Doogee DG280 LEO

_JoaoCampos · Dec 31, 2014

Just pre-ordered this one as a gift for my cousin (gave her a cutout of it since her birthday was yesterday

).

Roughly the same specs as DG310 (which I'm very happy with), but it's 4.5" inch (which kinda makes more sense for the FWVGA screen resolution).
It's apparently built with durability in mind.

CPU: Mediatek 6582 Quad-core 1.3 Ghz
Android: KitKat 4.4
Size (mm): 133.5*68.3*8.8（L×W×H）
Camera: 5.0 MP (back) / 1.3 MP (front)
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 8GB
Dual-sim, 3G, WIFI, BT4.0, GPS, 1800mAh battery by BAK.

Rest of the specs here: http://www.doogee.cc/products_detail/&productId=106.html

It's currently 80$ on Dealextreme + 2 phone cases, from tomorrow to 10/1 82.99$ + an 8GB SD-card.

leenwen · Jan 13, 2015

How much?

Zoealandy · Jan 27, 2015

leenwen said:
How much?

only $84.99 at coolicool.com

cepi666 · Feb 10, 2015

Is there a way how to root DG280 ?

viperasp · Feb 14, 2015

cepi666 said:
Is there a way how to root DG280 ?

There is a way of rooting dg280. I've done it twice, yet i am not sure how it worked the first time. The second time root genius made it possible.
See attached file.

Good luck.

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Also i have made a third attempt at rooting the phone and you should know that in order for any of the above root exploits to work you must not install the r10 update released on february 10th. If this update is already installed you manually flash the full r7 rom image from doogee website. Also after getting root you cannot install the r10 update as this one bricks the phone and to recover you must also flash the full r7 rom image.
The r7 image flashing procedure is also pretty complicated because there is no real guide anywhere. There are some files that need editing, because you will need to disable the checksum verification in the flasher because you will get errors from one of the files, errors which are wrong. Also don't try to put the phone in download mode. To flash it just start the flasher select options (i used format+download) and hit the start button. It is just going to wait for a phone. After this just pull the battery from the phone, put it back (don't touch any buttons on the phone, keep it off) and just connect the usb cable to it. After a few second the flasher will show phone info and progress of format and rom upload.
There is also an issue with the usb phone drivers. You need good ones before any of the above procedures. I really cannot help with this because i already had a good number of compatible drivers installed and i just couldn't tell which is the best for this.

lorenc75 · Mar 2, 2015

Very poor 2g/3g signal reception ??? any one else has experienced the same?

The phone has very very poor 2g/3g signal reception from the mobile networks. The call voice quality is too bad. Call dropping is frequent all the time and voice is transmitted distorted to the other party in call. I tried the phone with all networks that operate in my country, and the result was the same. The phone shows only 1-2 bars at signal cluster, while the other phones show full bars at the same location. So is anyone experiencing the same? Any fix available? Thank you.

Krystyna · Mar 2, 2015

leenwen said:
How much?

only $19.90 at http://www.pompmall.com/doogee-dg280.html

TimoHL · Apr 30, 2015

@lorenc75
I bought the Doogee Leo für my daughter, and she's totally satisfied.
Signal reception is as good as with my Samsung S3, GPS and WiFi is also working good.
I rooted the phone to get a CWM recovery and to deinstall some of the China-Apps.

After 3 Weeks of usage her little brother broke the Micro-USB-Socket while playing Games on the Phone (Charger was plugged in) but that was also no problem, just opened the phone (9 screws) and resoldered the USB-Socket, so it's working again.
All in one I must say, for 80Euros including Shipment from Germany (No Taxes) a good Phone.
Ok, the Flashlight is not the brightest one, but hey.. it was a cheap phone

ItBoom · May 28, 2015

TimoHL said:
@lorenc75
I bought the Doogee Leo für my daughter, and she's totally satisfied.
Signal reception is as good as with my Samsung S3, GPS and WiFi is also working good.
I rooted the phone to get a CWM recovery and to deinstall some of the China-Apps.

After 3 Weeks of usage her little brother broke the Micro-USB-Socket while playing Games on the Phone (Charger was plugged in) but that was also no problem, just opened the phone (9 screws) and resoldered the USB-Socket, so it's working again.
All in one I must say, for 80Euros including Shipment from Germany (No Taxes) a good Phone.
Ok, the Flashlight is not the brightest one, but hey.. it was a cheap phone

i need help, the same thing happend to me, i opened the phone, but i do not know what to look for, can you please help? (i am not often on this site so please contact me on my facebook (Itamar Baum - (username is itwouldgoboom)) thank you.

TimoHL · May 29, 2015

How to Fix the USB-Connector

Hi everyone. Since I had a few requests on how to do the repair of the USB-Connector, I describe it here although it has nothing to do with Android development. Hope it's OK for you.

I just opened the phone (take out everything, loosen 9 screws).
Then I carefully turned over the USB-Board (1 more screw secured with some kind of adhesive tape) after pulling out the antenna connector, microphone and vibration motor.
Then there are the 5 micro-USB-Pins from the connector to the PCB. In order to have the right alignment of the socket, I insterted a MicroUSB plug into the socket. Then i soldered everything new with ENOUGH tin to get it a little more stable. All you need is a calm hand and a fine soldering-tip. Reassembly in opposite order. But double-Check for shortcuts. And if you are not experienced in soldering small parts, I'd suggest you let it do by someone who knows about this to prevent more damage.

Timo

ItBoom · May 29, 2015

TimoHL said:
Hi everyone. Since I had a few requests on how to do the repair of the USB-Connector, I describe it here although it has nothing to do with Android development. Hope it's OK for you.

I just opened the phone, then I carefully turned over the USB-Board (1 more screw I think and secured with some kind of adhesive tape) after pulling out the microphone and vibration motor. Then there are the 5 micro-USB-Pins from the Connector to the PCB. In Order to have the right alignment of the Socket, I insterted a MicroUSB Plug in the socket. Then i soldered everything new with ENOUGH tin to get it a little more stable. All you need is a calm hand and a fine soldering-tip. Reassembly in opposite order. But double-Check for shortcuts. And if you are not experienced in soldering small parts, I'd suggest you let it do by someone who knows about this to prevent more damage.

Timo

thank you! i was afraid to remove the usb board. it seemed that there are quite a few things connected there

at the moment i do not have a fine tip though... guess i may just send it to be fixed :crying:

hazar1907 · Jun 4, 2015

Where can I recovery ?

lorenc75 · Jul 8, 2015

DG280 custom recovery

Hi there,

is anyone willing to share with us where to find / download a custom recovery CWM/TWRP for DG280 running lollipop 5.0 version?
I tried the only one recovery available for dg280 on needroom, but it is not working.

Thank you.

Tzul · Jul 19, 2015

hazar1907 said:
Where can I recovery ?

lorenc75 said:
Hi there,

is anyone willing to share with us where to find / download a custom recovery CWM/TWRP for DG280 running lollipop 5.0 version?
I tried the only one recovery available for dg280 on needroom, but it is not working.

Here's a CWM recovery for the DG280. Haven't tested it yet.
I tried to build Carliv Touch Recovery (CTR) and TWRP for the DG280... they kind of worked, but the touch screen is unusable! Maybe those recoveries are lacking the proper drivers.

gerstavros · Aug 4, 2015

Tzul said:
Here's a CWM recovery for the DG280. Haven't tested it yet.
I tried to build Carliv Touch Recovery (CTR) and TWRP for the DG280... they kind of worked, but the touch screen is unusable! Maybe those recoveries are lacking the proper drivers.

I flashed it with flash tool in lollipop, doesn't work. Just shows the recovery image and no menu.
Also, i cant root lollipop!

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lorenc75 said:
The phone has very very poor 2g/3g signal reception from the mobile networks. The call voice quality is too bad. Call dropping is frequent all the time and voice is transmitted distorted to the other party in call. I tried the phone with all networks that operate in my country, and the result was the same. The phone shows only 1-2 bars at signal cluster, while the other phones show full bars at the same location. So is anyone experiencing the same? Any fix available? Thank you.

My dg280 has better 2g/3g signal reception than any other mobile i have tested here, even nokia/samsung/lg/motorolla

gerstavros · Aug 5, 2015

Has anyone managed to root lollipop? I am trying for hours from yesterday, i created custom system.img, custom recoveries, unsecured boot.img but even if i root it, it doesn't boot again..

longo213 · Aug 17, 2015

gerstavros said:
Has anyone managed to root lollipop? I am trying for hours from yesterday, i created custom system.img, custom recoveries, unsecured boot.img but even if i root it, it doesn't boot again..

Found a method on 4PDA, use Google to translate it from Russian.
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=627006&st=300#entry39327684

unicastbg · Aug 25, 2015

I have the Lollipop version and managed to get root very easy using this app - http://androidxda.com/download-kingroot-application. 4.5.0.803 is what I used.
update - can't get ES File Explorer to write to system/app. I always get a not enough space warning. I found out that using this Kingroot app to uninstall system apps opens the door until restart. But you need to remove one system app in order for this to work. Will continue to look for a workaround.

qwerty63 · Dec 19, 2015

Flashing

Hi,
I failed to root DG280, I regret not reading for example viperasp's hint that from software version r10 it can brick the phone.
I used Kingroot, after second use, it told me everything's fine&rooted. I used then some script that removes Kinguser and puts SuperSU in place of it, it also went OK, SuperSU told it wants to update itself, but it was not possible without restart. But after restart I don't have phone running, so...

Would be really great if someone who went over flashing something to DG280 via some kind of SPFlash tool could share how he/she did that. I got only one tutorial from doogee.cc written in some chinese-english. I downloaded r6 image (the only available at manufacturers website, I don't care about version, just want to have this phone running) and can't flash it... I wonder what version of preloader driver can make this phone visible in SPFlash. Attached "Smartphone multi-port download tool" doesn't see the phone.

Depending on how I'm connecting it - with/without battery, with some/without any keys pressed, it is seen in task manager under ports. Sometimes as "Mediatek DA USB VCOM Port", sometimes it gives continuous appearing/disappearing for ~2sec. of "Mediatek Preloader USB VCOM Port", sometimes USB VCOM Port or MTK USB Port, and Flash tool won't find anything in these cases. Sometimes "MTK USB Port" is left (not disappearing) and this is promising, because Flash tool finds one Com port and displays "COM49 + N/A, scan failed".
If I only got it to display both Preloader COM and MTK USB Port so I think I could do flashing. But how to achieve this?
I tried this on Win XP 386x and win10 x64, same results.

Maybe someone has some knowledge now and is kind enough to share/give some tips? Would be great

gerstavros · Dec 19, 2015

qwerty63 said:
Hi,
I failed to root DG280, I regret not reading for example viperasp's hint that from software version r10 it can brick the phone.
I used Kingroot, after second use, it told me everything's fine&rooted. I used then some script that removes Kinguser and puts SuperSU in place of it, it also went OK, SuperSU told it wants to update itself, but it was not possible without restart. But after restart I don't have phone running, so...

Would be really great if someone who went over flashing something to DG280 via some kind of SPFlash tool could share how he/she did that. I got only one tutorial from doogee.cc written in some chinese-english. I downloaded r6 image (the only available at manufacturers website, I don't care about version, just want to have this phone running) and can't flash it... I wonder what version of preloader driver can make this phone visible in SPFlash. Attached "Smartphone multi-port download tool" doesn't see the phone.

Depending on how I'm connecting it - with/without battery, with some/without any keys pressed, it is seen in task manager under ports. Sometimes as "Mediatek DA USB VCOM Port", sometimes it gives continuous appearing/disappearing for ~2sec. of "Mediatek Preloader USB VCOM Port", sometimes USB VCOM Port or MTK USB Port, and Flash tool won't find anything in these cases. Sometimes "MTK USB Port" is left (not disappearing) and this is promising, because Flash tool finds one Com port and displays "COM49 + N/A, scan failed".
If I only got it to display both Preloader COM and MTK USB Port so I think I could do flashing. But how to achieve this?
I tried this on Win XP 386x and win10 x64, same results.

Maybe someone has some knowledge now and is kind enough to share/give some tips? Would be great

Check my guide here: https://translate.google.com/transl....gr/forum/showthread.php?p=4883180&edit-text=
Use the drivers from the link there with the autoinstaller. You 'll not have any problem. Flash the latest Croatia Lollipop firmware (find it at needrom.com). And next time, after rooting with kingroot, dont replace it with supersu or other app. Keep kinguser

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