yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
I don't use Bluetooth, only to transfer files to others phones... Turn on and off, never stay ON for long times, but is working fine.

I'm seeing you have most battery drains in signal, don't know if helps, some people like to use always in 3G/4G, I use only in 2G with data connection off. If I want better connection I change for my self. Maybe it's the cause of better battery for me, but it's only an option ;)

I have recharged the battery last night, like I said WiFi always on, but I didn't have any interaction today, just messages and a game I play for 5 min times to times.

The only thing I think it's strange to me it's when I go to battery menu and if I fully charge, doesn't give me 100%. You can see that in graphic from the screenshot.
[Device Reviews and Information] LeeHsiaoLung:
stock ulefone rom, can't comment on its bloatware because i haven't tried it.

stock cherry mobile rom, you need to root to uninstall bloatware. follow angel's suggestions.

both stock ulefone & cherry rom have Adups malware, so again you need root to remove those apk. i have posted this a few pages back so just backread.

basing on angel's and others screenshot on battery usage on ulefone rom 9/12/2016 or 11/14/2016 versions Versus my cherry rom 9/23/2016 or angel's cherry 10/25/2016 screenshots, the battery life on cherry showed better battery life.

angel was already tweaking since he was on ulefone rom.

Ulefone released the newest 12/06/2016, i doubt they'd remove the Adups Malware.

Bugs I found in their previous versions both ulefone or cherry rom that I hope this latest version would fix :

1. Keep Wifi on during sleep - Always. This drains battery. They haven't optimized this yet, because I have always selected "Always" on my other phones and it doesn't drain battery. Angel didn't notice this in either ulefone or cherry rom because he uses amplify etc, so he can control some of the radios.

2. Battery Saver - you can't connect via mobile data when you are in Battery Saver mode. It's like they turned off all radios like bt,data etc It's like lazy mode coding for their devs.

I sometimes use Battery Saver even when I still have much battery left when I know I won't be able to go back immediately and charge the phone. I do it on my other phones and I can still connect to mobile data.
[Device Reviews and Information] brunoisa10:
Is there a Rom on Nougat ?

Are you the cooker of Cherry ROM ?

Is it possible to import the OMS commits ?
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Hey mate,

I think there isn't any Nougat Rom for our phone right now, and I really don't think it will be released.

- At my view, Ulephone "abandoned" this project (Ulephone Power), when they released this smartphone, they released several updates until the current version Android 6, I think that within this were just released two or three fixes updates but nothing more that would cause the ROM to stand out in the smartphone.

At my view and maybe... Cherry Rom Developers can make some difference to the future of our phones, because they adopted the same phone (hardware) and improved the system. In my phone runs very well and better than ulephone rom's. Perhaps they release Nougat in the future.

Some developers have talked to Ulephone company to release the kernel code, but I think they denial or just ignored, so we don't have any developer for our phone right now.

About me as Cherry Rom cooker.

- No I'm not, I'm just another user experiencing this rom and giving my feedback :) but like I said, this rom works very well in my phone compare to ulephone roms, and for other users they experience issues. Don't know why but many people claims and others don't.

"Is it possible to import the OMS commits ?"

- Sorry but I didn't understand what are you talking about mate.

Regards, and sorry about bad english .
[Device Reviews and Information] darksnoopy:
ROM porting on mediatek is supposed to be (kinda) easy but both times i tried with two diffrent roms the phone was stuck with a bootanimation loop
[Device Reviews and Information] valipalakeksi:
Which one is better? Stock rom or cherry rom?
[Device Reviews and Information] Pablo_KQ:
Cherry

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[Device Reviews and Information] Nollog:
im trying to flash the cherry rom to an ulefone power with the flash tool as i have before with ulefone updates.

the phone doesnt seem to want to enter download mode. am i missing a step?

i load up the toolkit, load the scatter file, click download, plug the phone into the pc while its off.
[Device Reviews and Information] Pablo_KQ:
Before plugging it to PC, push and hold volume -. Hold it during all download process.

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[Device Reviews and Information] Nollog:
the entire time? thats what im doing wrong then. thanks!

edit:

okay i tried that. the phone just says ulefone for 3 seconds then everything goes black and flash tool does nothing.

UPDATE! It worked on another computer. Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Not all entire time, just need to appears the screen update.

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With Smartphone in Power OFF !!!!

Open SP Flash Tool.

Add Scatter file

Put it in Firmware Mode

Plug usb cable, and I think the SP Flash TOOL became to work.

I don't remember if you click first Download (but you can try) then Hold (Vol- + Power).

When Finish in SpFlash tools with the OK box, unplug the device and turn if on.
[Device Reviews and Information] Pablo_KQ:
Nooooo, no need to push power key, only Vol -. And after that, Click on download and plug the usb

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[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
That's right...

Sorry for that to.

The Vol- + Power is just to access to Recovery mode.
[Device Reviews and Information] veimus:
I never using any button on phone during flashing firmware, just hit Download button and then connect phone (phone was off) proper driver is needed.

BTW are you guys have problem with call recording ?

Any Idea ?
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Don't really know if helps but search about "EngineerMode" in xda forum. You can access it for example with "Gravitybox" last menu.

In EngineerMode, you can test your phone, hardware, change Max/min volume. I think and maybe you have there any option for mic.

By the way, be careful using this because you cannot do any backup of the settings! Study first in xda, or make a post about that question in EngineerMode Topic.

I had one problem like that but about sound... Normal calls the other side could listen my voice but me not, and over the web (skype) it's all ok :)

Enginner mode fix me that problem...

All the Ulephone Rom's I tested and had this problem on my phone, with Cherry Rom the problem was gone. All ok..

Make a backup and try it, maybe can fix that issue :)

Don't know if can be drivers, and the recorder conversor file... Try to with another app for recording calls.

Hope it helps.
[Device Reviews and Information] veimus:
Thanks for reply, but anyway I will sell my Ulefon Power because my next phone will be Lenovo P2: http://www.gsmarena.com/lenovo_p2-review-1557.php already ordered one from ebay Germany for 343e. It had very good review, and never had any problem with call recording on Snapdragon chip.
[Device Reviews and Information] ajp558:
I bought a Lenovo P2 last week and have no regrets. It is so much better than the Ulefone Power in every way, albeit a bit more expensive. The extra cost is definitely worth it for me. Technically it has a smaller battery (5100 v 6050), but the P2 lasts waaaaay longer than my Power ever did.

I haven't sold the Power, and my wife still has one. I am hoping that firmware updates will fix the remaining problems and improve the camera.
[Device Reviews and Information] Nollog:
has anyone been able to use android pay with the ulefone or cherry roms?
[Device Reviews and Information] veimus:
if you have rooted ROM, custom ROM, unlocked bootloader or Ulefone don't pay some fee to google for support their devices by Android Pay its will NOT work :/
[Device Reviews and Information] Spacedog79:
I am trying to use the Kindle app on my phone but it always crashes on load. It shows the Kindle title screen then "Unfortunately, Amazon Kindle has stopped".

My phone is stock, latest update, not rooted. Can anyone else run this? Would the Cherry ROM be any better?

EDIT: Fixed here: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70974652&postcount=2244
[Device Reviews and Information] glamredhel69:
Kindle works perfectly on my rooted Ulefone. Give cherry rom a try. Didn't work for me but other ulefone users say it works well for them.

---------- Post added at 01:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:40 PM ----------

Kindle works perfectly on my rooted Ulefone. Give cherry rom a try. Didn't work for me but other ulefone users say it works well for them.
[Device Reviews and Information] seb7o:
My battery is dead, Iam contacting Gearbest right now. Did someone have the same problem? I have this issue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqpXvvlXj_c

Ill need to revert all the changes (I have rooted and custom ROM) How do I make this happen?
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Only can do it if you have battery, if the phone don't turn on you cannot do anything.. Sorry mate
[Device Reviews and Information] seb7o:
I can switch on the phone when its plugged in. Its just dying after like 5 seconds of not being plugged in.
[Device Reviews and Information] Melkor:
[MENTION=4501628]seb7o[/MENTION]

Before sending back the Ulefone Power to Gearbest (which takes a lot of time), I would order an replacement battery for USD 18$ @ aliexpress and change it yourself. Mostly you have to remove it anyway before sending it back because of security regulations
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
You need more time than that, and don't forget if you need to change anything like roms, the process spend a little time, you need at least 20% of battery to do it.

I have tryied with 12% and have success but always assure more than that, for safety reasons.
[Device Reviews and Information] Spacedog79:
So I fixed my problem where the Kindle app would crash every time on load, I moved it from SD Card storage to Internal storage and it works!

I have a 64GB SD Card formatted as internal storage and I hadn't realised you could still move apps between them. I've had problems with other apps simply not working on this phone, so I guess this may be the fix for those too.
[Device Reviews and Information] theoppositeman:
Hi everyone.

does anyone stumbled upon MIUI rom for our U.Power?

really wish someone can help make a rom based on MIUI for this.

thanks in advance
[Device Reviews and Information] kursad7979:
I had own one. baterry died in 6 months. I got the replacement battery from the geekbuying.

Now its again dead.. At first the performance was great but I think its all about the quality. Also the screen was dead aswell. the bottom part is not working. the phone was purchased in april 2016. its less than a year. And be advised dont expect any support from ulefone ..They only suggest afctory reset for any problems .not much.. As a conclusion its strongly not recommended by me..

take you own risk
[Device Reviews and Information] theoppositeman:
gonna try out flare s5 rom..

thanks LeeHsiaoLung and AngelOfBlood for links and reviews.

any updates on this flares 5 rom etc, do tag me as well.
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Do a backup in TWRP from your actual rom and try it men...

If you don't like it, just install TWRP and restore your last rom again ;)

I didn't have any issues, but some guys have, just need to try it in your phone and test it !

*Just one thing... The rom from Cherry is "Cherry S5 Power" for our phone !

Best regards
[Device Reviews and Information] theoppositeman:
Wonder if everyone who participate this U.Power group agree we create another official room for this U.Power and CM S5 Power as a combine group. since they are the same model of a different brand it is likely there are gonna be more future development on this phone.

suggesting Megthebest, AngelOfBlood and LeeXiaoLung as moderator for the group.

just an opinion though. need the head of Mod to agree on it.
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
I do not really believe that the xda forum approves this idea ...

Some time ago there was a vote for insertion of a group for our smartphone "Ulephone", there were still some votes, but eventually did not develop.

Regarding our smartphone, I believe that on the part of Ulephone, the project is abandoned or to be ...

The fact that Cherry picked up our smartphone and developed another Rom for him, was a relief to me since I had problems with the ulefone roms.

As for developers, I think we had an interested person here, who ended up creating a rom, but had some trouble starting it and it ended up not being launched. What a shame, I still think our Smartphone has great potential ...

For example I had a P6 that with the Google camera application was 40% better than the original one. So I think a lot of things can be improved, even in the kernel. Of course I need people who understand the subject, unfortunately I am not one of these people, but from my experiences I can help improve on the basis of what I know, the better.

There are also some people who have problems with our Smartphone (battery, display, sound, gps). Some things can be corrected, others unfortunately had bad luck, in the case of batteries and displays. :-/
[Device Reviews and Information] isaias1983:
Hello There.

One quick question.

After 8 months with my power I have the following problem:

I use fingerprint id to unlock the phone.

When I don't use the phone and with the screen closed I hear the vibration.sometimes every 1 minute, sometimes every 3 or 4....

I am sure that it triggers from fingerprint id cause if I close the unlock feature nothing is happening.

I did a factory reset but I have the same problem.can I do anything or I need to send it back to banggood so they can change it to repair..???

Στάλθηκε από το Power μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Just to check... You hear the vibration without touching the sensor? Like you putting it into a table and he start to vibrate with out any contact?

I'm asking this because that happen to me sometimes, but when I have the smartphone in my pocket, and just notice that now, after I installed the Cherry Rom.

Just now because with Ulephone Roms, the unlock feature fingerprint became unstable and overheat very much, so I stopped using it with that roms. With Cherry no more heat problems, but the sensor is very sensitive...

If is the same problem, I don't see a problem at all, is just the sensor responding any touch, but if you aren't touching, yes there are some problem with your phone.

Before sending your smartphone to warranty, why don't you try any other rom, to see if the problem resolves ?

But yes, maybe the cause can be the triggers... Do you use any kind of applications to spend less battery ? I think you can modify the triggers in "Amplify" application, but I don't know if resolve.

Regards
[Device Reviews and Information] isaias1983:
Exactly!i hear the vibration without touching the phone.

I tried the latest oficial ulefone rom today but the problem persists.

So i think its a hardware problem.

Fingerprint id is not working well.

I order a replacement part and i ll try to fix it alone.

Cause i think if i wait for warranty i ll be waiting for more than 3 months...

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[Device Reviews and Information] theoppositeman:
Been using CM S5 Power roms almost 3 days now.

stable till now. i didnt use fingerprint scan so i disable it.

did even flash htc ui but since i dislike the new htc interface, i kept my Buzz Launcher as the main homescreen.

flashing was quiet easy and currently using the Flare s5 power v02. will try v03 later this weekends.

cherry mobiles roms for ulefone power is worth it.

almost 80% heating reduced and sensitivity is great. battery even lasted an extra day.

thanks to LeeXiaoLung and AngelOfBlood.
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Another time, try the Cherry rom, they improved to me id fingerprint no more overheat from smartphone and fingerprint ID and the accuracy was perfect in that unlock option... the battery consumed by that option compared to ulephone roms is less too. But that is in my phone.

For the triggers try first any application to manage that mate, don't send it to warranty is to much time and many parts of the problems its because software (roms).
[Device Reviews and Information] agmg:
My father-in-law owns this device for 7 or 8 months.

First device (bought from Gearbest) had problem with the speakerphone and was send back for replacement.

They send us a new device (at least I hope it is).

When the new device came, I installed Android 6 (version 2 20161206 from Ulefone) and rooted the phone using another guide from Ulefone blog (http://blog.ulefone.com/how-to-root-ulefone-power/)

Last night my father-in-law called me and told me that after a restart, the device wasn't able to operate again. It was showing the Ulefone logo and then was shutting down. Additionally the phone wasn't charging (battery icon wasn't moving and red light was off). He brought it to me and after trying a few times I put it on charge. The phone was showing as charging then.

I tried to flash a different version this time (again from Ulefone, version 1 20160914). At first the device wasn't recognized by SP Flash tool but at some point I made it. Flashed the rom, opened the phone and booted successfully showing 28% of battery (!).

I thought it would be good to do all ota updates available for the phone before trying to flash twrp and root it. On the fourth update, although it showed as successful, it came back to where it was before. Ulefone logo, shut down.

I've tried reflashing the rom but, although Sp Flash tool shows success, the device doesn't go any further. The phone is charging normally, put it overnight and in the morning it was at 100%.

Not sure what else to try from here. Is the phone partially bricked? Is there anything I can do in fastboot mode? I've tried connecting it to my laptop with fastboot and it's recognized normally...
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Hey mate,

After all sorry about bad english, if you don't understand tell me to me try correct the words...

Let see if I had understood. You have made the updates correctly, but when you finish all the process and reboot your phone, after the ulefone screen, the phone shutdown automatically for itself?

If yes, this never happen to me, but... In my experience I think you have some battery problem, I tell you this because the process to install a new rom when it fail, the screen (ulefone, cherry, other logo) staying fixed in bootloop, the phone reboot constantly all the time and, time to time in an attempt to restore the system, but because of any installation problem he can't do it.

In case of turning off for itself I think the problem stays in your battery.

Of the times you managed to charge the smartphone, you could not tell if you could get into the system, could you? If so, have you been able to charge the battery up to 100%?

Or did you just charge the battery with your smartphone turned off?

- Try charge the battery with other charger to see if that charger isn't damaged.

- Charging through the pc usb is very slow, compared to charging through wall, maybe -60% of speed.

- Try another battery to see if the problem persist, if yes... The problem issue reside in some chip and need to send to warranty.

I'm not technician mobile phone, but I think isn't very different from testing computer problems so.. Hope it helps, and hope more people try help you with other points of view.

Regards
[Device Reviews and Information] agmg:
Thank you for your suggestions my friend.

I will give it another shot today with the tool that Ulefone suggests in its website (Not SP Flash tool) and some different roms (thinking to test with that Cherry mobile rom).

Maybe it's the result of bad flashing. If it does not recover then I'll contact the seller and see how we can proceed.
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
You can try it, but like I said if the smartphone stay in bootloop mode is any problem from installation, if turn it of for itself is another problem. ;)

SP Flash Tools, when finish the installation open one box with "OK?" this means the rom was fully installed, but sometimes the files inside the rom "zipper" can be corrupted, and can cause you bootloop.

After install have you tried to wipe cache and data ?

If you send you smartphone to ulephone, don't forgot to restore/install some original ulefone rom because warranty.

Regards mate.
[Device Reviews and Information] agmg:
SP Flash tool shows the green check at the end of the process. I have tried with some different roms. How can I wipe cache and data when phone does not boot?
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Hold Volume up (first) then Power button, after a while the smartphone enter recovery mode option.
[Device Reviews and Information] theoppositeman:
after i accidentally used adb fastboot to check for bootloader and instead mistakenly type unlock bootloader, my U.Power ... u guys know. hahaha.

anyway nothing bad happens.

just an update.

I reflashed CM Flare S5 Rom v02 and after all finished i forgot to turn of auto update through wifi and it updated itself to the latest update.

now the new update (dont know if its v03 or newer) but heres the detail bits about it;

Model number : Flares S5

Android Version : 6.0

Android secrity patch : January 5, 2017

Baseband version : MOLY.LR9.W1444.MD.LWTG.MP.V79.P59.2017/01/17 17:56

Kernel version : Flare-S5-Power_201600826

Build Number : Cherry_Mobile_Flare-S5-Power_20161209

....................................................................................................................................................................

Currently i rooted it.

TWRP (FS5P TWRP Build111)

Used SPFT v5.1628 (which i find stable for me and no problems)

Xposed framework Installer v87 sdk23 arm64 (flash with .zip throup TWRP)

Xposed installer v3.1.1 alpha works. +gravitybox mm

so as it says, the flare s5 roms is good, stable and better than ulefones rom (thats in y phone though)
[Device Reviews and Information] theoppositeman:
Hi guys.

Is there anyone here knows how to use those logo creator and make one flashable boot logo customized for our U.Power?

using ulefone logo.bin or flare s5 power logo.bin.

will be very appreciatable if someone can help do it. thanks in advance.

UPDATE:

nvm already done. Looks easy enough. Thx to guides from some sites
[Device Reviews and Information] pakudaboy:
hi guys, any benefit to flash 3rd party rom on this device?

and whats the best rom and guide to do it?

cheers
[Device Reviews and Information] Kweck:
Hi,

any chance to share your findings/the guide to change the boot logo/sound?

I would appreciate that because I want to get rid of the cherry mobile jingle.

BTW and just to give one more +1 to the Flare S5 Power ROM.

I flashed the ROM2 from needrom and it runs like a charm.

TWRP, Root and removal of the bloatware was neccessary but easy enough.

Alle the best

Kweck
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Ulefone release Power 2 http://www.gizchina.com/2017/03/01/ulefone-shows-ulefone-power-2-first-time-mwc/ I won't be getting one after my troubles and absence of support!
[Device Reviews and Information] Kweck:
I have one Issue with after flashing the Flare S5 Power Rom.

The Bluetooth keeps switching off. I can't tell when that happens, but it seems it does it when the phone is in idle.

Therefore my Smartwatch is connected via Bluetooth it should keep active. But it doesn't.

If I play music over Bluetooth it seems to stay active. I just saw rare cases the connection dropped. As soon I open the Bluetooth dialogue Bluetooth switches on again.

Any idea how I can keep Bluetooth active all the time?

The "Standby intelligent power saving" is switched off.