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#1871030 22-Sep-2017 14:52

https://forum.xda-developers.com/tools/general/huawei-firmware-finder-team-mt-t3469146

the app has instructions in it on how to update your phone

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#1871043 22-Sep-2017 15:03

Jase2985:

https://forum.xda-developers.com/tools/general/huawei-firmware-finder-team-mt-t3469146

the app has instructions in it on how to update your phone

Yeah I found that thread. It's 50 pages, I've just started reading it. There's no clear instructions I've found so far.

The problem with XDA is it's 90% beginners, 10% absolute experts. The experts can't write documentation or procedures to save themselves. The beginners are all stumbling in the dark trying to work things out.

Also, there's some reference to changing your PC IP address to act as a proxy. That's not well documented.

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#1871053 22-Sep-2017 15:12

@Jase2985 @moodie007 what model do you put in the firmware search tool? P9? EVA-L09C02? EVA-L09C09? EVA-L09C900? My phone model is just EVA-L09 but that's not an option in the tool.

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#1871061 22-Sep-2017 15:24

Presuming your using the firmware finder, click on the three lines at the top left and click on phone info. It will tell you what model of phone you have. Mine for example shows VIE-L09C706B300. VIE is single sim. L09 is the phone model. C706 is the country/vender code for the firmware. B300 is the firmware version. C706B150 is the latest NZ (2Degrees/Spark/Vodafone) Android 6. B300 is Android 7.

So if its an NZ New Huawei P9 Plus search for VIE-L09C706. This should show you B120,B150 and B300. Always use the Full Over The Air Updates. FullOTA.

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#1871078 22-Sep-2017 15:30

mine asked for permissions to access the phone and found stuff automatically

inside the app it had instruction on what to do to do the proxy thing, and also how to install it.

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#1871085 22-Sep-2017 15:35

1/ Download Firmware Finder on your phone. You do not need a PC to do any of this. Just a wireless internet connection.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teammt.gmanrainy.huaweifirmwarefinder&hl=en

2/ open Firmware Finder. Go to settings. Enable install by proxy. When you enable it will prompt you to install the addon. Open the addon after installing but then close.

4/ now go back to Firmware Finder and Look for the OTA Update. Select it then press SEND FIRMWARE TO UPDATER.
you will be brought back to the addon app.

5/ Go to phones wifi settings, select wifi network of choice/long press]>modify>show advanced options>proxy set to MANUAL> set name to localhost >set port to 8080>ignore bypass proxy>save/connect...

6/ go to ur updater app (in your settings that checks for updates). If you try and update it should show the b300 version. If you try to install it may fail. Click on the menu at the bottom of the screen and select Download Latest Full package.

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#1871099 22-Sep-2017 15:59

Thanks for the instructions @moodie007, much appreciated :)

I installed firmware finder and the proxy. I didn't configure the proxy. I went into the firmware finder, the latest version available is EVA-L09C900B151 from 2016.04.23. I have firmware version B137.

When I click on the B151 firmware there's no open " send firmware to updated". I have download, check firmware access, get an update through proxy. Couple screenshots below.

When I configure the proxy through my WiFi connection and then check for updates I get the same list.

Any advice? I'm trying the update to 151, and then maybe it'll take me to 300.

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#1871105 22-Sep-2017 16:10

you only have the standard p9 right?

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#1871108 22-Sep-2017 16:11

Jase2985:

you only have the standard p9 right?

Yep.

I've just told it to do the update to 151. Maybe that will let me jump up to 300 afterwards.

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#1871111 22-Sep-2017 16:18

It says "software installation failed" when it tried to install the 151 update.

This phone might not be NZ new. It came from Mauricio, who I think got it direct from Huawei.

Update: I tried "download full package". It gave me the option of a "quick update" to 151, which failed as well. Both the full package (which results in the quick update) and the standard update fails.

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#1871117 22-Sep-2017 16:24

its an international version

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#1871120 22-Sep-2017 16:30

Jase2985:

its an international version

Ah ok. So any ideas about what I should do?

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#1871126 22-Sep-2017 16:45

can flash a NZ/AU firmware on it if you wanted

c636 is Australia,asia pacific and c706 i believe is nz as @moodie007 mentioned.

the eva-l09c706b381 firmware is there which has EUMI 5 and android 7

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#1871127 22-Sep-2017 16:46

They are not full updates. Infact I do t think any of those are for Android7. Note the file size. Needs to be fullota also.

Build 300 for NZ in Android 7 but didn't mean it is for any other veriant.

Huawei a few weeks ago pulled a whole heap of international builds off of their servers.

Is it a dual SIM phone? If it's single I'd convert it to a VIE-L09 but that's a mission. Will cost to use third party tools to do it too. If you search my posts on XDA you will see I've converted c900 to NZ.

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#1871128 22-Sep-2017 16:47

Eva is usault dual SIM with no SD but I could be wrong. Haven't actually seen one.

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