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[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] fappapp:
from umioffical on FB

UmiOfficial

about an hour ago

Important Notice for UMi Zero Shipping

As you all know the UMi Zero has been amazingly popular and we have been inundated with pre orders from fans around the world. Please understand that our factories are working to complete all orders as quickly as possible and we are working to ensure each phone meets our strict quality standards.

This is where in the issue with time has arisen. We want to ensure that each phone is perfect before shipping, we understand sending a faulty phone back to China is time consuming and expensive, and we don’t want you to go through that. Instead we are carefully, perhaps obsessively, checking each phone before shipping.

The good news is that there is light at the end of the tunnel and the first batch of UMi Zero phones is close to being ready to ship.

We hope you understand and we sincerely apologies for the inconvenience. Watch this space for updates when phones begin rolling out.

#UMI #umizero

there is our answer anyway. Good to hear some response BUT no mention of a time-frame of shipping!

With such a hold up, there must be a software issue need fixing or something and still not fixed?

Anyway hope the first 3 main sites that they listed firstly as offical vendors get the first shipments, these were efox,antelife and coolicool.

Its good thing that they didnt just ship out the phones with a problem like the test/review models they sent out, however its clear to me that there must be some issues that they cant solve yet and this is the problem with quality control, which is a good and bad thing! At least we wont get sent a faulty phone, But will we see our phones for christmas!? a whole month after release date being changed so often.:confused:
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] mirchichamu:
Bro, don't be sentimental. I have experience with almost majority of stores. Most of the time, they are not telling the truth. I had given order in the presell period. They told me that it will be shipped on 29th November. But until now, no news. When they were not ready, then why they created such a big hype. On every internet page, they are advertising. Why? Didn't they know that every phone need checkup and quality control? Why they are telling us now?
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Kodaro:
Efox stated that the first devices had problems with network signal. Seems some problems with the connection of the antenna. It's better this way now.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] G.George:
i have ordered it from tinydeal and they send it yesterday,do you think that they have send me a sample phone or something?ohh mannnn i have a bad feeling about this... :(
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] mirchichamu:
Don't worry. They will actually send you the item after 15 to 20 days. That's what is my experience with tinydeal.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] G.George:
so the tracking number is fake?because in the mail they send me there was one
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Tarnak:
Hi Guys,

I've ordered my UMI Zero on 15-th Nov in coolicool. They ships it on 26th and Today ( 5th Dec ) I've received it.

Great phone, everything is as described. Very fast, antutu ~31222, damn sleek. Comparing to wife's Samsung trend visually, it beats Sammy to the pulp.

Only touch buttons are poorly highlighted but I knew this before.

Hard to say about battery durability and gps, it's too early.

Cheers.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] mirchichamu:
They gave me tracking number on 12th November and actually it was traceable on 29th November. The tracking number was correct. What these people are doing and I confirmed it that they are having the receipt books and alot you one number but actually didn't send you the item. Whenever they are having stocks then they hand over the item to the post office with the same number.

Your case may be different. But keep us informed what happens. Good luck.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] hellfreezover:
Hi All,

I ported MiUi 7 to UMI...

Check this out... :)

http://xdaforums.com/android/software/rom-miui-7-port-v5-9-17-unofficial-t3205063
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] arcatarc:
(UPDATE 02/11/15)Arcatarc's "EMUmIZERO"
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Skokedi:
Quick microphone fix.

I found fix for the microphone issue of UMI Zero. I have battled with my self to send my phone to china for warranty repair for six month now. The cheapest price for the postage would have been close to 40€, with no guarantee for fix or even to get my phone back. I actually purchased a replacement phone, but it has not yet arrived.

I have no glue what these setting really do and I take no responsibility if your phone is even more broken after you fallow these instructions. For me this was last desperate effort, a real long shot, to try before sending my phone to China. I just found this on another forum and tried it out of shear desperation and it worked! (Sorry, I can't post links because I have under 10 posts, and the forum thinks I might be a spammer.:eek:)

On to the point of how I fixed the microphone.

First I downloaded and installed Mobileuncle tools from google play store.

Then I run the program with root privileges (not sure if necessary?).

In the program select "Engineer Mode" then "Engineer Mode (MTK)", and then "swipe" to "Hardware Testing" tab and select "Audio".

In "Audio" select the "Normal Mode"

In "Type" select "Mic" from the drop down menu.

In "Level" select "Level 0" from the lower drop down menu.

Enter 255 for the "Value is" and press "Set".

Select "Level 1" from the lower drop down menu.

Enter 235 for the "Value is" and press "Set".

Select "Level 2" from the lower drop down menu.

Enter 215 for the "Value is" and press "Set".

Select "Level 3" from the lower drop down menu.

Enter 205 for the "Value is" and press "Set".

Select "Level 4" from the lower drop down menu.

Enter 195 for the "Value is" and press "Set".

Select "Level 5" from the lower drop down menu.

Enter 185 for the "Value is" and press "Set".

Select "Level 6" from the lower drop down menu.

Enter 175 for the "Value is" and press "Set".

Remember to press "Set" after every value change! Then just restart your phone and your microphone should work again, at least mine did!

Hope this helps some one and no I will never again purchase another UMI product, even if my life would depend on it.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] bajaber:
It didn't work for me. My microphone seems completely dead. Not even a scream is detected. And not sure if it is related, it stopped working the same time as my soft keys and back camera.

Could it be that the components are out of place (i.e the circuits)?
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] parhammp:
Hi all,

I just had a quick question if anyone can help, i currently have umi zero and its rom is UMIZERO. V 3.09, i see that i can flash to many other roms including umizero v 3.10 using rootjoy, if you have experienced any, which one do you think suits the phone better?

My judgement is that v 3.10 will be good and almost same as 3.09, as i currently have the battery life is average but gets hot quickly and i only experience reboots maybe once a week at night during charging so thats alright for me,,, thanks,,, :)
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] bajaber:
If you can live with the issues you are currently having, my suggestion is leave it as it is.....Of all the phones I have tried, none has been as depressing as the UMI Zero, and I have used sub-100 USD phones too.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] parhammp:
Oh to be honest i expected a chinese cheap phone to have some problems, but i thought i will give it a try and i dont think i will trust anyother chinese brands again, im also thinking of buying a new phone but i think a chinese brand will be too risky even though low prices are tempting,, anyway thank you for sharing your opinion :) :)
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] lis.marc:
There is new port cm12.1 for UMI Zero, see www.needrom.com Guys claim all works
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] drodero:
I'm running CM12.1 since 11 Dec.

Miracle! All works. Camera limited to 5-6Mp, but all working.

No reboots and with an incredible battery duration!! Battery drain score: 10/10

Recommendable 100%!!!
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] hawix:
Can confirm too - ROM works smoothly and supports all components of phone.

Noticed problems:

- counted 2 reboots, tried set is_cpu_hoplug_disabled="1" for governor but seems it doesn't help,

- back camera seems to be not so optimal configured, however it's usable,

- some people claims have problem with sound for calls (speaker and microphone) but from my device works perfect,

---------- Post added at 09:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:48 AM ----------

Ahhhh. now I have problem with volume for calls. Strange it's worked good but now something failed.

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I have impression that problem with volume for calls happens when you trying change actively volume during call by buttons. Then next call has very poor quality, volume for speaker and microphone is on very low level, however reboots helps.

Anybody has solution?
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] hallyzinho:
umi zero brinked

hello, I'm from Brazil and have a umi zero, he was swollen battery and bought another when I put the new system does not enter the umi, downloaded the rom 3.10 and installed via flash tool, but does not. I am very sad
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Tarnak:
Hi,

Hard to help you in such situation. Did you tried to put back previous battery and try to run the phone?

What is the actual situation with your phone?
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] hawix:
Not sure you know. OrdnerKrieger has prepared quite stable Lollipop 5.1 with Cynaogenmod 12.1 for UMI ZERO.

http://mediatek-free-roms.blogspot.de/2015/12/updatecyanogenmod-121-unofficial-port.html

I'm using it from 2 weeks. No bugs at all, no reboots. One limitation I experienced is not so optimal battery drain. I hope this will be solved in future.

To avoid problems during installation please upgrade TWRP to 2.8.6.0.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] travoltas:
hello i need to find gsm antenna replacement part for umi zero but i cant find it.do you know any online store to buy it?

[IMG="http://g02.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1KVBMIXXXXXXpXVXXq6xXFXXXt/UMI-Mobile-Phone-GSM-Antenna-Replacement-for-UMI-ZERO.jpg"]http://g02.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1KVBMIXXXXXXpXVXXq6xXFXXXt/UMI-Mobile-Phone-GSM-Antenna-Replacement-for-UMI-ZERO.jpg[/IMG]
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] hndr_haryanto:
Still alive?

This phone still have fans? OMG! :D
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] bajaber:
From the comments, it seems there are a few serious bugs.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] travoltas:
yess!!! i am having this phone for 1 year and the only problem was the battery that got swallen when i used high ampere charger. trying to replace it and scratch the double side glue tape i destroyed the gsm antenna and now i cant find it anywhere :crying: i was thinking to test an sony z3 battery ... hope i find a gsm antenna replacement part soon :cowboy: with the new replacement umi battery i am using a 0.5Ampere charger. the battery has a real capacity of 2480mah.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] bodyjoao:
I have one to sell,problem with the format of the intern memory....I am from portugal...

Enviado do meu SHIELD Tablet K1 através de Tapatalk
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] andreim4:
hello.

i'm from Romania and i use the phone on Digi network. the problem is that the 3g is dead. i have signal but if i try to make a phonecall or if someone tries to call me the phone loses all signal. Digi network has a partnership with vodafone called national roaming for when you don't have digi coverage. i manually selected the vodafone network and the phone worked. the problem is i can't stay n vodafone all the time.

any ideea what i could do ?

thank you
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] G.George:
ok will do

have instaled xposed?does it work in this phone? (because in my xiaomi note i had to change the rom and as far as i know there arent any costums roms for this one :/ )
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] reza.b:
otg

hi .can anyone test OTG in this phone please:confused:
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] sipart:
I tried otg on mine and nothing. :( Confirmed the otg cable works on a moto g 2014 with no problems.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] mirchichamu:
Do Umi claim that there is OTG function in Umi Zero?
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] sipart:
I have installed xposed and gravitybox (kk) and it works fine. Zero comes pre rooted (although had some minor issues updating su app).

No custom ROMs, but ROM is vanilla and with xposed and gb I can think of very little a custom ROM would really add.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Tarnak:
As Guys mentioned earlier OTG shouldn't working, UMI decided to support fast charging instead. Final shipped rom is a little newer than normal 3.01. There is some printing function (can't get it working for samsung ml 2165W, maybe later I'll get it working), Screen Cast (the same, later I'll dug in google and see how it works).

Generally phone is damn fast.

Anybody could throw ma a guide to do full backup before I'll start messing with phone?

I've seen some quide about mtk preloader, should I use it?
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] s7yler:
Don't flash or change your preloader, you risk a brick if you do!
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] sipart:
I know its early days but anyone seen any cases for the UMI zero, I like the thinness and aluminum body, but it ain't half sharp and uncomfortable! Would be ideal to have a rubber bumper style case just to soften the edges and corners and also lift the back/front face when you place it down. Its also very slippy in the hand and on surfaces - something a bumper would help with.

My first impressions are that the GPS is very good (less sats seen than my Moto G 2014 but locks on as quick), speed is good, wifi seems a bit patchy, screen is brilliant, styling very classy, pity about the poor back light on the capacitive buttons, really lets the side down. But for £125 delivered into the UK I really can't grumble!

Also anyone notice the sim tray mechanism/function seems to scratch the sims, I'm sure its not doing the sim any good. I had a deep scratch on both sims when I tested them (currently still use the Moto G as my daily phone ). Not sure if one of the contacts is sitting too proud and possibly going to damage the sims? I'll add a photo of the sims when I get a moment.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] reza.b:
hi .but i think doogee dg900 have fast charging too. and it have OTG function but why umi zero dont have?:(
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] JankyLV:
I'm acutally kind of concerned right now.. Antelife kept postponing the shipping, but today they finally gave me the right tracking number. I should be glad, but instead i'm worried as to what they are sending to me.

Today UMI posted this on facebook - "this week we are sending to the retailers. We are really sorry for this delay."

So.. I'll be getting an engineering sample?!
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Kodaro:
Not really as it seems. In Germany there are some people with an Umi zero already. It is definitely not the first time they send the phones. However it seems that the devices of the first bunch happen to be corrupt with a too high probability. I wish you luck to receive a well made device.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] mirchichamu:
This is the reply I got from **** coolicool. They were supposed to ship my order on 29.11.14...

[Hello customer,

*

We are so sorry for the inconvenience and we got the phones a few days ago, but the phones are defective, so we shipped it back to the manufacture.

*

It will be in stock about 1-2 weeks now. If you do not want to wait for it, we suggest you change it to another product. We feel so sorry for the delay, please accept our sincere apology.]
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] JankyLV:
Okay, so that obviously means that I'm getting one of the "defective" products. Great.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] mirchichamu:
Wait mate. Be patient. It doesn't necessarily mean that your device will be defective. First of all it is also not clear that they have actually shipped your order. Have you got any tracking information?
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] fappapp:
Mine arrived. Even though my antelife account still says "processing" i didnt think id have the phone until Christmas as i had no information that it was shipped! perhaps i missed the email!

Anyway Im worried there will be issues will the model that i recieved, what glitches should i look for [MENTION=2105197]s7yler[/MENTION] [MENTION=4328326]korado[/MENTION]

I know in this day and age battery dont need to be charged fully before 1st use, however in my expierence my last two phones had battery issues, Is it better to give a full charge turned off before first use to insure full battery capacity?
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] JankyLV:
They gave me a tracking number 12 hours ago.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] s7yler:
On the engineering sample the SIM tray will go a little deeper into the phone frame - and be a little hard to get out. I believe on the final version, it actually goes at little bit out. (the opposite). Because they added a spring mechanism so should come out easier.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] JankyLV:
what could be the defects why coolicool sent their batch back to umi?
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] mirchichamu:
You can use right out of the box. But it is believed widely that we should discharge the battery to Zero for several cycles. After that normal use and charge. Good luck with your phone.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] s7yler:
1. Check if the SIM tray goes aligned into the phone

2. Check the reception is ok

3. Check how the backlight is in the touchbuttons
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] mirchichamu:
From where you bought?
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] s7yler:
They "call it" fast charging at Doogee, but it is not the same kind of fast charging in the DG900. Much less effective in use.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] JankyLV:
antelife
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] mirchichamu:
Maybe antelife have got the new batch which the umi has announced yesterday. I don't think that antelife will ship defective units to it's customers. It will create big problem for them.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] fappapp:
did they fix the backlights in the newer models?

charging now, was dead out of box, which is unusual if they were testing it so well like they said on the fb page before sending usually comes with some battery life ready, and i supposed this was because of quality control testing having it charged for testing, so even more unsure now that the phone was tested because it came with zero battery life!
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] mirchichamu:
Why it should be zero? It is not a removable battery where they cover the terminals with plastic for safety reasons. I am also concerned about it... I didn't see any phone having zero battery. But you shouldn't be worried. Just charge for few minutes and start. I hope everything is going well.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] sipart:
Mine is not evenly lit. Other issues I can find: the sim tray scratching my sims quite deep. See my previous post with photo. Also I can't install Google+ so I can't get the Google Photos app?
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] mirchichamu:
No

Now I know their quality? Where is quality in that?

I am not happy with it's quality. Should I cancel my order as it is not shipped yet. I have bought it for my daughter. I don't want to give her a defective unit.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] fappapp:
just hooked up to laptop and windows searched for driver to transfer my mp3 files and it installed "my HTC"- driver, i that strange? or just windows couldnt find a Umi driver so found one that works the same!? device shows up as "ratech92_cwet_rik... now during my sync. This is probably all normal behavour however id expect it to show as Umi Zero?!

My sims are scratching too, Are both slots 3g, because i live in the City and my carrier should have very fast 3G but its not working was showing H+ and google play store wouldnt open with that data connection! will switching sim slot help that or not?

Wifi is fast, or the same as my other phones anyway, perhaps not as good as my iphone.

Maps found location after 20seconds. will run a GPS test app later. (will i turn off wifi for this test?!)

Havnt tryed much else to report back on, did an antutu to show the camera set to 19.7MP

mine is running V3.01, is this newest firmware? kernal says rom #5 from umi91.com dated 18/11.

EDIT: Air gesture is messed up! doesnt work on music or picture album, works on homescreen BUT not properly its over sensitive so one swipe makes it continue through all homescreen pages! and it doesnt stop changing through the screen pages until i turn off air gesture :(

The backlights are very poorly light up
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Tarnak:
Mine seems to have slot moving well but tight. I've removed tray and chacked, simcard & microcard seems to be scratched a little but not like yours, only goldpins are affected.

When tray is closed, it seems a little out of chasis. Button backlight is dim and not distorted. Phone seems to working fine.

Could you post video/photo with scratched simard on tray, highlighted buttons and position of locked tray.

I'll post mine later if U wish.

Please remember that such products goes in batches. First batch seems to be ok, second batch could be with some problems.

Mine s/n on box is 14112511073. First 6 digits seems to be date.

Edit, I saw your photo of sim card.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] fappapp:
i dont think mine came with the screen protector applied, everyone else? i hate fixing screen films, im bad at it!!

EDIT: UPDATE photos attached: oh dear what have i done, that is the worse fail ever trying to get screen protector on :( how do i fail so bad evrrytime!!

Also image of the backlight buttons, they actually look better in this picture, they are very poorly litup
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] Tarnak:
In 99% anybody had it applied. Not possible as screen has umi film applied .
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] mirchichamu:
The backlights of the hardware buttons are poorly lit... Are they not visible or poorly visible? What exactly is the problem? Please tell us.

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Actually there is no need to put a screen protector on gorilla glass. I never put screen protector on any of my gorilla glass phones as it is scratchless. It only reduces the screen sensitivity. If at all, you want then should be put by professional.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] fappapp:
Ah i took it off, sure look at the state it was in! however I do need one as i have coins/keys lose in same pocket most of the time. And my doggee was GGlass3 and scratched up a little bit. the screen protector is good protection from drops that might scratch.

There is a picture there in the post you qouted, to answer you about the backlit buttons. And like i said they actually look very much ok in that picture but they are alot worse than that, they are barely visable tbh. the lack of led notification also sucks.
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] mirchichamu:
My disappointment increases before I get the phone... ???
[UMi ZERO Guides, News, & Discussion] JankyLV:
About the LED notifications: s7yler mentioned that you can get them working with some "LG led notifications" app. I believe it should be this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinborjesson.o2xtouchlednotifications