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 Huawei Mate 8 forum discussion V1, The truly premium flagship?

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123jcb
post Apr 4 2016, 11:17 AM

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gemfive service is suck...

i placed my order for mate 8 on last monday but till now i havent receive the phone, i called their cs and they dare to told me that the phone is ready to pickup from courier since last thursday but no action unitl now......

i asked to self collect the phone but they said is against their company policy....pui
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post Apr 4 2016, 05:28 PM

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QUOTE(benny888 @ Apr 4 2016, 11:10 AM)
This is a quick simple guide on how to unlock the phone bootloader

Make sure you had register a Huawei ID first. You can do it from the phone or at its website at : https://uniportal.huawei.com/accounts/regis...Register&nls=en
For phone number - just put in any 8 digit fictitious number ( I use 12345678)

After ONLY 14 days than go to :

Log in your HW ID and go to this site :
http://emui.huawei.com/en/plugin.php?id=hw...ad&mod=list#_=_

Choose unlock bootloader tab at top right
You will than be guided how to get your unlock code
For Product ID, use dialpad and dial *#*#1357946#*#*
You will get a 8 digit Product ID

Follow the steps thereafter and you will get a 16 digit number UNLOCK CODE

Switch off phone
On PC, go to folder where you had install the SDK/Fastboot commands : browse to the folder android-sdk-windows/platform-tools : on notebook press shift and right bottom of touchpad and select Open command window here
You will go straight to ms dos mode directly to the folder

Switch off phone. Connect it to PC. Press vol down n power simultaneously and phone will boot to Fastboot/Bootloader  mode
Type in following commands :

fastboot devices ( you will see phone detected with a series of numbers)
fastboot oem unlock xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ( xx...xxx is your 16 digit unlock code)

Reboot phone and your phone will be 100% wipe clean and bootloader is unlock
Be WARNED you will see an annoying message about bootloader being unlock and phone is now unsecure before the actual HW boot splash screen. This warning message I noted crops out only on Marshmallow phones ( Nexus 6P too) and never in Jellybean or Lollipop firmware

Download the slim version of Android SDK here :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9a0ULZKQL...DNtS3gzMFk/view

More info here on how to install TWRP and root your phone if needed :

http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/gen...nstall-t3301371

If you wish to remove the annoying warning message :
MUST Factory reset phone first
Boot phone into fastboot/bootloader mode

Type :
fastboot devices
fastboot oem relock xxxxx..xxxx (xx.xxx is your unlock code)
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Hi uncle benny, actually no need to wait for 14 days, i just collect my phone today and instantly i get the unlock code at this site: https://emui.huawei.com/en/plugin.php?id=unlock&mod=detail
123jcb
post Apr 6 2016, 04:46 PM

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actually the official firmware can flash in TWRP, just copy the update.zip to sd card, boot into TWRP then install update.zip, after update you will lose TWRP and root so you need to flash TWRP and root again....

one annoying thing is after flashing official firmware the device will encrypt again so the TWRP won't see the internal stoarage, you need to format data and flash the decrypted boot.img....
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post Apr 6 2016, 05:36 PM

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QUOTE(benny888 @ Apr 6 2016, 05:07 PM)
I  tried before but failed. Will try again next time

Updated my msian set to latest b180

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How to update ?
Download the update.zip n extract all its contents
Create a folder dload in either internal memory or ext sdcard
Copy the extracted contents into the dload folder
Switch off phone
Press both volup, vol down n power button simultaneously
When phone starts to boot , release only power button
Once you see emui logo than only release the vol buttons
Firmware will be updated than
You could see twice reboot before phone is fully started
The update process takes about 1+ min only
All data remain intact
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all the post in xda mate 8 thread said we need the stock recovery to flash the official firmware but i remember i read somewhere it can flash with twrp so i tried and flash it successfully.
123jcb
post Apr 6 2016, 07:43 PM

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QUOTE(ashx @ Apr 6 2016, 06:29 PM)
Should i do this on my 3GB? I want to switch to this from my faithful note 2.
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both 3GB/4GB have same model no. which is NXT-L29, so whatever work for 4GB will work for 3GB too...

mine is 3GB and I have tried this method and it work...
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post Apr 8 2016, 12:09 PM

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QUOTE(benny888 @ Apr 7 2016, 02:24 PM)
Check back yesterday posting, one 3GB ram user had reported updating it successfully as he said the model number matches the 4GB model
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yes, no problem for 3GB to flash NXT-L29C636B180


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post Apr 8 2016, 12:35 PM

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QUOTE(angel-girl @ Apr 8 2016, 12:16 PM)
because you uploaded using photobucket, actually you can upload to lowyat.

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post Apr 8 2016, 09:03 PM

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every time i restart the phone the floating dock will re-positioning it self, is it a bug?
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post Apr 11 2016, 03:47 PM

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to who want to use the double tap to wakeup:

- go to root explorer: /system/build.prop, locate ro.config.hw_easywakeup=false, change to:
ro.config.hw_easywakeup=true, save and restart
- go to settings/smart assistance/motion control/double touch/enable double touch to turn on screen, restart

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- backup the build.prop before you make any changes
- ur phone need to be root

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post Apr 11 2016, 08:26 PM

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QUOTE(leongsem @ Apr 11 2016, 04:08 PM)
not sure y they want to disable it
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probably related to battery performance
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post Apr 14 2016, 02:00 PM

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finally found how do enable the call recording function as built-in in china version rom

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1) download and unzip: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B83_LZdww...ZkV2anRlMW1pMUU
2) move the hwcallrecorder folder to system/app
3) set the hwcallrecorder folder permission to rwxr-xr-x
4) set the HwCallRecorder.apk permission to rw-r--r--
5) go to settings/apps/show system/recorder (there are 2 recorder choose the green android) and enable the
microphone permission
6) reboot

- this is manual record
- record will save in ext sd record folder

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