Huawei Mate 20 Pro Australian Discussion

[souljasteve84]

I thought I'll make this thread for the Australian Mate 20 Pro Owners.

As we may all know already, Optus and other ozzy telcos are extremely slow with releasing there updates for our devices, it's very frustrating as we have to wait for important updates and fixes.

In this thread I'll love to hear from other Australians and there opinions on this matter. Also to discuss firmwares that have been flashed from other regions on our devices etc

All topics about our devices are all welcome

 

[DN38416]

I have the L29. Currently with Telstra (Prepaid)
My last OTA update was 168 which I received around the end of December.
I recently unlocked my bootloader and updated to 182 following a guide in these forums
I also rooted my device using the same guide.

I don't really have too much to say on the speed of our updates, as I've only had my Mate 20 Pro since the 28th of Dec. It's my first android phone and I'm loving it so far. I've been wanting to get away from Apple for years, but the jailbreaking scene kept me with them. Now that the scene is almost dead I decided it was time.
So now I'm getting my head around rooting.

 

[ubersapian]

LYA-L29 here.. C636 SPCSEAS region on mine.
Have done the fh 171 update.. Now on unlocked bootloader and rooted 182. Tried the custom 182 rom but no joy with magisk in hiding safety net stuff for Google pay.. However with the stock 182 I was able to hide the safety net checks with magisk help.
What might be of interest to people to is I've been able to downgrade back to 171 and relock bootloader which previously was said could not happen. Back on 182 though now.

 

[Minotaur]

Currently running an L29 bought from eBay AU but originated in the UK as far as I can tell (based on the charger mains plug)
Latest version It'll update to is .168, it started off at .109 and has done 2 updates in the 2 days I have had it.
I've ordered a BL code and will look at rooting once I have it, there seem to be 2 different guides in this forum at the moment. Still working out which way to go. One of the methods definitely involves rebooting into recovery every time in order to get root, not sure if the other method does as well.

 

[souljasteve84]

I find the 182 firmware to be a great one, I have noticed more of a battery drain on this one but nothing to really worry about.

I find it awesome that the hwota method works and we are now able to flash the same or higher firmwares with pretty much ease now. To be honest everytime I fiddled with my phone before the hwota method came out I would stuff something up then use funky Huawei to bring it back to life lol that was beginning to be an expensive venture haha.

This device shows alot of promise, I am currently using magisk and have used modules to pass safety net. Also used titanium backup to remove some system apps I never use. I froze Huawei home and now use nova launcher and used the Google framework module to install the Google phone and contacts app which I find much better. I am happy to say I now have the device exactly where I want it to be. I have also added a 64gb Huawei nano memory card to my device, as it may be expensive I thought why not. Now all my photos get saved to memory card

 

[souljasteve84]

Currently running an L29 bought from eBay AU but originated in the UK as far as I can tell (based on the charger mains plug)
Latest version It'll update to is .168, it started off at .109 and has done 2 updates in the 2 days I have had it.
I've ordered a BL code and will look at rooting once I have it, there seem to be 2 different guides in this forum at the moment. Still working out which way to go. One of the methods definitely involves rebooting into recovery every time in order to get root, not sure if the other method does as well.

The patched_boot.img method is what I'm using basically when the phone reboots it automatically boots up the patched_boot and goes straight into the os, you don't even notice it which is great

 

[Minotaur]

The patched_boot.img method is what I'm using basically when the phone reboots it automatically boots up the patched_boot and goes straight into the os, you don't even notice it which is great

Which one is that? Can you provide a link to the thread/guide?
Cheers.

 

[souljasteve84]

Which one is that? Can you provide a link to the thread/guide?
Cheers.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-pro/how-to/guide-unlocking-bootloader-magisk-root-t3885422

 

[souljasteve84]

Which one is that? Can you provide a link to the thread/guide?
Cheers.

Basically grab the recovery_ramdisk IMG and use that in magisk to get a patched_boot.img that would be the best way but in the guide it's got all the info you need there.

 

[Minotaur]

Basically grab the recovery_ramdisk IMG and use that in magisk to get a patched_boot.img that would be the best way but in the guide it's got all the info you need there.

According to that page, that method requires booting into recovery mode all the time?

 

[souljasteve84]

According to that page, that method requires booting into recovery mode all the time?

It doesn't it does it automatically you won't even notice

 

[ryballs]

LYA-L09 from Optus here still on .122, with .146 due end of this month. Optus update schedule is a joke. As soon as FH .182 is safety net approved, I'm doing it. Don't really want to pay the $70 to unlock bootloader but will likely do that too eventually.

 

[Darkat70]

Yes Optus is a joke. Hopefully they start working on .171 which is supposed to have a unlock bootloader although I am sure optus will modify it to stay locked.

Sent from my HUAWEI LYA-L09 using XDA Labs

 

[Darkat70]

Optus are still stuffing everyone around with not yet releasing an almost 2 months old firmware. All they can do is give you a recorded message.

They certainly are the most pathetic telecommunications company.

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[Darkat70]

It seems to have come to light that optus won't be supplying firmware updates, 2 reasons were mentioned today

1 is that huawei have not issued a software licence and will not provide optus with firmware.

2 is that optus have abandoned huawei firmware updates because of the huawei 5G and US ban with regards to spying.

All the times optus have mentioned testing firmware for the mate 20 Pro has been lies, it now is apparent that they were never testing anything.

This matter via being addressed by me in writing to both Huawei and optus, if they fail to respond or provide a firmware update solution. Consumer Affairs Victoria will be filing a complaint against them con VCAT Court.

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[Minotaur]

Is your phone Optus branded specifically? Could you go and buy a Telstra prepaid SIM, chuck that in, and update the phone?

 

[Darkat70]

Is your phone Optus branded specifically? Could you go and buy a Telstra prepaid SIM, chuck that in, and update the phone?

It's got the optus splash screen and has firmware modified by optus and huawei for optus specific handsets.

Sent from my HUAWEI LYA-L09 using XDA Labs

 

[Xalies]

Is your phone Optus branded specifically? Could you go and buy a Telstra prepaid SIM, chuck that in, and update the phone?

No, updates are handled by the firmware supplier(Optus) no matter what SIM you put in it

Optus is awesome
Android Software Updates - 07/12/2018

On Hold, waiting for updates on DBU

Android Software Updates - 21/12/2018

Update – VoWiFi + preloaded Google input

Build: LYA-L09 9.0.0.146(C34E11R1P16)

Status: Testing

Estimated release: Early – Mid January

Android Software Updates - 07/01/2019

Update – VoWiFi + preloaded Google input

Build: LYA-L09 9.0.0.146(C34E11R1P16)

Status: Testing

Predicted release: Late January

Android Software Updates - 29/01/2019

Update – VoWiFi + preloaded Google input

Build: LYA-L09 9.0.0.146(C34E11R1P16)

Status: Testing

Predicted release: Late January

Android Software Updates - 07/02/2019

Upgrade to 9.0.0.183

Status: Testing

Estimated testing completion timeframe: mid-late February

So what, they get so far and over a month just to give up on .146 ... I can't wait for another month of testing .183 just for them to give up on that

 

[Darkat70]

No, updates are handled by the firmware supplier(Optus) no matter what SIM you put in it

Optus is awesome
Android Software Updates - 07/12/2018
Android Software Updates - 21/12/2018
Android Software Updates - 07/01/2019
Android Software Updates - 29/01/2019
Android Software Updates - 07/02/2019
So what, they get so far and over a month just to give up on .146 ... I can't wait for another month of testing .183 just for them to give up on that

They are not testing .183 they are supposed to be working on .188 but at this point optus don't have a software licence from Huawei, and huawei are refusing to release the firmware until they get a licence approved.

This could be months or not even happen at all

They also have never been testing any firmware because huawei have never released any to them for testing as to date.

Here is the message I received from Optus last week.


Hey Darren,

This is what I recieved internally from our Tech devs,

For Australian carriers, Huawei will release MR every 2 months. They do not know the release details until about 1 month before the release. They have skipped .146 and .183 because they did not meet Optus requirements. We are going to get .188 for testing which is the later version than .183. The only way for the customer to get .183 is to buy an open market handset.

 

[Quaz1]

So we're all still on .122 ?

I want to say "un ****ing believable" but it's really not.

It's simply not good enough