Honor 8 & Dual Window - Honor 8 Questions & Answers

Hello,
im looking for the dual Window / Multitasking function?
Where can i find this, where can i activate this ?
Please help me

ulllii86 said:
Hello,
im looking for the dual Window / Multitasking function?
Where can i find this, where can i activate this ?
Please help me
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I never saw it in the settings. I had just read somewhere (googled it) that you put an app on the screen and then hold down (for 1+ second) the "multi-window" soft-button and it splits into two and you can add a 2nd app. It works fine, you can resize etc.
Turn it off the same way, hold the now 2-lines button down until it goes back to normal.

I think it's disabled in emui 4.1 only emui 5.0 but if you have rooted i saw somewhere in this forum how to enable it

I think so too, its disabeld for this device.
Im looking for many, nothing function.
But on the Honor 5x was this function Not disabeld
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ulllii86 said:
I think so too, its disabeld for this device.
Im looking for many, nothing function.
But on the Honor 5x was this function Not disabeld
Sent from my Honor 8 using XDA Labs
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Hi - Just tested it again on emui 5 beta:
Here is a screenie of play store + gsam I think.

you have to enable it in settings somewhere, and it only works if you are using stock huawei launcher. it says "this app doesnt support dual windows" when trying on nova

As far as I know, the only honor 8 model that have dual-window in marshmallow is the indian one

hachamacha said:
I never saw it in the settings. I had just read somewhere (googled it) that you put an app on the screen and then hold down (for 1+ second) the "multi-window" soft-button and it splits into two and you can add a 2nd app. It works fine, you can resize etc.
Turn it off the same way, hold the now 2-lines button down until it goes back to normal.
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Didn't worked for me.

Neil6684 said:
Didn't worked for me.
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Are you using Nougat? I don't recall having to set anything in settings to get it to work. It's a long press on the "most recently used apps" button both to enable dual screen and to go back to single screen.

hachamacha said:
Are you using Nougat? I don't recall having to set anything in settings to get it to work. It's a long press on the "most recently used apps" button both to enable dual screen and to go back to single screen.
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I guess he's referring to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/themes/honor-8-multi-window-dolby-atmos-adaway-t3451325 but there's a bug with it

Neil6684 said:
Didn't worked for me.
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Multi-window is available in nougat (all models) or marshmallow (indian model only)

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Quick Launching Camera from Lockscreen

I must be missing something but hell if I can figure out how to launch the camera from the lockscreen.
Used to be able to do it with a double power button click on my S8 but on my VZW Pixel 3 it brings up the code unlock first. I find that there are many times I just want to take a quick shot without having to unlock the phone.
For that matter, does Pie offer lockscreen widgets at all?
Thanks for your help.
kylebellamy said:
I must be missing something but hell if I can figure out how to launch the camera from the lockscreen.
Used to be able to do it with a double power button click on my S8 but on my VZW Pixel 3 it brings up the code unlock first. I find that there are many times I just want to take a quick shot without having to unlock the phone.
For that matter, does Pie offer lockscreen widgets at all?
Thanks for your help.
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Search on settings for camera
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gvsukids said:
Search on settings for camera
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I did actually and don't see it there. Additionally, checked Lockscreen, Security and Googled like mad. lol
Is
Settings > System > Gestures > Jump to Camera
On?
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stevexyz0 said:
Is
Settings > System > Gestures > Jump to Camera
On?
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Yep. Double checked it. Still forcing me to unlock before allowing the camera to launch.
kylebellamy said:
Yep. Double checked it. Still forcing me to unlock before allowing the camera to lunch.
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Strange, works for me. It's possible a Device Administrator (work email, etc) is preventing it... They sometimes disable certain functions while the screen is locked.
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stevexyz0 said:
Strange, works for me. It's possible a Device Administrator (work email, etc) is preventing it... They sometimes disable certain functions while the screen is locked.
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Yeah that's why I came here to ask. It doesn't seem to make sense. Especially since I have not set this up for work stuff yet.
Is there a general lockscreen widget area?
kylebellamy said:
Yeah that's why I came here to ask. It doesn't seem to make sense. Especially since I have not set this up for work stuff yet.
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I would check Settings > Security > Advanced > Device admin apps to make sure there is not an administrator enabled that could be interfering.
Is there a general lockscreen widget area?
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AFAIK support for lock screen widgets was removed in Lollipop.
stevexyz0 said:
AFAIK support for lock screen widgets was removed in Lollipop.
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Ah, yes, those were the days (pre-Lollipop) when my lockscreen was super useful and interactive, and so was my notification ticker in the status bar. I feel like an old man now remember how good things USED to be. lol
But to the OP, something is clearly wrong as this feature is turned on by default on Pixel devices. Try a factory reset. You can backup your phone to your computer using the adb backup and restore commands.
Did you select Camera as default app when launching with the phone unlocked? The first time it will give you the "open with" dialog. For me it was Camera and Snapchat. I selected camera and always, and now can launch camera from anywhere.
fury683 said:
Did you select Camera as default app when launching with the phone unlocked? The first time it will give you the "open with" dialog. For me it was Camera and Snapchat. I selected camera and always, and now can launch camera from anywhere.
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I noticed this as well. OP, are you having the app selection menu popup after entering your pin?
Press the power button twice to activate the camera from the lock screen. Can't activate the camera from the touch screen
Kinda sucks though it doesn't work if u have a passcode it still needs entering to use the camera
acidspider said:
Kinda sucks though it doesn't work if u have a passcode it still needs entering to use the camera
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No, it'll work. You can't view pictures taken before using the camera unless you unlock
I try and get this screen
Works for me with pattern lock, don't use pin.
Just go to the camera settings then scroll down and turn on Quick launch
Enter your pin, and select one of your camera apps as "always" then it'll allow you to skip the pin when you double tap. ?
box911 said:
Press the power button twice to activate the camera from the lock screen. Can't activate the camera from the touch screen
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Thank you for the tip!
I hope by now the problem has been resolved, I was also looking out how to access the camera from the lock screen and it turns out (thanks to advice from friends not from anything I found from the many internet searches) that if you click the power button twice the camera pops up. You can check this by going to Settings- System - Gestures - Jump to Camera.

Problems in EMUI 9 Pie Update

Hi everyone,
I just updated my phone to EMUI 9.0 (Indian Variant) and i have a few concerns which i'm listing below.
Wifi and Mobile Network icons have been moved to left side. Is there a way to switch it back to right side?
The recent apps animation and placement(side by side like the iphone) is quite weird. Is there a way to make it stack like in EMUI 8?
When you open recent apps the screen sometimes turns blue. Is anyone else facing such issue?
The tips in new EMUI 9 is quite irritating already. Is there a way to disbale it?
How to access the subscription menu for magazine unlock in EMUI 9? Earlier there was a way to swipe up from the lock screen that opened it directly but now that option opens photos added by me instead of auto downloaded subscriptions.
When you use splitscreen Emui stop showing the recent apps list. I get empty screen with wallpaper. It seems the windows are there, because when I click in the empty space the apps switch, but they are invisible. (Credits Medard22)
Huawei and Honor have officially disabled support for Google camera in their latest EMUI 9. All who got the EMUI 9 will not get the taste of Google camera anymore until they will enable it again. (Credits Zenkilla, Irshad Wani)
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks in advance
1. The icons are moved to the left on the Android Pie, you can't move it back.
2. This is also normal on Pie and EMUI 9, and also can't revert. The 'blue screen' never happened to me, I don't know why is that happening to you.
3. The tips will stop appearing after some time. At least they did on my phone.
4. From the lock screen: swipe up, tap the settings button in the right bottom corner (the gear icon) and unlock the phone. It will open the Magazine subscriptions.
I hope I helped.
1. Wifi and Mobile Network icons have been moved to left side. Is there a way to switch it back to right side?
This is because most of the phone launching with notch and Honor has started moving that icon to left. No way to move back untill a working xposed module.
2. The recent apps animation and placement(side by side like the iphone) is quite weird. Is there a way to make it stack like in EMUI 8?
Not possible anymore unless on emui 8 or custom ROM.
3. When you open recent apps the screen sometimes turns blue. Is anyone else facing such issue?
Nope. May a theme you are using is causing this.
4. The tips in new EMUI 9 is quite irritating already. Is there a way to disbale it?
It was there for 2-3 days then stopped.
5. How to access the subscription menu for magazine unlock in EMUI 9? Earlier there was a way to swipe up from the lock screen that opened it directly but now that option opens photos added by me instead of auto downloaded subscriptions.
As mentioned in above comment but in my case, when i opened i found it opening gallery and that's blank.
Masinac85 said:
4. From the lock screen: swipe up, tap the settings button in the right bottom corner (the gear icon) and unlock the phone. It will open the Magazine subscriptions.
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Can you send me screen shot of the same?
Mine only shows added by me
shashank1320 said:
5. How to access the subscription menu for magazine unlock in EMUI 9? Earlier there was a way to swipe up from the lock screen that opened it directly but now that option opens photos added by me instead of auto downloaded subscriptions.
As mentioned in above comment but in my case, when i opened i found it opening gallery and that's blank.
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Same with mine....clicking the gear takes you to "images added by me" tab and not the original subscription tab
sbetatester said:
Can you send me screen shot of the same?
Mine only shows added by me
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Here it is
You can also try this way to get to the Magazine Subscriptions: go to Settings >> Home Screen & Wallpapers >> Magazine Unlock >> Subscriptions
Masinac85 said:
You can also try this way to get to the Magazine Subscriptions: go to Settings >> Home Screen & Wallpapers >> Magazine Unlock >> Subscriptions
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Tried this, see my screenshot. Very strange
Masinac85 said:
Here it is
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Also tried this method. See the gif
sbetatester said:
Tried this, see my screenshot. Very strange
Also tried this method. See the gif
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Looks like you don't have Magazine Unlock option at all. Here's how the Home Screen settings look on my phone. It is very strange...
Masinac85 said:
Looks like you don't have Magazine Unlock option at all. Here's how the Home Screen settings look on my phone. It is very strange...
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It looks like something is wrong with my v10. It shows magazine unlock in themes->Customize->Lock screen
My problem is I don't have the update yet
ozzfan1989 said:
My problem is I don't have the update yet
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Its being rolled out in batches. You'll get it soon.
Well my problem with he update is that function, where you could make the alarm ringtone grow louder over time is now gone. I always use very low alarm volume so that I would not get heart attack every morning. Got the update yesterday and the alarm was so quiet that I overslept. After years Google finally bundle it to the stock app and now huawei removes it. Now that´s a progress. Also having Honor View 10 I must say i don´t like the stock camera app. In EMUI 8 there were a handy swiping gestures bringing mode selection and settings, well they are gone now it´s now a bit more ... clunky.
How's your ram usage? I noticed before upgrade I usually have near 1.5~1.8gb free ram I think can't be sure I didn't screenshot it. Now I have 800+mb. Only diference between old android and new android is I add weather widget which didn't eat as much ram. Restart I get 3gb free.
I found a way to revert to the EMUI 8 vertically stacked recent apps, but it requires root. If you use Titanium Backup or something similar to freeze the Huawei Home app and switch to a different launcher, it will revert to the Android 8 style recent apps.
This is weird, because it's as if the Android 9 style horizontal recents is not part of the OS, but a component of the Huawei Home app.
I'm sticking with vertical for now because I was getting the same blue tint that you described on the horizontal recents.
Zenkilla said:
How's your ram usage? I noticed before upgrade I usually have near 1.5~1.8gb free ram I think can't be sure I didn't screenshot it. Now I have 800+mb. Only diference between old android and new android is I add weather widget which didn't eat as much ram. Restart I get 3gb free.
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That's quite strange, as mine is always 2gb free. See screen shot attached
Medard22 said:
Also having Honor View 10 I must say i don´t like the stock camera app. In EMUI 8 there were a handy swiping gestures bringing mode selection and settings, well they are gone now it´s now a bit more ... clunky.
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Even i feel the same way now, but give it time to get used to and you'll surely like it.
Also as you said huawei removed what google made default, i have experienced similar thing in the smart unlock tab. Google provides a lot of options to unlock by location, bluetooth etc but huawei trims it as per outs own liking.
Boo_urns said:
I found a way to revert to the EMUI 8 vertically stacked recent apps, but it requires root. If you use Titanium Backup or something similar to freeze the Huawei Home app and switch to a different launcher, it will revert to the Android 8 style recent apps.
This is weird, because it's as if the Android 9 style horizontal recents is not part of the OS, but a component of the Huawei Home app.
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Even i thought that's the part of OS update, never expected it to be launched related. Although, i'm not rooted but i use a different launcher, so maybe i think i'll just root.
Boo_urns said:
I'm sticking with vertical for now because I was getting the same blue tint that you described on the horizontal recents.
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This is issue faced by only some users, so i believe we should make a factory reset as i'm about to do in the coming days.
Since you are having issue similar to mine, can you also confirm if you have the magazine unlock tab in the home screen and wallpaper in settings?
Is there any official feedback thread? I found some more bugs. Some webpages have problem rendering their mobile versions on Pie. Also the 3D panorama in gallery doesn't work. After you click on the 3d button it constructs the mesh then freezes Right now I'm not very excited about the update unfortunately.
So I'm the only one that wants to use gestures but can't because my case cover the Sides?

Few problems after EMUI 9 Pie Update

Hi !
Happy user of the Honor View 10 since 3 months, I installed the EMUI 9 Pie Update last night.
I did not fully test my phone but I have 4 problems so far. Any help would be appreciated.
Starting from the most annoying to the less.
1) I cannot find anymoe the option "power button instantly locks" to disable it. I disabled it in the previous version (used to be in Settings > Lock screen).
2) I cannot choose anymore to close one app or another. I have no other choice to close all opened apps.
3) When I'm somewhere in the Settings, I don't go back anymore the the home screen. I need to press 2 times the central navigation key.
4) I want the default black theme back ! :crying:
One more question but nothing to do with the update: how to remove the notification when the phone lose and get back the carrier signal (2/3/4G) ?
Thanks for your help.
Chris
For the question number 2 I found the answer by myself. Thanks :angel:
Gribouille71 said:
For the question number 2 I found the answer by myself. Thanks :angel:
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Care to share with others? Maybe someone else has the same problem.
I already have created a thread with a similar name, so its better to discuss these issues there so that the things stay in one place
for locking an app from clear all button, just swipe it down to lock the app from clearing.
Masinac85 said:
Care to share with others? Maybe someone else has the same problem.
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Correct. Swipe up it close the App (Swip down the App is locked and won't close close if you press the trash can. Swip down again unlock).
sbetatester said:
I already have created a thread with a similar name, so its better to discuss these issues there so that the things stay in one place
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Done. Thanks

Split screen view option missing from menu

Updated to Pie. The split screen option is not in the menu no matter what app I try it with. I've checked every place I could think of in Good Lock, Nova Launcher & Samsung settings & can't find anything that would be preventing it. I even tried under Samsung Launcher & had the same result. If anyone has any ideas, please share.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sa...-apps-in-multi-window-one-ui-android-pie/amp/
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If you have a specific app that you need to use in Multu-window with YouTube, you can also use the apps edge panel to open the pair simultaneously.
joerolando2701 said:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sa...-apps-in-multi-window-one-ui-android-pie/amp/
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Thanks, but as you can see from the picture I posted, I know how to do it. The problem is the split screen option is not available.
jack man said:
If you have a specific app that you need to use in Multu-window with YouTube, you can also use the apps edge panel to open the pair simultaneously.
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I tried that too. I could not get that feature to work either.
This is a screenshot from my recent apps page not sure why yours is differentView attachment 4734993
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Did you press the button with the 3 lines it looks like you pressed something else I dont have that button only recents (3 lines ) home (square) and back (arrow)
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bluehaze911 said:
I tried that too. I could not get that feature to work either.
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I tried a few things but couldn't replicate what you are experiencing. Are you running Good Lock? I know it has a feature that modifies multi window, but I don't know if it would cause the issue you have.
Did you take the ota directly from the carrier? Or did you flash the new pie update? Mine came from the carrier last Thursday. Today, I backed up everything and did a factory reset and it feels like it's running smoother. Maybe that could fix your issue.
Turns out it was a bug in Good Lock's Multistar. They pushed an update last night that fixed the problem for me. Thanks to all for trying to help.

Turn off charging indicator

Does anyone know how to turn off the charging indicator? I just want the screen to be completely off
ryandt220 said:
Does anyone know how to turn off the charging indicator when charging? I just want the screen to be completely off
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Ran into the same issue. Turns out it's the always on display. Turning it off in the settings wont work the only way to do it is disabling it entirely. The only way I found do it is disabling the app with adb or buying package disabler pro online and disabling it with that app.
Hey Jazz,
You hit the nail on the head. I went directly to the PluginAOD service and disabled it.
I really appreciate the help!
What app are you guys disabling as I cannot find it in all apps list
What's the app or service name?
Thanks
brockyneo said:
What app are you guys disabling as I cannot find it in all apps list
What's the app or service name?
Thanks
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I'm using CCSWE App Manager (Samsung) from the Play Store.
Look for "Always on Display" and then disable the PluginAOD service
ryandt220 said:
I'm using CCSWE App Manager (Samsung) from the Play Store.
Look for "Always on Display" and then disable the PluginAOD service
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Does this allow you to still use Always on display?
Edit: I answered my own question, nope.
Hello Folks,
I ran into the same issue for my Note 10 + and I think am on the track of resolving this gracefully. I know of a developer who has created custom AODs which can disable a lot of elements of the system AOD, like clock battery etc for Note 9.
I have just contacted him here on the forum requesting for a paid version to fix this issue. It's just about removing a few lines of code from the AOD app which will resolve the issue.
Can you please support my post here and request Mr. Ash Man for help ? I am sure he will be able to fix it. Pls go here to support and read about his AOD mods. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80135868&postcount=223
ryandt220 said:
Does anyone know how to turn off the charging indicator? I just want the screen to be completely off
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There's a work around where you don't have to disable AOD or install any other apps. It's posted in one of the other half dozen threads about this issue. A quick search, or even just browsing the thread titles, and you should find it pretty easy.
Wow, what a helpful post. Thanks for providing no help or guidance to these answers with a simple link. If you can't halp, then don't comment
There is an option now to turn it off now (not sure if it is in android 10 only). Go to
Settings -> Display -> go to the bottom and search "Show charging information"
lentopastel said:
There is an option now to turn it off now (not sure if it is in android 10 only). Go to
Settings -> Display -> go to the bottom and search "Show charging information"
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no such option in my region
please show proof
lentopastel said:
There is an option now to turn it off now (not sure if it is in android 10 only). Go to
Settings -> Display -> go to the bottom and search "Show charging information"
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Can't see this on mine yet so may be an Android 10 thing, good to know tho
lentopastel said:
There is an option now to turn it off now (not sure if it is in android 10 only). Go to
Settings -> Display -> go to the bottom and search "Show charging information"
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Only in android 10 is that ability.
AndrOmega said:
no such option in my region
please show proof
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it is in spanish, android 10, one UI 2.0, galaxy S10e. I asume it will be available in the note 10 and all devices with android 10:
lentopastel said:
it is in spanish, android 10, one UI 2.0, galaxy S10e. I asume it will be available in the note 10 and all devices with android 10:
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thanks
indeed is for android 10 only

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