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[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ExTREmE99:
there is an entire subforum for the Le S3. it's just called the "Le 2" as LeEco seems to have renamed the phone for different regions. it is unlockable and rootable.

as for the troll above, i have quite a few phones sitting in front of me, Galaxy S5, OnePlus 3, LG G4, LeEco Pro3, LeEco S3, Nexus 5. the OP3 has the best screen, but the Pro3's screen is not trash. i'd say the colors are pretty accurate, just not as saturated if you're used to an AMOLED. in fact, i use my OP3 on sRGB mode, so saturation is something i don't even like
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] 4K2K:
Who are those "most people" that you speak of? I've been through all sorts of reviews but failed to encounter with those "most people."

I was a professional photographer who spent much time dealing with color profiles and monitors.

I can tell you that Pro3's color is indeed terrible with LeEco, Vivid, Natural mode. White balance, color rendition, gray scale accuracy, and saturation is terribly off.

But not with Soft mode. I compared it with Nexus 5x which is known to have one of the most accurate displays and my calibrated PC monitor. It is not as good as Nexus 5x but not off much.

The problem is actually saturation level. It is too strong. It reminds me of older Samsung phones that followed 100+% adobe RGB spectrum rather than standard sRGB.

It is not perfect but there are only a few phones in the market with near perfect displays. It is nowhere "crap."
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] gyagapen:
Please provide facts and mention you sources! Let's be constructive.

Do you actually own the phone or see by yourself the display?!

If none of the above, we should stop to debate on this and go forward.

Cheers,
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] itsme_4ucz:
Got my refund, full amount !!

Back on nexus 6p, will move over to 3T soon
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bulls4ever:
that was quick refund. Now that I have my unlocked I may stick with it.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bestmvno.com:
Well thats probably because they have an office or lets call it headquarters in florida, they specialize in usa, but they are small, they dont even manufacture anything themselves. Compared to leeco, blu is like an ant to an elephant[/QUOTE]

Just one more comment on that. This issue has also affected some Huawei phones, and that is no small manufacturer. However, there has been no mention if the phones were sold in the USA or not. The company behind the spyware claims its spyware was only intended for phones sold in China.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] seffmono:
Do not search for the drivers, device manger - update driver - browse my computer for driver software - let me pick from a list of device drivers from my computer - ADB Device. that should install the drivers and your computer will recognizes the phone.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] csyann:
Thanks guys, I finally managed to root my phone. I uninstalled all the drivers I downloaded, then got my phone recognized by my PC, supposed to be recognized at the very beginning.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] hondajohn88:
Bueno!! Congrats :D
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] FunnyLife:
Thanks. It is behaving better. Still miss a notification every now and then.

Chromecast- I think I might need to reset the phone.

I was able to delete and re-pair Bluetooth with my car. It is working okay now. Also I am updated to 19s.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] wpbear:
How do you get a tracking number from Le? It says shipped but no tracking number that I can find. I can't use the FedEx account trick cause I am shipping to a third party address.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ricleal:
Any of the rooted people tried to install (or replace Dolby Atmos with) Viper4Android?
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] HewettBR:
I have not, since it is early on I don't want to mess anything up too badly until we have a way back
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Veidas:
http://m.androidcentral.com/leecos-black-friday-sale-offers-le-pro3-phone-279-65-inch-super4-tv-1099

Wow, some pretty insane deals. Pro 3 for $279, s3 for $129(!!!). Wish i was located in us lol. I would get like 4 s3 for all family members or just holiday gifts, i mean its insane value for money
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ExTREmE99:
you've gotta be ****ting me. i've bought 2 Le S3's, 1 Le Pro 3, and 1 X4 55 TV. this deal would've saved me hundreds
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] suhridkhan:
Aah, bad luck. Never do such big purchase just before Black Friday.

I bought just one Pro3, so I guess I lost 20 bucks. No big deal I guess, cause by the time the black friday purchase would arrive, I would have already used it for a month.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] NiHaoMike:
In my case, getting the Pro 3 early means I was able to repurpose my previous (cheap) phone (ZTE Maven) as an altcoin miner, getting me about $28 worth of altcoins so far.

I already have a Seiki 4K (and a GPU to run it) so I didn't bother getting the TVs. I don't have the room for three TVs (as nice as it would be for development work) and having two would put the annoying gap right in the middle. And having a 4K off to the side just for the DUT is a bit overkill.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bryanjbenn:
Anyone else notice tons of scratches on the camera lens? Not sure if it's glass or plastic but it's sure showing scratches that I'm not seeing on the rest of the device. Pretty disappointing.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] HewettBR:
Not yet
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] gyagapen:
Are you using any phone case?
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] suhridkhan:
I am taking good care of it, as the camera lens bulges quite a bit out of the body. The included case also doesn't really protect it. So, I never place the phone on a hard surface. This is until I get a better case.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bryanjbenn:
Yeah I used the included case for a week , but it just wasn't thick enough. I now have a different case on that is thicker than the camera lens protrusion. It's good now, just surprised how quickly it got marked up. I don't handle my devices roughly either.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] suhridkhan:
Anybody got any suggestion for a thicker but clear case?
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Veidas:
There isnt much of a choice so far, especially if you want a transparent one. Havent tried it personally, but maybe you will be interested

http://s.aliexpress.com/nEf6bQv2
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] jerrywmilton:
Yep. Got mine on Monday. Back on my OP3. I'm gonna keep an eye on the ROM developments for the Pro3 though ... If I takes off, I'll recommend to my broke friends.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] benjmiester:
I tried installing it, doesn't work. Driver installation, reboot, asks to I stall again. This means the kernel is enforcing and won't allow the driver to run. Had it happen on a few past phones.

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Yikes. They sell little metal lens protectors, I had one on my S6. I could only find a glass one for the Le Pro so far.

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32680...ent-Camera-Lens-Fingerprint-Button-Protector&
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ricleal:
ViPER4Android

Thanks for the update.

Probably some dumb questions... but have you tried the "ViPER4Android_2.5.0.5_guitardedhero.zip" mod? Apparently this one was built for Nougat and doesn't require SELinux in enforcing mode...

I haven't tried that mod, but on my LG G2 I installed the SELinuxModeChanger to make it permissive and then install V4A.... I guess you tried that....
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] benjmiester:
Sorry, XDA was down when I checked earlier. I hadn't tried those at the time I posted. I did just try SELinux changer, and it doesn't seem to work. It keeps asking for root and when I give it root, it tells me it can't obtain it, or no root present. Seems either the app no longer works, or the kernel doesn't support permissive yet. I haven't tried that zip version, and similar ones have worked for me in the past like on my Z2 I think, and my S6. Some phones have more that's needed than just installing V4A and installing drivers. I'll see if I can find guitardedhero version and see if that works. I wonder if Dolby's Atmos has anything to do with it?

--Edit-- I tried installing the guitarded flashable version I found here: http://androiding.how/install-viper4android-nougat/ It installs fine, and I did the /vendor/etc .bak change to the audio effects file. Viper appears to install the driver, and after reboot it doesn't ask to install again but still just doesn't work. It says No to almost everything in the 'driver status' screen. I tried turning Dolby Atmos off, still no go. Compatible mode didn't work either.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ricleal:
That's a a real bummer!

I hope I have time after Thanksgiving to mess with that...

Thanks for reporting back. I really appreciate it.

Edit: Aparenttly you should delete Dolby Atmos before... With Titanium Backup we should be able to freeze it.

http://www.letv.re/topic/1190-viper4android-on-le2/
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] benjmiester:
Interesting. I'll give it a try. So far, installing viper and then removing it also broke sound during calls, speaker and regular. I'm not sure which part of that did it though. I have a backup from before I did it, so no biggie. I'll restore it and then try again with Atmos removed. I did suspsect there would be conflict there, so that makes more sense to me as the culprit.

--Edit--

Good News Everyone! lol. Ok so I got it working, BUT there's a little bit of work involved. I did install TB and freeze the 2 dolby atmos apps but Viper still wasn't working after installing even still. I also noticed that if I swiped it away, it was still prompting me to install the driver, so I knew that it was just the kernel being in default enforcing mode stopping the drivers (as it's supposed to for security reasons). I wasn't able to get selinux changer to work before, but I found a command to do it through terminal emulator. Just type 'su' press enter (and give root permission) and then type 'setenforce 0' and enter again (didn't give me a confirmation but it works). Then install drivers, reboot, do the emulator code again and voila... working Viper :D :D. Apparently the code needs to be redone anytime you do a hard reboot because it resets itself back to enforcing. BTW, I tried a 2nd time with dolby still there, unfrozen and didn't change the /vendor/etc file either since I had broken the phone sound and was starting again from my backup. So those two don't matter, just needs kernel enforcing turned off.

--Edit 2--

WARNING!!!! It breaks call audio only if you have "voice enhancement" enabled in the settings in the dialer. Must be dependent on dolby atmos. It works fine without it, and Viper running.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ricleal:
Thanks again for the update!

It looks like I have work to do this weekend :)
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Linux23:
yes, i finally used it the other day and it was doing exactly what you described.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ExTREmE99:
anyone not rooted or otherwise 100% stock, do you mind backing up the system image?

instructions here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69758375&postcount=89
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] sau41:
I ordered this phone from the first flash sale (Nov 2). I happy and keeping it. I havent done any modifications yet. But now it seem that I can buy the phone for $50 less (got the discount from the wheel). Can I still refund the phone and buy it again (Im from CA)?
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] suhridkhan:
CA ppl gets 30 day return, right? I guess you can.

I guess the safe option would be to buy one before returning this. Demand could be high on the BF deal.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] seffmono:
Hi, do anyone know how to use the DUAL APP Feature of Le pro3?, as it only work on WeChat when installed and does not with other apps.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDethEgineer:
I just bought this for 270 dlls. My daily driver is a OnePlus One so this seems to be a good upgrade, specially for the price. The only downgrade I see is that there are no customs roms yet so I am gonna give it a try for a few months, maybe this black friday sale gets this phone to many devs and users so they can start with the customs roms., if not I'll be back to OnePlus :)
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ace42:
http://xdaforums.com/le-pro3/help/building-cyanogenmod-t3506234

Perhaps there aren't any custom ROMs today, but it looks like a few members have begun already. I think part of the issue has to due with the lack of the Le S3/Pro3's source, which was unavailable before - some people complained about this over on the LeEco forum. I know the company has an open source site, so hopefully that move will attract more attention in the coming months. If not that, then the low price will probably suffice. :fingers-crossed:
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDethEgineer:
Sure thing, right know it will be like a "sacrifice" to leave OPO, I have been using it with Nougat and works amazing for a 2014 phone, but the Le Eco Pro 3 Specs are amazing for under 300 dlls. If somehow devs can find a way to make roms this phone is going to have a great lifecycle. Looking forward to it!
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mailtoray:
Do you really own a Le Pro 3? If not, what you argue for? People paid 300$, no, 249

today, we don't expect the phone will have quality camera and screen as $900 top brand phones. Indeed, Le Pro 3 is still way better than $800 Samsung note 7. We, the real users and buyers will flood complaints if the phone doesn't meet our expectations.

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Or stay with your fake screen color Samsung Amoled phone. Dude, there are only few major OEM/ODM in this world and almost all of them are Chinese operate. They sell at lower price because of the cost and cash flow purpose. The highest model iphone from Apple only cost around 300$, the Faxconn only get pay $7-10 per phone that includes assembly and testing.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] meuhmeuh51:
The sources of the devices are available on the site opensource.le.com for 4 days. If not, here is a link to that of x727. courage.

https://mega.nz/#!C10TRQrL!K4Qc7ykb3smqAIuD-ZYVfPdHgsCdJi_0WGyyrE80kOk
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] danzone:
I came from OPO too, all I could say, it doesn't worth the upgrade at all except for the processor, and yeah, that's it.

Considering that I already migrated to X727 and wipe off my OPO, I got no choice to stick with the lousy implemented eui ROM, WiFi connect/reconnect issue, notification issue, sudden text become chinese characters, jittery screen, jittery auto brightness, etcs. However, it can easily solved by using reboot options.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] HewettBR:
I've had the phone for several weeks and have not had any of those issues, besides eui being annoying. I'm rooted and deviated though. The only issue I have with the phone is it is not development friendly. Other than that for 250 to 300 bucks you won't get a much better phone. The honor 8 is another option
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ace42:
For the short time I spent trying the phone it didn't seem very buggy. There are some minor things, sure, but LeEco can probably resolve those issues with future updates. The camera viewer is grainy, which is strange because if you check the image thru a gallery app the problem vanishes. Actually, they need to dedicate some manpower to creating a better camera experience for both the S3 and the Pro 3. The multitask button or control center needs to be scrapped as well. I've adjusted to the change, yet I can't understand why LeEco's software team felt they had to relocate the quick toggles, and just completely deviate from what most Android users are accustomed to.

I noticed my paid apps are showing prices, so this is sort of interfering with my ability to use this phone. Also I can't download apps that have beta versions thru the play store. The ability to join a beta is missing as well, not sure why. Everything else about this phone seems fine to me so far.

Too early to really comment on performance, currently have all of the battery saving features engaged to test standby/idle drain. However, it performs similarly to the Flex 2 I owned (apps open quickly, likely thanks to LDDR4 + UFS), and is definitely quicker than my G4 (which was a mixed bag). Obviously the 821 is faster than the 810 in the Flex, except the issue for me is that the 810 seemed super fast to me already. :cool:

As for audio (Dolby/CDLA), I'll have to try moving a few songs over just to test the quality of the included earphones.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jooosty:
Can someone chime in on the audio output of the Type C to 3.5mm adapter?

I have a V20 and would like to know if this has a decent listening experience..
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] phidung3721:
It's good. Sounds really clean with no distortion even at higher volume.

Btw, did anyone here get a refurbished phone from Leeco US? I think they sent me a used phone. I first got the phone and there was finger print on the fp scanner. There was also residue on the back of the phone.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] st0rmz:
Open Source from Le

opensource.le.com

Good to see the efforts from the company to give access to downloading their product source files. :)
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] jim262:
I returned my X727. There is no unlocked bootloader and that means no root and no CM or other ROMs. If I wanted an IPhone clone, there plenty of those around, but I want a device I can mod however I please. Hello OnePlus, goodbye Leeco.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] HewettBR:
? I have an x727 and am rooted and running cm13 as we speak. Sorry you didn't do any quick searching in the forum.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] jim262:
I did and saw the posts by leeco that said they would not unlock the bootloader on the US model using the excuse that then android pay would not work. This is pure BS, as an unlocked bootloader has nothing to do with android pay. The OP3 is better, faster and has better support plus has a ton more software development. Long story short, I did look around and found something better.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] PeaKay.18:
Agreed. Im running root and cm13. My question is, has anyone had any success with getting Xposed framework via the toolkit on the x727? #NoLuck
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] suhridkhan:
Surely OP3 is better in many aspects. No worries, everyone has their own preferences.

But, android pay has a lot of things to do with locking bootloader...

http://www.androidcentral.com/andro...u-unlock-your-bootloader-and-thats-good-thing

http://www.gsmarena.com/android_bet...ked_bootloader_not_even_rooted-blog-21209.php

http://xdaforums.com/pixel-xl/help/android-pay-unlocked-bootloader-t3484308
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] HewettBR:
Yes it is, but for me I didn't want to spend another 150 bucks
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] seffmono:
That is your opinion, as you can see there are already breakthroughs and more to come. Those who care are beginning to do what they like to their Le pro 3 and I believe they are enjoying it.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] gyagapen:
The OP3T is 50% more expensive!

It's not very hard to find a better device, but if you are looking in the 300$ range, this is another story...
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] 4K2K:
Well, if you spent 1 second searching the forum, you would have known people already unlocked bootloader and using it with CM. You clearly failed there.

Anyhow, OP3 is a great phone. For me, it was a tough choice between two. OP3 does have more, far more community support but I could not stand 1080P pentile and low battery.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bulls4ever:
if u read the forum ud see we can unroot it and plus there is already a cm13 version for it. I was going myself for OP 3t but it is more expensive, less battery and the rear camera is not the f/1.7 that some had suggested it would be.

I might bite the oneplus 4.

other thing that bugs me on OP is the proprietary charging.. that means buying car and office chargers all over again . granted, their proprietary solution is better
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] NiHaoMike:
Here's a scope trace for those interested:

Pretty close to perfect. It almost manages to match my OpenDAC HD for subjective audio quality.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] dweekie:
Just got my phone today! It is actually great so far. Everything was as expected: ridiculous permissions, bad camera, and very good battery life. It's not as smooth as my pixel xl, but I can live with all its flaws. I'm surprised people have returned this phone based on software alone. It's not great, but it's perfectly fine with a new launcher. I don't think it is any worse than Samsung stock software. Maybe I'm just really used to change after swapping roms atleast monthly for the past 4 or more years.

One complaint I have right at this moment is touch responsiveness. I can navigate just fine, but I can't type as fast as I can on my previous phones without it skipping occasional letters. I have to force myself to slow down a bit to make sure what I type makes sense. I'm not sure if it is this particular tempered screen or not; I don't think I'll remove it to test. My Pixel XL poses no issues with typing quickly with a tempered screen on, so I'm assuming it has to do with the touchscreen rather than the tempered screen.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Joms_US:
I am using the attached screen protector on the phone and has no problem typing in fast. There is occasional hiccup with backspace on some sites but that's about it. It could be the demo unit but I compared my phone many times with Pixel in Verizon and Bestbuy and find it faster on anything except the camera.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDethEgineer:
Finally got mine yesterday, so far so good. Coming from a OnePlus One with android 7.1 (Tuga Power Rom) I feel that the performance is about the same, this could be all the le eco apps using too much ram, there are always less than 2 gb of ram with normal use, system uses about 1 gb.

I installed pixel launcher, EUI is good but I do not like the home screen, everything else of the this UI I can live with. To be honest I miss a few things from my OPO, for example profiles (I use different settings for home, work, auto, gym), color calibration, double tap to wake/sleep, live display and a few more. I am not sure if flashing CM can give some of these features to the Pro 3, I want to flash it but I wanted to try this infamous EUI first, wich for me is not that bad.

Great phone so far, good job Le Eco :good:
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Joms_US:
Nice find, thanks for sharing!
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ace42:
Use the feedback app to suggest new features. I submitted a lengthy list, and their staff responded within 24hrs. I'll see whether any of my requests are ever included. I asked for basic things such as LED color control, doubletap-to-wake, Dolby equalizer controls, 2G/Edge in mobile option, improved camera, etc.
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] jpm_fan:
fcc

Friend, does it have FCC certification in the sticker?
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] dweekie:
I have the US version, so the certification is present and required. Are you asking to find a different variation, or asking about the certification in general?
[LeEco Le Pro3 Guides, News, & Discussion] jpm_fan:
Thanks, only that. In my country you can use only phones with FCC certificate :mad: