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Issues with Google cardboard?

I just bought a Google cardboard vr headset and the honor 8 doesn't seem to work with it. It happens in the YouTube 360 videos too, when you try to set it to cardboard.
Does anyone else have this problem? I'm on the nougat beta, 320.
Thanks!

What kind of problem to you have ? I have the xiaomi vr headset and I can watch 360 YT videos without any problem.

You had the same issue on MM?!

CronaMell said:
You had the same issue on MM?!
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I went to the nougat beta right when i got the phone so didn't check it on marshmallow.
The two video screens keep on jittering/shaking very fast like the calibration for gyroscope is off.
Thanks for the help! So it's either my phone or an issue with the beta update then!

JJustin said:
I went to the nougat beta right when i got the phone so didn't check it on marshmallow.
The two video screens keep on jittering/shaking very fast like the calibration for gyroscope is off.
Thanks for the help! So it's either my phone or an issue with the beta update then!
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It's probably a problem with the Nougat Beta, as it's not a fully working model. I'd recommend reverting back to Marshmallow and your device should work with Google Cardboard again.

JJustin said:
I went to the nougat beta right when i got the phone so didn't check it on marshmallow.
The two video screens keep on jittering/shaking very fast like the calibration for gyroscope is off.
Thanks for the help! So it's either my phone or an issue with the beta update then!
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Probably, just wait for an OTA and retry

I have the same problem but, not in beta, on Nougat.
Like this topic https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/help/honor-8-emui-5-android-7-0-gyroscope-t3562562
Other in this case ?

I'm still having this same problem on official nougat after a factory reset. Didn't have it on marshmallow.
I think some P9 owners are having the same issue.

Same issues here..

Never had an issue. Just used a generic VR headset.

adriansticoid said:
Never had an issue. Just used a generic VR headset.
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I have cheap Quality domo vr headset , but it showed some better results over what others posted

Issues with Google cardboard
JJustin said:
I just bought a Google cardboard vr headset and the honor 8 doesn't seem to work with it. It happens in the YouTube 360 videos too, when you try to set it to cardboard.
Does anyone else have this problem? I'm on the nougat beta, 320.
Thanks!
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Yes there is is problem with some of the phones. They seem to have got crappy circuts. Almost no VR app is working with my phone, and when you call support, they say we cannot take responsibility for one app. That is Google cardboard. And all of the thousands of apps that are in the. This is not a great support, in fact no support at all. My next phone will be a Samsung, they all work with cardboard. This one does not.
/Ulf

Camera Focus Problem

Anyone's camera having trouble focusing more than a few inches from the camera? In monochrome mode, it focuses fine, but in regular camera or video mode, mine can't focus properly. I tried resetting the camera app, but that didn't help.

Yeah, having the same issues on our Mate 9 (Chinese Version) since the latest patch for EMUI 5.0... We tried a factory reset but nothing worked so far. Hoping for a fix soon...
Current software version is MHA-AL00C00B175

def4ke said:
Yeah, having the same issues on our Mate 9 (Chinese Version) since the latest patch for EMUI 5.0... We tried a factory reset but nothing worked so far. Hoping for a fix soon...
Current software version is MHA-AL00C00B175
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I sent mine in to Huawei for repair last week. Waiting to hear back if it will be a repair or replacement. While I was waiting for the shipping label, there was a day where it started working, but then it stopped again.

Also noticed that the focus works fine for close objects, just everything farther away than about half a meter gets blurry... I dearly hope its just a software issue instead of a hardware error...

def4ke said:
Also noticed that the focus works fine for close objects, just everything farther away than about half a meter gets blurry... I dearly hope its just a software issue instead of a hardware error...
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That was the same with mine. Factory reset didn't help. When I first got it, I actually had the opposite problem but thought I just needed to put macro mode on.
I got my phone secondhand so I don't know if it came like that. The one day it worked again, it did seem like it was slightly blurry though.

Has there been any update on these issues?
My ADM mate 9 has the same issues as above.

75cortina said:
Has there been any update on these issues?
My ADM mate 9 has the same issues as above.
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Mine arrived there almost 3 weeks ago and I'm still waiting. It's been almost 2 weeks since I got an email from the repair center saying they're looking at it. CS seems disconnected from the repair center and can't give any kind of estimate.

Received a replacement phone today so I'm not sure what the actual problem was. I'm pretty sure I only got the replacement because I called to complain that it had been a month. It's probably better that I got a replacement instead of a repair though.

I have the same problem
Did any one have a solution?
Did Huawei replace the unit or fix the problem?
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I have the same problem
Did any one have a solution?
Did Huawei replace the unit or fix the problem?
Plz answer
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Thnx
Dr Ahmed

Did you read my post above? They sent me a replacement so I don't know what the fix is. My guess is it's a hardware problem though. Going through warranty if it's available to you is the best option. It may be a long painful process like it was for me though.

All with camera focus problem are with Chinese version of Mate9?

Mine is US. I don't know what versions other people have.

I'm having the exact same issue, with monochromatic looks perfect. But in the rest modes look awful

mine is a huawei mate 9 pro lon-al00c

Our phone was sent in as RMA too, the seller confirmed the hardware problem and repaired it apparantly, just received a noticed that its done and will be sent on its way back to us... I will report if it seems like an actual repair or a replacement, took about 3 weeks + about a week for shipping to china. Lets hope that problem doesnt affect all mate9

But it looks like a software issue, monochoromatic looks perfect

jachig said:
But it looks like a software issue, monochoromatic looks perfect
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You do know that the mate9 has 2 different camera modules, one color and one monochromatic? If it would be a software issue, there wouldnt be any need for repair/replacement, just an update...

I have the same problem. After searching online for this issue, I realized that it's a hardware issue with the color camera. If I smack the phone, while the camera app is on, the camera is able to focus a bit better. Not 100% though. Very annoying... BTW, I'm on the US version with the B190 build.
Sent from my MHA-L29 using Tapatalk

I've solved my problem Debranding the phone. Mine was mate 9 pro Chinese version lon al00. Now I'm on Lon al29. Europe Version. With the bootloader unlocked and a debranded from funky huawei. Thanks a lot to all

P10 cannot focus
Camera cannot focus but monochrome and front camera is working well .so anyone can email me , is there anyway to repair or is it possible software issue ? Kindly let me know the possible solution.
[email protected]'m
Thanks

Camera app lagging [fixed]

any idea why it is lagging?

Thats bug in EMUI 5.0 and Honor team has been notified.

shashank1320 said:
Thats bug in EMUI 5.0 and Honor team has been notified.
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will they fix it in next updates? Have they told so?

Aditya Tondwalkar said:
will they fix it in next updates? Have they told so?
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Yup, seems so.

shashank1320 said:
Yup, seems so.
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ok thanks ?

uhm still issues with this bug.. lags, freezes, I constantly miss photo opportunities. upset.

Same here, lags, crashes, and unusable camera. I went whale watching and missed most of them... seems like a 7 years old device. I am going back to the iPhone after this terrible experience with a Huawei phone in the android world.
I tried to understand what was going on, but it seems the only way to do it is to root the device and get access to system logs, something I don't want to do.

emiespo said:
Same here, lags, crashes, and unusable camera. I went whale watching and missed most of them... seems like a 7 years old device. I am going back to the iPhone after this terrible experience with a Huawei phone in the android world.
I tried to understand what was going on, but it seems the only way to do it is to root the device and get access to system logs, something I don't want to do.
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I only had lagging issues with camera app which got fixed with updates... no such issues now!!

I was told some versions have bigger problems, mine is the UK one.
Phone gets unusable after a few hours and only solution seems to power it off and on again.

Snapchat

Hello
Is there no one who can optimize Snapchat for our Honor 8? The H8 has a great camera and it's sad to see Snapchat not getting everything out of it. Is there any developer here who can do something about it? I know my best option would be contacting Snapchat but I doubt they will do something about it.

Wrong section. Post your question in Q&A. Thanks.

Haroun16 said:
Hello
Is there no one who can optimize Snapchat for our Honor 8? The H8 has a great camera and it's sad to see Snapchat not getting everything out of it. Is there any developer here who can do something about it? I know my best option would be contacting Snapchat but I doubt they will do something about it.
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According to Snapchat their app has issues on the Android platform itself. Snapchat is planning to rewrite the Android app for the platform. This is what happens when you're not OS agnostic.
Currently, I doubt anything can be done about it since Snapchat is a closed source app. Unless, of course, some of the Jedi hackers on XDA are able to optimize it with the power of The Force.

Haroun16 said:
Hello
Is there no one who can optimize Snapchat for our Honor 8? The H8 has a great camera and it's sad to see Snapchat not getting everything out of it. Is there any developer here who can do something about it? I know my best option would be contacting Snapchat but I doubt they will do something about it.
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Do you also face the issue where your avatar just keeps spinning out of control?

gurashish1singh said:
Do you also face the issue where your avatar just keeps spinning out of control?
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Do you mean these 3D Animations? If so, yes.

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Snapchat is rubbish anyway.

The thing is on Android because of the different kinds of hardware snapchat uses this bizzare way of optimising per device. It limits the resolution of the video or photo taken to the resolution of the screen. So for instance even if I had a high end phone with the best camera but with a 720 or 1080p display and my friend has a mid range phone with a 1440p display he'll definitely have great quality. The Honor 8 usually takes photos at a much higher resolution and snapchat just doesn't let it do so.
Sent from my Honor 8 using XDA Labs

Some Samsung are making good photos even with Snapchat on zoom per example but with my Honor 8 if I zoom something it sucks

I don't use SnapChat, but everything I've heard about it indicates the programmers of the Android version were lazy and just take screenshots while the camera is on instead of actually using the camera to take the picture. That's why the resolution sucks and you get such poor quality when you zoom in. It is not a full resolution picture.
However, the weird spinning issue you have is likely due to the Honor 8's jacked up gyroscope. We can't use VR apps because of it. It seems to affect 100% of Honor 8's yet no update is coming to fix it. Not a high enough priority, I guess.

I read that Snapchat is going to rewrite the app from scratch on Android is this true? And when it will come out?

PuffDaddy_d said:
I don't use SnapChat, but everything I've heard about it indicates the programmers of the Android version were lazy and just take screenshots while the camera is on instead of actually using the camera to take the picture. That's why the resolution sucks and you get such poor quality when you zoom in. It is not a full resolution picture.
However, the weird spinning issue you have is likely due to the Honor 8's jacked up gyroscope. We can't use VR apps because of it. It seems to affect 100% of Honor 8's yet no update is coming to fix it. Not a high enough priority, I guess.
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My Honor 8 has a perfectly working gyroscope.

Days Tech said:
My Honor 8 has a perfectly working gyroscope.
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So you can use VR applications like Google cardboard without the screen spinning out of control on Android 7.0?

PuffDaddy_d said:
So you can use VR applications like Google cardboard without the screen spinning out of control on Android 7.0?
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Yes. B394 Honor 8 running Android 7. I don't have any trouble with it and didn't have in previous versions of EMUI either. Tested with 360 Youtube videos.

Days Tech said:
Yes. B394 Honor 8 running Android 7. I don't have any trouble with it and didn't have in previous versions of EMUI either. Tested with 360 Youtube videos.
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You are certainly in the minority.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/help/honor-8-emui-5-android-7-0-gyroscope-t3562562

Days Tech said:
Yes. B394 Honor 8 running Android 7. I don't have any trouble with it and didn't have in previous versions of EMUI either. Tested with 360 Youtube videos.
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What about these snapchat 3D Figures? Do they work for you? For me all they do is spinning around?

Lukke2804 said:
What about these snapchat 3D Figures? Do they work for you? For me all they do is spinning around?
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I don't use Snapchat, but if they don't work it is totally because of the Snapchat's poor coding.

Days Tech said:
I don't use Snapchat, but if they don't work it is totally because of the Snapchat's poor coding.
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Yeah the app is pretty poorly developt for such a big company. But the 3D figures work perfectly on the honor 9 of my friend so i think it might have something to do with the messed up gyroscope of the honor 8. I hope honor will fix this in Android oreo but i dont expect it to happen. Sadly.

Lukke2804 said:
Yeah the app is pretty poorly developt for such a big company. But the 3D figures work perfectly on the honor 9 of my friend so i think it might have something to do with the messed up gyroscope of the honor 8. I hope honor will fix this in Android oreo but i dont expect it to happen. Sadly.
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But my gyroscope isn't messed up.

Lukke2804 said:
What about these snapchat 3D Figures? Do they work for you? For me all they do is spinning around?
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I have no problem with the 3D figures on Snapchat. They work perfectly.

Multitouch Problem

I just bought my nokia 3 yesterday
anyone getting multitouch problem?
like in moba when i walk i cant use my skill
this only occurs in the bottom and top part of the screen in landscape
running on android 7.0
ta-1032 variant
should i update it to fix the problem?
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Contacted support and said that NOKIA 3 has only multitouch in the middle of the screen

Am I the only one getting this problem or all nokia have this?

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Am I the only one getting this problem or all nokia have this?
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No you are not the only one there are a lot of complains in Nokia community forum about this. And by the way I too have the same problem so I don't feel like playing games on my Nokia 3.I am running on the latest version 7.1.1 and the problem is still there.

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[/COLOR]No you are not the only one there are a lot of complains in Nokia community forum about this. And by the way I too have the same problem so I don't feel like playing games on my Nokia 3.I am running on the latest version 7.1.1 and the problem is still there.
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the nokia support said that they will investigate it
and if the limitation is software base ,it will be fixed ,however ,if it is hardware limit it will not be able to be fixed
i hope that its only a software problem

freaks211 said:
the nokia support said that they will investigate it
and if the limitation is software base ,it will be fixed ,however ,if it is hardware limit it will not be able to be fixed
i hope that its only a software problem
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If it was only a software problem Nokia should have fixed it when they upgraded Nokia 3 from 7.0 to 7.1.1. There could be a chance this problem was not reported when Nokia was in 7.0.
And if it is a hardware limitation then shame on Nokia and its reputation. Even a 40$ phone has good multi touch screen for gaming and other stuff and here comes Nokia who sold millions of defective product to their customers.

Same problem here...I bought this phone 6 months ago and I still have this problem after all updates..
It's very frustrating because I can't play games with Analog + Button control that are placed on the edge of the screen....I think I will replace it with a Huawei P10 Lite..

joker1312 said:
Same problem here...I bought this phone 6 months ago and I still have this problem after all updates..
It's very frustrating because I can't play games with Analog + Button control that are placed on the edge of the screen....I think I will replace it with a Huawei P10 Lite..
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Wait for the Oreo update which will be arriving anytime now. And if this problem still persists after that then consider switching.

Wilson Shrestha said:
Wait for the Oreo update which will be arriving anytime now. And if this problem still persists after that then consider switching.
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Yeah, I'm waiting for the Oreo update and I hope that will solve the problem.

joker1312 said:
Yeah, I'm waiting for the Oreo update and I hope that will solve the problem.
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The multi touch problem still persist even with Oreo update....

joker1312 said:
The multi touch problem still persist even with Oreo update....
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Yes the problem still exists after Oreo beta and its annoying as hell. Well already reported in feedback app. Lets hope it resolves in next beta build.

i think the issue is hardware based because i broke the glass of my nokia 3 and now i can touch the edges simultaneously

The New update in 18 October 2018
Wilson Shrestha said:
Yes the problem still exists after Oreo beta and its annoying as hell. Well already reported in feedback app. Lets hope it resolves in next beta build.
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now is the latest update for Oeo. October 18, 2018, but the touch screen problem is still the same

Solved! But
Unfortunately it's a hardware problem, the display is faulty, I changed my display with a Chinese display designed for nokia 3, now the multi touch works fine, it cost me $20 something, but the quality is poor, top part got cracked after I sat with the phone in my jeans pocket, I've put a protective glass on top, but it works perfectly fine, it's been around 4 months now, another issue is screen bleeding, but I don't care anymore, it does the job of a smartphone, I'll recommend this display only if u have shattered the original display Which is quite difficult to do so?, but in my case water damaged, so I put the Chinese one, as the original costs half the value of phone around $60 (INR.4000)