Huawei MateBook E Go (Wi-Fi)

Huawei MateBook E Go (Wi-Fi).md

The Huawei MateBook E Go (Wi-Fi) is a Windows on ARM device based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 platform at a reasonable price compared to Surface and ThinkPad.

Before you purchase…

Caveats

• The native orientation of the display panel is portrait.
• The keyboard cover doesn’t outperform 2015 Surface.
  • No backlight
  • No wired connection - lags
  • Doesn’t get disabled when flipped to back
• The quality of touch panel and pen driver is questionable.
  • The driver package is not DCH-compliant (an extra installer is needed to be properly installed)
  • Userspace daemon runs in amd64 emulation
  • Ships debug-version runtimes (msvcp140d.dll) and API set stub DLLs (only needed for Windows 7)
  • Uses a kernel-mode driver for userspace USB communication
    • Leaks handles on pen contact/leave/attach/detach
  • Log spam in C:\ProgramData\Huawei\HuaweiTHP
• Wide-gamut display but doesn’t support the new MHC calibration pipeline and auto color management.
  • Despite Microsoft saying 8cx Gen 3 is supported.

Firmware keys

F2: Setup

F10: Recovery

F12: Boot menu

Clean OS (re)installation

Preparation

• Windows 11 ARM64 installation ISO。

• Files from stock OS that are worth keeping:

# drivers and post-install customizations
C:\Recovery\OEM

# stock recovery image
(LABEL=WINPE)\*
(LABEL=Onekey)\*
(LABEL=WINRE)\*

• Files from stock OS that are worth restoring after installation:

# Qualcomm color management libraries
C:\Windows\System32\qdcmlib.dll
C:\Windows\System32\qdcmlib_x64.dll

# informational ICC profiles for Huawei PC Manager
C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color\native.icc
C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color\sRGBICC.icc
C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color\displayP3.icc
C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color\digest.sha

# rotate display in Windows PE/RE
(LABEL=WINRE)\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim:\Windows\System32\changeDisplay.exe
(LABEL=WINRE)\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim:\Windows\System32\winpeshl.ini

Drivers for Windows PE

• Inject drivers in C:\Recovery\OEM\Customization\Product\Dirvers2PE\WinPEDriver to boot.wim.

• Be aware that USB hot-plugging may not work in Windows PE.

• Firmware enumerates an I2C HID touch panel on USB or recovery boot (but not on normal OS boot).

• To rotate display orientation in Windows PE, run changeDisplay.exe in command prompt (Shift-F10 in Windows Setup),

• Alternatively, you can use Windows RE of stock OS (hold Shift and click reboot, no touch input though).

Drivers for full Windows OS

Inject drivers in C:\Recovery\OEM\Customization\Product\Dirvers2PE\PlatformDriver to install.wim, or the offline image after extracting WIM.

Configure Windows RE

The vanilla winre.wim (located in (install.wim):\System32\Recovery) need the following customizations:

• Inject drivers in WinPEDriver
• Put changeDisplay.exe and winpeshl.ini to (winre.wim):\Windows\System32.

💡 Remove stock winre.wim from WINRE partition before first boot to the new installation so that the partition can be automatically reused.

Caveats on USB boot

Chained bootloaders (e.g. booting via UEFI shell, GRUB or Rufus UEFI_NTFS) may fail to boot even if secure boot is disabled. It is recommended to split install.wim to swm files and place them in FAT32 filesystem.

Perform installation

When everything are ready, follow generic instructions on installing vanilla Windows.

Extra drivers (that can work without Huawei PC Manager)

Touch panel

• Installer: https://updatessl.dbankcdn.com/download/data/pub_13/HWHOTA_hota_900_9/5c/v3/9KfaTkd1R0ijRsJYVU-LSQ/full/update.zip
• Checksums: https://updatessl.dbankcdn.com/download/data/pub_13/HWHOTA_hota_900_9/5c/v3/9KfaTkd1R0ijRsJYVU-LSQ/full/filelist.xml

Pen

• Installer: https://updatessl.dbankcdn.com/download/data/pub_13/HWHOTA_hota_900_9/3d/v3/acgtYjaRT26UUmzJaWrMaw/full/update.zip
• Checksums: https://updatessl.dbankcdn.com/download/data/pub_13/HWHOTA_hota_900_9/3d/v3/acgtYjaRT26UUmzJaWrMaw/full/filelist.xml
• HuaweiPenApp from Microsoft Store: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9PL42N8RRXJN

Huawei softwares

Huawei PC Manager

Download from https://consumer.huawei.com/cn/support/laptops/matebook-e-go/

Hardware features that need Huawei PC Manager

• Driver/firmware updates
• Charge limit
• Display calibration (3DLUT stored in firmware flash memory)
• Use detached keyboard cover

Almost everything runs in amd64 emulation, though.

TWT233, WinPE, WinRE and Boot.wim in fact are the same. It's sufficient to put winpeshl.ini with recenv.exe to Windows\System32 mounted Boot.wim (of course with drivers already injected :)) and WinPE drive become WinRE drive.
As to Dism++. I putted it folder to to Mount folder (created by Deployment Tools copype) then Unmount and create WinPE flash drive. After boot and run X:\Dism++ folder\Dism++ARM64.exe it said Tip - to copy Dism++ folder to another drive with 5GB+ space. Just I understand why you created second partition on the same flash.

Let me shortly give you history of the Win11 installation according Dantmnf Scenario. I decided to keep the existing Windows 11 system from Huawei and install a second Windows 11 on a free SSD space (before that, I shrink the existing C: partition). Created in strict accordance with the Dantmnf article, the installation flash media booted in Landscape mode, but it was the WinRE interface :). Ok, no problem, go to CMD and run X:\Setup.exe. Installation started in Landscape mode but The installation started in comfort landscape mode, but almost immediately switched to portrait mode. Ok, wait for finish.
Once the installation was complete, I simply switched the display orientation in Windows settings to landscape. Then - go to Device Manager: I can see Unknown devices (it's Touchscreen - Angelos2250 wrote about it). I decided to take my time and just rebooted computer for now. I saw a blue dual-boot menu for Windows Bootmanager in landscape mode. It's beautiful! Let's boot in new system then run Windows Update. In addition to the usual 23H2 service packs, Windows Update offered something like the Huawei Hardware component and installed it only on reboot (in the WinPE environment). After boot to new system I can see ideal Device Manager an even Touchscreen works fine! Isn't that happiness?
But...
After next reboot I can see Legasy Black&White Windows Boot Menu, moreover, lying on its side, i.e. in portrait mode :(. See picture.
Of course, I've tried the well-known bcdedit commands - bootmenupolicy standard etc., but - no result.
Can anybody help me:

1. How to restore Windows Boot menu to Landscape mode (at least in legacy B&W mode)?
2. How to restore Windows Boot menu to Graphics mode?
   Thank you.
   

sorry to invaide this thread
pardon me for my bad english as it is not my first language

Background, employer recently obtain 2 units of this E go ARM64 tablets and I was tasked to perform testing on them to wipe everything and install the Windows 11 LTSC IOT Enterprise which was released recently to OEMs.

Of course I will create a backup copy of all drivers in the recovery folder

We have legit copies of W11 LTSC IOT Enterprise and I am wondering do I have to go through all the steps above or I can just create a bootable USB with the provided ISOs from Microsoft and install it

The intended use of these tablets will be for doctors reading test results

sorry this laptop seems less famous,
how the battery life is it good? or it's better to stick with my ipad?

I wonder if I can install Android Arm64 on it, like ChromeOS or FyderOS? I tried both but can't boot from USB, let alone install..

Besides, Snapdragon 8cx also doesn't support virtualization (let me know if I'm wrong), so it can't use android emulators or WSL2, WSA.