yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Mate 8 General] HuaweiMate8:
Also the Chinese phone has Arabic support. I managed to change the entire phone language to Arabic.

التلفون رهيب و ممكن تحوله للعربي مثل اي تلفون.

لكن موجود فيه بعض البرامج الصينية التي لا يمكن التخلص منها بدون root.

أما التلفون فلا غبار عليه!
[Mate 8 General] medicalman:
thnx for ur replay

so you advice me to buy the phone with manually solving the google apps services

:o
[Mate 8 General] HuaweiMate8:
Well, I discovered that the Chinese version has got its own application the replaces the Google Play service (maybe in China, they don't want the Google Play Service as in the rest of the world). The application is part of the Chinese firmware and is called HiApp. When you open it, it gives you all the applications in Chinese, but if you search for Google Play it will give you the official Google Play to install through this application. So basically, you have everything in this phone. I am not aware of any 128 GB international version of Mate 8. Maybe there will be one in few months, but I am not the one to speak for this. Actually, the reason I bought this Chinese version is because my old device was broken beyond repair and I badly needed an Android device, and I couldn't wait more. And since I wanted a 128 GB internal storage along with my lovely 128 GB SanDisk SD, now I have about 250 GB of storage to travel with! I didn't know that the device will be Chinese, I thought it would be the overseas version sent from China.

I payed 777 euros for this version, which isn't small, but with respect to what I would have payed for the same device in Europe, I think I have spared at least 200 euros.

The vendor was kind enough to change the UI language to Italian, so I didn't even have to do anything! I tried a hard reset because I thought that I would get the standard Android Wizard (insert your gmail account to restore your data bla bla bla), but all I was offered was to create a Huawei ID/Huawei cloud, and nothing more! It is then when I discovered that there is no Google Apps by default...

Apart from that and from few Chinese-only applications like Yellow Pages, HiApp, and some few others, the device is rockingly solid! Even if it was a European version, an Android device in my opinion should be rooted! This is the first thing I do with any device I get my hands on and own. Root, then install SuperUser, then get rid of some bloatware or crapware, and install AdAway (an application that downloads a hosts file to your system to redirect all ads to 127.0.0.1, or simply, you wouldn't see any advertisements inside the applications).

Personally, I wouldn't want to flash the onverseas firmware on this device... at least not for now that I am still exploring, and testing the device. Maybe in the future, maybe never, it depends on my mood I guess and my curiosity to explore new things...

I don't want to be the person who gives you an advise that you would regret in the future. I am merely writing my own thoughts, and I encourage you to evaluate all the cons and pros, and decide by yourself. I believe I have made a choice and it is a very good choice. I am very happy with this device and I do not regret that I bought the Chinese version... This device will be my device at least for the next two years from now, until it becomes obsolete :)

Ciao
[Mate 8 General] stesteste:
Same here got the China version from Wanda mobile Google play and unlocked already . this phone is fast only few China apps but that doesn't bother me, I would usually root but need my Barclay's all at the moment .. All in all very very happy
[Mate 8 General] medicalman:
what a nice post to read

i read every words in ur post in which u honestly provide by all ur experience from the starting in buying the phone till when u try to solve so issues

last 4 months i try two phone asus zenfone 2 dual sim (64gb) after 2month i sold it and buy and LG v10 64gb then i sold it too

the reason is that really i want an android device that has 128gb of internal storage

and i thinking in only 2 device

either this one Huawei mate 8- 128gb or huawei nexus 6p 128gb

i prefer mate 8 over nexus 6p due to

mate 8 support dual full active sim , support external storage if i want it ( 2nd sim slot) , huge battery , perfect design , nice screen size

but the only thing am afraid from it is the software ( i love huawei launcher ) specially the missing default google play and services

( it may too bother me cuz i format my device from time to time and need every time to re install at least 5-10 apps to get a standard android phone even when we are in 2016 !!! we need to manually solve this )

nexus 6p over this device to me only little bit the camera and in direct and perfect google support

So the question is no is there any hope from Huawei to release other version of 128gb ( rather than Chinese version) any one have any information of any promise from the company if NO ANY HOPE FOR THAT ( i may buy this version in these few days and try to get a benefit from this device and i think i will flash another room over Chinese room )

with my best regards
[Mate 8 General] HuaweiMate8:
Thank you. My pleasure

There is one thing to keep in mind. You CANNOT have dual SIM and have an external SD Card. Either dual SIM or one SIM and one SD Card. SD Card is obviously different than the internal storage.

Unfortunately, there is no NEXUS phone I am aware of that supports SD Cards. I guess this is a Google condition that imposes on vendors. I was also about to get the Huawei Nexux 6P, but for me NO SD CARD, NO PARTY! I actually got an offer from a very good friend I know, who was selling his NEXUS 5 for about 200 euros, and I didn't buy it because it was only 32 GB with no SD card support. So I had really very few choices (maybe 2) Mate 8 was one of them. An SD card is a must and 128 GB internal storage is a must, and if I am not mistaken, I found only tow devices.

If you don't mind rooting the phone, and manually install updates, then you can get a Chinese version, and apply the international version. There are people who already did it and are happy about it.
[Mate 8 General] medicalman:
i will do that if i can not tolerate the default chinese apps without rooting first later on i will root it and yes flashing the international firmware over chinese one

thnx alot

:)
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
yes, u can ;)

http://xdaforums.com/mate-8/general/modify-sim-t3300220
[Mate 8 General] HuaweiMate8:
Ooooof! Holy sh*** That is a damn good solution! You guys rock!
[Mate 8 General] MyGenome:
I've seen that Wondamobile now sells also the International version of Mate 8 (NXT-L29) with factory-installed Google Play. My understanding is that they deliver only in UK. Can you confirm that (I mean, are you living in UK?).

Thanks
[Mate 8 General] stesteste:
They delivered mine to UK in 7 days I think they also ship other countries
[Mate 8 General] edwpang:
I am currently looking for a new phone to replace my Note 2(SGH-i317m). My note 2 has been in service for 3 years, it is still pretty solid device with more than 60% battery left after 1 day of light use. It looks like the Mate 8 is going to be my next phone.
[Mate 8 General] stesteste:
You won't be disappointed honestly, I sold s6edge plus for this is way better
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
omg, with ur usage pattern the mate 8 will easily last a week or more :D
[Mate 8 General] teflon79:
I am really digging the phone.. so far all pros not found a con yet
[Mate 8 General] sirpaul82:
I was on Note 2, Note 3, OPO, s6 edge+ and now I couldn't be more happy with my mate 8, the beast of a phone

Wysłane z mojego NEXT przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
its interesting how many previous owners of phones such as iphone6, note5, OPO/OPT, galaxy S6(+ edge), nexus 6p, etc switched over to the mate 8 and are actually way happier now than before :D
[Mate 8 General] sirpaul82:
Well after some time of using the edge+ I realized how fragile this phone is with it's light weight and curved screen u have to care about. Glad that I switched to Mate 8

Wysłane z mojego NEXT przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
mate 8 sure is a heavyweight champion :D
[Mate 8 General] yubsinlogic:
Cant download large file from playstore

Hi. I bought mate 8 nxt-al10 version but unfortunately i can't download large file from playstore. When i click "install" it automatically closes. Please help me to fix this issue. Thanks a lot.
[Mate 8 General] HuaweiMate8:
Where did you install Google play from?

The Chinese version has its own store, called HiApp. Get Google play from there
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
that problem had already been discussed and solved before, dont remember which thread it was though... use google or the xda search, ull find it :)
[Mate 8 General] gyn:
Except for the camera.. ^_^

My s5 does better than my mt8.. so sad... :(
[Mate 8 General] yubsinlogic:
Hi. I uninstalled google playstore then i download again using HiApp but nothings happen.
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
i dont buy phones because of the camera[emoji14]so dont really care :D
[Mate 8 General] HuaweiMate8:
Hi. I really don't know what to say. The first thing I've done on my mobile is a full reset. I never trust anyone or any pre installed applications. With my Italian SIM inserted and Wifi connected, the phone did change language automatically to Italian. I changed language to English and proceeded. Then using HiApp I downloaded and installed Google Play and everything went fine.
[Mate 8 General] yubsinlogic:
Hi. I reset my device several times but again i can download only small apps ):
[Mate 8 General] HuaweiMate8:
While at home, connected to your wireless connection, If you switch off the device completely, then press both the volume up and volume down buttons simultaneously (they look like one button but they are two distinct buttons) and keep pressing both and press the power button until the device starts. Release the power button but keep pressing the two volume buttons until it boots to recovery...

Do you see the EMUI trying to download anything?

Have you tried to flash it with custom ROM or kernels?
[Mate 8 General] ajsmsg78:
I'm thinking of selling my Mate 8 64gb. I'm really not feeling the phone anymore. There are some bugs that are highly annoying and although they will eventually be fixed I don't have the patience to wait for Huawei to fix them. Plus I'm really not that thrilled with the camera. My X2 takes shaper photos. Sent from my bug free Mediapad X2.
[Mate 8 General] stesteste:
it's a beast best phone I've had
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
dont give up on us! ure like one of two devs here atm :eek: hang in there buddy :)
[Mate 8 General] HuaweiMate8:
What are the bugs you see?

Apart from the notifications issue, I think one of the things that makes you feel this way about the device is Android 6 itself.

Android 6 has loads of app permissions to keep up with and if you make a mistake giving or taking the right permission then getting the app to work again as required could be an issue for an average Android-agnostic user (which you are not of course).

Also, I've been comparing my device with the Antutu benchmark Mate 8 and I see that at best I got 90000 score and was wondering about the 92700 score of the Mate 8. How did Mate 8 score 92700 and mine never exceeded 90000? I then discovered that Android 6.0 battery manager (settings - advanced settings - battery manager - power plan) sets the power plan of the device to Smart rather than Performance which gives you less than two hours more of battery duration

I changed to Performance and got 92300 score from Antutu. Not that I care much, but that was one of the things that made me explore the device much more and decide that Android 6 has got so many other options that I haven't seen before in Android 5 on my old Samsung Note 3 that suddenly decided not to switch on back again
[Mate 8 General] m3dd0g:
Me too im going back to my Nexus 6P. The software on Mate 8 is really crappy and i spoke with alot devs about this phone but no one will help. Alone i dont have the time to fix basic things like notfications that must work out of the box. This phone has also an horrible memory management it kills all apps in the background and that is why the battery lasts so long. Im done here...
[Mate 8 General] HuaweiMate8:
I agree with you that certain basic things should work out of the box. I'm not as fortunate as you are, owning several great devices. The only other device I have is my Samsung Galaxy S2 plus which is really obsolete now. I hope HUAWEI fixes these bugs as soon as possible and regain the user's trust
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
:(

u surely meant 97200 ;)
[Mate 8 General] HuaweiMate8:
No, the official Antutu gives 92746, and mine obtained an average if 85000 with only one time reaching 90000.

What did you do to the device to make it score such a high score? [emoji5]
[Mate 8 General] CyberMomo:
I understaind the need to sell it because i feel the same.

My bigest problem is that we cannot play with it like we want. The samsung S7 will recieve CyanogenMod before the Mate8 and will be way more tweakable.

Its perhaps not a big problem for guys that dont like to personalize their phone but its not our case here.

Anyway its a good piece of hardware. It deserve a better software i hope huawei will be a bit faster to release NEEDED update. (i suspect they are busy with the upcoming P9)
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
the only thing we need is DEVS actually being interested in this device! i mean cmon, as if stock firmwares from samsung or others are any better, theyre full of bloatware and unneeded functions and bugs, but that never stopped the devs to come up with nice custom roms. we HAVE the necessary base, i.e. open source twrp and kernel sources, so why not invest in the mate 8?!

imo theres no excuse anymore not to develop for the mate 8, hardware is great and software sources are available.... :)
[Mate 8 General] ajsmsg78:
Its not even the notification bug. The camera kind of sucks, I'm really disappointed with it. The pictures are not sharp at all, I have to photoshop them to make them look decent. With B156, Chrome freezes and I have to force close it. Huawei took away the Local Update option in the updater so dloading doesn't work now. It's like they took a step backwards in Android 6.
[Mate 8 General] HuaweiMate8:
Do you have stock firmware? What version is that?

I tried to update my B156 with the European ROM just to give it a try and it didn't even read it fron dload folder. Since I messed up with the various img files I available for the device, I rebooted into stock recovery and it re-downloaded the full B156 Chinese firmware, automatically flashed it with latest official Chinese ROM and I had to reapply TWRP recovery and then flash SUv6 to get root access.

Still with TWRP, I can check for updates and the system doesn't block me because I'm not using an official recovery firmware!
[Mate 8 General] ajsmsg78:
Yeah I'm on Chinese B156 on my AL10.
[Mate 8 General] killuminati206:
I Just sold my note 5 go get a Mate 8 chinese version. Now im a little worried. Frankly EMUI looks like it has some useful features and i dont see it being to bad. As well as the camera i do take photos but im not a photo nut. So im sure i can live with it. As long as updates come to fix the current bugs i will be happy. I cant pass up a phone with such amazing battery life and performance thats what im looking for in a phone. Anyways ordered from gizok still have not received shipping info almost been a week. Im currently phoneless.
[Mate 8 General] HuaweiMate8:
I ordered my phone from Amazon and it arrived after 4 days (almost) from China. The vendor's name is ETOTalk and they seem very professional.

I love the performance of the device, and I'm on Chinese stock firmware with TWRP recovery. Yes there are some bugs to fix and I'm sure HUAWEI will fix them soon. I'm not fond of photography as well so I don't care much about the camera features. On the contrary, coming from Samsung Note 3, I believe this is way much better!

Still, it is a personal matter... If you don't like the device, there is no way to force you to like it. I personally love it!
[Mate 8 General] yubsinlogic:
Hi. I tried already what you've said but it doesnt work.

regarding flashing with custom Rom i havnt try this one. pls help me
[Mate 8 General] ajsmsg78:
I'm having mixed results with the camera. Sometimes it's great in low light and sometimes it's terrible. I shot these of two computers I built the other day in a not so bright room and they came out good.
[Mate 8 General] HuaweiMate8:
Those images look fine with such low light environment. I can read what is written on your computer's chipset!
[Mate 8 General] ajsmsg78:
It seems on my KangVIP ROM the camera is a little better. Here are some pictures I just took a few mins ago of another computer I just finished building.
[Mate 8 General] Savall:
Guys, I'm almost losing my mind here:

- Managed to install Google Play successfully from APK (couldn't find it on HiApp)

- Can't manage to sync contacts. I installed Google Contacts from APK/Play Store and also installed Google Sync from APK, but sync is not working (I correctly verified that both were the correct versions for 6.0)

- Besides that, every time I try to open the Google Contacts app, it just crashes while trying to open.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] Tribux:
Hi. Sorry if I placed it at wrong section.

I've installed the newest update for my Yoga 2 1050L, next I've changed conuntry code to DE, for taking updates. Then I did root by TWRP and without exit I installed the newest framework 80 for x86 processor and it began.

Now I have a little foggy display, sharpnessfix it seems to be not work, earlier before update(I have lolipop befor and now), everything works perfectly. The screen was sharp, blur option smoothed fonts, and first of all fonts were good. Is it possible that the framework which I've installed making this problem?

Sorry for my english :/

This is information about bootloader version:

IFWI VERSION: BLADE_21.X64.0005.R00.1504101447 FFD8_X64_R_

Maybe this is the problem?

I have the newest update OTA from Lenovo. S100255_160113

In TWRP or while making wipe looks good.

Anyone can help?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Nico.Canali:
Hello everyone,

I have just installed WM6 on my Qtek 9100, with this ROM:

ROM version: 10.2.0.8

ROM date: 2/03/07

Radio Version: 02.19.11

Protocol Version: 4.1.13.09

Now, this is really cool but I thought it had this new Touchflo which I wanted to try...Now here's the question:

Isn't there a cab file or something to install it without having to look for a new ROM, downgrade, install it again and all that stuff? I think it would be useful.

Looking forward to your kind feedback,

Thanks in advance,

Nicolo'
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] its right:
if you want TouchFLO, you must replace touch.dll with a touch.dll compatible with touch flo technology, and this replacing can't be done while the OS running, so it must be edited on the rom you want
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Nico.Canali:
Oh, so I have to install it again huh...

Do you know any good room with it inside? Do I have to dowgrade to something special or can I install it like right now?

Thank you so much for you kind and fast feedback

Nicolo'
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] its right:
there are many of TouchFLO roms like:

- TNT 5.0

- NBD 9.1

- Black Diamond 2.0

- See No Evil

go to every rom thread and check out the feedback, but the latest one is the first ;)

for instructions how to get the best steps, check TNT 5.0 instructions

have a good try
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doza102:
Hello,

so my ear speaker stopped working for some reason. I am going to change it, but i was thinking. I have Xperia Z C6603 at home, not working (water damaged, huh...), do you know, if it is the same component? So i can just switch the one from C6603 to C6903? If it is this simple, it would be just awesome. I don't feel like opening the Z1 again before i am sure i have the part (i put some really good glue there last time :confused:)...

Thanks for help :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doza102:
To anyone interested, it is a little bit different part, but it works like charm :)
[Pixel C Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theycallmepete:
Hey guys,

just want to make sure I am not alone before maybe returning/exchanging my pixel c...

I am already on my 2nd unit, the 1st had awful screen response. Right now my 2nd ist terribly slow, in apps as well as on my home screens. Also the screen has a quite visible yellow tint on the bottom end (keyboard facing) and the touch screen matrix is visible as well. Do you face the same problems?

I am really frustrated that a 500€ device seems to be that bad..

Cheers
[Pixel C Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hazzo31:
Exactly same symptoms. Now after last OTA my C decided to kill sound in the whole system.

But regarding your issues: Matrix did not seem to bother me although I see it. Yellow tint in de bottom in landscape and in the left in portrait its bit more annoying but forgettable. Lag? Reboot solves it. This last one It's obviously software related.

But yes its fu..ing annoying to pay 500€ and get this out of the box.

Enviado desde mi Nexus 6 mediante Tapatalk
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
It is a 5.0 lollipop version. I need to have a backup of my phone for i will be fixing bug on lollipop features such as memory leak. My phone model do not belong ti the list enlisted in twrp compatible devices. One the worst is that i flash an img file onto my device but it didn't work, but instead i just lost my original phone android recovery system. I need a help, so please help me. I want to explore. (please consider and understand my grammar, im not actually hood in english)
[XDA Assist] GuestK0087:
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Thank you for using XDA Assist.

First, please create an XDA account so you can post outside of this forum.

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[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arju:
As you can see from the screenshot. Instead of having a search bar I'm stuck with this google circle icon on the top. Does anyone know how I can get the search bar back?

The bar was never there to begin with and yes I've done a clean flash. I've tried giving all the permission rights to the Google search app but it didn't work.

Rom: Temasek Caf ( latest, has happened to me in pretty much every version since the beginning of December.

Kernel: stock

Twrp: 2.8.6.0.0

Gapps: I've tried Opengapps micro, Banks and slim zero. The problem occurs no matter which gapps I use.

No additional mods.

Clean flash: wipe cache, dalvik cache, data and system.

Has this happened to anyone before? And how did you manage to solve it? Does anyone have any ideas that I can try, to solve this? All ideas are much appreciated!
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr hOaX:
Try this

Go to Settings

Click on Search Button

Search for "search bar"

You'll see result as Show search bar in recents menu

Disable that switch
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arju:
That takes away the icon but i would actually like to have the search bar there not disable it. Have tried to disable and enable and it's only the circle icon that shows and not the search bar. I'm clueless.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arju:
[MENTION=3814731]katinatez[/MENTION] this issue happens to me on your build too. On first boot the status bar in recent shows as a bar. Then I get prompted to update Google search from playstore. Once it's updated the bar turns into a circle icon. A reboot won't fix it. Do you by any chance know what's goning on? Here's a screenshot from your latest build 3.9.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Slenderman8090:
[IMG="MIUI"]http://i57.tinypic.com/1ilob8.jpg[/IMG]

MIUI FOR SM-G900P

Based off from SM-G900F MIUI Rom!​

From the Moderator ......... Links Removed....... until ALL the bugs are fixed ...... do not post for others to be your guinea pigs ......... that is your job ~~~ oka1

Bugs:

Same as SM-G900F

Features:

Based from CyanogenMod 11

Uses MIUI v7

No MORE TOUCHWIZ!

Give Thanks To:

stevendeb25, Senior XDA-Member, ROM Original Creator

Slenderman8090, Me, Rom Porter

MIUI Team

CyanogenMod Team