Questions tagged [huawei]

Generic tag for Huawei devices. Use it only if a device tag is needed for a Huawei device, and there's not better matching tag. See the full tag-wiki for more details.

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About

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Mandarin pronunciation: xwǎwěɪ) was founded in 1988 by Ren Zhengfei, and is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

It is the largest China-based networking and telecommunications equipment supplier and the second-largest supplier of mobile telecommunications infrastructure equipment in the world (after Ericsson).

Visit the website.


Devices

Huawei's Devices division provides white-label products to content service providers, including USB modems, wireless modems, embedded modules, fixed wireless terminals, wireless gateways, set-top boxes, mobile handsets and video products.

Huawei also produces and sells a variety of devices under its own name, such as the IDEOS smartphones and tablet PCs.


Recognition

Huawei Technologies was one of six telecom industry companies included in the World's Most Respected 200 Companies list compiled by Forbes magazine in May 2007.

In December 2008, BusinessWeek magazine included Huawei in their inaugural list of "The World's Most Influential Companies".

In 2010 Fast Company ranked Huawei the fifth most innovative company in the world.

Learn more at Wikipedia.

NOTE:

Please note the restriction for using "generic manufacturer tags": Use them only if your question really needs a device-specific tag, and there's no one specifically for your device. See Manufacturer tag cleanup for more details.

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Why doesn't Huawei provide just the USB driver to use ADB?

I'd like to use the MyPhoneExplorer application to sync my Android smartphone with Windows over USB. This requires first installing a driver for the phone and the ADB application. However, the official driver seems only available as part of the…
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What is protected apps in Huawei phones?

There is a setting in Huawei phones that allow you to add applications as protected. What is that setting mean? Are there other vendors that have a similar feature? I've noticed that some applications by default added to protected (such as…
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Huawei Ascend P1 is sending SMS automatically everyday

I bought a Huawei Ascend P1 and installed some apps. But for the past 3-4 days, I see an alert that an SMS has been sent and 1.50 INR has been deducted. How will it unlock and send an SMS? I found from my mobile carrier that the SMS was sent to the…
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Notification icon that looks like 2 arrows inside a circle with leaf on Huawei device

I have a Huawei Mate 9. The notification icon looks like this: 2 arrows inside a circle with leaf Things that I have done: Tried to find this on Google but returned no results Checked my apps icons, nothing matches First, I thought it belonged…
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Google's Huawei ban, how will this hit Huawei, since Android is open source?

So, with the latest news of Google blocking Huawei from Android updates, what does this actually mean? Since Android is open source (via AOSP), Huawei should be perfectly able to continue using Android, and even create their own derivative from it,…
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You are already a developer/but no developer options

I have a Huawei nova 3i and I remember unlocking developer options when I first got the phone a few months back. Problem is now I have noticed that the developer options are gone so I went to build number and went to press it 7 times but after the…
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Accessibility turned back off - how to keep it on?

I'm using the app 'Automate', in order for it to work I have to turn it on in Settings/Accessibility: But after a short time I doesn't work anymore and it's back on 'off' again. I think it may have something to do with my battery saving mode…
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Cannot add Google accounts on Huawei U8825D/G330D

This is a Huawei U8825D/G330D running Android 4.0.4 on a contract with China Unicom. I have used two Android phones in the past, and was always able to sync all my Google services by logging into a Google account on my Android, but I haven't been…
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Why does Google Play Store say that Adobe Air is incompatible with the Huawei U8510 phone?

I looked at the publisher's system requirements for Adobe Air. I compared that list to Huawei's device specs, but Huawei's list doesn't mention if the device has ARMv7 processor with vector FPU, minimum 550MHz, OpenGL ES 2.0, H.264 and AAC HW…
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Stuck in Airplane Mode: How to force disabling Airplane Mode?

My Huawei Honour is stuck in airplane mode. I cannot disable it as the controls are greyed out. I tried rebooting and resetting the system cache. What else can I do?
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"This device has been reset. Sign in to continue with the Google Account that was previously synced on this device."

I have a used Huawei P smart 2019 which has just received a "factory reset". I put that in quotes because during the new configuration it asks for the last used Google account: Verify account Sign in with your Google account. This device has…
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Can not receive WhatsApp messages unless I open the app

I have a Huawei P20 Lite with Android 9, EMUI 9.1.0 and WhatsApp 2.19.253, which is the latest version. As I wrote in the title, I can't receive WhatsApp messages, after many hours of researching I didn't find any solution for my problem. This is…
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Can't reinstall an app uninstalled through ADB

I recently got a Huawei P30 and used adb to remove some preinstalled apps I didn't want to use. I went a bit too far and removed the system gallery app (com.android.gallery3d) which turns out to be problematic for multiple things, such as opening…
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Huawei bootloader: what is "FB Lock" and how to unlock it?

I was playing around with my spare Huawei phone trying to bypass the security without wiping data and came along this article: https://blog.salvationdata.com/2018/09/07/case-study-mobile-forensics-a-practical-solution-to-unlock-huawei-bootloader/ In…
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Where are the battery capacity files located?

Background My current device Huawei Honor 6 comes with a 3100 mAh battery. I was therefore surprised to see 3C Toolbox Pro report the capacity as 4000 mAh. I mailed the developer of the app and his reply was on these lines In Android, one can get…
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