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[REVIEW] Star S9500

If you are interested in this phone, you can found it here:
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Star...mera-Android-4-2-1-OS-3G-GPS-Grey-316069.html​
This thread is ONLY a review of the Star S9500!
The Support topic is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45918412#post45918412​
The Review​
The Star S9500 call me to attention because of the Quad Core processor and the 12.6MP camera only with 123€!
In that time I was searching for a new phone, but I won't spend more money than 150€. So I searched a bit, and I wont buy some phone in Portugal because of the low specs at the same price. I was looking to an SmartPhone that I could play great games at low price and with long battery life.
I saw the specs of the Star S9500, and I saw that included MTK6589 1.2GHz x4 processor with a great camera, large display and the 2800mAh battery, which for me was a great buy.
In some reviews of the Star cellphones the general people said that they have an overall good quality. So I bought this phone.
The problem started here: I waited for 3 months to receive the phone! It isn't GeekBuying's fault at all, was my country's customs. I had to pay an extra fee (35€) for the S9500. That wasn't a problem, it was very cheeper than any phone here.
I don't have the box in this city (I received in my holydays), so I can't show some pictures. But here is a picture from the GeekBuying's website:
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It came with quite good Earphones (if you enable Bass Boost it has great quality for stock phones), with a average quality USB cable, an EU USB charger, two 2800mAh batteries and this case, which it seems to be good quality:
I turned it on with my SIM card, and it was easy to configure. Even the 3G network is configured. The MMS service is configured, but I don't know why it isn't working, but I don't bother with that.
There is some pictures taken in my home:
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Don't focus on the GeekBuying's AnTuTu score! The real score is this, which is average, as I installed all my apps and I removed the china apps with MTKDroidTools (I will teach in the support topic):
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It doesn't compare to an Quad Core Cortex-A9, but it is quite good for a Cortex-A7.
The screen resolution helps to the performance. As it is only FWVGA instead of HD, it has a difference of 1000 points, and some FPS improvements in general gaming, as if you change the resolution to 720p in Star S9500 it only decreases 500 points, as I will show later.
As you can see, the front camera is 4.9MP instead of 2MP as claimed in the GeekBuying.
It is very smooth. The battery gets drown if you play more than 12h of Real Racing without stopping, and it can last 2-3 days only with SMS and net browsing, and that makes me satisfied.
The bad point is the ROM. It only has 4GB of rom, which you only can use 1.5GB of them for internal storage and 1GB for apps, and the rest for system. That can be solved with a 32GB Micro SD Class 10 card, which I would buy from 22€.
NOTE: The camera came pre-set at 8MP, but in the camera options you can change to 12.6MP, as I will show in support topic!
Here is two pictures with the rear camera, one at day light (1,16MB) and other at night with flashlight (2,29MB):
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I didn't take any pictures with the front camera, but I used it many times to do video calls from Skype and it has very good quality has expected for a 5MP camera.
Now about the apps. If you don't remove the china apps, it will appear a folder called mtklog in the internal memory that will be raising the size minute after minute, only with system logs until you run out of space! It's secure to remove, but it will appear in less than an hour.
After I solve all my problems with the phone, I can see that I have a good product, but without any support.
You can post here questions about the phone!
I will create a topic for support for the Star S9500, but you can do questions while it isn't created!​
Best regards,
Ivan Santos.

Malware on S9500 at time of shipment!
Hello, I bought my S9500 in Dec-2013. I installed AVG and was immediately warned that OperaService was malware. I thought this cannot be true and ignored the warning. Recently it has been reported that the Star N9500 has been proven to ship with Malware. I have been in touch with G-Data (the company that reported on the N9500), they are almost certain that my phone, S9500 was shipped with Malware installed at the factory.
Bummer, it is a great phone for the money.
So, I got my money back from Amazon, and I think I get to keep the phone. Score!!!
My question (note that I'm new to digging into phones).
If I root the phone, will I be able to remove the OperaService (cannot remove it right now as phone is NOT rooted). I don't care about support anymore, that has obviously gone...
I understand that I may ruin the phone. But with advice from the Forum, I hope to keep it at give it to my daughter.
FYI, I replaced the S9500 with a Nexus 5. Wow, what a great device.

MikeQu said:
Hello, I bought my S9500 in Dec-2013. I installed AVG and was immediately warned that OperaService was malware. I thought this cannot be true and ignored the warning. Recently it has been reported that the Star N9500 has been proven to ship with Malware. I have been in touch with G-Data (the company that reported on the N9500), they are almost certain that my phone, S9500 was shipped with Malware installed at the factory.
Bummer, it is a great phone for the money.
So, I got my money back from Amazon, and I think I get to keep the phone. Score!!!
My question (note that I'm new to digging into phones).
If I root the phone, will I be able to remove the OperaService (cannot remove it right now as phone is NOT rooted). I don't care about support anymore, that has obviously gone...
I understand that I may ruin the phone. But with advice from the Forum, I hope to keep it at give it to my daughter.
FYI, I replaced the S9500 with a Nexus 5. Wow, what a great device.
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HEllo, just the 3 most important points on chinaphones:
1-Flash Led Power (Compare with another phone if you can, a samsung, an iphone or eben a huawey)
2-Loudspeaker for music/handfree phonecalls
3-GPS (maybe after a root and GPSFix, since 99%of chinaphones are setted on chinese GPS server)
Thank you very much.
I should add that now that you can find a Samsung 3 Neo for €170 I don't know if I would pay more than €100 for this phone

Diomorgan said:
HEllo, just the 3 most important points on chinaphones:
1-Flash Led Power (Compare with another phone if you can, a samsung, an iphone or eben a huawey)
2-Loudspeaker for music/handfree phonecalls
3-GPS (maybe after a root and GPSFix, since 99%of chinaphones are setted on chinese GPS server)
Thank you very much.
I should add that now that you can find a Samsung 3 Neo for €170 I don't know if I would pay more than €100 for this phone
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my phone is hard brick please help me,
HDC S4 S9500 owns a 5.0-inch FWVGA screen with 8 pixel display, and MTK6589 Quad Core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB RAM, and 4GB storage. HDC S4 S9500 installs Android 4.2.1 OS.
Driver OK
FlashTool OK
Download only preloader_e2006_v89_jbla768_asx.bin OK
but other not download

Hdc s4 s9500
my phone is hard brick please help me, only white light
Driver OK
FlashTool OK
Download only preloader_e2006_v89_jbla768_asx.bin OK
but other not download
HDC S4 S9500- MTK6589 Quad Core 1.2GHz 5.0inch FWVGA Screen Android 4.2.1 Phone
Memory
Built-in Memory: 1GB RAM, 4GB ROM
General
Manufacturer: HDC
Model: HDC S4 S9500
Phone Style: Bar, multi-touch screen, 5.0 inch Capacitive touchscreen
Operating System: Android 4.2.1 OS
Processor: MTK6589 Quad Core 1.2GHz
Google Play Store: Support
Display
Screen Size:5.0 inch FWVGA touchscreen
Display reulotion: 854*480 pixel
Color Support: 16 million colors
Screen Technology: Multi-touch screen
Camera
Camera Resulotion: 12.6MP rear camera + 4.9MP front camera, digital zoom
Connectivity
Connectivity Technology: GSM + WCDMA(Dual Simcard)
Network Band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz + WCDMA 850/2100MHz
Data Technology: EDGE, GPRS
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
WLan: Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
USB: USB 2.0
GPS: GPS/A-GPS (Built-in GPS chipset)

[Review] JIAYU G2F WCDMA

The JIAYU G2F WCDMA was announced really long ago and after long delay if was finally available on June . it was ordered from Banggood and arrived after 16 days
Compering to JIAYU F1 - it's very beautiful device and look much more premium.
I have also made custum CWM recovery for it vie MTK DroidTools you can download it from NeedRom:
http://www.needrom.com/mobile/cwm-for-g2f-wcdma/
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Hardware
OS: Android 4.2.2
CPU: Mediatek MTK6582 1.3Ghz Quad-core
GPU: Mali400
Memory: 1 GB RAM / 4 GB Storage
External Storage: MicroSD up to 64GB
Screen:4.3” (800×480) display - GorillaGlass2
Notification LED
Rear-facing Camera: 8MP with 1080p video at 30fps
Front-facing Camera: 2 MP
Wireless: Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery: 2200 mAh (removable)
Appearance and build quality:
The JIAYU G2F seems well built, feels solid in hand and looks really good, on the sides it's real metal frame painted in black (unlike in F1) that contribute to the premium appearance.
The dimensions are almost the same like at 4" JIAYU F1- but in G2F you get 4.3" OGS display .
On the top you got the Power button + 3.5mm headphone jack.
On left it's the volume rocker -doesn't feels loose.
On the button there is microUSB port+ Mic
The back of the device - you can see the regular Sim slot+ microSD slot (+comparison to JIAYU F1):
Actual device weight- 132.5g
Size comperrison VS JIAYU F1:
Call Quality and Speaker:
The call quality is Good even little bit better then JIAYU F1 , the speaker is loud enough with average quality.
Android "4.2.2"
JIAYU G2F comes with android JB 4.2.2, some chines apps were pre-installed that I have deleted them after gaining root access with Frameroot app :good:.
The Ui is nice, and it smooth and I hope JIAYU will release Android 4.4.2 KitKat fir this device.
I must menttion that this rom forces you to get SD-card since all the free ROM (2.3GB) from built-in 4GB is used for app partition- so you must get SD-Card if you like to use camera and etc'.
Display:
JIAYU G2F uses 4.3" 480P IPS OGS panel, the colors are vivid, great viewing angels and good brightness for outdoor use.
The touch screen is responsive and accurate- I have no complaint about the screen & digitizer quality .
Some user were unhappy that the resolution was downgraded to 480P from 720P on TD-SCDMA model, but for my opinion it is OK PPI for 4.3" display + the OGS panel looks better.
Camera:
The JIAYU G2F comes with 8MP OV8825 back camera sensor and 2MP front camera sensor:
Compering to its cheaper brother -the F1, this camera quality looks nice, for ~105$ device it performs really good.
Here are some Samples images from the back camera- Click for 100% size:
GPS:
I have tested the GPS over short trip- had no problems, the First fix can take up-to 30sec but afterwords the fix is fast and GPS performs OK.
Wi-Fi:
Wi-Fi reception is average - not the best I have seen - but I had no problems even in The most distant point in the house..
MTK 6582 Performance:
The MTK6582 Quad-Core got really popular , replacing the good old MTK6589/T and now we can find this Quad -Core in devices under 100$!
MTK6582 offers really good performance in very affordable price, now you can find this SOC in smartphones running Android 4.4.2 KitKat under 100$ with free shipping!.
For 480P/720P displays this SOC offers fluid experiences and lag free UI Transition Animation.
AntutuX:
GFX Bench
NenaMark
Basemark OS2
Battery:
The JIAYU G2F comes with 2200mAh battery, it looks that the capacity rating is legit- it weighs 43.3grams:
The interesting thing is that the G2F battery is identical to F1 battery and only the chemistry is different (3.8V for F1/3.7V for G2F).
The battery life is good, with such spec's it can last 2 days of normal use.
Conclusion
THe JIAYU G2F looks like really nice device, it has great design, solid build, great performance and really nice 4.3" OGS display ,
I just wish JIAYU used 720P OGS dispaly and it could be really great Smartphone.
My Score: 9/10 .
IF you liked my review - you are welcome to hit "THANKS" button

Thanks for the great review! I'm looking for new phone to replace my GSII and this could be interesting.
I'm having trouble finding the 4.4 Kitkat rom, is it officially available?

sjaakfaal said:
Thanks for the great review! I'm looking for new phone to replace my GSII and this could be interesting.
I'm having trouble finding the 4.4 Kitkat rom, is it officially available?
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No, unfortunately there's nothing beyond JB now.

Perfect Review! Thanks. Now i know that the Xmas surprise for my wife works, she likes the size of her F1 but not the camera, and you said that g2f cam is better.

My wife has it now a few days. The Cam, the Display is better and it looks much more nice, not so thick. I rooted it. Yesterday the LED was from ghosthand shining and after the phone was freezing. Only put the Batterie out was the way to start it new. Today it freezes while writing whatsapp (Touchpal keyboard). If there are more hangouts i must flash the Stockrom or another Rom again i think...?

Great phone, but the freezing during charging is annoying, happens almost every night, in the morning the green led is on and the phone is dead until you take the battery out.
Wife is pretty pissed as she uses the phone as an alarm clock...
Checked with Jiayu, found several identical complaints on their store page, all of them followed by a note from Jiayu saying they will contact the person via Email with a new ROM that would fix it...
Wrote a comment, I'll update if I get the new ROM.

The freeze on charging issue is a problem of the 0.36 firmware version, that I also have.
I ask with many mail to jiayu the same firmware or upgrade that you talking about: in his FAQ it talking that send in mail some correction or that it have posted on his site (??? WERE ???) the firmaware.
If anyone know were, or have the firmware please send a link.
Meanwhile to solve the problem, the solution is very simple: once put in charge the phone performed a reboot. This will free the ram (I think it's all over them the problem: the RAM dont refresh) in the morning you will find the phone on and not freeze. To reboot I found convenient install reboot widget (i can't post url, search in play store) with a tap will reboot the device.

Jiayu G2F display problem.
Nice phone. But 4 months after the purchase and decent usage, the display starts to lose its brigthness.
Just two days ago, brigthness dramaticaly lowered, and now it is almost imposible to read it on the daylight.
The problem is caused by hardware, because I had tried many ways, reseting, changind the settings. I even bootloaded factory test menu in chinese, and there is no help with that at all.
What can I do ? Phone was bought in China, i doubt there is a waranty.

THL 4000, Longer Standby time than THL 5000

THL has unveiled a new smartphone, the THL 4000 , a nearly identical version of the THL 5000, THL 4400 but it will come with Android 4.4 KitKat and a spectacular 4000 mAh battery which makes us think that this smartphone could eventually be used up to a week with moderate use. What's more, due to with MT6582, instead of MT6592 from THL 5000, it comes with longer Standby time, while much cheaper price than THL 5000, only $99 which will be another highlight for this new hot spot.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THL 4000:
4.7-inch IPS display on an HD resolution (960 x 540 pixels)
MediaTek MT6582 SoC Processor @ 1.30 GHz (Cortex-A7 4x + Mali-400 MP2 @ 500MHz)
1 GB of RAM
8 GB of internal storage (expandable by microSD 32 GB extra)
Sony Rear Camera 5 megapixel front camera and 2 MP.
Dual SIM 3G connectivity (850/900/2100 MHz)
WiFi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth, GPS, OTG
Battery 4000 mAh
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I also noticed the appearance of this phone. It seems to be the cheapest option with decent specs including battery for now, if only Chinese manufacturers didn't cheat with numbers as it sometimes happen. Will wait and see when people get hands on it to know if there are any major harware or firmware issues.

nice
the battery is nice,4000mah,but the ROM is small.if can be 16G will be good

Ordered....
Hi,
I have ordered this phone, 'till I received it I can make a little review if you want !

bob nguala said:
the battery is nice,4000mah,but the ROM is small.if can be 16G will be good
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yes, to make it as best price, but a extra TF card will help, it support Extention card, up to 32GB.

yes, quite interested it, so i search its review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSfprUyT65Y

yannou75 said:
Hi,
I have ordered this phone, 'till I received it I can make a little review if you want !
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Yes, I think that some people will appreciate a text review here. Please, can you highlight if there are any firmware or hardware issues and test how really long will this phone work?
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bob nguala said:
the battery is nice,4000mah,but the ROM is small.if can be 16G will be good
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I believe if the ROM was insreased it's price would rise, too. And personally for me the 8Gb will do well, I don't plan to install some heavy games with cache or upload any videos to the phone. And for the essential programms it's more than enough. And of couse there's an SD slot

Zoealandy, I just noticed that you write
5-inch IPS display on an HD resolution (1280 x 720 pixels)
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in description, but the manufacturer's pictures say it's 4.7'' qHD 540p, maybe you should change this?
P.S. Sorry, I can't find how to quote the original post with the user name stated

i have noticed this one is not available on thlmobilestore.
what is the difference between thl 4400 and 4000 if you know? Thanks

FallenAngela said:
Zoealandy, I just noticed that you write
in description, but the manufacturer's pictures say it's 4.7'' qHD 540p, maybe you should change this?
P.S. Sorry, I can't find how to quote the original post with the user name stated
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Yes, thanks, you're right, and I just correct it.

METAL66 said:
i have noticed this one is not available on thlmobilestore.
what is the difference between thl 4400 and 4000 if you know? Thanks
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$99.99 at most resellers, such as coolicool, vifocal, tinydeal, link: http://bit.ly/1toz1u7
For THL 4400, with 4400mAh battery, powered by MTK 6582 but with much higher price at around $167, see detailed review at Gizchina: http://bit.ly/1v0RHVu

I've been following this phone prices in some shops and promotions, also.
I don't know what to do... I just received my THL t6 pro new phone and preparing a review for it, but I'm looking at this phone as a much longer battery life option

Zoealandy said:
$99.99 at most resellers, such as coolicool, vifocal, tinydeal, link: http://bit.ly/1toz1u7
For THL 4400, with 4400mAh battery, powered by MTK 6582 but with much higher price at around $167, see detailed review at Gizchina: http://bit.ly/1v0RHVu
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i am really worried about tinydeal and focalprice, they have been selling me used phones!!

Camera
I've been using the THL W100S for over a year now and I'm quite satisfied. However lately the batterylife is decreasing severe. This THL 4000 seems like a great next option to me, but I'm just wondering if the 5MP camera would do the job... Does anyone has some reviews/experience about the camera? Gr Raizy

Need a comprehensive review
Hiiii, I really need this phone but I need a comprehensive hands-on review of this device.
THANKS.

Just got the THL 4000 from tinydeal. Phone is lovely was able to root it with vroot. Good build, phone is handsome, screen is nice.
I'm having a problem with recording video with the frame rate is only around 15fps. Makes the recorded videos un-watchable. Tried to tweak the camera, used "open camera". messed a little with the build.prop tweaks to force 30fps and nothing. helped.
Any thoughts how to get higher fps? at least 24.

@qwe123a
Great to hear youre in possession of the THL 4000! Would you be so nice to place some pictures taken with it on this forum, so I can watch the quality of it. I'm really interested in it!
Thanks in advance! Gr Raizy

Arrived also to me yesterday
rom 4.4.2 14-10-27.
Excellent general fluidity, mammoth battery and long to recharge ..
smartphone heavy and full-bodied, good assembly, good cover with surface grain, very good touch & feel.
very good screen, touch with 5 touches, led top notification (only red), soft touch buttons backlit (a rarity for this kind of phones and price range).
Root succesfull with Vroot 1.7.9.2, put supersu, putting recovery CWM with MTK droid tools, modified the internal partition going from 2Gb App + 4Gb internal memory to 4Gb App + 2Gb internal via EBR taken in the network.
Put Xposed framework + gravity box KK,.
Gps tested with cold fix, 52 seconds and 7 satellites, not bad!
* Edit 2:
just weighed on precision balance ..
185g phone + battery + sim and only battery weight 75g
* Edit 3:
I had the battery to 97% 28 hours of standby time, 1 hour of GPS on, four hours of Wifi, BT 20 minutes to transfer files and various tweakability with 2 hours of screen on auto brightness ... and the battery is still at 83% (first charge) ...
and consider that i have activated the double tap to wake, that should consume a little ..
OK for OTG function and recharging ability for other smartphone (in fact i have recharged my nexus 5 with 60% of the THL battery).
Only bad things regarding Flash led (blue casting and poor light/power) and camera quality/speed

Need help on rooting dis phone
plz @megthebest, can u give a comprehensive tutorial on how to root dis phone n how to port cwm to it?
THANKS so much.
NB: seems ur own ba3 lasts longer than mine cos I jst lost 20% ba3 in 2hrs on ONLY browsing on "edge" network not 3g.

callydon said:
plz @megthebest, can u give a comprehensive tutorial on how to root dis phone n how to port cwm to it?
THANKS so much.
NB: seems ur own ba3 lasts longer than mine cos I jst lost 20% ba3 in 2hrs on ONLY browsing on "edge" network not 3g.
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Used last version of vroot for rooting the phone. After that, i install supersu, remove vroot apps with system app remover, connected the phone to pc in debug usb mode and used mtk droid tool for creating and injecting cwm recovery. U can found guides in this forum.

Cubot X9-iphone 6 clone Hands on, unboxing, antutu, game, battery, dual camera review

Cubot has released the first iPhone 6 clone, Cubot X9, last time, i have written the review about No.1 v Phone i6 as iphone 6 clone, now i choose to let you know more about Cubot X9. From the price and specs, it can really beat doogee Octa core smartphone, doogee dg550. Facing fierce competition, Cubot X9 must have the outstanding features to attract the users. Therefore, check with me to see what Cubot X9 will bring you.
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5.0 Inch 1280 * 720 Pixel HD IPS Screen
Cubot X9 is the best clone of iPhone 6, this exquisite and trendy smartphone has 5inch HD IPS screen with 1280 * 720 Pixel. The clear-cut screen quality, 6.9mm ultra-thin body design and comfortable hands feeling meet your nice needs. It uses LDS antenna technology to let you experience it better. By the way, LDS means Laser Direct Structuring which is a professional laser processing, injection and electroplating 3D-MID production technology.
MTK6592 Octa Core 1.4GHz 1G Ram 16G Rom
Powered by the latest MTK6592 Octa Core 1.4GHz processor, it runs faster than Quad core smartphones. Extremely swift speed makes you experience to download apps, search the Internet, watch videos, play games and do other applications perfectly.
dual camera
It supports dual camera with 8.0MP Rear Camera ( interpolated 13.0MP) 5.0MP Front Camera ( interpolated 8.0MP), which helps you memorize every romantic and beautiful moment by taking photos according to this dual camera using Sony CMOS technology.
Android 4.4 os phone
It runs the latest android4.4 kitkat OS, which performs better, faster, more efficient, and bring simpler interface.
Areospace titanium alloys Body
Cubot X9 has areospace titanium alloys body, the quality is stable, solid and strong.
Dual SIM Slot
It supports dual sim cards, dual standby, which let you insert a 3G sim card, a GSM card to call freely, you will never miss a call.
HOTKNOT
Cubot X9 has an unique function that it supports Hotknot, a wireless transmission technology designed by MediaTek. You can just touch the screen to exchange the data. It's very convenient to use it when take a bus, take a subway, or shop in the supermarket.
Cubot X9 is a 5inch HD Phone as the best Iphone 6 clone, whether the exquisite design, hardware or other features, of course, including price can make us love it deeply.
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Looks amazing! Love its solid build. How much doest it cost now?

Ordered one here Cubot X9
code CUBOTX9LG, get the price down to $132.99 FS Hope to get it soon

The price is actually down to 129.99 FS with the same coupon code
I'm really curious as to how the battery life is on this bad boy. 2200 mAh isn't great.

cubot x9 purchase
Got this phone when it was pre order @ $150 got a discount coupon 5% less. The phone is quite good for me, its light & fast, I ask the seller to takeout all the chinese apps and install playstore. As they did when I received the item. The phone has two freebies a plastic transparent back cover protector and 2 screen protector (1 pre-installed), that's it , hope soon a tempered glass and an earphone to be well as add on would be nice. I am getting antutu scoremark upto 29K+ with everything off including wifi, antivirus, weather, but except network reception. Reception is strong so as the wifi strength. The cons I find is that there apps like weather that is limited to certain countries mostly asia, since I am working here at middle east its lacking instead I installed accuweather to solve the weather thing. I also notice a notification of overheat issue when I benchmark this phone twice consecutively, prompting the phone to shut down itself to prevent any problem, I then restart after 5 mins, and its ok already. I am hoping the quality to last me at least more than a year.
Here's a picture of my purchase:

I bought the Cubot X9, and I'm real anxious for it to arrive. I was expecting that if people didn't have any complaints about quality control, the screen, bugs, or other detractors, they'd be glowing about how awesome the phone is for the price. I've read that FramaRoot works to unlock it, and you can install the Play Store. How can we get this phone added to XDA, because it could become the new hot phone if we can get a custom bootloader on it.
Right now I have an Amazon Fire Phone, and I'm ready to sell it and stick with this one if it is as good as it appears to be in the few reviews and YouTube videos available.

Cubot X9：The Slimmest Smartphone in the History CUBOT
Cubot X9 is the best clone of iPhone 6, this exquisite and trendy smartphone has 5inch HD IPS screen with 1280 * 720 Pixel. The clear-cut screen quality, 6.9mm ultra-thin body design and comfortable hands feeling meet your nice needs. The Slimmest Smartphone in the History CUBOT With Space Titanium Alloy As a New Flagship cubot-x9.com .It uses LDS antenna technology to let you experience it better. By the way, LDS means Laser Direct Structuring which is a professional laser processing, injection and electroplating 3D-MID production technology.

Ican doit said:
Cubot X9 is the best clone of iPhone 6, this exquisite and trendy smartphone has 5inch HD IPS screen with 1280 * 720 Pixel. The clear-cut screen quality, 6.9mm ultra-thin body design and comfortable hands feeling meet your nice needs. The Slimmest Smartphone in the History CUBOT With Space Titanium Alloy As a New Flagship cubot-x9.com .It uses LDS antenna technology to let you experience it better. By the way, LDS means Laser Direct Structuring which is a professional laser processing, injection and electroplating 3D-MID production technology.
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I ordered one from DX. hope the phone will come soon. looking great device.

my cubto x9 antutu scores
It is not much antutu around 29K less

I ordered mine of GearBest on January 8th... Not so patiently awaiting its arrival. It left the Netherlands (yay for shipping from China via PostNL!) so will hopefully be here sooner rather than later. I'll be posting an unboxing when I get it, and a review once I've used it for a bit.

It says X9 has 16gb ROM, can anyone tell me how it is partitioned?
Is it 16gb (minus OS space) one partition, or 2 partitions as on X6 and older phones?
Becouse I need dual sim, and if it is 1gb + 15 gb, then it is useless without memory card.
Thanks for reply.

krikesha said:
It says X9 has 16gb ROM, can anyone tell me how it is partitioned?
Is it 16gb (minus OS space) one partition, or 2 partitions as on X6 and older phones?
Becouse I need dual sim, and if it is 1gb + 15 gb, then it is useless without memory card.
Thanks for reply.
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System: 904MB
Cache: 128MB
Data: 13.5GB

Nice

What are the drawbacks, even small!
Looking to replace my DG310 and this phone seems to get good reviews! Thanks in advance!

nagy
Hello
The phone is great.
How can I change on Cubot X9 the lock screen background and how can I add widget or buttons to ?
Tkx

yeah is cool
You Can change it but with other launcher but I don't know how change it with the default launcher and the phone is nice is fast and the battery no is bad just that the temperature is a little high , and not more this phone with the 3g not during 8 hour but with the 2g during 17- 25 hour or more how you use it. I wait the lollipop for this phone .

Just saw this thread - it looks as if the X9 can have two SIMs *or* one SIM and a microSD card, but *not* two SIMs and a microSD card. Is that right? It's not useful to me if so.

That's right.
http://www.cubot.net/Data/Uploads/image/2014/11/26/x909.jpg

Cubot X9 review
Hi,
I've just published the review of Cubot X9 with tests results and full size sample photos. Unfortunately, I can't post the outside links yet, but if you are interested, you can find the review here: androidtablets com ua

it's fantastic

Cheap Octa-core phone: UleFone Be X

The UleFone Be X is probably one of the cheapest phones around with an Octa-core chipset. The phone looks good (in my opinion at least ) and the fact that it's just 4.5" inch is a big plus in my opinion! I just don't like all those 5" inch or bigger models. What do you think about it?
Specs:
- 4.5" inch qHD screen
- 1.4GHz Mediatek MT6852M
- 1GB RAM
- 8 megapixel camera
- 8GB storage
- 1900mAh battery
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UleFone Be X

I'll buy one
Some days ago I discovered this device. I am thinking about buying one. Cheap, dual-sim, not big. The only handicap it has the 1GB memory. And the fear from the main camera's pics.
So I have to wait for the first test. In my opinion it could be a best buy.

Okokok
mesang said:
The UleFone Be X is probably one of the cheapest phones around with an Octa-core chipset. The phone looks good (in my opinion at least ) and the fact that it's just 4.5" inch is a big plus in my opinion! I just don't like all those 5" inch or bigger models. What do you think about it?
Specs:
- 4.5" inch qHD screen
- 1.4GHz Mediatek MT6852M
- 1GB RAM
- 8 megapixel camera
- 8GB storage
- 1900mAh battery
Sure ok ok good phone, the best phone for the price.
But let's talk serious things. How to root? XD
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demecoandrea said:
mesang said:
The UleFone Be X is probably one of the cheapest phones around with an Octa-core chipset. The phone looks good (in my opinion at least ) and the fact that it's just 4.5" inch is a big plus in my opinion! I just don't like all those 5" inch or bigger models. What do you think about it?
Specs:
- 4.5" inch qHD screen
- 1.4GHz Mediatek MT6852M
- 1GB RAM
- 8 megapixel camera
- 8GB storage
- 1900mAh battery
Sure ok ok good phone, the best phone for the price.
But let's talk serious things. How to root? XD
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with iroot v 1.7.9.2
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I have the phone at home for a short while now (review coming soon) and to be honest it's quite a good phone. Have been surprised by it's quality. I'll let you guys know when the review is in!

demecoandrea said:
mesang said:
The UleFone Be X is probably one of the cheapest phones around with an Octa-core chipset. The phone looks good (in my opinion at least ) and the fact that it's just 4.5" inch is a big plus in my opinion! I just don't like all those 5" inch or bigger models. What do you think about it?
Specs:
- 4.5" inch qHD screen
- 1.4GHz Mediatek MT6852M
- 1GB RAM
- 8 megapixel camera
- 8GB storage
- 1900mAh battery
Sure ok ok good phone, the best phone for the price.
But let's talk serious things. How to root? XD
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You can root easy with Kingroot.net. No using PC
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MIUI
If you want MIUI (stable & fixed version ROM) for Ulefone Be X. You can find it on 4PDA forum, MIUI v6 5.8.6, English Installation instructions included. Or on needrom an old version MIUI 5.7.23.

I have a dual SIM uleFone Be X. It's a great little cheap phone, and I've had no problems since I bought it last November.
The other day I noticed there was no signal for both SIM/networks.
At first I thought it was due to the weather, but then I noticed there was no signal in other areas as well.
I soon realized it basically doesn't connect to any network anymore.
So I have tried the following, but no success:
- Switching Airplane mode on/off
- Booting in safe mode
- Automatic search of network: "Cannot connect to this network at the moment. Try again later"
- Manual search of network: "Error while searching for networks"
- Reset APNs to default
- Turn off phone, remove battery, remove SIMs, wait, re-insert SIMs, turning back on
- Insert SIMs one by one while phone is on and on charge
- Preferred network (from the Phone Info menu) is set to WCDMA preferred
- Turn radio off and on again from system menu
Worth a note:
- IMEI numbers are recognised
- Tried with several SIM cards, in both slots, none works
- Same SIM cards work just fine in other phones
Any ideas? Faulty hardware? It literally happened from one day to another.
For what is worth, before the problem occurred I flew from one country to another. During the flight I had airplane mode on, but for a brief moment I switched it off to see if I could get any mobile and GPS signal and check my current position. Could the phone still be stuck at 10k feet in the air?
I think networks disappeared after the flight, but I am not 100% sure. Could have been before, or just after.

Hi!
I've couldn't find anything about Ulefone X, This threat is the closest I've found. I don't think is the same
My phone as arrived 5 days ago, yesterday as received an update to correct some stuff, and did.
But now, occasionally, there's a blank layer over the screen that make very difficult to see what's under that layer. It's not fully opaque but very annoying.
Does someone know how to prevent this?
Thank you.