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How to Downgrade Honor Play from Android 9.0 Pie to Oreo

by Abd Razaaq

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Have you upgraded Huawei Honor Play to Android 9.0 Pie with EMUI 9.0? If yes! then how did it go? Well, here we will guide on how to downgrade Honor Play from Android 9.0 Pie to Oreo. Downgrade process is little complicated, so we request you to read carefully before jumping straight to the conclusion of rolling back to Oreo.

Recently Huawei started the beta test of Android 9.0 Pie for a few Huawei devices with the latest EMUI 9.0 interface. If you upgraded your Honor Play and don’t like the update or facing any issues like Lag, or your battery draining quickly, then you can downgrade Honor Play from Android 9.0 Pie to Oreo by following this steps. To downgrade you must download the Honor Play Rollback file from the link given below in respect of the region code.

In case if you have not upgraded to Android 9.0 Pie on Honor Play and want to try it? then follow our guide on how to Install Huawei Honor Play Android 9.0 Pie Update. Well, Android 9.0 Pie is the 9th iteration of Android OS which brings new gesture-based navigation system. Other features of Android 9 Pie are New Quick Settings UI design, Redesigned volume slider, Advanced Battery with AI Support, Notch Support, Improved Adaptive Brightness, Manual theme selection, Android Dashboard which Google calls Digital Wellbeing, and more other features.

How to Downgrade Honor Play from Android 9.0 Pie to Oreo

Rollback Firmware Details:

  • Device: Huawei Honor Play
  • Model: BKL-L09
  • Android Rollback Version: 9.0 Pie -> 8.1 Oreo
  • EMUI Rollback Version: 9.0 -> 8.0
  • Status: Official
  • Type: Rollback firmware Package
  • Changelog: This update will roll back your phone’s operating system to Android 8.0 (EMUI 8.2).

Downgrade Honor Play from Android 9.0 Pie to Oreo

Well, Here we will guide on how to rollback to Android Oreo on Honor Play. Make sure to download the Android Oreo Rollback package for Honor Play and read the steps carefully. Now you can easily revert back to Android Oreo using this guide. The Guide is simple and easy to return to Oreo from 9.0 Pie Update.

Pre-Requisites:

  • This will work only on Huawei Honor Play
  • Make sure to download all the required tools, drivers and Rollback package
  • Charge your Honor Play to at least 50% before following this guide
  • By rolling back, you may lose all your data. So take a complete backup of your data before degrading your firmware.
  • I don’t guarantee that this will work on all Honor Play variant. So make sure to comment below with your modeL

Download Drivers and Rollback Files:

Instructions:

Still not able to update? then you can flash the latest update using this guide: Download Firmware for Huawei Devices with Huawei Firmware Finder

We have also shared useful extraction trick to Extract and Install the Update.app file from Huawei Firmware package.

I hope this guide was useful to downgrade Honor Play from Android 9.0 Pie to Oreo.

Huawei Honor Play Specifications:

Huawei Honor Play was launched in India in July 2018. Huawei Honor Play features a 6.3-inches display with a screen resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels. The smartphone is powered by Octa-core (4×2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) and Hisilicon Kirin 970 processor coupled with 4/6GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB internal memory which can also be expanded up to 256GB via microSD card. The camera on the Huawei Honor Play comes with Dual 16 MP + 2 MP with LED flash rear camera and 16MP front shooting camera for selfies. The handset came out of the box with Android 8.1 Oreo and backed by a Non-removable Li-Po 3750 mAh battery with Fast battery charging 18W. It also has a Fingerprint sensor on the back.

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