CECT updates its P168 iPhone clone and launches the P168C, which adds support for GSM 850,1800,1900MHz network frequency. Like the CECT P168, the new P168C has a 3-inch LCD touchscreen, a 2 Megapixel camera, integrated media player that supports MP3 and MPEG4 playback, a microSD card slot and Bluetooth.
The CECT P168C has dual SIM card slot.
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hey… can anyone tell me why my p168c battery keeps swelly after a period of time.
hi i just got one of these phones and it works great all i had to do is set it up in the internet settings to att and the mms setting to att and it works great so if you have att this is a good phone.
where can i get a charger to my p168c
I was about to purchase a CECT P168C….many thanks to all who loaded posts, sounds like I should steer well clear of this product…lol..
Hi guys, i am woundering from where i can buy battery for my P168.i am from the east.can anyone help me?
I was (till last Friday) a Systems Engineer for T-Mobile – here is my thoughts on the “fake fakes”
I ordered my SciPhone i68++ on Ebay “buy it now” last week. I got the phone a few days later. I have the Maui build with the Gold batteries.
Version MAUI.07B.W08.16.MP.V4.F1
Branch 07B
L01_GEMINI_07B
Build: Build_No
Serial No: 0513********** (as if my privacy matters)
Build time 2009/05/19 18:28
When I 1st got my phone I had Emergency calls only error. Then when I turned my SIM upside down (reading the directions that came with the phone and not following the image on the SIM Slot. My Sim works. As a Matter of fact both SIMs work great. I looked up on T-Mobile.com http://tmobileuspublic.wdsglobal.com/ and followed the directions – Manufacture CECT P168P – I did this 2x once for MMS and 2nd for WAP. T-Mobile sent me a SMS with an install link for both. I installed WAP and MMS. Both work great.
Ok, so all the “Phone” functions work. After reading on forums I realized my phone was not a javquisoft OS. Although disappointed I did not have the OS I wanted I found out that there are actually 4 companies in China that make “SciPhone’s. This is a “real” SciPhone i68+ Phone with 2GB miniSD upgradeable to 8GB. I did write the seller on Ebay and told him that I had a “Fake – Fake” and he did not provide the miniSD in the box (it was missing from my box) and to get the “real” i68+ I would need to upgrade the firmware for $15. He returned $25 dollars to me. I was satisfied with this as I only paid $65 for this ok fake iPhone.
Where does that put me? Well I would really like to flash this “CAT” OS and get javquisoft or some other really good i68+ firmware for this phone. OR I would like to figure out how to configure the icons on this build so I can remove Chines Icons and reconfigure my VoiceMail Icon to my voicemail number.
Anybody know anything about this “CAT” Firmware? Is there any way to configure it from a PC? Can I buy a better firmware for this phone? If so can I use the USB – cord that came with the phone or do I need to buy something else?
Anyone else have info please post. My preference is to keep this phone and configure it correctly and possibly buy another one as soon as I know this one will work eventually. (Also if some of you can not get your money back I may consider buying it from you if I can get mine to work well).
Thanks,
You can go to mysciphone.com and order the usb flash cable for 18.50. This allows you to flash the firmware as this phone is technically an I68 not an I68+. For $34.00 more bucks you can upgrade to the javquisoft firmware if the build date is available. Unfortunately the build is not available yet. I am in the same boat, hopefully this will get you up to where I am..at least-
i cant get my phone to recognise my memory card ca someone help me. also im confused about the the Java settings
if you get itunes and make your music itunes mp3. you go my computer, removabal disc, my music and paste the mp3 there
Does anyone know why we received ear buds with this POS?
this giant teard of a phone was not meant for the U.S if you live in america or anywhere else but china dont buy the phone……. pls.. im telling you there will be alot of problems not worth it
I have P168C and everytime i get a mms i cant download it says file to big even when its like a 8k file any ideas???
Same here. What a POS!
These phones won’t except large MMS. To get these phones fully functional, you will need to spend a lot of money. Go to mysciphoneshop.com and order a javquisoft firmware phone from them. It works 100 times better and they are in english lol
I just received the P168C, i like the Free EMS Shipping way, this is like for the proudct i have bought: http://www.yopool.com/cect-p16.....-3845.html
I just received the P168C, i link the Free EMS Shipping way, this is like for the proudct i have bought: http://www.yopool.com/cect-p16.....-3845.html
hi,
can any one help me set up the internet on my p168c i have tmobile network
nisha-44
There should have been instructions with your package on how to connect to the Internet with your phone. Even with the instructions programing the P168c to access the Internet is a nightmare.
Once I programed WAP, GPRS, MMS, this phone functioned terribly.
Once I did get it to connect to the net, after about 30 seconds,
I couldn’t connect to any article I wanted to read. No sports scores, politics, nothing.
Finaley after many phone calls and e-mails with the seller, I returned my P168c to him so he could program it. I just sent it back to a seller in California, It’s only been 3 days. I will let you know.
I have a link with full instructions if I could get it to you I would send it.
I tried many times to program this phone. Perhaps I missed a step or something.
Good luck!
I also bought the CECT P168C . I can not access the internet or even get mms. I have ATT or Cingular. How or what do I have to do to get the ineternet , Keeps saying GPS not subscribed. Or something like that…..
Caryn,
Just today did I get MMS to work on my p168c. This, after over a month and a half of communicating with the seller trying to set up WAP. and MMS
I talked with ATT several times getting different stories. Finally I talked with someone at ATT who knew what they were talking about, and I mean FINALLY!
After you go through all 20 or so steps to program the phone to setup up WAP, you’ve got to be sure that you have contacted ATT and ask for your account to be able to access the Internet. Don’t go with pay as you use data. Definitely go with the unlimited data package. It should be $19.95.
If you are experiencing difficulty programing your P168c post here.
Hey there how did you get the mms to work?
thanks
Its not the phone .. you need a data plan. Just like with the iPhone .. You need a data plan.
Go to t-mobiles website and enter in your phone. T-mobile will send you the settings via text and they will automatically install.
I bought it from here, $79, 1GB TF card included, it’s a bargain for the price.
http://www.milkhoneyland.com/q.....-1816.html
salut a tous j 1 iphone blootooth et j 1 problem d’allumage qu’est ce qu’il faut pour l’allumé
I got this phone… pretty cool.
About the Music problems… just copy them to the My Music folder… I know the file tree is fucked… you gotta make sure they are not in subfolders either
2.0 MP camera is really a VGA camera
how can i download apps onto my phone like apple?
great phone but just having a little trouble trying to get some apps and games. Does anyone know what format the games for the phone are and how do I add games or apps onto the phone?
christi,
I’m in the same situation as you are in.
I hope you have found the answers to your problem.
Would you please share this information with me.
Thank you,
John
anyone who isnt an idiot know if this phone is any good yet? hows the responsivness, sound quality, battery life and build quality etc… anyone know?
This phone is an excellent clone to the iPhone. It is equipped with every thing you would expect from a GSM phone and network. I have had my phone for over a month and I use two different U.S. cell phone carriers at the same time. It is like having two phones in one it is fantastic. The volume quality on it is wonderful. You can choose on whether you want it to be high or low. The speakers on the phone have good sound quality, so does the earpiece or bluetooth. The camera, webcam and mp4/mp3 player are all great, I have no problem with any. Downloading music, movies, videos and games is a breeze. Excellent phone, I would recommend this phone to anyone who can’t afford the high price iPhone version. This phone price ranges from $60 to $100 dollars, depending on where you buy it. Wonderful to have.
Aviance may I ask where do you download games for the phone and what folder do you put it in?
Thanks
Aviance. Your joking right?
This is a piece of shit phone. Even in light of being cheaper than the iphone, the differences in this phone compared to the real thing are astronomical. I wish I would have paid the extra money for the real thing.
I bought this piece mainly because I thought ATT was faster in surfing the web. After 10 days or so(the cash return policy was 7 days, with and exchange for 30 days) and numerous e-mails between the company I purchased this crap from, we screwed around trying the Nokia web site to activate the Internet . After about 2 minutes connecting to the Internet I finally got the headlines. Problem is, that when I tried to read a headlines however I could not connect to the article to read it. Now, the Nokia web site no longer supports the p168c. I would suggest to any one not to purchase this phone until they are guaranteed it will connect to web browsing.
It’s now been 30 days so I can’t even exchange this crap.
What phone carrier do you have. And we did you go to download all the software you needed. I can not get internet or MMS. HELP….
Caryn
I know this sounds silly, anyway, did you alert your carrier that you wanted to be able to get the Internet added to your account? I played around with my clone phone for days only to find I didn’t have this option.
The p168c is not a 3G phone. It will never surf as a better quality one.
I bought a Motorola Qh and am extremely happy with it in all phases.
I have ATT.
Go to you tube. Type ATT internet setup CECT P168. This should do it for you.
LOl you are full of BS Avi, you are probably one of the power sellers on e-bay that sell these crap phones. Here is the real lowdown on these phones.
Once you waste endless hours online figuring out what you actually bought, the phone is 5.5 out of 10. The SMS text qwerty keyboard is about an inch and half wide so if your vision is crap don’t bother texting. You have to use a stylus as long as a tweezer to poke your message one letter at a time making texting a nightmare. Just sending a stupid text requires 3 steps. 1 type your message 2 if need to use numbers you have to write them on the screen with the stylus and they show up one at a time. The Chinese have no use for English numerals lol. 3 hit send….no wait there is no send button, wtf you say? just hit “Sim Done” and viola! you sent a text. Now receiving a text, that’s even easier. Since the p.o.s firmware doesn’t truly translate all of your contacts over to your poor mans iphone it will say “received SMS from 12563256″. So you hit the sms icon…nothing, you touch the screen… nothing. You have cancel the message, glide to unlock, select sms, select sim 1 or 2, select inbox and viola! you can read your text!! All my friends think I hate them because I don’t respond instantly.
Well…there is nothing instant about this phone unless you have the special Chinese SIM card that activates 75% of the non working apps. The apps that do work: The calculator,the world clock, settings, 3 of the 10 games and media player which by the way lags the sound and video lags so bad it’s like watching a kung fu movie. Oh did I forget to mention the 6 inch awesome top hat guy that dances on your screen the whole time your listening to an MP3. Again, save your money and buy a regular phone or go to http://www.mysciphoneshop and buy a Javquisoft firmware I68 the rest are just fake fakes like a transvestite with breast implants
Hi,
I just want to say I also have the iphone clone, while I agree typing messages one by one is extremly slow and annoying your worng about the numerals. you can put the numerals in with out wrinting them on the screen. you can bring a number pad up just like the abc pad
HI
Aviance, you seem to know what your doing. Im about to buy a clone. Can you stay in touch, so i have someone to bounce ideas off with? Hey Can you access the internet if so, does it have to be a unlimted data plan?
Peace
Hi
i have i9 3G+ dual sim phone.
Where can i find/ download games for the very phone.?????? Tensed surfing sites on google but can’t find…………
ALso how to find build date and model no etc?? any keys………..??????
I have just recieved my CECT p168C phone and i am on the Australian Optus connection and cannot seem to get my GPRS working and cannot connect to the internet. Can anyone help me
Unfortunately you have to have the data package added to your SIM care in order for the internet portion to work. I have T-Mobile in the US and that is what I had to do. Hope this helps you.
HOW do you get the internet to work on the tmobile network? i have a data plan and my sim is already in the phone. i DID the internet instructions already, but when i try to go online, it says “requested timeout” HELP PLEASE! queenkhamille@yahoo.com
I had the same problem with the flash card. it first i couldnt fugure out how to put the data onto it, and the manual is a waste of time. i dont have a usb data cable supplied with my phone but do have a usb flash card reader. i put this staight into my pc and just kept dragging and droppin in music and video files etc then putting the flash card back into my phone. then when into my file manager option on the phone and it kept tellin me the files were empty. eventually i put the flash card back into my pc again accessed it through my computer and selected the removable disk option as b4 and just sat there looking at it wondering what i needed to do after a minute or so all the sub folders appeard and it all became clear. u jsut drag and drop the music, vid files etc into the corrasponding folders on the flash card.
turn off ur phone while tranfering files
CECT is a Chinese brand cell phone,learn more the CECT Cell Phones from http://www.dashshopping.com/brands/CECT.html
Hi, can anyone help, my brother bought this phone in america, i live in ireland and my vodafone sim card doesnt fit into the phone, does anyone know if the irish vodafone network is compatible with this phone.
I live in Laois, on Vodaphone IRL and the phone works great, no problem at all. Working fine, great phone
Hi,
You probably already got an answer for that, but I was looking through and I saw your question.
I live in Ireland also, and I have this phone as well. I have 2 sims on it: meteor and O2, and both works great. Is it an old sim you have?
Also are you sure your phone is genuine? there is lots of fakes around.
let me know if you have any queestions and good luck
hello is this phone a triband or quadband because im looking at buying either the CECT p168c or the SCIPHONE i68 i wnana know which you recommend more, im not one of those crazy internet thugs, but i text a lot and would be using it for calling music and such…
reply asap wanna purchase tonight
Tim I’m curious. Exactly what is an Internet thug?
You are not posting from the US are you?
Thanks,
John
i live in central arkansas and i just bought a P168c off ebay and i want to know if it will work on the cingular pay as you go service if you know or have the pay as you go service with this phone please email me at mudhopper_08@yahoo.com thank you
Yes.
i still has this problem, can anybody help me please????? i have a problem with my i phone 168, the screen have many strips and i cannot perform any orders easily throught it by touch and this happen only after 6h from using it.please help me in this problem, i do not know if it is a techniqal problem or softwar one.i need help as soon as possible because i can not use the phone
CECT P168C 3.5 inch Touch Screen Quad band Cell Phone With Dual Card 2GB
does the p168s have the same capabilities of the g1 and can it use the same programs
because i have t-mobile
No it doesn’t compare to the g1. It doesn’t compare to the iPhone either. But for $70 its a great touch phone. It works great on T-MObile and if you read this tread I posted the link to TMobile’s website that supports WAP and MMS.
Its not a great phone compared to 400 dollar phones. But compared to 70 dollar phones its great. Keep it in perspective. Your not locked into a contract.