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[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
The choice of creating a Ulefone (or even Ulefone Power) subsection is up to the XDA Forum owners/administrators, not us end users.

You can complaint loudly if you want, but it's sadly not going to change much, regardless of the fact that having to scroll through huge threads like this is a pain.

Maybe if enough people posted requests for a Ulefone Power section in the appropriate forum it would help convince them to create a proper place for us to talk about or phone? (I did this back in April, on this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66285877&postcount=20368). Did you do it too? )

Meanwhile, I do agree it would be nice to have a separate "repository" to post important stuff, if only to be sure you won't miss a major info (ROM update, new rooting method, etc.).

It would be tricky to keep up to date, though, and to make sure people don't post any question that would clutter the thread, but post here instead.

Such kind of threads (one short thread for the informative posts, and one long thread for the associated discussions) are common enough to find on XDA, so the only real question is: who would agree to dedicate some time to do that?

For this to be effective, the thread OP must be a regular follower of the discussions, and right now this means following this very thread. You most certainly cannot achieve a proper level of expertise without reading all those posts about what works and what doesn't, about new ROM releases and their associated bugs. But then, if you read every post here, then you probably don't need a separate informative thread anymore, which makes it less likely that you'd accept to spend time maintaining it!

Add to this the fact that once we have a "sticky' thread with only a handful of informative pages, more people will barge in, read only a couple of those easy to find posts, then loudly complain to the thread owner because they have messed up their phone by lack of general knowledge on the subject. Hey, it's easy enough to brick your phone, even momentarily, when you know (or think you know) your subject, so imagine if you're a newbie...

Myself, I think reading the numerous posts in this thread, though tedious, is a good way to learn things that you probably wouldn't have learned otherwise, and all in all it increases your expertise. I consider myself above the "newbie" level, even though far from an Android guru, and it's mostly thanks to reading stuff here on XDA.

Back to the topic: when you write "I only made an account here just to complain.", do not be surprised if there aren't more people who would agree to spend their time to save yours. It's the spirit of a community to share and help each others, but you still need some volunteers to initiate the process and contribute with something else than complaints... I've seen even relatively new members with a low expertise offer to gather the useful gems in those threads and contribute that way, so feel free to start doing this if you feel you can't wait for someone else to do it! Until we finally get a dedicated sub-section, anyway, but this might not happen anytime soon...
[Device Reviews and Information] J_The_Nerd:
Not on marshmallow yet on my Power (it's on my to do list, probably going to root right after) did have it on my Nexus 5 which is probably why I remembered seeing it but couldn't find it again.

Thanks for your help.
[Device Reviews and Information] Rentz164:
Have you guys changed your DPI. I changed 480 to 400 and font zise to small. Looks really great :)

http://s19.postimg.org/o5rss0joz/Screenshot_2016_06_01_19_37_11.png
[Device Reviews and Information] Kangburra:
DISCLAIMER:

Rooting your phone and using custom Recoveries and ROMS have risks and may result in bricking your device, and has nothing to do with Google or the device manufacturers. In case of any mishap I am not responsible if you brick/ruin your phone in any way.

Basic computer skills are required and minimal knowledges about phones and phones utilities too.

Make sure that whatever you do, you are doing it at your own responsibility.

How to root :

You need to download four files

1. TWRP for your ROM version

2. SP_Flash_Tool

3. UPDATE-SuperSU-<version>.zip

4. MTK_Drivers_carliv_repack_win7_x64.zip

Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v<latest>.zip to your internal storage card on your phone. You will need this later.

In Windows (not virtualbox) extract the recovery, SP_Flash_Tool_5.1532.00.000_Windows.zip and MTK_Drivers_carliv_repack_win7_x64.zip

Go to the MTK_Drivers_carliv_repack_win7_x64 folder and click flash_tool

Then Click the Download tab at the top.

In that window click the Scatter Loading button and browse to the TWRP folder and select the scatter file.

Click Download.

Turn off your phone

Plug the USB cable into your phone and into the computer

Don't turn on your phone

When the Windows driver installer pops up cancel searching Windows Update and make it install the driver from MTK_Drivers_carliv_repack_win7_x64

You may have to force this by agreeing to install a non-signed driver, don't worry, it will still work.

Your phone should stay on a black screen, if not do this again until Windows has the correct driver.

You need to have the Preloader driver installed, once it is the flash_tool will flash the recovery.

The phone boots to Preloader then normal boot, if you miss the preloader option you have to restart and try again.

If your phone does not reboot (mine did not) you need to turn off the phone and then turn it on while holding Volume +

You will get three options on the screen

Recovery

Fastboot

Normal

You change the option with volume +

You choose the option with volume -

We want recovery

In Recovery

The volume buttons move up and down

Power selects the option you are on

You need to Install Zip

choose file from /sdcard

0/

UPDATE-SuperSU-<version>.zip

After installation choose reboot and YES fix root!

Your phone will restart and you will now have root access.
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I remember seeing a setting for DPI, now I'm looking for it I can't see it, could you tell me where it is please? My phone is rooted running 6.0
[Device Reviews and Information] Rentz164:
Download Texdroider DPI app from store. Very easy to use
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
Hey, if i root my phone and days later i want to remove root in order to receive the OTA update, can i just reflash the stock rom without the userdata.img ?
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I asked about unrooting to get OTA updates, please see the below
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
What he said. It would be alot easier to just flash all except userdata for a quick update. You would also need stock recovery for OTA
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I am trying to disable WiFi permanently scanning, as per the instructions in the below link, however they refer to menu button that seems to be missing as per my screenshot. https://m.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/3nrfa0/psa_wifi_scanning_reenabled_moved_locations_in_60/ Any ideas please? Is it something I've messed up with gravitybox? In the misc settings of it I have even enabled force overflow menu button.

Edit:It seems that the tinypic link isn't working, in the top right hand corner, where I expect to see the 3 dot menu button, there's nothing.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
I don't have that option either. But in Google location history I turnt that off as I think thats what causes the RILJ wakelock (I could be wrong but it's gone since I disabled it) there's an option in the wifi advanced settings to toggle "keep wifi on during sleep" if that helps
[Device Reviews and Information] rbluesy77:
Quick question, loving the phone so far but having an issue with getting on 4g data. I'm on three in the UK and 100% get a 4g signal at work. I have selected preferred network 4g in settings but it's always on 3g. Today I went into mtk engineer mode and selected lte only and it goes to 4g full signal no problem, but when I switch back to 4g/3g/2g it just goes to 3g! Any ideas how I can get this phone to use 4g and 3g?:confused:
[Device Reviews and Information] hellybob:
Hi I'm on 3UK also and I get 4G no problems.
[Device Reviews and Information] bjbirch:
I am on 3uk and can get 4 g no problems
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
Its as simple as disabling Wi-Fi ;)

Just click on the hyperlink "scanning settings" to get the scanning options!
[Device Reviews and Information] rbluesy77:
Thanks, I can get on 4g if I select lte only, but if I set it a 2/3/4g auto, it goes back to 3g. I know I am in a 4g area as I can force it to 4g in mtk engineering settings but 4g only is no good to me I need it to switch between 3g and 4g automatically. I have now idea why this is like this.....
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Have you double checked your APN settings, mine was showing 4G in the notification bar but had no internet connection unless I disabled 4G until I changed the APN settings, I'm on Tesco mobile.

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Thanks for that, the sneaky buggers, hiding it there!

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Are you on lollipop or marshmallow? I'm on marshmallow and don't see that when WiFi is off.
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
Marshmallow
[Device Reviews and Information] rbluesy77:
APN settings all good, I can get onto 4g by going into mtk settings and switching to LTE only. My problem is I cannot get it to go to 4g when in 2/3/4g auto mode, it will only go to 3g. This is infuriating my!
[Device Reviews and Information] J_The_Nerd:
I'm also on 3UK and they don't have a 2g infrastructure, in engineering mode there is an option for 3g and 4g only (no 2g) and mine has been ok on this setting.
[Device Reviews and Information] rbluesy77:
3Uk does have 2g, they just use orange infrastructure, I can't get 4g either when using 3g /4g only either. I am stumped with this one...... ?
[Device Reviews and Information] J_The_Nerd:
Maybe the 3g has a stronger signal and your phone is choosing the strongest connection rather than the fastest.
[Device Reviews and Information] hellybob:
I have noticed that on 3uk the Power does tend to be on 4g less than my old LG G4
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
Sorry but thats wrong imformation they have a tiny section of 2g now if any any

Since Three invested heavily into 3G technology since its inception and wanted to run a 3G only service (which in turn would make infrastructure costs cheaper, which could be passed onto the consumer) it was criticised in the early days for offering a very patchy 2G service in favour of 3G, when 3G had not fully caught on enough to achieve mass adoption, and Orange 2G was adopted in areas as a fallback where 3G wasn't available. The 2G fallback coverage provided by Orange has since greatly diminished, while still available, it is being removed in some areas as Three believe 3G technology is now sufficient enough for mass adoption - and as a result, many (often at the cheaper end) phones that support only 2G networks are not compatible with the Three network.[12] As of 2013, Three no longer provides a significant 2G fallback for most of the United Kingdom.
[Device Reviews and Information] rbluesy77:
Sorry, but you have just contradicted yourself!

I was not wrong in saying three UK use 2G, as you say they have a tiny section of 2G if any (yes any) . I live in Scotland, out in the country to make matters worse and so that little bit if 2G is massively important to me! ☺

Anyhows I'm still no further forward in working out why my ULEFONE Power chooses 3G over 4G when I'm at work..... ?
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
Sorry if I've misunderstood, but are you saying that 4g works sometimes, but not when you're at work?
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
That's strange, I'm also on Marshmallow and don't have that

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Another strange thing that's happened recently when looking at battery usage, even though in battery monitor widget, I've set the capacity of the battery to 6050, the system seems to show it at 1000, any idea how I could change it?
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
I also have the same message of 3dd1 when my WiFi is off.
[Device Reviews and Information] rbluesy77:
Hi, what my problem is, when at work (4g area) my phone stays on 3g. They only way I can get it to go to 4g is go into mtk engineering mode and select LTE only which forces it onto 4g.

As I live in the country with little or no 4g I cannot leave it on LTE only and have to switch back to 2/3/4G auto.

This has got me beat haha!
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
OK yeah, I'm stumped as well.

As far as I'm aware, 4g is only used when the signal is stable enough to be maintained. So if it's a bit patchy / weak it will switch to 3g.

You can check three 4g network coverage here and see if your workplace is covered at all.

http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/Network/Coverage

If it looks like it should be working, I found something that looks a little similar one a one plus forum. I don't think it's your exact problem, but it might be worth a try.

https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/how-to-fix-three-uk-network-4g-lte-connection-issues-tut.233655/
[Device Reviews and Information] rbluesy77:
Thanks man, I found that thread earlier today but made no difference. It may be the case that somehow the phone thinks the 3g is better than the 4g signal. I will have to experiment a bit more and try some other locations but all in all the power is a great phone!
[Device Reviews and Information] J_The_Nerd:
Have been poking around in the engineering mode app, I don't know which one you use but mine has an option for "Android Settings" as well as "MTK Settings" and there is a preferred network setting in there too, on mine it was set to unknown. Maybe the android and mtk settings are conflicting on your device so it's not sure what to do.

Apologies if you've already tried this.
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
Hey, I was just looking in there also, and I was wondering if you know what this does?

This is in the MTK settings section, and I can't think of a good reason for this to not be active by default.
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Do you have the 14 or 17 version of the Ulefone ROM? I have the 14
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
I'm also on the 14 ROM, which probably explains it.
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
Flash #17 and post back the results. Anyhow it seems that even with wifi scanning off, the battery history menu still shows wifi as on
[Device Reviews and Information] J_The_Nerd:
I've no idea what that does but it gives a warning when you enable it.

Try it out, you can always go back and disable it again ?
[Device Reviews and Information] sfigas:
Hello, my phone in MM is draining during idle.

Could be doze mode malfunctioning?
[Device Reviews and Information] DanTheLemonMan:
Anyone encrypted their phone? Just wondering if it works fine on the power?
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
We don't have doze :rolleyes:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3743143&d=1462833107

(Doze checker)
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Quick noob question please. I have twrp installed and it's rooted. Would I be correct in saying to flash 17, that all I have to do is flash 17 using the flash tool, don't need to reflash twrp, then using twrp, root it again.
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
I think you just need to flash system.img (only)

Dont flash userdata.img or else you will lose all your data

To re-root just do it again through TWRP
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Thanks for that, I've bought titanium pro, to save having to reinstall all my apps, lol, didn't know you could do that, I guess that is what happens with an OTA update then?

Edit: I'm home now having a look at what to do, still to download 17, from the below image, I see userdata, which I will untick, should I also untick recovery, to keep twrp?

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I've installed N-ify in xposed, gives the look and some of the functionality of N, pretty good actually. Also unlocked multi - window which has been useful a couple of times already as I'm rooted it's pretty easy http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3121483
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
I never knew about this, it's a little buggy but definitely handy to have. If you turn on expanded desktop you can get rid of the notification bar at the top to give a bit more room.
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Please could you tell me how to turn on expanded desktop?
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
I use the Gravitybox[MM] Xposed module. In this, in the 'Power tweaks' section there's an option for 'Expanded desktop in power menu'. If you enable this, you can get quickly turn it off and on. I've added a screenshot so you can see how it looks.

There's a lot of decent tweaks this module can do, I would have a look at it if you've never used it before.

Edit:

Here's a link for Xposed Framework:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811

Here's a link for the gravitybox module:

http://xdaforums.com/xposed/modules/app-gravitybox-v6-0-0-tweak-box-android-t3251148
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I've got gravitybox and enabled it, thanks! Lots of stuff in there I haven't really played with, due to fear mainly of cocking it up,lol
[Device Reviews and Information] sfigas:
My ulefone power in MM is draining power at idle. Always phone idle is first at battery stats with lots of mah but only one program in details (clock enabled) ,

Please advise
[Device Reviews and Information] HellsAngel_NL:
I have the same thing with the phone idle being listed 1st and alot of mah i hope when they release the ota update this will fix it.
[Device Reviews and Information] kozelos:
Drain in idle is problem from beginning also on 5.1. If you are rooted and xposed, try tweaking your system with greenify app and amplify. Using the guide of wakelocks safe to limit here on xda i was able to reduce the drain significantly..
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
Did you manage to get the wi-fi scanning options?

Also any idea how to make the settings menu dark? I ve tried layers manager but when i press the power button to show the power menu the system soft reboots
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
If you have Xposed installed, you can use the module 'Holo Themer' to get apps to appear dark. It's not perfect but it works on most apps.
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I'm waiting, hoping I'll get an answer to the question I asked in post #1096, regarding whether I untick recovery as well as userdata, before I flash 17, although I've got titanium pro, I'd rather just update the system and leave the rest untouched if I can.
[Device Reviews and Information] sfigas:
You are in 5.1 or 6.0? What changes did you made and how long is your SOT now?
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
I thought you got the answer from 1095.

I d better flash everything except userdata and recovery. Then root again through twrp

I know titanium is cool but some apps may have issues when restoring the data, so untouched userdata.img is the best option for me
[Device Reviews and Information] gummikeks:
I am using the uUlefone Power for about 10 days now, until now, I'm pretty happy with it. With moderate usage, I get 3 days of battery life, that's absolutely ok for me.

I have 2 questions, hopefully you guys can answer it:

My power is on Android 5.1 - is there already a possibility to get MM OTA or do I have to manually flash?

The camera is absolutely trash, the Lenovo SnapIT-App is a bit better but far away from what the sony sensor can do. Is there another photo-app which gets at least mediocre results?
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Thanks, I was waiting for clarification regarding recovery!
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
Hi,

The battery life on 5.1 is widely considered better than that of 6.0, so if you really want to ensure it stays good, you might want to stay with 5.1. Despite saying that, I'm using 6.0 and my battery hasn't got noticeably worse since updating, but my quick charge seems to take around 3 hours instead of the 2 hours it took on 5.1.

Currently, there is no OTA update to 6.0 Marshmallow. This is because UleFone are struggling to convert the 32 bit operating system of 5.1 to a 64 bit operating system in 6.0. The only way provided so far to update to 6.0 is to flash the phone using a computer.

By flashing the phone your going to have to spend about an hour messing around with your PC, and your phone will be completely wiped during the flash. A backup is obviously useful but it doesn't completely restore it to how it was.

As for the camera, I've used about 5 different apps and messed around with them, but they're all just about the same from my experience. There's no magic fix. On UleFone's Facebook page they have said that they were going to improve it in the future, but some people said that it's not physically possible because of the sensors or something.
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
Fast charging seems to work only with phone powered off. Am i the only one who thinks that actually, battery life is better with MM? Also the fingerprint sensor is lightning fast

Ok post back your progress
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
I find the fingerprint scanner a lot better as well. I also think that the phones camera is actually really good, as long as your not trying to focus on something less than 20cm away, although my old phone was probably just a lot worse. I'm yet to find anyone who thinks it's even ok.

My biggest problem with my phone is that most aux cable and headphones that I use don't fit in the headphone jack. They all seem to just bounce out of the port straight away.

I'm a student, and I was revising in a library last week. I put in some headphones and started playing some music, but for whatever reason it was really quiet. I had my headphones on max, they sounded terrible, but I just went with it anyway.

5 minutes later the librarian came over telling me to stop blasting music around the library and get out. My friends never told me because they all thought it was hilarious.

There's a photo 2 aux cable jacks. The white one is the one uleFone power included, which is slightly longer. This works fine, but the sound quality is dreadful. The black one is just the normal size which is slightly shorter, these don't fit in my phone well at all, which is really annoying.

Anybody else found that these just don't fit well at all?
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
Forgot to add the photo on the last one
[Device Reviews and Information] gummikeks:
That's kinda funny because I did read about that problem a lot, but all my headphones (I tested about 5 different ones, some with microphone, some without) and none of them causes that problem, no "bouncing out", they all are stuck quite save.

To solve that problem, there are several solutions: Get an AUX-cable with that longer pin and use it as an adapter, or just grind away a bit of the metal frame so the headphone-jack is fully inside the phone. The last solution has been documented with some photos couple of pages ago, it doesn't look good but solves your problem well.

The camera is pretty bad tbh, just take some photos and zoom in or watch them on your monitor. They are all blurry, green is always washed out. Only in well-lighted environments, it's kinda ok, but as soon as the light isn't perfect, quality is dropping down to the ground.
[Device Reviews and Information] bjbirch:
Try looking for Bluetooth headsets