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Have I any options with Huawei P20 Pro/P30 Pro? (feddit.uk)
submitted 12 hours ago by Babalugats@feddit.uk to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca
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I have access to two phones that are no longer being used, a Huawei P20 Pro and a P30 Pro. Through a link on the PotatoNV git page I saw HCUClient which I believe makes it possible to unlock these phones and unlock the bootloader if I buy the software for €19 for 72 hours.

If I unlock the bootloaders, are there any privacy oriented ROMs available for them, or any options at all?

When I search, it seems that because of the bootloaders being locked, nobody had worked on anything, although some posts in random corners of the internet say that there are a couple of options, but without confirming anything.

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[–] xylol@leminal.space 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

A while ago someone posted this link not sure if it helps at all It had p20 lite https://yaky.dev/devices/

[–] Babalugats@feddit.uk 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Thanks, that looks good. It should work with the p20 pro, right? Maybe with a different WiFi chip, I'll look into it a bit more, but lineage and postmarketos being an option are way better than I was expecting 😀. Glad I asked now.