yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
If it's full source, including kernel, then that's pretty awesome :D
[Device Reviews and Information] sh337:
I just compiled the kernel based on the Lenovo K3 Note, but the phone wouldn't boot.

Without more information about the drivers the phone needs to operate, it will be very difficult to make it work.
[Device Reviews and Information] romy4444:
Reasons NOT to buy the Ulefone be touch 2

My friends, after 2 months of Ulefone be touch 2 adventure here is my verdict:

1- Battery impossible to calibrate even after trying different roms and techniques, it just drains always crazy fast no matter what you do to prevent.

2- The screen is a joke, the lag is more hardware related than software. Come on, white blotches on a fone!! Thats also unacceptable. There were also in my case dead spots where the screen didn't respond or respond a bit down than where I touched, that spot for me was a 1 cm zone line following the power button. That poor hardware also causes the lag for typing...

3- Fingerprint scanner is really temperamental. Sometimes it worked so well that I thought i have found the solution... But for me when charging in the car for example it almost never worked.

4- By the way the power management is also a joke, I think kids projected that part, it never knows the right level of battery while charging, sometimes it charges on the car but sometimes it just drains and overheat. Yes overheating is also a huge problem!!

5- No support, no updates, no solution from Ulefone, why? Because the thru is, SOFTWARE CANNOT SOLVE THE ISSUES OF THIS FONE!

In the end i have spend more money and bought an One Plus 2, only by taking in my hand i could already tell the difference, and after 1 day with the new fone, my final conclusion.

ULEFONE BE TOUCH 2 is a toy, and Ill try to sell it to some of my enemies!!
[Device Reviews and Information] gibs:
2 month, you are courageous !

Hey, be gentle it's an iPhone 6 plus killer !! Ahahah

Envoyé de mon UniverseTap en utilisant Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] romy4444:
Hahahahahhaahhahahahaha

Let's all do a massive return of this fone...
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
So I have just tried the Rubix1 Elephone P7000 port from Needrom and it seems much better than the stock Ulefone ROM to me, still not perfect but better. You still have to disable AAL again but I don't get any of the page load/scroll stop-start stutter in chrome or facebook that I had on stock. Fingerprint scanner also works.

It boots in Russian, so if you install and want English then go to settings and click the Google translate icon (9th from the bottom) and then the top option is to change language.

It still doesn't fly like my Elephone P8000 though but it's an improvement.
[Device Reviews and Information] sh337:
Look what I found while looking for more in depth specs for the Be Touch 2...

http://www.gotron.hk/productshow.php?cid=21&id=438

Looks familiar?
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
It has a 720p screen so I guess it's the Be Touch 1 right?

Which I heard also had a lot of software issues..
[Device Reviews and Information] Guerreiro_BR:
I agree with you. The BT2 is not a great phone. Disappoints me a few things. But the One Plus 2 is twice the value.It will certainly be much better. Perhaps most interesting pay for something more expensive and have a better phone, but we must also see the cost and benefit
[Device Reviews and Information] sh337:
Yeah, it's the BT1... But on the other hand it isn't... It's a different brand. :p
[Device Reviews and Information] handful17:
Had my BT2 for abound 7 weeks now and have to say I'm really happy with it generally. No white spots, no overheating, lag stopped with the AAH tip, no lag with typing on the Google gesture keyboard, no dead spots. I cured the fingerprint issue by following the multi scan of thumb advice and now get probably 19/20 with no read issues.

Ok, I'm not pretending it's an I6 killer or that there aren't better phones out there but for the money I think it's great value. The biggest issue for me is the poorish wifi signal. Battery life was poor but I reduced the sync frequency and that seems to have helped a lot, I now have about 30-40% left after a day of moderate use. Overall I'm a rare beast, a reasonably happy BT2 owner! Still on original July kernel btw.
[Device Reviews and Information] jlev:
Will anyone here be installing the CM ROM the day it comes out?

Any ETA been published for it?
[Device Reviews and Information] thierry77c:
No flash, no root, just take the last ota and all is good. Fingerprint very fast, but battery very poor...

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] SamSmiles:
Is there any evidence that a CM rom is actually being developed? My understanding was that Ulefone promised to make one but then admitted that they had fired the development company.
[Device Reviews and Information] romy4444:
Sure, but there are fones out there with the same price of BT2 with a very decent built and performance. The thing is that some companies like Ulefone acts like scam, cause they lie, they also make you expect much more, and then instead of saving money we are wasting money, thats not nice!

(By the way, one of the big lies is when Ulefone says BT2 has the gorilla glass, if you put any real gorilla glass device side by side to the BT2 it makes the BT2 glass look like plastic...)
[Device Reviews and Information] Guerreiro_BR:
Is true !!! It seems plastic... disappointing!!!!
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
Yes some dude on Facebook responded to my question about CM, stating he contacted UleFone about the CM-development and he was told they had no-one able to work on it. I now also have the white spots (blotches?) on my screen. They just appeared one day and now I have five of them. I don't consider them a real proble, already gave up on seeing this device as an quality one..

The battery is going completely hay-wire now. The last 15% is going with 2% per second or so, it's insane :silly:

Ow, and it's definitely NOT Gorilla Glass. Their PR-team is just a bunch of lairs. Not going to name all the fake stuff about this devices again, most of you know by now, right? ;)

Tried all different Custom ROM's and they are either a little bit less crap but lack basic functionality (still kudos to the dev) or it's just the same.

Doesn't matter, phone works for me and I still like it. Also going to buy a Redmi Note 2 in 1..2..3.. (OppoMart = cheapest btw, tried them all)
[Device Reviews and Information] gibs:
Poll : Do you guys expect a new update from Ulefone on this device ? If yes, do you think it's going to happen ?

Envoyé de mon Be Touch 2 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] epljslt:
Monday I mailed Ulefone support and ask about there release plan of firmware for this device. They said a new release should be ready at the end of this week and they should release new firmware once a month or once every second months depending on bugs found.
[Device Reviews and Information] seeker007:
Don't expect much from them so Every update are welcome. I'm waiting for my contact to end so I'm going for a Sony z5 if the camera lives up to their claim.
[Device Reviews and Information] dupajapona:
They promised a lot before the phone launch i.e. Lollipop 5.1 out of box, gorilla glass, custom roms, frequent updates and god only knows what else...

We all know what we've got. A piece of crap...

Bunch of useless liars they are.
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
It's already being pushed out to some people for testing (ha, using customers for testing) so it will be released at some point. Whether it's any good is anybody's guess.

That's the thing, they can't produce 5.1 because they haven't bought the kernel source so there's absolutely no way they were ever going to release 5.1. A blatant lie. In my opinion they're an untrustworthy company and I'll never buy from them again.

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I'm using an Elephone P8000 as my daily driver, that was cheaper and i can't fault it for the money. So much more responsive than my BT2 and the battery lasts a lot longer as it has a 4000+mAh battery. It just weighs a bit more and i prefer the design of the BT2, especially the front finger print scanner which actually works really well for me. I can't have it all i guess, ha.
[Device Reviews and Information] anonymous1:
Fix IMEI codes after flashing

1. Select Engineer Mode (dial *#*#3646633#*#* on the dialer)

2. Select CDS Information from Connectivity tab

3. Select Radio Information

4. Select the SIM you wish to change the IMEI on

5. At the AT+ line for SIM 1, enter

AT+ EGMR=1,7,FIRST-IMEI-NUMBER (where the words are, you will enter a 15 digit number, note the space after AT+)

6. For SIM 2, enter

AT+ EGMR=1,10,SECOND-IMEI-NUMBER (where the words are, you will enter a 15 digit number, note the space after AT+)

For 5 and 6, you should enter the IMEI from the box of your phone or information under the battery.

Hope that helps.
[Device Reviews and Information] nardonardi:
......a few days ago I got the P8000

Hello guys, I did not write anything, but I finally decided to do so, a few days ago I got the P8000, state that I am a holder of the Be Touch 2 and before the Be Pro and having wanted to make a try of using this time advertised P8000, I arrived in the determination to return to use my Ulefone Be Touch 2. The reasons are many, especially software, but for all the lack of a "gesture" that you need to speed up many specific commands such as double-tap or the FingerAppLook that allows you to block certain apps like messages, whatsapp or facebook, that after using it you can not do without it. Of course, there is also the talk of the battery, which is far superior in P8000, but against the weight of the device is really excessive, however, in the end I'm back on my feet taking our BT 2, with extreme contentment both for the handling and also for the contact of the display that is outstanding. For the battery I bought other two batteries and I solved the problem ..... hello hello
[Device Reviews and Information] Guerreiro_BR:
http://www.needrom.com/download/roms-romport-lollipop-5-0-5-8-27-miui-v7-ulephone-be-touch-2/
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
DELETED...

How do I remove a post? Can you even do that?
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
Cool!

Obviously the fingerprint scanner wont work but how about other things, any gave it a try yet?
[Device Reviews and Information] romy4444:
I tried the miui v7 rom, as now my bt2 is for experiences anyway....

No fingerprint scanner, home button don't wake fone.

For me videos were almost not playing, tried with different apps, media sounds also not working, at least for me!

Battery seems very good.

Overall experience smoother than stock but less smooth than vibe ui.

You need to install gapps from a link at comments on needrom.

But for sure is really beta and need corrections.
[Device Reviews and Information] Guerreiro_BR:
Cristal ROM Update have fingerprint scanner

http://www.needrom.com/download/crystalrom/
[Device Reviews and Information] jlev:
Agree that this was a big mistake. Early adopters have the potential to go on and become a company's biggest fans.

Still, there are a number of positives with the device itself, and the company is getting releases out the door, despite the trouble they apparently have with hiring developers. One or two good developers could turn things around, I have seen it happen. But Ulefone needs to be more open with developers as well as customers. Tell developers "we want to make this the greatest phone in the Chindroid space" and then offer them equity in the company. More carrot, less stick. Then really ramp up the releases. Customer opt-in for nightly releases, if possible. Reward customers for constructive feedback, maybe offering them a discount on the BE3 when it comes out.

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In other news,

http://au.idigitaltimes.com/malware-found-pre-installed-xiaomi-huawei-lenovo-phones-107190

If Ulefone is found to include malware in one of its releases then I'm outta here.
[Device Reviews and Information] degreatone:
tried it yesterday, the device seems more responsive though it has its own share of bugs too. the battery drains faster and only charges when you swithched off the phone. charging is painfully slow, took more than 5hrs from 5% to 100% with the fone switched off!

fingerprint scanner doesnt work.

its a promising start though

thanks to the dev
[Device Reviews and Information] Andy4Shurr:
That's the thing, even with it's problems I really want to love this phone but IMO the kernels need a re-write and I don't think they can do it. It just lacks fluidity and, in terms of responsiveness, feels a step behind other phones I have been using. I haven't seen any ported ROM able to rectify that so I don't think it's software related. Like I say it's most likely kernel related, or worst case scenario it's hardware related :/
[Device Reviews and Information] error23:
Process for installing TWRP without SP-Flash Tool on Windows 10

Hi Fellows !

Just for your info, i found out a proper way to install TWRP (Be Touch 2 TWRP 2.8.7.0 from needrom.com) using a Windows 10 Machine with standard fastboot /adb drivers.....without that annoying SP-Flash Tool

1.) Get Fastboot and ADB driver (google is your friend)

2.) Download Be Touch 2 TWRP 2.8.7.0 and extract it to your folder where fastboot.exe is located

3.) Rename the extracted recoverye.img to recovery.img

4.) Start the Recovery mode on BT2 -> Turn off, then press Power + Volume Up until the Ulefone Logo Appears

5.) When see the android lying on the back, push the Home Button (Fingerprint) and the Stock Recovery Menu appears

6.) Select Option 6 -> "reboot bootloader" using the volume keys and select the choice with the power button

7.) BT2 will reboot into fastboot mode (on the left bottom of the screen you will see "Fastboot…."

8.) connect via usb to your PC, open a command window and navigate to the directory where fastboot.exe (and recovery.img) is located

9.) type: fastboot flash recovery recover.img and the following output should appear:

D:\Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

sending 'recovery' (13540 KB)… OKAY [ 1.313s]

writing 'recovery'… OKAY [ 0.266s]

finished. total time: 1.578s

10.) From now on you will fire up TWRP Recovery with Power + Volume Up and are able to root and install custom ROMs

good luck & happy flashing !
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
Great and easy explanation. Thanx for sharing!

Btw, is there a September firmware out?

This one is from 29th august: http://www.needrom.com/download/stock-rom-29-august-update/

I checked and I don't get any update, I'm on stock, nothing changed. This one has a higher number.

Btw, the Stage Fright vulnerability isn't fixed yet for the Ulefone. One of the biggest problems with Chinaphones and their lack of support: security
[Device Reviews and Information] Poped:
Soo... I have this bt2... Anyone knows how to fix (if even possible) crappy wifi-to-data(3g/4g) transition? My phone dont connect to 3g/4g-data when switching from wifi, ie im going away from home or whatever... I always have to manualy turn from 4g to 3g and back again under network to get connected again. Even though it says im on 3g/4g. Is this a common issue? I have given up support/updates (that doesnt make phone into a crappier state) from ulefone after reading here and their facebook. Dont think there will be any proper custom-rom either... I wish i bought another phone. Dont get me wrong because i like the phone alot... or more i like what the phone could/should have been with proper love and handling... Well my first chinese-phone and my last from ulefone...
[Device Reviews and Information] Moolok:
Just noticed a weird thing: all webM videos are tinted blue. I'm using MX Player pro with latest custom codec (from XDA). Probably nothing to do with BT2 but anyone else noticed same thing?

EDIT: it's HW and HW+ decoder thing. When I switch to SW decoder all is normal. Weird. My previous phone did not do this...

Pictures with HW+ and SW decoder.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Here is webm stream by mxplayer with hw decoding. Looks normal.
[Device Reviews and Information] Moolok:
Strange... mine is blue in HW and HW+. Everyone looks like damn smurf. Only SW gives normal colour.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Disable the custom codec and try.
[Device Reviews and Information] Moolok:
Thanks but no help. Even with default codec everything is still blue with HW decoder like it was with custom codec.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Same blue tint for another file. Plays with sw decoder correctly. Plays fine with kodi.
[Device Reviews and Information] jamessean48:
help ulephone be touch 2 only charge when switch off.

please i am having the same issue with my be touch 2, it only charges when i switch off the phone, it is quite annoying and very irritating, please anyone with a solution to this..?

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please, i need everyones help, my ulephone betouch 2 only charges when it is off. however, i have flashed via zip, it didnt solve, i updated to latest fimware that drains battery but still didnt solve, my be touch 2 cannot charge except i switch off the phone then it will charge.

i went into enginnering mode and played around with the usb section and to my suprise it charges while on, but once i reboot the device it stops charging. i have contacted ulephone but they keep telling me to download rom and flash, and i have done so more than 10times already.

anyexperience on solving this will be helpful..

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please, i need everyones help, my ulephone betouch 2 only charges when it is off. however, i have flashed via zip, it didnt solve, i updated to latest fimware that drains battery but still didnt solve, my be touch 2 cannot charge except i switch off the phone then it will charge.

i went into enginnering mode and played around with the usb section and to my suprise it charges while on, but once i reboot the device it stops charging. i have contacted ulephone but they keep telling me to download rom and flash, and i have done so more than 10times already.

anyexperience on solving this will be helpful..
[Device Reviews and Information] romy4444:
Mine was unable to charge in the car, after i flashed to the new crystal rom V2dl2 it solved all battery and charging problems.

But it is important to wipe cache, data, system, and dalvik cache before flashing.

Download Rom (Cristal Rom latest version V2 with the modded kernels) and copy to Sd card

Reboot into TWRP Recovery

Go to Wipe Option in TWRP

Go to Advanced Format option

Choose cache ,Data ,Sytem and Dalvik cache partition and swipe for Formatting.

Flash ROM = wait until finish

First time boot after flashing take time ..please be Patient

That worked for me and solve my battery issues.
[Device Reviews and Information] mantarkus:
Thanks to all for your replies and contributions to this forum I have decided NOT to order this phone and instead spend a little (a lot?) more and look for a more reputable manufacturer (Alcatel Idol3, Moto G maybe?). I really wanted to like this phone, but lying to the consumer and having defective units popping up everywhere is just a risk not worth my money.

Thanks again.

David C.
[Device Reviews and Information] Guerreiro_BR:
Has anyone seen this site? Various ROMs MTK

http://www.mtkroms.com
[Device Reviews and Information] jamessean48:
downlink link please.
[Device Reviews and Information] grayfone:
check needroms, ulefone be touch 2 section.

Anyway, crystal rom is worse than the original one. With the original one, you can root and install greenify and the phone will actually consume very little battery when in standy-by. With crystal rom the drain is high and constant. Greenify doesn't help with it.
[Device Reviews and Information] wangerooger:
Ask for refund

Hello!

At the end I was totally fat up with my BT2 and yesterday I asked for refund:

Dear customer service, my Ulefone BT2 doesn’t work at all. All my attempts to make it working were in vain. It shuts down itself at least every half an hour. I went through the blog and found the advice to recalibrate the G-Sensor. It didn’t work. I downloaded the August update, it didn’t help! I made a reset to the factory status. It worked for half a day and began to shut down again. On top of it, after the second phone call it rang continuously until I disconnected the battery. For I don’t like to flash it, I decided to send it back an ask you to refund. Please accept. After you have agreed, I like to order another phone which I can trust more like Xiaomi or Lenovo.

Best regards Michael
[Device Reviews and Information] romy4444:
Are you sure you tried the updated version of Cristal rom with mod kernels?

Version V2dl2

For me is a huge huge difference, now my standby is consuming nothing.

With moderate use I can have now almost 2 days of battery, I was really impressed.
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
In my experience that e-mail will not be 100% understood by a Chinese webshop. They will understand 'doesnt work' and 'refund' though. I am using mine a little too long to ask for a refund now.

I did buy a Redmi Note 2 though

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By the way:

Did anyone have any news about this new firmware 2015_08_29 ? http://www.needrom.com/download/stock-rom-29-august-update/

Mine is on 2015_08_11 but doesn't give me an OTA update. Anyone has it?
[Device Reviews and Information] Surfeur-des-Reves:
This is just the small OTA update provided by Ulefone, it is in no way a completely new ROM. Someone just shared the zip file that allows for a manual flash through the recovery.

By the way, you guys are really not lucky, I would say... Among the 30x pcs of this phone that I ordered, the only real problem I had was a defective battery, lol! All other functions (AND SCREENS!) work flawlessly...
[Device Reviews and Information] Danacy:
Yeah, but it's newer than the 08_11 ? Then why don't I get any OTA? :confused:

I at first didn't had any problems either..untill two weeks ago: battery went completely ape-**** and suddenly the famous white spots on my screen appeared.
[Device Reviews and Information] Surfeur-des-Reves:
Someone simply posted it on Needrom at the end of August. But it is (based on) 08/11 OTA upgrade only.
[Device Reviews and Information] grayfone:
I downloaded "CRYSTALROMV2b2" (normal with modded kernel as the author says), and as I mentioned before, it was way, way worse than stock+greenify in standyby mode. with stock rom (latest pushed OTA, not the one you can find on needroms...), rooting and greenify without any other software I can get almost 3 days in pure standby. Crystal just drained my battery in less than a day.

Of course I did install the same apps, and let them both in pure standy (no fiddling). With both roms, the power consumption is more or less the same if you actively use the phone. Since for me it's just a backup phone, I need it on standby like 90% of the time. Crystal rom+greenify (with same apps on) just didn't ever go in deep sleep for me, while stock+greenify went correctly in deep sleep. This was checked with wakelock detector.

Glad crystal rom worked for you, but for me it wasn't the case. Ah, I forgot to mention I did clean flash it, just in case.

I also tried the MIUI 7 for a little, but the lack of my language for me is a deal breaker, and I like to use the fingerprint reader, which works fine for me (only downsize on this phone for now is a small whitish blotch on the lower right, only noticeable when the area has a really bright color). MIUI 7 worked pretty well, power consumption was okayish and it was decently fast.