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[Honor 5X Real Life Review] halomademeapc:
[MENTION=815559]Brett8187[/MENTION] I agree on the point that CM13 isn't quite as smooth as everyone here talks it up to be. It's still definitely acceptable but there's some inconsistency with scrolling and some apps stutter or take a while to load. It's pretty noticeable for me coming off of the Xperia Z1 Compact. I know the processor in this device performs similarly to the one in my Xperia since that phone is older but this one has to push a lot more pixels on that screen. Camera also is not great but I'm a weirdo that carries a mirrorless around all the time anyways so it doesn't bother me too much.

Overall I'm still pleased with the phone for its price range and think the devs here have done some great work, it's just not perfect (nothing ever is).
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] Brett8187:
Hi thanks for the response. I actually contacted support a few days back. They indicated there was a GPS fix that was being tested but it created another storage bug. 2 days ago it looks like a small OTA fix was released and I applied it, appears to have resolved the GPS issue.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Eric:
Hello Valued Customer

Hello Brett8187,

We're happy to hear that your GPS issue has been resolved. If you have any more issues or questions, please don't hesitate again to give our Huawei Support Team a call

at 1-888-548-2934. Here at Huawei, we love assisting out customers. We appreciate you. (ED)
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] harryspar:
I want to say first of all that I have used the phone support and it's pretty good. The reps are friendly and knowledgeable.

I also think the Honor 5X is a good value for its price. I would never spend $500-600 for a "flagship" and the Honor 5X has almost everything I could want in a smartphone.

There are 2 things that I really did not like: 1 hardware issue ( = not fixable) and 1 software bug (which could be easily fixed if Huawei would care.)

1 - The vibrator is weak. Whereas my Moto E's vibration alerts me reliably while my phone is in my pocket, with the Honor 5X it could ring for 30 seconds and I wouldn't notice.

2 - This is an annoying bug: The notification volume is not adjustable! It stays at max volume all the time.

There is no notification volume adjustment function, and it does not go down when you adjust the ringer either.

This bug has been around since the 5.1 build and was posted to the Honor site 4 months ago: https://club.hihonor.com/us/keyword.18/why-does-this-phone-have-no-notification-volume-control.791

I wish they had patched it in the MM update.

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With all due respect - this is a perfect example of bad, tone-deaf support. The bug is that the cores are running all the time. This is a BUG IN THE FIRMWARE! :mad::mad: All the generic copy-paste about chargers is irrelevant. You might as well have posted "Did you try turning it on and off again?"

The posters on this forum are not noobs. If they complain about CPU cores, don't respond about chargers. It's insulting.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] Puddi_Puddin:
Well It improved battery alot on my Nokia 4.. Still funny how 2 devs van develope a beta rom that is more stable and reliable then EMUI. Is EMUI using brain dead intelligent Monkeys or what?

Shoutout to CM [MENTION=3857343]crpalmer[/MENTION] [MENTION=5662620]BadDaemon[/MENTION], Shame on you Huawei/Honor step the **** off your EMUI you save yourself alot of work and Make alot more happy persons! Who doesnt want stock Android?

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Well It improved battery alot on my Nokia 4.. Still funny how 2 devs van develope a beta rom that is more stable and reliable then EMUI. Is EMUI using brain dead intelligent Monkeys or what?

Shoutout to CM [MENTION=3857343]crpalmer[/MENTION] [MENTION=5662620]BadDaemon[/MENTION], Shame on you Huawei/Honor step the **** off your EMUI you save yourself alot of work and Make alot more happy persons! Who doesnt want stock Android?
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] TouchOdeath:
Actually its not a bug. All CPU cores running all the time is just a setting. The biggest missconception is that the cores are suppose to dynamically turn on and off based off workload. Now i agree that would be the smart thing to do, which it is capable of doing if someone made an apk to do so which is easily doable. The cores staying on all the time is by design. Also, the CPU govner settings are not set to the best performance/phone response vs battery saving. Its set mainly for performance because I'm sure they want the users to have the best experience, plus they are proud of the new processor, they want all cores running to show it off. However I do think there does exist a better medium.

The cores not turning on and off dynamically I would blame qualcomm for not thinking about that idea. Core switching and govner settings could be fixed by Huawei or an Android dev.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] 2pointDooj:
On today's standards, is it worth the 199$ tag?!
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] TouchOdeath:
I haven't re-looked to see if there are any other phone deals out there. But I seriously doubt theres another phone you can buy brand new thats the same quality as this. Yes it is definitely worth the tag. Best phone I've ever had.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] fix-this!:
Just got mine yesterday. much better designed device than my moto g4 plus. plus it seems more responsive. sent the moto back.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] anonimo:
I am posting here as there is no specific thread on audio quality "real life review".

I have used the phone for a few days (updated to MM).

Apart from the lag when opening apps, which is very noticeable, my big issue with this phone is the audio quality when playing music with the Google Play Music app.

It seems as if the processor cannot cope with the mp3 decoding and there are noise artifacts added to the music. Sometimes when a song ends the app has trouble to move to the next song and playback stops completely or gets into a strange loop sound....

I ask the app to download the files on my phone micro SD card before playing so it is not a low bitrate streaming issue as the files are all available locally. Also the micro SD is fine and I have used it in another phone for the same purpose (caching Google Play Music files to avoid streaming) for months.

This problem is really ruining my experience with this phone...
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] anonimo:
I have run more tests on music playback including playing good quality 320kbs mp3 files with the built-in Huawei music player and the audio quality is still very poor.

Is there anyone using this phone to play music? I had many Sony (and one Samsung) phones in the past and the audio quality was in a very different league...
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] itsrustlife:
Been using the phone for a couple of months now, It was a bit laggy in some animations on 5.1.1 Lollipop, and EMUI 3.1, but with 6.0.1 Marshmallow and EMUI 4.0, it's really fast and better then it was before.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] Suriteka:
I have this phone since 2 months now. I'm really in love with the phone, the only thing that is missing is much more smoothness in the multitask. Owh and I have a second point with the Jack output which is already broke... ?

But the battery life is awesome 4 or 5h of SOT (the first phone like that for me), and also a great design. We just need a more optimized Stock rom (with a better UI too please ?). But thanks Honor for this awesome phone (200$ guys) ! ♥️
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] PalakMi:
my brother is simply can't stop bashing about his honor 5x :D he loves it a lot
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] venom007:
excellent phone.

the only drawback is the software and no otg,gyroscope,volte out of the box
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Eric:
Honor 5X

We're glad to hear you love your Honor 5X. If your device is running slow, we advise that you shut the phone off for 15-20 seconds and then turn it back on. This should refresh your device. Also, we recommend closing all apps that are not in use as that will make your 5X seem slow. We're sorry about your headphone jack breaking. We advise going to a third-party repair service as our Limited Warranty (http://www.hihonor.com/us/limited-warranty/) doesn't cover physical damage. (ED)

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We're sorry that you don't like the software on the Honor 5X. Also, we apologize that there is no gyroscope and VoLTE. We'll forward your comment to our development team as we're always looking to improve our products. (ED)
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] venom007:
its very pleasant that you notice users problems,
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] benand:
I had a LG G4 and it was perfect for me. But ... it had the bootloop hardware problem....

Amazon refund the phone to the cost price :)

I didn't want an another LG G4 because of the boot loop problem.

I then searched for a same or larger screen size phone.

The first phone options for me were Nexus 6P or One plus 3.

Then a friend of mine has shown me the Honor 5x.

I have then done some reviews readings.

After the readings, on the paper le main pros & cons were :

- Main pros from my point of view :

SdCard, Honor anounce 24 month update, standard screen quality

The price !!

Xda members seem happy ;)

- Main concerns from my point of view :

No removable battery, Photo not as good as LG G4

2Go RAM (may be to low in the future)

Then I compare it to the Nexus 6P & the one plus 3 & i bought the Honor 5x and I m very happy !

My usages :

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* read news (gReader, Google news, Allocine, tapatalk)

* emails (perso & work with Good Work)

* photo sync (google photos)

* transportation apps (maps, waze, French : vianavigo, velib )

* facebook

* google play music

* phone :)

* I do not play games.

After 3 day usages.

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As good as I expected :

- Screen quality not as good as G4 (Not so bright/punchy) but it s not a low cost screen. Ok for me.

- Photo Quality (I need more time to realy evaluate)

- Sound quality (via Jack & bluetooth)

Good suprises

- Performances :

Very good for me (I do not play games)

I discovered this perf test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QpI2yqJVzg

- Autonomy : Seems good but I need more time to evaluate

- Fingerprint : I thought it was a gadget but it s realy cool. Because it's a way to Instantly open the phone.

- Some very usefull tips : http://phandroid.com/2016/02/09/25-honor-5x-tips-tricks/

- EMUI : I was affraid of a non standard interface, but it's ok even it doesn't bring anything .

- The price !!! I could by 2.5 Honor 5x for the nexus 6P price
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] venom007:
i think its not wise to compare camera and screen of honor 5x and lg g4,

honor 5x is a budget device bt lg g4 is a former flagship.

5x does good for its price range
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] PalakMi:
Well, the G4 was meant to be a flagship, while honor 5x is a mid-ranger, g4 have superior specs, and Honor 5x have fp and better build
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] anonimo:
I would be grateful if people could test music playback from a micro SD card (possibly using Google Play Music) on a phone updated to stock 6.0.1 and let me know if the playback suffers from skipping.

I have disabled almost all background tasks but music still skips a lot. Typically the first few songs are ok but after a while things get worse and worse. Note that I am using a wired earset, not a Bluetooth one. I have tested the same micro SD in other phones and playback is OK, which makes me think there is no problem with my card.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] venom007:
i have been using google play music and playing songs from sd card, no problems 4 me.

maybe problem with your sd card.

am using sandisk ulta class 10(32gb).

previously i had skipping problems with my old sd card(class 4)
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] anonimo:
OK thanks for your reply. I don't see why a superfast card should be necessary to play mp3 files (we are talking about reading a few MBs of data over the course of several minutes) but it's good to know that it's working for you...
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] venom007:
low speed cards or maybe corrupted memmory cards can also cause problems,

maybe try to scan and fix your memmory card, incase anything happened
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] Wolfhawke:
When I initially was looking for a replacement to my Moto G2014, I considered many different phones in the $100-200 price range. It came down to the Alcatel Idol 3 and the Honor 5x. My research indicated that for the value the Honor 5 was the better of the two phones.

Initial impressions: nice sleek and clean. The in call speaker was good, and the playback/speakerphone array was loud, albeit tinny (acceptable, this is a phone, not a surround sound media device).

I found the EMUI interface easy to use, though I did have to eventually use Google Messaging as I could not deal with the event based messaging system in the included message app. I did try Nova Launcher on it for a while, but reverted back to the EMUI interface again because of the simplicity of use.

The phone handled dual sims flawlessly and again the interface was intuitive on use and setup.

Downside....cannot unlock bootloader as the Huawei site for doing so is down. That has been the only fail I've seen so far since buying this phone, is the (hopefully temporary) inability to unlock the bootloader from the excellent directions found all over the web.

I believe the value of the phone is well worth the price paid and I plan on using it for a daily driver for some time to come.

:)

Update: figured out by searching the Forums how to get around the little unlock problem...pain in the ass having to use Google Translate on the phone, but the Chinese Huawei site works...

Now running Resurrection Remix/CM13 after unlock/flashing TWRP.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] samaliset:
Hello all,

I am interested in this phone but question I'd like getting help to clear my mind. What about the Ram of 2Gb? Isn't short since I use a plenty of apps. The 16 Gb Rom is find since there is a place for adding up to 128 Gb, if I am not wrong.

Thanks
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] PalakMi:
If you use CM13 it's great, if you use EMUI it won't be enough
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] samaliset:
Ok, that is clear, I take note.

Thanks
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] PalakMi:
Any time :)
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] vsriram92:
Honor 5X Cons and Pros

This is little bit laggy.

If the memory is nearing full, Camera closes on taking a pic.

RAM management is not good.

No gyroscope :(

Camera is good for this price range.

Fingerprint sensor is good.

Call Quality is very good.

For all other versions, Honor 5X got Updated to Marshmallow. But mine doesn't have.

Bcos, mine is KIW-L23 version. No firmware is released to this model :(

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As said by me previously EMUI RAM management is not good. so it wont work for you if u need to have plenty of apps...

CM13 might help...
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] samaliset:
It seems the solution is to forget it.

In fact I wanted a good phone to sync my Gear S2 but not spending lot of money. I am thinking of Nubia z11 max with Snapdragon 652

Anway many thanks for your helps
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] amiah:
Excellent phone. Great android customization. Useful addon apps without a lot of spam. Very fast and smooth operation. The best phone I've ever had in years.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] venom007:
also fast fingerprint sensor, bulid quality, diplay and capable theme engine
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] PalakMi:
Nubia z11 max is good, but I prefer honor 5x, mainly for aftermarket ROMs
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] samaliset:
Thanks for your reply and in fact I did buy the Huawei mate 8 4gb x 64gb, and I am so far happy with it.

Cheers.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] PalakMi:
Yup, the mate 8 is superb, especially in battery
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] venom007:
not to mention impressive screen to body ratio of mate 8
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] PalakMi:
Fp is like flash on it
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] venom007:
well huawei is doing a good job with fingerprint in their devices.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] PalakMi:
To be honest, it's the best when it comes to fp scanners
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] venom007:
well, one plus 3 has one of the fastest fingerprint scanners that i have tested so far, bt huawei has a plus point with fingerprint geatures
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] PalakMi:
You're right, fp gestures are an advantage for huawei
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] CharmingBoy.x92:
I am satisfied with this phone....a gemreat phone in this price range
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] venom007:
yeah, excellent phone with some lil negatives that can be neglected
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] ShadySquirrel:
Got mine yesterday (KIW-L21). Software came with February security patch, instantly upgraded to May security patch, not even 30 minutes later it offered an update to Marshmallow... and this morning had an update to B340. I'm waiting for B360 now, haha.

So far happy with price to quality ratio - build quality is better than on my previous device (which was 2x more expensive, but I still ordered a protective case), display is fine, camera is okay (bit too soft for my taste, but hey, for snapshots, it's more than enough; love the "Pro" mode though). Haven't tested audio yet - listened to some radio (headphones are okay so far, but I'll probably use my Panasonic earbuds), didn't have time to put some music on my SD.

Software side, EMUI is "meh". Customization is fine, but UI... gah. I like "stock", AOSP look, but I'll keep it on EMUI for now - Nova Prime did some justice there, so I'll wait until I'm 100% that everything is okay with device and probably go wild with flashing and building.

Since this is my first Honor/Huawei device, I'd give it 8.5/10 as a mark for now. We'll se how things develop in the future.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] Romiui:
stock more stupid but i like it with CM =)
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] jkccl9:
Okay I suppose
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] thilak devraj:
deserves it for the tag
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] rodolphe06:
Good phone and because of devs in hère, with custom ROMs, it is a great phone for this price
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] jkccl9:
yep i agree :)
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] krispy321:
Excellent phone for the prize range
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] gopinaidu77:
I love this phone. This one is a keeper.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] shashank1320:
I own 6X and 5C but still keeping the 5X with me because of the overall looks, design, performance of this phone and not to forget the custom development support.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] hassanjavaid8181:
overall its good looking phone feels good in hand,,some negative poiont can be ignore
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] chrisleLP:
This phone still rocks even until now.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] alimir98:
overall look is really good..
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] itisiryan:
Rating of 7.5/10 for this.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're a power user. Can the honor 5X keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the honor 5X. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] awesomeandroid:
Hoping for more love to be given to this KIWI devices :D
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] jadephyre:
How can there be any development for Android 6.0 without the gorram Sources and Binaries. Honor is still holding out, saying they need to beta-test their proprietary ****e. Somehow I kind of doubt that we'll see official Marshmallow/EMUI4.0 before the friggin' year is up.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] jim262:
I am a beta tester and I would guess another month or so. Software is pretty close. So patience, they aren't holding out. They have actually been very forthcoming and helpful to folks here at XDA.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] cokesucker:
I hope someone with knowledge about kernels would step up and create a custom kernel so that we can overclock and optimize.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] KoeWaffle:
Developement is below average. To compare, my HTC HD2 had excellent custom roms available, my Samsung Galaxy Note I had a fair ammount of roms available with most functionality working properly. The Honor 5X currently has no rom with all the basic hardware working (mainly the fingerprint reader). Whatever the reason is, I can say that currently you should not buy this device if you want a custom rom as your daily driver.

Check the custom roms section if you want to see the recent developements. Check out the CyanogenMod roms, since all the others are based upon that AFAIK. If there is still stuff listed as not working (hardware) then wait a little longer or go for another device if you want to have custom roms.
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] nrpetonr:
Do not agree with KoeWaffle at all, with exception of fingerprint. Good choice of main custom roms, does not matter if cm based, that can be used as daily drivers... way better than stock!
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] KoeWaffle:
All current custom roms are CM based. There is pretty much 1 custom rom with many variations available. The device has been out for less than half a year, so it is really not a surprise nor an attack to this community.

This phone offers a slick design and a fingerpint sensor as major selling points. One of it is not working. How does it offer more than a similar phone from another brand then? Despite what others may think of it, I personally really like the fingerprint sensor and do not want to sacrifice it for a more vanilla experience (plenty of other phones offering that from the get go at a lower price). People should just be mindful of it. If they want a different software experience with the samd phone it is just not ready yet...
[Honor 5X Real Life Review] ElBerretin:
I for one wouldn't say development is "below average". What would you consider average, for starters? The 5X was, as you said, released quite recently, and we already have bootloader unlocking, TWRP, and root access available as additional options here in the forums, not to mention a (small, ok, but still) number of different custom ROMs including CyanogenMod. To me, there's really not many other "important" things beyond this, except for custom tweaks for every model (the Honor has some as well).

Really, the only "big thing" we'd be missing here on regards to modding would be an easy Xposed install - I say easy because many users have already got it, but afaik it's not a simple flashable .zip but system file editing as well. Not a big deal for a truly tech-savvy person like those who roam the XDA forums, though.

I'm not arguing the selling points; it's true, the fingerprint sensor was a major differentiator considering this phone's market range and price, and many phones have followed the (its?) example. But then again, it's just one feature, and it's already been mentioned multiple times that its implementation is close in time.

I wouldn't advise people to get another phone just because of a lack of fingerprint support on custom ROMs or a kind-of difficult Xposed installation. That is, unless they want to get another phone for like, a month, before coming back and buying the 5X - lol!

Of course, not an attack, just my humble opinion.