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[General Questions and Answers] mrmazak:
On umidigi thread over on 4pda.net there are working twrp for new (July) update. :-
[General Questions and Answers] ChiefWilNel:
I have the purchased version of root explorer. I never had root on any of my phone but I could see all folders but on the umidigi power I can veiw is the SD card
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Got this phone yesterday and so far i m lovin it! One thing, i saw some people updated the Google dialer, but when i try to download newer ones it says was not installed. can anyone point me in the right direction of which one i can use?

TIA.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
just go here

https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-google-phone-v14-0-175904292-bubble-t3708218
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] KingKRoBot:
Hello guys, sometimes I have the issue that my touch wont work. So I had to push the power button to turn off my screen and activate ist again after that it works.

Does someone has the same issue?
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
I don't have this issue I'm afraid

The major issue I have right now is that the camera won't focus... Seems to be stuck in close focus.

Can adjust in open camera but still not getting the full focal range...
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
I do not have this issue with this phone, but if you mean when you get a call and you can't swipe to answer.

Then i had this on my previous phones, and i have got this complaint from my mom, friends, boss, etc.

the only solution is the one you are using as far as i am aware.

Yesterday i have noticed a focus issue as well, it actually will focus on usually writing and will go out of focus and not stay in focus to take the picture.
[General Questions and Answers] juggy1001:
Yes. It happens to me too. I've been with that problem for a while and I try to solve it with different methods that could give the error. I had read that it was possibly because there is an app that gave some kind of conflict, but I have been testing and I have not found a solution. I disabled Duraspeed, but it didn't fix anything either.

I concluded that it could be because the screen connector with the motherboard didn't make good contact sometimes.

I watched this video to see where that connector was located:

(I can't put links because I don't have 10 posts with my account. Search for youtube "umidigi f1 disassembly" and you will find the video I say).

Based on this video, I pressed my fingers in the area where I think the screen connector is (located according to the video, if I'm not mistaken, from the bottom left of the fingerprint sensor so that, with the pressure, it would do best contact

I've been 1 day since I did that method and the screen hasn't failed again. I do not know if it will be a definitive solution because I am still testing it, but for the moment the touch screen has not failed me again.

You will tell me if it worked for you.

Sorry for my English if it's not perfect, I'm using a translator.
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
So this is really random but I've found that bashing the side of the phone will make it start focusing again. Sounds possibly like a connection issue similar to the above, tho I have to do it every time
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Bashing?! you're kidding, right?
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
this is unfortunate that some of u are have crazy problems. Every Umidigi phone I owned (currently the F1, then the X). Have been absolutely amazing. Hopefully most of these issue can be resolved. Umidigi is pretty amazing....
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
I wish I were.

On at least a few occasions a sharp bash with my palm on the side of the phone has led to it focussing correctly [emoji23]
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Damn! you're right it worked! Lol.

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
exFAT support mod

Hey guys has anyone been able to mod exFAT support on this device as I tried to use USB OTG but only just found out Mediatek doesn't support exFAT.

I've found another post on this site where Mediatek devices have been modded to support exFAT/NTFS. Just search exFAT on Mediatek and it's the first link as I can't post links.

Anyone know what I could do?
[General Questions and Answers] KingKRoBot:
Hey do you use Youtube vanced?

Maybe it could be the problem but I am not 100% sure.
[General Questions and Answers] juggy1001:
I use OGYoutube.

Since I did that pressure on the back of the phone that I explained in the post, the screen has not failed again. And already 4 days ago. Before, every day the screen failed and I had to turn it off and on again.
[General Questions and Answers] KingKRoBot:
Ouh. I hope its not an hardware issue ?
[General Questions and Answers] tekweezle:
Just an FYI, a new wireless update got pushed to my S3 Pro.

I am at level 816-1542

Most noticeable difference is that the old camera app has disappeared. A new app called Cellphone Broadcast has been pushed to the device.

I'll check the F1 and F1 Play
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Not seeing any update here...
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Ota update this morning.

Mentions camera updates (maybe it'll focus again?!!) and NFC payment updates (I've had no issues, so hope doesn't break something!!)
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
Update removes EIS from camera as it was only present on the older camera app.

So keep this in mind if you need or want EIS, don't update. They may add it back in a future update but as of now the video is shaky.
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Thanks for the headsup - not so worried about that!

I am worried by reports in the F1 Play thread that they may have had this update last month and it broke some NFC functions...
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
Hey did anyone else get "Digital Wellbeing" app on Google play store???
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Weirdly, now you mention it, it's installed according to the play store but I can only uninstall, no open option!!
[General Questions and Answers] KingKRoBot:
It was a software issue now they fixed it. ?
[General Questions and Answers] fierysky:
frequency aggregation does not work (4G +)

Does anyone know how to start frequency aggregation (4G +) on our F1

in the engineering menu (LT CA setting - off)

when you try on, it turns off
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
That's because it's a tab in settings now.... like as if the wireless update pushed digital Wellbeing but that clearly wasn't mentioned in the patch notes unless it was mixed with optimization. idk but I really like it...
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
I was worried about that as well. but it didn't break anything on NFC, still works great.

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I use the Gcam anyways TBH, as it gives you video stabilization, but it did break Gcam for pics.
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
What Gcam do you use?

And does anyone have exFAT support?
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/MGC_5.1.018_7.0+C2API_min_2a_AllinOne.apk

do you have another?
[General Questions and Answers] redvern:
can't chose SD card for photo storage

I have F1 play with the latest rom UMIDIGI_F1.E_V1.0_20190125_20190726-1817

I can't chose SD card as storage for camera app. It doesn't even show up as an option, only "phone storage". the card itself works and formatted by the phone. I can see it in storage menu, though it shows the card as 128gb and 64gb used. this isn't true because card is 64gb.

edit: I've figured it out, I had to format the card as portable. this wasn't an option in my previous phone so I didn't know it.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
How to stop apps from closing by themselves.? Duraspped is off, battery optimization is off battery saver mode off.? Y can't I get this to stop? or an other words work?? :confused::laugh:
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Which apps are stopping?
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
games keep backing out to home screen and then rebooted. Vt keeps closing, any background streams stop
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
I believe you are on slippery gestures for navigating.

Am I correct?
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
:svetius: you are correct
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Did you already get the august update?
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
yup completely up to date
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Oh, that's odd. In mine the update fixed that issue.

Well if you like the idea of no back/home/task manager buttons. Then the best solution is to activate fingerprint sensor. And set it up to tap once to go back, to long for home, and tap twice for task manager.

Move to buttons with hide bar option and keep it hidden.
[General Questions and Answers] coffenk:
Spotify App Crashing on F1

I've been experiencing a problem with the Spotify app crashing when I press song options (3 dots) . Only started in the past couple of days. Based on what I've been able to find online it is unique to the Umidigi F1 and is caused by the F1 ROM. It's even been discussed in the Spotify Community forums.

https://community.spotify.com/t5/An...ong-to-share-add-to-playlist-etc/td-p/4811695

App completely freezes and must be force closed.

No fix identified yet. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the app, cleared cache/ storage etc but no fix.

Strangely, Spotify Lite app works all ok.

Anyone else experiencing this or have any suggested fixes ? Thanks !
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
I'm receiving a new update right now. Interestingly says not to press install now but wait for automatic for some reason
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Anyone having a delay of 1-2 seconds after pressing the fingerprint sensor? In the past couple of days i noticed that after pressing the fingerprint scanner the screen comes to life after 1-2 especially if the phone has been sitting for a while?
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Well it's downloaded but definitely not installing itself... Don't know what to do now, so tempting to press install
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
what's the build number and date?
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
See attached
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
I have a new problem that started a couple of days ago is that i press the fingerprint sensor, it registers the touch as I hear it.

But the screen stays black for 1-2 seconds before turning on.

Anybody has this issue?
[General Questions and Answers] KingKRoBot:
Same here but I am using faceunlock
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Did it start after the update?.
[General Questions and Answers] WStef:
Once the update 100% no touch the phone. It reboot automatic (~ 20min)
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Mine hasn't and I left it for well over an hour...
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
I see, that's a good idea that works fast.

It's unfortunate as other then that i really love this phone.

I wonder people who have had this phone for a while, what do you think about it?
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
Did you or anyone else here get Gcam working for pics since it broke?

I've just been using the stock camera for pics exclusively. I find it takes better pictures and focuses better than Open Camera set to 15.93MP.

I've tried a few Gcams to no avail.

You guys had any luck?
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=1899786940962572040

It's an older one, so you'll have to uninstall the other one first.
[General Questions and Answers] vladakster:
My phone stucked in rebooting phase.

I can cancel it or manually reboot, but update is not installed.

What have you done?
[General Questions and Answers] KingKRoBot:
Iam sorry but i dont realised it before
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
So far I haven't done anything. It's still not rebooted after two nights now but since it explicitly says don't hit install I really don't want to. I'm not sure what three problem is of I do!!
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Just restart your phone.
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
I've done that too...
[General Questions and Answers] AJStubbsy:
Have you had any success installing the update? I'm having the same problem. I left it all night at 'Rebooting' stage and still no joy.
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Nope. I rebooted and it forgot that it had downloaded it. It's just done it again and now it's sitting there...
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Hmm, interesting.

I never got this update, what country are you in? Or what language is the phone set to?

I wonder if it's a regional update.
[General Questions and Answers] coffenk:
I have this update available on my phone this morning. ( Located in Montreal). Based on reports I've read here and in other forums I'm reluctant to install it. Think I'll wait till the some of the download/install issues get fixed. Really happy with my F1 (except for the Spotify app crashing issue) which hopefully this new update will fix.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
won't update either, reboot loop nothing happens.... :(
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
reboot loop? are you saying the phone won't start now?
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
got it to work and update. restarted phone during reboot animation freeze. only thing noticeably different is they added parental controls inside Digital Wellbeing.
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
that's good news, well I just got mine.

It has the do not press install warning. Says to connect the phone to wifi for 10 minutes.

Well, my wifi is on, but nothing is happening.
[General Questions and Answers] coffenk:
Latest Update

Just noticed that the new update version available on my phone has been changed. It now ends in 1638. (Previous was 1829).

Seems that Umidigi has withdrawn the previous problem version to be replaced with this one...… hopefully corrected.

They've also replaced the manual OTA download version on their website with this "1638" version. https://community.umidigi.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=18876&extra=page=1

Might have to give it a try !
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
The number has changed on mine, but still been more than 10 minutes on wifi and nothing is happening.
[General Questions and Answers] coffenk:
Same here. Been over 15 min now. I'll give it a little longer then may try the "Install now" option or a reboot. The instructions are a little unclear to me. While I know it says don't " Install now" immediately after downloading but maybe it's ok to do it after the 10 minute wait.

I've updated many phones over the years, unlocked a few, installed custom ROM's etc but never have had to go through this.
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
yeah, i am starting to think they mean after 10 minutes press install now.

Reboot doesn't do it, i rebooted when in and it said there's a new update and redownloaded the file.
[General Questions and Answers] coffenk:
I didn't do anything and now says "Rebooting". I'll leave it for a while to see what happens.
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Do let us know please
[General Questions and Answers] coffenk:
Stuck on "Rebooting" for over 30 minutes so I forced a restart. Booted up all ok and shows same update available to download. Back to square 1 !

I may download the OTA file and try a manual install.

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Downloaded the Manual OTA file and placed it on internal storage. Phone stuck on "Copying" for over 30 minutes so forced a restart. Rebooted all ok and I'm back to where I started.

I give up! May be returning my F1 after all !
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Had anyone tried opressing install?
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
I got mine to work by via the following :

Settings:system :about:wireless update: 100%download:install now:reboot animation circling but nothing happens:hold power button:select restart:

That worked for me, hope it helps....
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
It didn't work, go back to wireless update. Check for updates, you'll see is available again.
[General Questions and Answers] coffenk:
Agreed. I got the same result.

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Well I finally installed it successfully ! I used the "Optional Manual OTA Method - Install from Recovery" detailed here:

https://community.umidigi.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=18876&extra=page=1

Went well and instructions were pretty clear.

Haven't noticed any real differences but, unfortunately it still didn't fix my problem with the Spotify app crashing when selecting song options (3 dot icon).

Still not sure if I'll be keeping it.
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
If this update does nothing, I'm just not going to worry about it. I am really liking this phone so far.
[General Questions and Answers] coffenk:
Finally worked!
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
How did you get it to work?
[General Questions and Answers] coffenk:
See my note in post 323.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
I'm pretty sure it did.....
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Then unfortunately it didn't work for me.

I tried twice already. And every time I do, I check for updates and the same freaking update starts downloading.

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Actually no it didn't. Yours is showing 0819 this one is 0904
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Look at the 2 attachments.
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
This worked for me!

I didn't see any update details etc when it rebooted as you usually do but it now shows as latest update
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
My phone now says no new updates when I check, so I guess it's done....

On another note, I know this phone had a lift to wake feature, I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Am I missing something, it has it been removed?
[General Questions and Answers] coffenk:
Try Settings/Display/Advanced. Should be there.
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Thank you! I can't believe i missed that, lol.
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
Seems like RAM management is still an issue they haven't fixed. I swear I read some of you guys solved it back a few months ago, but I don't know how.

Anybody know?
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Nah, it's still terrible.

I've kind of learned to live with it, tho it is frustrating at times
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
I don't have any Ram management issues.
[General Questions and Answers] The_real_hati:
Same here. As a matter of fact I found this phone to be pretty much the best for my needs. Although a bit tempted by the X :D
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Well, the X i was really excited for, but the 720p screen is keeping me away.

Plus the lower battery size and same processor and still waterdrop design.

But I am now looking forward to the upcoming F2 which looks sick IMO.
[General Questions and Answers] The_real_hati:
A perfectly good F1 is keeping me away :D:D:D to the point of not even checking the specs, like the 720p screen res. That is a deal breaker indeed, even in OLED.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
I really hope the F2 is all what it hopes to be. If so this is definitely my new daily driver.
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Looking forward to it as well.
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Really? So when you are on a long webpage of text (for example) and app change, then change back, it doesn't reload the page?

Or when you are playing a game and app switch it doesn't reload the whole thing?
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Maybe the thing is i don't play games.

other stuff seems to not reload.
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Me neither really, just an example. News apps if I'm halfway down an article lose place etc etc, it's quite frustrating
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Just received the update again, with a link to go to if it's stuck in rebooting https://community.umidigi.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=18876

Very easy to follow instructions even not for XDA'rs and includes a video for instructions as well.

My phone has now rebooted right away and is in the installation of system update process :)

If any issues arrive i'll keep you guys posted.
[General Questions and Answers] The_real_hati:
Thanks for all that. Mine got stuck, so followed instructions and it has now successfully updated all by itself. :good:
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Interestingly I managed to unstick mine last update but clearly didn't install properly as this was waiting for me too. Got stuck at rebooting, downloaded the apks and nice easy ride
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
So I just got the Email. Umidigi F2 Launch September 23!
[General Questions and Answers] coffenk:
Spotify App Crash

My apologies for having asked this before … but are any of you guys having an issue with Spotify app crashing on this phone when accessing the "3 dot " song option ? It's been documented in the Spotify and Umidigi community forums. Aside from the recent software update issue, it's my only real complaint with this phone.

Thanks in advance for your feedback !
[General Questions and Answers] mantarkus:
UGH, meanwhile no solid ROM for the F1. Wish they just concentrated on the current year handsets before releasing anything new. But hey, at least we got unlockable bootloader unlike Huawei.

David C.
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Wonder if well get Android 10
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
The F2 will have it out of the box. but honestly with the the selling and success rate with the F1, I don't see why Umidigi wouldn't do it. But also it could be gimmicks just to make you upgrade. Anyways hoping for the best. I love my F1

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https://www.gizmochina.com/2019/09/...23rd-renders-and-more-information-leaked/?amp
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
A letter, from who?
[General Questions and Answers] tekweezle:
With all these new phones to be released, I hope they don't orphan the F1, F1 Play and S3 Pro. These are great phones.
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
My ROM is solid, what do you mean?.

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Nah, that would be something though.
[General Questions and Answers] coffenk:
Umidigi.com down

Has anyone else noticed that their website has been down for most of the day. Not a good sign !
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
they are putting the F2 in.
[General Questions and Answers] KingKRoBot:
new Update
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
What version?
[General Questions and Answers] KingKRoBot:
1829
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
This has been discussed, it isn't new.

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[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
You know what? I have a question for every Umidigi F1 owner. Does your lock screen pin unlock after entering the digits, or do you have to hit the check mark? Because mying unlocks as soon as the last correct digit is entered and man do I love it. using my wife's Umidigi S3 pro I have to hit the check mark :laugh:
[General Questions and Answers] GOONER13:
Hi guys, how do I update firmware when I'm on Xtended Rom? I get a lot of freezing no matter which Rom I use. Cheers!
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
is ur lock screen pin process like mine?
[General Questions and Answers] The_real_hati:
My F1 lock screen does not need the tic mark to unlock, but after a reboot, before the OS is loaded, I need to tic it to unlock.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
Awesome!, honestly an amazing feature.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
is this the current update? I live in America if that matters :D
[General Questions and Answers] coffenk:
Yup. That's the one I have. Pretty sure it's the latest.