I do not know if it has a connection, but after yesterday's failures I let it go. Tonight, the phone began reporting a lack of storage space. He was so slow to slow he did not respond to the touch. After the third restart I was able to make something work ...
Rooting and Unroot Huawei P8 [6.0] [FOR All EMUI4.0.1] all [GRA-Types]
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You need for Android 6 the Xposed Framework SDK 23 v89 arm64
First install Xposed Installer 3.1.5.apk - you can find this App attached in this post:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
After flash Xposed Framework SDK 23 v89 arm64 with TWRP:
https://dl-xda.xposed.info/framework/sdk23/arm64/xposed-v89-sdk23-arm64.zip
When you flashed go back to the main menu and open Wipe (not Factoryreset, but Advanced Wipe) and wipe Dalvik Art Cache and Cache, swipe to confirm. Reboot your phone.
The Reboot needs about 18 min.
After open Xposed Installer, Framework should be activated.
Now you can download and install modules. Modules must be activated in Xposed Installer and need a reboot of the phone.
I have a GRA-L09, EMUI 4.0.3, build number C432B398. As my former phone was a Samsung, I'm not familiar with rooting this device. Can someone tell me please what tools should I use according to the phone's EMUI and build number?
1) You must unlock the Bootloader. For this you need the Unlock code. Until 24. July it was possible to get it from Huawei, but Huawei stopped this service. Now you can read the code only with DC Unlocker Software
2) The Unlock code must be flashed in Fastboot mode
3) Flash TWRP from the first Post of this Thread (OP)
4) Flash SuperSU from OP with TWRP from OP
5) Read on xda how to flash Unlock code and TWRP on Huawei devices with Android 6/7 (on Android 8 its a bit different)
Alternatively you can Root your Phone with Magisk v16 (flashing with TWRP instead of SuperSU)
Can you recommend a freeware (if any) tool to read/get the unlock code ?
There's no Freeware Tool.
The only one was Huawei's Bootloader Unlock Webseite, which is down since 25.07.2018.
But DC Unlocker costs 4 EUR.
This isn't much.
It didn't work for me 
I flashed TWRP, Tapped Install, installed SuperSu then tapped on the reboot system, however no SuperSU icon, also the Root checker says, it is not properly rooted.
What should i do?
GRA-L09C432B520
Emui 4.0.3
Hello and welcome,
There are so many different Firmware versions related to cust (yours is c636 and you have latest Firmware b372 from 2017-06-14 /88000 or 87994)
I guess you can Root with latest SuperSU 2.82 SR5.
Dont use the old Root method from OP - it dont work properly on newer Firmwares.
I would do it with following steps, beginning from step 1.
You have no Root - that's why you start with step one.
But all the other Users, which have already Root with older versions of SuperSU - since SuperSU 2.82 it is required to UNROOT your device before flashing SuperSU 2.82 xxx
DON'T FLASH NEW SUPERSU OVER EXISTING ROOT!
Make Unroot directly from SuperSU App on Homescreen - SuperSU asking you for restoring Stock boot.img twice - say yes!
Phone reboot automatically and restore original boot.img.
If it works, start with step 6
If it doesn't work - don't flash new SuperSU.
In this case you must flash first UNSU Script (linked in OP) after don't boot to the system but restore immediately original Stock boot.img from TWRP Backup (or download the Firmware and extract it from update.app with Huawei Extractor and flash it with adb in fastboot mode or flash it with TWRP to: boot by choosing img)
After you can flash SuperSU
Following steps are described for Phones without Root over original unmodified Firmware:
1) Enable Developer Options and inside USB Debugging (settings /about phone - 7x klick on build number)
2) Your Bootloader must be open - if not you must receive Unlock-Code from Huawei (this information you can find in OP and you can search the Thred for it)
3) Flash newest TWRP: [url]https://eu.dl.twrp.me/grace/twrp-3.1.1-0-grace.img.html[/URL]
4) Soon as TWRP is flashed, disconnect USB Cable from Device and boot to TWRP with VOL+ and Powerbutton (dont restart to system cause twrp will be overwritten then)
5) Set up in settings of TWRP time zone, language...
6) In main menu go to Backup and SELECT STORAGE (Micro-SD) - Choose following partitions to backup: boot - cust - data - system (if Root failed - you must restore boot.img from this Backup)
7) Root with following SuperSU - its modified by myself (enables init.d and SELpermissive) SuperSU-v2.82-SR5-permissive.zip
- I have tested on P8 GRA-L09 b399: [url]https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=962187416754458671[/URL]
Just flash it with TWRP - you dont need to enter any command in Terminal - it will root systemless by default (except you had before Root in system, but on unmodified stock boot.img it will root systemless).
Reboot phone after flashing SuperSU without wipe of Dalvik/Cache!
Phone boot up twice (first boot goes canceld, but second boot arrive system) - and you will find on a blank site of your homescreen the SuperSU App.
No you have Root!
But it is recommended, after flashing BusyBox with TWRP (which enables more features of Root): Busybox YDS by YashdSaraf: [url]https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/tool-busybox-flashable-archs-t3348543[/URL]
- use for P8 in download section Busybox-xxx-YDS-ARM.zip (it contains x64)
or alternative you can Busybox by osmOsis (universal architecture): [url]https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4410553&d=1517852861[/URL]
Tell me your result
I flashed TWRP, Tapped Install, installed SuperSu then tapped on the reboot system, however no SuperSU icon, also the Root checker says, it is not properly rooted.
What should i do?
GRA-L09C432B520
Emui 4.0.3
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Extract SuperSU zip file on PC, in the folder "common" you find Superuser apk.
Install the apk and open it.
Installed, however it says : Root Undetected.
I unlocked the bootloader, then installed twrp what have I missed? ?
Installed, however it says : Root Undetected.
I unlocked the bootloader, then installed twrp what have I missed? ?
Difficult to say.
How is the Build Number of your device (Settings /About phone /Build Number)?
Build number is: GRA-L09C432B520
Today i tried an app called Scan&Shop (Tesco), and it says: App doesnt wotk with rooted phones. However nor the Su nor the RootChecker identify root access on the phone. Maybe it has been screwed and now it is between stock and root
Build number is: GRA-L09C432B520
Today i tried an app called Scan&Shop (Tesco), and it says: App doesnt wotk with rooted phones. However nor the Su nor the RootChecker identify root access on the phone. Maybe it has been screwed and now it is between stock and root
I asked you some posts ago - what does SuperSU say, if you open it (remember, I advised you to install the apk)
I don't want to know, what your Root Check App says (because this could be an old version and may not recognize Root)
I would like to know what's happen if you open SuperSU?
If SuperSU does not say "no su binary found" or similar - then you have Root
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Okay, then you have really no Root. Something went wrong.
Same problem for me
I'm also on b520. bootloader unlocked with dc-unlocker, trwp installed and i installed the supersu zip from this thread. no errors, reported success, but then SuperSU says no root
((are you aware of a supersu alternative that will work on a p8?
---------- Post added at 05:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:04 PM ----------
looking at magisk 16 - any reason why 16 you recommend and not 17?
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ok - i have preliminary success with magisk 17.1.
important point is: do not hide magick from the phone manager system app, or you have to restore the boot image!! it ends up in a weird loop at the frontend ui unlock screen
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Ok looking good so far.
1, Bootloader unlocked using code from DC Unlocker. 4 euro well spent after Huawei took down their request site. I'll remember this for future phone purchases.........
2, TRWP from this OP (grace is for P8)
3, Magisk via TRWP. I really like it and Google Pay and banking works!
4, Link2SD is great. Also paid for full version. Another few euros well spent.
NB my note from previous post about being careful which apps you move to ext4 SD to not kill your phone.
Also, I split my 128GB into two partitions, as per Link2SD reqs, which make sense. BUT I split it 50:50 because some apps still insist on internal or the first (FAT32) partition e.g. DCIM for photos
---------- Post added at 04:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:16 PM ----------
Many thanks to tecalote for his/her original posts and this thread. This was my first foray into treating my phone like a proper POSIX platform
1, Bootloader unlocked using code from DC Unlocker. 4 euro well spent after Huawei took down their request site. I'll remember this for future phone purchases.........
2, TRWP from this OP (grace is for P8)
3, Magisk via TRWP. I really like it and Google Pay and banking works!
4, Link2SD is great. Also paid for full version. Another few euros well spent.
NB my note from previous post about being careful which apps you move to ext4 SD to not kill your phone.
Also, I split my 128GB into two partitions, as per Link2SD reqs, which make sense. BUT I split it 50:50 because some apps still insist on internal or the first (FAT32) partition e.g. DCIM for photos
---------- Post added at 04:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:16 PM ----------
Many thanks to tecalote for his/her original posts and this thread. This was my first foray into treating my phone like a proper POSIX platform
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useful links based on this thread and elsewhere:
- https://www.dc-unlocker.com/huawei-android-hisilicon-unlock-guide
- https://www.dc-unlocker.com/huawei-android-phone-qualcomm-unlock-guide
then
tap: adb devices (your device must listed with ID)
- tap: adb reboot bootloader (Phone restart in Fastboot-Mode) You will see, your bootloader is locked
- wait until PC installs additional drivers, after:
- tap: fastboot devices (your device must listed with ID)
- tap: fastboot oem unlock YOUR16DIGITCODE (which you have received from Huawei) - after unlock tap: fastboot reboot
from OP
- https://dl.twrp.me/p8/
- https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-twrp/
- https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-magisk/
- https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD&hl=en
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Rooting and Unroot Huawei P8 GRA-xxx Marshmallow (Android 6) [All Stock-Firmwares with EMUI4.0.1]
For newer Firmwares use following Guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75460388&postcount=323
Note: DONT FLASH SUPERSU OVER EXISTING ROOT - SINCE SUPERSU 2.82 IT IS REQUIRED TO UNROOT YOUR PHONE BEFORE USING NEWER VERSION!
SuperSU-v2.82-SR5-permissive.zip by Tecalote: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=962187416754458671 MD5: b168a88bc815d3fac521ace97402a949
It enables init.d and SELinux Permissive (required for installing several mods like Viper4Android etc...)
NEW TWRP released by @AD2076 : https://eu.dl.twrp.me/grace/twrp-3.1.1-0-grace.img.html
This new method should work on all types of GRA (GRA-L09-TL00-CL00-UL00-UL10-TL10-CL10) for newer Firmwares from 2017 on!
For Unroot you can do it directly from SuperSU App - with restoring the boot.img (SuperSU App ask you, answer with YES) - or alternative you can flash UnSU Script with TWRP:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63615067
If you flash unsu script - you must restore your original unmodified boot.img from TWRP Backup! This make sure you can boot straight to system after Unroot.
If you flash instead boot.img extracted from update.app you cannot boot to system before installing EMUI Recovery and doing Factoryreset.
But it is possible to Root your Phone directly after flashing boot.img to BOOT
Restoring boot.img is required after Unroot in every case! A) If you like to stay unrooted and B) if you want to Root with new Version of SuperSU. If you want Root with new SuperSU, you must restore original boot.img. After you have restored it from TWRP Backup or flashed it with adb in Fastboot Mode, you can Root directly after restoring without boot to system before.
If you cannot restore boot.img, because you have no TWRP Backup from Boot, you can download the Firmware for your build Number (Settings/About Phone) from here:
http://pro-teammt.ru/firmware-database/?firmware_model=GRA&firmware_page=0
With following Tool you can extract boot.img from UPDATE.APP - Huawei Update Extractor: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433454
Unlocked Bootloader required
Old methods (2016) - not reccomended for newer Firmwares (2017..)
After you have rooted your phone - it is recommended to flash Busybox in TWRP:
I always prefere BusyBox YDS by YashdSaraf for Huawei P8. This busybox recognizes which kind of Root and architecture you have and it will install to in the right directory. It uses also arm64 Binarys - just flash it after Rooting and first boot to system with TWRP.
You can find the Thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/tool-busybox-flashable-archs-t3348543
Use in Download Section the Universal zip or the ARM zip (it conains arm64).
Credits:
Many thanks to @Chainfire for his grandiose SuperSU
Many thanks to @AD2076 for the new TWRP-Recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-grace.img for Huawei p8 marshmallow.
And thanks a lot to @YashdSaraf for very good BusyBox
Last Update: 06.02.20183useful links based on this thread and elsewhere:
- https://www.dc-unlocker.com/huawei-android-hisilicon-unlock-guide
- https://www.dc-unlocker.com/huawei-android-phone-qualcomm-unlock-guide
then
tap: adb devices (your device must listed with ID)
- tap: adb reboot bootloader (Phone restart in Fastboot-Mode) You will see, your bootloader is locked
- wait until PC installs additional drivers, after:
- tap: fastboot devices (your device must listed with ID)
- tap: fastboot oem unlock YOUR16DIGITCODE (which you have received from Huawei) - after unlock tap: fastboot reboot
from OP
- https://dl.twrp.me/p8/
- https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-twrp/
- https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-install-magisk/
- https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD&hl=en
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You can find Stock-EMUI-Recovery for b370 here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=385035244224386643
For b380 here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767103577
You can install this with TWRP - go to install - switch from zip to img - install EMUI-Recovery to Recovery - go back to reboot - reboot Recovery and you are on Stock Recovery.
If you have not TWRP you must install it with ADB.
The best Busybox ist here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/tool-busybox-flashable-archs-t3348543
Download it from there and flash it with TWRP. It dedects your root and install busybox to the right directory. (Much more better than stericson from playstore)
If your device is rooted with my modified Stock-Kernel and you want to unroot - after unroot you can restore your original boot.img (Kernel) - before you install EMUI-Recovery flash original Kernel with TWRP:
Original Stock Kernel GRA-L09 b370: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767102857
Original Stock Kernel GRA-L09 b380: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=5291522578626688573
Hello and welcome,
There are so many different Firmware versions related to cust (yours is c636 and you have latest Firmware b372 from 2017-06-14 /88000 or 87994)
I guess you can Root with latest SuperSU 2.82 SR5.
Dont use the old Root method from OP - it dont work properly on newer Firmwares.
I would do it with following steps, beginning from step 1.
You have no Root - that's why you start with step one.
But all the other Users, which have already Root with older versions of SuperSU - since SuperSU 2.82 it is required to UNROOT your device before flashing SuperSU 2.82 xxx
DON'T FLASH NEW SUPERSU OVER EXISTING ROOT!
Make Unroot directly from SuperSU App on Homescreen - SuperSU asking you for restoring Stock boot.img twice - say yes!
Phone reboot automatically and restore original boot.img.
If it works, start with step 6
If it doesn't work - don't flash new SuperSU.
In this case you must flash first UNSU Script (linked in OP) after don't boot to the system but restore immediately original Stock boot.img from TWRP Backup (or download the Firmware and extract it from update.app with Huawei Extractor and flash it with adb in fastboot mode or flash it with TWRP to: boot by choosing img)
After you can flash SuperSU
Following steps are described for Phones without Root over original unmodified Firmware:
1) Enable Developer Options and inside USB Debugging (settings /about phone - 7x klick on build number)
2) Your Bootloader must be open - if not you must receive Unlock-Code from Huawei (this information you can find in OP and you can search the Thred for it)
3) Flash newest TWRP: [url]https://eu.dl.twrp.me/grace/twrp-3.1.1-0-grace.img.html[/URL]
4) Soon as TWRP is flashed, disconnect USB Cable from Device and boot to TWRP with VOL+ and Powerbutton (dont restart to system cause twrp will be overwritten then)
5) Set up in settings of TWRP time zone, language...
6) In main menu go to Backup and SELECT STORAGE (Micro-SD) - Choose following partitions to backup: boot - cust - data - system (if Root failed - you must restore boot.img from this Backup)
7) Root with following SuperSU - its modified by myself (enables init.d and SELpermissive) SuperSU-v2.82-SR5-permissive.zip
- I have tested on P8 GRA-L09 b399: [url]https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=962187416754458671[/URL]
Just flash it with TWRP - you dont need to enter any command in Terminal - it will root systemless by default (except you had before Root in system, but on unmodified stock boot.img it will root systemless).
Reboot phone after flashing SuperSU without wipe of Dalvik/Cache!
Phone boot up twice (first boot goes canceld, but second boot arrive system) - and you will find on a blank site of your homescreen the SuperSU App.
No you have Root!
But it is recommended, after flashing BusyBox with TWRP (which enables more features of Root): Busybox YDS by YashdSaraf: [url]https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/tool-busybox-flashable-archs-t3348543[/URL]
- use for P8 in download section Busybox-xxx-YDS-ARM.zip (it contains x64)
or alternative you can Busybox by osmOsis (universal architecture): [url]https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4410553&d=1517852861[/URL]
Tell me your result2
The issue of autoroot can also be cause may there are any backup scripts from SuperSU in /system/etc/init.d called "99SuperSUDaemon" or in /system/etc called ".installed_su_daemon" (hidden)
Both must be deleted.
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