Huawei Mate 8 Nougat update will be coming soon as the firmware has already been leaked leaked on the interwebs. If you’re someone like us though, you’d be worried about root access on ate 8 Nougat release.
Well, we’ve been able to root Android 7.0 Nougat on our Nexus devices so it shouldn’t be an issue rooting it on the Mate 8 either, as long as you’ve a working TWRP recovery build available for the device.
We haven’t had the chance to test if the current Mate 8 TWRP build works on the leaked Nougat firmware for Mate 8, but if it does work, then you shouldn’t you probably need not worry about root access on it.
With a working TWRP installed, you can easily root Mate 8 Nougat update by flashing the latest SuperSU v2.78 SR4 via TWRP recovery install menu and get rooted.
We’ll update this post with proper instructions to root Mate 8 on Nougat once the update is out officially and is tested by folks over at xda for root compatibility.
Happy Androiding!
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