Stock Android Marshmallow? - Honor 8 Questions & Answers

Is there stock Android Marshmallow for Honor? Without EMUI? Just google build?

JernejB2 said:
Is there stock Android Marshmallow for Honor? Without EMUI? Just google build?
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Not yet. Development is starting a bit slow but by time probably will have.

JernejB2 said:
Is there stock Android Marshmallow for Honor? Without EMUI? Just google build?
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If it's just EMUI you don't like maybe try Nova Launcher, i really like it, gives app drawer and Android feel, my opinion anyways

popeye331 said:
If it's just EMUI you don't like maybe try Nova Launcher, i really like it, gives app drawer and Android feel, my opinion anyways
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Do you have any workaround for the ugly notification drawer?

takichiman said:
Do you have any workaround for the ugly notification drawer?
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Nope, you can only use another launcher. Or another theme.

I'm pretty sure the notification shade is built into the OS, so you can't really do much about it aside from waiting for EMUI 5.0's which looks nicer.

evilpaul13 said:
I'm pretty sure the notification shade is built into the OS, so you can't really do much about it aside from waiting for EMUI 5.0's which looks nicer.
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Use theme editor from play store and you can change notification drawer background color

Patience is a virtue.
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Also changing background wallpaper makes an impact on the readability of the notifications.

takichiman said:
Do you have any workaround for the ugly notification drawer?
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I'm too expecting it. As I'm unable to read some of the notifications. Ex:Gmail... Its coming as black in color with little transparent black background. So can't read it.
However I can't Expect EMUI 5 also.

As i've modified the launcher and misc apps throughout the phone... i hope more devlopers hop on this device and create a pixel type OS port or even something without the EMUI :/

ExTREmE99 said:
As i've modified the launcher and misc apps throughout the phone... i hope more devlopers hop on this device and create a pixel type OS port or even something without the EMUI :/
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Have you checked the CM13 thread?
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AOSP look on Note5 (OS-wide)!

So, I don't remember the Note4 having this, so pardon my naivete if it did, but if you go into Settings > Themes, then go to the Theme Store, click ALL and scroll down a bit, you can find two FREE Material themes (standard and dark, I prefer the standard one). Looks very similar to AOSP across the entire OS (if you like that sort of thing, like me), especially when coupled with Nova Launcher:
Cicatrize said:
So, I don't remember the Note4 having this, so pardon my naivete if it did, but if you go into Settings > Themes, then go to the Theme Store, click ALL and scroll down a bit, you can find two FREE Material themes (standard and dark, I prefer the standard one). Looks very similar to AOSP across the entire OS (if you like that sort of thing, like me), especially when coupled with Nova Launcher:
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What are you using to get the stock icons back? The theme changes all the background menus but not the icons.
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He's using Nova Launcher to replace the default icons with the stock Lollipop ones.
Many Samsung themes are not downloading. Also Samsung themes remind a lot of miui themes.
I loaded the dark material theme... looks sweet.
dandroid7 said:
I loaded the dark material theme... looks sweet.
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Would you mind posting screenies? Thanks.
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Here's a few shots... I'm using nova launcher, so my dock looks a bit different than the TouchWiz dock on my homepage.
How does one move the app icon in the dock to the center? Is that something enabled by the theme? I can move the other stuff, but the Apps doesn't want to move from the right from what I can tell.
Nova launcher is how I moved it... can't move it with stock touch wiz launcher.
dandroid7 said:
Nova launcher is how I moved it... can't move it with stock touch wiz launcher.
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I'm running Nova now and have it moved. There enough features in TouchWiz now that I would use it, but Apps icon in the dock not movable is probably the only thing stopping me from switching back. Although, I'm not too keen on setting up a Samsung account just to get a Theme that looks like AOSP.
My setup
md1008 said:
Many Samsung themes are not downloading. Also Samsung themes remind a lot of miui themes.
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Speaking of MIUI, I'd love to see a dev port that ROM over to GN5:good:
You found the regular material theme for free? I know see the one that is $1.39
m3lover1 said:
You found the regular material theme for free? I know see the one that is $1.39
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yeah, there two that are free normal one and a dark one
TheUndertaker21 said:
yeah, there two that are free normal one and a dark one
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I have the dark one that is free. But for some reason the regular one for me shows up at $1.39. Oh well
m3lover1 said:
I have the dark one that is free. But for some reason the regular one for me shows up at $1.39. Oh well
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Are you looking at the regular Material theme from the same author as the dark one?
LaRosa217 said:
Are you looking at the regular Material theme from the same author as the dark one?
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I'm an idiot. Lol thanks found it now. Weird you can't do a manual search in the theme store.
noc007 said:
How does one move the app icon in the dock to the center? Is that something enabled by the theme? I can move the other stuff, but the Apps doesn't want to move from the right from what I can tell.
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Can't on touchwiz you have to install another launcher like "Nova Launcher"
m3lover1 said:
I'm an idiot. Lol thanks found it now. Weird you can't do a manual search in the theme store.
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Lol I know. Not being able to search is a serious PITA on there.
2k13AccdSpt23 said:
Speaking of MIUI, I'd love to see a dev port that ROM over to GN5:good:
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Would be cool if they could port it using TW as a base. Keep spen functionality and won't have to sacrifice camera. Doesn't look to bright having any aosp/cm rom on this phone anyways

How to remove Emui ?

Hi, i will buy this device if it is possible to remove the bloat emui. Is there any custom rom ?
551790 said:
Hi, i will buy this device if it is possible to remove the bloat emui. Is there any custom rom ?
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If you're rooted you can use System App Remover. It just works reliable and you can test first to freeze the apps you want just to see if it messes with system stability. If it does you can undo and if it doesn't, you can permanently uninstall.
System app remover works well
It's almost impossible to delete an important module or app as they're classified and can be undelete from recycle bin.
Do not remove apps you don't know the purpose of. If you can find the app in Play Store, most probably it is safe to remove.
551790 said:
Hi, i will buy this device if it is possible to remove the bloat emui. Is there any custom rom ?
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For now, a different home launcher is the only remedy.
adriansticoid said:
Do not remove apps you don't know the purpose of. If you can find the app in Play Store, most probably it is safe to remove.
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Native weather app can be removed. It's not found in play store.
Dialer, contacts and some others cannot, even if replaced by others.
zinko_pt said:
Native weather app can be removed. It's not found in play store.
Dialer, contacts and some others cannot, even if replaced by others.
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Yes. That's why I said most probably.
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Even so with some modding, patient, time and risk all apps could be replaced.
Some Modaco custom ROMs have stock Huawei apps replaced with Google's to provide vanilla-ish experience.
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There is nothing special with modaco roms, just bloatware less optimised stock rom
adriansticoid said:
Yes. That's why I said most probably.
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The weather app is on the store it just has a weird name.
evilpaul13 said:
The weather app is on the store it just has a weird name.
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Really? What's the name of it?
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"Preloaded Widget" by MartinWei.
If it got my hometown right as my current location I wouldn't be look looking to disable it later tonight. It just scrapes AccuWeather for all is info anyway.
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"Preloaded Widget" by MartinWei.
If it got my hometown right as my current location I wouldn't be look looking to disable it later tonight. It just scrapes AccuWeather for all is info anyway.
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I see. There are way better alternatives too.
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I do transparent clock and weather as it seems light, complete and good looking.
As a dumb American I appreciate that it gives the options of either Celsius and Fahrenheit temps, but the same option for km/h and mph wind speeds would be nice to have as well. Plus we use coal not wind power, so a plume of black smoke that moves at different speeds would be a better icon/animation than wind turbines.

Blurry icons EMUI home Android Nougat

Has anyone noticed that third party icons in emui home look kinda blurry and not as sharp for a 1080p display, weirdly enough I captured a screenshot and looking at the screenshot in the gallery of the home screen, the icons were actually sharper in the screenshot than on emui home.
Anyone who noticed it too? If not please try taking a screenshot of emui home screen then compare the screenshot in gallery to the actual screen.
I don't have this issue, try wiping data and cache of the home launcher
PalakMi said:
I don't have this issue, try wiping data and cache of the home launcher
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Done already
hsn97 said:
Done already
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It didn't work right?!
PalakMi said:
It didn't work right?!
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It did not
Do you mean on the launcher? Im using nova launcher and got no issues its sharp
I don't know what to say Right now beside using another launcher
oae08 said:
Do you mean on the launcher? Im using nova launcher and got no issues its sharp
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The issue isn't present in nova launcher. It's in EMUI Home
hsn97 said:
The issue isn't present in nova launcher. It's in EMUI Home
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Must be a little bug. Try using an EMUI theme with included icons.
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Well, according to what he said, a screenshot appears normal
I didnt
Well, that's weird, it's the first time I've ever seen an issue like this
Lmao palak. Sometimes that issue persists for various reasons
Oh really?! Well, it's my first time
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Lmao palak. Sometimes that issue persists for various reasons
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Have you noticed it too?
Check whether you enabled low resolution power savings in settings.I have noticed blurred icons with that option.
That's probably it
Kiranrajkp said:
Check whether you enabled low resolution power savings in settings.I have noticed blurred icons with that option.
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No, it is not enabled.
You can't really tell with normally looking at screen, unless you really focus on the details of the icons and compare it with the screenshot you take.
In that case, that wouldn't be a big issue to me

EMUI 8.2 navbar

Hi all, is there any way to get the EMUI 8.2 navbar in Honor 8 with the single button in the middle just like this one on the Mate 20 Lite?
SALENTINVM said:
Hi all, is there any way to get the EMUI 8.2 navbar in Honor 8 with the single button in the middle just like this one on the Mate 20 Lite?
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You can use an app: navigation gestures by XDA.
Casol96 said:
You can use an app: navigation gestures by XDA.
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That app is a big failure, it doesn't work well on my honor 8 EMUI 5.0.1
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nitrowarez said:
That app is a big failure, it doesn't work well on my honor 8 EMUI 5.0.1
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Then try using gesture control by conena. Its pretty accurate imo.
daspyki said:
Then try using gesture control by conena. Its pretty accurate imo.
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I can close my eyes and say no to both of them. Tried both doesn't work perfectly. They are failure.
You're absolutely right, thumbs down for both apps.
Saeem said:
I can close my eyes and say no to both of them. Tried both doesn't work perfectly. They are failure.
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Hello guys.
I'm using navigation gestures and it works like it should.
But with Emui8 there's constantly a notification from android system that navigation gesture lays over other apps. It's a little bit annoying to see it every time i pull down the status bar.
Is there any way to disable it?
alx104 said:
Hello guys.
I'm using navigation gestures and it works like it should.
But with Emui8 there's constantly a notification from android system that navigation gesture lays over other apps. It's a little bit annoying to see it every time i pull down the status bar.
Is there any way to disable it?
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Try with this one
Thank you very much!

Pie update

Just got pie update now. Pls hw is d battery life. Is it good as oreo.
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Nobody wants to answer my question,thats unfair ooo
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You said you just got the update so you tell us.
Ultimatewarrior21 said:
You said you just got the update so you tell us.
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I havent install it
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Personally, I dont understand why you would want to mess with Betas which is what these updates are. My Phone works awesome with Oreo and Nova Prime. I uninstalled all the Chinese crap with adb...... and I'm not even thinking of updating to Pie until all the kinks are worked out. If it ain't broke don't fix it...........
i am using pie for a week. there is no issues at all. i feel battery slightly better than oreo. but bluetooth music consumes a lot.
i do not have any problems so far.
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cirecomputers said:
Personally, I dont understand why you would want to mess with Betas which is what these updates are. My Phone works awesome with Oreo and Nova Prime. I uninstalled all the Chinese crap with adb...... and I'm not even thinking of updating to Pie until all the kinks are worked out. If it ain't broke don't fix it...........
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is not beta at all.
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benzersizadam said:
i am using pie for a week. there is no issues at all. i feel battery slightly better than oreo. but bluetooth music consumes a lot.
i do not have any problems so far.
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Am on pie now. it's awesome , d only problem Is the battery. battery was superb on Oreo n that's the only thing that will make me go back to Oreo.
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if there is someone who has downgraded to oreo then is it possible to return to pie with hisuite? or should the whole procedure be repeated with the request?
ogoobaby said:
Am on pie now. it's awesome , d only problem Is the battery. battery was superb on Oreo n that's the only thing that will make me go back to Oreo.
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I would call less than great battery life on a 5000mah battery a big problem. I'm getting 3 to 4 DAYS of Battery life on Oreo. I'm staying on Oreo for now. If you guys think that Huawei has perfected their version of Pie with their updated EMIU 9. .... you're wrong. They haven't even rolled out the Pie update to my part of world yet. And I live in Los Angeles. Every early release of any OS is always buggy in some way.
benzersizadam said:
i am using pie for a week. there is no issues at all. i feel battery slightly better than oreo. but bluetooth music consumes a lot.
i do not have any problems so far.
cheers
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Same for me!
I think 186 best Batterylife,i use 2 Days with 12 Hours SOT.
cukisan said:
if there is someone who has downgraded to oreo then is it possible to return to pie with hisuite? or should the whole procedure be repeated with the request?
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yea. its possible to return to pie.
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Gestures fully doesn't work
Hi, just got Pie update, but gestures for " home" and "recent tasks" doesn' t work anymore only "back" works. Using nova prime launcher. Any solutions?
Dombrr said:
Hi, just got Pie update, but gestures for " home" and "recent tasks" doesn' t work anymore only "back" works. Using nova prime launcher. Any solutions?
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Gestures don't work with other launcher. Only the default EMUI launcher will do the magic
lavenderyew said:
Gestures don't work with other launcher. Only the default EMUI launcher will do the magic
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Wow, that's sucks, before update worked even with nova launcher.
Dombrr said:
Wow, that's sucks, before update worked even with nova launcher.
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Am in 165 but I can't use nova launcher.. Only default
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Dombrr said:
Hi, just got Pie update, but gestures for " home" and "recent tasks" doesn' t work anymore only "back" works. Using nova prime launcher. Any solutions?
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same here on 9.0.0.186
:crying::crying::crying::crying:
As said, gestures won't work in other launcher apart from EMUI9 default. It's been like this since Pie update
benzersizadam said:
i am using pie for a week. there is no issues at all. i feel battery slightly better than oreo. but bluetooth music consumes a lot.
i do not have any problems so far.
cheers
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Hi friend,
I have just got this phone from 2nd but battery on emui 9.1 is not as good as I imaged. SOT only 5h30 from 100% to 5%> My current firmware is 9.1.0.338.
Should I rollback to emui 8.0 for better battery?
Thanks
cirecomputers said:
Personally, I dont understand why you would want to mess with Betas which is what these updates are. My Phone works awesome with Oreo and Nova Prime. I uninstalled all the Chinese crap with adb...... and I'm not even thinking of updating to Pie until all the kinks are worked out. If it ain't broke don't fix it...........
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Please can you refer me to the method of doing it, i got a chinese version, RVL-AL09 and i'm fed up with these chinese apps plus the fact can't install my prefered launcher (Nova or Microsoft Launcher)
Thx

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