Now you can root Huawei Y9 2019 JKM-LX1 and other variants by following the guide given. Before proceeding keep in mind that you will lose the warranty of your phone by unlocking the bootloader and bootloader unlock is not free. So you have to pay for the unlock and you are not given any code for the bootloader. It’s direct unlock through a USB cable. Keep in mind that EMUI9.1 uses the EROFS file system which doesn’t allow any modification to the system partition.

Disclaimer:

• You try everything at your own risk
• This method has been tested on JKM-LX1 and should work for other models running EMUI9.1
• You will lose the warranty of your phone by rooting it

Huawei Y9 2019 Rooting Guide(updated 11-06-2022):

• Backup all important data from the phone
• Unlock the bootloader of your phone (click here to buy service)
• Download the root file from THIS LINK (password=ministryofsolutions.com)
• Install latest magisk manager V23
• After that connect the phone in fastboot mode and open the extracted folder, double click MAF32.exe
• Then type ” fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk magisk_patched-23000.img ”  and press enter
• After successful flash disconnect the phone from pc
• Hold the volume up and power, and keep holding both buttons until a screen appears with the message ” your device is booting now”
• Connect to wifi and open Magisk manager, it will ask for additional setup, press ok, and when rebooted must hold the volume up button again.
• Install root checker and verify root
• The phone must be disconnected from the cable when you start it by holding the volume up and power
• If you want to unroot simply flash stock recovery_ramdisk.img included in the zip file

Fix SafetyNet:

• Open magisk settings and Disable magisk check-update
• Enable magisk hide
• Tap 2 times on systemless hosts
• Go to the magisk modules section
• Search and install ” magiskhide prop config “don’t reboot, go back.
• Again search and install “Riru” module. and then reboot the phone.
• Download the SafetyNet Fix v2.1.3 module and install it in Magisk Download Link.
• Reboot Phone
• Go to magisk hide settings and tick google play service
• check SafetyNet in magisk
• Profit
• Make sure you disable automatic updates in developer options to stop the phone from installing new updates.

Note: never install OTA after root, and do not factory reset while the phone is rooted

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