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OpenKirin’s ROMs now support Honor 8, Honor Note 8, Huawei P9/P9 Plus, and Huawei Mate 8

OpenKirin’s ROMs now support Honor 8, Honor Note 8, Huawei P9/P9 Plus, and Huawei Mate 8

September 24, 2018
LineageOS is the most popular custom ROM for Android devices. It's often used as a base for other custom ROMs such as Resurrection Remix. There are other ROMs like OmniROM that are also popular and may or may not be based on LineageOS. Thanks to the efforts of the OpenKirin project, unofficial LineageOS, Resurrection Remix, and...
Honor 8, Huawei P9, Huawei Mate 8, and more receive Android Oreo with EMUI 8

Honor 8, Huawei P9, Huawei Mate 8, and more receive Android Oreo with EMUI 8

July 9, 2018
Huawei is one of the few companies that consistently update their devices and fight to fix the state of the Android fragmentation. The list of Huawei and Honor devices which will get Android 8.0 Oreo with EMUI 8.0 was announced back in January. Today, Huawei keeping their promise and making Android Oreo-based EMUI 8 available those...
Huawei P9 and P9 Plus will get Android Oreo with EMUI 8 according to Product Manager

Huawei P9 and P9 Plus will get Android Oreo with EMUI 8 according to Product Manager

March 13, 2018
In the Android world, it is rare to see devices being updated with new Android software versions beyond two years. Huawei has a mixed track record with Android version updates. The company has committed to releasing Android Oreo for its older flagship smartphones, but the speed of updates has been slow for international variants. Then, there...
Huawei P9 and P9 Plus Receiving Update with 3D Panorama Camera Mode

Huawei P9 and P9 Plus Receiving Update with 3D Panorama Camera Mode

January 26, 2018
Huawei announced the Huawei P9 and Huawei P9 Plus in April 2016, and they've since been succeeded by the Huawei P10 and the Huawei P10 Plus. The P9 and P9 Plus are getting to the point in their lifecycles where you might expect software updates to slow to a trickle, but Huawei continues to enhance them...
Huawei Announces Which Devices will get EMUI 8.0 with Android Oreo

Huawei Announces Which Devices will get EMUI 8.0 with Android Oreo

January 25, 2018
It's always exciting when your phone gets a software update, and it's something that Android enthusiasts look forward to with great anticipation. Huawei debuted the newest version of its in-house Android skin, Emotion UI (EMUI) 8.0, alongside the Mate 10 series in late 2017, and since then, folks in the community have been wondering about when...
Vulnerability in Vibrator Service of Huawei P9 Plus Can Crash the System, Now Patched

Vulnerability in Vibrator Service of Huawei P9 Plus Can Crash the System, Now Patched

March 15, 2017
In addition to Google's effort on patching exploits and vulnerabilities through the Android Monthly Security Update program, several OEMs have also been more upfront about disclosing any devices-specific vulnerabilities they find and patch. Huawei had previously found an Arbitrary Memory Read/Write vulnerability on the Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro, which was subsequently patched through a...
Sony begins Nougat roll-out for Xperia XZ and X Performance while Huawei unveils their update plans

Sony begins Nougat roll-out for Xperia XZ and X Performance while Huawei unveils their update plans

December 1, 2016
Some companies pounced on the initial Nougat hype and rushed out of the gate with announcements for which devices they will be bringing up to date. Sony, for instance, announced their Nougat plans back in August. The company promised support for the following 11 devices: Xperia Z3+ Xperia Z4 Tablet Xperia Z5 Xperia Z5 Compact Xperia...
Huawei Announces the Dual-Camera P9 and P9 Plus

Huawei Announces the Dual-Camera P9 and P9 Plus

April 6, 2016
At an event in London, Huawei took the wraps off the P9 and the P9 Plus. This follows along a long list of spec leaks for the devices, and they are exactly what we came to expect by the end. Starting off with the design, both devices have unibody builds made out of metal, and these...