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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mech_supernova:
Yep I tried v15 this morning too and went into bootloop but I keep a copy DJVINNIEV77'S rom on my phone so I was able to flash it over and have my phone back in 10 min with no data loss?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
Wait, that thing doesn't overwrite data? I should get a copy too...

If anyone's wondering. 14.6 is the latest version I have without problems.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mech_supernova:
Yep no data loss? just flash it thru recovery and the phone comes back on like normal, I have had to do it a few times
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mircidd:
Test redone at ~5V. The new result was 4900 mAh, so all is good... :)

---------- Post added at 02:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:41 PM ----------

Weird, I have it better with v15. Updated when I got the message from the app, not from twrp. Then restarted - no bootloop.

Funny enough, now I get all green on the SafetyNet check. I didn't until now, with the older versions. I also didn't care, as I don't use my phone to pay for stuff. There's only one app from the tax office that doesn't want to log in. And that still doesn't work..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mech_supernova:
Cool I might try it again when I get home
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djvinniev77:
I'm so glad I could help someone with this. :) And also so glad that I didn't tell it to wipe data after rom installation when it was configured. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
interesting... which version did you update it from? maybe that was the culprit. [MENTION=781939]mech_supernova[/MENTION] can you tell me which version you updated it from too? I updated from 14.3 as I said. Could it be because we skipped a/few versions in between?

Will this ROM also keep apps as well along with the data? Kinda stupid question forgive me because i'm not sure which partition apps reside. So basically, I can just dirty flash the whole thing and retain apps and data, right?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mech_supernova:
I updated from 14.3 also there's a 15.1 now just seen it I'm gonna try it

---------- Post added at 09:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:33 PM ----------

15.1 bootloops too
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djvinniev77:
Since mech used it to dirty flash and it retained the device data, I assume the apps that were there as well. to be honest, I didn't make it with the intent that a device wipe was not needed, it was meant as a quick easy way to bring you back to stock without using the PC to flash the image with. I can't guarantee it will keep apps in, but hey, next time you're in a jam, maybe it will help. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mech_supernova:
So far the only things I have to do after a dirty flash is re apply my substratum themes and update magisk manager everything else looks good? thank you so much for making that rom djvinnie77
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mircidd:
Ok... It worked when I updated from 14.something to 15.0.

today I updated to 15.1 and got stuck... also did the mistake of wiping data.

gonna restart with a fresh rom. bummer...

Thanks djvinnie77! You have one more confirmation that your Rom works.

I'm staying on v 14.0 of magisk to be safe.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djvinniev77:
Just wanted to note a new version of the stock room that's been deodexed and can be flashed by itself. No gapps necessary nor need to root. Button and build prop tweaks are included. Same share.

https://mega.nz/#F!YixGDDJL!_X9S4tgtoPqH0F0GteP45Q

New rom is 762mb
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
Flashed Magisk 15.1, went into bootloop again. Didn't think twice and flashed your ROM. Works well, keeps the apps and data. Hey maybe it'll even solve my weird auto unlock problems... Thanks again !

p.s. the original post is now in the first post with other bookmarks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mech_supernova:
That one doesn't work
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djvinniev77:
Yup. It's my bad with the inclusion if data partition on the kitchen. It's actually fine, you can restart the phone and you get into the system with no issues.

One thing I did find after since it's been "modified" is that Google thinks it's a modified rom so Android pay is broken (won't take payment cards)

But banking apps that support nfc works with no issues

I'll take that over stock as I have build prop tweaks included a d my work email passes for configuration as it's not rooted.

Let me know
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yinon202:
Hi! I'm thinking of buying the phone .. What do you think? People who have been using it for a while, what do you think? What are the main problems? Need to change room? How does battery life? Does the headset adapter work? And how do you get along without connecting the built-in headphones? And what do you think are other phones recommended?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mech_supernova:
I have had it for 4 weeks now and I would defedently recommend it. I work 10 hours a day and listen to music/audiobooks all day via Bluetooth headphones I use the phone for a flashlight when I need it, a calculator, talk to my wife over lunch (approximately 30 min) and take notes and pictures. I have about 30% battery level when I get home, 40% if I charge it during lunchtime.

Cons:

Buttons are easy to accidently hit

No cases for it (unless you count the belt clip I found)

Not a lot of screen protectors for it

Magisk modules won't install

Persistent NFC services notification

Camera not so good

Pros:

Waterproof, dustproof, shockproof

Has FM radio (with wired headset)

6gb ram

4000 mAh battery

Fast and responsive

Bootloader unlock

TWRP + ROOT

Only $300 so it's replaceable if it gets damaged

It's comparable to an HTC

It's loud, like bust your eardrums loud
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StarPrince500:
TWRP 3.1.1 by jemmini (4pda.ru)

Take it from here: [U RL="htt ps://drive.google. com/open?id=1_6aY6SA5zUlbxCpgDh2iCh3yiuo_1JoT"]TWRP 3.1.1 for Ulefone Armor 2[/U RL]

I just downloaded the file and I uploaded it to Google drive.

Warning from jemmini: If any system changed are allowed, you must install ROOT, otherwise the system won't start!

To get ROOT, you should install [UR L="htt ps://drive.google. com/open?id=1Lvm3vWe4ebUF_1UG46f-sc_AzADmQocx"]Magisk-v14.0.zip[/UR L] with TWRP.

Reboot and install [UR L="htt ps://drive.google. com/open?id=1yTQiSD4sEpKspzkf6VobGrpZbihTcYvb"]MagiskManager-v5.4.0.apk[/UR L] with a system installer.

Notes:

1. If your phone can't see the internal memory (it can't decrypt /data and it asks for the password), you should clean or format /data. You can do this with TWRP. All your apps and data will be lost!

2. To hand over any files from your PC to TWRP, you must mount USB pressing "Mount USB" button. Afer files have translated, press "Unmount USB" button.

[U RL="htt ps://drive.google. com/open?id=1N8_fQRjhp5KRXelzL8o35TuqapbBZ16n"]MT6757_Android_scatter.zip[/U RL]

Unfortunately I can't post any outside links, so you sould delete unwanted spaces from links!

Excuse my terrible English, I'm from Russia ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mech_supernova:
Magisk 15.2 bootloops too
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
[MENTION=8820977]yinon202[/MENTION] in addition to [MENTION=781939]mech_supernova[/MENTION] I'll say this:

Pros: The thing is really solid like a brick, dropped it more than a few times, no problems. I take it into shower with me pretty much all the time and give it a good abuse with shampoo and water and everything. It's built to survive. Signal quality is pretty good, wifi, gps and cellular I mean. Bluetooth can be shaky in shower but that's kinda given. It's no way a flagship phone, but it's definitely a good daily driver, it'll do the job better than your old nexus. Android pay works, so that's great. One of the great things is that there is zero bloatware, so if you don't wanna root and stuff, the thing still won't piss you off that much. Take a look at the first post for a few key replies in this thread to see what we've been up to.

Cons: Mech's damn right about the buttons, but you don't really need root to disable or change functions (but buttonmapper works more stable with root in my experience). Wired headphone jack audio quality is awful, literally unlistenable, intolerable. It might be just my phone though I don't know. There is at least one more person who's had wired headset problems. Aliexpress shop I got is also ridiculously awful with customer service on top of that (bad english, slow communications, can't even tell if they're dumb or playing dumb). So I could neither bother to ask for a replacement (shipping costs plus 40 days lead time, peh) nor could I trust they'd replace it. But I almost never need headphone jack anyways. Bluetooth headphones are the way to go really.

Give the Camera MX app (from play store) and Google Camera (https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/camera/camera-4-1-006-135988111-release/) a go. Google Camera acts up every once in a while but it's fast and non-blurry. Camera MX is my current default camera and not because of the filters because it's auto settings are also pretty good and fast.

This (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/OCU...ess-2-5D-Explosion-proof-Non/32834707362.html) is doing a good job so far. I'd recommend it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djvinniev77:
Found a way to fix. :) So on all devices running 7.0 or higher, you can swipe down from top, look for your Settings icon at status bar, LONG press on it and it should spin and eventually tell you that you turned on System UI Tuner. Now go into settings, scroll all the way to the bottom, you should see System UI Tuner. For status bar tweaks, you can choose to hide items, NFC is not there though. You need to go to the Other section, turn on Power notification controls. You can exit out of there when done.

Now, when you see the NFC notification, LONG press on this notification to see the importance level set to Automatic, tap on the "A" and set the level to Level 1, and that's it.

You still see the notification, but now there's nothing on lock screen or status bar at top.. You can do that for anything that wants to stay persistent.

Hope that helps
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yinon202:
Thank you! Two more small questions. I am a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, and I really need a strong phone with a strong battery. Do you think he will satisfy these needs? And how long have you been using the phone? Thank you!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
It's only been a couple months(3-4), still very new. Battery is not bad, but it's pretty sunny out there isn't it? So I'd say you might wanna limit the screen-on-time to avoid killing the battery. If you really need mega battery, check out Ulefone Power2, that thing goes for 2 days without bother. But then you don't get IP68, and that thing is quite fragile (know from experience).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yinon202:
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Thank you very much! The truth is that frozen here like hell .. I thought about the power 2 but after I had an agm x1 and it broke in four decisive months i had to ip68. The problem is that there are not many options. I thought about the doogee s60 but they say it has too many problems. Sorry for the broken English.. Goggle translate..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebastl:
Finally found some time to play with this "toy"

As mentioned by a few users, installing TWRP by Jemmini is no problem with SP Flash Tool + Replacing recovery.img in the stockrom + Volume Up.

Recovered every bricking while playing around and testing alot things.

To sum it up and make it even more interesting:

- I cannot install djvinnies ROM - it always hangs at the ulefone screen respective it flickers twice and "ulefone" comes back when the setup asisstant or the "desktop" is supposed to show up.

Yes, i installed the opengapps ;) And it doesnt make a difference if i start with a populated "working" /data or clean. Maybe a Hint: the .audioparam is the only folder in /data/media which gets created when starting

with a clean /data

But it seems very close: /data gets populated and Dalvik-Cache gets created, Logcat wasnt possible ;(

- Magisk 15.2 installs like a charm and Root is working and available. Also SafetyNet is "green"

But: If you look in the logs youll find a "mount /dev/block/loop0->/sbin/core/.img failed with 13: permission denied" like here.

Seems like the BV8000 Pro guys are in the same boat ;) Result is that you cannot use any Modules - otherwise it seems to work.

Just digging into SE Stuff.....

Edit: [MENTION=3837734]djvinniev77[/MENTION]: Same without flashing opengapps

[MENTION=8828644]StarPrince500[/MENTION]: That should be the same files i posted in November
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djvinniev77:
Hmm.. .can you try this?

Keep my ROM onto your external SD card. When you first flash TWRP and reboot, the actual data space is "encrypted", you'd have to wipe out everything (I do a format, type yes on the screen to clear it, and for good measure come back to an advanced wipe and clear out everything except for external storage) - when that's done, flash my ROM as it should have full access to the internal storage to write everything that it needs to do.

I'd like to see if that works.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebastl:
Thats what i did first - but i tried a lot combinations ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
Just for the kicks,

Setup is: Magisk 14.3, djvinniev77's ROM, any update/uninstall/reinstall attempt on Magisk causes bootloop.

-I took data,boot,system partition backup via TWRP into External SD

-I took build.prop backup via an app called build.prop Editor

-I restored stock ROM completely with SP Flash Tool (using the option Firmware Upgrade Only, otherwise it'll delete the data partition probably).

-Did the most basic setup on phone, but at the very least I made sure I've set-up the same pattern + same fingerprint

-Enabled developer settings and enabled usb debugging

-Went to fastboot via adb reboot bootloader

-Re-installed jemmini's TWRP (fastboot flash recovery ... )

-Flashed Magisk 15.2

-Factory reset via TWRP (data,cache,dalvik)

-Restored only data from external SD via TWRP

-Restored build.prop via build.prop Editor app

-Restored my modifications to Generic.kl and mtk-kpd.kl. (Change CAMERA to F9, remove WAKE commands)

-Nuked apps that I don't want again with Titanium Backup; Zello, Sos, Google Play Music, Google Play Movies, Google Duo, Google Drive, Gboard.

Magisk 15.2 works. Also instead of [MENTION=3837734]djvinniev77[/MENTION] 's ROM you can take boot & system partition backups and it'll also work great as a restore method, but it'll take up about 2.5gigs

[MENTION=1959263]Sebastl[/MENTION] give this a try if all else fails.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebastl:
Hey alpsayin,

Same experiences as me.

It makes sense that a dirty upgrade from 14.3 to 15.2 crashes the boot.img as apparently some major changes happened.

Could you please check "log" within Magisk or try to add some module ? The Busybox from the repository for example.

Theres still something wrong - i dare to claim ;)

Edit:

I know (more or less haha ) what im doing, and everything is working for me how i expected it to be.

Only thing which drives me crazy is the magisk Module Failure.

But thanks for your efforts ! A lot of people will be happy about that stepbystep hints

Edit2: I never entered any Pattern or Finger for the Quicksetup - thats actually the only difference
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
It's not working. Am I supposed to take an extra step or just use magisk manager and press install?. See screenshots

01-03 18:37:41.756 321 321 I Magisk : * Creating /sbin overlay
01-03 18:37:41.757 321 321 I Magisk : * Mounting mirrors
01-03 18:37:41.757 321 321 I Magisk : mount: /sbin/.core/mirror/system
01-03 18:37:41.757 321 321 I Magisk : link: /sbin/.core/mirror/vendor
01-03 18:37:41.758 321 321 I Magisk : bind_mount: /sbin/.core/mirror/bin
01-03 18:37:41.758 321 321 I Magisk : * Setting up internal busybox
01-03 18:37:41.771 321 321 I Magisk : Magisk v15.2(1520) daemon started
01-03 18:37:41.773 321 327 I Magisk : ** post-fs mode running
01-03 18:37:42.648 321 355 I Magisk : ** post-fs-data mode running
01-03 18:37:42.648 321 355 I Magisk : * Mounting /data/adb/magisk.img
01-03 18:37:42.677 321 355 E Magisk : mount /dev/block/loop0->/sbin/.core/img failed with 13: Permission denied
01-03 18:37:42.677 321 355 E Magisk : umount /sbin/.core/img failed with 22: Invalid argument
01-03 18:37:42.721 321 355 E Magisk : mount /dev/block/loop0->/sbin/.core/img failed with 13: Permission denied
01-03 18:37:42.722 321 355 I Magisk : * Running post-fs-data.d scripts
01-03 18:37:42.722 321 355 I Magisk : * Running module post-fs-data scripts
01-03 18:37:42.722 321 355 I Magisk : * Loading modules
01-03 18:37:42.722 321 361 I Magisk : * Starting MagiskHide
01-03 18:37:42.722 321 361 I Magisk : hide_utils: Hiding sensitive props
01-03 18:37:42.723 321 361 E Magisk : fopen: /sbin/.core/img/.core/hidelist failed with 2: No such file or directory
01-03 18:37:42.723 321 361 I Magisk : hide_list add: [com.google.android.gms.unstable]
01-03 18:37:42.741 321 361 I Magisk : proc_monitor: init ns=mnt:[4026531840]
01-03 18:37:43.669 321 496 I Magisk : ** late_start service mode running
01-03 18:37:43.670 321 496 I Magisk : * Running service.d scripts
01-03 18:37:43.670 321 496 I Magisk : * Running module service scripts
01-03 18:37:45.699 321 361 I Magisk : proc_monitor: zygote ns=mnt:[4026534013] zygote64 ns=mnt:[4026534012]
01-03 18:38:55.433 7074 7074 W Magisk : su: request rejected (10132->0)
01-03 18:38:59.882 321 361 I Magisk : proc_monitor: com.google.android.gms.unstable (PID=7637 ns=mnt:[4026534081])
01-03 18:39:40.294 321 361 I Magisk : proc_monitor: com.google.android.gms.unstable (PID=10992 ns=mnt:[4026534112])
01-03 18:39:51.856 321 361 I Magisk : proc_monitor: com.google.android.gms.unstable (PID=11700 ns=mnt:[4026534078])
01-03 18:42:18.979 321 361 I Magisk : proc_monitor: com.google.android.gms.unstable (PID=13875 ns=mnt:[4026534108])
01-03 18:43:52.062 321 361 I Magisk : proc_monitor: com.google.android.gms.unstable (PID=14406 ns=mnt:[4026534080])
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebastl:
Thanks. Na, thats actually enough. If you inspect the "Log" within Magisk (Menu Button) youll probabaly also see a "mount /dev/block/loop0->/sbin/core/.img failed with 13: permission denied"
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
yeah it's up there I just edited the post to add the logs. I don't know what that means. Honestly; adblock and titanium backup works and that's enough. And Greenify, Wifi key recovery, lucky patcher and emoji switcher is merely the cherry on top.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenMonk:
Problem

Ok, i know this doesn't really belong here, but I don't know where to post it otherwise.

My ulefone armor 2 6gb of ram, keeps on powering off. Like every 5minutes or less, it powers off. I bought it on Gearbest, so the warranty won't be worth anything, that's why I'm asking here, if anyone got a solution? :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
[MENTION=3837734]djvinniev77[/MENTION], [MENTION=8084139]eazrael[/MENTION], [MENTION=8820977]yinon202[/MENTION], and everyone else who read my comments about the USB-C audio being of awful quality;

I finally got my new USB-C headphone adapter today and tried it in conjunction with Soundabout app. Sound quality is not awful as I thought, it was indeed the cable's fault.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
Try this and see what happens: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74294320&postcount=31

But I think that sounds like a hardware problem, and hearing from the little pool of people we have here, I'm inclined to say the fault rate for these phones are quite high. I think you should try pursuing the warranty if it doesn't work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eazrael:
No need to highlight me. I returned the phone 2 months, was going for a Doogee S60, but returned the phone unopened when I read about this fake speaker issue. Went for a Cat S41. Not very happy with that, though.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djvinniev77:
you can now search for Ulefone Armor 2!

Not sure how that happened, but I can now SEARCH for this device up top, it comes up with it's own landing page as well as the thread here.

Don't know who did it but THANKS! :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebastl:
Spent another half day on that "toy"

Reason for the magisk module failure seems to be that their kernel doesnt support loop devices

Long story is linked here

If anybody has "more direct" connections to ulefone please write them or leave the contact here....maybe for the "next" update....

Edit:

Not correct. https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75151458&postcount=4936
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mech_supernova:
Just tried your new one again, it works and i was able to install the latest magisk and pass saftynet?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djvinniev77:
so, not sure if anyone else had a shot or ideas on modifying the stock kernel.. I think I have a slight grasp of it, but I'm not sure where exactly to add the capability to allow loopback devices on kernel...

i've used many kitchens to break apart the stock boot image, find the kernel and expand that to the ramdisk I believe... not sure if the files I need are there to change, or is it in the formation of the kernel itself..

i'd like to see if it's possible to modify the existing kernel to add this fix and have magisk work properly. anyone have any ideas send me a heads up, I'll keep digging,.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebastl:
Definitely interested - didnt dig any deeper but on a quick view i didnt see any module related stuff
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enzovic:
I asked the XDA admin responsible with new brand registration a month ago to add ulefone armor_2 as it's a popular one

Edit: but I can't add it as my phone on XDA APP and can't find any results... So... It's half way only
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Upo_hu:
Dear owners! May someone try for me if the phone has vulkan api support? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.saschawillems.vulkancapsviewer

And if supported maybe a 3dMark API overhead test (normal benchmark performance values don't care, i don't benchmark my phones, i think it's useless thing), if it does more iterations with vulkan than with opengl (but it's not that important if you don't want to download big data). Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YAARRR:
Thanks all

I want to say thanks to all the people that have worked to realize the image and the other files to root this device. Also thanks to that people that keep explaining how to root and personalize this device. Now i've rooted by magisk, superSU package seems to have some issues decompressing the Vram disk, so do not work at all. To root i followed the indication from [MENTION=5404196]sumec100[/MENTION] in the post #166.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YAARRR:
List of preinstalled apps safe to uninstall

Hello again guys, i'm googling around looking for a list of apps that can be safely uninstalled from this phone; for example i don't like the gmail app and for sure i'm going to use another app to manage multiple email accounts on various provaider..... i don't use android pay also (i'm from italy and its not diffused at all). So there are any guides or tutorial or an already made list of system apps that can be safely uninstalled?

thanks in advance.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpsayin:
Gmail and other foreground apps are completely safe to uninstall including Gboard (by experience). I also got rid of Google play Music and Movies. I think you can get rid of pretty much all the google framework but a lot of regular apps depend on it, so unless you go full F-Droid, I'd advise against it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djvinniev77:
Downloading that app and running it says

Could not find a GPU with Vulkan Support...

so that's a hard NO. :)