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[General Questions and Answers] rolandvb:
i know my apn settings and filled then in and does not work:( i did install mui franco and have no problems at all, but i found the problem

all other roms they put my mobile number automaticly in my system, all setting where ok, but had to insert my telephone number, i never had to do this

before and the number is always inserted automaticly.

I have still teh message when flashing a rom in twrp and want to know if this is normal or something wrong in my system??

before flashing in TWRP get the message ::

mount failed to mount/dev/block/boot deevice/by name/system at/system :device or resource busy

is this normal ? it flashes the M2 normally, if the massage is not ok ,please tell me how to solve this matter /thanks
[General Questions and Answers] GERMAD:
Don't worry that's normal.

Just tik everything in mount on Twrp.

About 4g I don't know how to help you because

it's the first time I hear this problem.

Maybe something wrong with your provider

call them and tell them your problem

that 4g not work on your device.maybe they can

fix it from there side.
[General Questions and Answers] rolandvb:
Hello Germak, thanks for you`re help and support, my 3 and 4 G are working Ok now ,just had to insert my phone numer manually, all other roms also the chinese original roms does

insert the mobile phone number in the data, you`re rom and the deodexted i tryed did not and was the only problem and has nothing to do with my provider .

i tryed mui roms and a few others and can tell you you`re Germak rom is better and faster and did not find any bugs.

For now i will use you`re rom untill there will come something better, i did install xposed and works ok.

i Tested Flashfire pro and does works flauwlessly with you`re rom. i does not with mui roms and can tell you you will hardbrick you`re phone using flashfire in combination with a mui rom.

I did revive my bricked M2 with the chinese recovery tool 1,16

first i did got an error (red exclamation mark) when trying to revover it, the secret is that you will have to push all 3 rockers one more time and has to do with timing and it will work.

So i had no problem to revive my phone with the chinese tool 1.16, and is good new for other users , my phone was really totally bricked and did nothing and did not even charge.

So please members do not try to use flashfire with a mui rom ,you will end up with a dead phone
[General Questions and Answers] GERMAD:
Glad you fixed it.

I don't think that flashify was problem on mui rom.

Maybe you flashed something un proper.anyway.

Do you have the latest version

1.1.6 of Nubia emergency tool you said?

I have put 1.1.4 version on xda.
[General Questions and Answers] wahab.safi3:
Hi guys

I'm tired with so bad supporting of this device

I unlocked bootloader and installed twrp

I install all roms that suggested here(four rooms of gizchina -germak rom-miui pro)

But all of them except Nubia gizchina and germak room have problem with camera(in portrait mode and ...)

I love miui pro but I need portrait camera

Could any one help please?

Suggest a camera that support portrait mode

I Google it but but all cameras need nougat to run

If any body know how to solve this problem please help me

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] rolandvb:
Sorry Germak it is version 1.14 i used and you are right :)

I did not know what happened with flashfire on mui i just wanted to make a backup with it like i alway do and teh same whay and while trying to make a backup

flashfire did crash and ended up with a dead phone, you can not make a mistake with making a backup, flashfire does load flashfire and reboots and it did not

so what happened i do not know, i know one thing i will never try it againm i did succeed to revive my phone on windows 10 with latests updates and windows 10 has clearly problems

with the drivers,

I will try FWUL (linux) to see how this works and if this will work better, i am almost sure it will.

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i don`t understand, i just make some portrait mode pictures this afthernoon with original nubia app of my 90 year old dad and mum and the pictures where great with germakrom 2,10.

i used several phones these last years and was always active on xda and i did notice several times that some owners does not have all the same problems

for me the camera works well with Germakrom 2.10

I did found out some other camera apps are working better then original Nubia one , i did install Camera FV-5 and seems to me it works better as the original Nubia camera app, pictures seems to me a lot sharper when using free Camera FV-5 camera app. just give it try, hope it will work for you!

lets hope that devs will continue to improve the roms and that we will end up with a super rom, but intill now i have no complaints about Germakrom, did not encountered any bugs.

I tested the bluetooth of the M2 and is fantastic the best bluetooth i even had :) ,i have a OBD2 diagnostic dongle connected to my OBD2 connector in my car and it is onn all the time, i was inside my home and my car outside and more than 12 meters away and the M2 did find my OBD dongle in no time and did connect in no time.

I was so surprized that i tested my blueutooth with a haedphone and left my phone on my desk inside, and whent outside and had no dropouts what so ever, with other phones i had only a wall was enoug to lose or dropt the connection, My M2 does not , can walk outside with my phone inside and bluetooth keeps playing.

I have the M2 now fo only 4 day`s and can say and my conclusion is that it is defenatly the best phone i ever had and even better then phones i had that costed 3 times more.
[General Questions and Answers] yasasbandara:
The safest method is always the one used and confirmed by many. I also had the drivers issue but never went for flashfly, rushr or other methods because they were not confirmed by many.

For ADB and Fastboot, Linux is proven to be the easiest method in existence.
[General Questions and Answers] rolandvb:
i did not say flashify but flashfire,
[General Questions and Answers] wahab.safi3:
some one please tell me a camera app that can take potrait photos on this phone
[General Questions and Answers] geheimke:
Still on miui, Germakrom i don't like it. 1.11MOD version on 4pda same. I hope someone makes a good crdroid or Aosp in the future
[General Questions and Answers] tuxdude143:
For those of you having a hard time finding where to download Gizflasher M2 V2, here's a download link https://mega.nz/#!lZEXEbxJ!vi6vTPYVQ_7NiruaDjH0XGn3d5sF6Qpip1N7cbEox9E

Just flashed Germakrom myself. It's working really well but why the heck the multitasking button is now a menu button is beyond me. Maybe that could be fixed in a future version.

Magisk installed just fine thankfully but that menu key issue is driving me up the wall

Is anyone out there working on a rom that is just stock android 6.0 without any of the custom skins or included apps and stuff? I'd really find something like that to be quite useful

Update:

I've swapped to MIUI 9 and while I prefer it, the bloody back and multitasking buttons are BACKWARDS and the option in the settings to swap the buttons back around does bugger all.

I haven't been able to turn on soft keys at all. All I want is for the bloody back button to be on the left and multitasking to be on the right, not the other way around. Does anyone know how I can swap the damn things around?
[General Questions and Answers] estuardo4:
Hi.

At the end, what was your last setting?

As we don't have a custom ROM, and Gravitybox can't change the Statusbar icons, I need a way to make these icons bigger. The clock is just ridiculously small.

Thank you for your help.
[General Questions and Answers] rolandvb:
Rom

It would be great if a Dev would consider to make a pure clean stock Android 6.1 for this phone , i am sure it will be a better phone and a lot faster without all

the Nubia addons and bloatware
[General Questions and Answers] rodpgfx:
Guys, any of you that have this phone find the nav buttons temperamental? Sometimes I have to press my back/recents buttons a couple times to get them to respond......
[General Questions and Answers] estuardo4:
No, I don't. I'm using the Italian ROM based on Nubia 5 and I have very responsive buttons.

BTW, I've used all ROMs and this is the best I've found so far.

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The problem is that, although it is a great phone, it is not a popular one and it is based on Android 6.0.1, and my guess is that developers want to work on popular and recent OS phones, so they can help more people.

Our only hope is that some dev want to tinker with the kernel. But no dev has raised his/her hand so far, so I guess we are on our own.

But as far as I can tell, kernel tinkering is the only way to have access to Android 7.1

I had a Motorola X Play that came with Android 6.01 on board and as soon as Motorola released the kernel, devs started to work on ways to take it to 7.1. Now, Motorola only updated the OS officially to 7.1.1, but I've installed Oreo based ROMs and they ran perfectly fine. How the devs did it? I don't know, but they certainly did it.
[General Questions and Answers] tuxdude143:
I can't make any promises since I've never done this before but I'm going to at least attempt to see if I can get Lineage OS 13 or another android 6.0.1 AOSP based custom rom running on this phone (Lineage OS 13 being based on Android 6.0.1).

Now, don't get your hopes up since I've never done this before but if I do manage to get this working then I will let you all know and provide a download link. Be aware that if I do get this working the early builds will probably be rather buggy
[General Questions and Answers] estuardo4:
Thank you. If you happen to know your way on Linux and can make changes to the kernel to accept Lineage OS and can make the pertinent changes, you can do it. Please let us know if you need testers.
[General Questions and Answers] tuxdude143:
I'll see what I can do. To start with I'm probably going to attempt to port a rom built for a device with similar hardware over and at least see if I can get that booting. If I can do that then I'll at least know I'm on the right track.

Again, I can't promise anything since I've never done this before but it's better to try and fail than not try at all.

Main issue preventing me from building stock AOSP from scratch at the moment is I can't seem to figure out how to extract the proprietary binaries from the stock rom which AOSP requires in order to build properly. I'm seeing a lot of conflicting info around the net and haven't yet figured out how to actually do that in the first place.
[General Questions and Answers] estuardo4:
That's why other custom ROM devs have to use generic drivers and app, because they never have access to the proprietary apps. I'm guessing that a generic AOSP ROM will lose camera and some other hardware function that'll have to be substituted by generic apps. It is not easy, but if you can do it you'll get a lot of street creed around here.
[General Questions and Answers] tuxdude143:
I'm currently looking into building up a device tree so I can compile LineageOS 13. At the very least I'm hoping I can get it booting which will be a good starting point
[General Questions and Answers] BlueFlame4:
Use ADB shell and the extraction scripts floating around in numerous device trees. Of course you have to fill the list of proprietary blobs which you want to have extracted yourself. Check similar device trees as a start :)

Script for reference: https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_leeco_msm8996-common/blob/lineage-15.1/extract-files.sh
[General Questions and Answers] estuardo4:
I read that you have worked on different ROMs developments and kernel mods. Is it possible that you can take a look at the kernel to see what we can mod or improve? Just a quick glance can help us a lot.
[General Questions and Answers] BlueFlame4:
I already offered tuxdude143 support via private message so sure - if there are specific questions or if something is unclear to him I will try to assist.
[General Questions and Answers] tuxdude143:
Scrolling backwards in the thread I found someone seems to have put together a kernel that was rebased to the latest CAF. I've forked that and I'm going to have a play around to see if I can get that compiling.

From my understanding, rebasing a kernel might allow for running a newer version of android (please correct me if I'm wrong).

I'll keep you posted
[General Questions and Answers] tuxdude143:
Ok so the good news. The Nubia Z11 Mini S seems to have very similar hardware to the M2 AND it has a device tree so I've forked that device tree and will try to use that as a base.

Device Tree Here: https://github.com/Liberations/android_device_nubia_NX549J
[General Questions and Answers] BlueFlame4:
Yup. Essentially you clone a fresh CAF tag (see here for tags https://wiki.codeaurora.org/xwiki/bin/QAEP/release) and merge your device specifics into it.
[General Questions and Answers] rodpgfx:
I can't find a driver to work for getting custom recovery on it.....
[General Questions and Answers] LuigeUA:
I wish you good luck! I hope you get to move the theme of firmware from a dead point)
[General Questions and Answers] tuxdude143:
Oh yeah of course. That's why I started looking into this in the first place! To start with I want to at least get LineageOS 13 building and running since we have the kernel sources for Marshmallow and all that. From there I'll look into getting newer versions of android running, right now though I'm focusing on at least getting LineageOS 13 booting and then working my way up from there.
[General Questions and Answers] Yoezt:
It's true nubia m2 can not support live wallpapers?!, I try to plug klwp the application can't be used ...
[General Questions and Answers] yasasbandara:
If you're using Windows, repeatedly trying to get drivers to work again and again is not a logical thing to do. The easiest platform for ADB/Fastboot is Linux and it has always been that way.

Read the following and follow the instructions-

https://xdaforums.com/android/software-hacking/live-iso-adb-fastboot-driver-issues-t3526755

You'll need a 2GB Pendrive to run this thing. ADB and Fastboot are already installed and they have a GUI for running these.

Edit - Once you get FWUL working, copy the recovery image to desktop. Enable usb debugging and oem unlock. Connect the (turned on) phone and give permission for usb debugging when prompted. Check if ADB's working via 'adb devices' command and the pc will give you a number. Reboot in fastboot mode and check if fastboot is working (fastboot devices) and the same will happen.

Command for unlocking is- fastboot -i 0x19d2 oem unlock

The sse the GUI (link in desktop) for flashing TWRP.img. The command is built-in. Just select the file.
[General Questions and Answers] sm00th4f3:
For custom Recovery, use this guide here

All needed links are there, you just have to use Google Translator to know the important stuff.
[General Questions and Answers] yasasbandara:
Entirely useless if the drivers aren't working...:(
[General Questions and Answers] sm00th4f3:
Not entire useless anymore. -> easy <-

(You got a brain...you know which drivers you have to download. If not, here a tip: It starts with "N" and ends with "a" , 5 letters)

N U B I A
[General Questions and Answers] yasasbandara:
With all due respect, it's not that easy. Sometimes only the ADB interface driver works (fastboot interface doesn't work). Sometimes only the fastboot works. Sure there's a truckload of guides and auto installers but sometimes, they just don't work on windows (usually win10 64bit).

The point is, all this dance is NOT logical. ADB/Fastboot is very very basic, safe and straightforward. We have used them on all the older android devices we've had (mostly without any backup at all). Why on earth should anyone insist on running them inside the most difficult interface there is (newer windows versions) when Linux is readily available? Better stick to your basics. Just my opinion. :)
[General Questions and Answers] estuardo4:
As we wait for tuxdude to keep experimenting with Lineage 13, and as I don't see updates from other members about their experiences with the ports of other ROMs for our device, I'll quickly share mines.

Germak ROM. Nice effort. Really appreciated, but unfortunately is based on Nubia 4.0. When the developer changes his based ROM on 2.04 and Nubia 5.0, I'll try it for sure.

LeITA based on 2.04 chinese ROM and Nubia 5.0. It has a few problems, but as a daily driver is ok. You can install Xposed, but Gravitybox didn't work. You can also install substratum and make some changes. I like 5.0 better than 4.0 that is used on Germak ROM.

MIUI Pro. It installed fine, but does not include GAPPs, and when I tried to install them, I got into a bootloop. I tried different methods, wipes and order, but all resulted in bootloops. This ROM is the one I'm more interested to try out, as it seems that the author is pushing new versions every other week. But without GAPPs, it is unusable to me.

MIUI 9. This is the current one I'm using. As others have reported, Portrait mode on camera does not work and neither reading mode. I can change themes along with using substratum, to turn the M2 as black as possible.

Y have not tried ColorOS nor FlynOS.

Please share your experiences. This thread is slowly dying and maybe some other new buyers can benefit from our experiences.
[General Questions and Answers] tuxdude143:
Sorry for lack of updates on anything. I haven't really been able to do much on this over the past week due to a mixture of personal things and other work but I'm going to try and do some more work on this over the weekend and the coming weeks.
[General Questions and Answers] RAWSOME:
so where did you find GizROM based on 2.04 chinese ROM? I only found a gizrom based on global 1.1.
[General Questions and Answers] lukassl:
Has an Italian rom with ui 5.0

The ITA V1 by leitagroup

Based on Nubia UI 5 Chinese

Changelog:

Removed Chinese apps;

Translated system app;

Added Gapps;

Added Magisk for the root;

Modified the bootanimation;

First start managed by the google app;

Italian selectable between languages;

Warnings:

The play services are not granted permissions on the first start, so you have to skip the initial configuration regarding the google account, go to settings / applications and give all permissions to play services. Another thing, the room app is not translated because there have been problems.

Translation:

Let me know if you find untranslated stuff, if you find it send a screen of all that is to be translated and where to find it. In addition to the room app, the weather, backup app and themes are not translated

Other links:

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=890129502657597464

Developed by [MENTION=4712355]mauronofrio[/MENTION]
[General Questions and Answers] dante0001:
Hey guys !

I was very interested in the nubia M2 until i stumbled upon a few videos on youtube, apparently it has a lot of issues (i can't post yt links apparently but it you type "nubia m2 issues" you'll find 5 videos showing screen problem, screen not responding, bootloop, phone refusing to turn on..)

is this common ? did these people make a mistake while trying to root or put a custom rom in the phone ? Is there a solution in these cases ?

Im hesitating between the nubia m2 from geekbuying at 145€ (european warehouse) and the samsung A5 2017 at 180€, which one should i go for ?

THanks a lot for your help ! :)
[General Questions and Answers] rolandvb:
m2

i can recommend to buy the M2 it is defenatly the best phone i ever had and better as several other chinese phones i had for a lot more money,

if you don`t care about android 7 or 8 update a very good deal, the build quality is certainly as good as phones costing $500 or more

i did not encountered issues, the only issue i had was with installing gravetybox, it is interefearing with some nubia gui./theme

it is a very good phone and a friend of mine did order it when seeing my phone and how good it is for the money and really a steal !!

now i have the M2 i can say i would certainly bought it even if it had costed me $100 more.
[General Questions and Answers] dante0001:
Thanks for the answer, here are the problems im talking about :

youtube.com/watch?v=r9LSNU_Jlkk

youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=TLLPrgiMCRU

youtube.com/watch?v=Hh2f9rUyNmo

youtube.com/watch?v=k90zo6wNE-Y

youtube.com/watch?v=WMOXuBM50_c
[General Questions and Answers] estuardo4:
I've watched all videos. Aside of the screen not working on a couple of them, the other issues seems fixable by the user. I've read the forums from 4PDA and nubia.cc and these issues are not common.

You can order it with no worries. It is not the best AMOLED screen, but it IS an AMOLED screen for $160 and a good quality phone compared with others from the same price.

I wish that I had the money to buy a Oneplus 5T, but this phone is quicker and cheaper than a Oneplus 3 for example.
[General Questions and Answers] dante0001:
Quicker than OP3 ? Really ? :eek:
[General Questions and Answers] RAWSOME:
no it is not, it is still only a SD 625 device. OP3 has SD 820 and is waaay faster. The nubia is a great phone for the price. I paid 136€ and for that it is really a lot of bang for your buck. However, in retrospect the Mi A1 for ~150 would have been a much better deal. The AMOLED screen on the nubia is quite bad, the fingerprint scanner is also rather bad. It doesnt work very well in the cold for example and yeah software sucks. You'll be stuck on android 6 for ever. Mi A1 has better software, better camera, better fingerprint scanner and better screen.
[General Questions and Answers] dante0001:
Yeah that's what i thought and thank you for your input !

Why is the screen bad ? I've been told its brightness is not enough and as a result the phone is practically unreadable outside when its sunny, or is it more a color problem ?

First time i hear about the fingerprint scanner though, is it only when its cold ? In all the tests i've seen it was accurate and extremely fast.

I know about being stuck on android 6, but i don't mind that, i don't buy into the hype of android versions, i don't see major breakthrough in nougat or even oreo, as long as the apps work its all good to me

Regarding the mi a1 i like the device but it lacks two things in my opinion :

-fast charging

-fingerprint scanner is on the back, which is totally useless because you have to hold the phone in an unnatural way to activate it and then change the position of your hand :(

Basically what i'm looking for in a phone :

-nice 5,5 screen in a relatively compact phone (no 18/9)

-usb type c with fast charging

-fingerprint scanner in the front and audio jack in the bottom

-good battery

-4/64Gigs

All of which the nubia M2 has... but if the screen and the fingerprint scanner aren't good then maybe i should look towards the A5 2017 (although i worry the screen might be too small and only 32Gigs of internal memory :/ )

completely lost at the moment lol
[General Questions and Answers] estuardo4:
It may be the software installed on 1+, but I have used both side by side and the Nubia is faster.

And if it isn't, and I'm talking BS, the Nubia M2 new is $160, and the Oneplus 3 new (at eBay) is $320

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So you have read many many positive reviews of the Nubia M2 and you just read one negative and you have doubts?

The fingerprint scanner is really good, compared with phones costing the same.

The screen is way better than the LCDs on the same cost devices.

You have to know that the M2 was released last June at $400 but for different circumstances now it is a $160 phone. Get it before they run out of inventory!