[Question] Unlock Huawei P10 Lite, dual SIM

[catalin22185]

I boughtta Huawei P10 Lite. It's the WAS LX1 model. It was bought from a vendor who has blocked the use of a single SIM card.
From the specs I've found this model support Dual SIM, has a slot available, but the software does not recognize second SIM.
It is possible to unlock this feature to use the phone in Dual SIM?
I think blocking second SIM was made by the vendor through software.

Best regards,

 

[aburezk]

Hey according to the official huwaei website both WAS-LX1A and WAS-LX1 support dual sim.

It's possible to enable the second sim but I don't know how, maybe custom roms

 

[engmia]

I boughtta Huawei P10 Lite. It's the WAS LX1 model. It was bought from a vendor who has blocked the use of a single SIM card.
From the specs I've found this model support Dual SIM, has a slot available, but the software does not recognize second SIM.
It is possible to unlock this feature to use the phone in Dual SIM?
I think blocking second SIM was made by the vendor through software.

Best regards,

The phone is most likely carrier locked, there is no reason to issue special software to block the use of a second SIM card for a phone sold for dual SIM use (and sounds like something you could sue the company for).

Are you trying to insert SIM cards from 2 different carriers? Ask your carrier if your phone is carrier locked and if they are willing to unlock it and report back.

 

[karolq]

hi,
i am working on it, firstly i rooted the phone with twrp and this is working, but still i dont see the settings for dual sim.
Can anybody help with that ?

thx Karol

 

[aburezk]

hi,
i am working on it, firstly i rooted the phone with twrp and this is working, but still i dont see the settings for dual sim.
Can anybody help with that ?

thx Karol

try this go to /hw_oem/prop/local.prop

look for ro.dual.sim.phone=false change it to true and reboot

 

[Orphee]

It won't work, you will have to find a OEMInfo TWRP partition from a dual sim P1 0 lite, or use this alternative : https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72523572&postcount=4

 

[aburezk]

It won't work, you will have to find a OEMInfo TWRP partition from a dual sim P1 0 lite, or use this alternative : https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72523572&postcount=4

What does OEM contains?

 

[Orphee]

What does OEM contains?

I guess the needed informations, probably the 2 IMEIs from the backuped partition...
I guess it will replace your original single IMEI...

 

[karolq]

try this go to /hw_oem/prop/local.prop

look for ro.dual.sim.phone=false change it to true and reboot

i have problems to save the change in the hw_oem in root folder but i found next .prop in:

product/hw_oem/WASL01A/prop local.prop
persist.sys.dualcards=false

i changed it to:
persist.sys.dualcards=true

after that it has changed also in /hw_oem/prop/local.prop
but after reboot still single sim.

 

[karolq]

could somebody give me the TWRP OEMinfo Partition backup from P10lite dual sim?

 

[aburezk]

could somebody give me the TWRP OEMinfo Partition backup from P10lite dual sim?

https://mega.nz/#F!2ksGUJAD!M8k9a86izjGvbuSfZttJxw
Credit stefan

 

[karolq]

https://mega.nz/#F!2ksGUJAD!M8k9a86izjGvbuSfZttJxw
Credit stefan

thank you! i found it before in this long topic about how to root I am downloading and give you reply here. Thanks!

 

[karolq]

after oem partition restroring phone dont stand up and goes into recovery mode.
after restoring whole partitions from the link - the same.
any sugestions?
k.

 

[karolq]

after oem partition restroring phone dont stand up and goes into recovery mode.
after restoring whole partitions from the link - the same.
any sugestions?
k.

up

i got some backup from TWRP back (restore) and the phone swich on to EMUI with some funcktional and app bugs.
so it is working but something is still messed up.
could somebody give me full TWRP backup with system and so on that i can restore whole phone? will it work like this?
other option is to dowload firmware but the instalation stops on 5% and as always fail.

so if this could be an option plese can somebody make fresh pure copy of all partitions from WAS Lx1A and upload it.
i tryied one from forum but this is not working for me.

br
K.

 

[P4p3r1n0]

I read this post some days ago, when i bought the same device with the same kind of sim "lock".
I contacted the huawei support, asking if it was possible to have the complete firmware because it is not fair buying it expecting it to be dual sim.. and it is not.

Their answer, where in a previous mail they told me that p10 lite german version is not dual sim:

Dear Customer,

thank you for your reply.

Sadly your device is a single-SIM device.
All the devices have the same second hybrid slot for 1 memory-card and 1 SIM-card anyway. But the needed hardware parts are missing. So it is not possible to get this DUAL-SIM feature with an other firmware.

Hopefully this inforamtions are what you've been searching for.


For further questions please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Best regards,

 

[kms108]

I read this post some days ago, when i bought the same device with the same kind of sim "lock".
I contacted the huawei support, asking if it was possible to have the complete firmware because it is not fair buying it expecting it to be dual sim.. and it is not.

Their answer, where in a previous mail they told me that p10 lite german version is not dual sim:

Some dual sim phones are not mean't to sold in some countries, if you need a dual sim phone, make sure it has been stated before you buy it, buying a single sim phone and expecting it suport dual sim is not the right way to go. Countries like korea and Japan, although there are more countries, they never sell dual sim phones, as these countries only sells phones through carriers, so phones are normally locked, and does not support dual carrier network.

China has the biggest market for dual sim phones, and Hong Kong has only started selling dual sim phones in the past few years, as many people from Hong Kong are buy dual sim phones from china, probably don't want to lose out on business, so most mid to high end phones and many low end phones now support dual sim.

 

[P4p3r1n0]

Some dual sim phones are not mean't to sold in some countries, if you need a dual sim phone, make sure it has been stated before you buy it, buying a single sim phone and expecting it suport dual sim is not the right way to go.

On their website, t-mobile, there was nothing about it being single or dual sim. I found the specs both at Huawei website and gsmarena.
This last one, writes:
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

But the Huawei website's got plenty of p10 lite, each with both single and dual sim for each product code.
Mine is a WAX-LX1 and is both single and dual.

I did read nothing on t-mobile website, about it working on single or dual sim, you know.. like those T&C where you'd read it ..

I supposed it was dual. Because it is nice to have more than less.
It is not. It is single.
But the funny thing is that I'm not really interested at this, because I own a Zenfone too and this is dual sim (now using as an iPod, android version eheheh).

Still.. If someone managed to "hack" it with another firmware, that would be great!
But, Huawei wrote there are hardware part missing.
I don't really believe it.. And I'm not even skilled to try and flash firmware.

If someone, someday, manages to have the second sim working, I'd love to follow the process and having it unlocked as well. Else, nevermind..

 

[kms108]

On their website, t-mobile, there was nothing about it being single or dual sim. I found the specs both at Huawei website and gsmarena.
This last one, writes:
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

But the Huawei website's got plenty of p10 lite, each with both single and dual sim for each product code.
Mine is a WAX-LX1 and is both single and dual.

I did read nothing on t-mobile website, about it working on single or dual sim, you know.. like those T&C where you'd read it ..

I supposed it was dual. Because it is nice to have more than less.
It is not. It is single.
But the funny thing is that I'm not really interested at this, because I own a Zenfone too and this is dual sim (now using as an iPod, android version eheheh).

Still.. If someone managed to "hack" it with another firmware, that would be great!
But, Huawei wrote there are hardware part missing.
I don't really believe it.. And I'm not even skilled to try and flash firmware.

If someone, someday, manages to have the second sim working, I'd love to follow the process and having it unlocked as well. Else, nevermind..

Is this T mobile in the US, I think the US is not know to have many dual sim phones, especial from the main brands like Samsung, Sony, LG and Hauwei, and if they are not stated dual sim, it's usually a single sim version, or refer to the model number.

I think reading somewhere, someone has done it with the P10, but haven't heard about the P10 Lite.

 

[P4p3r1n0]

Is this T mobile in the US

Germany, or better, Austria. Since there isn't a website for Huawei Austria, and the customer support is the one for Germany.
...At least it is not sim-lock! But I still believe it is firmware-related. I don't think they intentionally removed hardware. It would cost more to produce lots of the same phones with different hardware than flashing them with different firmware.

We're here, simply waiting for the guy with a unlocked P10 Lite dual sim working, who can share its backup..

 

[Alexxxx1]

If the concept is similar as for P9 lite, you guys just need to read oeminfo using Twrp from some dual.sim verzion of device, then make flashable zip file and flesh it throu Twrp. After fleshing the firmware is corupted and just need full stock firmware recovery with compatible version of vendor using dload method. But converting single sim into dual sim in Nougat is more difucult then on MM. On P9 lite we only success to convert it using MM. After upgrading on N its dificilts but not imposible. Just find oeminfo share it and make a try. After unlocking dual sim option the phone still has one Imei but two open sim slots, and its normal. All the best!