Huawei P9 Plus CM13 (CyanogenMod 13, Marshmallow 6.0 ROM)

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Huawei P9 Plus CM13/CyanogenMod 13 Android Marshmallow 6.0 ROM has now arrived via an UNOFFICIAL build. This Marshmallow 6.0 has come for P9 Plus via CM13/CyanogenMod 13 ROM. This CM13 for Huawei P9 Plus (vie) is brought to you by developer surdu_petru.

DISCLAIMER:
THIS IS AN INITIAL BUILD. THIS MAY NOT BOOT AT ALL OR IF IT BOOTS IT MAY HAVE MANY MORE BUGS THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK. Installing a custom ROM on a P9 Plus requires the bootloader to be unlocked on the P9 Plus phone, which may VOID your warranty and may delete all your data. Before proceeding further you may consider backup all data on the phone. You are the only person doing changes to your phone and I cannot be held responsible for the mistakes done by you.

Status of CM13 for Huawei P9 Plus CM13 (CyanogenMod 13) Marshmallow 6.0 ROM:

WHAT’S WORKING:
– Not known

KNOWN ISSUES:
– Not known

 

REQUIRED LINKS AND FILES FOR HUAWEI P9 Plus CM13 (CYANOGENMOD 13, MARSHMALLOW) CUSTOM ROM:

• TWRP 3.0.2.0 for the Huawei P9 Plus (vie).

  – You may use Flashify to install recovery on P9 Plus or Follow this guide to flash TWRP: Install TWRP on P9 Plus (This recovery installation guide is generic for (almost) any Android device and this may require an Unlocked bootloader on P9 Plus)

• ROM Download link of CyanogenMod 13/CM13 for P9 Plus (vie) Marshmallow 6.0
• Marshmallow GApps download link for P9 Plus CM13/CyanogenMod 13 Marshmallow 6.0 ROM

Root binary is inbuilt since CyanogenMod 12, so you don’t need a separate SuperSu package to install to gain ROOT access. Here is How to Enable ROOT on CM13/CyanogenMod 13

HOW TO INSTALL/DOWNLOAD/FLASH/UPDATE CM13 FOR HUAWEI P9 Plus (CYANOGENMOD 13) MARSHMALLOW CUSTOM ROM:

1. Follow this if you are flashing CyanogenMod 13/CM13 for P9 Plus for the first time, or coming from another ROM:

   Points to NOTE:
   – Try to avoid restoring apps backup using Titanium Backup. It may break things up.
   – Don’t restore system data using Titanium Backup! It will definitely break the current installation.
   – It is also discouraged to Restoring Apps + Data using Titanium Backup.

   • Download and Copy the GApps and P9 Plus CM13/CyanogenMod 13 ROM ZIP to your phone.
   • Boot into Recovery. Make sure to have a Custom recovery like CWM or TWRP or any other custom recovery. If not then follow the Custom Recovery Installation Guide for Huawei P9 Plus (it’s a generic guide which will work for TWRP as well as CWM recovery or any other recovery)
   • Wipe data factory reset, Cache partition, Dalvik Cache and Format the System partition.
     – Here is a guide explaining how to wipe data using TWRP recovery.

     This will delete all your data on your phone. You may consider complete backup of your phone data or take a NANDROID backup of the current ROM
     – How to backup all data on your Android Device
     – how to take NANDROID backup using TWRP recovery

   • First flash the P9 Plus CM13 ROM ZIP from device. Then flash the GApps zip from your device memory.
     – Here is a post explaining how to flash a custom ROM using TWRP recovery.
   • Then reboot into recovery (don’t skip this) and flash the CyanogenMod 13/CM13 Marshmallow GApps package.
     – Here is a post explaining how to flash GApps using TWRP recovery.
   • Reboot and Enjoy the Marshmallow 6.0 ROM CyanogenMod 13/CM13 for P9 Plus.

2. Upgrading from earlier version of CyanogenMod 13/CM13 for P9 Plus:

   • Copy the latest P9 Plus CM13 ROM ZIP file to your phone.
   • Boot into Recovery.
   • Flash the latest CM ROM ZIP from your phone.
     – Here is a post explaining how to flash a custom ROM using TWRP recovery.
   • Then flash the CM13 Marshmallow GApps package.
     – Here is a post explaining how to flash GApps using TWRP recovery.
   • Reboot and Enjoy

Complete the initial setup and enjoy Android Marshmallow 6.0 with CM13 for P9 Plus. After the installation of CM13 for P9 Plus you may want to enable ROOT access on your phone and here is how you can do that:
How to Enable ROOT on CM13/CyanogenMod 13.

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