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It was built in the system as the system updates. So even forcing stop it would start up again. Malware apps picked it up. Tried rooting the phone so I could remove the system app. But no root would work, done that before on other phones.

I was wary so installed Malwarebytes. It picked it up but couldn't remove it as it was a system file, The Rom on cubot.net also had it built in but once it has activated itself there is no way to remove it. I don't know what it was doing, I read somewhere it was sending data to a google server. Here I think

How did you know you had malware? Did another app report that it found some?

I had a cubot once and sent it back. Had malware that tracked login details for apps etc. like Facebook, email, online banking. It’s what’s put me off buying a Chinese brand that’s not regularly sold in the uk.

What was the malware? Or what did it do, just out of curiosity?

Might be uk ones on eBay now and again

My mate had a Cubot and its very good so I been thinking about gettibng one for my daughter something like this. However in the last few days his has developed a frozen screen problem which nothign will shift including a reset. So he inquires about a repalcement screen and is told he can get one from China - shipped anytime between April and June! Not exactly practical then. I assume you cant get screen replacements in UK.

You can add oreo so makes a good deal

Spare batteries now available again on eBay. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F132414665577 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F263348969088

They might be on the play store, but it doesn't make them any less useless.

Well all know who pays extra for a audio and its not sheep! 😋

Is the Cubot X18 Plus compatible to use with a Virgin contract Sim?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01N1ILWQW?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd Cubot Echo

Flashing these ROMs was pretty straightforward with a bit of trial and error. Both phones came completely sealed in their boxes and were bought from well known UK suppliers. The reason they get away with selling them is the three week delay which allows reasonable doubt that the user has actually installed some malware accidentally, when the Malware is in fact built in to the Operating system before being shipped from China. My Cubot has just offered me an update which apparently deals with all previous malware related problems. I've just installed the new update so we'll see....

if the box looks like it has been tampered with, a vendor has most likely flashed an adware ROM. if you aren't competent at flashing ROMs, i'd avoid chinese phones to be honest. it's a small price to pay for great hardware at a low cost.

Well i used it for about 5 hours a night watching movies. The battery did not last long and had to be constantly on charge whilst in use. I would also suggest the lack of cpu cores also made it struggle when playing basic games.

What kind of usage was yours? Just so someone with the same type of usage knows this is not the right phone.

I own this phone. It just died after a couple of months use. It always struggled as it was under powered. AVOID

Well it's also 90 quid. Can't expect top specs and a 4K screen at this price. It's clearly a budget phone for people with no demands. There are many people like that, who have no idea what a chip even is... let alone the difference between a Mediatek or Snapdragon and what the latest chips are.

I have this phone and can't fault it. Very quick and responsive.

Just edited this to reflect that they have stock in the EU warehouse, so 4-5 days instead of 30-45 days. Price is £2-3 difference, but struggling to get the price to change in the deal up top (nerd)

Heck. 720p on anything bigger than 5"5 is unusable. And, although decent for the money, this does not have any flagship specs.

please show us a link to whatever story you read about gearbest. is it the story about the reddit posting that was responsed to by gearbest the next day, ie poor passwords from other account used for gearbest accounts, not necessarily that gearbest was hacked? interested to know, as i use GB from a pc, not by mobile app.

There was supposed to have been a plus model of this phone, I'm still waiting for its appearance

That is the point that price you can't get much better thing if you willing to pay a bit more you can get decent phone which can survive few year there is a one example below have a look.. just pay 20 quit more which %25 ish . Antutu score is over 160k, 4x faster only 1/4 more expensive than this one just use your brain ;) https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/letv-leeco-le-pro3-elite-x722-55-inch-4gb-ram-32gb-rom-snapdragon-820-quad-core-4g-smartphone-11048-wcode-banggood-band-20-2853753

If you don't want 4G this Cubot Echo is a better deal. Battery life is good, and so is the rest of the phone. Had one for a year now and well happy with it. https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/cubot-echo-black-5-16gb-4g-unlocked-sim-free-cub-echo-blk/version.asp?refsource=LDadwords&refsource=Ldadwords&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI193Qxdi51wIVhpUbCh2e5ADrEAQYAiABEgJgKfD_BwE

Showing as £80 for me.

Boo! I thought this would be a guitar deal!

3G only and smallish battery would rule this out for me. At this price level, this one looks a little better value; https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075K7QTLZ/ref=psdc_356496011_t1_B0746FTS7R or this which has a bigger battery capacity; https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076CYPS5G/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1

Despite the relatively unknown brand I have to say I've had a few cubot phones and they do seem to be well built. When compared to more popular models with higher price tags then of course they fall short but if we are talking about 'more bang for your buck' then it's a winner. Negatives on this model are a poor camera in low light and no 4G. Get past those points and you've got a lot of phone for your money. Got my umax from UK eBay seller for £75.00.

I think it only has 3G, so be aware if you need 4g.

I have purchased a different phone from this seller and I have to say their customer service is superb. I had a problem with my phone after two months and they offered me a number of options. I opted for a full refund, so I sent the phone back and they gave me a refund, there was no problem with the service at all.

Hi all was thinking that if Amazon state this ( You Save:£19,909.01 (100%) ) surly must be free you do your math!!!

First phone I've seen that I'd consider swapping my Lumia 1320 for, because it has the 6inch screen. I know a few folks who have Cubots and highly rated them.

still liking the phone?

Voted hot . Bought. Hope it doesn't come with Malware .

I appreciate that, but where we can't hands-on, real-world test every phone, we have to use something. It is a bit like interviewees being narrowed down based on application forms - everyone knows that they are a bit over-inflated, but we need a quick measure.

Well benchmarks aren't everything. In fact, in the real world it's plenty fast enough.

Had a cubot max, poor build quality and had some form of spy/malware built in. Avoid.

Good value for money. 2 downsides: - charging port is at the top of the phone - back button is on the right and open apps on the left You get a screen protector and basic case, UK charger and cable.

This is the best spec UK phone I have seen in that price range, and i've been looking for a while. I'm not bothered about about 4G so this is a strong contender.

Better UK phone under £70 I should say

Looks like djbe's comment is fake - I can't find it anywhere for "the same price" & he/she isn't answering to the various questions, asking for proof. So, I'm still looking for a better UK phone. Other one someone added was Chinese..

Is this UK based? Doesn't look like it..

v22 firmware seems to cure any malware and pop ups. Mine is running great now. It's just shame you need to manually download and install it yourself. There's instructions on the web.

AND as a bonus, AMAZON CS :D

Mobile received & looks ok. Just after 1 day I start to receive error message "unfortunately YouTube has stopped working " which don't go away & don't let me do anything at all. Not even login or receive a call. I believe this is a bug in ROM. can someone please advise ? I manage to get it factory reset but after 2 days it's back again. Anyone had similar issue ? Thanks

Yes

is this unlocked to all networks?

Ive seen it already for £108 and it will take a month to come as its from china. This phone was good for people in the UK who are on a tight budget and needed a decent phone for under £100 and receive it quick alongside the protection of amazon. It wasnt the best for people like us who want a high speced, budget phone, with a long delivery time and low buyer security. Its all about trade offs, I made that trade of for low security and delivery times, for a high speced phone when I bought my redmi note 3 pro yesterday.

Not the prime, standard 3s

Redmi 3s prime with global rom and band 20 is over 100

Search redmi 3s in here, tiny bit more expensive for significant jump in quality

Erm Where Exaclty Is The Redmi The Same Mineu As This! ?

aaas,

Now back up to £14.42 (still a reduced price from £17.99) but all 3 colours available, black, grey and blue.

loads of comparisons on youtube

Where did you get that comparison out of interest?

Well spotted, that's clearer than Amazon. Why does Appliances Direct omit any info about bands in it's 'Tech Specs'? If you discover the phone has a band missing, it'll be harder to send back.

Why do say this ...Wireless Connectivity: 3G,4G,Bluetooth 4.0,GPS,GSM,WiFi WIFI: 802.11b/g/n wireless internet Network type: FDD-LTE+WCDMA+GSM 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz 3G: WCDMA 900/2100MHz 4G: FDD-LTE 800/1800/2100/2600MHz information lifted from here: http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_353145.html?wid=11

pp still £4.95, and coming after 3 week!

No stock now anyway (of gold, white available for later delivery) ... later...weirdly back in stock!

At the time of posting,3 weeks ago it was this price.

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but. ​Don't go for the P1S unless you're ready to format the whole thing and flash a new rom (which there are very few of) as there are about 7 malware virus' floating around out of the box. Which is a shame because it's not bad hardware for the money at all. I've got one sitting on the shelf right now cause I'm too lazy to sort it out. Bought a Lenovo ZUK Z1 from eBay for £125 and this phone is a beast for that price imho. Especially in the battery department... And more importantly, zero malware.

Price has gone down (slightly) so have amended posting

3, EE and possibly some others use band 3 (1800MHz) for 4G so my X5 Pro without band 20 can get 4G via band 3. It may be that those carriers will not support Band 3 in the future if I read your comment correctly ?

Don't go for the Pepsi phone, the CPU on that was one of the 1st gen which had alot of God connection issues. This is alot better with the new gen CPU , power efficient and running on 6.0 platform. Your not got have any connection issues in this and supports 4g

I nearly took a punt on this but I ain't waiting a month before they start shipping.

Yep all the same things you can do on 3g

Ive got one use it as a back up phone.I only get 3G at home but download speeds are faster on 3G than they are on 4G when out and about.3G is more than quick enough.

​4g is a great blessing in this country. You can call abroad, Web conference, Internet shopping. You have to be a real moron to hate 4g

The planet that you live on must have Thousandpound stores for the riff raff there then.

What a moronic comment

Back online lightning deal

loving my phone, took it on holiday and used it for all my holiday photos - (my camera sat in suitcase for the whole week), also loving the fm radio function quick question - has anyone found a good cover for the phone, preferably one with a front which has an open area to show the time ?

Where would you buy the Chinese phone from? Amazon??

>>>>> Brilliant feedback Dee, thought a lot of people might benefit from this phone at this price and glad that you were one of them ;-) When I say they will sell quick smart, they do lol! One thing our recipient [gifted] has noticed already is the reception on hers has increased to 4 bars all the time and it is faster than her husbands iBone when connecting a call and clearer on the clarity of call which is very important to them as they are golden oldies ;-)

mine arrived on time with next day delivery, well packaged, easy to set up, it automatically imported all the apps from my Samsung S3, bought this as a cheapo holiday phone, but it is amazing, and I think it's gonna become my main phone, solid and well built, lightning fast, well impressed for a phone at this crazy price :)

Mod's, can we do a Facebook and have a dislike button please? Thanks

720p screen on a 5.5" no thanks

Oh man, can you install the ROM from xdaforums or something? I was of a mind that if it ain't broke don't fix it! Glad I left the update alone now! Sorry to hear about the problems :(

So did I but it no longer recognises the SIM card after elephones update. Only lasted 10 days.

I don't get why anyone thinks any modern phone is anything other than inherently ugly these days. They are all just slabs of plastic, glass and metal of fundamentally the same shape. As far as I am concerned I'm more interested in if it works properly - and keeps working properly - than what it looks like.

Thanks for the feedback, good luck with getting the phone sorted out.

Just as an aside to my latest feedback on the original thread. I have purchased this phone, and the quality/calibration of the touchscreen/digitiser makes it almost unusable. I can report no signal dropouts and a generally nice build quality aside from that issue. Issue raised with Flubit today. Let's see how it pans out.

No more than I am worried about all the Google spyware that is literally everywhere on every platform!

ps if I were in your position I would by an s3 and not some random Chinese phone that could break down and may not have good warranty etc

Please post the link on ebay for £180.