Custom Kernel for UMI Super

Wooley4766

If they don't have the source they can't release a new rom...
So how can they released nougat for super?
My super still working on 6.0 eragon... 15 months old.. Original battery but screen has shades on edges.. As soon as it dies i get a new one but no more umi.. Since there is no support for older fones. Instead they release new fones... Ciao

MarcinP

Wooley4766 replied at 2017-10-6 01:21
If they don't have the source they can't release a new rom...
So how can they released nougat for su ...

12 months of support is called by you as no support !!!???
Strange thinking.
12 months is enough to remove all errors and bugs from system also to give last available security patch for current firmware version.
Every manufactur eventually finishing support to develop new systems and sell new products.
This is nothing unusual.

off41

\n\nHi,
Umi super bought in 2016/06 out of the box with Android 6.0
Upgrade with "stable" 7.0 (nougat officialy out 2016/09) six or seven months later !!
No more upgrade to 7.1 for 6-7 months and no upgrade to Oreo 8.0 planed ...
And you say that it's a good support ??
That's a joke ?? That's not a joke ??

Between umi super is out and now how many new umi smartphones out or planed, 15 16 ... 18 19 ? Usual in others brands ???

I dont understand your answer !!!

sithkanti

My friends, do not waste your times any more.

ssnuno1

MarcinP replied at 2017-10-6 04:41
12 months of support is called by you as no support !!!???
Strange thinking.
12 months is enough  ...

It would be a good support if the cellphone worked properly, like in most of the other brands.
You say that "12 months is enough to remove all errors and bugs from system" however, it seems that there´s still much work to do, as you can see for the number of complaints in this forum, and the phone is about 18 months.
It is true that the manufacturers have to move along to new products, that´s the essence of the business, even so, it is bad business to move along and leave defective produts behind.
If UMI insists in that behaviour, they won´t be in business for much time, you´ll see.
Not everyone can buy new phones every 12 months.

rickie19050

Twelve months support would have been OK,had that support fixed all the issues.as you can see
for yourself,that is not the case.there are still so many unresolved problems.
Unhelpful support is the same as no support at all.

Mats

My experience with Chinese Android tablets/phones is that any official firmware update is a nice surprise. Now, from the start UMi promised an update from 6 to 7, and that came thru. Sure, the quality of the update left something to be desired, but... On the contrary, I'm pretty amazed over how many firmware releases there has actually been - 13 releases if the ROM section is anything to go by - Close to one every month!
It shouldn't come as a surprise that the Super has been orphaned after > 1.5 years. It's not only UMi that drops support for devices that old.
Now, it would be a nice gesture to release the source code once UMi (or any manufacturer) has lost interest in maintaining the phone, but obviously that's not gonna happen/isn't possible.

off41

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My experience is that my wife's phone is a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro Special Edition (Kate) 4G international multi band frequencies (1700 1800 2100 2600 700 800 850 900).

Officialy out march 2016 (1,5 year old). It's price was 156€ (cheaper than Umi Super and I dont want to compare others things than price ...) and phone is always supported for rom upgrades ==> last rom out 1 week and announcement this year for nougat 7.1 minimum and probably oreo in few weeks.

Multiple custom roms (LineageOs, OmniRom, Ground Zero, ViperOs, ..... and so on) + Xiaomi Dev roms

What do you thing about it ? Do you think always all chinese manufacturers dont share kernel and/or devs ? Do you think always that chinese manufacturers dont care about customers and "olds" (1.5 year i repeat !) phones upgrades ?

Mats

off41 replied at 2017-10-12 03:49
Edited by off41 at 2017-10-12 04:18 \n\n
My experience is that my wife's phone is a Xiaomi Redmi No ...

Yes, there are absolutely differences when it comes to phone manufacturers/brands. Xiaomi (your example) is nurturing a nice grass root movement, perhaps one of (if not the best manufacturers in that department. A wild guess is that Xiaomi is also a company with 100 times the muscle compared to UMi. A new phone released by Xiaomi is also generally twice the price (comparable specs).
Since my UMi phone gave in in less than a year (battery inflated) I'm no great fan, but you get what you pay for, I guess, and I'm trying to be fair.

ssnuno1

I would consider fair, that UMI left behind "old" phones, if they were stable roms... but it is not! Any of them!
Good Lord! You say that there as been 13 firmware releases?! WOW... Did any of them solved the reported issues? No? There you go, 1.5 years old, 13 rom releases and we still have in our hands a little more than bricks.... This is a synonym of incompetence.

Mats, I have to insist in this point. The price can´t be used as excuse...
UMI annouced certain product at a certain price that I agreed with. I gave them the exact amount that they asked and they gave a produt that is far far away of the one they annouced.