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[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Juven73:
NFC not work. Android problem.

Camera is really bad

Bluetooth disconnect from car

Fingerprint login not work in any bank app

WIFI drains battery
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Goonerman:
I have reported this problem using the link below. I suggest we all report if not already done so. Who knows, it may help!

http://www.elephone.hk/bugsCollection.aspx
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] antonis1704:
Call drop at 4G mode

I found the solution for call drop in 4G.

Go to "Developer Options" and put to ON the "Use legacy DHCO client"
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] DaBountyHunter:
Did anyone figure out the dark preview image for third party camera apps?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] votrelec:
gyroscope

anybody tried cardboard apps? because for me are all VR apps useless with p9000. movements are very lagy and scene moves also when the phone is still. i am on stock rom 20160419. its some kind of bug, or some movement sensor like gyroscope is only emulated (from accelerometer or whatever)? tried already calibration but no improvement.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shadow4545:
No 4g

So I just bought a telephone p9000 helio and when I connected it to straight talk I only get 3g anyone know how to fix this?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] tomson30:
fingerprint scanner issue

Same issue here as well, also the vibration for phone calls is weak as well

P9000

UK
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] llucax:
About the fingerprint reader battery drain, I noticed the reader is on all the time, even when the screen is off. Is there any way to configure it to only work when the screen is on? I don't mind first turning the screen on and then using the fingerprint reader instead of just using the fingerprint reader. In that care the reader only has to be on for a few seconds (between the screen is on but locked until you unlock it). I guess that would be a huge battery saver. But I can't find a way to configure it that way.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
is it possible that elephone can share the kernel source ?

if we have the source we can improve many more things. ..maybe even get rid of the battery drain related to the FP sensor.

thank in advance for your answer
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] mangoman:
the fingerprint eint wakelock is also somehow combined with the wifi. As mentioned in other thread the eint wakelock is gone when wifi service is disabled at screen off.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] arlrb:
My p9000 is complete wank on my network - 3. Before anyone says it's 3, I had a Nexus 5 before this phone & had no problems at all, great in fact, most the time 4g at home.

The signal indicator on my p9000 is all over the place (ranging from nothing to full), & that's whilst I'm sitting on my couch.

Seeing as I've got an all you can eat days plan it's really doing my nut. Anyone else having this trouble?

Calls aren't coming through half the time too, I know this because people keep leaving voicemails when the phone's on.

Very frustrated
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] pewt:
Probably be the issue that the phone isn't switching automatically from 4g when a call comes in. There's been a lot said about the same thing. What a lot of people don't realise is that the 4g band is just for data, no phone makes calls on it, so what should happen is that when you receive a call the phone should automatically switch to a signal band that can handle calls. You're only real option is to change your preferred network to 3g instead of 4g for the time being until Elephone fix the bug that I know they've been made fully aware of by now. I personally have never seen the big draw for 4g any way apart from a way to get more money out of people. While my missus was sleeping during part of her labour I managed to stream an entire rugby game from my PC at home via teamviewer using 3g while sat next to her hospital bed (on the 3 network btw). Lastly if you're on 3 you could try the three in touch App which allows you to make calls over Wi-Fi & now claims to let you make calls over 4g in some areas. Not had chance to try it myself as not really left the house much in 6 weeks due to slipped disc & new baby. It has however given me a lot of time with the phone & overall I'm really pleased with it. Although I am currently running the Eragon ROM. Hope this helps in some way.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] arlrb:
Following on from before...

I've had to start using my home wifi, even though it's slower than 4g most the time (was). What I've noticed though is my network signal is consistently high & shows 4g most of the time when wifi is on. This would suggest that there's a big problem with the network data side on this phone.

I see other people are having trouble with this sort of thing...

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Thanks for your reply pewt.

I was venting my frustration more than anything, but nice to know someone's out there listening.

Like you, otherwise I'm very happy with the phone design, price, quality etc, but a phone that is rubbish with phone calls & network data isn't a good phone.

At least we're not alone & hopefully elephone will fix ASAP!

Enjoy your little one, they grow up too fast

---------- Post added at 01:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:12 AM ----------

I was also thinking network bands - did my Nexus use a different band to the p9000?

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Nope, switched to 3g only & still sits there doing FA , signal indicator ranging from 1/4 to full... whilst I'm sitting in one spot.

I'll give them a month, then it'll be a cheap iPod for my kids...
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] DavidGMC:
Guys... Wonder if you guys may have an idea what is causing this. I posted up pteviously however hope this additional info may assist in bug identification.

I still have the FP scanner taking 15- 20 seconds from acceptance to unlock the phone. The power button also is unresponsive..Sometimes requiring a hold down of the power button to wake - to request either shutndown or reboot. It's as frustrating as hell not being able to access your phone!

Anyways.. Playing around with settings.. If I go back into WiFi -->advanced--> keep WiFi on during sleep and change back to never (going against what

was said previously to extend battery life) my FP unlock issue disappears. The phone unlocks instantly with instant unlock from FP and the power buttons wakes phone to allow input.

What would be causing this, is anyone else experiencing this issue, is there a work around or is it a fault with this particular phone.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] skysauger:
Flash this

http://bbs.elephone.hk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=10076&extra=page=1&page=1&mobile=2

Is very good

Full Wipe and flash works great

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[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] arlrb:
It's weird, is there some sort of learning process with this phone & network settings?

When I first got the phone it was rubbish, but as i used it more & more it got better. But then I rooted it & did a factory reset & same again. This morning I put the darksense rom on & it was still rubbish. But as the day's gone on its got a lot better - 4g & everything is working fine.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] 3123marriott:
Hi, I think I have found a bug. I'm using 20160419. I have the elephone case but when I receive a call the sview window only shows the number, not the name of the contact. Does anyone else have this issue?

If it is a bug can it be fixed please
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Skufff:
Slow 4G

Hi!

Recieved my p9000 yesterday.

Great device except the slow 4G speed when browsing internet and using apps like instagram. It take way too long to load. The weird thing is when i test the speed with "bredbandskollen" (Swedish version of speedtest) it messaure about 50mbit/s.

Maybe just a setting?

Edit: 3G seems too work fine with proper speed.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] hyperion4001:
Poor GPS and iffy bluetooth

I've had my P9000 for a few weeks now and as noted by arlrb, when I first got it, I had massive problems with broken apps and other issues, which now seem to have mostly sorted themselves out somehow. The two issues I have which just won't go aware are:

1) Horrific GPS performance, GPS test shows that the phone can usually see 20+ satellites but it fails to use any of them until the app has been open and it loses its GPS fix almost as soon as I leave the app.

2) Although the phone manages to remain paired to my Pebble Steel without any problems, it's at best 50/50 if it will pair with the bluetooth in my car (Microsoft Sync in a Ford Mustang). Turning off the bluetooth for 10 seconds or so and turning it back on again usually fixes this but it shouldn't be neccessary to do at all.

If these two issues could be fixed, it would be a great phone, both are major frustrations for me.

Any fixes would be greatly appreciated.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] zba78:
Hi all,

I've been seriously considering buying this phone for a while now but I must admit this thread has really concerned me and put me off.

With the bugs/issues many of you have noted (in particular GPS issues, camera quality, battery life, 4g data, lost calls) do any of you regret buying the phone?

Do you wish you chose something else instead?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Skufff:
Hi

I Reply on my own post to tell you guys that the problem with the slow 4G seems have "fixed itself" I did a factory reset without any succses also wiped the cache several times. Then I just did a simple reboot and everything started to work properly.

Now I am 100% satisfied and would recomend this phone to anyone.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrbubba999:
It's a new phone and the software hasn't received many software updates yet. I've got a Sony Z5 and I've stopped using that in favour of this one.

I'm hoping that future software updates will come soon.

My main gripe at the moment is the battery life is that great
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Prophecy02:
Also got 2 problems with that phone...

first of all the horrible GPS performance which shows sometimes that you're driving next to the road or turns left when you're driving ahead

second one is the serialnumber which is not unique so I'm not able to install Navigon (someone got a solution?)
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Skufff:
New update

Got a new update today. Dowbloaded and installed it and now the 4G is now SLOW again. When i first recieved it the 4G was really slow but after a rebot it started to work fine with good speed. But now its back where it started.

What can I do? Just wait for it to start work?

EDIT: I switched over to 3G for a while and then back to 4G and now its working again.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Prophecy02:
Also got the new update today GPS seems to be fixed as far as I can see

but that weird problem with the serialnumber already exists its complete cryptic now
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] alarmatwork:
Did you do factory reset ?

Because my GPS is still jumping here and there.. and is totally useless for sports tracking
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] DavidGMC:
I've done a factory reset and it appears to also have fixed. However I am out in the country but where it would place the car besides the road on occasion but now picks up location quickly and appears to be accurate.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Prophecy02:
no I didn't.. only tested it with sygic
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] HumanM:
Do you use High Accuracy mode? I assume most of us with GPS problem are using Device (GPS) only mode.

With High Accuracy mode and mobile data turned on, my GPS improves as well, but the GPS only mode still jumps all over the place.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] fleppmar:
Tried that code, but got an error message.

Anyway. I use Fine volume control (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=opotech.finevolumev2) works perfectly! Minimum on standard is 5%, wich is loud on the this phone. I usually go between 1-3%.. ;)

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The off screen gestures need a lot, and I mean a lot of work..

It is faster to unlock the phone and start the app like a normal person, than waiting for the gestures to be recognised, showed, mumbled over and then, eventually put into action. Plus, turn it off. Uses battery for no reason.

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Hm. Never had this issue. Living in Italy, and the phone booted in Italian. Set language to English(uk) and hasn't been a problem since, neither before or after root.

And I have taken out the sim and microsd a few times over the last week's. Again before and after root.

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Who would ever be happy with that? Manual is better, cheaper for battery. And if you wish, Twilight from the app store makes it better.

How ever, I do agree the screen is usually to bright under any circumstance, except outside in the sun.

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Don't know of the rom, but installed Rodriguez mix or whatnot a few days ago. Except for the camera bug (black screen with focus square only) Wich was presented before root, nothing but good things to report.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] marcars:
Hi all,

my problem is that i can not start the game app after installing. It comes always in force close when i try to open it. I must restart the phone and than i can run the game app. I use 64 GB SD card as extend internal memory. With Skype i have the same problem, after installing via Google store i can not open the app. I need always to get the app works restart my phone.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pepe_Sanchez:
Network problem solution Elephone P9000

(Response Elephone Spain)

After analyzing the logs submitted by users with network problem in the P9000 Elephone our technical team has detected a problem with the installation of updates date 2016/05/31.

The solution is to do a clean flashing in the last ROM Stock of P9000 (20160531).

In the official thread of the ELEPHONE ROM download the ROM flashing tutorial it is available.

We hope this will solve your network problems. Any other problem not hesitate to ask.

================================================== ====

8/06/2016

Flashing realized the full discharged rom "Download only" mode of Flashtool to maintain programs and files without deleting photos and videos, deselecting: cache and user data. SPAIN/ORANGE WORKS SET TO 4G 3G CHANGING TO RECEIVE THE CALL.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] rahairline:
A few more things to fix, please

The Elephone P9000 is, indeed, a nice bit of kit. I've rebuilt it to the last OTA with root, AdAway (ads do indeed vanish) and enabled multi-windows. Everything works fine. I've not noticed the power drain problems reported by other users.

(1) However, the finger print sensor for the unlock screen is now worse than the previous OTA. This needs some more attention

(2) One cannot use the fingerprint sensor to scroll (a gbreat shame!)

(3) The revelavnt API for Android Pay is not present (this was a promised function)

However, I hope the developers will address these issues to make the Elephone P9000 almost the perfect device.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonny:
The API for Android Pay is available. The problem is Elephone signed their ROM with test-keys and not release-keys, meaning the SafetyNet check fails, hence Android Pay will not work.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] stigslim:
Anybody know the chances of the rom being signed corrected as NFC was a big selling point for me? Or are we all in the dark.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Prophecy02:
sorry for the delay but I took a few days to test all GPS modes on different tracks, navigating with sygic again...

in GPS only mode it jumps few times across the map but after a few minutes GPS is stable for me...

in high accuracy mode GPS is fine for me
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] heien:
Danish user here.

The phone is not able to recieve nor make calls when on 4g. The call is dialed, the phone drops connection to the network, then reassigns on a 4g network. Ive tried to set the baseband to american / euro and it doesnt make any difference.

Sometimes when the phone is on 3g, it jump in and out of signal every two minutes or so.

In the *#*#4636#*#* menu there seems to be a volte flag. Could this be causing problems?

Im on 0531, clean flash.

Kind regards, Heien.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Skufff:
I still have the same problem with the internet connection.

The reception is good but sometimes the speed suddenly drops and chrome and other applications start to loading SLOW. But if i change manually to 3G and then back to 4G the speed is comming back and everything works properly but then without any changes (as far as i know) the speed drops again.

With wifi everything works well with proper speed.

Its really not a very big problem but its kinda annoying that i have to switch to 3G and back to 4G every time the problem appears.

Any ideas about what it can be that causes this problem?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] rabiny:
Using the latest build 20160531, and I still have problems with the GPS.

while using Waze, the signal jumped several times of the rode, forcing Waze to recalculate the route over and over.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
GPS isnt good . Thats a knowing issue of MTK devices. Mostly all mtk devices have that problem..

(Without source not fixable)

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[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] rabiny:
This is very unfortunate, and disappointing.

I'm all ready looking to replace this phone.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] chtsarts:
I have no gps problem. Flash Aerom V3. Old mediatek chips had gps problem,the newer don't.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Prophecy02:
Now tested again in device only and high accuracy mode... Signal jumps and turns around.... After few minutes it shows no signal

Flashed eragon... Same here
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] baxtex:
I just got this phone but I can't update to latest build. When it has finished downloading, I press install and it says package error, then it restarts the download. Restaring the phone does not help. Is there some cach that I need to clear?
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] demien_max:
If you have a new and clean system is simple, just download the latest rom from forum and flash phone. Description you have in guide:

how-to-guideline-install-mtk-drivers

Sometimes you can not install the OTA then you need flash phone.

ROM file: rom-stock-rom-elephone-p9000android6

ROOT: how-to-root-stock-rom

Good luck :good:
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Prophecy02:
Got the same issue Set on Screen time as high as possible your Screen isn't allowed to turn off while downloading
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] DonMagnifico:
GPS useless

GPS is completely useless!

I'm sitting in the garden and my gps says that i'm moving with 20km/h (13 miles/h)

I'm sitting in the garden and my gps position jumping around. the accuracy of my position is around 500 meters ( 550 Yards)

I'm driving in my car and my position is completely outside the road, so my navigation app calculate every 2 minutes a new route

I already tryed:

update the EPO Files

MT GPS (Google Play Store)

MTK Engineering Mode (Google Play Store)

GPS Status (Google Play Store)

I'm frustrated!

Elephone P9000 Rom 20160608

country: switzerland
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Prophecy02:
If there won't be any fix for the GPS issue i'll sell my phone and buy a letv phone
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] DavidGMC:
Guys might be good news on a number of fronts. Just received information over on the Elephone FB page.

Elephone are in negotiations with Google now to support Android Pay.

They will also be releasing the source code for the base band shortly.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] demien_max:
Something has changed in the preloader version [31.05.2016] and [06.08.2016]. Through this phone is not recognized in Windows 8.1 and 10.

It would be good to improve. Preloader from [15.03.16] working as it should.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Patq16:
Mobile data not working intermittently

Getting H+ on phone but won't open pages.Have to turn on Airplane mode and reset.Happening 10 times or more a day..Very frustrating..Seems to happen when phone has been idle for a bit..Have tasker app installed and turned data on always but still happening.Need help asap before I take a hammer to it,!!
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] chtsarts:
Flash Aerom. It's very stable, maybe it helps
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Patq16:
”Flash Aerom. It's very stable, maybe it helps”

How difficult is flashing.This will void any warranty I presume... Was hoping there would be a simpler fix or possibly an update from Elephone to fix this issue...Its completely erratic.. Data connection shows connected but will not open pages.Just need to toggle airplane mode or pick wcdma etc and it comes back.Sometimes this works on first go but other times have to do this 3 /4 times for a result.Very frustrating..
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] marcars:
same issue here. Just wait for fix:(
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] fitzgee1:
Hey,

So i'm having issues. One, Whatsapp only works for 20-30min before being unable to connect to internet and needing a restart. And 2, if phone is turned off, laptop cannot detect phone. My version is P9000_Android 6.0_20160608
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] ric777sp:
Hi, P9000 good EXCEPT when making and receiving calls. I am in Spain using 2 SIMs, Spanish HITS mobile and UK Vodafone. When making or receiving a call I have to press the speaker icon to hear anything through the earphone, ringing tone or recipient's voice. And when it works the voice volume is very loud. I say when it works because more often than not the phone will vibrate when the call is answered but i hear nothing at all. Sometimes the recipient can hear me, but not always. I have been through this forum and tried using legacy DHCO client (it's in that mode now), reboots and trying it on 3G only. The SIM strength indicators show a a good signal at the moment (on occasions before they seemed to flash or drop out). Am I missing something simple here or is there a real problem? Any advice gratefully received before I start factory resetting etc. or throwing it in the bin.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Russell_S:
I'm experiencing the same issue with Whatsapp. It works fine for a while but then stops sending and receiving. Also if you try to change your Whatsapp staus it says 'Your status update failed. Please try again'. This is with a confirmed working internet connection (WiFi or data). Bringing up the task list and swiping away the Whatsapp task and then re-launching the app starts it working again. I don't know if this is a problem just for this phone or a Marshmallow problem.

My build number is: Elephone_P9000_20160608
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] DavidGMC:
There's probably a reason nobody has responded to these requests as it was one of the first issues resolved. Settings ..background task clear... Add WhatsApp to the whitelist. This will resolve this issue.
[Elephone P9000 Guides, News, & Discussion] Russell_S:
Thanks very much, that has indeed sorted it. I searched the internet for this issue and couldn't find this information.

Thanks again