[Huawei P8max] DGNL:
@ Henry L & MrD666:

What i noticed yesterday evening was that my P8 MAX did not do the Update from a .zip-file. After 5% i got the message 'Update failed'.

Only when i extracted the Zip and put all files (including the Update.APP-file) in the DLOAD-folder, then it would do the update for 100%.

However, after a reboot nothing changed and i was still stuck with EMUI 4.0.3!

And to make things more weird, is that the method of Moodosa with the "Firmware Finder for Huawei" failed 8x times yesterday, while it worked with others on the same day.

Only today suddenly it worked with my P8 MAX also. I did nothing different compared to yesterday, used the same computer, but this morning it updated back to EMUI 4.0 without problems.

@ MrD666

Maybe there are differences between the models sold. I bought my P8 MAX from a seller on Aliexpress and had it shipped to Europe. I have the DAV-703L TD-LTE with 32GB HDD, but there is also a 64GB version and maybe there are slight differences between the models besides the internal memory. Also there is a FDD version if I'm correct, so that one may be different also. So maybe some models have more problems with the update compared to others?

I also did the update very late. I already saw the update a while ago, but since my P8 MAX was working perfectly, I thought there was no need to do the update. However, 2 days ago when i was bored on the couch watching some series, I thought what the heck and let's do the update, maybe Huawei made the P8 MAX even better! Well... was I wrong and Huawei made a mess with EMUI 4.0.3, because all Google apps froze after the update!

But anyway, maybe more people are not doing the update, because they are already satisfied with how the P8 MAX is running?

Or maybe they don't have problems with the update since they have a slightly different model? For example, if I didn't have problems with the update 2 days ago, I would also not be typing in this topic.

Or maybe not so many people are using the P8 MAX anymore? Let's not forget that it's a smartphone from 2015 and in 2015 most people didn't want a 6,8 inch phablet. It was already a small niche with only a small amount of enthusiasts. And that makes it also one of the downsides of owning a P8 MAX in my opinion, because the community is quite small. My GF and parents own Xiaomi Redmi Notes for example and that community is huge! If there is a problem with MIUI there are hundreds of people who can help each other and the problems are solved within hours. While here in this forum I'm very lucky to have Moodosa and MrD666, because otherwise i would still be stuck with a useless P8 MAX without Google Services.

Coming to your last question, it's hard to say if Huawei's plan with this last update EMUI 4.0.3 was to phase out this model and make(/force) owners to buy the new Huawei models.

First of all, there are not so many P8 MAX owners out there anymore (look at the amount of users in this P8 MAX topic (or maybe I'm wrong?)) and average owners of smartphones are not nerds like us who know how to flash ROM's and keep their smartphone running for a long time, by doing the correct updates and hard resets.

Secondly, average owners (like my GF, parents, friends or collegues) will switch their smartphone anyway every 1 - 1,5 years, because they broke it, can choose a new phone with their mobile subscription plan, the phone became slow because they never clean it or don't know how to do a factory reset. Or because average owners simply want a new shiny model with a different color every now and then, because it matches their outfit and bags. My GF has now a pink Redmi Note, last year a golden one and before that a white Redmi Note.

So I'm not sure if Huawei needs to squeeze and force us, P8 MAX owners, to their new models, because we are only a very small group who still uses this model. And average owners would probably have switched already to another smartphone for the above reasons.

A more interesting question is: Do users with a normal P8 and/or P8 Lite also get the EMUI 4.0.3 update and is it also impossible for them to use Google Services? The P8 MAX was only sold in Asia, but the normal P8 and P8 Lite were sold worldwide, so that group of owners is much larger. If that group can't use Google Services on their P8's, then maybe, yes.. Huawei could do the same what Apple has been doing with their models: Make it slow and useless on purpose to stimulate new sales.

Anyway, my P8 MAX is running like new again with EMUI 4.0 and Google Services. And since there are hardly any other big phablets 6.8+ inch on the market with great new features, I will not be switching soon to a new smartphone. Too bad for Huawei and their new shiny Nova models. Long live the P8 MAX!

Thanks again Moodosa & MrD666!