The Honor 8 served me very well, up until one fateful day when I dropped it in the snow. After that, I ran into the oddest of issues, including 1) Wi-Fi, bluetooth, and NFC radios not working 2) the phone factory resetting itself in the middle of the night 3) the mysterious disappearance of the Downoads and Smart Remote apps 4) Honor support claiming my IMEI and serial number didn't exist 5) random bootloops 6) the camera defaulting to monochrome, and a host of other less significant issues. I was utterly bewildered as to how a single drop could cause all these problems, especially the ones that seem to be purely software-based. The last straw for me was when the Honor 8 wiped itself (the day before my final exams, too), so, with resignation, I ordered a Moto X4 prime edition.
My time with the Moto X4 was grudgingly tolerative. I noticed every slow animation caused by the lesser processor, and frowned at the weaker battery life. But most of all, I missed that Huawei camera. I longed for the perfect photos I would get out of my Honor 8. Alas, since Honor took down the recovery files, I was no longer able to restore my phone's firmware. I logged off of these forums and went through my life.
But then, inspiration came to me in the early hours of the morning. I used HiSuite and updated my Honor 8 to the latest security patch, and suddenly, it was back to normal. Everything was and is currently working perfectly. Support still tells me my phone doesn't exist, but maybe it's better that way. Maybe Huawei doesn't need to know that I brought my phone back to life.
In any case, I am back!
Lumi Valo
My time with the Moto X4 was grudgingly tolerative. I noticed every slow animation caused by the lesser processor, and frowned at the weaker battery life. But most of all, I missed that Huawei camera. I longed for the perfect photos I would get out of my Honor 8. Alas, since Honor took down the recovery files, I was no longer able to restore my phone's firmware. I logged off of these forums and went through my life.
But then, inspiration came to me in the early hours of the morning. I used HiSuite and updated my Honor 8 to the latest security patch, and suddenly, it was back to normal. Everything was and is currently working perfectly. Support still tells me my phone doesn't exist, but maybe it's better that way. Maybe Huawei doesn't need to know that I brought my phone back to life.
In any case, I am back!
Lumi Valo