Hey Guys
So I have a Huawei Mate 20 Pro, purchased in the UK.
I am very interested in the Freebuds 2 Pro however as I'm sure your aware they aren't available global yet, only a Chinese version released.
I don't mind ordering the Chinese versions but I just wanted to check if there are any known compatibility issues with a non-Chinese Mate 20 Pro.
I've read about compatiblity issues with phones that do not have Bluetooth 5.0 (Mate 20 Pro does so that's ok), read about issues with the software version having to be above 171 for the HWA to work (my mate 20 pro is over this version).
Is there anything else I need to consider before I make the purchase? Is there going to be an issue with languge in some way? I know there's no display but possibly voice commands or recognition issues for the English language?
Any help would be great, I'm guessing I'm not the only one wondering on a global release date.
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Hey
I do have the freebuds 2 pro and a LYA-L29 with 187 firmware.
They fit perfectly with one another.
No issues and better than with my P20 pro.
I really can recommend them.
I think the only disadvantage is the short battery life from about one hour.
But they are very quick rechargeable with its box.
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Orlando.Rodriguez said:
Hey
I do have the freebuds 2 pro and a LYA-L29 with 187 firmware.
They fit perfectly with one another.
No issues and better than with my P20 pro.
I really can recommend them.
I think the only disadvantage is the short battery life from about one hour.
But they are very quick rechargeable with its box.
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Thanks Orlando, my mate 20 Pro is LYA-L09, not sure what the difference is between the LYA-L29? is it only dual sim difference? I'm running with 187 firmware too, so this is good to hear.
I assume you are located outside of China right?
GuiItyByDesign said:
Thanks Orlando, my mate 20 Pro is LYA-L09, not sure what the difference is between the LYA-L29? is it only dual sim difference? I'm running with 187 firmware too, so this is good to hear.
I assume you are located outside of China right?
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Yes, it is the dual functionality only.
And also yes. Not in China ?
That is the reason why it is really difficult for me to use the companion app to update the firmware on the buds ?, but thank God there is Google Lens ?
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I can't seem to get mine to pair with my P30 Pro. I press the button, white led flashes, nothing appears in the bluetooth list of devices. Any ideas?
Edit: 10 mins later they just appeared with no issue. All seems fine now!
I recently bought some Freebuds 2 Pro, So far i'm impressed with them. They work great with my UK Mate 20 Pro, and i'm on 9.0.0.210.
Audio quality is excellent, but not noticed a difference with HWA turned on.
How is call quality with freebuds 2 pro especially in noisy environments? And what is bone id anyway!
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I'm quite interested in the mate 10 pro or soon to be released P20 pro. However I have heard nasty things about the EMUI. One really concerning thing is notifications not coming through. A few more other things too. How many affected by this
I have a mate 10 for 5 months,
and no problem with emui or notifications
Everything works great.
Only annoying is the lack of updates.
And still no stable custom rom.
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I have a mate 10 for 5 months,
and no problem with emui or notifications
Everything works great.
Only annoying is the lack of updates.
And still no stable custom rom.
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So it doesn't receive frequent updates. That can be an issue. I have a sony at the moment which receives frequent updates. That means the mate 10 pro is not treble ready. Might be safer to go with the pixel xl 2 but lets see if the p20 will be treble ready
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I'm quite interested in the mate 10 pro or soon to be released P20 pro. However I have heard nasty things about the EMUI. One really concerning thing is notifications not coming through. A few more other things too. How many affected by this
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Notifications are definitely an issue. When an app is not used for some time notifications will not be delivered. This issue is caused by the far too aggressive battery management. You could disable it but that's not what should have to do.
I have the mate 10 pro and it's certainly not a bad phone, but I wouldn't choose it again. Dual SIM is a requirement for me so at this moment I would probably go for the S9 Plus (also the S9's camera is another reason).
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I 100% agree with MichelLoyen, I don't trust this phone at all (mate 10 pro). I don't dare installing 3rd party apps for stuff like calendar and sms. My Garmin (bluetooth) connection is completely random if it works or not. The manual battery "managment" settings seems to be ignored in many cases.
Also the M10pro is a "google recomended" device. A status that should give security updates at the latest within 90 days. My phone is on start of november security update. So this is just another bull**** promise that is worthless.
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Notifications are definitely an issue. When an app is not used for some time notifications will not be delivered. This issue is caused by the far too aggressive battery management. You could disable it but that's not what should have to do.
I have the mate 10 pro and it's certainly not a bad phone, but I wouldn't choose it again. Dual SIM is a requirement for me so at this moment I would probably go for the S9 Plus (also the S9's camera is another reason).
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have you managed to solve the problem ?
actually any app i use for reminders and notification are not working perfectly on my mate 10 pro
for example i have tried 3 apps for prayer reminders and non of them worked for a complete day , it works once and the next it get missed and other delay .
also i have a call recorder which is working great on my Xperia Z3 but here is not recording every single call .
also i have apps called BlipBlip for hourly peeping ... same issue .
i tried to make the Ignore battery optimization
i changed the settings in Launch
no luck
any permanent solution please ?
wooley4766 said:
I have a mate 10 for 5 months,
and no problem with emui or notifications
Everything works great.
Only annoying is the lack of updates.
And still no stable custom rom.
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Not sure what do you mean by "lack of updates". I got at least 1 update every month (mate 10 pro bla-l29 on .129 update here, on january 1st security patch). This is more than reasonable. My only problem with notifications is that i dont receive notifications from telegram app, thats all. And this started after an update of the app
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So it doesn't receive frequent updates. That can be an issue. I have a sony at the moment which receives frequent updates. That means the mate 10 pro is not treble ready. Might be safer to go with the pixel xl 2 but lets see if the p20 will be treble ready
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Mate 10 series is treble ready, lol. Search forums
The Mate seriies is aimed mre at business people just like Samsungd Note series. However if you don't receive notifications on a regular basis this is a major problem. Especially if you are a corporate user you would want your phone to function like a work horse. I'm really upset with Huawei as they have not rectified the software problems. I want to get the new P series if it has OLED display with a 4000mah battery. The one thing that worries me the most is notifications. On the other hand on forums I have come across a fair bit of complaints that certain apps crash on the mate 10 pro. If I'm paying a premium price for a phone i would expect it to be nearly flawless. Also you would expect Huawei to roll out updates fixing the problems.
The reason why i don't get updates is that i bought the phone in Kuwait since its not being sold in Netherlands... Lol. So i rebranded it to Asia c636 and now it's on January 1st security. Just checked and it is trebble ok. When there is a stable custom rom i will flash it to it this easy way.. I have a mate (no pro) and really everything works flawless. Wifi/4g/Bluetooth /gps /all apps/notifications /calendar etc....
The only thing that doesn't work is huawei cloud.
Reason is that i cannot select Netherlands phonenumber because cloud doesn't work here in.
This is ridiculous. I bought the freebuds hoping to get the best experience from having same branded phone and earphones. The results were disappointing to say the least. The buds sounded just ok on the phone and i thought i'll update them and hope for the best. To my surprise the mate 20 pro could not find the freebuds to update them. I then decided to try with my HTC u11 Plus. Not only did it recognize them immediately and managed to update them but the sound quality while using my HTC was far superior and i was actually impressed by the freebuds. I then swapped back to the mate 20 pro and was still unable to get them recognized by the freebud app and the sound quality was once again just ok at best. I did have the freebud app set to manual in app launch with everything enabled and still nothing.
The app doesn't work for some reason, I updated the firmware via a different device
Same issue
Hi,
I can confirm the same issue. They need to update the Freebuds Assistant app big time. It's really bad to start with, and now doesn't work with the latest Huawei flagship(Mate 20 pro)!
I'm waiting for Freebuds 2 from China, I jsut hope they'll update the Google Play app to support it, I think I've read something about a Freebuds 2 app, but that was reported as being only available in the Huawei China own appstore.
It doesn't work with the Mate 20 Pro, I tried on my old Nexus 10 tablet didn't work, then I tried it on a Lenovo tablet and it didn't update but said " now you have the latest version"
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I've been waiting for the freebuds 2 pro but it seems they have been released under the Honor brand as the Flypods and Flypods Pro.
I am waiting too. The Freebuds were in-ear style which I really like more (the normal ones don't really hold in my ear).
I still think they will bring a new version of the Freebuds.
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I'm also waiting for them.
Supposedly they were released yesterday according to XDA. Cant see them on Huawei or Honor's website though https://www.xda-developers.com/huawei-freebuds-2-pro-wireless-earbuds-launch/
I did purchased the Honor units. Pretty good fit and sound quality also pretty good. One cool thing is that the phone can charge the case of the flypods.
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By the Way the Huawei FreeBuds 2 are the Honor Flypods Pro. You can check them out at AliExpress. Not sure all features will work in USA
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Hi - I just bought the Honor FlyBuds however, I am unable to see the battery and pairing information on the phone screen. I am able to pair them like I would pair any other bluetooth device but from what I have read, the pairing information and battery information should automatically come on screen. I am using a Mate 20Pro, running EMUI 9.0
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Hi - I just bought the Honor FlyBuds however, I am unable to see the battery and pairing information on the phone screen. I am able to pair them like I would pair any other bluetooth device but from what I have read, the pairing information and battery information should automatically come on screen. I am using a Mate 20Pro, running EMUI 9.0
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I'm not using the FlyBuds but the Freebuds 2 Pro I just received. I got no particular popup screen once paired, but the battery level is getting displayed by a small indicator in the status bar, near the Bluetooth icon. In the Bluetooth settings, it's possible to access a couple of device-specific options, such as gestures settings for both earpieces and, apparently, firmware update (there's an option to automatically download updates when on wifi). European Mate 20 Pro, B153.
I can confirm that my LYA-L29 dual sim version Mate 20 pro does not support the so called "prompt" or pop up window that shows the battery status of the case and the earbuds. Maybe the feature is only limited to the chinese variants of the mate 20 pro?
Hi peeps, do you recommend this phone or the realme 6 pro? I'm stuck deciding between the two. Thank you for all help its appreciated
Note 9 Pro EU (joyeuse), great so far, just missing TWRP and dev roadmap at the mo, but still very early days. I also own the Note 7 Pro and Note 8 Pro, both of which are also excellent phones, especially if you have need for the SDXC slot. I have a 512Gb card in my Note 9 Pro for maps and music.
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Note 9 Pro EU (joyeuse), great so far, just missing TWRP and dev roadmap at the mo, but still very early days. I also own the Note 7 Pro and Note 8 Pro, both of which are also excellent phones, escecially if you have need for the SDXC slot. I have a 512Gb card in my Note 9 Pro for maps and music.
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Thank you. I'm just worried about the screen issues and phone going black when incoming call is happening
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Thank you. I'm just worried about the screen issues and phone going black when incoming call is happening
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Stock ROM received an update a few days ago to 11.0.3.0. I've not seen any screen issues at all.
Yemble said:
Stock ROM received an update a few days ago to 11.0.3.0. I've not seen any screen issues at all.
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Thank you very much. Your input is really appreciated. Its the joyeuse one I'd get too. Need to decide now on this or the realme 6 pro
Hello All,
I am planning to buy oneplus 7t pro in upcoming sale. Is it worth going for? How is the custom from development support for this device ?
I know its already a year old device but if development support is good then I can expect at least till Android 13 for this device.
How is the device itself first ?
HatRiGt said:
Hello All,
I am planning to buy oneplus 7t pro in upcoming sale. Is it worth going for? How is the custom from development support for this device ?
I know its already a year old device but if development support is good then I can expect at least till Android 13 for this device.
How is the device itself first ?
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Custom rom support are not that great for 7tp.....but you will get android 13 for sure.. great phone ..better than op 8... only problem is less better camera than 8 series...and custom rom support is dying day by day... it's very unfortunate that Google is trying to take control over android security.. that's why 7t and 7t pro has no twrp with the ability to decrypt data in twrp recovery.so now it's you who has to take decision...
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I bought the same model just a week ago because it was a great value today UNDER 600 dollars and it ticked all the boxes for what I basically wanted. I have a P30 Pro as well, and while I'd say it gets better battery life overall and that the camera can take better shots in SOME conditions, the gap isn't really that great. Most of the shots I've A/B with random people have chosen the OP7T Pro shots over the P30 Pro. It does get better brightness at night, but the details are lacking and seem over-processed. The P30 Pro definitely has a faster shutter.
After much deliberation I just received mines yesterday. I had a Mi 9 SE which was ghost touching on me so I had to change over asap. Figured I'd give OnePlus another go, I'd owned the one, the two, and now the 7t pro.
Really happy with the decision so far, just need to get used the massive size. Runs kinda hot tho, but that just maybe because I've been using it quite intensely for the last day or 2.
I'm happy with the decision.
I am also thinking of buying the 7T PRO or the Redmi K300 Pro ZOOM edition.
I am currently using a S8 PLUS and I would like a better camera.
I was supposed to get the S20 FE 5G but in my country Samsung only released the Exynos variant.
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I am also thinking of buying the 7T PRO or the Redmi K300 Pro ZOOM edition.
I am currently using a S8 PLUS and I would like a better camera.
I was supposed to get the S20 FE 5G but in my country Samsung only released the Exynos variant.
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You'll probably get more software updates with the OnePlus. That's what tipped it for me.
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You'll probably get more software updates with the OnePlus. That's what tipped it for me.
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A better camera is more important to me than future software updates.
Would you still recommend the 7T Pro over the K30 PRO zoom edition?
khestoi said:
A better camera is more important to me than future software updates.
Would you still recommend the 7T Pro over the K30 PRO zoom edition?
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Haven't seen that model or used it, so I couldn't comment, but I can compare it to the P30 Pro I own. I'd say that the P30 camera is better in 70 percent of photo scenarios, but it does lack detail often. The P30 tends to over-sharpen images and smooth faces too much, even without portrait features on, whereas the OP7TPro does tend to have more noise in low-light, but produces a more accurate rendering of color and better fine detail, ironically.
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Custom rom support are not that great for 7tp.....but you will get android 13 for sure.. great phone ..better than op 8... only problem is less better camera than 8 series...and custom rom support is dying day by day... it's very unfortunate that Google is trying to take control over android security.. that's why 7t and 7t pro has no twrp with the ability to decrypt data in twrp recovery.so now it's you who has to take decision...
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Which device would you consider to have the best custom development/ROM support?
Thanks
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Which device would you consider to have the best custom development/ROM support?
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Oneplus One! ?
I moved back to 7T Pro from OP8. It was a great decision in my opinion. I hated the punch hole. the 7T Pro checks all the boxes for me.
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Which device would you consider to have the best custom development/ROM support?
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HTC HD2 had em all lol
I'm also looking to buy a 7T Pro but I would like McLaren international edition for use in the US. Any one have any suggestion on where to get one in the US? If I was to buy a CN edition off Alibaba could I easily flash it to the international rom?
Planning to buy it also because it has nice hardware (no hole on the screen), and supports LineageOS.
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Which device would you consider to have the best custom development/ROM support?
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If you want a device just like the 7T pro but with far more rom support as well as extended custom development, then Id go for the 7 Pro. Both are pretty much the same device, except youd be more satisifed with 7 Pro as it has a much larger community surrounding it and there's alot of things you can mod on the device without having to deal with the new android 10 dynamic partitioning that made TWRP not fully functional on the 7T pro
Wifi + bluetooth unstable connection
I bought the phone too.
So far everything is fine - except wifi stability issues (seems to be affected by bluetooth being on).
I don't understand how this still can be a thing. I read posts about this model having this problem a year ago.
How is this possible?
I did update the phone to the 10.0.12.HD01BA and tried all the suggested solutions (reseting network settings, switching airplane mode on and off.... one thing I haven't tried is factory reset) yet the problem still persist, it's occassional, but.... I'm still kind of disappointed.
For my part I had the 7pro and now I have the 7T pro and the 2 are very good ... I must say that I still have some frustration from the 7t pro, less good battery and twrp which is not 100% functional which gave me some headaches for the rest it is like the 7pro the best device i have had, for those who wonder why i got the 7 pro and the 7t pro? Between the 2 I decided to try the samsung note 10 plus ... but what a bad choice lolll and I had already sold my 7 pro so I wanted to try the 7T pro.
I have just bought OP7TPro today. It runs like a champ. Only not so good thing is camera. But GCam blew me way. Definitely a great buy if the price is right.