How to Unlock Bootloader on Huawei Honor 10

Here we will guide on how to unlock bootloader on Huawei Honor 10. This guide is followed by Huawei’s official unlock support website to get Honor 10 unlock code.

Huawei‘s sub-brand Honor launched their first iPhone X like Notch screen on Honor 10. The Honor 10 features a 5.84-inch IPS LCD display with 1080 x 2160 Full HD+ resolution and a 19:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone features a metal and glass back with a color changing aurora coating that changes the color of the phone depending on the angle you see it in. Apart from the aurora glass on the back, the Honor 10 sports a near bezel-less display on the front with a notch on top. The notch houses the selfie camera, ambient light sensor, and the proximity sensor.

There are few who find this phone to be filled with bloatware that they want to remove it completely. As we know, Huawei uses their own skin called Emotion UI or EMUI 8.0. Therefore Some users don’t like the Huawei’s EMUI interface, so they may want to try out the different custom firmware. To try out all this, one may have to unlock the bootloader first. If you are looking to unlock the bootloader on this device, then you are the right place. In this guide, we will help you to Unlock Bootloader on Huawei Honor 10 Smartphone.

Talking about the specs, Huawei Honor 10 features a 5.84-inches IPS LCD display with a screen resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels (19:9). The smartphone is powered by octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 970 octa-core processor coupled with 6GB of RAM. The phone packs 128GB internal memory. The camera on the Huawei Honor 10 comes with a dual camera with 16MP + 24MP on the rear and front mounted with 24MP camera for selfies. The handset runs on Android 8.1 Oreo and backed by 3400mAh battery with 5V and 4.5A Super Charge.

By Unlocking Bootloader, your warranty may void. So we recommend you to try this only after the warranty period. You can always try this anytime you want. By unlocking the bootloader on Honor 10, you can install any custom recovery, Custom Firmware, and even any supporting mods.

How to Unlock Bootloader on Huawei Honor 10

Here I will guide you on how to Unlock Bootloader on Huawei Honor 10. Actually, there are two methods to Unlock Bootloader on Huawei Honor 10, So follow any of the steps which are easy for you.

What is Unlock Bootloader?

A Bootloader is a code which runs when we turn on our device. This code initializes some hardware and then loads the kernel and ramdisk, and gets the boot process going. So this process is known as Bootloader. The same concept applies to all the technical stuff such as Laptop, PC, Smartphones and any such device. Every Android OEM manufacturers lock the bootloader even though it is an Open Source. So if you want to try any CUSTOM ROM, it is impossible to load the CUSTOM ROM without the Unlock Bootloader. So Manufacturer made a policy of making the smartphone with Unlocked Bootloader will void the warranty. They want you to stick with the Stock ROM. Unlock Bootloader allows you to Root your android smartphone, Flash TWRP and Custom ROM in a simple easy method.

 

Steps to Unlock Bootloader on Huawei Honor 10 : 

Warning: Take a full backup before proceeding to unlock bootloader on your phone. Your warranty may void, so we are not responsible if you brick or damage your device.

Pre-Requisite : 

  • Your Phone must have 70% Of battery
  • You need a Laptop or PC to perform this Action
  • Download the Huawei USB Drivers
  • Back Up your Data to make sure you have data’s in case if something Wrong (This Process won’t lose 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.

What you need:

  • Now note your IMEI no by dialing *#06# also make note of the ProductId by dialing  # *#1357946#*#*
  • You need to register on Huawei website to Get The Unlock Code – Click here
  • Download the Huawei ADB fastboot Tool: CLICK HERE

Instructions:

  1. First of all, enable the Developer Option
  2. To Enable the Developer Option, Go to your Settings –> System -> About Phone -> Now Tap on the Build Number 7-8 Times until you see a toast message “Developer option enabled“ Huawei Developer enabled
  3. Now go to Developer option in the settings and Enable OEM unlockHuawei Enable OEM Unlock
  4. Download the Huawei Unlock Bootloader Tool: CLICK HERE and Extract it
  5. Now note your IMEI no by dialing *#06# also make note of the Product Id by dialing  # *#*1357946#*#*Huawei ProductID
  6. Now Click this link and Register on Huawei website to get unlock code – CLICK HERE
  7. You need to Login with Huawei id or Sign Up with new one
  8. First Click Download in the Huawei Portalunlock
  9. Then click the Bootloader unlock pagebootloader
  10. Enter your Nickname if it ask.
  11. Click and Agree to the Unlocking agreement
  12. Now enter the device informationunlocking product info
  13. In Case if you don’t succeed with the unlocking then click CONTACT US and send email with your phone details they will send you the unlock code 2-3 days unlocking product info d
  14. If you get it, then save the unlock code somewhere safe
  15. Now open the extracted folder of Huawei Unlock Bootloader tool
  16. Open the command.bat and select the language
  17. Select language and hit enter (Hit Enter 2 TIMES)
  18. Now you will be asked for a code.
  19. Turn off your phone and Press Volume Up and Power button simultaneously to open Fastboot mode
  20. Now connect the phone to PC using USB Cable
  21. Now paste the Code which you got from Huawei Unlock website and paste it here. Done! Your phone will be unlocked.

Useful command:

To boot into Fastboot mode, type the below command in the black window:

adb reboot bootloader

To Unlock, you can even type the command with unlock code that you received from Huawei

fastboot oem unlock [unlock code]

That’s it! You have unlocked the bootloader Honor 10 smartphone.

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