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[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're a power user. Can the Honor 8 keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the Honor 8. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] svetius:
No development yet :( but hopefully soon. We're working with Honor on this!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XePeleato:
Yes, I do have something to add, it's as healthy as a company that:

Coments their code in chinese:

/*****************************************************************************
2 宏定义
*****************************************************************************/

/* 定义源CPU 往 目标CPU的邮箱通道, 每通道对应独立的邮箱缓存 */

/* 按规则生成枚举项的宏定义 */
#define MAILBOX_CHANNEL_BEGIN(src, dst) \

Doesn't understand how C preprocessor macros work:

/* 邮箱头占用空间总长度定义*/
#define MAILBOX_HEAD_LEN (sizeof(struct mb_head))

Returns integers inside void functions (a little long):

STATIC void hi6521_dpm_check_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
int current_ma;
unsigned char chg_en_status = 0;
struct hi6521_device_info *di = container_of(work,
struct hi6521_device_info, hi6521_dpm_check_work.work);

current_ma = hisi_battery_current();
if ((current_ma > dpm_check_current_threshold_ma) || (dpm_switch_enable)){
unsigned char reg;
hwlog_info("hi6521_dpm_check_work cur=%dmA do dpm switch\n", current_ma);

if (dpm_switch_with_charge_stop){
if (down_interruptible(&di->charger_data_busy_lock)) {
hwlog_err("hi6521_dpm_check_work sema fail! \n");
return -EINTR;
}

But hey they are willing to cooperate!!!1111
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
I hope it begins soon
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] BigD18t:
Just love the phone.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] gee2012:
For me its good as it is, flashed so much in the past that now i just leave it stock, but i can also understand people who still like to tinker ;)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
I have owned several android phones, none of them went without tinkering on the first day, except xperia x8 which was my first android device (back then I didn't know anything about stuff like this) :D
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
Honor Love

We're thrilled to hear you love your Honor 8 device. Be sure to check us out on our social media channels: [MENTION=698874]usa[/MENTION]Honor on Facebook and [MENTION=837411]honor[/MENTION]_USA on Twitter. (NS)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] BigD18t:
Cheers Noah.

I'm already following HonorUK as thats where I'm based and the US twitter accounts, the interaction you get is fantastic, unlike other big names, and I'm always happy to recommend Honor phones to others.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] evilpaul13:
Still no working TWRP for root on the FRD-L07 (32GB US) how long after launch now? It's pretty bad.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] miva2:
Do you mean FRD-L04? A google search for FRD-L07 doesn't give me many relevant results :)

This user managed to do it: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69246938&postcount=77

Check the thread: http://xdaforums.com/honor-8/how-to/guide-unlock-bootloader-tested-root-t3443946
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] fix-this!:
id love to see an aosp style rom. but for now the device is good as is. shocked there isnt more devs with one.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] fix-this!:
tbh im becoming bored. the moto g4 plus is looking enticing now that they have roms and a 7.0 soak test ota..
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
Huawei not releasing stuff really holds development back. :(
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] fix-this!:
so what exactly are they not releasing? what about the partnership with xda? has anyone reached out to the to ask when they will release what is needed?

i love the phone but the lack of ambient display, double tap to wake, lift to wake and even heads up notifications is really disappointing to me.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
Of course. But Huawei is still not fully complying with us.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] fix-this!:
sadly i just returned mine for a moto g4 plus. i wanted to love it but it lacks too many essiential features. good luck folks.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
Goodluck man.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] takichiman:
Even my 5 years old Galaxy S2 has more active forums that the Honor 8 :(
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
That's the saddest part for us ROMs enthusiast. But who knows maybe the development of this phone will go boom within the next year or so.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] fix-this!:
I'm back on a white honor 8. I just missed the LCD, speed and killer design. The Moto g4 couldn't offer that. Still hoping for more dev support though.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] xontec:
Bought it today shipped tomorrow cant wait for it i hope develope starts soon. Cant live without custom roms. Still using my HTC m7 with Nougat on it :D. Would be a dream. Thanks to all developers which helps to get it working!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Tmobilefan906:
Custom Roms may not be available yet.. but at least it can be rooted
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] xontec:
Yes i already read a lot about it. Sounds great i hope in the future custom roms will be available too. CM would perfect fit on it :)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Tmobilefan906:
A galaxy note 5 port would be sweet as well.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] xontec:
Lets say any would be awesome :p
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] xontec:
watch this mate :P

http://xdaforums.com/honor-8/how-to/unofficial-cm-13-honor-8-t3499912
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] aladin6:
We have an unofficial CM13 now ! So let's hope for better :) !
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] emli_:
I got the phone yesterday and absolute love the phone! Missing some small features, like to be able to dismiss notification direct from the lockscreen without unlocking it.

Really hoping for some custom roms to pop-up on XDA as well, if I only was a developer... :D
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
Honor 8

We're happy to hear you love your new Honor 8 smartphone. If you plan on changing any of the original software, note: you will be voiding the warranty for the device. To dismiss a notification when the screen is locked, let the notification appear then give it a few seconds and the notification will disappear. To stop certain app notifications from appearing when the screen is locked, you will need to go into that specific apps settings and disable "notifications" when locked. Hope that helps! (NS)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] xontec:
Why is still not all of the software open source ? :(
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
This is done to allow our systems to send Android and EMUI updates to the smartphone in a timely manner. If the phone is custom rooted, it will prevent the device from receiving these crucial "software updates" and cause certain features to become disabled/non-responsive. (NS)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] emli_:
Oh Okey, so if I get a notification and I wake up the screen to look at the notification, read it, then lock the phone again will the notification disappear in a few minutes?

And about the warranty, I'm aware of it, thanks anyway :))
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
You shouldn't have to wake up the screen or unlock the device to see the notification(s). It should appear in a box and then disappear within seconds over the locked screen. If you want more details on the specific notification, you can click on the notification and open for further details. Does that make sense? (NS)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] emli_:
Yes that makes sense, but I have disabled the option to wake the screen when I get a notification, so when the phone buzz I can wake the phone myself and check the notification box on the lockscreen, or just let it be. But if I let it be I guess the notification box on the lockscreen will disappear in some seconds, right? :)

I really appreciate having the honor support here @ XDA, just wanna say thank you for that!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
If you have disabled the option to wake the screen for notifications, you will have to close out of the notification box (when it initially appears) for it to not stay on the lock screen. If you enable to wake screen option, then it will disappear automatically after a few seconds. Glad I could help! (NS)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] xontec:
Yes I know but i like all of my devices rooted. For Sure i dont care about warranty and in my opinion every Smartphone feels much better with custom rom. I heared that Android based Software always have to be open sourced as your kernel etc but its still only partical open. So you guys break the rulse or am i wrong?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] emli_:
Hmm I can't get it to work.. Enabled the option to wake the screen, but the notification box just stays in the middle of the screen. I have woken up the phone twice after it woke itself up when the notification arrived but it still sits there.. :P maybe a reboot will do the trick?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
Have you tried swiping on the notification. Once you swipe, it will appear "View" or "Close". If you hit close, that should clear the notification. You shouldn't have to reboot the phone for this issue. If that doesn't work, please call into our Support Team at +1-844-524-6667 and they can further troubleshoot your issue. (NS)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] emli_:
Still can't get it to work, when I swipe, I can only swipe to the right and then it wants to open the notification, so it brings up the pin pad.. I guess I have to contact the support :) just to make sure, you're on EMUI 4.1?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
EMUI 4.1 is the newest software. Do you know what notification keeps appearing? Is it a message or from an app?

---------- Post added at 03:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:37 PM ----------

To turn off the notification bar for a specific application, go into Settings > Apps (whichever app is causing issue) > Notifications of that app > Status Bar "Turn Off". [ns]
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] emli_:
Yes, both email and SMS (stock emui apps) notificationboxes shows up and don't disappear from the lockscreen, and the only swipe function is to the right to open it. I cannot click the notification or long press it to get some alternative either..
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] xontec:
Hey Honor support,

I would really appreciate if you could answer my question. :)

-> Look up my last post. Thanks.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
Sorry for the confusion. Android is all open sourced, but the Honor 8 is programmed to receive free software updates for the first 2 years. Some devices are already on Android 7.0 Nougat and EMUI 5.0. Thanks for being patient with my response. (NS)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] xontec:
No its alright thank you. :)

Yes thats true but some parts of the android system software from the honor 8 isnt public? Like parts of the kernel this is what i could read a lot already here from devs in the forum. Sorry for my not well written english its not my native language.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
That's what we're asking. CM13 is built for Honor 8 but with some bugs and missing features because of missing stuff from you. If only you can give them everything they need.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
All we handle is customer support for the Honor 8 device. If you have questions regarding the software specs, kernels, etc. you would need to reach out to an Android developer since they are the ones who create the software system for our device. Thank you. (NS)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] xontec:
Ok so far thank you very much. Can you give me some informstions to reach a dev ? :) Like Email etc...
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] HonorUSA_Noah:
Unfortunately, we don't have access to any of that information. Try starting here: https://developer.android.com/index.html
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] xontec:
Ok ill give it a try thanks :) i try to search and maybe i Can find out something :)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] lelinuxien52:
Hope we will have EMUI 5.0 faster with Android 7.0.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sn9691:
community development is improving right? why is it still 2.5 stars?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] xontec:
Yes thats true
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shook187:
Normally I roll with flagship devices and one "in-between" phone-phone, which was an LG Neon but I just picked up a 64gb H8 for an incredible price to replace the LG (thank god). Looking forward having this device as part of my phone rotation whether we have dev support or not.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
poor development due to kirin
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
But Kirin devices are catching up nowadays.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
still very far behind
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
It will catch up eventually. :)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
:good:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Ascertion:
Development is still weak compared to Nexus and other devices. It's getting better but still not a lot of devs. I also tried upgrading my vote from a 2 but it looks like you can't change it once it's placed.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] tinnef:
There are a few devs working hard, but despite xda's socalled "partnership" they don't have much to work with.

How is that working out for you?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] svetius:
So far we have CM13 and CM14, plus a couple of other custom ROMs. Also we have bootloader unlock, TWRP, and root. So some options!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] tinnef:
And how helpful has xda's "partner" Honor been in that? Have they provided all the resources to get things like FPS or GPS working?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] svetius:
That's a good question. All that has been done so far was done without the help of Honor (however, to their credit, they offered bootloader unlock and (somewhat incomplete) kernel source in October).

Thanks to a small handful of developers, including [MENTION=6435663]hackslash[/MENTION], [MENTION=7354786]XePeleato[/MENTION] and [MENTION=2335078]surdu_petru[/MENTION], who, without much help, got development going forward on the Honor 8, we submitted a formal request to Honor. I've included that below. Whether they come back with the required assets will be the big question. However, if you look at CM13 for the Honor 8, most everything is working except for FPS. CM14 is a bit further behind but it just got started a few days ago. So, though we're a bit behind, things are starting to move in the right direction. A big feat considering how locked down Kirin is.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Kirin is just catching up
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] CronaMell:
With the partnership, I was expecting more
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] johnhux7:
It looks to me like Honor are really trying to keep up with the development of this phone.

I'm sure that I'm not speaking for myself when I say that the official update as well as the development for an android phone is as important as all the nice shinny bits that they put on the outside.

For me Android is all about development that's why I want an android phone rather than an IOS phone.

The thing that makes me hold onto a phone is the custom ROMs.

Therefore it's really in thier own interests to make the updates prompt and to release all of the code needed help make all of the bits on these nice shinny phones work.

R u listening Honor ??
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] SpeaqerDev:
Huawei seems not to like releasing their sources so that is what slows this whole community. I'm pretty dissapointed.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] morpheus302:
I am beginning to think that the partnership with XDA is purely commercial. I bought my Honor 8 thinking that we will have AOSP, CM, DU etc...

We have only 3 developers working on custom ROMS with many obstacles all related to source code unreleased by Honor.

I have some serious doubts about the positive consequences of this partnership for the community after 2 months of use. :( (regrets)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jkccl9:
lol thats why you do research before you buy. development still happens but its gonna be slower
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] SSyar:
i bought this phone after the news of XDA and Honor although the community has been created but there are not much users of honor 8., so still a long spree ahead
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] flyinghighaero:
Hopefully after they finish nougat update they can give us some love over here.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] jim262:
Good looking phone with great specs, I hope there is development for this device and Nougat soon.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] peneoark:
No development
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] johnhux7:
You guys at Honor need to get your finger out and release the code that the devs need in order to make the custom ROMs that are needed for this community to grow.

People are not going to keep buying if your not going to keep your side of it.

Honor went out if thier way to get XDA involved.

Release the code !!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
+1 to this.

What can you say [MENTION=7524281]HonorUSA_Eric[/MENTION]?
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Androhyp:
I'm so sick of this phone.. Can't flash anything.. Need a stable AOSP !

Never Honor/Huawei again.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] redzeg:
for having a "partnership" this place is really dead lol
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
A few more patience guys.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] krispy321:
Yeah, but lets hope the best to get a near stable ROM
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Coolyou:
Well I guess the hype went down, so even though rarely Honor developers posted here it was kinda refreshing. I guess now it's even more dead than it was on its starting days.

But still community is trying to put some custom roms nonethless.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] ViCioPT:
the hype went down and the partnership is not working due to Honor's own fault! They don't release the proper tools (source-code) for developers to work or they only do it partially. I hope this improves with nougat.

But it's up to Honor to fix it, they cannot make a partnership, profit from all the publicity and hype that was generated, and then "cut the legs" of all the development.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] johnhux7:
At the minute it does look like this is what the guys at Honor have done.

It's very short sighted if them.

They may have profited from boosted sales in this phone due to the so called. " Relationship " with XDA but the next phone and the phone after that ?

Don't think so unless they do something to help the custom ROMs.

I will post on the Google+ groups and see what they say...

John
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] ViCioPT:
indeed,

I totally agree!

They could benefit much more from this partnership, now and in the future. But if they don't do more, they will end up with a bad image among developers.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] johnhux7:
They sure will.

All we can do is speak on here and I will post a link to this thread on the honor 8 Google+ UK group
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] morpheus302:
I'm deeply disappointed with my purchase of a Honor 8 unit.

I think that I'll never buy a Huawei or a Honor phone again. No kernel source. No help for the developers here on XDA. that's so frustrating. Rooting the nougat update was so painful.

I'm beginning to loathe this phone.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Androhyp:
+1

I'm waiting for the next OnePlus Flagship to sell my honor. This phone can be good but without sources it's a waste of money for people like us.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] brljak83:
Overall I just love it

And for now the development is maybe small but this phone has some good ways to work with it or make the updates .. it is better then some phones I had but still it could and I think it will get much much better..

THE BEST IS YET TO COME
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] LoneWanderer_97:
Glad i skipped out on this phone lol
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
Yeah, its better to go with Google or oneplus if you want a strong development scene for your phone
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] LoneWanderer_97:
Yup, never realized how important rooting, custom roming and twrp is to me until i got my nexus 5x last year
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
That's the most important factor for me when I choose a smartphone, custom ROMs
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
Honor 8 wasn't my first phone I've unlocked its bootloader
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] LoneWanderer_97:
Well looks like we only have google and oneplus eh? What phone you using now
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
I have honor 8 now :) (kinda regretted my decision at the beginning but, OpenKirin team is doing great)
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] LoneWanderer_97:
Yep, i saw article about honor 8 pro. It has twrp and root already
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
That's good, but devs need kernel source code (said to be released soon) to bring fully functional ROMs, I hope so :fingers-crossed:
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] adriansticoid:
Its source is just around the corner. If they don't release it anytime soon, the community will spam them again with requests.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
I've heard they said mid-june, and its late june
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] morpheus302:
My old galaxy spica has better software development than Honor 8 :p
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] dkionline:
It might be good, but all looks the same on your screen.

Other said after june, means from july on till september.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
Unfortunately, we can't do nothing about it
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Fiasco:
I have my doubts about Huawei's "commitment" to development.

I've been riding stock on my Honor 8 so far. At first I didn't know what I'd do without Xposed, but, a few quirks aside, I haven't had the need to root it.

It's strangely refreshing, being stock for once.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] PalakMi:
I feel the same sometimes, it's great to be back to stock
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] sniperlife:D:
It's so sad to see a great device like this receive mediocre development because of kirin.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] hassanjavaid8181:
custom development its going good.developing teams is working very haed
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] shashank1320:
When launched i thought its kirin and may not have such great development, may be coming from 5X section made me think, but our great developers made life easier for all. Even though since emui 5, phone works veey well
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] CommieColin:
EMUI is total garbage, imho. Lacks super basic customization for no reason. At least Magisk v14 works and I can have AdAway. Can't wait to RR to progress a bit further. Much respect to the devs.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] alimir98:
lots of custom roms are available but hoping for more :p
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] itisiryan:
Development has been dormant lately but I hope it picks up soon.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDARoni:
The Honor 8 was released well before Honor discontinued their bootloader unlock program. Without the ability to unlock the bootloader, the development community for all Honor phones died instantly. The Honor 8 have several different options when it came to ROM and kernels and a fairly string community, during the phone's first year on the market.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] tiguy99:
Yeah... Huawei ****ted on the XDA community heavy. I remember those days when they first announced the XDA partnership and made all these promises about how they're going to support the modding community etc.

Once they got the sales and beans awareness with false promises to unlock boot loaders etc, Huawei did a 180 and reneged.

They make great phones yes.... But based on this, I'm cool on then for a while.

Wish that wasn't the case.

The phone still has tons of potential even in 2019.

That kirin 950 and other internals are no joke.

Such an amazing SOC
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] Braiteyy:
You can still unlock it with dc unlocker. Just 4 euro.
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Would you say that the Honor 8 is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the Honor 8 exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Honor 8 Real Life Review] svetius:
Feels very snappy, pretty much always.