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If we're now running EMUI 5 on our Honor 8's, is there a way of getting Google Assistant on there now?
Or is it a case of rooting and changing the Build Prop file, like I did on my old Samsung Note 3 that I flashed with an unofficial CyanogenMod 14.1 build to 7.1? I know that will screw up my warranty, and seeing as I've only had the phone 3 weeks, I'll wait...
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If we're now running EMUI 5 on our Honor 8's, is there a way of getting Google Assistant on there now?
Or is it a case of rooting and changing the Build Prop file, like I did on my old Samsung Note 3 that I flashed with an unofficial CyanogenMod 14.1 build to 7.1? I know that will screw up my warranty, and seeing as I've only had the phone 3 weeks, I'll wait...
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I'm sure all those things will come to us if we just wait.
I'm not going to root and mess about with this phone. It will be the first time !
As we're getting 2 years worth of updates then I'm sure we will get all that there is available.
I am in the beta group for Android N and I got it this morning and I'm really impressed !
It totally changed the phone.
My flat mate has the pixel and since I have downloaded this latest update our honor 8 is looking better and running better than the pixel by a long way.
I have been using the two side by side and there is no way I would swap.
So in my option it's best to keep the phone as it is till the updates stop then root it.
Only my opinion !
John
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johnhux7 said:
I'm sure all those things will come to us if we just wait.
I'm not going to root and mess about with this phone. It will be the first time !
As we're getting 2 years worth of updates then I'm sure we will get all that there is available.
I am in the beta group for Android N and I got it this morning and I'm really impressed !
It totally changed the phone.
My flat mate has the pixel and since I have downloaded this latest update our honor 8 is looking better and running better than the pixel by a long way.
I have been using the two side by side and there is no way I would swap.
So in my option it's best to keep the phone as it is till the updates stop then root it.
Only my opinion !
John
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Yeah, I agree with you. No point rushing off and causing issues with my warranty just yet. I waited 2 years before I even started flashing my old Note 3 after all, and that's only because it was stuck with Lollipop, despite being up the task of running the newer releases of Android. It's good that Huawei / Honor are allowing at least 2 years of updates to be released to their phones.
I'm gonna wait (somewhat impatiently). Google say that the Assistant will be a Pixel exclusive, but we all now they will "share the love" eventually (just so it helps them with data mining etc)..
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Yeah, I agree with you. No point rushing off and causing issues with my warranty just yet. I waited 2 years before I even started flashing my old Note 3 after all, and that's only because it was stuck with Lollipop, despite being up the task of running the newer releases of Android. It's good that Huawei / Honor are allowing at least 2 years of updates to be released to their phones.
I'm gonna wait (somewhat impatiently). Google say that the Assistant will be a Pixel exclusive, but we all now they will "share the love" eventually (just so it helps them with data mining etc)..
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You sound like a sensible man. I think we have a great phone and ROM to go with it.
I'm lucky that I have other phones to play with to fill my rooting needs !!
I have a S3 that I'm just flashing CM14.1 so I really have no need to mess about with this one.
I'm so impressed with this phone !!!
We made a good choice and with 4GB ram to play with I dint think we have seen even half of what they can do with it.
Cheers
John
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I am new to the Mate 9. So far I used to always run a Nexus device as my daily driver but when my Nexus 6P suffered from a "boot loop of death" I bought a Mate 9 instead.
I am wondering though: Will the Mate 9 ever get to see Android O? Or will Android 7.1 be the max for this phone?
What do you think?
I came from the nexus 6p as well. I fully expected not to get many future updates. I knew this going into the purchase.
I do think Mate 9 gets O but it won't be right away.
I'm already running Android O on it, albeit an internal developer build, so it's definitely coming.
Huawei is not known to keep their phones "up to date".
I ran a Mate2, for over a year on 4.3 JB before they updated it to 5.0LL
I bought a Mate8 in November, and it just received Android 7 last week.
I'm not that concerned though. I know going in, that unless you have an Apple
device, or a Google device, most phone rarely get updates past perhaps one
version. Huawei is no different.
p51d007 said:
Huawei is not known to keep their phones "up to date".
I ran a Mate2, for over a year on 4.3 JB before they updated it to 5.0LL
I bought a Mate8 in November, and it just received Android 7 last week.
I'm not that concerned though. I know going in, that unless you have an Apple
device, or a Google device, most phone rarely get updates past perhaps one
version. Huawei is no different.
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I thought the Mate 8 got Nougat a couple months ago?
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I thought the Mate 8 got Nougat a couple months ago?
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Depends on which region you were in, and if you did it "officially" through the built in updater application,
or used something like Firmware finder, or, hacked your way into installing a beta.
I waited for it to hit "officially". Firmware finder never did work, although it did work for some.
I prefer the official channels.
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I'm already running Android O on it
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Does it include new updated binaries in /vendor/* ?
https://plus.google.com/+PhoneArena/posts/YW3FAJ4Nihj just going to leave this here. You actually heard it from @duraaraa first
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Short answer: It'll get Android O
At least its planned and its on the roadmap, and Huawei engineers are working on it.
Bb
Have anyone saw if we're getting update for the androod O?
The only sure thing is "updates for 2 years" we just dont know how many there will be.
I think we will be lucky if we see 7.1.X updates or EMUI 5.1 ...
After all if they give you Android 8 on Honor 8, how will they convince you to buy a new mobile in 1.5-2 years ? Its a market thing...
Same happened with OneplusX , you like it? you want more? buy a new model.
I do not believe we get the update on Android O.
Samsung keep their promise and gave android 5.1 for my old Galaxy s4.
If I couldn't receive 2 years update, I will erase the Huawei from list and Me, nor some one near me will never buy Huawei again. It's simple like that. We call it "trust". And miss using trust is a "one time" mistake.
I think we could receive it.
I personally don't it. We went five months without a simple security update. A full OS overhaul seems unlikely to me.
evilpaul13 said:
I personally don't it. We went five months without a simple security update. A full OS overhaul seems unlikely to me.
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Something is moving on Firmware Finder. I think that we will have something soon.
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Unlikely, but it's more likely we get O than 7.1.2.
i want it but i think wont get it
Telperion said:
Unlikely, but it's more likely we get O than 7.1.2.
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Huawei customizes the interface. The version of Android is quite irrelevant.
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SSyar said:
i want it but i think wont get it
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The only chance we would get it is through custom ROMs.
No questions about it, yes
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Huawei customizes the interface. The version of Android is quite irrelevant.
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Not entirely irrelevant. Nougat brought native replies within notifications, that wasn't possible on Marshmallow (without Xposed). If Huawei's customizations bring the same or comparable features to an older version, I can live with that, but they don't always.
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Not entirely irrelevant. Nougat brought native replies within notifications, that wasn't possible on Marshmallow (without Xposed). If Huawei's customizations bring the same or comparable features to an older version, I can live with that, but they don't always.
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Huawei should make notifications and how we interact with them from the lockscreen just like stock Android
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Huawei should make notifications and how we interact with them from the lockscreen just like stock Android
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Agreed, though their target market in China prefers devices that behave similarly to iOS. Thankfully EMUI5 / Nougat is much closer to AOSP than EMUI4 / Marshmallow.
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Agreed, though their target market in China prefers devices that behave similarly to iOS. Thankfully EMUI5 / Nougat is much closer to AOSP than EMUI4 / Marshmallow.
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I wish it will happen in EMUI 6
Personally i hope but i think not. They don't even want to update to 7.1. Think about this, they made P8 (flagship version not Lite one) with a good hardware to support android 7.0 and even 7.1 and guess what? They killed it in favor of P8 lite 2017 that comes with Nougat and the hardware is just slightly different. The P8 just receives security patch updates (at least this phone receive it, we not), nothing more. I agree with those who say is a marketing thing. Talking about our phone, i think it's capable to get 7.1 and even O but probably it will die after the "Big" update with some EMUI 5.1 features on our EMUI 5.0. If we're lucky we'll get by time some security patch updates but nothing more. I wish they can keep their promises about 2 year updates, but actually i'm pretty diffident. Hope they can show me that i'm wrong
I think Honor 8 will receive another major update.
The fact they won't update Honor 7 (Yes, compatibility issues, but still...) disappointed lots of buyers. Making the same mistake with Honor 8 would destroy the reliability of the brand. I hope they're not so stupid.
michele955 said:
I think Honor 8 will receive another major update.
The fact they won't update Honor 7 (Yes, compatibility issues, but still...) disappointed lots of buyers. Making the same mistake with Honor 8 would destroy the reliability of the brand. I hope they're not so stupid.
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I'm hoping with you. Then if everything goes well, we still have to see if they will give us 7.1 or O as major update. What do you think about?
Giuskiller said:
I'm hoping with you. Then if everything goes well, we still have to see if they will give us 7.1 or O as major update. What do you think about?
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The honor 7 wasn't updated to nougat because of Google's policy about the update (I don't know what is required exactly), and the honor 8 will get Android Or for sure.
Since OP6 is launching with oreo on board and Android P beta is already available for OP6 does that mean that the next major android version will be the last update for the OP6 as OEM like to follow 2 major upgrades for their flagships ?
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Since OP6 is launching with oreo on board and Android P beta is already available for OP6 does that mean that the next major android version will be the last update for the OP6 as OEM like to follow 2 major upgrades for their flagships ?
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Maybe because OnePlus 3 was launched with marshmallow and last major update was oreo so it could be but OnePlus 6 will support Project Treble so don't know for sure but I think it'll recieve more updates.
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munny_sun said:
Maybe because OnePlus 3 was launched with marshmallow and last major update was oreo so it could be but OnePlus 6 will support Project Treble so don't know for sure but I think it'll recieve more updates.
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Oneplus should extend the support period to 3 years as with pixel 2 phone.
arjun said:
Oneplus should extend the support period to 3 years as with pixel 2 phone.
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I thought with Project Treble it will get P, Q & R ?
SlyUK said:
I thought with Project Treble it will get P, Q & R ?
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Let's hope for it.
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Let's hope for it.
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Absolutely
Absolutely not, guaranteed
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I thought with Project Treble it will get P, Q & R ?
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What about S, T etc.? Or am I missing something?
I think that support for a phone depends on its popularity, the manufacturers do not follow strict guidelines, I mean, they respect their promises but they may extend support if a product is very popular and has a very large user base. And I predict that the OP6 will be very popular because it doesn't have obvious shortcomings, it looks to be ticking all the essential boxes.
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What about S, T etc.? Or am I missing something?
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Or maybe Z ver. Do you wanna keep your phone till 2040?
sitarumadalincosmin said:
Or maybe Z ver. Do you wanna keep your phone till 2040?
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Why not?
jacdelad said:
Why not?
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Hahaha...keep dreaming
sitarumadalincosmin said:
Hahaha...keep dreaming
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My question was especially if there are plans after Android R or if Google already mentioned something that it will stop. I thought I maybe missed something (also looking at Fuchsia).
I don't get why people worry SO much about what versions of android a device will get as long as it gets solid security updates for at least a year after release. If the phone is very good already, would it be such torture to keep living with it the way it is? Don't think so.
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I don't get why people worry SO much about what versions of android a device will get as long as it gets solid security updates for at least a year after release. If the phone is very good already, would it be such torture to keep living with it the way it is? Don't think so.
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It wouldn't be torture, but it would be nice to think you can use the phone for a few years and be running the latest and greatest software on it, without the need for upgrading the phone to the newest model.
So, the phone is just released and we're already talking about his its end of support? :laugh:
if not there will always be project trebble roms for it .
Here's the official Software Support outline from OnePlus
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/oneplus-software-maintenance-schedule.862347/
So two years means Android Q for sure but maybe not Android R .
One Plus 6 was released in about April 2018, Pie comes out is released in September
April 2019 One Plus 7??? then Android Q in about September.
The One Plus 6 would be about a year and a half old.
April 2020 One Plus 8 ???? then Android R in September but then the One Plus 6 would be 2 and a half .... may not see Android R
I can live with that replacing a cell phone every two years is not unreasonable.
What bother me about software cycles is I know this is all arbitrary and is done so we would want to buy new phones.
Meanwhile if I wanted to root, I am sure my One Plus 6 will work with third party ROMs "download them from XDA" many years after OnePlus abandons my device.
It will receive Android R
Op6 will be updated to Android R as op3/3t launched with marshmallow and officially will be updated to Android pie as confirmed by OnePlus...Op 6 n Op6t(already launched on pie.. so definitely Android R) will receive Android R
Are there still updates coming to the hd 10 ? or is 5.6.0.1 the last one?
spectrax1 said:
Are there still updates coming to the hd 10 ? or is 5.6.0.1 the last one?
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Hi,
The latest update is 5.6.1.0.
And, I don't think so. Even 2015 devices were updated to 5.6.1.0, so I think that Amazon have a lot more updates coming on.
Supersonic27543 said:
Hi,
The latest update is 5.6.1.0.
And, I don't think so. Even 2015 devices were updated to 5.6.1.0, so I think that Amazon have a lot more updates coming on.
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Their updates have been few and far between lately. It would seem they have a big problem on thier hands. The last time this type of root happened, they abandoned the device. The HD 8.9 for example in my opinion was likely their best tablet yet aside from the HD 10. Every version of that tablet can be rooted and unlocked. They eventually just gave up on it. I predict the same might come of the HD 10. But I hope not because these tablets are actually quite badass.
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Their updates have been few and far between lately. It would seem they have a big problem on thier hands. The last time this type of root happened, they abandoned the device. The HD 8.9 for example in my opinion was likely their best tablet yet aside from the HD 10. Every version of that tablet can be rooted and unlocked. They eventually just gave up on it. I predict the same might come of the HD 10. But I hope not because these tablets are actually quite badass.
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And if we unlock it, we don't need to worry about updates! :laugh:
i mean, is there any info from amazon whether they will update the hd 10 or they will stop rolling out updates?!
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i mean, is there any info from amazon whether they will update the hd 10 or they will stop rolling out updates?!
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What features do you feel the hd10 is lacking?
Security updates?
New features?
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What features do you feel the hd10 is lacking?
Security updates?
New features?
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yeah, i would like some enhanced software updates for a smooth experience. ofc security updates aswell. But the biggest question is, will they stick to android 5 lolipop. Or will they bring a new HD10 in future with android 6 or higher.
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yeah, i would like some enhanced software updates for a smooth experience. ofc security updates aswell. But the biggest question is, will they stick to android 5 lolipop. Or will they bring a new HD10 in future with android 6 or higher.
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My personal opinion is if they were going to move the hd line to anything higher then LP they would have already. I seriously doubt we will ever see a new android version on our units, you have to remember the average user of these tablets probably doesn't even know what lollipop is. They use the tablet as is, they like the amazon interface and amazon uses it as a tool to sell more product ad services.
Said another way the business model amazon uses for these tablets means from their point of view there is no need to update anything except basic performance enhancements and such. In their eyes it was never intended to be used as a pure android tablet. I would guess they lose money on every tablet they sell based solely on hardware costs, they make the money back in sales and services. If they ever do update things it will likely NOT be to get a new version or to add new features but to lock down the tablets even more so that you have no choice but to do things "the amazon way"
Just my opinion
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My personal opinion is if they were going to move the hd line to anything higher then LP they would have already. I seriously doubt we will ever see a new android version on our units, you have to remember the average user of these tablets probably doesn't even know what lollipop is. They use the tablet as is, they like the amazon interface and amazon uses it as a tool to sell more product ad services.
Said another way the business model amazon uses for these tablets means from their point of view there is no need to update anything except basic performance enhancements and such. In their eyes it was never intended to be used as a pure android tablet. I would guess they lose money on every tablet they sell based solely on hardware costs, they make the money back in sales and services. If they ever do update things it will likely NOT be to get a new version or to add new features but to lock down the tablets even more so that you have no choice but to do things "the amazon way"
Just my opinion
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Enforcing the point. When I contact them, they would not even admit that this is an Android tablet. (They keep saying, "This is not Android, this is FireOS"), and rolling out any major updates will make it harder for them to keep the system their way. Considering the new features that come with 6.0, they will have to rewrite their whole system. So... I don't think they will update it beyond 5.1.1.