Before using any of the methods above, you must prepare your device:

A specialized (modified 10k ohm resistor cable) or standard USB cable. Thin metal tweezers or a conductive wire.

Note: Newer Huawei devices often ship with bootloader unlock disabled and Huawei stopped issuing official unlock codes; community methods vary and may require exploiting vulnerabilities or using third-party services. This guide assumes the device still allows the standard fastboot unlock flow.

Then, a single line:

The story begins with a hard truth: Huawei stopped providing official bootloader unlock codes in 2018. Despite thousands of threads on the Huawei Community

Identify the designated testpoint pin on the Nova 5T motherboard (refer to mother-board schematics available on repository pages like PotatoNV).

If you prefer not to disassemble your hardware, several third-party services still claim to provide codes for a fee. BOOTLOADER CODE FOR NOVA 5T - HUAWEI Community

Unlocking the bootloader on the (YAL-L21 / YAL-AL00) requires a hardware-based "Testpoint" methodology or specialized software tools , as Huawei officially stopped providing official bootloader unlock codes through their online portal. Because the Nova 5T is powered by the HiSilicon Kirin 980 processor , traditional software exploits or simple fastboot oem unlock commands will fail on modern EMUI versions.

Since official codes are unavailable, the most common "working" method is through paid third-party services. How it works: