Any1 tried using other usb cable and paired with the original fast charger to charge the mate 8? Mine charged very slow using xiaomi fast charging cable. So cable actually play the role here to support the fast charging?

It is a 2A one which support XiaoMi fast charging iinm. I tried another cable and it charged up quickly. Weird, few days back the xiaomi cable still able to charge up quickly.

Any1 have this issue where the FB pictures won't load up using wifi? I had this issue until I hard reset my router, then it become lightning fast, pictures loads up almost instantly. But yesterday it came back again, could it be my router issue? Use my mobile data has no issue though, even only H+ also can load up pretty fast.

Previously before I hard reset the router, browsing is also quite slow. Now my browsing still okay, except for FB apps only.

Guys , just dropped my mate 8 with usb cable plugged in. The micro usb port is now abit loose.

Connectivity still ok though, won't get disconnected or can't detect etc. Should I and can I make a warranty claim on this? lol

I think is port at phone.

Our mate 8 got 1 to 1 exchange policy? Don't know want to let them open up or not...

I tried Asphalt 8 and Modern Combat 5. Very smooth on high graphics, not even hot after gaming. Just normal warmer than usual.

Can't see any physical damage. Huawei online support ask me to go service centre and have a check.

Thanks for the tips. Now finding convenient time to pay a visit.

I tried Modern Combat, Asphalt 8 and FIFA 15. No noticeable frame drops when playing. Battery drain depends on the screen brightness as well, usually I don't play for long so can't comment on this. But if no gaming, my battery can last more than 40 hours with 5.5hours SOT. I don't game a lot so I only can give a brief comment.

So far, this is one of the "coldest" devices I have used before.

Devices I have used before:

Moto G first Gen - Snapdragon 400
Nexus 7 Second Gen - Snapdragon S4
Nexus 5 - Snapdragon 800
Oneplus One - Snapdragon 801
Nexus 6 - Snapdragon 805
Oppo N3 - Snapdragon 801 iinm
Mate 7 - Kirin 92x iinm
Xiaomi Mi4i - Snapdragon 615

So far Mate 8 is the least hot phone I used before. More or less the same usage. Other than gaming, I use Waze a lot and I put my phone in the phone holder on my car's dashboard. So sometimes when the sun is hot (my car cheapskate no tint) and use high brightness. The phone usually will be quite hot, surprisingly mate 8 do quite well in term of temperature.


I was in a dilemma like you when Im buying this phone. I ended up choosing 4gb version because I used Mate 7 2gb before, it does suffer abit when heavy multitasking due to the heavy UI.

So far my mate 8 served me very well, I seldom kill apps and always let it run in the background. Rarely need to restart the apps unless the apps itself not well designed. Quite surprise as this mate 8 is as smooth as nexus devices which is pure android.

I had this issue as well. Happened randomly out of no where. Try hard reset your router, remember to save your router settings and get pppoe id and password first before hard reset.

After resetting, my fb load super smooth, everything almost pop out instantly. I'm on Unifi 30mbps.

I believe it could be some of the porting issue or the router is just too old. Especially those who never off router like mine, on 24/7 for years, better do a hard reset.

Guys if anyone of you looking for smart flip casing. I got one came with the phone to let go. Don't really like flip casing.

U r welcome haha. Good for you a restart can solved the problem. My case restarting the router and modem doesn't help anymore. Need to do hard reset

Any1 got idea where to purchase the original fast charger and the cable? Plan to get another set.

Usually i recharge whenever it reached about 10%. It took less than 2.5 hours to charge back up to 100%. Not very fast but acceptable for its 4000mAh battery size. Just recorded 6.5 hours SOT with more than 32 hours on battery. Impressive battery life.


The msd card is class 10 or? Try with good msd card?

Aiya that day went to service centre forgot to ask. RM35 is very good price for fast charger. Especially since mate 8 don't compatible with most generic fast charger. Hopefully it will be priced around there. I think most huawei reseller can buy. Got chance go ask haha.

I should rephrase it. Not compatible with huawei fast charging isn't it?

Eh if the differences are minimal, getting those fast chargers is a good alternative as well. I usually don't leave phone to charge overnight, haha my habit. My working nature required traveling so sometimes I use GPS pretty heavy and use wifi hotspot for my laptop. If previous day I din't charge full, next day I might required a bit of recharge towards the end of the day.

I tried to charge it using those normal charger, it's quite slow. Use huawei charger for 30mins, the battery can last me another few hours.

QC3 charger? Never heard of that, is it available in msia?

Class 10 should be alright. I did quick search and saw sandisc ultra got pretty good users review. Not sure though as I don't use sd card all this while.

If problem persists, maybe you can contact huawei support.

But since u mentioned using sd card only will experience the lags, perhaps try with another micro sd card? Or the card is from ur previous phone?

Edit: Just checked and u mentioned the card being used in other phones. However i still suggest to test with another card and see.

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Oh that's suck. Maybe u can try factort reset/wipe cache. But i don't think it helps much. Raise this issue to huawei support, maybe they could help.