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[Elephone M2] megthebest:
Update guys:)

first of all Great Phone from Elephone..

i have tested many elephone in the past.. this M2 is one step ahead!

only disappointed about no OTG compatibility :L

Pros:

- Huge Ram 3Gb with 2,2Gb free and rom, 25Gb free, smooth system (if you change launcher) and very high speed for internal memory (app start is very fast)

- Very good FHD display, colors and viewing angle.. and miravision optimization!

- Good and responsive touch with 5 points

- Good signal strength (better than Redmi Note 2 that is my first phone now) and 800Mhz band 20 4G support (is very used in Italy)

- Notification led (red)

- Not bad battery specs, real measured 2600mAh

- Good camera IMX214 13Mp f/2 and will be better using 3rd part apps

- Not bad 5Mpixel front camera 5Mp OV5670 f/2.2

- Very good fingerprint, allow to unlock in less than 1 seconds and can store many fingers (success percentageat firts try more than 80%)

- Gestures and double tap to wake

- Very good design as well, very thin and ergonomic

- Two microphones and good call quality

- Good speaker position if you listen music putting your phone on a desk

Cons:

- No Otg Support

- Single speaker instead of stereo (there are two holes, but only the left one is with speaker)

- Physical keys on the left side (i don't like it a lot)

- No backlighted soft keys

- 2 Sims or 1 Sim + Micro SD (one slot is shared)

- Not available accessories (covers) .. bu it's really new.. we need to wait

- A little heavy.. 172g and dimensions may be better managed

- No quick charge.. power supply is 1A/h and took about 3 hours from 0 to 100%

- Built In Battery
[Elephone M2] megthebest:
my Italian Unboxing & Review:

[youtube]vGVcNHQpda8[/youtube]
[Elephone M2] a.cid:
Wait, there's a notification led too? I received mine a few hours ago, and I had the same issue with the p8000. My unit did not come with notification led, and as far as I can see, its the same case on this one.

Also, how do you like the display? I feel like mine is quite yellow, even when I opt for cooler display levels.
[Elephone M2] megthebest:
hi,

yes my sample has notification led, on the left side of camera.

Is only red.

You can see it also during charge from 0% to 90% battery (if i remember well)

My display is not bad for white balance and i like a little the warm colors..
[Elephone M2] a.cid:
Oh now I see it! Thanks!

The LED is soo tiny and placed deep inside. I received plenty of notifications, but it never light up so far in the day. I did not charge the phone either (the battery lasts quite decently), so did not find it through there either.

I see you've made cwm for the device. If I may ask, how did you root the device? I rooted the p8000 by simply installing supersu, and since the experience on the m2 has been quite similar so far, I think it might work the same with it.
[Elephone M2] megthebest:
flashed cwm via flashtool using rom scatter from needrom repository (delete first row of scatter txt (birdtoolmin[4] ).

After flashing, flashed supersu.zip from chainfire site o here in xda.

witout cwm, if you only download suspersu from play store, after opening, you wll see that it is unable to update binaries. so different approach.. non the same as P8000
[Elephone M2] rdcosta:
Hi, I been reading in several websites that the M2 support OTG but couldn't try on my one. Is any software side missing on the phone.

MT6753 support OTG!!
[Elephone M2] megthebest:
Elephone M2 do not support OTG, it may support only with auto powered devices or with y cable.

So definitely no support for main part of customers.

Many elephone lack of this OTG support, we will expected bettere for new models.
[Elephone M2] Kangburra:
It does work with a powered hub but that's no use on the go is it! :(
[Elephone M2] rdcosta:
I tried with my external powered HDD and didn't work. Maybe may OTG cable is damage.

Apart from lack of OTG is missing a quick charge, and a better battery to be perfect :P ;) last night I was charging the phone on mains and the battery was still going down. Some app was sucking to much battery.

Screen is fantastic in my opinion.
[Elephone M2] Kangburra:
Overall I am happy, given it was €150 it will do until Samsung bring out the S7 with micro SD. :)
[Elephone M2] megthebest:
Very good in my opinion, today i receive OTA update 31st december, the phone is very good at the moment, and i use it instead of my other phone xiaomi redmi note 2 [emoji4] [emoji6]

Good modding with twrp, root, xposed and gravity box..
[Elephone M2] Kangburra:
No OTA for me, but I've flashed the update and it seems the same, no problems though :good:
[Elephone M2] megthebest:
same for me, updating using flashtool, maintaining all apps and setting (i untick USERDATA for flashtool list).

I don't see any differences from the old version 30-11-2015 :crying:
[Elephone M2] Kangburra:
I've got in the habit of backing up first then wiping fresh in case of conflict, but yes, nothing to report of note in the update.
[Elephone M2] megthebest:
New price CUT 119$ on Official Page:

http://www.elephone.hk/event/M2
[Elephone M2] kaew158:
Is it support WiFi 802.11 ac/b/g/n/a , Dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4G/5G)?
[Verizon LG G4] Ragnar:
Hi,

This section is for the posting of Themes and Apps only. All questions, Help issues, Troubleshooting or request threads should be posted in the Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting section.

Thank you for your cooperation
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] winco209:
Just want to know what's the difference between a pitbull and the regular Odin files
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] TheArtiszan:
One is a dog and the other is software?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] PanchoPlanet:
One can bite you the other can bite your phone.

Pp. ;)
[HTC Breeze] Menneisyys:
Another GREAT way to play YouTube, Google Video & Veoh Videos for the Smartphone!!

See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1412213 - you will LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!

(and don't forget I cross-post a LOT of Smartphone-related info in the General forum ( http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=256 ) too but, to avoid flooding, don't necessarily announce them in here; therefore, make sure you follow my posts there for the latest Smartphone tips & reviews!)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] istribo:
Pleasant day everyone. My HTC One m7 won't boot to system after doing this steps.

1. unlocking the bootloader (htc dev)

2. installing TWRP (still booting until this point)

3. Installing Supersu from koust (success but supersu Fc #failed to get root#)

4. Installed Supersu 3.2 (this is the point where I encountered bootloop. Screen is always stucked in htc logo.)

5. Factory reset the phone (now I got black screen after htc logo)

Option I found/suggested to revive my phone

* Using RUU * available matching cid & mid RUU contains older firmware. Couldn't use it as I'm on S-On

* Sunshine S-Off * not possible as phone does not boot.

* installing custom rom * Tried installing viperone rom but failed. I didnt get the message though.

Your suggestion is very much appreciated. Thank you.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
step 1: OK

step 2: what twrp version are you using

steps 3&4: you should have used: http://xdaforums.com/apps/supersu/2014-09-02-supersu-v2-05-t2868133

step *, why did ViperOne fail? did you check MD5 on the download and made sure you have an up-to-date twrp version?

PS: most of the newer RUU's can be found here http://xdaforums.com/htc-one/general/lollipop-ruu-zip-small-collection-t3053944

however there isnt one for 7.21.980.35 as far as i can see
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] istribo:
**Step 2 - twrp version s 2.6 (I did update it to latest 2.8) thank you for pointing this out :)

**Step 3&4 - I reinstalled the SuperSu 2.46 (not the beta 2.49 from your link) thank you for the hint :)

after this point I rebooted to system. Splash screen is displayed (for a couple of minutes) and this is where my smile started to get wider and wider. (Android is upgrading... screen shows!) I guess its all fixed now hopefully.

Update...

It booted to system. My HTC One is back to life! Yehey!

Lesson learned! Always check for the updated recovery and supersu for your device!
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Major credits again to [MENTION=4627864]zachariahpope[/MENTION] for the Lollipop build earlier tonight. Unfortunately getting it rooted from stock won't work. Which is why I proceeded to try the same method from my rooting guide to attempt root. And I am proud to say...I HAVE THE ROOTED LOLLIPOP SONY XPERIA Z3V!!!

And also, I have recovery as well.

If you're going to follow in the same footsteps, please PLEASE remember when you get the supersu file, grab the v2.49 as that is for LOLLIPOP.
[Xperia Z3v General] zachariahpope:
[MENTION=4986864]GigaSPX[/MENTION] Make one of these in the development section too!!
[Xperia Z3v General] Delebird:
well, looks like its time to flash :)
[Xperia Z3v General] mooney79:
I thought this day would never come!!
[Xperia Z3v General] GhostTrunks:
where is it? can I just root the phone when I Flash it back to stock root from there and not take the OTA and go straight to the pre-root for Lolipop?
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
If you want root, you need to preroot. Otherwise, you won't have it at all.

Also this is an update: it seems it's still Verizon holding all of us by the edge about VoLTE. I tried activating it but it won't work. Still can't browse and call at the same time dammit.
[Xperia Z3v General] 1linuxfreak:
Is this patched for Stagefright?
[Xperia Z3v General] mohkam84:
rooted lollipop for z3v ,,,,,,,,,, congrats
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Unfortunately... no.
[Xperia Z3v General] srsaloom:
Giga, any success in actually using Advanced Calling? I can't seem to get it to work, even after "activating" it on the phone
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
No, that's what I've been trying to tell a lot of people now. It's still all in the hands of the big red...
[Xperia Z3v General] Delebird:
You must also activate it from your vzw account.
[Xperia Z3v General] srsaloom:
Figured so, just wasn't sure if I'd missed a memo somewhere along the way. Appreciate it!
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Yeah, and can't activate it on the Verizon account when it won't let you to.

Has anyone tried installing Xposed? I can't flash to install.
[Xperia Z3v General] srsaloom:
Just installed it. v74-sdk21-arm . Gave me a little scare, as it hung on the Sony logo after rebooting. Also, upon that initial reboot, the lockscreen was vacant and couldn't get beyond what should've been there. Had to long-press power to bring up power menu and select reboot.

Following that, things seem to be working fine. Xposed Installer crashes if you click on xda support links in module pages, and the installation of xposed modules from within the Xposed installer can take significantly longer than it did on KK.
[Xperia Z3v General] Bruce Lee:
Not sure if this helps, but, I jumped from this phone to the LG G4. We don't have much development but, some rooted users don't have advanced calling because they are rooted. I am a non-rooted user with advance calling. To add another variable to the equation, you have to have the My Verizon Mobile app installed and not disabled to at least initiate advanced calling. Some of the rooted users I think figured that out.
[Xperia Z3v General] darker_slayer:
Big thanks here. Fully updated now, and with this tip I'm running xposed as well.

Uninstalled old xposed first (may not have been necessary)

TWRP dirty flashed pre-rooted 5.0.2 zip from post 44 of that lollipop dev thread

After boot TWRP isntalled v74-sdk21-arm module

Installed xposed_installer.apk and added back my most used modules

-chromepie

-xtether (still working :D )

Didn't bother with xperiaxposed, not even sure if it's updated. Never really used it

Also, I like this boot animation, not that it's of any importance http://xdaforums.com/z3/themes-apps/bootanimation-xperia-z3-t3079263
[Xperia Z3v General] Tigerhoods:
I did much the same but I did not uninstall xposed before I flashed and it wouldnt let me uninstall it after I upgraded to lollipop. But I flashed and installed the files above and it works great. Xperia Xposed works use v1.7 cause it's the only one that works.
[Xperia Z3v General] darker_slayer:
Just wish there was a foolproof way to get rid of those useless small apps
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
They're super useful to me, being all multitasking useful and all. loll
[Xperia Z3v General] darker_slayer:
Yeah, I know you're the resident z3 fanboy, but which small apps do you actually use at the same time? For a tablet they make sense but could just as easily be interactive widgets instead of some custom sony disaster. For a phone I'll never use them. I tried and found them useless, just not enough screen real estate
[Xperia Z3v General] JediDru:
I would have liked if they went full bore like the Samsung note4. We really should have a dual window mode for 2 apps. Small apps are nice but seem half assed compared to the note 4.
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Well, the main ones I've always used it N.memo, where I can quickly write notes at anytime without needing the whole logging into a note app and choose what kind of note I want to write. Then, there's System Monitor, where I can also quickly monitor how hot(or freezing cold) my internals are getting to at the moment. Then I have the screenshot app so I can save the press holding the power button to save click wear.

For a tablet, it's the same thing, but yes, certain small apps are better suited for the big screen. The separate internet browser and other internet-related small apps are what defines multitasking in a Android tablet device.
[Xperia Z3v General] Tigerhoods:
I dunno I deleted my small app framework along time ago along with 85 other apps verizon and Sony put on this phone I don't need. but I just wanted to mention a music app I have been using for like a year player pro v2.93 or v.2.96 it's the best I've found all my album cover art is at least 600x600 resolution and you can find the art in the app through Google search I have been able to find all the proper art work for 60gb of music.
[Xperia Z3v General] Delebird:
I'm interested in knowing this music app you use. I like having album covers for my music.
[Xperia Z3v General] darker_slayer:
I tried that but had constant errors on reboot until I terminaled them back to normal. I just changed their locations instead of deleting them

However, happy to say that xperia xposed LP has an option to hide the small apps bar, so I'm using that now. I typically just leave stuff alone but hide it since I'm too noob to really troubleshoot deleting stuff. Might I ask how you permanently deleted built in sony/Verizon junk?

I'm still a big fan of Google music. I upload flac from my server and it plays back 320k, so not perfect but I don't expect much from Android. I have an avr and nice speakers at home for the real experience
[Xperia Z3v General] Tigerhoods:
Dude trust me drop google music this is much better if you download the dsp pack for player pro it plays all files period it has a ten band equalizer and gapless playback on the dsp pack. As far as the small apps you have to delete like 4 or 5 apps that are associated with it just delete everything with the name small app and you should be good. BTW I've deleted alot of apps alot of times on this phone I know it well I don't even use titanium back or a back up. I just make a backup in TWRP if I'm going to try to flash something stupid. Safe app remover-root deletes unwanted apps. But be very careful since we're running 5.0.2 without verizons help. I personally don't know if we can flash back to either 5.0.2 or kitkat using the same flasher we used to root our phones on kitkat can anyone confirm this.
[Xperia Z3v General] rickhwat:
How do you flash the FTF to the Z3v?? My computer does not recognize the device and therefore, I cannot get the drivers for Mac or PC. Is there any way to flash the device?
[Xperia Z3v General] Tigerhoods:
Thru recovery find the file and flash it TWRP works you should have the software to flash the phone if you were rooted on kitkat. A side note I went to sony PC companion last night and it still would not recognize our phones but I got farther along then I did before. I think the flasher on the computer is by oxide but I don't remember.
[Xperia Z3v General] Delebird:
You can flash back to KK if you need to. The files needed are posted all over the place, you can use the same flash tool to achieve this
[Xperia Z3v General] Tigerhoods:
We all should have the files then if we were rooted on kitkat cool.

So it looks like you can downgrade guys if you break your phone.

Did you try the same flasher with 5.0.2 can you confirm this cause I flashed 5.0.2 thru recovery so I don't know
[Xperia Z3v General] Delebird:
All you need is the old FTF if you're not rooted, otherwise if you're rooted with dual recovery, just flash the zip you want and you're good.

My process went from 4.4.4 rooted, to 5.0.2 stock, then back to 4.4.4, stock, rooted with kingroot, installed recovery, then flashed prerooted 5.0.2. Updated supersu, installed xposed. And now I'm happily waiting until the official release by vzw, which should be soon since theres some release candidates on xperifirm.
[Xperia Z3v General] poonjack:
Just flashed, worked perfectly
[Xperia Z3v General] AddictedToGlass:
First, my excuse for asking questions most of you will think are first grade basic: I'm old.

-But not entirely new to this; I was one of those folks that flashed my brand new v3m Razr to the Brazilian OS "Vivo" and blew hours and hours editing hexadecimal lines of code throughout it trying to change things.

Anyway, the current vocabulary on all this kinda loses me.

I have rooted KitKat with TWRP as per GigaSPX's tutorial. I have Xposed installed.

Can I simply download the Lollipop zip, make a backup, and flash it using TWRP?

Do I ditch Xposed first and reinstall it after? Will I need to reinstall TWRP?

Thanks for your hard work, and for putting up with us slower folks!
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
As long as you're downloading the pre-rooted flashable .zip, and not the actuall ftf, then yes, just flash it in twrp. I would use the zip that removes xposed prior to flashing as LP uses a different version of xposed from KK, especially if you're dirty flashing.

I'm not 100% sure if leaving xposed will cause problems or not, but you have to install a different version anyway so better to be safe than sorry.
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Yes, that's exactly what you can do. I have uploaded a prerooted Lollipop zip on the development board. It also has recovery included. But you have to wipe everything (system, cache, and data) for a clean install with no problems. You'll have to regrab Xposed again, but the one that's made for Lollipop.
[Xperia Z3v General] AddictedToGlass:
Well, I managed to brick her. She's been stuck at the Sony boot logo for nearly two hours. I can only shut her down using the power and volume down buttons, and she starts right back up. She's not particularly warm to the touch.

Did I just FUBAR the best phone I ever had?

What I did:

Made a back-up (yesterday).

Downloaded zip file using MEGA.

Uninstalled Xposed.

Cleaned with CCleaner.

Rebooted into Recovery.

Saved Data to SD just for good measure.

Cleared Cache, Dalvick and System per GigaSPX's instruction.

Installed zip.

Rebooted.

Waited.

Cried like a little girl.

I suppose I should've sprayed myself down with WD-40 first because I'm so damned rusty at this.

But maybe you see something obvious I overlooked or missed.

Any direction from here is greatly appreciated.
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
Can you still get to recovery? When it's trying to boot, it vibrates twice and the green notification light comes on. press and hold vol up or down will get you to twrp or philz touch. If you can try wiping data then rebooting. If nothing else you should be able to restore your backup if you can get to recovery.

As a last resort you can flash a stock ftf using the flash tool.

did you check the md5 for the file you downloaded? It may have been corrupt.
[Xperia Z3v General] Tigerhoods:
Don't hold down you need TWRP Philz touch doest work all the way if not that re-flash your phone like you were rooting it.
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
TWRP is the preferred option. Hold vol down when the light turns green to get to twrp.
[Xperia Z3v General] AddictedToGlass:
Vibrates once, no light. I keep trying different button combinations, but I can't get into recovery.

I guess I have to hold off till tomorrow and try re-flashing using the KitKat root flash tool.

I suppose I'll have to go through all the steps just to get to rooted KitKat before I can get rooted LP w/ recovery.

This better be worth it, and we better get the latest Verizon LP release soon so I don't forget how to do all this (Memory expectation no later than 3 weeks for me. LOL!)
[Xperia Z3v General] Tigerhoods:
I have done that before when I did a factory reset

While I was bootlooping you going to have fun trying to get flashtool to work with you but it will eventually...
[Xperia Z3v General] dachao:
I tried to flash 23.1.D.0.509_R4C several times today and failed very time. Has anybody been able to flash the latest lollipop build?
[Xperia Z3v General] Tigerhoods:
Been on it for a couple days I was on 485 before I had no problems installing either. your flashing with twrp recovery right.. My phone is been messed with alot to I'm not sure why people are having problems.
[Xperia Z3v General] dachao:
I am using flash tool 0.9.18.6 to flash the rom. Tried to bundle it several times and always get the same error during flashing.
[Xperia Z3v General] Tigerhoods:
Are you rooted if you are stop wasting your time and download the pre rooted 5.0.2 509 firmware it's in the z3v Android Development section. Flash through recovery and done.
[Xperia Z3v General] dachao:
Not rooted.
[Xperia Z3v General] Tigerhoods:
So go to the root guide read it completely as this can be the hardest part for alot of people. I had a hell of a time try to get the firmware in the right folders on my computer to get flashtool to work right but I don't know windows well at all.

P.s. You might also have to downgrade to the oldest version of kitkat as I'm almost sure you took that update as it was pushed 8 or 9 months ago.
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
I didn't mess around much with rooting. I loaded the prerooted zip on my sd card, downloaded kingroot and rooted that way, installed dual recovery and then flashed the dual recovery when it booted to twrp the first time. Did a wipe and rebooted and I was on rooted lollipop with SuperSU. I started with stock .44 firmware.
[Xperia Z3v General] Tigerhoods:
that's probably the easiest way I never used kingroot back in the day cause it's not full root. but it works for the purpose of getting recovery then Flashing a pre-rooted 5.0.2.zip so we're you on the latest firmware on kitkat

I can't remember the numbers.
[Xperia Z3v General] dachao:
Got it all done. Works fine now.
[Xperia Z3v General] obxftbll1:
Dirty flashed the prerooted zip. Installed Xposed and everything is working fine. Is there any way to make the default recovery TWRP and/or flash the newest version of XZDualRecovery? When I select reboot to recovery it defaults to philz unless you hold volume down.

Great work, as always, Giga.
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
IN NDR Utilities just check the box next to the recovery you want as the primary recovery.
[Xperia Z3v General] obxftbll1:
You are the man.
[Xperia Z3v General] AddictedToGlass:
Great work guys! I'm in.
[Xperia Z1 General] ZEUZ THE ATOM:
As the title says sony xperia z1 is the worst smartphone ever!!! It's the world's first SELF DAMAGING smart phone...sony says it's water resistant but it's not(when all flaps are closed firmly )..it's battery life is the worst of all...and also armed with random reboots and sudden deaths it confirmes that it's self damaging!!!!...also software of the phone is just crap..after all z1 is full of s**t...so do not buy!!!!!!
[Xperia Z1 General] DeathlessOne:
Are you done? If so, let me know and I'll inform the mods!