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[Elephone P8000] jokespot:
No notification LED here either on my white P8000 that I received today from TO2C (Aliexpress). I wasn't aware that they will have it on the new batch so I was a bit disappointed by that. I don't however know if I can be that torn since this is a company that pushes out a new "flagship" every other month before they have started delivering the previous model to all who have bought it. So of course they will have different versions of their models with the same number too.

edit: call quality is so and so on my end. The one who I am calling hears me fine but it sounds a bit like the one I am talking too has a bucket on his/her head. I don't talk much so it's fine.

edit2: MAJOR ISSUE (SOLVED): It doesn't connect to the mobile data. All the correct frequencies are supported, and the screen even says 3G, but nothing happens when I try to use it.. Any tips? :o Solution: Ok. So it started working after I manually fixed all the settings for the mobile data. Usually and on most phones these come automatically but apparently not here. They seemed to be correct but when I compared it online to information provided by my carrier some protocols etc were different. So keep this in mind if you have problems with the 3G.

After some small hickups in the beginning the phone seems to be working well. Nothing to complain about so far. If nothing comes up it's well worth the $180ish I paid.
[Elephone P8000] MUG3NHC:
Received mine today. Unfortunately no notification light:( Everything else, brilliant. The built quality is freaking awesome, the phone feels really sturdy. The screen really nice too, good viewing angles, colours, no light bleed. Obviously sharp cos its 1080p. Very responsive as well. Software seems ok too, i always change to nova launcher tho, i just like the customisation possibilities. I tested it for a while and the battery goes down pretty slow. I was comparing it to my Huawei Mate 7, 4100mah battery as well and so far P8000 seems to be holding up a little bit better. Very impressed.

The only con in my opinion is the camera, pretty crappy to be honest. Photos come up kinfa soft...Hopefully it could be tweaked by a software update.

This phone is well worth the money.
[Elephone P8000] Perseus:
On Such OEM Phones that the carrier does not sell, most of the times, you are responsible for setting the APNs correct. Sounds like that's where your problem was.

Please try Open Camera App from Play Store. There is a purportedly newer firmware at

http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-6536-1-1.html

Be VERY VERY Careful since users have complained it could be P7000 firmware.
[Elephone P8000] jacksparao:
Charging time

I really feel the charging time is more then 2hrs 30mins to 3hrs for sure, but I would like to double check with any one else..

Any one else, please confirm the charging time..
[Elephone P8000] jokespot:
This morning it took me 3.5h from 4% to fully charged. Device and WiFi on.

I gather it could perhaps be 3h with the device off, but I wouldn't call it a quick charge. However if it means that the battery capacity is what it states I'll gladly take it.
[Elephone P8000] lopusina:
So, can some owners please write what SOT (screen on time) they got with the phone?

I see that it was asked before but no one replied.
[Elephone P8000] fullrespect:
Quick general info about the rechargeable batteries (as I am a RC Flying model pilot I have had them so many and I think i know everything about them)

so... considering the battery has a real 4000 mAh capacity, you need to put the same amount during the charging or even more due to a losses during the process it could be even 10 - 40% more required.

Now, the wall charger states it is 2A continous current (and again - what it states does not always means it is) but anyway lets assume as below:

Equation: T= 1,4 x C / I (the 1,4 is an equivalent of 40% loss during the charging process)

T – charging time (h)
C – battery capacity (mAh)
I – current from the chager (mA)
-----------------------------------------
T = 1,4 x 4000 / 2000
T = 2,8 hrs

which means 2 hours and 48 minutes to fully charge the battery

OK that is it :) I hope you will find this information helpful.
[Elephone P8000] jacksparao:
We need good custom rom, which can charge the phone little quick - below 2hrs and Lenovo Super camera

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The phone lusting for one full day.. Screen on time i'm not sure..

I have all the apps, games, social networks, it lust me 1 full day without any problem.
[Elephone P8000] MUG3NHC:
Just use 2A or 2.5A charger. I use one for my Huawei Mate 7 and to fully charge it takes me around 2.5h.

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Im guessing that the charger Elephone provides has 1.5A output. So if it took 3.5h to charge it then the capacity is most likely real.
[Elephone P8000] jokespot:
That could be an idea. The charger that came with the phone says 2A, but of course that doesn't prove anything.
[Elephone P8000] Perseus:
Agreed. I do think its around that time if you are on stock charger. Any other charger that's not rated 2Amp would double that time.
[Elephone P8000] BlueFlame4:
I'm eagerly waiting for my P8000 to arrive. Unfortunately it takes some time to ship to Germany but once it's here I'll try to port CWM/CM. [MENTION=3639717]Perseus[/MENTION], have you already tried to get a build running?

Thanks for all the impressions so far! :)
[Elephone P8000] amirbahalegharn:
can't you get a recovery/patched boot by MTKdroid??if it's rooted,then getting and instaling CWM recovery is a piece of cake by MTKdroid..another thing..CM or Miui and Lewa,ll those who are developers and know how to compile, it will be easy to get those 3 custom roms ready for this phone.

another thing which nobody seems to tell us is : camera comparison for example to Meizu m2 note or LG g2 or any new good phone(s3 is too much old)

the other things which was missing from review is video recording quality,lag in Game,heating,its screen is warm or reddish or???,charging time how much minutes does it need

thnx in advance
[Elephone P8000] jokespot:
I am not impressed with the camera. With the stock app it feels like my old phone (HTC ONE X from 2012) had a much better camera. They really need to get an update for this. I haven't tried the video recording but I can't see how that would be a lot better.
[Elephone P8000] jacksparao:
Recovery

I have working CM Recovery already but am not having enough time to working on custom rom, If any one can build a Lenovo Super camera it will be great.

The device is not getting heat for me and screen is decent also color quality also fine.
[Elephone P8000] steveluigi01:
GOTTIT!!!!!

I got my Elephone P8000' through today and can I say I am pleasantly surprised.

Apart from getting the wrong colour (White instead of Grey), and the phone going into a Self Test mode when I first switched it on, the phone is nicely packaged but nothing fancy, and feels very sturdy. The back cover is rigid and feels strong. I have tried 2 sim cards and they both work fine (Tesco 4G, and EE). The screen is nice and large, and the sound is good and loud. I signed into my Google account and within seconds my phone had all of my contacts and images. I hit 'Wireless update' and it did with no problems.

So as far as I can see up to now, no problems and a decent phone for £110.
[Elephone P8000] Perseus:
Well, where recovery is concerned, I see promise in Easy Magic TWRP Installer for all MediaTek Devices ONLY (Developers ONLY)

As to the Rom itself, There is a Recruitment Drive going on. I am sitting firmly on the fence right now. I can develop sure. But With my device not getting any service, let alone data connection, I don't want to put anything out there, knowing I can't effectively test or reproduce any issues.
[Elephone P8000] reverantjo:
there is no forum place on xda for P8000 is it in the project :?
[Elephone P8000] s7yler:
Here also "Test Reports" in PDF that should prove that the Battery and Charger is true and not faked:

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/s8yrzt6vpbcbs/P8000_Test_Reports
[Elephone P8000] steveluigi01:
Delete icons?

Hi, I have just taken delivery of the P8000 and I have just come off a Galaxy S4. Does anyone know how to delete unwanted icons from the home screen? On the Galaxy you just held the icon and a bin appeared at the top to drag the unwanted icon into. I have tried that but can't. Maybe if anyone had a P7000 it will be the same method as that?

Thank you
[Elephone P8000] s7yler:
On the P8000 there is no app drawer like on your Galaxy S4. So you cant just move them to a bin (when you did that on your S4, the apps would just disappear from your Homescreen, but still be inside your app drawer). You need to put them in a folder, you can't uninstall the system apps from the P8000.
[Elephone P8000] steveluigi01:
Excellent, thank you, been trying to work that one out since this morning when I got the phone.
[Elephone P8000] MUG3NHC:
Go into settings, then apps, all apps and disable the apps you dont want to see;)
[Elephone P8000] galaxyms:
Isn't this because they have clocked the CPU at 1.4 Ghz? All the other phones have the CPU running at 1.7 GHz. Has the lower clock speed been done at the expense of performance? Benchmarks at 30000 not 40000
[Elephone P8000] steveluigi01:
I am having trouble getting my PC (Windows 7 ultimate), to recognise my P8000. I have been told to go to Menu>settings>Security, and turn on 'Unknow sources', and then go to Settings>developer and turn on USB connection. Trouble is, I can't see the 'Developer' menus anywhere. I have looked through all of the sub menus in every section of the settings and it's not there. Any ideas? or and suggestions on how to get the connection to my PC?

Thank you

PS. I have also installed the Elephone universal USB drivers from here, but still no joy.

http://androidxda.com/download-elephone-usb-drivers
[Elephone P8000] jacksparao:
The performance of the phone is very good, no need to worry.. I have around 10+ games and most of the apps, speed is decent..
[Elephone P8000] jackfacespoon:
You could also try just installing a new launcher (like Nova) from the PlayStore - not all those apps will be able to be disabled, but with a different launcher you could clean-up your homescreens and in some cases, hide any app you like.
[Elephone P8000] Andy4Shurr:
The P8000 is clocked at 1.3GHz, running an MT6753 (although MediaTek claim it can run at 1.5GHz).

It's the MT6752 that is clocked at 1.7GHz and that processor is found in the P7000 and BeTouch2, for example.
[Elephone P8000] jackfacespoon:
That's because they're different processors - mtk6753 vs mtk6752. The 6753 in the p8000 is newer but with a lower clockspeed. That's not necessarily a bad thing entirely, especially in real-life usage, but single-core speed in benchmarks will suffer.

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Also at everyone - I'll speak to the leadership team and get a forum section added for the p8000.
[Elephone P8000] pikolino99:
exif of the photographs

hello, the exif of the photographs say only gives F2.8 is true?

F2.0 does not give you advertised?

Thank you
[Elephone P8000] MUG3NHC:
Go into settings, on the very bottom click about phone and then click build number 5 times. Now when you go back you'll see developer options around the bottom of the settings screen, go there and turn usb debugging on.
[Elephone P8000] amirbahalegharn:
the whole concept behind designing/releasing mtk6753 after mt6752 is to follow mediatek always policy..cheaper chipset..and also by downgrading to 1.3 or GPU, all for the sake of completely maintaing low-heating and power saving..and in all mt6753 phones, this looks steady and a successful case for MTK.
[Elephone P8000] s7yler:
Where do they advertise with 2.0? can't see that on http://www.elephone.hk/P8000.html
[Elephone P8000] calik:
For those interested I have upload some example for the quality of camera respect at LG G3, also GPS test

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6zgww0J8e5oZmJxNjV1TnBHdjQ&usp=sharing

The quality,for the price, is decent but the problem is the focus, with near subject is unstable...
[Elephone P8000] s7yler:
I still think the P8000 does a decent job in daylight - I doesn't see much of a difference, I have seen a LOT worse on other china phones. And yeah the LG G3 is at least twice the price of the P8000....
[Elephone P8000] pikolino99:
the forum does not let me put external links, but the user ji elephone youtube has a video advertising elephone P8000 and if you look at minute 1:23 clearly says f2.0
[Elephone P8000] jacksparao:
Try lenovo super camera, it make the p8000 camera best out of the world, but its keep crashing..
[Elephone P8000] Perseus:
My first post has Battery drain screens showing SOT.

Stock Launcher called Elephone UI tries to mimic iPhone (*Shudder*). This is why you are not able to do what you want. Try another launcher as was suggested already.

Well, that's true if you are unrooted. :)

Not being able to reach full potential isn't such a bad thing. MTK probably is worried about overheating or that MPDECISION not being able to control the cores. Also understand that 8 horses going at 1.4 is lot better than 4 horses going 1.7. Please review the SoC Compare.

Having said that, this discussion will derail the thread. So if anyone wants to continue this discussion, feel free to PM me.
[Elephone P8000] BlueFlame4:
MTK also uses MPD? I thought that was a Qualcomm thing...
[Elephone P8000] Perseus:
Saw it when I was delving into the firmware. Too bad code's Apache not public.
[Elephone P8000] MUG3NHC:
Looks like the Grey ones have notification LED:)
[Elephone P8000] nardonardi:
Hello, I do not know if I'm wrong but you do not have even a Ulefone Touoch 2 Well, if so can you tell me if your P8000 heats in the back next to the camera as with the touch Well? Thank you
[Elephone P8000] MUG3NHC:
With normal usage no. Don't know about gaming, i don't play mobile games;)
[Elephone P8000] garbagerich:
Grey have led makes the difference
[Elephone P8000] MUG3NHC:
Battery went down 20% with 1h 40m sot connected to wifi.

Thats really good B)
[Elephone P8000] Perseus:
Mine's Gold colored one. I have the Led. So.........

[MENTION=5808247]MUG3NHC[/MENTION] Wireless > Advanced > Keep WiFi on during Sleep = Only during Charging.

Wireless > Advanced > Scanning always available = Never. (Seriously, Who came up with that naming convention ? :cowboy: )
[Elephone P8000] MUG3NHC:
Yeah, i know;) i was only saying it cos on 3g the battery would go down a bit faster.

Just additional pice of information:)

Thanks tho.
[Elephone P8000] Perseus:
If I had my way, I'd put one governor for GPS one for other operations. Oh well.
[Elephone P8000] MUG3NHC:
How are you enjoying your P8000 anyway?
[Elephone P8000] Perseus:
As an expensive MP3 Player ? :(

I could get to like this device if I could use it for what its supposed to be. If I also put my mind to it, I can easily push that battery to 6 day marker. But for now, I am happy with stock firmware and using the bigger screen for hangouts over WiFi. Oh and I did do my standard receiver turnoff on the Gapps to push the battery life anyway.
[Elephone P8000] 66rmcs:
P8000 connectivity issues

Also have P8000 with no luck connecting to t-mobile usa. Has anyone been able to connect to any US networks? Otherwise as mentioned earlier it's just a fancy media player.
[Elephone P8000] -Tiz-:
Isn't it obvious that the current A version of the P8000 will not connect to T-Mobile US? (The B version of the P8000, which works in the US, has not yet been released.)

T-Mobile frequency bands: https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4988

P8000 frequency bands:

Wireless&Networks

Wireless:

Wifi frequency:802.11b/g/n

Networks A:

FDD-LTE:band 3/7/20 (800/1800/2600)

WCDMA:band 1/8(900/2100)

GSM:band 3/5/8 (850/900/1800)

Networks B:

TDD-LTE:band 41 (2500) Coming soon

FDD-LTE:band 2/4/7/17(700/1700/1900/2600) Coming soon

WCDMA:band 2/4/5(850/1700/1900) Coming soon

GSM:band 2/5/8(850/900/1900) Coming soon

http://www.elephone.hk/p8000.html
[Elephone P8000] jacksparao:
Gaming

I was playing high graphic games around 1hrs +, the device not heating as my other device like MI 4, or HTC M9 , its few times better then my 3 devices and battery is very decent.. I love it..

IF Elephone release the source code, I would make the finger print scanner 10+ productivity
[Elephone P8000] fullrespect:
What is this: https://github.com/elephone-dev/P8000-Kernel
[Elephone P8000] jackfacespoon:
Don't want to appear paranoid, but is anyone else worried at all about giving a relatively small Chinese company my fingerprint details, especially as they're not encrypted on the device like in iOS etc?
[Elephone P8000] fullrespect:
Come on...

who force you to use this feature ?

but yes - I would be also concerned about it and probably will never use it...
[Elephone P8000] c0d3x42:
Mildly paranoid, its a concern that *any* company could collect biometric data. I've read though that fingerprints are only stored locally on the phone - how accurate or true that is I'm not sure.

Seeing as how they've released the kernel sources that might go quite some way to alleviate china spyware concerns. But the kernel code is only part of the security equation, they may also include associated blobs in the firmware that are required to access device functionality and that'd also be a big grey area of concern.

Still, kernel sources are in incredible step in the right direction for a chinaphone with an MTK processor. Guess we'll have to wait and see what ROM builders will find when custom firmwares start to be released.
[Elephone P8000] jackfacespoon:
Agreed - thanks. I approve of the direction for sure, but there's a way to go yet. I think we may have both read the same thing about biometric data being stored on the device, which is a shame but hey ho. Hopefully MTK can come up with a secure software layer akin to what Qualcomm have demonstrated in the past, and Android M builds on this properly.
[Elephone P8000] Perseus:
Finally! someone to share my pain!! In the same exact boat. For me the phone is a expensive MP3 players until I get bars. See my Red Bold Disclaimer in the very first post on this thread.

I went into MTK Enginnering Mode to Fiddle with a boat load of Stuff AT+ Commands and what not. No Joy. At this point I don't care if I get 2G or 3G, being able to make a call is first thing.

I know the frequencies are supprted, but TMO Operates on 1900 MHZ which is only supported in LTE but not in Voice Calls. I asked on Ele Forum to enable that frequency in the Modem since MTK does. Well, let's see.

For what its worth, I get full bars on ATT but No LTE just 3G.
[Elephone P8000] jokespot:
So this is my second charge cycle. It was charging normally for about 3h until it finally stopped at 86%. Have you guys had this happen before? Is it a faulty battery?
[Elephone P8000] jacksparao:
wait..

I have charged till now 8 times, it charges for me 100% in 3hrs 25mins.. Just wait it will go to 100% for sure..
[Elephone P8000] jokespot:
I'll try the next time. It was stuck at 86% for 30 minutes and I couldn't wait any longer since I had to go out.

Apart from that the battery life is brilliant. Inferior to any phone I've had before.
[Elephone P8000] Perseus:
This time let the battery Die fully. Don't plug in till then. When the phone turns off on dead battery, then you plug in.

(Yeah I know about the lecture on LI-ION Batteries. I've given it myself too.)
[Elephone P8000] jokespot:
Haha yeah.

I meant that I finished the charging at 86% after waiting for half an hour for it to go anywhere from there. I did start when the phone died but yet it was stuck at 86 for so long despite the device being turned off. Before that it climbed with 10% for every 15-20 minutes. Strange.
[Elephone P8000] nickzeptepi:
New owner in the UK

I've had my P8000 for about a day,

So far I've notice how much heavier it it than my Galaxy S4 but I'll get used to it. well built nice screen, pissed off I don't have LED notification light. I got a white one- typical..

No problem connecting to 3g and wifi. I don't have 4g account so can't test yet.

Finger print scanner works ok 95% of the time, you have to move you finger around while registering each finger to get more of a "picture" - I am a little paranoid but it is such a tiny part of the finger I doubt it could be used for any other purpose than to unlock my phone at the moment anyway.

Camera is a bit naff to be honest but it does have a hdr mode - but is sounds like better apps are on there way.

I've used Nova Launcher the Elephone one is not user friendly - widget hard to place and won't allow me to move app on home screens to where I want them.

Rooting is my issue - there are so many ads without it and 25% of my apps need root access.

Tried Towelroot - not supported

Kingo 1.4.0 - says it is rooted but a root checker app says no it's not. I've only tried 1 cycle of kingo and the 2nd stalled at 32% so will give it another go later.

I've downloaded the tutorial from here the elephone bbs forum tutorial

and will give it go later

I'll keep you posted
[Elephone P8000] jackfacespoon:
In case you hadn't noticed, we've got the proper device forum section set up for you now :)
[Elephone P8000] calik:
Try first another USB cable, second another 2A charger, I test original charger and the quality is not the best, charging current is 850mA, with another charger is 1,45 A

I suppuse that your charger have some problem...
[Elephone P8000] jokespot:
Grazie mille.

I will try that if I get my hands on another 2A charger. :)
[Elephone P8000] jacksparao:
port

Can you port lenovo super camera for P8000?
[Elephone P8000] 66rmcs:
I'm considering sending phone back and hopefully exchange it for the "B" version if it becomes available, but not sure if that will be possible. By getting full bars on AT&T are you saying it's fully functional? calls, text, data? I'm ok with not having LTE.
[Elephone P8000] Therkster:
Just got my Elephone P8000 today and at this stage I can't recommend it.

Initially the signs were good. Good construction, decent screen, zippy - no major issues.

I listened to music via Spotify for about an hour and noticed that I couldn't do anything with my phone on the main front screen - as soon as I went to it it would freeze and I couldn't do anything. I gave the phone a restart and it just hung on the elephone logo for 15 minutes doing nothing. I couldn't turn it off either so I gave it a hard reset (power and volume button). It rebooted and has now been hung on "Android Starting" Opitimsing 98 out of 98 apps for the last 20 minutes. I'm too scared to even try to turn the thing off.

So 3 hours in and I may have a dead phone. Unbelievable. Does anyone have a similar issue or have any suggestions? :(
[Elephone P8000] Perseus:
I wouldn't touch Kingo with a 10 ft barge pole. Too many privacy issues. Factory reset, install superSU then open the app. If it asks to update binary let it do normal way. If it doesn't try Towel Root. After you click let it rain button in that app, leave the phone alone for one hour and then reboot. Try supersu again.

Yeah I agree, Ask to be replaced with the B phone for USA. On ATT yes its fully working. You do have to type in the APN. But it works. I walked into a ATT store to try. So didn't get to text. Did make test call.

Factory Reset ?
[Elephone P8000] Therkster:
Is the Power and volume button not a factory reset? Please let me know if there is another way.

Edit: Holding down the power and volume button gives me three options:

1. Normal Boot

2. Fast Boot

3. Recovery

The only one that makes sense to select to me is recovery - after that there is just an android logo which says "no command" - phone does nothing.

I've tried both volume up and volume down with power from this screen, one brings it back to the three options again (the one with recovery) while the other takes me to a test mode where everything is in Chinese... The only thing I can read is "PBCA".