Hello,
I've been tinkering with my mate 10 pro for the last few days of owning it,
ive managed to debrand the phone from BLA - L09 C432 SW Ver 124 with Vodafone customization install at the beginning, and a Vodafone entry in system settings menu.
To C432 SW Ver 127(A) although the A doesn't show, with no Vodafone bloat or menu setting
Im not sure how it worked but these were the steps i followed.
Setup the phone as per a new device and after setup their was a system update to add Vodafone customization, i did the update and then started up phone with the new Vodafone updates and apps
Downloaded firmware finder from the play store and installed that on my phone, Installed the latest update via the proxy method, the only thing i noticed which was strange, was the full ota update was about 2.06 ish gb for sw ver 127a, after it downloaded, it checked the file, then a second update for the same firmware for the same size downloaded totaling approx 5.2gb in total, it checked again and installed went fine and the phone restarted with the new firmware.
When the phone restarted it was just the same as previous with a newer firmware, including the vodafone customization in the system settings. I was then looking on firmware finder and noticed a newer ota update for the same firmware i had, was approx 500mb ish and when i did the proxy method, the phone found a newer update, downloaded the update and checked and installed and nothing seemed to change with the phone at all, just didnt show any more updates.
I was having an issue with the auto brightness with the phone, as i have posted about, so i assumed as i had done two updates thats something may have gone wrong so i did a factory reset,
I backed up the phone via Hisuite and proceeded to factory reset the phone via the settings menu. when the phone factory reset its self, i re set the phone up as per normal until i was ready to restore my data, only this time their was no Vodafone customization update and the system settings customization part had disappeared as well. leaving untouched firmware with no trace of Vodafone bloat( although the amount their wasn't a lot at all, two apps i think).
This is by no means a guide, but if it helps anyone else that is a bonus.
The original firmware finder file i used was
BLA-L09 8.0.0.127a(C432) this was dated 2017.12.15 which was a full ota this downloaded twice with a message in between checking the files about downloading a second update (toast notification)
Their was a second ota available on firmware finder but that had now disappeared for some reason now. that was also applied.
The reset never sorted the auto brightness issue i was having but my phone ended up unbranded which was a bonus.
Would also like to add that Vodafone WiFi calling is still working aswell.
I've been tinkering with my mate 10 pro for the last few days of owning it,
ive managed to debrand the phone from BLA - L09 C432 SW Ver 124 with Vodafone customization install at the beginning, and a Vodafone entry in system settings menu.
To C432 SW Ver 127(A) although the A doesn't show, with no Vodafone bloat or menu setting
Im not sure how it worked but these were the steps i followed.
Setup the phone as per a new device and after setup their was a system update to add Vodafone customization, i did the update and then started up phone with the new Vodafone updates and apps
Downloaded firmware finder from the play store and installed that on my phone, Installed the latest update via the proxy method, the only thing i noticed which was strange, was the full ota update was about 2.06 ish gb for sw ver 127a, after it downloaded, it checked the file, then a second update for the same firmware for the same size downloaded totaling approx 5.2gb in total, it checked again and installed went fine and the phone restarted with the new firmware.
When the phone restarted it was just the same as previous with a newer firmware, including the vodafone customization in the system settings. I was then looking on firmware finder and noticed a newer ota update for the same firmware i had, was approx 500mb ish and when i did the proxy method, the phone found a newer update, downloaded the update and checked and installed and nothing seemed to change with the phone at all, just didnt show any more updates.
I was having an issue with the auto brightness with the phone, as i have posted about, so i assumed as i had done two updates thats something may have gone wrong so i did a factory reset,
I backed up the phone via Hisuite and proceeded to factory reset the phone via the settings menu. when the phone factory reset its self, i re set the phone up as per normal until i was ready to restore my data, only this time their was no Vodafone customization update and the system settings customization part had disappeared as well. leaving untouched firmware with no trace of Vodafone bloat( although the amount their wasn't a lot at all, two apps i think).
This is by no means a guide, but if it helps anyone else that is a bonus.
The original firmware finder file i used was
BLA-L09 8.0.0.127a(C432) this was dated 2017.12.15 which was a full ota this downloaded twice with a message in between checking the files about downloading a second update (toast notification)
Their was a second ota available on firmware finder but that had now disappeared for some reason now. that was also applied.
The reset never sorted the auto brightness issue i was having but my phone ended up unbranded which was a bonus.
Would also like to add that Vodafone WiFi calling is still working aswell.
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