Huawei Nova 2i was launched in October 2017. The smartphone came out of the box with Android 7.0 Nougat. Are you looking to install the stable version of Android 8.1 Oreo on Huawei Nova 2i? then you are in the right place. Today we will guide you on how to install Android 8.1 Oreo on Huawei Nova 2i smartphone.

Huawei Nova 2i  is a dual SIM smartphone launched in October 2017. The phone comes with a 5.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 2160 pixels. It runs on 1.7GHz octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 659 processor and 4 GB of RAM. It comes with Android 7.0 Nougat out-of-the-box. Huawei Nova 2i packs a 64 GB of expandable internal storage. The device brings a 16-megapixel primary camera for the rear and 13-megapixel front face camera.

If you are here for the first time to install Android 8.1 Oreo on Huawei Nova 2i, you can read our article to know the difference between custom ROM and stock ROM. To install a custom ROM, you have to unlock bootloader and you must have the latest TWRP Recovery on your phone. In case if you have all this, then installing Custom ROM using TWRP Recovery is simple. You can follow our tutorial on how to flash custom ROM using TWRP Recovery.

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What’s in Android 8.1 Oreo:

After rolling the Android 8.0 Oreo, we know that Google will surely come up with the latest version which will improve the features which were implemented in Android 8.0 version.

As you’d expect, Android 8.1 Oreo is an incremental update that builds out some of the new features found in the first version of Oreo. Android 8.1 Oreo is an improved version and shortcomings of Android 8.0 Oreo – This doesn’t mean Android 8.1 doesn’t include the new feature because it does. Here are all the features of Android Oreo [8.0/8.1]

Features of Android Oreo:

  • Notifications Channels (8.0)
  • Picture In A Picture (8.0)
  • Multi-Display Support (8.0)
  • Keyboard Navigation (8.0)
  • Background Limits (8.0)
  • New Wi-Fi Features (8.0)
  • Better Icons (8.0)
  • Autofill (8.0)
  • Cheeseburger Emoji (8.1)
  • Neural Networks API (8.1)
  • Pixel Visual Core co-processing technology to third-party developers (8.1)
  • and many more

Download ROM and Gapps Here

Any Of the Gapps Below

MindTheGApps 8.1.0 Package

Delta Gapps with Modular Add-On

Micro GApps Package For Android Oreo

Android Oreo Gapps Package [Open Gapps] – Recommended

Gapps For LineageOS 15/15.1 [Also Supported any Android 8.1]

Steps to Install Android 8.1 Oreo on Huawei Nova 2i:

Follow our below guide to install the Android 8.1 Oreo on Huawei Nova 2i. Simply download the below given ROM and Gapps file to experience the Android 8.1 Oreo on Huawei Nova 2i smartphone. To install any Custom firmware on Huawei Nova 2i, you should have TWRP Recovery or any custom recovery.

Before grabbing the download link and installing the custom ROM, then make sure to follow the pre-requisites.

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Pre-Requisites:

  • This ROM is for Huawei Nova 2i (Don’t Try this on Any other device):
  • Charge your phone up to 80% or 70%.
  • Download and Install Huawei USB Drivers.
  • Take Full Backup before flashing this on your phone: (You can try any backup method)
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  • Download all the Zip files from below and Place it in your phone’s root of internal memory or SD Card.

Instructions to Install:

  • First of all, you need to Unlock Bootloader on Huawei Nova 2i
  • Now install TWRP Recovery for Huawei Nova 2i. Watch Full Video on How to Install TWRP on any Android Phone.
  • Download the below Android 8.1 Oreo for Huawei Nova 2i.
  • Now boot into TWRP Recovery, Here is the method to boot into Recovery.
  • Before installing Wipe System Data on TWRP Recovery (DO NOT WIPE INTERNAL STORAGE)

Guide to Flash Custom ROM using TWRP Recovery

Super SU Root Procedure

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Don’t flash SuperSU if you want to try Magisk Root on your phone

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