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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wingchundub:
Why you sorry, my problem lol.

My opinon is not a bias one and i would have crapple anyday IF price was alot less.

If your trying to compare a £170 android to £400-500 iphone i really do not think you should be buying any android and this price.

After playing with it, it is an ok phone that's all i can say.

No issues with wifi, volume buttons or anything like that.

Phone boots up very fast, approx 7 seconds and at homre page ready to go.

But mine came with newer firmware than anyone else as reported on here, no chinese, everything ready to go BUT i would preferre a custom rom from experience as they tend to be faster and more stable plus other offerings.

I think 5.3 screen would be good, thou my mate has s3 and that screen feels plastic like, whereas 950 seems better quality, thou my gripes are as mentioned the light bleed at bottom and light blacks, coulours are not colourful and trying to search for something which can sort this otherwise everything works well and for the price not to be questioned really.

But if your looking for superb quality stick with apple, simple as that.

But as we know with crapple, you are limited and told what you can and can't have.

My only other concern is there does not seem to be much going on at moment as regard custom roms as yet which i feel from past other zopo ownership, these phones can be really really good indeed.

I ordered mine 4 days before chinese new year wether mine is newer model i will never know, but as mentioned i have had no problems with hardware at all.

Custom rom is a must i feel with this in order to make it faster.

A rom for example for teh zp200 i loved, one thing i hate on the zopo is bootup screen being bright white, on the custom rom of 200, it was changed to black bkground and zopo in blue, really nice on eyes.

Best wishes
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blairh:
Thanks for your reply.

I'm currently using an iPhone 5. I like it very much. I purchased the Zopo 950 because I wanted to try an IPS phablet. I felt at the price ($290) it was a small risk. I figure if I don't like the Zopo I can always sell it locally for a decent amount.

There are a lot of IPS phablets coming to the market this year. What I should have done was wait until my provider, AT&T, offered one. But now I've made my purchase and I'll live with it. Like I said before, my order won't be processed until February 17th because of the national Chinese holiday period. This is pretty frustrating. I probably won't have the Zopo in my hands until the end of February or even early March. :rolleyes:

I'm not sure why the start up screen is such a concern for you. How often do you start up your phone? I never restart my iPhone unless necessary, which is pretty rare.

I think my main concern, aside from hardware issues, is the screen's colors. At the same time I have read on other forums that people are happy with the screen. I don't know. I expect it to be dull compared to the excellent iPhone 5 screen. I'm happy that you find the Zopo to be better in terms of build quality compared to the SIII. I'm following a long thread over at Androidiani. I see alot of people who are both very happy with the 950 and others who have dead pixels on their screen. I also see that charging the phone takes a long time when the phone is on.

As for roms, I can't really offer much but you should be aware of the official Zopo forum if you aren't already. Perhaps they can help you there. Right now the page is down but it should be available soon.

Please feel free to share additional impressions and thoughts as you continue to use the 950. Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wingchundub:
Been playing good few hours now.

Since root, phone takes longer to boot.

Not a biggie to some but why would rooting cause this?

I had Go ex launcher operating, but decided to test another which I came across the Nova launcher.

After going into it's settings, icons smaller and can fit more on taskbar.

As I like clean icon free home screen this is perfect and a lot sharper on screen.

Whereas go ex launcher everything looked fatter/stretched.

Very happy since this change and phone operates slightly faster which I found using go launcher I got slight lag.

Non at all now.

Surfing, downloading, listening to music via player pro, and doing this post, everything nice smooth and quick.

Downside I see is battery will last a day only doing all multitasking and charging whilst phone off takes approx 3 hours full charge.

GPS not tested as yet. But everything else is spot on.

Best wishes
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blairh:
I'm glad you are happier now. How long does the phone take to charge while it is on? Are you having problems downloading or using any apps? Is reading text a problem because? (You said blacks are very grey.) Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wingchundub:
I won't charge phone whilst on, also charging constantly whilst on is no good for any battery as you'll kill quicker.

Full charge whilst off and fully drain it, just way I am.

Everything as I said works very good.

Text is not a problem at at all.

As said above nova launcher made viewing better

OH and for hd wallpapers you want to search for Galaxy S3 wallpapers as they fit perfectly and crystal images

Best wishes
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blairh:
I just cancelled my order. I have my doubts about Zopo.

I hope Lightake will send me a refund when they get back from holiday. I emailed their service and support. Filling out the form online did not work for me. If anyone has any other suggestions let me know. I don't want to lose my money. Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagiuralev:
gps issue

my gps not working at all

is it a known issue?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muthax:
I am sure, especially if you paid with Paypal, that you will get your money back.

If you really interested on a phablet but want an iphone 5-like build quality, you could try the Note 2:

http://isource.com/2013/02/09/an-iphone-5-user-tries-the-samsung-galaxy-note-ii/

A lot of iphone users who tried 4.5"+ android smartphones couldn't go back to that tiny toy, that's why their market share is dropping
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blairh:
Yeah I paid with PayPal. Lightake is on vacation until this weekend.

I'm definitely going to get a phablet. There are a lot of good ones coming soon. I'm going to keep my eye on the Blu 5.7 Quatro HD, the Optimus G Pro, the Vega 6 from Pantech, the Lenovo K900. I'm sure others too. I don't like amoled screens so the Note is out of the question for me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wingchundub:
Install GPS STATUS and go outside, mine took approx 6-7minutes frist time to lock on.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smudgebrown:
how to expand rom to 3gb?

sir i would like ask how did you expand the internal rom to 3gb? thank you for your answer

---------- Post added at 03:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:52 PM ----------

can we install a custom rom on our ZP950? and also what other tweaks can we do to it internally on it? by far i dont have any complaints on my zp950 i ordered it on zopomobileshop and it works great.. no issues on wifi, volume rockers issues or whatever and i one of those who pre-ordered it on the shop website. thank you for answering my questions..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wingchundub:
Use this program in the link, but your phone needs to be ROOTED before you can use it, then you can adjust rom, best capacity i recommend as stated by other's is 2.5gb.

There are no custom roms as yet, hopefully soon.

I would like to know where i can get the latest 09012013 rom as that does not seem availble anywhere only 07012013, as mine came with the 09 version but crashed when i was playing with bootanimations i was trying to get to work, but failed, so had to install 07 version.

I use nova launcher personally.

But what i would like as i had this on my zp200 custom rom is the bootanimation changed from white to black as it is annoying somewhat a bright white light whilst loading.

here is what i see is better bootanimation:-

Best wishes

Wing
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagiuralev:
I have waited for 25 minutes

Still nothing
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muthax:
Yeah I don't like AMOLED either, I use the phone more for reading than watching images or movies (also I don't like over saturated colors).

For the price, I think the ZOPO 950 is spot on. We are talking more or less 30% of a NOTE 2 price... but those you mentioned are promisisng too (though I doubt as cheap as the ZOPO)

But yeah, the future is phablet :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixterz:
i cant install the MTKusbDriver

im running windows 8 64bit

compatibility wont work

any solution as im dead in the water at the first step
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blaz1nr:
Look in system/app make sure all of these are in their. If not this is most likely you problem. these are all the apk required for full google use.

1.google backup transport

2.google contacts sync provider

3.google login service

4.google partner setup

5.google services framework

6.google calander sync

7.google tts
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blaz1nr:
Use a unbuntu live disk. I did the 8 upgrade,and had to revert back to 7 due to incompatibility with the dev tools I use.

Sent from my HTC One X using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixterz:
cheers ill give it a go

frustrating they expect you to use a prehistoric OS
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muthax:
I have a Jiayu G3, that uses a MTK chip as well, and had no problems installing the drivers for win8 (actually provided by MTK).

Don't have the files anymore, but if you look it up in a search engine, you'll find it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixterz:
Thanks I'll check it out !
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chojin23x:
Has anyone used the custom roms from needrom website?

No feed back at all, so can't really tell if they're reliable.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derchrome:
AW: Zopo zp950

Hello again,

I flashed my phone with the help of ghosts excellent description. Thanks for that. The only thing that was quite strange to me was that ghost wrote to flash the fw with the battery connected but for me that didn't work. I installed the battery directly after the flash process into the device and met no problems either. Are there any disadvantages in doing so? I just ask because ghost wrote it in red not to remove the battery?!

Besides that I have two more questions.

First is how to remove the Cwm in case of sending the phone back (for warranty issues)? Is it possible to flash only standard recovery or should I flash the whole fw then?

The second question is about the mp3-tags. I used the ZP900 before I bought the ZP950. With the Zp900 the tags where shown on my kd-50bt from jvc. With the ZP950 it doesn't work. Does anybody know why?

Thanks in advance for your useful answers :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snet:
Hello,

do you know if the HDC Galaxy Note 2 Lord N9588 is a Zopo zp950 clone and if I can apply the same procedure?

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagiuralev:
Fixed my gps issues with fadterfix
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixterz:
To confirm from an earlier post I also can't use the Netflix app no matter what version I use. opens but just sits on loading screen. Doesn't work on any browser either.

Over WiFi or data .

No problems on my last Chinese phone.

Anyone have a theory ?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TakisR:
Hey guys....I have the same problem right now. any suggestions?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TakisR:
Just solved...my own problem.

I update the original firmware (without the cwm recovery) and it is alive again.

Can anyone suggest a way to change density in order to take advantage of the great screen?

I tried most of the apps on play store but nothing worked on 4.1.2

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TakisR:
New cooked rom from italian oficial site

I'm here again to share what I found!

It's a great Rom that I'm already running with no issues until now.

Check this out!

http://en.zopomobile.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=749&sid=d7568221510891e2a86ce7cf8c0bdd1e
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wingchundub:
tested this rom but removed it as unsure what the bonus;s are over the original rom.

Can you care to explain what the benefits are i.e. battery life longer as mine less than a day, pretty annoying.

Best wishes
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixterz:
have that rom on mine too. the launcher is horrible.

ive no clue what the advantages are as the poster didnt mention any..

as for that damn forum its haywire you cant even login to ask questions as the registration system seems broke.

also many gameloft games dont work even with the compatible ARMv7 .

some apps dont work either,

should of held out for the quad core + version. oh well.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wingchundub:
Argh so your experience of that site also have log in issues, thought it was just i.

Yeah i tried this rom adn nothing as regard info mention only its a rom someone made.

There is another place www.needrom.com and there are roms for our 950.

I have test one which makes the phone look and operate like note 2 and it is not bad but i preferre original at moment until we find a rom that has for example, better battery as this one is pityful.

Doesn't seem alot going on for the 950 unlike the experience i had with the zp200, plenty of support and good quality roms which were ace.

Really do hope someone creates a cracker as this phone is not bad just i would like a bigger mah battery and goo rom something like jellybam.

Best wishes
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] triklops79:
Can anyone please test if Netflix works on their ZP950?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shinguki:
Netflix does not work on my ZP950 either.

Only mod is CWM.

UPDATED, SEE BELOW!!

NETFLIX IS WORKING ON MY ZOPO ZP950 (not plus/H)!!

Here is the ROM I'm using.: http://www.needrom.com/mobile/zopo-zp950-5/#comment-3913

Here is the FIX I'm using.: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40867048#post40867048

Please give thanks to these Devs for their hard work.

It is by chance I tried getting netflix to work on my current ROM and not the stock ROM.

If any of you try this FIX with any other ROM please Post Your Results.

Thanks again, Shinguki
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wingchundub:
Why use netflix?

Simply install Xbmc and everything there at your pleasure :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shinguki:
Interesting do you have a link to a build that works?

Thanks,
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froyo_be:
Zopo ZP950+ or ZP950H

May I submit in this section of the forum a question about the new ZOPO ZP950+ ?

I am using it since 5 days now.

So far so good, I really like it !

The only thing that I had to look after was a problem with the Wifi Mac Address.

Every time that I stop and start my wifi, my new wifi connection was rejected.

After some research, I have discovered that the mac address is changing after each start/stop of Wifi.

As my router is making Mac Address filtering, it block the access.

I have read on some XDA forum pages that even Nexus smartphone has/had the same issue.

Not clear if it is a bug or not.

Rumour says that some manufacturers don't buy any more unique range of Mac Addresses and replace it by a dynamic change of Mac addresses.

Is it the same for your Zopo ZP950 or is it specific to ZP950+?

Do you know a bit more about this issue ?

Thanks,

O.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wingchundub:
Do google for xbmc, go on the xbmc site and click android logo, it will be frodo v12.

Install it and search on how to install Navi X.

Then world's your oyster.

I have xmbc running on my boys sammy tab, my imito mx2 mini pc and runs well on zopo.

There are other versions i.e the nightly build which i have not tested, but lots of choice.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatjoejr2001:
Zopo ZP950+ Question...

Will this root process and custom recovery work with the zp950+ or is this exclusive to the older version? Just curious and also, is there a possibility of custom ROMS being developed for these devices because they're pretty amazing? Good stuff...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghost45:
Software different from version 950 and 950+

Dear Friends,

I don't know now is the software and the procedure are correct for the next new version of Zopo 950+!!!!!!

Because i don't have it!

But i think that the procedure is the same BUT :

1) The Firmware are sure different!

2) the mtk drivers are different!!(mtk 6898) zopo 950+

3) root procedure are the same I think....

BUT i prefer to have in my hands the new zopo 950+ and after i have able to understand that happen!

I see you later...

ghost45:silly::good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froyo_be:
ZP950+: 64GB MicroSD and 4G compatible ?

There is a small surpise if we read the specifications of the ZP950+ on the website http://en.zopomobile.com/?product=zopo-zp950

In place of 32 MicroSD Card, we could read => "Memory Card Supports Micro SD / TF card up to 64GB in size (not included)"

On the following URL, we could read a confirmation on the MicroSD 64GB feature but also some network speed specifications:

http://www.zopomobile.com/zopomobile.php?id=131

Let's have a look in the 4th tab of the table:

For 4G

:

数据业务	GPRS、EDGE、HSPA、

HSPA+

数据速率	HSDPA 42.2Mbps，HSUPA 11.5Mbps

Any network which use the HSPA+ standard is labelled “4G”.

As I don't have a 64GB MicroSD card and no 4G connection, I can not test these 2 features.

Any idea on this ?

O.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoktar83:
Zopo ZP950+ (950H) I can't root this device! :(

Hi!

I can't root ZP950+ :crying:

I try the "Bin4ry method":

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460 - does not work in 950+

I try "khankll method":

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2046161 - this is not good for 950+ phablet

I ordered the phablet 2012.02.28. The "root service" did not figure on the website yet then option! Now in!

I wrote an e-mail has zopo support (support@zopomobile.com - Jessica Tang, Alice Lu and more).. no response... they do not help! :crying:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froyo_be:
Dock Charger for external battery

Zopo doesn't have a dock charger for the external battery of ZP950/ZP950+.

Is there someone who can advice for a reliable alternative solution ?

Like an universal cellphone battery charger !

I have seen the one of Samsung Note 2 which seems really great:

http://www.accessoiregalaxys.com/batterie-chargeur-galaxy-note-2/535-dock-batterie-samsung-galaxy-note-2-blanc.html

Could be GREAT if we could have smth like that !

Thanks,

O.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] triklops79:
How to?

Hi,

Thanks for the tip.

I got Xbmc installed, and Navi-x added and enabled. However, I can not understand where to go from there... I get "couldn't open file" errors when trying to access Navi-xtreme media portal. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for all help!:good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wingchundub:
Shutdown xbmc, then reboot again.

Goto Navi-xtreme media portal, then another window opens with 10 boxes.

I usually use MOST RECENTLY UPDATED or MOST VIEWED 7 DAYS, click either and all your stuff is there.

Check your internet connection as that is main reason you would get those errors.

Best wishes
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoqueco:
Fatal issue on zp950, 2 moths of use.

Hi, I'm a new user around here.

Hi, I bought a Zopo zp950 on 2013-01-14. After 2 moths of using it, the INSIDE metal POWER key is BROKEN. My zp950 is OFF and I can NOT power it. What can I do? Does anyone know a way to power on Zopo zp950 without having to press the power key?

Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] athani:
You are within warranty. Why not ask for a replacement or at least warranty repairs?

BTW, I'm planning on getting one. Is the build quality that bad?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froyo_be:
Good news for external memory micro SD

Good news, I have just received my Micro SD of 64GB and it works fine on my ZP950+.

So the specifications for the memory are 1G RAM+ 4G ROM + 64Gb micro SD SDXC.

o.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] athani:
Can you please do a short review here. I'm especially interested in the build quality. Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snake65:
950+

I have had mine only a couple of days and apart from a few issues its a very good phone. Iam in Australia on the telstra network and have had a max download speed through 3g of 18mbs with speed test. The screen is very bright and i have found its 320ppi. You tube works great and fast. I have come from a htc evo 3D. The quad core i cannot compare to other quad cores as i havent had one but to me its awsome, very zippy with opening programs etc. Skype works fine, camera seems good enough for a phone. I mainly bought the phone for the big screen and quad core and am so far happy.

The few minor issues are that the bluetooth when connected all the ppl on the other end say i sound like im underwater which wasnt like that on my old phone so its not the car. Im not really a fan of the virtual keys but meh i can live with it. They are working on a 4.2 upgrade so hopefully that may fix a few things. All in all im very happy with my purchase. Oh and build quality seems on par with the brand names. I hope this helps for others deciding. Any questions just ask and ill see if i can help. I do hope the modding community jumps in on this phone as the price to performance ratio is awsome.

Cheers

John
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froyo_be:
Athani,

I fully support the feedback of snake65.

Regarding the bluetooth and audio car connection, I use it everyday with pleasure (with spotify). It is true that they are issues which are more related to Android 4.1.2. Bluetooth will be more stable on 4.2.

The front camera is good quality as it is a 5.0 Mega Pixel.

Autonomy is better than my old Samsung SII. I have to charge it every +/-1,8 days.

I just miss an external battery charger from Zopo.

Attached a screenshot of Antutu v3.2.1 with a value of 11967.

Don't hesitate to ask any other questions.

O.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoqueco:
The phone is amazing. The only really bad part is both the power and volume keys. The plastic exterior keys easily can come out of its place when put the phone on your pocket. The worse part, the inside metal volume and power keys can easily get broken: after 2 months, I can not power the phone, the inside metal power button is broken.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froyo_be:
ZOPO ZP950 build before 20st of January have a known problem with the volume button. Does your Zopo has been build before or after the 20/01 ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snake65:
950+

Froyo did you get a case with yours as i didnt and when i go to order one from zopo shop they want to charge about $45. 00 in delivery alone to send to Australia, oh also on another note you seem to need the gps fix app turned on before using maps as it seems to help the gps connection not sure why but without it it takes along time to get a fix.

Cheers.

John
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoqueco:
Yes it was built before 20st January. I received the phone on 2013.01.14
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snake65:
Dock

Froyo did you see this not to sure myself seems like it could be a cheap alternative. http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/03/16/i18-usb-ipowerstation-review/.

Cheers

John