Unlocked Honor 8X

[Deleted User]

Hi, I bought an unlocked Honor 8X off of Amazon and I was wondering if I would still receive OTA updates on it. There is currently no sim card in it

Help would be appreciated, thank you

 

[ocnbrze]

not without a sim card will you get an update.

 

[Deleted User]

not without a sim card will you get an update.

Sorry but could you be more clear about that.

Thank you.

 

[ocnbrze]

Sorry but could you be more clear about that.

Thank you.

If you do not have a sim card, you do not have a cellular signal which is how you get OTA (Over The Air) updates. The air part is your cellular. You might be able to update by flashing a firmware version of the update... that you can do with out a sim card.

 

[Deleted User]

If you do not have a sim card, you do not have a cellular signal which is how you get OTA (Over The Air) updates. The air part is your cellular. You might be able to update by flashing a firmware version of the update... that you can do without a sim card.

How about over wifi? Is that not Over the Air?

 

[mikedt]

Huawei phones usually do download OTA updates via WiFi, no carrier service required. However I'm not sure if Huawei region restricts updates or not. Is this Honor 8 been used in the region or country it was intended to be sold in?

 

[ocnbrze]

How about over wifi? Is that not Over the Air?

you can flash a firmware update, but that is different. i think you will need a pc to do that. i think that is what @mikedt is talking about. never heard of an update done over wifi straight to the phone before.

 

[Deleted User]

Huawei phones usually do download OTA updates via WiFi, no carrier service required. However I'm not sure if Huawei region restricts updates or not. Is this Honor 8 been used in the region or country it was intended to be sold in?

Im currently using this phone in Canada. Its is a JSN-L23 model which i believe is for either Canada or the United States, but im not sure which one.

 

[mikedt]

Im currently using this phone in Canada. Its is a JSN-L23 model which i believe is for either Canada or the United States, but im not sure which one.

That variant seems to have FCC approval.
https://fccid.io/QISJSN-L23
So it's definitely intended for North America. So I'd say yes, it should receive OTA updates no problem.

Reason why I'm not sure about Huawei region restrictions, is because I've got a China variant Mate 10, and it received the OTA Pie update from Oreo, within a few hours of me arriving back in China when it connected to hotel WiFi in Beijing. After I'd been in the UK for a few weeks. Could be just coincidence.

 

[mikedt]

you can flash a firmware update, but that is different. i think you will need a pc to do that. i think that is what @mikedt is talking about. never heard of an update done over wifi straight to the phone before.

Every Android phone I've had, has had OTA updates downloaded and installed via WiFi. And I thought that was the default with Android devices, to download OTA updates via WiFi, Mainly because WiFi might be more reliable for large downloads, plus something like 2-3GB of Pie update, would really eat into limited data plans, and could cost serious $$$.

I've got a Samsung here, that's been receiving OTA updates and there's no SIM in it.

Some carrier-locked phones might require a carrier SIM and service for initial activation and registration, before they receive OTA updates. But the OP has an unlocked Huawei Honor, which should be okay.