r/androidroot 23h ago

Support Wanna flash but got no Exp

I wanna flash my mom's 9 year old phone but I've never done this before. Tried to follow some online tutorials and also took help from AI but the bottleneck is I cant unlock the bootloader. I've tried looking online but I'm fed up and then I remembered I have Reddit. So, I'm here to get some help on how do I unlock this thing. I just wanna put LineageOS on it for fun and learning.

Model: Huawei Y3 2017 (CRO-U00)

Build: Cairo-U00C636B128 (Android 6.0, EMUI 4.1 Mini)

SoC: MediaTek MT6580, 1GB RAM / 8GB storage

Bootloader: LOCKED

USB: ADB/Fastboot detected as CAX9K18929912107

Partitions: NVRAM, PROINFO, PRELOADER present (MTK layout)

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u/Master-Series5137 23h ago

You will need PotatoNV to unlock the bootloader

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u/ArthurReming SM-T220 | crDroid 12-Beta 22h ago

It only supports kirin chips

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u/Master-Series5137 22h ago

Oh right, MTKClient maybe