yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
Thank you, I just installed it using a SD card
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
confirmed, it's the latest.
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Anyone know how to stop the phone preventing you using the flashlight below 15% battery?

Surely it's my choice if I want to use up my battery that way??
[General Questions and Answers] faaramin:
hi :)

I already have mi Umidigi F1 all set up and rooted. Whats the best way tu update to V1.0_20190316??

Download ROM and flash every partition? Every partition except recovery? or just flashing the UMIDIGI_F1_V1.0_20190124_20190316-1508_update.zip will do it?

Will I lose my Data? Ive had bad experiences the minute I try to restore from Nandroid backups so I dont rely on them.

طراحی سایت​
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
First i'd like to know how you got to 15%?!?! lol.

Second change the camera app with one on Playstore.
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Lol. Good question, but it gets there...

Don't think it's anything to do with the camera app - its the flashlight icon in the quick actions drop down...
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Oh i thought you meant flash on the camera.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
hey does "Mario kart tour" work on your guy's F1? Keeps saying to update but there isn't one. super confusing and I just want to play it :laugh:
[General Questions and Answers] DevSquad:
Exactly my thoughts. The phone looks really good (especially that insane battery..), but some future software would be nice.

Anyone got ideas on the battery llife?
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Battery life is superb.

Just looking at status right now, I've had 14hrs since last charge with 4 hours SOT and I'm still at 60% and estimated to last until 17.00 tomorrow (it's 21.00 now)
[General Questions and Answers] gargamelxda:
Finally I have rooted it with Magisk!!!

If there are People interested I will post method. Flashtools and Magisk 17.3 required. Dont work with 18.X.

Safetynet pass too

Enviado desde mi ONEPLUS A6013 mediante Tapatalk
[General Questions and Answers] Weegee1:
I'm looking to buy this phone and wanted to know if it worked with at&t prepaid
[General Questions and Answers] :
Bootloader is locked out of the box, but doesn't verify signatures before booting (so SPFT can be used to bypass the locked bootloader), it is also unlockable in a Nexus-like fashion if you want fastboot support.

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It'll work with any US carrier, this phone's got amazing LTE band support.

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Battery life is good, but the power management software is a little too aggressive for my liking. When I have time to do full benchmarks (with my usual optimizations, including limiting the aggressive power saving) I'll post more info.

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The Android Pie navigation is part of the stock launcher that Google ships on Pixel and Android One phones, it's not actually built into Android. I haven't tried getting it working on the F1 yet, but it does have it's own implementation of fullscreen swipe-up gestures in Smart Assistant

EDIT: I'm not actually positive about that first part. Either way, it's something that's not included here.

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For root you need to use Magisk 17.3, it doesn't work with Magisk 18+ (not good, hoping we find out why soon). To remove encryption you must Format Data in TWRP and then flash this zip BEFORE booting back to Android: https://xdaforums.com/android/software/universal-dm-verity-forceencrypt-t3817389

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Correct, but you must visit the settings and enable OEM unlocking first, and the command is "fastboot flashing unlock" for this one. Also the bootloader doesn't verify signatures if it's locked so all this really does is allow you to use fastboot to flash things. SPFT also works so this is insecure but on the bright side it means the phone is virtually unbrickable. I would love to see XDA add a forum for the device. I'll also be working on it a bit.
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Power management is fine if you turn off the on by standard Duraspeed.

This basically shuts down all background tasks unless whitelisted

Even with that off I'm easily getting two days
[General Questions and Answers] :
DuraSpeed is not the thing that's murdering my tasks, friend. I froze it and something is still killing everything and disabling my accessibility services (OW!) whenever my phone slips into deep sleep. I've set everything important to not optimized as well. Battery manager off (not really sure what that does? Is it like Adaptive Battery on Google Android?). It's stupidly even killing YouTube when the screen turns off (sometimes). Not cool. Just turned off "Standby intelligent power saving", that's my current suspect. After we manage to get all these weird enhancements disabled, we might be left with a sorta OK Android ROM. Also would be great to find out why Magisk 18+ won't root it. :/

EDIT: I totally overlooked the DuraSpeed menu in the Settings. It's entirely possible that freezing the app just disabled that settings menu but didn't actually disable the system service for it. Turned that off and re-froze DuraSpeed. I'm still suspicious of that standby intelligent power saving though.
[General Questions and Answers] Veiran:
I am interested in getting the bootloader unlocked. Putting the command "adb devices" into PowerShell lists the F1, but when I use "adb reboot bootloader", it reboots to fastboot mode but isn't recognized.
[General Questions and Answers] ShortsYoungster:
Could you write up a full guide?
[General Questions and Answers] gargamelxda:
I have same problem.... You must install mtk drivers for the device. Can find it in needrom.

Enviado desde mi F1 mediante Tapatalk

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Now I have no time... This weekend I will do it.

Enviado desde mi F1 mediante Tapatalk
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
I'm getting colour washout on photos, anyone else getting this? It's like is odd saturation in areas of the photo...
[General Questions and Answers] Veiran:
I don't know how to enter that command given where I am in the process. What I am able to do at the moment is open PowerShell and get device listed under "adb devices". When I type "adb reboot bootloader", the phone appears to reboot into fastboot (i.e. at the bottom left corner, I see "ASTBOOT . . ." Presumably the rest of it is cut off from the curved screen) but isn't seen by "fastboot devices". Attempting to go further just causes PowerShell to wait for device.

I have enabled OEM Unlocking in Developer Options.

I will say, however, that attempting to install the MediaTek Preloader USB VCOM Port drivers isn't working; my computer claims the "third-party INF does not contain digital signature information". Maybe my settings are too restrictive?
[General Questions and Answers] gargamelxda:
Short tutorial to root with magisk.

First you must install drivers for MTK. In win10 must disable certified drivers to install it. If ADB works but Fastboot dont work is a driver problem. Try to reinstall drivers.

Unlock bootloader

Enable "oem unlock" and "device debbuging" in developer options.

With the phone on, connect to PC and run the ADB. With "adb devices" you can see your phone connected. Then "adb reboot bootloader" and "fastboot devices" to see your phone connected. If not connected you must install MTK drivers. Once your phone is recognized in fastboot then use "fastboot flashing unlock" and your bootloader is unlocked. THIS PROCESS ERASE ALL YOUR DATA IN INTERNAL MEMORY.

Install TWRP

With flashtools, select the scatter and with all unticked, tick only the recovery and select the downloaded TWRP. With phone SHUT OFF AND UNPLUGGED AT PC press download in Flashtools and then with phone SHUT OFF PLUG THE PHONE AT PC. Red bar process at bottom and then green stick and TWRP is installed.

Install Magisk

Copy to a microsd 2 files. Magisk 17.3 and Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt.zip and put it in the phone. Reboot to TWRP (vol up+power).

First FORMAT DATA (this erase all files in internal memory and apks). Then install Magisk 17.3.zip and then install Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt.zip. Reboot to system

Once you completed the configuration of the phone (with format data is how you power on by first time) install the Magisk 6.1.0.1 apk

Magisk tell you to upgrade the apk. DONT DO IT. In this phone dont work Magisk 18.x zip neither Magisk 7.x apk.

All files can find in Needrom. EXCEPT THE Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt.zip that you can find it here in XDA. With the disable encrypted on Needrom I cant do it.

Flashing TWRP with flashtools in download mode. If you have some problem and phone dont boot is very easy install Complete Firmware with flashtools in Firmware upgrade mode. Its very difficult hard brick to this phone.

Sorry for my english... Im spanish. I wish that I can help you.
[General Questions and Answers] Veiran:
Finally got it to work. Apparently there were some bad drivers and it just took me a while to sort through them.
[General Questions and Answers] termn8er:
So I received my phone last Friday. It is very nice looking, the screen is sharp and bright, speed is snappy etc. My issues are the following:

1) Wifi and Mobile signal strength indicators are much lower than my Samsung S6. I have tried this for a few days and it appears consistently lower than other phones. Anyone else notice this?

2) Samsung Wearable for the Gear S3 isn't compatible. Although Samsung said they fixed Pie issues, the phone itself when trying to download from the Play store says it isn't compatible and even though I did find a way to install it, it still won't connect.

3) When I place a call, the phone screen is NOT going blank, it stays on. I have never seen this before.... Anyone have any thoughts on this issue?
[General Questions and Answers] Veiran:
Okay, so cool. Got the bootloader unlocked and root. Aware of any generic ROMs to give a try? I tried searching for Lineage OS and Remix OS but they seem to offer specific versions for each officially supported phone. I may be feeling adventurous but I don't want to venture too far in ignorance. (-;
[General Questions and Answers] redvern:
muchas gracias tío :)

One problem with umidigi phones; because they are locked imei cannot be repaired with maui meta. Do you think that it will be possible to repair the imei after unlocking the bootloader this way?
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
For anyone interested in battery (@devsquad) here are a couple of shots from AccuBattery over the past few days

I got two full days out of it in normal use and gave up to charge before bed at 29%, apparently still with 16hrs remaining

Never thought I'd say this but I'm not sure I need this much battery [emoji23]
[General Questions and Answers] gargamelxda:
I think YES.

With other Mtk phone I have lost Imei and recover it easily.

Its possible that only flashing complete rom with flashtools the Imei come again.

Enviado desde mi F1 mediante Tapatalk
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
And the more useful one which didn't attach for some reason
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
BTW, from what I know that's an Android restriction. Not a umidigi one.
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
Yeah, it works perfectly fine on my F1. Played it since launch day. Is it still occurring? You could try a factory reset if a reinstall doesn't work.
[General Questions and Answers] tekweezle:
Just an FYI, I updated my F1 successfully to the latest update 0904-1638 using the downloaded apk method. At least this phone is getting updated.

Nothing new for the F1 Play or the S3 Pro though.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
I deleted data and cache, force close and launched again nothing. I even factory reseted the phone(also because of an authentication problem with pin/fingerprint crashing settings) so yes I head to shut the phone off then factory reset. Anyways I then installed Mario kart and again nothing. it keeps saying it needs an update(which is not true) then error code. So if it works on yours or anyone else's. then Wtf???
[General Questions and Answers] ImperatorFurio:
[MENTION=9250917]ryantf420[/MENTION] I had very similar problem with dynasty legends. I think it's bad/ corrupt download using LTE. Try mobile net. May help.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
nothing worked for Mario. until I downloaded a VPN with Location change (to New York) it was able to open completely. then I was able to delete the VPN. Weird.
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Well, good job, and thanks for posting it for people here.
[General Questions and Answers] TheRealQubix:
Also try Settings > Smart Assistant > Appblocker – this seems to cause some unintended side-effects too (and even worse, it seems to be buggy)... see my reply at the end of the thread...

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To all the people having issues with apps staying active or apps not starting on boot:

do have a look at Settings > Smart Assistant > Appblocker!

You can enable/disable apps to start on boot, staying active and so on. But the thing is that this seeems to be buggy and even somehow connected to DuraSpeed:

for example I simply opened the above settings page, enabled the Appblocker, looked at the options and then disabled it again. After rebooting none of my apps did send notifications and some background services didn't start correctly. To fix this I opened DuraSpeed, enabled it and enabled all apps to be allowed in background (see menu) then disabled DuraSpeed again, rebooted and everything started as expected.

So it seems that just enabling and then disabling Appblocker sets some flags which prevent correct app behaviour afterwards... :-/

To sum up, if you experience any issues: enable both (Appblocker and DuraSpeed) and make sure that the apps which have issues are allowed all the things you are expecting from them. If all is working then you can experiment with disabling Appblocker and DuraSpeed again...

Hope this helps!
[General Questions and Answers] vaderag:
Thanks for this. I'll have a play as while I'm mostly fine for notifications,I still find that multi tasking is broken. Possibly more memory management than anything else but after getting a Samsung for my work phone I've been noticing it more and more
[General Questions and Answers] Crowland:
Yep work fine for me.
[General Questions and Answers] KingKRoBot:
I have Duraspeed and Appblocker disabled no Performance and no battery drain issues so far.
[General Questions and Answers] Puntti:
Hi, Bought this phone for my girlfriend, but I can't get this Vineyard Valley game she's madly addicted to work. I have tried to share apk from my Mi Mix 2S installed it, but it crashes instantly. ? Also after update camera app language is in English. If anyone can get this vineyard game working on F1 I will give 5 usd reward via PayPal or btc to person first post or pm guide for installation.

Edit: Spotify also crashing...
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
Challenge accepted!

The first thing I can think of that might work is trying to clone the app in Island, as it has been known to fix some apps crashing.

Download 'Island (early access)' from the Play store

Go to the mainland tab once installed.

Find the app and press it, then press the clone icon.

If it asks you to turn on work mode turn it on

Go through the install process

Launch the app from the island tab.

Hope this helps.

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Hey there, did you fix this issue?

If not just give Island a try, might fix it. I wrote instructions above, but the app is pretty intuitive anyway.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
yes I did, I stated after that post. That I had to use a VPN with Location changer. it work but honestly with the recent app update, those problems shouldn't exsist but u never know lol
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
Ahh okay, just was checking since you seemed frustrated last time and I wanted to help :)

You can add me if you want, I'll pm you my ID. Need a few friends anyway for the challenges.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
Check this out? really cool but I'm still sticking with the F2, but holy sh7t 6150mah battery!!
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
Has anyone found phone cases that aren't flip ones?
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
Of course! so many, here are a few examples:

https://www.amazon.ca/Ytuomzi-UMIDI...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

https://www.amazon.ca/Qoosea-Compat...eywords=umidigi+f1+case&qid=1570724000&sr=8-8

https://www.amazon.ca/Laerion-UMIDI...eywords=umidigi+f1+case&qid=1570724000&sr=8-7

https://www.amazon.ca/Misd-compatib...ywords=umidigi+f1+case&qid=1570724000&sr=8-17

https://www.amazon.ca/UMIDIGI-F1-Ca...ywords=umidigi+f1+case&qid=1570724000&sr=8-28

https://www.amazon.ca/UMIDIGI-Polis...ywords=umidigi+f1+case&qid=1570724000&sr=8-48

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/330...chweb0_0,searchweb201602_8,searchweb201603_52

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/329...chweb0_0,searchweb201602_8,searchweb201603_52

And there are many more.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
Thank you. I appreciate that... :svetius::highfive::victory:
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
Hey guys, I noticed that the mobile data service seems to be killed quite frequently and the only

way I've found to fix it is to reboot the device. While it's killed, turning mobile data on and off only shows the icon to change colour in quick settings, but the upload/download arrows next to it never show up as it's not running. This testing is all with WiFi off, since WiFi takes priority.

It means any time I want to do something requiring data on the go or away from WiFi, a reboot is required.

This is very annoying especially while away from work or home. Anyone else experience this?
[General Questions and Answers] krouri:
I never had this issue. I'm having nothing but luck with this unit. Just yesterday I was at my Mechanic, texting someone while in the shop. My phone dropped from neck length, straight on to the concrete floor. Heard a sickening thud and was trying to figure out how fast I can get the umidigi F2 delivered.

Well I pick it up and not even a scratch! Just to be clear, I have no screen protector and am using the this glove like included back case.
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
Do you have the battery saver quick setting always on as well as the mobile data quick setting always on.

It's most likely some setting that is different as we all have the same device.

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Also I have two sims in at once and mobile data on both.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
That's weird? Are you running any roms? Also in dev options turn "data always on". see if that helps. Also just trying airplane mode on and off, instead of a reboot.

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is anyone else's F1 breaking apart at the charger port?
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
Nope I'm on the stock ROM, latest version. I've tried turning aeroplane mode on and off. Tried turning battery saver off, tried disabling and re-enabling the Sim card by itself, as well as switching the preferred data Sim back and forth.

I still think it's either the battery saver or the ROMs built in app/service killing with bad ram management. But with either I need to find something that can restart or trigger the mobile data service to start.

Ideally it would be good for this to not happen at all, but if I can find a way to just restart it quickly I will be happy.

Oh and no, the charging port on mine is in great condition.
[General Questions and Answers] TheRealQubix:
Did you try a long-clik on the "Mobile Data" tile and check all the settings in there? E.g. make sure DataSave is turned off, you don't have any data limits set etc.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
Right? I don't get it either. I'm not sure what could be causing the data issue strictly?
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
Yes I have checked in there before but not for this, data saver is off and no data limit is set.
[General Questions and Answers] TheRealQubix:
Yeah, sorry, just saw your latest reply while posting – looks like you did check all settings already... the only thing would be AppBlocker/DuraSpeed which was behaving weirdly for me (see a couple posts back)... but I never had any issues with data going away or not being able to re-enable (I have two SIMs, one with data and everything is working perfectly fine).
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
Yeah it is a weird one. I might try only using one Sim for a few days and see if the problem goes away.
[General Questions and Answers] TheRealQubix:
Actually I just got the S3 Pro and I have to say that these Umidigi phones are awesome for that price... can't wait to get the F2, though probably not before January...
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
That might be the issue? going back and forth on the Sims. who's your providers?
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
Both are off ?

Im still trying to sort it out and will post here when I do...

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Well I'm from Australia so Optus and Telstra.

Btw I didn't have mobile data always on in dev settings so maybe that will fix it. I will see after a few days.
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
Lol, I was just trying to screen record to show the issue here but then while switching preferred Sims it actually did work. So I will use this and report back, but I swear I tried that last time and it didn't work but it did this time, but I could be mistaken so I'll see.

Here's the screen record, I have screen dimmer running since it's night and lowest brightness isn't enough.

https://streamable.com/unwho
[General Questions and Answers] tekweezle:
What sim slot do you have your sim in? I had better luck with the sim in slot 1. Unfortunately, that usually means no micro sd card support
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
from what I learned/experienced US bands are stronger in slot 2 compared to slot 1. I currently use Tmobile but had cricket before and both work much much better in slot 2
[General Questions and Answers] tekweezle:
I have similar issue as yours. What happens is that when I come from a place with no signal like underground or subway, my phone does not pickup signal. I have the 4g signal icon but no upload and download arrows. Sometimes my HD voice icon disappears(I have Verizon) A reboot fixes it.

It's been better since I named my Apn entry with the symbol ! In the front. This is so the phone will select it since it goes by alphabetical order. What was happening was that my phone was defaulting to a default Apn settings that did not work. I suspect the same thing is happening to you.
[General Questions and Answers] Libra420T:
we're you able to delete the faulty apn? or edit to the right one?
[General Questions and Answers] tekweezle:
Here's my apn setting
[General Questions and Answers] adamiscoolization:
I will try it with the ! In front of the current apn name.

Btw guys just yesterday I got RCS working in the default Android messaging app. It's great as it combines WiFi/Data messaging, with SMS/MMS in one app. This functionality is what iMessage has had and Android users have wanted for ages.

Here's the link to where I found it out with setup guide

https://www.reddit.com/r/UniversalP...with/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
[General Questions and Answers] tekweezle:
Let me know if it helps. Also try your sim slot 1 if you get a chance just to see if it helps.