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[Android General] stapo101:
When I fist got the iNew L4 I emailed them asking them for the RO and they said they MAY post it on their site in the future. It didn't sound that hopeful.

I have the iNew still for a day or so before I return it. It is rooted but I can't find a method for dumping the ROM and scatter file. MTK Droid Tools does not work for MT6735. If you know of how to do it I can give it a try.
[Android General] zijin_cheng:
Battery is actually exactly the same, except in gaming, gaming battery life is better. Everything else is great, except the camera, which sucks.
[Android General] andrei94ru:
i will buy this phone... i wanna know.... what time u need to charge this phone with quick charger?

SDcard can rly work if u do something..

is very important for me.
[Android General] andrei94ru:
also, 3g problems? disconnecting or something?
[Android General] parfetto:
No problems 3g/ 4g in Europe.

Band 1/3/7/20. Lte to all Europe
[Android General] andrei94ru:
new version? 13+5MP

http://www.coolicool.com/stock-in-e...ips-hd-screen-android-51-4g-lte-smart-g-41176

i ask coolicool if this phone have 13+5MP camera, and they say yes.

hmm... i can get with 115$ bluboo 8+2MP camera or i can buy this with 165$... what is better?
[Android General] parfetto:
I venture its the same phone..one from china other from europe......

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With chinese manufactory we never know the true..haha
[Android General] Alekim91:
In my box write 8mp, however in software is wrote 13mp ehehehe...
[Android General] parfetto:
My dear friends, its china mobiles..hahaha
[Android General] stapo101:
The Vkworld Vk6050s ;):good:
[Android General] megthebest:
All the same, bluboo is the producer, inew and vkworld only rebrand asking little different specs
[Android General] stapo101:
But most importantly - making sure the dodgy sd card holder is fixed before shipping. Also, in my experience and I have had all 3 of these phones, the screen on the vkworld is far better than the other 2 - with the original bluboo being the worst.
[Android General] parfetto:
My opinion, TCL is the manufactory mainboard and the assembler are some brands... bluboo it seams dont manufact nothing..its only one more brand in the chinese world brands..hehehe
[Android General] Liffeyman:
This is how they're all made

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_5Ptes0rfo
[Android General] parfetto:
Yes, that is one of many factory in shenzhen.. but its nice to see how they all make the phones.. i have to say that not all have the same finishment.. some factory send the phones to the client with out box and logos..no brand no nothing... that i can assure you..thats my case...hahahaha.

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Ok guys i tell you..im from KEPPHONES.COM and thats why i know some secrets abaut china phones.

We have our aftersalles working in Portugal and course our phones never have the chinese prices cause we pay lot of tax..

I just dont have mutch time to post and help .. i do just a litle help in some intrest situations..

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:D Also because im Portuguese and English is not my language i have some dificult ...:) :) ;)
[Android General] Liffeyman:
Any chance you'd know where to find the ROM for the new inew L4 phone. Want to take a crack at porting over to partition from it

thanks

Paul
[Android General] parfetto:
For today i dont but tomorrow i ask to some friends from china.

Im also intrest in one only partition but the only rom i know with one partition with same OS and SOC is from a 5" model.

It cant be ported from that one?
[Android General] Liffeyman:
ah sure, no harm in giving it a go

Cheers

Paul
[Android General] parfetto:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_lwKUeCfjkPeVVPeVMzTU5kUEE/view?pli=1

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Try that one
[Android General] Liffeyman:
Is that for the VK6050? thats has the same 4/8 partition right?
[Android General] parfetto:
No my friend. That is VK 6735 5inch with 12 gb rom..

Only one partition
[Android General] Liffeyman:
Cool, i'll give it a bash
[Android General] andrei94ru:
hello my friends, i got this phone and have a very nice design. hardware is low, but have good battery. but sim 2 is only 2G and my software version is 150602 and i dont get any update. i need to instal manualy?

also, i see the box apear 8+2 MP camera, but in setting apear 13+5MP maximum resolution. all phones have 13+5MP camera??
[Android General] andrei94ru:
how can i exit from facory mode is in chinese and i dont understant !!! plz help.

i find the option here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdc5SnSmx1I

How can i change the language to english??

http://i.imgur.com/NtFy9Gw.jpg
[Android General] Arnst:
Press Volume down until the last line then push power to choose that line, it will reboot your phone.
[Android General] andrei94ru:
i need to flash with twrp to replace this ugly language?

also, i read i can download the 58MB Update.zip and manually update. If i brick my phone i can do something to get phone back, like factory reset? it will work again?
[Android General] nate1975:
The recovery is not in Chinese, just the factory mode, which isn't a terribly useful mode anyway. If you flash TWRP and go into factory mode, it will still be Chinese, and largely useless to you.

I was able to access the recovery mode with power + volume up when the phone is off. From that (small) menu you can select recovery.
[Android General] parfetto:
The only all you need is recovery from the litle menu volume+ and power..no need factory mode for nothing...

Good night.
[Android General] dumalek:
Update 11082015

Hallo Bluboo users, could someone please provide the latest update of the Bluboo X550 of 11082015 so that I will be able to flash it with Flashtools. I was again offered the update, downloaded succesfully, but than the system cannot upadate because the system was damaged (if its thanks to the fact that I rooted the phone, I do not know). Could also someone refer what are the changes of this update, especially whether GPS is improved? Thanks.
[Android General] parfetto:
http://www.needrom.com/download/bluboo-x550/
[Android General] dumalek:
Parfetto thanks. However I do not see the latest update 110816 on Needrom pages you posted or under Bluboo X550 pages.. there is only 150616
[Android General] nate1975:
Can you post that update.zip file on here so the rest of us can try it?

Also, if you've rooted your phone, you'll get that corruption notice when you try the update.

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Never mind, just came in. I kept a copy in case it doesn't make it out to everyone.
[Android General] parfetto:
How abaut 4g sim slot , anyone know how to change the 4g to slot one or slot two ?

Thanks
[Android General] parfetto:
And how abaut one only partition 12 gb ? Anyone know how to do it?

In 64bit the EBR are not visible at rom and a have no idea how to do it. Can someone help please ?
[Android General] nate1975:
The GPS works exactly as it always has for me, which is to say, perfectly as long as it's not being held in my hand. Since I only use the GPS in my car (in a holder or on the seat), that's not too much of an issue.

If you are unable to flash this version, then flash the previous one and DO NOT ROOT THE PHONE when you try to flash the 150811 update. Seriously, if you alter the phone it will not allow an update - it checks for things like the system partition being modified or even just the build.prop file.
[Android General] y2imm:
Can't access the recovery menu, holding power+volume up+volume down for over 20 seconds, nothing...I mean the Chinese menu, not recovery...you know what I mean...
[Android General] megthebest:
This is service test menu, try only vol - and power for some seconds.
[Android General] kingofln:
parfetto #307

can you describe exactly what pins to be soldered?

After dismantling and removing the metal cover is visible only 8 pin down, you have to solder?

Thank you for answer:confused:
[Android General] y2imm:
Now that the abysmal faults with this phone are well known to owners, can we get stickies and new video review links which illustrate its shortcomings....doesn't seem appropriate to me to continue linking to misleading "reviews" which are nothing but fanboy technorgasms over a big battery...
[Android General] parfetto:
You need to solder that 2 poits (9 to 10) short circuit.

That is the on /off and its impossible to solder in the sd slot cause its under the slot.

All 8 pins 1/8 need to be solder and also point 9 to point 10 short circuit (solder one to other)

Put some duble glue up the metal sdcard slot to fix it at back cover.

Now sd card work great
[Android General] nmc9995:
Hi, can you upload the zip file? My Bluboo x550 is still stuck on 150602, and I'd really like to update it to the latest version. Thanks!
[Android General] geantbrun:
hello, since the last update of my X550 GPS is not working .There fix quickly, after calculating the route but it does not navigating ??? am I the only one ??

:(
[Android General] andrei94ru:
from 602 u can get the 616.... why u need other version?? i using 602 and work very good... i don't understant u people why u need the last last last verion if phone worked good.... yes, sim 2 is only 2G... after update to 616 maybe support 4G

GPS work fine ... i will test more gps next days - but he find my location in 2 seconds for first use (at home in house)

Also, Grayscale mode is very slow.... the phone became very slow after Grayscale enabled

Update:

I want to make the update to 616, but i read here a user (hypersonicboom) with chinese recovery and 13+5MP camera after update phone don't start and for my phone works ok with 602. I don't know what can i do if the phone enter in bootloop.
[Android General] andrei94ru:
is any trick to make camera to record FHD???? iPhone 4s have a low procesor than this mT6735 but can record FHD at 30 fps... i thinks is a software limitation
[Android General] nmc9995:
Hi, I finally managed to update it to the latest edition of 5.1, the 150811 update. I also had issues with GPS, although it seemed to work better when I did this:

1. Go to Play Store, and download GPS Test app

2. In GPS Test app, clear AGPS

3. Update AGPS

4. Go outside, get a clear signal. Turn off cell phone service/wifi and force phone to use it's GPS.

In a few minutes I was able to get a solid signal. However, even at it's best, this GPS is still very below-average. In city streets it sometimes confuses which block I am on, sometimes saying I'm on the wrong street.

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I did a factory reset and was able to get the OTA update for 150811. Not much different, although I think GPS worked better on 150602 and 150616.

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Even after the update to have the camera be able to record in 1280x720, the video quality is still very poor. Overall this is not a good phone camera. Compared with 95% of smartphones out there right now, the Bluboo x550's quality is bad for pictures and when taking videos.
[Android General] geantbrun:
I was on the 150801 version that was a shift that Bluboo had withdrawn because not stable. So I reflashé with X550_150616 ROM and is the latest update in stride and everything works
[Android General] andrei94ru:
all of u have Recovery Mode in chinese? i read somewhere the update work if u have recovery in english... in chinese some phone enter in bootloop.
[Android General] parfetto:
Abaut unic partition ?

Can someone know how to do it?
[Android General] andrei94ru:
maybe this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDf6SpuOuz4
[Android General] Liffeyman:
http://www.chinaphonearena.com/foru...2-mt6735-mt6752-mt6753-etc?pid=46454#pid46454

Haven't tried the zip yet, but will tonight and let you know
[Android General] parfetto:
Thanks to all but mine already have 11.75gb in first partition..

I solve it using a tread in this big forum in world XDA.

Lets do it guys.

Its for mt6752 and 6732 but it works also in our machine.

The maxim we can chose is 12gb.. have fun :) :)

http://xdaforums.com/general/rooting-roms/guide-how-to-resize-data-internal-t3180978
[Android General] parfetto:
Hope you like it..hehehe.

Dont chose 13gb or your phone stop to work.

You can chose from 3 to 12..
[Android General] Liffeyman:
Nice one
[Android General] parfetto:
Of course TWRP decovery Is need it.

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Now let me present you our KEP oNe , that is the same as bluboo, Vk and now Gionne..

I can assure you our dont have sd card slot problems because we solve it with the factory. Off course our price isnt the china price. We pay tax, vat and fee to sell it in Europe.

See it here.

http://xdaforums.com/android/general/review-kep-one-t3180579
[Android General] parfetto:
So guys, any one try the new repartition ?

What did you say ??
[Android General] Liffeyman:
Yep, have it running on mine. Just need to do some homework tonight and figure out the permissions thing and im all sorted.

Did you do anything with the last screen?
[Android General] parfetto:
Just reboot and. follow instrutions..

I think reboot and rebbot system..thats all
[Android General] Liffeyman:
Have a weird permissions thing, can't seem to use the internal storage for the likes of titanium backup. Created a folder and the titanium app gave an error about permissions. Went in and changed the permission manually, it worked fine until i reboot the phone. then the folder disappeared

I think it has something to do with the last screen of the resizer app, but not sure what i need to do
[Android General] parfetto:
You can store the pictures, etc in first partition or sdcard to.

After some testes i recommand to make primary partition st 8gb and so thers 4.5 gb in second partitition.

:)
[Android General] s7yler:
Full IN-DEPTH review

[YOUTUBE]LFrKOgtpaB8[/YOUTUBE]

More info and tests on http://s7yler.blogspot.com/2015/05/bluboo-x550-unboxing-android-51-5300.html
[Android General] decayed.cell:
Friend's one came in today. Surprisingly well built phone. Very fluid ROM. I miss backlit capacitive buttons though
[Android General] Alekim91:
There are some roms for this? There are a recovery in english? Thanks you a lot

Then this is the official discuss?
[Android General] megthebest:
only Flashtool Rom from S7yler on Needrom..

no recoveries or root possibility at the moment.

I'm waiting for an X550 in the next days..

Is good if anyone try to understand if TWRP made for other smartphone such as Elephone P7000 or Ecoo E04 or Zopo Zp920 are ok or not non Bluboo X550!

@S7yer: why i have seen in your review that Antutu reports android 5.1 32Bit? is not 6735 a 64Bit Cpu, have you tried to use Antutu 64 bit?
[Android General] Alekim91:
I have root with kingroot apk and I underclock cpu, battery is more more... about 3 days with always 4g active... wonderfull :)

The best phone...

We can wait some devolopers... for rom and recovery
[Android General] megthebest:
Thanks..

so with root of kingo, have you tried to build a recovery mod?
[Android General] Alekim91:
No, I did only root and instal no freel cpu control and ad awer... work fine

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Recovery is in chinese, than I found a traslation on google img... :)
[Android General] betunyo:
Thanks for the information!

How is the GPS? Does it fix fast and does GLONASS work?
[Android General] Alekim91:
Today I ll try gps...
[Android General] Alekim91:
Gps work very good
[Android General] Alekim91:
There is double tap to unlock, don't miss front button :)
[Android General] megthebest:
just received... not bad on first view..

double tap to wakeOK, gestures OK, root ok with kingroot app .. no possibility for Mod Recovery at the moment, no luck for substitute kingroot with supersu.

after some test (automatic tool for creating recovery mod TWRP/Philz) remained in boot logo, if it happens is necessary to push VOL - + Power buttons to power off (battery is not removable)..

After factory reset it will be Ok!

very good touch panel (5 points), very good precision, good camera 8Mpixel f/2.2 huge battery!
[Android General] Alekim91:
And then nothing miui or jolla? :( :(

I hope in a developer...
[Android General] megthebest:
battery starts from 60% .. after 3 hours of bench, battery tests, app download (screen ON) with GPS, WIFI, BT .. Battery is at 40%

:eek::good:

this what i found on 4PDA forum about battery:

Bluboo x550

Geekbench 3 Battery test Runtime Screen 16:11:40

Battery Score 4319

this battery seems to be AMAZING :eek:
[Android General] Alekim91:
Nooo! Only for 2 3 days after 4 6rechanger is good!

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You must do a calibration with root
[Android General] bugeyes:
GPS.

Your GPS is working well??? Mines terrible! Struggles to connect to 5 satellites and generally thinks I'm elsewhere!

Google maps seems to be the worst sometimes putting my position four miles away from where I am!!.

Otherwise this phone is excellent! ?
[Android General] megthebest:
battery calibration no necessary with lollipop, 2 cycles from 10% to 100% with phone off are enough..

so do you know why they put ANdorid 5.1 in 32Bit version?

Battery capacity test (starting from 19% residual charge)

So, impressive, first time for me to see that specs are almost real and not fake as 90% of chinese smartphone brands
[Android General] Alekim91:
No I don't know why?

I saw that there is a universal recovery for chinese phones, xrecovery can be?

We can try?
[Android General] zijin_cheng:
While it is impressive, there is little chance that the battery in this phone is fake since they used the California based company Amprius and they are known for their huge battery capacities. And since Amprius already has their name associated with this phone, I'm sure they have some sort of measure in place to prevent Bluboo from lying about the capacity and bringing Amprius' reputation down.
[Android General] kasvet-efza:
Also thl 5000 uses Amprius batteries
[Android General] ferbulous:
Ok, thanks for the recommendation

If there's any new future OTA update

Can you apply it directly with the primary & secondary partition space already modified?

Or would it cause bootloops?
[Android General] parfetto:
I dont know, but with TWRP you cant OTA update also.

I will try wen i have some update OTA.
[Android General] nate1975:
I doubt you'll get as far as bootloops. From what I've seen any modifications to the system at all will cause the OTA to fail and complain that the system is corrupt.
[Android General] parfetto:
Well , after some test making 8 gb partition the system dont change. Only secundary partition is automatic formated. So i think no problems with OTA.

I Try the update system and it works well.

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Allways we need to change the TWRP to factory CWM
[Android General] HypoTurtle:
Yea, that last screen was my fault - you can just ignore that - it's just a leftover info screen from a recycled aroma installer.
[Android General] ferbulous:
Thanks for testing it out

So if there's already media files on the first partition.

After you've changed the partition size, those files would still be there?

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Just needed to be sure because I've read how other users who might've bricked their devices doing this.

Than again, that was on kitkat
[Android General] jippooo:
Soooo till now i have the gps problem, white faded spots on the screen, people can hardly hear me while calling, terrible seemingly untested updates, no answers from Bluboo and today i got the sd slot problem. Moving to another phobe with 6000 Mah.
[Android General] realista87:
i've ordered this phone today!

i'm excited to try it..... and i hope to receive with a good firmware stock...without bugs.... and a great battery life.
[Android General] nate1975:
I'd be hoping for a functioning SD card slot if I were you. The GPS is only so-so.

I don't think I would have ordered this phone at this stage. Maybe wait for the Ulefone Power.
[Android General] nate1975:
I saw an announcement about xposed being released for lollipop;

http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/08/31/xposed-framework-is-now-official-for-lollipop-5-0-and-5-1-on-most-devices/

Just so you don't waste your time like I did, it still doesn't work with this phone. It just hangs at boot and required wiping everything to make it go away.
[Android General] realista87:
i received the phone today!

at first use seems to be nice quality, great display performance... and i noticed lots of software improvements by bluboo, an integrated app permission that allows you to choose what permission an app can have....

and it does also have smart wake up gesture from OFF screen, for example double tap to wake up...but you can CHOOSE the action to do...for the swipe up, swipe down... swipe a "W" .... swipe a "C" and attach an action with an app or menu.... it is GREAT!!!! very customizable.

i also found an option to unlook bootliader. I would firtsly ROOT this phone..... then use something.... but i know i can't use xposed framework like i did on my previous device 4.4 :( :( i'm really sad........

ah, free ram is 1,4gb of 2gb total! GREAT. my previous phone was a LENOVO k920 vibe z2pro with 3gb and i can remember only 1,5 gb free,,, but must times only 1gb...... or lower. so basically 50/70% of ram used by SO, here with bluboo only 30% ram used (of 2gb)

my firmware is
[Android General] ferbulous:
For xposed, maybe you could deodex your stock rom? Then try flashing the framework zip file and see if it works?

Is your sdcard slot working nicely?
[Android General] realista87:
i still not tried the sd slot.... i will try it but sincerely i think i'm never gonna use it...... 16gb is ok for me and i will use this phone as secondary at the moment, but i will do sd tests.....

about deodex, sorry i'm not so much skilled in modding..... and i never flashed framework zip....... can ai ask you if is it a secondary way to install xposed? to install in my lenovo k920 phone ( now sold) i simply downloaded the apk 2.6.2 on my pc de.robv.android.xposed.installer_v32_de4f0d.apk and transferred into my phone and installed it. then i started to use modules.

why to use a zip method now? maybe FROM lollipop is this tne only 1 possible method to install xposed?

i would not "brick" my phone... ...because i don't see much threads and guide by other owners, and being "medium" skilled in android world i would not risk my phone.

MAYBE............i wouuld consider to LEARN how to flash an alternative recovery such as TWRP or others... i could find it useful TO DO A NANDROID BACKUP ( i like it)

could u help me in this?

root + recovery? for what i learned until now to push a recovery it's NOT REQUIRED the root, is it true?
[Android General] ferbulous:
Yup, starting with lollipop, you'll need to flash the framework zip file to get it to work properly.

You can just use flashtool to install the recovery like TWRP without rooting it.

It's gonna be difficult to brick this phone unless it's hardware failure of course. If there's any problem you can always flash the stock firmware using flashtool.
[Android General] realista87:
ok, i need to learn to use flashtool. where can i download it? is it compatible for other types of smartphone or chipset? ( example, maybe compatible for ALL mediatek smartphones) ?

i'm a bit afraid to not follow guides..... this is my first mediatek device.... i don't know wich software to use and if softwares are all compatible between different mediatec soc version
[Android General] megthebest:
You can find it:

http://www.needrom.com/download/bluboo-x550/