I got out of locked Honor 1 to level 1 checkpoint 1.
It's been I think 3 weeks or less since I've been chat-restricted for 10 games, my honor was locked at level 1 for a while but then it was unlocked in a few days, and now after frequently playing league I got to level 1 checkpoint 1, and I don't even get honored that much but I do get that message which says "everyone on your team honored a teammate, you get extra progress" often so I guess that helped and I only got 4 honors once since my restriction so that helped as well.
the point of this post are two things actually: It is possible to get out of level 1 fairly easy if you play league daily and that I'm trying my hard to reform and become a better player and I encourage others to do so as well, because flaming your team even if they're in the wrong isn't going to make things better and win you the game honestly, you might actually comeback from a losing game by just encouraging your teammates and giving them hope and advising them on the steps the team should take to try and win.
Good luck, GG <3.