yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Just got response (or rather non-response) from Ulefone about that issue. I expect them to explain this as install tool for OTA or something like that.

Yeh non-response.

Dont worry, I think its Nova launcher bug.

I'm sorry, I didn't followed your posts very much but I think I had similar issue in the past (or read about them here).

Long story short, this setup worked for me on all builds.

First able, 160 is TOO MUCH. From what I have read, it can break your speaker.

Second. Disable ALL MTK/Ulefone sound enhancements, they are useless and combination of one of them I think broke my calling capabilities or something like that (I write this from memory without making research so take it as you will. Main point is that they are unreliable).

My setup looks like this:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3793952&stc=1&d=1466845966

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3793953&stc=1&d=1466846061

I strongly suspect this one is your problem:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3793954&stc=1&d=1466846061

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3793955&stc=1&d=1466846061

And now, my engineering mode. I only modify "Media" and "Ring" because both of them are too low on high settings and too loud on low settings (for me of course).

So, my Engineering mode looks like this (for all first 4 entries [normal, headset,....]):

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3793962&stc=1&d=1466846713

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3793963&stc=1&d=1466846713

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3793964&stc=1&d=1466846713

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3793965&stc=1&d=1466846713

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3793966&stc=1&d=1466846713

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3793967&stc=1&d=1466846713

So, my levels. For both "Ring" and "Media" for all first 4 modes:

Level 0: 1

Level 1: 2

Level 2: 5

Level 3: 10

Level 4: 20

Level 5: 40

Level 6: 60

Level 7: 90

Level 8: 130

Level 9: 170

Level 10: 190

Level 11: 210

Level 12: 225

Level 13: 240

Level 14: 255

Of course you can change them to go linear or have more soft gain at the end or beginning, your choice. That's only my current setup.

Hope that helps.

I STRONGLY suspect this is your problem: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3793954&stc=1&d=1466846713
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Hi, notice also yellow tint on Xiaomis white areas, to me it says warmer colors.

I REALLY don't know much about color reproduction and screen calibration but one of them is definitely warmer the other is colder. Also saturation must have been calibrated differently on both.

To my knowledge you are stuck with colors like that. CFLumen is one solution for this, you can modify RGB gain or loss for specific colors but it comes with a price. CFLumen drivers are not really suited for MTK and when you use it there is a noticeable touch controls lag that I dont know how to get rid of. Too bad because its a great tool that I just had to exchange for Twilight which is not that good but does not have lag.

But about the screen. Here is a trick that I use mainly because I use my phone in the dark a lot, and it saves my eyes.

GravityBox has great "brightness settings" in "Display Tweaks" section. If you are on IDENTICAL hardware and software like me (and I mean IDENTICAL) you can set minimum brightness level to 1 so you wont burn your eyes at night.

BEFORE THAT search xda about a safe way that lets you find minimum value on your hardware.

I am NOT taking responsibility for setting your screen onto permanent dark :).

When you determined your minimum brightness value its time to setup automatic brightness levels.

And I really mean that, because automatic brightness values are waaay to bright in my opinion. Of course your millage may vary, mainly because we all have slightly different quality of our components like back light leds and especially light sensor (which in my case, in low light is just Russian roulette).

So values. You will have to tweak especially low level values to your liking but those are mine:

Level Lux max Brightness
1 50 1
2 75 2
3 96 3
4 128 4
5 160 5
6 200 10
7 300 15
8 400 20
9 500 25
10 1000 30
11 1500 35
12 2000 40
13 3500 50
14 5000 60
15 6500 100
16 8000 150
17 10000 255

Now turn on automatic brightness and you are good to go.

Of course those are my personal preferences, yours will be different.

When fine tuning, try monitoring raw values of light sensor to get broader picture of those values. I use "Sensors Multitool" v1.0.7 (current one) for that. It has nice graph of light sensors values.

Best of luck, and post if you find something cool to do with screen colors.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
I had this problem a fair fee times. I use supersu 2.68beta and have done for months with no problems. Try that one. [MENTION=4501628]seb7o[/MENTION] it's just a case of using the flashtool provided in the twrp link on needrom. And installing the drivers. If it's not working then your probably missing something. Sometimes I have to plug my phone in the USB port first for about 5seconds. Then take it out. Start the SP flash tool download. Then reconnect phone if all fails. Do a clean flash (flash all) if you can flash the firmware to your phone. Then twrp should defo work
[Device Reviews and Information] Ziegenjupp:
Big thx, i will try supersu beta 2.68 and report back if it works
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
thanks for this! ill try tomorrow but i have no sound enhancements on.

to be clear its loud on ringtone and if i play a video but if im on a phone call the ear piece is quiet and my voice is quiet and also if i use a headset its very quiet.

really very annoying as the phone was perfect.

is there no way of anyone writing custom roms for this phone with sound boosters etc?

should i try and root and install twrp?
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
This is stupid but while calling did you use volume rocker to adjust sound?

Also, if the stupid advice wont work :) try adjusting sip or other things in engineering mode. Some elbow grease and it should work :)

Also also. Dig in normal settings some more. I in the past missed couple of important things because i was not looking. Second pair of eyes is also usefull.

Im out of ides (stupid or not)

Good luck
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
right ill start again with the latest version available for this phone is it this one?

ulefone Power_Android 6.0_20160517
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
No, 06.08 is newest. Just download firmware from Ulefone.com
[Device Reviews and Information] Ziegenjupp:
So far i flashed supersu v2.52 two times coz it was already on my phone,until now it works even with two manual reboots-but i will report tomorrow if it last as permanent root.
[Device Reviews and Information] DanTheLemonMan:
Havent read the threads for a little while but i unrooted and removed xposed (dont really require it anymore and was causing stability issues).I then updated successfully from 17/5/16 -08/6/16 OTA (i'm aussie hence the date format). Haven't had any issues at all, not sure if fast charging (though it could) as i charge over night every 3 days or so and don't notice it.

Additionally have read some complaints regarding the Bluetooth, mine has ran flawlessly (including while using Spotify) up until i recently purchased a Fitbit Charge Hr. I find Bluetooth playback can skip a little if the Ftbit is syncing.

Finally this thread is getting pretty ridiculous, we really need a Ulefone power sub-forum.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ziegenjupp:
Ok, today morning root is still there-i guess flashing 2 times did it....dunno why but im rooted
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
How much run time is everyone getting out their power? I can squeeze out only two days worth before recharging. Running the latest OTA MM not rooted.
[Device Reviews and Information] devilgenius:
Does anybody know where the audio firmware files are stored? I want to do a backup so I dont lose the settings on firmware upgrade...
[Device Reviews and Information] seb7o:
I have newest version of MM 6 installed (20160608 from ulefone.com)

I dont get TWRP installed, while flashtool says it was success. When I boot into recovery I get

And I can also go into the Chinese Boot menu, this one.

Can someone give me direct links to what ressources I need, to finally get this TWRP in place, because now I tried all TWRP which stated "MM Android 6 with 64 Bit"

What are the exact needrom links which you used to successfully flash TWRP on your Power?

Thanks for the help
[Device Reviews and Information] snipereye1:
GPS Issue please help

Hi i have had my ulefone power for around a week now. I have done the update to 201608 everything's working perfect apart from GPS. it seems to struggle to find signal then will loose the gps very easily. does anyone have a solution for this issue please? thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
After flashing TWRP you need to boot into recovery straight after. Don't let the phone do a normal boot or you'll lose twrp. Flash it then unplug. Hold power & volume + till it boots to bootloader, click recovery then let it apply modifications. [MENTION=1884576]devilgenius[/MENTION] try /system/media
[Device Reviews and Information] seb7o:
Thanks a lot, so it seems I wasted some hours because I didn't know this lol xD

Really, thanks to you, I got it to work !!!
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
2-3 days depending on usage (sometimes barely 1 but its exception rather than rule).

I personally abandoned Amplify. Its to hard to pinpoint what shouldn't be limited and what is breaking what.

Right now Im using greenyfy with aggressive doze on and shallow hibernation off and it looks really good. I dont think I missed any notifications and have nonstop turned on wifi and am using 2 sims.

If phone just lays on the table it drains around 0.5%/h which is not tragic but not ideal either. This damn EINT wakelock is preventing phone from going to deep sleep and it infuriates me.

But ranting aside.

I attached battery graph from today. It consist mostly 30min of gaming, some window shopping plus web sms and no calls. In background full sync, email, weather, rss, package tracker and all that crap.

Oh, and try not to make big charges, couple small charges are healthier to battery than one big one.
[Device Reviews and Information] Icone24:
Well when i received my Power the first battery discharge lasted almost 4 days with medium use, i was on 17-05 MM version. Now with last version it lasts 2 to 2 1/2 maximum :/ Not ideal but also not bad at all.

I have stock rom with no root.

Oh and btw fast charge is working flawlessly, it charged my phone from 3% to 100% in 2h05 ;)
[Device Reviews and Information] Ry2mkk:
Has anyone got xposed to work with the latest MM build?

I keep getting this
[Device Reviews and Information] tss555:
Hi, I just updated my Ulefone Power to latest MM (20160608). How can I change save photos and movies to sd card? I don't want to sd card as "internal storage" - I'd like to install apps to internal memory and only photos/movies to sd card. I have no root and stock camera app. And I don't want to change this.

And second question. After update to MM (20160608) should be any OTA updates? Because I have "system is up to date".
[Device Reviews and Information] Ziegenjupp:
I used xposed v85 sdk23 arm64 and it worked
[Device Reviews and Information] Ry2mkk:
Hmm. Odd. I wonder what I've done incorrect

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Used the beta Xposed app 3.0 and it worked :)
[Device Reviews and Information] salv90:
Thanks for that advice. It has seemed to improve things by 95%, very occasional glitching but nothing like it was.

Lets see if it still works as this afternoon I have finally updated to 6.0!!

What a ball ache. Not only because the only windows pc I have left now is an old vista one but cos Ulefone's file hosting makes it impossible to find files. Two of their one drive accounts have reached their download limits and I had to hunt down their google drive storage area.

All seems to have gone well and am assuming the link I followed on their site was the correct version that accepts ota updates.

Have there been any ota updates since 6.0 came out?
[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
The latest flashable full 6.0 ROM that as released by Uefone was dated 2016-05-17, and there's an OTA that brings the ROM date to 2016-06-08

Be aware that you won't get the 2016-06-08 OTA in case your 6.0 ROM is dated 2016-05-14 (initial buggy official 6.0 ROM).

Hope this helps...
[Device Reviews and Information] salv90:
Thanks buddy

The version build seems to be 20160608 so looks like I d/lded the latest update from ulefone.

Just lost 10% of my battery very quickly, hope this isn't a sign of things to come
[Device Reviews and Information] dink-x10:
Hi all,

I got this phone last week and updated to 0608 official Marshmallow straight away.

I'm trying to install TWRP from here: http://www.needrom.com/download/twrp-2-8-7-3-megthebest-6/ but I keep getting a message that the PMT (partition management table?) has changed and it will not flash.

I got this message when flashing the official update but solved it by doing a full format - obviously I don't want to do this just to flash recovery.

From looking at the scatter files the start location of the partition is the same just the end moves slightly.

Can anyone help with this please?

Also, I saw that the Elephone P6000pro which has the same SoC (MT6753) has a CM12.1 ROM available: http://xdaforums.com/android/general/elephone-p6000-pro-mtk6753-information-t3212392

I would like to try and port this ROM, does anyone have a link to a guide on how to do it?

Thanks.

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I've answered part of my own question - this: http://www.needrom.com/download/twrp-3-0-0-5/ is the correct recovery for MM 6.0 - working fine for me now.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ry2mkk:
Is anyone else having random reboots on the latest

20160608 MM build !?

Starting to really annoy me now.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
Yup, I was going to post something about it myself. Had 2 within 15mins earlier
[Device Reviews and Information] Ry2mkk:
Ah phew it's not just me then ! That's a relief

Are you rooted

Xposed installed ?

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OTA update available for me tonight

OTA Was available on the 20160608 MM Rom
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
Aye. Both. Some say Change to enforcing, some say firmware, some say other things
[Device Reviews and Information] Ry2mkk:
OTA Update
[Device Reviews and Information] Ry2mkk:
Well..

Initially I had root and X, wiped device ensuring a clean install.

Still reboots every now and then

Wiped again, clear Emmc/- fresh ROM download

Still reboots. Argh.
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Are you using (greenify, amplify, battery stats, power nap) ?

I had some reboots but I uninstalled Amplify and its perfect till now :)
[Device Reviews and Information] Ry2mkk:
I was, but it got to the point where I was testing a fresh clean install non root.

I've yet to have a reboot on the new OTA...so hopefully ....;)
[Device Reviews and Information] mb2010:
Did the newest ota update last night and now i appear to have adware installed. Malwarebytes is detecting Android/PUP.Adware.Xinyinhe in /system/priv-app/BeautySnap/BeautySnap.apk. Something dodgy going on with ulefones rom building? Reading up this infection is related to a chinese company and can open up the phone to all sorts. Can anyone else confirm this came in the update?
[Device Reviews and Information] HellsAngel_NL:
Yep i have that beautysnap aswell now but dont know if i had it before. The ota didnt remove the calleridsearch spyware one and im not rooted so that kinda sucks although its stopped wish they had removed it aswell.
[Device Reviews and Information] stub20000:
I'm getting popups as well, eset found something but hasn't fixed it, trying others just now but feel i may have to reset it.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ry2mkk:
OK newest firmware ..no random.reboots.

Rooted. Annnnd they're back.

What software are you lot scanning with ? Does it scan on a root level?

Maybe false positives ?
[Device Reviews and Information] HellsAngel_NL:
Doubt they are false positives someone else a page or so back also mentioned another spyware that i sent ulefone an email about today as they removed the remote control app but the spyware is still there curious on their reply. Anyway i stopped these 2 and phone is fine the first one also improved batterylife alot by stopping it.

stop "search service" (/system/app/calleridsearch/)

stop "com.android.snap" (/system/priv-app/beautysnap/)

Hope this helps.
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
Thank you Ulefone for installing Adware with the new OTA. You are so kind

By the way what is eSETerminal.apk and autodialer.apk ?
[Device Reviews and Information] Ziegenjupp:
Hi, today i received message for an update, where can i find the downloaded file?
[Device Reviews and Information] stub20000:
My power is not rooted, tried eset, kapersky and malwarebytes, its definitely not a false positive as I've been getting popups since it installed, however i just read on a different thread that a reset will do nothing as it gets written into the system partition. unsure if true.

for now i have blocked it with no root firewall (how successful this will be i dont know but i have had no popups in the last hour), and disabled the app (show system), no doubt after a reboot it will be enabled again
[Device Reviews and Information] dink-x10:
The stated apk is just not there in the 20160608 version, nothing coming up when scanned with malware bytes either.

Maybe try removing or freezing the apk?
[Device Reviews and Information] stub20000:
don't do it!

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just to confirm for everyone this is the 20160623 update
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
Same here on latest OTA

I also have this malware on latest OTA.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ziegenjupp:
I used xposed v85 sdk23 arm64 and it worked

Ok, so i dont install it,thx for the advice

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Sry, wrong post ....so i dont install the new update
[Device Reviews and Information] Anonymabc123:
A full reset of the phone removed that strange popup
[Device Reviews and Information] mb2010:
Didn't like the thought of having either of them adware apps installed and only stopped. Decide to root and manually delete them using root browser both /system/app/calleridsearch/ and /system/priv-app/beautysnap/. Hopefully this won't have any adverse effects. Ulefone are basically opening our phones up to further exploiting, intentionally or not this needs to be addressed.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
On update/fresh install I would search/delete those 2 apps above and not take any chances. I also delete system/app/LocationEM2/LocationEM2.apk mentioned by avatar as what use does it have? Can't trust anything pre-installed by Ulefone anymore
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
So I take it I will need to root to get at these since Malwarebytes won't remove it for me?
[Device Reviews and Information] stub20000:
I've never rooted before, i'm guessing it does a hard reset to your phone? trying to avoid setting up my phone again
[Device Reviews and Information] mb2010:
No need for a hard reset. You just flash twrp, reboot into recovery on first boot (vol up & power), swipe to allow modification of system files, flash super su zip and reboot. It's easy just look on needrom for TWRP 3.0.0 MM Official.
[Device Reviews and Information] stub20000:
cheers, trying to give it a go just now but i get the feeling the instructions on the site were designed for people that have rooted before, think i'm almost there. I've downloaded and copied the supersu files over the the phone and can see the folder, but when i go to install and select the folder it shows

arm

arm64

armv7

common

meta-inf

mips

mips64

x64

x86

there doesnt seem to be any zip file in here?

can anyone help? cheers
[Device Reviews and Information] mb2010:
That's the contents of the zip file. You transfer the file you downloaded such as "BETA-SuperSU-v2.71-20160331103524.zip" to your phone and flash it while in twrp recovery.
[Device Reviews and Information] stub20000:
I just realised that, doh! I've just transferred the complete zip file over and its just rebooting after flash.

thanks all!
[Device Reviews and Information] snipereye1:
I also did this update today. very disapointing to mind that theres malware now on my phone. has anyone had gps issues i struglin with getting a gps signal or loosing signal
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
ive gone back to 5.0.1 and now OTA updates dont work??

whats the latest version i should use please ? and why no custom roms yet
[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
If you want OTA you need the second (2006/05/17) release of the 6.0 ROM.

If you're using a 5.1 ROM, Ulefone isn't yet able to provide a 5.1 to 6.0 upgrade via OTA, you'll need flashing via USB.

If you're using the first (2016/05/14) release of the 6.0 ROM, a bug will prevent the OTA updates to work.

Tapatalk (Ulefone Power)
[Device Reviews and Information] Gavin01:
Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] brunoisa10:
please someone could post the links here for rooting the last MM version, heard the links on ulefone blog was for LL

TWRP

SuperSU
[Device Reviews and Information] dink-x10:
http://www.needrom.com/download/twrp-3-0-0-5/

The links for the flashtool and superSU.zip are on that page too.

Flash the recovery, go into recovery on FIRST boot after flash and enable /system modifications when asked, otherwise the phone will reinstall the stock recovery on the second boot.

Flash the superSU.zip in recovery to root.

If you want xposed you will need to install that as a flashable zip in recovery as well.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ry2mkk:
Has this new update fixed your reboot issues mate
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Had the same issue, Powernap caused mine. I think there is a trick to configure it properly but I dont care enough ;)
[Device Reviews and Information] Ry2mkk:
The random reboots always happen at the wrong times for me ......drives me a little OCD.

Flashing 5.1 seeing if that's any better
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Dont know about location app. Scanned it and it looks fine.

But about this adware.

ITS TIME TO MAKE OUR OWN ROM.

3 problems with that.

1 No kernel source (but putting pressure on ulefone can be a solution)

2 No talent (at least on my part)

3 No free time.

BTW. Can we make shi+&#tstorm in press/media/youtubers (like Android version of TotalBisquit or JimSterling) about this? Will it even work if they see this at front page on xda? Are they financing new updates with this adware?

Ps: If someone could point me in direction of dev community for Ulefone or similar platform or community with more technical info (mostly about kernel, acquiring sources or decompiling/deconstructing kernel or bootloader) that would be great.

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Before that do checkdisk via twrp. Its in wipe menu, just dont do wipe, select partition and do repair.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ry2mkk:
I'll try that now. Good idea :good:
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
I posted on Ulefone Facebook page about this Malware and hope everyone else does the same so that it is fixed.