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Step counting on auto, how to turn off?

I was hiking the slot canyon in Anza yesterday and when I finally got back to a restaurant, I realized the phone , which I'd never enabled anything in particular on, had counted all my steps and several other things.
Does anyone know how to disable step counting on emui 5? I've done all the obvious things, like "disable step counting". Thanks. I don't care how many steps I've taken, only that I arrived.
Also: I meant to mention this but forgot. The camera works great for me, but that isn't good enough for the Honor 8. After I've taken some pictures, about 3 hours later, it always pops up a notification that says "I've finished enhancing your picture of _____" . What if I don't want an enhanced picture? Is there a way to turn off all this irritating crap? Thanks again.

hachamacha said:
I was hiking the slot canyon in Anza yesterday and when I finally got back to a restaurant, I realized the phone , which I'd never enabled anything in particular on, had counted all my steps and several other things.
Does anyone know how to disable step counting on emui 5? I've done all the obvious things, like "disable step counting". Thanks. I don't care how many steps I've taken, only that I arrived.
Also: I meant to mention this but forgot. The camera works great for me, but that isn't good enough for the Honor 8. After I've taken some pictures, about 3 hours later, it always pops up a notification that says "I've finished enhancing your picture of _____" . What if I don't want an enhanced picture? Is there a way to turn off all this irritating crap? Thanks again.
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If you are referring to the step count being displayed on the lock screen then you disable it through the screen lock settings. Otherwise, I believe it's in the Health App itself.
Not sure about the photo enhancing. Never seen that one before.

What app do tell you about step counting.
Plus, clear data and cache of the camera app and see if the pop-up is still present

I didn't even know that the Honor 8 had a built in step counter app in it's software.

DarkGuyver said:
I didn't even know that the Honor 8 had a built in step counter app in it's software.
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In mm it doesn't not have build in only nougat but i like that app so when i was testing nougat i backup that app to my MM

I removed the app as soon as I found out it was still counting my "steps" when I was sitting in the bus...

supamike said:
I removed the app as soon as I found out it was still counting my "steps" when I was sitting in the bus...
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Can you please tell me, what app?! Just to disable it

CronaMell said:
Can you please tell me, what app?! Just to disable it
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Well, I forgot the name, it was the Health app (HiHealth or something). Try to find it and open it, you will find all your steps and lots of other information about your "health".

supamike said:
Well, I forgot the name, it was the Health app (HiHealth or something). Try to find it and open it, you will find all your steps and lots of other information about your "health".
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I didn't find it on my phone (FRD-L04)
Thanks anyway

CronaMell said:
I didn't find it on my phone (FRD-L04)
Thanks anyway
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Maybe you have already removed it ?
It's this one : http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/huawei...lease/health-1-1-26-310-android-apk-download/
But I have the chinese version of the Honor, so maybe some apps are differents ?

supamike said:
Maybe you have already removed it ?
It's this one : http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/huawei...lease/health-1-1-26-310-android-apk-download/
But I have the chinese version of the Honor, so maybe some apps are differents ?
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No, it's not there (I have US model).
Again thank for your help

CronaMell said:
What app do tell you about step counting.
Plus, clear data and cache of the camera app and see if the pop-up is still present
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The only fitness app I can find is called "google fit". I've disabled it. However, the steps are still there after disabling them on the lock screen & disabling the fit app, so I think it may be a bug or else there is another counter that just keep going. It's not that bad and it doesn't eat up any noticeable energy.

supamike said:
Well, I forgot the name, it was the Health app (HiHealth or something). Try to find it and open it, you will find all your steps and lots of other information about your "health".
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I just realized I had an app called "Health" and disabled it, and now it is gone from the lock screen. The lock screen setup doesn't work for turning off steps (or not showing them). The app was located in the /system/app folder as hw-health-midware.apk

hachamacha said:
I just realized I had an app called "Health" and disabled it, and now it is gone from the lock screen. The lock screen setup doesn't work for turning off steps (or not showing them). The app was located in the /system/app folder as hw-health-midware.apk
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It seems that you have the Chinese variant, as the US model doesn't come with the health app.

CronaMell said:
It seems that you have the Chinese variant, as the US model doesn't come with the health app.
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Probably doesn't matter what my frd-l04 came with that I bought from newegg that I use on ATT. It matters more that I updated to Nougat and that's the beta which had the health app in it. On marshmallow, I never had the step counter or the health app.

sTefIx420 said:
In mm it doesn't not have build in only nougat but i like that app so when i was testing nougat i backup that app to my MM
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Interesting. So this is a new feature Huawei installed onto Nougat?

hachamacha said:
Probably doesn't matter what my frd-l04 came with that I bought from newegg that I use on ATT. It matters more that I updated to Nougat and that's the beta which had the health app in it. On marshmallow, I never had the step counter or the health app.
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Aha, thanks for the heads up

DarkGuyver said:
Interesting. So this is a new feature Huawei installed onto Nougat?
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no, is there in MM also, EU version

leo06 said:
no, is there in MM also, EU version
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I probably just don't recall it from Marshmallow since I updated the first day I got it. The good news is that it's called "healthd" and can be disabled and deleted as can all their crapware if desired. I just did that and I'm not rooted yet.

hachamacha said:
I probably just don't recall it from Marshmallow since I updated the first day I got it. The good news is that it's called "healthd" and can be disabled and deleted as can all their crapware if desired. I just did that and I'm not rooted yet.
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What I can confirm is, the huawei health isn't present in MM on FRD-L04 (US version)

Report the high battery usage in the feedback from the hicare app.

i can't be the only one that took this screenshot after updating to nougat. we should report this so that they release a patch to fix it.

09009494 said:
i can't be the only one that took this screenshot after updating to nougat. we should report this so that they release a patch to fix it.
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Known issue turn google backup off in settings

safariking said:
Known issue turn google backup off in settings
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makes no different for me

safariking said:
Known issue turn google backup off in settings
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tried that for a week nothing changed

what ur problem ??the screenshot u sent is ideal and normal .what u think ?u need to disable android services to gain more battery life

safariking said:
Known issue turn google backup off in settings
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spring80 said:
what ur problem ??the screenshot u sent is ideal and normal .what u think ?u need to disable android services to gain more battery life
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the problem with the screenshot is that android system and android OS never were the top consuming items back in marshmallow

They were in my case but now it's much worse... sometimes can't make it till dinner time.
Together with the Bluetooth crashing this Nougat upgrade it's a total disappointment.

mannixita said:
They were in my case but now it's much worse... sometimes can't make it till dinner time.
Together with the Bluetooth crashing this Nougat upgrade it's a total disappointment.
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did u do a factory reset ?

Still not, I'm planning to do it but it's so much work...
Suddenly without any new SW update (still B341) the battery drain is much better.
It didn't came for free though: the timer is totally screwed up so alarms are missed or late, apps in background closed, whatsapp messages received only at screen unlock plus as soon I unlock and bring down the notifications the new ones randomly disappears.
I was waiting a new SW update since there are many new versions around but it looks takes much longer with the EVA-L09 Vodafone Germany version.
Thinking about using the downgrade package provided by Huawei.

Global and UK rom?

Is there a difference between the two?

koloure2211 said:
Is there a difference between the two?
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No, the UK Mix 3 has the Global ROM on it, there isn't a "UK ROM" there's Global & Chinese.
Use Google next time, this is a unnecessary thread.

TheInfiniteAndroid said:
No, the UK Mix 3 has the Global ROM on it, there isn't a "UK ROM" there's Global & Chinese.
Use Google next time, this is a unnecessary thread.
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There's also the Xiaomi.eu ROM. I use the EU weekly ROM on my Mix 3 in the UK with no problem.

I'm pretty satisfied with EU rom but I only miss "Ok Google" function.

Thank you for your answers gentlemen.
Unlike the *#"*#head initially.

JMac22 said:
There's also the Xiaomi.eu ROM. I use the EU weekly ROM on my Mix 3 in the UK with no problem.
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That's just a modified version of the Chinese rom. There are only two official roms (excluding developer roms).

invisiblewave said:
That's just a modified version of the Chinese rom. There are only two official roms (excluding developer roms).
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Wow, thanks for educating me on that. It runs so smoothly I probably wouldn't have clocked that for a long time.

JMac22 said:
Wow, thanks for educating me on that. It runs so smoothly I probably wouldn't have clocked that for a long time.
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Yes, it runs well. Pixel Experience runs even better, and without the notification headaches!

invisiblewave said:
Yes, it runs well. Pixel Experience runs even better, and without the notification headaches!
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How's the battery life on Pixel Experience? I had it on my old Mi Max and battery really took a hit. That was fine with 4850 mAh, but with this much smaller battery, I don't know if I can afford to take the hit.
Also I've not seen any ads in .eu as of yet.

JMac22 said:
How's the battery life on Pixel Experience? I had it on my old Mi Max and battery really took a hit. That was fine with 4850 mAh, but with this much smaller battery, I don't know if I can afford to take the hit.
Also I've not seen any ads in .eu as of yet.
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Ads? Why would you get ads because of a rom? I can't see any difference in battery life, they're both excellent.

invisiblewave said:
Ads? Why would you get ads because of a rom? I can't see any difference in battery life, they're both excellent.
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MIUI has ads built-in to its notifications and other areas too, it's part of the way they subsidize selling their phones at a loss (they also rely on people using their stock apps for data too). They make a big effort to block these ad in Xiaomi.eu though from what I've read.
I used to get ads for movie trailers in my notifications even when using Pixel Experience, I think Google is just as guilty as anyone else for this.

JMac22 said:
MIUI has ads built-in to its notifications and other areas too, it's part of the way they subsidize selling their phones at a loss (they also rely on people using their stock apps for data too). They make a big effort to block these ad in Xiaomi.eu though from what I've read.
I used to get ads for movie trailers in my notifications even when using Pixel Experience, I think Google is just as guilty as anyone else for this.
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Google doesn't put ads in notifications. If you're getting them, they're coming from somewhere else, probably a third party messaging app or from the notification itself.

invisiblewave said:
Google doesn't put ads in notifications. If you're getting them, they're coming from somewhere else, probably a third party messaging app or from the notification itself.
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Here's a Reddit thread about one of the specific times I recall.
EDIT: Okay I just checked and it seems like it might have been during one of the times it was testing putting ads in its Google Feed. Fingers crossed they won't end up doing that long term :S

JMac22 said:
Here's a Reddit thread about one of the specific times I recall.
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Yes, there's nothing there that proves that's anything to do with Google. Likely another app with too many permissions granted which allows it to intercept notifications and include the ad.

invisiblewave said:
Yes, there's nothing there that proves that's anything to do with Google. Likely another app with too many permissions granted which allows it to intercept notifications and include the ad.
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Except it opened a Google Feed card? I swatted it away like 5 times that day before finally opening it.
Here's two articles from 2018 about Google putting ads in it's Feed.

JMac22 said:
Except it opened a Google Feed card? I swatted it away like 5 times that day before finally opening it.
Here's two articles from 2018 about Google putting ads in it's Feed.
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Yes, in the feed, not in notifications.

invisiblewave said:
Yes, in the feed, not in notifications.
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Well I don't know what to tell you. That was my experience. Google does push notifications of news, weather, traffic and other interests from the Google Feed, I'm not sure why we're debating if this was possible when the feed was also testing ads in the form of movie trailers. I saw it multiple times, I even held the notification down at one point to consider muting all notifications from the specific app was clearly Google.
Anyway, I haven't seen any ads like this in Xiaomi.eu.

Google play not certified anymore since latest update

Since the latest 9.1.0.252 patch4 update I lost Google play certification. Didn't notice it first until I wanted to update my Netflix app and play store said that my device isn't compatible anymore.
Anything I can do?

itenos said:
Since the latest 9.1.0.252 patch4 update I lost Google play certification. Didn't notice it first until I wanted to update my Netflix app and play store said that my device isn't compatible anymore.
Anything I can do?
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Do you really have Patch04 - for me, Patch03 was latest (Mate 9, 9.1.0.252)

Yes, I have. Went straight to patch 4, never received 1,2 or 3. I'm on C636 though.
But that isn't exactly the point, problem is that the Google play certification is gone

zgfg said:
Do you really have Patch04 - for me, Patch03 was latest (Mate 9, 9.1.0.252)
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Here you go

At least, you could maybe check with this app what is failing
https://mega.nz/#!g5tGCaKQ!6kPsIxH98U8Yp1a4ex1-DMt8ENMDZUIOUfXDgTLWZ1A
(Same app is available from Playstore, but a newer and pay only version)

Bit late, but I'm also C636 and on Patch04 and no issues. Like you went straight to 04. Try a factory reset??

zgfg said:
At least, you could maybe check with this app what is failing
https://mega.nz/#!g5tGCaKQ!6kPsIxH98U8Yp1a4ex1-DMt8ENMDZUIOUfXDgTLWZ1A
(Same app is available from Playstore, but a newer and pay only version)
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Sorry, didn't get a notification about your reply, that's why my late answer.
Thanks for this app.
This is my result, any idea what I should do?

tx12345 said:
Bit late, but I'm also C636 and on Patch04 and no issues. Like you went straight to 04. Try a factory reset??
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Your device is still certified on patch04?
Maybe then I really need to try a factory reset. Would prefer to not do that because reinstalling and setting up 200+ apps takes a lot of time

tx12345 said:
Bit late, but I'm also C636 and on Patch04 and no issues. Like you went straight to 04. Try a factory reset??
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Followed your advice and did a factory reset. Took me 7 hours to backup and restore all apps but now my device is certified again. Thank you

How is your battery life is going guys?
Any special apps you using?
Sent from my MHA-L29 using Tapatalk

DADER said:
How is your battery life is going guys?
Any special apps you using?
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I'm amazed by my battery life. I bought my phone in March 2017 and stayed for 2 full years on Nougat without upgrading. Battery life slowly degraded a little bit in that time. Then I upgraded from 7.0 all the way to 9.0 and battery life improved significantly.
Now my phone is nearly 3 years old and I still have nearly 7 hours of screen on time on one full charge.
I'm not using any kind of battery saver app, not even the build in one and I have 298 apps installed with around 50 of them excluded from automatic power saving by system.
How is your battery life?

Emui 11, does anyone have it? (Not beta)

Fido shows the emui 11 update as being released yesterday but I haven't gotten it yet. I tried erecovery but it shows I'm on the latest (.175). Has anyone actually gotten the update yet, other than beta testers?

Yes. Middle East (C185)

It can be helpfull to force Ota using Vpn

Alexxxx1 said:
It can be helpfull to force Ota using Vpn
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From what I've read this isn't even accurate. It goes by model. I have tried every vpn location and it still says up to date.

Honestly I don't know why people want to be to the first on getting major updates. It's much better to wait and see which problems arise when others update their phone

andr01d3 said:
Honestly I don't know why people want to be to the first on getting major updates. It's much better to wait and see which problems arise when others update their phone
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I don't really consider this being first, beta has been out for 6 months or so now? This has been rolling out to some countries since december as well.

Ive just recived 11
Try hitting update via Huawei Support App

crixley said:
I don't really consider this being first, beta has been out for 6 months or so now? This has been rolling out to some countries since december as well.
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That doesn't mean you can't get into troubles after the upgrade. In fact, my phone received EMUI 11 yesterday, without doing any tricks to get it, and now I have a problem, the upgrade enabled VoLTE by default and the option to disable it is not longer available on the settings...

I finally got it today

Anybody feel shorter battery time on emui11? I updated yesterday and everything looks very smooth but battery seen shorter than usual

I got it a few days ago (Italy)
For one terrible discovery: when using gesture navigation, you can now have one-handed mode only with emui launcher.
With Emui 10 you had to swipe diagonally from one bottom corner of the screen. With Emui 11 you instead have to swipe horizontally on the bottom edge of the screen and keep pressed, but this gesture only works with stock launcher.
Stupid
I didn't really notice any other true change, so this update for me was worse than worthless, is it possible to downgrade?

fredpel said:
I got it a few days ago (Italy)
For one terrible discovery: when using gesture navigation, you can now have one-handed mode only with emui launcher.
With Emui 10 you had to swipe diagonally from one bottom corner of the screen. With Emui 11 you instead have to swipe horizontally on the bottom edge of the screen and keep pressed, but this gesture only works with stock launcher.
Stupid
I didn't really notice any other true change, so this update for me was worse than worthless, is it possible to downgrade?
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You can downgrade to 10.1 by hisuite losing personal data
Did you notice any battery fast drain? I notice this on 2 p30. I'm from Italy too
Much longer with 10.1

raniero1 said:
You can downgrade to 10.1 by hisuite losing personal data
Did you notice any battery fast drain? I notice this on 2 p30. I'm from Italy too
Much longer with 10.1
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I didn't, but in the last few weeks I've been using my phone as a wireless hotspot so it's either plugged in for charging or fastly discharging due to high 4G traffic
Btw, thanks for the tip about downgrading. I'm not very keen to reinstalling and reconfiguring everything, so I'll see how much this missing feature bugs me before going down that road