So I am looking to get a honor 8, but there is one thing that I am not so sure about, EMUI. So first of all, what are your thoughts on it, is it just a re skin of stock android or are there limitations/advantages. I am coming from IOS, and like the look of it, which i know emui is somewhat similar looking. Can I remove EMUI and go with a more stock version of android? If not what are some things I should do to get around the limitations of it? Also, can update to Nougat? Thanks!
There are more number of inbuilt features in EMUI than stock ROM. Some of the apps are inbuilt with the it. Stock ROM doesn't have every utility app that needs in day to day life like file manager, call recorder. We can download the app in play store in it. EMUI has these apps built with itself. So no need to download external app.
Limitations for EMUI is the RAM management. Im not sure about Honor 8, but RAM management is major issue in EMUI in all other models. It might be fixed soon with the upcoming updates also.
Regarding the update, you will get update till Android O for sure. But the time taken to get the update will be more than that of stock android devices. So don't worry about updates if you have the patience for it.
As of now you can't remove EMUI , as custom ROM is not available.
As of now you can't remove EMUI from Honor 8.
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No other custom ROM available yet, the answer is NO for now...
But u can change Launcher if u dont like EMUI style.
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Removal of the current EMUI will void the warranty. Please be aware of this and makes changes to your device at your own digression. (NS)
Alright thanks everyone for your reply, ill just probably customize the ui with different launcher and stuff and I should be fine with it.
ethanh100 said:
Alright thanks everyone for your reply, ill just probably customize the ui with different launcher and stuff and I should be fine with it.
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It's really not bad. Add pixel launcher and theme by venom007 and you'll be good to go. I've been happy with it as an Android purist waiting for the pixel phone launch.
No custom ROM yet, so no
nop, not a single custom rom is available at the movement
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nop, not a single custom rom is available at the movement
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Too sad, but maybe in the future
krispy321 said:
Too sad, but maybe in the future
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yeah, hope so
krispy321 said:
Too sad, but maybe in the future
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From what I am reading on this forum, it does not seem so.
There is a thread mentioning that many developers already tried and left their projects because of the difficulties.
One can always hope but am skeptical myself.
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muradulislam said:
From what I am reading on this forum, it does not seem so.
There is a thread mentioning that many developers already tried and left their projects because of the difficulties.
One can always hope but am skeptical myself.
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Thats bad, that means we are limited to using themes to customise our devices
krispy321 said:
Thats bad, that means we are limited to using themes to customise our devices
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i need some urgent fix to poor RAM managemnet and missing notifications:crying:
venom007 said:
i need some urgent fix to poor RAM managemnet and missing notifications:crying:
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Maybe we could see it in the next update
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Thats bad, that means we are limited to using themes to customise our devices
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We will still get many modded custom Roms but as for custom Roms like CyanogenMod etc, it appears that it's a monumental task because of honor 8 being a Kirin device.
I don't understand the actual nuances, just stating what I usually read.
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We will still get many modded custom Roms but as for custom Roms like CyanogenMod etc, it appears that it's a monumental task because of honor 8 being a Kirin device.
I don't understand the actual nuances, just stating what I usually read.
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I forked the P9 lite repo for CM13.
The P9 development is still stuck on the telephony interface, but at least it's a start.
You can jump in: https://github.com/omerazo
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I forked the P9 lite repo for CM13.
The P9 development is still stuck on the telephony interface, but at least it's a start.
You can jump in: https://github.com/omerazo
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Thanks a lot... You should make a new thread in honor 8 Android development stating this so that more people can join in.
As for me, I am just the guy who knows how to troubleshoot installation and soft-brick problems (and even that at a rudimentary level)
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BBLN said:
I forked the P9 lite repo for CM13.
The P9 development is still stuck on the telephony interface, but at least it's a start.
You can jump in: https://github.com/omerazo
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Do this mean the honor 8 can see custom ROMs in the future?!
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Does anyone know or have any insights about whether Cyanogenmod ROM will be available in the near future for Honor 8 or not? I'm really looking forward to see an AOSP ROM for this devices
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Does anyone know or have any insights about whether Cyanogenmod ROM will be available in the near future for Honor 8 or not? I'm really looking forward to see an AOSP ROM for this devices
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It's not the same. From my experience with Kirin platforms, AOSP is easier to get working (since EMUI is based on it).
About the 'near future', no idea, if you want me to talk from my experience, I've been sending Huawei emails since December and I am still waiting lol.
Relax, explore the device, try not to scratch it and wait for the roms.
According to @svetius Huawei is close to releasing the kernel code. It's not everything needed for CM13, but it's a place to start. I'm hoping they are going to provide more than just the kernel, and they provide a device tree and vendor proprietary files as well. I know I'll be trying my hand at building cm13 as the source files are released.
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According to @svetius Huawei is close to releasing the kernel code. It's not everything needed for CM13, but it's a place to start. I'm hoping they are going to provide more than just the kernel, and they provide a device tree and vendor proprietary files as well. I know I'll be trying my hand at building cm13 as the source files are released.
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Not to necro this thread, but it's out, uploading it to github at the moment.
grumpy.medic said:
Not to necro this thread, but it's out, uploading it to github at the moment.
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Your link refers to FRD-L04. What about L09?
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Your link refers to FRD-L04. What about L09?
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Is there even a difference? Try to find a difference between the FRD-L09 kernel and the FRD-L04 one.
And no, it won't speed up rom development or whatever, we've discussed about that countless times.
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Is there even a difference? Try to find a difference between the FRD-L09 kernel and the FRD-L04 one.
And no, it won't speed up rom development or whatever, we've discussed about that countless times.
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This is sad cause EMUI gives me a lot of pain. Probably will sell the phone because of it.
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This is sad cause EMUI gives me a lot of pain. Probably will sell the phone because of it.
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Not sure what parts of EMUI is giving you pain, but if it's just the UI you could just change to Nova Launcher or another Launcher for now. I've been using Nova-Launcher since the moment I got it and I think it works great.
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Not sure what parts of EMUI is giving you pain, but if it's just the UI you could just change to Nova Launcher or another Launcher for now. I've been using Nova-Launcher since the moment I got it and I think it works great.
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Stock UI is great. The problem is Xposed, some modules I want do not work with EMUI.
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Stock UI is great. The problem is Xposed, some modules I want do not work with EMUI.
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EMUI is the reason, only custom ROMs can help
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EMUI is the reason, only custom ROMs can help
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Exactly! It will probably take months before a working custom ROM be released.
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Exactly! It will probably take month before a working custom ROM be released.
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True
There is progress on P9 Plus for CM so i hope there will be a working CM soon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p9-plus/help/info-t3463627/page1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p9-plus/development/rom-t3476084/page1
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Looks promising
Keep faith, but don't hope for too much....
Does this phone really need cm? I don't personally like emui but the phone is such a powerhouse that I can live with it. Plus I use my phone for aleast three weeks as the manufacturer intended. And I'm leaning more on it than past emui software...
WHAT AM IM TALKING ABOUT! BRING ME CM LOL!
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903tex said:
Does this phone really need cm? I don't personally like emui but the phone is such a powerhouse that I can live with it. Plus I use my phone for aleast three weeks as the manufacturer intended. And I'm leaning more on it than past emui software...
WHAT AM IM TALKING ABOUT! BRING ME CM LOL!
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Hh, xposed don't work properly on CM, plus I am a flashaholic, if the device don't have custom ROMs, I won't buy it
Hello,
My question is do i haveto install custom ROM so i can use gravity box?
I mean can i use it with my official ROM?
Emorsi731 said:
Hello,
My question is do i haveto install custom ROM so i can use gravity box?
I mean can i use it with my official ROM?
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GravityBox is intended for AOSP ROMs. Some features might work in EMUI though.
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Emorsi731 said:
Hello,
My question is do i haveto install custom ROM so i can use gravity box?
I mean can i use it with my official ROM?
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Gravitybox is an xposed module,u need to have xposed framework installed and working well with without issues
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GravityBox is intended for AOSP ROMs. Some features might work in EMUI though.
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So what should I do if I wanted to tweak my phone a little bit?!
I didn't find custom ROMS for MM!
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So what should I do if I wanted to tweak my phone a little bit?!
I didn't find custom ROMS for MM!
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What specific tweaks do you want?
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What specific tweaks do you want?
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Nothing in particular actually, anything possible .. just want something new.
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Nothing in particular actually, anything possible .. just want something new.
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There are many tweaking apps around that only read root or not at all. You can try them but GravityBox is a big no for non-AOSP ROMs.
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There are many tweaking apps around that only read root or not at all. You can try them but GravityBox is a big no for non-AOSP ROMs.
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well, i once used in emui4, muiu and touchwiz too, it seemed to be working, not all the features tho
thilak devraj said:
well, i once used in emui4, muiu and touchwiz too, it seemed to be working, not all the features tho
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Yeah. Features that do not require system hooks.
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Yeah. Features that do not require system hooks.
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yeah, about 50% of the features worked for me, which was enought for me , back then in marshmallow days..
missing xposed
I havnt used xposed after kitkat. If i need a feature ,i used to move to a rom for having native support. I hate rebooting my device after Activating each and every feature
Could anyone share honor 9 camera plugins? things like 3d panorama (we have had the same but buggy from mate 9).if somebody share theese asks it would be fantastic. and also the equaliser if possible. thanks
I hope they're compatible
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Could anyone share honor 9 camera plugins? things like 3d panorama (we have had the same but buggy from mate 9).if somebody share theese asks it would be fantastic. and also the equaliser if possible. thanks
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some one share it long back ,, search in themes and mod section
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some one share it long back ,, search in themes and mod section
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Sorry but I can't really find it. I checked all the section but no results....
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Sorry but I can't really find it. I checked all the section but no results....
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here it is https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/themes/app-emui-official-3d-camera-effect-app-t3559123
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here it is https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/themes/app-emui-official-3d-camera-effect-app-t3559123
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Have you tested this?
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Have you tested this?
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Tested bro ,working good 3d camera
venugopalu007 said:
Tested bro ,working good 3d camera
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Oh that's great.
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Thanks but that app is buggy (when you touch the gallery icon you have to touch two times) however that function was an example of all the functions that honor 9 has and that I want to try installing. Could anyone share apks of all these functions from an honor 9?
Including the new equalizer please.... I think this time I wrote more clearly than first post
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Thanks but that app is buggy (when you touch the gallery icon you have to touch two times) however that function was an example of all the functions that honor 9 has and that I want to try installing. Could anyone share apks of all these functions from an honor 9?
Including the new equalizer please.... I think this time I wrote more clearly than first post
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yes make one
fred98 said:
Thanks but that app is buggy (when you touch the gallery icon you have to touch two times) however that function was an example of all the functions that honor 9 has and that I want to try installing. Could anyone share apks of all these functions from an honor 9?
Including the new equalizer please.... I think this time I wrote more clearly than first post
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The Honor 9 is too new. I don't think anyone has managed to root it yet. Even if they do, these features probably won't be compatible with our firmware. That's why the monochrome feature on the P10 still doesn't work for us.
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The Honor 9 is too new. I don't think anyone has managed to root it yet. Even if they do, these features probably won't be compatible with our firmware. That's why the monochrome feature on the P10 still doesn't work for us.
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we have monochrome feature bro in last update
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we have monochrome feature bro in last update
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I think it only came with the Chinese firmware. Even that hasn't been ported to all versions and it's basically the same phone.
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I think it only came with the Chinese firmware. Even that hasn't been ported to all versions and it's basically the same phone.
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We are, i have FRD-L02 Indian version
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Yeah I think too isn't for all models.
Honor 9 my feelings:
Camera is great! 3D panorama is really interesting BUT I think Honor 9 don't use fully potential of hardware. I have before Honor 8 and with latest updates was a bit better, especially when taking remotely objects.
Objects which is near is perfect!
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Surdu_petru say in his thread, he trying to implement EMUI camera to LOS/RROS. If will be done in future that's will be useful for all Honor/Huawei (my opinion) I can't explaine how is this great
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If any dev ported successfully , it was really big appreciable:angel:
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If any dev ported successfully , it was really big appreciable:angel:
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That will take a lot of time.
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lets wait for some one to post although it takes lot of time
Is there anyway to get a stock Android for Honor 6X replacing the EMUI. New to this.
You can change EMUI launcher to Google Now Launcher or Pixel launcher
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Is there anyway to get a stock Android for Honor 6X replacing the EMUI. New to this.
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You can try a custom rom like lineageOS or rros.
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You can try a custom rom like lineageOS or rros.
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Is it stable?
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Is it stable?
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it falls short on stability because Huawei didn't release the entire source code, but devs are on it, and hopefully we'll see some stable releases soon.
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Is it stable?
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Go with nova or Google launchers
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Go with nova or Google launchers
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I am using Google launcher now but you know it's not like the real thing. One thing about EMUI I don't like the most is the way they organized the settings.
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I am using Google launcher now but you know it's not like the real thing. One thing about EMUI I don't like the most is the way they organized the settings.
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Yes. We do see that since emui 4 or MM. Settings options are cluttered now. Earlier it was good
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Yes. We do see that since emui 4 or MM. Settings options are cluttered now. Earlier it was good
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It's hard to find anything this way. It's like a maze. Have to go to one option to get to another options.
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It's hard to find anything this way. It's like a maze. Have to go to one option to get to another options.
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Agreed agreed agreed. Like security under advance settings, accessibility under advance settings.. even i struggles sometimes funding these even though usinf emui for 2 years now. Luckily they put battery direct or it was under advance as well in MM
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Agreed agreed agreed. Like security under advance settings, accessibility under advance settings.. even i struggles sometimes funding these even though usinf emui for 2 years now. Luckily they put battery direct or it was under advance as well in MM
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Yes and searching for settings is also difficult as they do not give direct result.
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I am using Google launcher now but you know it's not like the real thing. One thing about EMUI I don't like the most is the way they organized the settings.
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Exactly, as far as we could try different setups the problem stands to the root. Settings is the worst menu on EMUI!
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Exactly, as far as we could try different setups the problem stands to the root. Settings is the worst menu on EMUI!
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Agreed.
It was good on LP and ruined since MM.
It looks like Huawei/Honor continues the development of security patches for EMUI 5 - b410 is approved by IMEI and contains August patches, while b412 contains September patches and will probably be approved soon. However, nothing new on the EMUI 8 side of things.
I don't remember how things were with the EMUI 4->5 transition, but the fact that they continue to focus on providing updates only for the old emui doesn't fill me with confidence.
Was 8.0.0.521 an one-off? I hope not.
I think Oreo is an one-off. Infact i returned back to b407
It's really disappointing, because the B521 firnware has some annoying bugs.
To me, the fact that Huawei controls both processor (Kirin) and OS (EMUI), should mean that they would be of the likes of Apple and iOS, or the likes of Google and Pixels: each version of EMUI should be able to be installed on all compatible phones, on launch day. I can't believe they cannot do that, unless their developers' skills are so bad.
This is a lost opportunity, in favour clearly of selling more phones. They envision being better than Apple, without taking the first page of their book: fewer phones, better support.
If that's the case in the end, "so long and thanks for all the fish".
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It's really disappointing, because the B521 firnware has some annoying bugs.
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I just wanted the treble support. Now I'm using custom rom RR and it seems pretty good.
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I just wanted the treble support. Now I'm using custom rom RR and it seems pretty good.
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That's nice that it worked for you - however a lot of people didn't want to switch to a custom treble ROM; they just needed a properly updated official OS with security updates.
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I just wanted the treble support. Now I'm using custom rom RR and it seems pretty good.
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Guess I have to switch to custom ROMs again just for security patches. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I just wanted the treble support. Now I'm using custom rom RR and it seems pretty good.
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Link for custom rom please
saadibader said:
Link for custom rom please
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OpenKirin
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OpenKirin
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Will it work for L02? Indian variant.
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Will it work for L02? Indian variant.
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It should. But i'm not sure. You can contact the devs. They provide support on telegram.
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OpenKirin
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Thanks man, one last question which one do you use ? Resurrection, omni or lineage ? And wich one is better for honor 8 ?
There are some bugs ?
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Thanks man, one last question which one do you use ? Resurrection, omni or lineage ? And wich one is better for honor 8 ?
There are some bugs ?
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"LOS - Stability, basic, like AOSP, but with a tad bit more customizability
OmniROM - Both hitting the sweet spot between RR and LOS. NFC.
RR - Really good battery life, customization to the max"
I am using RR coz of the customizations. AFAIK all the roms are usable as daily driver. There might be minor bugs here and there but nothing too big. NFC is only available on Omni. No VoLTE support on any rom. Thats all i can think of right now. Their web has detailed info.
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"LOS - Stability, basic, like AOSP, but with a tad bit more customizability
OmniROM - Both hitting the sweet spot between RR and LOS. NFC.
RR - Really good battery life, customization to the max"
I am using RR coz of the customizations. AFAIK all the roms are usable as daily driver. There might be minor bugs here and there but nothing too big. NFC is only available on Omni. No VoLTE support on any rom. Thats all i can think of right now. Their web has detailed info.
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Thanks again for your answer, i dont use NFC neither VoLTE (not avalaible both in my country) i contacted devs on Telegram, in order to have those rom i should be on Oreo
Im thinking to rebrand my FRD-L09C185 to C432 to have Oreo
Anyway thanks a lot for your answer
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Will it work for L02? Indian variant.
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Will work as long as you are on EMUI 8.
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I just wanted the treble support. Now I'm using custom rom RR and it seems pretty good.
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I can't switch to treble ROMs, because banking apps won't work on them.
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I can't switch to treble ROMs, because banking apps won't work on them.
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Working good here on OpenKirin RROS with Magisk / enabled Magisk Hide. I'm passing SafetyNet and PlayStore shows certified. Magisk is hidden with repackaged MagiskManager and banking app is working :good:
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Working good here on OpenKirin RROS with Magisk / enabled Magisk Hide. I'm passing SafetyNet and PlayStore shows certified. Magisk is hidden with repackaged MagiskManager and banking app is working :good:
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I'm unfamiliar with this Magisk thing. I've read about it already, but it wasn't clear what is it for. Is it easy to use?
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I'm unfamiliar with this Magisk thing. I've read about it already, but it wasn't clear what is it for. Is it easy to use?
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Yeah I think it's pretty easy. It's a root solution, in general. Installation guide which you can use also for our device can be found here. Usage is pretty easy but now we're getting off topic with that.
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