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[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
AAL didn't do anything for you? What were you expecting?
[Device Reviews and Information] Moolok:
I'm still waiting my Ulefone Be Touch 2.

I ordered Sandisk Mobile Ultra 64GB micro SDXC card. I suppose nothing can go wrong with that? Is it possible to move some bigger apps to SD-card since internal memory is only 16Gb? And store pictures and videos from camera app directly to external memory? I have been using Nexus 4 these last few years so I'm less than up to date about phones with external memory.

Secondly, can I take Photosphere pictures with this phone? I occasionally take some with my old Nexus 4 and would like to do so with the Ulefone's better camera.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
I am using a mere 8GB card and I can store all from camera in that card. If photosphere needs Gyroscope, you are out of luck.
[Device Reviews and Information] Moolok:
Oh snap, Photosphere does indeed seems to need gyro. Well, can't be helped then with that but what about regular panoramas? Those should at least work, right?
[Device Reviews and Information] Rebel_X:
AAL is only helpful and compresses data of the screen if and only if you activate auto brightness. Which I don't so didn't see any improvements in the already smooth UI. I was hoping that might increase the weight of flicking/scrolling instead of changing buildprop min/max levels for that.

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[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Definitely.

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That's what I was guessing. Can you change the build prop to do that?
[Device Reviews and Information] gibs:
Switching AAL off has impoved mine. Thanks for the tip.

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk

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Thanks for the tip dude.

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
I was always afraid this would mean something someday but up till now all my earphones with remote buttons worked on all my devices. I have used Xiaomi earplugs for a long time now, they are probably made for Mediatek so no worries there.
[Device Reviews and Information] chkalyan:
Please

[Quote:

Originally Posted by llewelld

Happy, Happy days.

I seem to have somewhat accidentally stumbled across a major fix for the laggy display & touch screen on this phone.

fyi, I have also have a lenovo k3 note (same mtk6752 chipset), and it is dramatically smoother than the be touch 2.

I installed the Elephone 7000 rom from here. http://www.needrom.com/download/port-elephone-p7000/ , hoping this would fix the lag. It didn't.

The usb debugging mentioned above also does nothing.

In the elephone rom however, the russian dev has added a way to access the MTK engineering mode.. to access the hardware settings.

Fortunately you can download an app that gets you access to this .. MTK Engineering Mode

Open it up, swipe left a few times until you hit the hardware testing menu

Scoll down to AAL, and click on it, and turn it off, then reboot.

Voila, the touchscreen is now dramatically improved, as is scrolling etc.

Also, in the MTK settings app, under the same hardware menu, you can adjust the underlying Audio settings for the headphone & speaker.

There is a bug on the elephone rom, where the audio doesn work via the loudspeaker. It actually does, it's just so quite you can barely hear it unless in a silent room.

MTK Settings > Hardware Testing > Audio > Loudspeaker > Media and increase the max volume.

This seems to reset after reboot, not sure how this is set, if anyone can figure out how to get this to stick that would be great.

But I now love this phone, after being so disappointed for the first few days..

This

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...rStarter&hl=en

Does this trick works with the Ulefone be touch 2 stock rom? Or do I have to install any other roms?
[Device Reviews and Information] llewelld:
Can anyone solve the following.

1. How to increase scroll speed. Ie how far the screen moves in one flick.

2. How to reduce actual screen brightness. I'm not talking about screen filter apps.. The lowest brightness is high compared to other phones.. This could help with battery.

3. Anything to improve touch responsiveness. Improve sensitivity.. Apart from the aal setting, nothing has made a noticeable difference..

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Yes, it works with stock.
[Device Reviews and Information] dEVshr:
Disable the AAL doesn't do the trick for me, or at least it's not notable.
[Device Reviews and Information] Moolok:
Found www.ulefans.com under Tips & Tricks the following http://ulefans.com/tips-tricks/fix-your-freezing-lollipop/ "Fix your freezing Lollipop".

Don't know if this is anymore an issue tho... Still waiting my Be Touch 2.
[Device Reviews and Information] degady64:
I watch some videos on youtube, with my BT 2 and with my friend's Iphone 4, and the image was much better on iphone 4, and the colours more brilliant.

It is some settings for that (improving the quality of video playback or of the screen) at BT2? Or some tricks?
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
Are the ROMS for these MTK devices (P7000, BT2 etc.) simply interchangeable or do they require some other mods? I only ask because on the P7000 forum they say the Avecilla ROM is the most stable and fluid. Maybe that could help too.

I haven't actually received my BT2 yet so I don't know how bad the UI is after applying these little fixes.
[Device Reviews and Information] Rebel_X:
It is not bad at all, they are all exaggerating! It runs smooth and acceptable.

Apps open in a split second, any app. Animation is fluid, screen quality is gorgeous. Very pleased with the purchase,

I purchased 5 and received them from GearBest (2 shipments).

I really don't understand, when they are buying a less than $200 phone and they want it to perform better than the $800 one.

It already performs better than some phones of the last year's flagships.
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
I'm glad you said that... I've been going back and forth with deciding if it's worth getting or not. I did have one of these ordered in the original flash sale but I cancelled when everyone complained about battery life, discovered it wasn't 5.1 and then the 4 core shut down at 50% thing. I then pre ordered the p8000 but really wanted this BT2 as I like the hardware.

Today I ordered this again and cancelled the p8000 so I hope I've made the right choice. Battery life is the only thing that really worries me now as that's quite important to me. At the moment I'm only getting 2-3 hours sot on my old HTC one with 30 minutes YouTube.
[Device Reviews and Information] gary_lankford:
My European charger w/American converter burnt up and melted the cheap USB cable as soon as I plugged it in, but as to the phone, which I have only had 3 days...

It is really nice, well built, responsive. I'm very happy! It's not perfect, the screen white does have a pinkish tint, but it is very bright and extremely responsive to changing light conditions.

I installed the Nova Launcher which gives more options for the UI appearance, but the UI is plenty responsive for me.

I am not a gamer and have not encountered heating issues; Touch2 runs cooler than my Samsung i717 or i897 ever did.

I'm not thrilled by the side button locations or USB port location or type. Micro USB lacks longevity.

Coming from phones with capacitive buttons, the mechanical button doesn't thrill me and I have no use for the fingerprint detector, but I don't have to use it, so OK.

Battery life could be better in use, but is quite good in standby. Sometime soon, I will try to actually calculate it's capacity.

Assuming the quality is such that the phone lasts a couple years, I will be well satisfied.

? The sim toolkit app doesn't open from the app dock and says not installed, is it just integrated into the system?
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Working fine on mine.

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Still 28% left. And don't forget the 1% thing. So easily 4 hour+.
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
Does that 1% thing not sort itself out after a few full discharge and charge cycles?
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Nope. On an average I have gotten 20 minutes of game play at 1%.
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
Hopefully the Ulefone OTA will be there by the time I get the phone which might address that. Among the other little things.

I'm probably going to under clock to around 1.5 as well, I don't know what I'll need 8 cores ruining at 1.7 for. Hopefully that will give me a little extra too :)
[Device Reviews and Information] snowbord:
So noone has an issue where the bottom right of the screen has a white blotch, where something appears to be pressing the screen from behind?
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
I don't have it at least. Your screen may have developed pressure points. Get a replacement.
[Device Reviews and Information] oatja:
I have it too and if I press down the screen in that area it squeeze my screen inside too.
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
Anyone seen the new ported ROM?

http://www.needrom.com/download/crystalrom/

Says it's the latest firmware from July with some tweaks I don't really understand (framework something?). Would this be use-able for something?
[Device Reviews and Information] tianmi:
Mine has that too, also top left corner.

Seems a pretty common problem.
[Device Reviews and Information] smpillai11:
I would not recommend this phone. Has uneven back lighting with a very visible white blotch at the bottom of the screen (seems to be a common problem for this phone) . Poor GPS (compared to my S4). The fingerprint scanner is not sensitive and unusable. Only pro is that the camera is good quality.
[Device Reviews and Information] denduvel:
I have it as well. But I'm not complaining given its price.
[Device Reviews and Information] snowbord:
So should I go through the hassle of a replacement, or is everyone experiencing the pressure point issue? I'm on the fence and would rather have a mint phone. These pressure point blotches will only lower its resale value, not to mention that it's an eyesore.
[Device Reviews and Information] Moolok:
What launcher are you using on your BT2? Google Now? Nova? Something else? And how's stock launcher?
[Device Reviews and Information] snowbord:
Blotch, yes. Poor GPS - it locks on quickly, but when it comes to moving (e.g. using iGo as a GPS), it is indeed disappointing, indeed when compared to the Galaxy S4 (I have been using both side by side). The fingerprint scanner in my experience is generally good and yes, the camera is great.

In summary, great build quality bar the screen blotches, crap software. I'm not sure if the GPS issue can be fixed in software only, but when I quit iGo, it again locks on quickly and in the right spot, only to begin being lazy in cities or when taking corners at high speed.
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
Stock launcher is laggy but can be made smooth again by turning off ALL in engineering mode. It doesn't really do anything for me so I did that. I am using the Nokia Z Launcher because I really like the draw-function to quickly access my apps. That launcher goes really smoothly.

The Next Launcher 3D looks like it's made for children, such a chaos of animations and all. Am I getting old? :(

Next to that, I don't really identify most of the problems mentioned here. I have no white blotch at all, I really like the fingerprint scanner and the GPS works flawlessly (CoPilot app and Google Maps).

I do believe there has been a gathering of incompetent ROM-dev's where they all got drunk and started to work on Be Touch 2 ROM. It all works and it's all good..it's just...yeah..you-know..
[Device Reviews and Information] denduvel:
My GPS isn't accurate anymore above 120 km/h. Is this normal chinese behaviour or are there fixes available for non-rooted phones?
[Device Reviews and Information] dalibor79:
I get BT2 and use 5 day.

Nice phone fingerprint work 99℅ for me. Camera perfect, wi fi nice fast and strong, gps with igo navi work extra fast and strong signal. Battery fast charge and with medium use i get over 24h nice. no lag.
[Device Reviews and Information] snowbord:
The July ROM is a piece of crap. I am seriously getting sick of it. I need to reboot frequently to even get a stable bluetooth / wifi connection. Seriously.. so much potential but so poorly executed. The screen pressure points are the icing on the cake. If at least it was software only, we could wait and hope Ulefone come through with an update.

Nice phone in theory. A piece of (mostly well-built, bar screen pressure points) crap in practice. Serious ROM support is expected from Ulefone. Too much stuff (pretty much everything) just does not work as it should.
[Device Reviews and Information] ghiurtuv:
Can you provide some photos about your white spots problems?My display is amazing,colors are realistics.I just watched an 4k resolution with MxPlayer and i don't lie when i tell you i haven't seen something that nice and colourful in my entire life.Yeah,software is kind of buggy,but we need Ulefone for an update,or we need a good developer who can help us.
[Device Reviews and Information] tampiss:
I must say, the build is great - simply amazing. Though it needs lots of tuning from the software side.

Unfortunately I face a trouble with WIFI and 3G/4G reception.

1. Phone 3 m distance from AP, download speed 35Mbps (same results with Samsung Galaxy S5

2. Phone 10 m distance from AP, download speed drops to 1,1Mbps (while on Samsung Galaxy S5 the download speed remains the same)

3. The same problem with 3G/4G, I receive significantly lower speed on Be Touch 2 compared to Samsung Galaxy S5 (being on the same network, connected to the same cell).
[Device Reviews and Information] Moolok:
Some users report white spots on display and some does not have those. Is there a way to determine the manufacturing date or HW revision? So to check if there is any correlation to screen problems to any specific date or revision? You know for error with display assembly or lapses on quality control with certain manufacturing patches.
[Device Reviews and Information] tasanhalas:
My First Full Review, if I forgot something just ask me directly, any comments are appreciated :p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA1ddC-5vwI
[Device Reviews and Information] Ormbett:
Cannot see, marked as private clip

Kind regards
[Device Reviews and Information] piotrek966:
White spots / areas are visible on this youtube review:

ITXtutor Ulefone Be Touch Review - Octa Core with Metal Frame - Iphone 6 Killer ? [HD]

(sorry can't post link yet)

I have one almost exactly in same place. It wasn't visible out off box, I noticed it after one day.

My one was orderd Jun 16, 2015 17:02:55 PM during first sale event.
[Device Reviews and Information] dupajapona:
Not happy with the underclocking once the battery hits 50%mark?

I just installed CPU Control and set all cores to 468-1690 and no performance drops anymore.

You can set it to a lower value in order to get some more out of the battery....
[Device Reviews and Information] gary_lankford:
My display is even, no blotches, but white is slightly pink, sometimes... In Antutu display color and gray scales, white seems very white.

FWIW, I remember that my Samsung SGH-i897 had terrible GPS locking on release. Problem was solved in software updates..
[Device Reviews and Information] lunarken:
I have that blotch too after reading all these posts. Damn.. Should have not read it. But is not very obvious. Unless u purposely go look for it.
[Device Reviews and Information] snowbord:
To those experiencing poor GPS accuracy issues when on the move (i.e. using car navigation), it appears to be an issue with the MTK kernel and Lollipop. I have just read through the Jiayu S3 forum here on XDA and they too are experiencing the exact same issues. On KK, the GPS is solid. On LP, it starts to flake out, especially at high speed.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62135379&postcount=4966

http://xdaforums.com/android/genera...-hd-4g-lte-t3015809/post61648387#post61648387

http://xdaforums.com/android/genera...-hd-4g-lte-t3015809/post61912352#post61912352

http://xdaforums.com/android/genera...-hd-4g-lte-t3015809/post61911189#post61911189

etc.

Disappointing. I'm thinking of returning this Be Touch 2 and getting a Jiayu S3 on KK.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Yes go for it. That company is going to be bankrupt and you will get lots of support.
[Device Reviews and Information] snowbord:
Yeah, I know the score. I did own the G4S however, and that little phone was awesome. There is however this;

http://www.mobiletechasia.com/?p=729

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I'll have to check my box. Otherwise, I can't find a serial number on the device. The only number I can find is GQ3022TH, but that is in no way the serial number.
[Device Reviews and Information] Moolok:
How about bootloader? For example my Nexus 4 says in bootloader info that the HW is rev_11.
[Device Reviews and Information] snowbord:
Same here. The white spot wasn't there to begin with, but it appeared over time (a few days). grrr.
[Device Reviews and Information] rohith666:
Be touch 2, so many issues

1) One week with BT2, Finger print scanner not even takes the input, 1 or 2 times of 500 to 1000 times try, it recognizes the input n processes the fingerprint lock, other times it wont even respond to anything, Some times while taking input it suddenly stops in the Middle. I am not understanding whether its a software problem or hardware problem. I am on latest build 702. Vexed with this utouch which never works . Really disappointed. anyone please help with this issue. This is the major issue with my BT2 rite now for me.

2) Camera quality is great without zoom but we zoom little bit , the view will be full of pixels

3) I tested antutu three times now, first time at battery 80% it gave me 41668, Second time it gve me 45160 at battery 75%, n today battery at 10% i got antutu of just 20K. Dont know how it is behaving n why.

4) Battery life is not good

5) Second sim not working with 3g or 4g, even we set data sim as 2nd one only.

6) I have nt tested GPS on the go, i will report if there is any issue in few days.

Anyone please help me with u touch issue :(
[Device Reviews and Information] shohid1234:
Nice review mate!
[Device Reviews and Information] un4given69:
problems with ROOT

Heya guys, just got my ulefone today. Tried to root it and install custom recovery on it, but failed using any kind of methods i could find. Doens any1 have a nice tutorial for me? just want to be able to flash custom roms on it.;) thx in advance
[Device Reviews and Information] maormark:
Can someone explain to me how I change the camera position saving files. I would like to transfer the images to the external memory card. Thanks.
[Device Reviews and Information] gibs:
Coming from an Amiga user shocks me. It wasn't smooth at all even with ADW launcher. After disabling AAL it's much much better. But 2D games still have poor performance.

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk

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Yes mine has the white blotchgate. It seems it is the weakness part of the phone. Can you try to unscrew the bottom a bit ? I'm in holiday without screwdriver :)

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk

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Try with a white screen please. Facebook, Angry Bird 2... And report here

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] snowbord:
What was that about Amiga?! I haven't been on that bandwagon since I sold my A1200 back in the late 90s (68060). ;)
[Device Reviews and Information] Ornellad:
HI, I've got same problem. Most of the time finger print does not start... Quite disappointing.... I'm not sure if hardware /software either. Can anyone else let us know if theirs work?
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Are you using any third party launcher?
[Device Reviews and Information] mantekas:
I read on Facebook that some terminals are not closed completely,

apparently it is screw under a warranty sticker that is not tightly screwed and that the technical service of ulefone told him to pull the same.

Maybe that same screw this screen by pressing from behind.

Try removing the lid to see if the stain disappears
[Device Reviews and Information] lunarken:
WHERE DID U READ FROM? can show link?

u mean the screw is not tightly screwed? or it screwed too tight?
[Device Reviews and Information] Ornellad:
I'm not. Anyway it might be OK now, I've registered just one finger and seems fine so far. I hope it keeps up that way :),. Mine is the butch from mid July, I can't see any problems with hardware. I've rooted and phone seems to keep cooler.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
That means you didn't register any finger earlier?:confused:
[Device Reviews and Information] Ornellad:
hi I had more than one before. I was hoping having only one would make it work. Anyway is not working again :(. It was the same when uprooted. Any ideas what it could be?
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
restart and try again. My betouch 2 is from the first batch. It doesn't have this kind of problem. Do you use any third party locker?
[Device Reviews and Information] Ornellad:
Thanks for suggestions still doesn't work. The scanner doesn't read the finger at all, so there is no error. After a while asks for pin or goes black. I'm wondering if is an hardware issue
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Press the scanner when the screen is turned off. It will simultaneously wake up the screen and unlock the phone. Try it and let me know.
[Device Reviews and Information] ofsinreno:
Anyone on T-Mobile? I'm curious if we are limited to 3G.
[Device Reviews and Information] hansel0517:
my observations:

bought my BT2 from gearbest last july 2 and received it july 23 from 179.99 discounted price then paid 35 usd tax. so it's not really a steal.

from my experience the scrolling is laggy. turned off AAL, improved a little bit but still not like my other phone. rooted BT2 and installed xposed, gravity, etc. i am using TWRP as custom recovery.

no problem with calls and sms. i can connect with bluetooth speaker easily and using my MI piston earphone sound is very good - but i flashed viper4android to improve sound. speaker sound is loud but sounds like a tin can.

i calibrated my battery using battery fix and is now showing same percentage during charging while BT2 is on or off. battery shows long life (6 days) when screen is off and in deep sleep but during use it drains very fast. one culprit could be the screen. even at lowest setting it is still bright in my opinion.

the absence of notification led is a real turn off - so i just use flash alert and noled to imitate the led function.

WIFI connection is poor. when compared with my other phone, my son is able to play COC without signal drop from my other phone while BT2 disconnects from time to time at same distance from the router. my other phone is actually a MI3.

fingerprint scanning - there is a technique which i learned. and with that technique i will scan only twice max to unlock the phone. it's like i firmly place the finger on the scanner long enough until it unlocks or if you feel the vibration, remove the finger and immediately place it back and it will unlock.

overall the phone is impressive. screen resolution, camera and build quality. if there was a notification led it would have been perfect.

i hope the august rom update will fix the battery, wifi connectivity and screen brightness, and maybe better scanner response if this is a firmware issue.