I'm a k Indian user and I want to clear icy few things before buying it..
I'm buying the honor 8 because of the emui5(crazy but yes)
So I have a few questions..
1. Since I'm from india, will I have a dual sim support?
2. Since the processor is kirin, will there be bugless custom builds?
Much help will be much appreciated... Thanks
It depends where you buy your Honor 8.ones sold via Vmall India and authorised dealers in Intake not dual sim... If you want a dual sim import via China or European Vmall store but make sure the radio bands support your network/networks
Nyssa1104 said:
It depends where you buy your Honor 8.ones sold via Vmall India and authorised dealers in Intake not dual sim... If you want a dual sim import via China or European Vmall store but make sure the radio bands support your network/networks
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do you think i will get an unlocked phone if i do import, and even if its not, will it support volte bands in here?
thilak devraj said:
I'm buying the honor 8 because of the emui5(crazy but yes)
So I have a few questions..
1. Since I'm from india, will I have a dual sim support?
2. Since the processor is kirin, will there be bugless custom builds?
Much help will be much appreciated... Thanks
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Unless you import dual sim variant, you can't get dual sim support. And you need to pay import duties which might cost further higher.
Regarding the EMUI updates, as of now VoLTE for Honor 5X is done only for INDIA. So Indian version will get faster updates compared to others in my opinion.
Regarding the custom builds, As it is a Kirin processor it is difficult to get through.
You can check the Honor 7 forums about the custom builds they have. So that you can get better idea for Honor 8 in the future.
thilak devraj said:
do you think i will get an unlocked phone if i do import, and even if its not, will it support volte bands in here?
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As of now India has Band 3, 5 and Band 40 LTE.
Mostly imported devices will support Band 3.
Mobile Network Support:
JIO supports all 3 bands. (Bihar, Jharkahnd, Jammu, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh don't have Band 3 support)
Airtel and Aircel has only Band 40 support.
If the imported mobile supports any of the bands of your mobile network, then it will support LTE.
vsriram92 said:
Unless you import dual sim variant, you can't get dual sim support. And you need to pay import duties which might cost further higher.
Regarding the EMUI updates, as of now VoLTE for Honor 5X is done only for INDIA. So Indian version will get faster updates compared to others in my opinion.
Regarding the custom builds, As it is a Kirin processor it is difficult to get through.
You can check the Honor 7 forums about the custom builds they have. So that you can get better idea for Honor 8 in the future.
As of now India has Band 3, 5 and Band 40 LTE.
Mostly imported devices will support Band 3.
Mobile Network Support:
JIO supports all 3 bands. (Bihar, Jharkahnd, Jammu, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh don't have Band 3 support)
Airtel and Aircel has only Band 40 support.
If the imported mobile supports any of the bands of your mobile network, then it will support LTE.
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this was very helpfull..
thilak devraj said:
this was very helpfull..
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Also in case of Honor 5X, I think No other country got VoLTE update rather than India. So think better on which is important.
I decided that dual SIM is important and so switched from Honor 7 to 5X. It depends on your priority on what you need.
Also you can try one plus 3T which is gonna release soon with better RAM and custom ROM support (Unless you prefer camera).
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Also in case of Honor 5X, I think No other country got VoLTE update rather than India. So think better on which is important.
I decided that dual SIM is important and so switched from Honor 7 to 5X. It depends on your priority on what you need.
Also you can try one plus 3T which is gonna release soon with better RAM and custom ROM support (Unless you prefer camera).
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yeah, i would have stick with the honor 5x, but it seems there will be no nougat update, neither the custom roms are stable,
one plus 3t is better but idk y iam so attracted to honors lol
thilak devraj said:
yeah, i would have stick with the honor 5x, but it seems there will be no nougat update, neither the custom roms are stable,
one plus 3t is better but idk y iam so attracted to honors lol
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Then Honor 8 is the right choice unless you are less attractive to custom ROM.
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Then Honor 8 is the right choice unless you are less attractive to custom ROM.
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custom roms attracts me more..:laugh:
thilak devraj said:
custom roms attracts me more..:laugh:
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Custom ROM vs Honor Brand Name...
OP3T vs Honor 8...
You should decide...
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Custom ROM vs Honor Brand Name...
OP3T vs Honor 8...
You should decide...
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takes a hell lot of time from me..
thilak devraj said:
takes a hell lot of time from me..
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OP3T is more expensive though.
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adriansticoid said:
OP3T is more expensive though.
Sent from my honor 5X using XDA Labs
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yep, 50 bucks more
thilak devraj said:
yep, 50 bucks more
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But the custom roms which we have for the honor8 are already very stable the only Thing is the Missing fps cuz of missing kernel drive Information from honor. But there is hope after the partnership xda -> honor.
Its few months old so we will see. Im normaly a flashaholic but emui is sick and i like the honor 8. Best Phone so Far i ever had.
(Sorry for Capital letters but im writing on the Phone i dont want to correct anything german keyboard )
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But the custom roms which we have for the honor8 are already very stable the only Thing is the Missing fps cuz of missing kernel drive Information from honor. But there is hope after the partnership xda -> honor.
Its few months old so we will see. Im normaly a flashaholic but emui is sick and i like the honor 8. Best Phone so Far i ever had.
(Sorry for Capital letters but im writing on the Phone i dont want to correct anything german keyboard )
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yes and i too trust in honor for the sources, i d k y they are making so late..
thilak devraj said:
yes and i too trust in honor for the sources, i d k y they are making so late..
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Yes i did the same and i bought it and i Love it!
Maybe it takes so Long cuz theyre working hard on emui5 who knows..
But they have to rls the sources or they will break the open source rulse and laws...
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yep, 50 bucks more
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IMO it's worth it.
Sent from my honor 5X using XDA Labs
adriansticoid said:
IMO it's worth it.
Sent from my honor 5X using XDA Labs
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totally
xontec said:
Yes i did the same and i bought it and i Love it!
Maybe it takes so Long cuz theyre working hard on emui5 who knows..
But they have to rls the sources or they will break the open source rulse and laws...
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but the honor 8 alredy has emui5, beta of course , but releasing a stable version after a beta, insnt much of a work, and neither releasing the sources takes a lot of time..
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It looks like 5C is a nice phone on spec, but the CPU is Hisilicon Kirin 650, is it a bad sign for development of AOSP ROMs considering other Kirin phones?
http://www.androidcentral.com/quick-comparison-honor-5c-versus-honor-5x
I think more want 5C Huawei Honor , I am very curious about the performance of Hisilicon Kirin personally
jerryhou85 said:
It looks like 5C is a nice phone on spec, but the CPU is Hisilicon Kirin 650, is it a bad sign for development of AOSP ROMs considering other Kirin phones?
http://www.androidcentral.com/quick-comparison-honor-5c-versus-honor-5x
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Kirin 650 inside honor 5c is more powerful than snapdragon 616 in honor 5x.
bt kirin is somewhere left behind in the case of active development,honor 5x aldredy has official cm13
bt since xda and honor are now tied up we can expect some good.
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Kirin 650 inside honor 5c is more powerful than snapdragon 616 in honor 5x.
bt kirin is somewhere left behind in the case of active development,honor 5x aldredy has official cm13
bt since xda and honor are now tied up we can expect some good.
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I remember seeing some ROM with Kirin with unofficial CM, not sure how they did that.
jerryhou85 said:
I remember seeing some ROM with Kirin with unofficial CM, not sure how they did that.
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not shure with that, but i have seen some stock os based roms for kirin soc
venom007 said:
not shure with that, but i have seen some stock os based roms for kirin soc
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I found it. Check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-4c/development/cm13-huawei-honor-4c-based-hisilicon-t3367224
[ROM][6.0.1][PRE-ALPHA] Unofficial Cyanogenmod 13.0 for Huawei Honor 4X/4C (Kirin)
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I found it. Check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-4c/development/cm13-huawei-honor-4c-based-hisilicon-t3367224
[ROM][6.0.1][PRE-ALPHA] Unofficial Cyanogenmod 13.0 for Huawei Honor 4X/4C (Kirin)
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well, thats a good news
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well, thats a good news
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But you look deeper:
What's not Working:
WiFi
Bluetooth
Audio
Sensors
SD Card and OTG
GPS
Mobile Data and Calling
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Unusable...:crying:
jerryhou85 said:
But you look deeper:
What's not Working:
WiFi
Bluetooth
Audio
Sensors
SD Card and OTG
GPS
Mobile Data and Calling
Unusable...:crying:
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yeah,but still they managed to boot it up....thats really good news for me, hope all those will be fixed by the time.
emui 5.0 support?
Do you think we will get the new EMUI 5 for the 5c?
miro_sbl said:
Do you think we will get the new EMUI 5 for the 5c?
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i think so, but not so soon
miro_sbl said:
Do you think we will get the new EMUI 5 for the 5c?
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Surely you we will get. All Honor devices will be updated to the latest android version for 2 years from the date of release. If there is any major security bug after 2 years, then also Honor guarantees to provide you update...
Remember thant Honor 4x which came with kitkat is now running on Marshmallow..
an update is comming up for honor 5c with call recording, eye protection etc!!!!!
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an update is comming up for honor 5c with call recording, eye protection etc!!!!!
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Any knowing when the update will arrive ?
LINJEinc said:
Any knowing when the update will arrive ?
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its aldredy available to beta testers in india, u can expect public rollout in comming days
venom007 said:
its aldredy available to beta testers in india, u can expect public rollout in comming days
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That sounds nice, just wait then
LINJEinc said:
That sounds nice, just wait then
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ya, me too
LINJEinc said:
That sounds nice, just wait then
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Same here, registered for beta release and still have not received any update
krispy321 said:
Same here, registered for beta release and still have not received any update
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if you are from india then honor have announced 1st batch of beta testers, hopefully second batch will be announced soon!!!!
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if you are from india then honor have announced 1st batch of beta testers, hopefully second batch will be announced soon!!!!
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Thanks for the information, waiting!!!!!!
Is it just me Huawei is ignoring or is it the whole middle Eastern region?
Why are they taking so long to push these updates?
Any way to contact Huawei team specifically for this problem.
Don't wanna mail customer service as they will just say what they always say.
"We are working on it, you will get this update in the near future".
Maybe you can try this method to debrand your phone and update from Europe...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/firmwares-updates-official-beta-plk-l01-t3428454
jerryhou85 said:
Maybe you can try this method to debrand your phone and update from Europe...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/firmwares-updates-official-beta-plk-l01-t3428454
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Thanks. I know about rebranding but my question is still the same
Honor 5X forum has a similar discussion. Why is middle Eastern customers treated as the least favored by Huawei?
Either they should push the updates together for EU and ME or at most should have a delay of a month or so?
I just want to get this to Huawei that customers are talking about it and they should try to make their service a bit better for all.
muradulislam said:
Thanks. I know about rebranding but my question is still the same
Honor 5X forum has a similar discussion. Why is middle Eastern customers treated as the least favored by Huawei?
Either they should push the updates together for EU and ME or at most should have a delay of a month or so?
I just want to get this to Huawei that customers are talking about it and they should try to make their service a bit better for all.
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Maybe the market share in ME is less than Europe... a business consideration.
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Maybe the market share in ME is less than Europe... a business consideration.
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Well, China already had its mobile boom, now India is an emerging market for cellphone sales...
Even if we say, ME customers have less market share, that is gonna change in 4,5 years max. A brand is all about brand loyalty.
If existing customers are not satisfied, how can we suggest new customers to adopt the brand.
As an example, if someone asks me of buying honor, for sure I will tell them update delays and compare it to other brands which are not biased.
muradulislam said:
Well, China already had its mobile boom, now India is an emerging market for cellphone sales...
Even if we say, ME customers have less market share, that is gonna change in 4,5 years max. A brand is all about brand loyalty.
If existing customers are not satisfied, how can we suggest new customers to adopt the brand.
As an example, if someone asks me of buying honor, for sure I will tell them update delays and compare it to other brands which are not biased.
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It's common for late upgrade from brand to brand. SONY and Samsung have been alwasy late for new upgrades across regions too, not even mention HTC who barely upgrade...
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It's common for late upgrade from brand to brand. SONY and Samsung have been alwasy late for new upgrades across regions too, not even mention HTC who barely upgrade...
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I never faced these problems as i always used China specific Roms before... Honor 7 is my first device which is not a Chinese model.
As for Samsung and Sony, which region do you think is updated the last? Or is it random?
Also if EU update was pushed later than ME, don't you think, a lot of users would have raised the same question?
Problem is, ME customers, imo, are not so interested in what's happening with updates and why?
EU customers, on the other hand, delve more into the details and in hows and whys?
Its been a day since this post and not a single ME honor 7 customer has come along to voice his/her opinion...
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I never faced these problems as i always used China specific Roms before... Honor 7 is my first device which is not a Chinese model.
As for Samsung and Sony, which region do you think is updated the last? Or is it random?
Also if EU update was pushed later than ME, don't you think, a lot of users would have raised the same question?
Problem is, ME customers, imo, are not so interested in what's happening with updates and why?
EU customers, on the other hand, delve more into the details and in hows and whys?
Its been a day since this post and not a single ME honor 7 customer has come along to voice his/her opinion...
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I remember my SONY Xperia Z always has Hong Kong/Singapore releases first. China region is alwasy slower.
I think it's still a new thing for Chinese companies to release upgrades for international market, so still some issues inbetween.
Why bother? Just debrand and at the end of the day you have the most updated H7 it can be.
Problem solved. And it´s better than going around trying to find answers only Huawei knows and doesnt tell.
zinko_pt said:
Why bother? Just debrand and at the end of the day you have the most updated H7 it can be.
Problem solved. And it´s better than going around trying to find answers only Huawei knows and doesnt tell.
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Well said, actually I have too much time on my hands these days. Spend it surfing XDA all day long and when can not find anything to do, try to find new ways to keep myself busy:laugh:
If you want to see if ME people cares for new updates or not, check HonorArabia twitter account, most of the twits are about the updates.
We can choose any other brand since all of the brands are available in the markets, it's huawei's loss.
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haneya said:
If you want to see if ME people cares for new updates or not, check HonorArabia twitter account, most of the twits are about the updates.
We can choose any other brand since all of the brands are available in the markets, it's huawei's loss.
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Great:good:. Huawei needs to know that we care...
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Just got a reply from Huawei Pakistan and they want me to take my phone to a service center to get the updates.
Well, I am gonna debrand my phone tomorrow... Can't wait more to get my updates.
Thanks all for being in the discussion
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And then Huawei Pakistan just think there was no problem after all, as you didn't show up to get updates and the problem lives on:good:
HonorCasper said:
And then Huawei Pakistan just think there was no problem after all, as you didn't show up to get updates and the problem lives on:good:
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Lol... Yeah, that's why I did not debrand after all.
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muradulislam said:
Lol... Yeah, that's why I did not debrand after all.
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That's good mate, what did u do?:fingers-crossed:
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Well I started a thread to find out what I did wrong but no replies till now
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/honor-tool-skipped-step-t3473876/page1
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muradulislam said:
Just got a reply from Huawei Pakistan and they want me to take my phone to a service center to get the updates.
Well, I am gonna debrand my phone tomorrow... Can't wait more to get my updates.
Thanks all for being in the discussion
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Honor 5x got its MM update for Middle east yesterday. Honor 7 also will get it soon. Patience is the key.
vsriram92 said:
Honor 5x got its MM update for Middle east yesterday. Honor 7 also will get it soon. Patience is the key.
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Well, honor 7 already has MM for middle east but the EU already got B371 and B380 with bug fixes and improvements while ME customers are still waiting.
The actual question is, why are we treated as the least favored?
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Well, honor 7 already has MM for middle east but the EU already got B371 and B380 with bug fixes and improvements while ME customers are still waiting.
The actual question is, why are we treated as the least favored?
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Think in this way. You are atleast favoured..
My variant has no updates. Still remaining as it is when I get it. They said not to expect updates too.
Cos there are only 2 to 3 persons expecting update for this variant. Preference will be given based on the expectations raised by that particular model users.
Devs are working on the priority of the regions. Everyone wont get the update at the same time. It takes time to develop for a particular region, add language support to it, satisfy the carriers, satisfy and accompany the sponsors, compatibility to sponsor apps., Etc.
The above mentioned factors takes more time for Middle East and even Malaysian variant.
We can't blame a single entity for getting late update.
Saw an update from Honor India.
It has been mentioned that Honor 6 and 6+ won't get updated to Nougat.
Source: https://club.hihonor.com/in/techsupport.251/official-emui-5-0-android-n-update.11083
Cant we ask for emui 5 update based on marshmallow?Emui 4 looks so dull compared to the refreshed 5.I mean,why not,even the 2012 xiaomi mi 2 got updated to the latest miui 8(I think based on 5.1.1) .I guess we can make a petition or something to get the older gen devices updated to emui 5,based on marshmallow(that applies to honor 6,6+,4C,4X,probably also mate 7,etc.
Not surprising ...
Our phones doesn't meet the Google requirements for NOUGAT
****ing VULKAN api !!!
You can make a 1 billion signed petition, it's a required api that's not aviable for our Kirin CPU, Huawei can't release official nougat for us ....
Yes, we can make a unoficial ROM ! ... without Android 7 kernel source... lol
Despite Huawei published EMUI 4 source code (very late ... OK), there is only 3 usable custom ROMs for us (Modaco, KangVIP & MIUI) and only one for 6 plus PE-TL10 (outdated Modaco) ... I stopped dreaming about my device support ... I wait my 13th month and bye bye Huawei
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Not surprising ...
Our phones doesn't meet the Google requirements for NOUGAT
****ing VULKAN api !!!
You can make a 1 billion signed petition, it's a required api that's not aviable for our Kirin CPU, Huawei can't release official nougat for us ....
Yes, we can make a unoficial ROM ! ... without Android 7 kernel source... lol
Despite Huawei published EMUI 4 source code (very late ... OK), there is only 3 usable custom ROMs for us (Modaco, KangVIP & MIUI) and only one for 6 plus PE-TL10 (outdated Modaco) ... I stopped dreaming about my device support ... I wait my 13th month and bye bye Huawei
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F*ck the vulcan api,Honor 7 has the same sh1tty mali-t624mp4 gpu that doesnt support it too but it will get nougat(its officially confirmed!),so its up to huawei(the actual reason is that 6,6+,4c and 4x already got 2 os updates?).For real,lets make a petition with request for emui 5 based on at least marshmallow or complete source(for all devices that are confirmed not to get emui 5 based on 7.0,so we can get as many signatures as possible).I didnt spend 250 euros 3 months ago to get stuck on that ugly ios knockoff emui 4.0 forever.
MaRtYy01 said:
.I guess we can make a petition or something to get the older gen devices updated to emui 5,based on marshmallow(that applies to honor 6,6+,4C,4X,probably also mate 7,etc.
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Whatever they decided is gonna stay same. You can have millions of people in petition. Still they will have some facts supporting their decision. So nothing will change.
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Whatever they decided is gonna stay same. You can have millions of people in petition. Still they will have some facts supporting their decision. So nothing will change.
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What kind of facts?Update to emui 5 based on marshmallow seems right to me,considering that the phone already got 2 main updates.If huawei wants to be truly one of the top brands in the world improving their software support wouldnt be a bad decisison.
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What kind of facts?Update to emui 5 based on marshmallow seems right to me,considering that the phone already got 2 main updates.If huawei wants to be truly one of the top brands in the world improving their software support wouldnt be a bad decisison.
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Giving VoLTE update itself is not confirmed for Honor 6 and 6+. Then how can we expect EMUI 5 ?
Seems that Huawei is satisfied on what it is currently.
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Giving VoLTE update itself is not confirmed for Honor 6 and 6+. Then how can we expect EMUI 5 ?
Seems that Huawei is satisfied on what it is currently.
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Wait really?I thought VoLTE is confirmed since kirin 920 supports it,also I read somewhere in the indian honor forum than they are working on volte update.
I think they need to make a change at some point.Honor 6 deserves to get emui 5,it was a huuuge step forward from honor 3 and its hardware is still powerful today.Also huawei announced that it wants to surpass apple's share in the phone market in the next 2 years.
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Wait really?I thought VoLTE is confirmed since kirin 920 supports it,also I read somewhere in the indian honor forum than they are working on volte update.
I think they need to make a change at some point.Honor 6 deserves to get emui 5,it was a huuuge step forward from honor 3 and its hardware is still powerful today.Also huawei announced that it wants to surpass apple's share in the phone market in the next 2 years.
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VoLTE is supported by processor. But still they are busy with their newer devices. They will consider 6 and 6+ once they get free.
I read on an xda post about nougat not necessarily needing Vulcan api
That's sad...
goldfinv said:
I read on an xda post about nougat not necessarily needing Vulcan api
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Yes. But it is not confirmed by Honor.
Honor 7 is also in the same dilemma state of Honor 6 after the latest announcement.
But Honor 6 has completed its 2 years support. So even if they think of giving the update, it will be the last priority.
The solution? It's easy to enter facebook and speak with Honor in your chat and ask if honor6 / 6 + will receive emui 5.0, and wait for your response.
https://es-es.facebook.com/HonorEurope/
https://www.facebook.com/honorglobal/
PeKeT said:
The solution? It's easy to enter facebook and speak with Honor in your chat and ask if honor6 / 6 + will receive emui 5.0, and wait for your response.
https://es-es.facebook.com/HonorEurope/
https://www.facebook.com/honorglobal/
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Solution is custom ROMs...
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Yes. But it is not confirmed by Honor.
Honor 7 is also in the same dilemma state of Honor 6 after the latest announcement.
But Honor 6 has completed its 2 years support. So even if they think of giving the update, it will be the last priority.
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honor confirmed honor 5c,5x, honor 7,8 will be receiving update but no update for honor 4c,4x,6 and 6+
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If we had any.We dont even have custom rom based on emui 4.1,what about 5?!
Maybe somebody should try porting from honor 7?Might work since gpu is same.
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But it needs to be compatible with some Open GL and Open CL version it seems.
MaRtYy01 said:
Wait really?I thought VoLTE is confirmed since kirin 920 supports it,also I read somewhere in the indian honor forum than they are working on volte update.
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But currently Honor 6 supports the following LTE bands: LTE-FDD Band 1, Band 3, Band 7, Band 20, LTE-TDD Band 38.
The Bands used by Indian Carriers are entirely different. Only one carrier (JIO) supports Band 3 that too not supported in few states.
So for a not so supportive LTE mobile, they won't bring VoLTE as per my knowledge.
Hey guys.
I was asking on Google+ what we could do to improve the Honor 8 comunity.
It was said for me to look over on MoDaco.
I had never heard of it so went and had a look.
I found a forum set up for our wonderful phone the Honor 8.
It's all set up, ROMs, Recoverys & TWRP.
I found it all.
It also has a tool to help build a custom ROM. Honor are obviously putting money into the development community for the Honor 8.
The only thing missing is for people to get involved to make it all work.
I think that we have a great phone here with a great future.
It's up to us to make the comunity for this phone work.
Have a look.
Google MoDaco Honor 8
John
A link would of been nice just to see what's going on over there...
Link
http://www.modaco.com/
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johnhux7 said:
Link
http://www.modaco.com/
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He basically abandoned the phone a month after he got it. Look at the dates on the posts
and all his files are on money making click sites and outdated
Don't get me wrong, I like Paul but he abandons devices way too quickly
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clsA said:
He basically abandoned the phone a month after he got it. Look at the dates on the posts
and all his files are on money making click sites and outdated
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OK mate. Thanks for letting me know that
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clsA said:
He basically abandoned the phone a month after he got it. Look at the dates on the posts
and all his files are on money making click sites and outdated
Don't get me wrong, I like Paul but he abandons devices way too quickly
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That's his loss.
From what I can see the Honor 8 is going to be a very suppored phone.
They seam to have latched onto the fact that people will buy phones after thier initial release based on the support for thier development opportunities.
They look like they have put money into this MoDaco forum and tools for making ROMs etc.
I'm very happy with my honor 8 and I have come nowhere near wanting to root (yet!)
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johnhux7 said:
That's his loss.
From what I can see the Honor 8 is going to be a very suppored phone.
They seam to have latched onto the fact that people will buy phones after thier initial release based on the support for thier development opportunities.
They look like they have put money into this MoDaco forum and tools for making ROMs etc.
I'm very happy with my honor 8 and I have come nowhere near wanting to root (yet!)
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Yeah we can only wait and see
You know Honor broke their promise on the H5X and it's not getting EMUI 5 / N anytime soon only security patches
I have been with Honor sense the 5X was released and Got the H8 on a Black Friday deal. It's a nice phone on EMUI 5 / N
But their software development is very slow compared to some of the big name players
clsA said:
Yeah we can only wait and see
You know Honor broke their promise on the H5X and it's not getting EMUI 5 / N anytime soon only security patches
I have been with Honor sense the 5X was released and Got the H8 on a Black Friday deal. It's a nice phone on EMUI 5 / N
But their software development is very slow compared to some of the big name players
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All we can do is make noise on here and MoDaco as to what a big deal the software updates are to user's
And hope that they listen
John
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That site has been around for years. It focuses mainly on European devices and users. He was here for a while but really didn't last long as all he was doing was win zipping others work.
zelendel said:
That site has been around for years. It focuses mainly on European devices and users. He was here for a while but really didn't last long as all he was doing was win zipping others work.
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Fair point. I have been watching the site for a few weeks and there are people looking but that is all they are doing, just looking
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So I had a quick conversation with the Honor US team. Their customer support agent (Who was very kind btw) hasn't received information about any future updates or Oreo. I'm starting to become a little skeptical about getting Oreo on our phone. Also multiple articles about Huawei devices recieving Oreo have been taken down. Let's hope for the best.
Hope our Honor 8 will get O, but if no, we have reason for buy a Pixel devices like Pixel 2
If we don't receive Android O I return to iPhone devices
blackbuffalo said:
Hope our Honor 8 will get O, but if no, we have reason for buy a Pixel devices like Pixel 2
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BnK1986 said:
If we don't receive Android O I return to iPhone devices
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But we do need to consider the price of this device. I paid 290 dollars for my phone and a pixel or iPhone will cost somewhere around 700 dollars.. That's nearly 2 and a half times the cost of this phone. In no way we can compare this phone to those phones but yes Honor promised 2 years of updates and they should live up to it.
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Rommco05 said:
I don't beleive Honor 8 don't receive Oreo, of course will not be among the first...
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Me too. They rolled out Nougat pretty early for our devices when compared to other devices. My phone was running Nougat before my friend's Galaxy S7 Edge.
Let's hope for the best. I'm still pretty hopeful.
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ayush rao said:
But we do need to consider the price of this device. I paid 290 dollars for my phone and a pixel or iPhone will cost somewhere around 700 dollars.. That's nearly 2 and a half times the cost of this phone. In no way we can compare this phone to those phones but yes Honor promised 2 years of updates and they should live up to it.
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I had misstake when by Honor. Before bought this phone, I am current on Htc M8 for alongtime. Cause Honor 8 very sexy body. If Google sold pixel in my countey. I never buy a huawei phone.
blackbuffalo said:
I had misstake when by Honor. Before bought this phone, I am current on Htc M8 for alongtime. Cause Honor 8 very sexy body. If Google sold pixel in my countey. I never buy a huawei phone.
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Where do u live? U could have maybe gone for the HTC 10 at that time then?
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I hope we get it, mainly for two reasons:
1- to get Oreo itself
2- so honor can release source code of Oreo for the development
They have to upgrade us to Android 8.0 due to this policy
https://store.hihonor.com/us/software-update-policy
if not, we could do a class action lawsuit.. they havent even release an security update from April 5th 2017!!!!
Rickymills said:
They have to upgrade us to Android 8.0 due to this policy
https://store.hihonor.com/us/software-update-policy
if not, we could do a class action lawsuit.. they havent even release an security update from April 5th 2017!!!!
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Despite this policy the Honor 5X only received one OTA but was well supported because it had a Snapdragon SOC inside.
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Rickymills said:
They have to upgrade us to Android 8.0 due to this policy
https://store.hihonor.com/us/software-update-policy
if not, we could do a class action lawsuit.. they havent even release an security update from April 5th 2017!!!!
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That looks good.
Rickymills said:
They have to upgrade us to Android 8.0 due to this policy
https://store.hihonor.com/us/software-update-policy
if not, we could do a class action lawsuit.. they havent even release an security update from April 5th 2017!!!!
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Hoping so ,thnx for sharing right info.
ayush rao said:
But we do need to consider the price of this device. I paid 290 dollars for my phone and a pixel or iPhone will cost somewhere around 700 dollars.. That's nearly 2 and a half times the cost of this phone. In no way we can compare this phone to those phones but yes Honor promised 2 years of updates and they should live up to it.
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Wait. Honor 8 was priced about 400$ on the launch.
Rickymills said:
They have to upgrade us to Android 8.0 due to this policy
https://store.hihonor.com/us/software-update-policy
if not, we could do a class action lawsuit.. they havent even release an security update from April 5th 2017!!!!
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I don't think that means anything about a firmware update. They could update Emui and provide security updates for 2 years and fulfill that promise. Afterall, security updates come out very often and though most manufacturers ignore most of them, they are there every few months for the taking. So Huawei throws one of those out every now and then and they keep their promise. I hope we get it like everyone else but I don't trust any of those wormy cell phone manufacturers.
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SALENTINVM said:
Wait. Honor 8 was priced about 400$ on the launch.
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Sadly it was decreased half the price below 230 dollars.
ayush rao said:
So I had a quick conversation with the Honor US team. Their customer support agent (Who was very kind btw) hasn't received information about any future updates or Oreo. I'm starting to become a little skeptical about getting Oreo on our phone. Also multiple articles about Huawei devices recieving Oreo have been taken down. Let's hope for the best.
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i don't think that we're going to have an upgrade to Oreo anytime soon
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Rickymills said:
They have to upgrade us to Android 8.0 due to this policy
https://store.hihonor.com/us/software-update-policy
if not, we could do a class action lawsuit.. they havent even release an security update from April 5th 2017!!!!
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i don't think that we're going to have an upgrade to Oreo anytime soon
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Well, Emui 6 doesn't even exist. We just have to wait.
venugopalu007 said:
Sadly it was decreased half the price below 230 dollars.
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Where did u get ur pricing? Online it is still 342 dollars (From Flipkart and Amazon).
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SALENTINVM said:
Well, Emui 6 doesn't even exist. We just have to wait.
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Let's hope for the best :fingers-crossed:
PalakMi said:
Let's hope for the best :fingers-crossed:
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They said the same things with Nougat. I come from a Lumia 630 and as you know Microsoft said that ALL the Windows phones would be updated to Win10. Well in the end 1/3 of them received the "update" a crappy bugged beta. The rest was out, with even ms services down.
So is better for them to don't say anything if not confirmed.