Huawei Y5 Prime 2018 bootloader won't unlock.
Huawei Y5 Prime 2018 bootloader won't unlock.
30-06-2026, 02:47 PM
Hello hovatech,
I format all + flash my Y5 Prime using SP Flash Tool (flashed wrong Boot.IMG), and now when I try to use MTKCLIENT "MTK DA seccfg unlock" to unlock, it reports success, but Fastboot says "Unlocked = No".
I have also forgotten to make a backup before the format, and only have a dump of another phone, and that lacks the seccfg.bin file, which is apperantly needed for the unlock method.
What should I do?
02-07-2026, 05:36 PM
(30-06-2026, 02:47 PM)OaksHere Hello hovatech,
I format all + flash my Y5 Prime using SP Flash Tool (flashed wrong Boot.IMG), and now when I try to use MTKCLIENT "MTK DA seccfg unlock" to unlock, it reports success, but Fastboot says "Unlocked = No".
I have also forgotten to make a backup before the format, and only have a dump of another phone, and that lacks the seccfg.bin file, which is apperantly needed for the unlock method.
What should I do?
Had you successfully unlocked the bootloader of this device using this method before formatting it?
This post was last modified: 02-07-2026, 05:36 PM by hovatek.
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02-07-2026, 06:00 PM
(02-07-2026, 05:36 PM)hovatek(30-06-2026, 02:47 PM)OaksHere Hello hovatech,
I format all + flash my Y5 Prime using SP Flash Tool (flashed wrong Boot.IMG), and now when I try to use MTKCLIENT "MTK DA seccfg unlock" to unlock, it reports success, but Fastboot says "Unlocked = No".
I have also forgotten to make a backup before the format, and only have a dump of another phone, and that lacks the seccfg.bin file, which is apperantly needed for the unlock method.
What should I do?
Had you successfully unlocked the bootloader of this device using this method before formatting it?
I did, but after the format, the Bootloader got relocked, and it doesn't unlock by mtkclient anymore.
09-07-2026, 06:52 PM
(02-07-2026, 06:00 PM)OaksHere I did, but after the format, the Bootloader got relocked, and it doesn't unlock by mtkclient anymore.
Here's a Huawei Y5 Prime 2018 scatter dump that contains seccfg. Let me know how it goes
https://mega.nz/file/wxJkxDhB#LDqdptfxOP...II8tYzi65A
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20-07-2026, 07:03 PM
(09-07-2026, 06:52 PM)hovatek(02-07-2026, 06:00 PM)OaksHere I did, but after the format, the Bootloader got relocked, and it doesn't unlock by mtkclient anymore.
Here's a Huawei Y5 Prime 2018 scatter dump that contains seccfg. Let me know how it goes
https://mega.nz/file/wxJkxDhB#LDqdptfxOP...II8tYzi65A
Hello,
Unfortunately, this didn't work. It does the same as flashing it with sp flash tool; It throws a "failed verification" error after doing the seccfg unlock command.
31-07-2026, 01:25 PM
(20-07-2026, 07:03 PM)OaksHere ...
Unfortunately, this didn't work....
Check OEM unlocking under Developer Options. What does it say?
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31-07-2026, 09:44 PM
(31-07-2026, 01:40 PM)OaksHere It's not greyed out, and Says "Allow the Bootloader to be unlocked", so it failed.
Turn it off and on again, then retry.
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