Honor 8 Pro was one of the very best devices in its price range,
right up there with the OnePlus 5. One of the many differences between
the devices was the software experience. Honor is a subbrand of Huawei,
and thus their smartphones run Huawei’s EMUI Android skin whereas
OnePlus 5 provided a near-stock Android experience with OnePlus’
OxygenOS. If you thought you could always flash a custom ROM and went
for the more aggressively priced Honor 8 Pro, you and I think alike.
Unfortunately, developing an AOSP ROM for the device is perhaps more
difficult owing to the entirely different chipset used. Not to mention
stock Android still has nothing that can make use of dual camera
sensors. So while you could install an AOSP ROM, it came with major
disadvantages.
There have been a couple of AOSP custom ROMs for
Honor 8 Pro before based on Android Nougat. The major problem being the
camera quality, since the camera software couldn’t take advantage of the
dual camera setup. When Android Oreo-based AOSP ROM came about, it had
many bugs but they were soon squashed out with an update. This update
not only brought stability to the ROM but also brought the stock Huawei
camera app. This means you can enjoy most of the features that the dual
camera sensors bring like you would with stock Huawei software. The
beauty mode on the front-facing camera is an exception to this, but I
don’t see why it can’t be fixed with future updates.
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The
ROM also supports project Treble which is perhaps a reason why the
development was as fast as it was. Many variants of the Honor 8 Pro are
yet to receive the official update that was promised by the end of 2017.
Project Treble requires that the devices should be able to run an AOSP
build of Android. Huawei may not be the fastest when it comes to Android
updates, but the company is leading the way when it comes to supporting
Project Treble. Huawei has brought project treble support to all its
older devices through EMUI 8.0 even though that was not compulsory. This
only shows that the 3rd largest smartphone maker is serious about
providing updates.
For us, this means we can easily flash a system image and enjoy our stock Android just the way we like.
Requirements
You’ll need an Honor 8 Pro with an unlocked bootloader. Here’s how to unlock bootloader on Huawei devices, in case your device is still locked.
You
don’t necessarily need a custom recovery but you will need your device
to be running on EMUI 8.0 because it supports project treble. In case
your device is still running on EMUI 5.0 don’t worry because we can
guide you through the process of getting it to EMUI 8.0.
How to install Android 8.0 Oreo-based AOSP ROM on Honor 8 Pro
Installing
the Oreo update will be pretty easy if you have already installed the
official EMUI 8.0 beta update that was leaked. Installing that is the
harder, or actually still simple but more complicated part. We have
published detailed guides on about installing the leaked EMUI 8.0 beta
update on all Honor 8 Pro variants.
Once
you are on the EMUI 8.0 beta ROM, go to Settings > System > About
phone and tap the build number several times to enable developer
options. In the developer options, enable USB debugging.
Connect your phone to the PC and grant USB debugging permissions on your phone when asked.
Launch the ADB command interface and use the following command to boot your device in fastboot mode.
adb reboot bootloader
Now flash the downloaded system image using the following command.
fastboot flash system /path/to/system.img
Replace /path/to/ with the location of your system.img file.
Wait for the process to complete then disconnect your phone.
Hold the Power and Volume Up button together until your phone reboots. Let go of the Power
button once the phone vibrates. It should boot into stock recovery,
assuming you haven’t flashed a custom recovery after installing EMUI
8.0.
In the stock recovery, select Wipe/Factory reset and confirm the process when asked.
Reboot your device and you will have a fully working Android Oreo-based AOSP ROM.
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