yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] Life Engineer:
Man I'm very interested in this phone! It just looks too good to be true! S801 grade 64bit cpu, 3gb ram, iphone like touch id, fhd on 5.5"....awesome !

Please guys make a real life review once you get it!

Btw, i know this might look silly, but is the left button a recent button or the old stupid menu button? It looks like a menu button :crying:

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Great review buddy!

Please keep them coming!

I would like to know please about the overall quality of the product! How do you feel it?

Sound when making calls? Sound of speaker in calls?

Any heating issues?

What does the third button do? Menu or recent?

Thank you!
[Device Reviews and Information] mkdonald:
Some more usage/comments:

I charged it at 10am this morning (last to 100% 3pm yesterday) but my mistake used a Nokia USB cable with its 550mA charger on it and not its own 1.5A charger so definitely not definitive in any way but indicates a regular charge up:

From 33% at 10am which the phone had reached after being left unused since 1am (and 19hrs since last at 100%).

20 mins 40% - 30 mins 43% - 50 mins 51% - 100 mins 71%. By 2pm (ie 4hrs) it was apparently at 100%

"Quality look/feel" wise I'm impressed. The accessories are the only bits that seem cheap/nasty in any way.

Overall I think the 80:20 rule applies, ie 80% of the quality/features for 20% of the price.

(I'm still getting used to grey/black phone after 2 years of white Lenovo A820.)

I've unpeeled the pre-applied screen protector and prefer it 'naked'.

Got half a dozen Google updates (5.1 related presumably) this afternoon.

Bluetooth - I made a half-hearted late night try - seems there MAY be some issues with 1 device not showing to pair but I need to get its manual out to check I was doing right thing. From Googling even Nexus hardware with 5.1 is reported to be having some BT issues. So too flimsy/early to draw ANY conclusions but I definitely need to check this out properly. [UPDATE: both speakers paired properly in the cold light of day - see later posting]

Will use right USB/mains charger later to see about the Rapid recharge (which was definitely showing as such on first day)!

I know it had been letting WiFi go off when sleeping - I've just toggled the setting to prevent that, so will expect future battery to be more than apparent c1%/hour when sleeping.

Guys do look on YouTube for the phone as there were several extensive looks/reviews/unboxings that I consumed before and after plumping that give a better general feel than any typing does!

The left button certainly works as menu in Apps - eg in Gallery shows Select Album; in BBC iPlayer Radio brings up 5 item menu. A long press of the middle (fingerprint) button brings up recent apps (short = home).

FINGERPRINT lock - I worked out what *I* was doing wrong not it.

So in the Settings is a 'Finger Scanner' area where you can register up to 5 fingerprints plus a backup code in case of problems/missing fingerprints.

You place your fingertip on the central button about 10 times, each time til it shows green as it builds up an overall picture of your ridges/bifurcations/ends/islands.

Can then use fingerprints as the phone screen lock.

Additionally the FingerAppLock section lets you specify which individual Apps should require the fingerprint to launch/access them.

Then just have to rest a valid fingerprint on the central button - NOT press down OR click it - to get it validated and screen unlocked or App launched.

Seems to be working very reliably just based on two forefingers so far.
[Device Reviews and Information] stevenmu:
Thanks for the info so far, I've had a look at some of the youtube videos and while they're useful, they lack some of the practical details you're sharing here.

When you say there may be issues with 1 bluetooth device not showing up, does that mean you tried others and they did?

Also, when the phone is in 'sleep' mode, do you have to wake it first and then do a fingerprint unlock or can you do it in one action?
[Device Reviews and Information] mkdonald:
re Waking up and unlocking...

I was having to press the power button to wake it and then touch with fingerprint, as just touching fingertip to scanbutton doesn't do anything by itself.

That's why I think I imagined one had to touch and press

However next I was using the 'Off-screen gesture' section of Settings to support double tap ie "when the screen is off double tap on it to light the screen" so can double tap - which mostly works first time - and then touch fingertip.

But NOW while writing this up for you have realised can do the logical thing -

ie touch finger to button and click it down which wakes phone up (but DONT hold it down as that'll try to kick in the recent menu)

and leave finger there momentarily to validate fingerprint and unlock

All takes about a second ie finger on button, click it down, and then move finger away slowly

Success :D So thanks for the question as it gave me the answer = one action/motion.

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One success in pairing a Bluetooth speaker... :

Turned on BT on the fone and then my simple "Jam Classic" BT speaker. It briefly showed a MAC style number then 'Jam Classic' & paired very quickly and insisted on a PIN - I input 0000 and was "connected". Settings showed it using Media audio and Contact sharing - so I turned off latter. Audio playing nicely with volume slider on fone. Pause/play button on the BT speaker working too. Listening to Radio 4 live via BBC iPlayer Radio App right now...

Off to find the manual for my other Bluetooth speaker that phone didn't seem to want to know about when briefly tried last night...

And with manual have been able to immediately pair 2nd TB device TDK Universal Wireless Speaker TW212.

So second success with BT after my false late night start.

Need to try it with a couple more BT gizmos in the car tomorrow - a USB dongle connected 3.5mm to car audio & a BT phone handset :)

Thanks for the prompting to solve these issues :)

Ordered a Silicone back from Geekbuying for $4+$2 delivery USD.
[Device Reviews and Information] nate1975:
What about the camera? What sort of resolutions do you get? How do the pictures / video look?
[Device Reviews and Information] stevenmu:
Glad I could help out :)

Thanks for the replies. I'm very interested in this phone, and it seems like really good value, but properly working bluetooth is pretty important to me. And having to press a separate button to wake the phone before unlocking it would just be annoying in principle :) Good find with the home button.
[Device Reviews and Information] MUG3NHC:
The thing is that you can't be sure when they are going to ship it.

I know that some of them have the gold one in stock, but people with early orders are the priority. You need to decide for yourself;)
[Device Reviews and Information] BloodRose:
Yeah, that's why I was going to try to message them online and see what they can do before ordering anything else. Obviously that relies on the seller being able to actually tell the truth though. I'm actually just considering quitting on the whole thing though to be honest. It all seems like a lot more hassle than its worth.
[Device Reviews and Information] MUG3NHC:
Not worth it man. They won't give any straight answer...
[Device Reviews and Information] BloodRose:
And considering you're referring to an Aliexpress seller you've just recommended there, that's a bit worrying. :laugh:
[Device Reviews and Information] MUG3NHC:
Not sure what you mean.

They will ship my phone and its all safe, but its not worth asking when they will ship it cos they probably dont know when exactly they will get them.

I can also cancel anytime before its shipped.
[Device Reviews and Information] MUG3NHC:
Added a screenshot
[Device Reviews and Information] BloodRose:
Yeah then there's no point really. I mean I could ship one myself eventually I'm sure but eventually isn't really any good if you need something fairly soon. :) Thanks for the recommendation though. :)

Knowing when you're going to be able to supply something that you're actively advertising should be a pretty easy question to answer really.

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Thabks but 20 days is a very long time mate. If they couldn't ship it in that sort of time they should be giving it to you for free really. :laugh:
[Device Reviews and Information] MUG3NHC:
Well, up to you.

Its never that long for me tho. Usually they ship it after 3~6 days.
[Device Reviews and Information] BloodRose:
I could live with that. Some websites are suggesting that they won't ship p8000 orders until after 10th August and that's a bit of a joke really.
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
I think that's because thet only have stock for the pre orders. They shouldn't really advertise add it being in Stock imo because it's not in Stock for new orders. Elephone are so unreliable with getting their phones sent out to suppliers in good time.
[Device Reviews and Information] MUG3NHC:
Yeah, agree. Only because im buying it as a back up im not that bothered.

If you want i will let you know if i get any updates about my order.
[Device Reviews and Information] MUG3NHC:
Btw, they said this:D
[Device Reviews and Information] MUG3NHC:
I quoted wrong. Check the screenshot above;)
[Device Reviews and Information] BloodRose:
Yeah that would be good thanks. Early August is a bit longer than I would really want to wait for despatch though if I'm honest.

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And this is the key thing. You're just constantly dealing with an endless stream of lies from them. I work with a lot of Chinese these days and bull**** just seems to heavily ingrained into their culture and consciousness.

They should just give it to customers straight and then let people make up their own minds. That's always the best way in the long run.
[Device Reviews and Information] MUG3NHC:
Whatever you say to them, they won't. I guess we need to accept that or just pass.

I will wait. I hope the phone will be nice and no bull**** about specs
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
BloodRose, are you 'spark' that posts on hukd?
[Device Reviews and Information] BloodRose:
You got me, yes. :)
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
Haha, I thought so. The umi iron comment gave it away ;) I was tempted by that phone, it looks so nice and I love the led notification light at the bottom. If it had a finger print ID and the 800mhz band it would be perfect! On paper anyway.

I thought that had been released, obviously that's been delayed too.
[Device Reviews and Information] mkdonald:
See my posting back when they released it at #185 on this thread, ie:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61925094&postcount=185&nocache=1

I had the same issues with errors that you describe, but went on to look at the two .bat batch files and did what they SHOULD have automatedly done, by using cd (change directory) commands by manually typing and then running the required programs (with the -smartphonefeaturephone switch in the spinstall instance) as I mentioned in my earlier posting.

As I said there while Ulefone support page was saying 5.0, the successfully installed ROM still reports as 5.1.
[Device Reviews and Information] dupajapona:
Fingerprint feature isn't implemented in that build.

Do the earphones work? Can you check this?
[Device Reviews and Information] Rebel_X:
Woah, FIRST post since you have registered 5 years ago!!!

Anyways, if the capacitive button stopped working, it could be hardware failure. And I don't think you can find the replacement parts easily for China phones. I mean it happened to me after I replaced the screen of my Galaxy S5, after 2 days, the capacitive buttons stopped working. T-Mobile replaced the phone for me since it was under warranty.
[Device Reviews and Information] Jmanthesin:
Anyone have a link to the rooting guide for this phone?
[Device Reviews and Information] Tommy Nightmare:
Several posts below
[Device Reviews and Information] Jmanthesin:
Anyone have any luck getting the SP Flash tool to work on Windows 8.1?

I already disabled driver signature and installed the win7 driver manually. Under portable devices it say's be touch 2 and Ports it say's it has Mediatek Preloader.
[Device Reviews and Information] dEVshr:
I have the phone for few days now. Today I had a very bad experience with the phone when it shut down while I was a sleep (the phone had almost full battery), only entering to recovery mode got me to power on the phone.

There is anyway to check logs to see what happen? I can't trust my phone with this kind of bug.

Overall, the phone is very good. need some software updates to resolve the little lag problem and a better battery life.
[Device Reviews and Information] antonduys:
Yes the earphones worked and yes it didn't mute the speaker sound. The bug reported by s7yler were correct, didn't find any other bugs but im temporarely back to the stock rom hoping to somehow fix the back button

Haha, took lurking to a whole new level ^^... It would be a shame if the buttons stopped working that quickly, guess I will send ulefone a mail about it and hope that they respond. Sending it back from the Netherlands wouldn't be worth it pricewise.

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I used the latest SP flash tool and also force installed my drivers. After installing them I turned the phone off, connected it and installed the phone manually from the device panel, maybe that works? Then I usually remove the battery, connect the phone and SP Flash tool starts flashing.
[Device Reviews and Information] gibs:
This is a great news :)

I was looking to interchange the original rom with one of those phones too:

http://analogindex.com/news/top-5-mediatek-mt6752-phones-you-can-own-now_215716.html

I would scarify the fingerprint without hesitation as the original ROM from Ulefone makes me fell the pre-HW acceleration era...
[Device Reviews and Information] gary_lankford:
Could you contact Ulefone techs on Facebook and let them know about this? It might help them in their development of a CM ROM. ...I don't do Facebook.
[Device Reviews and Information] antonduys:
Hmm I didn't create the rom itself so I am not going to tell ulefone, but I suspect that they already know of the many similar phones and I also suspect that they communicate pretty strongly together since both the ulefone stock rom and the p7000 rom seem to be build from the same source rom (atleast it seems that way for me).

It might be nice to know how s7yler created that 5.1.1 rom since the p7000 doesn't have a stock rom on that android version, or can you take files from an earlier android version and just hope for the best? Anyhow I hope that Ulefone just release their android 5.1 rom in a few days and it just works properly.
[Device Reviews and Information] Carlito Z3:
Hi all,

I've just received my tempered glass from gearbest... what an excellent shipping... a simple envelope...

you can see the result
[Device Reviews and Information] jamessean48:
will also hope they release an update as quick as possible because this device is definitely worth the use, worth The specs and hype nd finally it's definitely worth the price.

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here is actually what I think about the ulephone be touch 2..:

1. its great piece of decide for The price.

2. great piece of hardware

3. people say the phone gets low or sluggish at 50% battery usage, well you can hardly notice it, because I actually watced videos nd played nfs with 40% battery and experienced no glitch.

4. ulephone can make this be touch 2 much better through software update, at least they they will so let's hope they do.

finally : if you are thinking about getting this device then you are right because this is great piece of device ad definitely can compete with most device out there.

Note : my previous device was LG G3 and I tell you all this device out performe the g3, however with new o. s or software update then there will be little device that can out shine this piece.
[Device Reviews and Information] gibs:
ahahah ;)
[Device Reviews and Information] tianmi:
Same happened to me, they say they will send me another one, finger crossed.

GB has a reputation of poor packaging[emoji17]
[Device Reviews and Information] Rebel_X:
I agree, When I ordered 3 of them and 3 covers, they put the sheets of tempered glass between the boxes of the covers. Thank God nothing happened, as I was freaking out, how did they survive the bubble envelope? I don't know, may be because they were between the boxes.

Yesterday, I ordered another 2 phones ($165 each with coupons from Gearbest). Also 2 tempered glasses and 2 covers. I emphasized with order ticket that they should put the glass inside the box of the covers. They replied their shipping team will ensure (not insure!) the package safety.

Also, the tempered glass they gave me doesn't come with the micro-fiber cleaning cloth, alcohol napkin or even the tape to remove the dust which is described in the item description. But it is cheap.
[Device Reviews and Information] dobrev.dobry:
Hello, I am also going to kick in some thoughts on my experience.

I bought the phone at aliexpress (geek team) with the first flash sale and I bought the "fabrics case" and a "blue light" tempered glass separately from another store in aliexpress.

Because of the delay from ulefone the phone came on the 24th, but the case and tempered glass came somewhere around the 10th/14th of July.

The tempered glass also did not have the accessories (alcohol wipe, cloth wipe, dust removing film) with it, but at least it was packed in a separate box (from "mobile phone parts" - spare screen assembly or something like that) and the "fabric" case was in a ulefone branded box and for now I am satisfied with this case.

The phone came very well packed and I was very pleasantly surprised that it included a lot of gifts with it. The package contained another tempered glass(woot woot, now I have a spare :victory: ) and this time with the alcohol wipe, the dust removing film and the cloth wipe, the TPU case, a micro sd card reader, a tiny tiny stylus pen. So I am very happy with that purchase experience, despite the rather long wait for shipping.

And now about the phone in specific.

I would firstly disclaim that I also use a tablet daily for the more battery intensive purposes, so I don't load the phone with that many demanding tasks.

I am very happy with the phone's features and performance (although as so many mentioned I am waiting for the OS updates, or other ROMs for the device). The bugs and issues that have been mentioned so far are present, but I don't mind them that much as I hope to see the updates that will address them.

As for the fingerprint scanner, it requires a bit of a "light touch" (a bit more careful handling) and when you get the hang its awesome!

I am actually very satisfied with the battery life (but that might be because I upgraded form an old HTC sensation wit an old battery) and I have charged it 2 times now (for the use from 24th to the 27th of July) and for now I charge it in compliance with ulefone recommendations : 1.full discharge until it cannot be turned on (first few times it stays at 1% for a lot of time, even hours), 2. full charging to 100% while the phone is switched off, 3.(I add this final step as I read somewhere it could help) - I disconnect the charger and turn it on and at standby for 30 min or so (or get ti to drop to 99-98%) and then charge it with screen turned on ("stay awake" while connected in the developer options) until it reaches 100%. So far I've had pretty good results.

So much from me. The device is an awesome bargain for its buck and with these highly anticipated updates it should be excellent!
[Device Reviews and Information] clubvibe:
Hi Anton,

would you be so kind to upload /refer to the rom on needrom? Or is it to premature to do this? Might be nice if s7yler could include the fingerprint scanner. I'll ask him on his blog
[Device Reviews and Information] BloodRose:
That's just ridiculous and negligent.

My girlfriend bought a tempered glass protector for this phone from an AE seller a few days ago and hopefully it will arrive in better condition then that one.

To make matters worse, GearBest have asked me for scanned copies of my passport and credit card this morning for an order that I placed yesterday. A company that can't even package a screen protector adequately is asking me for copies of two of the most confidential documents that any person can own. I think they must be living in a dream world.
[Device Reviews and Information] antonduys:
Hi,

Since I only tested the rom for 2 days I wouldn't dare to go public with it, the audience on XDA is more suited for this kind of experimental build in my opinion. It would be nice to get S7yler involved indeed.
[Device Reviews and Information] krotos:
And the big question is? Does that rom fix the so many bugs? Lags, baterry....
[Device Reviews and Information] denduvel:
I'm very interested as well... :D
[Device Reviews and Information] krotos:
I see 2 custom roms already, one say from elephone p7000, but no one tested, I tink.....

http://www.needrom.com/category/ulefone/be-touch-2/
[Device Reviews and Information] kroken123:
Need better room on this one...
[Device Reviews and Information] seeker007:
Mmmmm android SMS bug great. So will ulefone update and patch the bug? Guessing need to use a sms app that isn't afflicted any suggestions?
[Device Reviews and Information] krotos:
All days someone build some new faulty for this device.... I will not wrote on this anymore, only a haste off time... Good luck
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
What bug?
[Device Reviews and Information] Ormbett:
I think they only do that if the credit card holder name is not the same as the name in the shipping address.

Kind regards

ps. I ordered a tempered glass from Dealsmachine and it arrived broken in a light padded thin envelope :eek:. They asked if they should resend or if I would like a refund. I chosed the refund.
[Device Reviews and Information] seeker007:
There is a sms bug that involves every android phone. It involves code which automatically plays and execute malicious code when you receive a sms with a video link. After that your phone is compromised. Google deployed a fix but will ulefone patch this or not. If not which sms app does not use the Stagefright-framework? So one could circumvent the problem by using a sms app without Stagefright-framework support.
[Device Reviews and Information] jamessean48:
hi guys here is a rom I just stumbled upon, ported from elephone p7000 working on the ulephone be touch 2, can anyone test and confirm?.

needrom.com/download/port-elephone-p7000/?utm_source=Needrom.com&utm_medium=twitter
[Device Reviews and Information] Ormbett:
Interesting. In what way is the Ulefone a better device than the LG G3?

Kind regards
[Device Reviews and Information] gibs:
In his dreams....

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] nastyplasty:
Hi,

I just write to warn other people from committing the same mistake i did some weeks ago purchasing from igogo the product which is supposed to be in stock.

After several weeks, the only answer se get is that they are receiving and checking sets of 100 but they do not send the phone to us.

The ítem appears as in stock ítem now. Please be careful with purchasing this phone from igogo. Regards