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[Device Reviews and Information] Moolok:
The store I ordered mine last friday just mailed and apologised that they have had problems with supplier. They expect to get BT2 in stock next week. So, the wait continues. But hopefully when I at last get my phone there's a new firmware release which fixes some issues :D
[Device Reviews and Information] piotrek966:
About finger print scanner, my one works quite well, but to make unlock almost 100% accurate try to register one finger few times.

I did two/three registrations for right tumb, it makes unlock almost always for me.

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I'm in T-Mobile, and it stay on 3G for me. But I'm not sure if my SIM support it.

Will check other carrier (and new SIM card) soon.
[Device Reviews and Information] gibs:
This fingerprint sensor is a piece of junk and only work with people that has wet fingers. Try to put a bit of saliva in your thumd and roll it with another finger. Then report. :)

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] Benku:
My phone just got 47°C while charging, I was using it at the same time. That is not okay?!
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Yes, if I use it during charging, it also became hot. No performance problems or crash though.

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I think that you can't do it with default camera app. Use camera fv-5 or any other app.
[Device Reviews and Information] dalibor79:
any info for new software up date.
[Device Reviews and Information] Moolok:
Since Be Touch 2 does not have a gyroscope then Google camera and Photosphere is out of the question. Is there any alternative camera apps that could take a 360 degree spherical pictures without gyroscope? 360 Panorama perhaps..? Could someone kindly make a quick test please?
[Device Reviews and Information] denduvel:
You can take multiple shots from the same location. Google Pictures can combine them for you.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Yes 360 panorama app. Shouldn't be any problem.
[Device Reviews and Information] lunarken:
Just unscrewed the back.. But still can't fix the white blotch
[Device Reviews and Information] gibs:
Bad news

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
Does anyone have a video where the white blotches are visible?
[Device Reviews and Information] denduvel:
I have 1 in the bottom right, and two - if I look really close, but it doesn't bother me - in the middle. That might be due to the tape at my SIM card. Will try to photograph it when I have a camera available.

Still love it though. :)
[Device Reviews and Information] mantekas:
white spots

do not let me post a link

in the end I did not see what I saw on facebook thcmania in Spanish

I buscalo putting: touch2 be failures, page 2
[Device Reviews and Information] Whed:
how can i repair my IMEI
[Device Reviews and Information] lunarken:
if u cant see it, then dont bother to find
[Device Reviews and Information] Thetega:
Does the UleFone be touch 2 have notification lights/led??
[Device Reviews and Information] Life Engineer:
[MENTION=6802560]mkdonald[/MENTION] thanks man for your continuous reviews/updates!

As other guy said, I watched a lot of unboxings and reviews but not even one pressed that damn menu button! It's more like a spec sheet on a video! No one mentioned real usage details etc...

Damn that menu button is a huge turn off for me :(

Can it be configured to a recent button in any native way in the phone?
[Device Reviews and Information] lunarken:
anyone ordered from everbuying for the be touch 2?

mine still processing....

ggrrr....
[Device Reviews and Information] mkdonald:
Ulefone Flash Sale

Just noticed via the Ulefone link on the Be Touch 2 that they are having a 10,000 unit flash sale at the $179.99 in a week's time thru about 20 different online stores

http://ulefone.com/activity/index.html
[Device Reviews and Information] Surfeur-des-Reves:
Hey Guys!

Could anyone here with the phone in hand tell us if this phone really comes already PRE-ROOTED by factory? It seems like there is a superuser somewhere already available after phone is started. Does this superuser work correctly? Can someone test Root-Checker app on it in order to see if it is already fully rooted?

Thanks a lot for your help :)
[Device Reviews and Information] Surfeur-des-Reves:
Here is the Factory latest ROM for UleFone Be Touch 2: https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=c87e...83&ithint=folder,rar&authkey=!AO_mhHdtHXJlZ7g

Concerning user Mkdonald and his question about "Romaster" preinstalled, it is to be found on units which have been rooted (or at least an attemps was made to root) with the tool iRoot (version 1.8.X and above). This can safely be uninstalled by user and is not needed anymore for phone use.

My 2 cents :)
[Device Reviews and Information] lunarken:
DAMN...... everbuying still haven ship out mine.
[Device Reviews and Information] Deepflex:
On video android 5.0, no 5.1.
[Device Reviews and Information] tianmi:
Bought 2 from everbuying flash sale, one with free shipping(already shipped by swiss post?), one with fast shipping, sent by dhl on last Friday and I've already received it on Monday(new Zealand, that's very quick!)

Wife's G2 went into toilet on Saturday(damn kids!) So just in time for my wife to have a new phone.

Build quality is beyond my expectation, pretty good actually, runs pretty quick, battery life seems worse than LG g2 with similar size battery, bigger screen maybe? But I thought the Mtk should be more efficient as newer chipset.

One problem though my be touch 2 doesn't vibrate?? No vibration when press the key, nothing when phone's ringing, I even set vibrate when tap the screen but nothing works. Does this phone even have a vibrator? Have emailed everbuying but no reply so far, or should I email ulefone directly?

Overall nice phone, I'm from china but haven't bought a Chinese brand for ages(last one was a meizu m8 their first smart phone, very disappointed). what can I say, for 180USD(about 250nzd) it's bloody worth it. Just hope it lasts long enough for the next purchase :D

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I see some have questions. Mine has Android 5.1 installed, no root as I can see, no supersu, I haven't played it long enough though as my wife mainly uses it. Maybe this weekend I'll have a better look
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
UPDATE: Full User Review Video

[YOUTUBE]cYPgj7QuDtk[/YOUTUBE]
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
The phone doesn't come prerooted from Ulefone, if someone has SuperSU on the phone from the start, then the phone was either used or someone else just tried to rooted it before it was send out.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
[MENTION=2105197]s7yler[/MENTION] Have you uploaded some photos on google+ ? You didn't provide any sample in the review.
[Device Reviews and Information] tianmi:
I don't see what's the point for rapid charge with a 1.5A charger, my old Samsung charger(2A) and spare blackberry charger (1.8A) both charge faster than the stock one.
[Device Reviews and Information] nate1975:
I think I've seen enough here.

I'm going to avoid this device.
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
There is a link to some samples in the video description on Youtube. Please look there - or look on my blog.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Thanks. Camera has improved vastly. Do you think that it's now on par with Jiayu S3?
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Hi, There is a new update for Be touch 2. Probably will come ota also. http://www.myphonework.com/official-rom-ulefone-be-touch-2_20150706/
[Device Reviews and Information] aszu:
I have just received the phone from gearbest ($179 sale), quick impressions after powering it on and playing with it for a few minutes:

- build quality is quite good

- not pre-rooted, but google play preinstalled

- white balance of the display is on the warmer side (a bit pinkish even), no Miravision is available on this lollipop rom to tweak the screen

- Android version in build.prop says 5.1, but I think it is a lie - the real version is actually likely 5.0 - the ROM does not have improvements like wifi networks list, notifications handling, etc introduced in 5.1

- touch ID works well, but I think the physical button itself is terrible, it requires a lot of force to push, makes loud noise and the mechanism feels cheap and not solid at all (when you press the outer rim of the button it actually depresses at angle into the headset). I actually tend to press the very top of the button to minimize the noise it makes and pressure required, but obviously this impacts touch ID functionality (you need to rest your entire finger on the button for this thing to work).

Despite the annoyances, I quite like the phone, I will try to root it later and test other things (display, camera, call quality, charging, sensors, gps, etc), as first thing I usually do on the phone is to install Resolution Changer and set dpi to 380. The default value of 480 is such a waste on 5.5" 1080p screen - and just looks very low-def (awful really) compared to 380 dpi (the native ppi of the display is about 400).
[Device Reviews and Information] sh337:
Hey there!

Just got my BT2...

One question... In total dark, the screen brightness, even at it's minimum setting, is too bright.

Is there a way to reduce it even further? Maybe with the engineering tools?

Thanks in advance! :)
[Device Reviews and Information] snowbord:
Well I got in touch with http://www.minideal.net, which have to date been great in shipping items. However, I only got a request to send them photo evidence (which I did), then nothing. Communication ended.

I raised a PayPal dispute, to which again - no response. Ok.. so this got escalated and 1 day later they appear to have communicated with PayPal. They have not, however agreed to take the phone back for a refund and an exchange for a Jiayu S3SW. They do not appear to want to exchange it for another Be Touch 2 either.

You have been warned. Minideal.net ship quickly, but don't expect any customer service from them.
[Device Reviews and Information] StariX37:
I have ordered one from http://allbuy.com hope..it arrives in a good condition and works well.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Use screen filter app.
[Device Reviews and Information] Moolok:
Nice review :)

About bad GPS... have you tried turning wifi/bluetooth off during GPS navigation? According to this http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/04/26/improve-mediatek-mt6752-gps-accuracy-by-turning-wifi-off/ it might help.
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
If it can't be fixed in the software then then it might be DIY time like this guy has done! :eek:
[Device Reviews and Information] tasanhalas:
Yes, my Bluetooth is always off, as is my Wi-Fi outside

? but thanks for watching ☺
[Device Reviews and Information] sh337:
Thanks! Works like a charm! :)
[Device Reviews and Information] ofsinreno:
I swapped sims from my Nexus 6 with LTE to the BT2 using a sim adapter, no luck. Still on 3g. Oh well, it's not horrible, and my wife uses the BT2 on WiFi most of the time anyway.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Are you sure that 4g is selected?
[Device Reviews and Information] Dj_senjaya:
Hello, I just received my ulefone 2. Overall for this price point, the phone really satisfied me.

Except in some problem that I encountered :

1. Typing too fast and the whole text are messed up. The response of the screen is bad

2. Scrolling is making me crazy, it's super unresponsive and slow. I am currently galaxy note4 user. I know it's not fair to compare it due to the price difference. But ulefone themselves keep bragging their flagship killer 64bit core and 3gb of ram. This phone score 40000+ on antutu.

This is not an excuse in my opinion. My old galaxy note2 are snapper than this phone.

I really hope there will be an update to fix this problem, such as new ROM or anything.

Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Have you tried the AAL tricks?
[Device Reviews and Information] llewelld:
I have recently sold a galaxy note 4, after randomly buying a lenovo k3 note. The k3 note is the same chipset as the bt2... Mtk6752.

The k3 note in everyday use is indistinguishable from the galaxy note. Sure build quality and camera, screen aside, but in terms of responsiveness the k3 note is amazing as a flagship alternative.

With that in mind, I bought a bt2. Basically a k3 note with more ram better camera, touch sensor and general aesthetics.

At this point even with aal off, the experience couldn't be more different.

Scrolling and typing (swyping) is laggy.. Touch screen is really unresponsive..

I really hope this is just a really poorly coded touch screen driver.. Ie software issue.. If this can be fixed this will be a rocking phone. If you've used a k3 note you'll appreciate how bad this is. Fingers crossed.
[Device Reviews and Information] ofsinreno:
Yes, I even did the phone dialer trick and set the radio to accept LTE Only, no change. The best I get is 3g with download speeds of about 4mb.
[Device Reviews and Information] websa:
Hi, had mine for a few days now.

Screen is good, battery life needs some work.

Main issue I have is that setting the phone to Finger print lock or pin lock after an hour or so I'll just pick up the phone and it is already unlocked..... Is this happening to anyone else or am I missing something. It all seems to be set up ok and locks the screen when testing, but after an hour or so it is just auto unlocking again... any ideas?

The other thing that happened yesterday is the phone just started making a loud beeping noise and the phone was locked up, I couldn't do anything other than reset the phone....

3rd thing I couldn't get sim1 to work at all. sim 2 worked straight away with 4g and 3g.

Other than that the screen looks great although always bright yes, generally pretty speedy phone.
[Device Reviews and Information] Dj_senjaya:
AAL tricks only help a little bit on the scrolling animation. It didn't change the response and still slow. The bad experience from this phone is when texting messages. The unresponsive touch screen is making me crazy. I cannot type it fast. I have to type slow
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Replying from the be touch 2. Don't have this kind of problem. After reading all the complaints, I am now pretty much convinced that Ulefone has horrible QC or no QC at all.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Do you think it lags too much? Please download the attachment.
[Device Reviews and Information] hansel0517:
what launcher are you using? your scrolling seem to be smooth.
[Device Reviews and Information] lunarken:
Just contact ulefone regarding the white blotch. They can't do anything. Told me to buy parts to fix it, or contact the retailers where u bought from .
[Device Reviews and Information] Dj_senjaya:
I got 2 white blotches too near the middle of the screen and bottom right corner. Really annoying when having white background. But when looking at photos, it didn't bother me though.
[Device Reviews and Information] bennz:
I got a be touch 2 and it is doing okay . I got one of those flip cases with the round screen on the cover. However it doesn't seem to show the round clock when the case is closed .

Does anyone know a way to make it work ? So the locked screen shows the round clock and other info. I couldn't find any settings related to it
[Device Reviews and Information] Moolok:
Is there a magnet in the cover? If so it might put the screen in sleep. I had cover like that with my Nexus 7 tablet. Be Touch 2 has a Hall -sensor and I suspect that is just for those magnetic covers.
[Device Reviews and Information] bennz:
I am not sure if it has magent but certainly doesn't make the screen go to sleep , nor in the circle window shows the details (round clock and etc). Does anyone else have a similar case?

Or is there a round (circular) lock screen widget ( similar to LG G3 ?) which I can use to show with the cover closed
[Device Reviews and Information] snowbord:
That's what you call a serious company that offers WARRANTY!! My reseller Minideal.net do not want to know. After initial requests to have photos sent to them, they have been completely ignoring me. Ulefone have mass-produced a phone with build defects (and a crap ROM) and now instead of doing a recall, they are completely shafting their customers.

New brand? 'We want to build our brand' they say? Good going, UleFone. Your brand name can now stand for crap customer service, poor build quality and crap software.
[Device Reviews and Information] sh337:
So I just charged my BT2, while off, from 1% to 100% in 1h35m... Is this normal?
[Device Reviews and Information] smpillai11:
Please avoid buying ulephone. Zero support from manufacturer. the screen has the white blotches out of box.

I don't have any magnetic covers, the phone has poor quality screen :(

Conversation started Tuesday

smpillai

8/4, 11:52am

smpillai

Hi, My phone has a white spot near the bottom of the screen. Is this fixable? The phone is only a few days old

Wednesday

UleFone

8/5, 4:48am

UleFone

Dear smpillai, please send us the photo of the issue.

Wednesday

smpillai

8/5, 10:12am

smpillai

smpillai

8/5, 10:12am

smpillai

see the bright white spot and few other areas of screen with uneven lighting

Thursday

UleFone

8/6, 4:46am

UleFone

Dear smpillai

We are sorry to hear that you have the problem with our device. There two ways of solving current issue.

1. You can use third-party technical service in your city. First of all you need to figure out can they fix it. If they can, than you can purchase all the details you need in this store http://www.etotalk.com/Wholesale-ulefone-repair-part_c1215?page=3

2. There is another option. Please, contact retailers customer support, describe the problem (better make a video) and ask for the repair. In that case you will need to send the device back to the retailer.

Hope our advise will help you to solve the issue.

smpillai

8/6, 7:44am

smpillai

Hi UleFone,

Thanks for your reply. Both your options involve me spending lots of money on a device only a few days used. Posting it back to china will be expensive. I am not happy with your after sales support. Is there any thing else you can do. At least you could send the spares free of cost?

I will post my experience with you on various forums and blogs. I understand that sometimes things get overlooked in mass manufacturing but its important to provide good support if a new device has issues.

Today

UleFone

3:26am

UleFone

Dear smpillai, according to our warranty policy, that you can find on our official web-site http://ulefone.com/warranty.html our retailers responsible for all after-sale services. We are respecting their warranty policies as well. We can only offer you this 2 options. We are deeply sorry for inconvenience.
[Device Reviews and Information] denduvel:
So you order a cheap chinese phone to be surprised about their warranty policies?
[Device Reviews and Information] Dj_senjaya:
These China manufacturer are really annoying. They after sales service is very2 bad. I hope they will updating their OS as their promise (august 2015)

If no update to fix their phone problem I will give up buying another Chinese phone.

The blotches problem??? I give up to fix this problem. Even If they want to replace a new phone. It will cost more due to the tax.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Catapult launcher with AAL tricks.

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It has a hall sensor but currently inactive. According to Ulefone, it will work after the August update.
[Device Reviews and Information] ferbulous:
Did you flash the twrp from this link?

http://www.needrom.com/download/be-touch-2-twrp-2-8-7-0/

I flashed the one from this link instead, and it seems like I got a problem with power option in twrp

http://www.needrom.com/download/twrp-recovery-2-8-7-0/

It won't power off or reboot so I had to remove the batteries.
[Device Reviews and Information] Yoshi_Guy:
4G

To all people wondering why 4G isn't working in the US: The 4G frequencies supported by this phone don't work in the US! I bought this phone knowing this full well, but apparently some people didn't know this. I am fine with 3G (HSPA+) but some people may not be. The 4G frequencies this phone supports are bands 1, 3, 7, and 20. No US carrier uses those bands.
[Device Reviews and Information] gary_lankford:
Well, that answers that question... I live in a 3G (hpsa+) area, but went into 4G-LTE areas yesterday and today, no 4G... Went to AT&T, but they couldn't get 4G to work, either.

Funny, though, the Touch2 does detect AT&T 4G networks when I search available networks.

Is it possible that some of the LTE settings available in the MTK Engineering app could address this?

I'm an old guy... a little leery of playing... Lol!

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Looking at EngineerMode/Telephony/BandMode/SimSelect/Sim(X) Touch2 shows checkboxes for bands to 44, but 1, 3, 7, and 20 checked active, others not checkable. Seems odd it would list all, but there be no way to change bands... I guess the app is just general for all MTK processors, showing what your processor does support...
[Device Reviews and Information] denduvel:
Is there anything to tweak regarding WiFi?
[Device Reviews and Information] Yoshi_Guy:
That's just the way Engineering Mode works. I have also had the Lenovo Vibe X2, it's Engineering Mode shows all of the bands too, and you can even check them. However, they are immediately unticked after going back into the settings, thus showing that they are not in the hardware unfortunately.
[Device Reviews and Information] zk9:
just got mine 3 days ago, i think i get the good one

-. build quality... very good..no creeking sound.. the phone body very solid.

-. screen quality.. gorgeous.. no white blotch.. the over brightness issue in low setting solved with 'screen filter" my value 73 (72.6%). BE CAREFULL DONT SET IT TO LOW.

-. wifi signal 7 m from router, -50dBm and the download speed stable.

-. the gps. pretty accurate with drive speed 70 kmph.

-. the finger scanner 9 of 10 success rate. my tips... when registering your finger tried couple of time at least from 5 angle or more.

-. my games, are fruit ninja, candy crush, frozen bubble, samurai 2, pool billiards, x construct... works fine...

the battery life seems barely meet my expectation... almost 4 hours SOT

so far very happy with this phone.
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
Some person ported the excellent Lenovo VibeUI to the Ulefone Be Touch 2: http://www.needrom.com/download/port-vibeui/

First results are in and seem to get positive reactions only so I tried it myself. It works flawless except for the fingerprint scanner, that functionality it not included. Would it be impossible to get that included?

What do you guys think?
[Device Reviews and Information] gary_lankford:
Whether I set preferred networks to 4G or 3G, about phone/sim status reports hspa+ (which is a 3G technology), but when preferred networks is set to 4G, AT&T 4G networks are detected. That the Touch2 detects 4G networks it can't connect to just makes no sense.

If I had known the Touch2 was not compatible with US LTE, I would not have bought it...
[Device Reviews and Information] hansel0517:
i flashed the same TWRP version http://www.needrom.com/download/twrp-recovery-2-8-7-0/

no problem with power menu. i reboot to "system"
[Device Reviews and Information] lunarken:
What do u get from this rom?
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
What do you mean? It's Lenovo's VibeUI, that counts for something right? Other icons, lot's of settings can be changed. Check the link I posted and read about it :)
[Device Reviews and Information] rohith666:
Same problem here too, they have to recall the devices instead they are jst time passing with out money:(