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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LauraAnn87:
My Power 2

Hi everyone!

Quiet in here! I did think this phone might be one of those, but I got hold of it cheap from someone who had bricked it... After reflashing it was fine for months until now, so I thought I'd share my story in case it helps anyone.

So, I'm currently having huge charging problems - poor connection with all chargers, the charger has to be in a certain position to work at all, and many cables don't work. It's currently taking around 26 hours for a full charge when the device is powered off.

After some research, it appears that the charging port is on a PCB which is held in place with a single screw and can easily become dislodged if you aren't gentle with it - apparently using third-party chargers can cause this, too.

In terms of a fix, the part is available at a reasonable price on eBay.

I have ordered this but am still waiting for it to arrive (from Hong Kong, of course! :rolleyes:) I've had a quote of £35 to have the fix done by the professionals! There is a disassembly video for the Power 2 on YouTube.

I will report back once I've had the fix done! Hope this helps if anyone else has the same issue.

In other news on this device, I asked Ulefone support about the Oreo upgrade we were promised, and this is the response I received... :(

Hi,

I am sorry to tell that since we cannot get type approval from Google, so our plan to upgrade to Android 8.1 is cancelled.

Thks!

service@ulefone.com

If my phone does get fixed, I'd like to perhaps have a go at trying to port LineageOS for us at some point... I think Ulefone may support this in some capacity, at least unofficially - they've released the kernel source for the Metal on their blog with a call for 'third-party developers' to create custom ROMs... Does anyone want to maybe get involved? I know very little about porting ROMs as it stands, but I'm a quick learner! ;)

Hopefully, I'm not the only one who still has this phone!

Laura
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bialyikar:
I had a similar problem with the USB port. The phone was charging if the USB was predicted to be tilted up or down. I ordered the plate with the port from Aliexpres, it cost $ 9.25 (I attach a picture with a selection). However, it did not have a metal mesh glued on one side, which caused serious problems with Bluetooth and WiFi connection. After removing this tape and pasting it on a new PCB, Bluetooth has improved, but WiFi still has problems: /

The plate can be replaced manually without major problems.

As for the phone itself, I finally changed it up to Lenovo P2. Lenovo has a smaller battery, and the battery lasts a lot longer (I recommend). I put in a comparison of battery life time for Ulefone Power 2, Ulefone P2 and Xiaomi Mi Note 2.

Battery tests:

Ulefone Power_2 4/64 (3h > 75%/69%/70%)

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/battery/56156

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/battery/55998

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/battery/55927

Lenovo P2 4/64 (3h > 89%!(energy saver)/80%/72%/76%)

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/battery/56095

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/battery/56002

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/battery/55880

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 6/128 (3h > 62%/53%/63%/57%)

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/battery/57398

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/battery/56246

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/battery/56203
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbs.yaswanth:
I also had the same problem with the USB port. I bought the replacement charging port from banggood.com and assembled it myself. It's actually very easy, the only thing that we need to solder is the vibration motor to the board. Rest of all are just removing screws and unclipping connections.

Yeah, I'm still using this phone and interested in porting lineage os to this. I'm also new to it but will try my best to work on it. Hope we will form a team and make it happen soon.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
Has anyone tried flashing Magisk? Seeing that there's no android pay, there probably isn't a proper need for it but just curious.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LauraAnn87:
Sorry for the late reply in here, but unfortunately I think my Power 2 may be dead!

I had the fix done on the charging port, and all was well for a few weeks. Then all of a sudden when I received a text, Google Play Services stopped and the device crashed. I then ended up in a bootloop unable to get into Android.

I could connect to the PC in flash mode so tried to flash stock, but I had weird errors from SP Flash Tool - 'PMT error' and such. I tried Format+Download, the format worked but the flash did not, so now I have no OS!

Not sure what else to do with this now - I am wondering if it is perhaps an eMMC failure. In SP Flash tool I can flash the preloader successfully but nothing else...

I got a new device, the Oukitel K8000 - it's actually very similar and I do really like it. I'd love to fix my Power 2 if possible though, so if anybody has any suggestions please let me know! If it is only software and can be flashed, I can use it as a dev phone! ?

If this is a hardware fault, I have a feeling it may have been caused by the fact that I have never had the original charger for this phone (I acquired it second-hand in a bootloop!) I was using a cheap fast charger off eBay. Those still using this phone should probably try and use the original charger wherever possible!

I'll stay subscribed to this thread, and if anyone needs any spare parts they can let me know. ?

Laura
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] novakmi:
TWRP + ROOT (Magisk) + XPosed

Hello Power 2 users,

just want to confirm I have successfully rooted Power 2 using steps from message #15 of this thread.

I had latest android update installed on the phone.

I wanted to flash twrp with SPFlashTool, but it gave me always some error.

So I decided steps in message #15. Before that I have uploaded Magisk 16.0 to phone internal memory and SD card (just for case)

In settings enabled OEM Unlocking, then

adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot reboot

Phone is reset after this step.

Enable developer options, USB debugging.

adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Press power button until phone shuts downs (immediately release it), then press VolUP + Power buttons and select RECOVERY (with VolUP) and confirm with (VolDOWN).

Once in TWRP, attach mouse and install Magisk 16.0.

Reboot to the system. Install Magisk manager apk.

Through Magisk manager install Xposed Systemless for Android 7.0, reboot

Install Xposed installer, reboot

With Xposed installer I have installed GravityBox for Android 7.0 (N).

Everything seems OK.

Possibility to use Magisk + Xposed gives better value to this Phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
Is there any point in flashing opengapps on this device? Does it provide any performance optimisation?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
Update to this: no

Also 20170811 update is awful. Don't do it. Causes massive performance issues.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsk103:
Hi Team, suddenly my Ulefone power 2 navigation bar not working don't know why?

I did hard reset but no use. Is it touch problem or software problem? Please advise
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Szabbyhun:
Hi, i have the same phone, but i forgot the pattern lock, and the usb debugging is not enabled, also the battery is trash, and i can only turn on, if the charger is plugged in, otherwise, its just "shuts itself down"(its like the power just went out, so its not, that it wont boot) and black screen after 1sec, but this happens sometimes while the phone is on after some use or randomly(maybe something with the cpu/soc?), and if i take a picture(while still plugged in), so most likely something with the power?

Also, i have an another user, and i can switch to it, and it doesnt have any passwords, but i cant enable the dev mode, i think that is just a guest user, thats why.

So its possible to copy the whole phones storage to an sd card with twrp or something? or its not possible without data loss?

Or the last hope is to just to try the patterns i can think of(i think it was something ridiculous or just some easy); Or bga chip recovery something idk.
[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Questions & Answers] Eduxki:
What type of gapps should i download for mokee and/or Resurrection Remix? ARM or ARM64? Thanks
[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Questions & Answers] kagazushi:
Hi, It should be the ARM64.
[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Questions & Answers] SimurghXDA:
ARM64

480dpi

check those links:

https://www.googleplayservicesapk.com

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...android.gms&hl=en&rdid=com.google.android.gms

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.google.android.gms
[General Questions and Answers] lamborg:
Is there an app, music app where I can use voice commands to play, pause, stop, next and previous track?

Google did gave some results but nothing good to use as a daily driver.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Freewander10:
The only setup I'm aware of is using your stock music app/Google Play Music and then using Google Now/Assistant to issue the commands via voice control. Such a setup would only work within the US though.
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dinesh6252:
hi, i have installed many roms on my oneplus x but i cant get any good images on the custom roms as compared to the stock oxygen os camera. Even with the stock OOS camera app on the custom roms, it doesnt seem to work because i think the OOS camera HAL has to applied to custom rom. Can someone port oxygen os camera HAL for the custom roms. It'll be great for other users too...
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jude Aranha:
The HAL isn't just a bunch of files, its not possible to provide a flashable zip for it.

The HAL is one of the deepest cores of the AOSP framework, so you're better off requesting the maintainer/developer of your preferred ROM to incorporate the OOS HAL.

For example, a few ROMs like GZR, CosmicOS and some unofficial builds floating around on our Telegram group have OOS HAL.
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dinesh6252:
telegram group? and can you provide a full list of roms with Stock OOS camera HAL
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jude Aranha:
Yes we have an active Telegram for testers and devs.

And no, i cannot.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jasonq1:
Hi,

Does anyone have a good free app to see how much data in mb has been used?

Want to know if ive gone over my monthly allowance

Thanks

Jason
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gabriel31337:
There is a GPRS monitor in original Kaiser application CD. It has nice graphs and lots of useful settings, try it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jasonq1:
Unfortunally i cant find my cd. can someone post a link to where i can download it please?

Thanks

Jason
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gabriel31337:
Here:

ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/Kaiser/Original HTC Kaiser Application Disc.rar
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] xtin:
I cannot install the HTC apps, it says:

"Please update your device ROM to the required version before trying again"

(Swiss Orange TyTNII, Dutty's v3)

Is there a workaround?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Rudegar:
otherwise maybe this app would do the job

http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/gprsmonitor/?en
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] xtin:
thx, i think it's the same app, but before i spend money i don't have, ill rather look for a free way :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] duncstar:
IP Dashboard

I use IP Dashboard. Simple and effective. Here have a look..

http://www.hudsonmobile.com/products/ipdash/index.html:)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jasonq1:
Thanks all
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jasonq1:
Encounterd the same problem. it doesnt like the orange rom.

Any free ones arround?:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alnajafmobiles:
Hello,

Lenovo s60a after flash s232 rom from s227 vibrate only

and when connect to pc too much drives opened and ask for format drive

device manager showing H9006 port but phone not flashing with any tool or device.. i tried with cm2 qlm and qpst qfil

please any lenovo expert help me..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adriel concessio:
?

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No idea for that dude
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Shawn Andrew:
Hello guys!

I have a Sony Xperia M4 Aqua E2303 from Orange with their custom firmware.(Their Apps and start-up logo, etc.)

It is possible to flash the sony stock firmware(marshmallow) to get rid of this custom firmware ?

Also after flashing the stock it is possible to install a custom recovery like TWRP?

If is possible to do those operations ,is there a way to back up the actual firmware in case of possible problems?

Im kinda new to this forum but i want to thanks in advance for your help and advices .

Thanks again and have a good one !
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Diverti:
If you bought it from Orange, check that your booloader is unlockable (to do this, type this in the call menu: *#*#7378423#*#* then in Services info, rooting status you can see it)

If it's unlockable, you can flash recovery and root it after you unlock the bootloader (You will lose your DRM keys)

Here is a guide about rooting and unlocking.

With root, you can also remove those apps that you want.

(the guide is made for E2353, idk if the files will work for you...)

Also, here you can find the stock roms.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Shawn Andrew:
Thanks for your help buddy.

Unfortunately the bootloader is not unlockable.

But i took the risk and i flashed a stock firmware (E2303,Central Europe 1, 6.0.1) via Flashtool and XperiFirm. I got rid of all orange apps except one which is good ,my free space is around 4gb from those 8gb. Also the phone is more faster in menus and some apps.

I saw a thread here on xda , about rooting and flashing recovery with locked bootloader but need to downgrade to lollipop Here. I do not not know if it is worth the while.

Is there any way to unlock the bootloader even if it says that it can not ? Maybe Sony Support?

Thanks again ! Good Day !
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Diverti:
Your welcome, also i sad to hear, that you can't unlock your bootloader :( Have a nice day
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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Cennie:
The standard rounded searchbar on the home screen has suddenly been replaced with the original one, and i cant understand why and where the settings for it is.

When i uninstall the google app, for a short period of time the searchbar goes back to being rounded, but after i locked the phone and the next time i unlock the phone the old searchbar is back....

Any ideas? Ive tried clearing the google apps cache and reinstalling it..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] billabong7721:
I'm having these issues too, no matter what I do I can't get it back to normal eithrr. I'm just using nova launcher until a solution I see found
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] billabong7721:
I may of found the problem or at least it was the case for ne.... I was beta testing the Google app so if you unjoin the beta testing then it'll sort itself back out and revert to the rounded widget
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Cennie:
I tried that but it didnt work, wasnt even part of the beta testing. but when i uninstall the google app and go to the homescreen, the googlebar is back being rounded. But after i locked and unlocked the phone the other googlebar is there....
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] JavoSpam:
To fix you'll need to go into the Google App Settings --> Widgets --> Turn off "Show Updates"

Thanks to [MENTION=3877179]bishmality[/MENTION] in this thread: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/help/unusual-google-search-bar-widget-t3613101
[Huawei Watch 2] Lsvdr:
Hi !

Could anyone who owns a huawei watch 2 sport use this command and give me the result please ?

adb shell dumpsys sensorservice

I want to see what sensors are available !

Thanks a lot
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Bomzhuxa:
HI, Guys!

Before the update on android 7 the RAM has worked perfectly, more precisely it has worked in high speed, and now it somehow on the Android 7 is showing another result. How do you think about this problem? May be is this a bug of the firmware? Or Samsung specially so made?

The problem is not observed on the G935V model or G935T, it is observed only in G935F.

I was testing it on the different benchmarks

For example app A1 SD bench.

Soon i will attach screens of my tests
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Bomzhuxa:
A1 sd bench shows 14000 - 17000MB/s ---- android 6

A1 sd bench shows 2500 - 3400MB/s ---- android 7 ((
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] PavelNushi:
Hi my device have this problem (

RAM 3300MB/sec:crying:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] PavelNushi:
:eek:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] D.Shadocx:
I have Exactly the same problem S7 edge G935F

A1 SD Bench shows 3386 MB/s on Android 7
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Bomzhuxa:
Did maybe samsung specially do it?

This is realy no good, as the ram works in low speed on Android 7
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] akirax:
Ummm, interesting. I can't try it in MM but if is true that in Nougat we've this low memory speed We need to tell Samsung what is doing!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Sprov:
Mine is even lower, 1888mb/s BUT in really extreme conditions (weather it's really warm and phone is under stress great stress). Don't get the point of this btw, i don't think samsung slowed ram speed on purpose
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Sprov:
Now i got 3065 with cold device
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Jooseepe:
3463MB/s
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] PavelNushi:
Which Samsung did it on purpose. They do not want to react to the official appeal! Write that the test does not work correctly.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] PavelNushi:
G935V - Android 7 speed RAM 15600MB/sec!

What??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Sparkynis:
Hey guys, is there any fix for this? Or news?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] teraxul:
3242 on Nougat.....

Wysłane z mojego SM-G935F przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] EddoWagt:
3906 on Ressurection Remix, it might just be a nougat thing, don't have any other devices to test that though... But do you notice a difference? I personally haven't.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] D.Shadocx:
Exactly, yours isn't G935F.

I'm still getting 3155MB/s with cold device, let's see if they fix it in Oreo...

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So, how much are you getting now?

3181 MB/s with cold device.

I hope Samsung fix it with Oreo update...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] akantoch:
On honor 7 i get 7600mb and on my s7edge only 3200mb????
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] madvinegar:
Maybe we should ask this question to the s7 oreo rom threads to see if this bug is fixed in oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Sparkynis:
Same with oreo stock.... no change
[General Questions and Answers] hritik.s:
Can anybody please guide me through the process of rooting the xperia z2 [D6502]?

i have unlocked the bootloader. It is currently running on marshmallow.

All i need is root access.
[General Questions and Answers] Adriel concessio:
To obtain the root on your Sony Xperia Z2, you will need to install ‘ADB Tools’ first. Then, you’ll need to go into the Developer Options of your Xperia Z2, enable USB Debugging and make sure that ‘Unknown Sources’ is enabled as well. From here, you can download the Community RootKit from the source link below and then follow these instructions.

– Plug in your Sony Xperia Z2

– Open a Command Prompt inside the folder with the rootkit and type RUNME.bat before pressing enter

– Read the instructions that you see appear in the command prompt and do what they say

– Reboot your device once it has completed and the device should be rooted.

Once your Sony Xperia Z2 has been rooted, you can install both SuperSU and Busybox from the Google Play Store and enjoy your freshly-rooted smartphone. Don’t forget to comment below and tell us your experience with the process, and your rooted phone.
[General Questions and Answers] hritik.s:
i didn't find the source link. could you send me the link for community rootkit?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bonerp:
I was due to have a phone exchanged yesterday but late in the afternoon it still hadn't arrived and received no notification. Rang Samsung for the 3rd time and there are supply shortages (I assume only replacement stock as no doubt sales are more important - this is generally how Samsung operate).

SO if you need an exchange - next week at the earliest. Bummer. Been waiting since last weds already. Luckily mine isn't a critical fault.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Lee82UK:
I am in the same situation, I've so far been waiting a week and have been told to expect my replacement on Tuesday, then on Friday as I was told they had no stock at the time. This will be my second replacement, the first replacement came next day but has a very red screen that can't even be tweaked back to white with the colour 'fix' update.

You'll know when to expect it as you'll receive two emails from UPS late in the afternoon of the day before delivery. I know that this time I'm going to have to make the poor UPS guy wait while I power the new phone on to check it isn't even worse than this one, because dealing with Samsung is painful.

The customer service is terrible, there is no communication from them at all and the customer service reps don't seem to have a clue what is happening. I even went in to a Samsung 'Experience' store and they had stock but were no help at all, as I didn't buy it from them directly. If I walked in to an Apple Store with a new faulty iPhone they would have replaced it there and then.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bonerp:
Yes I agree but they are slightly better than even last year when they insisted your phone was returned first!

I might to to an experience store as I bought it from Samsung. It is times like this, I wish I'd used CPW (although they aren't really much better but are local). I also do not understand why CPW have 'Samsung' reps but they are unable to exchange. Just stupid. Samsung needs to do some work here...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Biggenz:
I've just had my warranty replacement delivered an hour ago which was organised on Monday. :D
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Lee82UK:
And it is for reasons like this that I think Samsung is full of **** sometimes!

Which model/colour was yours? I notice both mine and bonerp's are S8+ in orchid grey - maybe just that model is out of stock.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Biggenz:
S8+ Orchid Grey.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bonerp:
stupid init. I booked mine last weds....I'll pop into London store tomorrow and exchange it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Biggenz:
Can't say I had any problems. First time I've ever dealt with Samsung support and found it painless. I bought this phone from someone who upgraded their contract and was afraid the original owner would have had to deal with Samsung. But they didn't ask any questions, just booked a replacement to be delivered and the old phone picked up at the same time.