

Steve
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Zeljkoa:
Here is the screenshot
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] all the pugs:
Camera2API is very limited on the P20 Pro, EmUI 8 and 9.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] picitup:
Hi Both

Thanks very much for taking the time to clarify this. I can't see any benefit in upgrading to 9 now.

I don't want to stray off topic, but is there a method of enabling RAW for 3rd party apps? I have Android 8 now with root but that hasn't helped. I'm guessing its more difficult than a quick chmod.

Cheers

Steve
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] all the pugs:
Not sure, but I think Open Camera could shoot DNG. Obviously Huawei uses a proprietary command set and didn‘t bother with implementing the Camera2 API, which is a shame and the only thing I really hate about the device.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] picitup:
Yes Open Camera has the ability for Camera2 and DNG but as Huawei haven't exposed it for 3rd parties, you can't use it. It appears they want to bind you into their camera app.

---------- Post added at 09:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:47 AM ----------

So I don't hijack the thread, I've moved my question to here:

https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p20-pro/help/huawei-p20-pro-camera2-raw-api-3rd-t3886944

Cheers

Steve
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
Dear friends, I've completely lost faith in huawei: I think it will still take a long, long, long time to get an update that has been already available for the older mate p10... Blah. ?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MadzzUp:
Let's be slightly more patient...
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
Slightly? ????????????
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MadzzUp:
Because your hope died doesn't mean mine did haha

Wanted to post a screenshot from huawei support but I cannot figure out how to attach a picture here and imgur does not seem to work here. Yay.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
What do you mean with slightly? 1day 1 week 1month 1year?

I think that maybe months waiting... If huawei said 10 November, than one and a half month later 24 December.... Now said the end of January.... How many lies we must stand anymore?

Ps. to attach an image, simply tap attach symbol on the bottom left in phone app...
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Slash8915:
I agree. This is has seriously put a bad taste in my mouth when it comes to Huawei. For such a large company, they are handling this horribly.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MadzzUp:
Thanks, I don't use the app though ?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] all the pugs:
I upgraded via eRecovery yesterday and it‘s not worth the hassle. The downgrade to 8.1 from the beta killed my data and restoring from backup was horrible and incomplete. I regtet it. Should have just waited until my device gets the ota one day.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] argh9:
I upgraded using the USB OTG method and it went really smooth. Really happy with the Pie performance and overall quality. Ofc it wiped my data and I already knew that. For me that is a non-issue as contacts, photos and other data etc are always backed up with google.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] all the pugs:
I also backed up with google. And Huawei. And my NAS drive. Restoration also went through, however, most of the app data was not recovered. All of the logins had to be redone, all accounts had to be re-added and I lost all of my threema data (even though I HAD a backup which just wasn't recognized). Coming from an iOS device, restoring would restore the device as it previously was. Even all the open tabs in Chrome. Pretty annoyed it doesn't work like this on Android....
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] rascal0pl:
Just updated via erecovery. Everything works great. All data remained unchanged.

Clt-l09.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] SPfuns:
Where are you , uk ?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] rascal0pl:
Poland. But this method is using different DNS servers, so it doesn't matter where are you from.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Ereniemis:
Well.... I have CLT-L29 but when I try to update via erecovery it starts downloading the 8.1.0.161.. so... No Pie for me I guess
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dabrowsk:
Did you follow the instruction and first register your phone for update?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] rascal0pl:
Is there any way to make dialer app transparent like it was in emui 8? I mean dialer background = dimmed wallpaper.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] spewak:
Finally getting update here in US and A
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] oxfordmark:
I wonder when a newer update will become available?

In the past, how long after a launch have they released an update?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MikeMTS:
Still waiting impatiently for it here in Bulgaria. Previous smaller updates seemed to arrive shortly after reading about them here or elsewhere.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] firewaterfan:
I had the same issue. Downgraded to 8.1, relocked bootloader then updated to 9.0.0.163 via FF and eRecovery. If you do it this way you don't get a factory reset and right now on Pie my OEM unlock is not grayed out. Having said that if I try to turn it off I get a message that I need to reboot to activate 'device protection' features. I have a funny feeling if I do that I'm going to see the same grayed out box so I haven't tried it yet lol.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] SPfuns:
I get update in today. C432 location in us.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] onurize:
C432..

Germany..

Telekom...

Still no update... :eek:
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] yanhof:
Hello,

Pie update received yesterday. :)

France, C432, on "Free mobile", unbranded.

No issue.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] virtualmacfrog:
got it now ITA unbrand L29 C432

not very clear what's different from before.... let's see
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MadzzUp:
Here I go again, through the app this time, but even here it won't let me put attachments (returns "bad request" error message)

Here's what I've been told by Huawei support few days ago.

"Thank you very much for the reply, XXXXXX!

Kindly note that it usually takes about 3-4 weeks for all our updates to reach the device, since they are released in random batched based on the IMEI number of the phone.

Nevertheless, we'll forward your suggestion about the shorter. more efficient way of releasing the updates to our Research & Development Team, so they could take it into consideration in the future!

Let us know if you have other questions!

Kind regards, Huawei."

As someone mentioned on previous pages of this thread, updates are being dispatched by batches based on your IMEI number(s).

So it does not matter where you are ?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
Me too, downloading right now.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] doromax:
Finally get the OTA Update (4.03GB) on my CLT-L29 no brand! Great !

Version 9.0.0.163 (C432E5R1P9) - Italy
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
1st impressions : camera has lost some features :

Video has no more eis stabilization in 720, HD and HD +...! and no options about this, only a better (?) HD 60 fps that will give you a soap opera look

I dunno what stabilization they left always on (should be ois) but when you are steady, the video is not steady, is flickering.

4d focus seems working, master ai switch on by default
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
Big improvement in FF camera : no more overexposed shots, also you can slightly tap everywhere to get the right light exposure and white balance for you, in addition keep pressed and you can also set the luminosity,.., great contrast. The only thing is that of course, no software update can give you a good in focus background because the hardware has a fixed focus camera
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] JR-P20PRO:
Firmware Finder now showing 9.0.0.195
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] otonieru:
yeap, that exposure slider help a lot,

although for 24MP sensor, the detail is still pretty smudgy, even when we managed the focus right.

on bright day, its ok though
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] kumar abhishek:
Turn off beauty mode to zero to gain stablization :)
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
sorry man, beauty mode was always on zero ... I' had checked this option before posting .... and also if you set it more than zero, the resolution switches automatically to 720P without any notice and doesn't switch back when set to zero again....

so what I said before remains :(
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] saisallo:
:eek:

Another full OTA, other two months to get it.....
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MadzzUp:
At least you've got the previous one, some of us are still missing Pie ?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] firewaterfan:
So attempted to use FF DNS eRecovery method to go from .163 to .195. Download went fine (didn't get package info error) verification okay but during actual installation failed almost immediately. Not sure if it's because there is no public_data in this one or if eRecovery method is broken in Pie as I have heard others saying it wasn't working in Beta versions.

Anyone have any success with this?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dabrowsk:
Just i can confirm the same problem....
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] estanenmi:
root for emui 195 and original ramdisk if any one need.... https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ajnw8KFTLBNrgcd8NRzUGkJKOtEIRg

I made a utility to make the update easier, it requires root and the files in zip update.zip and update_all_hw.zip to perform the update, please try it and if there is an error they tell me the probe in mine and it worked perfect to go from 163-195 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ajnw8KFTLBNrgcd5NRzUGkJKOtEIRg
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] golcheck:
Firmware needs to be approved for your device before you can install it
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] deagleone:
rollout for my unbranded dualsim 9.0.0.163 in germany today... still unrooted -> unbelievable!
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] firewaterfan:
Yeah I kinda thought that but I had heard others had managed to use eRecovery to install non-approved firmware as long as they were registered for it. Maybe they just got lucky lol.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] sniper20:
Can anyone mention the difference between 163 and 195 version, since both versions have the same changelog.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] estanenmi:
195 oem unlock no blocked....

Feels fastet... I feel best touch screen setting.... Huawei wallet.... Its i observe
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] otonieru:
change log on FF is not rightly updated,

you need to ask one who get OTA.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ch1lko:
Here is the changelog for my device.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ULJ:
How did you get the update? OTA or manual install?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ch1lko:
OTA few days ago.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MadzzUp:
Still haven't received 163 OTA, it'll be a month in a few days.

Really don't want to mess with it and flash/root as I used to do with all my previous phones, but it's getting quite long now. Wondering why they delay it so much, why would they release in batches unlike other brands who can release their updates to all phones at a decent pace ?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] mdda7:
I'm still on the FW 9.0.0.108

i dont recive any OTA

unlock bootloader + OEM locked

i try with this method https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p20-pro/how-to/guide-how-to-update-to-emui-9-c432-l09-t3883557

But I could not update

any help plz ?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MadzzUp:
Finally received .195 today during lunch time.

Really disappointed in how long it took to reach me, but I received it eventually.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] exodus394:
Where are you from? I'm on 163...just curious.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Sebi1960:
Which german Provider is already updating ? I´m with Telekom. No Update until now :(
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MadzzUp:
Where you are from does not matter.

Huawei dispatch their updates via batches based on IMEI number. I'm sure you will receive it within the next few days.

What is weird is, I never received 163. It was a jump from android 8 to android 9 .195
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dreamville:
Is it just me or the update has reduced the strength on the vibration motor? It feels weaker when im typing or going in to apps etc
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Sebi1960:
Today :victory:

Deutsche Telekom
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] exodus394:
Can you post the log please? On FF it's the generic log from updating to Pie.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MadzzUp:
I am afraid it is not only you. The vibration motor was already weak, now it's inexistant...
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Gobbit78:
Pie received on P20pro in Germany/congstar

Hello guys,

finally I received the Pie update to 9.0.0.195(C432E5R1P9).

It happened a little bit strange.

I got a message of an available HiCare update, afterwards new version was available.

ciao
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Sebi1960:
Deutsche Telekom Changelog

the Logfile.....
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] arty_a:
Those are the release notes for .195 (if you upgrade from .163).
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MikeMTS:
Still on 8.1.0.156 here in Bulgaria. This wait time is ridiculous. I asked my phone company a couple of weeks ago and they said it was completely out of their hands and up to Huawei (as some others have stated as well on this forum).

Between this and a camera that freezes in sub zero Celsius temperatures I think this might be my first and last Huawei phone. Probably back to Samsung next time.