This guide is to Unlock Bootloader on Honor 8 Smartphone. If you unlock bootloader you may void the warranty. By Unlocking Bootloader you can install TWRP, Flash Rooting Zip file or custom ROM on your phone. Read more What is unlocking below. Follow this guide on How to Unlock Bootloader on Honor 8. Try this only on Honor 8 smartphone. This method to unlock bootloader on Honor 8 is simple to follow. But please do read the steps below carefully.
Here i will guide you on how to unlock bootloader on Honor 8. Actually there are two methods to unlock Bootloader on Honor 8, So follow any of the steps which are easy for you.
What is Unlock Bootloader ?
About Honor 8
The Honor Note 8 features a huge 6.6-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels and comes with a pixel density of 443 ppi. It is powered by a company’s in-house chipset – HiSilicon Kirin 955 with Quad-core 2.5 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53 processor. The smartphone is packed by a 4GB of RAM and Mali-T880 MP4 GPU. The company announced the device with 3 storage options which come with 32GB, 64GB or 128GB. It also supports expandable storage up to 256GB via microSD card.
As per the Camera Specifications, the Honor Note 8 sports a 13MP autofocus rear camera with OIS (Optimized Image Stabilization) and dual-LED (dual tone) flash. On the front, there is an 8MP camera for selfies. The smartphone runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box with EMUI 4.1. It is backed by a 4,500mAh battery. The device has a dual hybrid sim card support where a second sim slot can be used to expand memory with up to 256GB. If you use the second sim, only one sim support 4G network and other will be limited to 2G. Other connectivity options include 4G, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.1, FM radio, GPS/A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS, WiFi Direct, hotspot, DTS sound, USB OTG and Type-C USB.
Before doing the methods, I just want to warn you that. By doing this, you will loose the warranty and sometime if you dont read the steps and do something wrong can brick your device. So be careful
PRE-REQUISITE :
- Your Phone must have 70% Of battery
- You need a Laptop or PC to perform this Action
- Back Up your Data to make sure you have data’s in case if something Wrong (This Process wont loose your data)
- Make sure you have followed the steps properly. Don’t Skip and Read ! – We are not responsible for any damage that you make to your phone.
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1ST METHOD How to Unlock Bootloader on Honor 8 :
What you need:
Now note your imei no by dialing #06# also make note of the Product Id by dialing # #1357946##
You need to register in huawei website to Get The Unlock Code – Click here
Download the Huawei Adb fastboot Tool : CLICK HERE
First of all enable the Developer Option
To Enable the Developer Option, Go to your Settings -> About Phone -> Now Tap on the Build Number 7-8 Times until you see a toast message “Developer option enabled“
Now go to Developer option in the settings and Enable OEM unlock
Download the Huawei Unlock Bootloader Tool : CLICK HERE and Extract it
Now note your imei no by dialing #06# also make note of the Product Id by dialing # #1357946##
Now Click this link and Register on Huawei website to get unlock code – CLICK HERE
You need to Login with Huawei id or Sign Up with new one
First Click Download in the Huawei Portal
Then click the Bootloader unlock page
Enter your Nickname if it ask.
Click and Agree to the Unlocking agreement
Now enter the device information
In Case if you unsucceed with the unlocking then click CONTACT US and send email with your phone details they will send you the unlock code 2-3 days
If you get it, then save the unlock code somewhere safe
Now open the extracted folder of Huawei Unlock Bootloader tool
Open the Unlock-Bootloader.bat and select the language
Select langauge and hit enter (Hit Enter 2 TIMES)
Now you will be asked for code.
Turn of your phone and Press Volume Up and Power button simultaneously to open Fastboot mode
Now connect phone to PC using USB Cable
Now paste the Code which you got from Huawei Unlock website and paste it here. Done! Your phone will unlocked.
2nd METHOD How to Unlock Bootloader on Honor 8 :
Now note your imei no by dialing #06# also make note of the Product Id by dialing # #1357946##
Download DC Unlocker from DCUnlocker webiste
Download the Huawei Adb fastboot Tool : CLICK HERE
Download the DC Unlocker
Create an Account and you also need to pay 4 Credits(4EUR) to account.
First of all enable the Developer Option
To Enable the Developer Option, Go to your Settings -> About Phone -> Now Tap on the Build Number 7-8 Times until you see a toast message “Developer option enabled“
Now go to Developer option in the settings and Enable OEM unlock
You need to enable ‘Manufacture’ mode, To Enable, in dial pad type ##2846579##
Tap on “Project Menu”, go to “Background settings” -> “USB ports settings” and switch to “Manufacture mode”.
You must install all the Drivers (ADB)
Now Connect your phone to usb cable Plug your USB to Computer
Now Start the DC Unlocker (here we tested 1.00.1299)
Select Huawei Phones with “auto detect” and hit the Search-Button. on your DC Unlocker
Your device should be found and listed with IMEI, FW ect.
You should enter your account details in your Server in dc-unlocker, you can now use the“read bootloader” Button to get your bootloader unlock code – your Credits are GONE then. SAVE THIS CODE BEFORE CLOSING DC-UNLOCKER!!!!!!
Now you need to boot into fastboot on your phone by Turn of your phone and Press Volume Up and Power button simultaneously to open Fastboot mode – on the white screen, you will see the status of your phone has locked.
Now open the extracted folder of Huawei Unlock Bootloader tool
Open the Unlock-Bootloader.bat and select the language
Select langauge and hit enter (Hit Enter 2 TIMES)
Now you will be asked for code.
Turn of your phone and Press Volume Up and Power button simultaneously to open Fastboot mode
Now connect phone to PC using USB Cable
Now paste the Code which you got from Huawei Unlock website and paste it here. Done! Your phone will unlocked.
First of all enable the Developer Option
To Enable the Developer Option, Go to your Settings -> About Phone -> Now Tap on the Build Number 7-8 Times until you see a toast message “Developer option enabled“
Now go to Developer option in the settings and Enable OEM unlock
