C NOTE 2 - Basic Unofficial ROM

bencebacsi

M.MacCurrie replied at 2017-12-28 18:57
Has anyone tested this build? How is the camera? Do you get notifications?

Hi M.MacCurrie,

You did a great job on your own device in the past, congratulations. Basically we've made the same modifications but compiled into a flashable ROM. Each UMI OS based model has received such basic builds in the past few days. Unfortunately this particular model has two specific issues, that you also discovered:
1. Background apps don't get the permission for notifications without the permission management app, so (at least temporarily) we had to keep it.
2. The camera app in the 1.8 version cannot properly handle the camera drivers (compatibility issues), so we had to use the camera app used in v1.7. hopefully the next official update will fix this issue.
So to answer your question, yes, with this build you can get the background app notifications and can use the camera in low light conditions. Well-focused photos are still not ensured in low light conditions.
Thank you for your efforts and feedback.

rex80

M.MacCurrie replied at 2017-12-28 18:57
Has anyone tested this build? How is the camera? Do you get notifications?

I've tested it - camera is the same like in 1.8 - dark in low light conditions. I think that this rom will have same problems as 1.8, because this is just clean 1.8. Way better than umi os, but its not solving the problems from 1.8. I've returned camera app from 1.7 on this rom but still have a problem with video on low light. Photo is fixed, but not video. In 1.7 there is also problems in low light when making video. About the camera it needs MAJOR UPDATE, not fix over fix. Even in daylight its pretty bad for the price of the phone. Phones that costs 80-90$ have better cameras. I hope that this will be fixable through some future update ASAP, not only the low light fix. Or at least the pics will become acceptable in daylight, on lowlight I wish only dark fix,can't want more for this price. For the price 130-140$ this is the worst rear camera from chinese phone that I've seen so far this year. Come on umidigi, you are making great phones, put yourselves together and deliver acceptable software support for your devices at least 6 months after releasing a model. So far BIG disappointment from me - c note 2 is great phone suffering from software support and probably /I hope not!/ bad rear camera sensor.

Daguru

will all new updates come out now in clean version?

bencebacsi

Daguru replied at 2017-12-30 22:12
will all new updates come out now in clean version?

Yes, they will, except if the official updates will come with the same or similar content.

sinail

bencebacsi replied at 2017-12-29 14:16
Hi M.MacCurrie,

You did a great job on your own device in the past, congratulations. Basically we ...

No notification works when solving the problem with a new rom (android 8 can be?)

Thank you

ozanbilgin

I used Lenovo K3 Note for 2 year and never had such issues I had with Carim Note 2. Great design, useless software. What is a smartphone good for without camera? When are you going to release OTA?

Daguru

5.09.2017 not up to date

remigi

Finally I found the time and the will to install this Rom and here are my impressions.

First of all it was a heck of a job to install it because I have Linux and instructions are only for Windows. Online it is possible to find instructions for SPFlashtool and Linux for other phones but they are for Ubuntu and I have Fedora. But WTF, In the end I managed to install the ROM.

All crapware was removed, yet some apps remained but can't be removed:

Those who affected me more are:
*Music Player is still the same and quite bad (can't properly read tags of my mp3s). Replaced with Pulsar
*Browser sucks and replaced with Chrome.

There are some good improvements:
* Finally I get Gmail notifications in real time.
* Camera seems to behave better with dim light.

GPS works very well, that was not a problem before, but for me it is a crucial and the first thing I tested because I'm a hiker and I use it in the mountains with hiking apps not to get lost.

Facebook app still gives a lot of problems, replaced with Facebook Lite.

Last but not least: The possibility to change Launcher. This ROM comes with Google Pixel, I don't like it because of its Search Bar placed on bottom. Replaced with "O Launcher", very nice themable "Oreo Look" launcher.

Overall now I have a very good phone for a very low price!

mehdi1986

hi i want to complai that that camera in low light is very bad when i use it in videos . and when i flash the mobile with this new rom the mobile stop in some charging like 41% and if i let it in energy that just decrese .can any one help me to solve this probleme

pamixi

My camera is very dark,  what a problem with my phone?