HOW TO downgrade your P9 Lite to Marshmallow

A lot of people on the web have reported a loss of performance and autonomy on their Huawei P9 Lite after upgrading to Nougat with EMUI 5.0.
In some cases, the stability of the system has worsened and the demand to downgrade to Marshmallow has grown up day after day.

Fortunately, unlike what is happening with other brands, so-called downgrading of the firmware can be done to come back to the EMUI 4.1 based on Android Marshmallow without any particular difficulties and above all, without invalidating the manufacturer’s warranty.

Prerequisites

• The downgrade procedure will automatically reset your phone, so you must back up all the data before proceeding
• You need to get a microSD of at least 8 GB
• Before you start the procedure, you must have the smartphone battery at least 60%

Downloads required (check the version needed)

• Huawei P9 Lite Rollback Package for L31C432 (EU): Download
• Huawei P9 Lite Rollback Package for L21C432 (EU): Download
• Huawei P9 Lite Rollback Package for L11C432 (EU): Download
• Full OTA 6.0 firmware L31C432B160: Download
• Full OTA 6.0 firmware L21C432B160: Download
• Full OTA 6.0 firmware L11C432B161: Download

Procedure

• First, download Android Nougat Rollback Package for Huawei P9 Lite that you can find above and extract it.
• Now create a folder dload in the root of your SD card and place the update.app file in that folder.
• Now turn off your device.
• Now press “Volume Up + Volume Down and Power Button” together. The update process will start automatically.
• Now wait for some time to complete the process. Your firmware version should be now “B300”.
• Now download the full Marshmallow firmware and extract it.
• Now move the update.app file in SD card folder (replace the previous one).
• Now again press “Volume Up + Volume Down and Power Button” together to downgrade Huawei P9 Lite from Android Nougat to Android Marshmallow
• Enjoy your speedy marshmallow.

After coming back to EMUI 4.1, you will have to resetup smartphone.
Of course you do not have to upgrade to EMUI 5.0 otherwise you have fired the whole process.

At any time, however, you only need to accept the upgrade to get the latest version.

We remind you that it is always good to do the latest updates because they bring security patches that keep you safe from the latest threats and critical discoveries.

However, having a non-upgraded product does not expose you to any major risk, as long as you always install applications from trusted sources, preferably always from the Play Store.

If there are questions, doubts, difficulties, let us know in the comment box!

We do not assume any responsibility for any damage caused to your smartphone, so be careful!