Just Chinese and English. But this is the best ROM for me for now. Waiting for an official ICS release for Malaysia.

I think the B913 is the Russian ROM. It does have a lot of languages, more apps. They discussed in the xda-dev forum.

Still waiting for the release said this 11th May.

I always prefer to do full clean new installation without any old app setting. SMS and data backup is a must though.

In any way, can't wait for a new ROM to have to play around again!

Maybe :-
Super cheap phone = bad phone specs/quality + bad services
Cheap phone = good phone specs/quality + bad services
Medium phone = medium phone specs/quality + bad services
expensive phone = good phone specs/quality + bad services
rip your pocket phone = good phone specs/quality + good services

I have purchased products from China quite a number of times and I learnt one thing, we would not get everything as they are cheaper. Sometimes I pray for the quality of the product to be durable as to avoid unnecessary return of warranty.

Well if Huawei promised 11th May 2012 a new ICS update will be put out for Malaysian/Global Honor phones then we should ask them where is it but do not blame them if it catch a delay as these kind of things do happens with them.

I will follow you very soon. Start to feel tired of the ICS problems (unexpected app stop, freezes and so on..).

There's time to play around with GB 2.3.6. Currently done converting to it from ICS 4.0.3.

Its fun with Android, you can just keep changing the OS back and forth. LOL... feel like formatting a PC.

I used B865 first (so called Malaysia Official but no Malay language???) and found that it has two extra feature : TouchPal Key Input and Security Guard. So, I backup both and set them aside.

Then I changed to B866 and restore both the backup apps. So, I got all the feature I want plus the Malay language (though I never used it... weird huh). But it seems TouchPal Key Input crashes too much. I am still trying to find out why.

To me, Huawei Launcher is not good enough. The dock icon slots only have 2 that can be used. I want to put 4 at least. The folder icon is no changeable and stock. No automatic grouping when two icons are being put closely together. No auto sorting in the app drawer.

FTL Launcher also uses stock folder so all the characteristics are the same. I am going to have to use some other launcher. Maybe Regina is a good candidate. I had fun using it before.

Go Launcher is more rich in feature but also more heavier. I guess I am a bit picky in using and optimizing resources. Some thing you just have to sacrifice to get good looks.

If ICS 4.0.3 can be more stable, ran my list of apps without glitch I would happily go for it in the future. So, lets see what Huawei is cooking soon!

Try using the TSF Launcher. Its a bit different but the speed is smooth.

First thing you should do before downgrading is to check up the directories of the games you want to save up the savegames.

1. Defenders
2. World of Goo
3. Angry birds

Try to find the savegame file/folder that might hold up your current game state or progress. Copy them out or just copy the whole sdcard and then take note of the files to copy them back later when you have installed the games.

Remember to do All Backup too for your SMS backup. I personally did not reuse the system settings or others as I am downgrading from ICS to GB. All I restore is SMS, alarm.

Good luck in downgrading!

Sorry I haven't test it yet. It's a paid app. Maybe others can give input on this.

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Added on May 17, 2012, 2:13 pmSo.. there is not global updates then... sigh.

This post has been edited by adfy: May 17 2012, 02:13 PM

No sorry. What is it for? Please do tell us all.

Guys... please check out the Huaweidevice.com.my for Huawei Honor. They posted 2 new ROMs for us.

Yay!!! Gonna try them now..

First impression.. laggy. Or because using GB before this? Seems there is no English(Malaysia) like before. Got Malay language option. Automatic software restore with Google. Never happen before. Slow response. Sigh... it feels like Honor is not meant to use ICS. Why oh why the slow response???

Oh well.. back to GB now. Trying the B865 Malaysia version. If not good then back to the internal B866 version.

Currently I have not yet seen a phone with good ICS implementation. All is still in beta release or with bugs. ICS is nice but Huawei definitely need to put more focus in getting it done properly before putting out the releases.

I used ICS and found they are more nicer to GB but in the end the need for speed and stability overcomes. GB more stable, rarely app crashes and no auto reboot/hang so far. Where else the ICS frequent hang/auto reboot/app crashes. Its like Windows Vista/Me all over again LOL.

So... stick with Windows XP/7. Much more stable...

p/s : I mean GB...

This post has been edited by adfy: May 30 2012, 02:27 AM

If you really want to use ICS I would suggest using the B978 version. It is the most stable one I have tried. Not too many hang/crashes depending on what app you're using.

I can't really tell about the touch screen. Feel's like Huawei Honor touch screen is a bit erratic.. sometimes its too sensitive and sometimes it just doesn't respond well.

Maybe my hand is too big... zzz

Or... maybe I need to get a bigger screen phone. Like 4.3 inch or 5 inch...

Anybody got the B866SP01 ROM that has quicksetting controls with lesser language selection available?? I flashed on my phone but I can't seem to find the ROM anymore... zzz need to flash another phone with it....

The different of both B866SP01 ROM that I have flashed are :-

1. In Settings-->Display there is an option to tick "Notification settings"
2. In Settings-->Language & keyboard-->Select language the list is shorter than the one that are downloaded from the huawei international site.

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Added on June 9, 2012, 11:47 amHi Dan Peng,

Can you share the Honor_tools file? I need it.

Thanks!

This post has been edited by adfy: Jun 9 2012, 11:47 AM

Nevermind. I downloaded a newer version of Huawei Honor_Tools.zip.

However I did not find the file I wanted.

Actually, I am looking for an UPDATE.APP that has the patch to put quick setting switches to the notification area (Wifi, GPS, Data...) or the B866SP01 ROM that has the quick setting switches embedded inside.

Weird thing is, I have this two Huawei Honor that I have flashed both with the B866SP01 ROM where one has the switches in the notification area, has the menu option to enable/disable the notification settings inside the Display Menu in the Settings and also have about 20 languages only to choose where else the other one has no switches in the notification area, has no menu option in the same Display Menu in the Settings and has mora than 30 languages to choose in the the Select Language Menu.

I am totally baffled..

There are two possibilities here..

1. I have flashed different ROM but with same base, B866SP01
2. I have flashed same ROM, later flashed an UPDATE.APP file which has the notification settings implemented.

The thing is after the 1st phone flash I did a cleanup of my ROMS collection and I really am not sure whether I have deleted the ROM or the UPDATE.APP file.

Anybody had done putting the quick switches inside the notification area on their B866SP01 phone?