This phone is a bargain. Currently the best selling phone in China and this is actually cheaper with the launch offer. Finally no rip off Britain.

Ignore the reviews complaining about EMUI. Only stock android snobs complain about it. Having used both, emui is much better.

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It's not often that you check in to HUKD and actually save money. I was browsing as I thought now might be good time to replace my Note 2 but after reading your post I can't really fault my current phone for my needs. Thanks.

why are everyone still buying phones? What's wrong with the one you are using now?
I failed to see any features good enough for upgrade from 2 yrs old sony z ultra, or any 2 yrs old android phones, HTC M7/M8/M9 or Samsung S4/S5, Note 3/4.
They are practically the same.

Seems ok deal to me I Like the English connection. Heat added - not seen any reviews tho, but the manufacturer has a proven good record.

This is only a pre-order at the moment, no indication of when they will start shipping.

Probably worth noting that the Honor 6 is also available through the vmall at £169.99 for a few days. (Around £240 elsewhere at the moment)

I've been looking at getting this one, contacted them on chat and they say they're looking to ship within 2 weeks.
Tried to clarify the 4G bands but all they said was it's compatible with the UK networks, not sure if they meant 4G or just the phone, anyone know as GSMarena implies it might not be 4G compatible for voda/o2 network...?

Google launcher should will fix the UI concerns. :-)

gsmarena lists the specs of the Chinese version... this one is modified to support all UK bands

This phone is a bargain. Currently the best selling phone in China and this is actually cheaper with the launch offer. Finally no rip off Britain.

Ignore the reviews complaining about EMUI. Only stock android snobs complain about it. Having used both, emui is much better.

Any info if this is a Dual Sim version ?

cool, got a source for that?

Amazon.co.uk's listing

Don't we use FDD-LTE only in the UK, which says B1/B3 so not all UK networks?

Seems awesome deal for the buck! Thanks OP!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Honor-4G-Dual-SIM-Free-Smartphone/dp/B0144OCV72/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1440696436&sr=1-1

3/7/20

Review from Android Authority just published with YouTube video. Seems a good deal for the price.
http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-honor-7-review-636032/

Oops, yep. I was looking at the wrong one. My bad! Good spot :smiley:

WOW a lot of phone for the money

Heat given, its a fair bit of phone for the money, but I'd rather get the moto play...

I have the honor 6 and very happy with it..not sure about the benefit of upgrading to this...voted hot anyway

Only 16GB is a bit of a bummer. I'm not considering anything less than 32GB these days.

The Honor 6 seems a great deal at the price, 3GB of RAM!

Spec isn't that much higher than a £125 Vodafone Smart Ultra 6

http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_honor_7-review-1279.php
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/27/huawei-honor-7-review-solid-mid-range-with-lightning-fast-fingerprint-scanner
http://www.androidcentral.com/honor-7-review
http://www.slashgear.com/huawei-honor-7-review-27399494/
http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-honor-7-review-636032/

A lot of phone for the price. Processor isn't the best and performs similar to Snapdragon 801. Not bad overall.

is that true or did you watch the android authority video which might of been a mistake???

looks good for the money

dual sim and I buy,but is it?

How good is Huawei when it comes to software/OS updates? This is crucial when you are buying an Android device.

yup

"The volume rocker and the power/lock key are on the right of the Honor 7. The left side of the device hosts the ejectable tray for a dual nanoSIM or a nanoSIM/microSD card setup. The hardware Smart Key is also on the left - you can configure its functionality in the phone's Settings."

Ha. Was gonna post this deal, you beat me to it. Im just about to order it. Looks like a good deal although i would hve liked the gold version

Which is a good thing for most users. Most well known manufacturers push out Android updates too fast due to demand and introduce tons of problems.

Doesn't solve the issue IMO. Can't merge the combined space into a single volume, so managing space becomes a chore and not everything can be transferred to SD card.

​I got my wife the Honor 4X and it's a great phone, but just bunged Nova Launcher on it to get rid of it's own one and also that gives it an app drawer.

I'm very interested in this model saying I am still rocking the galaxy s3!

Did anyone get to the bottom of whether the phone will be supported by UK networks?
Or when they plan to ship the phone?

Aye and the more apps and services you have running from mSD, the slower and laggier the phone runs.

Anyone ordered?!??
It keeps coming up with processor error when i press place order.

I hope im not placing like 10 orders

I have the Honor 6 and best phone I've owned. Battery lasts ages, can do two days with light use. I got used to the launcher, quite like it now.

Wow, surprised this got hot. Honestly thought it'd go the other way :confused:

I have the Honor 6 and I had to admit, they are poor with updates... the biggest problem for me is they don't make their source open to anyone... and with the Honor phones having a custom CPUs it means the ROM scene is almost none existent. I love messing about with phones so it's really irritating for me.

But apart from that the phone has been great. IMO Huawei make most reliable phones out of the 'Chinese' options.

I'm a little tempted to sell my Honor 6 and get this.


It'll 100% support all UK networks. Huawei don't just make phones for Chinese markets... they are made for countries all around the world. And this coming from their UK warehouse means it'll 100% work with UK networks.

Thanks for the reply, your definitely swaying me in favour!

Does anyone know when they plan to ship the phone?

Update: seems to be working now.

The GPU is pants so don't expect to play intense games on this

Oh okay that's not to bad at all, looks like I'm spending the night looking at reviews!

severely tempted but cant change the battery :disappointed: i destroy them with usage lol

why are everyone still buying phones? What's wrong with the one you are using now?
I failed to see any features good enough for upgrade from 2 yrs old sony z ultra, or any 2 yrs old android phones, HTC M7/M8/M9 or Samsung S4/S5, Note 3/4.
They are practically the same.

Sounds good to me, pre-ordered one!
Thanks OP, voted Hot

Im not talking about benchmarks, Im talking about actual games. Theres lag and stuttering.

If there is, then it would be minor. Tried many games on the Honor 6 and didn't notice any issues and Honor 7 has an improved gpu. If there is any reviews that state the gaming performance is terrible, changing the performance mode would resolve them. There is a 'smart' and 'normal' mode. Smart which is the default setting doesn't let the gpu/cpu run full speed to preserve battery.

Is this their Premium/Flagship or the P8? Seem to have better specs than P8?

Would I be crazy to replace my LG G3 with this?

+1
Asphalt 8 runs flawlessly for me on the Honor 6. Don't see why people get so let down by not getting 10,000 fps on mobile games.
elrasho is probably saying there's lag and stuttering without ever using the phone... daft seeing as it's not out here yet. Reviews say it's all super-smooth.

The Honor range are their 'midrange' series of phones. The P8 is a premium design, and the P9 will be the new flagship when it comes out later this year/early '16 I guess.

Wouldn't say crazy... depends on what your needs are. You'll lose the better OS/UI, 1440p screen + 0.3" size... but gain better cameras, front-facing flash, fingerprint reader and an extra gig of ram

Will someone just release a phone that ticks all the boxes for £200..!!!

BTW THIS OFFER ENDS 31st (couldnt see that mentioned anywhere).

Here's a link to white/silver one. More difficult to find on the site than the black for whatever reason

https://www.vmall.eu/uk/honor-7-silver-281216/

is it possible to uninstall the Chinese government's snooping software from these phones?

Thanks for the responses. I have the P8 and the only things I like are looks and display. But must admit it lags noticeably being a premium phone. Battery life is also below expectation for many but I manage 2 days being a low user. The Camera or OIS does not impress me anywhere near to my WPs. I was shocked to see this has 935 compared to 930 in the P8, and battery is about half a grang mAh more, but looks are not as impressive as p8. Anyway good deal. Many complains about the OS, but I find it quite good compaired to my G2 or earlier Samsungs or Sony's (Individual taste I guess).

Worth clarifying that it states on checkout the below-

So if you're thinking of pre-ordering best to do whilst offer is on :smiley:

"Keep in mind though that the second SIM slot also functions as the microSD card slot, so you’ll have to make a choice between expandable storage or dual-SIM capabilities."

This kills it for me. I don't understand this silly design... having to chose between card or second SIM...

​second sims just aren't a big thing outside of Asia (though yes some do use 2 they are a minority). It allows the manufacturer to build one phone for multiple regions.

Speak for yourself, I find it hard to understand that, as I need Dual SIM as do most here, think of all the deals for all sorts of SIMs that offer 100GB data/month and so on... with a Dual SIM, no problem.

I also don't like chinese phone trying desperately to look like Apple, if I wanted Apple products, I wouldn't bother with Android. And now it is not just about the UI and design, but also about the adoption of nano-SIM. nano-SIM is a silly invention from apple that should go away. Micro sim is small enough and compatible with a larger array of phones.

i thought this was a good deal as it seems better than my p8!!!>>>

the vmall app just appeared on my phone earlier!

Having separate slots the would take up more space inside the phone and affect battery size or other things. That's why there is also a 64gb version of this phone but only available in Asia atm ... Same goes for the nano sim, takes up less space.

Aren't they making the new nexus? I'd assume that their partnership with Google is /will be a lot closer if that's the case and therefore android updates to their own devices will be quicker as a result?

Maybe that's naive :-/

Oh common, I had 4" Dual SIM phones that took regular SIMs... definitely not the reason, be serious.

High tech phones these days are very cramped inside. Using micro sims or 2 individual nano + micro sd would result in other things possibly having to be removed, such as the smart key in the Honor 7. That was just their decision to do it they way they did, and there is 64gb version for people who who want lots of storage with dual sim.

Elephone p8000 same specs 105 pound

this is a cheap man's iPhone

out of stock now and pre-order coupon doesn't work when using 3d-secure bank details

Good review of this in the Guardian.

I have the ascend mate 7 having previously had nrxus, notes etc... EMUI is a bit annoying at first but 3 days in and you'll wonder how you did without it. IMO its a mid-way between ios and android

​sorry, nudged phone. Didn't mean to like comment.

The thing is I'd like a dual sim too. But I'm not speaking for myself. In Asia it is extremely common to have two sims, one for calls and texts, the other for data, due to high costs for both customers shop round for each individually.

Outside of Asia this simply isn't the way people get contracts / sim deals and people with two are a minority.

*honour

Terrible make of phone, can't wait to get rid of mine. Cold

My biggest confusion is for Colour, Shall I go for Black/Gray or White/Silver, Can somebody advise on colour with reason please

Agreed, EMUI is better. Android 5.1.1 based update has just launched, you will get the latest 5.1.1.

If the Honor 6 is anything to go by, the Honor 7 will be a superb phone.
For this price it is just amazing.

Which colour looks better

Slightly better spec than the Elephone P8000 yet it's £112

What am I missing?

I have the p8 and am sort of happy with it but it certainly isnt a jump up from my old galaxy s4 although it does take lovely pictures................

Im a heavy user so struggle with the battery although it is better than the s4 zero lemons i had.........

I still think all normal size phones ie NOT the note type ones struggle with a days heavy use.........

OH and i cant get ds battery saver to work on it!"

You sound very condencending when stating the obvious - high tech phones these days... seriously? Thank you for educating me.
I repeat, I had 4" regular size Dual SIM phones with microSD slot, these days, not in the old days mate.
You know, smart phones, and yes, they used to have hardware buttons at the bottom of the screen as well.
And yet they all fit. Phones loose every day another hardware button, the phone I am talking about surely had more buttons on the side than this one, don;t worry.

Just read a review on it this morning: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/2423125/honor-7-review

The Good
Value for money, attractive display, long battery life, small but useful hardware features

The Bad
Disappointing cameras, not the latest Android version

The Ugly
Emotion UI makes unwelcome changes to Android

Bartender's Score 7/10

Correct me if I am wrong, but it does not have NFC....

Warranty is free for a year or so, VAT is inclusive and delivery is free for over £69 spends.
Thats through huawei's UK site VMALL uk. No hidden costs at all.

That is a beast of a handset, I am tired of Samsung and their Apple-esk ways I've had the S series since 2 but the 6 is a step too far in the wrong direction for me.

Just taken delivery of a G4 too now bah! heat added - China is here to stay, the OPPO's are great bits of kit too I had the Find 7 but the QHD display had issues with custom roms so it went back unfortunately.

Has anyone have any views between this and the Elephone P7000 ?

Thanks

oh, i like the size of this phone- can use with one hand.

I had the Huawei Honor 6 but sold it as I got a Huawei P8 via a cheap ID deal via here and to be honest the Honor 6 was better for me overall as it had at least 50% more battery life AND you could change the screen down to 'only' 720p compared to the full HD of the P8. Pictures from the camera on the P8 are better but given my experiences I would highly recommend going for the Honor 7 via this deal as Huawei phones are well build and spec'd!

I have spoken to Huawei and they will confirm today via email :smiley:

Cockroaches deep-fried in oil recycled from city sewers are also very popular in China.

From Huawei themselves.......

As of now unfortunately Honor 7 does not support NFC.

Huawei the lads.

I was referring to the Elephone not the Huawei.

Out of Stock...

Huawei are a good manufacturer however the speed at which they give you android updates is suverely limiting(They won't provide an update until the next phone is out). The international variant will get NO ROMs, just like the Huawei Honor 6, as they refuse to release the code as part of GPL. If this doesn't bother you then go nuts, it is an amazing device and well built if the Honor 6 is anything to go by.

worth ditching Z3 Compact for this?

I love Custom ROM but Honor 7 software has tons of customisation and other options built in so I don't think I will miss much on unreliable and buggy custom rom which is bit risky and sometime make phone worse or complete dead

I just read Good review on GSMARENA.COM and ordered White/Silver Look awesome, There is no phone in the world I think which have decent battery life, good front and back cam, Ir blaster, Fingerprint reader, NFC, Metal Body, Duel Sim & SD slot, if you find any phone with all these checklist with around this price point let me know

Before I was confused between OnePlus 2 or Moto X Play or Moto X Style but I think Moto X Style will be around £330 and 3rd grade invite system of Oneplus 2 and lack of NFC, FM Radio, Irda and also Moto X play no fingerprint reader and price more than Honor 7, I can do bit compromise on speed but not on there as I don't play highly intense games on my mobile device, and one more reason to order is this website is fully UK region compatible

OP need to change bit on description as it got NFC

Pre ordered.........thanks

Huawei are terrible at international updates, they brought and android update out for my phone for china on jan 2nd, there is still not one for international versions of the same phone

Out of stock guess it doesn't matter now LOL....

Not sure what ROMs you used, but Nightlies or M release on CyanogenMod are stable. Honor 7 is not a great improvement on the Honor 6(I have used it extensively) nor does the customisation provided equal that of a blank slate.

Tried to place the order after applying the discount code. The basket is showing £209.99. But the verified by visa screen ahowing £249.99. Got confused. Has anybody noticed that?Not sure they will end up charging £249.99.

You still don't understand. Did your 4" phone have 3gb ram, a fingerprint sensor, a 3100mah battery and so on? No it didn't. It was easy to put those sim slots in it, it's not easy in phones like the Honor 7, compromises have to be made, there is no empty space left on phones like these.

Any 120fps slow motion video on the Honor 7?

just realise it has no NFC, really? might have to cancel the order :disappointed:

Good point!!

Anyone answer my previous question?

Z3 Compact to this phone?

A good looking phone at a good price. A few comments and questions..... We are talking about a smartphone here right? So for a phone.....
Is the lack of NFC a deal breaker?
Is the lack of timely updates a deal breaker?

As long as it makes phone calls, apps and browsers work OK, it can take a few reasonable photos, music sounds OK, then who really gives a poo?

Me, am happy with my first gen Moto G LTE until I lose it or drop it again. Am not sure why I would need anything with more power or storage TBH, unless I was obsessed with specs and still lived at home with my mum.

Thanks ;-)

Lack of NFC (once confirmed) would be a deal breaker for me.
You'll see why over the next 2 years :smiley:

May be gsmarena specs if swaps with Irda = No with NFC = yes

NFC is mention in 3 different website including gsmarena.com, phenomena.com and http://www.mobile-review.com
are they all lied ?

Great spec and phone for the price but all the reviews highlight that the skin overlay on top of Android is a little 'Marmite' = love/hate thing. Might hold on and wait to see how it goes and possibly pick one up later. Heat for offer

Helpful review here:

http://www.androidcentral.com/honor-7-review?pg=2#content

Does this have any form of quick charging?

But it does.


Direct from Huawei's website.

OP change it to NFC please I just rang them on 08000488994 and lady confirmed it have NFC, Dual Sim and IRDA
So no matter other website say, No doubt about it

can't see why people would buy this over a US6.

Live chat says that the Honor 7 does have NFC.

Good price.

I have no idea the difference between the CPUs - That's why I asked the question especially with the price difference.

Hope your Kirin CPU gives you hours of pleasure.

Is it out of stock? Or can it still be pre ordered? Also when will release/delivery date be approx?

Can anyone confirm this will definitely work with an O2 4G micro sim? I was looking at the Honor 6 and apparently this one doesn't support :disappointed: Thanks

Yes. As I said earlier in the thread, Huawei makes phones for the worldwide market and not just China. As long as you buy from a UK retailer, it'll work with all UK networks... Honor 6 included.

It's out of stock because it's a pre-order. Support said 10-14 days til they get dispatched... the Honor 7 Flip Covers say ETA 9 days til they're in stock, so you have to imagine that's when all they should be receiving the phones as well?

I ordered two hours ago with, just got an email saying that the card I used is expired, that's impossible as it has valid and I am using it every day and valid up to 2017, Their customer support look like a big joke, heir 08000 phone like is dead now as more people are approaching and they don't want to take call, waiting in the chart since half an hour and posting same question but no one answered, believe what someone said spend extra at Amazon and get peace of mind and 1st class customer service

Its a big joke with poor knowledge customer service, when I asked they told me I will get delivery next week

Love the phone but dropped it and the screen cracked had is repaired but I'm thinking thr screen that was put on was inferior to the original so now iv'e lost waterproofing and the light sensor doesn't work!

Beautiful phone but delicate as a kinder egg!

Hot but sold out!!

Not sold out, on Pre Order......

Where did you last see a SIM or sd card with NFC?
If I'm buying a new phone, I want NFC - Simples

It is much better. Once you use a phone with emui for a while you will dread going back to the painfully boring stock android. Please tell me 1 feature in stock android that is not in emui, except the app drawer since the honor 7 has a hidden app drawer and launchers can be used.

Fair enough, here's the list then....
http://www.nfcworld.com/nfc-phones-list/

What is the SAR value for the Huawei Honor 7?

?? I was pointing out that the lack of NFC on this phone is a deal breaker.
I don't need a list thanks all the same!! :confused:

You got one anyway.

The Honor 7 has NFC.

I'm now using Google Now launcher as preferred the app drawer at the bottom. EMUI just had every app installed displayed on the homescreens. This may not be an issue with every Huawei Honor 4X often doesn't notify me of emails, I have to go into the app to get it to refresh. The calendar is constantly closing and alerting me the app has stopped working. I use Google calendar now but get dual alerts as there seems to be no way to disable the stock calendar. All in all I think I prefer stock Android with one exception......when you enter you unlock pin code with EMUI/Huawei launcher you don't have to hit enter afterwards, just the code and the phone unlocks. It's only a little thing but I like that.

:sunglasses:
What makes you think I've got a Nissan?

For email issue, try go to phone manager and allow the app to auto start. Also try locking the app in memory by swiping down in recents. Calender problem isn't something I've noticed so probably a minor bug, have you tried clearing cache?

Missed out on the Huawei P8 so pre-ordered this. Thank op. Already an Honor 6 owner. Love the phone

Pre - ordered. Thanks OP

Is this any faster than the Mediatek Helio X10 ?

Probably going to get shot down, but whilst it will work with all Sims, will it work with Three 4G?

The last few phones ive checked on here don't support it apparently. Not that i know what im talking about ^_^

I have a Elephone P8000 and so does my daughter and neither of us have been charged any duty. I have a Asus Zenfone 2 the top one with 4gb ram and a 2.3ghz quad CPU i like the P8000 that much ive turned the Asus off and started using the Elephone. In my opinion the P8000 is a very nice looking phone its very well made better than the 3x the price Asus with a metal frame fingerprint reader and a 1080p screen the only issue i find is its heavy but it has a massive battery that lasted 2 days of fairly high use with ease where as the Asus has trouble lasting a day. Benchmarks wise Antutu scores around 3400 where as the Asus murders it with a score of 4800 and has double the graphics score but even so its a very nice phone it may not have the power of the Huawei but its half the price and i bet the battery lasts way longer. Anyone wanting a great phone with a £110 i doubt theirs anything that comes even close to the P8000 it feels like a £500 phone its also very easy to root for those that are interested.

People who are complaining about the 16gb of storage shouldn't worry as Android 6 will allow installation of all apps to SD, so as long as this get a update the storage will be no issue and that goes for any phone. The reason they have done this is so people with a 8gb rom can install apps without issue so the storage issues will be a thing of the past only limited to the size of SD you install. Huawei are building the Nexus 6 2015 so Google obviously respect their build quality so people who say they make crap not everyone agrees me personally eventhough i have 2 phones already i would save my money for the LG Nexus5 2015 it will be £100 more but it will be cutting edge spec wise and will keep getting updates on release day for 2-3 years so the premium will be worth it.

​just a guess.

This or get the Moto G 3rd Gen for the same price?

Got any links to actual similar spec'd phones at this price? People constantly keep comparing it to the Smart Ultra 6 and the P8000, but this is in another league. I find it pretty bizarre buld quality, CPU manufacturer, CPU speed, NFC fast charging, superior cameras, aluminium frame etc are features that are just being ignored. It seems all some look at is the ram amount and octa-core and think "yep, same spec as a £115 P8000!"

Apple, Motorola and Samsung release their new models next week and Supposedly One Plus will start sending bulk invites. It's a busy week and weighing up price and spec, coupled with the £40 discount(really £33.33) then this is the best value I think.

Spec is great. If people are unsure you can just google Honor 7 Vs [insert name of other device] and you can see for yourself the differences. When you try to compare this phone though the reviews are showing the Chinese version with limited UK/IRL GSM/LTE Bands so be aware of that.

I was thinking of the Xiaomi Redmi note 2. It is missing a few things like the fingerprint ID but the Xiaomi has a faster processor and a bigger screen than this huawei. It is less than half the price of this huawei on aliexpress. Even if you get told to pay import taxes it's still a lot cheaper than this. So I'm wondering why this is twice as much as the Redmi note 2?

Yeah true, would you say its worth waiting for this or buying the Honor 6 now?

Metal build, better quality screen (its not just resolution that makes a screen good) 3gb vs 2gb ram, likely better cameras. Redmi note 2 is a budget phone, it would make more sense to compare honor 7 to the Mi4. There's also many other things people overlook such as ram type/speed, storage speed, speaker quality, wifi/network performance etc These are likely to be a bit better on Honor 7. Xiaomi have to had cut corners somewhere considering the chipset.

Would this be a worthwhile upgrade from my Samsung S4 or am I better sticking with my 2 year old phone ?

Please tell me this is not a 7 inch phone

Decent enough specs, however, I will be sticking with the Nexus range of phones purely on the basis that you know that they will get the latest versions of Anrdoid and not be left lagging behind.

Just ordered one, days after buying a moto x play, what the hell is wrong with me....

I love my Honor 6, this will be great!

Really tempting deal but I'm still waiting for the Xiaomi Mi5. Currently on a Meizu MX4 after upgrading from a Mi4 and it's got amazing hardware but I prefer the apple-esque MIUI interface over Flyme. EMUI looks very similar to MIUI too so this is really tempting but one thing stopping me is the onscreen navigation buttons. MIUI and Flyme don't have those thankfully. It really is an amazing price though as I paid £275 for my Mi4 on release (got stung for customs) and £225 for my MX4 back in Feb.

It's also nice to see microSD and NFC support, something both the Mi4 and MX4 do not have.

ordered at that price, only let down for me is not having a seperate sd card slot...but hey having used lg g2 for the past few years its no deal killer.
noted at the end of payment the name expansys so assume they will supply...good company, reliable and uk based...fingers crossed all goes well

a nice phone for sensible money

How does this compare to the Samsung s6? Heard mixed reviews

TechRadar review not great

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/huawei-honor-7-1302807/review

The website does not say whether this model has dual sim or not. If so, is it dual active sim?
There appears to be 3 versions of Honor 7 that are being sold. Anyone know the exact model name that they are selling?

its a joke reading the different reviews

the best features in 1 are the worst in others lol

really need to decide for yourself

that tech radar review is weird, every single other review raves about battery and the finger print scanner ....

as for people moaning about the UI, just load another laucher, thats an easy fix

I will hold out for a few weeks, get some reviews off people who actually will use this on a day to day basis. Easy peasy

Honor never makes bad phones so no need to hold out :wink: Price will be up then.

Look folks. Pre-order it, if you're in two minds about it(I did just in case because of the £40 code). The money doesn't get taken until it SHIPS and even then they won't ship it until you click another link saying you agree so you get to basically "HOLD" the price now.

After my experience with Honor 6 buying this at this price is a no brainer

Another favorable review here

Silly question but is it sim free???

this looks really good for the money....

i think it will be really easy to use with 1 hand with the fingerprint reader, and custom button...

Link please

Sorry I misunderstood with wireless charging

Thanks for the tips. I've done those things so I'll see if that helps. Also noticed while there I could disable the stock calendar app so just use the Google one now.

Thanks again.

Yeah, yet they did for me.

Has the money physically gone out (i.e. the transaction showing) or is the amount just deducted from your 'available balance'? £430 has gone from my available balance (cancelled one order because I wanted to add a case) but I imagine it will go back to the original amount in a few days time. I believe transactions have two phases, one is to check the account has enough money and the second is to confirm/complete the transaction. The thing is even if only the first phase is done the money will still temporarily deduct from your available balance...

It should go back to normal in a few days. And if they do charge? Well, they can expect a lot of angry customers!

Is it dual sim, or can sombody recommend any good dual sim phones same spec,ish. Ive got a work phone with plenty of mins and txts but no data on vodaphone.

I hope it will go back, because I wasn't prepared for a £210 deduction just yet...

​i ordered this morning but after two hour I got and email which mention that card I used is expired but your order gone through, what a crap they are talking about ?, I used on same day and my card valid up to 2017, I tries since 1:40 pm to 6 but their 0800 number was completely dead and no one replying on chat and even haven't got any answer yet of my email query , pathatic customer service as they are rubbish 3rd party distributor not a Huawei direct , how is your experience ?

Should be fine.

Here's more info on it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_hold

Might be worth phoning them or speaking to live chat tomorrow just to make sure :smiley:

It looks like Expansys is looking after the selling of this phone and usually it's a pretty good company to deal with.

The OnePlus 2 is only a little more expensive than this. I think I'll wait for that. This Huawei is looking too much like a budget quality phone when compared to the OnePlus 2. It scored 3 out of 5 on techradar compared to 4.5 out of 5 for the OnePlus 2.

Both colours oos :disappointed:

Techradar review scores mean feck all tbh, not to mention they were done by different reviewers. The oneplus two has had its fair share of serious problems reported.

Hi.
Which phone is better the Motorola Moto X Play or Honor 7 ??
Also are these the 2 best phones at this £200 price point ??

The snapdragon 615 is certainly NOT better than the Kirin 935. It is a pretty bad chip, good on paper but bad in real life. If shares similar problems to the 810 and throttles its performance almost instantly. Even if it was working full speed it is still weaker. Snapdragon 615 has 4 cortex a53 cores @ 1.7ghz and 4 @ 1.0ghz. Kirin 935 has 4 a53 cores @ 2.2ghz and 4 a53 cores @ 1.5ghz. The processing power is 25-50% better in the Kirin 935 and it is able to manage it better.

both colours OOS but I think you can still order it

which is the better colour ?!

not much to lose really by ordering , and if anything else comes out better in the meantime then just send this back when it arrives

is anybody got despach or order confirmation ?

​Yeah I had the same thing for my order. I've saved the screenshot of the order with the details, so if they do overcharge then I can claim back.

There are 3 variations of the Honor 7. It doesn't say on the website which model number is being sold and their CS is closed for the weekend. Does anyone have this info? Mostly interested to know if its dual sim active or not.

Why the Hot/Cold tags at the top are greyed out ???

for anyone who has ordered the Honor 7...have you found any decent cases or sd cards yet?

How do I know this vmall.eu is not SCAM ?

We have just ordered 2 (2 seperate orders) and received 2 separate order confirmations within a a few minutes.
Ordered on the basis that we can reject the order when we are notified about the stock/delivery - if we have second thought about wanting these phones.

I would have liked to order the gold one, but they are not showing these, only silver or grey,

Thanks for the heads up about this deal, hoping it will be a good replacement for our old Samsung S3's

Ha didn't ask that question.... but....thanks!

I was about to take this offer until I read that there's only 9GB of the 16GB free. I would want to use it with my work and personal SIMs in so wouldn't be able to add an sdcard. Shame as this looks to be the first dual sim phone that comes close to the spec I would like. By the time I'd installed my apps (inc storage hungry satnav) I don't think I'd have much spare capacity for any music and photos.

I know that wasn't the question you asked. :smiley:
If you at your order online then you can have a better idea of its status.

shame about the mali gpu, otherwise looks good

Would you guys get this or the zenphone 2, both a similar price?

​Thanks for that. I pre ordered yesterday, but then started delving deeper on 'tinterweb and have been slowly unconvincing myself since. Gonna stop looking now and look forward to this one being delivered.

This review has some camera sample pictures: Honor 7

The reviews say it's dual standby meaning you have both lines active until you make or receive a call at which time you can't use the 2nd sim for a 2nd call or conference call.

Do you mean an SDcard external to the phone? The MicroSD card in the phone is shared with the 2nd sim socket so you can have 2 sims installed or 1 sim and a microSD card but not all 3.

I have an Honor 4X which I'm extremely happy with. The only thing that would make me get this is whether both SIMs can be used for data at the same time. Anyone know if this is possible?

Nope. OOS since I posted. I guess Huawei are getting numbers of how many to ship over on the 31st... although I'd have thought they would have had more than enough orders by now!

I'd like to know their sales numbers. Seemed pretty popular here but still much more so in other eu countries http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vmall.eu%2Fuk Lol at the 2% Americans, probably feeling left out!

How to unroot (untested by me, proceed at your own risk)

so i have a P8 already but this looks a better spec???

Be nice to have the increased juice in battery.

should i order this and sell the p8 on?

i cant decide arghhhhhhhhh

I'm just scared about the support on this phone. or at least some devs on XDA working with this phone.

Some website said it doesn't have NFC. ?!
Problem when android pay comes everywhere very shortly.

Interesting because i swear i read a review that said nfc was the only thing missing. (Read that many reviews i cant remember which one).
Btw anyone know where to get cases for this phone, theres not that many about?

......or the micro sd slot

I have the Note 2 too, and I also check HotUkDeals daily hoping to see a good deal, but the reality is the Note 2 is an amazing phablet, I guess the only way I'm going to upgrade is when the LGG4 or Note 4 drops to the £250 mark, whenever that may be.

Another one with the Note 2 here. As I keep all my electronics in pristine condition (screen protectors, sturdy cases etc.) I am trying hard to justify changing the Note 2 with thi Honor 7, even though I really like it.

If I could easily change the Honor's ROM (which there's no need to do in the Note 2 as it runs perfectly) and/or if I could try it to see how well Sygic Navigation runs on it, I might change my mind. But for now, I think I'll hold.

Still, this is a great bargain, and voted hot.

Good deal but I cancelled my order after reading how bad Huawei are with Android updates

just ordered, dont really need a new phone :smiley:
any ideas when they will be shipped?

I've been trying to tell people there are 3 variations of this phone and have yet to hear from anyone that knows exactly which model is being sold on their website.

what are the 3 variations?

PLK-L01 is the one being sold in Europe, so there's 4 models now. Along with UL00 AL10 and TL01H

I actually think this phone might not have NFC as the only one with NFC in China is the gold 64gb AL10.

It seems the Huawei EU store is run by Expansys. Orders are dealt with in France and the phones are stocked in and sent from London. You can log into the vmall site with your Expansys username and password. And the order will show in your Expansys order page.

this or xiaomi note 2 prime? the xiaomi i found at £137 and better antutu benchmark

thanks for your reply gonna get honor 7. just hope for a cyanogenmod rom.

my Galaxy S3 has just about given up the ghost after 3 years

wanted the OP2 but lack of NFC has thrown that out. was pretty set on waiting for the new LG Nexus but this looks a cracking buy for the money. only thing putting me off is the lack of developer support in regards to updates.

argh decisions :neutral_face:

+ is there a definite yes or no on NFC?
http://www.alphr.com/mobile-phones/1001435/honor-7-review-hands-on-flagship-phone-features-in-a-250-handset
- another review saying it doesn't

Why do you all even use NFC for?

Outside of Asia this simply isn't the way people get contracts / sim deals and people with two are a minority.[/quote] How about people who don't want to carry two phones in their pocket? How about people with a wife and a mistress? For me this feature is a must.

no nfc. just the chinese 64 gb. http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/226527-officiel-les-specs-du-honor-7-et-les-r%C3%A9ponses-que-vous-attendez/

Few questions...

Does this expire tomorrow night?
Which colour is best?
Link to a good cheap compatible sd card?

This or the OnePlus2.?

I'm interested in this for the IRDA alone .

I am calling their CS but it keeps getting the busy signal. Also trying their live chat as well but their queue is not moving at all (there are 85 customers before me...). I'll post their response if I ever get through but anyone else getting any response regarding what we all want to know about the phone, please post it so we all know:
1) Is it dual sim active?
2) does it have NFC?
3) what's the exact modem number being sold on their website?

Cheers

oh well that's a shame, back to waiting for the Nexus it is then

Was very tempted to pre-order this last night but couldn't get on the website.
Glad I didn't know as have read about no NFC, I use NFC with tags to activate various settings etc and Android Pay would be interesting...
Will also wait for the Nexus 5, am using a S3 at the minute after my HTC M7 gave up on me and it's soooo slow!!

Most Unreliable and 3rd class customer support virtual company (Vmall.eu) I have ever seen in my life, I will complete direct to Huawei to shut down Vmall.eu and introduce another more reliable and stable customer service team and website, No one reply to chat, Email, and Phone always busy

NFC into Sims and Sd cards ?
I guess it will NOT work inside metal body.
The signal will not get through inside a metal chamber.

Me too, until yesterday I had full packed shopping trolley in front of the till to realize I left my wallet at home and only the phone in my pocket.

What if you left your phone somewhere and only had your wallet?

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True.
I opened my Expansys account and it is there

NFC is not a deal breaker for me, have it on my nexus 4 and never used it.

Anyone been given any idea of lead time?

The Register isn't impressed with Huawei UK/vMalls customer service!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/31/honor_7_analysis_fix_the_shop/

Yeah, I think some people (The Register included) are just being a little impatient. It is a pre-order after all.

Although I do agree Huawei need to be a little bit more open with it all. If they just updated the site or sent an email saying when they expect the orders to be sent, it'd stop all those people trying to speak to live chat/support.

EDIT: Voucher no longer works btw so need expiring :smiley:

When I ask on the online chat, I was told they will be available in about 2 weeks.

My order has now gone from being 'Not processed' to 'Awaiting stock'.

Some sort of progress I suppose!

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your recent interest, and subsequent order placed with vMall, for the much anticipated Honor 7.

Honor appreciates your custom and is committed to providing you with up to date product delivery information. To avoid you having to contact our customer service team, here is the latest update on your pre-order.

Due to unprecedented interest in the new highly anticipated Honor 7, all pre-ordered devices are expected to be fulfilled between 2-3 weeks. There is no action required from you, our team will keep you updated, and aim to despatch your Honor 7 as soon as stock becomes available.

Thank you for your patience. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact our customer service team by calling us on our customer service numbers found here.

Sincerely,

Your vMall Team.


Maybe they took note of my last response here? ha

I've just had the following email.

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your recent interest, and subsequent order placed with vMall, for the much anticipated Honor 7.

Honor appreciates your custom and is committed to providing you with up to date product delivery information. To avoid you having to contact our customer service team, here is the latest update on your pre-order.

Due to unprecedented interest in the new highly anticipated Honor 7, all pre-ordered devices are expected to be fulfilled between 2-3 weeks. There is no action required from you, our team will keep you updated, and aim to despatch your Honor 7 as soon as stock becomes available.

Thank you for your patience. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact our customer service team by calling us on our customer service numbers found here.

Sincerely,

Your vMall Team.

Gives us breathing space to consider the other phones being released this week, if just on paper. If I get my one plus invite I'll cancel this order. I also received the email above. Good price for the device.

Yeah got that too, 3 week wait potentially .....

Damn my impatience

ive got the 2-3 week wait email too

i got the wait email too. Last week when spoke to them, they said it would be shipping on the 4th. I guess that wont be happening any more!

Plus just got an invite for the oneplus 2. Awesome phone, but is it worth the extra £80?

I'm not sure about oneplus 2 but just read a review which said its reasonable. I have ordered this Honor at present.

I'm really after a high end dual sim, with both on standby, smartphone (would also like a sdxc card slot that does not take up the SIM slot) and I cannot believe its this difficult to source one in the UK. I have read I need to buy one from outside the EU as there are better options but they are not marketed here...even the galaxy note 3 duo is unobtainable which would be my preference! Also I'm not sure what bandwidths on phone would be needed to work with Three and EE over here and how to see if the phone is compatible...anyone got same issues or even better a solution ?!!

The other thing swaying me is the 3 year uk warranty on the Honor, which doesnt compare to the oneplus.

I think it's 2 years warranty tbh. Only the Honor 6 has a free 3-year upgrade...

just put my order in, phone still says preorder, but cover is 3 daya

Same email for me. I ordered on Friday.

In my order tracking on vmall it now says my order is 'Expected 4 Days'

Sorry; has to be purchased through my account; and have found a friend that wants. Gives me chance to check it out too :smiley:

Yeah same, I ordered mine in Friday

Yup...says four days on mine too...ordered Friday.

I ordered Thursday and nothing.. :disappointed:

Perhaps not high end enough as the screen could be a better res and a bigger internal memory would be an improvement but the rest of the spec is good. Dual sim with separate micro sd slot. A bargain in comparison to many others.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Honor-5-5-Inch-Dual-SIM-Free-Smartphone/dp/B00UMP6QGK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441185121&sr=8-1&keywords=huawei+honor+4x

missed the boat on this .... should i order the honor 6 ?

​check out the Sony Xperia M5 Dual, that one ticks pretty much every box, just not sure about price, release date or availability in the UK so have ordered the Honor 7 but may cancel for the M5 as more info becomes available.

That looks the business and is great thank you...assume that it will work on 3g and 4g bands over here? Supposed to be some news on release today but cannot see any

Roxanne Weber

2 Sep, 09:20

Dear Kxxx,

Thank you for contacting Vmall, and I can confirm the Honor 7 does support LTE Cat.6 connectivity and NFC.

Thank you for contacting us.
Regards,
Roxanne

Kxxx

Kxxx

1 Sep, 22:49

Hi

Does Honor 7 have NFC ?
Regards,Kxxx

From: "[email protected]"
To: xxx
Sent: Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 15:24
Subject: Order xxx: Item 281216 (Honor 7 (Fantasy Silver))

The first chat CS I spoke to also said it has NFC. And when I asked more technical questions, she transferred me to a tech and he confirmed there isn't NFC on the Honor 7. The model of the Honor 7 we are buying is PLK-L01. So any reviews that you read should be the PLK-L01.

Amazon is not selling anymore. Its third party is selling for £400. vmall.eu is still selling for £250

I wouldn't worry. Mine still says four days...a day after it first said four days!

but they cant even cope with this one.....!!

I think that's probably why they haven't actually scheduled any. Just promised.

iainmann - thanks for info. would be great to get on this deal if its repeated. fingers crossed!

what about the camera on the h 7 ? first baby due in nov and want to take nice pics !

Still saying four days...three days after it started saying four days!

Mine shipped. Earlier than expected.

Mines shipped to, thought we was supposed to get a mail asking if we still wanted it??. Its not a problem for me as I still want it but some may not.

What colour did you order?

My black one was ordered on 28th and is still awaiting stock.

Just got an email saying my Silver has been shipped. They told me they would send me an email and only if I agree to the payment before they would ship. Now its a mess. I ordered only because that's what their CS told me. I needed to see if there actually is NFC or not before paying!!!!!

the irony being i'd quite like one of these but missed the £40 off ( so thinking honor 6?) meanwhile many of you ordered and now do not want ! lol

Is there any forum for Honor 7.?
There is one for OnePlus and that creates the market

mine is shipped too.. prob the white ones have come up early... :smile:

if anyone doesnt want their honor 7 i'd be interested in taking it if tehre was a way we could do it safely - just PM me. cheers

Silver. Hopefully yours will be on its way soon.


Just checked Parcelforce's website again, and mine is currently at their London North London depot.

My order from 30th is showing as part-shippable, I ordered silver with a case, don't know which part could be shipped

Mine is Silver as well if that helps but not trackable yet. It's on it's way of course but as I'm in the ROI and using a freight forwarded it could be Tuesday before I see it.

Mines not shipped, just showing as part shippable

:smiley: cool

Yes but Motorola are wise to Parcel Motel and wouldn't ship the Moto X Play to it after multiple attempts.

Just received a text from Parcelforce to confirm that my phone will be delivered on/by 7th. :-)

Yeah same here. Was told 2 to 3 weeks and it's now at the north London parcel force centre. Silver btw. Quality stuff I'm well chuffed. . Cant wait. Really don't like the moto x play. It's just too big and the battery isn't as good as it should be.

Boo! Slightly jealous the dark one isn't in yet!

​I'd be very surprised if the M5 didn't work on all UK 3G/4G networks. It's annoying as the M5 has been "announced" for ages but nothing about availability, and the new Z5 series has only just been announced and we already know how much it will cost (too much) and when it will be released!

Mine is in London depot now and no charge to my bank acc. This could end unexpectedly well.

Mines there now also. Don't worry, you'll pay. Don't forget to order a micro sd card to increase storage.

Looks like Expansys has had a shipment of white devices but not grey. @HonorEU on Twitter seems to be a fairly good source of info.

Tracking now showing as out for delivery today.

As anybody ordered the flip case from vmall, looks like its preventing my phone from being shipped.

This is the info from parcel force, so still guessing it will be Monday.

"All parcels received in our depot during Friday night and Saturday morning will be loaded to our delivery vehicles, and show this status, whether they are due for delivery on Saturday or Monday."

Yes I did and and have the partly ready to ship status also

Nine days wait now down to eight days wait for me.

They're referring to the front colour...

Mine says part-shipped as of this morning. No money taken..... Yet !!
Hopefully the phone has shipped (silver) and the case to follow

My money has been taken as of the 2nd of September, bus still showing as part - shipped due to case

Part-shipped or part-shippable? , mines showing part-shippable but nothing has shipped, looks like waiting for complete order before being shipped.

Part-shippable

Done some more research since I'm not sure if I want this phone or not. There is also the Moto X Play and Zefone 2 at around the same price which are also contenders. Or even Note 4 if you can afford to pay more.

One thing is for sure, NO NFC. The tech I spoke to said there isn't. And its confirmed by other europeans that have this model of the Honor 7 that we will be getting.

https://www.vmall.eu/uk/

Noticed tonight that the vMall site has a 'register to vmall for a voucher up to £40', unless that's outdated, it looks like they'll be redoing a voucher soon? I did sign up with another account to check, but received no voucher.

Also noticed that it says the Mate S is available to pre-order from Sept 15th. Pretty damn stunning phone so that'd be very interesting if they had a voucher for that as well. Although price of it does seem a bit steep - £477 for the 32GB... seems a bit much to me seeing as it has a worse battery and lower MP camera than the H7! That water resistancy, build quality, thickness + bezel, amoled screen and curved gorilla glass though! :confused:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MAhRf15ssY

May well take the plunge if there's £100 off or something. Doubt that'll happen, though!

out for delivery :smile:

DON'T FORGET TO SIGN FOR IT 'UNCHECKED' otherwise you will not be able to claim if your goods arrive damaged.
Enjoy your new phones :smile:

got a message that mine will be delivered today.. way earlier that the initially promised DD... :laughing:

Yep, mine arriving today too, between 8.12-9.12 am, according to a Parcelforce text. That's me late for work then!!

At that price, you don't even need to think. You buy the best phone this year with that money....Samsung S6. Its hands on the best phone out there right now.

Mine arrived around 8.30 this morning, left it charging before heading off to work. First impressions very positive & it's a lot of phone for the money. Was a bit concerned it was going to be too heavy, but just feels very premium & is comfortable for single-handed usage. Can confirm there is no NFC, but that isn't a major factor for me. Also, there is a screen protector attached. Will have a proper play with it when I'm home later, but so far, so good!

Received it just now but I'm not opening it. I'm still trying to determine if this is the best phone I can get in the £200-£300 range. Really didn't expect them to ship it out without contacting me first.

Phoned sales line, my part-shippable order is due to the phone rather than the case not being able to be shipped, was told phone will ship in a week.

Slash, I take it you will be trying to profit on ebay, you may make a small profit but you would have to be quick.
Shame really people who don't really want the phone get one first.

Yea folks buying these to sell on eBay are idiots. They aren't hot selling phones that people actively search for and will probably only sell when you lower the price down enough so it works out you break even or even at a slight loss after fees. What moron is going to pay over £60 more than RRP for it? :smile: This thread is proof that most couldn't distinguish the differences between the Honor 7 and Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 for example. Even £210 was too much for them...

IMO this is the best phone out of the choices Slash. The Motorola X Play is overpriced for what it is... has less ram and a 500mhz slower Snapdragon 615 CPU which is pretty old now (in phone terms) - that phone will be £150 in a few months guaranteed. Techradar didn't like the Zenfone 2 because of its "cheap look and feel" and the "dim screen", and they also state that it has a rubbish camera.

This has a premium metal build quality (not plastic with a brushed metal effect like I believe the Zenfone 2 has), brand new 2.3GHz Kirin 935 CPU that's used in their upcoming £480 flagship, a good camera and one of, if not the best fingerprint readers out at the moment. Also, if it's like the Honor 6, it'll rarely be reduced below RRP... I believe it's always been around £240 - £249.99 at Amazon (apart from when it dipped to £150 when I bought it one time...which I think was a misprice). The only downside is no NFC, but then neither do the other options apart from the Note 4, but then that's a high end phone that'll cost ~£150 more! Once in that territory you may as well contemplate the S6, LG G4 or Mate 6!

Aaaaaa

Mines been delivered but I'm on holiday so won't get it till weds. Genuinely can't wait to be honest.

really wish Huawei were making the smaller upcoming Nexus. build quality on their phones is great but just cant be doing with the software and lack of support. looks like the LG Nexus is going to be made out of plastic :disappointed:

just want this phone size and build with nexus level support, oh well maybe next year

Just spoke to Vmall, who said that my order which is 'part-shippable' is due to the case which I ordered not being in stock. She has arranged for split-shipping at no further cost. One happy bunny here !!! :smiley:

Kingy, good on you mate, I've got to wait a week as mine not in stock, shipping will be 14th Sep.

Its hard not to open it so I gave in and its charging now. The charger is 2A 5V so we'll need to buy a more powerful one for speed charging. It comes with a screen protector preinstalled...it might be because its not a gorilla screen so I would not remove it if I were you guys. The camera on the back sticks out quite a lot so its best to buy a case to protect the phone methinks.
Everything the tech I contacted and told you guys in terms of the spec is true. No NFC, 2 years warranty. Model PLK-L01

Mine was delivered but I won't get it till tomorrow. Anybody else notice they haven't paid for it yet?

Doubt it. If you saw one in an unboxing, probably one bought from a Chinese reseller who included it.

no case. just a screen protector.

I just bought a £2 clear plastic on ebay uk shipped or you can get it for £1 china.

Its weird that they don't advertise it as gorilla glass if it is. Other companies all state that in their spec if its gorilla glass.

I went for this http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013FZPZGA?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_2&smid=A2F4X97S1IYW70 cause think it will protected the whole phone.

Arrived this lunchtime, and am very happy with the phone, however still getting use to the navigation.

Also so much faster than my old Huawei Ascend Y300!

Everything is faster than the Y300. I literally bought this one a few years back when I shattered my S4's screen and it had rave reviews on HUKD. I bet that's why you got it as well lol. It was horribly slow compared to the S4 and I couldn't take it anymore after 1 week and I bought a £150 S4 screen and replaced it myself. The Y300 is still sitting here unused. Its so slow I don't even bring it to the gym as a countdown timer.

You have to pay licensing fees to advertise gorilla glass. Phone cost is being kept low so that's a no go.

vMall site has a 'register to vmall for a voucher up to £40', unless that's outdated?
I signed up for an account but received no voucher.

I am a Beta tester for Europe ... I guess
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Just got mine and its charged - have to say I'm happy. Just ordered a cheap case on ebay. Fingerprint scan works and is awesome. Due to lack of internal storage I'm thinking of sticking a 128Gb sdxc card in an otg with my music on...will it work on this phone at a size of 128Gb and can anyone recommend a good quality small otg card reader/holder for this purpose? Thanks in advance

Yes,
well not quiet, but it has a trunk in the middle

and it pretends to be smart...

well.... different.
;
:

Early days I know....but any idea how good battery life is....and is the screen readable in sunshine (if you've had any!)?

Just received mine, giving it the run down now. Build quality is pretty good. that said it's getting a touch toasty installing the apps.

Got the One+2 coming also, so look forward to seeing which is best

Does it have nfc or not then

That's a good point. Probably a good thing, particularly now it's a getting a bit more chilly now!

I totally forgot this was only 16gig.. Just syncing my Spotify and suddenly went crap. Will need to dig out an SDHC

It does not have NFC, but somebody will ask again on the next page.

It needs bloody nano sim. duh

I mailed them this morning with the usual email that they promise delivery within one working day but mine was signed at 14:40 so they'll try the usual "didn't make the truck" but I'll get my €3.95 back at least.

Always happens with items I really want on time.

I always have gotten a refund when they fail on their promised service level in their terms and conditions. They say 2 working days in December because it's so busy.

what are you guys talking about?

BEST CAMERA ?? whats the best phone in the £200 to £300 range ??

NO bloody fecking NFC
model PLK-L01
PLK-L01C432B100

Those in the ROI can avail of free UK shipping to a firm in NI who then for, a modest €3.95, will deliver it to a locker within the 26 counties within one working day. It's really opened up online shopping from the UK from companies who charge ridiculous amounts to post here.

Still no stock of the black version, have sent an email enquiry chasing a date up and will post my findings once I get a reply

K9, where does it state what's in stock? my order states part-shippable but doesn't indicate if its the case or the phone.

*so now it' reading as shipped!

Matlock & K9 , should of just asked if they could do 'split-shipping' which I did. Phone delivered today & case on back order , no additional P&P

My order says part-shippable but does not indicate if its the case or the phone, no estimates either.
When I phoned them yesterday they just said the phone is not in stock and it will be 7 days or so.
The email I got a week ago did say to 2 to 3 weeks, I'll just have to wait unless I get fed up and just cancel as I don't really need a new phone as I am a very light user.

Should I return this because there is no NFC ?

And not massive Antutu but okay though

If the lack of NFC eats at you then return it, I've got NFC on my nexus 4 but never use it, also I don't trust using it as a payment method (no reason behind it, same as I won't use contactless payments via credit card)

How many £209 phones get over 50000?
Fair enough s6 gets 65000+ but how much is that?

My only concern with this phone will be the lack of updates, nexus phones get updates as soon as they are released.

good point

My order for a grey one seems stuck at stock expected in 5 days. Been like that for three days. It's like Christmas being postponed.

Can you post a screenprint of the expected in 5 days?

Not to mention the buttons are in different places... the phone is a different shape, fingerprint sensor. I don't think that will work out :wink:

​oh yes forgot about the fingerprint scanner :smile:. Will buy one off eBay, have a few on my watch list.

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Did you order white or grey?

just phoned and cancelled my order, phones (silver) likely back in stock on 14th Sept, I'm going to wait until next month for the new nexus 5 2015 which is likely going to be about £250, i'll be certain to get android M and future updates then.
NFC was not a deal breaker for me, but lack of updates could have been, my nexus 4 which is 3 years old and has a newer version of android than the honor 7 now, is still going strong and truth be told I don't really need a new phone.

I know it say 2-3 weeks for stock on my order but this has not changed....thinking of cancelling, but does anyone have a firm date of stock delivery??

I'd much rather a software update that fixes or improves things rather than an android update, they just introduce more problems while changing nothing you can actually notice.

jimmy, the rumours are the new nexus 5 2015 will be $400 which equates to £250 or so, I know uk prices will be higher.
The honor 7 looks more premium with metal finish opposed to plastic (likely) of nexus 5.
would the honor get android M?

wix, each to there own I suppose.

I've had it a few hours and I like it overall. OS is bloated with only 7GBP free. thankfully you,can put an sd card in.

I'm coming from ios so can't just have all apps and settings ported over so work productivity out the window.

I'm happy with the phone even if I can't pronounce the manufacturer.

Agreed. Too many people think Android updates are the same as iOS where it's a pretty big thing for the phone and always makes an improvement. But in reality it couldn't be any more different. Apple know exactly what hardware they are working on and can have it optimized before release... but with Android there's so many different combinations of hardware and early adopters of the update are pretty much the beta testers (just look at the issues people had with LP 5.0!). Hell, my favourite version was Gingerbread back 4-5 years ago! From there on the battery drain has just gotten worse and worse...

I have a friend who came from an iPhone and bought the Honor 6 when it was mispriced @ ~£150 not long after release. He ended up selling it a month later and paid more for a lesser spec'd used Nexus because he just couldn't wait for Lollipop. I just really don't understand the logic of that at all!


Hoo-ah-way :stuck_out_tongue:

More than likely, but they won't be quick to adopt it. Perhaps 6 months after release when bugs are ironed out...

Mam, but with a nexus device Google know the hardware as well, my nexus 4 will likely be in the first phase when android m is released.

Can't remember the big wifi, memory leak, gps and battery drain problems the Nexus/S5, etc users had with 5.0 then?! There's things the Android coders can't detect, like incompatibility with certain apps, etc.

Sorry late coming to this thread thought this was a good price then saw some people mention memory expansion.....does this phone not take micro SD cards ?

Like others, from googling it, it keeps giving me a Sim Card Error(for the 2nd slot) before and after using the SD card. It's annoying because I have an SD card and Nano Sim in it and both are working correctly. 2 people have asked on XDA forums about it but yet no reply.

That's the only issue I've had with it today so early days.

Got mine, very nice although I have one HUGE gripe with it. In the notification shade you cannot see the email subject, it comes out as dark text on that dark notification shade so it cannot be read.

Anyone have any ideas or know if its possible to change it

Do you mean its showing an icon for no sim in the top bar? I think its just a minor software issue that should be solved in an update soon. Honor have said theres one coming in September, the phones shipped right now are on the very first software b100.

Taken from XDA. It's possible to use 2 sim cards and micro sd with this mod http://cn.ui.vmall.com/thread-2369212-1-1.html

A few people have posted already saying they done it and works

Hi wixelix, I can't read the link for mod as is foreign...can you tell me where to see/read on how to do the mod...I was going to get an OTG SDXC card reader and plug it in but it is not solid & is an ugly solution and might not be able to read a 128GB micro sdxc card so this might be better for me. Thank u

The instructions are only in Chinese so need to use a translator

https://translate.google.ie/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=cn.ui.vmall.com%2Fthread-2369212-1-1.html

Basically, you remove the back from sim card (it seems you do this by using heat to soften glue, then sharp blade to separate) trim it slightly and glue to back of micro sd card.

yeah had a quick look and it's tricky...well I would not be comfortable doing it but see a nice little earner for someone offering a service like this. It seems its not easy to have 2 SIMs and an SD card slot or at least a decent size memory on a UK supported smartphone!

You could always get a free sim/cheap sd card and practice. Only 2 people on XDA have tried it since yesterday and both reported it was successful. I think its one of those things that looks harder than it actually is.

​Hi Iain, I ordered the silver. Itvarrived today at midday and i love it so far. Not going to take it out until my case arrives. It turns out that i had already ordered one off eBay.

Well after a couple of days of heavy use, I've decided to send it back. After a positive first impression, the more I've used it, the more frustrated I've become. Seems very buggy, apps work one minute then not the next. Notifications are very hit & miss, and it's just hard work using it, compared with my Z3 Compact. Shame, really wanted to like the phone, but it's not for me.

Mainly whatsapp & email (tried several different apps). Notifications very hit & miss, mainly miss, with no emails coming through when the phone is asleep. I've installed Nova launcher, but even with that, general navigation is frustrating.

You might have needed to set those apps to 'allow autostart' in phone manager, or lock them in memory. Emui allows granular control over things like app permissions unlike other phones sold in the west. I've been using an honor phone for months now without any issues. It is a drastic departure from other android skins so I guess it would take a while to get used to and some may never take to it.

Thanks for the info. Will give that a try. How do you access the 'allow autostart' option?

also apps could be set to close when the screen is locked. Run phone manager and you'll see an option. Check the settings in there.

Some apps don't appear correctly on the home screen with colouring around.it not matching my other.android.devices.

I'm not sure what/where it is exactly in emui 3.1, but it is somewhere in the phone manager. Either notification area, or power saving. There should be options to allow apps running when screen is off, and allow them to auto start. To lock an app in memory, once it is open, go to recent apps and slide down on it.

Thanks both for your help.

I like emui 3 on our honor 6, best UI I've used, lots of good features to help tweak how the apps work. I'd have snapped up the plus if I didn't have the p7000 - I'm used to the larger display now though.

That's my main beef with EMUI... the power saver and how there's no way to disable it. It causes all sorts of problems with Greenify and even when I whitelist apps they still fail to stay open or give me notifications until I open them... BBC News, WhatsApp, Inbox etc. Just wish they'd let Android manage apps the way it's supposed too :/

As an aside, our honor 6 got some moisture inside (from sweat when inside clothing against skin on a power walk...) I couldn't tell if it was the screen that was affected but we returned to huawei service and it was back within a week free of charge, from the repair sheet it looks like the moisture was on the inside of the glass screen as they replaced the phone housing. Hats off to huawei for returning free of charge promptly.

Here is a screenshot of my screen, the Android logo is become I'm debugging through the PC(tried and failed to Root it LOL). You can see the annoying Sim Notification error. I've a Nano and Micro SD in the device.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h97/quirke/Screenshot_2015-09-09-20-47-58_zpsasxyaczd.png

Haven't collected mine from the locker yet so can't check but you could try go to sim settings and see if there's an option to disable the 2nd sim slot.

It's not enabled. It's Called "Dual Card Management" and Sim Card 1 is Active and Sim 2 says "No Sim Card" and ghosted out so settings cannot be changed.

Looks like we'll have to wait and see what they plan on doing with it with a future update.

Surprised you've let it sit in the Locker for so long. I was even late for a meeting with my boss because I wanted to collect it. :smile:

Getting bored of waiting for the black version now if I'm being honest. Every day I'm debating more about whether I'm fine with my H6 and would rather spend the cash on something else!

anyone know how to fix the What's app names? I have removed it from the protected apps list. And also tried checking and unchecking the show all contacts on what'sapp settings. But it just keeps turning back to showing only telephone numbers rather than my contact's names?!

Here you go

Chat started on 10 Sep 2015, 02:56 PM (GMT+0)

(02:56:51) *** Andy joined the chat ***
(02:56:51) Andy: As I ordered my phone on the 28th August, any ideas when the black version will be in stock?
(02:58:12) Andy: Of the honor 7 that is
(03:03:25) Andy: Order Ref:
(03:05:27) *** Kaloyan joined the chat ***
(03:05:27) Andy: Hi?
(03:05:30) Kaloyan: Hello
(03:05:46) Kaloyan: Apologies for the delayed answer.
(03:06:00) Andy: No problem ☺
(03:06:08) Kaloyan: The stock will be delivered in 4 days and thus the purchase could be shipped accordingly
(03:08:49) Andy: Ah I have heard that it was due on the 14th and if you are confirming it then that is good news, will there be enough to cover all existing UK orders?
(03:11:00) Kaloyan: Yes
(03:11:32) Andy: Excellent, thank you for your help
(03:14:03) Kaloyan: Anything else we could help with?
(03:14:19) Andy: No I'm good thanks, have a good day
(03:15:32) Kaloyan: ok, we will close the chat and will send you a copy of it
(03:15:50) Kaloyan: Have a nice afternoon.
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Fingers crossed on a delivery early next week then.

got a transparent case from Amazon and very happy with it...

bit by bit Beta tester

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Honor EU has tweeted:

HonorEU [email protected] 4 hrs4 hours ago
(1/2)Dear honor fans, If you ordered at vMall, you will receive your honor 7 around the 21st of Sep. at the latest!
(2/2)We are grateful for your trust and patience! We want to apologize for any inconvenience the delivery delays may have caused you

Hi, I just purchased an honor 7 silver, arrived last week. Now I have intermittent sound fault, whereby I cannot hear the other person but they can hear me, it just started few hours ago. What is going on? Does anyone have this problem, I though I did something, so factory reset but still the same problem. Now I am testing it by dailing 150, where I cannot hear the operator

Okay there are some issues with the OS or something.

(1) The Sim Error notification(which isn't an error) is just annoying. I'm in the middle of e-mails with them currently.
(2) Google Play Services keeps crashing(using the app picture of Google Music but actually the play store) so you have to uninstall and reinstall the play store. Up to 3 times a day currently. I'm downloading a new ROM right now to flash the ROM and start again.

The Play store thing is very very annoying because the store just basically stops working.

Tonywlee, I only have one SIM card, I am with EE, I tried restarting, sometimes it works 3 out of 10 perhaps like 2 even! Is there a bug or is honor 7 faulty! What network are you with?

I'm with EE and Three. Restarting has no effect as it did not work and then same guy called me back and it worked...I thought it was the speaker but now not sure...do you think we should ask support or send back?

Software update coming soon https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&rurl=translate.google.ie&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/226797-officiel-suivi-des-mises-%25C3%25A0-jour-honor-7/&usg=ALkJrhjytt0eIZoD38EHN2Pqur6K4VkRcQ

By the way quick note to anyone who tries to put 'three' network in the second nano sim slot will not get it to work which would explain some of the messages here earlier. Three do not offer 2G signal in UK and as that is only one available on 2nd slot.... you need to pick another network...grrrr!

I am planning to give them a call tomorrow and get a new one. Is only 5days old so should work perfectly. I still have problems with mine can't call anyone. I really like this phone but it doesn't like me

Try toggling loudspeaker on/off. Have you been using a bluetooth headset?

I tried the toggling to loudspeaker on/off mid call to see if I could hear them but to no avail ...no not used Bluetooth...have been using earphones, could that affect it?

I was googling the issue a bit and many people reported the same thing on almost every brand phone. Earphones were mentioned in that they can cause the phone to get stuck in the wrong mode. Will see if I can find any possible solution. I'd say its a software bug and will be sorted in the next udpate.

Next update??? You can't say that, I can't hear anything although they can hear me. I haven't used any earphones, so is something else, software bug? Should effect more ppl? Tonywlee is yours working now?

Are you on 3g with low bars? Try set the phone to 2g only and test.

I've downloaded 4 different version(different release variants) and none of them will install onto the device. Won't get passed 1%.

None of those helped so I'll just have to muddle off for now and see what Support come back with tomorrow or Monday. That's what you get when you buy V1.0 of a device I guess.

bit late in the day for anyone to call me to be honest! Do you want to PM me your number and I'll send you mine for testing!? talk about the blind leading the deaf!

Lol at " the blind leading the deaf!" I just dial 150 customer service, but when I switch off my internet booster, it looks like it works, one set forward...I guess, try and call 150 and if you hear the lady it works lol

Try turning off ok Google voice search from any page, I had this problem with my LG g2 and every time Google updated the app I needed to redo it, no one could hear me on the other end

Something to do with the microphone interfering as it was constantly listening for a command

Worth a try

To those of us who are waiting for our 'Mystery Grey' Honor 7 devices, or Flip Cover cases, I've been advised (as mentioned in an earlier comment) that the stock will arrive for both on 14th September.
I didn't order a Flip Cover case initially but managed to get one added to my phone order to save paying for delivery on this.

Have been umming and ahhing (sp?) on this phone for ages as ideally I need a decent spec device that is dual-sim and can take an SD card (I'm from the old school and have never really 'got' streaming music)
I know that this can only officially work in sim/sd or sim/sim configuration but have seen the Chinese forums where people have managed to glue the sim chip onto the SD card, I'd be interested to know if anyone has tried or will be trying this.
Otherwise I *may* wait for the Xperia M5 Dual, but looks like it may be difficult to get hold of and initial reports suggest that it will be at least £350, and it is difficult to justify an extra £150 or so just so I don't have to use a separate phone for work...

Last point - my wife has an Honor Holly (remember that thread, with the amaaazing animated GIF at the top.... might just have to go and have a look at that one again.... :man: ) and the GPS on that is absolutely appalling, unusable as a sat-nav. I have the same issues on my current Elephone P6000. I know these both run on Mediatek SoC's which are known to have poor GPS compatibility but as the Honor 7 is running on Kirin can anyone please confirm how accurate the GPS/sat nav is on these, as this is something of a deal breaker.

Cheers

This was not an issue, we could not hear people but they could hear us...intermittent fault too...assume its to do with the speaker in the phone, not the mic. thanks for trying to help though :-)

All these issues are making me think twice I had or still have the honor 6 and it is was a amazing device it was just the build quality compared to my previous phones and I do like metal on my phones. I have had quite a few phones and I was really surprised by how good the honor was. The other thing that was mentioned was lack of 3g support on the 2nd sim as iam with 3 if i do leave the country and need to put my 3 sim in the 2nd sim card slot it won't work thus defeating the object

Won't be trying the dual sim, micro sd hack anytime soon. Good to know there's the option of doing this though and doesn't look too difficult to do.

Highly recommend downloading an app called MixRadio. Been using it for years previously on windows phone and basically you can either listen to a steamed mix of tracks or download the mix for offline use all for free. Great sound quality, way to discover new music, and you can rate the tracks you listen to so the app learns your tastes etc.

Haven't tried the GPS properly yet but seemed pretty quick and accurate when opening maps briefly etc. Again another app I'd recommend from my Nokia days is Here maps - free offline maps, navigation etc

Think im gonna cancel my order. The lack of 3g support on sim 2 is a killer for me as i need a phone with dual support for my Three network account back up.....

Apparently not the new one plus 2 :smiley:

That has both 4g sim running at the same time no firm confirmation of this as site both say yes and no

My sims are O2 of 4G and EE of 4G but both sims can run 2G on this phone (2G means only voice and text without data), if it helps.

GPS seems ok so far but have not ventured far from home but it did pick up my location indoors. I tried to practise the SIM mod by trying to lift of the metal plate from SIM with heat (gently from a lighter!) last night and it was really tricky so gave up. Anyone else tried it?

but from my limited understanding three network do not have a 2g signal thus if my EE sim in slot one is using a 3g signal then my Three sim in slot two is useless...is this right?

Yes you are right, You can only use one 'three' SIM in the phone at a time as they '3' cannot offer the 2G signal for calls. i.e. your phone is not on dual standby

Thanks for that, is this the same for all dual sim phone?

It appears all dual SIM Phones available (in the UK) allow one SIM to have 3G or 4G signal as there would be a conflict otherwise. Three network is therefore only able to operate in this 3G/4G slot, you would need another operator to us the 2G slot for calls and dual standby mode. Hope this makes sense!

It's true. Three doesn't have 2G.

Yayyyyy....my grey Honor 7 now says 'in stock'.

Anyone know how to stop duplicate notifications? Everytime I get an SMS or email, I get two identical notifications or icons. Have switched off relevant apps in Notification Centre, but hasn't solved the problem.

My setting before and after I changed it.
The 4/3G and 2G have exchanged the slots.
See two indicators at the top of screen.
Text and voice from one provider for standby, but I can use any of them for outgoing call/text.

Bit more for people in the UK waiting for delivery of the grey Honor 7. They have today received 200 grey phones and will be sending them out by Parcel Force in the UK for delivery on Monday. But their orders total for the grey version is about 500. So some will have to wait for the second load to arrive on 14th. Apparently, they're being allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Just did more thorough check on GPS and it is better (faster and more accurate) than my Note 3 so hope that give you some comfort

I ordered on the 28th and CS says I should be in the first 200. So you should be ok for Monday delivery too. That's according to vMall....we'll see what actually happens!

Excellent, thanks for the update :smiley:

My status changed to ready to ship

Part-shippable here, sigh.

Kinda regret adding a cover now!

I think Three has 2g through a roaming agreement with another network. In Ireland at least, if I set my Three sim to 2g only it connects to the O2 network.

Honor 7 confirmed to get Marshmallow update https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&rurl=translate.google.ie&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.frandroid.com/android/304392_android-6-0-marshmallow-liste-terminaux-mis-a-jour&usg=ALkJrhgkRbMU6hiI8i8XWjLQCjADzVLBbg

That's a translation, scroll down, it says was confirmed by head of Honor in France.

It's a beta update it was on where you had to register for interest it has almost been 2 months since release and still no ota and no date for the official release. The rom had a few bugs i don't know if they have iron them out yet. Iam just saying don't be dependent on there promises of update as we on marshmallow now and I still don't have a working build of lollipop for my honor 6

They weren't focussing on Europe very much when the H6 came out. With the H7 they now have a European division (hence the vMall stores in various EU countries), they'll now more than likely have Eropean developers working on H7 updates as opposed to (what seemed to be) one or two guys in China working on them all!

Well tbh, Lolipop is worse than Kitkat so they're doing everyone a favour really :smiley:

We will see :wink: but you know once bitten o don't really mind I rather have a working build of old software than a buggy new one but I just want to let people know who have bought or thinking of buying if they don't update it pass lollipop don't be upset. I have the honor 6 and got the 7 iam not expecting anything but if they deliver that's excellent I wouldn't like to get other buyers hopes up as I have pass dealing with there phones

Seems that the h7 software has bugs in it already going off some peoples experiences on here.

Huawei certainly want to get the new Android onto their phones, especially the Honor 7 which is aimed directly at the EU market and soon at US. It may help that Huawei is making one of the new Google Nexus phones.

From Honor facebook

wish id gone for this now but missed out on deals

Mine's at Ready to Ship too :disappointed: Perhaps Expansys will put in some overtime and get it to Parcel Force on tomorrow.

Looks like they are having a late evening, mine is now showing as shipped.

Mine too but iam not expecting till Monday

Mine is showing as shipped too. Ordered on 28th.

Yup...overtime all round at Expansys. Mine's now marked Shipped as well. Courier apparently is Parcel Force...so delivery could be any time Monday....unless Huawei has upgraded it to Saturday delivery :smiley:

Think I'll cancel on the principal that I get last dibs because I ordered a case to go with it. Posted the deal and last to get my phone! Pffftt :disappointed:

Yeah, wanted too earlier but it was 4.58PM, so was a little late to phone their CS which closed at 5 :disappointed:

That would be nice.

http://www.hihonor.com/en/pages/campaigns/3yearwarranty

To register 3 year warranty

oh come on!!

Mine is ready to ship too. But all these problems sound a bit scary.

Mine says Shipped on both Expansys and vMall. So I presume it's languishing in the Parcel Force London depot ready to be delivered on Monday. I hope the wait has been worthwhile.

This definitely needs phone cover.
Because the camera is protruding and the edge of the lens is in a sharp angle.

Unless it's the oppo r5 :stuck_out_tongue: check this video out

Watch "Oppo R5 Ice Breaking Challenge: Does it Survive?" on YouTube - https://youtu.be/kMLZe5hHf4Q

cases are due in Monday.....probably ship Tuesday ?

Why does this phone have two IMEI ?
I don't understand.

What and how to setup wireless display?
This is under setting/display

I see.
I found this though.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IYDH350/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1598VULVVKBAL

and this and a lot more board games... for family and friends
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eamobile.monopoly_row_wf
,
I meant, to cast the board game from my phone to TV using that dongle.
I am sure people already do this, I just wonder why I never done this before

Multi core is cool

Annoying Sim Card Notification Error - Temporary Fix

Translated from German

https://translate.google.ie/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.android-hilfe.de%2Fthema%2Fdeaktivierung-des-symbols-der-2-sim-bei-honor-7.714349%2F%23post-9171532&edit-text=&act=url

Basically:

Download App Quick Shortcut Maker, Install, Go to Settings and find com.android.settings.SignalIconStyle and change the settings in there. Instantly just removed the error from the screen. The inherent error, even though it's not an error(you just don't have a 2nd sim in your phone) is likely still buried in the background(later update for the OS will likely only cover up the error like the link above) but at least the error is now gone.

Also don't cheap out on an SD card. I did and true to form it's corruptible. I've bought the Sandisk EVO 32gb card which also showed up here on HUKD.

Graphic card (Mali T624) is really rubbish. So I guess this is for office daily users, not fit for graphic intensive gamers.
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GFXbench graphic gamers test


compare to galaxy
https://gfxbench.com/device.jsp?benchmark=gfx30&D=Samsung+Galaxy+S6+%28SM-G920x%2C+SC-05G%29&testgroup=overall

I've now got a tracking number with Parcel Force for my grey Honor 7 order in UK...so looks like Huawei is fulfilling its Monday delivery promise.

Notification text from parcelforce....YESSSSSSS!

Me too coming within the hour

Iam curious to know how others are getting along with it and how it compares to there old handset. 2 things I want to see is battrey life and the quick charge. It doesn't specify qualcome quick charge as it uses a kirin processor so i want to see how that works and will it need a quick charger? And what amp rating is needed

Parcel force have just arrived with mine! Mystery grey! Hope others get theirs today too!!!

seems on forums that the charger is a lower amp than the 64gb device so although it can charge fast it won't. also the difference in time to charge is only 15mins so no big deal.

battery is good coming from my 5s in that by now it would be 80% but its 93%.

I'm still getting used to Android coming from ios so others might be better informed. some of the colours around some apps are annoying telling me the os is not fully up to date.

It's the mystery grey one. Model number Plk- l01

Can you check software version in 'about phone' Wondering if this newer batch is still on b100 rom or newer b111.

Just got mine too

Mine is b100

I phoned earlier with the intention of cancelling if I had to wait another week and was told the cases are due in today and will probably go out tomorrow. I ended up just paying a quid to split my order as I couldn't be bothered to wait any more. 'Mystery Grey' phone dispatched an hour later! Pre-order wait time aside (which was expected any ways) they are super efficient at sending orders out when they do have stock :smiley:

I un-cancelled my order, went to part-shippable due to case, phoned back to cancel the case, silver phone is marked as shipped now.

Just wondered has anyone tried the SIM card/sdxc card modification in the second SIM slot? If so, how easy was it and does it work ok? Any tips for anyone else trying it?

Well...only had it a few minutes, but what a solid, robust, premium-feeling phone.

This is convenient my case and glass screen protector has just come in the post from China I ordered it when I ordered the phone thinking by the time phone would come cade will also come

Arrived today and spent time re installing apps. A pain as it has the iphone method of displaying all apps and not having them hidden away. Took ages creating folders and grouping. Other than that - robust, durable phone with good screen quality. My Chinese case arrived Friday just in time too so all protected and ready to go..... once my micro sim arrives.

I personally like nova launcher as i like the menu layout of the old jelly bean kit kat but I would also recommend action launcher as if you swipe from the left you all your apps and if you swipe from a empty part of the screen your notification

Arrived this morning, and WOW!!! So far I'm impressed with this phone.

Do you think the honor 7 will survive a explosion? Find out here

https://youtu.be/QZdnaAHb7oU

​not sure anyone's tried this yet? I think we should start a forum elsewhere as this is not really the best place for the discussion but it is something that the UK Honor 7 community (of which we are pretty much founding members) will find really useful.

Anyone able to/want to set something up?

My debit card failed due to me switching banks. Been offered the phone again at the discounted price. Going to keep my eye on this thread to check out feedback over next few days before I decide

Is there a way to get it at the reduced price for someone who missed the boat? (i.e. me!)

Does the HARASSMENT Filter really work?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=huawei+harassment+filter

Lol I doubt it mate, they are doing a golden ticket promotion which is an entry into a prize draw of some sort but hardly think that's the same as £40 off. Give them a call with a sob story they might help. They also said they got 4000 units in stock Fri or sat with 2500 preorders of those

Got mine today, it replaces a Nexus 5, so far so good, it seems responsive enough and the build quality on first inspection is good. The fingerprint reader works very well, overall my first impression is good. All I need to do now is get a nano sim so that I can actually use it as a phone.

Anyone who's ordered at £210 and having second thoughts? Will buy off you, live near Manchester and can collect cash on collection. PM me.

Any way to get Android Lollipop stock notifications on the lockscreen?

wait and hope for this deal to be repeated or go for an LG g4 ??? ( switching from my galaxy s4 )

IF YOU FIND A WAY TO GET FOR 209.99 NOW THEN LET ME KNOW!

Afraid not...there's no Lockscreen in Settings>Security

Thank you for the info! If you decide you don't want to use your purchase at the promotional price, would really appreciate it if you could pass the buck this way :smiley:

In case anyone else is having this problem, here's why. Lockscreen notifications only work with the stock Magazine style themes...not with any of the others. And even when they do work, there's no expanding them to give quick jumps to Reply etc.
Sigh.

If you want lock screen notification you can always install s 3rd party app such as floatify

Using an Honor 6 right now and my 7 arrived yesterday. Havent switched on yet but feels like much better quality. Feels alot more sturdy in the hand. And has a nice weight to it. Not sure if will keep it though. Was for the missus, but she prefers her s4.

settings notification manager and select the item you want on the lock screen and amend the settings to make it work. works on my device anyway.

So there are 5 fingerprints can be assigned. COOL ..!
And it is really fast

Anyone taken off the screen protector it came with?

Mine arrived yesterday. Played with it all day and have no complaints! The build quality is great and its true that you do get a lot of phone for £210!!
Its only a little thing but the phone came pre-installed with a screen protector, its on perfectly and probably cost them pennies, but i dont understand why other phone companies dont do that? I mean they put a protective plastic sheet on the phones but you have to take that off because its just for show! Plus you pay an arm and a leg for these other phones!
I dont miss NFC as i've never used it before.
Can anyone recommend any decent cases? I like Spigen cases but dont think they'll do one for this!! Also anyone who has already got a tempered glass screen protector for this, does it cover the entire glass or just the screen? If its the entire glass, could you let me know where you got it from.
Does anyone else not receive icon notifications for whatsapp?

I was told last week that the phone and the Flip Cover would be in stock on Monday, and I was expecting delivery today.
Have just called them as the status is still "Awaiting Stock" and they've said that the shipment of cases did not arrive yesterday but they are delayed until Friday, and that there are no phones in stock, they expect more phones within 3-5 days.

Am starting to get a little pee'd off with this as I ordered on the 27th August, I was annoyed then that we'd have to wait for stock, I guess they didn't want to pre-empt the popularity of the phone or the number of orders they would get, but to be honest the whole thing has been a little bit amateurish.

ordered my phone (no case) with the £40 coupon. received it yesterday, it's an awesome phone and an absolute bargain for £210 :smiley:

It appears the £40 voucher is back on but somewhat confusing as how to get and use!

It says sign up for the Vmalll accoun - done, but not sign of the voucher!

Does anyone know if this phone works on GiffGaff 4G?

It doesn't appear to on my phone but the specs suggest it should (Band 20 / 800Mhz). Honor on Twitter have also suggested it should work.

looks like they updated the page, it had the same star sign voucher thing on the Honor 7 also

Yes, the Honor 7 EU version has 800Mhz band.

For anyone who has received their phone, what do you think of the camera quality?

The 20mp is 4:3 and the 15mp is 16:9 so for me I will use 15mp because its a fuller picture.

great phone, loving it!!! but anyone know if you can reduce the ferocity of the vibration like you can on some phones/custom ROMs? it literally scares me when it goes of sometimes lol

also I like the way you can long press the square navigation software key which switch's back and fourth between the last 2 open apps.

Anyone having a problem unlocking the bootloader? Tried and tried and tried using the method on XDA but it always says "We regret to say that the information you are searching is not found. Please mail to [email protected], We'll respond to you as soon as possible, thanks.". Personally don't think there's any point in having an Android phone if it isn't rooted so will just return it!

Are you making sure to login with facebook? On french forum, a user reported same issue as you but it worked when they tried a while later. It's possible the product id is new and not yet in database so it might work in couple of days.

Hold down square onscreen button, not fingerprint

I couldn't get that file either so googled the file and found another one on an annoying file sharing website, you know the ones that make you wait x minutes to download it. Did that anyway and it worked. Can't remember website now but just copy and paste file type into google and you'll see it. My is definitely unlocked now, just don't know what to do with it now. LOL

​i will let you know if i do decide to not keep. Havent used it yet. But also thinking to get my honor 6 a screen repair and sell it.

Thanks i see it now a bit pointless as pressing the multitasking button and switch to the next app is faster than holding it down to move to the previous app

Yep did all that. Looks like they fixed it today, you may well have been correct about them needing to update.

The XDA guides need updating as well, as Huawei have now added this model. I used PLK-L01 in the dropdown box and the Product ID you get from *#*#1357946#*#* and not the application they say you need to use... :smiley:

I have my Honor 7 paired with my LG G Watch R.

On my Nexus 5 this was set as a trusted device meaning my phone was unlocked while paired. I've set this the same on the Honor 7, but I still have to unlock with fingerprint.

this is no great hardship as the fingerprint scanner is amazing, faster than pressing a button.

Has anyone else got trusted devices working?

They have the mate s now for preorder with a ridiculous price of 469 and I don't see anything that warrants that price over the honor 7

I'm not a big fan of the camera. I was at the beginning but that was during a clear day! I've used it all day today and the days been miserable and that's how the pictures came out. Nothing was crystal clear, so I'm not sure it's the camera or the software. Any ideas?

Also I received a £40 voucher for the honor 6 and a £25 voucher for the mate x, so if anyone wants it let me know as I won't be using it.

Installed Nova Launcher. Better overall home screen look.

​Thanks:)
I ordered it on 31st August, mystery grey and nope have not had any heating problems, well no problems at all as of yet. I have been using it with wifi, data turned on, gaming no heating running smoothly. :smiley:

Guys, now that I have large screen, is there anyway to get bigger calendar that shows a little bit of agenda description.
Calendar is a mainstream for me.
Thanks in advance

Turns out it was me. I'd received an email telling me that my 3G sim would become 4G. Having only read the headline I hadn't realised it would only come into effect when my goodybag was renewed. Having had to renew early I'm now up and running with 4G :smiley:

Any recommendations?

Just a heads up, have signed up a new account, as the wife now wants this phone, after using mine, and they are having the £40 off the honour 7 for 1 day only on the 21st September.

ok getting annoyed now. dont mind the wait but no updates and not responding to an email asking for one is grinding my gears lol

business calendar. That's the name of the app. It works perfectly fine with google calendar synced but they have a BC2 now. They should be updating rather than making a new app and make people pay.

What happened to the extra year warranty? Did they send the link out yet?

They are offering the 50euros/£40 off offer again for anyone who missed out previously. Sign up for the newsletter, before 21/9.Good luck to all those trying second time around. I have mine but still waiting for a case from eBay :neutral_face:

I got my vouchers over a week after getting my Honor 7. not buying another one but thanks vmail.

Google Calendar app is good. Ad got a nice full screen widget you can use on a homescreen. Google Now launcher works well on this phone if you're not getting on with UMUI launcher.

​i use business calendar pro. Love the agenda widget on that. And you can choose to have one line or 2 line details.
That and the included task app.

​will check now launcher out. I love nova launcher and smart launcher. Especially cos to backup abd restore on new phone.

Tried the SD card/ , cut down sim card glued on the back, it did not recognise the sim card, may have been minutely out of alignment, ended up trashing the sim card getting it back off the SD card.
Lucky it was a empty payg t mobile sim.

I like the iOS type App notification in that you get a number on the App Logo on the Homescreen if you've 1 message, 2 messages etc.

Apparently you can do this with the likes of Nova Launcher and Tesla Unread but it just won't work at all and doesn't show e-mails numbers. I get it on the top of the screen but I don't like it.

Any thoughts on how to get this to work? (It works with the standard Honor email app but I prefer Gmail)

I wish phone manufacturers would just leave the stock Android launcher...it's been good since Lollipop...or, better still, give us the option of using their customised launcher or Google's launcher, lockscreen and notification shade.

Does anybody using Nova Launcher get a crash when they try to add widgets?

I normally use Apex but for some reason the navigation bar no longer goes transparent with it :/

where do i need to sign up to exactly? for the money off voucher as missed it the first time.

So...are these phones selling really well....or did they only make a dozen.

FWIW Oneplus Two doesn't have NFC either

I know.
But it has faster benchmark on both performance and graphics, and slightly larger screen.

It doesn't beat it on CPU performance. The Honor 7 actually has it beat in that department, but the OPO2 has slightly faster RAM (which will not be noticable) and a much better 3D graphics score (around 80% higher).

I, and I'm sure many others don't give two craps about games and if I do play them I'm not going to get disappointed because it's not running at 60 fps or something. I've got a gaming PC for that. Asphalt 8: Airborne ran absolutely perfect when I tried it, which is considered a pretty intensive game so IMO this phone is just fine. Who cares if some benchmark 3D 'gameplay' of a spinning box runs at 8 fps? You can't play it! And developers aren't going to make super-intensive games because they want to appeal to the mass market, and not just those with super 3D performing phones...

There's something huge that makes one of these phones a non purchase, and it's not GPU performance. It's the lack of expandable storage.

And at least you can buy a honor 7.

I've been on the OP2 waiting list since it was announced. Started at place 429 now I am at 28256.

I should get an invite a month before the OP3 is announced.

Benchmarks don't mean anything compared to real life performance check these test against app per app on phones even though it's shows better bench mark results real day performance is slower https://youtu.be/voEQbCpCX2w
https://youtu.be/JV8LlTxcIvY
This video below compares the 2 phones the one plus 2 vs honor 7 check out at around 7.10 on the video pressing the menu and going on the menu the one plus is slightly slower than the honor 7 https://youtu.be/1vC1CWhtDa4

You think the graphic ho's give a crap about actual meaningful things like the phones UI and general usage speed though? Unless you get a square spinning at 18fps in a benchmark... the phone is not worth the time!

They need to make a furmark for phones. Then those with a snapdragon 810 can see how awesome it is when it implodes.

Thanks for information, I am still waiting for my order of Silver placed on 2nd Sept, Did you tried 2 SIM + SD thing?

speaking of the one plus, I was as low as 2,500/at one stage and still no invite. got cash for my 5s earlier and happy with my Honor

​ yeah I tried the dual sim,I got 3 in my first slot and o2 on my second. you can choose which to dial, which to use for what it's quite open what you wanna do for each which if very cool. I put a pic of how you could choose which to dial with on the dialled, there is the 3 & o2 buttons for whichever u want to use.

I have not tried an sd card, although the space where second sim went is bigger, seems like it will fit. :smiley:

just got email from honor for £40 off honor but I have one. offering it here to someone. first pm gets it.

​Exactly the same setup I'm thinking of. Am I right in saying micro sim in slot 1 and nano sim o2 in slot which will be 2g only?

2nd sim going to be o2 to bridge the holes left my no orange roaming on 3 and o2 priority moments :wink:

Does anyone else get any of these problems...

1) Ultra snapshot doesn't work in the smart key options (nothing happens when you press the button)
2) Pretty much all launchers apart from EMUI show the bottom navigation bar with no transparency (which is really annoying). Nova is the only exception, but then it crashes when I try to add a widget!
3) Google Now Launcher won't open/work at all. No errors or anything... just won't open.

These things are really irritating me so just trying to find out if it's common or only me having the issues... I'll try reinstalling the firmware if that's the case :smiley: Wish Huawei would hurry up and release an update!

I got another voucher. PM me FCFS

Both SIM slots are for nano cards. But you can fit a microSD card instead of SIM2.

I've also got another voucher if anybody needs one. PM me too.

I'm still sitting on the fence with my huawei p8.....but this has better battery and better spec

has anyone tried a tied a different charger with the H7??i dont have the actual charger with me but it was 4 hours charging and only reached 29%....why is this?

I wish I hadn't cancelled my case now as the one I got from eBay isn't to my liking, but as it took 19days to get here I will make do for now, specifically as it has the tempered glass cover with it. Can anyone recommend a nice case for no more than a tenner from a UK seller, thanks.

Have had a play around today. I also thought it was locking. try swiping the lock screen. worked for me.

Does anyone else have issues with the contact list disappearing from WhatsApp now and again?

Does anyone else have issues with the contact list disappearing from WhatsApp now and again?

Used a whole battery today,yet hardly used the phone at all.
My old Samsung S3 would still have had 60 percent or more battery left on a 3 year-old original battery.

WTF going on. Anyone else having this problem.

Mobile standby 49% - time on 17m 42s - mobile radio active 17m 42s
Android System 33 %
Screen 11% (time on 1m 49s
Android OS 2%
Phone Idle 1%

Thats all thats in the list

Any help would be appreciated, thanks

Graham35, look here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62836621&postcount=4

I'm getting fairly quick battery drain,

I don't know about battrey drain yet as my sim is in my old phone still as i need a nano sim I will test it out as long as it gives me a day.

Nice battrey evaluation here

https://youtu.be/wtAU05Eyxa8

Also it talks about the mobile signal bug he said just turn the phone off and on and it goes away apparently

Went out last night with battery at 98%, didn't charge overnight and used normally today. Battery is 45% now 24 hours later. I'm unsure for those who have battery drain whether it's something else and not across the board with other phones.

Mines been draining quickly, overnight it will drain 40%+, I leave WiFi on, dual sim with 3 sim set to mobile data, I get a very weak 3 signal in my house.

My issues is the same a grahams, mobile radio standby using excessive battery, turned off mobile data always on last night and, phone battery was at 95% this morning

I leave all my apps opened in background, wifi on, 4g on, even high accuracy gps on throughout the day and I still have enough juice until I sleep. Couldn't be happier with this phone. Just wish the 2nd sim slot don't have to double up as memory card and I don't fancy a diy to use both functions.

I know they are much more expensive, but think I will hold off for a Nexus 5 2015 or if too expensive a Motorola X Play. Seem to be a few too many issues wit these cheaper Chinese phones. Yes I know most phones are manufactured in China......

I've changed my mind on NFC......can this be fixed with an update? No.

I think the battery bug is lollipop specific rather than down to this phone.
I think it kicks in when data connection is switched on and used and then switched off or WiFi kicks in, my phone has been restarted a few times but battery drain was still apparent.
Ive switched off data in background as per previous poster, and battery drain seems normal with mobile standby not the highest consumer of battery.

Or buy Huawei Mate S with exactly the same processor and same graphic and same metallic body and same ram, but larger screen and memory with Nfc and Force Touch.

Battery now at 48% after 36hours.

Well my battery life is pretty terrible. Mobile data is only turned on when I need it, GPS, Bluetooth, etc all disabled, but I'm looking at around 18-20% overnight drain. Compared to my H6 which was about 3%, it's very poor.

The thing is, Amplify/BetterBatteryStats don't show many bad Wakelock or Alarms causing the drain so it has to be something fundamentally wrong with Lollipop.

Huawei need to bring out an update or I may well return it in a couple of weeks.

If you do return it I'd be interested to know what Huawei are like when they deal with returns and after sales issues.

You can return in within the 14 days you will be okay I get a fall of 3 to 4 % overnight with no apps installed no sim connected to wifi. Iam still using my old phone currently but after i transfer all data ect I will try it out i sold my honor 6 now so iam stuck with it I see you also selling your honor 6 mamboboy

Mam, battery usage for mobile radio active eats the battery even when WiFi is on (lollipop bug), if you use data connection then go back to WiFi, you need to reboot phone to stop it eating battery.

I went out 3 hours ago so WiFi disabled and 4g kicked in, came home hour later so WiFi took over, battery draining quickly, you have to reboot phone, which is pretty poor.

Anybody having issues whereby Google fit does not track properly and when it does its out by 50% or more?
Looks like I'm going to ebay it or send it back and wait for new nexus 5x, shame as its a stylish phone

What is your Android version? mine is 5.0 and the Emui 3.1

Honor 6 is still on KitKat and manages 2 days on a charge quite easily, I think somehow the huawei phones on lollipop are triggering the known battery issue in lollipop.

Might be worth a call to the UK tech support to make then aware of the growing complaints, huawei are very keen to make a good impression in the UK and won't want this sort of bad press.

Actually I found the battery controller under setting on this phone is amazing compared to my previous phone.

I have put my sim in the honor 7 and wil test the battrey on my usage and compare based on honor 6 and other phones i have used such as LG g3 which had abysmal battrey for my usage will report back

Does anybody get Google fit to track using this phone, mine only tracks distance if I run another fitness app such as runkeeper along side.

I purposely put all my apps in the protected apps so they don't close for Power Saving purpose. I thought that would stop whatsapp contacts from changing to phone numbers rather than keeping as names. After many days, it didn't work.
But even though all my apps are not turned off for power saving, I still last a whole day with gps on, 4g on, wifi on, and bluetooth on.

I personally hate the EMUI power saving feature (and the fact you can't disable it). Android does a great job of managing background apps, so IMO a third party app/feature working over the top of it just causes more problems than it fixes.
And it also messes with actual good power saving apps like Greenify which hibernates apps and uses GCM instead of constantly closing them all individually.

I have tried an 128Gb SDXC card in on an OTG (with sdxc card reader and USB attachment) and it worked ok. Would have preferred the joint SDXC & SIM card in one slot mod but looks very tricky and cumbersome!

Supertl, I've tried the sd card/sim , it didn't recognise the sim, may try again with another but looks like you have to be very precise.

Thanks Matlock67, yeah I'm still waiting for someone in the UK to have tried and confirm or not that it works! I myself have tried to just remove the plastic surround from the SIM and had great difficulty just at this stage hence bought the OTG card as a workround. The main issue with this OTG solution is it sticks out of the bottom and could be knocked, broken or lost but at least it works for 128Gb card.

Credit goes to user airdsuk who mentioned this on the other thread remove the unused SIM2 icon on the notification bar if you are using a microSD card with this App 'Honor 7 SIM Icon Settings' in the Play store

anyone success with this ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/how-to-root-honor-7-t3170735

Rooting with that method worked fine for me. Obviously isn't ideal with a Chinese TWRP but its straight forward if you stick to the guide.

Saying that, there's not exactly much you can do with root at the moment seeing as there's seemingly no way to install xposed framework yet...

People around Europe have begun to receive a firmware update B121, so only a matter of time until it lands in the UK as well! Mainly security and bug fixes, haven't heard of any new features yet.

japle, where did you get that info from?
googling finds b121 for mate 7 in Russian 6 months ago

My googling skills are superior :P

https://translate.google.ie/translate?hl=en&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidiani.com%2Fforum%2Fhuawei-honor-7%2F479108-huawei-honor-7-thread-aggiornamenti-software-ufficiali-4.html

Sorry I replied to you already once, but HUKD didn't seem to let the links through. Anyways yeah that one Italian at XDA plus also on a Finnish forum; Posts 113 and 136

Seems update in Finland, Italy and spain

I really like the Harassment Filter. I tested by putting mu home number on the black list and tried to call from the home phone, and it got blocked in a straight simple way. Then I removed from blacklist an its on again.
Cool really

anybody else got backlight bleed on the lower half of the display, both right and left edges? quiet noticeable on black background.

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The chip is more heat resistant
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I have to press it hard between rubber sheets to make it bow and flat on the SD card when bonding it.
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The most difficult part is the bonding (glue) process.
Since I used epoxy glue it took overnight (was pressed between rubber sheets under a heavy chair foot).
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It was a bit out of line, you can see there after I cut the excessive edge. See it's unsymmetrical.
I carefully cleaned the excessive glue as well.
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and the dual SIM was back on

Tested by sending Text messages from one Sim to the other Sim and vice-versa back and forth from this Honor 7.
It worked perfectly.

nice job, I expect some more people here to try it now :smile:

Please can somebody repost the link to the online guarantee registration. I fear I won't be able to find it via the 1000 odd posts and unsure whether i've bookmarked anywhere.
T.I.A.

Is it still possible to get this at the discount price?

cheers guys its only because P8 from the other deal has developed some screen problems that i think im going to have to send it off for

Can owners please elaborate on the following?
- GPS functionality with Sygic or Maps
- Battery issues (fast discharging due to Lollipop bug)
- The exact method you used to root the device (link would be helpful)

I'm looking to justify moving from my (still perfectly working and as new) Note 2 to this phone, but unless the above three things work as expected, I'd rather stay with the Note 2 or try the Nexus 6 (which I think will be too big) or LG G4.

Decisions, decisions...

B121 update is now available

Got the b121 just now available and....... Instalation failed? When I go to updates again no more updates?

I am curious to understand how Bobbajob and mamboboy seem to have two opposite views on the battery issue.
Do you think there might be different versions of the same device in the market?

I had it downloaded and when I tried to install it failed and my current software is still the b100. But when I went to check know again for the update it doesn't show anything ?

Re: Update. I've no update but I've messed around previously and unlocked the bootloader so could be that or just further down the line waiting for the update.

Re: Battery. I'm a heavy browser on my phone between 8am and 6pm and often by 12pm I'm well below 50%. By 12pm now I'm only about 70% with the Honor 7 so I'm happy with it. I've just switched ALL my Apps to unrestricted so they won't be switched/closed when the screen is locked so we'll see now what happens.

I did have Facebook to switch off when the screen locks and it did affects the frequency of notifications so be selective which you restrict or not.

I get around 3 to 4 % drain over night with nothing on apart from mobile calls. I usally use the phone for browsing and watching video no gaming a few calls text and what's app. I use mix wifi as well as mobile data. Some days mostly wifi and some days mostly data. On days with data i get around 3 to 3 and half hours screen on time and that last me most of the day with wifi I get around less than 5 hours on mix useage I get around 4 ish hours some times a little less and some times a little more. It lasts me the day no problem but I will definitely need a charge by the end of the day the honor 6 on the other hand gave me more and I could well use it on the 2nd day to give me at least half a day more

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As Mammaboy says, it depends what you are used to.

My Nexus used to struggle to last until bed time despite being on charge in the car on the way to and from work, and struggled past 2 hours screen time.

I easily get a full day from 8am until midnight and have seen 4 hours screen on time.

If you're used to getting two days then it will be a let down.

It's hard for me to comment on normal usage as most days I will use it as a satnav with it plugged in.

Today I took it off charge when I got to work with full battery. Hammered it with spotify for probably about 4 hours which has used 26% of the battery. Screen has only been on 1 hour, and put it on charge on the way home while it was satnavving, used it a bit since got home and it's now at 70%.

My Nexus 5 would have been at about 20% by now and I would have probably have had to put it on charge at work too.

Started at 7AM ish.
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Has anybody received one of the grey 'View Flip Covers' yet?

Seems to be taking forever for them to come into stock!

Some Pretty nice cases for this phone from Ali express but be in for a long wait for them from China. The dot view type case looks good but I want to see one and how it works before I buy one. Like the flip case you can answer calls without opening the case which is handy

I ordered a Nillkin case for my phone two weeks ago from Aliexpress and it turned up today. It's a really nice case, slim and sturdy. I wanted a spigen case but they don't do any for this phone, however I'm not disappointed with this one.

I got a cheap Terrapin one off Amazon whilst I'm waiting for the 'flip' one, it is quite a nice case for the price and doesn't add much bulk to the phone.

I've bought 2.

This from China if you're patient. It's good quality, I like it.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/291555919035?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&var=590608586467&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

This arrived this morning from a UK Seller. It comes in a handy waterproof bag you "could" use if you were out Kayaking or on the beach or by the pool or something. However, the quality of the "Wood" is non existent. It's a very basic stuck on job. I know the description says it but it's not great. I don't recommend the cover. The problem is, covers in Europe at least are few and far between

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/271978611462?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

BATTERY problem. The answer
http://mashable.com/2015/09/29/android-marshmallow-launch/#l84Y.luBb5qp

Nexus 5x will be £340 uk rip off again

Yeah same here, although Marshmallow within the next few months would be sweet! But can't complain at all for £210.

Hope it does come on offer again as I was stupid and hesitated

Just sold my honor 7, wasn't happy with battery and fact it does not track well with Google fit

The 121 update is supposedly available, but wasn't for me last night so just manually updated.

https://mega.nz/#!dgZwAQpb!XcZSZJOWvG1DIDoJRr_EYSehtqTU1ciPE53bNhII8JQ

Easy enough to do, just copy the dload folder to the root of your SD and select local update from the Updater. I did have to change back to the stock recovery though.

Root doesn't seem seem to be available at the moment.

Idle drain seemed to be better - I believe it was 8-9% overnight as opposed to 21-22% before.

EDIT: Huawei support got back to me about the drain as well. They suggested disabling the touch/draw features in settings > smart assistance.
Does kinda make sense, especially if there's a bug with 'double touch to turn screen' stopping the phone from properly sleeping or something.

Will see if it alleviates it any more :smiley:

Mine came through Automatically and during the update it was first time I've ever felt the device get hot. Mine was also unlocked from bootloader/or whatever and I wonder if the update has reversed that.(not that it makes a difference to me).

Can't really see any difference anyway.

A new OS like the new Marshmallow would be good. I'm not keen on EMUI so have Nova Launcher with Tesla Unread instead as a Home Screen.

have the phone,but how do I set data usage like I did on my galaly 2

going to try and get my p8 repaired and flog it, the battery was better on my s4 and that was a pig until i put zero lemon batteries in.........

although when the bug isnt active i easily get a day, also none of the battery saving programs seem to work like ds battery saver etc as i normally have that runninv to turn off the data and the gps when ever the phone is in sleep

Yea, my seemingly better battery life was short lived as I'm now I'm back to ~21% idle drain during 7 hours standby.

I'm more than likely going to phone vmall Monday and ask for a refund or replacement because I don't think it's acceptable given their standby claim. It's about 5 times worse than the drain on my honor 6 - the annoying thing is I don't think it's hardware related, and given Hauwei's update turnaround time I can't see it being fixed for a long time, probably not until they upgrade to Marshmallow :/

Yes very poor show by huawei.

What does it show in phone manager where you can view the mah used by apps, not the % shown in regular battery stats. Do you close all apps from recents before letting phone sleep?

Chrome 25 mAh
WhatsApp 11 mAh
Swiftkey 5 mAh

Also says Facebook frequently wakes the system.

I'm not sure if this is normal but mobile standby accounts for 10% of the battery usage.

Time on = 21h 43m 3s
Mobile radio active = 14h 15m 20s

EDIT: Going to try uninstalling Chrome and switch to the default browser, also use the web facebook and remove the app. Will see if that alleviates it at all.. doubt it will! :smile:

Try the app os monitor and wakelock detector (if rooted) OS monitor can show alot of useful stats such as what's using the cpu in real time, things that don't get recorded in normal battery stats. If the issue is also there when the phone is being used but just not noticeable, then it will show up here. Click the tool icon and then three horizontal lines to choose between different stats.

Yes i close apps and they are forbidden to.run.in.background ans greenified

Mama,
At night have you tried to disable mobile data then do a reboot, you can leave WiFi on then check in the morning what the battery drain has been. My ebay sale fell through so I'm keeping my 7, last night it drained about 5% in 7 hours overnight. I think the battery drain whilst idle is when mobile data has been used, it does not switch off properly even if data is switched off, only a reboot stops it.

I see the covers are showing as 'in stock', but the dark cover is showing as 'sold out' my order for one of each colour is showing as 'part shipp-able' has anyone got theirs yet, or a notice of delivery.

Well, after posting the above last night, I've just had an email to say the case has been dispatched. Finally!

According to Vmall, plenty of stock arriving on Wednesday 7th October (this Wednesday) ours will both be shipped by Thursday - all being well. Good job as I'm fed up of waiting, we look after our stuff and always use a cover.

It fell from a 5 foot drop onto a shower tray and was in a faux leather case. It survived. Phew.

I wouldn't be testing it's limits but that some whack it took and didn't shatter.

why not all apps can be moved to SD card?

Gone 2 days 15hours and still have 14% battery left, granted light use and every time I've used mobile data and switched to WiFi I've disabled mobile data and rebooted the phone.

Over month later, can finally use the phone as the case has arrived.

Just stuck a cut down t mobile sim to my micro SD card and can confirm its working. So 2 sims and SD card all working

Read earlier to expect a February update to Marshmallow. I can handle that!

I'm using a t mobile sim as my second sim for data, £20 for 6 months, unlimited browsing 1g downloads per month.

well that's turd. manually updated to b121 and lost 21% battery and phone turned off about 7am this morning! i left WiFi on and I can see the phone was awake all that time in the battery stats. that never happened on the previous ROM. anyone had the same thing?

Anyone knows how to change the default alarm ringtone on the clock alarm?
Thks

I updated manually from the Mega link provided on the previous page.

If the question is where did they get the B121 update from, it is downloaded to the phone as part of the update process, but if you don't carry on with the update it can be found in a download folde and shared from there.

It is deleted once the update is complete.

I am afraid this Huawei "Clock" doesn't have option of Notification. Only when I create new alarm it asks for ringtone.

I don't understand your question.
The alarm ringtone is set when you set an alarm. The clock doesn't have a notification.

If you have an alarm set you can click it and change the notification.

I cancelled the case and ordered this one instead
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B015A1U18Y/?tag=ho01f-21
Seems decent, I find the notification light a bit dull, so clear screen would be the best.

Kunhadi, you must have a different phone than everyone else or you don't know what you want to know.

It is this Clock
I think default Huawei

And the Ringtone DEFAULT is rubbish.
I don't know how to have different Default.

.
I meant Default so I don't have to change it all the time

click on that line where it says ringtone, it should give you more options.

The question is: WHEN

http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_publishes_list_of_devices_getting_android_60_marshmallow_updates-news-14523.php

Shouldn't be difficult for International H7 to get it. Minor differences in OS like Playstore and stuff. (I think)

looks like this deal is back on from the 28th

was going to go for it but the OnePlus X announcement is the 29th, wonder if stock will last until then to compare :neutral_face:

Apple busted
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/135201-huawei-mate-s-force-touch-display-explored-a-new-way-to-interact

Looking to order the phone this coming Wednesday, I cannot see where to add it to my basket. the fantasy silver is "ordered on request" and the mystery grey is "in stock". Neither phone I can add to my basket. Am I missing the obvious?
Also is the official smart case worth buying or is the nillkin flip smart case a better purchase? Thanks, Matt :sunglasses:

Matt, I think you can only buy it on the 28th not before and not after - only in the short window of time at the discount price

Ok thanks Graham, so I'll be able to add it to the basket at midday then I'm hoping? saw a post earlier showing someone had added it to their basket but they were waiting for the code to go live before purchase.

When I got mine was supposed to be midday UK for the offer. Ordered mine at 11am and was pretty much sold out by 12. I'd start checking early. Going to be popular!

Matt, were you successful in getting one - or anyone else

sold out again and missed the offer:( it sucks!

Good morning, yes I managed to get one after a 25 minute panic over the code not working! I took the chance and went for the full price option. Had to ring about 2 hours later after I received my order confirmation and get the discount applied. They were more than happy to add the code manually but informed me that I couldn't order the smart case as it was OOS, a note has been put on the account so that I can hopefully order one minus the postage charge when they're back in stock. Should receive it Friday with a bit of luck :sunglasses:

OK, maybe I was wrong. It's just arrived! Very impressed than at extension or royal mail is capable of doing that! :man:

After installing the latest update, I no longer can save things to my external memory card. Anyone found a fix to it? I've tested different memory cards and both cannot be used after the latest update

found the reason. I had to set the default storage to external memory card.

It must be an unofficial Rom, Huawei don't list it on their website

official. you get firmware upgrade automatic notification. lots of people got the same, just read the threads on Honor 7

Official in de and nl - but not UK, as far as I can see (yet)

did some one not just list one for sale and now its vanished?

Huawei’s Honor 7 now available at cheaper price points through Three UK

http://flip.it/V7Cd6

I never did get my two phone case's, they are showing more than 10 in stock but when you click on them they say 'sold out'

they are also saying - 13/11/2015 at 15:14 Sent email - Card declined at processing, I have not received any email from them (checked spam box)

Never, ever had my card declined!

So I guess someone else might get my covers, or maybe they don't/didn't actually have any stock

Anyone else had a cover delivered from Vmall recently.

Graham, I've gave up waiting for the cases to come back in stock. As someone else said, hopefully they'll appear on Amazon or via another vendor soon. Hope yours turn up though.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=201465442048&alt=web hmmm

Cheers for that Mat, we are going to phone Vmall tomorrow and see what's going on and probably cancel our order.

no probs, I went with this seller in the end with the hope of getting mine a little quicker. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=311477874418&alt=web

my cases arrived on Tuesday from Vmall - at last, nice case, very pleased with them

OK, am very happy with my Honor 7 except for a few niggles. For some reason it seems to randomly ring people from my contacts, has been doing it for about a week now and at first I though it was me but after leaving it on the side for 5 minutes I returned to discover that it was in the process of dialling someone. I've turned voice wakeup off so it can't be that. Any ideas?

Hmm, that sounds very odd. You'll probably be better off asking on the XDA forums for advice on the matter...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7

Honor 7 (Silver or Grey)

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Amazon £209.99 ... click amazon here

Hey guys I purchased this mobile recently. I am not receiving notifications from watsapp and other 3rd party app when the phone has been locked for a while. Has anyone experienced a similar issue?

Thanks

have you looked inside "Screen lock & password" on the setting?
there's show detail notifications button

Goto settings - Power saving - go down to protected apps - allow Whatsapp to keep running after the screen is turned off.

Yep. I personally allow all of the apps I use to keep running. It's a well known fact that Android doesn't need apps constantly closing down to save power... it actually uses more power reopening them all the time. The battery saving feature is one thing I really hate about EMUI - the power manager service keeps my phone awake for 3-4 hours overnight and I can't find a fix. So annoying :disappointed:

Just installed Marshmallow. (...I know I am late :smiley: ...)
Download here http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/general/official-marshmallow-6-0-file-beta-b320-t3318570

or here
http://www.androidsage.com/2016/02/20/download-official-android-6-0-marshmallow-for-honor-7-with-emui-4/

I still don't understand why its not in the UK yet. no OTA updates at all.
How have you found the Marshmallow?

I installed the Beta a while ago, and got the OTA to the final version about a month ago.
Standby improved massively.
Swapped to a Galaxy S7 now.

the battery life improvement is brilliant

when you do the update does it get rid of all your downloaded apps? what things disappear?

No, nothing's changed, at least on mine.
Oh, the front page icon of text was missing but I found it on page 2 so I relocated that to the front page again.
I don't know how others experienced it

http://www.hihonor.com/uk/support/software-list/
Looks like it is now officially on the UK website.
They released a new 5.0.2 android lollipop C432B180. I have downloaded that, can't really see much change. Marshmallow (29.03.2016) is on there but I heard there's issues with the fingerprint scanner.. Is that still the case?

I kept coming back to this thread :smiley: Just to let you know if you haven't: The HiSuite is now AMAZING.
HiSuite is Huawei software to connect to PC.
What has happened, I just connected my Honor 7 to my PC and it installed new HiSuite and it is bloody BRILLIANT.
Damn HUAWEI is AMAZING