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[Device Reviews and Information] awakekiwi:
Ok maybe my home made OTG cable is the problem.. i just used my data cable with a female to female adaptor on the end.. mayb e that doesnt actually work?

[FIXED] used a correct OTG cable and its all working great! no need to root this phone for any reason now!
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
I don't know why the rooting thread has been locked, but rooting and installing TWRP is really easy:

Follow this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63173937&postcount=9

Download TWRP here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63232390&postcount=26

Flash TWRP recovery (step 3 onwards): http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63263496&postcount=39

I used Rashr to flash TWRP recovery.
[Device Reviews and Information] awakekiwi:
Woof

Doesn't work if you have already updated via wireless update.

Phone won't accept the update.zip I you've updated already.

Only via factory reset first. That's our problem.
[Device Reviews and Information] gienkollo:
I stick with a R5 because of rooting problems above that Version.
[Device Reviews and Information] awakekiwi:
Ok

OK good to know.. Don't need root at this stage as otg is working now.. Phones still fast so no major advnatge to root for me at present..
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
Really?

I'm on DOOGEE-X5pro-Android5.1-R08-2015.10.26 and root worked fine.

I had two updates applied from when I received my phone.
[Device Reviews and Information] gienkollo:
Good news, did you had to root again after update?
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
I rooted for the first time after applying all the updates. Only recently made sense of the rooting thread! Don't know if it'll create problems if there's another update, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
[Device Reviews and Information] awakekiwi:
ok thanks maybe i will try again...
[Device Reviews and Information] smshare:
How did you do to root?

I have R08-2015.10.26 but I am unable to root (install supersu)

I followed the procedure of wireless update → select update.zip and click ok. When the phone reboot, it start the install but stops and show "error".
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
See the method in a previous post in this thread. I don't know why you get an error. Did you follow the method to the letter and use the SuperSU from the Mega link?
[Device Reviews and Information] awakekiwi:
yep

yepn same problem for me.. used mega link file and it just says error a third of the way through.. seems a common problem for some users...
[Device Reviews and Information] righteous@:
Since there is no answer deleted .
[Device Reviews and Information] juancarloscuba:
I already have the ROM from Doogee and from Needrom.com and TWRP scatter file too... and than you because you answer me a doubt because I really use Linux Mint as my main OS, I also have the SP Flash Tool for linux and it works wonderful, and load the ROM without any problem, but I don't have the drivers (like in Windows 7) and I thought I really don't need them in linux. BTW when I connect the phone via USB cable the system recognizes it without any problem. Can I flash the ROMs in the LinuxMint OS?

Thank you again
[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
You should have no more problems flashing ROMs on Mint than on Ubuntu, Solus (my main distro), Fedora, Arch, or any modern distro, so you should be perfectly fine (just make sure that QT is installed, as the Linux version of SP Flash Tools runs on QT).
[Device Reviews and Information] juancarloscuba:
Ok, I checked and the system shows I have qt4.0 installed, and I download and install the Qt-SDK package... I think it works. I prefer to use Mint always instead Windows because it's more robust. So if I can flash in Linux it will be wonderful. Thanx
[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
No need for the SDK, just the standard packages.

I do not remember whether SP Flash Tool requires QT4 or QT5, so try running the program, and if it doesn't launch, install QT5 (sudo apt-get install qt5).
[Device Reviews and Information] juancarloscuba:
It launches without any problem, and loads the ROMs, and the TWRP scatter files... so I think everything is fine with QT, thanks again...
[Device Reviews and Information] lipippo:
It doesn't matter: the linux version bundles the needed libs (though you can use the system provided ones if you know what you're doing).
[Device Reviews and Information] juancarloscuba:
I think this is true because the SP Flash Tools ran very well in the first time I used it... thanks to everybody and another question here, if I install a new TWRP using Flash Tools I loose the ROM or not? Sorry but I'm newbie in the android world...
[Device Reviews and Information] righteous@:
I guess no answer
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
Sorry, what was your question again? Can you not install the latest update through: Settings -> About Phone -> Wireless Update -> Check For Updates ?

It works absolutely fine for me. Current: R08-2015.10.26
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
Update R09-2015.12.01 is now available

Changelog:

1. Optimize some functions of system

2. Fix some bugs

Size 27.21MB

Someone should try rooting again after updating to R09.
[Device Reviews and Information] Deathkn1ght:
try to update

I try to update my rooted x5 pro but the phone says error "System is damaged ota update is disabled".

Someone else try to update to the new version ?
[Device Reviews and Information] Prattman77:
Same here. Rooted x5 pro, and the same message. Does anyone have the actual update file so I could try a sideload?
[Device Reviews and Information] Prattman77:
not quite....

I was sent this. It lets me download the update again, but not install. Maybe you will have better luck. Recovery flashing doesn't work for me.

***

Dear customer

It's appears that this issues had solved,we suggest you follow the next steps to recovery it:

1:you could find "setting"-"application"-"all",try to find out the option"wireless update";

2:you could chose to erase the data cache,and return to "setting"-"about phones"-"wireless update",click to download and install.

Best regards
[Device Reviews and Information] waj1234:
Screen stays on instead of going to sleep since this update.
[Device Reviews and Information] RambaaZambaa:
I have very poor reception on both of my sim cards since this update. Like no connection at all in buildings and mostly weak reception (only EDGE, where LTE was easily available) outdoors.

Somebody else have this problem since R9 update?
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
That's a pain. What have you two done? Wiped and started again?
[Device Reviews and Information] waj1234:
Not done anything yet but a factory restore will most likely solve my problem. I get a Terrible signal on ee where I am so used to that until my contract ends. Great phone for 50 quid though. Sold a note 4 when I got this as it does all I need.
[Device Reviews and Information] al1984:
Does this phone come with inbuilt malware in the firmware like the mini turbo f1. Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
Not to my knowledge. Running AVG without any warnings so far.
[Device Reviews and Information] al1984:
Strange that the mini did come with it. Thanks for your reply
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
Didn't they get a lot of bad publicity for that? They're probably trying to be taken more seriously now.
[Device Reviews and Information] RambaaZambaa:
Looks like the bad signal reception is not connected to the R09 update. I went back to R07 (was quite difficult for me :silly: ) and its still terrible. Looks like its Hardware related.
[Device Reviews and Information] nanotech17:
i just updated my newly received x5 pro to R09 the signal is better,snappy and good responsive on overall performance - mine still unrooted.
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
Good news. Please have a go at rooting and post your results
[Device Reviews and Information] nanotech17:
super smooth

Yup rooted mine during lunch break - now it is super blazing smooth with LSpeed Optimizer.
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
That's great. I'm baffled as to why some people can root and others can't.
[Device Reviews and Information] nanotech17:
I'm not sure why but I use SP Flash Tool v5.15 (MTK driver pre- installed for previous devices such as Lenovo) and it all went alright the 1st time (using the provided TWRP .img & the SuperSU zip file)
[Device Reviews and Information] nanotech17:
SS
[Device Reviews and Information] Liffeyman:
Looking at picking one of these up today, can anyone comment on the battery and CPU. From what i read about the Valencia2 Y100 Pro. Doogee seems to advertise one thing and ship another. Is it really a MT6735 or a MT6735P CPU and is the battery really 2400mAh

thanks

Paul
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
Not sure what the difference between the cpus you mention but have a look in the first post as the OP has included screen captures of the details. The CPU is indeed 64bit but it looks like the Android version is only 32bit. The battery indeed 2400mAh.

I'm happy with mine!
[Device Reviews and Information] Liffeyman:
Cool, thanks for the reply. getting one from this seller later, 78 euro from a uk warehouse. meaning i won't be hit with tax. great value. can't wait to get it

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Orig..._82_80_62,searchweb201644_0,searchweb201560_4
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
You can get it from banggood uk warehouse for just over £50. There's a 6% off code as well
[Device Reviews and Information] Liffeyman:
Where did you get the 6% code? Is it automatically applied or?

thanks

Paul
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/vouchers/banggood.com

Try the one here
[Device Reviews and Information] Liffeyman:
That worked a charm, thanks so much

73 euro sweet!

Paul
[Device Reviews and Information] nanotech17:
I feel good :)
[Device Reviews and Information] Prattman77:
How? :)

Hey Rambaa... how did you get back to R07? And is yours rooted or not? I can't downgrade and Doogee have officially given up help me?

Cheers.
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
They've recently updated Antutu. My score was just under 20000 for the last version, it's now 24097.
[Device Reviews and Information] MrGRAF:
HI, I'm new to this - and not technical! Ive bought a Doogee X5 pro new from Amazon. I can't 'see' my messages and recent calls. Piked up that was because 'Visitor Mode' was ticked. I can't disable it because it requires my pin. I haven't set any pin. Is there a standard pin on a new phone? I've tried the usual culprits - 0000, 1234, etc and even tried the two numeric-only pins I use. No joy. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks, Ray
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
If you don't mind reinstalling stuff you could do a factory reset. (Backup & reset) in settings...
[Device Reviews and Information] al1984:
I've just been looking at the applock app on the phone it seems to have a lot of permissions and you can't disable it. Is there any concerns about this
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
If you can root your phone, you can remove it. I have done.
[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
The difference between the CPU's are:

MT6735@1.3GHz

MT6735P@1.0GHz

Basically the P is the underpowered edition.
[Device Reviews and Information] flaix.365:
Help Doogee x5 pro

Hello everyone, I am new to this forum and need help there if anyone is in the same situation as me ...:crying::crying: I have a problem with regard to notifications in Doogee pro x5.

I do not get notifications, WhatsApp and have to open other applications to receive messages. I only come if the application has been recently opened.

You have found a solution ??? ... greetings
[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
My only bug-related issue is that I cannot recieve texts, only send them.

Calls and internet (both wifi and cellular (2G, 3G, and LTE)) work fine.

And I have two lines, as well as three phones, especially for running experiments, such as porting roms, so I verified this issue, it's not hardware, provider, or line-related. It's a software issue.

R09, Rooted, installed Busybox, Xposed, GravityBox, and a handful of other modules.

And no, the issue is still there without all that.

Regarding bootloop issues, what I did was clear cache & dalvikcache.

It reboots (software-only) a few times during the dalvikcache rebuild process, number of times depends on how many apps you have.

And then it works, but inconsistently (~98% of the time), you just have to repeat the process, sometimes multiple times.
[Device Reviews and Information] al1984:
Can I ask what method you used to root the phone?
[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
At first I tried Shuamu, but it failed.

However flashing TWRP with SP Tools worked marvelously, from there flashing the official SuperSU, is the next step, and the rest is history.

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Reception's for me.

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Sorry.

*fine for me.

Can't edit from XDA Labs app.
[Device Reviews and Information] al1984:
Have you got a link for the twrp you used
[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
Not at the moment, however I'll post it from my laptop later, after finishing some of my daily chores.

Update: I can't seem to remember where I had downloaded it (somewhere on pdanet.ru, as well as some chinese(?) website), however here are the files, uploaded by me.

https://mega.nz/#F!Fg8zjJrY!bdqtBk0guMi4P6bO8Cch-A

The folder will have a few more items in the coming hour.
[Device Reviews and Information] djdynamite123:
Oops! Sorry, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

^^ Cant even open the first link.

How do I root this?
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
Nor can I now. Seems that XDA have messed up something during the site redesign.

Basically, just put the attached file on your phone, then use the Settings -> About Phone -> Wireless update -> Local updates to flash it.

On reboot you should have SuperSu installed.
[Device Reviews and Information] djdynamite123:
Well that methods much easier! Cool, will give it a whirl shortly, thanks.

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Spot on, rooted successfully, adaway installed, premium nova launcher, jobs a good un, bit of an upgrade to the little ones XperiaU, thanks man.
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
Nice one. Installed TWRP yet? Out of interest, what Doogee version are you running? The latest - R09?
[Device Reviews and Information] djdynamite123:
Yeah it's running the latest, When I got the phone unboxed the other day I had to go through about 5 separate updates, ranging in size from 20mb etc. No, not done the TWRP recovery thing, what should I do now? Is it a necessity when updating the phone again incase of a bad update?
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
Good to know that rooting works on R09 as well.

I think TWRP is handy to have as it makes backing up the whole phone a breeze. Could also help in the future for flashing stuff.

IIRC, you need to download TWRP from link here (last file in list): http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64311562&postcount=62

Unpack, then upload files to phone. I used Rashr to flash
[Device Reviews and Information] djdynamite123:
Ok, unzipped and put on root of SD, i'll install Rashr now from playstore. I created a backup, do I now select recovery from storage?

[EDIT] Flashed the recovery image, rebooted into the recovery, it has the initial screen of TWRP has detected an unmodified system partition, etc. Iv'e clicked read only. Now iv'e created an entire backup of everything I could select. All done I suspect now? Thanks for the help

On another note, I wanted to see if recovery worked, I initially did power on+volume down, it took me to a Chinese loader of some kind, I pressed power down several times, it wouldn't power down, I think it was running tests or something like GPS etc. I hope i haven't done anything wrong in that menu? I then removed battery, as couldn't power down.

Power on+volume up works for TWRP.
[Device Reviews and Information] danashcroft:
Eventually got this rooted, any news of a custom ROM yet though? Could do with doing something with low volume via headphones
[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
As it's an MTK device, I suspect not. But there were rumours that we may get Marshmallow, and as Doogee have been pretty good with OTA updates, the chances are good.

RE: Custom ROM, have you tried the Xposed Framework? It will give you many custom ROM features. However, for Lollipop and later it's more complicated to install as you have to flash a recovery image rather than just an apk. Proceed with care. Perhaps someone can post a guide on how they got it to install.
[Device Reviews and Information] danashcroft:
Thanks for the update, great info.

I'll look at that xposed framework, looks quite complex and I'm a bit rusty!
[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
I already posted what I did, and the results.

Just flash the framework (arm, not arm64) via a custom recovery (I used TWRP) and install the apk normally (3.0 alpha).

As for bootloops and the like, check my previous post.
[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
Good news!

The Oukitel K6000 also has a MT6735p chipset, and Oukitel announced that they will release the kernel sources for it.

Barely, but still a little light in the dark, eh?
[Device Reviews and Information] heb-tekhi:
Hi! I'm having problems with the R08 update in my X5 pro: I can download it but not install it, since I get an error message. I've tried deleting the data of the update app but it doesn't work. Also, my device's not rooted. Does anyone know how to solve this?

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[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
Did you do a factory reset?

Perhaps the download was corrupt?

Perhaps the device has a custom recovery?

Perhaps it's rooted, but doesn't have a SuperUser app?
[Device Reviews and Information] heb-tekhi:
I didn't do a factory reset.

The download was fine, the error message pops up when it's installing.

I don't know about a custom recovery. How do I check?

I don't think it's rooted, since I was able to install the R07 update. I'll check though, just in case.

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[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
If you managed to install the R07 update then it's not rooted, and you have the stock recovery.

Probably the R08 update zip that downloaded got corrupted, try deleting the file and redownloading it.
[Device Reviews and Information] heb-tekhi:
According to the file manager, there's an update.zip but actually the folder that contains it is empty. I redownloaded it but I guess I'll get error again.

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[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
What file manager?

I personally use MiXplorer.
[Device Reviews and Information] heb-tekhi:
The one that came with the phone.

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[Device Reviews and Information] Krystyna:
How to root this device?
[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
Check my post earlier in the thread, it contains all of the instructions.

I also have another post in which I posted a link the files you'll need.

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I don't think it can read .zip.

Try MiXplorer, ES File Explorer, or any file manager you wish to use, that supports reading archives.

What you have is MediaTek's file manager, generally almost all MediaTek phones arrive with it.
[Device Reviews and Information] psychoatomic:
miss click

hello, any issues with miss clicking on screen? i have this phone for a few days.
[Device Reviews and Information] heb-tekhi:
Still not working [emoji30]

I've also noticed that data usage is huge compared to my old phone. I only have 300mb because they're more than enough (or used to be) but with this phone I've used about 100mb in three days. Maybe there's an app running in the background that's sucking half my mbs or is it just that Facebook's a b*tch?

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[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
Probably Facebook and updates.

Don't forget, you might be on 4G, it's faster.

The updates themselves tend to be ~10-35MB each.

Update: And Google Play Services.

Update 2: You can check from the Settings, just select Data Usage.
[Device Reviews and Information] heb-tekhi:
Oh, I forgot to say that I'm not using 4G; I have an old sim card. And I downloaded the updates via wi-fi.

Anyway, I asked the seller about the update problem, although I don't think I'll get a satisfactory answer...

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[Device Reviews and Information] Tonto87:
The various specs are contradictory, but it doesn't seem like this phone has 5GHz 802.11n or 802.11ac. Can anyone confirm?
[Device Reviews and Information] Liffeyman:
It does not have support for 5Ghz. Its listed as having 802.11 b/g/n. Support for 5 GHz bands is optional.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#802.11n
[Device Reviews and Information] moriel5:
I have verified this as well.
[Device Reviews and Information] huawua:
This is wrong. 3G WCDMA is 900/2100MHz.
[Device Reviews and Information] Zunera M:
I got my white Doogee X5 Pro here: http://www.pompmall.com/doogee-x5-pro-3g-android-5-1.html, good device.
[Device Reviews and Information] heb-tekhi:
Hi, I'm having trouble with both root and twrp in the X5 Pro. When I try to instal TWRP recovery trough SP Flash Tools, I get an error message after starting the phone in recovery mode: "no commands" (I checked and I did all the steps correctly). Then I tried to root so I could install TWRP through Rashr or Flashify, but I get the same error message I see when I try to install the R08 update.

Does anyone know why this happens and how to solve it?

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[Device Reviews and Information] p_d:
You have to flash again. Extract the TWRP to a simple folder (for example C:\TWRP) and open it in SP-Flash Tools. All the required fields have to be pre-filled. It does not work if you select recovery image and scrap by yourself. Maybe download again and try around a bit
[Device Reviews and Information] heb-tekhi:
Thanks, I'll try that. But in case it doesn't work, is it possible to install the R09 update without having installed the R08?

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[Device Reviews and Information] zicomico:
Is it worth to pay extra 30$ for the DOOGEE X5 PRO or the DOOGEE X5 will do the job ? :)
[Device Reviews and Information] AlUrNiMa:
I think that depends mostly on if you would like 4G + 2GB RAM or not.

For example here in Germany we already have areas where you get only EDGE/GPRS or 4G (nothing inbetween)

And inside the city 4G most of the time is just faster.

Im not so sure now about the chipset/cpu itself (think its different as well).

But surely the X5 PRO will do a better job with simple multi-tasking because of the bigger RAM (2GB )

The whole Case, even the battery, seems to be the same.

And depending on your favorite seller for the phone there might be other phones near or in the pricerange of the X5 PRO

(even from DOOGEE themself! X6 PRO= seems like the 5,5" version with a better Case)

I cant send any test results for comparison as i just recommended the phone for family, friends.....so far no complains (since 11/15).
[Device Reviews and Information] danashcroft:
How does everybody find the volume through the headphones? It's a bit lacking right up to Max, tried editing the mixer file as well....