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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.
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
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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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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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Kamran9558 said:
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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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....
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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.
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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.
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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...
Hi everyone, just wanted to let you know that a new OTA update (B151) was pushed out for honor 5X KIW-L24. This is a staged rollout, so it could take up to a week to reach your device. The full update.app file will be posted on the official support site soon. We are also waiting on the correct, updated kernel source to be posted as well. Thank you everyone that provided feedback and helped test this release.
More info: http://club.hihonor.com/us/blog.31/honor-5x-receives-new-software-update.771
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Hi everyone, just wanted to let you know that a new OTA update (B151) was pushed out for honor 5X KIW-L24. This is a staged rollout, so it could take up to a week to reach your device. The full update.app file will be posted on the official support site soon. We are also waiting on the correct, updated kernel source to be posted as well. Thank you everyone that provided feedback and helped test this release.
More info: http://club.hihonor.com/us/blog.31/honor-5x-receives-new-software-update.771
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That's some good news for honor 5x community.
Specially waiting for updated kernel source.
Thanks huawei for supporting us!
Is this mm?? Also are you abandoning your other variants?? We didn't even get the b140 update... Wth??
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Faheemarif252 said:
Is this mm?? Also are you abandoning your other variants?? We didn't even get the b140 update... Wth??
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It's 5.1.1 ?
can anyone be so kind as to capture the OTA file and post link please?
wimbet said:
Hi everyone, just wanted to let you know that a new OTA update (B151) was pushed out for honor 5X KIW-L24. This is a staged rollout, so it could take up to a week to reach your device. The full update.app file will be posted on the official support site soon. We are also waiting on the correct, updated kernel source to be posted as well. Thank you everyone that provided feedback and helped test this release.
More info: http://club.hihonor.com/us/blog.31/honor-5x-receives-new-software-update.771
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its so unfair that l21 and l22 models are left behind.
wimbet said:
Hi everyone, just wanted to let you know that a new OTA update (B151) was pushed out for honor 5X KIW-L24. This is a staged rollout, so it could take up to a week to reach your device. The full update.app file will be posted on the official support site soon. We are also waiting on the correct, updated kernel source to be posted as well. Thank you everyone that provided feedback and helped test this release.
More info: http://club.hihonor.com/us/blog.31/honor-5x-receives-new-software-update.771
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How about updating your european devices as well, or is it just a fact what i'm assuming, that being that Honor doesn't give jack-**** about Europe?
I don't think you can fault Honor for trying to fight there way into the western market. There competing against big-boy established companys.
Anyways the updates aren't much of anything, if they don't update to marshmallow with all the other varients, I could see being disappointed
Supertacomonkeyexplosion said:
I don't think you can fault Honor for trying to fight there way into the western market. There competing against big-boy established companys.
Anyways the updates aren't much of anything, if they don't update to marshmallow with all the other varients, I could see being disappointed
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Seeing the way they're handling updates so far for this device, I have my doubts if Europe or anyone else is going to get Marshmallow any time soon... Also I don't care who they have to fight against, if you can't keep up, don't step up, it's that simple.
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Seeing the way they're handling updates so far for this device, I have my doubts if Europe or anyone else is going to get Marshmallow any time soon... Also I don't care who they have to fight against, if you can't keep up, don't step up, it's that simple.
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I don't know the numbers...... But did they sell 1 phone in Europe and 10 million in the US? I know that sounds extreme, but makes good business sense to support the majority.
We don't know what the software team at honor is anyway, could be one person handling variants and a whole team handling the states.
The phone has only been released for a short time and we know they are working on updates, so they haven't ditched the development.
Just saying be patient because you haven't had a update "NOW"
We have a working CM ROM anyways, why would you want to use stock?
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I don't know the numbers...... But did they sell 1 phone in Europe and 10 million in the US? I know that sounds extreme, but makes good business sense to support the majority.
We don't know what the software team at honor is anyway, could be one person handling variants and a whole team handling the states.
The phone has only been released for a short time and we know they are working on updates, so they haven't ditched the development.
Just saying be patient because you haven't had a update "NOW"
We have a working CM ROM anyways, why would you want to use stock?
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I don't WANT to use stock, but it would be nice to receive other updates like bootloaders etc. before I make the switch to CM13. Seeing as that is unlikely though, i'll switch before the Weekend is over.
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I don't WANT to use stock, but it would be nice to receive other updates like bootloaders etc. before I make the switch to CM13. Seeing as that is unlikely though, i'll switch before the Weekend is over.
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Agreed.
I'm coming from a Oneplus One ,and its great to have dialect between an actual manufacturer and user.
Supertacomonkeyexplosion said:
Agreed.
I'm coming from a Oneplus One ,and its great to have dialect between an actual manufacturer and user.
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has anyone actually gotten the update yet ? I sure could use the Download URL
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has anyone actually gotten the update yet ? I sure could use the Download URL
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Haven't seen it either, sorry.
I'm sticking with the CM builds right now, which are working great.
I just couldn't get used to MIUI/EMUI.
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If Honor/Huawei is wanting to compete against big-boy established companies, then he has to offer better and quicker support !!!
I left Asus and Samsung because of the bad firmware support and I just hope Honor/Huawei is NOT just following the same way...
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Totally agree. I just think its to soon to judge the rollouts yet.
We know that they are working on updates, I hope they continue.
Other than bands and languages, isn't software the same? ROMs for L24 with B140, work on L21 and L22. However, the US version only comes with 2GB RAM, whereas other variants come with 3GB from what I've heard.
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Other than bands and languages, isn't software the same? ROMs for L24 with B140, work on L21 and L22. However, the US version only comes with 2GB RAM, whereas other variants come with 3GB from what I've heard.
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Only Chinese version is 3gb... While all other variants like l21 etc are 2gb
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For anyone asking about device variants from other regions, please visit hihonor.com to be directed to your regional site. For example, I see that India has also started their beta for Android M - http://club.hihonor.com/in/topic-971
I have no received any update yet to 151. Wonder whats taking so long.
The updates are merely security updates. They are being pushed by regions. There is little to no change in the UI between 140 and 151, but there is some more bloat. Additional apps like Kindle and Amazon, which you may or may not want.
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I have no received any update yet to 151. Wonder whats taking so long.
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All OTAs are staged rollouts. They release to more devices each day, and can take up to a week to complete.
The full firmware file is available for anyone to manually install - http://www.hihonor.com/us/support/details/?DOC_ID=78043
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...
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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/
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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.
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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.
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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.
Anybody heard any news/rumors on when Honor 8 will get 7.1.1 release? Also, is 7.1.1 EMUI 5.1 or is EMUI 5.1 a separate release?
Axon 7 got its 7.1.1 update last week!
Lol, theirs been nothing from Honor for the US H8 sense January. All that's expected from here is a security patch and that's about it.
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Lol, theirs been nothing from Honor for the US H8 sense January. All that's expected from here is a security patch and that's about it.
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I agree. I've seen no signs that Honor has any honor regarding the make believe agreement with XDA (and their customers), but I'd love to be shown how wrong I am ;
Really bad. I bought Honor trusting they will be better at updates. If they don't, then it's to break that trust. OnePlus seems better off now in updates as well (along with Axon 7).
The L-04 is neglected if we are being honest here. The other models got that update to fix the battery issue on Nougat but then we have the L-04 still with a December 1 security update. The others have January...
Still a wonderful phone just that sometimes models get neglected while the others get the updates. However, I hear that they do all their testing in the Chinese forums where a 7.1 build is also.
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I have the L14 really like the phone but Nougat and EMUI 5 has been disastrous for my battery life. Huawei communication is completely non-existent and disappointing. I am thinking of going back to MM and hopefully they'll fix the battery life. Unfortunately this has left a bitter taste so my next phone may be something else.
Might as well forget about 7.1.1 and hope it gets 7.1.2 at this point. By the time we get an update there will be Android O.
According to HuaweiEMUI page on Facebook(sorry I can't post url because I'm new to here), EMUI 5.1 won't be offered to honor 8 for now, however Huawei will release an update after June this year which includes fixes and feature enhancements.
Yeah updates for Honor 8 was a big letdown, my last honor device for sure.
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According to HuaweiEMUI page on Facebook(sorry I can't post url because I'm new to here), EMUI 5.1 won't be offered to honor 8 for now, however Huawei will release an update after June this year which includes fixes and feature enhancements.
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So Honor 8 not getting 5.1 or get 5.1 after June? I just need them to solve the terrible battery life on my L14 on B360. This device has been excellent but their "2 year" to upgrades and updates is highly questionable.
To be fair, since honor use their own chip, it will take longer to update. But I'm agree, I expected better from honor, especially after their partnership with xda
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According to HuaweiEMUI page on Facebook(sorry I can't post url because I'm new to here), EMUI 5.1 won't be offered to honor 8 for now, however Huawei will release an update after June this year which includes fixes and feature enhancements.
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Hi @breezyhill
https://www.facebook.com/HuaweiEMUI/
EMUI Unfortunately, EMUI 5.1 will not be offered to devices that have EMUI 5.0, EMUI 4.1 or lower systems for now. Some of the new functions from EMUI 5.1 will be built into a debugged, featured-enhanced version of EMUI 5.0 that will be released after June 2017. Stay tuned.
EMUI Hi all, at present we cannot provide a definite date on the release for your devices. However, the Android N (EMUI 5.0) updates will be available for Mate 8, P9, P9 Plus, P9 Lite, Honor 8, Honor 6X, Nova, and Nova Plus. If your phone is one of these mentioned, rest assured that we are actively developing and testing the N update to ensure the best performance for you. Thank you for your understanding and patience
I recently got the Honor 8, they need to push out the B380 update to USA users, at least give us some security patches.
frommars6 said:
I recently got the Honor 8, they need to push out the B380 update to USA users, at least give us some security patches.
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It's bad that your having to ask for this as it was Honor USA that worked with XDA to promise two years of updates.
U should go onto Honor USA Google+ group to hassle them for your updates.
Remind them that it was then that made this promise
Message of honor
Hi Luis, EMUI 5.1 will not be offered to devices that have EMUI 5.0, EMUI 4.1 or lower systems for now. Please be assured that some of the new EMUI 5.1 features will be incorporated into a debugged and enhanced EMUI 5.0 release that will be released after June 2017. Thank you for your understanding and patience. stay tuned
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luisjo_ace said:
Message of honor
Hi Luis, EMUI 5.1 will not be offered to devices that have EMUI 5.0, EMUI 4.1 or lower systems for now. Please be assured that some of the new EMUI 5.1 features will be incorporated into a debugged and enhanced EMUI 5.0 release that will be released after June 2017. Thank you for your understanding and patience. stay tuned
Enviado desde mi FRD-L09 mediante Tapatalk
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At least they are giving all of us the same message.
Word for word.
They must have know that we would all be asking this question.
Why we can't have this update ???
They hadn't said
johnhux7 said:
At least they are giving all of us the same message.
Word for word.
They must have know that we would all be asking this question.
Why we can't have this update ???
They hadn't said
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Because they think we are idiots and we will buy newest phones xD
Sheldd said:
Because they think we are idiots and we will buy newest phones xD
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Yep your very probably right
Hi guys.
I earlier posted an interview with Honor CEO George Zhao that the Honor 8 was confirmed to be recieveing the 8.0 Oreo update.
But since then, the Honor 8 has been removed from the devices which Zhao listed who are being updated.
What are your guys thoughts?
joelyons01 said:
Hi guys.
I earlier posted an interview with Honor CEO George Zhao that the Honor 8 was confirmed to be recieveing the 8.0 Oreo update.
But since then, the Honor 8 has been removed from the devices which Zhao listed who are being updated.
What are your guys thoughts?
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It could mean that even he isn't sure which models are actively testing Oreo or they haven't even started testing it. Until it's put through some type of early tests, they can't release any info.
Haha let's start speculation again.
You right.
I am assuming that he is very well aware of what's the Honor plan in near future. On the other hand it might be later found inconvenient for Huawei to let spread the official statement about last year Honor flagships -
Honor 8 and 8 Pro - are about to receive Oreo which might have significant impact on both Huawei and Honor new models sales (like still mentioned Honor 9 and V9). I think they will release official statement (now they surely have to) after Christmas, probably January 2018, about releasing Oreo for those phones in Q1 of 2018. Who knows Honor would then expect the release of OTA about April to May of 2018 practically.
While there is still a small chance that Huawei could even stop the release of the update if they are afraid of new models sales., I don't think they will play that card for good reason - credibility in the eyes of potential customers.
Where is that list, and where did you got this from?
Snowjack said:
I am assuming that he is very well aware of what's the Honor plan in near future. On the other hand it might be later found inconvenient for Huawei to let spread the official statement about last year Honor flagships -
Honor 8 and 8 Pro - are about to receive Oreo which might have significant impact on both Huawei and Honor new models sales (like still mentioned Honor 9 and V9). I think they will release official statement (now they surely have to) after Christmas, probably January 2018, about releasing Oreo for those phones in Q1 of 2018. Who knows Honor would then expect the release of OTA about April to May of 2018 practically.
While there is still a small chance that Huawei could even stop the release of the update if they are afraid of new models sales., I don't think they will play that card for good reason - credibility in the eyes of potential customers.
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I think that's an excellent argument, it's very possible that their reasoning is a new OS on an older phone will affect sales of a new phone. Wait a few months after the release of your new phone and then push out Oreo to the older phone. The marketing people may be in charge of this theory.
Snowjack said:
I am assuming that he is very well aware of what's the Honor plan in near future. On the other hand it might be later found inconvenient for Huawei to let spread the official statement about last year Honor flagships -
Honor 8 and 8 Pro - are about to receive Oreo which might have significant impact on both Huawei and Honor new models sales (like still mentioned Honor 9 and V9). I think they will release official statement (now they surely have to) after Christmas, probably January 2018, about releasing Oreo for those phones in Q1 of 2018. Who knows Honor would then expect the release of OTA about April to May of 2018 practically.
While there is still a small chance that Huawei could even stop the release of the update if they are afraid of new models sales., I don't think they will play that card for good reason - credibility in the eyes of potential customers.
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Great post! Finally someone using logic rather than just getting butthurt and saying I'm never buying a Huawei and I'm going to sell this ****.
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Not a good sign, that's what I think of
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Rommco05 said:
Honor 8 is popular model which have many people, I think Huawei must make reputation with upgrade to Oreo. In future we can now Huawei will make 2 upgrades and this is good reason for buy this phones and new models
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I agree!
I hope they end up releasing an update for Honor 8. It's a great phone and still has lots of power!
This phone is dead.. no updates, no security patches, 3 year old moto g3 get oreo custom rom , security patches, this phone not even a single update since september... no custom roms as well.. I am blaming brand not the developers...
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This phone is dead.. no updates, no security patches, 3 year old moto g3 get oreo custom rom , security patches, this phone not even a single update since september... no custom roms as well.. I am blaming brand not the developers...
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B398 OTA for L09C432 was pushed recently, and
some Croatian users reported B399 started to appear.
B398 includes November security patch.
B399 includes December security patch.
A new one, B401 just appeared on Firmware Finder, I suppose, according to the size, that it is nougat with January security patch.
So, even if I wish there were monthly updates for security, we have security updates.
pix106 said:
B398 OTA for L09C432 was pushed recently, and
some Croatian users reported B399 started to appear.
B398 includes November security patch.
B399 includes December security patch.
A new one, B401 just appeared on Firmware Finder, I suppose, according to the size, that it is nougat with January security patch.
So, even if I wish there were monthly updates for security, we have security updates.
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Great.. then it seems like honor is ignoring Indian model... This will be my last Honor phone..
$lim $hady said:
Great.. then it seems like honor is ignoring Indian model... This will be my last Honor phone..
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They do it all the time, after this the FRD-L09 models won't see updates for a while and all the other models will recieve updates. They did this before and I'm pretty sure they'll do it again. I just don't get why Honor doesn't have one universal model number for all regions like OnePlus or Google.
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ayush rao said:
They do it all the time, after this the FRD-L09 models won't see updates for a while and all the other models will recieve updates. They did this before and I'm pretty sure they'll do it again. I just don't get why Honor doesn't have one universal model number for all regions like OnePlus or Google.
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this is why you stop supporting them. i have im just waiting to see what the new Sony phones look like but im just itching to buy a oneplus 5t. i bought 3 1+5s for my family but due to the front facing fingerprint reader i passed.
the 5t seems great aside from the lack of expandable storage so i hope the new Sony phones look good.
droidbot1337 said:
this is why you stop supporting them. i have im just waiting to see what the new Sony phones look like but im just itching to buy a oneplus 5t. i bought 3 1+5s for my family but due to the front facing fingerprint reader i passed.
the 5t seems great aside from the lack of expandable storage so i hope the new Sony phones look good.
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Yeah.. even i am thinking about it.. even if there is no stock updates atleast we get custom roms support on sony and one plus phones..
droidbot1337 said:
this is why you stop supporting them. i have im just waiting to see what the new Sony phones look like but im just itching to buy a oneplus 5t. i bought 3 1+5s for my family but due to the front facing fingerprint reader i passed.
the 5t seems great aside from the lack of expandable storage so i hope the new Sony phones look good.
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The reason I really like this phone is cause I got it on Black Friday last year with a bunch of accessories. The price I got it for was alot lesser than OnePlus at that time and honestly for me the current build is pretty stable for my usage (Teen with bunch of social media, YouTube and games).
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Yeah.. even i am thinking about it.. even if there is no stock updates atleast we get custom roms support on sony and one plus phones..
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sony is great on software in fact its the best due to its large adds a large amount of code to aosp. they use vanilla ui with optimization and if they use a skin its easy to remove thanks to rro.
all oems should follow sony's ui methods. no one likes themes that are hard coded, they just suck! what im hoping is that google bakes security updates into treble so that they can be downloaded through the playstore in the future.
About two weeks ago I sent an Email to the honor support. I asked them about their once made promise to update the honor 8 for at least two years after the release. The answer was that the two years support would only include security updates. They wouldnt give any comment on oreo. I would guess it is rather unlikely that we will get an update to oreo for our device.