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[Android General] rudelv:
You can say that again.... Latest is 15th June now. Such a bugger that they delaying it so much.

:(
[Android General] reza1391:
Hi, does anyone really own testing that the phone was otg support or not? Thank
[Android General] Xperia-Ray:
Maybe there is still hope?
[Android General] CasualStarlord:
I will not be surprised when this is pushed back yet again.
[Android General] rudelv:
Neither will I but lets give them the benefit of the doubt ;) I do want my phone after all. haha. ALTHOUGH... having said that if it delays past the 20th June I'm getting my money back and am going elsewhere.
[Android General] ejvegt:
I already have the DG550 for a week now. Build quality is excellent. Responsiveness of the touchscreen is very good. Last but not least, the GPS is very good(having a cold fix within half a minute). The UI is very nice, the custom icons look very well. Only had a small assembling problem with the speaker(stuttering after 1 second of sound), but fixed it with touching the alu-foil with a screwdriver.

Now only waiting for the kitkat upgrade.

Really satisfied with the Doogee!
[Android General] CasualStarlord:
where did you order yours from?
[Android General] ejvegt:
From a webshop in NL(DualSlim.nl) which is a official partner of Doogee. n

Also not in stock at this moment
[Android General] ColonelZap:
I just got this phone :)

[YOUTUBE]ikoguM9NIoE[/YOUTUBE]

More information here: http://colonelzap.blogspot.de/2014/06/doogee-dg550-dagger-video-review-mt6592.html
[Android General] Xperia-Ray:
How you got it so quickly? :)

Great Review like always !

Good News- the DG550 in stock now, just ordered mine from banggood in white color -black was not in stock and I am not going to wait anymore :).
[Android General] vampirefo:
I am looking for a place to buy this phone, I posted on banggood asking about price match, anyone else get this phone? if so where you buy it?
[Android General] vampirefo:
I ordered from Gearbest.
[Android General] mixbox360:
Try in dhgate.com, the seller scofield has in stock now, I'm thinking between this one or the Kingzone K1, will purchase tomorrow, I only buy on dhgate because they has paypal option and seller protection, never had a trouble with top seller and the mods on the site.
[Android General] SL frsg:
Gearbest says NO More stock

Hi vampirefo ,

Just wondering if Gearbest has got back to you saying they have no more of this doogee dg550 in stock?

They want me now to pick some other phone from their site, which i don't feel too comfortable about.

Smells like another scam company.

( referring to your post on on the freaktab site )

I ordered mine before yours , my order number is : WW140616020xxxx687 , ordered

06/16/2014 17:01:51 PM (their order system time stamp)

Anyway, I just wrote back to them to return the full amount to my Paypal.

If i don't receive the full repayment within 24 hours, i'll refer this issue to Paypal.

Good luck with your order
[Android General] vampirefo:
Hi, I just saw this reply you linked to from freaktab, as soon as I saw your post on freaktab I sent out an email and pm to gearbest within 5 minutes I had recieved a reponse from both, assuring me the phone were in stock and would be shipped in 3 to 5 days.

Also I was asked for skype name so they could send me the tracking number as soon as the phones were shipped, so I would have the tracking number even before it would be posted on their site.

Thanks for your post, we can keep each other as well others informed on orders from gearbest, I will accept no other phone then the one I paid for, if they don't have the phones I must have a refund, I only want dg550, if I wanted any other phone I would have bought that phone instead of dg550.

Best Regards

Vampirefo
[Android General] SL frsg:
Just around the same time as "ColonelZap's" video review coming out, I found the coupon offer from gearbest for the dg550 (all via google search).

I thought I would give Gearbest a shot with their offer. They having a decent looking well planned site, with decent well written English.

But this thing about getting a note from them saying they are out of stock and asking me to choose another phone is something you read about other people having experienced with vendors from Alibaba, Aliexpress and other non-reputable CN/HK sellers.

I hope they are not using any "Bait and Trap Tactics". But it looks as though they might be.

I did not do my due-diligence prior to selecting Gearbest, but i just did a quick search and found out from Reseller Ratings that they don't have a good overall standing at the moment with people who have already purchased from them.

See: http://www.resellerratings.com/store/gearbest

I ordered on the 16th.

So my 3-5 day shipout timeline is about just starting.

Let's wait and see what their reply will be to my second post on freaktab when their work day resumes tomorrow, 19th.

As of this post, still no note via their customer support website to tell me that they have made a mistake about not having stock, etc etc.

My gut feeling about Gearbest or receiving a 100% working DG550, and in a correct time frame, is not very good at the moment.

Re: About them asking for your Skype name.

I think it's unethical of them to have done so.

They already have the email contacts we have provided them in the Site Registration/ Purchase Order and Paypal details.

Once they have the tracking details, all they need to do is send this info to you via the email address you have already provided them with.

I don't see the need for them to have asked for your skype details. (or be it, whatsapp, bbm, wickr details etc)

This thing about Gearbest asking for your skype name , to me, i think, is another smoke screen to keep your confidence with them. I don't want to discourage you, but this is just my opinion at the moment with them.

In the meantime, let all hope for a positive outcome/result !

Attached screen shot of their "No stock for DG550" message:
[Android General] vampirefo:
I have no problem giving my skype name it's vampirefo, The rest I don't know, too early to say, from talking to and reading about gearbest, I like what I have read. Even from your link, I saw where gearbest had replied to users who didn't give them a great rating.

To me that shows they are a good company, most companies don't reply to negative posts, only to positive posts, we should get our tracking numbers soon, if we do get them all is well if we don't then we know what kind of company gearbest, as will everyone who reads our posts.

We bought and paid for phones in good faith, if gearbest is a good company they will follow through and deliver our phones to us in new, working condition, the exact phones we paid for not some other phone.

If they don't for whatever reason, then this whole transaction was fraudulent.
[Android General] rudelv:
Getting ready to jump ship. After a three month wait and still no phone.... Getting over it. Looking at the e-ceros one now.... awesome phone:good: now just to give Doogee one more chance to send the phone or get a refund. For a firm that showed a lot of promise they aren't delivering.
[Android General] SL frsg:
Gearbest - Merry Go Round - Now Out Of Stock !!!! BEWARE OF BUYING FROM THEM !!!!

I am done with ever buying anything from Gearbest.

They just got back saying dg550 is not in stock and will refund my payments in 3-7 days!

(while in the meantime, their website shows the dg550 to be IN stock)

Everyone who's used PayPal knows it takes only a couple of minutes to make payments and refunds !!

Let's hope i get my money back & soon!

For clarity and for others to understand the 'seller's mindset' of gearbest, i am including a screen shot of messages of what transpired between me and them that led to this finality.

Total waste of time. I put this info down for other buyers who might want to buy from them.

- Reference from freaktab forum:

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?14210-Limited-Time-DG550-8gb-SD-card-159-99-Free-Shipping

- Attached screen shot of correspondence with Gearbest:
[Android General] vampirefo:
SL you were correct this was a scam from the start, switch and bait, I woke up today checked my order status it was cancelled, how can order status be cancelled? The sencond email in my box was from paypal telling me I had got a refund from gearbest.
[Android General] gearbest:
We are so sorry, the products should have been sent on Tuesday, but the manufacturer tell us the phone mold has some problem, the phone having been produced are not so good. They need some time to fix it and produce the new ones. We can get that on next Friday. Actually, they provide us 8 blacks which seems better than others, but we want to give the best to you, and we do not intend to hold your money, so we return you money immediately when we are informed. Sorry again!
[Android General] SL frsg:
Vampirefo,

Glad to hear you got back your money quickly.

That's more important for us buyers, rather than for gearbest to hold onto money which does not below to them, all for the wrong reasons!

I just checked my email, and they returned mine within 3 hours of notifying me of the cancellation and non-stock. This took place earlier in the day.

I am relieved they decided to playball and return the payments quickly rather than their stated 3-7days.

I guess i'll be stuck with my old 5yr old wm6.5 for a while more before getting an Android upgrade!

Thanks for your inputs in freaktab. chinaphonearena and here at xda.

It's because i noticed before hand that you posted on all these sites, that i decided to contact you with regards to your order with gearbest.

Take care my friend! :good:

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Gearbest,

You post here on Xda and over at Freaktab that the manufacturer notified you that dg550 phones have "....phone mold problems...."

Whatever that means, as buyers, we don't want to know the reasons. To us, it's all BS nonsense.

On the .Chinaphonearena forum, your gearbest partner Khonshu has made a statement that ".......DG550 is now sold out from Gearbest and out of stock from the manufacturer....."

They make absolutely no reference to your statement of there being a "phone mold problem".

- See: tinyurl.com/pd563cz

I think both statements from gearbest are nothing but fraudulent lies, hatched up to entice and extract money from buyers.

I cannot see how, from one single company (Gearbest), you are able to come up to two totally different reasons to try to explain yourself out of a situation you created yourself ?

This experience has definitely left a very bad taste in my mouth with regards to the core business principles of Gearbest.
[Android General] vampirefo:
Khonshu

Admitted it was a scam then banned me from their site due to lost

Revenue Gearbest paid him for the fake ad,

And the fake news article I will link to it when I get back
[Android General] CasualStarlord:
wow, so glad I jumped ship :laugh:
[Android General] danyrolux:
Or you can choose E-ceros One Smartphone

Or you can choose E-ceros One Smartphone ...:cyclops:
[Android General] :
I need help for fixing the speaker tell me how you did please.

Thanks ;)
[Android General] karenyhl:
Doogee DG550 looks great. i want to buy one as well.
[Android General] rudelv:
Ok I've jumped ship. Requested my refund. Ordered the E-Ceros one yesterday at 4.50pm from Chinavasion, it's now 8.00am the following day and the phone is awaiting the plane that will bring it to me. Best decision I have made.:good:
[Android General] sraynor:
I purchased a dg550 from chinavision on Friday. AUD$199 delivered. Got it this morning. Couldn't be happier!
[Android General] rudelv:
Just received my E-Ceros One. Shipping took 2 business days. Glad I canceled my DG550 order.:good:
[Android General] kirmonidze:
Help please

Hello, i bought a new Doogee dg550 from chinavasion.com.

I am from Lithuania, and he came in my hand today.

So the problem is, when i turning it on and he boots, when i start using it, internet browsing, gaming (asphalt 8) , he working for a little time. But in the screen appears the message: thermal warning phone needs to cool down and he shutting down. Then i start it again and using it about 10-15 minutes the message appears again. But the phone is not hot really. So where are the problem?

Please help me i love this phone design, menu, and speed, but that problem leads to despair.

I am waiting yours answer.

Thank you very much.

Regards, Evaldas Kirmonas.
[Android General] Elingsley:
My work is going to buy me an iPhone 6 when released but my old iPhone 4s died and I needed something to get me through till then. I'm posting this from my iPad Air and my entire company uses iPhones and so does my wife and son so the problem is while I love android I'm fairly trapped into the mobile apple world. However never computers. Never.

Anyway, after reading through this thread and a bunch of research I've purchased this phone and looking forward to it. I'm hoping I like it enough that I stick with android as I hate apple but dammit if the products don't work and it's easy for my wife.

I'm going to be learning a lot quickly as I've only ever had blackberrys and iPhones but hopefully this lives up to my personal hype.
[Android General] zelendel:
Don't get excited I doubt it will live up to it. It is a knock off device and should be treated as such. Which means subpar performance and no support after sale.
[Android General] Elingsley:
Really? It doesn't appear to be a knockoff company to me. I do business with many Chinese companies and while this isn't samsung by any means I don't think it's a knockoff company either.
[Android General] zelendel:
Ask them about the GPL required source code for the kernel that is required by law. Also most Chinese vendors lie about the hardware. I have not found one that is completely trust worthy yet.
[Android General] Pacote-san:
Damn these chineses sites.... this one (it competes with focalprice and dealextreme) shows it on stock

http://www.buyincoins.com/item/47520.html#.U7NmYc-PMlh

Me and a few friends from a Brazilian board bought it with cupom (114USD total)

And now we all receive the following email:
[Android General] Xperia-Ray:
The DOOGEE DAGGER DG550 is in stock at Banggood, I don't trust the site you have mentioned because 114$ is too low for this phone and looks fishy!

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/buyincoins

I remember that there was an article here about it, about Mediatek making some progress in that matter- any news since then?

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/mediatek-taking-steps-to-be-more-open/

I hope they will soon release all the source codes and help XDA Dev's since their SOC's got really popular.
[Android General] Pacote-san:
Buyitcoints is a very well known site

I know a lot of people (included myself) that purchase from it for the last few years

Problem is that they didnt have the product in stock... they just took it offline and now this

Also its NOT in stock on banggood

Expected restock on 8th July 2014
[Android General] Xperia-Ray:
The white is in stock, Black will be on 8th July.

Just got it today and really liked it! - starting to collect data for the review :).
[Android General] Elingsley:
Looking forward to it. I just notification mine shipped today from Tmart.

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Also did it come out of the box with Kit-kat or Jellybean? From everything I've seen and read it comes with Jellybean with an update to Kit-Kat very shortly whatever that means.
[Android General] justclimb:
I'm writing now from one.

I'd received today and the only con I see is battery.

Shipped with 4.2.9 customized Android and an OTA to KK will be available in the first week of August according to Doogee.

The are now preinstalling KK on new manufactured phones.

So a factory Flash Tool ROM is waiting leakage...
[Android General] Elingsley:
Thanks for the update. I'm expecting mine any day now. More and more reviews go up and this phone is really impressing.
[Android General] apkraven:
wanted this phone, but after almost two month of pending order , jumped the e-ceros one wagon. hope we can see the kitkat update too

btw, e-ceros one guys, maybe we need a separate topic? collectively build a kitkat firmware later and such?
[Android General] Xperia-Ray:
Soon I will share my review, done collecting the data :).
[Android General] Hobzik:
Ordered one dg 550.

Will make a full review when it arrives (30+days with free shipping).
[Android General] oska3:
12 shiping to east europe(bulgaria)
[Android General] Mouratti:
Hey guys i have a inew v3, that is almost the same thing.

This is octa core, how is the camera? is so good like inew v3?

Can some one upload some photos with day light and normal light?
[Android General] Xperia-Ray:
Today I will post my full review :)
[Android General] Xperia-Ray:
Full Review Added- check the first post :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2712333

If you like my reviews- please Hit THANKS button :)
[Android General] Mouratti:
Do you have recived the e-ceros?

Its good?

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Where do you see 3G Ram and 32Gb rom??

For me this is same inew v3, with other brand, and octacore processor.

:laugh:
[Android General] Xperia-Ray:
I have made MIUI port for our DG550 :)

later I will update to latest MIUI version- please post feedback :).

http://www.needrom.com/mobile/cwm-for-doogee-dg550/
[Android General] vampirefo:
I like that MIUI I went with another phone, I may have to port MIUI to it.
[Android General] Mouratti:
Nice ;)
[Android General] Elingsley:
That was a great review thank you very much for putting that together. I was curious about the main camera on the back. Every review and spec that I have read show it as a 13 MP camera, and I believe you say its an 8 MP camera. Is this a typo or is everyone else lying?
[Android General] Xperia-Ray:
Thank you, the back camera is 8MP sensor- you can see the model of the sensor in this screenshot:

as you can see the back camera is OV8825:

http://www.ovt.com/products/sensor.php?id=112

Also I have checked this in the camera lib drivers.
[Android General] Elingsley:
Perfect, thank you again. I didn't know how to read that screenshot. Does more than enough for my needs and an F2.2 is quite good. I'm having a hard time waiting for this phone to get here. Should be here this coming up week but I'm not a patient person.

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This is great. I'll be using it for sure until Doogee releases their long awaited KitKat update.
[Android General] chanaka89:
Never order from dinodirect.com.

I placed my order on 07/15/2014 and paid $168 including express shipping. They took 5 days to approve the payment.

Today I contacted them and asked about the shipping. They told me that it will still take 3 to 5 days to prepare the item.

This is totally waste of time. Now I'm going to call paypal and credit card company to reverse the transaction.

Dinodirect.com is a scam.
[Android General] Mouratti:
Hello how can i check this information, on android phones?

This RGT info from camera!

Thanks:fingers-crossed:
[Android General] exetico:
Xposed

I received the phone today. I'm corrently waiting for the 1+1 to arrive, but i'm very surpriced about the DG550!

Is there any news about the Xposed framework, from some of your users? I tried it out, but ended in a bootloop.

So i will wait for an update. Thinking a bit about flashing the MIUI rom, but i'm not sure.
[Android General] Elingsley:
By surprised do you mean pleasantly surprised?
[Android General] exetico:
Pleasantly!:)

Ofc, it is a good surprise. After some research before i made the order a little week ago, i thought i was expecting to much after the reviews. But, actually is performs very well, and thats just a good think! I need some options with busybox, but i can wait.

And, for me it is a temporary phone, just before i waiting for the 1+1. But, maybe i will try to sell some devices in my country :)

But, i will highly recommend it - after one day of use :)

Update:

Actually i'm running into some 3G problems here. My operator using 900, 1800 and 2100MHz, but i'm not able to connect to any 3G network - only EDGE, and it's slow like s**t. Any other with that problem?

Update2: After debugging alot, it actually looks like the operator has some problems tight now. It was a waste of time, and there is no 3G problems with the DG550. Im using it right now in another country.
[Android General] peernikk:
Battery live

Thanks a lot for your review. I bought the phone based on it :). I would like to ask you about battery live. Is it good? bad? avrage? My last phone was Doogee Dg2014 and the battery live was kinda bad. Especially when using GPS (and mobile data - Google Maps), there was like 50 % battery drop for onl 20 minutes of using :(. Thanks for answer :)
[Android General] rudelv:
All the E-Ceros One guys on here... started a new thread for us. Lets try get our own development going. :good:
[Android General] Elingsley:
Posting this from my new Doogee DG550 that arrived today. Not too bad shipping times to Canada considering free shipping from China. So far after 4 hours I love the phone. Build quality is very good and the screen is really good and 5.5 inches is a great size. Working perfectly on 3G on rogers network in Canada and really looking forward to using this phone over the coming days so I'm able to post some thoughts.
[Android General] chanaka89:
My bad luck. On 22nd they marked the order as shipped and provided a tracking number. The tracking number seems to be a fake one. I'm unable to track the item using that. Today is 25th so they have wasted 10 days already.

I opened a paypal dispute on 20th to recover my money but they (Thieves) forced me to close the dispute and agreed to ship the item. So I can't file any dispute via paypal again :(

Dinodirect.com stole my hard earned money :crying:

They are thieves :crying:

I will never order from any Chinese store again :(
[Android General] Elingsley:
That's really too bad. In would attempt to talk to PayPal customer service and see if there is anything you can do.
[Android General] chanaka89:
I contacted paypal but they are unable to take any action against dinodirect because the previous dispute was closed by me :(

$168 gone :(

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Thanks for your support. :)

I'll try Gearbest :)
[Android General] vampirefo:
Good luck to you, from my experience with gearbest you are going to need all the luck you can get, you lost $168 with Dinodirect.com, I almost lost $600 with gearbest.

Again good luck to you, There are vendors in US that sell this dg550 as well as other phones, I used them for my Leagoo lead1.

Below is the phone I bought, they ship out of Ohio. I ordered my phone on Friday got it Monday, I live in WV.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/39088400747...eName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
[Android General] Xperia-Ray:
why are you bothering with those stores? go check store reviews and see that Geekbuying and Banggood are very recommended and it's safe to order from them, my DG550 also bought from Banggood.
[Android General] Elingsley:
3 full days now with the Doogee Dagger DG550 and I couldn't be happier. Screen is great, the phone is fast and even with all my apps and contacts and everything running I'm still getting around 26500 consistently on antutu.

Its a great phone that I would just recommend to anyone, but for the price its a no brained. I had some coworkers laugh at me when I told them what I ordered but now having seen it and played with it, three people have bought one of their own.
[Android General] Pomeron:
Hi guys!

I am thinking of buying one of them:

1. DOOGEE DG550 MTK6592

2. UMI C1 MTK6582

Could you suggest which one is better? UMI has Corning Gorilla Glass and a little bit newer :confused:

Thanks in advance!