It's not such a huge sum, I don't publish it here, but I send you a PM.
@passcodeunlock that sounds brilliant though, we don't doubt your ability to do it, but maybe you give us a little briefing about the process.
Also, PM me with the cost.
I won't tell the details, but the method is a decrypting on-the-fly acquisition combined with a slow brute force. The slow bottleneck is the device itself.
I sent you a PM.
With all due respect but accordingly to EFT this phone has PRA-LX1C432B162 software version which indicates EMUI 5.
I guess we misunderstood each other. I assumed you're talking about Android 5, while it was released with Android 7. In the end, this firmware is Android 7, with EMUI 5.
Have you ever practiced upgrading firmware or it’s just theory?
I used it and it works for firmware update. Flashing Huawei devices is always risky and troublesome so that's the last option i would try.
I assume you have experience with EFT so, I have pattern locked ANE-LX1 with “ANE-LX18.0.0.180(C432)”. To unlock EFT needs “UPDATE.APP firmware that matches device version & security”. But their FTP doesn’t offer exactly such a firmware. Which one would you use?
I'd look elsewhere. Using different firmware as UPDATE.APP resulted in wiped phone for me once (it was a test device so no harm was done). Surprisingly, you can find a lot of Huawei firmware files for free here https://androidhost.ru/search.html
EFT itself can be very picky with the drivers. It's fairly easy to be stuck on device without a lockscreen after once of the patch if you don't get "adb auth" dialog beucase of the drivers.