The Return of the Come Back

16 July 2019

Just to send out a few notes...

So after more than a year of being away from blogging, -- no, not hibernation -- I am going to type down a few of the things that have helped me with my work, and saved me a lot of time.

There's the Outlook unable to access mail file thingy, then the registry edits to make the PC shut down (and start up>) faster, to the creation of system restore point every restart, which proved helpful to a point, then I thought, I restart every day, but I don't do installation every day, or I do multiple installs in a day, so I created my own version of the utility. It works, though still manual. So I target to create a small program for this if I can.

And many, many other things that due to not persistently putting then down to writing, I have forgotten over time, and so if the issues ever come back again, then I will need to type them all down.

For my own reference and use, of course, and if these would be of any help to anybody else, even just one person, then so much the better.

Short note for now. And I will be on the details in my next posts.

Thank you, and till then!

Huawei Mate 10; Install TWRP, Run Firmware Update, Root With Magisk

Run Firmware Update using this method here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-9/development/tool-flash-official-firmware-recovery-t3769279

Root with Magisk using this method here (2nd part):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/root-huawei-mate-10-pro-magisk-twrp-t3753956

15-Second ADB Installer
https://freeandroidroot.com/download-15-seconds-adb-installer/

TWRP and guide is from here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/development/huawei-mate-10-pro-twrp-3-2-1-0-t3769904

Similar guide is also here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-10/how-to/root-huawei-mate-10-pro-magisk-twrp-t3753956

Steps (read through at least 1 time to know and be prepared):

Installing TWRP
1. adb reboot bootloader
2. fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk [ Filepath\TWRP.img ].
>  I put the TWRP .img file in C:\adb folder, so I simply type
>  fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk TWRP.img (for my case, that is twrp_bla_alp_0.7.img)
3. fastboot reboot (to restart phone)

N.B. As soon as you execute the restart command, UNPLUG the USB cable and keep pressing Volume UP, so the device will boot to TWRP. This is to avoid the device booting to OS, overwriting TWRP recovery.

Installing Magisk (using adb)
If you did not issue 'fastboot reboot' command in step 3 above, you do this
1. adb reboot recovery
2. adb sideload [ Filepath\Magisk.zip ]
>  for me, that will be 'adb sideload Magisk-v16.0.zip'

But I usually do 'Installing TWRP' procedure up to reboot, and do my Magisk flashing using phone menu, not adb method. You are free to try and choose your own way, too.

When you are done, welcome to a rooted and working Huawei Mate 10 phone!

Thank you and till then!


Drafted on 20-Jun-2018