In the past I did the mistake of buying a Chinese phone with MediaTek - it was a bad combination - GPS was not working, useless.
And all the crappy fixes you see online obviously don't work because MediaTek did not seem to care about this issue (I still don't understand how this issue is not widespread when so many MediaTek devices are sold)
I was thinking about buying the Nord 2 and was so disappointed to see it has the MediaTek chipset
But maybe it was fixed already?
Can someone provide a feedback on GPS? No review online addresses this part which makes it more suspicious, because these youtubers get the phones for free so they are biased
Chinese tiny brands (Haipai, Zopo, Elephone...) used to have problem with GPS.
Sometime it was linked to antennas inside the phones...
On older Android versions it can be linked to bad software (EPO settings...easy to correct with root access)
Well known companies like Garmin used Mediatek's in past years.
Serious brand hasn't problem with GPS on Mediatek's.
For exemple :
2m accuracy on Oppo A3
1m accuracy on Redmi Note 8 Pro
About Nord 2, I just installed GPSTest.
Weather : very cloudy
Inside my flat :
First fix tooks about 2 secondes.
64 satellites in view
48 in use
1m accuracy
Average SNR around 22/23db
Outside :
62 in view
48 in use
1m accuracy
Average SNR over 28db
This review tested the GPS : https://www.notebookcheck.net/OnePl...munication-and-gnss-wi-fi-6-in-the-nord-phone
Same here, fix speed and accuracy is very normal compared to other smartphones. No issues so far.
My Nord2 fix very quickly the signal outside and accuracy varies between 1m and 5m in the middle of the city.
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Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Xiaomi Mi A1's display outdoors. In case you've been playing Minecraft for 18 months straight, you might not known how to get outside anymore. Well, find the door and walk through it. A higher rating indicates that it has very high maximum brightness and thus fantastic outdoor visibility in direct sunlight.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Bad visibility. Tho not the end of the world, as long as you don't live in the desert.
Screen Retention is a major issue.
I recently had downgraded to Stock Oreo and in Stock Oreo the Screen Brightness on max is very good i can see clearly in the sunlight but in Stock Pie Rom Brightness is little bit low i don't know why there is brightness difference between Oreo and Pie
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I recently had downgraded to Stock Oreo and in Stock Oreo the Screen Brightness on max is very good i can see clearly in the sunlight but in Stock Pie Rom Brightness is little bit low i don't know why there is brightness difference between Oreo and Pie
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They call it "battery optimizations"
LoL.....................
Under the sun, need to crank up to max to barely see content on screen.
Can't see anything at 70% brightness which is my default settings.
XDA_RealLifeReview said:
Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Xiaomi Mi A1's display outdoors. In case you've been playing Minecraft for 18 months straight, you might not known how to get outside anymore. Well, find the door and walk through it. A higher rating indicates that it has very high maximum brightness and thus fantastic outdoor visibility in direct sunlight.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
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My MiA1 is since Sep 2017 and I stopped at Android 8.1.0. Screen brightness is nearly same as new in bright Sun.
I can read the screen quite well (if not better)
No problem for me. I would give MiA1 4/5 stars.
manabsac said:
My MiA1 is since Sep 2017 and I stopped at Android 8.1.0. Screen brightness is nearly same as new in bright Sun.
I can read the screen quite well (if not better)
No problem for me. I would give MiA1 4/5 stars.
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well then you must have another panel/screen because on my mi a1 outside is terrible to see anything on it, is the only major issue i have with my phone.
My MiA1 has GPS problems
I received my MiA1 on September 14, 2017 (in India), one of the first 100 released by Xiaomi (with "Made in India" embossed).
I think it's part of a batch which was made, possibly, with care and high quality components.
Don't laugh, but I KNOW THIS for CERTAIN that Quality Control is SO VARIED from batch to batch in this Current time (past year 2000), that You've to be LUCKY to have a good device.
This is the "Chinese Syndrome" for QC, HAS INFECTED the World. Xiaomi is part of this.
My MiA1 GPS receiver HAS Degraded, the signals received are WEAKER, and often lose the GPS location, particularly inside a car, train (worse), aircraft (worst). You've got to be near the window, glass cover (below car's windshield).
My MiA1 Display is still the Original and Good. I think it's a matter of luck for me. All H/W are performing well ( ex GPS).
My MiA1 has GPS problems
I received my MiA1 on September 14, 2017 (in India), one of the first 100 released by Xiaomi (with "Made in India" embossed).
I think it's part of a batch which was made, possibly, with care and high quality components.
Don't laugh, but I KNOW THIS for CERTAIN that Quality Control is SO VARIED from batch to batch in this Current time (past year 2000), that You've to be LUCKY to have a good device.
This is the "Chinese Syndrome" for QC, HAS INFECTED the World. Xiaomi is part of this.
My MiA1 GPS receiver HAS Degraded, the signals received are WEAKER, and often lose the GPS location, particularly inside a car, train (worse), aircraft (worst). You've got to be near the window, glass cover (below car's windshield).
My MiA1 Display is still the Original and Good. I think it's a matter of luck for me. All H/W are performing well ( ex GPS).
well, my display aint degraded, since the very first day the glass is very very reflective and outdoor, during day time, is hell to read it.
the panel itself is nice, good color, no flickering or issues, no changes during time.
gps for me work fine, but, work better on custom rom compared to stock.
Not working gaps
I do not change phones very often. I have a redmi note 3 for about 3 years now, and I was looking for Mi 8 to launch in India for a possible upgrade. That's not likely to happen, and Redmi Note 7 is not likely to get launched in India for another month (at least). However, my phone has recently developed some issue which makes the display blank out randomly. Once blanked, it doesn't return for a few seconds (and sometimes for a few mins). Further, there is a constant earphone icon (without any earphones connected) which forces me to take all the calls on loudspeaker mode. This could be due to the recent fall (my phone has several scratches dents due to various falls from different heights), and that makes build quality an important consideration. Thus, I need to buy a new phone at the earliest.
A sale is going to start in a couple of days, which is offering Poco F1 (6/64) @ 19K and Redmi Note 6 Pro (4/64) @ 13K. I'm not much of a gamer. My primary phone usage include: browsing quora, and wi-fi hotspot from my 4G network. What I'm additionally looking for is good build quality, good battery life, and decent rear camera.
Based on the above requirement, and your experience, could you please recommend between Poco F1 and Redmi Note 6 Pro?
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I do not change phones very often. I have a redmi note 3 for about 3 years now, and I was looking for Mi 8 to launch in India for a possible upgrade. That's not likely to happen, and Redmi Note 7 is not likely to get launched in India for another month (at least). However, my phone has recently developed some issue which makes the display blank out randomly. Once blanked, it doesn't return for a few seconds (and sometimes for a few mins). Further, there is a constant earphone icon (without any earphones connected) which forces me to take all the calls on loudspeaker mode. This could be due to the recent fall (my phone has several scratches dents due to various falls from different heights), and that makes build quality an important consideration. Thus, I need to buy a new phone at the earliest.
A sale is going to start in a couple of days, which is offering Poco F1 (6/64) @ 19K and Redmi Note 6 Pro (4/64) @ 13K. I'm not much of a gamer. My primary phone usage include: browsing quora, and wi-fi hotspot from my 4G network. What I'm additionally looking for is good build quality, good battery life, and decent rear camera.
Based on the above requirement, and your experience, could you please recommend between Poco F1 and Redmi Note 6 Pro?
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I would say the build quality is going to be about the same on both phones. The battery life should be a little better on the redmi as it has a lesser chipset, but same size 4000mah battery capacity. As for the camera, id say try and find some comparison shots from both cameras. According to gsm arena, they sound like they have the same cameras, apart from the redmi has a depth sensor lens on the selfie camera. They may use different sensors though?
if you can afford poco f1, then it's a no brainer really.
I guess there is no clear winner here.
Having liked the BIP so much it was soon joined by a Stratos and, most recently, by a 47mm Amazfit GTR. Reading the forum, of which I am a very new member, I saw that the GTR has been criticised for the performance of its GPS, something which is important to me.
The first thing I did was to check the 'static' accuracy of the GTR against a known standard. The readout from the GTR is only available to the nearest second of arc and when compared with a device with a known accuracy of 1/10th second of arc, it was accurate to the nearest second of arc. Here in the tropics a second of arc is pretty close to 30m in any direction. In short, the GPS is certainly accurate to that extent, but whether it has greater accuracy is a question I cannot answer.
Stationary, with my arm held out in front of me, time to fix is between 12 and 17 seconds in a less than perfect location. Time to fix with my arm held out in front of me while walking is longer. Time to fix with my arm swinging (ex-military) is a good deal longer. I use the walking exercise exclusively (at my age that's about the limit) so, having got a gps fix, my arm is swinging all the time and the resulting track is rather like that of a drunken man. As an experiment, while walking along the edge of a straight main highway, I held my arm out in front of me for a period of time and when later I looked at the track it was very accurate indeed, showing me exactly on the edge of the highway. An excellent result. This was repeated later during the walk, in a location that was less than ideal, with similar results.
As someone who has been involved in the reception of weak radio signals for almost 60 years, I am well aware of the extraordinary demands made on a tiny device but other, rather more expensive, watches seem to do better by all accounts. The inference that I draw from all of this is that the device has adequate accuracy but needs some tweaking to handle irregular motion of the watch on the wrist.... if that is possible.
In respect of the HR monitor, I see a considerable improvement over the Stratos and, over the normal range for resting heart rates 60-100 bpm, I have found it to be very accurate. This all assumes that it is worn correctly. To check its accuracy I simply performed simultaneous ECGs.
Sai Lang Kham
sailangkham said:
Having liked the BIP so much it was soon joined by a Stratos and, most recently, by a 47mm Amazfit GTR. Reading the forum, of which I am a very new member, I saw that the GTR has been criticised for the performance of its GPS, something which is important to me.
The first thing I did was to check the 'static' accuracy of the GTR against a known standard. The readout from the GTR is only available to the nearest second of arc and when compared with a device with a known accuracy of 1/10th second of arc, it was accurate to the nearest second of arc. Here in the tropics a second of arc is pretty close to 30m in any direction. In short, the GPS is certainly accurate to that extent, but whether it has greater accuracy is a question I cannot answer.
Stationary, with my arm held out in front of me, time to fix is between 12 and 17 seconds in a less than perfect location. Time to fix with my arm held out in front of me while walking is longer. Time to fix with my arm swinging (ex-military) is a good deal longer. I use the walking exercise exclusively (at my age that's about the limit) so, having got a gps fix, my arm is swinging all the time and the resulting track is rather like that of a drunken man. As an experiment, while walking along the edge of a straight main highway, I held my arm out in front of me for a period of time and when later I looked at the track it was very accurate indeed, showing me exactly on the edge of the highway. An excellent result. This was repeated later during the walk, in a location that was less than ideal, with similar results.
As someone who has been involved in the reception of weak radio signals for almost 60 years, I am well aware of the extraordinary demands made on a tiny device but other, rather more expensive, watches seem to do better by all accounts. The inference that I draw from all of this is that the device has adequate accuracy but needs some tweaking to handle irregular motion of the watch on the wrist.... if that is possible.
In respect of the HR monitor, I see a considerable improvement over the Stratos and, over the normal range for resting heart rates 60-100 bpm, I have found it to be very accurate. This all assumes that it is worn correctly. To check its accuracy I simply performed simultaneous ECGs.
Sai Lang Kham
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Got me thinking. If there was a way to disable the motion step monitor, would it stop interfiering?
Just saw the site was updated to the poco f2 what are peoples thoughts?
https://www.poco.net/global/
nah. Wondering when to update and to which phone..
Underwhelming, overpriced phone.
This unnecessary push to 5G (Which is about two years away from being properly available) is causing the prices of phones to skyrocket.
And speaking of performance, Smartphone gaming hasn't dramatically changed over the past two years. There are basically two games the world is playing and they both work just fine on the 845 or the newer 768G.
This makes the 865 in the Poco F2 a completely pointless upgrade and a really expensive component that marks up the price to insanity. Poco took away the Memory Card slot and opted to stay with a 60hz display which is just plain stupid. And I'm speaking of the screen Hz not in the aspects of gaming but in the aspects of basic UI where MOST PEOPLE use their phone. Scrolling and watching videos.
Where they could have truly excelled was in the department of cameras. I'm not talking unnecessarily large figures like 108 or 64 or 48MP. Megapixel numbers on such a tiny sensor are merely a marketing gimmick. Rebranding the K30 Pro and making it even worse by removing the IPXX rating (at least official certification) just shows that Poco has completely forgotten what they represent.
They could have spent a lot in R&D and thrown in a lower Megapixel sensor but with significantly better processing. The aging iPhone 11 still defeats all these new cameras with their ridiculous Megapixel claims.
The only good thing they've done is.
1: IR Blaster
2: Headphone jack.
3: Large battery.
I'm sticking to my current Poco F1.
It's reliable, cheap, sturdy. I still get 9 Hours SOT even after almost two years of battery use. I'll probably change the battery and charging port in the next six months just to keep this baby running happily for at least two more years.
It also has FHD AMOLED screen without cutouts, pop-up front camera, 128 GB internal storage in base model, NFC.
So, I am pretty pleased with the Amazfit GTR3 Pro I got during Amazon's sale day about a month ago. For the price I paid this smart watch is a good value even with several problematic features. This is why I am going to the forum to seek some guidance and perhaps some workarounds or fixes.
To whit:
1. I have noticed that on my many hikes and on several backpacks that the GTR3 Pro is dramatically off in calculating distance. I usually use the very accurate Gaia GPS app on my Samsung S10e to monitor hikes. Comparing the two for accuracy, the 3Pro is off by several miles on a recent Jennie Lakes Wilderness backpack showing 10.2 miles when the distance is actually 8.6 miles. The 3 Pro has been off by 1 mile for a 5 mile hike and 3 miles for 8 mile hike near Mt Whitney. Interestingly, the 3 Pro has been spot on in distance on other hiikes.
Any suggestions on how to "fix"this
2. If distance measurement is off, it raises the other problem with the watch. Measuring the altitude of the terrain. This measurement is always wrong, sometimes by as little as 50 feet or so (which doesn't bother me much) but sometimes as much as 500 feet or more.
Again, any suggestions on how to address this problem?
These are the two main issues I have with the watch. Otherwise, for the price I paid, this watch is a fair value. If I had paid more, these shortcomings would have forced me to return the watch. As it is, I like many of the other features including its ability to play mp3 files. I convert Audible books to mp3 files and play them on the watch connected to my bluetooth earbud. Sweet.
I look forward to any suggestions the forum may provide.