Huawei is a famous Chinese smartphone manufacturing company. The brand is not only popular in China, but also has a good market share in the world. Like Xiaomi phones, Huawei devices run on their own custom skin (EMUI) of the Android platform. EMUI 8.0 is the latest update released by the company based on Android 8.0 Oreo firmware. Most supporting devices have already started receiving the update via OTA. But many users can manually download and install it. The below guide is what you will need to know before flashing Huawei. It will be useful for returning to standard firmware if errors were made during the recovery process.
Preliminary preparation of the device
You will need a MicroSD card of 8GB or more or internal memory to install the stock ROM. Pre-charge the phone to 100% and make sure there is enough battery to start the update process. Update operations may erase all user data. Therefore, if there is any important information, you need to make a backup before updating using your phone's backup guide.
Mandatory procedures that must be followed before flashing Huawei:
- Before flashing, you need to unzip the SD update_Package.tar.gz file and download UPDATE.APP to perform the update operation on the SD card. The Update.zip package always comes with the main update.app, which is the complete OS.
- Make sure there are the latest USB drivers and they are installed.
- Perform a full backup of the phone.
- The user must be fully aware of the consequences of unsuccessful firmware, as well as the fact that responsibility for any damage to the phone caused by these actions will be assigned to its owner.
Don't have emui 11? harmonyos “wine”
If you look at the list of Huawei and Honor devices updated to EMUI 11, it's not exactly among the most well-stocked. To date, the update has appeared in the West for the P40, P30, Mate 30, Mate 20, Mate X, Nova 5T and MatePad Pro series.
However, for For Honor, the update has started for Honor 30, V30, 20, V20. in the form of a Magic interface4. In short, there have been virtually no updates to the mid-range or entry-level models, nor to the models that make up the majority of those in circulation.
To highlight the state of affairs, we think that the leader of Digital Jun, according to which Huawei is working to use HarmonyOS for as many models as possible. Even old ones and with specifications that are not quite the best, such as the famous Lite series.
For top models, April is already being talked about as a useful period for the release of the much discussed Huawei operating system. It is possible that clearer news will emerge with the debut of the series. Huawei P50, which is surrounded by doubts regarding EMUI / HarmonyOS.
