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[Mate 8 General] alec66:
got this puppy yesterday: removed bloatware etc. running nova prime, I added instant dial shortcut/widget on homepage but everytime I try to launch a call it says "authorization denied"; this happens with both widgets (huawei contacts/dialer and nova launcher shortcut) everything ok on permissions side, security etc.....

any help will be appreciated...
[Mate 8 General] opteron88:
U need to get a registered Huawei account and elapsed 14 days before they will send the unlock key. Even then this new model is not in the unlock list. Trying my luck 2 weeks later.
[Mate 8 General] NZtechfreak:
Probably need to grant permission to draw over other apps - go to Phone Manager app, then Notifications centre and grant those permissions to the relevant apps.
[Mate 8 General] CitizenM:
opetron,

Can you let us know as soon as they get back to you and whether or not they provided a bootloader unlock key for the Mate 8? I also went onto the website and saw the area where you can request the bootloader unlock key, but like you said, I see that the Mate 8 isn't even on the list to request yet (though I assume you just wrote Mate 8 in the area where it asks for model). I would have just requested myself too, but I don't have the phone with me now so I didn't have the info they require.

Looking forward to hearing when and what they come back to you with. :good:

Thnx
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
very valuable info there! even if theres not gonna be many or any custom roms for the mate 8, the two things id absolutely need would be root and a working TWRP recovery!
[Mate 8 General] ItsMunday:
How does one get a registered Huawei Account?
[Mate 8 General] CitizenM:
After clicking on link below and going to that page of Huawei's website, click on the link titled "Unlock Bootloader". From there it will bring you to a login page. Sign up with a username/email and password.

http://emui.huawei.com/en/plugin.php?id=hwdownload&mod=list
[Mate 8 General] ItsMunday:
Thank you, I am pretty sure I have all I need now to root in the future.
[Mate 8 General] pankaj554:
Huawei Mate 8 is smartphone which great features along with beautiful design. The battery of the Mate 8 is now lower than what we had on the Mate 7: 4,000mAh versus 4,100mAh. The reason behind such downgrades usually involves more power-efficient displays and processors,. over all its nice smartphone.
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
Do you have Mate 8? How many hours of screen do you get daily?
[Mate 8 General] ItsMunday:
Also, debatably most important, what is your typical use like?
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
I like Mate 8 4GB 64GB Mocha Gold.
[Mate 8 General] Giozer:
How can I move Apps tu SD card?

Thanks.
[Mate 8 General] yzogheib:
go to settings advanced settings memory & storage default location and click on sd card

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Has anyone been able to get "now on tap" to work? I keep getting HIVOICE when i long press home
[Mate 8 General] alec66:
till now around 4:30 SOT with medium/heavy usage
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
Find the APP installation package, copied to the SD card, and then install it.
[Mate 8 General] ItsMunday:
haha, no!

I was saying when you asked pankaj554 what his battery life was like and I added that pankaj554 needed to answer what his typical usage of the phone was.
[Mate 8 General] AndreiLux:
My review of the phone:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9878/the-huawei-mate-8-review
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
thx for pointing out that review, it just took care of the last remaining doubts in my mind! now theres nothing holding me back from getting a mate 8 :) so glad that germany is among the first wave countries! :D
[Mate 8 General] Rudolpht:
Andrei,

Great review. Does give me some pause, even being an avid upgrading avid MediaPad/Honor X2 user looking for a "small phone" like the Mate 8.

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks this Huawei Mate 8 is coming to the US as an Honor X3 (vice a next-gen MediaPad X3)
[Mate 8 General] raimondomartire:
Great review buw why no words on audio?
[Mate 8 General] adriangb:
I have a OnePlus 2 I want to throw in the trash (<2h SOT, home button broke itself, major software bugs, none of the promised development). Right now, the Mate 8 seems like the best replacement (priorities are battery life, camera, updates and reliability), although the new Nubia may compete.

The only things holding me back are:

1) Root, custom ROMs. I figure this is a lost cause and there will never be any development.

2) Bugs with Google apps. Essentially, can someone confirm that it's as easy as just installing Google Play, Google Play services, etc to get things like Google Now on the lockscreen to work? Is there anything that will remain broken?

Any input will be appreciated
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
wow, nice review, How is the battery and GPS? Looking forward to your review!
[Mate 8 General] mrcpa:
Thanks for this wonderful review.

I've some questions about the camera.

You tried the camera with an "old" firmware (116) and as you already saw, it had many problems.

Now, there should be a new firmware for the camera (129) .

Did you try it ? any improvement? thanks !
[Mate 8 General] AndreiLux:
The L29 variant I have hasn't yet received the B129 update.
[Mate 8 General] mrcpa:
Ah okay!

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[Mate 8 General] ViktorOTitov:
Dear Friends!

Help me, please.

I want to buy fast and useful Android phone for everyday use. Which is better: galaxy note 5 or mate 8.

Thank You!
[Mate 8 General] raimondomartire:
For now Samsung note 5
[Mate 8 General] ViktorOTitov:
Thank You.

Why it is so?

Better processor and camera?
[Mate 8 General] raimondomartire:
Better screen and camera. Better dev support here
[Mate 8 General] ItsMunday:
Camera is improved a bit but not great, they are still working on fixing it.
[Mate 8 General] Wishmaster89:
Great review, truly impressed with the SoC and it's efficiency.

One question, could you check what Bluetooth protocols are supported? I'm mostly interested if huawei finally uses aptx for audio streaming.

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[Mate 8 General] mrcpa:
Thank you!

Anyway, the camera in low light conditions looks good.

This pic, for example, has been taken with 1000 ISO.

What do you think ?

http://cdn0.mos.techradar.futurecdn...8 review/Camera shots/IMG_20151231_193621.jpg
[Mate 8 General] ItsMunday:
If thats from the Mate 8 then I am amazed! Haven't seen something like this from it yet.
[Mate 8 General] mrcpa:
Of course it is !

Save it and see the details :

" Huawei NXT-L29"

1/15 sec. f/2 4,04mm

ISO 1000

4608x3456
[Mate 8 General] cathain:
Is it possible to customize the navigation buttons, in particular can you add a button to pull down the notification shade. Also this sounds like a strange question but what is the power button like? It's annoying that such a big phone doesn't have double tap to wake
[Mate 8 General] AndreiLux:
You have the usual EmUI configuration options for the buttons: http://images.anandtech.com/doci/8655/Screenshot_2014-11-02-19-29-46.jpeg

The power button is well positioned and has good feel.
[Mate 8 General] geovass:
Can anyone confirm there is there a menu for Privacy Protection on Mate 8?

This is a feature where you can have a guest account and hide apps, photos or even contacts;
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
oh u gotta be kidding me! reports are accumulating here that the mate 8 will only come to germany in its 32/3 config and only in silver and gray, so typical! looks like ill have to source my mocha brown 64/4 from aliexpress or similar....hmmm....

[MENTION=4167023]AndreiLux[/MENTION]: is it known yet what kinda differences, if any, the AL10 model has from the L29?
[Mate 8 General] AndreiLux:
It has slight LTE band differences, I added the western variants here: http://anandtech.com/show/9878/the-huawei-mate-8-review

The L09 is only silver and gray and 32/3, so it's possible that's the one you're referring to in Germany. The other change for the L09 is that it's single-sim only.

The AL-10 still seems to work just fine in Europe.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
thats the funny thing though, the german version will most likely be the L29 since its gonna be the dual sim model. but still restricted in the color options. well if the lte bands are the only difference thats fine by me since my sim is still HSDPA only :)

thx for the review update btw, much appreciated!
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
wow, very nice.
[Mate 8 General] haiau:
Low light picture NXT-AL10
[Mate 8 General] mrcpa:
Like it

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[Mate 8 General] rowihel2012:
so what is the deffernce between your mate and this model *HUAWEI NXT-L29??/
[Mate 8 General] haiau:
L29 is international version, AL10 is chinese version support all lte band like L29 + cdma but AL10 have a lot of bloatware and no playstore
[Mate 8 General] bibiner:
And many stuff in chinese
[Mate 8 General] mscion:
Could someone please check on L29 version. If you go into recovery, is it in English? Also, if you set language to English does Chinese language still appear in places like apps or settings for example. (btw, nothing against the Chinese... Just want to know what to expect) Thanks!
[Mate 8 General] NikGi:
Hi everyone. I use the phone since a week. I have to say its a superb one. Very impressed but the notification problem (whatsapp, viber and even the custom email app) still remains the same with previous huawei products. No notifications while screen is off and after closing apps to free up memory. Notifications r coming as soon as switch on the screen and start the apps). All the importants settings r on, auto start, wake over wlan and mobile network, keep running while screen is off etc. Btw i have the chinese version AL-10
[Mate 8 General] altaz:
It seems I can only get consistent notifications when I set the phone to performance mode.
[Mate 8 General] NikGi:
Altaz does it drain more battery or not? Will try this as well
[Mate 8 General] rowihel2012:
is it fast and smooth? do you feel the new cpu is really powerful?
[Mate 8 General] NikGi:
Yes absolutely. Coming from Note

4 i can deffo feel the different. Even my mate that use iphone 6 plus realised how snappy and quick is in between the apps and connectivity.
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
Hi friends, Do you think Huawei Mate 8 is worth buying?
[Mate 8 General] bibiner:
Anyone with international English model can check if huawei emui language option contain Japanese? Thanks.
[Mate 8 General] duraaraa:
Japanese is available on the Chinese unlocked model, if that helps, so it is likely included in the English one. But not Japanese input, you'll have to download something for that.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
alright guys, bit the bullet and ordered the mocha brown version with 4/64gb, hoping to join this club here soon :)

bought it on aliexpress btw, since they will only have the 3/32gb version in silver/gray here in germany [emoji14]
[Mate 8 General] abbody8002:
Sadly no, I mean this option is not there which is frustrating, I wouldn't buy the phone if I knew this earlier
[Mate 8 General] geovass:
Hm... this is so bad... do we know why they removed that feature? It was really handy!

Any other workarounds or apps that can do similar functions?
[Mate 8 General] RomanLeonH501:
Hi so... do you have problem with whatsapp and other app ?? do you not recive notification from this app??
[Mate 8 General] NikGi:
Hi. Yes i still have problems with the whatsapp and facebook messenger. I have changed the power plan to performance but the problem remains... Still searching for solution :\ Another problem that i found out is that the google map doesnt determinate the location from the mobile network but only if you turn on the GPS.... Apart from that i believe its a briliant phone. Its the 4 phone im getting in a year. Previous phones xperia Z3, LG G3 and last Note 4.
[Mate 8 General] :
Hi could it be the "Auto-Run" being turn off ? Like the latest samsung phone, there's an option to turn of app from Auto-Run in the background. If the mention app Auto-Run being turn off, you wont get any notification until you open the app, all notification will only push in at the same time.

Am not sure about your case, just sharing. :o
[Mate 8 General] blackinfinity:
maybe they have different modems in the variants which could result in big battery differences, since the modem alone seem to be the battery eater of this device
[Mate 8 General] bibiner:
Alright. Thanks. Just wanted to know if system can change to that language. For input I usually use google Japanese input.
[Mate 8 General] NikGi:
Hi Steven. Tnx for your reply. All the important settings like auto startup, keep running when screen is off, keep wlan and mobile data on r enable. Hopefully Huawei will release a fix or so
[Mate 8 General] natxoga:
Do yo have the apps protected? (Advanced settings/ Battery manager / Protected apps) This feature allow the apps to keep running after the screen is turned off.
[Mate 8 General] NikGi:
Yes... R protected as well but problem remains.
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
The mate 8 is a great phone though, some more bugs. If you use the standard file manager and copy a folder with several files in it, from external Sd card to an other folder, it copies only the folder you selected. The files who are in this folder are not copied.

Now I only use esfileexplorer. This app works great on the Mate 8.

Hope Huawei comes soon with an update to fix this issue.

You also have to pay attention for your files. If you reboot the mate, it cleanes some files you don't want to delete, but are just gone.
[Mate 8 General] abbody8002:
The notification issue is so frustrating, I'm thinking about selling the damn thing
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
I had this problem too. Now everything works great. Just go to settings, wlan (wifi), at the bottom tap on settings, advantes settings, and there set wifi settings to "never".

I know this sound strange, but on my mate this was the solution. ;)
[Mate 8 General] abbody8002:
Loool, I don't think it's going to work, this is so stupid of Huawei
[Mate 8 General] NikGi:
Do you mean keep wlan on during sleep turn it to never?
[Mate 8 General] cathain:
I've seen a few reviewers say the 1080p resolution makes everything look huge on such a big screen. Is there a way to reduce the text size or anything like that?
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
Yes, turn to NEVER. Of cource, you must be connected to gprs internet.

As soon you use your phone and turn on screen, you get the message, now connected to wifi internet.

For me, this works perfect. Everthing is coming in, whatsapp, email, gmail, linkedin...................while phone is in sleep.
[Mate 8 General] NikGi:
And you need to do this every time your back home and you want to connect to the wifi?
[Mate 8 General] M@rs:
Looks like a WiFi bug, not an notificationbug if this solve the issue.
[Mate 8 General] abbody8002:
The issue happens only when you clear the temporary memory, so even if the phone is not sleep once you clear the memory you will never receive any notification
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
Look at this bug too: http://xdaforums.com/mate-8/general/huawei-mate-8-t3038543/page29
[Mate 8 General] NikGi:
You r totally right. I forgot to mention this

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Im afraid im not using this app so i cant help on this
[Mate 8 General] :
Refer to Chinese vmall forum : http://cn.club.vmall.com/thread-6868066-1-1.html

Need to switch off battery optimise.

It's nothing to do with Huawei it said in the forum. It's Android 6.0 function.
[Mate 8 General] Freeje:
Notifications

The steps are:Settings>Apps>Advanced>Ignore battery optimizations>All apps. Then click on the app and allow. I did this for Google Calendar Sync and Contacts Sync and finally sync was working. I'm still testing if notification from other apps is working.
[Mate 8 General] geovass:
Well its got to be something in Huawei's code, as I have a N6P with full battery optimisations and I get full notifications...
[Mate 8 General] NikGi:
Battery optimisation is switched off (allowed) for the whatsapp, messenger etc from day one but still the same problem.
[Mate 8 General] AndreiLux:
I received a second review unit from Huawei and it has much better focusing behaviour although it's still suffering slightly from the issue.

Old unit: http://i.imgur.com/ytzQPOK.jpg

New unit: http://i.imgur.com/gCOQAj9.jpg

They're both L29 models running B116 firmwares.
[Mate 8 General] mrcpa:
Wow!!!!

How can it be possible? are there some units defective or something? Mah..
[Mate 8 General] AndreiLux:
We'll have to see what happens once the new firmware update gets pushed out. I'll redo the full camera evaluation and we'll also see if they'll able be to fix the first unit or not.
[Mate 8 General] mrcpa:
Thanks! I hope it is just a software problem.

I don't want to think that some Mate 8 have hardware issue..

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[Mate 8 General] bibiner:
Do notification issue only happen in chinese model?
[Mate 8 General] b0g:
hy,

try to disable OIS and make a picture and see the difference, i think is a problem with OIS
[Mate 8 General] Freeje:
Looks like first batch produced has this problem. Why send a newer unit? It can't be fixed through a software update?
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
maybe it was just a lemon :)
[Mate 8 General] Krystyna:
Huawei is known for its quality, good ROMs, design and such. There may be several mobile phones have quality problems.
[Mate 8 General] AndreiLux:
They've confirmed that they'll improve focusing on "shipping HW" which would retroactively mean there's hardware issues with the current models.

I would recommend not to buy a Chinese variant until this is all cleared up and we see western variants for sale.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
well lucky i dont really care about the camera anyways :D
[Mate 8 General] stesteste:
Pics are great tbh
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
good enough for me :) at least concerning spontaneous snapshots. for anything else, i just use my real camera ;)
[Mate 8 General] mscion:
Thank you for staying on top of this! I had nearly given up on the Mate 8 as camera is important to me.
[Mate 8 General] cathain:
Any idea when they will begin shipping in Europe? Looks like any retailers selling it in Europe at the moment are selling the Chinese variant
[Mate 8 General] themissionimpossible:
Mate 8 will arrive to the european main distributors on january 28th (source vMall).
[Mate 8 General] mrcpa:
What about 64gb version for Europe?

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[Mate 8 General] themissionimpossible:
At the moment there are apparently no official plans for european 4/64 and 4/128 versions.
[Mate 8 General] mrcpa:
I really don't understand the reason....

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[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
yup yup same here. thats the reason why i went ahead and ordered the chinese model. at 3/32gb the mate 8 is just another average phablet to me :p but at the 4/64 config and in mocha, its something special indeed ;)
[Mate 8 General] Joseph's:
The link for checking network bands is useful!
[Mate 8 General] Albisaraci:
One of the best phones out there in spemall

I bought this phone on spemall.com one month ago and to be sincere it one of the best phones of Huawei. Spemall.com made it possible for me to buy at the best price on the market and also their customer care is very good and fast. Their delivery is pretty accurate and I got the phone also with a tracking number wich it is great. Follow the link to the product.

spemall..com/Huawei-Mate-8-4G-LTE-Smartphone-Octa-Core-6-0-Inch-HD-Android-6-0-16MP-Rear-Camera-Fingerprint-ID-3-4GB-RAM-32-64-128GB-ROM_g

:cool::cool:
[Mate 8 General] themissionimpossible:
In Italy the 3/32 European model is already arrived in limited quantity at some big shopping centers.

Picked mine up this morning!:)
[Mate 8 General] Dioky:
Hi there,

Well, this definitely is bye-bye Sammy!

Just ordered mine today. Same configuration, same reasons. Now waiting for around 10 days... :highfive:

Regards,
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
good choice my friend ;) spent yesterday evening and all of today to move all my stuff from my nexus 5 to the mate 8 and also familiarize myself with the huawei specific os settings. took some time to get everything working incl twrp, decrypted boot image, root and switching to the international rom. but now everything is running smoothly and im absolutely amazed at the screen quality and battery runtime! :o
[Mate 8 General] ItsMunday:
International Rom vs Chinese Rom

I've heard some people say Chinese Rom is better apart from some language issues, whats your opinion on the two?

Whats the pros or cons you've found so far?
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
international rom is not as cluttered with chinese stuff. granted, one can always clean up the system via titanium backup (which i did), but its sometimes hard to judge whether or not some process or app is system critical, easier to do that on the international rom ;) as ive heard, the chinese rom gives u a bit more huawei functionality, whereas the international one already has all the google stuff included :)

for me as a nexus guy the international rom was a bit easier to work with in the end :) then again, if u speak chinese and are not planning to change much in the stock rom, u might prefer sticking to it. in the end, its just a personal preference!
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
hey guys, i thought id post this here just to show how blazing fast this phone is :D

config: 4/64 GB Mocha Brown NXT-AL10 / B133 international rom for L29 / debloated system partition via Titanium Backup / decrypted boot.img / TWRP / root / performance mode / nova launcher

compared with my previous Nexus 5, the CPU is in the area of 100-130% faster, whereas the GPU is around 25-30% faster (baseline was a fully modded and tweaked custom rom on the N5, btw)

totally happy with this :) and since i barely game at all the cpu is actually way more important to me ;)
[Mate 8 General] aloysxda:
Looks very good Darmstadt. Your running Nova launcher. Can you tell me your experiance ? Is this running flawless on the mate 8 ?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Tazerix:
Hi, when I launch camera app I got that error. Just did a hard reset and still the same. Front camera works fine but only in apps like Messenger, main app stopes working after that error also google camera.
[HTC One E8] Sinh Yoko:
Help.

How to install busybox and viper 4 android on e8 dual sim?

My e8 dual sim install busybox was auto reboot and not yet ,viper4 also.( rooted already )

Thanks your support.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holzfelix:
Hi together,

after flashing the open gapps I got this:

"Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has stopped"" application crashed message

I tried the full -> Error 70

only the nano could be flashed and after reboot I got the same error: "Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has stopped"" application crashed message

I also tried to wipe ... no changes ..

what can I do to get gapps running on CM13?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strozi78:
Hi,

with the installation cm-13.0-20151128-NIGHTLY-hammerhead.zip I have the same problem... When the phone turns on I got the same error "Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has stopped", You have two options REPORT ERROR and OK, if I press OK then immediately displays the same error msg. and you can not continue..

what is the solution?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holzfelix:
haven't found one yet ... and you?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kuarinfou:
This problem is about permissions.Go to settings , apps , show system apps , tap setup wizard and give all permissions to it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holzfelix:
thanks that solved the problem with the setup wizard ...

and now I can run playstore but can't download apps - I got the error: Error while fetching information from Server
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holzfelix:
solved! ... deleted google accound and remapped