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[Device Reviews and Information] kozelos:
i am on 6, v14, now trying to update to version 17 as i have problem that my fingerprint scanner mostly always turns display on but then i must swipe the gesture which is annoying and i am trying this desperate solution as updating the system.

my sot is usually 6 hours, 2 days of life. That is exactly what i had on 5.1 as well on thl 5000 previously. Sot is low but I am kinda candy crush addict, have two sims, LTE always on, lot of data transfered (avg 200MB / day), gps both days to work and back (4x cca 20mins), sync of all on, onedrive "camera uploads" on. So I am satisfied.

Have greenify - agressive doze, hibernate system apps, xposed module

amplify, some of wakelocks limited according to this manual:

http://xdaforums.com/android/general/guide-extreme-battery-life-t3095884 - not many, i was too lazy. But now I have a lot less battery drain in idle than before. Dont expect miracle, there is either something wrong with ulefone roms or with mt6753 chipset as compared to 6735 its battery life is much lower
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
Thanks I never noticed the previous post on the topic, I'm going to try and grind it down and take a the metal casing of my headphones as well and see how it goes. The design of the headphone port is a bit ridiculous really when you look at it. The metal rim covers around the phone covers half of it and raises it up a few mm.
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
Well yeah i know the headphone jack is an issue but you can find headphones with longer jacks. I am using bluetooth headphones (bluebuds x) so i am no that much worried. Well the library thing was hilarious indeed, troll friends. As for the camera, since i started photography as a hobby using a dslr, i find every single smartphone camera terrible. Ulefone power, samsung galaxy or iphone its the same crappy quality for me.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
[MENTION=7474860]calsgb[/MENTION] it's a common bug. You can still theme settings. Just try and avoid "framework" cause that's mainly what themes the power menu = crash
[Device Reviews and Information] HellsAngel_NL:
Thanks for posting the guide to amplify i just assumed it did its thing on what to put to sleep that is safe automatically as

the first time you run it it says a message about enjoying a longer battery life good to know more can be done.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ferfiu:
As others suggested: use a bluetooth headset. :) I love them, it makes easier to use phone (read/watch series) while travelling.

Last week my bluetooth headset's power went off (I wish it could use the phone's battery), so I needed to use a simple headphone. I found the original one that was sent with the phone so I packed that in and went to work.

It was horrible. Quiet, box-like sounds, simply horrible... Maybe just because the cheap headphone, maybe the phone's mistake, but now I never forget to plug in the charger into the bluetooth headset (cheapest ones on ebay) at night.
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
I've ordered a pair of cheapish Bluetooth earphones, they should be alright. I just hope that the battery lasts long enough.

But those earphones that come with the phone are just awful. I'd rather listen to sniffling students and obnoxious little gits than use them.

I guess you could even use the OTG cable to charge the Bluetooth earphones from your phone while listening to them as well.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ferfiu:
Of course, if you must.

It was some time when I plugged that USB cable into a power bank and put that bank into my jacket's inner pocket. This way I could simply use the headset. (And since this wonderful phone I don't even need my power bank. ;) )
[Device Reviews and Information] JohnnyInBriz:
Systemless SuperSU is available for Marshmallow. Has anyone tried to install this on Power?
[Device Reviews and Information] bjbirch:
Which version of xposed framework should I install for ulefone power arm or arm64?
[Device Reviews and Information] Melkor:
[MENTION=6218818]bjbirch[/MENTION]

If you are using Android 6 (it is a 64bit OS): ARM64. If you are using android 5.1, you should choose ARM
[Device Reviews and Information] dc5daft:
Great thread guys :)

I just bought my power two weeks ago and had been really impressed up until today :(

My battery started draining really quickly all of a sudden but its been great up until now. It was sitting at 38% then I checked about half an hour later it was down to 19% then while I was watching it, it went to 18, 15, 14, 12 in the space of minutes and it cut out.

Could this be a faulty battery :(? I'm running rooted 5.1 and have been using the DS battery saver xposed module and have been getting a good 2/3 days out of the battery until now. I've seen posted about drains in MM and to try fully discharge and re-charge so I'll try this later when I'm home but I hope its nothing worse.

Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
Maybe a recent app or apps installed? I highly doubt it's hardware issues with your battery. So I wouldn't worry yourself about that. The only way to tell is to monitor apps usage/wakelocks etc. I use 3c toolbox as it's got alot of features. One key feature is an option to "crystallise" an app (automatically hibernate it to your liking)
[Device Reviews and Information] dc5daft:
Thanks for the quick reply mate :)

Dont think I've installed anything new but I could be wrong, I'll have a go at 3C toolbox and see if anything sticks out thanks. Just found it to be a crazy drop in battery, I would have expect that 38% to get me through until tomorrow night easily :(
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
This works in all phones running 6, not just Future, long press the settings button in notification bar to unlock system tuner UI http://blog.ulefone.com/ulefone-future-allows-you-to-tune-system-ui/
[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
Although it could be either a buggy application or a faulty battery, I'd suspect first a calibration issue. Did you already drain (fully) and recharge your Power a couple of times to let the system adjust itself to the battery?

It could simply be the phone being optimistic when displaying 38% and then getting caught up by reality when it's finally getting close to empy...

I had a similar issue a couple of days ago (phone was around 60%, then 30% just about two hours later, and completely empty after two more hours, without using it more than a couple of minutes.

My first thought was that I had somehow installed a buggy app, or that the local network (first time in the USA since I had purchased the Power) wasn't fully compatible and was causing a battery drain despite the data being switched off...

The battery died on me during the night, and I then had a very bad time when it didn't seem to recharge at all, but after keeping it plugged-in for a while anyway, it started charging again, and since that moment hasn't shown any sign of such a dramatic battery drain.
[Device Reviews and Information] tss555:
Is there a way to disable (or change behaviour) this special "function button" ?

Many times I accidentaly start camera or start recording audio, it's very annoying.

Any clue are welcome.
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
Without root, as far as I am aware, it's not possible.

If you have rooted, you can install 'xposed additions' through the xposed framework which allows you to remap what each button does.

You can completely disable it if you do that.
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Finally got the time to update to 17, just double checking as following reading something else, has raised a question please. I have megthebest TWRP for MM installed. When upgrading to MM, the instructions were to flash MM, then TWRP, will having it already installed be a problem? Also, will I have to reinstall Xposed?

Finally when I untick recovery and userdata, SP Flash Tool, changes from Firmware Update to Download, I have read one thing that says that is OK but any reassurance would be appreciated, thanks!
[Device Reviews and Information] kozelos:
Please clarify what upgrade to 17 means. You are going from v14 to v17 or from lollipop? If from v14 just untick userdata and recovery, flash the rom. Twrp will remain and you can boot to it and root again and install xposed framework again.
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Yes, I mean from the 20160514 to 20160517 version, thanks for that, I will do that now :)
[Device Reviews and Information] Krauthaus:
Hm, its weird, my notification bar stopped working with 6.0. So its there and working, but the area (about 0,5 centimeter of the upper screen) is not responsive anymore; so i cant swipe down the bar. Did anybody had this bug?
[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
I haven't noticed anything special with my notification bar (or upper screen area) with 6.0.

Does the unresponsiveness affect the same physical area when you rotate tour phone (i.e. 0.5cm left or right end of the screen) or does it follow the notification bar on the upper long edge in landscape (horizontal) mode ?

Envoyé de mon Power en utilisant Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] Krauthaus:
It is the same spot, i noticed in a game that the same area causes the buttons not to work. I tried the pointer in the dev mode, i cant reach the upper .5 cm . I can pull it down in the lockscreen because it is bigger there, but that is not really handy. I did a data factory reset after i flashed 6.0 complete new. I think i will look if the problem persists if i flash 5.1 tomorrow:/
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
If you have a look on the Facebook page there's been a lot of people complaining about this since the phone came out. One person said that it was caused because the screen isn't insulated at the top. I have no idea what this means, but from what I've heard it's hardware related and not software.

I'll have a look for them now so I can link them.

Links:

Read the comments, someone from 2 hours ago has a similar problem.

https://plus.google.com/102650489848737177641/posts/BvfvBmukqeu
[Device Reviews and Information] blabub:
I can't use any SD card since upgraded to 6.0. It tries to format and hangs by 20% after some minutes the message is displayed the card can't be formatted. I tried 4 different SD cards.
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I've updated to 20160517 and still don't have the same when WiFi is off :( and quick charge still isn't working, it started off fine, just under 3000mAh but soon dropped down, currently at 278 mAh!

---------- Post added at 11:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:13 PM ----------

Are you using it as internal or external?
[Device Reviews and Information] Krauthaus:
lol, i pressed the area where the screen was not workling slightly; then i heared a klick and the spot works again. Yeeha!
[Device Reviews and Information] blabub:
I tried both options, none of them is working.
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Have you tried to format it in a PC, also name the card as well, I had problems with cards that weren't named.
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Seeing as the Power lacks the sensor for Doze to work in M, does that also mean that aggressive Doze in greenify won't work either?
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I quite regularly lose root (superSU 2.65) which I get back once I've rebooted, does anyone have an idea why and what I could do not to lose it?
[Device Reviews and Information] bjbirch:
You could try installing the latest SuperSU from post #1 from this XDA thread:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053&page=1071
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
You know what would be cool :cool: ? If someone could port the rom of Lenovo k4 note. Its already on MM. Specs are almost identical to Power and i trust more Lenovo on their software than ulefone . My first attempt to port failed :confused: , but its the first time i try somethig like this.
[Device Reviews and Information] kozelos:
IMO lenovo support for its phones used to be almost none. I had p770 and it was terrible, almost no updates and issues. Plus - lenovo is famous for its bloatware on phones..
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
From what I've seen, there is a lot of effort going into making cyanogenmod for the K4. If that is created, then maybe that might be able to be easily (ish) converted for the uleFone? I have no idea, but they're similar so it might not be too hard?

Being honest, apart from the bugs, I actually like the 95% stock android the uleFone has.
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
Well thats why you get root, get rid of ads and stuff. Plus i dont think lenovo would release a rom with fast charge broken

P.S Seems that the lenovo rom has the ability to assign tasks to diffrent fingerprints. Its a thing i miss since MM. Hear that Ulefone? Stop releasing a flagship every month and work on your software :mad:

P.S 2 Seems the original model name of Power is GQ3026 by Gotron (Does Ulefone buy the blueprints for it or just orders pieces with the ulefone logo? ) Have a look here http://www.gotron.hk/en/productshow.php?cid=2&id=455
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
I never knew about this, I was giving credit to uleFone because of the good build quality, but it's not even designed by them!

So uleFone's job was basically to make a good ROM, and they did aimed high but it just didn't pull off.

Edit: They also designed the Future / Vienna by the looks of it. http://www.gotron.hk/en/productshow.php?cid=2&id=457

Anybody know if this company is linked with uleFone?

Edit 2:

Looks like they're the same company anyway, on their site it says

"GOTRON GROUP has three specialized branch companies: GOTRON Electronics, ulefone tech, and GOTRON V-hope Mobile Intelligent. We mainly focus on developing Smartphone and mobile intelligent products"
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
Thanks for clearing that out. Seeing a dummy with "Logo" on the back was kinda shocking
[Device Reviews and Information] realista87:
really 20 hours screen on time? i think less in real.....
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
I guess if it was just a black screen with 2 processes running it might be able to.
[Device Reviews and Information] HellsAngel_NL:
With pcmark battery test i came to 14 hours 33 mins and thats quite a load so 20 seems quite doable.

this is on android 6 the 17 release.
[Device Reviews and Information] blabub:
Renamed today the sd cards today, sadly the same behavior. :(
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
Have you tried putting your SIM card in the second tray where the SD cards go? If that doesn't work it could show that it's hardware related.

I know that the SD card reader and SIM reader in the phone are slightly different but if that area is physically damaged at least you'll know.
[Device Reviews and Information] blabub:
SIM card is working without a problem.

BTW: When I insert the SD card the whole device is freezing sometimes for 30 seconds.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ibromish:
Ever since I moved onto MM, the phone begins to freeze after couple of hours; checking with the memory on settings shows Android OS consumed 2.7Gb of 2.8Gb total RAM, what could be responsible for this?

Also, most times when I leave the phone to charge while powered on, it soft reboots before being fully charged. I discovered this because I use fingerprint scanner for unlocking the device; and most times it says pattern must be used after a 'restart' which means the phone soft rebooted while being charged.

I have optimised all my apps, by updating through playstore and clearing caches but still persist.

With amplify, greenify, appopsxposed, power nap, I don't get more than a day of battery use after a single fully charged battery... Anyone in the same shoe as I am?

I check for updates from Ulefone everyday from my phone but it's same usual "your system is currently up to date"

I'm on 20160517 release for reference sake
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I've got some adware/malware on my phone, giving me system pop up (not sure if right term but to distinguish from a browser pop up) I've have Avast installed, since I've ran malwarebytes which has said nothing found and also Addons Detector which has also said it's clean, they aren't very frequent and I've emailed the developer of the add that it links to on the play store, any ideas please?
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
Adware like this is always coming from an "app". To remove it you just need to work out which app it is and delete it. If it's very new / not widespread, avast might not be able to detect it yet, so you have to wait. Or you can try and find it yourself.

Go in settings > apps, and look for any that look suspicious. If your not sure if something weird is actually a uleFone app message it in the thread and I'll check mine to see if it's there too. If it's not on mine, and you don't think you've installed it, it's probably the adware.
[Device Reviews and Information] jy_P:
Hey, those are often Impossible to clean up.

You might have to factory reset or re-flash.
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I've looked through my apps, none of them are suspicious, all of them, I recognise.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ibromish:
SOLUTION

Install FDROID and then adAway,

Let adAway download and install latest host files and apply AD BLOCKING.

...You should be fine with that!
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
Try diffrent apps like stubborn trojan killer. If you get this ad on notification drawer too then long press on it, press the info button to see what app it is coming from
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
Great info for those upgrading to MM!

This is very very helpful. Thank you!

Also for anyone having troubles with the SP flash tool, in the video is shows the "download" option selected which will give you a "PMT CHANGED OF THE ROM, IT MUST BE DOWNLOADED" error. Just change the option to Firmware Upgrade and let it run.

I upgraded my just new Power to MM with no issues but I did the upgrade BEFORE I even set up the phone with any of my stuff so I did not backup anything.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
[MENTION=7403627]Ibromish[/MENTION] not sure if you need all those battery saving apps. I'm using just L speed and powernap. You got alot of usage there. You will probably want to download an app to monitor apps usage/Run time etc. As allways I suggest 3c toolbox/pro "system monitor" is probably the best term
[Device Reviews and Information] Ferfiu:
I would check with "h2testw" (use google to find it) and if it says the card is OK then the problem should be with the phone. :(
[Device Reviews and Information] ajp558:
I had exactly the same problem - the phone was running out of memory and getting hot even when idle, with all RAM assigned to Android on the 17 May release. I also had Bluetooth troubles, able to connect to my cars but no proper control over music to display tracks and skip in Spotify or Music. In the end I "fixed" it be doing a full format and re-installation of the last version of 5.1 and everything is working well again, with 2 days of battery life and no freezing or starting to run slow, and 1.5 to 2GB free memory. I guess that Android 6 was just not ready for my use of the phone.

I don't know what was causing it, but I did have Xposed and Gravity to tweak the settings. Good luck trying to find the cause if you stick with Android 6.0
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
So far, so good for one day with MM installed. Phone arrived yesterday morning and I charged it all the way and and unplugged it and it just sat around while I drove over 7 hours. Looked around on it last night a little bit but did not add or setup anything on the phone, just attached it to the wifi network and that was it. Spent most of the morning reading this thread and other sites including ulefone's website about how to flash the 6.0 update and successfully pulled that off. Then I put in my FreedomPop sim and my 128GB MicroSD card and formatted it and added it to the internal space. I then setup all my apps and all my email accounts (why do I have 4 email accounts again????), and then I was off to the beach for a few hours to take some photos and videos.

So far the only problems I have encountered was when I setup some finger prints and the phone did a few strange things and then shut off. So I deleted all the finger prints and set it back to double tap to wake which I like on my LG phone. The other problem was with Facebook Messenger, it kept crashing when I tried to launch it so I rebooted the phone and it started working again.

As for battery life... I am at 58% at 7:15PM est and it was last (and first time) fully charged yesterday morning at 9:00am. Today was the first day of heavy usage though... including the firmware upgrade / MM install, all my app installs and setup and actually using the phone on Whatsapp and Messenger and Magic Jack and web surfing.

I used Dead Pixel Detect and Fix (free) from the play store and found no stuck or dead pixels so I am happy about that and the screen seems to currently be uniform through out.. but will watch this over the next few months.

The phone is fast, the screen is bright even is at the beach without a cloud in the sky, and so far outdoor photos and videos look good but still testing the camera(s) out.

Not rooting just yet as I want to see if OTA works when they release the next update and I did not see and custom roms out there to install (Bliss or CM13) and wanted to see how there mostly vanilla MM works, well that and some of these posts with issues with the operation of the phone after rooting and adding tweaks kind of put me off a bit... lol :)

Will do a follow up post after I break the phone in a bit more... and before you ask, NO, I will not be using the charger that came with the phone. I will be using one of my many 2amp 5v chargers and checking for heat issues... heat and electronics DO NOT mix and I think could be the reason some are having screen issues on their Power.

Other then that feel free to ask me any questions and I will do my best to respond with an intelligent answer.... :)

I like the $160 phone.

PS: Took forever to get to PA from China thru Gearbest!!! Ordered it May 16th and it showed up yesterday June 8th! I actually had to drive to the post office to get it as I was leaving for the beach that day and mail does not show up until 3:30pm.
[Device Reviews and Information] Krauthaus:
Really, nobody would have asked you to do that. In fact I am using the original charger; The maximum charging temperature was about 45 degree celsius. (Which is absoluteley no problem for the electronics.)
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
That is at the top of the battery charge range, but in the range at least.

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_at_high_and_low_temperatures
[Device Reviews and Information] Samfi:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3395996

Please help me am new here reply
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Your link isn't opening, I know that batteries are sensitive to temperature and would like to read it. When I have used the fast charger it's gone to 48
[Device Reviews and Information] HellsAngel_NL:
How do you check the battery temperature when charging?
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I use battery monitor widget, by 3C which shows temperature plus other info. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.bmw
[Device Reviews and Information] HellsAngel_NL:
Thanks alot have to try that out.
[Device Reviews and Information] rob1992:
So far it seems to run pretty choppy, also holy crap is this game download heavy. I'm only doing this for a test because i have zero interest in a game that requires three downloads before doing things.

Alright, ran the test. Its running like crap even on medium settings and the fact that it needs to download every track after you installed the game makes it so this game wil be thrown off again. I don't want these kinds of download messes on my phone