Unlock Bootloader on Huawei Mate 10: Huawei Mate 10 devices are the latest flagships from Huawei which recently hit the market in October 2017. Huawei mate 10 devices come with Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box.
Why you should Unlock Bootloader on Huawei Mate 10? By unlocking the bootloader on your Huawei Mate 10 device, Unlocking of the bootloaders would allow the user to use the recovery apps for controlling the booting process and also for inserting new directories or files via booting process at any time.
- Install Stock Firmware via Fastboot.
- Install a Custom Recovery.
- Root Huawei Mate 10 with SuperSU zip or Magisk.
- Install Custom ROMs and other stuff.
- Recover the device from soft-brick.
After bootloader, the phones are supposed to be installed with recovery apps to continue further usage of the system file. Thus, the guide below shows the steps for unlocking the bootloader of the Huawei Mate 10 using simple ADB and fastboot commands and authorized unlock key from Huawei. The main thing is this could be done only via Windows system thus, availability of Windows PC or laptop is a must.
Steps to Unlock bootloader of Huawei Mate 10
Part 1
Enable “USB Debugging” on Huawei Mate 10
How To Enable USB Debugging on Android Smartphones
Part 2
Install ADB and Fastboot On Your Windows PC
Part 3
Get Huawei Unlock Key
- Create the Huawei id using this link
- After creating the Huawei id, visit this link and fill the details.
- Fill all the blanks, For Product identification code dial *#*#1357946#*#* and for IMEI code dial *#06#.
- You will receive the unlock key to your registered email id.
Part 4
Unlock Bootloader on Huawei Mate 10
Step 1. Open the ADB folder and launch the Command prompt window there. (shift + right click anywhere empty space within that folder and click on open command prompt here).
Step 2. Power off your device and boot your device into fastboot mode. To do this, press and hold Volume up + Power at the same time to boot into fastboot mode.
OR
You can execute the following command to boot into fastboot mode
adb reboot bootloader
Step 3. Now connect your device to your PC via USB cable and execute the following command. (This command will confirm that your device is connected to PC)
adb devices
Step 4. If your device is successfully connected, execute the following command to unlock your device bootloader
fastboot oem unlock key
Note: Replace the “key” with the key you received. For Example “fastboot oem unlock 22753058648520″
Step 5. After the above command has finished executing, run the given command to reboot your device
fastboot reboot
Done!!
unlocked bootloader on Huawei Mate 10.