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[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
Hi.

In this thread I'll try to gather information related to this phone.

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Huawei unveiled its new Mate 8 flagship, a 6-inch phablet what comes with Android 6.0 Marshmallow pre-installed. The device also boasts Huawei’s latest Kirin 950 processor, along with 3GB/4GB of RAM and 32GB/64GB/128GB of storage, which we will see how well it performs. See the specs below.

Main Features:

Display: 6.0 inch, 1920 x 1080 Pixel Screen with 368 PPI

CPU: Kirin 950 Octa Core 4 * Cortex A72 2.3GHz + 4 * Cortex A53 1.8GHz + Micro-core I5

GPU: Mali T880

System: Android 6.0

RAM + ROM: 3GB/4GB RAM + 32GB/64GB/128GB ROM

Camera: 8.0MP with f/2.4 aperture front camera + 16.0MP f/2.0 aperture back camera

Sensor: Gravity sensors, Light sensor, Proximity Sensor, Fingerprint Sensor, Hall sensor, Gyro, compass, NFC, Barometer

Feature: GPS/ A-GPS / Glonass / Beidou

Bluetooth: BT4.2 Support BLE

SIM Card: Dual SIM dual standby

Network:

2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz

3G: UMTS(WCDMA)/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850/900/AWS/1900/2100(Band5/8/4/2/1/6/19); TD-SCDMA: Band34/39; CDMA2000/1X:BC0(800MHz)

4G: FDD-LTE:Band1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/12/17/18/19/20/26; TDD-LTE:Band38/39/40/41(100M)

Post here for all your questions, reviews, unboxing, news and discussions on this highly anticipated phone from Huawei.

Huawei Mate 8 Hands On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzHybzpuKWw

FAQs:

Will this phone work in my country? http://www.willmyphonework.net/

How To ROOT The Huawei Mate 8

1, Download the SuperSU

2, Connect the Huawei Mate 8 smartphone to the same computer where you have downloaded the SuperSU file.

3, Transfer the SuperSU (copy and paste it) to the internal storage SD card on your smartphone. if you don’t have any room on the SD card you’ll need to delete data, make room and try again.

4, Unplug the Huawei Mate 8 from the computer and completely power down the smartphomne.

5, Reboot the Huawei Mate 8 into the custom recovery mode by pressing the key combination. Press Volume Up and the Power button together to enter the custom recovery mode.

6, Navigate to the ‘Install’ option from the main custom recovery menu.

7, Browse the SD card for the SuperSU file.

8, Confirm you want to install the SuperSU file and wait while your devices flashes that file.

9, Once the flashing is done, your device is rooted! Now you just need to go back to the main custom recovery menu by navigating back where you can from and choose to reboot the system. You’ll see the ‘reboot system’ option from the menu.

Once your Huawei Mate 8 reboots, you should have the root access you needed for installing those root-only apps from the Google Play Store.
[Mate 8 General] mscion:
Hi. Thanks for starting this thread. This looks like a real nice phone. I'm currently using the Note Edge and was thinking of changing phones in January. Just a couple quick questions that anyone can chime in on. As I never have used a phone where the home button is on the screen, was wondering if this feature recedes when using an app? Otherwise, it would seem to me that the effective screen size is smaller. If I measured the screen size on Note Edge such that it included the area where the hardware buttons are for home and so forth then my screen would be closer to 5.7" to 5.8" (Not 5.5 as specified by manufacturer). Does anyone have an idea how the international version will be different from the current advertised one (unlocked and no bloatware?). From the specs, looks like it has bands 2 and 4, which is used for LTE in US. Is that available on the version that is currently advertised? Also, just wondering, have folks that have used other Huawei products, say the Mate 7, had much luck with using xposed modules? Finally, how consistent is the selected language. For example, if I choose English, do Chinese characters still occasionally pop up when trying features. Thanks!
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
You can watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNIPPJWDIKQ
[Mate 8 General] RobboW:
I have a Mate 7 which was a local purchase in Australia, so I assume is just an international version. The EmotionUI does cause issues with Xposed but I'm running a slightly older version and have functionality enough for what I need. Most of the bloatware is actually from Google. The Huawei software is at least useful and they used a subtle approach with their modifications compared with Touchwiz. The Huawei launcher is not too great as they meant it to seem simple for iPhone users coming across to Android, but you can install other launchers and go to app settings and choose which is to be default. Huawei have a modded navbar which you can set to open the notification panel and also an optional navbar button for hiding the navbar which you can pull back up again. It works well. I don't get any chinese characters messing things up.

I think the Mate 8 will be a nice phone. The Mate 7 is nice, but Mate 8 is clearly an upgrade.
[Mate 8 General] mscion:
Hi. Thanks for your comments! Can you say more about the navbar button for hiding the navibar (maybe screenshot?). Is this something that is on the screen or is it in settings? Which modules worked for you on Xposed? Have you tried app settings or swipeback for example? Looking at the Mate 7 threads, it does not seem like there is not much development of roms. Am I mistaken here? Anyways, I agree with you. Looks like the Mate 8 is a nice phone. I've been happy with the Note Edge. I actually use a Note 4 port on it so I do not have the Edge side features. Instead you have the entire width of the screen to work with. As it turns out the width of Note Edge screen is about the same as the Mate 7. But it is about 1 cm shorter then the typical 6" screen. I've gotten so used to the wider screen I don't want to go down to a narrower phone. So I'm interested in some of the new crop of 6" phones. Also curious to see how the camera performs on Mate 8. If it is a downgrade from what I currently have on the Note Edge it would be a no go for me.
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
I think Huawei Mate 8 is more similar Mate S.
[Mate 8 General] rowihel2012:
The camera photos is not good at all

Another failure in camera .

Can't compete with lg g4 and note 5
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
I would not make any judgement from that video youtube add all kinds of compression artifacts.

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In options with EMUI you can set that you can hide the navbar with a button the left then swipe up gesture to make it go up again it works excellent with mate 7 so I expect it will work just the same with Mate 8.
[Mate 8 General] RobboW:
I'd like a Mate 8 as my next phone, or a Mate 9, lol. I think this Mate 7 will do me 2 years.

Unfortunately there is almost no Mate 7 ROM support but I don't mind to be honest. The phone works. Once rooted you can make your own changes. I kept KitKat rather than do the buggy Lollipop update and will wait and see how Marshmalllow comes up, if they do release it.

I think they will because they are trying to develop their global image and I expect starting to understand how this impacts buyers globally. They've pulled their heads out of their ar*e and know the world is much bigger than just China.

If they ever release source code, maybe things will explode for them. Devs would get right onboard pretty fast as the hardware is good.

With regard to Xposed, as I say, still on KitKat on the M7. It's EMUI that plays havoc with modules as the theming doesn't mix with resource hooks. This means you have a hard time using modules that change appearance. Anything that tries to mod navbar, statusbar or other UI elements is no good. Some things will work. Some experimentation is needed. All I have in Xposed right now are ActivityForceNewTask, Master Key multi-fix, MinMinGuard, VolumeSteps+ and Wanam Kit.

I'm trying to minimise how much Xposed modding is in effect.

I run Kinscreen and Leandroid for a better experience with screen on time whilst keeping power draw minimal with screen off and have de-bloated a lot of Google stuff. For the launcher, I use Smart Launcher Pro as it rotates, re-organises and scales to landscape for use in the car.

With audio, I installed Viper4Android and use Poweramp. I still have DTS turned on in the system settings but any processing in Poweramp is off. Sounds fantastic!

Here's a screen shot of my Battery stats.

To the right is a navbar shortcut to open the notification panel so it's possible one handed.

To the left is the button to hide navbar. Simply edgeswipe up and it re-appears.

The options are set in settings but once done, it's always there.

It's clear this big battery is nice :)
[Mate 8 General] mscion:
Thanks! Fantastic battery life! Screen shot really helped. Now I understand how navibar can be hidden and notification shortcut. Nice. Picture is worth a thousand words! Speaking of picture, hope camera is good! In regards to Xposed, especially like the module app settings because it let me set up the google mail app so it had more of a tablet look and also help me optimize how space is used on certain app like dolphin browser. For me this is important for phones with large screens.
[Mate 8 General] RobboW:
For email, google mail is the first thing I get rid of. I like Aquamail Pro. Every type of account supported including exchange and a lot of settings to tailor it to individual taste.

Once rooted, I remove gmail and stock email apps but keep the exchange app.
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
If you Root Huawei Mate 8, you can publish a Root tutorial? Thank you in advance
[Mate 8 General] RobboW:
I've not long got my Mate 7 so won't be looking to upgrade at least for a year. Maybe at end of Mate 8 production as they start getting rid of them cheap to make way for Mate 9.

If I hadn't got the 7 I possibly would have waited longer and gone for the 8, but I don't regret the 7 anyway. It's a good device for $500AU

I saw a new black Xperia Z today for $199AU and almost bought it for my wife. Also saw another Mate 7 32Gb at $489AU. Somebody will get a bargain!
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
I don't look forward to Huawei Mate 9, I'm sure the price of Mate 9 will be very high.
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
There news announcement Huawei Mate 8 to be launched on December 9th, Really?
[Mate 8 General] ronnie72:
Unveiled late last month, the Huawei Mate 8 flagship smartphone will go on sale in China starting Wednesday - December 9. This was announced by He Gang, who heads the Chinese company's smartphone division. :D

http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mate_8_to_go_on_sale_this_week-news-15369.php
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
I estimate that the number of mate 8 mobile phone is not much.
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
Huawei Maet 8 Antutu Benchmark Scores near to 93k points

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[Mate 8 General] mscion:
Well, anyone get their hands on one? Care to share your experience...
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
I saw an other video posted today that got 95k,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUVwGN97nmo
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
yep, its running great thus far, no issues or interference from the stock huawei launcher :)

the only provblem i had when moving my stuff over was with my contacts, i couldnt use TB to restore from my backup, so i just used one of those standard sms/calendar/contact backup apps from the play store, worked fine then :)
[Mate 8 General] Dioky:
Hi there,

You might want to post how/what you did in some sort of tuning manual or walk through?

So that others won't have to do the whole trial and error cycle?

Regards,
[Mate 8 General] skinnytoo2:
Hey JBMC, do you know how I can get my Verizon SIM to work. I keep getting an error to install only China Telecom card. TIA
[Mate 8 General] sirpaul82:
Looks like your phone has got a simlock to China telecom, sorry bro, u gonna have to unlock it first
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
hes right... go ahead and check out that dc unlocker tool ive mentioned before, it also offers a function to unlock carrier locked phones, maybe thatll help?

actually, i find it pretty annoying that shops sell the china telecom locked versions of the phone outside of china...[emoji14]
[Mate 8 General] sirpaul82:
Shops are selling them because they're much cheaper to buy for them
[Mate 8 General] Freeje:
They are about $15-$30 cheaper than AL10 in China.
[Mate 8 General] Dioky:
Hi there,

And please do share if and how you managed to unlock it, for there will be more like you for shure!

Maybe even me, but mine is still en route to it's hopefully happy owner :cool:

Regards,
[Mate 8 General] dlorean:
Has someone changed the dpi in the build.prop? Tried it and it looks not similar to samsung devices. Think it's conflicts with the build in system density changer?!

N910C ~ eRobot 11.1 ~ GoogyMax 2.0
[Mate 8 General] Blue Viuda:
the China Telecom model actually has a CDMA radio and sees Verizon's network, you have to unlock the bootloader and put the international rom on it. I can't get it to work with GSM with the 4G / 3G slot. There is no way to change from CDMA to GSM.

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If anyone ever gets the China Telecom model working tell me please. I can't figure it out for the life of me.
[Mate 8 General] Spudwood1:
Hi, I just ordered the Chinese version. Is it OK to use once the language has been changed to English. I'm in the UK. Many thanks.
[Mate 8 General] sirpaul82:
Better would be to cancel your order and buy international version, freshly realised from WONDA mobile.

http://www.wondamobile.com/mobile/huawei/huawei-mate-8-international-nxt-l29-unlocked.html
[Mate 8 General] NikGi:
Hi there. Absolutely! Im in th uk using 3 network and i have no problems at all. Just the notification bagging me but r ways to work around it. Hopefully huawei will realise a new update soon.
[Mate 8 General] dredre2017:
Since the L09 is single sim only, is it safe to say that the Micro SD support is not there in this model?
[Mate 8 General] AndreiLux:
No, it should be there.
[Mate 8 General] ZeroPDA:
My Mate 8 L29 version doesn't see Wi-Fi Network in 5GHz, but it does see 2.4 GHz. I have firmware B103. What is the problem? Do all Mate8 have the same problem?
[Mate 8 General] dlorean:
Have L29 B152 and 5Ghz Wi-Fi is working fine.

Huawei Mate 8 L29 B152 using Tapatalk
[Mate 8 General] dredre2017:
Does it also work with the L29/AL10 roms?
[Mate 8 General] dredre2017:
Can the L09 use L29 Roms?
[Mate 8 General] mscion:
Man, I could see getting it just for the packaging!
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
I find the black borders around the screen very irritating compare them with the photo shopped advertisement photos. It is not even near of being close to the bezels.

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seems to be no tap to wake atleast not in default setting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlDWp38aiag
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
Huawei Mate 8 Antutu Benchmark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnW5iUqxDNo
[Mate 8 General] NZtechfreak:
Ah, that looks a lot more like a P8max?
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
Sorry, I've changed the link.
[Mate 8 General] EMF:
First impressions from pocket-line. Looks good: http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/1...ate-8-preview-fab-phablet-brings-super-powers
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
indeed it does look good :) finally some real life hands on pics of the moccha brown model, i might go for that!
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
Currently, the market is only Champagne Gold version.
[Mate 8 General] EMF:
The pictures in the pocket-line review is actually the gold version, not the mocca brown color :) The color is not that mouch gold, but differs allot due to the light (i had the Honor 7 gold). So it is not a "bling" gold color.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
thats supposed to be the champagne color? looks way darker/browner and completely different from other hands on pics and clips...
[Mate 8 General] H. Clarkson:
It appears that Huawei plans on launching the Mate 8 and Honor 5X in the U.S. early next year.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Huawei-Mate-8-and-Honor-5X-to-be-launched-next-year-in-the-US_id76738
[Mate 8 General] NZtechfreak:
Looks like DHL have finally received my Mate 8 (champagne gold, 64gb storage 4gb RAM), should arrive Monday here in NZ.
[Mate 8 General] kopkiwi:
Where'd you buy it from mate. How much did it cost? Be interested to see what you think of it and the camera quality.
[Mate 8 General] NZtechfreak:
From AliExpress (Brucomax Electronics). Looking forward to trying it out.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
second shop popped up here in germany offering preorders. interesting tidbit: expected stocking date is jan 4th :)
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
What version? Mate 8 can be used in your country?
[Mate 8 General] NZtechfreak:
4/64gb Champagne Gold. It'll be fine here in NZ, has all the right 3G and 4G frequencies.
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
When you receive Mate 8, can you publish a few mobile phones real images? thank you in advance
[Mate 8 General] NZtechfreak:
Sure, I was even considering writing a review and doing some videos (used to run the site and YouTube channel AndroidNZ, not done a video for a few years, but the lack of good information on some of these Chinese handsets has me thinking about doing some proper coverage).
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
looking forward to your personal experience with this device :)
[Mate 8 General] opteron88:
I'll do a short review soon.

What info u need? Vivo X6 / OnePlus v2 / Nexus 6p are rejected cos they're still on the freaking old Cpu.

I'd subscribed to the weibo (Chinese Twitter clone) and got all latest news from China directly ;)

EMUI 4.0 updates
[Mate 8 General] mandar91:
great looking phone:):)
[Mate 8 General] H. Clarkson:
It's gotten certification by the FCC

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[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
Huawei Mate 8 will be sold in the United States.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
first shop in germany listing the 64/4 gb version in gold as in stock :) 749€ shipping incl., 6-8 working days for delivery
[Mate 8 General] EMF:
What shop?

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Hands on from XDA: http://www.xda-developers.com/hands-on-with-the-huawei-mate-8/
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
heres the link: https://www.eglobalcentral.de/huawe...al-sim-ohne-sim-lock-gold.html#/product/16663

still the imported chinese version though!
[Mate 8 General] sanandreas12:
749€....lol

i can buy that one with 400€ here,in the southeast asia
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
well duh, ull have to consider a whopping 19% import tax here + super crappy USD/EUR exchange rate + way higher average salaries / buying power + pretty strong USD lately and bam: u got urself a nasty price premium!
[Mate 8 General] Maritus1:
Sorry, that's not true. There is no LTE support for Band 28, so there's no 700MHz Support for NZ when you use Spark or Vodafone NZ.

That is what i hope, that will be included in the international version when Huawei launches the US version on CES,

because Germany will start it's additional 700MHz LTE coverage on Band 28 in 2016/2017.
[Mate 8 General] NZtechfreak:
Sure, if you want to split hairs it lacks 700MHz. It does have band 3, so it will connect to 1800MHz 4g. 700MHz would be nice, but hardly a deal breaker and non-issue for me personally. YMMV etc.
[Mate 8 General] Maritus1:
Hi, sorry, please don't get me wrong, I've spent some time in NZ, that's why I'm aware of the network down there, and so I'm a bit jealous on your good rural 3G coverage on 850/900 MHz.

For this reason I understand that you don't really need the 4G 700 MHz coverage.

Here in Germany, we only use 1900/2100 MHz on 3G, because of the higher frequencies you can only use EDGE in most rural areas.

So you really depend on good 4G coverage here in Germany if you live in small towns.

Greetings to summer NZ.
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
Huawei Mate 8 4GB 64GB $739, 3-5 working days for delivery, here: http://www.gizok.com/huawei-mate-8-android-6-0-4gb-64gb.html
[Mate 8 General] ZeroPDA:
Can you share your opinion about talking over loudspeaker. Is it clear? Does another side clearly hear you? What if the distance 60-70 cm (for example you are working at the keyboard and the telephone is on he table)?
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
Mobile loudspeaker's voice is very big, can be very clear to hear each other speak.
[Mate 8 General] ZeroPDA:
Is it stereo or just mono?

About having root. In the first post I can see a manual how to root. But where I can find SuperSU to put it on MicroSD to flash it via recovery?
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
cam you name one device that have stereo speakers with that speaker position ?

They do it just to make it look like stereo speakers..

In reality... stereo speakers consume too much power that is why we never get it..

Hopefully Nexus 6p has proven their point that it is possible

also they are much smaller then boom sound grills so easier to implement .
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
I will edit tutorial.
[Mate 8 General] Freeje:
Tried the volume up and home button but I get a Chinese recovery menu. Do you have to install a custom recovery firmware?
[Mate 8 General] opteron88:
Yes need to get the unlock key, then install custom recovery.
[Mate 8 General] Freeje:
Root procedure?

Hi opteron88,

How about posting the complete steps on how to root the Mate 8, if you don't mind? Like how do you get the "unlock key" and which custom recovery?
[Mate 8 General] CitizenM:
Root Procedure?? Seconded.

Yes, can anyone provide information on how to root the Mate 8 (China version)? Manufacturer seems to currently have it locked down, so not able to enter custom recovery mode (as described previously) or bootloader mode. Also, my understanding is that there is no TWRP recovery support for Mate 8 yet(?). So unable to install this presently.

Updates appreciated. As Mate 8 starts becoming more available across different markets, I imagine the request for rooting info is just going to increase.
[Mate 8 General] AMoosa:
Mine is on the way. Need to root it before I can Use it daily. Any news on root yet?
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
You can refer to this tutorial: http://huaweinews.com/2013/06/how-to-root-huwei-ascend-mate/
[Mate 8 General] CitizenM:
Krystyna,

Can you confirm that this procedure actually works with the Mate 8? It looks like a tutorial for prior Huawei Mate(s)? Have you or someone else actually run this with full root success on a new Mate 8?
[Mate 8 General] fvdiaz:
I tried and it's not working, even updating eroot v1.3.4.

desperate to get root :crying:
[Mate 8 General] CitizenM:
Okay, well if that's the case (and I'm not trying to sound too confrontational here but), Krystyna, could you stop posting tutorials that you haven't confirmed to work and/or not actually had success with yourself on a Mate 8? Or if you have had success, provide specific details on the model number, procedure that you actually/personally used and possibly even a screenshot so we know it can be done. You posted a tutorial at the very beginning of this thread and then just recently a completely different one, neither of which appear to actually work for the Mate 8 (perhaps they did for prior Huawei models). I'm sure you're just trying to be helpful, but I and most likely others actually find this inaccurate information to be counterproductive and even provide false hope.

Again, if you've actually rooted with either method you posted (or another one), congrats to you and we would love to know the specific details; but for the rest of us, the methods you're throwing out there are not working (and/or don't seem confirmable by anyone else) and we are desperately waiting for some actual accurate information.
[Mate 8 General] Freeje:
Root procedure

Been trying to read Chinese forums and it seems that you have to get the phone unlocked first before you root it. Never bothered to try as I found out that the built in backup app can also backup the data and this is the main reason why I wanted root.