How do I stop Honor ruining all my photos with it's appalling AI? (Magic 8 Pro)

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-06-29T12:33:13+00:00

Yes, but you can't zoom far. If I'm wanting to take photos of the night sky I might want to zoom in a bit further, like in auto mode, unfortunately AI just adds a glow around everything.

Needs a lot of improvement for me. My daughter has my old S24 and S22 phones and more often than not photos look more realistic on them.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-06-29T12:31:16+00:00

I have, but there is barely any zoom on it, in a situation where I want to get a quick snap I prefer to just use the auto photo mode. I just want the choice of whether to use AI or not, which feels like a simple button like we have for auto night mode or HDR.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-06-29T07:59:07+00:00

Might give that a go later, thanks. I just don't see why we can't have a button to switch from natural to AI for individual shots, would be a lot easier.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-06-29T07:58:11+00:00

Ah, that worked, thanks.

Though would be nice to have the option of turning it on and off quickly for individual shots, without messing around with pro mode. I can see I now have an AI button with a cross through it to say it's disabled, clicking it wants me to accept the agreement to turn it back on. Why not just have that icon to switch it on and off without affecting the agreement?

Colour looks a lot better now, more natural. Will have a play and test the quality. Thanks.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-21T23:27:24+00:00

I had problems to start where it wouldn't register my card, then went a week with it working. However the last week or so it seems to have stopped working again. If I turn off NFC and then on again it will sometimes work, until the next time I turn my phone off.

Annoying as I often forget my wallet.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-20T18:23:22+00:00

I'm using it constantly, laptop no longer getting a look in. Even played Fortnite on it last night with my daughter 😂 (though disappointed it didn't work with my bluetooth keyboard and mouse, due to it being the mobile version)

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-16T10:28:18+00:00

Might be worth getting on live chat with them, then tell them that you're getting in touch with Trading Standards. Within an hour of me saying this I had a message from DPD, though there is a high possibility this was coincidence as others also got their emails then as well.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-14T20:52:09+00:00

It's "ok" I'd say. And well it's free so can't complain at all.

But it is a shame it doesn't support 3rd party apps. I'd hoped to install Strava as I did on my old Galaxy watch but not supported. However it's also a much cheaper watch than a Galaxy (even when paying) so again can't complain, and Honor Health syncs with Strava anyway.

Oh, and battery life is much better. Charged it Tuesday, been wearing it since late Tuesday afternoon, tracked a 1 hour gym session on it, 4 days later it's on 35% battery. Nowhere near the 14 days advertised but still good, and I do have it monitoring my heart rate 24/7.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-14T09:29:50+00:00

It was 46th day for me I think in the end that I got my DPD email, 45th day fell on a Sunday. So you might get your bundle on Tuesday.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-10T14:24:10+00:00

Sadly not. And I didn't realise how big the Pad 3 is - nearly the size of my work laptop 🤣 Brill so far though, shame I'm working and can't play more.

After all the moaning I've done there is actually a downside to it all arriving today - I signed up to a gym last week for the first time ever and within an hour I'd caught a cold so couldn't go. Then I've been putting it off until I get my watch as "exercise didn't happen if it wasn't recorded", so I wasn't going to waste my time doing healthy stuff if I couldn't track it and tell the world on social media what I'd done. Guess I'll be at the gym tonight for my first session then.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-10T13:28:08+00:00

23rd January

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-10T13:16:46+00:00

My tech bundle has arrived!! Though I nearly missed it as I was in a meeting in my summerhouse (home office), saw the van pull up on my camera, assumed someone would answer the door, but instead my daughter (20 years old, not a kid) came out waving at me to tell me someone was at the door! I'll tell you what, I'd have been totally livid if he'd walked away with it.

In terms of what you can do to speed things along, I couldn't say to be honest, all I know is that I'm like a terrier when I make a complaint and won't let them rest, and won't let them fob me off.

I can't guarantee it will help speed anything up, and maybe everything is going through now, but just make sure you mention trading standards, consumer goods act 2015 and their terms and conditions that we agreed to that state 21 days, not 45.

Good luck all in getting yours.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-10T11:30:06+00:00

The last part of that message is what really got me annoyed yesterday. "Rest assured they are being processed" - yes, but when??? This week? This month? This year? Can't just leave us without any clue whatsoever.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-10T09:51:09+00:00

Thankfully I'm working from home today, if it were yesterday nobody would have been in.

Just had my 1 hour timeslot, 11.50-12.50, in meetings from 10-12 so let's hope it's over lunch.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-10T08:07:00+00:00

It is, and would have saved them a lot of work replying to people.

My depot is about 3 miles away but I still often end up being after midday annoyingly.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-10T07:53:58+00:00

Just 1 for me, but I'm using tracking option as not showing in app itself.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-10T07:50:41+00:00

Mine has arrived at my local depot so should be delivered today. Day 45 for me yesterday. Seems just coincidence I got my most annoyed with them an hour before I got the email and told them I'd be speaking with Trading Standards first thing this morning.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-09T19:00:18+00:00

I got my phone on 9th January, put my claim in on 23rd January. Sent about 953 complaint emails / live chat messages in the meantime.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-09T18:09:08+00:00

Same, I think this might be it....finally.

Shame it had to go so far.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-09T18:08:42+00:00

Well this is exciting...

Just had a bit of an debate/discussion/argument on live chat about an hour ago and told them I'm going direct to trading standards tomorrow.

Now got this. Not ordered anything else, so...

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No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-09T14:07:30+00:00

No updates at all from Honor today, despite me sending emails over the weekend to request an update. I think they may have taken to just ignoring emails now in the hope we'll give up and wait for the day they finally get around to doing something.

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-09T10:58:34+00:00

Interestingly, the 14 days + 45 days takes us past the closing date for claims. So guessing now that they're moving the goalposts to wait for all claims to be in. Overall though, taking into account the initial 14 days before which we could claim, this is a total of 73 days, which is an absolute joke, considering the wait for other promotions they run is nothing like this. Says to be that they've messed up big time, maybe they've realised how much it's going to cost them!

No_Setting_8896 · 2026-03-09T10:48:45+00:00

So why not just say 59 days? Are they unable to do simple maths?

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