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[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
Perhaps a step by step guide would be nice for the upgrade? A sticky thread or perhaps the original OP could add it to the very first post? This thread is now over 100 pages and going back and trying to find the good information on the update process is getting a bit harder to find.
[Device Reviews and Information] steviep23:
Didnt work :(

Im getting S-FTHND file is not loaded yet.

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And phone wont switch on or go into recovery.

Think ive flashed the wrong file , ill try the offical one and flash it and see what happens
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
What files are you flashing ?

I had that same problem one time... Didn't work with "SPMULTIFlashing Tool" but worked with "SP Flash Tool".

The trick is (in sp flash tool) load the mtk then the Scatter. Select "Firmware upgrade" and hit "Download" button with phone disconnected from usb.

When the SP flash tool accept the scatter (you will notice), plug usb with your phone in shutdown mode, then press any button, normally I press camera button and the firmware starts.

When Says "ok" turn that off, unplug your device and turn it on pressing power button.

If this don't work, I think it's because of rom you downloaded.
[Device Reviews and Information] steviep23:
The TWRP one but downloading the Offical one now and going to try that

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this was first one

TWRP 3 Power Android 6 Official 14052016

in SP flash tool , Firmware Upgrade , all boxes checked and Scatter 6753

So now going to try the offical ulefone without twrp
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Ok

It's the TWRP doesn't work for that rom I think.

Try this way with steps I gave you...

Rom 6 Official (Upgrade with sp flash tool in Firmware Upgrade mode)

Then install the new update...

Rom 6 Update (Upgrade with sp flash tool in Firmware Upgrade mode)

TWRP 3.0.2.2.7 new (Upgrade with sp flash tool in Download mode).

I'm not an expert but this method worked for me.

Try it and tell me later mate.

Regards

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By the way I try this sucessfully and my battery starts at 100% day 25 at 14:00 (battery percentage android) and today still at 47%. I only plugged 2 times to pc to transfer files to the phone, maybe 5 minutes.

I put some programs for battery just to test (Amplify, Betterbatterystats, greenify, power nap, gsam battery monitor).

Just testing what I like more :p
[Device Reviews and Information] steviep23:
yeah that worked ok and have 6.0

dont think i have root though.

I might do a step by step , i am a noob but half know what im doing , maybe the language would work for others

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Yeah your steps worked , problem was i tried the twrp with 5.1 instead of doing update to 6.0 1st (i think)
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
To have ROOT you need to send Supersu.zip to SDcard, then install it with TWRP.

Restart then install it with googleplay.

Don't forget to make the same method for xposed (xposed-v85-sdk23-arm64.zip - 64bit).

Restart then install the apk Xposed Alpha4

Hope it helps you :)
[Device Reviews and Information] steviep23:
cheers :)

thanks for your help , these things never go as planned for me :)
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Yeah, for me to but in ulefone power seems to be it's very easy... Just by intuition. If doesn't work some is wrong.

There are no mistakes to broke the phone. But in some cases the Imei have lost, that's easy to fix to.
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I plugged my rooted MM phone when off, to charge, came back 3 hours later to find my phone was red hot when I turned it in, it was at 19% but was at 24% when I turned it off to charge. Don't know if it's always been like this but the top half of the screen get hot when on and doesn't seem to be lasting like it did before down to 61% with only 2 hours screen on time, before it was nearer 3 hours. I think during those 3 hours of it being hot has knackered my battery :(
[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
Did you see one of the latest posts about the Power on Ulefone's blog:

http://blog.ulefone.com/please-flash-the-newest-android-6-0-rom-for-ota-updates/

So all of us early adopters might want to reflash the ROM to make sure we'll receive the OTA bug fixes later on... :-/

Here's the download link they provide:

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AOWEBokdT07fa8k&id=C87E555FF8A334EB!266&cid=C87E555FF8A334EB
[Device Reviews and Information] jy_P:
That sounds great but the file on there is still the one from may 19th... Nothing new.
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Being a noob, please could someone tell me if I were to use titanium backup, then I'd be able to flash the new version then use titanium backup to restore the apps, even though it's a different version of android?
[Device Reviews and Information] switha:
chinese bootloader

Edit: fixed imei issue with the mtktools method, needed to add a space between the imei and rest of command

Unfortunately the Chinese bootloader is still a problem

I just flashed to Android 6 and now instead of the English bootloader I have a Chinese one which doesn't seem to have a recovery option ...

see pic: i.imgur.com<slash>0rGr7yN.jpg

I tried flashing back and forth between 5.1 and 6 a few times but the English bootloader doesn't appear ... Unfortunately with the 6 update I also lost imeis which, to my understanding, I can't restore without having root ...

Any ideas on how I might fix this? Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
Yes, you could technically use Titanium backup (or even a full TWRP data partition backup) to restore your apps after upgrading from 5.1 to 6.0.

I advise caution though, because the major OS upgrade means that some settings (apps permissions, for instance, or some system-wide settings) might not be 100% compatible with the new OS version, meaning increased chances to have crashes, reboots or increased battery consumption.

That's a pessimistic, worst case scenario, but personally I prefer to re-install manually everything I can, and use Titanium backup for apps/data that are not synced or backed up in the cloud.

Envoyé de mon Power en utilisant Tapatalk

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My guess is that you're not in the recovery menu, but the hardware test menu (Google Translate on your pics shows menu items that all relate to hardware tests). Did you press volume down + power? The recovery boot is normally accessed by pressing volume up + power.

(see that thread: http://www.chinaphonearena.com/foru...de-to-English-from-Chinese?pid=40175#pid40175 )
[Device Reviews and Information] J_The_Nerd:
Hi all, been following this for a while, I have a power to replace a Nexus 5 (2013) and I have a problem when tethering my Amazon fire TV stick.

If I'm using kodi to stream a film or TV show it will only run for 10 mins if I'm lucky then it will return to the select stream screen. If I put my sim back in the N5 it'll not have a problem and play all the way through.

This is very annoying as I don't have a landline/wifi so my tethered phone is my only option.

Also having seen some complain about the contacts in the sim tray being fragile, I really don't want to swap Sims out whenever I wanna watch a film/use my laptop/update my son's tablet.

Stock 5.1 ROM not rooted (yet)

Any ideas what is causing this and what I need to tweak to sort it?
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Had the same issue, at least it looks like it.

Check ram consumption during that, it should be at max. If you had left phone even longer it would have soft reset itself and ram consumption would have started rising again.

The issue was (in my case) root package for fx explorer. I suspect it (or package that defends on it) didn't have enough permissions and it freaked out. I didnt wanted to play with it, so I installed solid explorer and got rid of fx explorer.

In your case it can be different app. But before deleting anything, go to twrp, menu wipe, DONT WIPE ANYTHING, click repair or change partition, choose one partition and do repair or check for errors. It helps after couple of random reboots to do that.

Not all partitions can be checked like that, but data and system should be enough.

If this persist, try wiping cache and checking permissions on newly installed apps.

If this still persists, it must be a different bug.

Oh, if your battery consumption graph has stopped reporting battery history for couple of minutes, it means either ram was at max in that time or phone did reset.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
Try wakelock power manager from the play store in the meantime. I had a few issues with bubbleupnp cutting out so now I use the partial wakelock and it fixes that
[Device Reviews and Information] osuma:
Is this good phone to spotify & WhatsApp use?
[Device Reviews and Information] DanTheLemonMan:
I use Spotify daily and it's flawless, haven't had any issues at all.

As for WhatsApp, I don't use the app, though I have read it works fine, just may need to be converted to a system app

Could anyone clarify on whether this is still necessary in 6.0 (17th/5)
[Device Reviews and Information] EkiFox:
I don't need any system conversion with last ufficial rom
[Device Reviews and Information] kozelos:
whatsapp works without problems when installed freshly thru store. When restored from backup thru titanium backup, notifications are messed up
[Device Reviews and Information] ajp558:
I use Spotify and it has stopped sending the track details to my car over Bluetooth since the upgrade to 6.0, and half the time the car is not able to change tracks even thought the music is playing.. It is the same for a BMW and Mercedes.
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
[MENTION=7499215]gizmojoe[/MENTION]

This is what I cant live without:

Root and system stuff:

Twrp

Supersu

Busybox

Xposed

Gravitybox

Liveboot

Selinux mode changer

Terminal emulator

Secret codes

Rom toolbox

System monitor lite

Battery stuff:

Amplify

Greenyfy

Better battery stats

Gsam batery

Ampere

Network stuff:

Fing

Launcher:

Nova launcher

Filmanager:

Solid explorer (ES is good too)

Gps xtra stuff:

Topntp

App Stores:

F-droid

Office and communication stuff

Signal (textra would be my second choice)

Protonmail

K9 mail (ui is god awful but its only one I trust anymore)

Blacklist

Asr

Acr

Calculator++

Pushbullet

Wunderlist

Sunrise calendar (unfortunately discontinued by micro$oft)

Turbo editor

Media consumption:

Mx player

Aimp

Podcast republic

Feedme

Quickpic

Soundwire

Esthetics:

Tapet

Cf lumen (like flux on iphone)

Security:

Sophos

Authy

Ir remote

Anymote

A lot of those require some time to configure them according to your needs (or a lot of time in case of k9 mail) so reserve some time for every one of them.

Rest depends on your needs but those are my basic ones.

And don't buy every app you think you need. Most of them are very usable in free/lite/ad supported state.

Hug your family from me :D and good luck.
[Device Reviews and Information] bigboss-over:
just as its name, the phone has big battery, but except the battary, nothing special to me and the price is kind of higher than other android smartphones
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Just checked the battery usage and one app that had the name 99046 with an android bot as a symbol has used 1% any ideas what this is please?
[Device Reviews and Information] Kangburra:
The build quality is good too, something lacking on many other brands.
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
To me, having a battery that means I can use the phone heavily and not forever worry about it running out of charge is worth the extra money, there's no point in having a phone, no matter how good, if it is out of charge.

It might have an average processor at best but, that with 3gb of ram means in the real world it's more than quick enough, although it isn't the best at some games, it just depends what you're looking for in the phone.

It has 16gb if internal storage meaning again, unless you're going to want it for games and install lots of games on, there's enough room, having come from a moto g with 8gb it was a PITA, always having to empty cache. With MM you can use the SD card as internal storage although I don't know if that has a negative effect in performance.

The camera app is rubbish that comes with it, I use A Better Camera app, which takes much better photos and more like you'd expect from a 13M Sony camera.

I'm really happy with the phone, I've had 8 hours screen on time, still with 25% battery left! I was lucky to get 3-4 hours out of the moto g on a complete charge and that was only a 4.5" 720p screen!
[Device Reviews and Information] bigboss-over:
as to the big battery, i used to charge with my power bank and my power bank can charge for 2-3 times. 16gb storage is small for me because i love playing game and watching the movie/drama. but, big battery also has its storage, afterall, power bank plus a phone is heavier than one phone only :o
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
I think I might have figured out why many different people are having different issues with the update, although I might be wrong. UleFone changed the update file that was on their onedrive account without saying anything for a while. (as you can read here on their blog)

This leaves two versions that different people are using. V.20160514_001348_ and V.20160517_6 numbers. (I assume these are 2016/05/14 at 00h:13m:48s and 2016/05/17 and whatever time that one was).

You can check what version your phone is by going on 'Settings > about phone > Wireless Update > UleFone said on Facebook that only version V.20150517 is going to get OTA bug fixes as they forgot about it in V.20150514, which is annoying for me as I have the old one, so I'm going to have to flash it again.

But that made me wonder if there are multiple bug fixes and changes in these two versions, other than the OTA update fix. I've am having only small problems with the charge time, taking about 3 hours instead of 2, but I really don't mind that too much. But others are having much longer, as well as other problems.

What version is everyone else on, and are people using the newer update having really bad battery issues?
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I'm on the same version as you, it takes over 4 hours when the phone is on with the fast charger, from nearly empty to full however when off and waiting until the phone vibrates to show it is off completely, which is what I think might have caused the problem I had before charging it when I thought it was off, it went from 11% to full in two hours. I still have it showing a negative figure when charging to begin with, which it did before on 5.1, is this just mine or do others have this too? That's the only bug I've noticed tbh.
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
I'll try this method of fast charging tonight and see if I get the same result. But apart from that, like yourself, I've found no big issues that can't be fixed without a root.
[Device Reviews and Information] kozelos:
Do you root your phone? if yes, OTA wont work anyway and there will be no point of reflashing. I hope that updates will appear on needrom to be flashed as system only thru flashtool.

btw I am on 14th and my charging was horrible at the beginning, now its allirght. But i dont use fast charger as i think its no good for the battery as well as for other hw surrounding (heating). 1A charger works precisely and 2A probably too but i cannot confirm as i use it when sleeping during night.

anyway i think the difference between 14th and 17th exist, at least the camera button is not mapped on 14th and i understood from the others that on 17th is ok?
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
I completely forgot about the OTA update not working on rooted phones..... I'm an idiot. And that would explain the camera button, although this can be fixed with xposed modules.

And I'm probably going to start using a 2A charger now, I've heard different things from different people about just how bad / degrading the fast charger is to the phone, but as it's less useful now anyway I'll just use a 2A. Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] Jefkiev:
Yep the camera/smart button is working properly with the 17 version
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I try not to use the fast charger, for the same reasons as you but I like to know that if I need to I can. With regards to root not getting OTA updates, can't you use SuperSU to uproot it, update then root again?
[Device Reviews and Information] kozelos:
not really necessary when the update is available on needrom, you just flash "system" and root again. I guess "Socr@te" will have access to those updates as previously..? If not, unroot can help but also stock recovery has to be flashed, then update, flash twrp again, root again, too much work i think..

lets wait if ulefone eventually releases any relevant update, i guess they are now working on other phones to get MM
[Device Reviews and Information] gizmojoe:
Ahh mate seriously thank you!! this has just saved me so much damn time, just what i needed right now.

im going to start doing this slowly, what is the best software i should use for a stable root without any hiccups, im on android 5.1.

You know the original poster quoted that he got 20 hours of on screen time with geek bench battery test, how is that possible, ive ran the test 3 times and cant go past 12 hours, with 50% brightness and wifi on

if i root this phone and use the apps you mentioned how much longer do you think the phone would last?

is my handset battery faulty, should i replace it...

the company emailed me to send it back for a replacement as i said the battery only reached 8 hours on 100% brightness and with 4g on.....this phone is supposedly meant to last allot longer no?

thank you again for that man, i gave the family a hug man!

been using android for 5 days, kicking myself for using an iphone for 9 years!!! the apps are so easy to use. also i can download apps from websites directly that have been discontinued or are older....is this normal to do on stock 5.1, i thought it would be restricted to that sort of thing no?
[Device Reviews and Information] bjbirch:
I have used kingroot to root my ulefone power here is a link to XDA thread:http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461

You can also find super sume which removes kingroot and installs SuperSU from this XDA thread:http://xdaforums.com/general/paid-software/supersu-please-t3110954
[Device Reviews and Information] euroclie:
Battery life tests are difficult to compare: ideally they should be performed in strictly identical conditions to be worth anything at all:

1) Same network signal strength: I used to work in a place where the phone network coverage was really poor, and that made the battery deplete much faster at work than at home (good coverage there). The same goes for the Wifi network strength.

2) Same software setup (i.e. same applications updating in the background, if any). Again, this can have a significant impact on battery life. In some cases, even the room lighting can have an impact if there's a hardware light sensor involved...

It's difficult to believe that you could get 8h instead of 20h of OST for someone else, I know, but your battery may not be faulty. The only way to know for sure would be to restore the same backup on both phones, and run the test with the phone side-by-side in the same place, which is usually impossible to do.

All that being said, if you get the feeling that your battery is faulty, and the shop accepts to exchange the phone, go ahead! But if you get two or three "faulty" devices in a row after replacement, then maybe you're using power-hungry apps or live in a phone network "black hole" which requires the phone's radio to emit more strongly to keep connected?
[Device Reviews and Information] Rentz164:
I never get 20h SOT, not even close. 13-14 sot is normal. Aeroplane mode, wifi on and brightness 30-40%. Phone idle taking up most of my battery. Android 5.1
[Device Reviews and Information] J_The_Nerd:
I only get 7-8 hours screen time over 2 days usually, signal is patchy and constantly switches between 3G and 4G. But way better than 2.5 hrs from my Nexus 5.
[Device Reviews and Information] DanTheLemonMan:
That's normal, and I've been using Android since 2.3 hit and it was possible even then and as far as I'm aware always has been. Android is much much less restricted than IOS in just about everyway (not sayings it better or worse(actually no, it's better haha!)) But it is less restricted and more has a higher degree of customization [emoji56]
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I'd say my battery life is comparable to yours and compared to the 3-4, at most SOT I was used to before, I'm very happy. I still have sync and location on, although disabled Wi-Fi constantly searching to improve location as

I don't want to cripple the phone for mega battery life, s compromise to make the most out of the phone with good battery life.
[Device Reviews and Information] J_The_Nerd:
Thanks but didn't work for me, even on full wake lock. anything else I can try?
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
All depends if you have intelligent battery saving on or other things like power nap. Wifi on during sleep. One to definitely check is the "do not optimize" option for your streaming app under apps - settings - battery optimisation. Other than that I'm not sure mate.

On another note. If people didn't know. This is worth a read

http://www.xda-developers.com/unoffical-systemless-xposed-is-now-available-otas-and-pay-unaffected/;)
[Device Reviews and Information] J_The_Nerd:
Intelligent battery saving is on, I'll try with it off, not sure I even have power nap.

Can't seen to find the do not optimise option, although I know I've seen it before, however. Not sure it'll make a difference because as far as I'm aware the hotspot doesn't use an app. The streaming app is on the fire stick.
[Device Reviews and Information] techdimi:
He made a good point and I strongly agree with him.

But it seems that this site is a joke in the end and noone gives a f about him. I only made an account here just to complain.

I am also looking for help regarding rooting ule power and maybe mm. Why do I have read each persons single post to find information regarding rooting, rom attributes, bugs and methods etc and u simply do not make a thread or update the first post in order for us humans to avoid the time and frustation. We do not have plently free time to read all these pages or expirement or either make accounts to every other websites who claim their work in order to download roms and tools. Whatever this is dreadful. Out
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
If you click apps in settings. There's a gear in the corner. You click that (if your on marshmallow) and "battery optimisation" bubbleupnp upnp prompts me to turn it off to allow the app to stream properly
[Device Reviews and Information] calsgb:
I agree to an extent, this is a bit of a mess, but none of us get paid for this and we're all separate from the company. As far as I can see, the biggest community for this phone on the entire internet, that isn't full of people complaining with terrible English (although I understand why), is this thread.

I only stumbled on it wondering what the review would be, only to find 80+ pages with useful content. Many people will struggle to find it and it would be good for us to all move over to a dedicated forum. That's my opinion anyway.

Edit:

At least people here are helpful and know what they're on about. Look at this post on the google plus (yeah I know I sometimes use that thing...).

[IMG="Google plus post"]http://imgur.com/9ndhBfJ.jpg[/IMG]