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[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
You're right, when the phone is OFF, if plugged to the charger it'll show a big battery (when you press briefly the on/off button).

The battery displayed can be

* Empty with a tiny red line at the bottom and a yellow lightning symbol inside the battery if the phone's battery is completely depleted (or momentarily when you switch off the phone while connected, before it reflects the actual battery charge),

* Partly filled in blue with a "liquid" level reflecting the current charge,

* I don't remember the display when the battery is fully charged, I'll update this post later when I find out.

As far as I can remember, though, when you pressed the on/off button with the Lollipop ROM, the battery level was displayed (almost) immediately and stayed for a couple of seconds before the screen would get switched off again.

I have the feeling that with the Marshmallow ROM, the phone takes a couple of seconds (empirically, I'd estimate between 6 to 7 seconds) to switch on the screen, and the battery level is displayed for less than one second. You've got to be quick to spot the battery level that is displayed above the battery icon... Also, if you press the on/off button multiple times or too long, you'll start the boot process instead of displaying the battery level...

This charging issue is really annoying: I used to be able to use my phone while charging it, and now with the same 2 Amp AC adapter and a decent USB cable, the battery discharges itself instead of charging if I use the phone with some applications (yeah, I know, I shouldn't play games on my phone anyway, I'm a grown-up man now! ;) ).
[Device Reviews and Information] Ibromish:
On a lighter and of utmost importance, the marshmallow ROM for power is really really good.

It's faster (even after restoring all my apps with titanium), crisp fluid display, unlocking with any fingers with both hands is really cool (pick up the device and unlock with that hand) and many other updated cool features. BUT... One thing (general with marshmallow) is the SD card write permissions, no obb on SD card is readable by any apps (tried so far) no app can point it storage directory to SD card. Forum developers, we need a quick fix for this.

In the storage section of the settings, power suggested if I wanted to format my SD card into internal storage format, that puzzled me for a while; could this be the pointer in getting SD card write permission fixed?

Who knows what format the internal storage is formatted to (ext2, ext4, fat, exfat etc).

It's a challenge, lets defeat it!!!
[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
I also had the unpleasant surprise to see that I couldn't get access to my SD card with the 6.0 MM ROM. I got constant error messages from my podcast application trying to write the downloaded files to the SD card and being unable to.

The application (Podcast Addict) was operating normally under the 5.1 LL ROM and had been backed-up & restored with Titanium. I restored it with Titanium instead of reinstalling it from scratch to save me the hassle of re-populating the podcast list, but I got punished for this! :(

So I deleted (uninstalled) the application, and reinstalled it from the Play Store, and manually added my podcasts. Everything was operating normally again, and the application was able to access the SD card to store the podcasts. So what happened?

I'm no Marshmallow nor Android guru, but I couldn't prevent noticing that the permission system has changed between Lollipop and Marsmallow. Instead of asking you _before downloading the application_ if you agree to let it access the various needed permissions, in Marshmallow you get to chose at first use, and you can separately accept or refuse each and every permission. So when Podcast Addict politely asked for the permission to access my SD card, I granted it the permission, and voila! Problem solved. If you're lucky, your SD card access problem could be as simple as that to solve!

If you restore your apps with Titanium Backup (or possibly a TWRP backup), you might not have the permission setup properly, which can cause all sort of problems. That's why I'm a big fan of re-installing from scratch when possible in case of a major OS version upgrade (5.x to 6.x), but it takes time.

If you don't have enough time for that, you probably shouldn't upgrade your OS anyway ;) but if you're like me and too impatient, then you can probably reach an acceptable intermediate solution by reviewing and correcting your applications permissions (Settings -> Apps -> your application -> Permissions, then you'll have the list of the permissions categories used by your application, and a sliding switch to enable/disable each of them).

That being said, the storage (SD card) access starting with Android 5.x is notoriously "more secure", i.e. a pain in the bottom for normal users & apps writers, and even with Lollipop my file management application was having troubles with the SD card. On my LG G-Pad tablet it's gotten to a point where it's easier to copy files from the internal storage to a USB-OTG stick than to copy them to the SD card... Go figure!

Anyway, for those interested by Marshmallow update issues & Marshmallow permissions, here are two links I found useful:

http://www.androidauthority.com/android-marshmallow-problems-troubleshooting-674064/

and

http://www.howtogeek.com/230683/how-to-manage-app-permissions-on-android-6.0/
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
SD card for internal storage...

I just picked up a Samsung 128 EVO Plus microSDXC card (was torn between the Sandisk and Samsung both on sale for same price) to put in my Power (when it arrives... soon, I hope) and was thinking it would be best if I used it to expand the internal storage but also would like to know if anyone else is using the Power with MM in this way to see if they noticed any performance hit?

Pros/cons?
[Device Reviews and Information] xartez:
Am I the only one experiencing screen problem, few bright spots on the bottom screen area? I mostly using low brightness, I can't understand how it is possible to damage the screen in such a short period of time, using the phone in normal conditions :(
[Device Reviews and Information] megthebest:
I have seen that it was common also for Ulefone Paris..

Seems to be related to a poor assembly quality of lcd and touch and the heat came from battery..

It sounds strange, but after 2/4 months many customers have this issue!
[Device Reviews and Information] xartez:
I have thought it is from battery heat... I will try to get a partial refund or maybe just screen replacment to repair it when I would like to sell it to somebody else.
[Device Reviews and Information] f1c:
Did you notice what's new in the update? I am still on the 16th January one and if there is nothing of concern that got fixed I'll keep that.
[Device Reviews and Information] rob1992:
I thought it the brightness slider thing was one of them, but i think its actually in yours too. As in that it's only there if the screen brightness is set to manual.

About what's different i honestly cant say. There is no changelog to speak of. I guess its just a waiting game untill either they or someone else makes a fully "unlocked" (as in al features that the hardware has to offer) firmware.
[Device Reviews and Information] axelnanol:
Ha! Was wondering earlier on where my brightness slider had gone!

Have been working on stripping stuff out with Amplify today. The fingerprint reader is giving a lot of wakelock time, in addition to that incredible heat during charging! Something wrong with my gmail keeping the phone awake all the time, so going to remove my accounts to test the battery life a bit more.
[Device Reviews and Information] megthebest:
I Use automatic brightness, but with gravity box, i can correct it in the status bar. Today i use amplify and i'm monitoring the situation.

I'm really impressed for battery, is better cycle after cycle.

For sure i have wakelocks
[Device Reviews and Information] f1c:
I tested it now as well and it's definitely the Fingerprint Scanner service that's causing it. I turned it off (via the normal Security settings, nothing fancy) and it seems the problem is gone for now.

Obviously that means no unlocking with fingerprint anymore but I don't care that much about it. Plus, can always turn it on if you leave the house - maybe even automated via something like Tasker if you care a lot.

Even then, the battery should be able to handle it even if you don't turn it off. But still, this could have been optimized a lot better.
[Device Reviews and Information] rob1992:
I tried to install the framework but it seems like it cant find the framework once installed. The install runs to completion in TWRP but once booted into android its not found when you try to install gravity box. And the times it did install it said "this version is not compatible. I used the one you stated but it dousnt seem to work for me. Unless the fact that i used V80 instead of V79 is the big issue. Sadly i cant find that old version on the XDA page.

Also one slight bug, if the screen turns off in TWRP i cant unlock it again, it dousn't register the swiping movement required to unlock it
[Device Reviews and Information] mr.gor:
For me it works only one time i boot. The next boot it doesnot see the installed modules and etc. Somee one told here that this version of firm ware is 5.0, not 5.1 so maybe it in this stuff blproblem...

Отправлено с моего Power через Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] rob1992:
Ok, i dont know what i did wrong, but i think i had some of my versions wrong. I just ran through the entire setup again and now it works
[Device Reviews and Information] mr.gor:
Congrats. I deleted.

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[Device Reviews and Information] megthebest:
After zip in twrp, you need to install xposed installer 3 alpha4 apk:

https://mega.nz/#!2MURgLIT!XqYw6Bw5Sx0ZGKXxacNCt5gng6zcZbHHBau4SZiy3Nc

After you can use alll modules you need.

I use gravity, amplify, etc..
[Device Reviews and Information] mr.gor:
Thanks much. Ill try!

Отправлено с моего Power через Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] rob1992:
It did work in the end, I suspect it was due to me using an older version of the installer. I found this out after reading the FAQ on the xposed page. Everything is working now and i'm currently busy tweaking things. Lets see if i can find something so i can choose which icons show up in the settinsg part of the notification bar, The area where things like autorotate and GPS are at.

Edit: Found it, it was under one of the gravitybox settings
[Device Reviews and Information] f1c:
You need to swipe slowly and firmly. There is quite some delay for it to register but after doing it a couple of times you get the hang of it.
[Device Reviews and Information] rob1992:
Strange, i tried it and it didn't work for me. It's not that big of an issue. A bigger issue is the headset weirdness. I still havent figured out what causes the weird popping noise and the phantom button presses when i connect some stereo 3.5 jacks. It seems like something goes wrong while shorting the mic to ground. With some headsets its fine and nothing happens, my earbuds get properly picked up as stereo only as i said before. However when you plug in a normal 3.5mm cable that goes to an amp for example it thinks this also has a mic contact on it while this is not the case.

Something i saw however after even closer inspection of the plugs, there really is no standard. The plastic rings on the normal cable are twice as thick as the headphone cable, resulting in the ground ring starting a good mm further from the tip. This may be causing the issue considering the included headset has the same ring width as my own earbuds and both work fine. So i suppose it might just be my cables that are crap.

Edit: its definitely my cables, i measured two cables that are from the same manufacturer and they are wildly different.

The second one is 0.5mm shorter so it wont stay in properly, and it also has a ground sleeve that starts a good 0.3 mm further from the tip. My conclusion so far is that the socket is slightly to far into the body of the phone.
[Device Reviews and Information] bithalver@gmail.com:
You are really the best ! Worked like a charm. Donation sent :) .
[Device Reviews and Information] megthebest:
Thanks a lot i really appreciate your support.

Regards [emoji6]

Max
[Device Reviews and Information] rob1992:
Got to the 10 posts so here is the first image, The inside of the phone with the cover that's over the mainboard still in place

And here it is removed

Also in case i overlooked it, are there rules about the size of the pictures?
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
Did anyone try the Update 01/30/2016 from http://www.needrom.com/download/ulefone-power/ yet?

and can you tell me if Asphalt 8 is running better? or is it still the same....
[Device Reviews and Information] rob1992:
I did update but i haven't played the game before or after the update. But is it true it really ran that badly? I Am downloading it now to see what state it is in, Ill report back when my horrid connenction has downloaded the 800MB's of files

And as i said before, there are no changelogs. Nobody knows what they changed.
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
Yes it is true, Asphalt 8 ran with like 10 fps only, like in software rendering. But seems only to be a problem with the newest version of Asphalt 8 from the Play Store. Older Versions of Asphalt 8 should run fine. But we need to know if it is fixed or not, thanks for testing it out!
[Device Reviews and Information] megthebest:
I have had Power for 3 months before sell it, no issue on my Power so far. I think it depends also on charger, i used Ulefone charger only one time, always used 5V 2A charger

Sent by Mi5 64Gb
[Device Reviews and Information] xartez:
I haven't used ulefone power charger even once. I am using AUKEY 3 port charger where one QC2.0 has DC 5V/2A, 9V/2A, 12V/1.5A. I don't think so it depends on charger because phone is taking only specified amount of energy even when the charger can give more.
[Device Reviews and Information] HonzaSk:
Gapps

Hello everyone,

is possible remove Google apps from last Android 6 and install google package from OpenGapps ?
[Device Reviews and Information] themolech:
does asphalt8 runs smoothly on android 6.0? have anyone tried?
[Device Reviews and Information] gizmojoe:
New Andriod Ulefone Power user

Hi everyone hope you are all well....guess what new android user here, been on iphones since 2008!! finally left them and i am using my first android which happens to be....yes you guessed it, the Ulefone POWER:D .

i have some problems that i truly hope someone wise and experienced on android can help me with relating to this phone.

Firstsly the battery does not last longer than a day from a full charge, i also run the phone to 0% and did a full recharge cycle and it still drains very quick, i also found on standby during the night it drains between maybe 10-20 percent. Also 1. The 3G speed on the phone seems throttled when doing speed tests or streaming movies (NOT the 4G which comes in at 50-80 Mbps on speedtest.net, however still streaming and torrents are not working on 4G) , when i use my same sim (Three UK) in 2 other different phones the speed is 8x faster on 3g and streaming is perfect. 2. i cannot download torrents through any torrent applications either 3g/4g with my network sim etc, but when i put my same sim in my other phones it works perfectly. also applications like Facebook with embedded videos only show/stream in low quality even if i click HD and this is only when i am on the sim network, but when i switch to WIFI everything works perfectly!, even the torrents!. i think there is a problem with the Ulefone carrier settings for my network 3 UK, i have reset and also re input the apn settings manually with the same result.

Does anyone know what i can do, i remember i used to jailbreak my iphone in the past and manually deleted the actual carrier settings which would remove the network throttling and internet restrictions, i am not sure if there is an android procedure for similar problems.

My Network package is unlimited Everything, 3G/4G/Minutes and Texts with tethering

Also any advice if i should root this ulefone power and would it actually benefit me in any way? my pure interests are performance, unrestricted internet speeds/functionality ....not too concerned about cosmetic ui editing.Lots of love from a new Android member, Peace and love man!
[Device Reviews and Information] bjbirch:
Which exposed framework do I need to download for the ulephone power and which exposed installer apk to download for the ulephone power
[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
Hello,

The answer is: it depends which Android version you're using! ;)

If you're still using Android 5.1, then you'll need the sdk22-arm version of the xposed framework.

If you've flashed the 32 bits Android 6.0 beta ROM, then you'll need the sdk23-arm version, and if you've flashed the 64 bits Android 6.0 ROM, then it'll be the sdk23-arm64 version.

In a nutshell, sdk22 is for Lollipop, sdk23 for Marshmallow, and the architecture is either arm (32 bits) or arm64 (64 bits) on our device.

Then I installed XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4.apk, and downloaded the rest (GravityBox...) from within the installer.

Have fun!
[Device Reviews and Information] Jefkiev:
Nope, still software rendering it seems
[Device Reviews and Information] Ferfiu:
No performance problem with the same card. I was stupid and restored everything before I choosed that option, so it took me a lot of extra time. But without integrating your apps' permissions are a mess.

But as euroclie said, there is a problem with Android M itself, not with our phone.

(I personally had no problem with the restoring, just took me almost one day the whole process, until I tried to open Gameloft games. They stop immediately, can't update in game... etc. Already in touch with the Support Center, but they don't seem very motivated... :( But I just want to play my Spider-man games. You know, with great Power, comes great responsibilty. :D )
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
[MENTION=7499215]gizmojoe[/MENTION] once you get into the pool of tweaking alot of things will change for your phone. Your in the right place though. Xda can do MANY things for your phone. It's mainly lots of reading. But to start of I would suggest the simple stuff like battery saving tips. Things like location allways on and sync will drain your battery fast, once you root your phone that's when the magic happens. But don't rush into it. Android is still very enjoyable. You seem to be on the right boat. Just keep reading ;)
[Device Reviews and Information] xartez:
Install DS Battery Saver from Xposed, always turn off your location service and check what is waking up your phone from deep sleep. I able to reach almost 3 days on single charging. I fully charged my phone at 7am on friday and I had 15% left on sunday at 3pm. I am trying to turn off mobile data when I am not using it.
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
[MENTION=7499215]gizmojoe[/MENTION] you asked very interesting question about unlocking carrier stuff.

Ive never played with this, but first thing I would check is frequency and bands. Maybe Power does not fully support specific 3g or 4g band or frequency. More probable is that it needs to be switched or enabled in engineering menu (maybe under world phone setting, I don't really know).

When you figure it out, write a post. I would love to tinker with that stuff like seeing what carrier enabled and disabled for me or what parameters have my current connection. (You don't have to write essay, just throw links at me or key words for search.)

From what I encountered, a lot of stuff with cell internet is set per app in app settings. For example you can limit YouTube not to download hd quality movies on everything except wifi. The same can be set for updates from play store.

That said, torrents fly like crazy in my case. Im using Flud without any special settings (as far as I know) and didn't encountered any throttling.

As for battery stuff, you must have turned on literally everything and phone just does not go to sleep. There are tools for discovering what drains your battery but most of them need root access to monitor system. Of course, root can wait. [MENTION=6939319]Hemphiz[/MENTION] gave you best advice, try familiarize yourself with Android and read a lot.

If I may throw some advice, your first concern when you decide to root your phone, should be making full nandroid backup. Research that when you decide to tinker with root and try doing this as soon as possible. You can (and most definitely will) break a lot of stuff and nandroid backup can save you a lot of stress.

Good luck
[Device Reviews and Information] DanTheLemonMan:
Just in regards to recent posts concerning battery life, I'm getting 3 days on battery life consistently under heavy use since my install of smart network for xposed (6.0 mm 17/5). Loving it
[Device Reviews and Information] rickypujol:
How is the fast charging for you? Does it work on MM?

Skickat från min Power via Tapatalk
[Device Reviews and Information] DanTheLemonMan:
To be completely honest i have no idea, i haven't tested.

This is because once every three days or so days i plug it in at night when i go to bed and wake up in the morning and its fully charged (approx 8 hours) and I should note the phone is cold by this point indicating it has long since finished charging. So its not really a concern for me haha :o
[Device Reviews and Information] steviep23:
When i try to flash it gives me an error

pmt change for this ROM etc

any idea why , google seems to suggest formatting the whole phone
[Device Reviews and Information] Kangburra:
Without wishing to pick your post in particular, I would like to add that I also get three days use and I just remove some of the bloat and have no battery saving app or anything extra installed. I would advise people to remove what they don't need and then try the phone before installing even more stuff to try and save power. Sometimes it's counter intuitive, like the task killer apps.
[Device Reviews and Information] steviep23:
Hi , same error as above PMT Change for this ROM ........

I think i need to format the phone and try but am worried i will brick it.

Should i use FIRMWARE UPGRADE in SP Tools?

Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] needhelp_l7:
YEP .. "Firmware Upgrade" is the right solution :)
[Device Reviews and Information] steviep23:
cheers , illl give it a go after dads taxi duties ;)

hopefully updating from working phone , may as well root since im losing data , i take it there is an option on reboot
[Device Reviews and Information] Kangburra:
You need to flash TWRP recovery.img and then reboot to recovery and then flash updatesupersu<latest_version>.zip The Update supersu needs to be on the phone or ideally external sd card.
[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
I remember that on Ulefone Blog, the upgrade method using their tool required a step involving runnning the CheckSum_Gen.exe file that is included in the ROM folder. I know that the first time I tried to upgrade to 6.0 I had ommited to perform this step. Given the name of the executable involved, it might be a checksum generator that somehow verify the integrity of the file (and possibly "signs" it) before you flash it. I launched the application, and had no further issue flashing the ROM (though on my second attempt I use SP Flash Tool instead of the Ulefone flashing tool, so I'm not 100% sure that the CheckSum_Gen part was needed or useful).

SP Flash Tool with "Firmware Update" worked for me, anyway.

If you want to root, you'll have to download and install the right TWRP file from NeedRom, then flash it with SP Flash Tool, then install the latest SuperSU beta from TWRP. The official 6.0 ROM doesn't include root option, unfortunately...