[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] edmun:
Hi Guys

Need a small help from you. I am really, really hoping you will be able to help.

I think something strange happened at some point or maybe I don't understand everything.

I am based in the UK.

I am on "Three" network.

Straight after getting my P20Pro I have downloaded and installed all the updates.

I don't remember doind anything fancy to my P20Pro like changing soft by myself or unlocking the bootloader,

but for months I am waiting for the EMUI 9.1 update.

I have the EMUI 9.0.

I have tried with HiSuite Update, Update menu in the phone but still nothing.

Around a month ago I remember that phone downloaded an update with Chinese symbols in the name of the update,

even if I wasn't doing anything strange.

It was downloaded automatically and installed without any issues.

After the phone rebooted, haven't found anything unusual

.

I am now reading the threads how to update the phone and I am extremely lost

as I have the CLT-L29 model with software 9.0.0.240 (C782E3R1P9).

I am very confused, as based on the fact how I was always updating my Huawei P9 (my previous phone)

I thought C430 is the Europe region, not C782.

So don't know what happened to my P20Pro

(and again - I might be confusing things and be mistaken),

but it looks like the region isn't the one which should be on the phone.

Sadly as I have this phone for over the year,

I just don't remember if I have manually updated it with anything or not.

Anyone could share some details (if you know) in what situation am I in the moment and how can I get myself upgraded to 9.1?

I wouldn't lie if I would say, that I am extremely keen on keeping the current data,

contacts and apps and would prefer not to wipe the whole phone as restoring everything

(ringtones, contacts, preferences) will take weeks.

I have abnormal OCD about having everything exactly where it should be,

and if even one of the icons in the launcher will dissappear,

I am going crazy mad and trying to find what happened and where is my icon.

If my phone rings with a different ringtone, I am going crazy.

When I am not getting a notification from an app as expected,

I am literally going into rage mode and will spend days to "make it how it used to be".

I know that it is not heathly, but that's just me.

For me to wipe phone and install from a scratch is around 70-100 hours of digging through every single setting

to "make phone just as like I wanted it to be".

Could someone please help me and guide me what I should/could do?

edit: at the moment I do understand that CLT-L09 is a single sim Huawei P20 Pro and CLT-L29 is a dual-sim model.

Still trying to understand how to use Firmware finder to find the desired firmware, found thread here:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79540230&postcount=516 but this one is for CLT-L09 (single SIM).

I can only assume, that this thread is for CLT-L29 C431/2 region. Is there any thread for CLT-L29 C782 which I could follow?

edit2: Ok.. after another searches using just the numbers on xda, I think I already know the answer (stupid me).

Probably the best way will be to do the same what I've did with my P9. Debrand from CLT-L29C782 to CLT-L29C432 and then I will be treated as a none-branded phone with all updates, instead of waiting for my Three network operator.

Looks like I have found myself 100+ hours of work to backup everything, debrand, wipe, install clean FW and restore all the data... Yay!