blackview_admin wrote:

Our tech team can fix them one by one and release a new update for you all.

When was the last update released?
How recent security patches does it contain?
Exactly.

Unfortunately didn't manage to get Flash Tool to work, but succeeded with flashing partition by partition using fastboot.
Do you guys also have the middle button (home) glowing in yellow?

I try to flash this ROM using MediaTek SP Flash Tool v5.1728.00, but I keep getting the following error:

Storage type mismatch!
scatter: HW_STORAGE_EMMC
device: HW_STORAGE_NOR

It's also worth noting you are lying on your website: http://blackview.hk/blackview-198/ You mention "Android 8.0 to optimize running performance" and, a couple of slides earlier, fast charging, long standby etc. that all of us in this forum thread know are broken since the Oreo release! I...

blackview_admin wrote:

Alep just downgrade your phone to December 2017 Android ROMS and everything will work without issues

Yes, except for not having any security pathes released after the end of 2017.

This two problems can be seen as similar, either way our phones are vulnerable – security pathes are as important as not having a backdoor in the firmware. However, since now I was just joking about a Chinese backdoor in my phone, now I am getting more and more suspicious. :/ I've read the topic you...

Is there a possibility for Blackview to release the source code needed to develop custom ROMs, such as LineageOS?
Updates of stock software are often delayed and buggy (especially not-so-recent Oreo update), the security bugs also aren't taken seriously.

Is there a possibility for the update of Oreo to be available before the end of the year?

What's the status of this issue? Is it going to be fixed? I started loosing my hope...

Hey, I'm coming back after some time with good news!
I've finally had some time to replace the suggested part and now the phone appears to work correctly.
Thanks for the support.