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[Huawei Ascend P7] kolembo:
We're up live! Gawd I feel like a kid.

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The Huawei P8 team must be so excited. All the hard work. The auditorium has a spotlight roaming over the crowd.

Big count down. Lights and a huge screen bursts into life. It's a HUGE screen.

Ignite creativity.

The host, wearing a fabulous red dress brings Mr. Richard Yu on. Casual silver jacket - he's nervous...Very happy though!

'we dream the impossible and make it possible'...we create beauty.

Take us through from the P1, P6, P7...and introduces......

....a video...heart strings....All we need is the right tools...aaaaaand -

He whips it out of his pocket....It's a sleek gold P8....the top and bottom bezels are not too big.

Had of design, looking very New York. The design story begins with SINGULARITY and a short video.

Very HD, very bold, very shiney, very machined.

It's not immediately stunning - however, the craftsmanship is astonishing.

That BLACK stripe across the top back IS there. Oh dear.

Absolute flatness. Talks about perfect balance. Drat....It's full unibody metal - slightly slimmer than the P7. Gold, champagne, grey and black. 78.3% body to screen.

I'll get off now....a little TOO excited!

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They have both the 930 & 935 - and having sat through the presentation, I'm almost sold.

I just need to SEE and FEEL the phone though.

It's a good looking phone, it's just not immediately stunning. Still. I may very well go for it....The S6 edge didn't do it for me.

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Can't stop commenting! Ha, as the presentation has gone on, Mr.Yu has gotten more and more excited.

They have LOADED the phone with software features! As long as they're not battery hungry....their tech is extensive! E-ink back cover? Straight out of Russia...you'll be hearing A LOT about this one!

Nano-coating splash proof. Off to the testing rooms! The journalists in the room are SPRINTING for the doors...It's a scrum.

Ok, later everyone, I'm off to scour the internet.

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P.S. annnnnd...The P8 Max! Haaaa, ah, Huawei have REALLY enjoyed the launch, HUGE grins all round.

I think they've done what they needed to - look to some very good reviews. The Chinese are here.
[Huawei Ascend P7] kolembo:
You get one, and you get one, and you get one!

Everyone at the event gets a Huawei P8!
[Huawei Ascend P7] Simona Simmy:
:laugh::D
[Huawei Ascend P7] kolembo:
You know... They're rating dpi at 424 - P7 is at 441

Certainly the drop is due to the increase in size but the glowing reviews of the P8 screen let's you know how nice the P7s was. Main difference is in light bleed and viewing angles.

I'm straight to Huawei to check it out tomorrow.
[Huawei Ascend P7] Simona Simmy:
u going to huawei tmoz? where ? what for ?
[Huawei Ascend P7] ibeqa:
To get his new toy and make a "full house" of Huawei :D
[Huawei Ascend P7] Simona Simmy:
I wanna dual sim and silver white
[Huawei Ascend P7] arthios:
My initial response to the P8 is that I'm a little underwhelmed. It will be interesting to read some independent reviews when they are available. Once again, Huawei seems to have no interest in the North American market, so I guess developer interest will continue to be subdued and mostly based in China. Phones are allways subjective, but I can't help thinking that the M9 from HTC whilst a little dearer, may represent better value for money. The M9 forum on XDA is awash with interest to a far greater extent than the P7 forum so perhaps Huawei devices will continue to be niche products.
[Huawei Ascend P7] kolembo:
Certainly! And immediately, heh! :)

I feel like a kid at Christmas.

Anyway, I'll let you all know as SOON as I see Mr. P8 in person, haha!

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Yes, it wasn't as immediately stunning as was the P7. I prefer the glass and was hoping for ceramic. I don't know how much better than HTC anyone can do full metal - and the M9 plus has QHD.

With the metal P8, a lot will depend on the weight balance of the set, and the precision of the machined elements. Then also, the quality of the surface glass.... They say it's nano coated so I'm looking for the 'feel' of it.

It was a strange launch... On one hand it was very funny, the enthusiasm of Huawei was infectious - more than 90 minutes of it! - and everyone got handsets. I think they did enough to get the journalists thinking seriously about Huawei but I don't think they did enough with the phone.

If anything, the Mate 7 is top dog at the moment and its replacement later this year is probably the phone to watch for. I think design language and display will change there.

For the P8? I'll have to see it in person and report. It does look very nicely made - is that enough?

It was the most entertaining launch out there though - London partied all night... Mr. Yu is a bag of fun so cocktails all round. Let's see what the hang over brings today.

P.S. beautiful in white though! https://youtu.be/riwxsDLZMZg
[Huawei Ascend P7] Simona Simmy:
Which color guys you prefer ?

For me whole black or champagne-white
[Huawei Ascend P7] under1452:
p8

p8 themes?
[Huawei Ascend P7] kolembo:
The Champagne and the silver work well with the metal.

The gold is too HTC and the black really needs the back to be glass to make it feel really premium.

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Been looking everywhere for these. Be ready though, Huawei has commercialized the Themes site so most of them now you have to buy directly for a couple of Yen.
[Huawei Ascend P7] Simona Simmy:
P8 antutu 50.000 very nice !
[Huawei Ascend P7] realadry:
It's supposed to be released already but I can't find anywhere to buy it. I don't want to wait another month for it to be available in my country.
[Huawei Ascend P7] ibeqa:
It's sold out already at Huawei online shop
[Huawei Ascend P7] Simona Simmy:
I know where .. it cost £400 and can be for less :)
[Huawei Ascend P7] realadry:
So you want to tell us or just tease?
[Huawei Ascend P7] maxens63:
500€ is much too dear. And it has a high antutu score, but a bad gpu. So for playing heavy games, not the best.:(
[Huawei Ascend P7] blue_moon:
Does any body know p8 has stereo fm radio?
[Huawei Ascend P7] Simona Simmy:
search internet :)
[Huawei Ascend P7] kolembo:
You have to hand it to Huawei. I've just watched the G4 launch.

Huawei's P8 launch kicked baby bottom.

Seriously, Samsung was terrified and dull, LG4 were professorial and pedantic (snore), Huawei was upbeat, excited about it's product, knew it's product (more importantly actually!) And HAD FUN! I mean, did you see the screens?! Made LG look like a lecture in anatomy.

I think the P8 should have left the logo on the bottom front or reduced those top and bottom bezels, it will come back to haunt them.

However, the P8 has a great shot this year.
[Huawei Ascend P7] ibeqa:
I don't know man, with a price of 500 euros, they will have a hard time in Europe not to mention China and India where Xiaomi are fighting against Huawei... If things go like this Xiaomi will prevail. What I want to say is that price of P7 was 300-350 euros and now P8 is 500 euros! It's a massive rise of price (an extra 1/3 from P7) :(
[Huawei Ascend P7] kolembo:
Yep...that pricing.

They got themselves caught in two places. For that price, they needed quad HD, and the design world have to be far more fascinating than the P8 they are offering.

At 400 it would have been alright.

The G4 will be the biggest problem. The leather I'm told, is GORGEOUS, and the prices will drop towards and under 500 very quickly.

Still - in terms of the launch, lordy, I feel asleep on G4. My partner woke me up!
[Huawei Ascend P7] arthios:
The AliExpress shopping site has the P8 on sale for $US700!!! No mention of stock availability. At that price, the S6 or M9 has to be better value.
[Huawei Ascend P7] kolembo:
HORROR!
[Huawei Ascend P7] jonmorris:
I got a P8 at the launch event in London, and it's true that the event was actually quite exciting. The P8max was a big shock too (especially as I saw people who had written up stories about the P8 lite and were ready to tweak it to post once it came.. but, no, it was the Max).

Anyway, is there any chance that Xda will create a forum for the P8? There are, sadly, some issues with the software that need to be fixed - most notably some smart unlock problems (using Huawei or Google services) and notification permissions to share notifications with apps, like PushBullet, Android Wear, Pebble, True Caller/Dialler etc.

You can't actually access these permissions via the settings, and must instead set them when you attempt to set up any one of the apps. Problem is, reboot the phone and the permissions are lost. I even suspect they're resetting before a reboot. It means that my Pebble is mostly useless, and Android Wear also seems to have major problems - including lost connections.

I hope there's a big OTA update soon, but have no idea how to find out. Huawei hasn't even put the P8 up on its own site yet! It seems odd for a phone coming out any day, and yet most people won't have a clue about it.
[Huawei Ascend P7] tokenbest:
I have to agree with jonmorris, i wonder why hasn't the xda made a forums for P8 yet. The software issues as i seen from reviews are really stopping me to get one but if it can be fixed, i would gladly get it! Really hope to have some dev to work on that nice sleek phone soon. Please do create a new forum for the Huawei P8!!!
[Huawei Ascend P7] hama2:
How do I extract the system.img from Huawei p8

extractor for p6/p7 not works
[Huawei Ascend P7] jonmorris:
Another thing with my P8 is I can't change fonts. Install themes for an older Ascend and they can be selected but the font doesn't change.
[Huawei Ascend P7] andromodgod:
Could you Please Dump The system FOlder because many people are unable to extract the system.img from the stock rom
[Huawei Ascend P7] Z!L0G80:
system.img on p8 is probably crypted but there is already dump > http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60322627&postcount=1

but forget about using .apk or system files on p7 - p8 is mostly 64bit and using art instead of dalvik
[Huawei Ascend P7] -Zeppelin-:
Can't wait till I get it, I'm so over my Galaxy Note 3...

The size, Touchwiz, etc.

Really hope the battery life of the P8 will be satisfying, else I guess it's hoping for the Mi5...
[Huawei Ascend P7] jonmorris:
Just had three individual updates for the P8 today. Do one update, restart, optimise, finish boot - new update, repeat...

The changelog was entirely in Chinese so I have no idea what any of them changed, and I can't see any changes.

Still can't change fonts. Still can't select apps that have notification access (e.g. Pebble) and the only thing I think is different is more transition animations in the camera app and maybe elsewhere. Still just Android 5.0.
[Huawei Ascend P7] ml_taz:
So what is the build number of your firmware.

Latest known official (unbranded) firmware ist B110 (Download at huaweiblog). This is also the pre-installed firmware for the release this week.
[Huawei Ascend P7] jonmorris:
Gra-l09v100r001c900b118

(apologies for the forum removing capitals as it thinks I'm shouting!)
[Huawei Ascend P7] ml_taz:
Latest unbranded is C900B110 - I just checked it.

So.....this (C900B118) is a totally unknown firmware....
[Huawei Ascend P7] jonmorris:
And I can't figure out what has changed.

Here's the Chinese changelog if anyone can translate?

View attachment 3307389

Edit: One change I've discovered is that Netflix now works. Previously videos never started to stream.
[Huawei Ascend P7] ml_taz:
Still looking for a translation.

But Netflix also worked with C100B110 for me.

Did you check your settings? Anything new there?
[Huawei Ascend P7] jonmorris:
No (not that I can see, I mean). The one thing that really annoys me is that I need to give permission for notifications to be read by apps. The menu is entirely missing from settings/security and can only be accessed from a request for permission, which resets every reboot.

And changing don't simply doesn't work at all. With three patches, I really hoped these would be fixed.

I also don't know why there's no double tap to wake option, as the Honor phones have. Even the cheap models. What's Huawei thinking?
[Huawei Ascend P7] kolembo:
Hey, go to the Play store and download PM Plus. it's a Huawei fix for emui3.0 and up. It's excellent.

https://mega.co.nz/#!glsDgS7C!PTrWRckb2s7Fg0R8dfyo7QRNhhYXvIurEDe8ZojPZ1I
[Huawei Ascend P7] kolembo:
Oh dear.

Meh.

I've decided that Huawei didn't do enough with the P8.

It's hard to fault them on anything in particular...the phone is built well but endless comparisons with iPhone.

I wish they'd kept their logo on the front.

I don't know. Very meh.

And the supply it atrocious. Ah. Let's see the new Mate, otherwise I'm afraid it's the LgG4 for me, it the Note 5.

I haven't been impressed this year.

0Sent from my HUAWEI P7-L10 using XDA Premium HD app
[Huawei Ascend P7] jonmorris:
I"m actually really impressed with the P8, and in particular the camera (sure, the G4 is arguably better - but not by so much). However, it needs the bugs fixing - like being able to change themes/fonts, set notification access that is remembered and some other quirks.

I've put Google Now launcher on, as much as I could tolerate the Emotion UI, I still prefer the flexibility of a normal launcher and app drawer. Manually sorting apps is not a part of iOS that's worth replicating (hey, Samsung I'm also talking to you here!).

It's fast, the battery pretty decent, the screen very nice indeed and the single speaker may lack stereo but boy is it loud - and clear. Video recording, without 4K support, is decent and the audio is clear even in noisy environments.

It's a good phone, but there's a common problem as with other Huawei phones (at least in the UK). There are few accessories (Amazon has some stuff, but hardly any available on Prime, so I suspect a lot of stuff will be coming from China and take 28 days to arrive) and not much chance of this changing. And the phone will never be sold on the high-street, so is as good as dead here.... unless a network or two decide to take the plunge, which I doubt will happen. This also means that when VoLTE starts being introduced by Three, EE etc, the P8 won't likely be supported as there won't be any ROMs with support.
[Huawei Ascend P7] kolembo:
[MENTION=4607210]jonmorris[/MENTION]

Hey thanks for the personal comments - is nice to hear from someone actually using the phone!

I was an immediate p6 and p7 user. Something about what Huawei brought then was quirky and interesting. It's very difficult for me to differentiate between the P8 and the S6...they're both well built. I was hoping for innovation in materials or something, Huawei cab do it.

Here I'm afraid they haven't put enough distance between themselves and say, Xiaomi. I think Huawei must push at the envelope a little more - and actually, I think you may see something drastically new as we move forward...they're getting the reviews but I'm not sure they're getting the consumers and the numbers.

In their back yard they're too close to the i6 and the S6 to stop the Chinese picking those. You know. ..you get to the shop and the price is already more than half way there, you may as well go for it, is the thinking.

Of course no-one could have foreseen the push these other companies were making -the G4? We'll have to wait and see if leather makes a difference.

Again, thanks.

P.S. WHERE ON EARTH IS XDA's P8 SECTION! ! Ah.
[Huawei Ascend P7] tinyXperia:
I'm more impressed by the P8 lite, which costs less than the P7 costs now and has better or equal specs except for the screen.
[Huawei Ascend P7] ibeqa:
I don't agree http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=7201&idPhone2=7006
[Huawei Ascend P7] tinyXperia:
compared to our P7 ;)
[Huawei Ascend P7] -Zeppelin-:
Anyone heard anything yet about root?

Installing an ad blocker is a must for me and therefore I'll definitely need root.
[Huawei Ascend P7] ibeqa:
Check these: http://androidground.com/how-to-root-huwei-p8/ and http://www.how-to-root.club/2015/04/huawei-p8-7006.html
[Huawei Ascend P7] wabrosch:
Hi,

I can't download any of this apps in the links...

Did anyone already tried to root the P8?

THX
[Huawei Ascend P7] samusalo:
I have already unlocked the bootloader, but there is simply no custom recovery available yet for the P8, so can't install SuperSU.

I have even checked the two major Chinese forums, but no one has made one yet.
[Huawei Ascend P7] ollborg:
Ok, needs some more time for custom rom and recovery. How did you unlock the bootloader?
[Huawei Ascend P7] samusalo:
Send email to mobile@mail01.huawei.com with the model type, IMEI, S/N and Product ID and they will send you the unlock code.

IMEI you can find by dialing *#06#

S/N you can find from Settings -> About phone -> Status

Product ID you can find by dialing *#*#1357946#*#* (you may need to put your phone into airplane mode first. Thanks [MENTION=2479375]hama2[/MENTION] for the info)

Beware that this may revoke your warranty! You have been warned, so don't blame me about it.
[Huawei Ascend P7] anwedr:
android wear is still broken in the latest update. this is my first huawei device. any way to report such issues to the huawei team?
[Huawei Ascend P7] jonmorris:
Is that down to the Notification Access? As in notifications can't be relayed to the phone as permissions need to be set (and then the phone revokes the permissions at random times and every reboot)?

My Pebble requires me to set the access, which I can do because I go into the Pebble App, go to settings, third party apps and it pops up to warn I need to give permission. Which I do, and it works for.. well, who knows? Until I stop getting notifications and go back into the app.

There should be access to the menu in Settings/Security but it's not there. It is on other devices (Honor 4X and 6 Plus, each Emotion UI 3.0, not 3.1).

I too had problems with my Moto 360 but didn't try fixing things, as I assumed it was probably this problem and I use my Pebble daily.
[Huawei Ascend P7] anwedr:
Yes, notification access bug.

Android Wear would always untick itself from Notification Access everytime the phone is in lockscreen.

Oppo had the same problem with their betas and I caught the bug and reported it. I know for OPPO, at least there's a forum for users to report bugs. For Huawei, there's no specific forum or page to report bugs.
[Huawei Ascend P7] hama2:
*#*#1357946#*#*

working in Airplanemode
[Huawei Ascend P7] samusalo:
Works just fine with my GRA-UL10. It also worked with my European Honor 4X Che2-L11 and Honor 6 Plus PE-TL10.

Edit: ...and Mate 7 MT7-TL10
[Huawei Ascend P7] samusalo:
Great! All of my devices have been dual sim models, so that might be the difference.
[Huawei Ascend P7] hama2:
Nice.

Huawei GRA-L09 different to L10 ? (L09 WEST-EUR??)
[Huawei Ascend P7] samusalo:
GRA-UL10 is Chinese Unicom Dual 4G model, with Kirin 935 chipset and 64GB ROM.
[Huawei Ascend P7] hama2:
Okay , Thanks..
[Huawei Ascend P7] anwedr:
I have the UL00 version and installed Google Now. I have thoroughly searched settings inside out, and it seems no way to set hold home to open Google Now.

Am I blind or is configuring "Long press home"... or "Long press Menu" not available?
[Huawei Ascend P7] -Zeppelin-:
For me long press home & swipe up was the default setting to start GNow right after installing. But I'm running Nova Launcher... May be connected.

Edit: Got UL09
[Huawei Ascend P7] martindesu:
Where's a good place to buy this device in the UK? I'm seriously tempted, if it's got a good battery and screen. £500 seems a lot though - I thought this phone was closer to £300?

I am less bothered about rooting phones than I used to be, but I would definitely like a nice launcher (Google's now launcher preferred I suppose).

Is there a sticky or video/screenshot thread somewhere of how people have their phones set up?
[Huawei Ascend P7] jonmorris:
There's no forum here for the P8 yet, so not much scope for discussion yet.
[Huawei Ascend P7] martindesu:
True; just hoping for someone to tell me where I can buy one! Looks like a decent phone.
[Huawei Ascend P7] jonmorris:
Amazon? Otherwise have you looked at Clove, Expansys etc?
[Huawei Ascend P7] samusalo:
As the kernel source for the dual sim version has already been released. Anyone capable of creating a custom recovery?

http://emui.huawei.com/plugin.php?id=hwdownload&mod=detail&mid=143
[Huawei Ascend P7] Krystyna:
How can I quickly install Google Play Store. :confused:
[Huawei Ascend P7] EMF:
You can download from the Huawei App Store. Search Google and click the banner.
[Huawei Ascend P7] hennieh:
udate

i have got a update to b123 size 168mb
[Huawei Ascend P7] anwedr:
I'm on B131.
[Huawei Ascend P7] -Zeppelin-:
B110, no update ;)
[Huawei Ascend P7] Krystyna:
I tried, and always shows a failure. :confused:
[Huawei Ascend P7] samusalo:
Try these two

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxo5Ed10JsVqa21YRjZRNHJMSkU/view?usp=sharing

or

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxo5Ed10JsVqdEg5UDJnaWxZcnM/view?usp=sharing

edit: Fixed the links. Should be accessible now.
[Huawei Ascend P7] jniklast:
I have rooted the P8, unfortunately CWM is showing no graphics currently, but you can do it via adb shell: http://huaweip8.jniklast.bplaced.net/index.html
[Huawei Ascend P7] hama2:
please correcly the email adresses for bootloader unlock code

mobile@huawei.com

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can you post pictures root checker ect.

and cwm
[Huawei Ascend P7] jniklast:
Here are two pictures from root checker and SuperSU. There are no CWM screenshots as graphics don't work yet in recovery.
[Huawei Ascend P7] samusalo:
For people who have a Chinese version without latest Gapps (like me). After rooting you can easily flash the latest version with Flashify. You can even download the minimal Gapps package straight from the app.

I inform this because we don't have graphics UI for the custom recovery at the moment. You can of course flash some other zip files as well with it.

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/christian-gollner/flashify/
[Huawei Ascend P7] pacopa21:
hello, for lite p8 no information to root, the files are for p8 understand that not work for lite version
[Huawei Ascend P7] SnowOokami:
Odd, still no update here xD

GRA-L09
[Huawei Ascend P7] jonmorris:
Nor for me.
[Huawei Ascend P7] hitchmontana:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3117627

There is a working root method
[Huawei Ascend P7] PrimuSSaintS:
Hello everyone,

I've got a little question for you lucky P8 owners. I'm looking to upgrade my P7-L10 and I can't decide if I want to wait the P8 Max (the P7 and P8 are 1) too little 2) I'm disapointed by the battery life) or if I should get the LG G4. I do admit that I have a budget limited at about 700€ and the more I watch tests and bench, the more I realise the G4 beats the P8 in (almost) everything but there is that little something about the P8 Max that just wows me! It might be the size and the battery, it might be the design, I don't know, but I just keep coming back to wanting one.

Here are my questions:

1) Do you guys think there will be a fix for the android watches problem (the notifications are not pushed to the watch, hence it doesn't work) because I planed on buying the Huawei watch when it came out.

2) What are you thoughts on the P8 power (I know the Max ain't out yet, but the difference ain't gonna be that big). I will mainly use it to watch Full HD movies, take a **** ton of pictures, whatsapp and twitter.

3) Be honest, owning a P8, would you recommend it to someone else?

Thanks a lot for your answers, I wish you all a nice day/evening/whatever it may be where you live! :)
[Huawei Ascend P7] Krystyna:
Huawei P8 How to install Google Play? :confused:
[Huawei Ascend P7] samusalo:
Already replied to you before.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61011718&postcount=155