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[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] modaristis:
Hello guys, maybe I'm a bit offtopic but here's my question. I want to buy a new android smartphone (I'm coming from Apple's iPhone 5S) and I think I'm gonna buy one of the Huawei. However, I'm a bit confused. I'm in between of the P9 Lite (the 3 GB Ram variant) and the Honor 8. I'm not gonna go heavy use on either of them but I want to have good multitasking as I often forget to close background apps and I don't care about heavy gaming either. Here are the advantages and disadvantages I figured out myself yet:

Honor 8: :D OTG, more RAM, USB-C, fast-charging

:( I didn't found anywhere the SAR values

P9 Lite: :D FM Radio Receiver, 100€ less on my country, IPS Panel

:( Less RAM, no OTG, high SAR values

The other thing I'm concerned about is about the modding of the smartphones. Are there any custom roms, or cm roms?

If anyone could help me I would very grateful. Does the 100€ more worth?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] DarkGuyver:
It shouldn't get hot when you are taking pictures... I'd contact Honor and report the problem to them.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Sheldd:
Honor 8 all the way,it s worth the 100$. The SAR as i saw here on XDA is one of the biggest,like 1.42( no ideea what ??).

But the camera and the speed is better than the P9 lite,and the design,the design is way batter,and the battery i think.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] modaristis:
Thank you for your reply mate. As I find out with further digging SAR depends on the band your are on that moment. And yeah the max value is pretty high.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] FreeLineTM:
I recently decided to install Lineage OS to get basically stock Android. However, now I want to go back to the stock ROM. I created a backup in TWRP of system, data and boot partitions before I installed Lineage. Whenever I restore the backup the phone just boots to the "your device can't be trusted" screen, stays there for a while and reboots. After the reboot I just get straight into erecovery. I am currently on Lineage as I did a backup before restoring the old one. Any help on how I can get the backup to work?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] ayush rao:
Flash the stock recovery image and download the full OTA zip and install it.

I guess that should do it as I managed to get my friend's phone working after that.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] khat17:
I haven't gotten my Honor 8 yet - but I'm going to assume that the process is similar to the 5X. Have you tried to restore the original factory image from the UPDATE.APP file? Put the file in the root of an SD card in the dload folder, then power on the phone while holding the vol+/- buttons. This should get you back to stock. Post your reply please.

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And hi all. Going to upgrade from the 5X to the 8. While checking it seems like the 8 Pro has a better camera and slightly better CPU - and yes you can get it in 6GB as well - but my main concern is rooting the device. Having had root on other devices in the past and working with it up until now, I can't do without it at all. Ever.

Currently with the 5X I find it almost impossible to actually brick the device. It just has so many different ways to recover. I also have backups of the recovery to make things very easy. And learned the hard way to not keep TWRP on it if I'm doing any kind of updates.

My question for the 8 is simply this - how easy is it to root the device? I'm seeing a tool from SRK which may help, but I'm honestly just being lazy and want to know if the 64GB version (FRD-L14 I believe) has any specific tools. I did some minuscule searching and didn't find much on it, but I kind of want to be armed with all the things I need to download before I get it in hand. I also noticed that on the Honor site there's no firmware for the L14.

http://www.hihonor.com/us/support/details/index.html?DOC_ID=92098

It would be a real pain if I end up (like I've read) having to flash the L04 ROM and then have issues with it telling me my phone is wrong or some other garbage.

If the process is similar to the 5X I plan to use fastboot and boot the TWRP image then make a backup of the stock recovery and ROM first. This way I should be fine. But as I said - just being a bit lazy before getting the device - and any links to the relevant threads would be greatly helpful and appreciated. Thanks in advance.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] AnDrOiiiD_YT:
Stay with your 5X. Rooting our phone is getting difficult every time we update. EMUI 4.1 was easy to root. Now in EMUI 5 you need a modified boot image or a modified ZIP file to flash SuperSU. Magisk to NOT work (Kernel in EMUI 5 does not support loop mounts)...

Also developement is getting slow as Huawei does not provide the source...
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] khat17:
Thanks for the info. I'm getting the 8 since the 5 lags a lot and having used an 8 - I like it. Didn't realize it would be so much work though. That means I won't get to root it just yet.....which is unfortunate. None of the games I have would migrate then since I wouldn't be able to reload my saves with Titanium. *sigh* So bad.

Going to do some digging to discuss it here with you - or maybe we can go into another thread. Will do some looking/digging.

*EDIT*

So a quick check shows rooting processes for the L04/L09 but nothing for the L14. I'm going to assume that the process is the same or similar. Based on the thread linked below, I won't be trying to get TWRP on the L14.

https://xdaforums.com/honor-8/help/install-twrp-frd-l14-t3572559

What I'd do then is try to boot into TWRP and see if it works. Failing that, not sure what else to do. Have any links specific to the L14?

*EDIT*

Think I found a way after doing some digging, so will be testing and see. Thanks for the support so far. Link I found is below.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70396400&postcount=547
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] AnDrOiiiD_YT:
Rooting our phone IS POSSIBLE AT THE MOMENT but how I said IT GETS MORE DIFFICULT every time we update... You can Root it at the moment with this TWRP and the ZIP in the OP. You can't install the Official SuperSU ZIP or Magisk...
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] FreeLineTM:
I am back on stock now. Reason I didn't use images from update.app is because all downloads from hicloud goes at 150 kb/s for me, so I tried everything else. However, nothing worked so finally I did download ipdate.zip and update_data_full_hw_eu.zip and flashed in TWRP. It worked but I had to roll back to MM because stuff were missing, and then update back to nougat. Thanks for your suggestion though.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] khat17:
Thanks for that. From my experience with the 5X I don't plan to do any updates. Not unless things are tested and found to be working. My wife's 5X basically crashed after the last update (B531 I think) but worked after scrubbing and installing then updating. I personally stay on B151 since a couple apps I use dont work on B331 or the latest update. So I don't plan to do any updates once it's working. If it ain't broke dont fix it right? And the main app I need I've tested on another 8 and know it works.

No problem. If you had such an issue with their site i would have uploaded to Google Drive for you had said it before. But glad you got it working.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] FreeLineTM:
:) Funny thing is I posted here pretty early and then another time in the LOS thread a few days later. I got answer there after 2 min but not here haha
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] ocean spirit:
i am trying to update it to nougat 7 but it says the package is not compatible w the version,i tried withe charlie but it did the same i have FRD-L09C432B131
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] ale_xan_der:
Thank you!

I appreciate you taking the time to help :)

If it's not too much of an imposition, I hope you could elaborate a little bit. It sounds very easy, but I'd like to be absolutely sure about everything before I do anything.

When you say "flash the stock recovery image", first off, where can I get the stock image?

And when you say to flash it...my guess is that I should type [adb reboot bootloader] to get to fastboot, then [fastboot flash recovery stockimage.IMG] to flash the stock image. Correct?

Then, for the full OTA zip.... Again, I'm afraid I don't know where do I find the right files. I've tried looking and I don't know which files are for my phone or the myriad of different phones.

When I have the zip...how do I install it? By then, if I'm right in my above Guess, TWRP would be gone, so how do I install it?

Thanks again :)
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] ayush rao:
When I did it for my friend this is what I followed:

https://xdaforums.com/honor-8/help/honor-8-to-stock-locked-t3509004/post69855309

I'm not really sure if it'll work since I haven't tried unlocking my personal device.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] franzdellosagan:
How to enable screen mirroring/screen cast on Honor 8 to a Smart TV.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] speedbird787:
I have FRD-L09 still on Android 6.0 / EMUI 4.1 (ROOTED)

I am thinking about updating to Android 7.0

since I am Rooted I think I can't just download and install the update from update app.

can someone guide me how to do it.

Thanks
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] FreeLineTM:
You probably have to just factory reset and update then root again
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] khat17:
I believe that's right. Just ensure you have stock recovery so you don't soft brick the device.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Leoss2839:
Can someone explain to me why I do not have any updates being that the firmware I have now is NRD90M-test keys? How can I change?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] FreeLineTM:
Roll back to MM and then update again.

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If I remember correctly I think factory reset resets the recovery as well, but if not you can use something like Huawei multi tool or update extractor.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] EnolaGay88:
Driving mod

Hi, in NFC app, there is the CAR MODE (or DRIVING MOD). What it is for? When I turn it on, its shows driving-wheel in notification bar, but nothing more.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Taki193:
just bought honor 8. and build is FRD-L19C636B130. there is not OTA update for Nougat yet ?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] tarek_m93:
my phone always restarts to Erecoverly tried to install stock rom but it tells me that I need to download the correct package even If I downloaded the real one
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Barmenchik:
I have the same phone. Update only via FF. Or if u put in SIM the operator of Singapore or Malaysia.:)
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] khat17:
Hi all. Finally got my Honor 8. As usual I buy two of these things so me and my wife can have the exact device. In case I screw up with one I can use the other to help get it back running - also easy to help her find settings etc.

This is the FRD-L14 and it does have SIM1/2 slots. The SIMs were cut by me (not using a tool though) and I'm wondering if something is wrong either with the SIM or the device. Each SIM works in slot 1 quite fine - but no SIM works in slot 2 for some reason. No idea why. I plan on going to a provider tomorrow to check with a factory cut SIM that they may have in stock - but just wondering if this is an issue anyone else has seen. Now off to the rooting.

*EDIT*

Bootloader is locked. Updated to EMUI5 and went through the options on the Honor site to get the unlock code but it's telling me that the code is wrong......not sure why. Thoughts?

*EDIT*

Just did the same process on the other phone and it works fine. No idea why it's telling me the code is wrong on the first one......any ideas?

*EDIT*

Called Honor support. Very friendly and get to a human pretty quick. Seems to be a firmware issue. Will have to use the UPDATE.APP method later and see. Apparently it should have the dual SIM management option like the 5X that I had. No such option present. No idea why.

*EDIT*

So I put the UPDATE.APP in the dload folder on an SD card and ran it. Went through quite fine. Said everything was good. Then it rebooted and nothing changed. All my apps and settings are still there. Beginning to wonder if I have to flash using HiSuite or something. Thoughts anyone?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] lcnkpl:
hi, i need help...

The problem is that I am not on an official version and I would like to go back to an official version when I try installing the update.app version from huawei official site the install stop at 5% because se packtage is corupt...

Someone can help me ?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] nikeid:
why everytime i launch my stock camera app (emui 4.1) it switches into "beauty" mode? i want the standard mode
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Krikoo:
Why does notification sounds plays during calls? Its loud af and the one I'm in call with hears it too! I don't want to silent my phone whenever I call or be called.

FRD-L09C432B381
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Extinguished:
There is an easy way to stop notification sounds when you are in a call. Go to settings>Do Not Disturb and add a new rule. Name it, Select "Event Rule" Select Ok then click "During Events For" and select Phone and save.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Krikoo:
Thanks, I'll try it ;)
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] 0mrwhatsupguy0:
Problems with external SD permissions

Hey,

I've got problems wih my external SD. For example Synchonize Ultimate isn't able to sync to external SD. It seems like it's a permission problem. Can't explain whats the problem because the App offers too many options like "internal" and "internal root" and changes its behavior (and error messages) if I create the folder in Root Explorer or in the App itself (there only sometimes successfull) or if there are already files inside. Not able to see recognize a pattern :confused:

Anybody else experiencing problems?

I'm on EMUI 5, rooted

Thanks!
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Johnsonn3:
I am in a boot loop like when at blue honor logo like and goes back to your device is unlocked. I try to install img the update.zip and...

Full SELinux support is present.

MTP Enabled

Installing zip file 'external_sd/update.zip'

Checking for MD5 files...

Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found

Removing uneeded files...

Patching system files...

Removing empty directorys...

Unpacking new files...

add link type file...

write radio image...

32K crc checked failure

E: unknown command [errno]

E: unknown command [errno]

update_huawei_pkg_from_ota_zip: update package from

zip failed

Updater process ended with ERROR: 7

Error installing zip file '/external_sd/update.zip'

Updating partion details...

Failed to mount '/system' (Invalid argument)

Failed to mount '/vendor' (Invalid argument)

Failed to mount '/product' (Invalid argument)

...done

So what do I do to get it to work again?

This is if I try to flash stock,

C:\Users\User\Desktop\New folder (3)>fastboot flash recovery boot.img

target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes

sending 'recovery' (15462 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.390s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 0.221s]

finished. total time: 0.617s

C:\Users\User\Desktop\New folder (3)>fastboot flash recovery cust.img

target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes

sending 'recovery' (259081 KB)...

OKAY [ 6.480s]

writing 'recovery'...

FAILED (remote: partition error)

finished. total time: 6.511s

C:\Users\User\Desktop\New folder (3)>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes

sending 'recovery' (36996 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.926s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 0.870s]

finished. total time: 1.802s

C:\Users\User\Desktop\New folder (3)>fastboot flash recovery system.img

target reported max download size of 471859200 bytes

sending sparse 'recovery' (425232 KB)...

OKAY [ 18.655s]

writing 'recovery'...

FAILED (remote: partition error)

finished. total time: 18.700s

I tried Dload but it is at 5% and then, Software installed failed!
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] ayush rao:
U left out which model no. u r using?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] jfdav:
Lineage Official?

Is possible / likely that an official version of Lineage OS will be released for the Honor 8 now that the kernel sources have dropped? Or are there other factors that are preventing that?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] coolest35:
Guys.. need some help.

I basically used the multitool to put on L14 rom on which turned out to be the Keys version. Soo I searched and searched, found FRD-L14C567B162	(perhaps OEM from http://hwmt.ru/oth/HWFF/info/view.php?find_model=frd-L14), anyways, I'm trying to flash it using flashtboot (no TWRP/Stock Recovery fails using SD Card Folder method)..

So when i boot up into fastboot, use the MT Multitool (Unbrick, flash Cust, Recovery, System & Boot), they all flash fine without error.. but when the phone restarts it gets stuck at "you device is booting".

Any ideas? The heck do I do to get my phone back to stock ROM??

(Yes, its completely unlocked)
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
Probably yes, since everything will be working smoothly.

Even if it didn't go official, it's actually a pretty good ROM, and it gets updated, so no worries about the official status.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Official and unofficial builds are just the same. It's just that the "official" tag is sweeter to hear.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Piemo:
Q: I'm on B380 unlocked-rooted-twrp.. how do I update with FF files? Do I need to restore stock recovery, unroot etc or just download?

May I flash B389 instead of B381?

And in FF there are 3 files for every fullupdate.. do I need to download all?

Inviato dal mio FRD-L09 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Your 3 questions all have an answer of yes.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] catnamedog:
Huawei Honor 8 Lite

Hi

I've just received an Honor 8 Lite via Ebay from a seller in China. I'm in the UK.

The phone seems to be set up for Chinese use, and the box that the phone came in says that it is for sale on the Chinese mainland only.

All of the information on (I think) the preloaded browser is in Chinese, so I don't know how to do anything regarding making the phone suitable for English-only use.

The phone is listed as a PRA_AL00X

Can you please advise me? Am I able to make the phone suitable for the UK? Have I been ripped off?

I'd appreciate a quick reply so I can contact the seller.

Let me know if I can supply you with any more details. Please also regard me as a real NOOBIE!

Many thanks in advance.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
So far, I don't see anyway to put gps (google play services) in your phone (because of the lack of root and twrp).

Maybe if you can rebrand your phone so it will have a UK or EU firmware with gps available in it
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
Wrong forum. This is for the Honor 8. Please post this to the dedicated Honor 8 Lite forum.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Pyxpis:
Chinese Characters

Hello. By the way this my first time here, a total newbie, as well as my first time owning a phone with a chinese version of rom. I just bought a handset online so I didn't know that it was a chinese model. I also don't know anything about rooting and anything related. But I just wanna ask if there's any possible way to get rid the chinese characters in almost everywhere I mean .. the yellow pages in the dialer as well as in the music player? TIA
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
You have to rebrand it to use as a US model firmware
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
What's your phone model?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Pyxpis:
FRD-AL00 Honor 8.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
You may need to rebrand. This is the 64GB variant right?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Pyxpis:
Sorry to ask this. But how do I rebrand it? I'am now using the latest release EMUI 5.0. What I have here is the Honor 8 FRD-Al00 4/32GB.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
[MENTION=6355400]gopinaidu77[/MENTION] will teach you.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Pyxpis:
Can you tell me how to rebrand it? What apps do I need to download and the process. I'am now using the latest release of EMUI 5.0 and this is a 4/32GB variant. Thanks.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
The Device model?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
THIS is the tool you'll need.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Pyxpis:
Honor 8 FRD-AL00 4/32GB variant and now currently using the latest release of EMUI 5.0.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Who model do u want to debrand ?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
He just wants to remove the chinese characters.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
So he can rebrand to L04 , it even gets frequent updates
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
I think so too.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Well lets wait for his choice
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] ayush rao:
I think FRD-L04 is a good option but u have to keep in mind that it doesn't come with the theme store.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Theme store ? It has one bro.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
Every model has it. You just have to register your Huawei account.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] ayush rao:
My doesn't man and I'm running full stock. I have my Huawei ID signed in as well?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
But my L04 has one:rolleyes: before i rebranded . But it has only two themes when i saw it
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
I don't know man I had it before in EMUI 5 and EMUI 4.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] ayush rao:
I've never had it since I bought my phone and I'm running a full stock setup as well so I didn't mess up anything. I checked the Honor forums and found this (attached below). Also I had a chat with the Honor US team on Twitter I'll attach a screenshot of that as well.

I'm not really concerned abt it though becoz I downloaded themes from XDA and the playstore.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
Oh that's why. Check out EMUI International group in G+. Awesome themes they have there. :)
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Pyxpis:
Thanks. Yes, as long as I can get rid of these chinese characters. But how to do it? Please teach me the steps and tell me the neccessary files I need to download and how to do it. Thanks again.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] ayush rao:
I know some themes out there r amazing. I'm already a part of that community but thanks man. Also u should try out this theme source on the playstore called EMUI theme factory. That guy has the best selection of themes out there.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
Yes I know that. :D The maker of those themes is [MENTION=5966769]mr.mrcn[/MENTION], if you check the Themes and Apps section of the forum, you'll see his posts there. :highfive:
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Pyxpis:
Is it possible to use the US rom?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
It is possible but you need to rebrand to a US variant first. Sorry I can't help you. :( I have no experience in rebranding.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
It is possible, but it's hard a little bit
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
No its easy as f***
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
Really?! Haha, I thought it was hard
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Pyxpis:
Can you help me with that? What do I need to do first? Thanks

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Haha. You're right it is indeed hard for someone like me who is not familiar with things like this or anything relevant. But I want to do this because seeing unfamiliar chinese characters is somewhat irritates me and I can never get used to see it.

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Haha. You're right it is indeed hard for someone like me who is not familiar with things like this or anything relevant. But I want to do this because seeing unfamiliar chinese characters is somewhat irritates me and I can never get used to see it.
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
Gopi will help you
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
[MENTION=8345842]Pyxpis[/MENTION] , come over i can help u