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[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] castuis:
Google "le max 2 x829 128gb" you'll find many places to purchase a 6gb/128gb x829 for as low as $245. I have the 4/64 x829 running stock rom on T-mobile with full coverage on lte. To my understanding the only band that's problematic is band 20 which we dont use in the united states. I bought it for my wife who wanted a rose gold model which is not offered in the 829 but I forced the gold 829 variant on her because I wanted direct access to the 829 rom so I can do some deving on it. I'm ordering a rose gold 4/32 for her Thursday for $193. When it arrives I'm going to clone her rom directly to the 820 then take over the 829 and have some fun. As for the 829 we currently have she loves it, loves the screen loves the camera loves the new ui (I hate it but to each their own). Call quality is great, volte works and even wi-fi calling on tmo works. As a comparison my wifes last phone was a Moto X 2015 (xt1575)
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] memee4eva:
[MENTION=3533606]castuis[/MENTION] Thank you for the information. Do you mind if I ask from which website/seller you brought the phone? also where are you seeing the 6gb/128gb for $245?
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] castuis:
Got mine from tinydeal. Ali express for the 128gb but they bumped it up to $259 about an hour ago, plus you couldn't pay me to order from them, made that mistake a few years back.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] fcreeves:
I am awaiting a silver 6GB/128GB from coolicool.com.

My first order with them, but they have been conversing with me via email since I changed the shipping address.

I 'should' have it with the next week? I hope it arrives and has a good fingerprint scanner?
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] memee4eva:
[MENTION=470007]fcreeves[/MENTION] I'm thinking about ordering from coolicool as well. Did you order from the Hong Kong warehouse or the Europe warehouse? Can you please let me know the condition of the phone when you receive it and which variant is it? x820 or x821 or x822 or x829?
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] RandyT2:
A friendly word of warning. Success with the phones on T-mobile is not an indicator of how well they will work on AT&T, even though they are both GSM networks. For example, if voLTE is important to you, you are very likely not going to get it on AT&T. It is not automatically provisioned on AT&T, unless they know your phone intimately (and they don't know the Max 2 from a tin can and a string.) The first line of tech support refuses to even enable it on "unlocked" phones. There's also no means for WiFi calling, via an app or otherwise, unless you count the microcell boxes.

I'm tempted to call "BS" on anyone who says they are using these features on AT&T with these phones, based on the time I have spent on the phone with tech support..

Under the right conditions (read: areas), the phones work great on the AT&T network. Fast LTE data, and decent call reliability. But if if you want the bells and whistles, and enhanced reliability, the Max 2 can't deliver what the more mainstream brands can on AT&T. Even when right next to a tower, with the Max 2 showing full bars, I am unable to make calls, while every major branded phone brought into that same area has no problems. So something isn't 100% with these phones.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] memee4eva:
[MENTION=2303648]RandyT2[/MENTION] I really appreciate the feedback.

[MENTION=470007]fcreeves[/MENTION], I'll be waiting for a feedback from you on the phone condition & fingerprint scanner.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Wagmans:
I do have X829 64GB in the Boston area and I just got the Straight Talk AT&T nano sim yesterday. Popped it in, transferred my #. Had to change my APN in order to get LTE working, but everything seems good now. I don't know about VoltLTE, but everything else seems OK (for the moment).

With Straight Talk you have the option to go either Sprint/AT&T/T-Mobile or Verizon. I was using AT&T on my Nexus 5 so I thought I'd stick with it. Not sure if Verizon would be a better choice, but I didn't want to wait for them to send me another sim to test it.

The main issue for me right now is getting the fingerprint sensor working and rooting/flashing my ROM which seems a daunting task.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] memee4eva:
[MENTION=5537458]Wagmans[/MENTION] thank you for your feedback, not sure why many have issues with the fingerprint scanner and some don't have issues at all with it. It would be good to know if it's a hardware or software thing.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] RandyT2:
Can you give me some idea as to the ROM and Baseband version of the X829 phones you have? I really need WiFi calling, if I wish to keep this phone (which I do), and the way I understand that the T-mobile Wifi calling works is that the ROM detects that its an option based on the connection with the carrier, and the option just appears on the phone.

I'm ready to ditch AT&T because I have a fairly unique situation which makes the phone virtually useless to me without WiFi calling. But I need to make sure that I'm not switching, just to have the same issues, or to find out that only the X829 version supports it.

Thank you!
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Wagmans:
I think it's more of a software thing. We'll know once I root/flash it if that's the case. The root/flash process for this phone seems so involved. A little overwhelming- I hope I don't brick it.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] valy_cta:
It's too easy to flash TWRP, flash a new ROM, root and do all the things you need with it. This phone is practically unbrickable as you have a guide that teaches you how to unbrick it. Still, it's as easy as it gets to play with it.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] memee4eva:
[MENTION=5537458]Wagmans[/MENTION] please keep us updated if you get the fingerprint scanner to work
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] wikiam:
Yeah keep us posted. I'm interested in this phone. I have a Samsung S5 which I love and still use with no issues, but I'd like to have dual sim and have redpocket 99$ per year plan and Freedompop free data on the other. This set up will end up saving me hundreds of $$ per year.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] orangepowerpokes:
Or a human thing. I got my wife the x820 in January. Immediately flashed TeamSpain's CM13 understanding the stock firmware had fingerprint scanner issues. All that, and only to learn she rarely gets the phone to accept her print, but when I pick it up it works every time. So there is obviously a human print component in the equasion that determines the FP scanner works, in addition to hardware & firmware.

I pulled the trigger on the TinyDeal 64 x829 today for $202 for myself. Leaving the Moto G4 xt1625 behind as a backup. I'm sorry, 2 GB RAM on my Moto G4 is insufficient. We expect our phones to be computers, and they are, but we'd never expect to run 2GB RAM on a modern day desktop. I'd really like to see a 32GB model with 6GB RAM.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Wagmans:
I'll fool around with it. I'm still confused as to exactly which ROM I should flash and still have US Straight Talk/AT&T compatibility? Would the stock Indian ROM work? How about the Chinese? I don't know what the differences are (needs to have English, obviously). It would be nice to flash a stock ROM and be able to get the software updates from LeEco (as opposed to being locked out with my modified 16s now).

Oh, and as far as I can tell, VoLTE/MMS is working for me on AT&T in the Boston area.

So to sum up, everything is good for me on this phone except fingerprint and new/better ROM. I'll see if I can resolve that once I get some answers as to which ROM to flash.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] orangepowerpokes:
I'd say if you want updates from LeEco, then don't flash. IMO security updates are really what's at stake.

Ideally:

(1) you want a stable rom with all the bells and whistles to make you happy, and

(2) the dev is updating the rom every MONTH with google's security patches.

But we don't live in an ideal world. TeamSpains CM13 rom may be the best google stock-like rom out there, but it appears not to be 'updated' anymore. It's very stable and everything just works. So from a performance standpoint, it's great. But from a security standpoint maybe not. But then again, branded carrier phones sometimes never get security updates :)
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] valy_cta:
As far as I remember, the Chinese one has no limitations such as SIM1 4G and SIM2 only 3G or less. I'm using the Chinese one for quite some time and I'm happy with it. The Indian ROM has Play store but will add an encryption to your phone. In case you want to flash something again using TWRP, you have to format internal memory. The US version that was leaked 3-4 months ago had a limit of 4G on SIM1 only and 3G on SIM2.

Once you will flash the ROM, don't root it, otherwise you will not receive updates and you have to flash the new official stock again when it comes out. Search "manual gapps" to install Play Store on it.

Any ROM has English on it, even the Chinese, and it's not "translated" :)

About the AT&T compatibility, I'm not so sure. Maybe somebody from US can help on that matter.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Supertacomonkeyexplosion:
I just flashed the 20s Chinese full package, fingerprint started working again. I live in Michigan, I get LTE on at@t/ straight talk. Everything works fine with that ROM
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] RandyT2:
Based on my experience with AT&T, VoLTE doesn't work with them on this phone. They won't even turn it on for you, unless they recognize it as one of their phones which is capable of that feature. If you aren't mid-call and seeing the "AT&T LTE" banner at the top of your screen, then you are using WCDMA. MMS, however, does seem to work fine over LTE.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] trugoj:
Hi,

Can you write here the exact URL to download that Rom?
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Supertacomonkeyexplosion:
Source, provided by [MENTION=4585239]sanke1[/MENTION]

http://bbs.le.com//zt/eui/le_max2.html

I have a x820 4/32. ROM has English language, fixes fingerprint sensor. Not sure about flashing this on other variants.

I am convinced now that the FP problems have all been software.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] memee4eva:
I live in Michigan too, I'm ordering this phone next week! Thank you for the feedback.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Wagmans:
The LTE Discovery app says I'm on a GSM network, more specifically:

Carrier name: Home

Display name: AT&T

Data network type: LTE

Voice Network type: LTE

It says HomeLTE at the top of the screen.

The problem is right now I have no security updates- there is no update option at all. If I flash with the stock Chinese ROM at that link I will start receiving updates from Leeco, correct?
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] RandyT2:
Does it say that while in an active call? For me, Network Cell Info Lite says AT&T LTE while not in call, also for both voice and data. When I place a call, it immediately falls back to UMTS/WCDMA, and the banner shows "4G". If I'm not mistaken, VoLTE doesn't fall back to 3G frequencies. Try the Network Cell Info Lite app and check during and/or just after a call. I'm curious as to whether what I have been experiencing is just due to differences in this site.

If you flash the pure stock Chinese ROM, you should get updates. IIRC, you also have to keep the stock recovery for it to work.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Wagmans:
You're right. When I place a call it falls back and switches between 4G and 3G. Not sure what that means but it's still ok for me. I never really checked on what my Nexus 5 was doing with voice calls either. LTE seems to be working fine for data when I'm not on voice and that's the important thing for me. It's not like I'm going to be watching a movie when I'm on the phone anways.

What am I missing out on without VoLTE support? Straight Talk also offers T-Mobile/Verizon/Sprint. So I can switch to any of them.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] RandyT2:
Not much, at least for now. When the networks drop 3G (like they did 2G) then you might have a problem, but that won't be any time soon.

I also don't think you'll be using this phone on Verizon or Sprint any time soon. They are CDMA systems, and their BYOP programs are a bit of a joke when it comes to off-brand phones. In short, they don't support them. Your only other real option for this phone in the US appears to be T-Mobile. I'm not even sure if the reports I have heard of the Max 2 being compatible with the extras on that network are accurate. But I'm doing my best to find out.

[MENTION=3533606]castuis[/MENTION] Any chance you could post a screen cap of your X829's "About phone" screen so we can see the baseband and build versions you say are working with TMO's VoLTE and WiFi calling?
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Wagmans:
If we can get a confirmation that VoLTE and WiFi calling works with T-Mobile I'll just switch to Straight Talk's T-Mobile network.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] castuis:
Works great https://xdaforums.com/le-max-2/help/x829-t-mobile-volte-wifi-calling-t3554998
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] RandyT2:
Thanks for the screenshots. I was more interested, however, in the ROM and Baseband versions shipped on your X829. The leaked version is quite old in the grand scheme of things, and has (had?) an annoying requirement to use SIM 1 slot in order for data to work. Was curious as to whether it has been updated since the leak. Might be an important piece of information for those with X820, X822, etc models, looking to migrate to TMO for those features, which may or may not be functional in other ROMS.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] castuis:
Can confirm data wont run in sim 2
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] RandyT2:
Much obliged! :good:

It's looking more and more like the differences between all these different models truly is just the ROM it happens to have on it when shipped, and whether it has the FCC notice printed on the back for regulatory compliance. I suppose it's still possible that there is a hardware difference which gives the X829 AWS compatibility (as indicated by another user), but I'm skeptical.

I have a feeling I'll be finding out more soon, so I will report back on this if/when I do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DingoKidneys:
I have an S4 (SCH-i545) that was upgraded to Lollipop 5.0.1 (VRSGPL1). I'd like to upgrade it to a plain vanilla android, but from what I've read, it sounds like the PL1 bootloader will prevent me from changing the OS.

I was thinking that I might be able to do a complete wipe and restore the phone back to factory (VRAUAMDK) by flashing a stock firmware such as SCH-I545_MDK_562219_Stock_Restore.tar.md5 with Odin. My thought is that would also replace PL1 with the old MDK bootloader.

I can't come up with a clear idea whether that will work or not based on wheat I've read here and elsewhere, so I was hoping that there someone here who has a better understanding of the system could share their thoughts. Will this work, or will it brick my phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ItsBeenFun2017:
I too would like to know if this is viable. I doubt it, seeing as I can't find any threads outlining this solution. But an explanation as to why this won't work would be greatly appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bryantjopplin:
You can not down grade to bootloader. You might be able to safestrap it but im not sure. I believe all you need is root, safestrap, and a compatible rom.
[Verizon LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] rfarrah:
Ran across this:

https://www.androidheadlines.com/2017/03/possible-verizon-variant-lg-g6-passes-fcc.html

Hopefully we'll see some pre-order news soon.
[Verizon LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] SOCOM-HERO:
Hopefully it gets root for once. Still rocking a G3 because of this.
[Verizon LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] aholeinthewor1d:
Does Verizon have these on display to mess around with yet?
[Verizon LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] JMillion:
I been using an unlocked one with a Verizon Sim in it the past week or so. Service has been pretty good.
[Verizon LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sbrown222501:
Where did you purchase the unlocked version that can be used for Verizon at if you don't mind me asking?
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] ast00:
Here is a story: I'm not a fan of jumping through hoops to access my own damn phone. I wiped my internal memory TWICE to remove the encryption. And I removed it successfully. I was not encrypted.

Today I made a backup, flashed another ROM, didn't like it, restored my backup. And then I went to TWRP to flash another ROM. It wasn't a stock ROM. It didn't have forced encryption on the kernel. And it asked for my encryption password. Again, the phone was unencrypted. So I booted into my system, went to settings, security, and sure enough, I was encrypted.

I did not tell it to encrypt itself. And I do not know the password. And I'm pissed to be locked out of my own internal storage for no ****ing reason.

So the question: How the **** am I supposed to tell the phone to unencrypt the internal storage that it had no business encrypting in the first place? Because I'm sure as hell not wiping my internal storage AGAIN unless there is absolutely no other alternative.

And how the **** do I tell the phone that I DO NOT WANT encryption EVER on this phone?

default_password doesn't work. I cannot flash anything. If I boot up, set a password and tell the phone to ask for it when booting, it doesn't stick. I reboot and no password is asked, the set password still doesn't work in TWRP. So what do I do now?
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] Anova's Origin:
There's no way to decrypt the phone completely without wiping. However, you can save most of your data.

If you take a nandroid of your phone while it's encrypted, decrypt it, then restore that nanroid afterwards, the data is restored decrypted. Unfortunately, TWRP will not be able to save anything in your /data/media folder, so you'll have to manually backup that folder yourself. You can pull it using adb. Just remember that when you put the /data/media folder back on your phone after wiping, you have to give it the correct r/w permissions (I don't know them off my mind, but I'm sure you can find them somewhere online).

I'm not sure which ROM/kernels forces encryption, but I usually root immediately after flashing a ROM, which generally prevents encryption

Edit: I may have misread your post. If you can't access TWRP, you're rather out of luck. Maybe try pulling all the data you want to keep using adb while your phone is on? You could also try sideloading the ROM that you flashed before it got encrypted. It may restore the libraries required for TWRP to decrypt.

---------- Post added at 05:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:41 PM ----------

Also, what version of TWRP are you using?
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] ast00:
I ended up using adb pull then wiped. I lost nothing, but I'm no longer encrypted. For a while at least...

I'm using 3.0.4-1 from the thread, not the one from the TWRP website.
[General Questions and Answers] mornioas:
Dear Apollo users,

I have seen threads like these for other phones, but would prefer a solution specific to the Apollo Lite. I just purchased my Apollo (second hand), I gave it a factory reset and now it is stuck in TWRP. The previous owner flashed a custom rom so TWRP has already been installed. It just will not boot any rom, I installed new roms and after reboot it will just boot straight to TWRP.

Any suggestions?

Mornioas
[General Questions and Answers] marcolo76:
Just do a clean install ( stockrom ) with the SP flashtool and everything gonna bee alright
[General Questions and Answers] mornioas:
Thank you, I got it working. BTW some phones seem to have spyware or other types of nonesense on them. Once I install a custom rom, everything is clean?

For all who have the same problem: http://www.needrom.com/download/official-p10-rom-27-07-16/
[General Questions and Answers] SagaTitan29:
I have the same problem. How do I have to use SP Flash Tool to fix this problem?

Hahahaha at least i saw there was a link to fix this problem xD
[General Questions and Answers] guilhermealveshj:
save me

I have the same problem, but after returning to twrp because of the factory restore I deleted the cache, system, dalvik and data and now it does not work usb, when I connect it it goes directly to twrp and the flash tool does not can do the service. what do I do????
[General Questions and Answers] cpcmfan:
wipe cache
[General Questions and Answers] andres_vacal:
I just fixed that by entering bootloader, typed "fastboot -w" and "fastboot erase recovery" (for removing TWRP" and installed it again. When I tried to install the rom again it worked perfectly.

I recommend you to have the rom saved in your Sdcard 1 (removable SD CARD) for saving time.
[Android Auto General] Diesel193:
Hi everybody. Im from poland and my english is not the best :/ .

I searched everywhere and i never find the solution.

I have Seat Leon 2007 1p and i got car radio on android 5.1.1. I do not know nothing about him after that what the pictures

http://tufotki.pl/8ODhj

I have a problem with the change of start logo. Now i have volskwagen and I do not have options extra settings where you can change logo. Only what i see when i go in factory settings (ustawienia fabryczne) is reset my google acount http://tufotki.pl/aroAI

How i can change this logo ? Bootanimation need root. I do not know what to use this system to do it :/

You can change the logo without root? How?

Can someone help me?
[Android Auto General] Diesel193:
Someone can help me?
[Android Auto General] juszuf:
https://xdaforums.com/android-auto/mtcb-software-development/mod-boot-animation-toyota-t3351617;)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] dj_gabzz:
Fellow universal users who suffer from battery problems, i know this issue is reccuring and is in many threads and forums now. However i am sorry to increase the talk in another thread. I just thought i would share my peice of advice.

Attached is a pic of the universal battery and below is a little procedure that you might wanna try.

Lets say your universal battery is dying after 10 mins and you just had charged it overnight (meter says it died at 95% or whatever.. ) here is what you do.

1- take the battery out locate the pin provided in this pic attached. its the second pin from the top if you are holding the battery with the connector being to the upper right corner (just see the pic)

2- cover this pin with a thin peice of tape that you will leave temporarily. till the battery fully dies.

3- turn your universal on after placing the battery in it again

4- change the power settings in a way that leaves the universal on for all the time unless you manually turn it off.. so all the power savings are off.

5- let your battery drain all the way until it just turns the universal off.

6- take the battery out and remove the insulation from that pin

7- turn your universal on again and let it charge overnight or till the light turns green.

8- this fixed my universals' battery and now mine turns off at 5%

p.s. while the universal is running and the pin is insulated you will notice that the battery indicator that shows the percentage left doesn't work. (thats the whole point making the ppc blind and not being able to read how much is in the batter and take full advantage of whats in it as far as power goes, this will make the battery realize that it was drained more than usual and forces it to recalculate or recalibrate itself.

by the way you will also notice that the universal wont be able to get charged while that pin is insulated. so again my advice is fully charge your battery , take it out, insulate the pin then drain it all the way , take the insulation out and recharge until light is green.

please post if you had a successful result and hopefully for all who are suffering from this battery problem now they have one more hope.