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I have Spice MI-350 Mobile phone. The phone is on Android 2.3.3
BasebandMP.V1.F9.P3, 2011/08/23
SOFT BUILD NO: SPICE_MI-350_IND_VER1.5 BUILD INFO 110901_1144
I tried to root MI-350 through Gingerbreak 1.2 and also Z4Root ( During GB and Z4Root installation, I put the APK file in SD root and then installing from there; then after installation, went to the icon and run the software).
In case of Gingerbreak, Gingerbreak went into infinite loop and ultimately after 45 minutes, I have to stop and start the phone.
In case of Z4Root, during 'Acquiring Seell' process, the process got automatically closed i.e. Z4Root went back to normal screen.
On checking, I found that Rooting did not happen. I tried this multple time to ensure that this is not one off scenario.
Can anyone help on suggesting what can be done or where I have gone wrong?
Not able to load titanium back-up for this.
Addadutta
No rooting till now
addadutta said:
I have Spice MI-350 Mobile phone. The phone is on Android 2.3.3
BasebandMP.V1.F9.P3, 2011/08/23
SOFT BUILD NO: SPICE_MI-350_IND_VER1.5 BUILD INFO 110901_1144
I tried to root MI-350 through Gingerbreak 1.2 and also Z4Root ( During GB and Z4Root installation, I put the APK file in SD root and then installing from there; then after installation, went to the icon and run the software).
In case of Gingerbreak, Gingerbreak went into infinite loop and ultimately after 45 minutes, I have to stop and start the phone.
In case of Z4Root, during 'Acquiring Seell' process, the process got automatically closed i.e. Z4Root went back to normal screen.
On checking, I found that Rooting did not happen. I tried this multple time to ensure that this is not one off scenario.
Can anyone help on suggesting what can be done or where I have gone wrong?
Not able to load titanium back-up for this.
Addadutta
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HI Addadutta
i am facing the same problem. tried both above method and met with same result. i think that we need root for this phone as it has many bloatware which are not required and i think we can increase the cpu to 800 .
if you found any solution please let me know and share here.
regards
ankjain
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
have you guys tried super one click? z4root is not as strong as it always was nowadays and superoneclick still seems to do the trick for every android phone i've encountered.
Rooted Finally !!!
folks
after 3-4 days of struggle i rooted my brand new spice MI 350. Ah..the long process first led me to spice website which didnt had proper USB drivers. from there i went to viewsonic v350 drivers because they are same .
finally some Chinese forum told me about Lenovo Lephone A60 and bingo thats the original phone re branded as spice mi 350.
to cut a long story short please visit following link and download a60 tools
http://forum.hotmid.com/discussion/...60-install-google-market-and-gmail-account/p1
1, Use the "A60-tools-v2" to root your Lenovo A60;
a, Double click the open the "A60-tools-v2";
b, Holding down the "volume -" and "Menu" keys, while power on the phone, until the first picture display;
c, Connect the phone to the computer via USB cable;
d, Input "1" and enter in the computer;
e, After that, enter and reboot the phone.
and voila thats all guys.
to download a60 drivers please visit
http://forum.china-iphone.ru/viewto...sid=af9b3aed965ded10f32b2d5f239a2560&start=40
URL="http://forum.hotmid.com/discussion/39/how-to-root-lenovo-a60-install-google-market-and-gmail-account/p1"]http://forum.hotmid.com/discussion/39/how-to-root-lenovo-a60-install-google-market-and-gmail-account/p1[/URL]
thanks to these forum i was able to finally root my beloved Spice MI 350.
You rock Sir. I am able to root my mobile.Great advice.
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addadutta said:
You rock Sir. I am able to root my mobile.Great advice.
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any time mate.
now i had spent some quality time with the device.. there are some things that i observed.
the device is actually faster than most of the android device in this range ( sub 160$) but its screen is no where near to perfection.
setcpu is not working ( i think that we have to get rid of spice rom which is pain in the a$$)
if you want to remove spice bloatware please use titanium backup which is free.
Noled is not working properly, i think that's because of kernel. please use bubble buzz which is an alternative to it. at least it is working.
please share your ideas and apps which are working perfectly. in future we can start sub forum in our beloved xda forum.
regards
ankjain
I have spice mi 270 i succsecfully root it how i can upgrade it to android 2.3.?
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ankjain said:
any time mate.
now i had spent some quality time with the device.. there are some things that i observed.
the device is actually faster than most of the android device in this range ( sub 160$) but its screen is no where near to perfection.
setcpu is not working ( i think that we have to get rid of spice rom which is pain in the a$$)
if you want to remove spice bloatware please use titanium backup which is free.
Noled is not working properly, i think that's because of kernel. please use bubble buzz which is an alternative to it. at least it is working.
please share your ideas and apps which are working perfectly. in future we can start sub forum in our beloved xda forum.
regards
ankjain
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Intersting situation for me also.
Consider that I have phone number in contact as 099-99-999999. If the call is coming from +91 99-99-999999, name of the contact is not getting detected. It has become a big mess for me.
Tried a factory restore, but this is taking me to original Lenovo ROM.
Somehow I am not able to get the drivers again, having problem downloading from Chinese site. By any chance, do you have Win& 32Bit driver downloaded?
Addadutta
drivers
addadutta said:
Intersting situation for me also.
Consider that I have phone number in contact as 099-99-999999. If the call is coming from +91 99-99-999999, name of the contact is not getting detected. It has become a big mess for me.
Tried a factory restore, but this is taking me to original Lenovo ROM.
Somehow I am not able to get the drivers again, having problem downloading from Chinese site. By any chance, do you have Win& 32Bit driver downloaded?
Addadutta
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I think for the contact problem, please switch your language from English US to English UK
for drivers you have to go the Chinese forum. as they are more than 11mb which are not allowed to post in xda.
please visit
http://forum.china-iphone.ru/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=14556&sid=ed96369e378096df80252a127fd833c2
for detailed information. use google translator. but its worth reading.
regards
ankjain
how to make skype video calls on this phone has any one tried
skype video call not possible
ashwaa said:
how to make skype video calls on this phone has any one tried
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video call through skype is not possible. you can make audio calls. i will try to search modified skype which can run with video call but right now it is not possible.
regarda
ankjain
thanks ankjain for all the info and effort -
ive jut got my MI 350 and fine all the bloatware disturbing, i am going to go thru all your links and suggestions, however i am new to android as i was using a windows phone previously - the GSMART i120 and found windows to be very efficient in updating and installing and it worked like a charm with the sbp shell - am hoping my android experience will be comparable at the least.
hi guys
Hey friends,
I have just purchased this phone over the weekend, and it was only here where i could atleast get some info abt this cell... i guess we are just few bunch of ppl owning this phone.
I am very new to andriod and all this, hence trying to understand and get hold off all the you guys discussing.
My major concers if can be helped...
It feels its a bit slow - will rooting help?
Battery discharge very soon??
when ever i turn Navigation on it shows as Google Maps Navigation not yet avalable in this location (i am in Mumbai).
Thanks a lot for all the support.
hemayur said:
Hey friends,
I have just purchased this phone over the weekend, and it was only here where i could atleast get some info abt this cell... i guess we are just few bunch of ppl owning this phone.
I am very new to andriod and all this, hence trying to understand and get hold off all the you guys discussing.
My major concers if can be helped...
It feels its a bit slow - will rooting help?
Battery discharge very soon??
when ever i turn Navigation on it shows as Google Maps Navigation not yet avalable in this location (i am in Mumbai).
Thanks a lot for all the support.
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welcome hemayur
even i have just bought the phone - although i dont feel the phone is too slow i am a little irritated by the pre installed crap which keeps giving me notifications. whereas i am able to turn off notification in a couple of apps, a few - particularly bollywoodji keeps harassing me as there is no option to turn it off. ( my windows mobile was so userfriendly in installing/uninstalling programs - but since i am a noob in regards to android i am hoping my opinion will change )
i have the same message in google maps. i think we need a better map app for india - ill do a search later
or maybe ankjain can help us - seems he has quite a bit of experience with mi 350 and android.
ankjain said:
video call through skype is not possible. you can make audio calls. i will try to search modified skype which can run with video call but right now it is not possible.
regarda
ankjain
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thanks but i have tried all the hacked versions they dont work skype crashes on enabling videocall then never to load they say that there is no driver for the chipset i have read on a chinese forum that they ar tryn to hack skype for lenovo a 60 which is the original phone which we r usin
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hemayur said:
Hey friends,
I have just purchased this phone over the weekend, and it was only here where i could atleast get some info abt this cell... i guess we are just few bunch of ppl owning this phone.
I am very new to andriod and all this, hence trying to understand and get hold off all the you guys discussing.
My major concers if can be helped...
It feels its a bit slow - will rooting help?
Battery discharge very soon??
when ever i turn Navigation on it shows as Google Maps Navigation not yet avalable in this location (i am in Mumbai).
Thanks a lot for all the support.
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the phone is not slow i own a micromax a70 which is much slower and a iphone 4 which is faster the user interface is great and touch screen and auto brightness is greater u can even read in bright sunlight
all android phones hav battery issues even galaxy s2 has problems
this is not a cheap chinese phone but a rebranded lenovo a 60 which we get out of india so the hardware is great too there is no lag the gps catches at places where my iphone dosent catch spice has launched a great phone at a great price wt a great ui it should also give good bac end support and it will beat all indian phone makers
i also owwn anokia c6 -01 and it is very laggy as compared to this phone
only problem no skype video call support not tried others as the ar not as widely used as skype so wwt lg expensive phones also dont hav skype videocall support
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the phone is not slow i own a micromax a70 which is much slower and a iphone 4 which is faster the user interface is great and touch screen and auto brightness is greater u can even read in bright sunlight
all android phones hav battery issues even galaxy s2 has problems
this is not a cheap chinese phone but a rebranded lenovo a 60 which we get out of india so the hardware is great too there is no lag the gps catches at places where my iphone dosent catch spice has launched a great phone at a great price wt a great ui it should also give good bac end support and it will beat all indian phone makers
i also owwn anokia c6 -01 and it is very laggy as compared to this phone
only problem no skype video call support not tried others as the ar not as widely used as skype so wwt lg expensive phones also dont hav skype videocall support[/QUOTE]
I Agree this is one of the best phones in market and at this price its just amazing........had done a lot of r& d before purchasing hence i feel a rite decission,
The touch is just flawless man..... i felt slow as when i use an app like whats app and just come out of a chat it usually had a blanck scree for 2 sec and the the icons come... and same when i press the home screen the screen come but the icons apper 2 sec later.
There was more lag when i used an live wall paper and the wall paper took almost 5 sec to come hence i feel a bit lag..... my nokia e63 used to also lag but the reason posting here is to find out for a soloution.......
hemayur said:
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the phone is not slow i own a micromax a70 which is much slower and a iphone 4 which is faster the user interface is great and touch screen and auto brightness is greater u can even read in bright sunlight
all android phones hav battery issues even galaxy s2 has problems
this is not a cheap chinese phone but a rebranded lenovo a 60 which we get out of india so the hardware is great too there is no lag the gps catches at places where my iphone dosent catch spice has launched a great phone at a great price wt a great ui it should also give good bac end support and it will beat all indian phone makers
i also owwn anokia c6 -01 and it is very laggy as compared to this phone
only problem no skype video call support not tried others as the ar not as widely used as skype so wwt lg expensive phones also dont hav skype videocall support
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I Agree this is one of the best phones in market and at this price its just amazing........had done a lot of r& d before purchasing hence i feel a rite decission,
The touch is just flawless man..... i felt slow as when i use an app like whats app and just come out of a chat it usually had a blanck scree for 2 sec and the the icons come... and same when i press the home screen the screen come but the icons apper 2 sec later.
There was more lag when i used an live wall paper and the wall paper took almost 5 sec to come hence i feel a bit lag..... my nokia e63 used to also lag but the reason posting here is to find out for a soloution.......[/QUOTE]
The lag is because of the apps runing in back ground use the free ram optimizer by netquin
As fr whts app the lag was seen in samsung galaxy too this phone has abetter ram and a better processor this app used to hang my cousins samsung so its a app. Problem ithink i use a iphone 4 the spice is used by my father so icant tell u the exat reason
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friends welcome to Spice MI 350
here are some pieces of information to share
1 the chip set of our spice MI 350 is from mediatek corporation which is in china and it is a major vendor in china. the original manufacturer of this phone is Lenovo ( the same company which is selling lenovo laptops)
2 the chip set is MT6573 which is clocked to 670 Mhz but somehow lenovo and spice both says that it is 650 Mhz. any way the processor is not bad at all in fact even xperia w8 and my other love HTC wildfire were clocked to 600 Mhz and 528 Mhz respectively.
3 the bloatware of spice is simply killing RAM and ROM. i would strongly advice everyone to kindly root your phone and use titanium backup and remove all the unnecessary crap apps.
4 you will notice the lag of launcher, it is because every time when you hit home button, the launcher restart itself and build icons of the widgets and apps again and again. to remove this problem don't use unnecessary widgets
5 the major compromise is RAM which is just 256 mb and more often than not is really not sufficient enough .
6 Camera is just average since it lacks auto focus so bar code scanner apps are not working properly; Red Laser is an app which works partially sometimes .
7 please share your apps which you think are working properly and meanwhile we will try to create sub forum for lenovo A60 which will automatically cover spice MI 350
8 for those who are concerned with battery , my advice is root your phone as reported in chinese and russian forums and even my own conclusion the battery is above average. simply goes for 2 days easily.
please share your thoughts here so that we can make this device better .
regards
ankjain
PS you can also pm me for any specific need or question.
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addadutta said:
You rock Sir. I am able to root my mobile.Great advice.
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Dear,
I too brought Spice Mi-350 yesterday.
This is my first android device.
There were lot of annoying app pre installed.
And when searched i came across this site and your post.
You have mentioned that you were able to successfully root your mobile.
I checked out the web page links posted above, even went through the Russian site. But i am little afraid of the task, since the uploaded files could be
1. older version than what is installed.
2. could change the network and language to their location.
3. AND I COULD BRICK MY PHONE!?
Hence can you kindly help me about the
1. steps you followed to do so.
2. the resources to complete this task.
3. What will this change in my phone?
4. What will i loose and gain?
5. what should i be careful about?
Also please clarify the above mentioned three doubts.
Thanks in advance.
Invites are going out, and devices should be shipping soon. So, if you have a OnePlus 2, please give us your first impressions and thoughts about the device. Tell us about the display, sound, feel, camera, quality or whatever else comes to mind. If you've had any problems, we'd also like to know about that too.
Unboxing pics are encouraged
So, who will go first?
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Invites are going out, and devices should be shipping soon. So, if you have a OnePlus 2, please give us your first impressions and thoughts about the device. Tell us about the display, sound, feel, camera, quality or whatever else comes to mind. If you've had any problems, we'd also like to know about that too.
Unboxing pics are encouraged
So, who will go first?
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i just got my 2, will post some pics and mini review tonight
3Plus said:
i just got my 2, will post some pics and mini review tonight
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i wonder if dual-sim working outside of china ? how about your device ?
Worth quoting here:
samir_a said:
Hi I got my Oneplus 2 today, it was purchased from China and imported to India and hence had the color OS, hand to install Oxygen OS as Color OS does not have google on it.
The phone feels heavy, looks great and is quite comfortable to hold
Got my hands of Oxygen OS and just finished installing, one remark on the same unlike other phones where you need to install a custom recovery to file the zip, in Oxygen I could just boot into recovery and install the zip file which is a great thing for the novice users as they will not be required to install custom recovery.
So i installed the OS without any issue took 5 minutes booted up quickly signed up into google and the phone was set up
Observation the phone heated while installing the backup apps which was not heavy use as why installing apps and syncing gmail will send more updates on the heating issue as i start using the phone.
I configured the fingerprint scanner though it takes some time to scan the fingerprint however it unlocks pretty quicky though there is an issue reported by one of the earlier reviewers that it stops working after sometime will update on that as I use the phone
Camera has not been tested so will take some night pictures today and upload them.
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My impressions after 2 days: nice feel in the hand, better than my s6. Screen looks washed out coming from Samsung amoled. Fingerprint reader is useless. Apart from the lack of a click which makes the button feel weird, it only works half the time and is always slow. The hardware buttons could be more sensitive. Using the Fingerprint reader as a home key is not great, doesn't always register a touch. On screen works fine. UI feels like stock Android. Missing scheduled do not disturb and not much customisation (no battery icon options etc). Bluetooth and wifi are working without any problems. Wouldn't play an HD movie on Google play, seemed to be lagging but later worked fine. Apart from that, seems snappy. No overheating. Withe general usage, battery life seems very good. Very good. Whilst on paper it falls short in every important specification when compared with the s6 (and the absence of wireless charging is a big thing for me, as is NFC) I must say that I love the phone. Reminds me of my HTC HD2! I am a person who buys the latest flagship every 3 months. I have to confess, I succumbed to the hype with this phone and don't regret it! I got the A2001 version from Oppomart. LTE works fine on Telstra in Sydney.
Edit : I should add that the audio through headphones is very good too. And after using for a few days now, battery life is still impressive.
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tangiers said:
On screen works fine. UI feels like stock Android. Missing scheduled do not disturb and not much customisation (no battery icon options etc).
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Actually, you can change the battery icon to circle, text or no icon at all.
Where? I couldn't find it.
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I just found it! In Battery, clicking on the Icon. Thanks for that!
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Wow didn't know that trick with the battery! Yeah really liking the phone atm but it Deffo looks washed out coming from s6, g4 and a moto x
tangiers said:
Where? I couldn't find it.
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I just found it! In Battery, clicking on the Icon. Thanks for that!
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Guitarfreak26 said:
Wow didn't know that trick with the battery! Yeah really liking the phone atm but it Deffo looks washed out coming from s6, g4 and a moto x
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Where you see the battery usage, on the top right corner, tap the gear icon.
Guitarfreak26 said:
Wow didn't know that trick with the battery! Yeah really liking the phone atm but it Deffo looks washed out coming from s6, g4 and a moto x
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Even from G4? ?
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FYI the finger print reader and capacitive buttons are much more responsive in the latest version of hydrogen os. This adds up as all the reviews I have seen are using newer oxygen os firmware are also reporting minimal issues with the finer print reader. We just have to wait for someone to post the latest firmware.
Ugh. Have the money set aside to buy this phone but can't justify the extra cost if it doesn't work on ATT LTE.
Talk about a tease.
daryllh said:
Ugh. Have the money set aside to buy this phone but can't justify the extra cost if it doesn't work on ATT LTE.
Talk about a tease.
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Whose teasing? If you look up the 1+2's specs and AT&T's LTE network frequencies, you'll have a clear answer.
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Whose teasing? If you look up the 1+2's specs and AT&T's LTE network frequencies, you'll have a clear answer.
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It's 'who's teasing'.
It was a joke. It would be like having the money to buy a hooker and hearing that she has herpes.
I have been using it for the four days now and there are no issues with fingerprint reader the issue is how you place the finger on it once you get that right you will not have an issue
Also a cool feature just scan you finger and the phone will automatically come out of standby mode and unlock no need to press power buttom or double tap
Hey guys. Question here.
In this review from (video in Russian language) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvwFkLTG-Cw
they've mentioned that on high volume the speaker is suffering awful croaking, but they are not sure if they got defective device or is at a software issue for example. Can anyone comment how is the speaker of the phone in terms of loundenss and quality? (the one (or two) in the bottom from which the sound of ringtone comes out.
Thanks in advance
samir_a said:
I have been using it for the four days now and there are no issues with fingerprint reader the issue is how you place the finger on it once you get that right you will not have an issue
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I have had the phone for a few weeks, since the 4th of August. I can tell you that there definitely is an issue. Reviewers have also pointed towards this fact. In some instance the finger print reader refuses to unlock the phone. Using a pin or pattern unlocks the phone. Unlocking after that works again. Some reviewers have also commented that the fingerprint reader stops working till you reboot. I have used the latest version of HydrogenOS, and can confirm that the fingerprint reader is more reliable and the initial configuration asks you to scan the edge of you finger in addition to the normal scans.
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Can anyone comment how is the speaker of the phone in terms of loundenss and quality? (the one (or two) in the bottom from which the sound of ringtone comes out.
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No problems for me. I have watched a few youtube videos on it. Ringtones and alerts are loud and clear. Sound only comes out the right speaker holes. One thing that is annoying is the equaliser software. If you turn it off the sound from the speaker is completely flat and very quiet. If you turn it on the sound is too loud at low volumes, but quality is much improved. You can play with the equaliser settings to improve this and strike a balance, but I would imagine the defaults will be fixed in future OTA updates.
I have not used Hydrogen OS uninstalled it as soon as I got my phone however i can confirm there is no such issue in Oxygen OS yes i did scan my finger print in Hydrogen OS when I got it and it has a very different UI to that of Oxygen I guess Oxygen uses Google API and UI's however Hydrogen has a custom built UI dont know what is in the backend
And in that i think lies the issue
khr0n0s said:
I have had the phone for a few weeks, since the 4th of August. I can tell you that there definitely is an issue. Reviewers have also pointed towards this fact. In some instance the finger print reader refuses to unlock the phone. Using a pin or pattern unlocks the phone. Unlocking after that works again. Some reviewers have also commented that the fingerprint reader stops working till you reboot. I have used the latest version of HydrogenOS, and can confirm that the fingerprint reader is more reliable and the initial configuration asks you to scan the edge of you finger in addition to the normal scans.
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No problems for me. I have watched a few youtube videos on it. Ringtones and alerts are loud and clear. Sound only comes out the right speaker holes. One thing that is annoying is the equaliser software. If you turn it off the sound from the speaker is completely flat and very quiet. If you turn it on the sound is too loud at low volumes, but quality is much improved. You can play with the equaliser settings to improve this and strike a balance, but I would imagine the defaults will be fixed in future OTA updates.
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Definitely worth quoting here:
inffy said:
My initial impressions of the Oneplus 2
It's Here!
Finally, I have it. The Oneplus 2 was delivered to me on Friday (didn't actually got my hands on it until Sunday).
Bought the device officially from Oneplus on wednesday and they shipped it on Thursday so that was fast! And thanks to DHL of course for the speedy delivery.
I have now used the device for a day and here are my few impressions of it. I will do a larger review later on.
What's in the box
The box is very nice (picture at the end). In the box you find:
The phone (it has a screenprotector installed at the factory)
Power Brick
USB-C cable (the power brick/USB end is also reversible)
Basic use guide etc
So again no headphones. Many have questioned why, but you have to remember the price point of the device and providing headphones would increase the price and knowing Onelus, they don't want to provide some ****ty "samsung like" headphones just because headphones
Build quality and feel
The device feels superb on hand when first lifted from the box. The phone feels really sturdy thanks to the metal edges (like in Galaxy S6 and other premium phones). The device is heavier than it's predecessor.
Build quality is not a problem on this phone. The new StyleSwap covers are now easy to take off and install (pretty much the same as for example on Note series backplates) and there is a hole in the bottom for easy uninstall. I bought the Kevlar and Black Apricot StyleSwaps with the phone and the hard part is to decide which one to use. I am starting to like the Black Apricot one better.
Software
So no more Cyanogen but is this a bad thing? Hard to say really at the moment, also my opinion might be little biased as I pretty much hate anything coming from CM.
So as said the phone comes with Oneplus inhouse ROM called OxygenOS which has now a matured to 2.0 stage.
As I have had the phone just a under 24hours I won't be saying much of the OxygenOS yet, but I have to say that at this stage I would expect more. The ROM is pretty basic vanilla Android with few tweaks like Dual Sim support (more on this little later) and a Dark UI mode etc.
Coming from a custom rom / CyanogenOS world this a step backwards if you like customization features. Oneplus has said that there will be an OTA update soon to bringing more stuff and fixes, so we will see.
Haven't found any big bugs yet but the camera app is also pretty basic and doesn't have lot of options. But I haven't used the camera much so I won't judge it yet
Snapdragon 810 - hot or not
I tested the "boiling/overheating" with a little gaming session (nothing fancy or really heavy) with few small games (i don't usually play games on my phone).
The phone heats from the topside but for me it's nothing to get worried about. I have seen samekind of heating with the S6 and other phones. But I will need to test longer and heavier games.
I haven't run any benchmarks and don't think I even will as they don't show the "real world usage".
Unique features
Oneplus 2 comes with few unique features that are not very common in flagship phones. I will go through few of them here.
Dual sim
Oneplus 2 supports Dual Sim configuration which is pretty big thing nowadays. Ok, it's a feature that many propably won't need all the time but it actually is a great feature. I haven't had a dual sim phone before so I was pretty eager to see if it would have any value to me.
The phone uses Dual Sim Dual Standby mode (DSDS) and you can configure which sim is used for different tasks (mobile data, texts and phone calls). Text and phone call options can be configured so that the phone asks which sim will be used when you make a call or send a text.
I have configured that texts and calls are from the SIM1 (my main sim) and mobile data comes from SIM2 as my main sim has a sloooow mobile data so i will use my unlimeted 4G data sim for the mobile data.
As I mentioned the dual standby mode that the phone uses means that if my SIM2 is using mobile data and I get a call to the SIM1 number the mobile data connection will be disconnected until i disconnect the call / reject it. Both sims can receive call but when there is a call coming to either on the other one will be "dead". So if you are on phone call thrue your SIM1 and someone tries to call you to SIM2 number he will get a message that the number can't be reached / call will be transferred to voicemail.
I think I am going to enjoy this feature as it gives me more room and will be good when travelling.
Fingerprint reader
Yes, Oneplus 2 has a fingerprint reader. Oneplus #hyped the feature a lot and even said that it will be better and faster than the one on the iPhone.
Well, I have to be honest here. It's not. The reader is pretty good reading the fingerprint but it isn't as good or fast than the counterpart. Few times the phone hasn't recognized my fingers at all and sometimes the home button (reader is integrated to the capacitive button) just doesn't react to the finger at all.
There is also a setting that allows you top wake the screen and unlock it by just putting your finger to the scanner (like in few Huawei phones etc). This feature also works pretty well but sometimes the phone doesn't wakeup when you put your finger on the scanner.
There should be a OTA coming what should fix these things so let's hope it comes soon.
Conclusion
So the initial impression? Brilliant device with few quirks and pretty basic software. The software part is the part which needs to come better and it should come soon. For me...well let's just say that I will wait for the custom rom developers to bring their magic on this phone.
Oh, almost forgot. THERE IS NO NFC on this phone and there never will be. I don't actually need it and when NFC is actually really really useful here (hint: android pay) we will have the Oneplus 3 or even 4 already.
All in all, at the moment I am really impressed by the phone and hardware, but I want to see lot of improvement on the software side.
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Hello.
I have questions for current users of P9000. I do not have this phone. I can buy new P9000 for 180 USD. What you think? It is good idea? Chinese phones are always good "on paper" but always have bugged stock roms. We have any stable rom for P9000 for daily use without pain in ass? If you had to choose, would you buy it a second time?
Please help me decide.
Regards
I bought it but I am not hapy with it.
Camera from the biginning was not well, and now stopped at all by itself. I did not drop or do something just in one day it stopped to launch.
Edge of display came of from the body. Battery drain is good if you don't use 3G.
If you want good phone search among Xiaomi , Meizu or ZTE.
For me "ZTE nubia z11 Mini" is good.
Definitely not. Gps, fast charge and camera are not good enough. Android pay does not work..buy one plus 3
Its is a good phone , interesting phone, but google pay not working, when it is working its is a great phone....
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I think its all about expectations. For me after rooting and flashing Eragon ROM I am happy with what I paid for. Don't expect Samsung/Apple standards for its camera its really bad compared to those. I dont use google/android pay so that doesn't bug me.
For that price I don't think you can get anything better.
I'm not sure what Google pay is but there is no problem buying apps with the phone.
GPS is not perfect but usable, same with the camera.
Battery time is very good at least for me. Twice I have left the phone fully charge at 10 pm and att 5 am I have 100% & 99%. This is with wifi and sync on. When I hade 99% there was a Titanium Backup of all user apps 200+ in the middle of the night.
Fast charge I don't know anything about, I charge the phone during night so that would not be an issue.
I have Eragon ROM on the phone.
The physical device itself is pretty solid but the stock software, as of present, is similar to that of an early beta build.
I'd advise you don't take the leap as I believe Elephone shouldn't be encouraged for releasing an incomplete phone.
I would not buy again. External SD doesn't work at all. Had to factory reset after update to get fingerprints back. Spontaneous reboots & alarms unreliable since last OTA update. I'd spend more money and get OnePlus 3 or used OnePlus 2.
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meganox said:
I would not buy again. External SD doesn't work at all. Had to factory reset after update to get fingerprints back. Spontaneous reboots & alarms unreliable since last OTA update. I'd spend more money and get OnePlus 3 or used OnePlus 2.
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External SD works just fine. Fingerprints dissapearing after an update of software is a known issue but a very minor inconvenience - all you have to do is add them back again. Which software version are you currently on?
20160810
I knew about the fingerprint issue but misread something from the release notes that caused me to think it had been fixed. It's not that they go missing, it's that they remain used but unrecoverable, so I went for a few weeks with only one fingerprint. No biggie.
My SD Card has never, ever worked. It's as though it's not even there. SIM works fine in that slot though.
In general I find the phone is not quite stable enough that I would recommend it to anyone else to buy, but it's not quite unstable enough that I sent it back, although I might have done if I'd had a decent spare.
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On paper it sounds good but too many bugs for me to use as a my daily driver so sent back to Amazon. GPS not great, fingerprint unlock not reliable. Unable to send or receive text without rebooting occasionally which was the biggie for me.
You get what you pay for, all phones have problems at one time or another no phone is perfect, GPS after lock works fine, finger print a bit slow but never had a problem as such, Camera isn't the problem it's the software use a different app and it's not that bad and I still have an Xperia Z1 so i can compare, Android Pay i live in the UK all bank card are contactless why fiddle about with a phone when it easier to just pull out your bank card the number of time i've stood behind some one trying to pay for something with their IPhone is mind numbing, you can make calls you can send texts you can receive calls and texts, if you have a higher budget then try something else if not this phone is as good or as bad as any.
carlx said:
You get what you pay for, all phones have problems at one time or another no phone is perfect, GPS after lock works fine, finger print a bit slow but never had a problem as such, Camera isn't the problem it's the software use a different app and it's not that bad and I still have an Xperia Z1 so i can compare, Android Pay i live in the UK all bank card are contactless why fiddle about with a phone when it easier to just pull out your bank card the number of time i've stood behind some one trying to pay for something with their IPhone is mind numbing, you can make calls you can send texts you can receive calls and texts, if you have a higher budget then try something else if not this phone is as good or as bad as any.
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I suspected exactly that, Carl.
I am considering this phone, too. Most of my friends have Apple and Samsung high ends (that what's absolutely dominates the market here in Singapore), some of them are already on the 3. device while I still have my 2 yo crappy beaten-up Zenfone 5 ... it's as well not without flaws but surprisingly solid. I'm 100% off the high end stuff. The time we payed high end money and really got something feelably and visably better is long over. Yep, more money buys me better, but now it's not always, and not 3 - 4 times better.
Hey
I got my x829 a week ago and was super excited for this awesome value phone...But from the very start it randomly rebooted with the stock EUI 5.8.016s (been told its US version)
I was very sad since Geekbuying offers no support, now i tried my luck with the "Small EUI 7.1" Custom rom as i hoped this would resolve my issue, to my disappointment it has not, and it still randomly restarts out of nowhere when just laying idle on the table.
Does anyone have a clue what could be the cause and how to fix it?
As mentioned it been there from the very first time i booted the phone, i havnt even at any point inserted a Sim card or SD card as its pretty much useless like it is now.
It gets luke warm to the touch but nothing major that i would think would cause this, also i installed Deadtrigger and played for 30 minutes with no issues...Seems only to reboot when in idle and locked.
Hope you guys have some ideas because right now i have a 200 dollar brick...
I now did a completely clean flash of Resurection Remix rom and the issue is still there, sometimes just turns off and you have to hold in power button for 10 seconds for it to boot up again, other times it simply reboots.
Once its boots and i use the phone it works just fine, i have yet to see it randomly reboot/power off when im playing a game or actively using it, but as soon as it sits idle it goes wrong.
Im thinking it might be doze mode related but not quite sure.
Noone else experiencing these issues?
Im slowly going insane, yesterday the phone trolled me and decided work fine for 8 hours straight (even laying idle on the table), only to start randomly rebooting again.....i used it for quite some time yesterday confirmed that it works perfectly fine under heavy loads.
But every time i stop using it, put it on a desk or in my pocket so that it goes into idle and the screen powers off, then after 2-10min it begins to reboot for no apparent reason.
Im out of idea's i tried some diffrent power profiles in the RR rom, it works fine under heavy load with no power connected so the battery should work perfect i have no clue what could be the issue....
If anyone have any ideas i would welcome them....
Can't you email the guys from Geekbuying and tell them about this problem that you're having? Seems like some serious issue that you're facing over there. Try to contact them and tell them what is wrong. In the beginning they will ask you to install a stock ROM.
I've had a similar problem with my phone, simply the fingerprint was not working upon receipt and my wife didn't know how to flash the ROM, so she had to wait for me to arrive home in order to check if the phone was working properly. After some email exchange, the guys from honorbuy.com were suggesting Stock ROM, buy I was lucky enough that the fp started to work after this. I am not sure that they would respect their 14-day return if I came home after more than 20 days from purchase.
At least you can try to contact them. It can be a motherboard issue but who knows...
Set your minimum Cpu frequency to a relative high value.
Do you have to unlock the phone by tipping the PIN of your SIM card after the random reboots? If so it could be a problem related to your SIM...
Normally if you inserts the SIM card while a Android device is powered on and running, the phone is going to reboot and you have to tipe the PIN. I know about many phones that are having problems with specific SIM cards. And our Le Max 2 is one of those. The most reported issues are totally killed cards for example. But random reboots are also a common problem. I don't want to go more into details, cause it's a stand alone story.
So you can check if the device will perform normal and without rebooting by using it without a inserted SIM card.
If you're not facing any problems then you can simply try another SIM ...
Here in Germany are hundreds of people who are getting frustrated because of this kind of problem. Older cards getting killed by newer phones (especially when the phone is a so called China phone). For example combination of xiaomi mi 5/5s and T-Mobile Germany seems to be a problem.
Indeed sim cards can reboot phones, if we're you I'd install another Rom , with full data wipe (very important). Remove sin card in the night and check if phone is ok in the morning, use 3c toolbox app to check error logs (root required)
Like unrafa said, remove Sim card over night and let the app do it's job.
I'm also using 3c toolbox for many years now. It's the best all in one app when it comes to failure and issue tracking!
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Hey thanks for all the replies
I have never had a sim card inserted, i tried to put one in yesterday to see if it might solve the issue, but it didnt.
I booted into TWRP and waited for the screen to time out so it went into idle, there it behaves just fine when the screen is turned off, but i think TWRP doesnt force a "idle" state because i noticed the battery went from 80-5% with the screen off in about 9 hours.
I did think about the CPU freq myself but im thinking its about the minimum voltage maybe, setting the freq higher i cant see should fix anything, speaking from my experience with undervolting/overclocking computers im guessing the current minimum cpu freq isnt stable at the voltage its getting.
However i have never done any undervolting/overclocking on phones, how do i go about doing it in an easy way?
I will try install 3c toolbox and see if i get any useful info, should come pretty fast as it most of the time happens within 2-5 minutes of the phone being idle.
It is a known bug with the x829 variant aka the canceled US variant. I have experienced it with my prototype x829 since I got it for doing beta testing for LeEco. It happens less often on MIUI and AOSP/lineage based roms. X829 will never be officially launched all of its inventory was dumped on to Indian and Chinese sites.
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It is a known bug with the x829 variant aka the canceled US variant. I have experienced it with my prototype x829 since I got it for doing beta testing for LeEco. It happens less often on MIUI and AOSP/lineage based roms. X829 will never be officially launched all of its inventory was dumped on to Indian and Chinese sites.
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that makes sense.. unfortunately I never knew this.. otherwise I wouldn't have ordered a x829.. my device is still on the way.. I'll sell or return it if I notice any of these issues..
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It is a known bug with the x829 variant aka the canceled US variant. I have experienced it with my prototype x829 since I got it for doing beta testing for LeEco. It happens less often on MIUI and AOSP/lineage based roms. X829 will never be officially launched all of its inventory was dumped on to Indian and Chinese sites.
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Can you disclose any official document regarding this? My X829 is arriving tomorrow, I hope I'll be lucky not to have this problem, but if it happens I'd want a solid ground for refund claim.
Thanks!
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Actually, it doesn't. From a hardware perspective, the X829 firmware pulled from one of those beta devices works fine on the other model name variants. I've run it for a while on my X820, and never experienced a random reboot.
It's also not beyond the realm of possibility that LeEco took a lead off base and had a metric ton of cnc'd aluminum shells and packaging made, printed with the X829 name and US applicable FCC information, and later scrapped the idea in favor of a new, US only model. And, rather than recycle the finished parts for the value of the base metal, slapped them together with possibly sub-par internals (i.e. finished circuit boards which proved during QC to not be 100% reliable) and dumped the result at very low prices into the Chinese re-seller market, where they happily flashed them with the older, leaked X829 firmware to make them attractive to frugal US buyers. Come to your own conclusions, but consider the lower price tag of the models sold as X829's, which are not supported by LeEco USA, and ask yourself how this model came to be.
Does anyone have any definitive knowledge of specific hardware differences between these models, or is it still in the realm of assumption and "urban legend"?
Well i sure hope thats not true, i installed 3C now and turned on the event monitoring, waiting for it to reboot again.
Speaking og this topic, check this screenshot, i found it bit weird my phone score that much lower than a real x820.
My device identifies as x820 on the left because og the RR rom.
https://imghost.io/image/aSDUO
Im guessing this big a difference isnt because of a poorly optimized rom.
My x829 that I got from Banggood on Monday hasn't rebooted on me once, the fp sensor works fine, and I've had no negative issues with it at all actually.
I'm just super confused about whether it's flashable or not, and what ROMs have a functioning camera!
Kodes said:
My x829 that I got from Banggood on Monday hasn't rebooted on me once, the fp sensor works fine, and I've had no negative issues with it at all actually.
I'm just super confused about whether it's flashable or not, and what ROMs have a functioning camera!
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I also ordered mine from Banggood too. it's still on its way .. hoping everyone would be fine too..
Kodes said:
My x829 that I got from Banggood on Monday hasn't rebooted on me once, the fp sensor works fine, and I've had no negative issues with it at all actually.
I'm just super confused about whether it's flashable or not, and what ROMs have a functioning camera!
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Resurrection remix rom works perfectly fine except my little problem, but i had that with stock rom aswell.
Small update, after installing 3C and turning on the recording it has not rebooted, i wonder if the recording prevents it from 100% idle state thus solving the problem.
If anything its a good temporary solution and i guess proves its not hardware related :/
This is the longest its gone without reboot in idle (about 13 hours and counting), i will shut it down and insert a simcard + turn on recording and see what happens now.
Khorngor said:
Small update, after installing 3C and turning on the recording it has not rebooted, i wonder if the recording prevents it from 100% idle state thus solving the problem.
If anything its a good temporary solution and i guess proves its not hardware related :/
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Maybe, maybe not. Sounds like it could be a power management issue, which may well be hardware related. With the logger running, it may never try to go into deep sleep.
The performance numbers are pretty poor as well. I'd give a clean install of AOKP MM a shot and see what you get with that ROM. My X820 scores well above the recorded Antutu score for X820 with that one installed.
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Maybe, maybe not. Sounds like it could be a power management issue, which may well be hardware related. With the logger running, it may never try to go into deep sleep.
The performance numbers are pretty poor as well. I'd give a clean install of AOKP MM a shot and see what you get with that ROM. My X820 scores well above the recorded Antutu score for X820 with that one installed.
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You refering to the brand new AOKP Rom posted 2-3 days ago or you thinking about another one? please link the one you have in mind and i will give it a try.
Ye my scores a total **** compared to the "normal" version, not sure whats going on, inb4 china spoofed fake chip...
Hello everyone, I just got this tablet today and I'm having an issue with it. I was trying to play a music game and I noticed that when I touched both extremes of the screen the multitouch would release my fingers for some reason. I've recorded a video of it using a multitouch application just to make sure I wasn't going crazy, here it is:
Link to the Youtube video
Do you think it's defective? If anyone has this M5 10 tablet could you test it for me and see if you also have the same multitouch issue? Since I just got it today, should I return it? Or is it something that can be fixed?
Thank you.
Received mine today from Boulanger in France, i used the same software as you to test it. Everything is working fine, even with 3 or 4 fingers, using the same kind of routine you used. So i suppose that your tablet is faulty. Sorry mate.
RubyRP62 said:
Received mine today from Boulanger in France, i used the same software as you to test it. Everything is working fine, even with 3 or 4 fingers, using the same kind of routine you used. So i suppose that your tablet is faulty. Sorry mate.
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This stuff happens Thanks for testing it out! This one is going back
I have the same problem bro! You can find my post here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3777471
I have already open a ticket on the support
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I have the same issues als well. You can see it very well with the App "Multi touch test" from Spencer Studios.
Has someone more info on this issue as the tablet is useless for me with those touch problems and I will send it back if there is no fix available in the near future.
andrgin said:
I have the same issues als well. You can see it very well with the App "Multi touch test" from Spencer Studios.
Has someone more info on this issue as the tablet is useless for me with those touch problems and I will send it back if there is no fix available in the near future.
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Hi Andrgin, which is your problem? In my case I have the problem only if I touch the screen with two fingers. In this case seems that the tablet, after 2 sec, can't recognize anymore the touch. I'm waiting the response of the support for the ticket that I opened, hopping that they can tell me that is only a software problem and not an hardware issue, let's see...Anyway I have your idea too, I bought this tablet to play music game and is really useless with this problem.
When I touch the screen with 2 fingers at the same time and do not move them for about 1 second the tablets looses the touch of both fingers. It does not happen if I dont put both fingers down at the same time (more than about 500ms), move the fingers around while they touch the screen. Also it does not happen with 3 or more fingers.
To me it seems like the system treats the as a gesture.
I made a video about it:
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I also thinks that the system treats this as some kind of a weird gesture. I don't think it is related to the hardware. I'll ask the Huawei support soonish because it really is annoying with cytus 2 for example or even pdfs when you want to pan soon and have 2 fingers on it and then your touch input gets removed.
This is with the 10 pro
Could it be, I hope that you are right but is really strange that only some devices have this problem, if it is a software problem, all the devices with this software need to have the issue.
I think all have this problem. So far everybody that said he does not have this bug had tested it the wrong way. You have to place both fingers at the same time and do not move them. If you move them while touching the screen it still works.
And no I dont think it is hardware related.
I also experienced this (talked about it in another thread), but it must be more complicated than that.
It's not something that systematically happens whenever i put two fingers down a the same time. It works just fine most of the time, but occasionally notes will drop, always in the same spots, in the same songs. "Pointer location" shows the touch is still being registered, if that's anything to be trusted.
I'll take the occasion to ask again since there seem to be other people who play music games in this thread: beside the touchscreen issues, has anyone noticed a slight delay on the audio feedback? I'm talking about a 100-150 ms delay from the moment i touch the screen to the moment the corresponding sound effect plays. The touch itself is registered correctly, but the audio lags behind for some reason.
Either way, i sent back the 10.8", gonna have the 8.4" here by tomorrow i hope, will update on how this one behaves.
It does not matter where you place your fingers only that it happens at the same time (less than about 500ms) and you dont move them for about 1 second.
About audio I dont know. Most time I had sound off.
It may be a general Android Oreo bug, although the article speaks about Android 8.1, not 8.0:
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-8-1-oreo-multi-touch-bug-fixed-june-update/
Maybe Huawei used parts of Android 8.1 for the M5.
A fix from Google is planned for the June security update.
Just tested the 8.4", after installing the new update. Interestingly enough, it didn't seem to drop any inputs.
The sound delay, however, is exactly the same, and it baffles me no one else seems to notice it.
On top of that, i think i got a defective unit, as the charging speed starts off at 3300-3400 mAh, then drops to 500-600, never to rise again. So much for quickcharge.
Battery also seems to run considerably hotter for no apparent reason: 37 degrees Celsius while charging at that pitiful speed, no other apps running.
For reference, the 10.8" never exceeded 32 degrees, and that's while charging at max speed, with apps running at the same time.
Overall, this tablet has been nothing but a huge disappointment, i'll just refund it and wait for something else to come out at this point.
Edit: it charges normally when the screen is turned off. When the screen is on, the charger seems to provide enough current to offset whatever i'm consuming, plus those 500-600 extra mAh, so no matter what i'm doing that speed doesn't change. The 10.8" was charging normally, full speed minus whatever power i was drawing, so i'm still pretty sure something's not right.
@chris_g I really hope it could be the problem but wait two more months it's really frustrating! For now I haven't received yet one answer from the support...
Not really good news from Italian support, them tell me that no reports was received about our problem, so them suggested me to try to reset the device to the default to see if is a software problem. Did you guys found something else? I'm really thinking to request the replace of the device.
Just to be sure, could someone give me the mail of the international/English support? I want to try to write a mail also to them.
Cheers
I got the M5 Pro from amazon.it and the warranty check showed that I get warranty in most European countries. I opened a ticked with the Austrian support providing all the info they needed. They said they dont know of the problem so far and will forward it. This was over 1 week ago and I did not receive any response yet.
Replacing the tablet will not solve anything because every M5 (at least the 10" versions) have this bug.
And no it is not an Oreo bug because my Mate 10 (also EMUI 8.0) works fine. I guess it is some code Huawei added to support the pen.
Firmware Finder already shows a EMUI 8.1, but it is not approved for installation yet. I guess we will get Oreo 8.1 in a few weeks/months and this bug will hopefully be fixed in the new version.
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Firmware Finder already shows a EMUI 8.1, but it is not approved for installation yet. I guess we will get Oreo 8.1 in a few weeks/months and this bug will hopefully be fixed in the new version.
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Don't be so optimistic on that one, as Google themselves introduced an all new multi-touch bug in the 8.1 base. Thus one bug will maybe just be replaced by another one, as Google already stated that they'll have the bug fixed in the June update soonest. Let's hope Huawei uses the patched June base to upgrade our tablet to 8.1.
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Huawei already ships Android 8.1 with the P20 so I guess we are getting the same code. I never heard about multi touch problems there so I guess Huawei has already replaced that faulty Google code. With all the people complaining about late Android updates for existing devices, but there is a reason most vendors wait until they release a new Android version for the masses. Google phones are simply beta test devices.
I have the 8.4" wifi model. It suffers the multi-touch problem but not the sound delay problem. I tried the drum pad app, sounds play instantly as soon as I touch them.