LeEco (LeTV) hasn’t released a new phone in over a year due to the financial mess that resulted in the company’s mobile arm “packing up business”. However, it appears the mobile phone business hasn’t shut down completely as LeEco has released a new version of its Emotion UI (EUI) for some of its smartphones.

Since the financial brouhaha in 2016, LeEco has not stopped pushing out updates to some of its phones including its 2016 flagship -the Le Max 2 and the mid-range Le 2. The latest update started hitting devices on the 8th of August and comes as EUI 6.0.

The update is available to the aforementioned phones including some other unmentioned models. One of the main features the update brings to these devices is face unlock, a feature that became mainstream starting last year. The update is also said to optimize system performance for an overall smoother experience. Sadly, there is no info as to if the new update also comes with a new version of Android.

The Le Max 2 is a Snapdragon 820-powered smartphone with a 5.7” QHD display. It has up to 6GB of RAM and up to 128GB of storage. It also has a single 21MP rear camera and an 8MP front-facing camera. It doesn’t have a 3.5mm audio jack but there is a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter shipped with the phone. Underneath is its metal body is a 3100mAh battery.

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Do you own a LeEco phone? Have you received the EUI 6.0 update yet? Please, do let us know what you think of it.

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As LeEco is going through a financial crisis for more than a year, it hasn’t released a major software update for many of its smartphones since quite some time. However, a senior member at XDA Forums was able to find an EMUI 6.0 Alpha ROM based on Android 7.0 Nougat for the LeEco Le Max 2.

The Le Max 2 smartphone was launched with Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS in May 2016. The EUI 6.0 Alpha ROM or the smartphone is now openly available on the forum site. The Alpha version ROM is an under-development product that contains a number of bugs. It is available for X820, X821, X822 and X829 models of the Le Max 2.

Flashing a ROM manually is not a very easy process and it avoid the warranty of the device. In order to flash the ROM, Le Max 2 users are required to root it by using Magisk. Some of the known bugs of the EUI 6.0 Alpha ROM are associated with fingerprint and biometric sensors. Some users who tried the ROM have claimed that they have encountered issues while installing APKs from USB sources.

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The official Nougat update for Le Max 2 was expected to arrive in summer of 2017 when a leaked image had revealed that the LeEco is testing EUI 6.0.28 flavored Android 7.1 Nougat for it as well as other smartphones. However, since then there is no trace of the official Android update for any of the LeEco phones. Hence, the only way to try the latest Android version on LeEco handsets is to make use of third-party ROMs.

The Le Max 2 features a 5.7-inch QHD display and is driven by Snapdragon 820 chipset. It comes in 4 GB and 6 GB RAM options and 32 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB storage models. It has a rear camera of 21-megapixel and a frontal shooter of 8-megapixel. It houses a 3,500mAh battery. The last phone released by LeEco is the Le Pro 2 AI Edition. It was released in April 2017.

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