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Zenfone 2,Android 6 official ... reviews and bugs

Hi there
Lets talk about our experience after the MM update.
Me first...the system is smooth...
I think there s battery improvement(little)....maybe I feel wrong.
Three bugs...1.my approximity sensor was not always working properly...after the hard factory reset,I ve not seen that bug any more....2.google messenger does not have the new message notification on its icon....3.chrome address bar is sometimes not reachable(when some page is oper,I cannot click on the address to edit it,I have to make a new tab

Update
Another bug... wile incoming calls,sometimes the phone cannot take data from contacts....it starts with number,after some seconds,it shows the name of the contact

Bug on ZE550ML/Z008
Hi,
I did the update to MM 2 days ago.
First by just updating: very smooth, battery not really improved, even with doze, as my phone had already an excellent battery life in LL (2 days "normal" use) BUT:crying: got 2 freeze, no way to power off except by holding down power button at least 10s.
Then, I did a factory reset from MM and re-installed all my app with titanium backup.
Still smooth BUT 1 freeze again after some hours.:crying::crying:
I already got those freeze when testing the beta. So still not solve
Back to LL for me as it was extraordinary stable for me.

Thanks for feedback guys. I hope you report all of these to Asus to let them the chance to fix those bugs.
Sent from my Asus Zenfone 2 using XDA Labs

The addition of Facebook app let alone the Facebook messenger to a devices System which had/keeps having horrible battery life reviews is crazy. System apps can launch themselves, they will be never "patched" (less downloaded bytes) and God forbid, if a major security issue happens in that application, it will have very bad consequences as users _hate_ updating things.
I am waiting for first meaningful, suitable for daily use Cyanogenmod releases with the MM kernel and I am off to Cyanogenmod. If I buy another device, it will be stock Google Android, will never touch anything which has a BYTE changed from stock Android.

Returned back to stock .184 from AICP using shakalaca's pre-rooted image, then updated to
.194 using full firmware zip that pushed into internal memory, then updated again to MM .134 using the same method, and finally did a factory reset; everything works so far for me. Disabled a lot of junks and no problems.
Ilgazc said:
The addition of Facebook app let alone the Facebook messenger to a devices System which had/keeps having horrible battery life reviews is crazy. System apps can launch themselves, they will be never "patched" (less downloaded bytes) and God forbid, if a major security issue happens in that application, it will have very bad consequences as users _hate_ updating things.
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You could disable startup for these apps thanks to Asus' own auto-start feature. Or, if you hate it, you could disable it at anytime. (I disabled Facebook and Instagram app, but leave Messenger enabled because I've some importance over it)
phyniks said:
2.google messenger does not have the new message notification on its icon....
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You need to manually give notification access to Messenger app via Unread counts badge preferences on ZenUI Launcher for the badge to shown properly.
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Thanks krasCGQ,the messenger is now ok
The launcher is still V2
Is there any advantage on updating to V3?(performance,battery,etc)

phyniks said:
Thanks krasCGQ,the messenger is now ok
The launcher is still V2
Is there any advantage on updating to V3?(performance,battery,etc)
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I tested v3 when I was on AICP, but I haven't update the stock launcher yet to v3. I need to do some more testing...
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Very smooth, none of the slowdowns that I used to get on L from RAM management / memory leak issues. Haven't encountered any bug yet except for being unable to factory reset, which always fails when it goes into recovery and tries to erase user data.

The phone seems like a totally new phone , i am amazed by the transformation

timbernot said:
The phone seems like a totally new phone , i am amazed by the transformation
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are you talking about zenfone?!!

My ZE551ML's antutu benchmark runs around 60k score only when running LP, but now on MM:
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phyniks said:
are you talking about zenfone?!!
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expand please ........???

hmmm,i've seen a guy here saying that he did got back to LL from the last MM coz he had some freeze issues,well,i have no idea what the hell u had installed on your phone that coused that,for sure it has to be an app that cause that issue,not the OS itself,many do talk and have no idea of what they r talking about,first of all after u install a new version,make a factory reset,after that,stop doing a recovery from that titan whatever is name and install the apps 1 by 1 and find out the 1 that causes that issue,don't blame the OS coz u don't know what are you doing or using,yes it runs very smooth and faster,i dunno why some do say that they don't see improvements on battery,did u thought that all you have installed on your phone is causing that ? to many apps using internet (facebook,instagram,buzz,games etc) ? all the internet use make battery run down very fast in case u didn't know,another yes,the new firmware comes with lot of bull****s app,like facebook,messenger,that crappy useless manger that claims to kill apps for more memmory (actually it is just a theory claim,not actual thing that it does,i can give an explanation to that),iread and i think a few more that i never used and never will,but yes,u can very easy deactivate them,which i always dowith all i hate,which i really think they should be optinal apps to download from google play,not to come by force preinstalled,i do use the phone pretty much,and just normal on internet,those parts do make battery go down pretty fast,but in standby...2 days easy,in 8 hours (night) standby it only droped the battery down 3%,i doubt it was the case in LL

Feels fine, despite possible OS problems (Android draws most of battery). Anyway, a better experinece.
BTW - Just seen that this is a 32bit MM 6.0.1. How can the system utilize full 4GB of RAM?

Any sensor is working for me. I did a clean installation, flashing last LL firmware. Than I put MM firmware on internal storage.
MM is working fine and smooth. But no one sensor is working.

Another app

eudigorodrigo said:
Any sensor is working for me. I did a clean installation, flashing last LL firmware. Than I put MM firmware on internal storage.
MM is working fine and smooth. But no one sensor is working.
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You wouldn't happen to be from Brazil would you?
Sent from my ASUS_Z00A using Tapatalk
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Ilgazc said:
The addition of Facebook app let alone the Facebook messenger to a devices System which had/keeps having horrible battery life reviews is crazy. System apps can launch themselves, they will be never "patched" (less downloaded bytes) and God forbid, if a major security issue happens in that application, it will have very bad consequences as users _hate_ updating things.
I am waiting for first meaningful, suitable for daily use Cyanogenmod releases with the MM kernel and I am off to Cyanogenmod. If I buy another device, it will be stock Google Android, will never touch anything which has a BYTE changed from stock Android.
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I don't know where you got the idea that a system app wont get updates. Facebook will still get updated through the play store just like any other app.
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tomsag said:
Feels fine, despite possible OS problems (Android draws most of battery). Anyway, a better experinece.
BTW - Just seen that this is a 32bit MM 6.0.1. How can the system utilize full 4GB of RAM?
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i have no idea where u saw that is 32 on ur phone, in mine say 64

appollokillers1 said:
i have no idea where u saw that is 32 on ur phone, in mine say 64
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Screenshot please. You sure you're looking at OS and not hw
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ZUK Z2 PRO Android 7 confirmed 2017!

Hello,
Now it's fully official.
Android 7 will be released officially on January, 28 2017
m.gsmarena.com/zuk_announces_android_70_nougat_update_plans_for_the_z2_pro_and_z1-news-22050.php

The Chinese character 內測 in the image means "test internally".

The 7.0 test internally was OTA today. Maybe the stable one will be released before Chinese new year (about five weeks later).

on print screen is missing dark theme... I hope they would include it..

For those who would like to update here is the link to the forum to try 2.5.335ST version.
http://zukfans.eu/community/threads...ion-updated-link-for-2-5-335-st-version.1801/

looks almost the same after got updated to ZUI2.5...

does 7.0 on the update brings manual controls on the camera?

cheeze.keyk said:
does 7.0 on the update brings manual controls on the camera?
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Yes, yes it does. This is also known as the ZUI 2.5 update, by the way.
Welcome to the party, however late.

Terminator.J said:
Yes, yes it does. This is also known as the ZUI 2.5 update, by the way.
Welcome to the party, however late.
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Thanks! though i dont own a ZUK Z2 Pro, I'm just curious bout this device, how about the camera quality did it improve in Nougat? :good:

cheeze.keyk said:
Thanks! though i dont own a ZUK Z2 Pro, I'm just curious bout this device, how about the camera quality did it improve in Nougat? :good:
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I didn't have it before 2.5 was available, so I never tested it on the older builds. It's a decent camera, although you really want to be on stock ZUI to take advantage of it.
Realistically, if I had to choose again, I would probably save the money and get the regular Z2 instead; the custom ROM scene is much better, longer battery life, and no issues with the Z2 Pro camera's OIS getting physically stuck due to Camera2-based drivers not knowing how to deal with it properly. And no worrying about missing U-Health, since it doesn't have the finger sensor.

needs optimization

Anyone notices animation lag while switching over multiple tabs of Google chrome in redmi note 7

jaga7j7 said:
Anyone notices animation lag while switching over multiple tabs of Google chrome in redmi note 7
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The phone lags a lot (ch rom at least). Switching, opening tabs, etc). Overall animations stutter a lot. I hope some developers find it in their hearts to help our poor souls and release a rom with all the xiaomi junk removed.

Are you using global ROM or EU?

nimbold said:
Are you using global ROM or EU?
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I've the 3/32GB global/EU version. It's the worst new phone I've bought ever when it comes to performance. It's just a week old and I've installed the apps that I had on the Note 5 before. Everything is more laggy than with my old 5. I'm really frustrated, because it seems to work fine for others.

pirx666 said:
I've the 3/32GB global/EU version. It's the worst new phone I've bought ever when it comes to performance. It's just a week old and I've installed the apps that I had on the Note 5 before. Everything is more laggy than with my old 5. I'm really frustrated, because it seems to work fine for others.
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Damn, maybe there's something wrong with the software then. Maybe unlock bootloader and flash fastboot ROM of your choice?

pirx666 said:
I've the 3/32GB global/EU version. It's the worst new phone I've bought ever when it comes to performance. It's just a week old and I've installed the apps that I had on the Note 5 before. Everything is more laggy than with my old 5. I'm really frustrated, because it seems to work fine for others.
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Xioami.eu miui rom? Not the model version itself. If u are not familiar with it and I feel like many aren't, Eu rom is like a debloated stock rom and less buggy across all xiaomi phones compared to the stock global/China rom it ships with. U should also use 3rd party apps like fluid navigation gesture on the playstore for no stutter instead of miui's full screen gesture from settings. A lot of xiaomi phones can be a way better experience this way even on miui until custom roms are out. Global version for more bands+EU rom instead of global/China+apps like fluid navigation, Google cam, dolby/viper etc. Let me know if it helps
https://xiaomi.eu/community/forums/miui-rom-releases.103/
Hardware and cost is good but chinese software is probably the worst part about buying a phone that has trouble getting bootloader unlocked. Xiaomi and oneplus seem to have an advantage with that over most of the other companies even though xiaomi makes u wait forever at least it's still possible

anon1135 said:
Xioami.eu miui rom? Not the model version itself. If u are not familiar with it and I feel like many aren't, Eu rom is like a debloated stock rom and less buggy across all xiaomi phones compared to the stock global/China rom it ships with. U should also use 3rd party apps like fluid navigation gesture on the playstore for no stutter instead of miui's full screen gesture from settings. A lot of xiaomi phones can be a way better experience this way even on miui until custom roms are out. Global version for more bands+EU rom instead of global+apps like fluid navigation, Google cam, dolby/viper etc. Let me know if it helps
https://xiaomi.eu/community/forums/miui-rom-releases.103/
Hardware and cost is good but chinese software is probably the worst part about buying a phone that has trouble getting bootloader unlocked. Xiaomi and oneplus seem to have an advantage with that over most of the other companies even though xiaomi makes u wait forever at least it's still possible
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Thanks for all the tips man! Sure it helps! I can't wait till Friday for the 360 hours of waiting to be up. I will right away install EU rom, and as you said, it already is a much more fluid experience, but even after that I will install the fluid navigation gesture as you suggested, and also a different launcher.
One thing though, I am crazy about better sound and with stock MIUI there is no way to 'tweak' Bluetooth sound (EQ, better, bass, control base frequency, etc). I used to have a Note 8 I gave to my uncle which had a crazy amount of tweaks that made me much more satisfied with Bluetooth sound even though we all know it is just 'average sound'.
Do you know which vyper4android mod works best for the redmi note 7? Can I still something similar? have you tried any? Or is it just a universal one?

Updated [ROM] MIUI 10 EU Pie ROM For Redmi 5 Plus (vince) Unofficial

Hey guys, well it's a great day to share another amazing port with you guys. This is the MIUI 10 EU Pie 9.0 Based ROM (Port) for our Redmi 5 plus (aka vince).
I also made a video for a brief guide for installation and also review the ROM intensively, it's much worth to watch the video.
What's working:
MI Account
3rd Party Themes
Auto-brightness
4G LTE+
WiFi (+hotspot), Bluetooth
Fingerprint Recognition
Face Unlock
Full Screen Gestures
Dark Mode (Pie Supported Only)
Media
Bugs:
Reading Mode (use my video guide to get reading mode like effect)
Wireless Display
On Screen Nav Bars
Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1togSnMOBHLPtgTsU_A030lz37K-VSi4d/view?usp=sharing
Credits:
To ALLAH ALMIGHTY And Prophet P.B.U.H
Xiaomi
Xiaomi.EU
Me @rashidmalyk for porting, bugs fixing
ROM Info:
MIUI Version 9.4.11
Android Version 9.0
Kernel 3.18 (Zucc Kernel AOSP) Airpods v6​

EU Pie ROM V2 Released at Youtube and Telegram Channels
Change log:
Based on the latest Xiaomi.EU based on latest China Beta ROM
Fixed Read Mode
Fixed WiFi display
Fixed Bluetooth bug for Media Devices
Fixed the hotspot visibility bug
Added the on-screen nav bar

Reserved

Reserved

good work, ward

Does everything in everyday use work? Camera, Wifi, data, etc? Is it for daily use? THANK you for your excellent work.
Enviado desde mi Redmi 5 Plus mediante Tapatalk

josemata00 said:
Does everything in everyday use work? Camera, Wifi, data, etc? Is it for daily use? THANK you for your excellent work.
Enviado desde mi Redmi 5 Plus mediante Tapatalk
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Yes it is, smooth like Official Oreo MIUI 10, everything is working to make it daily driver

WOW
very thanks dude

bro thanks for this port! this is the only miui rom that I can play my favorite game on without being forced closed in the middle of the game. good job! hopefully, there would be a fix for wireless display because I use it sometimes.

obliviousryuk said:
bro thanks for this port! this is the only miui rom that I can play my favorite game on without being forced closed in the middle of the game. good job! hopefully, there would be a fix for wireless display because I use it sometimes.
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Oh great to see your satisfaction, thanks for the feed back

Black Bar in themes app.
I don't think this ROM gets as bright as the stock rom.
Some stutters in home screen but It's Miui stuff as It happened in Oreo too.1
Some stutters when locking/unlocking the phone.
Some stutters at the brightness slider at the end..
Very Minor but I notice these things.
The port is really good but MIUI isn't good xd anyway back to Stock..

The ROM is really good. But somehow the hotspot is not listed in WiFi and couldn't connect. Any solution pls ??

pls fix On Screen Nav Bars :crying:

goldbeard said:
The ROM is really good. But somehow the hotspot is not listed in WiFi and couldn't connect. Any solution pls ??
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Wait for the update

Moon_420 said:
Black Bar in themes app.
I don't think this ROM gets as bright as the stock rom.
Some stutters in home screen but It's Miui stuff as It happened in Oreo too.1
Some stutters when locking/unlocking the phone.
Some stutters at the brightness slider at the end..
Very Minor but I notice these things.
The port is really good but MIUI isn't good xd anyway back to Stock..
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Theme app is okay after flashing the theme fix, and for the other things it's the initial build, thanks for your concern

shylord said:
pls fix On Screen Nav Bars :crying:
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Do it yourself, or wait for the update
For on-screen nav bar open the build.prop in root explorer, at the end of build.prop change the value from 1 to 0 of the line "qemu.hw.main.key=1"

equalizer
rashidmalyk said:
Wait for the update
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Thanks for the rom...there is no equalizer aka 'mi enhancer' right?. i could not find it.

moto13 said:
Thanks for the rom...there is no equalizer aka 'mi enhancer' right?. i could not find it.
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yes bro, it is not there. I am using DTS_HPX now, works great! just search it here on xda
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hi @rashidmalyk. There is a noticeable battery drain, though I couldn't find out what's causing it. I have had 2 battery cycles already, my phone lasted for about less than half than the usual. Other than that, ROM is awesome!

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yes bro, it is not there. I am using DTS_HPX now, works great! just search it here on xda
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hi @rashidmalyk. There is a noticeable battery drain, though I couldn't find out what's causing it. I have had 2 battery cycles already, my phone lasted for about less than half than the usual. Other than that, ROM is awesome!
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Thanks for the reply:good:

rashidmalyk said:
Wait for the update
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When share new update?

Concern over lack of Time development

Hi everyone this would be my first thread here at xda
I am considering getting the redmi K20 once it launches in India my biggest concern right now is the rom development for this phone can we expect anything are any developers interested in it or is it pretty much dead and it's better to go for something else
My main priority for the new phone is developer support
Thank you

Pro version will have better community development.

I would love to but looks like the pro wont come into my budget
So there will be complete lack of support or just that it will be slow?

I'd say very very slow. Mi 9T is an international version and there's almost nothing available for this device.
But, there's one good news, some (if not most) mods available for the k20 Pro/9T Pro will be compatible with the non pro version.
Actually, unless they are specific for the SD855, should work on our device.

Schnedi said:
I'd say very very slow. Mi 9T is an international version and there's almost nothing available for this device.
But, there's one good news, some (if not most) mods available for the k20 Pro/9T Pro will be compatible with the non pro version.
Actually, unless they are specific for the SD855, should work on our device.
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Oh that's great to hear
If i am not wrong you already have lineage os running on your device right bro how is it?

THeSTIG8888 said:
Oh that's great to hear
If i am not wrong you already have lineage os running on your device right bro how is it?
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I do.
It's working almost perfectly, the issues I found are:
• Camera pops up every reboot
• Screen needs to be awake to use the fingerprint
• Charging led not working (this one should be very easy to fix)
Developers are working on the other fixes, I bet they will be working perfectly very soon.

i hope it will be some custom, real rom, for this device, no need a lot, just some major ( lineage, havoc, maybe pixel experience)

Schnedi said:
I do.
It's working almost perfectly, the issues I found are:
• Camera pops up every reboot
• Screen needs to be awake to use the fingerprint
• Charging led not working (this one should be very easy to fix)
Developers are working on the other fixes, I bet they will be working perfectly very soon.
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Can you check if Android Auto is working? I am looking to buy this phone, but am afraid that some stupid hardware issue is causing Android Auto to fail. If it is just software, I would be fine with installing a rom.

Schnedi said:
I do.
It's working almost perfectly, the issues I found are:
• Camera pops up every reboot
• Screen needs to be awake to use the fingerprint
• Charging led not working (this one should be very easy to fix)
Developers are working on the other fixes, I bet they will be working perfectly very soon.
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will you be launching this rom for this device bro because for me one lineage os rom is enough