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Hi , i have a honor 8 and the update should have arrived yet through hicare but it doesnt. I ddont know why but it doesnt , so i tried to upgrade it with firmware finder , who downloaded the latest version of nougat , and when i was installing it it says the firmware was incompatible . My version is frd l09 b131 and i looked to upgrade with charles app but im a noob and i couldnt . Am i doing something wrong ? Sorry for my english

Not everyone gets the update at this time. I'm very disappointed in Huawei. A few days rollout I can understand. Over a week? No.

I agree , i had 2 iphones and when An update rolls out the server became so busy that we cant download anything , but in one day our two we can download . Huawei isnt doing it right , i hope it apeers soon in my phone...

Nougat update
A lot of companies haven't released nougat especially in the US. Motorola promised G4 at end of 2016. Only country who received it was India.. As long as we get in February, I'm fine with that. Let others sort out the bugs.. Lol

AllieKitty said:
Not everyone gets the update at this time. I'm very disappointed in Huawei. A few days rollout I can understand. Over a week? No.
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It's 2 weeks now

takichiman said:
It's 2 weeks now
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Yes and I'm still waiting too. It's very disappointing.

U will get it though guys.
Try not to get caught up in the big I must have the update thing.
There are some changes that you can see from MM -N but most of it is under the skin.
U will get your updates.
Don't take risks with your phone unless you really know what your doing.
It would be such a shame to root your phone etc just to get an update and f-ck up your phones.
John

Honor 8 Nougat roll out was officially stated as being from 3 week in February. Just because some location have it already just means they're lucky..
Can't see what all the fuss is just wait...

Nyssa1104 said:
Honor 8 Nougat roll out was officially stated as being from 3 week in February. Just because some location have it already just means they're lucky..
Can't see what all the fuss is just wait...
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Can you point me to something official that says third week of February? I haven't seen anything. Thanks.

Me neither , since it began rolling out i thougt it would las one week tops to upgrade every phone but well.. bad for huawei , one thing they have to improve.
They also promissed us 2 major updates , lets see if we recive android 8 when it arrives ( too soon to know)

No nougat in US on Honor 8

Didn't receive any updates on honor 8 in The US.. The company lied. Looks like I'll be buying a new phone from a reliable Company.

I just got mine yesterday. FRD-L04 US.
Just be patient, they said mid february.

The updates roll out in batches. I came from nexus devices. Be patient. All manufacturers do this that way if there is a bug, they can shut it down before all phones are screwed...Like Apple iOS updates screw up alot of phones and tablets.

optima13 said:
Didn't receive any updates on honor 8 in The US.. The company lied. Looks like I'll be buying a new phone from a reliable Company.
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Use the firmware finder app, I updated with the app without any issues.
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optima13 said:
Didn't receive any updates on honor 8 in The US.. The company lied. Looks like I'll be buying a new phone from a reliable Company.
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Keep an eye on the receivers' log: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XULbGwxpO0s_RH9EzbvWjLP48MNCz7vkolbT0TiMf7s/edit#gid=0
It's obviously happening right now, but it will take a while to roll out to everyone.

Firmware App
Has anyone tried using the Firmware App? I'm just curious cuz it has the 360 build. I was thinking of trying it out.

Mine keeps bugging me to update when I don't want to.

No phone manufacturer releases the update to every unit simultaneously. That would be killer on their servers, plus if something went wrong there would be no time to correct. Also, the official announcement said the rollout would start 2/11, not everyone would get it 2/11. So no one lied, and switching to another phone maker wouldn't change anything--you still might not get updates the first day. Like you, I am eager to get the update, but it's also important to keep in mind the facts. It helps to limit the frustration.

I updated to Nougat and it sucks. Battery life sucked, ROG doesn't work, can't lock Messenger app with fingerprint...
I rolled back to MM and now i can have my 6hours+ of SoT.
If you wanna take my advice and bear with the ugly notifications menu, do not update to Nougat.

takichiman said:
I updated to Nougat and it sucks. Battery life sucked, ROG doesn't work, can't lock Messenger app with fingerprint...
I rolled back to MM and now i can have my 6hours+ of SoT.
If you wanna take my advice and bear with the ugly notifications menu, do not update to Nougat.
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Right now its kind of buggy,
Maybe i'll revert back MM but nougat UI is beautiful..oh..man.

I agree, the nougat build is really nice! Really liking the stock sms look and notifications. I updated using the Firmware App. Battery seems to suffer a bit but I'll stay on it until the final build is released

takichiman said:
I updated to Nougat and it sucks. Battery life sucked, ROG doesn't work, can't lock Messenger app with fingerprint...
I rolled back to MM and now i can have my 6hours+ of SoT.
If you wanna take my advice and bear with the ugly notifications menu, do not update to Nougat.
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Don't know but I've 7hr+ SOT on Nougat. Can't remember any phone with that high SOT. Also Nougat became more stock-ish with EMUI 5.

faeArai said:
Don't know but I've 7hr+ SOT on Nougat. Can't remember any phone with that high SOT. Also Nougat became more stock-ish with EMUI 5.
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Battery life depends on user's habits.
I personnaly have 3 emails to sync, Messenger, WhatsApp, Pushbullet and other apps that need to sync. My data(4g) is always on. I use Spotify for 1 to 2 hours a day.
All of this takes some juice but for some reason I can get past the 5 hours of SoT on MM without any problems.
On a sidenote, I think that EMUI5 functionality to kill apps when screen is locked is kind of broken.
(Sorry for the off-topic, but these are things that people need to know before upgrading)

takichiman said:
Battery life depends on user's habits.
I personnaly have 3 emails to sync, Messenger, WhatsApp, Pushbullet and other apps that need to sync. My data(4g) is always on. I use Spotify for 1 to 2 hours a day.
All of this takes some juice but for some reason I can get past the 5 hours of SoT on MM without any problems.
On a sidenote, I think that EMUI5 functionality to kill apps when screen is locked is kind of broken.
(Sorry for the off-topic, but these are things that people need to know before upgrading)
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I think you are just impatient. The new EMUI 5 has the smart control built in, and it will take a while to learn to optimize your system based on your use habit. My battery life with screen on was initially 4 hours, but after a night of optimization going on in the background and a couple of reboots following a full charge with the screen turned off for the system to optimize battery performance, my SoT goes to 7+ hours which is much better than EMUI 4. It knows what to close whenever necessary based on my usage history.
Yeah, the ROG is not working, but I don't need it anymore. From my reading, the customizable dpi feature has been available on the Android 7.1.1 based ROM. See here (in Chinese): http://club.huawei.com/thread-11707731-1-1.html
I think it will be available for future EMUI updates.
There is only one thing I haven't figured out is how to show the Huawei Health icon by default in the notification area. If anyone knows, please let me know. Thanks.

For what it's worth... to the people having battery issues: I have been running B360 for two full days and day 2 (today) is/was exponentially better battery-wise than day 1. I was MAD at the end of day 1, I'm rather impressed by the end of day 2.

FRD-L04 - stay on EMUI 4 / Android 6 or upgrade to 5 / 7? (Battery concerns)

I bought the Honor 8 (US version) as a holdover as my older Nexus5 was dying. I managed to get it from NewEgg when it was on sale for $239US with the included Honor accessory box, so I can't complain about the price, and it is the fastest phone I have ever had. I grew to hate it at first, but have found workarounds for most of the problems I had with it. I have no real interest in rooting or modding at this point, like Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon, "I'm too old for this ****".
I'm currently on the stock shipping software:
FRD-L04
EMUI 4.1
Android 6.0, 10/1/16
FRD-L04C567B162​
And updater shows that the following is available: (I've shut off the notifications for this)
FRD-L04C567B360​
I have decided that I can live with the stupid bugs and my primary concern is battery life, which seems to be freaking amazing on this stock build. In lurking on these forums, I have heard nothing but reports of horrible battery life after upgrading to Nougat (compared to stock). Are there any newer stock builds that have good battery life without endless tweaking or modding? Or should I just stay where I am until my next phone?
Thanks for your opinions...
<thread**** with Chuck Norris memes>

Well, I have the honor 8 with Android Nougat and the battery life is good for me. I have about 5 hrs screen with wifi all day. I think the most important thing Is not to worry about running out of battery power when you are out of home and this phone complies with that
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I wasn't on Marshmallow for long before I upgraded to Nougat but I haven't seen any noticeable difference between the two. I keep location, wifi, data, and bluetooth on 24/7 and I go a full day on a charge. I'm not on the phone constantly but I do use it throughout the day. I have two high usage apps on the phone, an Allstate driving app and the Samsung Gear S3 app and I still get an entire day.

Marshmallow is the best in battery life. However, B385 is so close to marshmallow when it comes to battery life and I have no complaints.
I get around 5h of heavy use (games, youtube, browsing...etc) all apps in the background, wifi and bt almost all the day on.
Add to it battery standby is pretty good

Actually when u first update u will experience bad battery life for the first 2 days or so. But the phone does it's own thing and fixes the battery life. When I bricked my phone while trying to root I decided to fix it by rolling back to marshmallow to solve my issue. So that's what I did and I was back on the first build which the phone shipped with. Since I didn't have a phone for abt 2 days since my phone was bricked I started installing apps and chatting on Snapchat and then I realized I'll have to factory reset after updating to Nougat. I held back for a day or so but I really missed the stock Launcher on EMUI 5 so I ended up updating but I didn't factory reset my phone. After that I received the B385 update and I updated to that as well without wiping. I'm using phone without wiping from EMUI 4 for the past 4 months and I've had great battery life. I was on vacation a month back and the phone worked flawlessly.
So it's fine update ur phone. Don't bother wiping it as well but be prepared for bad battery life for the first 2-3 says till ur device figures things out. After that it will be just as reliable as before in the battery life front.
Note: I'm not rooted. I have a locked bootloader and full stock software.
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EMUI 4.1 is the best battery optimised where the emui 5.0 don't.
compared to 5.0 ,the marshmellow (emui 4.1 ) is the best.

Thanks for the opinions.
So assuming I were to go ahead, is the correct procedure for the FRD-L04 to accept the OTA to B360, then use the dload method to go to B385 (latest one I can find for FRD-L04)?

jfdav said:
Thanks for the opinions.
So assuming I were to go ahead, is the correct procedure for the FRD-L04 to accept the OTA to B360, then use the dload method to go to B385 (latest one I can find for FRD-L04)?
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Just update through OTA to B360. After updating u will get another OTA to update to B385.
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Is that rebranded?

gopinaidu77 said:
Is that rebranded?
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How is it related to this thread? He mentioned that his phone is completely stock. He just wants to make sure that updating his device won't harm battery life.
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If you need batterry, better stay at EMUI4.1 and Android 6.0
For performance, You should try EMUI5 and android 7

blackbuffalo said:
If you need batterry, better stay at EMUI4.1 and Android 6.0
For performance, You should try EMUI5 and android 7
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+1 to this.
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ayush rao said:
How is it related to this thread? He mentioned that his phone is completely stock. He just wants to make sure that updating his device won't harm battery life.
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FYI i dont like someone questioning me, try to be away from that. And my msg regarding rebranding is for the post just above mine. Not fully pointed towards OP and i know what iam doing. U dont need to show me what it is.!!

gopinaidu77 said:
FYI i dont like someone questioning me, try to be away from that. And my msg regarding rebranding is for the post just above mine. Not fully pointed towards OP and i know what iam doing. U dont need to show me what it is.!!
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Look I didn't mean to be rude. What I'm saying is he mentioned that is phone is stock. He's a junior member and he most probably doesn't know what rebranding is.
Everybody gets questioned on the forums. U shouldn't take it in a bad way. If u can't take a simple question or criticism then I'm sorry for u.
Also FYI the post above urs is mine!
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gopinaidu77 said:
FYI i dont like someone questioning me, try to be away from that. And my msg regarding rebranding is for the post just above mine. Not fully pointed towards OP and i know what iam doing. U dont need to show me what it is.!!
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ayush rao said:
Look I didn't mean to be rude. What I'm saying is he mentioned that is phone is stock. He's a junior member and he most probably doesn't know what rebranding is.
Everybody gets questioned on the forums. U shouldn't take it in a bad way. If u can't take a simple question or criticism then I'm sorry for u.
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Let's calm down now guys. Peace.

sniperlife:D said:
Let's calm down now guys. Peace.
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I don't mind :fingers-crossed::good:
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jfdav said:
Thanks for the opinions.
So assuming I were to go ahead, is the correct procedure for the FRD-L04 to accept the OTA to B360, then use the dload method to go to B385 (latest one I can find for FRD-L04)?
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You can just update safely with OTA. EMUI 5.0 is not that bad either. There are lot of UI improvements and batter RAM management, shortcut tiles, batter notification management. Battery may be concern for many but there is not much difference, at least not more than 30 minutes for sure. I am on EMUI 5.0 on another phone but still manage to get 6+ hours SOT easily on an average and can stretch upto 9-10 hours if want to. Been on EMUI 5.0 on that phone since February.

Android Oreo Beta Test Program

Hi guys !
i justed wanted to inform you that Nokia has started a beta program for Nokia 8 for Oreo beta testing
If anybody wants to try it here is the link, because still i dont own the phone yet
https://www.nokia.com/en_int/phones/betalabs

Don't know why it says my phone isn't supported.

Just signed up and installed...

Another one here with Oreo [emoji16]
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For those that purchased via a carrier.. Not sure how many will get hit by this..
"Sorry, your device is from a network operator that is not participating in Nokia phones beta labs."
Edit: Purchased via Vodafone AU.

ideletejunk said:
For those that purchased via a carrier.. Not sure how many will get hit by this..
"Sorry, your device is from a network operator that is not participating in Nokia phones beta labs."
Edit: Purchased via Vodafone AU.
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'i cant even reach the site, it just loading all the time, for like 5 min now

Singed up and waiting for OTA push.
Finally some good news regarding this trainwreck.
Edit
Downloading.

nuggeo said:
Singed up and waiting for OTA push.
Finally some good news regarding this trainwreck.
Edit
Downloading.
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Don't wait just go to settings and pull it right away.
Trainwreck in what way?

brianj41 said:
'i cant even reach the site, it just loading all the time, for like 5 min now
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Yep... It's a JavaScript error. Try a different or older browser. For me, it didn't work with Firefox and Chrome on my desktop, and also failed with Chrome on Android. I finally got it running with Firefox on Android.
Maybe they want to make sure you're a worthy beta tester...

mitchst2 said:
Don't wait just go to settings and pull it right away.
Trainwreck in what way?
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Yep updated.
My first device was RMA for 23 days before I finaly got a new one for the DOA device.
I sitll think the OP3 is a better device in every way.

nuggeo said:
Yep updated.
My first device was RMA for 23 days before I finaly got a new one for the DOA device.
I sitll think the OP3 is a better device in every way.
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No experience with OP devices.
Customer service reports and cutting short device support put me off them.

nuggeo said:
Yep updated.
My first device was RMA for 23 days before I finaly got a new one for the DOA device.
I sitll think the OP3 is a better device in every way.
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Personaly i don`t agree, i`ve had the the 3/ 3T/ 5 and support is terrible. They can`t get the camera software/ processing up to par and and after only 6 months your device is allready obsolete. Would never buy a OP again. Nokia fills the gap between OEM devices and the Pixels by creating a new affordable Nexus line, imo a golden move for all android purists.

I've got the Beta, and the only issue I have is the 'xxx is running in the background' alerts (which are part of Oreo anyway, and annoying rather than a showstopper), and lock-screen display is not showing the number of e-mails and texts unread.

shredzone said:
Yep... It's a JavaScript error. Try a different or older browser. For me, it didn't work with Firefox and Chrome on my desktop, and also failed with Chrome on Android. I finally got it running with Firefox on Android.
Maybe they want to make sure you're a worthy beta tester...
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thx for the help, it worked via EDGE. but im mayby a rookie, or just tired, cant find any links or what ever to get the software

gee2012 said:
Personaly i don`t agree, i`ve had the the 3/ 3T/ 5 and support is terrible. They can`t get the camera software/ processing up to par and and after only 6 months your device is allready obsolete. Would never buy a OP again. Nokia fills the gap between OEM devices and the Pixels by creating a new affordable Nexus line, imo a golden move for all android purists.
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Agreed hoping the updates keep coming and they are onto a winner as far as I'm concerned.

mitchst2 said:
Agreed hoping the updates keep coming and they are onto a winner as far as I'm concerned.
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Hope so too, but i`am fairly confident they will . If they do they :victory:

i read that you can roll back to 7.1.1 from 8 Beta...in this case will the phone be reseted? i wanna give 8 a try bot do not wanna set the device from scratch again.

Thorgoth said:
i read that you can roll back to 7.1.1 from 8 Beta...in this case will the phone be reseted? i wanna give 8 a try bot do not wanna set the device from scratch again.
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Roll back is full wipe. Not something I'll be doing anyway. Sticking with oreo

I also updated to Oreo, so far i have found everything snappier.
Just hope they get the ringtone volume back to nougat levels.
camera seems to take slightly sharper images, but no increase in speed taking shots.
All in all this phone is what the pixels should be, all phones should come with a memory card slot.

Updated my TA-1004, ATM it works just fine
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Updates are shocking!!!

Makes you wanna sell this phone!

Agree mate , seriously thinking of selling and taking a loss ..support is terrible

Totally agree ?

kevinireland11 said:
Makes you wanna sell this phone!
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What are you talking about? I have europe version updated to last .40 version with august patch. And android 11 will be here in december.

denzel09 said:
What are you talking about? I have europe version updated to last .40 version with august patch. And android 11 will be here in december.
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Great for you, not great for thousands of other that can't actually update at all, no vpn no ota updates at all, never have got one either , there website updates are still on July! It's September now, other countries already have android 11 rest of the world waits to December , there updates and the way they deliver them are crap
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*their

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*their
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Cheers haha I always get that one wrong [emoji23]
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I hate that you guys fell this way. I think this is maybe the best phone I've ever had. I've been running Android 11 for a couple days and I must say it vastly improved this phone. It fixed a lot of problems I was having and I couldn't be happier. It sucks because we have one of the only phones that can make Oneplus, Samsung and Apple fanboys jealous... IMO....

Stunna903 said:
I hate that you guys fell this way. I think this is maybe the best phone I've ever had. I've been running Android 11 for a couple days and I must say it vastly improved this phone. It fixed a lot of problems I was having and I couldn't be happier. It sucks because we have one of the only phones that can make Oneplus, Samsung and Apple fanboys jealous... IMO....
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Nono, it really is amazing phone but my problem is with my updates and allot of others, people can't update at all even with a vpn, and the customer service agent helpful at all, if it wasn't for people posting new updates I'd be stuck on may security
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kevinireland11 said:
Nono, it really is amazing phone but my problem is with my updates and allot of others, people can't update at all even with a vpn, and the customer service agent helpful at all, if it wasn't for people posting new updates I'd be stuck on may security
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Oh okay, I thought we were losing a member. I don't know why the updates are so iffy. Some regions are like clockwork and some regions aren't getting anything. Yes, the customer service is garbage.

Stunna903 said:
Oh okay, I thought we were losing a member. I don't know why the updates are so iffy. Some regions are like clockwork and some regions aren't getting anything. Yes, the customer service is garbage.
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If the updates wore as consistent as other regions it would be my perfect phone! Without a doubt.
But I'm going to wait to December when we get the android 11 update, and hope I get it
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Sucks you guys have to wait so long to get it. It's truly awesome...

Love the phone, I really do but for updates this phone sucks big time. Came from a pixel and samsung phone.. their updates are so much faster. Even for a samsung phone.
I hope the update for android 11 is a good one because I'm thinking to switch back to a pixel phone.

Let me get this straight? You want to sell your phone because you haven't had an update in the last couple of months ? Clearly you've never been a Samsung user I'm loving the phone, coming from a Samsung galaxy note 9. I now have a Snapdragon , decent base storage , and that dual battery / 30 minute fast charge is perfect for heavy usage, paired with decent battery life, +5 hour SOT over 24 hours consistently with all the bells and whistles switched on.

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Let me get this straight? You want to sell your phone because you haven't had an update in the last couple of months ? Clearly you've never been a Samsung user I'm loving the phone, coming from a Samsung galaxy note 9. I now have a Snapdragon , decent base storage , and that dual battery / 30 minute fast charge is perfect for heavy usage, paired with decent battery life, +5 hour SOT over 24 hours consistently with all the bells and whistles switched on.
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I got an update every month with my S10 plus , so yeah I so know, before the S10 updates wore crap, region settings gone no updates themes don't work fonts don't work breeno services don't work heytap cloud doesn't work, I spent 1100 pounds on this phone I expect top notch for paying that amount, because your not having these problems it's not effecting you so you can't really comment on this..... Have you looked on the updates thread about all the other problems?...
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you guys living in EU should read this to understand :
"As a side note, due to limitations of the GDPR, European users will not have access to the beta version of the software. Even if you have an eligible device, you’ll need to wait until the stable rollout of Color OS 11 before you’ll be able to install it. Users outside of Europe will be able to try the open beta if they wish."
Source : https://www.androidauthority.com/color-os-11-1157601/
But Oppo swear they will release stable version before end of 2020.
Luckily im using Fx2P asia version . I have to say COS11 is really nice update and this device is stunning
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kevinireland11 said:
I got an update every month with my S10 plus , so yeah I so know, before the S10 updates wore crap, region settings gone no updates themes don't work fonts don't work breeno services don't work heytap cloud doesn't work, I spent 1100 pounds on this phone I expect top notch for paying that amount, because your not having these problems it's not effecting you so you can't really comment on this..... Have you looked on the updates thread about all the other problems?...
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oh wait what
Im using CPH2025 and i got update to COS11 , im living in Vietnam
Try change VPN to VN ? which version are you in ?

I think oppo should be quicker with the updates inc security patches.
I remember reading this was one area they were looking to improve on.
I can't wait for colorOS11 but December is quite far away, hope the western market it get it much sooner.