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[Honor Magic V2] draegr:
The post says "Owners of the Magic5 series and Magic V2 devices in China who would like to test out the MagicOS 8 closed beta can sign up from the following form." - This links back to the form we just did this week to upgrade for Google Play services.

I believe the last paragraph should read more along the lines "The plan is to gradually start the internal testing recruitment for the upgrade by the end of November. Please pay attention to subsequent official announcements for details.". So don't register via the link they provide to sign up for MagicOS 8 Closed Beta, I believe there will be another link in future.
[Honor Magic V2] draegr:
Does your work profile install a browser like edge? You can try navigate to APKMirror inside edge (or any alternative browser in your work profile) and download the Google PlayStore APK and install it.
[Honor Magic V2] torankusu:
anyone else having issues turning on USB DEBUGGING?

it wants me to login to HONOR ID first, created account but i cant get the new account to login on the phone so i can activate usb debugging.

Forgot to mentioned this is trying to fix the honor push issue with other push services.
[Honor Magic V2] fireedo:
running fine here

So while in the ADB appcontrol what else to do beside disable honor push? can anyone here give me suggestion? maybe if I swipe to the left there is a "card" section and still have some chinese language, can they be removed?
[Honor Magic V2] draegr:
If you are talking about the honor search when going left on the home screen, you can click on the search bar and then the ellipses that appear on the search bar and click settings. I have everything disabled other than search history.
[Honor Magic V2] fireedo:
Ah I see, that's it. Thankyou, but one more can we also make "news" card using Google news? Not the Chinese news card ?
[Honor Magic V2] draegr:
Had a look around and don't think there is a Google News Widget for the Honor Search (/honor board). Google isn't the most pushed platform in China.

The best workaround I can give you potentially for what you want is

1. Download Google News

2. Pinch your home screen and choose home screen settings and disable HonorBoard (this disables the left search) and make sure that Honor Search is enabled (this enables search from dragging down on the home screen).

3. Go back to home screen and pinch again, click cards and scroll to the bottom for classic widgets

4. Find Google News and place it on the left on your actual home screen.

You can make the leftmost page a widget page of useful things (including Google News) and your search function should work by dragging down anywhere on the home screen.

Otherwise might just need to hope Honor Board get's some English support when it's released Global.
[Honor Magic V2] fireedo:
That is brilliant !! Thankyou a lot for your very informative input
[Honor Magic V2] frostywinter:
I have the V2 and gms installed (that came through in less than 24hrs the registering for it)

I did a full factory reset after installing the gms update just to clear everything out etc.

Phone is going great now and apart from not always getting email notifications (I use the Edison Email app) I am really enjoying the phone now.

Today I tried setting up my work emails etc where we need to use Microsoft Intune which sets up a WORK profile - all this went well and I can see our intranet , log into teams etc through the apps installed under the WORK profile - but...

When trying to log into OUTLOOK under the WORK profile to activate this profile it wants me to log into my Honor ID - every method I have tried to get an Honor ID in not successful as it will not accept my phone number here in Australia.and it appears the only country option is for CHINA...

Any ideas - is there a way to get an Honor ID some other way - I did try on my PC but there it still wants a CHINA number??

Cheers

Frosty
[Honor Magic V2] MatroxD:
Hello all. I just discovered this screen, and I don't remember what I clicked to receive the card I have circled. It would be awesome, were it in English(my language), but since it is not, how do I remove it? I also would like to do the same, with the "my apps"card if possible?

Thanks in advance..
[Honor Magic V2] BinloUK:
Hey, I heard you can register for a Huawei ID, which is more easy to setup and will link to Honor Apps too. I dont yet have a Magic V2 to try this out but worth exploring this route.
[Honor Magic V2] ChodTheWacko:
Since you did a factory reset, can you see if android auto works?
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
ADBAppControl does the trick. Just connect your phone, it will install the needed file on the phone and you can uninstall or deactivate any app.
[Honor Magic V2] p.bresciani:
I had the same issue, and after some time it started working. Never understood what I changed, but I have a western Honor ID. Strange indeed.
[Honor Magic V2] Vkp2001:
hi there bro, I've looked up for you from vivo x90 pro debloat forum. I see that you help people in uninstalling bloatware by using their framework.jar file. Can you pls help me with that too. My device is IQOO Z7 pro. I want to uninstall some system apps but they are locked by normal adb command. Can you help me with this problem. Want to uninstall vivo appstore.
[Honor Magic V2] marbo2k9:
Is there any information about what Magic OS 8.0 will improve?
[Honor Magic V2] XtianRO:
Doesn't work
[Honor Magic V2] ebrahim.popat:
Did anybody manage to get the Galaxy Watch working with the V2?
[Honor Magic V2] gemidriver:
when i did mine, i just searched through X (twitter) and found someone who was in china and befriended them

they were willing to help, so i registered with their mobile number, and setup my account, and set email address to be main method for auth etc.

and they received 2 texts for me, and i was done in 10 minutes.
[Honor Magic V2] gemidriver:
got it working

removed work profile and intune

then when i set back up again, i got a prompt from intune to enable google services, then i registered, and all my published work apps downloaded
[Honor Magic V2] MatroxD:
Nevermind, I figured it out.. :)
[Honor Magic V2] future3:
Notifications still fairly unreliable no matter what optimisations you turn off. Eg whatsApp notifications still refuse to come and I need to open the app. Same with Gmail, same with Google Home. Weirdly, those apps every now and then do send me notifications but its not on a consistent basis. Some other apps I use, e.g. YouTube, X do come through fairly consistently.

Basically the GMS push makes this your bog standard Chinese phone software wise, which have similar issues - I do hope they release a Global version soon, which it seems like they will.
[Honor Magic V2] p.bresciani:
You have to dis

You have to disable, better to uninstall, the HONOR PUSH app, as stated in previous messages here.

After that everything works like a charm.
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
Get ADBAppControl on your pc, on phone, usbdebugging , connect phone, allow the file being installed on the phone . And then search for honor.push, pretty self explanatory. Then disable that. After all notifications will come through.
[Honor Magic V2] Thealshear:
Yep I have mines working
[Honor Magic V2] ebrahim.popat:
How?
[Honor Magic V2] Thealshear:
Are you on the GMS beta?
[Honor Magic V2] ebrahim.popat:
Yes
[Honor Magic V2] iBotn3K:
Bad news with my phone, a green dot suddenly appeared on the internal screen😔
[Honor Magic V2] gemidriver:
i can confirm

i wasn't getting whatsapp notos, or outlook notos

disabled the honor push

found this

disabled and rebooted phone

outlook notos work straight away ;-)
[Honor Magic V2] Thealshear:
Download this version of this galaxy wearable http://samsung-gear.apk.watch/2.2.41.21071361/for/huawei-honor-8.

Disable Google play services in the settings

Reset the watch and enter pairing mode, pair the watch using the Bluetooth menu in settings. Then open the Galaxy wearable app and go through the pairing process.

After your watch is paired you can re-enable Google play services
[Honor Magic V2] frostywinter:
Nope Android Auto doesn't work :(
[Honor Magic V2] ChodTheWacko:
Brutal. hopefully magicos 8 then.
[Honor Magic V2] gemidriver:
Phone Link worked and then doesn't

anyone have this working?
[Honor Magic V2] dosto88:
What does honor push do? Will disabling it disable pushed system updates?
[Honor Magic V2] ebrahim.popat:
Ok

Ordered mine. Will update on how it goes. Thanks.
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
No idea, maybe push notifications?
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
As promised, the official reply from Honor about notifications not working properly;

Dear Honor users:

Hello, there is a problem when using domestic Honor push service + overseas network environment + overseas APP + App notifications are limited. This problem will be optimized in subsequent versions. Please pay attention to subsequent version updates (expected to be in late November).

Warm reminder: System upgrades and updates will not delete data on the device. However, in order to ensure data security, please back up important data in the device as well as third-party application data such as WeChat and QQ before upgrading.

If you have any questions, you can call the Honor service hotline 95030; or follow the Honor WeChat official account [Honor Customer Service], we will serve you wholeheartedly!
[Honor Magic V2] gemidriver:
How do we remove Chinese apps from here and have my wanted apps
[Honor Magic V2] p.bresciani:
Same thing here, but in the bottom left corner. I already texted WondaMobile and I will send it back to get it replaced with no charge obviously.
[Honor Magic V2] p.bresciani:
It might be some faulty batch or due to the extreme thinness of the screen. Nevertheless it's so amazing that it is worth sending it back for repair. Hopefully it will be the good one this time!
[Honor Magic V2] rafaarfa:
Hallo, any alternative for HONOR ID? Does virtual number works? Any service that recommended?
[Honor Magic V2] freekick84:
I tried that but it forces me to update app. After I do I get the same error about not being compatible. How did you get away from not updating wear app?
[Honor Magic V2] Thealshear:
Before starting the process on the app you need to pair it through Bluetooth settings first. Then and only then you can start the process in the Galaxy wearable app
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
Huawei id, from any

Huawei id, works with any region
[Honor Magic V2] freekick84:
Unfortunately I tried but did not work. I am using Samsung watch classic 6
[Honor Magic V2] dexter73:
I tried it with my Galaxy Watch 6 Classic and it worked.
[Honor Magic V2] Honorist:
Notification problem Number 2. if you have more than 4 apps with notifications, Facebook notifications go into deep sleep and the notification come only if you turn screen on🙄 I tried everything thing, but nothings help. So I have to root and put the app doze off on the phone. Has anyone any idea???
[Honor Magic V2] ebrahim.popat:
Worked like a charm. Thank you.
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
Read back a page, or 2. It's all there
[Honor Magic V2] Honorist:
All this stuff I made!! Delete honor push service. Settings autostart all 3 points on and do in akku optimize off. If you had more than 4 apps in Akku optimize Facebook goes in deepsleep also Kleinanzeigen in Germany. No notifications. If you do screen on, all the notifications come🙄 I had the same issue an the mix fold 2. so I did root it and make the app dozeoff on it and all the problems gone. I think on the v2 is a limit of 5 apps who don’t go in deepsleep
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
Ah . Ok, I understand. But not with me, since update .119 , notifications from WhatsApp and Outlook, were gone. Also noticed that DND mode isn't working properly.

With disabling honor push, notifications work again. For all apps I want. And lots of apps running in background, auto start, and not auto managed.

Just sidenote, outlook badge never worked....
[Honor Magic V2] Honorist:
In the moment all works. Only Facebook and Kleinanzeigen come when I make tha display on. (Always on Display is Active)
[Honor Magic V2] freekick84:
Oh man. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I have followed directions and I get it to the app UI but it does not connect my watch
[Honor Magic V2] rafaarfa:
I know we can do third party login with Huawei ID. But its different with HONOR ID, still need to linked to HONOR ID.

Any news with magic OS 8 or global release we can login with overseas HONOR ID?
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
I managed to create an honor id by a Gmail account. By verifying by email and not a phone number. Also used surf shark to override my gps to Macau.

And up and running.
[Honor Magic V2] rafaarfa:
Will try it, thx for the info
[Honor Magic V2] MoBo_the_Hobo:
Im trying to get a account from Chinese Honor, but all links so far didn't work out.

1. https://hnid-dre.cloud.hihonor.com/...entType=7&loginChannel=7000700&countryCode=hk (Message you Datacenter is in a different Location than your Region. You will be registerered to your current Region). Seems to be dependent on the URL

2. Tried it with Honor China and a rented SMS Number https://hnid-drcn.cloud.hihonor.com/CAS/portal/ (Security Messages Pops up and I cant skip it)

3. Tried it on the chinese Site with VPN Windscribe and bought Surfshark, both dont work and get blocked by their Servers (SSL Error or doesnt load at all)

Im at my wits ends and dont know what I could try more. I would pay someone from China 50$ to register me an Honor Account with Chinese Region.

I need an Chinese Honor Account to unlock all Features like ADB or System Access. Do you maybe have the Link you used to register?
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
This site worked for me, register by password, not by phone.

Honor ID - Log in

hnid-drcn.cloud.hihonor.com

Or maybe just:

Honor ID - Log in

hnid-drcn.cloud.hihonor.com
[Honor Magic V2] MoBo_the_Hobo:
Strange it always redirects me to the Register by Phone Site, when I click on register. Even when I change it to Mail in the URL, still get the Phone Form for registration.

Register Honor ID

hnid-drcn.cloud.hihonor.com

But the URL really needs to be hnid-drcn in the beginning, so you get forwarded to the chinese Data Center. I will probably try a couple more workarounds to get it working.
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
Did you change, allow for gps to be overruled? Extra check in developer settings, at: select app for fake locations

And surf shark prompts when location is overruled.
[Honor Magic V2] MoBo_the_Hobo:
Yes indeed I did. But it never shows me the option to register by Mail on the chinese Site. Only by Phone Number. My System Language is German.

When I login with my Global Account, it redirects me to the Global Service. Need to dig further into this. There needs to be some catch 🤔

Edit: Even a Skype Hong Kong Phone Number or SMS-Man Rental doesnt work at all. Everything I tried didn't work. It either says Security Risk or I dont get any SMS at all. So far I only got the Registration Prompt on the Chinese Site for the Phone Number, never the E-Mail. VPN was always active throughout it.
[Honor Magic V2] rafaarfa:
Same as me, tried virtual number even VPN.

In the end I can make overseas HONOR ID, but cannot login.

I hope next update on Magic OS or global launch will allow us to login without restriction locked only to China 🤞🤞
[Honor Magic V2] sascha.zindel:
For the Chinese ROM? Good luck. As far as I remember the Chinese ROM is and was always locked to registration within China.

For the global launch surely they will use a different ROM as there are always four changes to the Chinese ROM:

a) Registration in local region (by law, as they need to follow data protection laws)

b) Launcher may be changed (it is always locked for Chinese ROMs)

c) Google Discovery (meaning the news page scrolling to the left) will be included as they receive a bonus when including it in the Honor board within Global Markets.

d) Possible unlock of boot loader (in theory as by law you own the device in other regions)

For the last one you will have the option in the developer options to allow unlocking of the boot loader, but in fact will not be able to unlock it as Honor does not provide the needed unlock codes.

So although there might be a slight hope that they would switch to one Global ROM in the end you will have a local Chinese rom and a global rom for all other locations.

Question will be if at some point there will be a possibility to switch from the Chinese to the global ROM. This depends largely on the question if they will use one hardware for all regions or if there will be different hardware versions for different markets.

If Honor really wanted to provide a good service, they might have some unofficial "unsupported" method to change to the global ROM but for warranty reasons this will never be offered officially.

However, once a global rom is available for sure one can extract the global versions of the Honor applications and install it on the Chinese version. This could mitigate most of the pain points.
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
Guess the only option is that they have changed it? I used an email account that hasn't been linked to any manufacturer before.. But I could definitely sign up with email and password.
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
I'm having the Chinese V2, can't be another yet..., and I can unlock the bootloader for sure, .. but still, will wait for a global release and see how the battery holds up with google keeping so many apps running in the background..
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
And signing in with an Huawei account? At the bottom, you can select that.
[Honor Magic V2] MoBo_the_Hobo:
Yes you can select that, Huawei alows to register by Mail/Password.

But when you try to Link it, it redirects to Honor, were the only option currently is a Chinese Phone Number with a bit of luck to not get the security message.

I also think they changed it. Im still waiting for my device to be rolled out to Beta GMS Branch. Send yesterday the Application Form, but they probably only work Monday - Friday.

When I get the GMS I will try again, maybe that will work. Also I dont have the Boot Loader unlock option, but its probably also in the GMS Beta.

When I get the Package I will try to scrape the Code. My hunch is, that the GMS Beta probably got alot of Code for the EU Rom. They maybe will try to make Hauwei China only and Honor China/more Global. Like Oppo and OnePlus. Found this on X from a Tech Guy called Teme:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1721148540691403217

If the device would have been China only, Honor wouldn't have bothered including Band 20, which is crucial for Europe. They would have saved on that. They probably thought, that alot of Techies would order it from China as soon GMS Beta is available. Which most of us did 🤣

We are free Testers for them and nothing better for that than Geeks.
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
I do hope so 🙏
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
Do you have a registered Huawei account?
[Honor Magic V2] Thealshear:
I think they pushed out a fix for honour push my notifications are working again

My version is 8.0.11.306
[Honor Magic V2] Honorist:
Hey There, has anyone an idea how we can root the V2 there is an option in Developer Options (OEM-Unlock) maybe it’s patchable with Magisk?? The problem is at some apps the Notifications didn’t come after 5 min screen off. So I need to install doze Off and that needs root. Or maybe has anyone an idea how we can stop complete the deep sleep after 5 min. It’s the same problem from the mix fold 2
[Honor Magic V2] rx7boy22:
Yes my push app is at 306 now and notifications seemed to be fixed as well
[Honor Magic V2] fireedo:
I still haven't get update for the honor push
[Honor Magic V2] p.bresciani:
I have uninstalled Honor Push via adb (not disabled, but uninstalled) and everything works like a charm. So I am wondering what is the purpose of that app if deleted nothing has changed (related to the Honor world I mean).

Nice thing if now works again with the latest update, but I don't think it is possible to re-install it unless you do a factory reset, be ausr I think it's part of the OS and not a standalone app available on the Honor market. Not that I am missing the app....just curious!
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
What phone?
[Honor Magic V2] rafaarfa:
Hopefully that's will happen. Any info release date for the Magic OS 8?

So much potential from this phone, i was holding z5 before but i think v2 much better. Even imho better than the one plus open/oppo find n3. Those ugly giant circular 😂

Battery usage still amazing with GMS running in the background.

Me too was wandering it's crusial app, i am only disable the app via adb and works like charm until today.
[Honor Magic V2] paterscomp:
Aah.. the push update. I have it also, it got activated again with this new update....
[Honor Magic V2] Omgitsdenis:
Thank you very much! This worked with my Galaxy Watch 4.

I even could update the watch after all was connected and also the wear app itself!
[Honor Magic V2] irokm3:
Quick question for those that were NOT apart of the Google beta. After I fill out the forum to have GMS pushed to the phone, do I have to do anything else? Right now, the phone doesn't have a SIM installed it is only on wifi as I am waiting for the push. Do I just keep clicking the "Check for updates", it's been about 2 days.
[Honor Magic V2] izbr1234:
I got the update after 26 hours.

I did screenshot of the form and the confirmation message, so I could verify again the SN after I filled and send the form. sim card is not required. WiFi with internet service that's enough
[Honor Magic V2] MoBo_the_Hobo:
Same filled it out on Friday around 13:00 and have been waiting since 55 hours. Probably you just get a Push and Update Notification.

I think some employee adds the Serial manually in some DB or activates a flag. They probably only work Monday - Friday. Just a bummer that it takes for me so long 😭
[Honor Magic V2] irokm3:
Post when you get yours and I will do the same. Thanks
[Honor Magic V2] perfecteric:
Have the GMS update since Friday, works great!

Some notifications problems with WhatsApp, but the Honor Push app disable did the trick!
[Honor Magic V2] perfecteric:
Is there a way to get the notifications with a down swipe on the screen? Not just from the statusbar, but a swipe from, lets say the center? I had this on my Vivo and it worked better in my opinion
[Honor Magic V2] masso85:
now I am using it since two weeks , and no big issue , ok the chinese ROM kill too much application sometime , any suggestion on this metter ?

And

Microsoft Outlook is working well, but for received the email i need to open it and refresh manually, it's look like is not push notification , any suggestion ?
[Honor Magic V2] marbo2k9:
Sounds okay.

i read that the chinese roms are all set to save power. check if the app is on power saving mode. you actually have to deactivate this for every app where you want to receive notifications.
[Honor Magic V2] masso85:
about Outlook , i already lock in the multitasking screen , and also in app I acivaty the manual task and not automatically , any other suggestions ?
[Honor Magic V2] jordicf01:
Can be rooted now Honor Magic V2? I suppose when GSM launched it would be possible to install Android Auto if it's rooted, wouldn't it?
[Honor Magic V2] bandit081551:
Hi Masso85

I would also like to get the cell phone, but I have two questions:

Do all notifications work?

Banking apps also work?

Thanks in advance.