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[Device Reviews and Information] dudematters:
Camera Night shots

Has anybody found a solution for the camera low light shots? They are very bad.

On the UMI official forum I read that UMI is aware of this and brings out an update, but nothing happens. I've send them a mail, asked them on their fb page, no reaction at all. The images are very pixelised. Using other camera software has no effect.
[Device Reviews and Information] mihalko.gsi:
Opinion

I bought a hammer for my friend.

This is a really cool device. Enough strong hardware, nice looking.

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I also could be pleased to hear some experience about it...
[Device Reviews and Information] k2halid:
Smart phone
[Device Reviews and Information] frodoke:
engineering mode settings

Where can I found the standard engineering mode settings from umi hammer?

I've made some changes and don't have/know the Original settings (anymore, lost data) and I wonder if it's somewhere on the internet, or maybe that someone could/would post it here.

Thank you
[Device Reviews and Information] Miss Montage:
Do you remember what changes you made? I can upload a couple of screenshots, but maybe not every single page....
[Device Reviews and Information] bigrammy:
Factory Reset of the phone is the only sure way :eek:

I don't think anyone has made a comprehensive guide regarding the Hammer as the best settings will be diffrent for diffrent roms.

If you can be specific about exactly which changes you made as [MENTION=6466472]Miss Montage[/MENTION] suggests some people may be able to help :fingers-crossed:

If it was just audio this thread explains things http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2746861
[Device Reviews and Information] frodoke:
I saw a tutorial which mentioned that the engineering settings could be found on the internet for each Phone, do that's why I ask the question here. I thought maybe someone here know where this can be found.

I didn't think that these settings were different regarding the installed rom. why is that? The hardware stays the same: for instance speaker, mic and so on...

I'm not having any big issues with my Phone, I only changed some audio settings .... And now I'm wondering why it is not possible to make a backup from these settings???
[Device Reviews and Information] Miss Montage:
Since I cannot post on umidigi.com anymore; they announced to send me at least 10 verification-mails by now that I don't receive - presumably due to spam alert. I would whitelist their address if I knew it :confused:

I am quite disappointed by UMI's "support": Lollipop in my eyes is still in early beta stadium: Low light pictures are awful (coarse), I don't receive a USB-notification if I connect the device to my computer, hence I cannot transfer files or run an adb-session. Also the contacts app does not allow me to add pictures.

Still no official stagefright patches. I tricked around again with lib files from jiayu.de, so I'm safe, but it is neither their nor our job to patch security issues on UMI phones...

On android-hilfe.de I read from several costumers who bricked their new UMI eMax mini by factory reset and there is no valid flash tool for them.

Oh my... It appears to me that somebody is not doing their homework.
[Device Reviews and Information] bigrammy:
Not sure about your other problems but the adb/MTP is down to the drivers. If you installed rootjoy on your PC it hijacks the drivers installing it's own which kills the proper ones (I use Google ones or HTC)

You will need to Plug the phone into your PC with just mtp usb on and usb debugging off and from device manager see which driver connects (Probably some sort of samsung under mass storage).

Next select your device right click /properties/ driver update/Browse My Computer/ Let me Pick from a list on my PC/Choose MTP USB Device. Close out and unplug the phone :good:

Now select usb debugging on and replug the phone back into the PC you will now see 2 devices in the device manager probably one with a yellow triangle.

Right click that and repeat the process above I think on this one you may get a long list but choose android usb devices/Google/android debugging bridge or adb usb bridge (Or words to that effect...) :laugh:

If you run rootjoy again it will just replace them again :mad:

This is on Windows of course

This was my activation email address back in May 2015. name = UMI Electronics Return address = support@91umi.com
[Device Reviews and Information] Miss Montage:
Hey [MENTION=3924647]bigrammy[/MENTION], thanks for all your help! But neither Rootjoy nor Windows drivers are the problem - I'm running Linux Ubuntu 14.04. And the phone is perfectly recognized if I boot into (your very fine) TWRP.

I can access developer options and switch off usb debugging, but there is no way to switch mtp on. There is neither an option under storage, nor a notification....
[Device Reviews and Information] bigrammy:
Hmm strange that mine works fine in both linux and windows I just had the rootjoy trouble in windows. :eek:
[Device Reviews and Information] Miss Montage:
Do you run Lollipop? I didn't have these issues with Kitkat..
[Device Reviews and Information] bigrammy:
Yes 5.1 Stock ROM just rooted.

Did you accidently decline the phone connecting to your PC the first time you used the 5.1 :confused:

From what I remember it pops up the first time you plug the phone into a new PC if you accidently declined it will not connect again or even ask :rolleyes:

The Phone thinks you have blacklisted that PC so just keeps blocking it.

Try it on another PC and see if it connects Make Sure the Screen is on when you do so you see the popup.
[Device Reviews and Information] Miss Montage:
Okay, I will try that. Thanks for checking!

As far as I remember, I had a notification once - but certainly not the first time I tried to connect it.

It happened when I rebooted from TWRP. I allowed the connection, but after some copying I changed the USB-mode to charge only. And since then I'm not asked again. I still think this is a bug...
[Device Reviews and Information] bigrammy:
I had a similar thing on my ELE P6000 once after a restoring a rom and I had to /Turn off usb debugging/ Turn off Developer Options then /Turn Developer Options on/Turn on usb debugging then everything worked without issue again. I think it has to do with the permissions been re-restored correctly.

Worth a quick try Like I said I have no issue's with the Hammer :confused:

PS: Not a TWRP issue as I restored via SPFlashtool ;)

EDIT: I found my post regarding the issue here under Glitch at the bottom of the post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60120403&postcount=166
[Device Reviews and Information] iacobus86:
It appears today in a UK magazine:
[Device Reviews and Information] bruno_aguiar:
dont buy this crap. the phone shut down with no reason, look you tube
[Device Reviews and Information] GilMateus:
i have one since february 2015 upgrated it to lollipop and until now no problems

are there better phones? YES , for the same price? NO (or very very few). Every line of phones no matter the brand have issues my friend bougth a samsung S7 and already went 3 times to repair with the same issue does it makes the S7 line a bad phone?NO in every family theres always one or two black sheeps ;)
[Device Reviews and Information] Miss Montage:
This problem got solved miraculously. Last month my Hammer slipped into a water basin, I opened it and dried it on the radiator. A couple of days later I connected the phone to my computer and - tataa - I could access it!

Strange though that the connection worked all the time in recovery mode, and one should think that water causes such an issue, but who would guess it solved it ;)
[Device Reviews and Information] chat1978:
I really like how this phone looks. I think it is the best out of the 6732 models.

But, it is UMI and I have reservations.

What is you opinion about it? Is it working well? Can't find any negative comments online about this model. Everything is about the zero.

Also, is the storage partitioned? as far as I know it isn't and that is a great feature for me.

Thank you.
[Device Reviews and Information] rider011:
Excuse me, I put two things together.

I wanted to thank for the recovery and put another problem.

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Change the default installation location it's like you have explained.

Problem is that the system use the internal memory as sdcard but i dont want that,

I would that the system use my 32gb samsung sdcard like primary storage (sdcard) and not like "sdcard2".

I want this becouse so I can move the memory in various mobile and I always find my applications that I installed, as the navigator, whatsapp backups etc. . etc..

I hope I was clear enough :)
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
No the storage is not partitioned. You have 1 big storage!
[Device Reviews and Information] chat1978:
Thanks. Do you own the phone for more information?
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
Of course, I made this whole thread, don't you see the video in post #1?
[Device Reviews and Information] rider011:
Yes, I own. It arrived last Thursday, from china to italy in 48 hours!

I can provide all the information you need.
[Device Reviews and Information] chat1978:
I didn't check the user. My apologies

What I'm looking for is feedback that validates the phone against the bad history of UMI.

All the specs are great but I'm trying to avoid a UMI scenario.

Everywhere that I looked, everyone just references the specs but nobody is saying clearly something like "Finally UMI delivers a great phone.. without problems"
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
The UMI zero and UMI hammer are 2 different phones, they have almost nothing in common - you can't compare them. And the hammer is manufactured in another factory than the zero was. The phone is so new that people haven't had time to test everything yet on it, so you just need to be patient until more people have given feedback on it. I haven't had any reboots on the hammer, so that should not be an issue, but I must admit that the battery is a bit small and could be bigger.
[Device Reviews and Information] Romagnolo1973:
The problem with this device is the battery:

they said is a Japan 2250 mAh high quality battery but is made on china so they lies about it, some presale Hammer use a 1600 mAh and I think is the real battery used in the phone, UMI simply write 2250 mAh on it and it goes to sale.

Some italian users can't reach 2 hours and half in screen time so probably i'm right is a small chinese 1600 mAh.

I would be great if some user can test battery more and see if is a decent one.

Is sad seen a good device with a poor battery life, they could put on it a decent and real 2250 mAh for 10 $ more and it was for sure a best buy, but is tipical for chinese OEM lies specifications.
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
The engineering samples of the UMI Hammer have a smaller battery, but the battery is not the same in the final version (just released) - they changed the battery. So you should not compare engineering samples with the final version directly. For example Gizchina's version is the early engineering sample and yes that one had a very small battery. But still I agree that the battery could be much better! But if you are looking for a big battery you could go for the UMI eMax instead, the sellingpoint on that model is the bigger battery. The UMI Hammer is not about big battery but about the robust build quality.
[Device Reviews and Information] lena cui:
Good review

Good work:good:
[Device Reviews and Information] b@dguy:
The first people who received the phone from retail sales, wrote on the 4pda that the battery in this phone is very small. As the size and weight, and on working time. According to indirect estimates - capacity about 1600-1800 mAh (weight of 35 grams, the thickness of 3.5 mm).

As in engineered versions. :(
[Device Reviews and Information] Modiani:
I Have an Umi hammer, i got it like 3 days ago, it comes with the 2250 battery, is a very good phone, however i only got 5 hours of screen on wifi surfing, this with the 2 sim cards, without them i could do 5.40hours of youtube

The camera isnt that bad, the speakers are very good, the build quality is very very good, i bought i white one which ill be changing for a black one
[Device Reviews and Information] salundy:
How well does GPS work in practice? Maybe some users can share their experience... thanks in advance
[Device Reviews and Information] mastroido:
Hi all. I'm interested about this phone. It seems that mayor problems are software, so question is: what are the real chances to obtain a custom ROM with the right patches in relatively short time?

Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] Modiani:
Very well actually it takes like 1,2 seconds to fix the satelites, with data on, with internet off, it takes a maximum of 5 seconds
[Device Reviews and Information] stuccamelo:
I have the phone for a about a week and confirm screen on time is about 2/3 hours max.

(Romagnolo sono Parolaio di androidiani).
[Device Reviews and Information] jamesensor:
Is the rootjoy program download content compatible with this phone? They have some roms available in it but when it asks to choose a rom to download, all say it's umi zero. Are they compatible with this phone or they're just for the umi zero?
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
No these are not for the UMI Hammer yet.
[Device Reviews and Information] pitone02:
i have problems to run Candy Crash Saga game . only me?

Installed from play store but always hang during startup.

gps works very well. It's very fast to fix signal.
[Device Reviews and Information] beret84:
I have two major problems, very poor call quality, and a pink stain in the central point of all images. Do any of you have similar?
[Device Reviews and Information] voliotis:
The wifi is strong?

Thank you!
[Device Reviews and Information] pitone02:
about call quality can't say nothing because have 1 day use only.

i haven't camera problem nor pink stain

wifi works very well, better then my prevous phone.
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
yes - the force (WiFi) is strong with this 1........ :laugh:
[Device Reviews and Information] bigrammy:
TWRP Dark Edition

For info:

My TWRP Dark Edition can be found HERE ;) :cool:
[Device Reviews and Information] pitone02:
someone can check if candy crash saga game works normally as in other phone?
[Device Reviews and Information] Tanto4:
I tried installing and playing Candy crush Saga, it all works normally
[Device Reviews and Information] Borat2:
Can you guys please check to see if the mobile data (3g or 4g) works on both sim card slots? I couldn't find this information anywhere. Thanks.
[Device Reviews and Information] pitone02:
yes, works in slot 1 or in slot2, alternately
[Device Reviews and Information] Tickerz:
I found video about umi hammer volume rocker issue. does anyone have this problem?

please check this in your phone and reply here. :confused:

[YOUTUBE]eoxw_E1r_Wo[/YOUTUBE]
[Device Reviews and Information] Miss Montage:
After my Galaxy S4 Active got stolen I'm very interested to buy the UMI Hammer. It's not too big, seems to be sturdy enough and yeah, it does support GLONASS :)

Can anybody tell me if it can play .ogg audio files?
[Device Reviews and Information] Mouratti:
Hello Guys

Well the phone looks great, but for me in this threat say everything about it.

First battery problems 1600mah is to low

Second audio call problems, and probably volume problems.
[Device Reviews and Information] pitone02:
my phone doesn't have this problem. i can adjust volume without problems, up and down, few times...
[Device Reviews and Information] stuccamelo:
Same here all ok! My umi hammer have good calls quality. Battery performing better after a week. I' ve disabled some unused bands using mtk engineering mode. Camera is ok but only in daylight.
[Device Reviews and Information] Tickerz:
so this could be just single phone issue. by the way did you check auto brightness feature :p some people said that doesn't work in their phones

i can't wait for mine :p

1600 mah battery only for test model. everyone knows that.

others just single phone issues. so its happening in all phone models :good:
[Device Reviews and Information] Mouratti:
IF this is true about battery, maybe is a good choise.

But i read that wifi is weak and lost conection many times, and with normal usage they can get 1 day??

ex: 3g, whatsupp?

Anyone have problems with audio?

thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
Not true in my case, WiFi is some of the strongest on the UMI Hammer I have seen yet, even stronger than on my Jiayu S3 and Xiaomi Mi4. If I compare them side by side.
[Device Reviews and Information] thibistin:
Hello

Plz what do you suggest me , UMI HAMMER or MLAIS M52 ?? :)

and what the news about lollipop on umi hammer ?
[Device Reviews and Information] leonkn@gmail.com:
Hi, have a hammer support 5 GHz Wi fi ?
[Device Reviews and Information] Mouratti:
So your battery is 1600??

You can use for a day, with 3g and whastup?

thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
from where do you get 1600 from?:confused: my battery says 2250 mah
[Device Reviews and Information] pitone02:
battery for customer is always 2250mah
[Device Reviews and Information] jamesensor:
Rootjoy software sorted out the rom download choices recently, so no more umi zero option to download.

Umidigi has a lewa rom posted in their forum, which is alright, I have it on my phone. It lacks some features I was used to in a previous phone I had (newman n1).

- It has kingroot installed, not root integration in lewa itself.

- no anonymous browsing, and no google search engine - search is blocked error 403.

- It has gapps, both roms. I also don't know if it has already adobe flash integration or if it needs an apk to install. That would be useful to have, I guess.

My experience with lewa is based on user maxson's lewa port for newman n1, which was excellent, at china-iphone ru forum.

TWRP was excellent to have, so I could make an image of my stock firmware and move to try lewa. Easily flashed through rootjoy.

The battery is the only negative point in this phone. I'd really buy a more powerful battery if it was on sale, really. Umi, take note of this.

I love rootjoy software to flash roms, as it is more end-user friendlier than the mtk tools too.
[Device Reviews and Information] stuccamelo:
I can use the phone for 13/14 hours with 3/4 hours of screen on with 10% remaining battery.

I use only one sim 3 italia with data always enabled.

You can disable some unused band in your country for your carrier with mtk engeenering mode.
[Device Reviews and Information] Mouratti:
Thanks for reply, maybe i get this model, anyone know if Xposed installar work on this phone ??
[Device Reviews and Information] rider011:
Exposed work without problem, i have install it and gravity box, I made changes without problems.

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If anyone is interested in making switch the memory, I finally found how to do :)

in this way the navi maps, whatsapp and application data are stored directly in the sdcard :good:
[Device Reviews and Information] Tickerz:
UMI Hammer far better than MLAIS because its build quality very poor. :(

Umi promised to bring lollypop to hammer. so it will happen.

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How i can disable unused bands? guide me :good:
[Device Reviews and Information] jamesensor:
Miui is out.

http://umidigi.com/forums/topic/miui-rom-for-umi-hammer/

I have been testing Lewa I'll try this one now.

Edit:

Much heavier in ram consuming than Lewa, this rom has a lot of stuff and options. On problem though, it doesn't support dual sim yet.
[Device Reviews and Information] jamesensor:
So that you guys know,

Windows mtk 6732 drivers. Works on windows 8.1 too. Just have to disable sig verif - tutorial on this page:

http://thetechnolyte.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/installing-vcom-drivers-in-windows-81.html

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Here, stock firmware and mtk tools to install stuff. I must admit they have worked the UI and looks much better ^^ (mtk tools)

http://www.needrom.com/download/umi-hammer/

Stock firmware comes with plain recovery, but every other zip firmware provided by rootjoy (lewa and miui) comes with umi's recovery, which I think it works very much like cwm with touch support. I don't know how to get it individually, but carliv's recovery http://www.needrom.com/download/twrp-recovery-plus-stock-recovery/ is in img format to be installed in rootjoy.
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
The Geekbench 3 battery test gives me now better results than before with the Engineering Sample, 1 hour more and higher Score on the final :)

The funny thing is that the battery on the Engineering Sample is 33g, while on the final only 30g, but that could also be coincidence? with the battery inside, both phones weight exactly the same!

Before with my Engineering Sample (my white one): (weight 33g)

http://browser.primatelabs.com/battery3/46952

Now with the Final version (the black one) (weight 30g)

http://browser.primatelabs.com/battery3/58816

Still the battery could be better, but to compare, the THL 2015 gets 6 hours screen on time.

Here you see all my Geekbench 3 tests/results, so you can compare http://browser.primatelabs.com/user/s7yler
[Device Reviews and Information] thibistin:
THanks fro responding , but I want to know what is the average life for chineese smartphone , this is my first experience with this smartphones ^^
[Device Reviews and Information] stuccamelo:
You can use mtk engineering mode app you can find on play store.

Mtk settings>telephony>band mode>sim1/2>choose bands and SET
[Device Reviews and Information] Tickerz:
its worked :good:

Is there anyway to increase speaker sounds? :D
[Device Reviews and Information] Romagnolo1973:
Probably sample battery was a poor quality, but for me your test (thanks for that) demostrate 100% is a poor battery, THL 2015 is FullHD 5, ocatacore and in a test like that with screen on scenario, for sure THL is worst.

In your test list Elephone P6000 that use a 2400 mAh (I talk about real value tested with amperometer, this available on ebay, amazon and so on for 4 $ http://lygte-info.dk/review/USBmeter KCX-017 UK.html and it give you a good idea about rel capacity) is 8 hours and is the same hardware (quadcore MTK and 5" HD) so in conclusion is a poor battery, and if is 30 gr only probabli is a 1600 mAh max real capacity battery (if we can assume a general value that is 50mAh for every gram) not more than this, only Elephone G2 is poor compared but it use a buggy lollipop and this decrease autonomy for sure.

Elephone P6000 battery fake capacity 2700 mAh, real capacity 2400 mAh , weight 47 gr --> 2400/47= 51 mAh for Gr

Elephone P300S (octacore) fake declared capacity 31500 mAh, real capacity 2400 mAh, weight 47 gr it use same battery than P6000 only external sticker is different = 51 mAh for Gr

Elephone G2 battery fake capacity 2300 mAh, real capacity 2200 mAh, weight 41 Gr so 2200/41= 53 mAh for Gr

This fake battery by UMI declared from Japan but ther is a clear Made In China printed on it ----> 30 Gr more or less is 1500 mAh, 1600 is some good condition max, no more thant this

Continuing with some mathematics just to proove: P6000 and Hummer use the same hardware so they are 100% comparable (and P600 is Lollipop that is terrible compared to Kitkat in terms of battery usage but I don't know if you test P6000 with KK or L so I assume the same OS)

P6000 has 8h and 20 min = 500 min with is real battery that is 2400 mAh so:

500/2400= 0,20833333

Assuming X the unknown battery capacity for Hammer that in test is 5 h and 22 min= 322 min we have:

322/X= 0.2083333 so X= 322/ 0,2083333 = 1536 mAh

Another proof that is a poor battery more or less 1600 mAh
[Device Reviews and Information] Tickerz:
Well i found Umi hammer battery price around $15. is that can be real value battery or just another 1600 one?
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
[MENTION=4413981]Romagnolo1973[/MENTION]

Nice explanation :) I think, you could be right about it.
[Device Reviews and Information] stuccamelo:
Probably under audio test tab but I don't know how sorry...