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[Device Reviews and Information] megthebest:
Current status, i'm in the 2nd day of heavy use. Most time in 4G, 1 sim only.

I expect more than 10 hours of SOT
[Device Reviews and Information] megthebest:
for this issue, i found useful Xposed + Gravity box, to show kill all in the task manager.

Of course you need my TWRP, Root and Xposed + Gravity installed.

With xposed, you can also have more improvements in terms of volume unlink (ring, notification), battery percentage mod and so on..
[Device Reviews and Information] rob1992:
For the battery percentage, that is actually a standard feature. Or at least it was in both this phone and my previous huawei g700. I'm not quite rooting it yet, i'll try it like this for the first few days before i start messing with it. So far it seems decently stable, definitely better as my old phone since that kept crashing more and more. Now this phone was also rooted and had a lot of root enabled apps installed and uninstalled numerous times, so that may just have cause the instability.

[he following below is not so much a discussion as it is research]

Edit: alright, did some measuring with calipers and i found some interesting numbers. (In metrics, sorry about that)

The ulefone headset has a jack length of 14.8 mm from tip to the top of the metal base.

A tip that is 2.85mm at its widest and 2.8mm at is slimmest. Its always seen as a headset with a mic.

My own JVC HA-FTX90's have a lenght of 14.65mm and a tip that is 2.9mm at the top and 2.45mm at the bottom. This seems to result in a more firm grip inside the socket. They are always recognized as stereo/mic-less and dont give any wierd noise when wiggled in the socket.

The cable going into my mixing console which has a length of 14.55mm and a tip that is 2.8mm at the top and 2.45mm at the bottom. It also has a wider metal base that is supposedly used as part of the shielding. This might cause an issue due to the way the jack is build. Because currently it is big enough to also make contact with the metal frame of the phone.

When initially inserted the cable is picked up as stereo without a mic, but when you wiggle it it starts making flaky connection that send rappid popping into the mixing console. Something else that happens is that it suddenly gets picked up as a headset with included mic. It also starts thinking its unplugged and plugged back in in rapid succession.

All in all it appears that the Ulefone power is a bit finicky about its headphone socket. As long as the headset you put in it does not make contact with the metal frame it seems fine.
[Device Reviews and Information] f1c:
Does anyone else have stuck/dead pixel(s) yet? I don't notice them during normal use but they show up when you test for it.

If you guys want, check your device. Search for "screen test" on Playstore and pick the first app. Set brightness to maximum and you should be able to find them there (the grey one usually shows it). You may have to angle the phone to see it properly.

I am just baffled how quickly the screen managed to get a stuck/sort of dead pixel. I even checked the Cubot X15 we got at the same time: Exact same issue. Might be that they use the same panel (both FHD) but worrying nonetheless.
[Device Reviews and Information] rob1992:
No dead pixels yet, it seems that besides the audio issue I have no problems with the device.
[Device Reviews and Information] thanksmeg:
TWRP 3 just got released. Maybe you'll be able to incorporate it when Marshmallow gets released! :D Fingers crossed :highfive:
[Device Reviews and Information] rob1992:
I just completed my first drain from full to about 8%. It lasted from thursday 21:00 to today 14:30. This time was spend watching a couple youtube video's, a lot of whatsapping and usage of facebook messenger and being used on friday night as a music player. Overall the experience was nice and smooth. The one massive gripe i have though, the camera. It does not know how to select the shutter speed. Instead of turning the shutter speed up it lowers the ISO. This way i end up with and ISO of 30 and a shutter speed of 1/17. This results in blurry pictures because its slow enough that any little bit of movement shows up.

Mind you this is with everything on auto, i can make the shutterspeed faster by manually setting the ISO higher but that results in fuzzyness in the photos, which is not what i want. For reference, it was brightly lit inside. even when in full sunlight it still stays at 1/122 shutter speed and an ISO of 38. Also there isnt a mic for the video camera, it uses the one you normally speak which is a bit of a hassle

I hope that in the next update at least manual shutter speed and maybe manual focus get unlocked. On another note, maybe i just overlooked it but i don't think you can turn off the flash in ulefones own camera app.

Another thing i noticed, the fingerprint sensor is a heatsink. when i opened the phone up i noticed that the sensor was mounted on a 1 or 2 mm thick plate of aluminium. both when heavily taxing the phone and charging it this sensor heats up significantly together with the area to the top left of it (looking from the back)
[Device Reviews and Information] sheapchit:
Just a bit of FYI.

I rooted my UleFone Power using the KingRoot tool, available here:

http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461

It worked a lot smoother than using the drivers/ADB/sideload and recovery mode (which is in Chinese of course unless TWRP is installed).

Only issue is that the SU file is not Chainfires stock 2.46+ file, but a specific KingRoot version (kinguser_su). Need to get that updated...

Reason I rooted was:

- 1. Get the proper fixes done for Europe GPS fix and NTP server updates.

- 2. Wanted to get rid of the Hindi IME Google Keyboard (I have frozen/removed it via Titanium Backup Pro).

As I've just received the phone the other day I have not used it extensively enough to provide usage data. the uLauncher however was a bit to asian/kawaii/cutesy

and cluttered so I've gone with Nova launcher to get a proper "Dark" theme that is closer to stock.

Agree with axelnanol on the annoyances that has to be fixed using GravityBox and those physical buttons that aren't exactly in the right places.

An addition is the lock screen that I have to replace for something better since I don't like that swipe left starts the camera and swipe right the dialer.

I only want to unlock the phone using the swipes on lock screen, not start apps....

Did try a few replacements, they did however "kill" the tap-to-wake function (haven't used fingerprint sensor yet, but I guess that might break also).

So using the "stock" one until I find a replacement that works with doubletap/fingerprint....

Also waiting for the promised Marshmallow (6.0) update. Of course it would be awesome to see a CM 13 (or even a CM12+) for this phone.

I do not intend to use any betas/developer released versions for now as they seem to be a bit unstable according to comments on needrom.com.

Checked the system using Device Control (root) and the 6753T is not OC:able with current kernel... 1.5Ghz should be possible, but now it maxes at 1.3Ghz.

We'll see in the coming weeks if this is a decent phone (replacing a relatively good Honor 6) to have or if it will just be a large beer coaster...
[Device Reviews and Information] megthebest:
why not my twrp for rooting and backup purpose?

btw enjoy your Power
[Device Reviews and Information] sheapchit:
Because there was too much problems getting the drivers to install properly in Win10 x64 to get it working.

It was a lot simpler "backwards", to root the phone first, directly on the phone than through USB and PC.

After root there was no problem to use Rashr (see Google Play) to install your TWRP to the phone.

I am using it now, and have corrected the SU file.
[Device Reviews and Information] rob1992:
Bit of an update about the light situation, with the new firmware update they added a brightness slider to the notification menu. No quick wat to set it to auto yet tho.

Edit, well this is strange, if you set the lighting to auto the slider disapears untill you put it back to manual again
[Device Reviews and Information] kozelos:
As long as mm is avaialble only thru flash tool, its no problem to try and come back if any problem appears
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
I wouldn't worry mate. It's more this phone. I previously came from a moto g xt1072. Used to flash it like a streaker. Have found alpha builds alot more stable than the powers marshmallow build. Lesson learnt for myself
[Device Reviews and Information] kozelos:
Experience differ. Roms in lenovo p770 and thl 5000 (stock roms) were way worse than this, so i am kinda satisfied☺️
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Hey mate,

I tryied unlocking bootloader but didn't fix it but I will try that of flash 5.1 then 6.0 final ;) thanks

Installed Ulefone Power 5.1 - Update 02/23/2016 then last MM and TWRP didn't fix the bug.

Installed Ulephone Power LL 5.1 + root+twrp+xposed+gravity then last MM and TWRP didn't fix the bug.

Don't know what more I can try. I'm frustrated -.-'
[Device Reviews and Information] Rizera:
Hi, guys! I had problems with Ulefone in the past so I am little bit concerned whether to go with Ulefone again.

Basically, I had an Ulefone Be Touch 2 and that phone had a number of problems! To name a few:

- Fake battery stats (They stated it was 3050 mAh, while in reality it was around 2300 mAh), therefore phone had real bad battery life;

- Badly calibrated battery. Battery would stay at 1% for a long time.

- Very laggy screen. Very annoying problem, meaning that phone would not register your input properly. That was horrid for people who type fast;

- Heating and performance issues. Phone would heat like crazy when performing demanding tasks. Moreover, GPU performance was not great.

- Fake/"Beta" Lollipop ROM. They stated it was a 5.1 ROM, but in reality it was a 5.0 ROM. No updates regarding ROM were distributed.

In the end, the phone was pretty "OK", but had a number of problems, some pretty dealbreaking ones.

Are any of these issues present in the Ulefone Power? How do they compare?

Thank you and best regards.
[Device Reviews and Information] kozelos:
Just get thru this topic and make your own opinion. I would say no problems mentioned happen to me, but reading is my suggestion
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
Has anyone got now on tap to work? I guess if I flash to MM and it is buggy I can flash it back to 5.1?
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Oh, take a look at Oukitell k6000 pro, looks nice, similar to this one. Also you can buy Letv with Qualcomm 810 for the same price, but i suspect batery is weak.

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Dont know, not using Google now. You can always downgrade to 5.1 if you like.

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Hey, double tap to SLEEP in gravity bix works though :D (sorry, couldn't resist)
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Yes with SPTOOLS you can downgrade, but in "Firmware + Upgrade" mode.

In "Download" mode doesn't work.
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Is there a way to enable "turbo download"?

Vienna has it and its similar platform.
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
Interested in trying this

Any good photos on getting them modded to work? Tips?

"sdcard now mounts in sdcard0 instead of sdcard1" And I thought I read earlier in this very long thread about that happening no matter what?
[Device Reviews and Information] bjbirch:
Your phone has to be rooted,I downloaded the TWRP zip file in needrom, the one that isn't either the mm or 64 bit version,I then used es file manager to extract the recovery img,I then went into flashify,backed up my stock recovery,then chose flash recovery img,selected choose file option, then es file manager, then download(this is where I put the TWRP recovery img)chose recovery img, then chose the second option in the pop up menu,then tapped the yup button,then chose the reboot option and the phone rebooted into TWRP recovery
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
No, broke 1 sim card and one sdcard (tried to file a bit more and overdid it). Its not hard but just time consuming.

Yes, i misspoke about that, it always mounted in sdcard0 on 5.1.

On the other hand I will make some photos tomorrow. It will show what not to do.

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Wait, wait. Which recovery you used?
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
1st chinese phone for me

Thank you, looking forward to your photos of what not to do! :good:

I have a small dremel tool that has a small grinder tool... wonder if that would make it easier????

So my Phone shipped out today, so should get it in 2 weeks +or- (I am in PA in the states)and I take it I will need to root it to install the MM release from Ulefone that is actually 64bit from what I have read here?

With MM installed and getting the SD and SIM into the tray I should be able to us the SD card as part of the 16GB internal storage like I am doing on my Samsung Tab-8 that I installed MM Bliss on?

Oh, and I have to check for dead/stuck pixels, and hope the screen does not die on me in the first few weeks of use?

My first Chinese phone... should be an interesting experience from what I have read here.... :silly:
[Device Reviews and Information] 3dd1:
I am still on lollipop and have noticed pretty much since I got the phone, when I put it on charge, that the level decreases by a few % before it starts going up again. I've tried many different chargers and it does it on all of them, any ideas https://www.dropbox.com/s/aagrgf7ktmixtx9/Screenshot_2016-05-16-23-42-13.png?dl=0
[Device Reviews and Information] bjbirch:
I used TWRP 3.0.2.2 listed 6/5/2016 in needrom under ulefone power
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
[MENTION=6218818]bjbirch[/MENTION] are you on 5.1 or 6.0?
[Device Reviews and Information] bjbirch:
I am on 5.1
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
Ah ok
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Hey mate,

Any ideas from whats causing the issue of the glitches when update TWRP 64 bit in last rom ?

Damn a phone with no root is very annoying... :-/

Thanks mate
[Device Reviews and Information] jy_P:
Hi, all. I'm waiting for mine too!

Just curious, why is no one uses mobile uncle to flash recovery and fix I imei? It is the common way to do it with mtk mobile. Is it not compatible with mm 64?
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
[MENTION=448231]AngelOfBlood[/MENTION] you tried flashing just the system partition over the beta? I just tried it and it worked fine. Twrp 64bit is still in place and not glitchy as ****. Happy days
[Device Reviews and Information] bepari220:
for those having problem with TWRP with official non-BETA MM...

I had it too, mine's fixed now :D

you'll need the last 64bit BETA rom to make it work,

1. Download the last 64bit beta

2. In SPFT, select the scatter from the beta MM folder.

3. then keep everything as it is and just click the "system" check box and navigate to the official MM system.img and select it.

4. then flash, and after the phone boots up, turn it off again and then flash the 64bit TWRP recovery by megthebest with the scatter file present in that recovery folder.

5. DONE !!

works 100%
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
or just flash the system partition lol
[Device Reviews and Information] bepari220:
well I wrote that for those who are upgrading from 5.1 to 6.0 :rolleyes:
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
Your obviously new to this stuff. The reason the twrp stuck was because the recovery partition wasn't touched. You only flashed the system. So everything else is essentially still beta

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And be careful what you say. Flashing only the system partition from 5.1 to 6.0 really isn't a good idea. Just some advice ;)

And sorry if I came across as an asshole lol.

Glad you found a work around cause it was also doing my nut in
[Device Reviews and Information] 911-Future_Maker:
Are you guys having fun with this phone? It is reliable after all? I can't decide between Power and K6000 Pro.
[Device Reviews and Information] Kangburra:
Loving it, reminds me of the early Android days before everything got locked down.
[Device Reviews and Information] DanTheLemonMan:
I'm also loving it to be honest, haven't had any problems at all, and just moved to 6.0 also, fingerprint scanner is quick AF I noticed, highly recommend the Ulefone power :)
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Yeah, I don't understand paying +400 $ for product that you don't own. Instead owner being vendor or mobile carrier. Or maybe I'm just out of touch :).
[Device Reviews and Information] gummikeks:
According to the Ulefone Facebook-Team, the fast-charging bug will be solved in an upcoming bug-fix. I mean don't get me wrong, Android 6 is finally ready for the device, but they promised it to be a final, not yet another beta with several bugs.
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
Agreed, I was looking at the international version of the LG-G5 but the price is just way to steep at this point in time.

For $160 shipped to my house I figured I would take my first chance into a Chinese import. I am glad the last few posts have been positive reviews! :good:

Now, has anyone tried the IR blaster on this beast?
[Device Reviews and Information] Kangburra:
Yep I bought the Galaxy Universal Remote app some time ago and have the tv, dvd and air con all set up. No issues at all and handy making custom screens with all the main buttons on.

Link to app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moletag.galaxy.s4.remote&hl=es
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
Muchas gracias!

Good to know! It is a shame that fewer and fewer new devices are coming with this feature. :crying:

My Samsung tab 3 has it and I use it all the time!

It looks like even the new Ulefone Future as dropped the IR blaster :(
[Device Reviews and Information] kozelos:
i wish you luck, i think it might not work for you because of american frequencies (or at least 4G)
[Device Reviews and Information] Rizera:
Hi, SirDigitalKnight!

Quick sort of off-topic question regarding custom fees. I am planning to buy an Ulefone Power from Gearbest (best available price, at 148 USD today). To this regard, I have a couple of questions:

1 - I will be in USA until June the 26th. Do you think it is enough time to arrive? And also, do I have to be an American citizen in order to be able to receive packages bought overseas? (I will be in a hotel).

2 - How are custom fees in the US? I heard until 200 USD is free of customs, but could not exactly verify this information. I heard that this threshold has been updated to 800 USD last month, but even though I looked quite a bit, could not find any official information.

Thank you and best regards!
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
No worries, I only use H2O and freedompop global for basic WhatsApp and Messenger chatting and I use Claro for when I am in Colombia which is where I plan on spending most of my time.

But yes, I am aware of the 4g incapadability here in the States.

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1 - that should be plenty enough time and as long as it is being sent to a real USA address no problem

2 - don't think you will have to worry about it. But this is my first purchase of a Chinese phone... Hoping that it goes smooth... :fingers-crossed:
[Device Reviews and Information] gummikeks:
Interesting pictures, thanks. I'm just curious: Why didn't you loosen the sim-chip out of the plastic tray by gently heating it up and glue it onto the microsd-card?

By that, the entire construct will be a bit thinner - you just need to trust your glue. :D
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Yeah, but I wanted to be able to use sim card in different phone (or pc, this is internet sim) and sdcard in tablet.
[Device Reviews and Information] AngelOfBlood:
Hey guys

IT WORKED !!!!

:D

Can anyone post that in NeedRom website to other guys with this problem ?

I can put there if you guys don't mind !!!

I installed 6.0 Beta first, then TWRP 64 bits recovery, and then only system.img from the new 6.0.

Problem is resolved to TWRP guys :D

A big thanks to all of you !
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Congrats.

But sh*t, it means I might not have flashed everything correctly, and that's why it works for me.
[Device Reviews and Information] gummikeks:
I see. Well, as long as this works I guess I will try it like you did, just hoping nothing will get damaged.
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
Like the sound of this way better....

Wait a minute! So your saying if I am going to only use the SD card and sim-chip in this phone (or both together in another new phone down the road) I only have to "gently heat the sim-chip up out of the plastic and glue it onto the microsd-card"????

Sounds like a faster and safer way to go to me??? Thoughts? Any try this method yet? :D
[Device Reviews and Information] gummikeks:
Yea this is another posibility to get all 3 things done but the problem is: When the glue is ****ty, then you have a microsd-card flying around in your Ulefone Power. :D

Here is the tutorial: https://www.noreplied.com/how-to-insert-2-nano-sim-dual-sim-enabled-and-microsd-card-in-samsung-galaxy-s7-edge/
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
The beta and final build are probably near on exact when it comes to the bootloader etc

Aslong as your already on rooted beta all that is needed is to flash the system partition then bobs your uncle. Fanny's your aunt
[Device Reviews and Information] SirDigitalKnight:
Will give it a go..

Thank you! Does not look that bad... :good:
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Yes, exactly this article was my inspiration.
[Device Reviews and Information] Hemphiz:
you obviously don't have to be rooted/twrp prior to flashing the system. But it saves some time. I'll stop rambling.
[Device Reviews and Information] devilgenius:
So, this is a general bug in MM or is it just me?

Why the green bar from network signal is white?

The phone is not in airplane mode and have signal, as you can see it in the status bar...
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
F-+ck knows, mine is green and yellow.

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Hey, yours is too. Just zoom in on your screen shot.

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Stupid me, sorry. :D

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Maybe you fiddled too much with amplifi and killed some important wakelock or alarm.

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Look at your power consumption graph. It happens in very low consumption. Too deep hibernation?
[Device Reviews and Information] devilgenius:
I dont know, I don't use Amplify just simple root.

I also found that in Phone info I got GSM Service: radio off but if I disable wifi and turn data on it changes to GSM Service: In service and it remains like that even if I disable data connection until I reboot the phone or it goes into deepsleep... and also the bar is starting to work.
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
I'm beginning to think that beta was somehow better. I already had 2 random soft reboots since yesterday, and now notifications from ProtonMail stopped working. But I'm not 100% sure, maybe I overdid Amplify.

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And now 3rd one.
[Device Reviews and Information] gummikeks:
I'm not that familiar with Amplify, but can you save/export the changes you made and reload the regular ones just to test if it's your custom settings or the new version?
[Device Reviews and Information] avatar4:
Will try tomorow, I want to see what happens during night. Thanks for idea.