'Now the Blackview P2 uses microUSB but it looks like a USB Type-C port, so the charging on it should be the same as a standard Micro USB cable, but the difference here is that this cable can be plugged in even if you flip it upside down just like with USB Type-C. So while it won’t really charge any...

Thanks for that - I can't actually figure out how to install TWRP using SP Tools - I couldn't get it to locate the file....would you give me a step by step....

Many thanks

sean

I see by a bit of googling that new phones come with this and can't be un-encrypted

I notice that the phone is encrypted by default.

I can't find a way to unencrypt it - pressing 'encryption' does nothing...can anyone else see if theirs is like this?

I'm sure you are right but it's working now, and thats all that matters to me

I think you are right - I wouldn't expect XDA to run with this phone - there aren't enough being sold - clubbing together we could get a developer a phone to customise?

will you let us know if you do this, how easy it fits and whether it works - thanks

There was a thread from a month back saying that 7.1.2 had gone to software developers for testing - do we know a timeline yet?

I think you are correct about the gold themed icons - I always use Nova and an icon set so I'm fine, but many people (probably the majority) don't customise their phone at all, so the gold will be very much either to taste or not (and I knew I wouldn't like them when I saw the reviews on youtube, bu...

I downloaded and used Open Camera yesterday - there is a significant difference between using the camera using this app and the original app - it may be better software post taking the picture, but both stills, videos and zoom was much better.