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[Device Reviews and Information] Alberto96:
Review

Unboxing

Accessories included with the CUBOT King Kong 3 are just standard, with a Type-C USB Cable, 5V up to 9V MTK Pump Express Charger, a SIM Card Eject Tool and nothing else. Unlike all Type-C devices you see on the market, this device, that doesn't feature an 3.5mm Headphone Jack, does not even include an adapter so you need to buy it separately hoping that it will work. Why? I have no idea to be honest, odd marketing choice i guess.

Materials

As expected from CUBOT, the device feels quite premium with a rubberized (or soft-TPU) body and metal sides for some structural rigidity, typical for IP68 Rugged smartphones.

The Type-C port is standard, with no cable compatibility issues, well-engineered.

I would have appreciated to see slimmer bezels, too much wasted space on the front.

Connectivity

5.0GHz WiFi Networks (802.11n only) are supported with a sufficient signal strength.

Dual 4G is also supported (but not 100% stable yet based on my testing, drops to 3G/2G frequently) and i haven't faced any reception issues.

No LTE Carrier Aggregation (to reach up to 300mbps in 4G+ aka CAT-6) is enabled here (and can't be enabled manually).

Software and Performance

The device ships with Android Oreo 8.1 and, using the latest OTA update, security patches are dated November 2018, as recent as they should be. The OS is clean, with no bloatware, and the included Google Suite is complete.

Nothing to complain about system performance, the HD+ only screen helps a lot with efficiency (no battery drain + low power consumption) and smoothness. Here you can see some benchmarks.

Camera

Unfortunately the camera is not the strongest part of this device, photos in low-light conditions feature an high amount of noise. Still, that was expected, since the back camera sensor is an old Sony IMX135 13MP that in late-2018 can be considered obsolete.

Conclusions

Considering the market that CUBOT is trying to fill this device in, this is a decent smartphone with room for improvements via software. I can recommend it to those who need a device that won't be abandoned the day after its release since, at least based on my experience with CUBOT smartphones, updates are frequent and user feedbacks are, usually, used to improve the device (like Dual 4G, it was not enabled when i got the device and via an OTA update they have enabled it).

Rating: 8-​
[Device Reviews and Information] Alberto96:
I forgot to mention that the device is 100% Google Certified so perfectly usable with Android Pay (NFC built-in).
[Device Reviews and Information] rubo77:
Is this device rootable?

I couldn't find a decent instruction how to root the King Kong 3.
[Device Reviews and Information] Fred Schmutzke:
On my device, the GPS is the big issue. It is hardly ever receiving a signal and therefore useless. It seems to be an Android 8.x problem on some devices, but I still didn't find a sufficent solution. I might send it back and get a different brand, like the Uleforne Armor 5. Any suggestions considering the GPS issue?
[Device Reviews and Information] Elsquirel:
Test it 3 month

I got it from 3month, and i'm happy with it?

4days battery, look will up to date, solid hardware, military ip68 rugged building.

Camera isn't best but sound enought for me.

I cannot find any easy rooted way, but its 8.1 stock on it, and i can delete useless Google apps, with simple ADB.

Otherwise, GPS works good after 1 minute luncher gpsnavy.

Borders top and bottom are 2cm long....

My opinion it's the best price/quality deal from now.
[Device Reviews and Information] Frank_Contreras:
This is the worst device anyone can buy

After couple months purchasing this device started to have problems apps crashing and sometimes the app that crash made device reboot so after tried sp flash tools to reflash device the radio signal started to degrade eventually it couldn't read the Sim card correct anymore even shows the baseband and imei correctly. That last time I ever purchasing anything from China.:(
[Device Reviews and Information] Elsquirel:
But every electronics things come from China....

(︶︹︺)
[Device Reviews and Information] heross:
Now i have my Cubot King Kong 3 seven days. Best phone i ever had.It run smothe, camera shoot nice pictures at daylight, accu run more then 12hours with navigation, GPS fix quickly and ist akkurat.
[Device Reviews and Information] MrTooPhone:
US LTE prefeormance?

Just curious how well LTE works in the US on T-Mobile and AT&T. According to kimovil it should work great but I have my doubts?
[Device Reviews and Information] Elsquirel:
It works as it have to in France. Should be the same in US?
[Mogul, XV6800 General] emkorial:
This is getting annoying. I'll be driving alonng, phone in it's case, and invariably a calendar reminder or email notification will turn the phone on. And since the green talk button comes out farther than the other buttons (what a stupid design decision) it easily get's depresed against the case, the first time starts the phone app, and the second time calls my last dialed number. I've wasted countless airtime minutes due to this happeneing.

So is there any way to keep the phone off until I press the power button (to have no alerts/notifications turn on the phone, the only way the phone would turn on from being in sleep mode is the power btton being pushed or an incoming call) OR can you disable the "Call last number dialed" feature of the green button being pressed when the phone app is active? I want to be able to pres it once to bring the phone up, but I don't want it to start auto dialing when pressed twice.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] GhettoBSD:
lots of tricky problems, i deal with them by locking the phone, or more recently using "s2ul" which is slide to unlock. It works really well and is customizable.

Search the tweeks posts to see if anyone has what you need as far as killing the notifications. They wake me up at 12:00 AM when they aren't even until 12:00PM! hahaha
[Mogul, XV6800 General] worwig:
Thank you for this post.

I thought I was the ONLY one with this issue.

It is driving me crazy. Last weekend I even bought a #7 torx and disassemblied the phone to modify the call button. I ended up putting it back tgether after nearly destroying the rubber 'mat' under the keyboard. The mechanical fix is harder then I thought.

Slide 2 unlock does NOT fix the problem. For some reason, just as the phone wakes up, if the SEND button is pressed, it TURNS OFF slide to unlock, and redials the last number.

Very annoying to me AND my friends that get the calls.

The only real fix I have found is to set a 'lock' and use a time of ZERO. But that is annoying to have to always enter a pin number.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] emkorial:
No one has a fix for this? It has to be a very common issue
[Mogul, XV6800 General] bakntyme:
Use the stock phone lock application.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] serfboreds:
Slide 2 Unlock is the only solution I have found. S2U2 can be assigned to one of your buttons (I use the record button) and you can keep the programs active (i.e. MP3 music keeps playing) or press power to close.

You may be able to edit registry keys, I will look into where that is.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] worwig:
SOLVED (sort of)

S2U2 does NOT work.

The SEND button can override a 'lock' and it somehow turns OFF S2U2. Makes it worthless.

BUT

VJDeviceLock looks like a reasonable solution.

It reliably turns on the device lock on each power up.

check for it at

www.vijay555.com
[Mogul, XV6800 General] emkorial:
Actually, I installed S2U2 and it worked fine.

If the phone is off, notifications will NOT unlock the phone. While locked, pressing the green talk key does nothing.

So it solves the problem. What "send" key are you talking about that closes S2U2?
[Mogul, XV6800 General] worwig:
On my xv6800, if the green send key is pressed in my case when the notification wakes up the phone, it turns off S2U2. Now that it is awake, if the button is released and pressed a few times by accident in the case, it redials the last number.

I've repeated this over and over on mine. That was with the original Verizon firmware, and with a DCD rom upgrade.

If the phone wakes up and S2U2 is fully activated, THEN the green send button is pressed, it does nothing. It is only a problem if the button is held down by the case at the times it wakes up. Which has been often enough to make a number of calls by accident.

Please try to duplicate that. Maybe I have a S2U2 setting wrong, but I couldn't get it to lock reliably IF the green send button is pressed when it wakes up.

Yea, I should get a different case, but I really like this one.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] emkorial:
I just tried it both ways. I set a calender event, turned the phone off, the reminder woke the phone up to the S2U2 screen, I hit the green button, nothing happened.

I then set a calendar reminder, shut off the phone, held down the green button until the reminder came up, and while the reminderf didn't clear away like it usually does, S2U2 did not close, the phone app did not open, and no call was made. I have S2U2 1.0
[Mogul, XV6800 General] defaultdotxbe:
ive tried to too, S2U2 keeps the phone locked

the only thing even close to what worwig describes i can get is if i put the phone into sleep mode and bring it back out immediately while rapidly hitting the talk button, it opens the phone app before s2u2 pops up, but it never actually calls anyone (s2u2 locks it before then) and its only if i put it to sleep and wake it back up immediately (if i keep it in sleep mode for more than a second or two s2u2 is already up when it wakes up)
[Mogul, XV6800 General] worwig:
Well, I'll need to try it again.

But the last time I did my brother disowned me. :D

Oddly enough, I have been using VJDevicelock for a couple of days now. I am on an exchange server. They have a policy in effect that forces a password lock every hour. With the VJDeviceLock installed, it no longer asks for a password. Odd.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] hoothrewpoo:
do you have /Settings/Key Lock set to "Lock all buttons except Power button"? That could potentially cause a problem for you with S2U2 if it is not.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] worwig:
Yes.

It will only power up from the power button, or a notification.

I'm trying S2U2 again. Who is going to give me their # so I can have it the first in my list to be redialed if this calls out again? :D
[Mogul, XV6800 General] defaultdotxbe:
just dial your voicemail first, then test, lol
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bylderup:
I own a shield pro 2017.

I changed the SSHD with a Samsung EVO 860 SSD (lowlevel cloned from SSHD) some weeks ago.

Did nothing else. No rooting or bootloader opening or whatsoever

The shield was fast as hell before updating to 7.2.

Now it has MASSIVE problems with access to the internal drive.

It takes nearly half an hour to install an app.

In system settings, the internal storage is shown, but going to see the details it takes a very long time , also.

On the other hand, apps will start and play music and video files from the internal storage.

I have a lot of mp3 and aac music files on the storage.

It looks like a Process i do not know is running on the internal storage and taking the performance.

I stopped plex and emby server (had both on it to test which one is better for me) but no changes.

What can I do to get the performance back ??

I have no clue atm.

And what would happen if I put the Original SSHD back into the device ? It has 7.1 on it.

Well - I do not know which step is best to resume the issue.

Waiting, complete reset or something else ?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asdrubal18:
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE A NVIDIA SHIELD 16GB RUNNING 7.2 ANDROID.

I BOUGHT A Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E500B/AM) TO BE USED AS ADDITIONAL STORAGE TO RUN MY PLEX SERVER. I HAVE MY MEDIA FILES IN MY SYNOLOGY MOUNTED AS NETWORK STORAGE BUT WANTED THE PLEX TO HANDLE ALL TRANSCODING LOCALLY.

1)

I SET THE SSD AS A DEVICE STORAGE.

SHIELD FORMATS IT WITH NO PROBLEM AS ADOPTED INTERNAL STORAGE AND ENCRYPTS IT BUT AFTER A WHILE THE SHIELD BECOMES EXTREMELY SLOW IN RESPONSE. USING THE REMOTE TO BROWSE THROUGH THE MENU AND SELECTING APPS IS EXTREMELY SLOW.

2)

I RESTORED THE SSD TO FROM DEVICE STORAGE TO EXTERNAL STORAGE AND AFTER A WHILE THE SAME BEHAVIOR DESCRIBED ABOVE ON 1) HAPPENS.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SSD THOUGH. IF I FORMAT ON A PC IT WORKD JUST FINE, NO FLAWS. I INSTALLED THE MAGIC SOFTWARE FROM SAMSUNG IN THE PC AND TESTED THE BENCHMARKS AND IT IS JUST FINE.

I BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS WELL.

ANY CLUES ? ANY HELP IS MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANKS IN ADVANCE
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trvbone:
Most recent update is to blame I am sure, mine won't even startup now, was acting funny. I never did the SSD swap but I think I may to get it back up. I think the update is to blame for many problems.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trvbone:
Anyone have any luck yet? It's the 2015 Pro BTW. Just flashes green every time I touch the power on for one second but does nothing. I can hear the HDD spinning inside and it's not making any weird clicks or noises like a dying hard drive would??? Lost!!!
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] nikai:
Hi,

I flashed a wrong boot.img via fastboot, and done reboot.

Now the phone stuck in bootloop with no screen at all. no mi logo, just black screen (vibrate when it try to boot).

- Phone is Xiaomi Redmi 6, battery is not removable.

- Can't enter to fastboot mode (not either to TWRP recovery).

- Can't even turn the phone off (tried with pow + vol-up + vol-down, but didn't work).

- PC not recognize the phone (included miFlash and spFlashtool).

I have an unlocked bootloader if it make any different to this situation.

Please help :crying:

Thanks.

If need more details I would like to give it.
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] mrmazak:
try this. It worked for me when I had a simular issue.

set spflash tool up to flash correct boot.img. Press start.

Connect phone while holding the volume down button. Keep holding button. The phone is bootlooping, so it may eventually catch in preloader and get flashed.
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] nikai:
Thanks, but I'm get the same error, STATUS_BROM_CMD_FAIL (0xC0060005)
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] denimajidt:
same problem with me..haha :laugh:
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] Tommy0412:
folow these steps

the only way you flash your phone is by installing mtk (mediatek) drivers.

if you are using windows 10. Disable Driver Signature Enforcement

download MRT_V3.26

there you have MTK_driver.exe install it. than open folder MTK_CDC_Driver_for_imei right click on Android_Gadget_CDC_driver and install.

download Xiaomi_Flash_20181115.zip

and stable global fastboot rom V10.3.3.0.OCGMIXM

extract it

run mi flash and choose extracted folder, click refresh than flash.

THIS IS 100% TESTED by me.
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] TanRayCz:
Where can i get scatter file from?

edit: nevermind, found it, tried to flash boot.img but it never did anything
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] samusamu2304:
same

i have the same problem but with a redmi 6A, its stuck on a bootloop with the "the system has been destroyed" screen and unable to boot into fastboot, i alredy tried setting up sp flash and connecting the device pressing the vol+ button, but i always get the "STATUS_BROM_CMD_FAIL (0xC0060005)" error and i cant find anything about it.
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] Pradeep1998:
https://xdaforums.com/redmi-note-8-pro/how-to/guide-unbrick-stuck-da-mode-authorised-t4000433/page24 try this and let me know if its working for you guys also
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] Immortal68:
The workaround doesn't support MT6762, which is the processor in the R6, sadly.
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] adhilfuad:
MT6765 supported and in Redmi 6
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] BTS Arm:
I Have A Problem That My Redmi Note 9 Is Struck On BootLoop It's Not Entering Recovery And Fastboot Mode Also It's Just Showing Redmi Logo Only How To Fix It Any One Help Me Plzzz....
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] jholiveira:
Same problem here. I think I just got myself a brand new brick (Redmi k50)!

@BTS Arm, were you able to overcome this problem?
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] GiZeta:
Same problem, I'm trying right now with MiFlash as suggested by Tommy0412. The program detects the device and is in "flashing" from 500s to this moment. I'll let you know if it's working

Edit: Finished with "error: flash timout". I'm trying again, this time with very less hope. By the way my phone is a Redmi 9A (dandelion)

Edit 2: I fixed the problem without flashing (almost) anything. I used the Xiaomi ADB/Fastboot Tool (a simple .jar file) that allowed me to reboot in fastboot mode without doing anything strange. Then I flashed the correct recovery and everything is now back to normal. Thanks to whoever developed that java application. That saved my ass!
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] jholiveira:
Unfortunately, I no longer have access to recovery or fastboot. The phone is stuck in a loop and no longer offers those options. I need a tool that can recover it in BROM mode.
[Xiaomi Redmi 6 Questions & Answers] GiZeta:
If it keeps restarting, this may not help at all, but I'll leave the tool here for you (or whomever may need it) to maybe give it a try.

Hope you can recover it somehow, good luck and have a nice day
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] doombuger:
I am thinking about getting a n9600 snapdragon hk (for rooting). I know that a n9600 has an unlocked BL. After rooting with twrp and using weta rom the n9600 snapdragon reportedly works on Verizon. (if you have an activated sim already.)

My question is this: will an already activated Verizon sim work with a stock n9600 or is twrp/root/weta necessary to get it working with Verizon services?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Mr. Orange 645:
http://bfy.tw/LPdJ
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] marekiaro_17:
Hi everyone! This morning my PH-1 fell about 3 feet with only the back (I use this phone without case but with DBrand skin). The phone get laggy with everything: to unlock,to open an app! It's not usable :crying:

I tried to reboot and to format data but nothing. Tonight I'll try to reflash the last OTA. (I never unlocked BL)

What can I do? I bought this phone from another person (He bought it on Amazon) and now Amazon obviously wants his data for assistence or refuse. :(

EDIT: I'm searching for fixing in my zone because I think it's only the display's cable that isn't in the correct position. Today I'll go in a store for an analysis.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Lepa79:
Not sure what the heck is going on by my pull down notification is ALWAYS dark no matter what I do. I even tired forcing the Device Theme to Light vs auto depending on wallpaper and the darn thing is always dark.

Any ideas??

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[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Do you have dark mode enabled on your android messages app?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Lepa79:
Wow, what in the world is Google thinking? Why does changing messager to dark mode impacts the notification color? That's crazy. Is this a known bug?

Thank you buy the way, it was driving me nuts as to why it is happening.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Hahahahahaha....beats me bruh, better ask google that one. But yes, it's a known issue. Guess they figured that if you have dark mode enabled, might as well have dark notifications to go with it! Your welcome my friend :cool:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Lepa79:
Where is freedom of choice? LOL.

Thanks again. Cheers!
[General Questions and Answers] 5ewi:
Hi all, please help.

I just purchased a Leeco Le Max3 x850 and I'm super disappointed. Apart from the mobile being way too slow (it's meant to be a 6GB RAM), my main issue are whatsapp voice messages. It's not a matter of sound - the problem is that when I try to play them, it's like it can't download them fast enough (hard to explain) - a 3 second voice message takes hours to complete and at no point do I hear sound. Whatsapp videos work fine, and i can also SEND voice messages without problems. I'm going mad - any solutions please? MY EUI is 6.0.617T - this is the only major difference between this new phone and my old Le Max 2.

THANK YOU

Sarah, Malta Europe
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] shine.io:
please suggest good dark themes for poco ?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] _HUGO_:
Try Dark V10
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] markoelprototipo:
The best View attachment 4668676

Enviado desde mi POCOPHONE F1 mediante Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] 7827505059:
Every theme have major bugs.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] eilegz:
the theme its great but, what i really hate its that they are changing the whatsapp and it looks horrible, the fact that no themes can come up with navigation bar completely black on every window or every app. it defeat the purpose to have a black theme when you have a shinny white nav bar
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] kire.htc:
Is it somehow possible to make dialing screen black?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Jowandeka:
Install stock Google Phone apk, and in settings choose dark theme.

I did that also for messages, You Tube...
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Sarthok Pahan:
Theme-Stock Black
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] kire.htc:
Thanks for reply. I try booth but didnt help. Dialing screen is still white.View attachment 4691833
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] t-driver:
try this:

Dark Translucent Background Dialer (from here: https://xdaforums.com/poco-f1/how-to/xiaomi-poco-f1-unlock-bootloader-custom-t3839405)

MIUI 10 8.11.8 and above and do nandroid back up before flash. (also works with EU roms)

https://mega.nz/#!PNZiECZC!xfyNJmlHTcnjBjy6H2HcCk0yn5XuWWpiyjGrLencKP8

it also shows half screen caller picture.

i'm using this together with Dark V10, the best dark theme so far imho.

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[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] gaurangsingh3010:
Customize your theme using multiple Dark themes from Mi Theme store

One way to get a good Dark theme will be to dowload multiple black themes and then create the customized version using those multiple themes you've downloaded.

Customization is possible through the stock Mi Theme app itself.

By doing so you can choose a separate dialer from one theme, separate lockscreen from another theme, different toggles theme from another.

By combining them you can have the best of them all.

Once you've created the best combo for yourself you can BACKUP the theme you've created to use in future if you change to any other theme by mistake.

I've beem using this on my F1 and it works great.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] t-driver:
is there a walk through how to do this "combining" ? I can only change lock- and home-screens. (I'm on EU stable )

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[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] soubasn:
it is a bug of dev rom. if you go back to 9.1.10 dev. everything gone to be black with this theme
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] flipx:
Ive heard miui EU version has 80% dark mode almost everyrhing dark. Ive never tried it cause it dont want to root my device yet .
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] foysal105:
Use oxygen os from theme store
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] ele95:
Wait for official miui dark mode , all the themes on the market are bad
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] ellednarb666:
Dark V10 is a good dark theme