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[Android General] RexMarinus:
It seems blackview is cheating about their batteries.

Crown battery is supposed to be 2200mah.

If you remove the battery sticker, look what's inside!

A 1900mah. And as Chinese silver batteries capacity is over rated, I wonder if it's a 1000mah
[Android General] RexMarinus:
I recently had issues with GPS not getting a good signal and it was very slow when getting signal.

I read it's a problem with the MT6592 chipset.

You need to

have a rooted device

and install the app FasterGPS (needs internet connection)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fastergps&hl=en

set your country, let it download a file

reboot your device

Enjoy your GPS

Mine gets position within a couple of seconds
[Android General] andydgg:
I followed the steps here, lifehacker .com/how-to-flash-a-rom-to-your-android-phone-30885281

I'll try again later, thanks
[Android General] keraunos:
After installing NEW rom from here http://www.chinaphonearena.com/forum/Thread-Blackview-Crown-MTK6592-Firmware idont have problem with touch screen
[Android General] theoverfiend:
Hm strange my phone was delivered with the G807_D1_H1_Blackview_V1.0_20140807 ROM and the touch does not work very well

But if it works 4 some one it's okay[emoji106]
[Android General] Wahazz:
S View for Crown

Hi it doesn't have s view function, but I tried a s view app developed on xda called s view by hatroid, you can search it here on xda, it works with the cover and the Crown proximity sensor. You can see missed calls, new messages notifications, incoming call but you can't take it as the cover window is not tactile, and app sometimes it doesn't work, the cover has magnet which sleep the phone when you close the cover, so unless you remove the magnet it will also close the s view while the phone go to sleep mode and screen off.
[Android General] keraunos:
Did you do hard reset?
[Android General] Wahaz:
New Update from Blackview

Hello there is a new update on blackview.hk : G807_D1_H1_Blackview_V1.0_20140827.zip

With a flashing tool and method, the update fix also Blackview Crown fast battery drain.

:laugh:
[Android General] theoverfiend:
Battery drain.... How long is the battery life of your blackview? At less to normal use i get 15 / 16 hours

And that's very poor...
[Android General] Wahazz:
Crown battery

I didn't flash the update yet , i will try it tomorrow. In intensive use(most of time), my battery last for about 4 hours, yes it is very poor. Hope the update will increase it as they say. I flash your moded rom, it didn't work untill I use My Crown scatter file and after booting it shows a text in russian and freeze, I fix that after doing a factory reset. And To get CTR work I have flashed it alone without other files, now everything is ok . Great work.
[Android General] andydgg:
that blackview.hk update has to be the most complicated I've ever seen and most is in chinese lol think I'll just carry a charger
[Android General] AN3rd:
New rom

I installed the new ROM... It was pretty easy to flash it using the description on the website. Running win7... but you do have to install drivers first. Other wise your computer does not recognize the phone. Oh, and don't forget to backup. Or you will end up with a fully resetted phone.

It looks like the battery life is increased for so far. But it a bit early to tell.
[Android General] Wahazz:
Flash

Hi how did you flash the new firmware ? It seems like the blackview flash tool doesn't work like SP Flash tool! Did you turn off the phone or you put in boot loader mode? You connect To the PC before or after clicking flash all in the tool, there is no details in blackview.hk tutorial .

Where To find the right drivers?
[Android General] victormartinezcamacho:
damaged camera application

Please if I can go or where downloaded native application of this gallery is that the application of the damaged camera
[Android General] theoverfiend:
? Damaged camera? Flash the new firmware it normally fix the damage
[Android General] AN3rd:
Rom installation

Download and install drivers: I used this guide and download. You only need the drivers...

http://laurentiumihet.ro/sp-flash-t...installation-guide-including-bricked-devices/

- Turn phone off

- connect to computer

- install drivers as in the manual (open device manager, etc)

- disconnect phone

- unpack blackview software... follow there manual

- start all

- connect phone

You will see the status bar, if it sas checksum ok. Then it is done!

Note: when you start the phone... you see the blackview start logo for sometime.Initial start takes time... don't worry! It will work.

And i must say Battery is beter then before. But it's difficult to give a percentage...

We should do a battery test. Before and after.
[Android General] Wahazz:
Thanks I will try it.

It works.
[Android General] The_Death:
That's wanted to share my work and say thank you to the Clavis Recovery :)

Here are my files:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/22rd2oolgt0bw8u/AACXBdDiO199jaD8g1dw5cAPa?dl=0

all based on newest Firmware 27.08.2014....

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/22rd2oolgt0bw8u/AACXBdDiO199jaD8g1dw5cAPa?dl=0

1. Rootgenius: Frist run the China one .... it says rooted but it doesn't work ... then run english Version ==> Quickroot ! Everything will be fine. Don't forget to uninstall the chinese app :)

2. Boot.img with init.d support: Flash boot.img with spflash 5:

Open Scatter from Fimware then click an the directory and select my boot.img and best the clavis recovery.img

Download ==> when finished reboot in recovery and install the initd.zip from SD Card.

3. Latest SP Flashtool v5

5. .... More to come :)
[Android General] Wahazz:
Hello glad to see people customizing Crown, which use we can with init.d support ?
[Android General] The_Death:
You can use Bootup Scripts like ...

V6 Supercharger or something else ...

If u have randorm reboots just like me i would suggest installing KAK and choose Rock Kernel option :)

No ,more reboots at all then ...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36794328

Credits go to zeppelinrox for his awewome scripts :)
[Android General] mrgergoke:
Hey guys! I just found this phone, and I'm looking forward to buy it, but first I want to know about battery time, GPS and touchscreen issues with new firmware. Is it worth buying it? Just sold my THL 4400 and 5000, none of them convinced me.
[Android General] theoverfiend:
short

Battery is realy weak normal use by me is 12h max

GPS is realy good, the best i had on a MTK device

Touch issue is fixabel by editing the build.prob..
[Android General] mrgergoke:
Thanks for the quick answer! I dont really know, if I should buy this phone. I would be very happy with the good GPS, thats one part I'm always struggling with.. These chinese GPS chips dont really work here, in Hungary. I got a power bank with about 5500 mAh capacity, maybe if I would carry it with myself, I'd be happy with this phone. Have to think bout it.

Anyway, thanks for the info!
[Android General] AN3rd:
Battery

Well about the battery... If you have the phone in your pocket the whole day it uses about 15%.

If you watch a movie with the standard player 720p 2 hours it takes about 50%.

But if you watch a movie with MX player 1080p 2 hours. It fully drains the battery.

I think the problem is the MTK6592. It has 8 processing cores and 4 graphic cores.

It's a very powerfull soc... but at full load it totally drains the battery...

So be careful what you run on this machine...

For me this is a great phone! I really love it! For a very active youtube, facebook, getting loads of calls, can't stop playing games, allways on twitter, selfy making user... etc... i don't think so... or maybe if you carry 9.8 Gigawatt emergency power supply...
[Android General] Ito_:
the internal and external sdcards are mounted in reverse after flashing the new update, is anyone else having this issue? they are correctly recognized as sd card and phone memory, but the sdcard gets mounted as sdcard0 and some apps are giving me issues with this setup even after changing the default install location.

I was a bit wary about using root genius because it was making outbound connections (probably innocuous but I'm paranoid lol), and I wasn't having any luck with the other root methods that I tried. so I tried the flashable superuser zip on koush's site after overfiend posted his custom recovery (thanks man :)), but that didn't work either. so I cooked up this zip file using the su binary and the supersu apk from Bin4ry's rooting tool to replace the ones in the zip file. works for me, but as the mandatory disclaimer goes try it at your own risk.
[Android General] Logseman:
I've received it today, and I've already managed to botch it quite a bit. Let's start from the beginning:

0) I foolishly made no IMEI backup (BAD IDEA) since I had never had issues with MTK IMEI so far

1) I updated my ROM

2) I lost my IMEI numbers

3) I've tried to root the phone, but MTKDroidTools hasn't been of help so far

4) RootGenius hasn't helped me either

5) I've tried to install the Carliv Touch Recovery that Overfiend posted, but I get an error with the prompt BROM ERROR: S_FT_DOWNLOAD_FAIL (4000)

Right now I'm stuck with no IMEIs. Is there any suggestion? I may try RootGenius again and see if I can get to install SuperSU.
[Android General] Konrad70:
Hello, you can try this way.. It works for me. I have installed towelroot apk... Google it to find... Then i made a semi-root, open towelroot then tap 3 times on symbol in the upper screen, a hidden menu with some numbers will pop up, change the last number (0) with 1 then push the button "make it rain" the phone will restart. Now you have to use Root genius and the root will work. With the imei numbers on the phone/box you should be able to recover imeis with mtk droid tools but remember, next time FIRST make backup! ;)
[Android General] theoverfiend:
I used the root_genius en.

I have to run it twice.

The imeis printet under the battery writ it down in droid tool you can later restore them manually...
[Android General] Logseman:
My problem was that I wasn't running MTKDroidTool as administrator. Once I did it got the root shell running, I could restore the IMEI numbers and now I'm running rooted. I could even install Carliv's recovery through Mobile Uncle.
[Android General] Konrad70:
Because you haven't root the phone. You have to follow my explanation.
[Android General] stevyhacker:
I have tested the battery life before and after updating to latest firmware , my device came with build from july and I updated it to the latest August 27 build, following the official blackview instructions.

Before update device screen on time was about 2 hours and just 10 percent battery left.

After flashing new firmare screen on time is 2 hours and 40 minutes with 20 percent battery left.

It seems that the device now can hold about 3 hours of high usage.
[Android General] stevyhacker:
Has anyone tried to play Full HD movie on Blackview Crown and did it play without lag ?

I tried a 2 GB Yify 1080p movie in MX Player with HW decoder set but from time to time it stutters.

It's not a huge problem I will usually play 720p content rahter than Full HD but I thought that octa core could handle 1080p without any problems.
[Android General] Ito_:
have you tried turning off clearmotion (it's in settings > display) perhaps the gpu is having a hard time interpolating super compressed 1080p content *shrugs*
[Android General] stevyhacker:
You are right, thanks for the tip. Turning off the clearmotion makes 1080p video playback really smooth.
[Android General] keraunos:
After updating the last rom i have problem with gps signal.It cant find sat quick and it lose the signal very often.
[Android General] gloover:
I'm also using the last rom 1.0_20142708 and I can't confirm this. The GPS fix is very fast and the position is exact enought.

Try out the factory reset and test your device again.
[Android General] theoverfiend:
Today i wrote an E-Mail to Blackview

Maybe they know an better Battery from another Blackview or another manufacturer....

hope they answer :fingers-crossed:

Hello Blackview Team

first off all The Blackview Crown is an excellent phone i love it..

For this price awesome.

The GPS is one of the best i ever had, on a phone with an MTK Chip.

There is only one question that i have.

The Battery is realy realy weak.

Is there another Battery from another Device that fits in the Crown with more Power? if not from Blackview maybe another manufacturer.

Keep going with such excellent devices.

greatings from Blackforest Germany

Ken

send at 14.09.14 20.03h to sophiadong@szjeko.com & leozippor@blackview.hk
[Android General] stevyhacker:
I ordered a second blackview original battery but one battery with higher capacity at least 3000mAh would be preferable of course.
[Android General] xdaphillee:
did you run FasterGPS by Sufficiently Secure from the play store?

needs root, helped on other phones/roms....
[Android General] xdaphillee:
hi AN3rd,

i used your guide, but when i press start, the flashtool provided by blackview.hk complains

FAIL

Warning: Maybe errors as follows:

(1)Com ports number repetetive or invalid

(2)Brom and preloader have the same comport number!

Please modify them in INI file or scan again.

device manager says that the preloader is on comport 3, it still only shows for a few seconds after plugging in the phone

do i have to manually set the comports in the ini?

should the scan button work? because it seems to do nothing for me....

screenshot attached
[Android General] Ito_:
delete/move/rename SPMultiPortFlashDownloadProject.ini and give it another try perhaps? flash tool should lock on to the preloader once you click start and connect the phone.
[Android General] xdaphillee:
thanks, that worked :)

i just redownloaded the whole flashtool, just deleting the .ini wasnt enough...
[Android General] rambojambo21:
I've set up my phone how I like it with xposed, root, recovery. If I flash their new update will all this be wiped, if so how do you back up that stuff.
[Android General] stevyhacker:
You could backup app data and settings with Titanium Backup and save it to external sd card which you should take out before flashing new update or it will also get wiped which happened to me. I am not sure about Xposed but the recovery you will probably have to reflash.
[Android General] keraunos:
I installed all 3 roms to see witch has better gps signal.I sau that the NEW one had more satelite and more rapid,but in Real World in the street it is not so good.I use IGO primo and sygic.It loose the street very often,it sau me somewhere on the map without street.I will test the second rom to see diferences.
[Android General] zijin_cheng:
Hey man, thanks for the quick review. I'm thinking of a phone like this to replace my Nexus 4, which has battery life that could be improved on (a lot).

Have you done any battery tests on SOT, standby? Just wondering if you had any battery screenshots, would be much appreciated!
[Android General] mypa:
Hi,

I received my Crown last friday, updated to newest firmware. I have following issues:

1. 3G connectition does not work;

2. Standbay time is less than 16 hours :(

Any ideas how to solve my problems?
[Android General] stevyhacker:
Screen on time is about 3 hours with wifi on and while web browsing and testing apps.
[Android General] flyboy_____:
3G just disable automatic option in TIME DATE

Standby is at least a day...

---------- Post added at 02:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:59 PM ----------

anyone has issues with mic?

other persons complain of bad quality of my sound. could it be my very old SIMcard?
[Android General] mypa:
Managed to get 3G work - changed network settings according to my provider...

How to disable network statistics on screen (see attached picture):)?
[Android General] Sigges:
Hi.

I got the phone too.

Are there any custom roms ? Maybe some roms from similar phones ?
[Android General] xdaphillee:
settings

data usage

select the sim-card/network you use (tele2 if i'm not mistaken)

disable show on lockscreen

pic attached
[Android General] mypa:
Thank You!
[Android General] fudgy:
Hi can anyone tell me if there is a fix for the gps in the uk.

I have just ordered a unit and I am a little concerned about gps in the uk.

Thanks
[Android General] Sigges:
Hmmm.

Root Genius seems to root the phone, but somehow it is not rooted properly. I tried several times, but some apps still dont work.
[Android General] rambojambo21:
I have the phone in the UK and GPS is instant for me on TomTom and Google Maps.
[Android General] xdaphillee:
have you tried the app FasterGPS?

needs root.

you can set your gps locale with it.

worked well for me.
[Android General] fudgy:
Great thank you.
[Android General] mypa:
Any answer about better battery?
[Android General] proving:
anyone here have problems of instability of the battery?
[Android General] theoverfiend:
Nop only silence from the east
[Android General] proving:
does anyone know another battery compatible?
[Android General] theoverfiend:
At the moment there is no battery how fits
[Android General] phonepete:
root

kingo root 1.2.4 will root your crown very fast and installs supersu

you have to flash recovery from post #29 before

root checker reports root, but titanium will not work
[Android General] mypa:
Really nice phone, but battery is so weak. I hope solution will be found on how to improve (or change) battery....

(i have to charge my phone every night on casual usage)
[Android General] fudgy:
Well I got the phone today and the speaker is terrible.

When making a call through the speaker the other person can not hear me very well.
[Android General] ejtun:
I received this great phone yesterday..it's excellent only ****ing battery it lasts couple of hours pls help i don't want to root it I think i have garantie 1 year.I ordered it from banggood.
[Android General] xdaphillee:
follow the update instructions from post 55

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55254067&postcount=55

update files are here:

http://www.blackview.hk/about_supper/CrownUpdateFiles.html
[Android General] ejtun:
is it better..is it helpful?? thanks in advance!!!
[Android General] xdaphillee:
yes. its a battery fix.
[Android General] Zer7:
Hello guys,

I'm thinking about purchase this phone, but I have a few doubts;

1. It has LED Notification? If it doesn't have LED, it has any other way to notifiy me about events? (apart from sound notification, of course)

2. It does support E-Compass? Can you share an screenshot of the supported sensors?

3. What about the camera? it's fine? what do you think?

4. The home, back etc buttons are iluminated?

Thank you! :good:
[Android General] fudgy:
My friend

I would not recommend this phone.

The camera is not very good.

The back buttons do not illuminate but that's not a problem for me.

My main problem is the speaker it sounds really bad and I am unable to make a call through the speaker.

Has anyone else had a problem with the speaker?

I am currently returning the phone for a refund.
[Android General] Ito_:
1. nope, no LED. and the buttons aren't illuminated so you can't use those either.

2. it does. (see below)

3. it takes decent and usable pictures, and the flash is good enough to take selfies in a pitch black room (if you're into that sort of thing :p). the back camera sensor is OV8865 so even though it's marketed as 13MP, the sensor itself is an 8MP one. (seems to be an upgraded version of the one used in doogee dg550)

4. nope.

it's a good phone, the only downside is the damned battery. which,I'm pretty sure is the same one used in doogee 2014 turbo

p.s. if anyone is wondering where this rgt_deviceinfo thing came from, it's in engineer mode > others ;)
[Android General] ejtun:
not very well maybe better 5%, thanks anyway...
[Android General] C0R3G4M3R:
Update? Custom rom?

Hello there ^^

I'm new here and i've a Blackview Crown for 1 week. Now I have it rooted and would like to use a custom rom like cyanogenmod? I know it's not supported but I've tried the Cyanogenmod APP and I think it's possible to do it with the app, has someone tried it? My Version is 07.08.14 and the newest is 27.08.14 (Crown Update Files from blackview.hk) how to install them? I don't really understand the blackview.hk tutorial.

Negative about the Crown:

- Battery (Perfect if in Standby, but very bad if in use)

- Touch screen (very bad at the buttom)

- no update possibility in settings

- C0R3G4M3R

(Sorry for bad english, I'm german, hope you understand what I'm writing xD)
[Android General] Zer7:
Hello buddy,

Thank you for the info. I finally decided go with the new (and not yet release) Elephone G6. Maybe this BlackView is better than this one, but at least is more cheap too :) We will see.

The Elephone has a LED Notification and I think the buttons are also iluminated. Also have compass and some other sensors like the fingerprint.
[Android General] Ito_:
a wise choice indeed, I sort of miss the notification light lol :D
[Android General] xdaphillee:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55254067&postcount=55

he explained it quite well.

if you still have problems, pm me (i'm german too)
[Android General] PFBMarty:
Miui V5

Hi guys, I successfully ported miui v5 for Blackview Crown, with all features working. When I got a little time I'll upload the rom file.

Cheers!
[Android General] theoverfiend:
Bring it on ? some problems by porting? Does it run better than the "stock" ROM?
[Android General] PFBMarty:
Hi there, as I promised I uploaded the rom and instructions here:

Damn, I only have a few posts so I can't post external links. But search in needrom, for blackview crown MIUI

The problem that I detected so far is the front camera not working. Besides that I'll have to do more tests to see.

Have fun!
[Android General] Stripu:
MIUI Custom ROM Test

Hello friend!

Just installed your MIUI port and I have to say, even if it is pretty sweet as a UI, i found the following bugs:

- The default language is chinese when you first boot, and it's a real pain to change.

- I have 2 sim cards installed, and i can't access the Mobile Networks in the settings (Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped when i tap it). Thus, no mobile settings.

- Calls don't get through (at least in my case) - all end up with a busy tone for the calling party (i've checked if DND is on or off - same issues) - but i can make calls out.

- Do Not Disturb mode crashes the settings app when i select it.

- Camera - when switching to video recorder, the camera app crashes. Also, there's no touch focus in the camera app.

- Camera - Panorama mode crashes the camera app.

- Notifications drop-down - if tottled to Bar style, there's some rendering issues at the bottom of the notification panel.

- Compass - didn't work until calibrated (moving the phone in a figure 8 motion)

Other than this, i don't know if it was just me, but the overall UI experience seemed a bit sluggish compared to the standard ROM.

Great work, and i hope you'll keep it up, as MIUI seems to be a great alternative for people that want more than just the standard Android UI :)
[Android General] ejtun:
Can someone post pictures about flashing touch recovery I'm so ****in' noob to all mobile technology...Thanks
[Android General] xdaphillee:
what do you recommend for backing up your apps etc?
[Android General] PFBMarty:
Thanks friend.

But I find it a bit weird, becouse the 1st time you boot you have the option to select the language between Chinese and English. Then theres the dual sim issue. I know that opening the mobile network settings I'll get you the process to stop, but other then that I can perform and receive phonecalls from both sims. Panorama and Recording mode is still not working. The compass you have to calibrated, yes.

INever the less I'll still be working on this…

Oh I forgot to mention that I also flash super-su when I flash the rom and the gapps.

Cheers!
[Android General] Zoot_17:
What if I am on Windows 8.1? Any way to install the drivers?
[Android General] xdaphillee:
internet says:

http://thephuck.com/end-user-computing/how-to-disable-driver-signing-requirement-in-windows-8/