tlefko / huawei-matebook-x-pro-ventura

Repository for enabling hackintosh of 2018 Matebook-X-Pro ready for Monterey, Compatible with Big Sur/Catalina/Ventura/Monterey

huawei-matebook-x-pro-ventura's Issues

Voltageshift Undervolting (Additional Battery Savings)

Using Voltageshift, we can further aggressively manage offsets of mv to further save battery life. These can be set to run on boot using the 'buildlaunchd' command. Further, they can be tested with using indivdual offsets. Personally, here is what I use. These are incredibly high however, and likely impact performance (however, in my case it is worth it for max battery. Performance feels fine)

These offsets were implemented on Wednesday.

Huawei Matebook X Pro Voltageshift Configuration

Huawei Matebook X Pro Battery Preferences

MBXP Pegged at 100% Utilization

Subsequent Geekbench 5 Result

Monterey version of Airportlwm.kext is not included in the kext folder

Can someone give some help, I cant use wifi

Issues with Samsung SSDs

Describe the bug
My computer randomly restarts during the installation procedure saying: "Your computer was restarted because of a problem".

To Reproduce
The last time I tried, I

1. Launched Disk Utility to erase my SSD.
2. Clicked on 'View all devices'
3. Chose my SSD, then clicked on 'Erase'
4. Selected APFS and GUID Partition Map, then started the erasing process
5. After a few seconds, my PC froze for a while and restarted with the message mentioned above

Screenshots

Specs

• OS: macOS Catalina, however I tried Big Sur as well and it seems to behave the same way
• Laptop model: Huawei Matebook X Pro 2018 (i7 8550U, MX150, 8GB RAM, 512GB Samsung NVMe SSD)
• BIOS version: whichever one my laptop shipped with.

Touchscreen does not work unless I disable SSDT-DTPD.aml

Hello,

I saw there were touchscreen/multi touch functions advertised in your EFI but it seems like I couldn't get it working with the latest EFI unless I disable the SSDT-DTPD.aml - is this by design?

USB Boot issue

Hi tlefko,
I'm currently in the process of making my 2018 MxP a hackintosh. I've run into an issue where whenever I boot into my usb drive, it will boot into OpenCore, but the only option is "UEFI Shell". Any idea as to why this is happening? I believe the solution is more simple than I think but my knowledge in this topic is limited.

EDIT: Now that I'm looking back at it, I do not even have an option for windows, but booting straight into windows still works

Wifi not working

Hello,

I've installed Monterey version 12.6.2 on my Matebook x pro 2018. I've used your repo version 2.1.8 for this.

Everything works except for the WiFi connection. Do you have an idea on how to fix it? Because I thought the issue with Intel WiFi cards had been fixed... (my WiFi card is not recognised btw)

• Do I need to update kext or SSDT?
• Do I need to replace the EFI with the EFI of a different release?
• Do I need to downgrade my macOS version?

Your expertise on this matter is appreciated.

Thanks

Bluetooth lost after waking fro hibernation

Describe the bug
@tlefko Unfortunately I met the problem of bluetooth lost again after using the release 2.1.7. It does not occur everytime waking from hibernation. As far as I tested, the bluetooth functions correctly when it wakes from sleep, i.e, the display turns off but the fn key light still on, system can be woken by pressing any key.

But if the fn key light turns off, the system goes into deep sleep, or hibernation. Here I met 2 kinds of situation:

1. The bluetooth still works, but it takes longer to connect the bluetooth peripherals. And when I use Hackintool to check the peripheral, bluetooth is empty. If the machine goes into hibernation again, bluetooth will be lost for sure after waking up. If the machine goes into hibernation again with bluetooth lost, I even met once the bluetooth manufacturer being recognized as Apple. Of course, the bluetooth does not function in this situation. And I have to shut down the machine to recover it, as restart cannot fix it, the bluetooth manufacturer remains Apple and bluetooth does not function.

2. The bluetooth does not work. And Hackintool peripheral shows empty.

I have disabled Other Wakeup Sources in Bios already.

Fanless Mode (Extreme Power Limiting)

We can further modify the clock speeds and such by modifying the power limits. Theoretically, this would improve battery life by exponential margins. However, this would have an even greater hit on performance. As in internet machine, consuming media, emails, documents, etc. This is a fantastic option to consider (my personal choice). However, the power configuration within the kexts and SSDTs, in conjunction with voltage shift preferences set this up in the most performance efficient way possible. On tasks not requiring full utilitization of all CPU cores, the PKG power is allowed to giving the maximum frequency possible. This greatly reduces the performance hit from single core applications despite the limited PKG power. Multicore tasks will always scale to the highest freq. possible

This also makes the PC essentially fanless, due to the lower power consumption thermals do not rise. The battery life running like this is absurd.

MBXP Power Usage Under Multiple Loads

MBXP Voltageshift Configuration (Extreme PL Limiting)

Subsequent (Suprisingly Passable) Geekbench 5 Score.

<img width="700" alt="Screen Shot 2022-05-05 at 1 52 52 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/42879340/166983436-bd116b16-6e5d-42fe-905c-07fad1855bfe.png"

Again, in daily use performance is excellent. I use the PC primarily for media consumption, research, documents, etc.

10 Day Usage Chart on MBXP

Apple Music Fix

Describe the bug
Apple music will automatically skip songs and not play them.

Expected behavior
Over bluetooth the song will simply skip over and not play. this will not happen with other software

Solution
Within MIDI, select the bluetooth device and put it into a new aggregate device. This will stop apple music from playing thru at 44 100 hz and allow you to adjust it. This will then play properly

@71coder (credit for this awesome fix!)

Bluetooth Issues After Sleep

Thank you so much for releasing this.
The new version is working flawless and the battery is now lasting much longer.

I have just a problem: bluetooth not working even after putting the computer to sleep...
In the previous version it was working after sleep.

Any idea on how to fix it?

Bluetooth Not Working Ventura 13.6.4 (22G513)

I recently updated my MacOs version to 13.6.4 (22G513) having been stuck on Big Sur with my EFI being one of provzei's last available releases .

I recently found your repository which has enabled me to update my OS finally! So thank you for continuing to work on this!

My issue is that after the update to 13.6.4 (22G513), most things seem to be working fine except for the bluetooth which sometimes doesn't toggle, but when it does it does not discover any bluetooth devices.

I have linked to my EFI folder below.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LfMFoVFxNd961b1rrCu8A6L7m_NkFXTy?usp=sharing

Any help would be appreciated!

Kernel Panic - macOS Ventura 13.2.1 - crash log included

Hello,

both on Monterey (12.6.1) and Ventura (13.2.1) I suffer from 'random' kernel panics. Kernel Panics appear to be random. Don't see a correlation with heavy use; happens during casual use and sometimes a couple of minutes after login.

System info:
Matebook x pro 2018 Mach-W29C
Intel Core i7-8550U @ 1,8GHz
16GB DDR3 RAM
512GB SSD

It appears to be related to NVMe controller. I added my crashlog, config.plist and NVMExpress device tree.

Except for the 'random' kernel panics, everything else such as WiFi, Bluetooth, Sound, Touchscreen etc works flawlessly.
Hoping that someone with more knowledge on this topic can point me to the right direction.

NVMExpress device tree.txt
config.plist.zip
Crashlog.txt

Would you mind create a guild of how to do the clean installation

I tried to download the recovery version from gibMacOS and create a usb installer then copy ur EFI. but it cannot boot into installation anymore , only show the UEFI shell, would you mind help to create a guilde of how to do the clean installation

Just an update, not really an issue. Thunderbolt EGPU Support.

It's an update from me. I just want to report that thunderbolt eGPU is actually working on this machine. I'm using a DIY solution for my thunderbolt dock, not a branded one, but I'm pretty sure that it must work too. I'm still running Monterey on this MBXP 2018 model. Display out from eGPU work fine if I plug it while boot, but when I hot-lug the eGPU after the system boots up, it refuse to display on my external monitor. The card still detected tho, and I still can use it as accelerator. And by this means, I want to tell you that the hotplug on thunderbolt port is really works. I even test it with external NVME drive. I just did some modification to force power on that TB controller so it can work. I don't really care about power consumption as I almost always plug my charger when using this laptop. Here is the screenshot

how to use ALCPlugFix

PLZ thank you

No matter what I do, I cant get ANY version of MacOS to install

Hey there,

As stated above I am struggling no matter what EFI I do, if I do my own, if I use any you have posted on this Github etc. I have the same laptop in the instructions but with a Samsung SSD instead of LiteOn.

I get to boot and when installing I run into several different issues depending on EFI used.

1st 3 listed below are Catalina, 4 is Big Sur. I couldnt get Monterey to boot at all.

1. Installer gets to 12 minutes and freezes
2. Installer gets to 12 minutes and restarts the laptop, resumes from 16 minutes and goes down to 12 and restarts (boot loop)
3. Installer goes into new UI after restoring and gets to 6 minutes and restarts
4. Installer gets to 3 minutes, restarts pc, Apple logo ui comes after this and gets to 13 minutes and freezes.

I have tried Profzei's EFI with the same issues.

I have been attempting a hackintosh install on this laptop for about 2 weeks with the same issue.

Any assistance would be highly valued. I am happy to provide ANY information.

I have a Mac on hand but only for about another 5 days.

Hotkeys in 12.3.1

Thanks for your EFI
hotkey shortcuts like volume control, brightness don't work in monterey version 12.3.1

Low Volume From Internal Speakers and Audio Jack

Hey Everyone,
I have completed the mac os installation but the audio from the internal speakers seems to be really low with no bass and audio from headphones have instruments but no vocals. Bluetooth headphones seems to work fine with audio/

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to youtube
2. Play any song on internal speakers or headphone

Expected behavior
Clear loud audio

Screenshots

Errors I am seeing
OCS:No schema for MaximumGain at 5 index, context
OCS:No schema for MinimumAssistGain at 6 index, context
OCS:No schema for MinimumAudibleGain at 7 index, context

No links in readme.

Could you please update installation guide with working links?
Also not really understand how to create bootable USB with installer from Windows or Linux OS

how to fix Headphone jack

thank you

Only the source code in the latest release

In the latest release only the source code is available
Unfortunately, I don't know how to build from it.

I appreciate your work 👍

Need help for installation.

Hi, I´m a Spanish filmaker and I'm trying to install Monterrey to use FCPX on my 2018 Matebook Pro X and I'm a little bit lost.

According to everything I have been able to read and understand, the first thing I should do is make a clean install of catalina, but as I have been able to read in another thread, my computer restarts after it has been installing for 10 minutes and I cannot solve that step. I have the MateBook X Pro with the i7, mx150 ,8gb of ram and the nvmd 512gb of Samsung. I readed another thread with a similar problem, but the solution whas use a more recent release and didn't worked :(

I could not find how to solve this step, I also have not been able to understand if it is possible to install Monterrey directly, making a bootable with opencore.

If there is any guide or someone could give me some help, I would be very grateful. I know that the problem is me and that I must be doing something wrong, but the only thing I know to do in life is follow video tutorials 😖

Thanks

Installer goes into UEFI Interactive Shell

Hey Everyone,
I am trying to install Monterey using the Opencore Method and the EFI files from macOS.Monterey.2.1.8.zip

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Format USB FAT32
2. Add EFI Folder from repo and change serial/rom stuff using propertree
3. Download Monterey recovery files from commandline and paste into com.apple.recovery.boot folder in usb
4. Boot from USB
5. Select Tool

Installer should come

OC fails to recognize boot drive after installation

Describe the bug
I have already installed Monterey using the Profzei's EFI. Everything is satisfactory except that I cannot get sleep function well. So I want to have a try of your EFI. With my own SMBIOS info added to the config.plist, I copied the whole folder to my EFI partition. When rebooting, the system hangs after select the first icon of the OpenCore picker screen. The system will come back to the OpenCore picker in a few seconds.

To Reproduce
Reboot the machine

Expected behavior
Boot to my Monterey installation.

Screenshots
If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Monterey 12.3
• OpenCore 0.7.9

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.
Matebook X Pro 2018
CPU: I7-8550U
Memory: 16GB 2133
SSD: 1TB Samsung 980 Pro

Hi, Tyler, ​ ​I have tried your version of config but still failed. The response is the same. After selecting Macos on OC picker, 5 lines shows for several seconds and come back to the picker screen. ​ ​I tried not including the Thunderbolt related 6 ssdts as my current config.plist does. The failure is the same. I also tried to ​set or unset the CFG lock quirks. But no any change. ​ ​I googled the screen message and found only 1 post reporting exactly the same as mine. But the cause for his problem is the memory incompatibility. Obviously I am not the case. ​ Then I tried to find the differences between your EFI and Profzei's EFI. Wow, so many differences ​in the config.plist, dsdt, ssdts. They are totally different EFI. I think I need to devote myself understanding Dortania's OpenCore Install Guide. I attached my config.plist in case you have time and interests to check it. ​ ​Thanks a lot for your time and patience. ​ ​Jeff Wang ​ ​
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hmm. so let me tell you what. it probably does release to some sort of opencore quirk or memory setting. so maybe in the config. in any case, send me the EFI that boots for you. I will edit it to make the fixes for things that I did on this repo hopefully without breaking it

Trackpad and Keyboard not working on Ventura

Installed Ventura stable using Olarira image, Opencore 0.8.5 and tlefko latest EFI 1.0.5. The keyboard and trackpad did not work during the setup screen (I used an external keyboard and mouse to complete the setup). After booting into macOS they still don't work. I have tried updating the voodoops2 controller kext to the latest version and this didn't help. I could be making a mistake somewhere so I will appreciate any help.

Extended Bluetooth Features

Hey all, so i’ve been testing out extending continuity consistency with bluetooth modifications. Please try to test the Airplay features of the Mac! I’ve recently been experimenting with success getting monterey’s airplay (using matebook as a speaker) and as an apple tv device to cast media to. This requires ZERO input from the hackintosh itself. all controlled thru whatever is casting to it. including the macs volume, video playback, etc

Please try sharing your experience with continuity features such as Apple Watch Unlock, etc.

With a tool called BLEUnlock, progress is wild!

[2.1.2] Apple Music Bug / Touchscreen Disable

First of all, thank you for your EFI file. It's perfect, but I still find some problems and doubts after using it recently.
Why do you say that OC has been upgraded to 0.7.9, but I implemented resetnvme and found that it is still version 0.7.7 when using hackintool for detection? When the Huawei logo is displayed on the trunk, several lines of code will flash in the upper left corner of the screen. Is this because I used the wrong version of OpenCORE configurator? In addition, the speaker driver provided by the machine itself is perfect, but there will be problems when I use wired or Bluetooth external headphones or speakers. There is a current sound when connected to the cable. When connected to Bluetooth, applemuisc will always play the next song, which cannot be played normally. In addition, if I don't want to use the touch screen, how can I disable it?

Managing Matebook X Pro Volume Controls (For Both Speakers)

Describe the bug
A second audio device is being registered by MacOS and its interfering with an app im trying to use. The apps keeps trying to use that audio device instead of the actual laptops speakers. I don't know what that audio device is but it just makes the speakers sounds HORRIBLE and I cant change the app to use the actual speakers or disable this second audio device.

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):
Running 12.1 monterey with your EFI im not sure if this can be a EFI configuration thing so here just asking :)

Touchscreen not working at installer stage

MBXP 2018.

Downloaded the efi and set up the com.apple.recovery.boot folder for the installer.
Booted to the recovery menu.

As expected from the install guide, touchpad isn't working, but neither is the touchscreen.
A secondary USB mouse isn't working either.

Lastest Ventura question

I am a novice. There may be some problems during the installation process
When I install, I directly download the latest system in release, copy the EFI in it to my boot USB flash drive, and put the downloaded dmg file into the root directory of the USB flash drive. I don't know whether these preparations are correct

1. The installation has successfully entered the macos system, but it seems that the keyboard, touchpad and touch screen do not work
2. So I restarted. After restarting, I could not enter the system. A circular prohibition symbol and "support. apple. com/mac/startup" appeared on the screen

Laptop freezes when watching YouTube videos.

Hey guys, I'm wondering if anyone is experiencing such an issue. When I play a video on YouTube in safari, after a minute or two my laptop hangs and doesn't respond to anything, needs to be powered off using the button. It also freezes after a while if I pause the video. Started happening a couple days ago and is present on both 2.1.6 and 2.1.7. Running latest Monterey.

BSOD for Windows 11 when booting from OpenCore menu but works fine with Bios boot

Firstly, thanks a lot for sharing this work. I used your EFI to install 12.4 Monterey on my i7 Matebook X Pro 2018 and was able to successfully get the Mac OS working along with Windows 11 on Samsung 970 Eve Plus 1TB SSD (replaced the OEM Samsung SSD that was listed as not compatible with OC). Noticed some quirks in Mac OS like battery draining fast in sleep and Wifi stops working randomly but otherwise everything works great.

The biggest issue I have is with dual booting windows. I had to change the ScanPolicy (Misc --> Security) to 0 for Windows boot menu to show up in OC, but when I boot using the OC boot menu into Windows it ends up with BSOD.

Sorry if its a mistake I am doing, but so far couldn't figure it out, and with my little knowledge in this area, it appears to be something with the ACPI, which I have no clue how to troubleshoot. Any help is greatly appreciated.

AirDrop & Touchscreen

Meanwhile on OC 0.8.3. and 12.4. to get AirDrop and touch Screen working.

Anyone successfull in one of the two above ?

What is the version of open core in 2.1.8?

Why does hackintool display 0.7.7 after the open core version of 2.1.8 resets NVRAM? Is there something wrong with my operation

Monterey version of Airportlwm.kext is not included in the kext folder

@tlefko Thanks a lot for your work. Bluetooth lost after wakeup issue is resolved with the new release 2.18. But you include only Airportltlwmcatalina.kext and Airportlwm.kext in the kext folder. Monterey did not find the wifi device with this configuration. I copied the Airportlwm_Monterey from old release and add it to the config.plist. And the wifi works fine now.

By the way, the system boot time is longer than before. It stuck for more than 10 seconds at around 1/3 of the progress bar, just the same situation as I mentioned using Profzei's EFI with SetApfsTrimTimeout to -1. I set the quirk to zero and still feel the booting time is longer. Another matter is that the bluetooth starts to work after quite a period after waking up the system. Is there any way to improve it?

First reboot failing post ventura installation

I tried to install Ventura 13.1 and 13.0.1 using the latest EFI MBXP Ventura 1.1.1. Installation goes well and I can boot into the laptop but first restart shows this error and I am unable to boot into the laptop. I was using Monterey before this with no issues.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Install Ventura using latest EFI
2. Restart the laptop
3. Select Mac OS
4. See error

Expected behavior
Laptop should boot normally.

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Ventura 13.1/13.0.1
• EFI: MBXP Ventura 1.1.1

Request - Matebook X Pro 2019 support

Hi, I am keen to try out your work but from past experience projects that support the 2018 model do not support the 2019 model well.

I am currently using an "other" projects EFI, but would like to give yours a go, is there any scope for 2019 support? I have an i5-8265U model.

Thanks for your work either way.

Further Improving Battery Life

Describe the bug
Without the BIOS setting "Disable Other Wakeup Sources" set to true, the machine will wake from sleep even when the lid is closed. this is evidenced by the fan spinning and keyboard lighting. This drains battery overtime which explains massive drops when the lid is closed. Enabling this setting will fully fix the issue. Major credit to @doggie13 for helping me test and discover this fix.

Expected behavior
If you enable the setting, battery life change should be negligible between sleeps. This should also resolve bluetooth breaking after sleep issues.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Monterey

Machine Hang on Bootup

During machine startup, the hang time is too long

Bad performance on Big Sur & Monterey

Using more than a few applications at once causes most of them to "slow down", the dock still runs well, aka the framerate drops to about 20. This seems to be happening most in apps that use chromium.

To Reproduce

1. Install macOS
2. Use it

Expected behavior
For the Graphic Acceleration to be "fine"-Ish

Specs

• OS: macOS Big Sur 11.7.10
• CPU: i7-8550u
• RAM: 16GB 2133mhz
• Browser: Edge
• EFI Version: Latest

OC Failing to find Boot Drive After Installation

Good Afternoon!. Thanks so much for your quick response.

This is trying to boot the installed macos on your ssd correct?

Right.

Please try using an earlier release (for now) and send me the result.

I changed to EFI 1.01 release. As usual, I download the zip file, unzip, and modify the SMBIOS info in the config.plist. Without any other change, I copied the whole OC folder to my EFI partition to replace the existing OC folder. The OC picker screen shows up correctly. When I select the first icon, there is no output, just black screen, so I have nothing to capture for your info. After several seconds, it goes back to OC picker screen again.

this isn’t bapppening when trying to boot installer only the OS on the profzei drive?

Nope. I can boot to my macos with Profzei's EFI and it works well, except for the abnormal sleep. The bluetooth doesn't work after a deep sleep. And 5-language warning screen shows when pushing power button after hibernation.

okay. this is the error (i think, maybe lol). try this. don’t modify the config, i think the editor you’re using is corrupting it. try booting with vanilla installation and let me know. if it works i’ll edit the config for you. Sometimes using like OC configurator with version mismatches can cause this.

Originally posted by @tlefko in #6 (comment)

Black screen on OpenCore

Hi !
I'm having a problem with the default EFI on my 2018 model : when booting OpenCore, I only get a black screen. But OpenCore is actually running : I can blindly chose a boot option with the keyboard, and with the debug version the logs seem OK (but I don't know where to look at in the logs).
The only solution I've found is changing ProvideConsoleGop from true to false in config.plist. Then, the text picker shows up. But this is not really elegant (I get verbose at the beginning of the boot process of macOS).

I tried several releases, from the very first you published to the latest one, on different USB sticks, it doesn't make a difference.

Do you have any clue on how to investigate this issue ?

Unrelated note : I wrote the guide on how to unlock CFG on Profzei repo (https://github.com/profzei/Matebook-X-Pro-2018/wiki/Unlock-0xE2-MSR). Feel free to use/copy whatever you need from it :)