Friday 25 July 2014

Stock Taiwan EMUI firmware. (Huawei Honor 3C)

THIS IS ONLY FOR HUAWEI HONOR/GLORY 3C 2G (H30-U10)

Please do not follow this guide if your device isn't what I stated above.

1. For this process to work, you will have to temporarily root your device, which causes loss of warranty.

(but your on a modded firmware anyway, root or not root, your warranty is still applicable)

2. I am not responsible if your device exploded, possessed or bricked as this is your decision.




Dedicated for Malaysia,
There are 2 types of Huawei Honor 3C sets out there which are those you bought with suppliers (AP) and those you bought directly from vmall (Original) . Either way, both sets provide you with the same phone, but may differ in accessories and warranty services.

AP set H3C modded firmware. A sight for sore eyes. 


In addition, H3C that is from the Original set comes with a Taiwanese firmware that claims to be compatible with Malaysia. AP set however, comes with a modded Chinese firmware and may vary from different suppliers. 

"But please take note that this is not the Malaysian firmware, but its identical. You may not get OTA update on the same day Malaysian version get." 

PLEASE USE GOOGLE CHROME AS YOU WILL NEED THE TRANSLATOR.





FOR MOBILE USERS, PLEASE SET TO DESKTOP MODE. OTHERWISE THE LINKS WILL NOT WORK.

Preparations:
3. Vroot : http://www.mgyun.com/vroot (for Root)
4. Hisuite : http://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/HiSuite_en/ (for Driver)

Procedure:
Download Firmware
1. Download the original firmware from the given link above. Go to Softwares > Choose the latest firmware via B*** (eg. B108) then right click on the download button (red square with an arrow inside) and select 'Save Link' or 'Open in New Tab' and it will start downloading.



2. On your phone, go to Settings > About phone > on the Build Number tap 7 times to activate Developer Mode
3. Once activated, go back to Settings > Developer Mode > Enable USB Debugging > Accept .

Install Drivers and root.
4. Install Hisuite and Vroot.
5. Connect your phone to your PC via USB Cable.
6. Open Vroot. (It's in chinese)
7. Your phone will be auto-detected. Whatever you do, just press the button that has 'ROOT' on it.




8. Check your phone and make sure you allow any installation. When it finishes, it will look like this.


9. Now you are ROOTED

Backup ROM and NVRAM
10. Open MTK Droid Tools (MTKDroidTools.exe from the extracted folder)
11. Press the ROOT button to get Root Shell. When asked "......established SU" , just click OK.
12. Once done, go to the "root, backup, recovery" tab > select "Backup" 
13. MTK will backup your phone into scatter files (can be used with SP Flashtool for restoring)
14. Once it's done, it will say 'Task Complete' in the window. 
15. Now go back to 'Phone Information' tab, click IMEI/NVRAM > Backup NVRAM.(IMPORTANT)
16. Once done, now you are ready to flash your Original firmware. 

Updating your firmware
17. Extract the zipped file you downloaded in Step 1.
18. Copy the 'dload' file to your phone's SDCard (Make sure you Turn On USB Storage from your phone.)


19. Once copied, disconnect your phone from your PC. 
20. Go to Settings > Updates > System Updates > Local Update > Backup (Optional) > Confirm > Upgrade.
21. Sit back, and wait for the upgrade to finish.


NO SIGNAL? IMEI became null? USELESS?




1. Root your phone ( Step 5 - 9 )
2. Open MTK Droid Tools > IMEI/NVRAM > Restore NVRAM > Select backup > Select backup again > Successful
3. You should see your phone will popup a message about your mobile network(s). 

Now check your Build Version, if it shows as below:



Congratulations, you sir, are OFFICIAL.



 If at all your Huawei Honor 3C smartphone gets in the boot loop mode, then you need to turn off the device and then reapply the update from the start. To turn off you can reinsert the battery or say you can long press the power button and repeat the whole process again.

If you have any questions , please commend below or hit me on Facebook. TQ

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