Huawei Honor 5X has received the official LineageOS 15.1 support, which means you can now enjoy Android 8.1 Oreo with stock features. The LineageOS development team has released LineageOS 15.1 nightly build for Honor 5X (kiwi) with all the features of Oreo 8.1 alongside LineageOS own features.
Huawei Honor 5X has received official CyanogenMod support. The CM team just released the first Nightly build of CyanogenMod 13 custom ROM for Honor 5X, which brings near stock UI, CM features like DSP Manager, secure SMS app, Theme engine and Android Marshmallow features like Doze battery saving, personalized app permission, etc. to the handset.
Honor 5X users in India can now update their device to latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Huawei starts rolling out the official stable build of Marshmallow OTA update for Honor 5X (KIW-L22), which brings EMUI 4.0 user interface, new features, bug fixes and latest security patches to the device. Earlier, Honor 7, Honor 6, Huawei P8 Lite, P9, etc. have received the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update, and now it is Honor 5X.
TWRP custom recovery and root access on a bootloader unlocked Huawei Honor 5X gives various possibilities to tech-savvy users. Install a new build of the Android OS with different features, remove manufacture’s bloatware apps from the phone, and add extra functions, backup entire phone, etc. are few examples. However, note that it may impact secure functions like the ability to use Android Pay, lose warranty, so, as always, proceed with caution.