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Ecoo Aurora E04 shows off CM12.1 in new video

AndiMay 28, 2015

It has been a little quiet on the Ecoo front since the launch of the 3GB RAM E04, but the company have been busy working on new projects like CM12.1 for their phones!

Ecoo announced yesterday that they were working on a CM12.1 Beta for the E04, and today have posted a video of the phone running an early development version of the ROM. CM12.1 is a CyanogenMod ROM based on Android Lollipop 5.1, the same system which is available for the OnePlus One and has also been ported to some Elephone devices.

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As for when the final build will be available for Ecoo owners to download we are not to sure yet, but I am sure most fans will be happy to wait for a stable release rather than a buggy first attempt. We will keep our eye on the Ecoo Facebook for more news.

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- amirexpressir
  May 28, 2015
  No
  cm12.1 on 2-3 device I had checked & fortunately didn’t saw anything but cm12 for many device had lots of complaints/bugs/shortcomings…..
tartempion & Co
May 28, 2015
CM is still buggy as hell ?

@ndy
May 28, 2015
wow. never thought i’d see something like this happen. glad i purchased one now. even though it hasn’t arrived.
@ndy
May 28, 2015
wow. never thought i’d see something like this happen. glad i purchased one now. even though it hasn’t arrived.
balcobomber25
May 28, 2015
- Jeep ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
  May 28, 2015
  - balcobomber25
    May 28, 2015
    I tried it out on my Nexus 7 and it was kind of plain and boring to me, technically it is very capable and resourceful ROM but I just don’t like the looks and feel of it.

balcobomber25
May 28, 2015
Never been a huge fan of CM but wouldn’t mind trying this out.
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May 28, 2015
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- amirexpressir
  May 28, 2015
  No
  cm12.1 on 2-3 device I had checked & fortunately didn’t saw anything but cm12 for many device had lots of complaints/bugs/shortcomings…..

Jeep ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
May 28, 2015
One of the first MediaTek devices to ever receive a CM12 update O_O. I hope they bring this to the 2GB version as well, shouldn’t be too much of a hassle right? Same hardware and all. I am sometimes wondering who is making all these ROM’s. This CM12 project is clearly from the own Ecoo devs but what about the FlymeOS, the ColorOS, JiayuOS and..that other one. Those are all ROMs not really functional for daily use. I don’t get it :p
But, back to CM12. Holy cheese cake, that would totally be awesome if they get it to work properly 🙂 They already have the beta uploaded to their official download page: do not install! It’s not really working 😉
But, good news for us Ecoo users!
- @ndy
  May 28, 2015
  If they successfully port this to the ecoo, then many other phones with mediatek processors should also be easier? I can’t wait to receive mine! Got a blue one on order. The black bezels are less visible :p How are you finding it?
  - Jeep ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
    June 4, 2015
- lildwell
  May 29, 2015
  I’m using Spacerom that was done by an Italian dev. It seems great. Everything works and is rooted out of the box.
  - Jeep ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
    June 4, 2015
    Yeah, the SpaceROM seems to be the best choice for now. I just can’t get it to work on my 2GB-version.
    - lildwell
      June 11, 2015
@ndy
May 28, 2015
wow. never thought i’d see something like this happen. glad i purchased one now. even though it hasn’t arrived.
balcobomber25
May 28, 2015
Never been a huge fan of CM but wouldn’t mind trying this out.
- Jeep ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
  May 28, 2015
  Why not? Everyone is hear about it is totally in love with it.
- balcobomber25
  May 28, 2015
  I tried it out on my Nexus 7 and it was kind of plain and boring to me, technically it is very capable and resourceful ROM but I just don’t like the looks and feel of it.

AHappyKoalaBear
May 28, 2015
- @ndy
  May 28, 2015
  Uh, what? Have you been to specsavers recently? The elephone has THE worst black bars on any Chinese phone at the moment. These are hardly even noticeable on the black/blue variant of the ecoo!
  - AHappyKoalaBear
    May 28, 2015
    my eyes are fine because the ecoo in this one is white, I said even worse on the Elephone which means I think they are the worse, I’m not buying some bs phone with fake bezels, all the ad renders show perfect screen without black bars
    - @ndy
      May 28, 2015
      Maybe it’s me who needs specsavers. Sorry! :p I agree I hate all this fake black bezel bs. I still have one on order though. Check out the mijue t500 on gearbest. Hopefully that won’t have those awful borders!
      - AHappyKoalaBear
        May 28, 2015
        np bro, the blue one look a lot better! the mijue t500 looks good!, although I’m pretty sceptical about the bezels, if only phone manufacturers would just make the ‘real’ bezels bigger…

Jeep ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
May 28, 2015
One of the first MediaTek devices to ever receive a CM12 update O_O. I hope they bring this to the 2GB version as well, shouldn’t be too much of a hassle right? Same hardware and all. I am sometimes wondering who is making all these ROM’s. This CM12 project is clearly from the own Ecoo devs but what about the FlymeOS, the ColorOS, JiayuOS and..that other one. Those are all ROMs not really functional for daily use. I don’t get it :p
But, back to CM12. Holy cheese cake, that would totally be awesome if they get it to work properly 🙂 They already have the beta uploaded to their official download page: do not install! It’s not really working 😉
But, good news for us Ecoo users!
- @ndy
  May 28, 2015
  If they successfully port this to the ecoo, then many other phones with mediatek processors should also be easier? I can’t wait to receive mine! Got a blue one on order. The black bezels are less visible :p How are you finding it?
- lildwell
  May 29, 2015
  I’m using Spacerom that was done by an Italian dev. It seems great. Everything works and is rooted out of the box.
- Jeep ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
  June 4, 2015
  Yeah, the SpaceROM seems to be the best choice for now. I just can’t get it to work on my 2GB-version.
- Jeep ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
  June 4, 2015
  I like it very much! 🙂 One of my better buys 😀
- lildwell
  June 12, 2015
AHappyKoalaBear
May 28, 2015
- @ndy
  May 28, 2015
  Uh, what? Have you been to specsavers recently? The elephone has THE worst black bars on any Chinese phone at the moment. These are hardly even noticeable on the black/blue variant of the ecoo!
- AHappyKoalaBear
  May 28, 2015
  my eyes are fine because the ecoo in this one is white, I said even worse on the Elephone which means I think they are the worse, I’m not buying some bs phone with fake bezels, all the ad renders show perfect screen without black bars
- @ndy
  May 28, 2015
  Maybe it’s me who needs specsavers. Sorry! :p I agree I hate all this fake black bezel bs. I still have one on order though. Check out the mijue t500 on gearbest. Hopefully that won’t have those awful borders!
- AHappyKoalaBear
  May 28, 2015
  np bro, the blue one look a lot better! the mijue t500 looks good!, although I’m pretty sceptical about the bezels, if only phone manufacturers would just make the ‘real’ bezels bigger…

lildwell
May 29, 2015
The rom is buggy as hell right now. They fixed the google play force close issue but the wifi and data is still a crapshoot. At least they are trying. 5.0 is nice though.
lildwell
May 29, 2015
The rom is buggy as hell right now. They fixed the google play force close issue but the wifi and data is still a crapshoot. At least they are trying. 5.0 is nice though.

michaelw
May 30, 2015
Nice. It covers the fact, that a official Lollipop release for the phone is missing.
michaelw
May 31, 2015
Nice. It covers the fact, that a official Lollipop release for the phone is missing.
o.O
June 8, 2015
I install it… now i dont have imeis :/ how can i get them back ?
o.O
June 8, 2015