Download and install AOSP Android 10 for Huawei Honor 6X [GSI Treble Build]

The Honor 6X is the successor to last year’s Honor 5X. The phone boasts of a metal body and a 5.5-inch full-HD display. The 6X is powered by a Huawei Kirin 655 SoC. If you’re using the Huawei Honor 6X and want to run AOSP based Android 10 Custom GSI, then you can Download and install AOSP Android 10 GSI for Huawei Honor 6X.

The Android 10 GSI has been developed by phhusson (Recognized XDA Developer), check out this full guide. A huge thanks to the developer for sharing this and there are plenty of other devices supporting the Android 10 GSI build as well.

Now, you may ask what is GSI? A GSI (generic system image) is a system image with minimal configurations for Android devices. It works as a pure Android implementation without any modifications or changes to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) code. It can be run on any Android devices running Android 8.1 or higher version due to the Project Treble support. Here we have shared a step-by-step guide below.

But before going to the installation steps, let’s have a look at the device overview and then Android 10 overview as well.

Huawei Honor 6X Specifications

Huawei Honor 6X features a 5.5 inches LTPS IPS LCD display with a screen resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. The smartphone is powered by Octa-core 4×2.1 GHz Cortex-A53 HiSilicon Kirin 655 processor coupled with 3/4GB of RAM. The phone packs 32/64GB internal memory which can also be expanded upto 256GB via microSD card. The camera on the Huawei Honor 6X comes with dual 12 MP + 2 MP,  LED flash, HDR, panorama and 8 MP front shooting camera.

Android 10: Overview and Features

This year (2019) Google has released the latest version of Android called Android 10. As the name suggests, it’s the 10th iteration of Android OS and offers the most stable & secure user experience than the previous generation Android 9 Pie. Android 10 brings plenty of new features and system improvements like improved gestures navigation, enhanced privacy & location control, improved app permissions, etc. It also includes a system-wide dark mode, live caption, focus mode, foldable display support, 5G connectivity compatible, chats bubble, smart reply, improved security updates, family link, better notifications, and more.

You can additionally check out the top 10 Android 10 features & details here.

Steps to Install AOSP Android 10 GSI for Huawei Honor 6X (bln)

First, you have to unlock the device bootloader in order to flash any Custom ROM. But going to the process. let’s take a look at requirements and download links first.

Pre-Requirements:

• You need to unlock the bootloader at first.
• Download the required Android 10 GSI ROM file and Android 10 GApps file from below.
• Keep your device battery charged up to 60% at least for a smoother process.
• Take a complete backup of your device data without Root. In case anything goes wrong, you can easily restore all the data.

Instructions to Install: