yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] dreadkopp:
Thought about it some more.

In my opinion (prove me wrong) either two things could have happen:

1. System froze because of unknown bug. Now is in a unusable state and for some reasons does not react to button input. Only way would be to pull the battery or let it run dry which might take days to weeks.

2. SoC was fried during optimization process (high CPU load) because of physical defect.

In both cases I would say send it to seller and get a replacement.

During the optimization progress there are no changes done to the kernel or recovery. So if it was able to boot successfully to this state it should at least boot anytime (even if not reaching GUI / runlevel 5)

Wish you all the best and hope someone will prove me wrong and you are able to fix it :) good luck
[Device Reviews and Information] optimusprimus83:
thanks ;) i hope that i can handle it and can repair my phone by myself. the shipping fee from germany to china is very expensiv so i had a talk with the seller he send me a replacement when i pay the shipping fee with all things among 70 - 85 bugs its even cheaper that the other method to send it back.

and thank you @ all for the fast help and answer i must try some things out (pc format/clean win and drivers and so on ) to fix the problem .... eehm i mean i try to fix it ... i try to try and does it not work i will cry :D
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
I would love to get my hands on this device. Ive never seen or heard about such case.

But theoretically, if you could somehow wipe cache partition, you could reproduce this bug.

Hm, maybe thermal safeguards are broken in newest update. From what I know, optimization process is just generating dalvic cache, so cpu, ram and storage load should be at max during it.

Strange case. Hope it ends well.
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
I dont know how it works but if they can send me 55 cent potato pealer from opposite side of the world for free, than they could tell you how to send a phone in registered package for less than 70 bucks. Just a thought. :D
[Device Reviews and Information] bence0307:
Hey Guys,

I'm new here, I recently purchased an Ulefone Power for my partner, which I think is a really nice looking and good phone (not to mention how cheap it was lol), and there are 3 things that bothers him with it.

- The first thing is that the speaker and the microphone seems to be very low for him and we can only talk properly when there's no background noise.

- The other thing is that the "smart key" turns his camera on when he just slides his finger on it. It's more of an annoy for him.

Anyway what I can tell you, that the phone (and us) is in Hungary and we're using Vodafone so 4G and everything works.

We've updated the phone to the latest firmware (which was yesterday 07.22.)

And I would need a bit of a help here, how can I fix this issue? Or is there a way that I could make the speaker and microphone louder? Or should I root/flash it for him? (If so please be kind enough to give me a noob tutorial how to. Haven't done this since HTC HD2 haha).

So yeah this would be our issue and Ulefone customer service only told me to reset the phone....

So since you guys are pro's I thought I'd ask you guys :)

Thanks in advance, and much appreciated :)
[Device Reviews and Information] Ziegenjupp:
Das ist geil.....

hoffe du bekommst dein telefon hin, ich bin, bis auf ein paar sachen, echt zufrieden damit und hoffe es gibt irgendwann mal custom roms dafür.

Grüsse aus Augsburg und ich drück dir die Daumen!

---------- Post added at 09:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:45 AM ----------

The german text is for optimusprimus83, copied the wrong post....sry
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
I wrote about it before. You dont need root, you basically go to enginering mode and fiddle with audio levels. Its a lot of work but values stay as long as you wont wipe user data partition so basically its a one time tweak to do and forget about.

Search this forum, there is a description of how to get to enginering mode and should also be an example of values that people put in. From memoryvI can tell that more than 140 volume is not recomended.

About the button, I use this silicone case so dont have this problem with sliding, but if you like, you can use xposed aditions to setup this key behaviour. I have this setup as a flashlight and its pretty nifty and usefull setup for me. This solution has it drawback (advantage really) because you need to be rooted and have xposed installed.
[Device Reviews and Information] optimusprimus83:
danke ich hoffe auch das das mal was wird.,..custom rom ist eher nebensache weil so das rom von ulefone super läuft bis auf die tatsache das das update das handy geschrottet hat XDDD aber dank der tollen hilfe hier bin ich scho etwas schlauer als vorher! @ all thanks for the help ;)

so on i still try some vids an tuts but my laptop is against me XD
[Device Reviews and Information] tss555:
How about 4th Marshmallow Update? Is it really free of adware/bloatware and any other kind of ware apps? I'm still on 20160608 which works really nice (without root) and little bit afraid of touching something that is not break ;)
[Device Reviews and Information] ajp558:
I've checked dozens of times since yesterday afternoon, but the latest update does not appear to be available to my phone.

I've only just received a second Power after donating my first one to my wife, so I am holding off rooting & xposing it until I have that new update. Quite frustrating.
[Device Reviews and Information] isaias1983:
I have the same problem...any advice??

Στάλθηκε από το Power μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
I only know that someone else had similar issues in the past. Thats all I know.

---------- Post added at 10:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:42 AM ----------

Disable all sound enhancements and try that.
[Device Reviews and Information] Zubcho:
Here in Bulgaria I have no updates also.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ziegenjupp:
Ich habe auch nen lappi mit win10, aber die anleitung bzw der link auf der ulefone seite is gut erklärt und hat bei mir geklappt.

---------- Post added at 03:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:20 PM ----------

For me a restart helps sometimes
[Device Reviews and Information] geheimke:
Hi, can some tell me if the gps bug (online navigation fails, lost gps signal) is fixed in the latest update on MM? ( I have now vers 2016 07 08)

I did a new test offline navigation, that is only working perfect in

flight mode ON

Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
I just came back from pokemon go walk and this is what I discovered.

Im on 07-08 in "high accuracy mode". During all the walk I had 2 sims active (1 for phone, second for internet) and bluetooth was constantly playing podcast.

My internet was caped at 3g so keep this also in mind.

I left home, all is good. Internet works, gps has fix. Not 2 minutes passed after I left my wifi range and suddenly I lost gps fix. Internet still worked at that time.

I checked gps with "AndroiTS GPS Test" and not a single satellite in sight. Turned off sims, turned off bluetooth and still nothing.

Than I decided to restart the phone.

After restart I launched "AndroiTS GPS Test" to test if gps was all right. It was, fast fix as usual. Than I deciden NOT TO CLOSE "AndroiTS GPS Test" and just launch everything as usual (so bluetooth, 2 sims, podcast and pokemon go). This apparently fixed everything. Keeping in a background an app that constantly keeps gps on is apparently the key. 2-3 hours later and no gps related problems, no internet drops, nothing.

Maybe this will help you guys. I also during that time turned off the screen couple of times and turned it on back again. No gps issues with that either.

Try that guys and share your findings. Its definitely worth trying.
[Device Reviews and Information] geheimke:
Thank you for your aswer, i have already test with 'AndroiTS GPS Test', not really helps me, i use 1 sim card with 4g and one sd card. I think it's a kind of bug with the 3g - 4g bands ....
[Device Reviews and Information] glamredhel69:
Hi all

I got my Ulefone Power today after my S4 finally gave up after years of flashing roms.

I tried rooting the Ulefone I got TWRP installed once and used install to install supersu.zip but my phone went into a boot loop. I installed a stock rom and I tried to install TWRP again but its now asking to download a pmt file. Im stuck and any help would be appreciated.

I tried king root but that didnt work.

Thank you.
[Device Reviews and Information] jabberjocky:
theres a 4th update out ....quite how that can be done on a bricked by the last update phone is anyones guess..........
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
my wireless update is stating 20160608 is latest?

do i need to update to this first@?
[Device Reviews and Information] salv90:
Does anyone here use Periscope on their Powers?

Whenever I press the red broadcast button it goes to a black screen and just hangs.

After a couple of minutes I get the Periscope is not responding message. Really frustrating as I cant broadcast.

Watching other peoples broadcasts works fine though
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
Done one update and then a load more flooded through... I'm still having trouble with 3g being connected but not actually working? Any ideas?
[Device Reviews and Information] ajp558:
Check Settings > Data Usage > then click the tab with your provider (mine says VODAFONE UK), then see that Mobile data switch is set to on.
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
Lol. Thanks but that is on... I have a data connection and it shows its connected buts actually not.... It's like it's stuck.... A reboot fixes but it's very very annoying... Even if I put the phone in 3g mode it does the same
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
What is the current version? Any have a screenshot?
[Device Reviews and Information] Zubcho:
I can't turn on/off cellular data from quick menu. There is no Data button. I have to go to Cellular Data and than turn data on/off. Even with Gravity, when I select Data button it is not there? How to display this button on the quick menu? Last Android 6.0 with TWRP, root, xPosed and Gravity.
[Device Reviews and Information] J_The_Nerd:
As you're running 6 long press the cog in the quick settings pull down, which should activate system UI tuner, you can add and remove buttons from there assuming ulefone hasn't taken that out as I'm without my power for the time being.
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
Anyone with any more ideas about my data issue? I did read about it some where but can't remember where??!!
[Device Reviews and Information] Zubcho:
Nope still can't start mobile internet with 1 click
[Device Reviews and Information] dreadkopp:
Strange... For me it's present:
[Device Reviews and Information] Zubcho:
Ok, I have got this screen, but on Android 4.2/4.4, I need to click only on the icon, and I don't have to go to one menu under. This is my "problem" . 3G/4G connectivity is working fine. This second menu is frustrating for me :)
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I think there's something wrong with this, don't think my Bluetooth has been on for 3 years! https://www.dropbox.com/s/u5gpfeffsnpmvil/Screenshot_20160724-213131.png?dl=0

---------- Post added at 09:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:34 PM ----------

Since lollipop, they've changed the mobile data controls. I know I used to have a mobile data button on my home screen that would work on another phone when it updated to lollipop. I believe it is to improve security.
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
Not sure if anyone still remembers by problems with sound but ive applied all updates and mtk tweaks and still I have very very low volume on ear piece and ear phones during a phone call..... So quiet I have to go to loud speak mode and hold the phone in front of my face like a idiot lol....

Is there no tweaks that can be applied as a flash file like on my S5?
[Device Reviews and Information] Zubcho:
Did you try factory reset? How did the problem occurred? From day one or from couple of days?
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
Erm it was fine when I got it on original 5.0.1 and mtk tweaked it. The sound was amazing.... Then updated it.... Then lost the sound then downgraded to try and get it back... And never managed it since.... The phone is perfect other than that
[Device Reviews and Information] glamredhel69:
I managed to root the phone (I was using the wrong version of supersu). My other problem is although the phone is set to 4g it only uses 3g. I went into the engineer mode to change it to 4g but I do not get calls just data.

Also has anyone tried kernel auditor on the phone?
[Device Reviews and Information] Wowan123:
The second last Version is

20160709_183824

Still waiting for newest one 20160718_... but OTA still not available.
[Device Reviews and Information] dreadkopp:
Sure your provider offers LTE to you? +the used band is supported by the Power?

Tried kernel auditor. However you cannot set different frequencies for big and little.

According to geekbench score limitation of maximum frequency works.
[Device Reviews and Information] glamredhel69:
Yes my previous phone used to be connected to LTE continuously whereas this connects occasionally.

Ah ok thanks for letting me know I wanted to check to see if the vibrate could be increased and also the headset volume. I tried the headset volume in engineer mode but it didn't seem to change anything.
[Device Reviews and Information] Stevo001457:
Yep the ulefones network signal is weaker is comparison to other phones like iPhone & Samsung. Suppose it's a cheaper chip in there. Calls seem to go straight to my voicemail when people ring me if my reception is 1 or 2 bars & my texts don't always go through even though there's signal. There are problems with the GPS also, mainly unstable location & freezing at times, some other times it works well. Yeah would like to know how to increase the vibration intensity. It's too soft.
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
followed all this as well and still nothing apart from what ever ive set up..............i cant adjust volume lol its the same volume what ever the volume is actually set it?

please please can any one help me!!! would ordering a new ear piece speaker help? are they easy to fit?
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
I think I had your issue but only ONCE with one specific caller. Caller called me from area with very poor reception and they heared me fine but I only heared them when they screamed.

Come to think of it, it might have been that their voice was routed to phones speaker instead of earpiece. (BIG HINT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS???)

Anyway it only happened once for me (by once I mean 2-3 times in 1 hour period, with only one caller from specific location) so I really cannot help you.

Ive also noticed while playing with pokemon-go that sometimes the phone radios would reset themselves for no apparent reason. What I mean by that, is signal and icons from all (bluetooth wifi and 2 sims) would just drop and after 1-2 sec would come back just like that (this might be a reason why pokemon-go crashes so often).

What you can do with it.

Well setting selinux to permisive really gives a kick to my phone, especially in gaming, but a phone also seems more stable.

Second thing, try to locate some audio routing settings and fiddle with them. And POST WHAT YOU FIND. Im particularly interested in routing ringing notifications through earpiece (because when phone lies on a table its almost impossible to hear them).

Sorry for no help, I only had this issue once and Im not even sure that its your issue.

Edit: maybe calling app is borked. Try other diallers.
[Device Reviews and Information] ajp558:
At last! The 4th MM update has just started downloading for my 2nd Ulefone Power after manually searching for OTA update over the past few days. Once that is done I can finally install TWRP, root & Xposed.
[Device Reviews and Information] Wowan123:
Ok I have the update 20160718_142107 installed (Not rooted)

Seems to be Maleware free. Malwarebytes does not found anything.

Only changes i noticed so far is more details in Power consumption menue
[Device Reviews and Information] Spacedog79:
I did the latest OTA update this morning and immediately had 2 pop-ups, one for "over 400 fun emojis" and another with a permissions page to install "tap emoji keyboard". I haven't installed anything else in the past few days and am not rooted or anything so these are definitely from the update.

Edit: Malwarebytes scan came up clean.
[Device Reviews and Information] Wowan123:
Have you installed any launcher? Strange some people told they had such problems with last update too, but I did not had anything like this.

By the way, i dont use the default browser, and have removed all rights for that app. Also i had deactivated google app.
[Device Reviews and Information] Spacedog79:
The only launcher I tried was the Google Now launcher but I ended up going back to stock. I haven't done anything else unusual with the phone, all my apps are from Google play store and only done the OTA updates when they became available. A couple of versions back when some people were reporting pop-ups I had nothing.
[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
The suspect (on the previous OTA) was CallerIdSearch.apk. I froze the application after getting a couple of popups, too, and haven't got any new ones since...

But then, I installed a firewall Xposed module and re-enabled CallerIdSearch to see if I could get the popups again, block the app with the firewall, and get more evidence, but so far I haven't had more popups, so I don't know for sure.

The phone didn't exhibit any bad symptom after freezing CallerIdSearch, though, so it probably won't hurt you to try. I don't know if you've got to root to be able to freeze an application (instead of removing a system application, which most certainly require root).

Hope this helps...

Tapatalk (Ulefone Power)
[Device Reviews and Information] glamredhel69:
Do I lose twrp and root if I upgrade?
[Device Reviews and Information] ajp558:
Thanks you. CallerIDSearch is still in the new OTA release and was causing multiple screen popups on my new, un-rooted, Power this morning. Battery check was showing quite a lot of drain caused by the app appearing as "Search Service". I have now rooted and frozen it using TitaniumBackup, and also installed adblock.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ibromish:
I have issues with my power, it sees updates, download it but ends in error.

When I inquired through the ota logs, it wasn't registered.

I downloaded another just before I choose install now, I searched for the downloaded update.zip in this directories: internal and SD card > android > data > com.adups.fota

But there's nothing in these folders, I presumed reason for failed update.

Could anyone tell where possible the downloaded ota file is located... Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
Can I flash the latest version with TWRP or do I have to unroot?
[Device Reviews and Information] Zubcho:
Do a factory reset. This is the way after rom upgrade.
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Android 6.0_ulefone Power_20160718

Same malware, same place, same apk (system/app/CallerIdSearch/CallerIdSearch.apk).

https://virustotal.com/en/file/ed3ade7c76c5c78a6198a4c38d696e82d5ef2ad45e5bdda323ee4c770744bbbb/analysis/1469554409/
[Device Reviews and Information] Zubcho:
This is very odd. I don't have this file in my power. It came with preinstalled MM and did 1 ota update. So far it is perfect.
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
Avg found this today on my phone
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
I didnt do ota or upgrade, i just extracted what is hosted on ulefone.com in software section. Im still on 07-09
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
I've tried this loads of times.... Might just sell it for cheap as o can't hear it
[Device Reviews and Information] Zubcho:
OK, found it, and renamed it to callerid*.app.bak

Edit: my phone went nuts with one app crashed non stop. Reverted to the old situation.
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
HOLLY SH*&'T

http://www.xda-developers.com/team-...d-full-gpl-kernel-for-jiayu-mediatek-devices/

I WANT MY CM13!!!
[Device Reviews and Information] Spacedog79:
So I did a scan with AVG and it found 2 bits of "suspected malware":

com.mediatek.voicecommand

com.android.tools.callassistant

"callassistant" which is listed as "Search Service" in Apps used 20.39mb of data since I got the phone on July 12th. I was able to force stop and disable it as normal.

"voicecommand" which is listed as "VoiceCommand" used 647KB over the same period, but would not force stop or clear data so I have been unable to disable it. Perhaps I need root access for this one?
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
i also have voice command flagged by avg..........

still im not that fussed as the thing is going if i cant sort the low volume.................any one interested for £70? lol
[Device Reviews and Information] JohnnyInBriz:
I also have a strange sound problem. If connected to charger the rear speaker works fine and I can hear ringtones, notifications, music, etc. If disconnected from charger I get nothing. Sound from top speaker and earphones is fine in either case.
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
It's an amazing phone and perfect nearly....if I could hear properly and didn't have the data problems it would be the best phone around to me atm as nothing comes near to battery.....
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Voice command looks good.

https://virustotal.com/en/file/f1f2...ff8197a625e09a6b2a536842/analysis/1469602602/
[Device Reviews and Information] Zubcho:
There are many cases in witch antivirus software flags a file for a virus but it is not. I haven't got any strange behavior and so on to be worried for these files.
[Device Reviews and Information] dc5daft:
I know this has been asked a couple of times before but Ive not heard anyone mention it after the recent updates.

Is quick charging working okay for people using MM? Its the only thing putting me off upgrading since its a big thing for me :(
[Device Reviews and Information] fedenl:
I'm in the first update from July and in my case, quick charging is working fine.
[Device Reviews and Information] dc5daft:
Thanks mate :) maybe I'll just give it a go then :)
[Device Reviews and Information] fester40:
IMO quick charging should be avoided, since it overheat the battery, thus shortening its life and possibly causes other issues to the phone. I currently use a 1A or 1.5A charger, that can make a full charge in 3.5-4.5 hours, and it is plenty "fast" for me; btw, I've never used and will never use the original fast charger.
[Device Reviews and Information] Wowan123:
Do you think there is really a shortening of battery life? What about playing with the phone. If play any 3D game on the Power it gets as hot as quickcharging it.
[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
I'd say that in both cases (quick-change or intensive CPU use) the high temperature is not very good for the battery, but it's probably worse if you're actively charging it while it's very hot.

On the other hand, if you change your phone every 12 or 18 months, the effect is probably not dramatic within that time span.

Even if I was to lose 25% of the battery capacity within a year (a totally arbitrary figure), I'd still use quickcharge when I need it because it's so practical.

Especially with Pokemon Go enticing you to get out and deplete your battery as you hunt around, refill your battery and get out again for a new cycle! ;)

Tapatalk (Ulefone Power)
[Device Reviews and Information] stub20000:
Hi all, quick question, i recently rooted my power, the first time i've rooted a phone. there is another wireless OTA update for it and i can't seem to get it installed, do i need to remove root permissions first?