It wasn't all success stories. Flashing custom firmware on the T1-701u carried risks of "bricking" (making the device unbootable) or losing hardware functionality like the
The T1-701u never became famous. It didn’t make tech news. Huawei never acknowledged it. But a small, weird community grew: 43 members on a Telegram group. They shared wallpapers, custom boot logos, and a patch to replace the broken browser with Via Browser.
You cannot flash a ROM without unlocking the bootloader first.