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Newman N1

Guys, what can you tell me about the Newman N1? I googled it and I found out that Newman is a Chinese company. It has really high specs(higher than my Nexus S :crying: ) . My friend recently bought it, so I thought I'd post here to find out more. I am worried because similar phones with similar specs (Atrix 2 specifically) are almost at double the price. Is the company reliable? Is it worth the money he spent??

I'm getting mine either this week or next. The pre-order is being processed. So, will let you know if it's worth while or worth none.

wangiles said:
I'm getting mine either this week or next. The pre-order is being processed. So, will let you know if it's worth while or worth none.
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Awesome! That would be great! Thanks

Got mine yesterday. Will do a review tonight after 24hrs of use. Stay tuned.
Sent from my Newman N1 using Tapatalk 2

I got one a couple days ago. I feel impressed at first touch, the quality of assembly is good, it feel firmly.
What I like
1. The design and the dimension is good, not too big thin or thick.
2. The screen solution is good, but the shade of color look bit blue.
3. for gaming, I have tried on Asphalt 6 and Dead trigger, so smooth.
4. Speaker is loud enough to hear and the quality of sound and phone, for me, is acceptable.
What I don't like
1. The screen has white light around the corner of screen, It doesn't make a screen completely black as It should be when compare to LED screen
2. Auto brightness is too sensitive, it adjust the light to quick. when I scroll the screen with forefinger and my middle finger shade on the sensor, less than a sec, it already adjust the light.
3. The seller gave me the wrong spec, this phone does not support WCDMA on 850 but 900 mhz
4. I don't understand while the make the CPU go high at 1001mhz all the time when charging.
Other things look good, I still need more time, but for just less than $200 I thought it is really worth to have one.

lightingboy said:
I got one a couple days ago. I feel impressed at first touch, the quality of assembly is good, it feel firmly.
What I like
1. The design and the dimension is good, not too big thin or thick.
2. The screen solution is good, but the shade of color look bit blue.
3. for gaming, I have tried on Asphalt 6 and Dead trigger, so smooth.
4. Speaker is loud enough to hear and the quality of sound and phone, for me, is acceptable.
What I don't like
1. The screen has white light around the corner of screen, It doesn't make a screen completely black as It should be when compare to LED screen
2. Auto brightness is too sensitive, it adjust the light to quick. when I scroll the screen with forefinger and my middle finger shade on the sensor, less than a sec, it already adjust the light.
3. The seller gave me the wrong spec, this phone does not support WCDMA on 850 but 900 mhz
4. I don't understand while the make the CPU go high at 1001mhz all the time when charging.
Other things look good, I still need more time, but for just less than $200 I thought it is really worth to have one.
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Thank you I used my friends N1 . The screen is not viewable from all angles unless on full brightness. The battery life is sadly very very poor!
How much is the clock? 1Ghz?

Clock is max at 1 ghz.
I confirm that battery life is very poor, in deep sleep mode it's ok, only about 10% overnight (6-8 hours). but when using, it goes down quickly.
I thought It might be some problem about CPU state, from CPUSPY, it shows that cpu always run in both 250 and 1001 mhz, even just slide the screen or get in setting menu.
I already reported this to manufacturer by email in their website but still no response.

It is dual core right? Per core 1 Ghz or totally 1ghz?
And it somehow seems to reject standard android chargers and will work only with the one newman provides. That is kind of a bummer. Also, no headphones provided and other headphones produce terrible quality!

I did found out a few things too. Can't give a review yesterday as it was having issues and had to take another day just to confirm it.
P.s. It is scratch resistant. Not scratch proof. Am having a fine line about 1-1.5cm in length.
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---------- Post added at 02:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:23 PM ----------
Make that two lines. :banghead:
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I will probably order this Newman N1. With also HuaWei U8836D in mind just couldn't make a final decision at the moment.
Hope can see more review for this Newman N1.

wangiles said:
I did found out a few things too. Can't give a review yesterday as it was having issues and had to take another day just to confirm it.
P.s. It is scratch resistant. Not scratch proof. Am having a fine line about 1-1.5cm in length.
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Make that two lines. :banghead:
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The thing is there is no scratch guard available for it anywhere! So there's pretty much no option but to handle it with care!
Man 2 lines in 2 days. It must be very very less resistant
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cybertech said:
I will probably order this Newman N1. With also HuaWei U8836D in mind just couldn't make a final decision at the moment.
Hope can see more review for this Newman N1.
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You should probably wait awhile. Getting mixed reviews
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kkricardokaka95 said:
You should probably wait awhile. Getting mixed reviews
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Thank you and I trying to find some users review on Huawei U8836D as well.

cybertech said:
Thank you and I trying to find some users review on Huawei U8836D as well.
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I'll help you. I'll do a little research on it!

Well it is definitely better than Newman N1. Huawei is much better known than Newman also.
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Mine came with screen guard in the box. you should check with your seller.
Huawei is better known brand but it will cost you $80 more for the same hardware
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with max brightness, it is still not enough for outdoor.
Please remind that this phone support 3G on 900/1900/2100 not 850 mhz.

lightingboy said:
Mine came with screen guard in the box. you should check with your seller.
Please remind that this phone support 3G on 900/1900/2100 not 850 mhz.
Huawei is better known brand but it will cost you $80 more on the same hardware
more review
with max brightness, it is still not enough for outdoor.
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No worries. 3G damn expensive where I live. I use 2G only!
I agree huawei will cost more, but it is guaranteed to perform right? And the screen issues won't occur!
Also some apps are incompatible with this, although they meet all the requirements.
Would you happen to know how to root N1?

Looking a the cpu usage: by default it is at 100% 1ghz speed constantly . If u have setcpu, you will be able to set the governor to different profiles.
I used on demand profile with the battery charged from 100% since I unplugged at 8am in the morning. At 4pm, battery was at 75%. Slight usage of 3g and calls, less than an hour of onscreen viewing. (was having meeting)
On demand option is usage at 100% cpu speed when u use a certain app/apps. Else, it will revert to 250mhz.
Why it makes a lot of difference because before I used setcpu, battery depletion is much faster. With this, I managed to get through the whole day.
Do be mindful that the battery life is only 1700mh.
That's one on cpu..as I'm typing from the phone itself, from 5 to 5.24pm, it has dropped only to 60%.
Sent from my N1 using Tapatalk 2

Hi.
I have also ordered the Newman N1 and it will be shipped out next week.
I came with some help for those are having issues with the phone.
You probably didn't know that Newman has an official forum, right?
Here's the forum: http://bbs.newman.mobi/forum.php
Please register to the forum (use google translate plug-in if you don't understand Chinese (me neither)).
Newman has official updates to this phone, the newest is 1.0.6, so please check in your settings which version you have, and update to the newest to see if it resolve problems.
This is the section of the forum, where the official ROMs goes: http://bbs.newman.mobi/forum-115-1.html
First there are sticky threads in every section, do not pay attention to it, because the roms are under it (the last threads, under that line).
The roms download sites are also in chinese and some require registration, some not, and you may need to reply to some threads to see hidden content, but it is written if it requires it.
There are a lot of custom roms here: http://bbs.newman.mobi/forum-95-1.html
In this section there's not only custom roms, but also a lot of another topics too, so it is not easy to find the roms, but usually the ones with colorized thread name are the roms to pay attention.
Also there are a lot of reviews (also in chinese) of the phone here: http://bbs.newman.mobi/forum-93-1.html
Somewhere in the forum are also instructions on how to update the roms etc.
If you update to the latest official/custom rom then I think that some problems may resolved.
So it is good to know that there are a forum.
But it would be good if more people would know this phone, so they would be amazed that it has dual core, qhd, 8 mp, ics etc and it only costs $200 with shipping! (I purchased it for $173.5 with free shipping, gift leather case and gift 4gb micro sd card)
Then this topic would be popular and we may get a seperate thread for the phone here on xda, so that we would get good custom roms for it!
So go and popularize this great phone!
Edit: this phone have gorilla glass!
There are 3 different videos on the internet proofing that it is gorilla glass (in one of the videos the man drops it from about 2.5 meters to the floor and it don't have any scratches!
If you are interested, I can link the videos.

Wow! Like marketing the item. Haha. Joking ya.
Anyway, just finished taking pics of the phone. Will update again
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[Q] Do Chuwi V88/V88s roms work with Chuwi V88 Titanium Ice Green tablet?

Hi all, just bought a Chuwi V88 Titanium Ice Green tablet and I was wondering if I can use V88/V88s roms for it?
Because for over 2 and a half years this is my first post, I can't post straight to the rom thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310818

Found an answer elsewhere: Maybe.
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Can someone confirm this please?

I've not tested any custom roms yet on mine. I'm still in the phase of growing a pair of balls because I'm too afraid of bricking it.
I'll give it a try right after someone confirms the roms made for classic v88 do work, or when I'm done waiting. Not sure if this little experiment with roms is worth £120.
The main problem is that like 3 people own this thing. Or at least the other ones do not post about it on the forums.

Haha, I understand what u mean.
There is the risk of bricking it, on youtube there is a vid showing how to unbrick a classic v88 shortening a couple pins on the pcb.
But again i'm not sure if this will work on the green version.
I dont know much about customizing firmware, but it would be great if a power optimised rom would work on it.
I will receive my new v88 at the end of this week and will see if i can root it to start with.
I was also hoping someone with more knowledge would have tried it. But like you say, seems like not many people own it yet.

It's starting to look like the custom roms might work after all! I'll wait for the latest CM10.1 rom before flashing.

bnhmmr said:
It's starting to look like the custom roms might work after all! I'll wait for the latest CM10.1 rom before flashing.
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Oh thats great news, please let us know if you find something!

_Aleksey said:
Oh thats great news, please let us know if you find something!
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Yeah, rom developer Oma confirmed that the hardware is the same and custom roms should work. Now it's just waiting until he releases that rom I've been waiting for.

It's now rooted, so atleast that worked. I had few problems when and after rooting and that's why I don't have that high hopes for a successful flashing.

Hello guys my first post in XDA although I kept track of Oma's thread for a while! Does anyone have any more news about the Titanium Ice model and custom roms? And one more question a little bit off topic but as you said very few people own it so maybe someone of them is around . I found the V88 in Music World seller from aliexpress claiming to have a black version of the V88 with OGS screen. Is this the Titanium Ice green model or something new? How can I know when I buy it?

panpapad said:
Hello guys my first post in XDA although I kept track of Oma's thread for a while! Does anyone have any more news about the Titanium Ice model and custom roms? And one more question a little bit off topic but as you said very few people own it so maybe someone of them is around . I found the V88 in Music World seller from aliexpress claiming to have a black version of the V88 with OGS screen. Is this the Titanium Ice green model or something new? How can I know when I buy it?
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I'm still waiting for Oma's CM10.1 Edition with phabletUI and multiuser support.
Just checked out that black OGS and it seems to be the same as the green one. At least specs are the same. Beware though, there seems to be some sort of problem with screen responsiveness at least with these Ice Green models. It's possible and even likely they've fixed that in newer models.
Somehow I managed to scratch my OGS screen. Actually there's three deep scratches. I don't know where or when this happened, but one thing's for sure: the screen does not exactly have Gorilla Glass' toughness.

bnhmmr said:
I'm still waiting for Oma's CM10.1 Edition with phabletUI and multiuser support.
Just checked out that black OGS and it seems to be the same as the green one. At least specs are the same. Beware though, there seems to be some sort of problem with screen responsiveness at least with these Ice Green models. It's possible and even likely they've fixed that in newer models.
Somehow I managed to scratch my OGS screen. Actually there's three deep scratches. I don't know where or when this happened, but one thing's for sure: the screen does not exactly have Gorilla Glass' toughness.
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I think the OGS is not gorilla glass its just a better screen than normal IPS but does not provide extra protection. I think I read somewjere about the problem with screen resposiveness...I think I'll just go with the V88S because there is not much info around for Titanium Ice. Thanks for the response!

panpapad said:
I think the OGS is not gorilla glass its just a better screen than normal IPS but does not provide extra protection. I think I read somewjere about the problem with screen resposiveness...I think I'll just go with the V88S because there is not much info around for Titanium Ice. Thanks for the response!
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Yeah, that's what I actually meant. It's far from Gorilla Glass' toughness. Although the screens do not have anything in common, I'd expect some sort of scratch protection these days. Maybe the extra layer in Classic V88/V88s protects the screen better, because I've not seen any similar complaints.

The "black" v88 from Music World seller on aliexpress is actually the Ice green version. I know because its the one i have.
bnhmmr, my screen has a screen-protector pre-applied. Its difficult to see, but there is a very thin plastic protector on top of the screen.
I think the scratches you made are on this plastic layer and not in the actual glass.
You can check by looking close to the border of the screen.

_Aleksey said:
bnhmmr, my screen has a screen-protector pre-applied. Its difficult to see, but there is a very thin plastic protector on top of the screen.
I think the scratches you made are on this plastic layer and not in the actual glass.
You can check by looking close to the border of the screen.
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You're right, thanks for pointing this out! I thought I had peeled it off the first time I got my hands on it but that've must been the one with logos and some specs. Phew!
Responsiveness is still an issue even without screen protector applied.

Thank you guys. I think I'll go for the V88s then...seems there is more support for ROMs and less problems reported about the Wi-fi and screen responsiveness. I will have to sacrifice that 1 GB extra of RAM, better cameras and thinner design .

panpapad said:
Thank you guys. I think I'll go for the V88s then...seems there is more support for ROMs and less problems reported about the Wi-fi and screen responsiveness. I will have to sacrifice that 1 GB extra of RAM, better cameras and thinner design .
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No probs! I think the rom support is the same for all v88(s)'s, but wifi and screen issues might be a deal breaker for someone. In daily use I rarely have any problems with neither one of those.
And the cameras are bad also in this OGS.

A new version of CM 10.1 with phabletUI is out . So you mean that all the OMA's ROMs work for the Titanium Ice green version? Has anyone tried that?

panpapad said:
A new version of CM 10.1 with phabletUI is out . So you mean that all the OMA's ROMs work for the Titanium Ice green version? Has anyone tried that?
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It's still an alpha version. I'm waiting for at least a beta with the few issues fixed the current version suffers. Someone confirmed that Oma's roms work and Oma himself confirmed they have the same hardware.

Can i install any CMW on a 2nd generation Chuwi v88?

Mlais M52 Red Note Review + Root + ROMs + Info

You can find my review of the Mlais M52 Red Note as well as links to other reviews here. I've also included FAQs, root info as well as ROM info in this thread.
ATTENTION: The Lollipop update is available from Mlais, scroll down for the official video tutorial.
You can buy the phone here for $150, and it goes down even further with the coupon code "GBM52"
http://goo.gl/EAPj5L
Finally got my blog up, so go ahead and click the link below to visit the text review!
https://mobiledevicereview.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/mlais-m52-red-note-review/
Text Reviews:
https://mobiledevicereview.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/mlais-m52-red-note-review/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/review-mlais-m52-red-note-t3074504
http://www.gizchina.com/2015/04/10/mlais-m52-review/
http://www.gizbeat.com/7220/mlais-m52-red-note-2gb-mt6752-review-powerful-budget-mobile/
http://www.fudzilla.com/reviews/37440-mlais-m52-red-note-review-hooray-for-commoditised-android
http://www.majordroid.com/mlais-m52-red-note-review/
http://www.androidheadlines.com/2015/04/featured-review-mlais-m52-red-note.html
There were a lot of common questions, so I figured I would compile them into the original post so I didn't have to answer them over and over again .
Important Specs:
5.5" 1280x720 display
MTK6752 Octacore 1.7GHz
2GB RAM
16GB ROM
Android 4.4, expect the Android 5.0 Lollipop any day now (As of April 16, 2015)
Do not update to Lollipop yet, the ROM is still buggy.
2G GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100MHz
4G: FDD LTE: 800/1800/2100/2600MHz
8MP + 5MP camera
3200mAh battery (probably false, its most likely smaller)
FAQs
Will this phone work in my country? http://www.willmyphonework.net/
How to install Viper4Android? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60236018&postcount=188
ROMs: (Basically find any post you can by Krouri and thank him, he's been a great help)
Official MlaisVideo Tutorial to install Lollipop (Click here to say thanks to Knack)
Official Stock ROM has been posted! (Lollipop ROM not posted yet)
http://www.needrom.com/download/mlais-m52/
All Mlais M52 Red Note ROMs can be found here:
http://www.needrom.com/category/mlais/m52/
Rooting Info:
Rooting currently works using Kingoroot on Android 4.4.4. Once updated to Lollipop, you are no longer able to root.
Currently, xposed still doesn't work on Android 4.4.4 devices. If anyone is successful in installing Xposed post here to let everyone know.
ww.mgyun.com/m/en
http://www.kingoapp.com/ (Currently works, but be careful, click here for more info)
http://www.oneclickroot.com/
Accessories
Leather Case: Varying prices. Thanks to Krouri!
http://www.aliexpress.com/af/m52-ca...ative_id=SB_20150405222652&isViewCP=y&catId=0
Tempered Glass screen protector: $4.09 (free shipping?). Thanks to Krouri!
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Prem...rotector-for-Mlais-M52-Smartphone-343363.html
Flip Case: $4.50 with free shipping
http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_169222.html
Mlais M52 Red Note Battery: $4.50 with free shipping (Just remember it's probably not 3200mAh but probably lower)
http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_169221.html

zijin_cheng said:
My review in progress on the Mlais M52 Red Note is up! First impressions of this phone are very favourable, so far, its looking good! This might just be the most perfect phone for cheap China has released to date!
https://mobiledevicereview.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/mlais-m52-red-note-review/
I will update the review as I complete further testing of the phone.
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Keep up with the good job! :good: I just ordered one from Gearbest as well and hope to receive it soon. Since this is my 1st time buying and using a Chinese brand phone so I'm not so sure what to expect (except the fact that Chinese products in general do not have good reputation). Glad that there're a detailed review for this phone.

zijin_cheng said:
My review in progress on the Mlais M52 Red Note is up! First impressions of this phone are very favourable, so far, its looking good! This might just be the most perfect phone for cheap China has released to date!
https://mobiledevicereview.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/mlais-m52-red-note-review/
I will update the review as I complete further testing of the phone.
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Did you receive the phone as a reviewer or customer? Just wondering about the freebies?

zijin_cheng said:
My review in progress on the Mlais M52 Red Note is up! First impressions of this phone are very favourable, so far, its looking good! This might just be the most perfect phone for cheap China has released to date!
https://mobiledevicereview.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/mlais-m52-red-note-review/
I will update the review as I complete further testing of the phone.
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Very good! I'm waiting it from Gearbest! In the official package you have find 2 back cover and the flip cover???
Today in the Mlais FB page after one user question about lollipop rollout Mlais had reply "Lollipop will come 10th Apr,you can wireless update", another good news for this interesting phablet!

shallwedance said:
Keep up with the good job! :good: I just ordered one from Gearbest as well and hope to receive it soon. Since this is my 1st time buying and using a Chinese brand phone so I'm not so sure what to expect (except the fact that Chinese products in general do not have good reputation). Glad that there're a detailed review for this phone.
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Thanks! I'm glad that you are making the jump into the chinese phone market. So far the only thing I haven't had enough time to test is the battery life, I sincerely hope that it is good. If it is, this will be an amazing phone.
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Did you receive the phone as a reviewer or customer? Just wondering about the freebies?
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I received it as a reviewer, but I believe that everyone who preordered got the goodies as well.
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Very good! I'm waiting it from Gearbest! In the official package you have find 2 back cover and the flip cover???
Today in the Mlais FB page after one user question about lollipop rollout Mlais had reply "Lollipop will come 10th Apr,you can wireless update", another good news for this interesting phablet!
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That's great news. I think that if you didn't preorder it, you won't get the extra goodies.

By the way, do you know any case that will fit the M52, I'm not talking about the OEM flip case, just a normal back cover? Thanks.

shallwedance said:
By the way, do you know any case that will fit the M52, I'm not talking about the OEM flip case, just a normal back cover? Thanks.
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I'm not sure about that, sorry.

Hey guys, I finally completed my review of the Mlais M52 Red Note, check it out in the first post!

Hi, i just ask about screen protector size in your writen review. I ask because i want to know if a termpered glass from a xiaomi note or other models could fit the entire screen. I dont know the size in MM, so it could be very helpful for many buyers to get this measures.
thank you very much.

thetrukos said:
Hi, i just ask about screen protector size in your writen review. I ask because i want to know if a termpered glass from a xiaomi note or other models could fit the entire screen. I dont know the size in MM, so it could be very helpful for many buyers to get this measures.
thank you very much.
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Oh I see, I'll measure my screen and get back to you.

Does anyone know if and where I could find M52's ROM? I'm afraid I've already broken mine.

How you did it? Try a factory reset?

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Oh I see, I'll measure my screen and get back to you.
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My screen measurements including the bezel (or the part where you would put a screen protector or tempered glass over) is almost exactly:
150.5mm Tall
74.8mm Wide
Rounded edges on all 4 corners of the screen with radius 1.5mm.
Hope this helps.
vastila said:
Does anyone know if and where I could find M52's ROM? I'm afraid I've already broken mine.
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What happened? Currently I don't know, but I'll post here when I find it. NeedRom doesn't have it yet.

zijin_cheng said:
My screen measurements including the bezel (or the part where you would put a screen protector or tempered glass over) is almost exactly:
150.5mm Tall
74.8mm Wide
Rounded edges on all 4 corners of the screen with radius 1.5mm.
Hope this helps.
What happened? Currently I don't know, but I'll post here when I find it. NeedRom doesn't have it yet.
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Great exactly what i need. Thank you very much.

zijin_cheng said:
What happened? Currently I don't know, but I'll post here when I find it. NeedRom doesn't have it yet.
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I rooted mine using Kingo (nothing wrong until this point), but then I removed some system apps (Gallery/Browser/etc, since I had alternatives to them), and on the next restart, System UI crashed. Factory reset did not solve the problem, hence my need for the ROM. I've checked NeedRom, already, but thank you, anyway.

shallwedance said:
By the way, do you know any case that will fit the M52, I'm not talking about the OEM flip case, just a normal back cover? Thanks.
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http://www.aliexpress.com/af/m52-ca...ative_id=SB_20150405222652&isViewCP=y&catId=0
thetrukos said:
Hi, i just ask about screen protector size in your writen review. I ask because i want to know if a termpered glass from a xiaomi note or other models could fit the entire screen. I dont know the size in MM, so it could be very helpful for many buyers to get this measures.
thank you very much.
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http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Prem...rotector-for-Mlais-M52-Smartphone-343363.html

krouri said:
http://www.aliexpress.com/af/m52-ca...ative_id=SB_20150405222652&isViewCP=y&catId=0
Aren't they the type where the phone is held by adhesive? Are they any good -can phone be removed and replaced, does adhesive mark the phone? I've gone with the flipcover, not too keen on the window ( no protection ), but as the m52 looks pretty bulky already, it looks about as slim as it's going to get. One of the aliexpress sellers (not sunsky )has the flipcover , and their product code is DG2014, so you might be able to check cases for that, though it doesn't make complete sense as DG2014 isn't as thick as m52
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About size, its almost the same as alcatel pop c9, my girlfriend has it, with a flip cover also. The c9 without a flipcase is fine, but is bulky with it,

I had read some rumors, about the screen res. Not being hd but qhd. Is there a way to cheat about it? Pls check this vídeo https://youtu.be/yR5jhT08jXI

thetrukos said:
I had read some rumors, about the screen res. Not being hd but qhd. Is there a way to cheat about it? Pls check this vídeo https://youtu.be/yR5jhT08jXI
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This video showing mtk 6732, quadcore also. There is a comment (in English ) saying this is not final version of device. Wish I could speak Russian? And lowest antutu score for this phone I have seen so far

I have a Yu Yutopia. AMA

Hey guys,
I have a Yu Yutopia with me and I am guessing a lot of you must be having queries about it. Please feel free to ask them.
My initial impressions of the phone so far:
1) Really impressed with the build quality. The phone feels solid in hand. Even better than the OnePlus 2 if you ask me. Did not expect this at all.
2) I love the One glass solution, but the colors and saturation levels of the display are wayyy off.
3) The fingerprint scanner works reliably. No issues with it.
4) The camera app is a big disappointment. Same as the one found on the OnePlus One. Slow.
5) The rear speaker is a joke
6) The phone does heat up while gaming. Playing Asphalt 8 for a few minutes was enough for the phone to heat up.
7) Cyanogen OS 12.1 is buggy.
Unboxing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVGZRnDKC38
4K comparison vs. Nexus 6p: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMJNmjhZ_qY
Fingerprint scanner comparison vs. Nexus 6P: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dko_2du6ARg

Is it worth spending for?
Hello Sir. I want to buy the Yu Yutopia but i am getting mixed reviews of the device, some saying to buy it, some saying go for oneplus two. I am really confused. Please help me out and tell me if i should go for the phone or not. Thanks a lot..

shantanu36 said:
Hello Sir. I want to buy the Yu Yutopia but i am getting mixed reviews of the device, some saying to buy it, some saying go for oneplus two. I am really confused. Please help me out and tell me if i should go for the phone or not. Thanks a lot..
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I will say, no. Why not buy the Moto X Style? Its available at a discount on Flipkart currently.

eRajesh said:
I will say, no. Why not buy the Moto X Style? Its available at a discount on Flipkart currently.
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Can you please tell me the reasons why i should not but the phone because the specs of yutopia are a lot better than moto x style and its price is much cheaper to. Please help me out. Thanks a lot for your help..

shantanu36 said:
Can you please tell me the reasons why i should not but the phone because the specs of yutopia are a lot better than moto x style and its price is much cheaper to. Please help me out. Thanks a lot for your help..
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Software. Yutopia is very buggy. With the X Style, you will get quick updates. And Snapdragon 810 being more powerful than the Snapdragon 808 is not really a big deal since the former overheats a lot and quickly throttles down.

eRajesh said:
Software. Yutopia is very buggy. With the X Style, you will get quick updates. And Snapdragon 810 being more powerful than the Snapdragon 808 is not really a big deal since the former overheats a lot and quickly throttles down.
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So apart from software, everything looks good on yutopia, right?

shantanu36 said:
So apart from software, everything looks good on yutopia, right?
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Missed touches, random freezes, inaccurate display. If you are fine with some major software issues, go for the Yutopia since your mind seems set on it

eRajesh said:
Missed touches, random freezes, inaccurate display. If you are fine with some major software issues, go for the Yutopia since your mind seems set on it
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That's the problem. My mind is set on it. You told me moto x style which is expensive. can you recommend any other phone in this range?

Does this phone have the option to switch between on screen buttons to physical buttons like one plus one?
If not for physical buttons, what use of the big black bar at the bottom of the phone?

is it worth to buy in that price range???
is it worth to buy in that price range???

anantharam said:
Does this phone have the option to switch between on screen buttons to physical buttons like one plus one?
If not for physical buttons, what use of the big black bar at the bottom of the phone?
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It does not have physical buttons. The use of big black bar is nothing.
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kiranchaitanya said:
is it worth to buy in that price range???
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I think the price of yutopia is pretty good after seeing the specifications..

How is the battery backup, can you share usage stats. Thanks
Sent from my InFocus M530 using Tapatalk

Battery backup Is Awesome On The Phone
battery backup of the phone is Awesome, I am new here dont know from where I can attach the screenshots

shantanu36 said:
Hello Sir. I want to buy the Yu Yutopia but i am getting mixed reviews of the device, some saying to buy it, some saying go for oneplus two. I am really confused. Please help me out and tell me if i should go for the phone or not. Thanks a lot..
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First of all i am a YUTOPIA owner and have been using it for two weeks now.
The YU Yutopia is an awesome device if u go by its build quality. The All metal body,Integrated antenna bands, QHD screen and the Sound quality all screams the word PREMIUM!! A device worthy of its price. From the box it arrives in to the included components it is a well packed one.
The biggest con i felt is the OS. Cyanogen 12.1 has lots of potential, but the included one with the phone has lots of bugs.It has the january patch of android included though.Still there are some big bugs.
For instance, If the phine is charging and u turn the screen on (without unlocking) and keep it like that..the screen gets unlocked(even when locked with a fingerprint or a pin or a pattern) in five mins. so thats a major bug.
The camera focus lags in certain conditions and heating is present in some conditions. But these are all issues of CM 12.1 and not the phone. So it can be fixed in a future update i guess.
The pros of the phone include its build,quickcharge, massive battery and the screen. Its a delight to watch movies. The included House of marley earphones are of good quality. AudioFX with DTS is amazing and the sound is truly amazing when heard with this setting on.
i would say,if u are patient enough to wait for software updates, then this phone is worth every penny. Else u may go for one plus 2 which has no quickcharge and has the same chip. Heating is a SD810 issue and cannot be fully avoided in both phones. But that too is resolved to some extent by thermal management settings by YU. I guess it will be better once CM 13 based on MM is released.
The fingerprint issues also will be be solved by MM update as it s a native feature included in MM.
SO..the final choice lies with YU! :laugh::good:
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sealane said:
How is the battery backup, can you share usage stats. Thanks
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Battery backup depends on your usage. If using 3G and continous use ( gaming, browsing,whatsapp etc) will get you around 14 hours. Else it lasts more on WiFi and easily lasts more than a day on intermittent use of 3G.
BTW..it has quickcharge 2.0 which will get u from 5% battery to 90% in one and half hours. The last ten % takes half hour.

wifi hotspot detection issue
Hi,
I purchased a Yu Yutopia yesterday and was initially impressed with the packaging and the build quality. While setting up the phone, I noticed that the phone was unable to detect the portable airtel 4g wifi hotspot. All my other phones like the One Plus X, Blackberry and Moto g1 were able to detect it but this phonewas unable to detect it. I tried making the one plus a mobile hotspot to check if it could detect my mobile hotspot and it seemed to detect it and every other wifi except this 4g hotspot wifi. I tried to factory reset the phone but it still shows the same issue and is unable to detect it. What do I do???
Please help me.

Its a piece of crap
my friend have this after 1 week phone got dead

I'm thinking to buy Yutopia. But can anyone share a video of it's LED Notification light with various colours? I have seen many videos but no impressed as I saw is only a tiny green light. Please upload a video of LED Notification light in use

Tell me about its camera quality can i compare its camera to Nexus 5x or this same as badd as other micromax phone
Like Good at day & a Low quality at night or kow light
Laggy type.???

alternate Camera app
Hi Yutopia users,
anyone using alternate better app for stock camera?
I have tried snapdragon camera but issue is it only supports 13MP. pls suggesti for alternate better camera app.

My HTC U11+ Translucent Black arrived today

https://imgur.com/a/6Ydve <----- images here
As the title says, my U11+ in translucent black arrived today.
Little bit of back story.. I've been using two phones before receiving this one, the Nexus 6P and the original Mi Mix. Loved the 6P for the last year but just couldn't deal with the terrible battery life, even after recently swapping the original battery out for a new one. I equally love the Mi Mix for the huge screen however the camera is shocking.
I live in China and preorders went live for the U11+ on 02nd November, the day the phone was announced. I ordered one straight away and the translucent model sold out in a matter of 30 minutes over here. Anyway, it arrived today and as you can see from the images, it's a beauty. I couldn't be happier with the phone and I've only had it for a matter of 6 or so hours.
Being the Chinese version of the phone, my only gripe is that I need to flash the Taiwanese firmware to get Google services etc functioning. Only problem is that the phone ships with S-ON (Security = ON) and, as far as I know, there is no way as yet to shift that to S-OFF so that I can change the CID number and flash Taiwanese firmware.
Any questions you have about the phone just leave them here and I'll go my best to get around to them.

Excellent! Great beauty!
Make sure you avoid using the packaged case if you want the phone live longer. On u11 it made impacts worse, tho protecting from scratches...
Two u11s here one with broken back glass... Since then fully clad in proper casing

Is there any pocket mode that disables accidental screen to wake while inside the pocket?

Prot02018 said:
https://imgur.com/a/6Ydve <----- images here
As the title says, my U11+ in translucent black arrived today.
Little bit of back story.. I've been using two phones before receiving this one, the Nexus 6P and the original Mi Mix. Loved the 6P for the last year but just couldn't deal with the terrible battery life, even after recently swapping the original battery out for a new one. I equally love the Mi Mix for the huge screen however the camera is shocking.
I live in China and preorders went live for the U11+ on 02nd November, the day the phone was announced. I ordered one straight away and the translucent model sold out in a matter of 30 minutes over here. Anyway, it arrived today and as you can see from the images, it's a beauty. I couldn't be happier with the phone and I've only had it for a matter of 6 or so hours.
Being the Chinese version of the phone, my only gripe is that I need to flash the Taiwanese firmware to get Google services etc functioning. Only problem is that the phone ships with S-ON (Security = ON) and, as far as I know, there is no way as yet to shift that to S-OFF so that I can change the CID number and flash Taiwanese firmware.
Any questions you have about the phone just leave them here and I'll go my best to get around to them.
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Can you please upload you system dump?

tbalden said:
Excellent! Great beauty!
Make sure you avoid using the packaged case if you want the phone live longer. On u11 it made impacts worse, tho protecting from scratches...
Two u11s here one with broken back glass... Since then fully clad in proper casing
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Hi @tbalden
Can you please tell me which is the best leather case for the U11+ ? Thanks.

lebigmac said:
Hi @tbalden
Can you please tell me which is the best leather case for the U11+ ? Thanks.
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That's a good question to me as, although I have more than 6 cases for the u11 only one of them was a leather poach. Which since then I wouldn't use in itself because pulling from it I dropped one of the u11s we own at home..
I think a real folding case is a good solution but I don't have any, so can't give advice unfortunately. Also most folding cases somehow block the edge sense feature

@OP: can you please comment on the wifi reception on U11+? How much drain you see with wifi on and phone lying idle? I want this phone but HTC has not been best as far as wifi reception and battery drain resulting from it is concerned.

Hi Proto,
Can you try to run some Google installer package from HTC shop. Read on jd.com that you can install that for Google services. Currently I am on the fence too if I should buy u11+ in China or hk.

Hemant said:
Hi Proto,
Can you try to run some Google installer package from HTC shop. Read on jd.com that you can install that for Google services. Currently I am on the fence too if I should buy u11+ in China or hk.
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Hi Hemant,
Today I got Gapps working on the Chinese version. All Google apps are working flawlessly and this now feels like an international ROM. I have to thank Perfectionalism (a user on this forum) for making me aware of the gapps installer. I'll send the download link over to you in a PM.

The Translucent Black versions are awesome. I have heard from a Taiwanese blogger that, despite the U11+ has 30% more battery capacity (3930 vs 3000 mAh) than the U11 , but the U11+ only lasts longer than U11 by 10% in time by using PCMark program.
I am wondering if Prot02018 could please post some battery statistics to us? (particularly, Screen on Time), thank you.

Recd My Amazing Silver U11+. Don't want to hijack the thread but incase OP can't answer something i too will be glad to help

Is the fingerprint sensor covered by glass?
Also how is the vibration motor? Can you compare it with other device? Is it anything like the iphone/pixel 2?

Prot02018 said:
Hi Hemant,
Today I got Gapps working on the Chinese version. All Google apps are working flawlessly and this now feels like an international ROM. I have to thank Perfectionalism (a user on this forum) for making me aware of the gapps installer. I'll send the download link over to you in a PM.
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Thank you for the update and very good to know its working. Got your PM too.
Now my Samsung S6 suddenly died and my wife is hell bent against me buying an HTC phone which is sort of a dying brand. She insists its better to buy an iphone 8 for that price rather than HTC phone or maybe even Huawei phone. Damn . Woman
Currently i am phoneless and using my wife's iphone 5s. So still pondering which one to buy hoping she would see send that HTC is not bad.
Also to those bought the phone is there any LCD bleeding issue like Pixel 2 devices. Lot of users of U11+ commented the same on jd.com / tmall. Would love to hear on this and battery.

Does the fingerprint sensor support gestures on it? For example, if you swipe down on it does it trigger the notification shade?

Prot02018 said:
https://imgur.com/a/6Ydve <----- images here
As the title says, my U11+ in translucent black arrived today.
Any questions you have about the phone just leave them here and I'll go my best to get around to them.
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okay this might be differ from region to region, but can you please tell me all uninstallable apps ?
i really like HTC approach to use google apps instead of their own (almost no duplicate apps) but i need to know by how much you can remove that thin layer of bloat. want to make my u11+ as cloce to stock as possible

Also, can you please comment on the screen quality (how visible things are under sunlight, max brightness) and battery performance? The verdict from GSM Arena's review are rather disappointing in these two regards.

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Also, can you please comment on the screen quality (how visible things are under sunlight, max brightness) and battery performance? The verdict from GSM Arena's review are rather disappointing in these two regards.
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Yep me too want comments how device perform in both situation as first detail review from gsmarena is totally disappointing and unacceptable.
Also if can tell us and how perform compared to the previous device own like Nexus 6p and Mi Mix mention at first post.
Both battery life and outdoor visibility.
Is it better,the same or worst.

I read in gsmarena the battery life was not great. can you confirm or deny it ?

What do the Hong Kong / China / Taiwan users say about battery performance? Any complaints so far?

Hello,
I will buy the htc u11+ from hong kong. It will work on Europe networks?
Thanks
Prot02018 said:
https://imgur.com/a/6Ydve <----- images here
As the title says, my U11+ in translucent black arrived today.
Little bit of back story.. I've been using two phones before receiving this one, the Nexus 6P and the original Mi Mix. Loved the 6P for the last year but just couldn't deal with the terrible battery life, even after recently swapping the original battery out for a new one. I equally love the Mi Mix for the huge screen however the camera is shocking.
I live in China and preorders went live for the U11+ on 02nd November, the day the phone was announced. I ordered one straight away and the translucent model sold out in a matter of 30 minutes over here. Anyway, it arrived today and as you can see from the images, it's a beauty. I couldn't be happier with the phone and I've only had it for a matter of 6 or so hours.
Being the Chinese version of the phone, my only gripe is that I need to flash the Taiwanese firmware to get Google services etc functioning. Only problem is that the phone ships with S-ON (Security = ON) and, as far as I know, there is no way as yet to shift that to S-OFF so that I can change the CID number and flash Taiwanese firmware.
Any questions you have about the phone just leave them here and I'll go my best to get around to them.
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