Note: In 2017, all ROM images were removed on the official website. Huawei says it will provide a “more convenient and satisfactory update service”. Since then, all user must rely on over-the-air (OTA) updates. Reference
Finally 40 days after Huawai announced the EMUI 3.1 images for P7 in China on Oct 17, I found the official EMUI 3.1 image for P7-L10 in Huawei Germany Support(search “Smartphones” and “P7-L10”, and check the item “HUAWEI Sophia-L10 Firmware(Android5.1.1, EMUI3.1, C900B839, Europe)”.
Based on the official doc in the EMUI 3.1 image file, HUAWEI P7-L10C900B839 SD card Software Upgrade Guideline(For Service).doc:
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2.1The following versions can be upgraded.
P7-L10V100R001C00BXXX
P7-L10C900BXXX
If your phone is not in the scope, please check my previous article to get P7-L10V100R001C00B621(EMUI 3.0/Android 4.4.2) installed at first.
Downloaded it, uncompressed it, copied it to a MicroSD/TF card(better 4G or larger). After backup the data on the phone, use Settings->System Update->Local Update, the mobile will restart and use the image from MicroSD/TF card.
And it’s better to do a wipe after the upgrade. How to wipe:
Shutdown the mobile
Press “Volume Up” and “Power” at same time, in this mode, you can use “Volume Up” and “Volume Down” as “Up” and “Down”, “Power” as click.
You will get a menu with three buttons, “Reboot Sytem”, “Wipe Data/Factory Reset” and “Wipe cache partition”.
Choose “Wipe Data/Factory Reset” and click it
Choose “Wipe cache partition” and click it
Choose “Reboot Sytem” and click it
Then it should be EMUI 3.1(Android 5.1.1) now. Good luck!
Note: In 2017, all ROM images were removed on the official website. Huawei says it will provide a “more convenient and satisfactory update service”. Since then, all user must rely on over-the-air (OTA) updates. Reference
Yes, I am still using it as the second mobile. The software is Android 4.4.2 + EMUI 2.3 when I bought it. And I am in Norway, didn’t get any OTA update for it.
Recently I joined a QQ group of P7 sub-forum on Huawei Fans Club. One friend there told me there is an EMUI 3.0 image available on Huawei Germany Support(search “Smartphones” and “P7-L10”, and check the item “Sophia-L10_V100R001C00B621C432D001_Firmware_Germany_Channel_Android 4.4_EMUI 3.0_05012HCE”).
I downloaded it, uncompressed it, copied it to a MicroSD/TF card(better 4G or larger). After backup the data on the phone, use Settings->System Update->Local Update, the mobile will restart and use the image from MicroSD/TF card.
And it’s better to do a wipe after the upgrade. How to wipe:
Shutdown the mobile
Press “Volume Up” and “Power” at same time, in this mode, you can use “Volume Up” and “Volume Down” as “Up” and “Down”, “Power” as click.
You will get a menu with three buttons, “Reboot Sytem”, “Wipe Data/Factory Reset” and “Wipe cache partition”.
Choose “Wipe Data/Factory Reset” and click it
Choose “Wipe cache partition” and click it
Choose “Reboot Sytem” and click it
Then it should be EMUI 3.0(Android 4.4.2) now. Good luck!
Note:
Version Number: P7-L10V100R001C00B621
Custom Version: CUSTC432D001
BTW, they started to do a public test of EMUI 3.1(Android 5) for those P7 models in China.
I and my wife used iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 before. We think iPhone 6 is too expensive and want to have a try with Android.
There were some deals about Huawei Ascend P7 near 2015 new year. We got it at 1999NOK(the cheapest price should be 1699NOK). My wife used it a few weeks and decided to switch back to iPhone 5. Then I started to use it.
It is a flagship phone which was released on June, 2014. Huawei’s Richard Yu introduces the Ascend P7 in Paris on May 7, 2014. The software is Android 4.4.2 + EMUI 2.3.
And Google released Lollipop(Android 5.0) at November, 2014, and now it is June, 2015. I still can’t find any from System Update, it’s always “No updates found”. After some googling, I found “Huawei Fans Club“, and there is a sub forum for P7. I got more knowledge about P7. There are several models: L00 for China Unicom, L07 for China Mobile, L09 for China Telecom, and L10 for European area(which I am using) and etc.
L00/L07/L09 models got EMUI 3.0 update, but it is still Android 4.4.
There is a plan from Huawei to have some kind of public test release of Lollipop on P7 on July, 2015, but L10 is not included. So I think my P7-L10 will not have that update in a short period, I mean several months.
P7 was one of flagships from Huawei, and still in current status, can’t catch up the latest release of software in more than half year.
I will try more with my LG Nexus 5, but the GPS on it is some kind of crap when I played Ingress.