Phones downloaded Nougat, now what?

[garethrdwilliams]

So my phone has downloaded the installer package but when I go to search for an update on the settings it doesn't find it?

When I go to the downloads "app" it sees the zip file and I can open it via "archive preview" only which then opens up the file viewer. Clicking the UPDATE.APP file (4gb) makes it download it but then it asks how I want to open it and lists text, video, app etc but everything I try it just says parse error?

Any ideas?!!

 

[garethrdwilliams]

Here is how it looks when it opens via "archive preview"

 

[garethrdwilliams]

Loading resource when you click on the UPDATE.APP file

 

[garethrdwilliams]

The options I have when it's opened the resource

 

[digitalbreak]

How/Where did you download the nougat update? Are you part of the beta program?

 

[garethrdwilliams]

Not part of anything, phone just downloaded it!

 

[digitalbreak]

Not part of anything, phone just downloaded it!

Ok, thats strange.

Anyways, you could try this, but you need a sdcard. This has mostly worked for folks who are in beta upgrading to the latest beta build. If you have a final build that will let you upgrade from EMUI 4 to 5, then this method may work. If it fails, it will say it cannot upgrade or this update does not apply to you. If the update completes within a minute or two, then you didn't get Nougat either. So you will know if this works

1. In the sd card, create a folder dload
2. Move the update.app file to the dload folder
3. Open phone dialer and dial *#*#2846579#*#*
4. Select Software upgrade

Hope that helps.

 

[garethrdwilliams]

1. In the sd card, create a folder dload
2. Move the update.app file to the dload folder
3. Open phone dialer and dial *#*#2846579#*#*
4. Select Software upgrade

Hope that helps.

Did that but it says no update file found when accessing the above way of updating.

I think it's because I can only move the downloaded folder "as is" which would be as a zip file?

If I open the zip file and uncompress it I can see the Software>Dload folder but I can't copy or cut and paste this separately? I even tried copying the zip file to the PC and then copying back over the correct folder to the SDCard but it still was having none of it?

Last resort maybe is taking the SD card out of the phone, inserting it into a SD adaptor, inserting that into the PC and seeing if it'll allow me then to move the uncompressed file over?

 

[orangecroc]

Did it download in the phone update section in the options?

 

[garethrdwilliams]

It randomly said download complete in the notification window at the top of the screen. I didn't look to download it, it had automatically downloaded it. When I clicked on the notification by swiping down to reveal it, it opened in the downloads folder

 

[garethrdwilliams]

Ok, so I've got home and connected the phone to the laptop and gone through HiSuite. It said it needed to send through my IMIE to check for an update. After that when I check for an update it also says that there is no update available for me and I'm on the current version.

Wondering if it's come to me in error as looking at the PDF that it downloaded with the UPDATE.APP file etc, it says its for United States_Non specific phones on build no. B122 but I'm in the UK and on build no. B131?

I'd upload the UPDATE.APP file and PDF here if it can be done for others to see or maybe use?

 

[orangecroc]

B132 is the latest non beta update.
The latest beta update in the UK is b320

 

[digitalbreak]

So, long story short, Honor has not released the Nougat update for the Honor 8. I am confused as to how you got the update. May be you are part of the beta program but you don't know it yet. There was another thread where the op had forgotten he was part of beta.

If you are not sure, I dont know what you package you have. Make sure its not malware. I will probably restore and wait for the official announcement as it would be widely circulated.

 

[orangecroc]

All updates should be ota and install automatically

 

[uw]

my phone did the same thing on jan 15.. got the download message, so i restarted my phone and i got that error message.. had to reboot twice before it continued without the error message.. went to check the updater, but said i was up to date.. and i was getting excited thinking it was the nougat update.. not on any beta program.. i'm in the u.s...

 

[digitalbreak]

my phone did the same thing on jan 15.. got the download message, so i restarted my phone and i got that error message.. had to reboot twice before it continued without the error message.. went to check the updater, but said i was up to date.. and i was getting excited thinking it was the nougat update.. not on any beta program.. i'm in the u.s...

What is the current version you see in the Updater now?

 

[uw]

B162.. does that seem right?

 

[digitalbreak]

B162.. does that seem right?

Yes. Thats the last EMUI 4.1 build.

 

[Morty2264]

Any updates on your current situation, OP?

 

[garethrdwilliams]

No, nothing. I pulled the downloaded file to the PC to look at. There are PDFs in the zip file and it's all legitimate.

Now awaiting the official OTA update.