yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
I've only had mine since the weekend, it's not as bad as some people are making out but it has it's bugs. I don't have any white spots on the screen but it's still early days. Battery could be better but I'm just trying the July firmware s that is supposed to be better.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Indoor low light sample at ISO 850, f/1.8, 1/10s. Camera is enough good.
[Device Reviews and Information] Guerreiro_BR:
I miss the notification LED :(
[Device Reviews and Information] Ormbett:
I prefer coffee but that looks yummie! Camera could be better, with better software and maybe better optics

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You can try Flash alerts 2, not perfect but some like it

Kind regards
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Without flash at ISO 850 I couldn't hope for more at this price range. Even very good camera struggle at higher ISO.
[Device Reviews and Information] Guerreiro_BR:
how to configure this to flash frontal?
[Device Reviews and Information] Ormbett:
Install the app, when you have the back flash working, go into settings of FA2 and change the flash to front flash
[Device Reviews and Information] Poped:
So ive got my Bt2 and so far so good. Not much to complain about tbh. Maybe the fake 5.1 is a bummer but atleast they admit it and worknig on it. Its china and chinese so-so rules when you advertice i guess.. I can live with thas aslong it will be fixed eventually. My bigest conserns right now is to find a good case for it. Like a good leather one or something. Since its basclly a clone of other phones so my thinking is like if anyone here knows of any case for other brands would work? iphone 6+ would fit if it wasnt for the camera i think... Maybe someone of you here have found any other?

// cheers!
[Device Reviews and Information] piccir:
LTE bands

I have the BT2 with the stock rom (July)

I can see from the networks menu 4G network available, but it's connecting only to 3G!!

PS: I'm in US, the bands are different, but why I can see the 4G networks!?!?

Has somebody tried to modify the LTE bands on the Ulefones?

piccir
[Device Reviews and Information] Arkady-san:
I have the same problem with my provider (T-Mobile).

I changed the rom to [PORT] VibeUI (try needrom) and LTE works great.
[Device Reviews and Information] Guerreiro_BR:
The ROM Viber UI is works very good?
[Device Reviews and Information] Arkady-san:
Yes, but no fingerprint scanner
[Device Reviews and Information] ALdelcast:
in charge smell like something is burn

hi guys, when I charge my BT2 it get overheated, really, really overheated, and I can smell like something inside it is burning (burnt copper?)

Anyone more note some smell when charge?
[Device Reviews and Information] niltonarriegas:
Not here, it takes too long to charge but not smell like burning something
[Device Reviews and Information] ghiurtuv:
Your camera apk is?
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
I have taken it with snap camera on auto.
[Device Reviews and Information] mikeysteele:
All the problems with these devices would disappear if the companies would release complete kernel sources and device trees as the geniuses here would be able to fix them...
[Device Reviews and Information] rollsroyce89:
Needs another update. I want to see a more stabilized Be Touch 2.
[Device Reviews and Information] niltonarriegas:
Your snap starts on full-screen?
[Device Reviews and Information] gibs:
How ?

The only way is to replace the screen

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] Heshamvido:
[MENTION=598650]gibs[/MENTION]

I just solved the camera problem. The white spot isn't noticeable when you use low screen brightness.

Of course, no one can solve it without opening the phone and eliminate this problem which is caused by some pressure points behind the screen itself.
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
The phone must flex slightly if it's pressure points as it isn't there at the beginning. Didn't someone take the BT2 apart to investigate and there was nothing behind to cause pressure or heat the screen, am I remembering right!? Gibs was that you?

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Ulefone don't have the kernel sources, that's half the problem and MediaTek don't release these, against Google Android policy, (because they're money grabbing a-holes and want to charge for it).

I think Ulefone were promised them from the chip supplier (3rd party, not directly from MediaTek) but the supplier hasn't kept the promise. So this is why the phone is left in a bit of a mess with regards to bad kernels.

As far as I can see, the only realistic possible solutions would be if:

1) MediaTek release the source (which they won't);

2) One of the big companies who use this chip and have bought the source (like Lenovo) release this, which they wont because they paid for it and it's goes against the purchase agreement they have with MediaTek;

3) The 3rd party chip supplier that Ulefone used actually give the kernel to Ulefone and they build a decent ROM (I don't know how likely that is, I doubt they have even bought it in the first place);
[Device Reviews and Information] dudes456:
You're probably right.. Maybe we should all petition Mediatek to release the Kernels to the community? I mean why not?!
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
I would be good if we could pressure them into doing this but they simply don't care. By doing what they do it means that if they only release specific version kernels (built, not source) for manufacturers to use then the phone will quickly become out of date with no OS updates and more customers will want new phones, probably using new MediaTek chips.

They know it pisses customers off but companies still use them because they make cheap chips and probably sell more phones in the medium term.
[Device Reviews and Information] dudes456:
Well I made a Petition. It probably looks horrible and sounds horrible. I've never done this before, cut me some slack!! Any changes/suggestions etc that would be nice. It's probably pointless but meh.

https://www.change.org/p/ming-kai-tsai-mediatek-to-release-their-kernels
[Device Reviews and Information] dalibor79:
i suport
[Device Reviews and Information] dudes456:
Thanks bud, if we get some more support then hopefully we can achieve something here. It might not be possible but it's worth a shot!
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
I would add that MediaTek only release the source code for their processors for a fee (which is against GPL policy). The purchase of the source code is covered by a non disclosure agreement.

I would also add that we need Source Code for Mediatek phones to fix problems which Mediatek won't. There are security, reliability and functionality fixes (Stagefright, GPS, Bluetooth etc.) :good:

Signed by the way!
[Device Reviews and Information] Poped:
I now have this phone. Got it monday, updated it yesterday and now battery seems to drain at a faster speed than the first and 2nd day i used it. Any way to fix or reverse the update?
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
Download the July ROM, drivers and flash tool from here:

http://www.needrom.com/download/ulefone-be-touch-2/
[Device Reviews and Information] Poped:
Ok. And rooting is safe to do? Not bricking? I use to root my phones so i know the how to but since its a new phone and not a brandish with its large userbase and support...

Skickat från min Be Touch 2 via Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
You don't have to root it, this is just to flash the July firmware. No Root or custom Recovery is included.
[Device Reviews and Information] Poped:
Ahh sweet! And its an original rom? Stock from ulefone or? And i dont loose my apps or anything? Its just like normal flashing, right?
[Device Reviews and Information] dudes456:
Thanks for the feedback, very valid points. I've made some changes, better?

https://www.change.org/p/ming-kai-tsai-mediatek-to-release-their-kernels
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
It's an original ROM packaged by Styler. You will lose your user data, this isn't like an update, so you'll need to back that up. It's just like normal flashing, yes.

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Like it pal :good:
[Device Reviews and Information] dudes456:
Sweet, as a community I hope we can get something done about this. That would be a massive achievement for us all!
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
It can only benefit everyone, MediaTek included imo.

I have just linked your petition to the Facebook groups for the BT2 and also in the update post on the official Ulefone page... let's see where this goes.
[Device Reviews and Information] Poped:
Thanks m8! I sure hope they step their software-handling up a noth och 2. Phone has potential!

And signed petition aswell just for the sake of it! It cant hurt to have them release it, can it!
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
No worries! The hardware so far for me is great, software definitely lets the device down.
[Device Reviews and Information] dudes456:
Awesome, thanks man! Let's get this done!
[Device Reviews and Information] mengele63:
Never buy this"phone"

Hi there.

I have this phone about three weeks and my verdict- this is not a phone.

For thouse, who want to by this "flagship", don,t do this.

Today i send back this peace of **** and now waiting the refund.
[Device Reviews and Information] Rizera:
Hi,

Can you please detail your concerns with the phone? Thanks.
[Device Reviews and Information] mengele63:
Hi..

Spots on the screen,visible on white

Nocalibration battery/real cap.near2400mah/

Wifi antena very bad

Display quality is bad/brightnes/

And many others bags.
[Device Reviews and Information] fractaluser:
To be honest i dont remember. I do know i used the SP Flash Tool to make it happen, tried all kinds of things, but flashing stock rom. I can tell you this...i wont root this phone again...
[Device Reviews and Information] bennetton:
hi guys,

after the latest update, i am unable to install non play store apk - even with "Unknown Sources" check under setting->security

the install button is just not clickable, any one how to solve this?
[Device Reviews and Information] dudes456:
Hi buddy, maybe try some suggestions in this thread?

http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...n-when-installing-applications-from-unknown-s

Basically disable any screen dimming app if you have any that is.

EDIT: Also check here. Saying the same thing: http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z/help/install-3rd-party-apps-install-button-t2282033
[Device Reviews and Information] Heshamvido:
I just got my screen protector and fabric case from gearbest. They are so stupid. They put the screen outside the case box and they sent the screen without the wipes.

I got my screen broken to million pieces. Now, I am gonna ask for refund.

Also, have anyone tried the iPhone 6 plus screen protector on ulefone be touch 2 ????
[Device Reviews and Information] bennetton:
thanks, i did have bluelight filter on.

side note: the infamous whitespot finally appeared on my unit after 3 weeks
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
My unit is from the very first batch. And I yet to notice any white spot. Is it possible that the units with white spots came from a single batch?
[Device Reviews and Information] Guerreiro_BR:
appeared an damn white spot on the side of the screen
[Device Reviews and Information] tianmi:
Exactly the same thing happend to me, seems like they haven't learnt a thing by simply putting the protector inside with the case.

I asked for a replacement and they sent me one with original metal box and wipes etc.
[Device Reviews and Information] Yeman56:
In my opinion, a trainee has accidentally dropped a box and broke a part of the stock.. [emoji52]

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] gibs:
Excellent !

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk

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Welcome to the club :)

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] Rebel_X:
They did this to me, but thankfully the first 3 tempered glass sheets I ordered came fine, they put them between the boxes of the covers. They survived somehow.

The other 2 tempered glass sheets, I urged them through "order ticket" to make sure to put them in the boxes. And to my surprise, they came safely with the original metallic boxes that says 9H Glass.
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
Has anyone found a way to remove the big 4G/3G icon that is persistently in the status bar? Not the smaller one that sits next to the radio reception indicator/bars, the big one that is constantly there even when you have WiFi on... it's bugging me!

EDIT: I managed to do this. If you use the "Flat Style Bar Indictors" module in xposed that works a treat!!!
[Device Reviews and Information] Ormbett:
Over 200 signings so far in the petition to MTK about releasing the kernel source code, not so bad

Here's the link:

http://www.change.org/p/ming-kai-tsai-mediatek-to-release-their-kernels
[Device Reviews and Information] SimplyCity:
My sing putted. :)

Sent by V2Y100Pro
[Device Reviews and Information] peterscm:
signed.
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
Luckily I don't have any white spots yet, but I'm resigned to the fact that might happen... it seems it is common for a lot of people with this phone.

The battery calibration is a real pain in the ass. After flashing back to July firmware I'm having to do that again :( I'm wondering if it will fully sort itself out, I hope so. I'm using the guide here. I do think it is real 3050mAh though, I'm getting between 4.5 - 5 hours SOT and with a better optimised ROM that should improve. I don't think that would be possible with this device on a 2400mAh battery.

My WiFi has been decent, I haven't experienced any problems with it. To be fair, I live in a smallish house, so maybe that is a factor.

I have NO issues or complaints whatsoever about the screen quality. It looks really good in my opinion. It's quite bright yes, I generally only set mine between 0 and 15%.

The ROM needs to be optimised but with AAL off and using a different launcher I don't have any real complaints. Ulefone need to work on this, admittedly, but it isn't horrific for me by any means.
[Device Reviews and Information] unavix:
I own this phone. But I have a problem. No work gestures to switch the display. Not working double tap or gesture C camera.I tried here to upgrade and downgrade the firmware but not helped. The problem still persists.

With display but I have no trouble. Conventional touch function correctly.

Can anyone advise me how to fix it to make gestures functioned?
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
Try the double tap a little slower, it sometimes doesn't recognise quick double taps.

Do you have lock screen enabled?
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Have you turned it on from settings?
[Device Reviews and Information] unavix:
In the settings I gestures on.

Not helped even slower tap. I turned on the lock screen. Set to swipe.
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
Another little thing that was annoying me was that there was no "Powered by android" logo included in the boot image (I know, I'm anal), so I modded the one from the July firmware and flashed it when I rolled back (just replace the logo.bin in S7yler's folder when flashing). You could probably do this with FlashTools but I haven't tried.

For anyone that wants this, I have shared it in my Google Drive here.
[Device Reviews and Information] ghiurtuv:
I want sources from Mediatek too but trust me,that petition is useless.We signed like 50000+ for another mtk chipset(6589 or something like that-the 1.2 ghz quad one) and nothing happened.They just don't care.When you will hear on news about the police and the Mediatek company,that will be the time when they will release.Till then,we and our petitions are useless.:(
[Device Reviews and Information] Guerreiro_BR:
Interesting that just shows a white spot on some screens in the launcher holla

No shows on all screens. Specifically in a

Att
[Device Reviews and Information] androFRUST:
Just got the phone from gearbest! took about 25 days.. so far so good.. lag was somewhat fixed with the AAL disabled.. anyone know how to get the speaker louder though? Playing youtube ... non existent! came with 74% battery, drained in under 2 hours of fiddling...
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Go to mediatek engineering menu>mtk settings>hardware testing>audio. Change values to higher for various mode.
[Device Reviews and Information] lunarken:
Try pressing the bottom right of the screen.. I mean hard... It will appear.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Why should I do that for? Just to prove the point?
[Device Reviews and Information] Guerreiro_BR:
It is possible to increase the sensitivity on the screen? ( touch screen)
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Have you tried the AAl tricks? And also replace the stock screen guard for a good one.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Sorry for the late reply. Yes.
[Device Reviews and Information] niltonarriegas:
Thanks for answering.. Have u July or August romantic?
[Device Reviews and Information] Guerreiro_BR:
I have mtk engine.

Functional?

What number ?
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
Is that just disabling AAL or is this something else?
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Just disable AAL. Nothing else. And my touch is pretty smooth even with the crappy stock screen guard. I am going to replace it with a tempered glass one.

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Go to hardware testing. You will find 'AAl' entry at the bottom. disable it.
[Device Reviews and Information] aszu:
I think I am just being super picky, the phone itself works and I am sure many people will be happy with it as it is. A bit tired with all those Chinese phones that look great on paper but in real life actually have numerous hardware issues and software is often simply atrocious (this Ulefone with laggy, fake 5.1 Lollipop is the new low, I think...).
[Device Reviews and Information] MUG3NHC:
Difference in sot for example has nothing to do with being picky tho.

Also, no one mentioned that the phone is laggy, apparently the finger print id is very accurate too.

I dont have mine yet, but I will test it as well. I bought it as a back up phone so it should do anyway
[Device Reviews and Information] tianmi:
I wouldn't call it laggy, mine opens the apps pretty quick, and all other tasks as well. It's just like the whole interface is running at 15fps, not smooth
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Have you tried another launcher like Nova, Apex etc?
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
Other launchers will run smooth, the phone has enough power, that's not the problem. The problem is that the stock UI needs some real optimization. Its not really laggy, its just not doing the animations smooth.
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
[MENTION=2205042]aszu[/MENTION]

- I doubt the way the battery have been measured to being a "2100mAh", the phone is using a huge 5.5" with FHD and high brightness and anyway I am able to get though the whole day with the phone. In my opinion that would not be possible with a small 2000-2100mah battery. The battery is definitely bigger than that.

- It is fast charging, but obviously not fast enough for you. It always depends on what you compare with. 1.5 hour is not long compared to the 5 hours it takes on the Bluboo X550 or 3 hours on the UMI eMAX.

- The word "overheating" should only be used if the phone gets hot for no reason or crashes. Neither have happened for me. It does get hot when it works heavy, but what phone doesn't? All the new phones get hot when they are heavy loaded, that's totally normal. Even Xiaomi phones get very hot.

- The Touch ID scanner is working fine for me, just like in the Be Touch 1. Its working 360 degree, no way you need to do it in a special angle or something like that. 90% the time it works when I use it and as good as on my Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. If not you must have "Gorilla fingers with no fingerprints" or something like that....

- Also comparing it now with the Jiayu S3 is not really fair. Now they had time and sorted must bugs. When the S3 was just released it also had tons of bugs and issues. So it was also not really a perfect device from the beginning. And so far I haven't seen the perfect china smartphone, they all have their pros & cons. Lenovo, Xiaomi, UMI etc. also have issues to battle with. But I do agree on that Ulefone still needs to optimize the stock UI/ROM at lot!
[Device Reviews and Information] aszu:
I am 100% positive that battery in my phone is around 2Ah. However, this does not rule out possibility that the QC is simply poor and there are different batches of batteries out there - some of them better than the others.

I don't have a problem with charging speed, it is very good coming from Jiayu S3 (which was simply atrocious).

My point is that the charging current of 1.3 Amp is nothing special - for instance Quick Charge 2.0 does 3 Amp.

The other thing is that getting this thing charged in 1.5 hour is not realistic - unless the battery is not true 3Ah.

The absolute maximum charging current from the stock charger is around 1.3A (measured by the meter - and it actually goes down as the battery gets more full), over 1.5hours@5V, assuming constant maximum current (which in reality does not happen) this gives around 9.75Wh. Let's be generous and assume the charging efficiency is 85% - so about 8.3Wh of energy can be pumped into the battery during 1.5hour charging. The 3Ah battery at average voltage of 3.8V can store 11.4Wh of energy. It means that after 1.5 hours of charging:

- if the battery is 3Ah then it is only about 70% full

- if the battery indicates 100% full and the charging stops, then it cannot be 3Ah, but it is 70% of 3Ah, which is exactly 2.1 Ah I mentioned earlier.

The phone gets hot, but I generally don't have a problem with that, unless:

- it is caused by poor software / kernel (too aggressive governor or voltage, unoptimized ROM), that causes extra power consumption (so lowers battery life)

- causes excessive throttling due to exceeding thermal envelope - which means heat dissipation design is poor (+ potentially previous point applies as well)

Not 100% sure if any of those applies to Ulefone to be honest, as I have not looked into this in detail. The phone seems to get hotter than normal during regular usage compared to the other handsets.

It works about 80% of time for me - which is not good enough, because I when pressing the button there is always this moment of uncertainty - 'Is it going to work this time?'. I can't trust this feature to work reliably, so there is not much point using it at all, as it becomes a hassle. But I agree this must very much depend on the individual's fingers and I am sure there are people out there that do not have this issue.

Agreed. But on the other hand Jiayu never lied about the specs of the phone or firmware. Ulefone 'branding' Lollipop 5.0 as version 5.1 (they use 5.1 in all their marketing materials) is simply outrageous scam and I am really appalled by such practice - and they actually have a track record of doing this kind of **** ('imxgate'). Let's see how it goes, I really hope Ulefone are going to sort themselves out.
[Device Reviews and Information] WearySky:
The initial firmware that shipped with the BT2 definitely overheated - the phone cranked up to 42/43 degrees after 20 minutes of gaming. A comparable-specced phone (the Elephone P7000) doesn't get nearly that hot with the same exact usage. There's definitely something wrong with the initial firmware that shipped. The latest version seems to have fixed that, though.
[Device Reviews and Information] AyrtonSenna94:
Do you have Any Pic About 2100 mha battery?
[Device Reviews and Information] aszu:
Yep, attaching the photo. The battery weights 49 grams.