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Latest Huawei update schedule: Lollipop by end of June

http://www.gizmochina.com/2015/04/07/huawei-releases-list-of-devices-to-receive-android-5-0-upgrade/
I'm a bit worried that MT7-L09 isn't on that list though...

This list is only for the Asian market ...
We can expected more information soon

Hi What is the difference between MT7-TL09 and M7-TL10 models? I have M7-TL10 (Europe) version with 3gb ram.

chongo_au said:
http://www.gizmochina.com/2015/04/07/huawei-releases-list-of-devices-to-receive-android-5-0-upgrade/
I'm a bit worried that MT7-L09 isn't on that list though...
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L09 will have in may ..

news on swedish sistes suggest we will get lollipop in may..this was from very reliable sources so...it is getting closer.. in the end of june would be bad.. may is ok..
I hope 5.1 not 5.0.. I think we have not waited all this time to get 5.0.. If they have waited for Lollipop to become "stable" and release with 5.0 anyway they have a very bad excuse..

blackinfinity said:
news on swedish sistes suggest we will get lollipop in may..this was from very reliable sources so...it is getting closer.. in the end of june would be bad.. may is ok..
I hope 5.1 not 5.0.. I think we have not waited all this time to get 5.0.. If they have waited for Lollipop to become "stable" and release with 5.0 anyway they have a very bad excuse..
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No mate don't except 5.1 it will be just 5.0 .. I said that b4 .. that kids here moaning and crying about 5.0 and they will be reverting back to what we have now ... trust me..

Simona Simmy said:
No mate don't except 5.1 it will be just 5.0 .. I said that b4 .. that keds here moaning and crying about 5.0 but soon they will get it they will be reverting back to what we have now ... trust me..
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Trust me it will be 5.1...

blackinfinity said:
Trust me it will be 5.1...
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Mate NO !
Read the title of article here! : http://www.gizmochina.com/2015/04/07/huawei-releases-list-of-devices-to-receive-android-5-0-upgrade/

I doubt we'll get 5.1, but it's whatever at this point. Huawei dropped the ball with their software updates, that puts me off to the point where I'm no longer considering another Huawei phone after this M7. Thank raptor Jesus for AOSP based ROM's!

AhsanU said:
I doubt we'll get 5.1, but it's whatever at this point. Huawei dropped the ball with their software updates, that puts me off to the point where I'm no longer considering another Huawei phone after this M7. Thank raptor Jesus for AOSP based ROM's!
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In my experience with previous phones it has been pretty much the same.
LG G2.. was quite good software support with updates.
However I think this is totally google and android to blame, this is totally braindead how this works..
it must be easier for the manufactures to do software updates and not having to write everything from scratch...
when a new update is comming it should be a lot more easy to adapt it to the new software version..
The software updates is atleast ONE thing I like with apple...
But I doubt I ever buy an apple product though...

AhsanU said:
I doubt we'll get 5.1, but it's whatever at this point. Huawei dropped the ball with their software updates, that puts me off to the point where I'm no longer considering another Huawei phone after this M7. Thank raptor Jesus for AOSP based ROM's!
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if u love updates and it is ONLY u have smartphone for .. get nexuses.. those poor phones where batt. stay last half day ..
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I doubt we'll get 5.1, but it's whatever at this point. Huawei dropped the ball with their software updates, that puts me off to the point where I'm no longer considering another Huawei phone after this M7. Thank raptor Jesus for AOSP based ROM's!
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It was between LG -g2 and nexus 5 for me... When comparing the hardware the choice was easier.... the software in LG -g2 was very good. Very snappy phone.
Nexus 6 looks like **** too big...

FYI usually when people say its 5.0 or just lollipop without any extra proof or info they rather mean the latest version or that they simply don't know the version.

In the end. If the update sucks you go back to kitkat...

MT7-TL09 and M7-TL10 difference
alexre123 said:
Hi What is the difference between MT7-TL09 and M7-TL10 models? I have M7-TL10 (Europe) version with 3gb ram.
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TL09 is 16 gig with 2g ram and offers LTE bands for us markets T-Mobile and ATT.
TL10 is 32 gig with 3 gig ram and had 2 sim card slots an has no LTE support in USA only hspa/+

Lollipop 5.1 stock?

Sorry if this is duplicated question, I searched the forum but found nothing definitive yet.
Is there any information regarding the new official update to Lollipop 5.1 for Moto G 2014? (Preferably the XT1068 version, which is the one I have). I read on news that Moto G 2014 (and other models) were receiving the update because of that security bug, but haven't found any download for the new version so far... (maybe is too recent?)
Thanks in advance. Regards.

No. Motorla seems to do a soak test these days but there is no 5.1.x firmware out.

Thanks for the information!
Could we expect that this test will help us acquire it? I mean, the 5.0.2 for the XT1068 was also a soak test and we got it, right?

cesardemi said:
Thanks for the information!
Could we expect that this test will help us acquire it? I mean, the 5.0.2 for the XT1068 was also a soak test and we got it, right?
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I'd say it's 99% certain that we WILL get 5.1.1 ... the only question is when.
My (wild) guess would be this year.
They have only sent out the standard survey-form which they do before every test but afaik they haven't actually started testing yet.
So, depending on when they'll actually start and how well the soak test goes it might be as soon as within 2-3 Months = probably this year.
(Again, just a wild guess and a bit of whishful thinking)
I know about as much as Motorola Support, which is absolutely nothing.

Chrislegan said:
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I know about as much as Motorola Support, which is absolutely nothing.
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:laugh: made my day!

why the heck are they so damn slow?! here I am, alternating between different roms because I can't find a ROM that doesn't glitch out on me after using it for a few days :/

FluffyGrwyfoo said:
why the heck are they so damn slow?! here I am, alternating between different roms because I can't find a ROM that doesn't glitch out on me after using it for a few days :/
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Seems like since the chinese bought motorola a lot has changed there...
Try Titan Prime 1.1.1 with stellar kernel 5.1,fast,stable and good battey stats.
It´s based on stock and my daily driver. But (yes) it´s based on #*+% android 5.0.2 not on.....you know.

maybe because lenovo have bought motorola.
sry for my english

Huh, I'll give it a try! cm12.1 is really buggy for me

Soak tests haven't been started yet, only forms have been filled.

Problem with Android is Google is releasing versions so fast, vendors do not have time to adapt each and every version (plus: why should they? they make no money out of it)
Maybe we will not get Android 5.1 on Moto G 2014 but Android 6.0 when it's released really soon.

pgquiles said:
Problem with Android is Google is releasing versions so fast, vendors do not have time to adapt each and every version (plus: why should they? they make no money out of it)
Maybe we will not get Android 5.1 on Moto G 2014 but Android 6.0 when it's released really soon.
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They make no money but I think for many people fast updates are an argument to buy a device. And on the other side, if I was a vendor I would be very careful with the release of a brand-new firmware after the disaster with 5.0 and probably better come out with a stable 5.1.1 than a (eventually) buggy 6.0.

Wolfcity said:
They make no money but I think for many people fast updates are an argument to buy a device. And on the other side, if I was a vendor I would be very careful with the release of a brand-new firmware after the disaster with 5.0 and probably better come out with a stable 5.1.1 than a (eventually) buggy 6.0.
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How may people do care about updated versions? Very few, really.
App updates? Sure. Give them new a new version of WhatsApp, Facebook, etc. Maybe even an enhanced camera app. But a new firmware? Very few people even know what that is.
So a device with guaranteed updates? Yes, there is a market for that: developers or curious people. And that's why the Google Nexus class of devices exists and sells well.

Yeah,these android nerds...?

What about security? I think that the best way is that the system gets update not depending from the manufacturer, like with the computer. Will be possible in the future of Android?

5.1 rollout starts
5.1 rollout starts in Brazil

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5.1 rollout starts in Brazil
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Thats for the Gen1....
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/edc7501cc4?page=209

Spotted in India:
http://www.gsmarena.com/newscomm-11088.php

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Spotted in India:
http://www.gsmarena.com/newscomm-11088.php
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Any links for the update available already? OTA will probably take forever to arrive.

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5.1 rollout starts in Brazil
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Really hopping that update fixes some 5.0.2 bugs... And decrease the lag too xD

Will huawei upgrade it to Marshmallow??

Was wondering if Huawei has announced that they will upgrade Honor 7 to marshmallow. I have never used any Huawei device and am interested in Honor 7 so want to know how is Huawei in terms of SW upgrades etc. Does anyone in here has any experience of previous Huawei devices. I am really keen to know this as ROM development and SW upgrades are probably the most important aspects of a device's future.

Yes all Huawei flagships will get updated, while non flaships will get at lesser priority as well..
But they won't release as quick.. Rather depending on stability of the new android itself the update will delay and they will release it timed with release of their next flagship. So somewhere from January 2016 to May 2016.. That said, since Huawei is manufacturing this year's nexus things might be different.

As Warea said, we'll have the update.
I think google is going to surprise us with this new Android version, doing a global release for a lot of devices on Day 1.
Rumor says that Samsung has already the update ready for S6/S6Edge/Note4, .... And LG too. It's possible that this year, Google worked with manufacturers to make a global release for Android M because one of the things that Apple users are proud of is that every iOS device is updated at the same time with the same version. I think Google wants to fix that with Android.
We'll see !

is possible, but i doubt it, because on every android version, huawei must include emui new version, and they're veeeery slow making updates . honor 6 waiting lollipop yet in european version, and android m launches at end of this month...

no news yet on android 6, but the chinese editions of honor 7 are getting android 5.1 beta tests. http://cn.club.vmall.com/thread-4989272-1-1.html

pudup said:
Huawei updates really fast. They should release emui 4.0 marshmallow for honor 7 earliest by 2017 or maybe 2018 around the time they release the lollipop source code for honor 6.
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If you look at last year most of phone brands were quick to announce upgrades to lollipop but they delivered only 2nd quarter of this year, while the few who updated quick were left with lollipop bugs.
I'm in no hurry to android 6 because many of the features are already on emui.. So I rather prefer a properly optimized and bug free update, plus significant changes on emui enough to make it feel like an update.

Honor 6
Let's look at the good, the bad and the horrible worst..
The GOOD -
good built up design and hardware
At good price...
Awesome high end specs
Smooth working never lags
Charges superfast..
It's been a year to own a huawei honor 6 and it's still the same as newly purchased.. Quite happy with the product and fully satisfied And I'm upgrading to honor seven.. Just go for it. N its the best available in the market at this stage
The BAD-
-NO SOFTWARE UPDATES needs some improvements in software but no updates provided in India secondly no OTA updates you need to stress yourself to know how exactly to download and install softwares.
-Delayed updates... We hear Google talking about Marshmallow where as lollipop is on the verge and honor devices still running on kitkat.. Yes, lollipop updates were provided to download and install but manually and bro it's time for marshmallow and we here were dying to receive lollipop (stable) yet..
-Indian versions are not provided with the features available to Chinese versions.. Not 64gb storage available no dual Sim available
-Cloud storage available only in China
For honor 7 I guess marshmallow would be available in next year Q1
The horrible WORST -
It's not at all a loyal brand
I can purely tag Huawei as "use and throw" device because,
-WORST customer service support
If anything happens to the device after purchasing it... You just need to dump it in the garbage bin (service centre) without having a hope of recycle and getting it back so just forget the past and look for a new one..
So if you wanna avoid such circumstances you got to handle with care
Else it works great smooth efficient.. User friendly... Great specs and awesome built..
So if you are a person frequently updating your handset go for it.. But if you are a long term user suggest you to go for some good branded devices..
Just my opinion.. And no offence meant.. Sorryyyy

My newsfeed showed me following page.
http://www.themobileindian.com/news...et-Android-6.0-Marshmallow-Update-in-Jan-2016
don´t know how credible this is and whether it also affects the other H7 versions.

Devu21 said:
Honor 6
Let's look at the good, the bad and the horrible worst..
The GOOD -
good built up design and hardware
At good price...
Awesome high end specs
Smooth working never lags
Charges superfast..
It's been a year to own a huawei honor 6 and it's still the same as newly purchased.. Quite happy with the product and fully satisfied And I'm upgrading to honor seven.. Just go for it. N its the best available in the market at this stage
The BAD-
-NO SOFTWARE UPDATES needs some improvements in software but no updates provided in India secondly no OTA updates you need to stress yourself to know how exactly to download and install softwares.
-Delayed updates... We hear Google talking about Marshmallow where as lollipop is on the verge and honor devices still running on kitkat.. Yes, lollipop updates were provided to download and install but manually and bro it's time for marshmallow and we here were dying to receive lollipop (stable) yet..
-Indian versions are not provided with the features available to Chinese versions.. Not 64gb storage available no dual Sim available
-Cloud storage available only in China
For honor 7 I guess marshmallow would be available in next year Q1
The horrible WORST -
It's not at all a loyal brand
I can purely tag Huawei as "use and throw" device because,
-WORST customer service support
If anything happens to the device after purchasing it... You just need to dump it in the garbage bin (service centre) without having a hope of recycle and getting it back so just forget the past and look for a new one..
So if you wanna avoid such circumstances you got to handle with care
Else it works great smooth efficient.. User friendly... Great specs and awesome built..
So if you are a person frequently updating your handset go for it.. But if you are a long term user suggest you to go for some good branded devices..
Just my opinion.. And no offence meant.. Sorryyyy
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Honor 6.....no updates? You mean apart from all the updates it has received to go from 4.4 to 5.1.1
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mgolder said:
Honor 6.....no updates? You mean apart from all the updates it has received to go from 4.4 to 5.1.1
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No.... I received one update that was for emui 3.0 that's all and I hear lots of people updating their firmware but they do that manually.. And not OTA update so I get stuck as I didn't know how to do such updates manually..
But honor 7.. Marshmallow beta would be available from Jan I suppose..
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Was wondering if Huawei has announced that they will upgrade Honor 7 to marshmallow. I have never used any Huawei device and am interested in Honor 7 so want to know how is Huawei in terms of SW upgrades etc. Does anyone in here has any experience of previous Huawei devices. I am really keen to know this as ROM development and SW upgrades are probably the most important aspects of a device's future.
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What I feel is.. It's pointless in waiting for M update because it's skin emui 3.0 takes it all over the material design and I feel emui is awesome if they keep updating emui..
The lollipop update in honor 6 didn't have much change as the design would remain emui..

Devu21 said:
No.... I received one update that was for emui 3.0 that's all and I hear lots of people updating their firmware but they do that manually.. And not OTA update so I get stuck as I didn't know how to do such updates manually..
But honor 7.. Marshmallow beta would be available from Jan I suppose..
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What I feel is.. It's pointless in waiting for M update because it's skin emui 3.0 takes it all over the material design and I feel emui is awesome if they keep updating emui..
The lollipop update in honor 6 didn't have much change as the design would remain emui..
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Except the ota for the honor 6 & 6+ went out already. So again, saying it had no updates is nonsense.
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mgolder said:
Except the ota for the honor 6 & 6+ went out already. So again, saying it had no updates is nonsense.
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Sorry sir It may be nonsense for people having technical knowledge
And I'm sorry but I forgot to mention earlier that all the firmware updates were never officially by Huawei for "h60 L04" model (Indian variant) if you check out the official website of honor India there are no updates but when you check updates for Chinese model then you will find many software updates on their official site for honor 6 but none of them would end with model "h60 L04"
So on that part I told that there are no updates

Honor confirmed on twitter that the Honor 7 will be updated to 6.0 in Q1 2016.
Date not confirmed for the 6+.

Announcement Android 6.0:
http://emui.huawei.com/cn/portal.php?mod=view&aid=55

waliej said:
Announcement Android 6.0:
http://emui.huawei.com/cn/portal.php?mod=view&aid=55
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looks like PLK-L01 is not on the list....

simo6 said:
looks like PLK-L01 is not on the list....
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PLK-XX is Honor 7 where XX stands for different regional versions. It's the same with P8, the EU version (L01) is not on the list, probably because this list is not intended for European readers!

Marshmallow Will arrive in january 2016.
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Honor 7 to get Marshmallow beta in a matter of weeks => http://www.androidcentral.com/honor-7-get-marshmallow-beta-matter-weeks

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Honor 7 to get Marshmallow beta in a matter of weeks => http://www.androidcentral.com/honor-7-get-marshmallow-beta-matter-weeks
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Yep, I was at the same event. Beta test coming within the next month and is likely to be run through local forums so Honor can obtain feedback.

flibblesan said:
Yep, I was at the same event. Beta test coming within the next month and is likely to be run through local forums so Honor can obtain feedback.
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I've put my name down (via Honor's PR agency), and once you give your IMEI you'll be sent an OTA update automatically once it's ready. I'll let you all know the progress, but believe there will be a requirement NOT to share the code with others so please don't ask me to extract the files and release the ROM.
Of course, I'm sure someone will...

B371 and B380 updates for middle east

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...

jerryhou85 said:
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...

muradulislam said:
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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muradulislam said:
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.

Did any US mate 9 receive oreo update?

I sent an e-mail to huawei to ask about this. Here is the reply:
Dear XXX,
We widely appreciate your preference and hope you are doing well. We thank you for contacting us and for showing interest on our products.
We kindly inform you that the update for the Mate 9 to oreo was already released, this update might vary depending the country, continent, location and carriers.
Please wait.
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However I couldn't find a proved oreo firmware for us mate 9 (C567). How about you guys?

fairyland4ever said:
I sent an e-mail to huawei to ask about this. Here is the reply:
Dear XXX,
We widely appreciate your preference and hope you are doing well. We thank you for contacting us and for showing interest on our products.
We kindly inform you that the update for the Mate 9 to oreo was already released, this update might vary depending the country, continent, location and carriers.
Please wait.
If you have any further questions do not hesitate to give us a call to 888.5HUAWEI / 888.548.2934 english/spanish: monday – sunday 7:00 am – 9:00 pm (CST).
We thank you for contacting Huawei Technical Support, we remain at your service.
J.C.A.
However I couldn't find a proved oreo firmware for us mate 9 (C567). How about you guys?
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Theres already a thread regarding the C567 Oreo update, if youre up for the task theres a way you can install it
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/mate-9-c567-t3705915

XERO_Racer said:
Theres already a thread regarding the C567 Oreo update, if youre up for the task theres a way you can install it
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/mate-9-c567-t3705915
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Can the C567 Oreo could install with Firmware finder, I tried all of them, they are not approved to be installed. I don't want to unlock my phone, it is not safe.

"already released" yeah, officially everywhere BUT the USA version.
I think Huawei is just going to cut their losses that the US government pressured AT&T to bail.
Oh well... Huawei's loss, & if they do, the Mate 9 will be the LAST of the 3 Huawei phones I will buy. No support/updates without having to jack around with it, I'm done.

No approved update
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Can the C567 Oreo could install with Firmware finder, I tried all of them, they are not approved to be installed. I don't want to unlock my phone, it is not safe.
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There isn't any "approved" update yet, it seems that the us version will probably be the last to get it if at all.
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p51d007 said:
"already released" yeah, officially everywhere BUT the USA version.
I think Huawei is just going to cut their losses that the US government pressured AT&T to bail.
Oh well... Huawei's loss, & if they do, the Mate 9 will be the LAST of the 3 Huawei phones I will buy. No support/updates without having to jack around with it, I'm done.
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It's their loss, without any support or updates they will kill any possibility of breaking into the us market, this is my last Huawei phone as well.

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There isn't any "approved" update yet, it seems that the us version will probably be the last to get it if at all.
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It's their loss, without any support or updates they will kill any possibility of breaking into the us market, this is my last Huawei phone as well.
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same here..coming from samsung and I thought they were bad with updates. You can see on their facebook page people are asking about the update but all they say is wait for it for the last few months and yet they keep on saying they are committed to providing U.S. customers with best possible products and experiences.

It also makes no sense because the Oreo update that's on firmware finder (360) is fantastic. I've been using it since Friday and so far not a single bug or hiccup. My battery life is also better than on Nougat. I haven't even bothered with root this time. I'm on track for 9 hours of SOT on this charge without any special tricks or constantly managing location services and syncing (previously I would get 7.5 hours but I was disabling services and turning off location when not in use). They did a great job with the update. Release it already!
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same here..coming from samsung and I thought they were bad with updates. You can see on their facebook page people are asking about the update but all they say is wait for it for the last few months and yet they keep on saying they are committed to providing U.S. customers with best possible products and experiences.
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tim.malone said:
It also makes no sense because the Oreo update that's on firmware finder (360) is fantastic. I've been using it since Friday and so far not a single bug or hiccup. My battery life is also better than on Nougat. I haven't even bothered with root this time. I'm on track for 9 hours of SOT on this charge without any special tricks or constantly managing location services and syncing (previously I would get 7.5 hours but I was disabling services and turning off location when not in use). They did a great job with the update. Release it already!
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Well afaik huawei isnt the best company on updates.. Been in huawei quad xl before and i thought they already changed but i guess i was wrong. Sad.

This is my first Huawei. Previously mostly had LG phones. The way LG did it was they just stopped supporting the phones seemingly at random, or whenever they determined it wasn't worth the effort. Usually leaving a few large bugs in the last release (such as a terrible battery drain in the last Marshmallow release for the G4, with no way to downgrade). That makes some business sense I guess (not using the resources). In this case, Huawei already developed the update. In fact, there are two version of Oreo for US Mate 9s on Firmware Finder. They've already spent the money. Well, hopefully they'll make it official soon and they're just ironing out some bugs.
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Well afaik huawei isnt the best company on updates.. Been in huawei quad xl before and i thought they already changed but i guess i was wrong. Sad.
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tim.malone said:
This is my first Huawei. Previously mostly had LG phones. The way LG did it was they just stopped supporting the phones seemingly at random, or whenever they determined it wasn't worth the effort. Usually leaving a few large bugs in the last release (such as a terrible battery drain in the last Marshmallow release for the G4, with no way to downgrade). That makes some business sense I guess (not using the resources). In this case, Huawei already developed the update. In fact, there are two version of Oreo for US Mate 9s on Firmware Finder. They've already spent the money. Well, hopefully they'll make it official soon and they're just ironing out some bugs.
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I hope so because their not so old phones wont just get updates before

Guys am new to Huawei device so how do i update my mate 9 (L29C185) to oreo. System updater shows my phone is up to date.
Should I update using Firmware Finder (FF)?, if i update to oreo using FF is there any problem? Or should i wait till i get OTA? Please hlp...

i guess the reason Huawei make US market the last one for the rom update , was want to make sure there is no bugs when the time to do the OTA for US market which is a major one for Huawei. so i am also waiting for OTA

Guess they are holding off "officially" until after the U.S. release of the Mate 10?

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Guess they are holding off "officially" until after the U.S. release of the Mate 10?
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They are and if it is on feb then our updates will come march eventhough their official oreo updates were already released in asia december... Man thats 4 months lol

Burned*Snow said:
They are and if it is on feb then our updates will come march eventhough their official oreo updates were already released in asia december... Man thats 4 months lol
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I decided to rebrand to C432 and get the oreo update, I am tired of waiting, the cell phone has 1-2 years lifetime, I don't want to waste my life to stay with buggy EMUI 5.0 . EMUI 5.0 US B190 has a lot of bugs, and the security pack is April 2017, and the battery can rarely last for a whole day. Rebrand to C432 and enjoy smooth and battery-saving system.

fairyland4ever said:
I decided to rebrand to C432 and get the oreo update, I am tired of waiting, the cell phone has 1-2 years lifetime, I don't want to waste my life to stay with buggy EMUI 5.0 . EMUI 5.0 US B190 has a lot of bugs, and the security pack is April 2017, and the battery can rarely last for a whole day. Rebrand to C432 and enjoy smooth and battery-saving system.
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I don't understand this, I never had any battery problems when I was with Nougat, majority of the users on Nougat are satisfied with the battery life, yes there's some bugs on EMUI 5.0 but not enough to cause any major issues, are you sure you didn't do all the steps like back tracking on what apps were installed and etc.?
I only upgraded to Oreo for the security patch and for curiosity reasons, been having a good device experience so far

Stock mate9 here. I'm getting 7-9 hours sot. It is the best phone I've ever owned as far as battery goes. I just can't kill this thing in a day. I YouTube, game, hotspot, social, maps, and everything else.

XERO_Racer said:
I don't understand this, I never had any battery problems when I was with Nougat, majority of the users on Nougat are satisfied with the battery life, yes there's some bugs on EMUI 5.0 but not enough to cause any major issues, are you sure you didn't do all the steps like back tracking on what apps were installed and etc.?
I only upgraded to Oreo for the security patch and for curiosity reasons, been having a good device experience so far
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When it was on EMUI 5, the android system consumed most of the power, after rebrand and upgrade to emui 8, battery and everything is amazing!

Finally got the official update on my US unlocked Mate 9 a little bit ago! Hopefully everyone else that has been chomping at the bit to get it and didn't want to use FirmwareFinder, etc. will see it soon

Got my update at 9am this morning, performance is definitely a lot better