When is nougat or emui 5 coming to honor 5x oficially?

[Luis Bereciartu1]

Theres a lot of rumours of honor 5x getting or not getting nougat which is the truth? Since they promised 24 months updates nougat still in the updates frame

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! My 5X never got any official updates. It's still stuck on the 5/2016 security patch. I think Huawei abandoned the phone.

 

[LikesCookies]

I received an update to the January 2017 security patch on April 12. KIW-L24C567B351

 

[Reg Joo]

They satisfied their 2 year of upgrade responsibility by releasing a maintenance update at the end of last year. The only way nougat gets on this phone, is putting a custom rom on it now. I have 7.1.2 on it now.

 

[Ry]

I gave up on it.

 

[SolarBear28]

Nougat came out less than 1 year after the 5X was released. Honor promised 2 years of updates. If it doesn't get Nougat that's pretty disappointing.

 

[LikesCookies]

Do you have instructions or a guide for this?

 

[dpham00]

Guide for what?

 

[LikesCookies]

I was responding to Reg Joo about installing Nougat on the 5X.

 

[dpham00]

I was responding to Reg Joo about installing Nougat on the 5X.

You would need to root first

https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....velopment/root-kiw-l24-usa-kiwi-t3305190/amp/


Then install a ROM

https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/development

Please read all the warnings...this can brick your phone if done wrong.

 

[LikesCookies]

Too scary for my blood. Thanks.

 

[dpham00]

Too scary for my blood. Thanks.

Yeah i would only recommend this to those who are technically capable

 

[Aljean Thein]

I just bought this for my trip to the Philippines next month. So there's no nougat update?

 

[LikesCookies]

Yeah i would only recommend this to those who are technically capable

Well, I'm technically capable - I've been working with computers since 1968 and professionally since 1974 - but everyone makes mistakes and this process, it seems to me, is fraught with possibilities of mistakes.

 

[dpham00]

I just bought this for my trip to the Philippines next month. So there's no nougat update?

Not that i know of.

 

[dpham00]

Well, I'm technically capable - I've been working with computers since 1968 and professionally since 1974 - but everyone makes mistakes and this process, it seems to me, is fraught with possibilities of mistakes.

Of course. Rooting is hacking... You are doing something that the manufacturer didn't want to allow in the first place. So there are risks involved

 

[rhapdog]

Of course. Rooting is hacking... You are doing something that the manufacturer didn't want to allow in the first place. So there are risks involved

Yes, there are definitely risks involved. However, if you can afford to go out and replace the phone you just bought so easily, and you feel adventurous, then you might want to try it. However, if you can afford to go out and replace the phone immediately after buying it, you likely bought a more expensive phone. Yeah, if you bought the 5X, it was most likely the best you could afford to spend on your budget.

I'm one of the people who feel adventurous and like to take risks. I was willing to settle for a crappy phone on the chance I could make the one I had better. I'm loving Nougat 7.1.2. Getting away from the Huawei firmware has made my phone fast, reliable, smooth, and capable. Something it never quite was before. I'm happy with the risk, but I've rooted and flashed other phones and am ready for the adventure and risk.