Hello all!
I am just new to leeco mobiles. I just purchased (wrongly) the Le max 2 x829 4Gb / 64Gb.
1. I would like to know how to officially update the rom as i can't see any place to update (OTA) or not.
Can anyone help me to choose the best rom version for this beast? Also one version that the fingerprint sensor is not that slow...
2. I would also apreciate if anyone can help me on choosing a "custom" rom, stable, fast and with not battery drains (currently on stock rom i can get almost 2 days of battery) with average usage (some 4g, many wi-fi, some calls, some sms, some browsing, no games).
Many thanks in the advance for the help.
ColdSpirit said:
Hello all!
I am just new to leeco mobiles. I just purchased (wrongly) the Le max 2 x829 4Gb / 64Gb.
1. I would like to know how to officially update the rom as i can't see any place to update (OTA) or not.
Can anyone help me to choose the best rom version for this beast? Also one version that the fingerprint sensor is not that slow...
2. I would also apreciate if anyone can help me on choosing a "custom" rom, stable, fast and with not battery drains (currently on stock rom i can get almost 2 days of battery) with average usage (some 4g, many wi-fi, some calls, some sms, some browsing, no games).
Many thanks in the advance for the help.
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1. Most of us here root the phone and install TWRP recovery and flash custom rom. Even official stock roms you can flash them with TWRP. Its the easiest way to get update I think. Official update I never do it. Guide how to root/install TWRP here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/how-to/protocol-backup-stock-rom-flash-stock-t3517151
This tread have some more info you asking for:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/help/plz-help-unskilled-x829-user-to-update-t3609639
2. For stock rom you can try Small EUI by Aurel there is few battery mode you can choose or Madsurfer's 5.9.23S (with Htc Sense home launcher) it got pretty good battery life. If you want to try 7.1 Nougat rom you can try Nexus rom or Mokee I think.
Moon75 said:
1. Most of us here root the phone and install TWRP recovery and flash custom rom. Even official stock roms you can flash them with TWRP. Its the easiest way to get update I think. Official update I never do it. Guide how to root/install TWRP here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/how-to/protocol-backup-stock-rom-flash-stock-t3517151
This tread have some more info you asking for:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/help/plz-help-unskilled-x829-user-to-update-t3609639
2. For stock rom you can try Small EUI by Aurel there is few battery mode you can choose or Madsurfer's 5.9.23S (with Htc Sense home launcher) it got pretty good battery life. If you want to try 7.1 Nougat rom you can try Nexus rom or Mokee I think.
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MANY THANKS for your answer!! =)
It helped a lot.
One more thing.
Indian or chinese rom. Any diferences?
ColdSpirit said:
MANY THANKS for your answer!! =)
It helped a lot.
One more thing.
Indian or chinese rom. Any diferences?
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Official Indian stock last one was I think 5.8.019S, come with Google service and Play store its cleaner. Chinese stock rom don't come with Google service/Playstore and have some chinese stuff apps and LeEco video streams etc. If you flash any official stock rom it will replace TWRP with EUI stock recovery. So you will need to flash TWRP recovery again via Fastboot or other way.
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Chinese stock rom you can install Google installer and after use it to install Google service and Playstore thats one way to do it.
Okay so as title says i recently bought a LeEco Le Max 2 X829 from gearbest. I had a few questions and was hoping someone here could help =).
I have searched but didn't seem to find much to help me. Well first i was wondering if i should just leave it on the rom i receive from gearbest or is that a bad idea, Also was curious if the phone would work with h2o, It has all the bands but just wanting to get verification from someone else. Thanks.
Hello @AdcMainVayne,
As far I'm concerned this phone works in most European countries and the only band that does not work is LTE Band 20, but the rest should work just as expected. When it comes to the stock firmware available on the X829, I recommend you to install a custom rom like Cuoco92, because of that the stock rom on the X829 receives no updates and comes with a very outdated version of EUI. The link to the Fastboot package for Cuoco92 can be found here.
I would flash the latest Indian ROM after wiping everything since online Chinese retailers are known to add trojans/viruses/etc. Besides the X829 ROM is abandonware and won't get any updates ever.
birdie said:
I would flash the latest Indian ROM after wiping everything since online Chinese retailers are known to add trojans/viruses/etc. Besides the X829 ROM is abandonware and won't get any updates ever.
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Flashing the indian rom for this phone would kind of not be very worthwhile as it runs on an older version of EUI and as far as I'm concerned it also runs on an older security update, so flashing a CN-based ROM with gapps would be ideal in most cases,
Thanks for the replies, I guess Cuoco92 is the best custom rom to choose from in your opinion?
AdcMainVayne said:
Thanks for the replies, I guess Cuoco92 is the best custom rom to choose from in your opinion?
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If you're looking for a rom that's stable and runs EUI, I would definitely recommend Cuoco92.
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If you're looking for a rom that's stable and runs EUI, I would definitely recommend Cuoco92.
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Alright thanks, ill look into the custom roms on here and see which suits what i prefer best. only issue is voiding the warranty but i guess itll be fine.
AdcMainVayne said:
Okay so as title says i recently bought a LeEco Le Max 2 X829 from gearbest. I had a few questions and was hoping someone here could help =).
I have searched but didn't seem to find much to help me. Well first i was wondering if i should just leave it on the rom i receive from gearbest or is that a bad idea, Also was curious if the phone would work with h2o, It has all the bands but just wanting to get verification from someone else. Thanks.
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I would try official linage, Resurrection remix, MIUI rom. Once you get your bootloader unlocked and TWRP installed you can try any of them. I really hated eui stock rom. Also with h2o you might have to go to a store or call them to have them add your IMEI Sim slot for service.
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I would try official linage, Resurrection remix, MIUI rom. Once you get your bootloader unlocked and TWRP installed you can try any of them. I really hated eui stock rom. Also with h2o you might have to go to a store or call them to have them add your IMEI Sim slot for service.
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I see yeah ive been reading about the custom roms a bit today, guides etc. Are there any issues you've experienced with the rom's you've listed by any chance?
AdcMainVayne said:
I see yeah ive been reading about the custom roms a bit today, guides etc. Are there any issues you've experienced with the rom's you've listed by any chance?
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Sound and camera issues on rr and linage. I mean everything works and buttery smooth. Antutu 150,000 score on rr. I'm on Miui8 7.4.2.4 now I really like how smooth it is. No sound issues. Pretty stable. Kind of similar to eui. It's a a port not official. Android 6. But really like it a. Lot. Kind of hard to get it working the first time. Small eui just lags to much for me.
Crazy fast LTE and I'm on metro pcs.
Which custom rom would you guys recommend on the X722 if choosing between
-LINEAGE 14.1
-PARANOID ANDROID 7.3
-GENESYS 26S
-FULL AROMA 20S
I am using stock EMUI now 26S and it's driving me crazy with play store keeps errorring and restarting and the stupid browser. Also i think it uses a lot of RAM.
Let me know what you think
If you're using stock 26s on the x722, are you sure you'll be able to flash another ROM without issue? Doesn't the stock 26s ROM lock the bootloader down, causing a brick the moment you try to flash any file from stock recovery (TWRP or ROM)? Or are you running the developer version of 26s? I heard the developer version doesn't lock the bootloader down but I'm not 100% sure. All I do know is that quite a few people here have tried flashing stuff over 26s, which has resulted in near-permanent bricks (see the brick thread in this sub-forum). Please correct me if I'm wrong
As for the Play Store errors, not sure why you're getting those. Did you install the Play Store after installing the ROM?
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If you're using stock 26s on the x722, are you sure you'll be able to flash another ROM without issue? Doesn't the stock 26s ROM lock the bootloader down, causing a brick the moment you try to flash any file from stock recovery (TWRP or ROM)? Or are you running the developer version of 26s? I heard the developer version doesn't lock the bootloader down but I'm not 100% sure. All I do know is that quite a few people here have tried flashing stuff over 26s, which has resulted in near-permanent bricks (see the brick thread in this sub-forum). Please correct me if I'm wrong
As for the Play Store errors, not sure why you're getting those. Did you install the Play Store after installing the ROM?
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I'm also getting several Play Store errors on my X722. The ROM version reports as 26s, but i'ts probably the banggood store version. Is there any way of fixing this without altering the ROM?
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If you're using stock 26s on the x722, are you sure you'll be able to flash another ROM without issue? Doesn't the stock 26s ROM lock the bootloader down, causing a brick the moment you try to flash any file from stock recovery (TWRP or ROM)? Or are you running the developer version of 26s? I heard the developer version doesn't lock the bootloader down but I'm not 100% sure. All I do know is that quite a few people here have tried flashing stuff over 26s, which has resulted in near-permanent bricks (see the brick thread in this sub-forum). Please correct me if I'm wrong
As for the Play Store errors, not sure why you're getting those. Did you install the Play Store after installing the ROM?
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Playstore was already pre installed, just performed an update with the new playstore. I've been reading through this topic on unlocking stock .26S.. this is the link
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...--and-mods/unlock-bootloader-rom-26s-t3654083
You were right.. But this means I'm screwed .
As said below also instagram acts strange when accessing the camera and gets stuck or restarts.. Didn't even fully tried my phone since I dont have nano sim card yet.. :crying:
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I'm also getting several Play Store errors on my X722. The ROM version reports as 26s, but i'ts probably the banggood store version. Is there any way of fixing this without altering the ROM?
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I didn't buy from banggood, I bought it from lightinthebox.com
Also i get errors or programs that get stuck for example instagram
My stock version is EUI 5.9.026S , I really hope this ROM could be changed since it's not working as flawlessly as expected..
For some reason the phone just doesn't work like a 820 chip should work. Neither the stock rom, modified stock. The custom roms based on lineage, paranoid rom are better, but still not as good as the 820 chip phones I tested with the same roms. I don't know if it is software or hardware. I am thinking slow storage...
Rom is EUI, not EMUI.
There is no 026 dev rom
026 stock can be downgraded to 001D rom through stock recovery and then you can flash all these roms.
Anyway, this is a poll topic and you can find a better place to discuss basis stuff
I am running stock EUI 5.8.20S everything is ok, battery is fine., no notifications show though
I tried stock rom Genesys 5.9.26S and Aicp Nougat but came back to 5.8.20S for now.
Notifications can be set - google for EUI notifications problem
dakok said:
Notifications can be set - google for EUI notifications problem
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Hey Dakok, been following you since the coolpad f1 days on modaco. Thinking about getting this phone. Does the Google HDR+ camera mod work on the elite model?
Also, do you have any personal recommendations on a reliable rom without bugs?
Yes it does. I think that there is a modified one that works with EUI and another one for custom 7.1 roms.
I am on stock 026s EUI yet, so I can't test any but there are many reports that it works fine.
Genesys 26s by Steve Mars is the most reliable rom IMHO.
Paranoid and AICP have minor bugs, otherwise very usable.
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Rom is EUI, not EMUI.
There is no 026 dev rom
026 stock can be downgraded to 001D rom through stock recovery and then you can flash all these roms.
Anyway, this is a poll topic and you can find a better place to discuss basis stuff
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am on stock 026s EUI yet, so I can't test any but there are many reports that it works fine.
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You mean that you cannot do it because of 026s EUI? or you just didn't try to downgrade yourself yet?
I was checking for downgrading from stock 0.26 s but it's impossible finding information on the web
I found this portugese video on youtube but i dont know exactly what he is doing there, also the links people refer to from the leeco forum have been taken down..
I cached the links and i find this (click)
But still very hard to understand what they do, could someone make it more explainable how to change with X722 from
EUI version 5.9.026S (Stable) (bought like this) -> version 20s (001D)-> to finally put on Paranoid android 7.3.1 on it? Is it even possible? I really don't want to brick my phone here..
Or should I open a new topic since the other legit ones are closed..
Thanks for everybody putting effort in trying this phone to be customized!
Batyan, a guy from russian 4PDA forum got the archive with two roms.
The first one is a developer EUI rom identified as WIXCNFN5800106140D or 01D (short).
It flashes through phone stock recovery.
The other is Banggood vendor EUI rom 020s, cleaned from China stuff.
This one flashes through fastboot.
01D rom is great since it is the only way to move from stock 026s EUI since it has locked bootloader and you can't do anything to replace recovery, make root or flash another rom.
So. Put that 01D (update.zip) in your phone and flash it through stock recovery (key combination or through phone settings or manager, not sure)
Or you can start it from EUI file manager (not sure).
Now you have 01D rom, you have unlocked bootloader and you can flash any other custom rom.
My advice is to flash Genesys 026s first since it is EUI 026s and it may be good to have latest
partitions flashed. Later you can try paranoid, aicp...
Don't flash lineage 15 (oreo) since it may make some problems regarding partitions.
Use CrisBal TWRP since it seems to be the most compatible.
Here's batyan 01D topic at XDA
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...ent--and-mods/stock-eui-5-8-20s-x722-t3680624
dakok said:
Batyan, a guy from russian 4PDA forum got the archive with two roms.
The first one is a developer EUI rom identified as WIXCNFN5800106140D or 01D (short).
It flashes through phone stock recovery.
The other is Banggood vendor EUI rom 020s, cleaned from China stuff.
This one flashes through fastboot.
01D rom is great since it is the only way to move from stock 026s EUI since it has locked bootloader and you can't do anything to replace recovery, make root or flash another rom.
So. Put that 01D (update.zip) in your phone and flash it through stock recovery (key combination or through phone settings or manager, not sure)
Or you can start it from EUI file manager (not sure).
Now you have 01D rom, you have unlocked bootloader and you can flash any other custom rom.
My advice is to flash Genesys 026s first since it is EUI 026s and it may be good to have latest
partitions flashed. Later you can try paranoid, aicp...
Don't flash lineage 15 (oreo) since it may make some problems regarding partitions.
Use CrisBal TWRP since it seems to be the most compatible.
Here's batyan 01D topic at XDA
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...ent--and-mods/stock-eui-5-8-20s-x722-t3680624
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Thank you so very much! Great explanation! Hope this will work at my phone! Will try it soon!
Now one final question, and I'm sure many people find this question usefull : Since at this topic there are some people with brick, is this a safe way to do it or is it a chance for a brick even if I do everything correct?
Build nr is : WIXCNFN5902607031S
Thanks again dakok for the good experience, keep going this way:good::good::good::good:
gaatjesprikker said:
Thank you so very much! Great explanation! Hope this will work at my phone! Will try it soon!
Now one final question, and I'm sure many people find this question usefull : Since at this topic there are some people with brick, is this a safe way to do it or is it a chance for a brick even if I do everything correct?
Build nr is : WIXCNFN5902607031S
Thanks again dakok for the good experience, keep going this way:good::good::good::good:
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The only way to "hard" brick it is to flash stock 026s through twrp.
Paranoid but a little bit hard to do it for noobs, probably.
Poll Is corrupt
If paranoid ROM is the best... Then I'm a lepracon with lepra....
Its slow as hell, typing this takes ages... When I press a letter 7 seconds late it response... When some one called me I need to press 1100000 times before this ROM gives a reaction...
Also the builder doesn't respond to my mail. So, its what it is. Just a crappy ROM.
Merry Xmas
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Moon75 said:
I am running stock EUI 5.8.20S everything is ok, battery is fine., no notifications show though
I tried stock rom Genesys 5.9.26S and Aicp Nougat but came back to 5.8.20S for now.
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Me2,paranoid ROM is slow. Stock rom was fast... That it stuck ROM had to much Chinese shut on it... Will change to stock because my phone is so slow now its ****ing crazy
rb77 said:
If paranoid ROM is the best... Then I'm a lepracon with lepra....
Its slow as hell, typing this takes ages... When I press a letter 7 seconds late it response... When some one called me I need to press 1100000 times before this ROM gives a reaction...
Also the builder doesn't respond to my mail. So, its what it is. Just a crappy ROM.
Merry Xmas
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Me2,paranoid ROM is slow. Stock rom was fast... That it stuck ROM had to much Chinese shut on it... Will change to stock because my phone is so slow now its ****ing crazy
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Maybe you have any problem with your phone.I have paranoid since 08/12/2017 and I can say that it is the best rom that I have tried.Very very fast almost without any issues or bugs and It is incredible experience for the user.
Paranoid is the best for ROM to check what is the true snapdragon 820.
Stock rom no problem. Also phone get hot as hell
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Stock rom no problem. Also phone get hot as hell
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Why is it? for now I do not have any problem with paranoid.You can see the performance of paranoid in my phone.See my video https://youtu.be/_X2RyCs7NtY
tomgar said:
Why is it? for now I do not have any problem with paranoid.You can see the performance of paranoid in my phone.See my video https://youtu.be/_X2RyCs7NtY
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On my x722 is weird camera not connect, I already flashed it 3 times, no support
Hi can anyone help. I have a Le Max2 x829 with intermittent fingerprint recognition. Reading on the web I believe there is an update? My problem is that if there is an update how to I update as there is no 'software update' in the menus.
Any suggestions?
Cheers Chris
Heyyo, I also own an x829... and I'm sorry to break the news to you but that NA 5.8.016s build of EUI ROM is garbage. YouTube randomly freezes, VoLTE is unstable (I couldn't test it since no VoLTE in Canada for my carrier heh) and other bugs like notifications not working on some third-party apps because of the over-aggressive low memory killer settings...
The real bummer? The NA 5.8.016s build has software updating disabled in both the ROM and the recovery.... so the only way to switch EUI ROM versions or to any custom ROM is to unlock your bootloader, flash a different version of EUI ROM recovery or TWRP.
Here's the guide I used back in the day and it worked perfectly for my x829.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/how-to/protocol-backup-stock-rom-flash-stock-t3517151
Good luck!
Oh, if you want to switch to a custom ROM? I recommend flashing a newer firmware version.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/how-to/cn-26s-05-09-best-modem-firmware-t3682977
Here's stock EUI ROM thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/how-to/le-max-2-official-stock-firmware-links-t3433761
Fingerprint Issue
Hi. Cheers for the info. Looks a bit complicated. Might give it a try as long as I don't brick my phone.
Hello i am avin .I am a student ,this birthday my parents buys me a LeEco Le Max 2 x821. It is very good phone . But I don't like it's stock rom so i tried a few custom rom based on nougat but i was facing camera focus issue so i go back to stock rom and camera is working perfectly fine . So i decided to install small eui and again the camera was not working properly. So i went back stock rom . But from here the real problem happened my camera was not working on stock rom also i tried different stock roms but still it not focusing. And after this worst happened now even the ois is not working now when i open the camera it begins to shakes and makes werid clicking noise Please help me as my parents are not going to buy me a new phone please help me.
Heyyo, hmm unfortunately it sounds like camera focusing issues is sometimes due to firmware upgrades from EUI ROM... Thus far I haven't seen a good method or guaranteed way to upgrade firmware on the camera after these focus issues arise...
Just to double check have you even gone back to stock EUI Recovery and then used the update.zip method to "install" your EUI ROM?
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Heyyo, hmm unfortunately it sounds like camera focusing issues is sometimes due to firmware upgrades from EUI ROM... Thus far I haven't seen a good method or guaranteed way to upgrade firmware on the camera after these focus issues arise...
Just to double check have you even gone back to stock EUI Recovery and then used the update.zip method to "install" your EUI ROM?
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A very big thanks for replying me i will try this method as soon as possible.
This method seem promising
Thanks
avinraikwar said:
A very big thanks for replying me i will try this method as soon as possible.
This method seem promising
Thanks
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No problem at all!
I'd recommend sticking with official EUI ROM builds and not custom ones when attempting this.
I'd recommend backing up anything important off of the phone as of course data loss is a serious risk.
What I would do is use a PC to download Indian 19s and flash that via TWRP as it should overwrite even the recovery partition. You can find 19s Indian in the EUI ROM firmware thread.
Once that's done? Try flashing the EUI ROM 28s for the Le Max 2 from here using that update.zip method
Http://g3.letv.cn/259/29/16/scloud-...1S-5.9.028S.zip?b=123456&platid=5&splatid=500
Hopefully this gets it going!
The camera is a huge issue. My LeEco Le Max 2 is now my daughter's game pad - the camera stopped focussing, and it turned out it was a hardware defect. It dies quickly. Replacing it is really difficult.
I own a Nokia now. I want a camera that works.