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[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers] thisisarjun:
Any more reviews from other people,it would help me properly decide to buy this phone or not
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers] 1qazwsx4:
Can't speak for stock ROMs but I've got no issues with the phone at all, no heating like people keep moaning about too... Happily running RR
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers] Skaivalyas:
I'm using the latest Zui 2.5.104 ST since last two months, everything is stock and I haven't faced any random reboot issue. May be issue was there with first/earlier version, but no issue with the latest update. VoLTE also works perfectly and never drops (Just that "HD" sign grts vanished sometimes, but VoLTE still works). You can go ahead and buy this phone. Btw, issues like random reboots, heating can be due to individual usage, so make sure you don't overheat the phone, or use bad apps.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers] Kham123:
No such issue after update

To be on the safe side just factory reset the phone few times after update....it helps to get rid of such issues.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers] GnatGoSplat:
On 2.5.104 ST, every time I unlocked my phone, screen flickered and all radios disconnected. Sometimes it would immediately freeze, go to black screen, then LED lit up, requiring me to hold power button down to reboot the phone. Sometimes this happened, but not immediately. Sometimes radios would recover and phone would continue to function. Sometimes cellular radios recovered, but wifi did not, and even toggling airplane mode didn't fix it so I had to reboot. Nougat was quite a mess on my phone and that's even after factory reset many times. Several on zukfans.eu site had similar issues.

I don't think it was a hardware issue, because downgrade to 2.0.133 ST (Marshmallow) works perfectly.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers] sergsinger:
works as usual on my phone.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers] GnatGoSplat:
Do you have dual SIMs installed? Connecting to 5GHz wifi or 2.4GHz?

Trying to figure out what is different about my situation.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers] sergsinger:
One. 2.4.
[Zenfone 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gexg:
Been struggling for quite sometime now. Phone serial and wifi mac address cannot change. I installed different apps through exposed. I flashed new ROM and it still remain the same. Help me ....I'm dying
[Zenfone 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nheolinkin:
Change those stuff for what?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Themes, Apps, and Mods] strongylad28:
Not specifically an S8 app but I have just installed the test app of the new Google search lite. There is a write up here and the link to download is also in the article at the bottom.

https://www.phonearena.com/news/Goo...rettier-and-probably-not-made-for-you_id97113

Its kind of cool and allows you to search one handed if needs be because the search is now at the bottom. It is in experimental phase but I haven't had any force crashes as of yet (fingers crossed) and it has an option to conserve data and therefore takes less time to load.

Its just a small change but I kind of like it! Anyone else tried?

PS when it asked language I went with the top option, Indonesian something or other but its English :cool: Allegedly it wont be officially available outside of Indonesia but the beauty of Android means we can do whatever the hell we want!! :D
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kimitza:
Hello guys, this is the official firmware. I bought the phone from geekbuying, and they provided the firmware they are using. It's suitable for Europe, with limited chinese apps. Based on 5.8.023S.

http://blog.geekbuying.com/2017/08/...roid-6-0-smartphone-firmware-235436-20170814/

I hope it helps all those who need stock firmware.

EDIT

Instalation procedure :

MAKE SURE YOU MAKE A BACKUP ONTO A PC/LAPTOP FIRST. The procedure will wipe everything.!!!!

1. Extract the files into a folder. Look for the multi-brush _ volume under the key + boot key. bat and remove the space after the . This way you will have acces to the flashing script.

2. Connect the phone in fastboot mode. I don't have to tell you that you need to have proper drivers installed, right? :)

3 .Double click the multi brush script and wait for the process to finish.

Again, don't forget it will wipe everything.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] dimmebd:
I will try it here. thanks!
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] nuraH6:
how to flash this firmware?
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kimitza:
The files will be installed via adb/fastboot. But it will be done automatically,because there is a script in that folder. A .bat file. All you have to do is connect the phone in fastboot mode,double click on that .bat file and it will begin the flashing. It can be done manually too, by using fastboot flash commands,but it will take too much :).

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[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] xhanafix:
how do you flash these stock firmware file? I already click the script.bat but just a green background command promp. Am i doing something wrong?. I follow the instruction but nothing happen.

[IMG="green command promp"]https://preview.ibb.co/f9qF95/2017_08_19.png[/IMG]
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kimitza:
The phone must be connected on fastboot mode.

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[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] xhanafix:
I already connected in fastboot mode. Still nothing. Any youtube tutorial or instruction to guide me?
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kimitza:
ATM i dont have the phone, my gf has it. As soon as i'll get my hands on it,i'll provide proper flashing procedure.

EDIT:

Try to type "fastboot flashall" , without the "" in that commander window. It should do the trick. :).

Tell me if it worked.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] cjcool_123:
does it working with x526
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kimitza:
It should work. In fact it should work better, because flashing via fastboot would eliminate the device check.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] BoredAtWork:
is there google services package inside? I noticed this package is 400MB smaller than EUI from CN region.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kimitza:
Yes. Google services are installed. My pbone came with all services preinstalled. I asked geekbuying to provide the firmware,because i have some issues with the sims. They provided it quite fast.

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[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] meetgajjar31:
please anyone share screen shot of this rom
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kronos1:
Is this 7.x.x rom or 6.x.x. rom?
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lif3mau5:
Marshmallow

This Firmware contain Marshmallow, cauz Nougat isn't released yet by LeTV/LeEco.

"Thanks for sharing this Firmware, I search long last month for an Europe-Official Update off my International x520-Phone!" :good:
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] ImSpecialNot:
1. unzip the rom and open the folder, make sure there are no spaces in the folder name and its parent folders.

2. Then youll find a file named multi-brush, with the extension '. Bat' change the extension to '.bat' i.e. remove the space.

3. Then power on the mobile while pressing vol-down and power button, to enter fastboot mode and connect it yo the PC.

4. Then double click this multi brush file and wait for it to finish.

Important, this will wipe all your data!!

P.s you'll need to unlock the bootloader to flash the boot partition.

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I'm using this rom now after trying miui 8 and 9 and lineage 14.1

This rom is the best one!
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] emkorial:
The zip file, once downloaded, will not unzip. It give a filename error and then does not open.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] xhanafix:
Maybe the file you downloaded get corrupted.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] kronos1:
But this is not the latest rom, latest rom is 5.9.023S ??
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] xhanafix:
The version is 5.9.023 i can confirm
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] mbb1997:
Any updates for the tutorial? i followed all the steps but it says ''FAILED'' in the commands
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] bok27:
1. Extract rom tu desktop.

2. Edit names of folder after extracted tu 170605 only.

3. Edit multi-brush _ volume under the key + boot key. Bat __tu__ multi-brush _ volume under the key + boot key.Bat
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] gtd2000:
I've downloaded this file to try upgrading my X527 but I don't see any .bat file called:

"3. Edit multi-brush _ volume under the key + boot key. Bat __tu__ multi-brush _ volume under the key + boot key.Bat "

I do have a .bat file called "scripts.bat"

Any ideas?

I just want to get both SIM's working with 3G/4G at the same time
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] bok27:
Just remove space tu key. Bat correct its multi-brush _ volume under the key + boot key.Bat
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] gtd2000:
s

I'll need to download again, I didn't have any content with that file name.

Will take screenshots - I'm on another PC right now...
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] gtd2000:
The second download it is showing the additional files.

Will give this upgrade a go in the afternoon today.

Hopefully, it all goes to plan! :)
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] gtd2000:
This is what the contents of my folder currently look like.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] gtd2000:
When I delete the space between key. Bat to key.Bat, I get an error message that the file name is too long?
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] JamBax:
Would be a good idea to unzip these files to a folder in the root directory of any drive,

unzip the rom to c:\X527 or d:\X527.

Windows can't handle unlimited long filenames, as the directory structure belongs to the full filename.

Sometimes it helps to enable display of hidden files :)
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] gtd2000:
I'll try that tonight, always wondered why you get an error like that, when it's shorter than the existing file name! :fingers-crossed:
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] gtd2000:
It just gets better all the time....

Plug my phone into my laptop - none of the ADB commands work.. they did before..?

Go back to the desktop, Windows Update removed CMD prompt when right clicking on ADB folder...

changed registry settings and now each time I try to use the

"fastboot oem unlock" or "fastboot oem unlock-go" commands it fails...

Seems like this phone is telling me not to upgrade to 23s and be able to use two SIM cards!!! FFS!
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] gtd2000:
Also tried upgrading with another 23s ROM and I'm still on 19s... very strange...
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] JamBax:
Are you sure, you have enabled OEM Unlocking in the developer options?
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] gtd2000:
Ah!

Opps! That was not selected!

I'll give that a try now that I've turned it on. :silly:

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Well I tried a system update to 23s after enabling OEM Unlocking, still on 19S.

Will try the ADB commands again, to see if that works.

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Well all I managed to do was wipe my phone lol...
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] gtd2000:
I tried doing the factory System Update method with a stock ROM last night.

It goes through the on-screen reboot and update process, when it reboots it starts off in TWRP.. with the blank password screen....is that supposed to happen?

I'm just choosing to reboot the system and each time it's still on 19s?
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] mariosalex:
Hi my friend! You can send me a link with this rom, because this is here don't work... Thank you again!
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] DorianGray015:
Will this work if from costum rom with twrp?
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] gtd2000:
What worked for me was replacing TWRP with the factory recovery and I'm good to go.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] jessm15:
I think I'm having a problem

I am waiting too long for this to finish,

the last lines on the cmd window are these:

sending sparse 'system' (102101 KB)...

OKAY [ 3.417s]

writing 'system'...

OKAY [ 0.720s]

sending sparse 'system' (102397 KB)...

FAILED (data transfer failure (Too many links))

finished. total time: 8.535s

< waiting for 573bbee4 >

Also on twrp, it says no OS installed.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] alvinprimo:
Is this 5.8 not 5.9 eui version?
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] alvinprimo:
Link is dead
[HTC Excalibur] ryahia:
I flashed to the new rom and all is great except that there's no camera icon or a way to activate the camera. Camera Button does not work. And even in creating an MMS theres no option to add video, just audio. It does not acknowledge my camera even exists...Has anyone else seen this or fixed it?

Thanks in advance.

:eek:
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moscow Desire:
Has anybody deleted some of the bloatware apps, more specifically the stock File Manager?

com.jrdcom.filemanager

/data/app/com.jrdcom.filemanager-2/base.apk

Wondering if anybody tried and had any ramifications from it.

This thing just all of a sudden activated itself and runs in memory, and there is no Disable for it. I could install an app to freeze it, but that defeats the purpose.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMadScientist:
Im runnin lineage on mine and doesnt even have it on there.

I would freeze it. Make sure your downloads and such still work ok.

Give it a few days if good then remove.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moscow Desire:
Thanks, I deleted the culprit. No issues so far.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moscow Desire:
LOL...after 3 or 4 days the lovely File Manager App magically installed itself. Looks like a more indepth investigation is forthcoming.

Obviously there is another app that re-installs it.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMadScientist:
Stinkin thing.

I switched over to the xperia rom on idol 3 And it got rid of a load of crap, Bunch of xposed is working.

I just dont care for the stock rom on this thing at all, Even debloated it runs like crap,

Ive had this device now over a week and cant find any sort of setup I like, I am used to lgs UI.

Even tried t get touchwiz ui and grace to run but nogo.

Did you remove the system update apps too by chance?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moscow Desire:
Haven't really had a chance to look deep into it yet. I've disabled auto updates, so pretty sure it's not getting it from the netz.

Funny thing, I tried running a 100mb system update and i failed to completely install. Havent thot about it much since then, But I suspect it was in that update somewhere, as I had never seen nor had an issue with it before.

Will strip down that update and see when I get a chance.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Not happy:
It comes pre installed as 'files' app, auto updates to "file manager" to then run this 'boost' branded adware. I call it adware because it does not adhere to the android force stop, disable peeking or any other android OS settings and automatically regenerates itself despite the OS not allowing auto updates.

Android should never allow provider apps to have a higher privelage that renders the OS setting useless, bundled apps should also not disable the uninstall and disable functionality of the OS.

I have spent weeks in settings to find out it is allowed to act like a virus and do what ever it wants being rewarded with ad revenue.

Thanks Google for allowing me to purchase hardware pre loaded with junk ads by default with no way of opting out, it's not only a privacy and security concern, it's a consumer complaint.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sloshnmosh:
adware/spyware

Yes , this lovely new addition to the file manager is actually the "Hawk Super Cleaner/ antivirus" seen here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apps.go.clean.boost.master&hl=en

You can see my complaint(s) here: https://xdaforums.com/idol-3/help/joy-launcher-joy-t3628670

I just installed TWRP and SuperSU on the stock Marshmallow following this guide:https://xdaforums.com/idol-3/general/twrp-custom-recovery-idol3-6045-t3162608 and will be removing this cancer for good!
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Not happy:
Cheers, I might have a look at rooting (pain seeing I bought 4 of these for myself and fam). I have reported the appin the playstore for being installed with root permissions bypassing the expected android user settings and will be following up with a complaint to the consumer watchdog.

I never bought hardware with the knowledge an innocent bloatware provider app would turn rouge with root permissions for ad revenue.

My phone will most likely be thrown at the wall so "File Manager" doesn't get another 1000 or so false positive downloads in the playstore from me.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sloshnmosh:
Had 3 myself

I hear ya, I bought 3 of these.

I am very careful what I install on my device and read the manifest files on EVERYTHING so you can imagine how angry I was when my own phone manufacturer pushed unwanted adware/possible-probable spyware on to my device with no warnings or asking my permission.

Another odd thing is that after I uninstalled the Facebook app I had 2 apps appear (or were left over?) com.facebook.appmanager.apk and com.facebook.system.apk that were using up data and could not be removed until tonight after rooting.

Interesting article here: https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-lg-v10/help/suspicious-apps-apps-section-facebook-t3415876

I have been studying computer and mobile security as a hobby for some time and have found that these "antivirus" and 'cleaner" apps on Android are the worst offenders of privacy of them all.

Scanning all your files, installed apps, contacts etc etc and sending all that data back to God knows where!

I have found that almost every single app that I have downloaded from the Play Store has some form of data mining and/or analytics.

Unfortunately, it's a catch 22 in Android..rooting your device breaks what little security is built into the system but it's the only way to remove pre-installed crapware.

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Also, good luck trying to get anything done with Google or Alcatel.

I battled with Google for almost 8 months straight trying to stop an unscrupulous advertiser that was using FAKE virus warnings to trick users into installing an "antivirus" app on the Play store and just got sent around in circles.

Google is complicit!

I was finally successful in stopping the fraudulent activity after I contacted the Federal Trade Commission.

http://smisecurity.altervista.org/DFNDR.html
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Not happy:
Data mining is a given these days which is why I have Pi-hole for my home dns and ubuntu for my home box, gotta do what you can. As for this phone I wouldn't do much on it unless I re flash it which is why I am angry with it.

As for Android taking the normal software stance of do nothing unless legally required, this time is interesting to me because they are effectively allowing the bypassing of the playstore agree feature to Install an app, being side loaded from Alcatel like this one would think breaks the playstore terms so knowledge should be enough for action in this case from the android or playstore devs. Doubt it but.

Also apon sale did not mention android as being adapted software that over rides expected android and playstore behaviour but did advertise android and use their logo so most likely a trademark vialation also.

The problem is Alcatel are adapting android and side loading apps to bypass security and privacy user settings to double dip on the customer for income despite the final result, android and the playstore can bury their heads in the sand all they want but they have been made aware of the risks.

Went over it again for peace of mind (sorry) but I wish you the best in your education as we need more people shinning the light on privacy simply because we are in the rise of the machines, not long before people worldwide ask what happened to all the jobs and when did the need for conventional ID actually dissapear.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sloshnmosh:
Very well said!

The supervisor I spoke to at Alcatel tried to say that I/we agreed to the terms by using their devices which allowed them to push this on to our phones but I disagreed with him.

At one point I even thought of ditching my phone and getting an iPhone or an Android device that is compatible with the Replicant OS https://www.replicant.us/

I have a few Raspberry PI's laying around but never used one as an access point. (I'm assuming that's what your doing?)

I just sent a very nasty email to the developer "HawkCleaner@ehawk.com" and referenced this thread.

Keep us updated if you get anywhere and I will be fighting this from my end and posting any updates as well.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Not happy:
Will do, I don't plan on not continuing with this one because my hardware and android do not operate as advertised.

The day I can rely on Linux for a phone OS is the day android gets ditched but will definatly check out your link also.

Pi-hole is basically a collection of hosts files that block ads and known bad domains on the DNS level, point the home router to it and bam the whole household gets an adblocker by default. Runs smooth but added a few commands to auto upgrade the lists with a Cron job.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sloshnmosh:
Very cool!

I'll have to check that out.

I altered the hosts file on both my laptop and my other rooted phone to block ads and apps I used to have.

This is a small sample of IP's I blocked in the hosts file after running NETSTAT scans, there are a TON more that I added from MVP hosts (it is against MVP's EULA to post their blocked IP's)

http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

127.0.0.1 localhost

127.0.0.1 search.vip.gq1.yahoo.com

127.0.0.1 a96-6-122-162.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com

127.0.0.1 a-0001.a-msedge.net

127.0.0.1 yahoo.com

127.0.0.1 rtr3.l7.search.vip.gq1.yahoo.com

127.0.0.1 c.amazon-adsystem.com

127.0.0.1 yandex.st

127.0.0.1 mc.yandex.ru

127.0.0.1 c1.popads.net

127.0.0.1 c1.popads.net/pop.js

127.0.0.1 google-analytics.com

127.0.0.1 google-analytics.com/analytics.js

::1 localhost #[IPv6]

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Wow! that PI-hole block list on Git Hub is a LOT larger than the one I was using!
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Badelhas:
Him guys and thanks again for the thread. Anyone found a solution? This app is wasting 20 percent of my battery, which does not last me a whole day anymore, it's outrageous. I also sent a report to Google and the app developers.

Cheers
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Badelhas:
Guys, I found someone with a solution, just see this post: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=73642381&postcount=4

Cheers
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sloshnmosh:
That is not much of a solution unfortunately. The REAL solution is to install TWRP recovery on the adware/spyware infested Alcatel phone and flash to a different operating system. There is an (unofficial) ROM of Lineage 14 Nougat that is pretty decent that can be found on the XDA site.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Badelhas:
It solved my problems
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sportsmaster:
It's easy to solve the problem. Just go to applications. Select file manager uninstall upgrades, it will revert it back to factory version, no more spam :)!