Hello guys! I had a blue Mi A3 for 2.5 months and the inner screen broke , while the phone dropped on its back , wearing a case .....However , because warranty does not cover screens, i'll buy it again since i liked it . My questions are these :
1) Do you think that with android 10 , Xiaomi will include an ambient display , or the phone will never get this feauture? ( double tap also , but that is a little useless with the on screen fingerprint)
2) Recently , the Mi 9 Lite launched at my country with roughly the same price ( it's the CC9 for europe ) . Should i buy that or the Mi A3 again ? My main concern is MIUI vs Stock Android , beccause elsewere , the Mi 9 Lite would be the clear choice.
Thanks!!
1) ambient display is already present. If you mean Always On Display, this is present in the code, but not enabled by default. You need Magisk to enable it. I doubt that Xiaomi will add this feature as it needs a little refinement, but maybe they'll surprise us.
2) Mi 9 lite is also a tad bigger, for some it's important factor to consider. I guess that most people on XDA prefer clean Android over MIUI, so..get A3 again
I think you should go for mi a3 since my main reason was clean android
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Hi, Im using RN4 for a year now and I think its time to change it. My budget is limited to Mi A2 price range, maybe I could squeeze in for Mi 8 lite even. Ive considered Redmi Note 5, 6 but they dont seem that much of an upgrade. Ive read Mi A2 forum and users are complaining about Pie update, some clicking sounds coming from phone etc. While others are perfectly happy with it. I also like Android One. While Mi 8 Lite seems really high quality phone but it comes with Miui which im not fan of and hardly has any roms available. What do you think I should do? Btw I want good camera, never liked the front camera on RN4.
Title says it all pretty much. Is it worth it to switch? I just want to have full screen experience (teardrop notch is way better than this one ) . I was also thinking of Mi mix 3 because of true bezel-less display but Mi 9 has SD855 and great camera ,that's why I'm tilting towards it (We don't have Mi mix 3 5G here)
You should at least wait another generation that will be about 6 months. Totally not worth it yet. The Pocophone is quite powerful and there is absolutely no benefits for buying a mix 3 and Mi 9, more likely you will be annoyed of the less innovation later on.
Hello / As Salam o Alikum Guys
I was previously using Redmi Note 7 but now i want some change, i was thinking to buy Pocophone F1, but first i want to know your experience with this device.
My basic use multimedia and lite gaming (btw i never play Pubg
I have some questions in mind
1. Is it still worth buying in 2019?
2. Is the Camera, display and sound quality is good as compared with Redmi Note 7?
If you are kind enough, please share your valuable comments.
1. Yes it still is, the price for Poco has gone down significantly too 6GB+128GB is priced at ₹18,999 in India.
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1. Yes it still is, the price for Poco has gone down significantly too 6GB+128GB is priced at ₹18,999 in India.
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Thanks for your reply.
What about "2"
its worth buying in 2019 ONLY if you can guarantee your unit will not have a bad display and accordingly will not give you any hardware-related touch issues!
I advise you to read threads on poco f1 section on xda talking about touch issues to get an idea about how BAD it is then decide to buy or not!
Worth buying this phone, even if you can lose many hours tinkering around in order to achieve the best performance.
Poco f2 is almost on surface, i would suggest to get a new version rather buying almost 10 month old device it's a good phone.... Well you're the deciding party here.
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Hello / As Salam o Alikum Guys
I was previously using Redmi Note 7 but now i want some change, i was thinking to buy Pocophone F1, but first i want to know your experience with this device.
My basic use multimedia and lite gaming (btw i never play Pubg
I have some questions in mind
1. Is it still worth buying in 2019?
2. Is the Camera, display and sound quality is good as compared with Redmi Note 7?
If you are kind enough, please share your valuable comments.
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Since you are coming from RN7 and looking for change then here is my honest advice for you, unless pocof1 is on huge Discount price, DONOT buy & wait and seriously consider buying upcoming A3plus
why?
I am using this device for last few months and this is my review about it
1. I wish, I wish and I WISH xiaomi would have released this device on Android One. the developers on xda would have done so much with it!
2. since its on typical miui10 and may go on 11, you won't feel much of a difference coming from Rn7 to F1... Accept the
3. huge usles notch on top which eats 70% of status bar! , its really annoying and design fault!
4. after unlocking, i am using havoc since day1 , because i found f1 screen veiwing angels not convincing enough and needs certain fix in TINT, COLOR, BRIGHTNESS by Kcal so I had to Root and Use HAvoc. Yes I could flash any kernel even on MIUI but there is strange policy of Navigation Bar in over all MIUI that it stays WHITE most of the time and KEYBOARD switch key NEVER appears on NAVBAR, its in notification panel! so if i have switch to English (swiftkey) to Urdu Gboard I must scroll down the quicksettings panel and located "switch input method" in list of notifications to select different keyboard! .. this is a huge bummer for me and because of this factor I am going to buy devices not having miui or keyboards in notification panel!
5. also PocoF1 has MODIFIED VENDOR image from Xiaomi hence tweaks like VOLUME BOOSTER only works on kernel level which is still NOT GOOD enough in my dictionary. when i was on RedmiNote5pro, I had always alter Mixer Path file in system/vendor/etc to 120 from 84 ( RX mix digital line) which use to give BOOMING sound to all music tracks! but on F1, even I raise the volume to 20 from 0, i still miss the RN5pro tweak because PocoF1's vendor folder don't have Mixer Patch.XML file to play with!
6. since modified vendor+firmware policy. pocoF1 gives strange system UI crashes on usb tethering for 3g connections. (there is a fix but its annoying)
7. on hardware side, the device gets HOT easily! yes it doesnt hang but it gets hot! and scares you! (even on custom roms and doze enabled)
my mind is set on A3Plus because its going to be on AndroidOne out of the box, 6gb / SD710 (which predominantly has better temperature and battery control w.r.t to SD845) and A3pro had very small notch.
YasuHamed said:
Since you are coming from RN7 and looking for change then here is my honest advice for you, unless pocof1 is on huge Discount price, DONOT buy & wait and seriously consider buying upcoming A3plus
why?
I am using this device for last few months and this is my review about it
1. I wish, I wish and I WISH xiaomi would have released this device on Android One. the developers on xda would have done so much with it!
2. since its on typical miui10 and may go on 11, you won't feel much of a difference coming from Rn7 to F1... Accept the
3. huge usles notch on top which eats 70% of status bar! , its really annoying and design fault!
4. after unlocking, i am using havoc since day1 , because i found f1 screen veiwing angels not convincing enough and needs certain fix in TINT, COLOR, BRIGHTNESS by Kcal so I had to Root and Use HAvoc. Yes I could flash any kernel even on MIUI but there is strange policy of Navigation Bar in over all MIUI that it stays WHITE most of the time and KEYBOARD switch key NEVER appears on NAVBAR, its in notification panel! so if i have switch to English (swiftkey) to Urdu Gboard I must scroll down the quicksettings panel and located "switch input method" in list of notifications to select different keyboard! .. this is a huge bummer for me and because of this factor I am going to buy devices not having miui or keyboards in notification panel!
5. also PocoF1 has MODIFIED VENDOR image from Xiaomi hence tweaks like VOLUME BOOSTER only works on kernel level which is still NOT GOOD enough in my dictionary. when i was on RedmiNote5pro, I had always alter Mixer Path file in system/vendor/etc to 120 from 84 ( RX mix digital line) which use to give BOOMING sound to all music tracks! but on F1, even I raise the volume to 20 from 0, i still miss the RN5pro tweak because PocoF1's vendor folder don't have Mixer Patch.XML file to play with!
6. since modified vendor+firmware policy. pocoF1 gives strange system UI crashes on usb tethering for 3g connections. (there is a fix but its annoying)
7. on hardware side, the device gets HOT easily! yes it doesnt hang but it gets hot! and scares you! (even on custom roms and doze enabled)
my mind is set on A3Plus because its going to be on AndroidOne out of the box, 6gb / SD710 (which predominantly has better temperature and battery control w.r.t to SD845) and A3pro had very small notch.
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I'm disagreement with point 7. This device heats up only when you play heavy games. And not too much... MIUI have some special thermal profiles that keeps temperature low.
About point 3, the notch is big, yes, but it gives IR camera which allows you to unlock you phone with the face on completely dark rooms.
YasuHamed said:
Since you are coming from RN7 and looking for change then here is my honest advice for you, unless pocof1 is on huge Discount price, DONOT buy & wait and seriously consider buying upcoming A3plus
why?
I am using this device for last few months and this is my review about it
1. I wish, I wish and I WISH xiaomi would have released this device on Android One. the developers on xda would have done so much with it!
2. since its on typical miui10 and may go on 11, you won't feel much of a difference coming from Rn7 to F1... Accept the
3. huge usles notch on top which eats 70% of status bar! , its really annoying and design fault!
4. after unlocking, i am using havoc since day1 , because i found f1 screen veiwing angels not convincing enough and needs certain fix in TINT, COLOR, BRIGHTNESS by Kcal so I had to Root and Use HAvoc. Yes I could flash any kernel even on MIUI but there is strange policy of Navigation Bar in over all MIUI that it stays WHITE most of the time and KEYBOARD switch key NEVER appears on NAVBAR, its in notification panel! so if i have switch to English (swiftkey) to Urdu Gboard I must scroll down the quicksettings panel and located "switch input method" in list of notifications to select different keyboard! .. this is a huge bummer for me and because of this factor I am going to buy devices not having miui or keyboards in notification panel!
5. also PocoF1 has MODIFIED VENDOR image from Xiaomi hence tweaks like VOLUME BOOSTER only works on kernel level which is still NOT GOOD enough in my dictionary. when i was on RedmiNote5pro, I had always alter Mixer Path file in system/vendor/etc to 120 from 84 ( RX mix digital line) which use to give BOOMING sound to all music tracks! but on F1, even I raise the volume to 20 from 0, i still miss the RN5pro tweak because PocoF1's vendor folder don't have Mixer Patch.XML file to play with!
6. since modified vendor+firmware policy. pocoF1 gives strange system UI crashes on usb tethering for 3g connections. (there is a fix but its annoying)
7. on hardware side, the device gets HOT easily! yes it doesnt hang but it gets hot! and scares you! (even on custom roms and doze enabled)
my mind is set on A3Plus because its going to be on AndroidOne out of the box, 6gb / SD710 (which predominantly has better temperature and battery control w.r.t to SD845) and A3pro had very small notch.
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Yes, that's what i was looking for.
RN5 Pro was my first Xiaomi phone and yes that was one of the best i've ever used.
What do you think about MI 8SE, it have Amoled display and SD 710
ammaralidj said:
Yes, that's what i was looking for.
RN5 Pro was my first Xiaomi phone and yes that was one of the best i've ever used.
What do you think about MI 8SE, it have Amoled display and SD 710
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I have RN5p to my younger sibling so its atleast in the house /family
I have heard all goody goody stuff about MI 8se but
1. a device having similar notch to poco
2. smaller battery to poco f1
3. no SD Card support
4. and having NO 3.5mm jack...
are you serious ???
how about if i say to you this...
wait longer! and buy device with qualcom new modem embeded to recieve 5g... ?
yes 5g is not released in your country (yet) but as Huwaie pushing 5g in 2019 and apple 12 pushing 5g in late 2020 , soon in 18months many countries will have 5g
so far Mi Mix 3 has 5g but like mi8 se it also don't have card slot nor 3.5mm jack so its a no go for me ~!
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I have RN5p to my younger sibling so its atleast in the house /family
I have heard all goody goody stuff about MI 8se but
1. a device having similar notch to poco
2. smaller battery to poco f1
3. no SD Card support
4. and having NO 3.5mm jack...
are you serious ???
how about if i say to you this...
wait longer! and buy device with qualcom new modem embeded to recieve 5g... ?
yes 5g is not released in your country (yet) but as Huwaie pushing 5g in 2019 and apple 12 pushing 5g in late 2020 , soon in 18months many countries will have 5g
so far Mi Mix 3 has 5g but like mi8 se it also don't have card slot nor 3.5mm jack so its a no go for me ~!
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Yes you have points Yes 5G is in test phase currently in Pakistan, So i guess i should buy a RN5P for the time being and wait for a better option. Thank you so much for your advises
I'll be really honest and simple:
You will miss some "fancyness" from a flagship, specially in design or bezels, but since i got mine I don't remember what the word "lag" or "slow" means.
So, in fact is a practical phone. Get it
Check Note 9's pricing now, it should have gone down with the release of Note 10.
Howdy! I'm torn between buying a Poco F1, Mi 9 Lite or Mi 8 Pro, and was checking here to see which of the phones has more support from the community. It seems like the Poco F1 is the winner, BUT... I'm worried in that in two or three ROM threads I checked, it's suggested "you flash the nano Google Apps". Why is that? I mean, in past phones of mine, like the HTC Desire or the OnePlus One, and if I remember correctly, you could repartition your storage to get more space for the system partition. This way you could flash normal-sized Google Apps. Is the Poco F1 - and other phones by Xiaomi - stuck at a specific size, with only the nano version flashable?
And if yes, doesn't that mean that in, say, six months or one year, when those apps will have grown even larger, not even the nano version will fit and you'll have to go even smaller?
I don't want to buy a phone for which new ROMs will feel too restricted, or you'll have to jump through major hoops to flash, one year down the road.
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Howdy! I'm torn between buying a Poco F1, Mi 9 Lite or Mi 8 Pro, and was checking here to see which of the phones has more support from the community. It seems like the Poco F1 is the winner, BUT... I'm worried in that in two or three ROM threads I checked, it's suggested "you flash the nano Google Apps". Why is that? I mean, in past phones of mine, like the HTC Desire or the OnePlus One, and if I remember correctly, you could repartition your storage to get more space for the system partition. This way you could flash normal-sized Google Apps. Is the Poco F1 - and other phones by Xiaomi - stuck at a specific size, with only the nano version flashable?
And if yes, doesn't that mean that in, say, six months or one year, when those apps will have grown even larger, not even the nano version will fit and you'll have to go even smaller?
I don't want to buy a phone for which new ROMs will feel too restricted, or you'll have to jump through major hoops to flash, one year down the road.
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There's no system space restriction whatsoever, neither do you need to repartition the storage.
Nano gapps are suggested mostly because there are some ROMs that encounter bugs with richer gapps
and because opengapps support only up to nano-gapps for Android 10 for now
Ah,I see! Thanks for the clarification! If it's not too much, or against the rules, which one of those phones would you believe would be better in the long run? I've already bought a Mi 9 Lite for my wife, and I love its display, but the Poco (and, up to a point, the Mi 8 Pro) have better CPU/GPU and support here. For some reason, I don't see the Mi 9 Lite "catching up over here" - its forums seem baren compared to the other ones. But, damn, that screen...
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Ah,I see! Thanks for the clarification! If it's not too much, or against the rules, which one of those phones would you believe would be better in the long run? I've already bought a Mi 9 Lite for my wife, and I love its display, but the Poco (and, up to a point, the Mi 8 Pro) have better CPU/GPU and support here. For some reason, I don't see the Mi 9 Lite "catching up over here" - its forums seem baren compared to the other ones. But, damn, that screen...
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I own the poco for about a year and i have bought mi 9T for my wife (same as the lite, but with submersible camera).
Screen difference is great.
The notch is a large disadvantage for the poco and many good ROMs break the deal for me, with how they use the space it leaves.
Sound is a bit better on mi9t
I don't think photos (with gcam) have much difference between the two, except telephoto.
I am very satisfied with the poco but i have to let you know that:
1. If you're not gaming i'd suggest mi9 lite/t
2. I get 7-8 hours SOT without performance restrictions, so if you choose the mi8, i guess that you'll get ~5-6h SOT with the smaller battery and the led (if that helps)
Thanks for the quick and extensive reply!
Although I fancy myself a gamer, I find that, at over 40, I end up mostly using my phone in other ways - notes, calendar, task management, GPS...
I really-really like my emulators, that's why the Poco F1 and Mi 8 Pro look better, on paper, compared to the Mi 9 Lite. But if I'm to be a realist, the Mi 9 Lite's screen will end up being better in the long run for ogling text, that will end up being 90% of what I use the phone for. And I'll be damned if its lower specs aren't enough to run some SNES or Genesis - era games
I only hope there's a hack or something for doubling the size of displayed text. My eyesight's started failing, and the text on its ultra-HD screen, on my wife's phone, is also ultra-small for me. I've read that you can't overdo the DPI settings in the dev options 'cause the whole UI might break.
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I only hope there's a hack or something for doubling the size of displayed text. My eyesight's started failing, and the text on its ultra-HD screen, on my wife's phone, is also ultra-small for me. I've read that you can't overdo the DPI settings in the dev options 'cause the whole UI might break.
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Android 10 has text size reduce/enlarge inbuilt.
Idk if it's there in miui though.
My wife's Mi 9 Lite has an option in MIUI, but I found all the three settings it offered small. That's why I enabled the dev options and directly changed the DPI value. But, AFAIK, I can't overdo that - and don't know what the limits are.
By the way, Mi 9 Lite incoming. Thanks for helping me choose.
Hello
I bought redmi note 9s few days back and i think its a very good phone for the price tag !
Mi a2 Lite has a smaller screen , but this one is huge , i loved sth abt mi a2 lite , the device had a rear finger sensor which allowed u to use a gesture on in which when you rolled your finger from the top to the bottom of the sensor it would easily drag down your notification panel , idk if its about android one rom which had that ability but redmi note 9s really needs this ability it would be super usefull , not sure if its possible but if any admin reads this please if you find this ability usefull reach out to them if its possible to add it with a software update.
Thank you for reading