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[Nexus 6P General] RidinNerdy:
I would of just taken the difference and not been greedy about having more storage than everyone else, besides the next nexus will be out soon and that difference that u would have got back if u would have chose to take the "difference" could have been used towards the new nexus.. but im just a fat slob on the net with glasses... you can do what you want..but i would have chose the difference....
[Nexus 6P General] Cleva1:
I had horrible issues with those clowns, Amanda, Julio , Kyle, Justin, Mike, Diamond, John, Fransica, Matthew (supervisor), and another supervisor with a Indian accent I think.... If you call too early no supervisor is available, they don't offer anything other than buyer remorse refund, or warranty is mailing in the device waiting for "repair" and waiting for them to ship it back to you nearly 22 days later

A joke.... The heaux told me to contact my service provider when I told her I didn't want to send back the phone as I didn't have another phone to use since I sold it. Very condescending, but I've had my words with each of them. Don't call before noon EST if you want supervisor and you have to get belligerent, curse I even had to YELL in order to get a supervisor. Most industries get you a supervisor when you ask for one. They made a big mistake and wasted my time. Ooh and when you can in they already have all your information pulled up by the phone number. I know because quite a few times I called they had all my information didn't ask me anything. But when I called and began with my issue they want to be funny and ask me for order number or email name address etc. Just a holes but two can play that game I hate calling them. They are so incompetent and rude

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Having more storage has nothing to do with "greed".../////// that's like someone telling you to put down that cheeseburger you paid for and you're hungry
[Nexus 6P General] resynx:
Apparently you didn't read the entire OP.
[Nexus 6P General] jejb:
Sorry to hear about your experience, Paul. But threads like this on various forums is what made me decide to only buy the phone direct from Google and to put the Nexus Protect plan on it. Seems that method is the surest path to get decent support.
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
Wow, that's terrible! Why didn't you buy directly from Google? Their customer support is quite good.
[Nexus 6P General] pauljohnson75:
They were out of stock when I bought or I would have
[Nexus 6P General] aryehzev:
I got a 6p from Huawei on October 22nd because Google was out of stock and it seemed nice to not have to pay tax, and I received it on November 9th, and I thought everything was fine, but after about a week I realized that my phone charges really slow with the screen on (about 500-1500mah) even when the battery is at 5-10%, so I called Huawei about it and they said they can process an rma, but I have to ship the phone to them, and the repair takes 2 weeks not including shipping and they don't provide another phone for the meantime, so I decided to forget about it because I didn't have another phone.

In the past few weeks alot of people have been telling me that they can't hear me while on phone calls, so I made a test call and I realized that my call mic is having problems, and disabling noise cancelation from Build.prop didn't help, so I decided I need to rma, and I called Huawei on Friday and request an rma, they said it will take 24 hour to receive return instructions, so I waited until Sunday and I still didn't receive anything, so I called again and they had no record of my RMA request, only that I called and said that my call mic is having problems, so they started the request and said I should receive an email within 24-48 hours, this morning I finally received it, but now I need to find another phone for 3 weeks. Don't ever buy from Huawei, its not worth the terrible service if something goes wrong.
[Nexus 6P General] pauljohnson75:
Sorry about the mess but this is not english class. If you don't want to read it your choice buddy.
[Nexus 6P General] SAL8116:
Their CS leaves a lot to be desired. My experience (I'll spare you the details) was so bad I called Googled and lodged a complaint with them.
[Nexus 6P General] tech_head:
Not an option for everyone.

I need the 128GB so I understand the OP position.

I always keep a spare phone, so I would not have been in the position.

I've had a phone die with no spare. At that point I decided I'll always keep a spare.

It may be a crapy phone, but it's no more than a couple of generations old.
[Nexus 6P General] dratsablive:
I still have my IPhone 3Gs, Atrix, S4, and HTC One M9.
[Nexus 6P General] viki777:
I got the same situation. They put the wrong label so that I lost my phone, I filed claim on ups and they let me to get policy report and block IMEI which UPS does not even need. I told them my carrier can't block IMEI and they keep asking that every time. It's been 2 months since I lost the phone and I called 2 to 3 times a week, every time they let me to wait 24-48 hours and never get a call back or email. The worst customer service that I have ever met and will never use HUAWEI phone.
[Huawei Mate S] vercetti:
Hey guys,

considering the Mate S but don't really like the way recent apps menu looks and works. Did anyone replace it with something more stock like?

Does the app Fancy Switcher work with the Mate S, could somebody check this please?

And what about the lock screen - has anybody replaced that with an alternative lock screen app? Will the fingerprint scanner still unlock the device using an alternative lock screen?

Thx for your answers,

vercetti.
[Huawei Mate S] brumgav:
Hi, here in the UK on the latest build for Lollipop I was unable to install Fancy Switcher, as it said it wasn't compatible with my device.

I'm not very keen on the stock recents however I believe the marshmallow update change's this from 4 apps on a screen to a single app per screen

Lock screen, not very nice and ability to set apps as sensitive to stop them displaying the app sender or message (for example in WhatsApp) which is something I really miss from previous Lollipop and Marshmallow that I had on a HTC One M8 running Google Play Edition. I've tried 'Next' lock screen app from Microsoft but unable to unlock with fingerprint so its probably only a function that works with the stock lock screen. As Marshmallow has native support for fingerprint sensors maybe the update will bring additional functionality however we will have to wait and see.

I did register for Marshmallow beta testing but don't appear to have been selected unless rollout is slow.

I like the phone but almost wish I had waiting and tried a Mate 8. The extra battery size and already on Marshmallow may make it a better choice.

I've always been a stock android or custom ROM person however I quite like some features of the EMUI skin...just wish there were a few more customisations and built in features that were enabled as standard...like the ability to change the cycle date of your mobile data plan.

Gavin
[Huawei Mate S] vercetti:
hey gavin,

thx for the nice reply.

the recent apps menu in marshmallow makes it even worse if only 1 app is available per screen. to get to the 5th app you'd have to swipe 5 times (compared to now with just one swipe)! that really sucks - 1 app per screen?!?

too bad about fancy switcher, that would look nice if it worked. i found switcher so far but it doesn't work 100% on my note 2. would you try that one out for me?

lock screen - how are notifactions presented? would you have a screenshot? and they can be swiped away right from the lockscreen?

thx for your help,

vercetti.
[Huawei Mate S] vercetti:
hey,

i just saw a video on youtube of emui 4 and the recent apps menu could be seen for short time.

it's improved a lot for my taste: yes, you can only see one app but you flick it to the left and all the others appear. so you only need one swipe to make the other apps slide into appearance and you can swipe them away if they're not wanted anymore.

so yes, you only see one app once the menu is opened but it's seemless once you start swiping.

here's the link to the video. there are probably much better videos, i just came across this one.

the recent apps menu appears on 00:10 seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPgATGXaFcA

greetz,

v.

p.s. in the 5 seconds you see the person using the recent apps menu it looks very laggy/unresponsive but i suppose it's a demo or prototype phone. i'm sure it works fine.
[Huawei Mate S] brumgav:
I had just tried Switchr, not sure if I was using it correctly but when I swiped in from the side it said "No Recent Apps" although I had just opened WhatsApp and Clock.

With regards to Lock Screen, I have't got a screenshot at the moment, but what I can say is you can swipe left to remove the lock screen notification or swipe right to open the app that the notification has come from, this presents the numeric pad for you to enter your unlock pin, but just touch the fingerprint reader and the phone unlocks.

Regards

Gavin
[Huawei Mate S] vercetti:
Thx Gavin,

that's exactly what happens with my note 2 when i install Switcher. The only thing that worked is to set up favorite apps within the Switcher app. Then it will always show you the icons of those apps. But without a preview of the app, just the icon.

I found a few more videos on youtube with Emui 4.0 and i'd be fine with their latest version of the recent apps menu. And it's just a matter of time til the Mate S gets the marshmallow update.

About the lockscreen: so even if i don't activate a pin code, sliding a notification to the right to open the app will still bring me to a numberpad where i should enter a pin? and then i'd have unlock that with the fingerprint ID? sounds very weird. i can't just slide the notifation to the right and it opens the app diectly?

thx,

v.
[Huawei Mate S] brumgav:
I think I got that slightly wrong...it appears you can not dismiss a notification from the lockscreen by sliding left, however once unlocked you can dissmiss all notification by double tap on fingerprint reader

If you are using the fingerprint ID you have to set a PIN....but what I meant was if you slide the notification to the right...it brings up the screen to unlock so you can either enter the PIN or you can press the finger print reader....you dont have to do both of them.

I guess if you dont set a PIN or fingerprint then it will just open the app but i prefer the security of having my phone locked securely with fingerprint.
[Huawei Mate S] vercetti:
too bad you cannot get rid of the notifications right off the lockscreen.

instead unlock -> pull down status bar -> double tap fingerprint :rolleyes:

and this will get me to the app? in whatsapp for example, will it jump into the conversation where the new message has been posted or it will simply open whatsapp and present the conversation list?

thx,

v.
[Huawei Mate S] brumgav:
When on the lock screen - you can't pull down the status bar or the quick settings tiles at all.....(now that is dissappointing) as I would like to be able to quickly disable mobile data something without unlocking or turn off GPS without unlocking.

With WhatsApp it takes you straight to the conversation that the message was posted in.
[Huawei Mate S] vercetti:
Thx on the Whatsapp-notification-clarification :)

Yeah, i heard that you can't pull down status bar on lockscreen. That is really a pity.

But the doubletap to wake and/or the fast fingerprint scanner can perhaps compensate this issue. Double tap and then pull down the status bar. Oh wait, double tap probably only wakes the device up again, right? That'll just take you to the unlock screen which, then again, has to be unlocked...

Lots of little "problems". Maybe i could get used to them. I'm sure there are more than just the lock screen, right?

How are you getting along coming from AOSP?

Have you rooted? That would be my top priority. Changing DPI is a must to me.

greetz,

v.
[Huawei Mate S] brumgav:
The double tap on the fingerprint scanner only works when the phone is unlocked. Once unlocked u can swipe down on the fingerprint scanner to bring down notification bar and then double tap fingerprint scanner to clear all the notification, this is really nice feature.

I really miss some of the AOSP things but its outweighed by some the fact of having a fingerprint scanner...The guest mode is great, either set a different PIN (or for a family member register one of their fingerprints) and if they want to use your phone they can use it in guest mode so they can only see, Apps that you allow them to see, and galleries that you allow them to see), plus you can also lock Apps so that they require a fingerprint to open which is good too, perhaps for your banking app or something like that.

I did root, but unrooted in order to allow an OTA update to be installed.

I also wiped the phone and converted it to a chinese variant which brings lots of chinese bloatware (uninstalled) but some extra features like permissions manager, virus scanner, mobile data plan cycle date manager..

I'm back converted to a european variant now though becuase I registered to be MM beta tester although I dont seem to have been accepted yet, unless they havent released to the UK yet. I'm still waiting for it to come OTA.

I'm really hoping that the MM update and EMUI 4.0 update bring lots of new features.

I brought an iPhone 6 Plus a month ago to have a look at it, as I had the opportunity to buy one, have a play and sell it without making a loss and I admit I really quite liked some of its features...considering the CPU the iPhones are so fast but I hated the notification centre, Android really have a great notification system and I prefered being able to customise lots of features, particulary with ROMs like Cyanogen. I sold it and after seeing the Mate S online thought it looked great and thought performance would be better....for example graphics performance isn't very good at all...but I only play things like Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, Sim City not nothign that requires heavy frame rates. I'm sure it would handle games liek Asphalt okay but have't tried.

I have seen youtube videos comparing Galaxy S6 and Mate 8 (yes the bigger Mate S with better CPU) however the S6 still wsa very powerful on graphics.

Like I said, hopeing the MM and EMUI update brings some improvement however, for jsut a normal phone user that uses phone on train during morning commute for 40 minutes I'm more than happy with it. Finger print sensor on the rear is perfect, I've barely opened the front cover of my phone case and just natural position of my hand and first finger is perfect so the phone is unlocked ready for me. I think my thumb was at risk of being strained on my HTC One M8 which I had pattern unlock....when I look back I don't know how I managed to keep doing that pattern so many times, and also the risk that a pick pocket could learn my pattern over time.

Hope this is helping you.
[Huawei Mate S] vercetti:
hey, sorry for the mixup: i didn't mean the double tap on the fingerprint scanner but the feature "double tap to wake" which is somewhere in the emui settings. with that you simply doubletap the screen to wake it from standby but i'm guessing this won't unlock it, it will just activate the lockscreen.

those are all very nice features, yes. and the fingerprint scanner is also one of my reasons why i'm looking to upgrade.

i also think the camera results are good enough and that especially the camera app itself is nice (pro mode too).

i'm looking for a 5,5" screen with fingerprint scanner on the back (one reason why the oneplus2 doesn't match my interest even though otherwise it seems to be a nice phone too - its fingerprint sensor is on the home button like with the samsung models).

build quality is also great.

i usually would never go for a phone that doesn't have lots of custom roms available by the time i buy it. but somehow i think i'll be making an exception here. with an AOSP custom rom i would lose all the fingerprint sensor features, the camera app (its features and resulting images) and other EMUI features that i feel might come in handy (like you summed it up in your last post). so having this phone with an AOSP rom would make it sort of pointless in a way. the features we both miss from AOSP is the price we need to pay in order of getting all the mate s features. we just can't have it both i'm afraid :)

that's my plan. root it as soon as i get it. and once the marshmallow update is available i'd set it back, go stock, update to marshmallow and then root it again (hope it won't take long for someone to figure out how to root on marshmallow).

perhaps there are certain apps (root) that provide these features, instead of using the chinese mate s rom?

probably not out yet...

not really a gamer, so i don't worry too much about the limiting graphics performance.

yes indeed, thanx a whole lot, i appreciate it very much.

greetz,

v.
[Huawei Mate S] brumgav:
No problem, your welcome.

I just wish there was more stuff going on for this device, ROMs, support, chat etc...its very quiet hardly anyone replies to things in this forum.
[Huawei Mate S] vercetti:
Yeah, no development...

But it's understable: most developers are proabably located in USA and hardly anyone owns a mate s there. also the processor is kirin and not qualcomm. not much info coming from huawei about their kirin processors (which the developers would need).

i have another question about looks:

i saw that there are many themes available from huawei and that they change many parts of the user interface. what happens with these themes if i use an alternative launcher, say nova launcher?

will nova launcher override the background pic of the lockscreen or generally the way the lockscreen looks or does the lockscreen stay untouched by nova? same goes for the notifications that appear once you pull down the status bar. will the background of the notification "curtain" stay unchanged or does nova change different things here? colors and icons in settings also are changed when using different huawei themes - do they stay intact when using an alternative launcher?

All my questions short: does Nova (or any other alternative launcher for what it matters) only change what it is known for - leaving everything else the way you set it up with one of the hundred huawei themes? hope yoou know what i mean.

ok, for better demonstration: take the attached pic here for example. from left to right will only screen #2 and #3 be changed and the lockscreen #1, quick toggles #4 and whatsapp #5 remain unaltered with the chosen huawei theme still intact?

thx,

v.
[Huawei Mate S] brumgav:
I'll try and take a look at a different launcher and the themes thing later tonight when home from work.

Just a quick point though, the lockscreen notifications only work with a particular lockscreen type called Magazine Unlock... This is a type of lockscreen that cycles through a gallery of images....not sure if the images are customisable.

Here is a snapshot of a normal lockscreen with limited notification details compared with the magazine lockscreen. You can see one has the message details and the other is very basic with just an icon.
[Huawei Mate S] vercetti:
hey, now that sucks! only magazine lockscreen gives you more info on notifications? all the others simply show the icon?!? wow, that is really disappointing...

thx for trying later today, can't wait!
[Huawei Mate S] vercetti:
from a quick internet search I think it's possible to stop the switching pix in the magazine lockscreen. also which pix should be used. so you can actually control which and also how many (or only 1) are used.
[Huawei Mate S] suprman:
The Magazine lockscreen doesn’t necessarily cycle background images. You can set whatever single image you want. I have it set to the same as my normal wallpaper, so it looks like it just changes icons when you unlock.

Sadly the lockscreen is one of the worst features of EMUI. You can't pull down the notification bar, you can't dismiss notifications by side swiping, and you can't touch to open the notifications. The notifications also doesn't quit fit the EMUI theme, they are more material design. Some notifications won't show at all (yes, I turned it on), like Soundcloud. You do however get music control for Spotify, but this is a completely different lockscreen (which can't be changed). And then your notifications won't show up. I don't know how Huawei managed to scrap the stock lockscreen, which works very well and looks nice, and replace it with something far worse. You can install lockscreen apps, but you can't use them with the fingerprint scanner, so it's not really an option imho.

The app switcher, which was mentioned in the OP, I actually prefer to the stock android one. The most useful feature is that you can long press the app switcher icon to return to the last app (like Alt+Tab). As far as I understand, this not a stock feature, but from Cyanogen.

I use Nova launcher. It will override the icons from the EMUI themes. Nova does however not influence the lockscreen at all, nor the pulldown meny, settings menues or other apps. So yes to your last question.
[Huawei Mate S] vercetti:
Thx for clarifying this suprman.

Lockscreen doesn't sound very good unfortunately... :(

which theme and lockscreen do you use?

I read in older Huawei threads that one can change the lockscreen style. "halo" style got rid of the 4 standard shortcuts on the bottom (which to my knowledge are also not modifiable...) and instead let's you set up 4 custom shortcuts. but maybe huawei did away with this feature nowadays.

which design (theme) do you use?

thx,

vercetti.
[Huawei Mate S] brumgav:
Thanks for the comments, that summarised what I was going to so with the themes later.

Did you know you can open the app from the lockscreen by swiping it to the right...and then touching fingerprint sensor?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] bercerobry:
Hi Guys,

I have a very awful battery with my phone. See, even it discharge nearly 50% when I sleep at 12midnight (100% charge), when I woke up it already has below 50% battery. The phone is completely on a factory state, Poland Firmware 4.4.4 Kitkat. I even have bought a new OEM original battery and it just performs the same.

Also I noticed that cpu usage (developer options) are very high, but when I restart the phone it averages to 2.0/1.5/0.8 or something near to that values.

Do i have a problem with any of the following?

1. Bootloader

2. Kernel - but why it drains even if turned off

3. hardware

4. battery - unlikely because it is brand new. bough it around $30.

5. firmware

6. Baseband

7. Modem

I dont know, I've been looking around but cant solve this dilemma

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[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] bercerobry:
any input guys?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] bercerobry:
no idea guys?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Trafalgar Square:
Factory Reset

Hello and thank you for using Q/A,

please try a factory reset and report back, if the problem is still there.

Regards

Trafalgar Square
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] notic.bt:
I have got the same problem as you....
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] bercerobry:
I have factory reset this device over 200 times already, trying different roms. Stock or custom :(

You have exactly the same problem as mine?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] ghauri004:
I also got this phone I9305 4.4.4 ...... Using Anker 2200mAh battery and use wifi after every 5-10 Minutes and the battery timing for me is not that Good and not even bad
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Bleiz:
Strange. I don't think this could be a software issue, in this situation I mean firmware. Because, you tried several ROMs including stock and custom, and problem appear. Also as you told, you bought a new battery and the issue still occur. I am curious why it is draining even turned off. In my opinion, this is hardware problem, the mobo is faulty.