Huawei Firmware

[Dolby]

I sent my P9 in a few months back to get a new battery, as something was dodge was the first and it didn't last. They changed everything - battery, motherboard etc.

When I got the phone back, it had no sign of Vodacom - no apps preloaded, no Voda wallpaper etc. I then formatted the phone ... And I had all the Vodacom junk again.

Last week, I won a P Smart and ... No sign of Vodacom again. I haven't formatted yet, but I hazard a guess that if I do, it'll go to Vodacom.

How can we get and keep this non branded copy of Firmware?

 

[JimM]

The BlackBerry Z10 and later would only show branding if a MTN or VodaCom SIM was inserted. I'm not sure if Huawei use a similar way of branding?

The formatting you speak of, I assume that you mean Factory Reset? If the handset is not branded now, then a Factory reset will not suddenly make your handset branded afterwards. Unless you know exactly the email address and password used to set up a P9 Lite or P Smart, then only Factory Reset via the Setting menu, failure to do so will activate FRP (Factory Reset Protection) and leave you with a high tech door stop!!

 

[Dolby]

then a Factory reset will not suddenly make your handset branded afterwards

That's exactly what it did.

I took my Vodacom branded Huawei P9 in to get repairs. It came back as a factory reset (they changed the motherboard) - so I entered the usual details at the start and the phone was unbranded. I Factory Reset a few weeks later ... and then everything was Vodacom.

I've now got a P Smart as well - unbranded. Put in my SIM and I'm running unbranded ie none of the ****ty Vodacom apps you always get. I bet though, I'll factory reset and I'll get all of those again.

Would be nice to factory reset and NOT have those

 

[JimM]

I've factory reset hundreds of these devices and never had anything appear that wasn't already on the phone!

The only reason I could use to explain this is if someone had used the hide facility on the handset and after reset these apps would reappear...

I factory reset two P8 Lite's this morning.

 

[JimM]

I did some more research on this today and provided that you do not fit a Vodacom SIM, the handset will not become branded.

Just as soon as you fit a Vodacom SIM, then the handset will brand itself with all of the Vodabloat! Fitting any other SIM causes no issues!