So...what's new in B150? - Honor 8 Questions & Answers

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So I picked up an FRD-L04 at Best Buy earlier in the week and it was running B144 already. I got an OTA update to B150 and here's the release notes.
FIXED:
GMS are the built-in non-AOSP Google branded apps, right? I didn't check before and after version numbers, but nothing was getting pushed from the Play Store or seems different so far.
The About Phone page still lists the current Google Security Update as September 1st. I was hoping it would be October's. Was it not actually September's update before? I heard the phone went from July -> September and I got mine with the September update already installed. So...?
OPTIMIZED:
The speaker seems maybe a little louder or clearer at maximum volume, but I haven't gotten to see how well I can hear it outside with lots of traffic yet where it seemed a little weak before.
In the dark my screen still seems to go to minimum brightness still which is too dark for my liking. Not the brightness itself maybe, but the Contrast or Gamma needs to be changed or adjustable as everything takes on a dull grey washed out look. Maybe the white level is too high? I haven't gotten to see how the auto-brightness works in direct sunlight yet, but I don't recall it going to the maximum setting when that was necessary to easily see the screen. I'd really like an sRGB mode option in a future update.
Other:
I'm pretty happy with the Honor 8, but some news on EMUI 5 and Nougat update ETAs or the option to sign up to test the betas would be nice. I already have excellent battery life, but a Doze feature that works while walking around would be great. Apps install and launch really fast already, but Nougat's supposed to improve that as well.
Anyone figured out what exactly is different or if anyone from Honor is reading this can you comment on the update schedule or any plans for public or limited pre-release testing?

Honor did a beta for MM on honor 7 and 5x, so I am sure it will do a nougat beta for honor 8

evilpaul13 said:
So I picked up an FRD-L04 at Best Buy earlier in the week and it was running B144 already. I got an OTA update to B150 and here's the release notes.
FIXED:
GMS are the built-in non-AOSP Google branded apps, right? I didn't check before and after version numbers, but nothing was getting pushed from the Play Store or seems different so far.
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Hey man can you test if they fixed the issue that the caller doesn't hear you for the first 4-8 seconds of the call. Had two devices with this issue.

Wait what! I'm still on B141! How did you get 144? And now B150 hmm.....
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gusoldier said:
Hey man can you test if they fixed the issue that the caller doesn't hear you for the first 4-8 seconds of the call. Had two devices with this issue.
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I only made a few calls prior to the update and most were to my mom who has hearing problems. Testing now on an old 3G phone and my parent's landline I don't see any several delay before being able to be heard.
903tex said:
Wait what! I'm still on B141! How did you get 144? And now B150 hmm.....
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My mistake, I meant B141.
Edit: About the auto-brightness...it works! Going from outdoors in the sun to indoors to poorly lit indoors at work yesterday I didn't have to manually adjust the brightness. It was good this morning too in moderate light adjusting as needed. I'm going to try turning off the Dev option of better sunlight readability and see if that affects how the minimum brightness setting looks in the dark and in direct sunlight before work today.

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[APP] Camera LED Flash w/incoming call/sms

Froyo only !!!
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But wouldn't your phone have to be flipped over for this to work effectively? I'm gonna try it anyways..
thanks, works great
Goog voice
Don't work with google voice boo!
What API gives you access to the LED flash in 2.2?
Re: Camera LED Flash w/incoming call/sms
What API gives you access to the LED flash in 2.2?
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I suspect the video recorder api.
WOW!!! This is awesome. Best thing to use when at work.
britoso said:
I suspect the video recorder api.
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Toooo bad your are on froyo...I am sure you could have helped and make that happen for 2.1..klick
This will be really handy in the car. I always tend to set the phone in the passenger seat with the screen up, but then turn it over cause at some point the sun will reflect off of the screen and blind me. I also have the radio blasting and can never hear the notifications.
A little off-topic since it doesn't have that much to do with this but anyways:
What I'd like is to have the charging-LED light up for new mails. I think it's a little "extreme" to let the trackball light up when it's just a mail :b
This is nice. You can tell, even when the phone is lying face-up.
Thanks
kwan said:
This is nice. You can tell, even when the phone is lying face-up.
Thanks
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Exactly! I'm loving this app!
Won´t this reduce led life??
worry about that led life but really cool concept.
Wish you have also create one for 2.1
I think LED are rated in 30K hour lifespan. If it's continually on, it'll take 3 years till EOL. Assuming it's strobing at 50/50 ratio, then it'll take 6 years if you get call all the time.
Contivity said:
I think LED are rated in 30K hour lifespan. If it's continually on, it'll take 3 years till EOL. Assuming it's strobing at 50/50 ratio, then it'll take 6 years if you get call all the time.
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No worries then. I am updating phones once a year anyway
Make an on/off widget for this and you have yourself a winner!
InGeNeTiCs said:
Make an on/off widget for this and you have yourself a winner!
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+1 on the widget! BTW, it worked today. I forgot that I set my phone to silent and realized that my phone was ringing through the strobing
works fine. thanks.
Youre not rdude?
Hey rori,
I'm on FRF50 and this thing rocks. What I noticed though is that during a phone call, the flash only goes through 4 cycles and then stops flashing. However it will take a few more cycles before the phone goes to VM. It'd be cooler if it went all the way through the ringing. It would be even cooler if the flashing intervals can match the trackball!
Anyone else experience this?

Android 4.4.3 Already in Testing, Report Says :D

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Google is already testing its next Android KitKat update, according to a tweet posted by @LlabTooFeR,*who has accurately reported on the mobile industry in the past. The update, Android 4.4.3, allegedly carriers the build number KTU72B and may fix a number of things, but will reportedly also focus on a camera bug in the Nexus 5. That phone has been constantly knocked for having a mediocre camera, and earlier updates have tried to fix issues.
In fact, way back in December Google launched Android 4.4.1 which was supposed to clean up the Nexus 5 camera. It still isn’t quite up to snuff, however, and earlier this month Google promised that an update*with a fix for the camera was on the way. We think it’s also possible that Google could just issue an update for that specific phone, instead of dedicating an entire Android release for a single device, so it’s possible there are other performance enhancements and tweaks under the hood that we just don’t know about yet.
So far it sounds like Android 4.4.3 is relatively minor, which means you won’t have to fret if you’re picking up a new flagship that might not receive an update for many more months. The next major update probably won’t come until June, when Google may introduce it during its annual I/O developers conference.
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Nice, that means that we can expect a new version in the repositories of CM, Omnirom etc. quite soon!
HenrikE said:
Nice, that means that we can expect a new version in the repositories of CM, Omnirom etc. quite soon!
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Im thinking (hoping) we will get a new camera app, Google acknowledged the Nexus 5 camera bug and maybe it's just a conspiracy theory of mine, but the New HTC One (M8) has a lot of camera features in sense , not to mention the depth sensor and they said they were working with google to support it on the Google Play Edition of the M8 , and this version just happens to be released in 2-3 weeks, you can just preorder it, what do you guys think?
Man they spit them out fast :laugh:
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Im thinking (hoping) we will get a new camera app, Google acknowledged the Nexus 5 camera bug and maybe it's just a conspiracy theory of mine, but the New HTC One (M8) has a lot of camera features in sense , not to mention the depth sensor and they said they were working with google to support it on the Google Play Edition of the M8 , and this version just happens to be released in 2-3 weeks, you can just preorder it, what do you guys think?
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Ha. You never know. Hopefully, we will see some awesome spike in camera performance... Not on the HTC One M8 level, but certainly a boost...
Now if only they could fix the Moto G camera... Hahaha.
Hope that this update makes the camera better, that is the only thing I think anyone could complain.

blank screen

hey guys,
any of you had an issue with the screen going blank and never coming back on until the watch is rebooted? ( I have ambient screen on)
everything is still functioning, phone detects it as connected, i get vibration for notifications and can even get screenshots from the watch using the android wear app.
using stock watchfaces, not installed anything yet, only setup android pay, since i only intend to use for notifications and android pay.
this is really frustrating, it's happened 4 times within the first 24 hours...
electric0ant said:
hey guys,
any of you had an issue with the screen going blank and never coming back on until the watch is rebooted? ( I have ambient screen on)
everything is still functioning, phone detects it as connected, i get vibration for notifications and can even get screenshots from the watch using the android wear app.
using stock watchfaces, not installed anything yet, only setup android pay, since i only intend to use for notifications and android pay.
this is really frustrating, it's happened 4 times within the first 24 hours...
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if you can't touch and wake the device, you may need to send it for RMA. Do not waste time in testing, even it is a software issue. Let them fix it for you or simply replace it.
mcdull said:
if you can't touch and wake the device, you may need to send it for RMA. Do not waste time in testing, even it is a software issue. Let them fix it for you or simply replace it.
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thanks, yeah that's what I was thinking too. just wondering if this was a common issue.
I'm based in hk too lol, just past the 7 day direct exchange period so i guess i'll just have to wait for a repair.
electric0ant said:
thanks, yeah that's what I was thinking too. just wondering if this was a common issue.
I'm based in hk too lol, just past the 7 day direct exchange period so i guess i'll just have to wait for a repair.
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Common I dont know, but I have experienced the same thing several times over the last few days. Nothing before that
electric0ant said:
thanks, yeah that's what I was thinking too. just wondering if this was a common issue.
I'm based in hk too lol, just past the 7 day direct exchange period so i guess i'll just have to wait for a repair.
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It is acceptable if the watch is loaded with many software. But not normal if it is freshly setup. You may try the official rom here and see if it is okay.
I have this problem now.
Screen sometimes starts working at random for a short while but goes back to blurry.
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Mine also goes blank occasionally and only reboot helps, but it's so random, and maybe once a week? so I won't even bother sending for warranty because they might send it back saying that it's not happening to them.
Yesterday it happened while I was tracking my workout so that's a bummer but happily I was able to continue after reboot.
p.s.
I'm using always on display.

General Galaxy A53 5G starts getting stable Android 13 (One UI 5.0) update

Samsung has released the stable Android 13 (One UI 5.0) update to the Galaxy A53 5G in European countries.
The update was planned for December but Samsung has delivered the update a full month earlier.
You can download the latest firmware from Sammobile or any of the firmware downloading utility.
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Already updated. Quite laggy in the first 15 minutes but got better after all.
Kinda a meh update, didn't change much but I'm glad the notifications look better now.
Can you confirm that there is no lock screen customisation?
ahmad_chatila said:
Can you confirm that there is no lock screen customisation?
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There is lock screen customization.
ive got it in germany yesterday.
works fine. until now NO issues!
tomasg201 said:
Are the always on display got update when you turn off screen ?
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Anyone with the update please confirm, do you have any improvements in performance, battery life, camera?
I don't have the phone to test this update. But Samsung is really doing commendable job with updating so many of its phone lineup to let user taste different flavours of Android.
I know hasty decisions may lead to buggy software but I would say let us give Samsung a chance to improvise the taste of Android.
It's even beating the very maker of Android in delivering software updates.
Soooo... I got the update today... and I must say that this definitely feels better optimized than Android 12, there's still a little lag here and there when playing a game and then switching to something else (multitasking) however this definitely feels better, great job!
How's the ui?lagging?
In the US, no update yet.
Stil laggy?
Might be slightly less laggy but I wiped it after the update. But still not great.
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Might be slightly less laggy but I wiped it after the update. But still not great.
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Mine is great updated it last night
Now that it's possible in OneUI 5.0, try to disable RamPlus and feel the smoothness
God only knows when this'll be released for A53s in the US...
Just wait on it
It'll come
No update yet, Croatia.
LeonMrale said:
No update yet, Croatia.
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Which csc?, i updated 2 days ago EUX csc in Croatia..
Working good so far, seems more faster now

General US Watch 4 Non-LTE Update R860XXU1GVK7 is out

MY US based Watch 4 Non-LTE was just updated U1GVK7 update today 12/06/22 - Android Security Patch Level still on November 1, 2022
New Ball Watch face added, Stability codes applied to Notification + device behavior and the usual Stability and reliability updates.
Checked again for updates for my AT&T LTE Watch 4 Classic, but there's no update available. It is still at the U1GVH2 release.
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That's good, hopefully more will be getting it soon... Cheers
I went into Wear and checked for updates and it came right up. That was about an hour and a half ago.
Dumb question. My watch is LTE but I'm only connected via Bluetooth for now. This is not for my phone, correct?
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Dumb question. My watch is LTE but I'm only connected via Bluetooth for now. This is not for my phone, correct?
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This update is for the watch.... This is a GW4 thread!
Srbija2012 said:
This update is for the watch.... This is a GW4 thread!
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Can confirm, out for GW4 LTE India too.
Any other noticeable changes ??
tamanaco said:
MY US based Watch 4 Non-LTE was just updated U1GVK7 update today 12/06/22 - Android Security Patch Level still on November 1, 2022
New Ball Watch face added, Stability codes applied to Notification + device behavior and the usual Stability and reliability updates.
Checked again for updates for my AT&T LTE Watch 4 Classic, but there's no update available. It is still at the U1GVH2 release.
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Any other noticeable changes ??
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One small enhancement that I noticed is that you don't have to navigate to the last page in order to "Close All" running apps. There is a small "Close All" bubble on the initial page.
Rec'd in Australia
Got it in eastern US.
I received it yesterday for my watch 4 classic
Mine didn't notify me until today. Just told it to install. Didn't seem to break anything (but haven't used it yet). It did the typical restart into the loading firmware screen (gears), rebooted, startup stuff/etc. After that, the "Galaxy Wearable" app on the phone asked for an update. So I approved that. Everything still seemed normal.
And then, when I woke the watch up again to play with it, it popped up "Updating Watch" and "copying update". A second update??? Waited for the download. Then it asked about updating now or overnight, I told it go ahead, and it went through the whole thing again??? Reboot, gears, progress indicator, reboot, startup. I have never seen that behavior before.
Maybe your update fail...
Check if you are really on new "numbers"...
*#1234#
Or look into About Watch...
Best Regards
It really must have been two.... looks like I am on an even newer version than what is listed here. Now on R890XXU1GVK7

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