Chinese New Year--- New fW...???

I thought some one had promised a new Year fW 1.0..... and advertised on that as well...
What Happened???

And the last "OFFICIAL" was worse than the leak before that....Cant figure this SH_T out.....

Originally Posted by 919263

I thought some one had promised a new Year fW 1.0..... and advertised on that as well...
What Happened???

And the last "OFFICIAL" was worse than the leak before that....Cant figure this SH_T out.....

Yes JW said there would be another one before chinese NY, but just like everybody said in the forums that you shouldn't get your hopes up. I think you know that meizu can't stick to their deadlines.

Every post I seem to see from you is complaining on how sh1t this phone is, and how sh1t Meizu is blah blah blah. We are all well aware that meizu have there faults and empty promises etc. but telling us it doesn't solve anything. If you were to ask me my solution would be to buy another phone but then again someone has already told you that.

I personally think FW 9.6.9 is by far the best FW to date, so many bugs are fixed, 70% more translations to english and it hasen't crashed on me once (used to be a daily thing).

@bradgibson84
Dude... I am not making fun or anything like that, I have been and still am really frustrated with the empty promises of this company.
There are users here that have really worked hard translating the phone, fixing the bugs themselves, finding workarounds and on top of all that helping other users try to use this device as atleast a normal phone... which this device has not proved to be... These users do not have to do all this, but for the love of the device (Which it really is- Hardware wise)they are committed either because they have invested a lot of money in this or a lot of time in the operation of this phone... and they are die hard supporters...Hats off to these guys.. Mods/Rori, and other Sr. Members of the forum...


The phone should come with user warning just like the drugs: Use of the fW will cure the present ailments... but may cause side effects in some phones that make no sense...

More over the phone behaves differently in different countries and different regions.... and there are some on here who will argue that this is not for international use.. but only for China... Well, even the chinese users are not happy.......

Then what about the fW's... the leaks are bad, full of bugs... but what in the hell is a leak... Some on here will argue that it is meant for testing only.. but by whome... the Internal Meizu M8 testing or all of us idiots...who are working in addition to our day jobs in resolving issues and finding workarounds and trouble shooting.....and translating... and then posting the solutions on here to help others... but even that cannot be picked up by the Meizu Brainiacs to improve their products,....we are freaking giving the solutions to their shoddy work to them on a silver platter... but they still do not see it....

So what is a leak... where does it come from... and what does it achieve.. NOTHING...
And then again some of the users here will say that if you dont want issues use the official fW... but that does not work either as has been proved time and again...the official fW's have similar bugs and some of them have made changes to the phone that cannot be reversed.......

SO I am as frustrated... and cannot seem to understand why they cannot fix their crap....
There are some on here who have said if you cannot like the phone go buy something else......and I have and am happy but I still Have the M8 and really want it to work...after more thjan a year of buying it..

And I am not the only one complaining here... I have contributed well to this cause.. and really want to see this succeed....

@919263 I agree with you 110%. It seems no matter how many work arounds the user of this site fix. Most are just ignored by Meizu and instead of just intergrating fixes into the firmware, you have to use a fix or crack. Wow, people y'all just bust Google wide open a few months ago, do the same with the M*8

Originally Posted by 919263

I thought some one had promised a new Year fW 1.0..... and advertised on that as well...
What Happened???

And the last "OFFICIAL" was worse than the leak before that....Cant figure this SH_T out.....

Probably JW was talking about next new year.. 2011

Originally Posted by 919263

@bradgibson84
Dude...

And I am not the only one complaining here... I have contributed well to this cause.. and really want to see this succeed....

As i found there is no any roadmap in meizu company. You can see they release new FWs randomly without any schedule! Each of time when they receive our complain, they are replying “ there is no any international services”.

I am too very disappointed, i regret buying this phone... i mean there were so much days where i didnt get sms from my wife, i was like "wtf this phone cant even handle sms"...
now i think the m8 was just a beta-testing-machine for the upcoming phone (m9) which i am certainly not going to buy...

better spend 100 € more on a phone having stable fw and stable sdk and INTERNATIONAL support where users dont need to translate anything...

Originally Posted by deinabi

I am too very disappointed, i regret buying this phone... i mean there were so much days where i didnt get sms from my wife, i was like "wtf this phone cant even handle sms"...
now i think the m8 was just a beta-testing-machine for the upcoming phone (m9) which i am certainly not going to buy...

better spend 100 € more on a phone having stable fw and stable sdk and INTERNATIONAL support where users dont need to translate anything...

Honestly: Didnt you knew that already the day you bought that phone? That it wasnt 100% done and that it was just designed for China only?

If you didnt ... your own fault. Sorry but thats realistic.




Oh and not to forget: With the official firmwares I never had a problem receiving SMS.. only with the leaked ones. And again: Dont use leaked FWs if you dont want any drawbacks...

Meizu should go for android, but they spend to much money on mymobile. Android on the M8 could really work out, to bad Meizu doesn't see it that way.

I think mymobile could really work as well. They have to fix some stuff and then launch their paid mStore ASAP so that developers have incentives to create great software.

@919263 Sorry about being blunt before. I do agree the frustration is immense & you do have many valid points. Especially about the leaks and meizu not looking at any feedback given to them china or oversea's. Your contribution and the Moderators on this site are never being taken for granted. With out meizume we would be in the stone ages (better off buying a $50 nokia)

@2nd Genisis agreed alot of people like myself should have done more research on this product before purchasing but when I brought my phone about a year ago I didn't know that meizu was not up for the task of building a phone what so ever. Their was not all that much feedback and reviews on the phone. all I really saw was hardware spec's and capabilities.

Meizu would never advertise that their phone won't
-have a stable FW
-send/receive SMS properly
-sync on computer
-have full translation
-send MMS
-Have working GPRS
-And so on and so on

Instead meizu advertised that they are all compatable and working. To be honest out of the 30+ phones I have had in my life I have never come across a phone any near that unstable

I am once again amazed at how people reiterate old complaints...

I think it is clear that:

1. The M8 is not officially meant to be international.
2. The M8 is a work under progress.
3. The M8 is very cheap considering the impressive specs and the os.
4. The M8 is not meant the be a "iphone killer" or "android killer", its a variation on a popular type of device, not some sort of phone to rule them all.
5. If you don't live in china, you should not buy this phone unless you are a tech/enthusiast.

Meizu has an amazing community, and to bring such a powerful device to the consumers at such a low price is amazing. If you dont know how to use it, or dont have the time to try then DONT BUY IT.

Originally Posted by Shiprat

I am once again amazed at how people reiterate old complaints...

I think it is clear that:

1. The M8 is not officially meant to be international.
2. The M8 is a work under progress.
3. The M8 is very cheap considering the impressive specs and the os.
4. The M8 is not meant the be a "iphone killer" or "android killer", its a variation on a popular type of device, not some sort of phone to rule them all.
5. If you don't live in china, you should not buy this phone unless you are a tech/enthusiast.

Meizu has an amazing community, and to bring such a powerful device to the consumers at such a low price is amazing. If you dont know how to use it, or dont have the time to try then DONT BUY IT.

OK Mods and friends I am going into Flame mode
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5 post passerby individuals should remain away from discussions and should just look for answers to their specific questions or problems
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Seriously I am not trying to start some feud here, had just wanted to make a point, but I see we keep coming in circles to the same old discussion... on could have/should have / would have...
Pardon me please... not wanting to start another of those fruitless flaming war....
Peace...

I think that's all I can take about this price stuff. This low price that everyone keeps mentioning was $400 something dollars US for me, and for me that's a lot. You would expect things to do a certain thing if you pay that much. Still, I am not complaining. I repeat, I am not complaining. I paid $750 for my laptop and if I would have gotten it home and found it had no keyboard, CD/DVD rom, or a display I would have gone postal. It's just a certain thing you expect if you pay a certain price for it. I have seen the M8 displayed as the Iphone killer in many venues. However, what attracted me is that it was different and it did more than it's revival at the time the Iphone.

Still the M8 was featured in Popular Science Magazine. A Mag that I have been reading all my life. And if you are mentioned in there your have been noticed. If you read the article you see that the person writing the article was a fan of the M8 states," I'd spent months tracking down the minione, it looked just like Apple's Iphone, down to the slick no button interface. But it was more."

Now, this dude also mentioned that it ran stuff (mobile stuff/software/Java/Flash) that the Iphone wouldn't. Some of these things were told to him by people at Meizu, Ella Wong. She is a marketing manager.

Now, not to quote the whole article if you read this, in your mind and clearly in his he truly wanted this phone, and even if he was a tech guy he did not know he would need to be one if he owned it.

He was invited to their headquarters and it was displayed to him as an international product. This is how I first saw and wanted this phone. I can't really complain because I am in it already. So lets not mention any more about price or how cheap something is.

@Shiprat not to say you five facts you have stated in your post are wrong, it just depends on where you got your information. And then when the phone was place in your hands.

Mag Date: September 2007

any news about a new FW. THX

Originally Posted by 919263

OK Mods and friends I am going into Flame mode
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5 post passerby individuals should remain away from discussions and should just look for answers to their specific questions or problems
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Seriously I am not trying to start some feud here, had just wanted to make a point, but I see we keep coming in circles to the same old discussion... on could have/should have / would have...
Pardon me please... not wanting to start another of those fruitless flaming war....
Peace...

I don't think the number of posts should account for whether anyone is allowed to comment on anything or in any specific thread.

I have a low number of posts (for the length of time I've been a member -since July 2007), I own a M8 and a M6 and would class myself as a techie type enthusiast and fan of the Meizu products.

I'm not trying to be a troll here, I just thought I would comment as another person who doesn't post a lot but has been here for quite a while. And I would like to defend everyones rights to not be shot down based on the number of their posts.

well, is it true that is cheap, but actually, cause is unstable, the ration quality/price is not that good. it may be good if the firmware is a good stable one.

an example... if someone buy a broken thing he pays less the item, but the quality/price ratio doesnt change. Actually the m8 is "broken".
About the international things, I dont mind, once we have a fw 1.0 we may translate it in all languages, but if here the sms doesnt work, this happen also in china. So there are bugs to fix ABSOLUTELY... it's like the android project without the baseband (but that's and awesome project!!)

@Timsomor
Thank you for bringing the info from that magazine on here, that is exactly what I had read as well, I have been reading that mag for a long time as well, and reading the M8 info in that had me interested in the phone and ultimately buying it ...

Let me clarify something here...
The M8 is an Awesome device, I have the iPhone now, it works great.. but I still like the M8 better, I will be bringing an apples to apples comparison later, but the fact is even though it is an awesome device, it has failed to stand up for itself... The reason I liked was coz a small company tried to stand up to a big giant... HW wise it beats the iPhone, but they have not been able to deliver on the whole package.... and a Ferrari without Gas is but a pile of junk....

Another reason why I started this thread and not just comment in a FW thread was that if there was a rare chance that Meizu was watching this forum which I am sure they are... they could feel our pain... and it is pain we feel...

Hopefully Meizu M8 team can get the message we are trying to send them and impliment some of the fixes we the users have figured out giving us a really stable fW for the really good device...

This is a great device we just need to get more developers on board with meizu. Hardware wise wicked, OS & apps shit & PLEASE dont think Im talking about all you dedicated private users translating and building apps for free. It just doesn't seem like any money is going into the meizu. Meizu seems to want all the glory for themselves. I think what i'm trying to say is I would like to pay a little fee to buy apps etc from developers just like iphones do & such.

Sorry meizu as much as we are at our biggest step forward at this point with FW9.6.9 coming out & as much as you have made the phone look good and made it kind of convenient to use there are far to many bugs and really doesn't seem like your wanting to do anything about it. I remember when I first found this site there was word that FW1.0 was going to be out by May 09 LOL we still aint got it 9 months later

Meizu need to start fixing their problems BEFORE releasing OFFICAL FIRMWARES and make sure EACH AND EVERY SETTING WORKS !!!

Meizu has just lost another big wholesaler !!