Before I get into my experience, I have some disclaimers.
1) I have used Android phones for a year now.
2) I'm not one for beta testing, rooting or using custom ROMs. I'm all about the "boring" stability life.
3) I'm not saying that this WILL happen to you but know that it can happen and just take it as something to keep in mind.
As for the experience itself, I got the update for my Honor 8 and I was excited but then I found that I didn't like some things. Most of all, it broke my non-Google calendar, which already made me not as much of a fan about this update. Tried a number of free calendars with no luck. I need my calendar.
Since it worked before on EMUI 4.1/Android 6.0, I decided to download the official rollback update from the HiHonor support website. I followed the directions about removing the file into the dload folder (or if there isn't one, create it) on internal storage. I did the button combo the first time and I saw "update successful". Tried it again to do the next step and it didn't work, as it kept saying that the software update couldn't be found so it failed.
It kept failing so I went back to the directions. I tried to reload the file to see if that would do anything but it seemed not to work still. Then I did the worst thing ever without knowing it. I factory reset my phone with the file still in it and it broke my phone essentially. Somehow doing that broke the keyboards. The only available keyboard is a voice keyboard, which you can't even work with, because of passwords and such.
I have wiped the cache partition a few times throughout all of this, along with more factory/hard resets. No matter what, I only have a voice keyboard so now my Honor 8 is now a $300 paperweight.
Since I registered my phone, I'll see if Honor can do anything for me with their support but as for now, I'm tired. I have tried various things and I have lost a couple of nights trying to make this work. Just wanted to share my story as a possible warning.
(Since I'm a chronic phone switcher, I have my other non-Android phones to use.)
1) I have used Android phones for a year now.
2) I'm not one for beta testing, rooting or using custom ROMs. I'm all about the "boring" stability life.
3) I'm not saying that this WILL happen to you but know that it can happen and just take it as something to keep in mind.
As for the experience itself, I got the update for my Honor 8 and I was excited but then I found that I didn't like some things. Most of all, it broke my non-Google calendar, which already made me not as much of a fan about this update. Tried a number of free calendars with no luck. I need my calendar.
Since it worked before on EMUI 4.1/Android 6.0, I decided to download the official rollback update from the HiHonor support website. I followed the directions about removing the file into the dload folder (or if there isn't one, create it) on internal storage. I did the button combo the first time and I saw "update successful". Tried it again to do the next step and it didn't work, as it kept saying that the software update couldn't be found so it failed.
It kept failing so I went back to the directions. I tried to reload the file to see if that would do anything but it seemed not to work still. Then I did the worst thing ever without knowing it. I factory reset my phone with the file still in it and it broke my phone essentially. Somehow doing that broke the keyboards. The only available keyboard is a voice keyboard, which you can't even work with, because of passwords and such.
I have wiped the cache partition a few times throughout all of this, along with more factory/hard resets. No matter what, I only have a voice keyboard so now my Honor 8 is now a $300 paperweight.
Since I registered my phone, I'll see if Honor can do anything for me with their support but as for now, I'm tired. I have tried various things and I have lost a couple of nights trying to make this work. Just wanted to share my story as a possible warning.
(Since I'm a chronic phone switcher, I have my other non-Android phones to use.)
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