I have purchase three Gionee phones and I have encouraged at least four friends of mine to do the same. I have forgotten the model of the first one, but it was one of the earliest ones. The second was Marathon M5 purchased mainly because of its humongous battery. I actually loved the phone as it cured me of “dead phone anxiety syndrome” where you keep checking your phone battery levels, carrying around power bank or looking around for where to charge your phone at mid day.

Gionee M5 was a solid phone. Great performance, good camera and great battery life. So, when I wanted to upgrade, I moved up to Gionee M5 Plus for the bigger screen, bigger storage and RAM.

The two phones are great performers with outstanding battery life. But, I hate the Gionee skin on the android. It is called Amigo UI. I hated it, but I found ways around it and I established a fairly passable relationship with it.

Sadly, Gionee does not update its phone to newer android versions. This is the unfortunate undoing of Gionee phones; they do not receive android updates beyond what came with them. Needless to say that both my M5 and M5 Plus are stuck with Android Lollipop (L) even now that we are on the verge of getting Android O.

The situation of custom ROM is even worse. Since Gionee does not comply with the GPL, it does not release the kernel sources for its phones, so independent developers are unable to create custom ROMs and improve the phone.

So, unless you like using outdated OS or buying new phones every time a new android phone update is released, STAY AWAY FROM GIONEE.

I’m currently using a Xiaomi Mi Max running custom Android ROM based on the latest 7.1.2 Nougat and I’m one happy camper.

https://naijatek./2017/06/24/stop-buying-gionee-phones/

lalasticlala

even infinix do upgrade their phones

Well that is your opinion, Me I love their phones, they are very strong, reliable and durable. The amigo ui gives you HD display but you can also by pass Amigo ui by downloading a different android luncher. Me if it is not gionee I won't even get any android device. It is the only device that hardly gives me headaches.

trust me, if you want peace of mind, buy gionee phones..

they're the Nokia of this generation...

kick:
Well that is your opinion, Me I love their phones, they are very strong, reliable and durable. The amigo ui gives you HD display but you can also by pass Amigo ui by downloading a different android luncher. Me if it is not gionee I won't even get any android device. It is the only device that hardly gives me headaches.

Yes, they admittedly make good phones, but by failing to update them, they are making them obsolete very fast. Many of their phones are in fact obsolete out of the box. Updating a phone is not only to get new fancy OS, but also have the latest security updates. Phones with old operating systems are security risks. Until Gionee commits to updating their phones, even if only the high end ones, people should stop buying them. Period.

U can't tell me what to buy. Xiaomi ko, Naomi ni

Maybe this was just your case. Overall, they're pretty good phones, for their price.

I use a Marathon M5 Device[bought it last year] and I'm loving it.....My Galaxy S4 is somewhere in my wardrobe gathering dust.....

I Understand what the OP is trying to say..... It's a very big disadvantage for Gionee to produce such lovely phones with powerful batteries and NOT allow updates on them.....And truely, I concur...... These Gionee top notch devices should @ least support OTA updates/upgrades........So appalling to say the least....


......[though I'm not that bothered cos i stopped rooting/tweaking my phones a long time ago]....

......M5 gives me exactly what i need......

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Gionee number 1

Nonsense thread! Op my Gionee m5 mini came with android 5.0, it has been upgraded to marshmallow since last year

Gionee is still a great phone to have, nothing can change it. Keep your opinion to yourself and stop telling us what not to do..na you get money ni?

Realkenny:
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Gionee number 1

Confam!

I can't connect my laptop WiFi to my gionee hotspot what could be the reason

chyy5:
U can't tell me what to buy. Xiaomi ko, Naomi ni

What he didn't tell you was that the MI6 runs on 6G RAM ...at the price of ordinary Tecno

I smile.....
How u wan mk we deal wif doz oda fones witout gud ba3

OP is right in everything he said.
This Gionee people don't roll out OS update to all their phones even if it's for one year, their mates update their phones for 2 years.
The Amigo UI is great, I like the idea of swiping up to see control center, and down for notification only just like the iPhone. But my problem with it is that the UI is too heavy, especially the launcher that crashes all the time and doesn't rotate to landscape.
Gionee phones are great just the OS issue

wayisshut:
I can't connect my laptop WiFi to my gionee hotspot what could be the reason

Install previous WiFi driver on your PC. Its common with W10

Who updates help? From KitKat to lollipop to Mashmallow to Nougat, I didn't see any huge difference in their OS configuration

hogwash.. I love my gionee phone and proud of it.

My M5 is d best phone I've used.. I don't even know if power bank exist anymore

50% remaining since last night that I charged, if it is not Gionee, it can never be Gionee.

Sent from my Gionee M5 mini

lekjons:
trust me, if you want peace of mind, buy gionee phones..


they're the Nokia of this generation...

If not Gionee, then nothing. Superb product.

Realkenny:
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Gionee number 1

The guy no Sabi good thing. Wetin him don do? If not Gionee, it's nothing

femi4:
Install previous WiFi driver on your PC. Its common with W10

Thank you sir, but my windows is 8.1

I see Gionee marketers have invaded my thread. I'm calling out Gionee's attitude of not updating their phones. If you are happy to use Windows XP on your computer, that is your business. The rest of us have the right to ask that a phone that costs N120K to buy should run latest OS and get updated for at least two years after release. My two living Gionee phones (M5 and M5Plus) are not serving me right now. The M5 is with wify, while the M5Plus is enjoying its retirement in my drawer, waiting to be dashed out. I will sell it for 50K to anyone who likes running old lollipop on their phones. Only Ibadan peeps, please.

By the way, my Mi Max, which costs about half of what I paid Konga for my M5Plus, has Snapdragon 652, 6.44 inch screen, 3GB of RAM, 64GB Storage, outstanding battery (4850mah) and running Android Nougat 7.1.2. I have no doubt that I will get a custom rom upgrade to Android O when it lands. The Gionee marketers should keep using their outdated phones.

wayisshut:



Thank you sir, but my windows is 8.1

Device manger >> Network adapter >> WiFi adapter

Right click on it and choose "update driver software"

Choose the second option i.e "Browse my computer for driver software" >> Then select " let me pick from the list of device drivers on my computer ".

Then install the driver software that's WiFi adapter related

femi4:
Device manger >> Network adapter >> WiFi adapter

Right click on it and choose "update driver software"

Choose the second option i.e "Browse my computer for driver software" >> Then select " let me pick from the list of device drivers on my computer ".

Then install the driver software that's WiFi adapter related

Thank you so much sir. It did work but after some few seconds it disconnected by itself.

I tried connecting back but no way it tells me can't connect to this network

wayisshut:
I can't connect my laptop WiFi to my gionee hotspot what could be the reason

go to command prompt admin and type "netsh winsock reset" and then restart the laptop.

wayisshut:



Thank you so much sir. It did work but after some few seconds it disconnected by itself.

I tried connecting back but no way it tells me can't connect to this network

what you are facing now is network issue

Gionee M3Mini was my best ever had phone when i was using it then Strong phone for that matter
What Gionee has been messing for us is lack of upgradeable for OS and Bad customer care service

i still love my Motorola g4

chaii see smoothness on Android 7 with long lasting battery