Huawei's ridiculous "merge call log" (a good UNDO solution?) and a THEMES question

[roosta]

Huawei's ridiculous "merge call log" (a good UNDO solution?) and a THEMES question

There's a couple of problems I have with Huawei's stock "look"

It seems even when you download and change THEMES, certain stock apps (like contacts/messages) DO NOT change. I am stuck with the "light" theme (inside the app, not the ICON itself) and looking at the white and green text messaging screen. I want to change this, but there's no option to do so. If downloadable themes don't change this screen colours, what does?

On top of that, I HATE the fact they MERGE call logs by contact or by time. Why can they not leave as is...and UNMERGE in the order the calls were received/made?? is there any way of separating this outside of downloading a 3rd party app? Any good apps that do this?

RoOSTA

 

[roosta]

Please don't all get up at once...

 

[Blackball]

You can build your own theme and change everything what do you want. If you spent some time with it you will learn it quick.

 

[roosta]

Can you elaborate on the steps to do this..?

 

[h8Aramex]

...

- Call
Just use a secondary call program. HTC's Contacts/Call is utter trash, so we have been using Contacts+ since 5-6 years. You do have to turn off the annoying crap in it, but then it becomes the best caller program ever.

- White themes
I agree, but to be honest, only Samsung has these full themes.
Now you could either buy an S8 for 1.5-2x the price of a P10 Plus and enjoy themes (and have subpar specs)... or just wait for a new EMUI.

Or... I don't know.
See: https://forum.xda-developers.com/p9/themes/theme-dark-bloom-emui-5-0-dark-dialer-t3544249
Maybe it's possible to change things, I will try to look into this. The white theme annoys me too.

 

[roosta]

Most apps out there have their own themes, like 'light and dark' as the one-size-fits-all EMUI approach is backwards and retarded. Surely Huawei want their device owners to have some flexibility and creativity on their layout?

I will download Contacts+ and have a play with it...

RoOSTA

 

[dieselhazza]

There's a couple of problems I have with Huawei's stock "look"

It seems even when you download and change THEMES, certain stock apps (like contacts/messages) DO NOT change. I am stuck with the "light" theme (inside the app, not the ICON itself) and looking at the white and green text messaging screen. I want to change this, but there's no option to do so. If downloadable themes don't change this screen colours, what does?

On top of that, I HATE the fact they MERGE call logs by contact or by time. Why can they not leave as is...and UNMERGE in the order the calls were received/made?? is there any way of separating this outside of downloading a 3rd party app? Any good apps that do this?

RoOSTA

wooow lucky I didn't buy the P10 plus. Also battery life is shocking

 

[roosta]

wooow lucky I didn't buy the P10 plus. Also battery life is shocking

Have you used the phone...and for how long?

1 and 2 week "reviews" people post that review battery life are never worth reading. Unless it drains significantly, and feels like 50% less use...then battery life is worth actually reviewing and comparing after the phone has been USED consistently for a goodf 3-6 months. Drain it completely, recharge it fully, then start drawing conclusions.

That's not a statement to support Huawei, but I'm not jumping the gun and concluding it has a horrible battery life...or NOT YET. Quality and use of parts is questionable with Hauwei and one reason why Samsung and Apple stand out.

After i rooted the phone I've installed greenify and get home from a 7am-6pm workday usually with 70-75% on LIGHT usage.

Anyway, at least my problems are fixable...most things are with root!