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[Mate 8 General] drexappeal:
I'm curious about the same, since I've been considering a move to T-Mobile from Sprint, especially due to my interest in this phone.
[Mate 8 General] Nafiganado:
oh, "sandwich"... :) it's another matter. But thanks anyway, will try to ask in the thread...
[Mate 8 General] tomija1980:
I have just had a new update B129SP02

Wysłane z mojego HUAWEI NXT-AL10 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Mate 8 General] NZtechfreak:
Interesting, not yet got that one - SP02 looks like "service pack 02" perhaps a small hotfix type update to B129?
[Mate 8 General] niceday222:
My first Huawei phone, the mate 8 is a very capable phone on the whole. However the UI is not as stable and bugs free as I expected. Currently there is a serious camera issue hanging over it and it looks like it is going to hurt.
[Mate 8 General] NZtechfreak:
Very stable for me on B129, but I am using Nova. What's the camera issue for you?

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Google translate of the new update, as I suspected, just a small patch:

NXT- AL10C00B1 29SP02 151MB Includes 2 patches Changelog of patch 1 Dear users, this update adjustable color temperature range optimization, optimization of micro-channel sliding effect, will give you a better experience, we recommend you to upgrade. [Optimization] optimized adjustable color temperature range. Optimization of micro-channel sliding effect Changelog of patch 2 Update Note: This upgrade does not delete user data, encounter any problems during the upgrade, please visit mobile services, applications, or visit pollen Club (http: //club.huawei. com ", or call 400-930-9300 VIP service hotline for support o

Changelog of patch 2 Dear user, this update of the results from your camera, the system life since childhood and stability optimized, will give you a better experience, we recommend you upgrade a [Optimization] optimized results from your camera, improve the long-range focus blurred question o optimizing system endurance, improve the use of micro-channel power problems faster. Optimize system stability, so that your phone run more stable

So, camera update, change to colour temp adjustment, usual stability patches.
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
This morning the 129 sp02update came in here too. There are no differance to find on the phone, after update.

I had 56 % of battery after the update. Now I'm 1 1/2 hour further, and constandly used the phone for whatsapp, photo's and setting. Its stil on 55 %. wonderfull !!

At the beginning I use this phone, I have an isseu with whatapp. When connectec with wifi, all messages come in directly. When the mate is connected with mobile internet 4G, sometimes the whatsapp messages come in directly, and sometimes, I receive the massages after using the mate with screen on. So, on standby I don't receive messages. I can't find a setting for this.

How is this at the mate of yours ?
[Mate 8 General] mrcpa:
Guys, can you say if the camera is good as the LG g4? Worse or even better? Thank you

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[Mate 8 General] EMF:
Have you set the app as protected in settings? You need to to that on Huawei phones to allow the app to run in the background while screen is off.
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
Whatsapp is protected. Its strange, when the mate is connected at wifi, every messages are coming in. At Mobile network 4G, the messages are only coming in, when I open whatsapp.
[Mate 8 General] NZtechfreak:
Worse.
[Mate 8 General] Helmut.Loos@gmail.com:
Huawei Mate 8 in Germany for Telefonica

Hi, for me too it is the Mate 8! But do we have to think about the new LTE-frequencies starting 2017?
[Mate 8 General] alec66:
same here both on wa and telegram and mail third part app (type mail) set in push
[Mate 8 General] Freeje:
Try going to apps then data usage and make sure the mobile data option is turned. It took me awhile to get my apps to show notifications. Had to turn on all the security options.
[Mate 8 General] qjsmartphone:
what about video quality and stabilization?
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
I can't find the setting, to set in push. Can you help me where to find this ?

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Yesterday, I changed some setting and turned on all security settings. All messages came in.

This morning, whatsapp did't give message. After going to the whatsapp app, messages where receiving. Strange.

Then I restarted the phone, and all messages are coming in and works good. Should the mate 8 block somewhere messages, if it is only standby, like at night ?
[Mate 8 General] killerdvd:
Google contacts and calender.

Did you find out how how to sync google contacts and the calender?

Can someone help with this.
[Mate 8 General] CitizenM:
See this thread (the factory reset is not necessary if you phone is otherwise working fine): http://xdaforums.com/mate-8/help/google-sync-t3277840

And this one (you can skip the first lengthy post if you want, as it relates to a problem the user is having): http://xdaforums.com/mate-8/help/mate-8-chinese-model-experience-sync-t3277500

To make a long story short, however, you basically need to get Google Contacts and Google Contacts Sync Manager from apkmirror.com, HiApp (just read someone got it there) or some other source. Load those on and make sure permissions are set properly and contacts will now sync just fine. Also, once these are loaded on, the native contacts app will be able to sync with Google account. If you want calendar to sync, simply load Google Calendar on from the Google Play; here too, the native calendar app will now be able to sync as well. (This assumes you already have Google Play loaded on your device from the HiApp store, since you want the various accompanying Google services to be pulled onto your phone as well.)
[Mate 8 General] claudioggs:
Thanks !!!!

Contacts syncronized.

Not need to reset, just restart.

Thanks again
[Mate 8 General] Freeje:
@ aloysxda

After turning on permissions for Viber (by going to Apps) I was able to get messages while the phone was on standby.
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
Thanks, but on my mate 8, there is no Viber, at applications. Should this be Standard on mate, or do I have to download this first ?
[Mate 8 General] Freeje:
Ah, no. In your case you have to set the permissions for your app (Is it Whatsapp?) that fails to notify you of messages when the phone is on standby. Click on the app then data usage. Make sure mobile data,and wlan (maybe background?) data are set to allowed. Next, go to permissions and notifications and turn them on.
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
Oke, I'm not known with viber. I thought you mean some push app or so, sorry.

For whatsapp and email all permissions are on, but didn't change anything.

I think there is a bug. In the settings of whatsapp, the color of the indicator light is to be change. I set this to blue, some days ago.

Now I set it back to the standard, white, and messages are coming in at standby mode. Even email is messaging now. Strange.

Edit: on other forum I read the message notification is a problem on other phones with Marschmallow 6.0, like the nexus 5 and 6. After update to 6.01 it should be fixed. Hope Huawei is soon coming with update to 6.01.......
[Mate 8 General] drexappeal:
Has anybody been using the Mate 8 with T-Mobile in the US? I'm curious as to how consistent/problematic it has been picking up the LTE signals. Even though it has all the LTE bands that T-Mobile offers, this'll be a factor for me in deciding to switch over to T-Mobile or stay put.
[Mate 8 General] qjsmartphone:
no problem on t-mobile it has the US bands
[Mate 8 General] geovass:
Some questions to the lucky owners;

1. Is there a menu for Privacy Protection on MM? On my Honor 7 (Lolllipop) you go to Settings>>All>>Security>>Privacy Protection.;

2. I guess that the LTE bands between NXT-L29 and NXT-AL10 are the same?

3. Can you get 4G on the second sim card?

4. I am confused about the camera reviwes? Is is that "bad" ?

Many thanks!
[Mate 8 General] RedCriwx:
Hi, Geovass.

1 Yes. In the settings main menu you'll find "Permission Manager". There are a few more privacy related settings (auto start, background execution, etc.) but they are a bit scattered all over the settings. Take a bit to get used, but they work flawlessly.

2 Sorry, don't know, but in Europe, the ALT10 is fully functional (LTE included).

3 No, secondary SIM slot is only 2G/GSM

4 Don't think so. The stock cammera app has lots of features and the overall image quality is pretty good. My old phone was the Samsung Note 3 (13 Mpx cam) and the mate 8 has a very noticeable improvement over the sharpness, the noise in low light condition and feature richness (HDR, Image Stabilization, Total Focus, etc.). The image stabilization is not amazing, but woks. 1080p60 video aslo works well. Probably no one of the best cammeras on the market, but i think it is over the mean.

Hope this infor mation was usefull. Fell free to ask anything else.

RedCrowx
[Mate 8 General] geovass:
Many thanks for your reply RedCrowx,

Coming back to the first question :), you still have the option to create a guest profile (using a pin or fingerprint) were you can hide apps, Photos and contacts, right?
[Mate 8 General] drexappeal:
Thanks, but are you actually using on t-mobile? I know it has all the band's for t-mobile, but was hoping to get more feedback about consistency with 4g connection and phone radios.
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
Now I use the mate 8 for some weeks, some things are acting strange. Some apps make an own folder on the internal sd, for saving files. These apps works perfect, but if I do a cleaning for memory, it deletes the whole map. Even the map where screenshots are saved, is also empty after cleaning memory.

How is this at the mate 8 of yours ?

Is there maybe a hidden setting where to set what cleaning memory can remove or not ?
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
Should I be the only one with the issue, that after cleaning memory serveral files are unwanted deleted ?

For Maps with me, I downloaded country's for about 6 GB. They are also all gone after cleaning.

No one else who using : cleaning memory on the Mate 8 with this issue ?
[Mate 8 General] bibiner:
I'm planning to get this device when it arrives in malaysia. Not sure when thou. ...
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
This time I hope someone can help me. After reboot mate 8, files from some apps wil be deleted unwanted.

I use app: maps with me and downloaded some country's. In settings I set this app to "trusted". In the app I set to save the country's on external SD. After downloading county's everything is working great.

Now the problem !

If I do a reboot of mate 8 and start Maps with me, The app ask what maps I want to download. So these are deleled while rebooting. Who can tell me what's going wrong ?
[Mate 8 General] abbody8002:
Unfortunately they removed such an amazing feature
[Mate 8 General] tsiglas:
Mine is on the way too....gold 4g-64gb rom....
[Mate 8 General] drexappeal:
Can someone post a screenshot of the Contacts Sync and Calendar Sync apps to download from the HiApp store? Everything is in Chinese, so I want to be sure that I download the right ones.

The seller I purchased from was kind enough to pre-load google play and set the overall language to English, but I just want to get those two loaded up, before I log into my google account on Google Play.

Thanks.
[Mate 8 General] drexappeal:
Still can't seem to get my contacts to sync with the oem calendar. I was able to load the contacts sync app from hiapp. I also allowed all permissions, but still nothing.

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Nevermind. Got it working downloading the apk's from apk mirror!
[Mate 8 General] drexappeal:
I haven't really started setting the phone up, except for Contacts and Calendar sync, but I have to say that I absolutely love this phone! The screen to body ratio is not praised enough. I can't really comment on the battery life yet, since it's primarily a wifi device for me, but as soon as I get it going on a normal day use, I'll be able to judge better on whether it lives up to the hype.

It didn't even occur to me, until last night, but with the amount of internal storage available on the 128gb version, as well as my 128gb microSD, now I may have all my camera photos save to internal storage, as well as downloads. This really is an ideal setup for what I've wanted since they first started discussing phones with 128gb internal storage! Having that AND a MicroSD makes my life that much easier. I can't wait to get my pre-paid T-mobile SIM and test out the network without a LTE signal booster. If they have really improved the network as it seems, then I'll likely be making the switch from Sprint, as soon as the G5 is available for me to purchase for my mother.
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
Nice video about speed and camera test about mate 8 vs Note 5:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNlGUO93SI8
[Mate 8 General] Garrafone:
Im thinking about purchase a Mate 8 due to its excellents specs but i have experience with abbandoned devices by their brand (LG Optimus 3D) so i will wait and see.. With kernel release from Huawei is possible to compile CM?
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
well so far huawei is doing a good job on the mate 8, releasing both the kernel and twrp sources, delivering lots of firmware updates to fix bugs....im staying optimistic :)
[Mate 8 General] opteron88:
Yah b137 update just came last week, fixing the nasty battery issue. They probably revamped the crappy China Dev team 2 years ago.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
what battery issue was that? fast draining battery? the international B133 doesnt seem to have that either, im getting 10-12h SOT :)
[Mate 8 General] dlorean:
Hi guys

Is someone using spotify? Can't save my music on ext sd. Spotify is only using the internal storage. Set music quality for download to extreme, but this isn't working. Any solution?

Huawei NXT-L29 Tapatalk
[Mate 8 General] raduverdes:
Speaker quality, cell reception, wifi range and data speed, versus Mate 7

Hello, how good is Mate 8 versus Mate 7/P8/P8max/Nexus 6p in these areas? Thanks a lot, have a nice day !
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
i think it would be easier for you to look up reviews of these phones and compare those areas than for another user to test all these phones for you and write up a review covering all this :D just saying ;)
[Mate 8 General] raduverdes:
I only own Mate7 and I want real, unbiased opinions here on Huawei forum from other people who own /owned some of the devices I just mentioned. Have a nice day !
[Mate 8 General] mrhizzo:
Any news about the camera?
[Mate 8 General] drexappeal:
Anybody know how to set up the oem text messaging app to respond to group messages in the group text, instead of to each individual? I had to switch to Google messenger, just because of that.

Sent from G-Note 10.1 2k14.
[Mate 8 General] drexappeal:
For those that were hesitant to get the Mate 8, I found this website that actually breaks down compatibility. I'd never seen this before, but now that I'm on T-Mobile, this will help a lot for when I am considering purchasing an unlocked device that isn't available in the US

https://www.frequencycheck.com/comp...8-dual-sim-td-lte-64gb-nxt-al10/united-states
[Mate 8 General] H. Clarkson:
This is great! Thanks for posting. :good:
[Mate 8 General] forserg:
Helpful post :good:

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Any ideas when it will be available on US soil?
[Mate 8 General] H. Clarkson:
I think a lot of people thought Huawei was going to announce it was going to release the Mate 8 in the U.S. at Mobile World Congress, but I haven't seen a official announcement, unless I missed it.
[Mate 8 General] themissionimpossible:
You're right.

I suspect that Huawei will officially enter the US market only with its next flagship P9.
[Mate 8 General] drexappeal:
That is possible also, but we'll have to see in March, which is the date that Huawei supposedly is going to announce it and all the variants, per evleaks. The thing is, T he Honor brand is technically Huwawei's first official offering in the US. It's really just a branding thing though, so hopefully they do make a high end brand for US market. Now that I am on a GSM provider, it isn't that crucial for me if an international versions have all the bands needed.

I'm anxiously awaiting the p9 max to see if it will have all the radios and t-mobile bands. If it does, I will likely pick one of those up, even if it doesn't officially release in the US.

Possibly, but the fact that the international and chinese versions both have all the t-mobile bands shouldn't stop anybody on t-mobile from buying. I have benn thoroughly enjoying mine.

Sent from G-Note 10.1 2k14.
[Mate 8 General] forserg:
Can you advice reliable place to buy mate 8?
[Mate 8 General] drexappeal:
I have seen many people purchase from here:

http://www.honormi.com/huawei-mate-8-81
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
Update just came in. 2 patches for security and camera optimalisation. Now I'm on AL10c00B165. everything runs ok.
[Mate 8 General] geisha16:
is the guest mode/visitors mode still available in mate 8?
[Mate 8 General] themissionimpossible:
I couldn't find it in the settings menu.
[Mate 8 General] geovass:
It's not an option on any MM device. Hope they implement soon.
[Mate 8 General] jfp555:
Hey,

I'm interested in buying this phone but according to early reviews they said there were issues in the camera software that led to poor imaging from this phone. Have the updates resolved that issue? Where does the camera stand now for this device?
[Mate 8 General] drexappeal:
I think it depends on what one would consider "poor". Don't let the reviews really fool you into thinking that the camera experience is "bad" or "poor". Their comparisons are purely based on current flagships that the Mate 8 is competing with.

I had a Note 3,prior to my switching to T-mobile and picking up the Mate 8 and the camera on the Mate 8 is just as good, if not better. That said, if you are comparing to the s6 (and variants) or g4 or v10, it probably isn't quite as good.

If you are hoping to pick up a device with the latest and greatest camera features, the Mate 8 likely isn't the best choice. If you are, however, looking at Huawei, based on performance reviews, but still wanting a camera that truly competes with Samsung, lg, and apple, I suggest waiting for the p9 and variants to be announced on April 6.

Posted from Mate 8.
[Mate 8 General] Melman1980:
Is screen ghosting blurring?

Hi all. I want to buy huawei mate 8 but yesterday i looked this phone at the shop and I,m very disapointing about the poor screen animation. Is this screen has a ghosting, blurring? There is no problem in huawei P8 or Mate 7.
[Mate 8 General] sobelixtus:
Can't see any ghosting or blurring in my Mate 8?

In overall I feel that the display is better in Mate 8 than in iPhone 6S+.

Samsung Galaxy S6 and S7 displays are completely in different league :)
[Mate 8 General] Melman1980:
I was in the shop today once more. I took a new MATE8 from box....and i cant believe the same thing happening with another new MATE8, not smoothness scrolling. There is light blurring, something like ghosting between black and light colors Mate 7 hasn't that problem. Maybe update change this problem?

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Huawei-....159337.0.html

slow time response of the screen is cause of blurring and ghosting
[Mate 8 General] kunalmalviya:
Just ordered Mocha brown mate 8 from ebay for around $580...Guess its a good price. Hope I made the right choosing this over 6P. Can't wait to play with it.
[Mate 8 General] stesteste:
yes you did it's like nexus6p but bigger and faster don't get me wrong nexus good phone but this takes the edge if you like bigger and faster and more storage etc
[Mate 8 General] ycats:
Is this phone similar to the 6P in that it can be activated on any network like Sprint?
[Mate 8 General] bricky23:
No only GSM. T-mobile att
[Mate 8 General] Romeooalharbi:
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[Mate 8 General] Zechosenjuan:
MHL Support for Huawei Mate 8

I got this for a very good deal. Second hand but barely a month used for only USD495. I have been a casual reader of the forums but not anymore. Advanced thanks for the responses.

Has anyone had this work with an MHL cable? Seems a great use for a smartphone this powerful.
[Mate 8 General] Zechosenjuan:
Anyone tried MHL?
[Mate 8 General] bluheart:
MHL 3.0 compatible cable is working
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
really? have u tried this urself? this would be great news! :)
[Mate 8 General] bhNine:
Video Streaming

Hey Just got mine two days ago (32GB 3GB Ram Space Grey) Having a few Problems with Play store (But sure they will sort themselves out with future updates).

Anyway I found a setting in Settings/Advanced Settings/multi screen it took ages for it to work but it found one of my pc's so I connected to it then the program Clear.Fi (Acer) open'd up on that machine and asked if it was ok to sharemedia with the phone so agreed and then now it lets me wireless stream music or video through to that PC from my phone (seems higher quality than the Samsung version of the same thing) :D
[Mate 8 General] forserg:
T mobile users!

What update are you using?
[Mate 8 General] waqqas93:
Does it really work for mate 8?

Is it really working? Please attach a picture of your MHL cable.
[Mate 8 General] ali_12am:
http://docteur-gsm.com/es/huawei-mate-8/311512-adaptador-mhl-microusb-hdmi-para-huawei-mate-8.html
[Mate 8 General] xlr8me:
New p8

http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p8_gets_portrayed_in_new_leaked_image-news-11611.php

Looks like base has new Apple speaker design like galaxy s6.
[Mate 8 General] Simona Simmy:
well those holes are not circles as on ip6 as they are tube shape.. and both sides ip has on one only..

s6 copied mostly.. and s6 copied whole iphone 6 !

for p8 i have created thread in p7 forum .. i already posted some news there.. http://xdaforums.com/ascend-p7/general/huawei-ascend-p8-t2943737/page3
[Mate 8 General] Mister B:
far better ergonomic concept porting speaker on sides.

HTC used it on the touch diamond 2 years ago & Nokia years before that then the idiots reverted to usual sh1te rear speaker.

Apple themselves got many of their ideas off the smartphones of early 2000's from palm, hp & htc before the birth of the iphone which had very similar shape, button & proportions to the htc magician.

If it's good engineering & common sense ergonomics then use it, who cares what Apple think, Chinese won't that for sure :)

Iphone 6 had a lot of style points stolen from original htc one, just Apple better at denial than most other manufacturers ...
[Mate 8 General] XDADEVX:
Hey guyyys new news about mate 8 .. coming sooon :laugh::D:victory:

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Huaw...-on-September-2nd_id71807#exv83RyuS1BhmCWQ.97
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
No Big surprise, but I am glad we are getting closer.. lets hope for more reliable leaks soon...

it will most likely have the same form factor..maybe the fingerprint scanner will look little bit different..hopefully the camera will not stick out.
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
Lets hope we see some kirrin 950 benchmarks soon.

and see how it compares to Snapdragon 820.

It is between nexus and Mate 8 for me.

I hope they both have the same formfactor and the same specs besides processor and gpu.

It makes the choice easier..

With Nexus you do not need to wait one year for lollipop.. that is one good thing...
[Mate 8 General] XDADEVX:
what? Crapdragon 820 is already another fail .. overheats too best chips are now mediatek and kirin

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Snap...ragon-810-chipset_id71664#xGjxDlfCdmC8REUs.97
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
Lets wait until we see the benchmarks ?

anyway... Mate 8 will have a weak GPU ..

I did try P8 today.. it was a lot more smoth then M7, but I think it is most due to the 3Gb Ram I have 2 GB ram.. and I will never ever in my life buy a phone with low ram memory again..it is very important for multi tasking users