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If requesting purchasing advice, please provide your country and what carrier you will be using it with, along with wanted features, budget and size.

Good resources:
>Reviews, specs, comparisons
gsmarena.com
phonearena.com
kimovil.com

>Software Recommendations
wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/List_of_recommended_Android_software

>Frequency checker
willmyphonework.net
frequencycheck.com

>Chinkphone news
gizchina.com
gizmochina.com

>Recommended Chinkphones
pastebin.com/eMtwGjJX (embed)

>Post a mini-review of your phone
>Discuss upcoming and current models
>Ask for help related to phones
>Tell us how much shekels you spent on good/bad phone
>PRAISE THE CHINKPHONES unless you live in America then get a few year old flagship for cheap

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gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/1418#note_68721414
gsmarena.com/us_bans_zte_from_buying_qualcomm_chipsets_for_seven_years-news-30566.php
m.es.aliexpress.com/item/32848956085.html?pid=808_0005_0109&spm=a2g0n.search-amp.list.32848956085
twitter.com/NSFWRedditGif

This isn't entirely related but it's something that's been bugging me lately. Does anyone know how to force hide the address bar in android chrome?

I know this is smartphone general, but is there a recommendation for the least botnet and Jow Forums approved dumb phone? I only need basic text calling and maybe email.

I'm always around a computer and besides the afformentioned I waste a massive amount of time on my phone throughout the day

Just checked my Chrome and I don't see jack shit for hiding the address bar. Sorry.

Yeah I spent a couple hours looking into it a few nights ago and I couldn't find anything. Asking here is my last resort. The stupid bar takes up so much screen space and it's so distracting.

This is all I get in my settings menu for Android Chrome. It's bullshit.

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The black shark is possibly one of the ugliest phones on the market right now. The logo is trash and the green accents are trash.

If you type chrome://flags into the address bar it actually exposes a bunch of experimental/development stuff. But I wasn't able to find anything there either. I really hate how locked down mobile chrome is compared to a proper browser.

>gaymen phone
can't be real

Anyone else getting an error when trying to update repo in f-droid?

Nokia 8 Sirocco

W H E N
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muh liquid cooling tho

It will sell millions and you know it. Just wait for the nintendo phone.

>sell millions
The Indians will buy that shit up quick.

ngl liquid cooling on a smartphone is actually a pretty cool feature, probably more useful than the 120hz display on the Razer phone which requires apps to update for compatibility

It's just a heatpipe, not even remotely close to what you normally consider "liquid cooling." It's been done in plenty of phones before too.

Yeah, it's a known issue.

gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/issues/1418#note_68721414

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Thanks, hopefully it works again soon, I just reset my phone.

people also said that about the xperia play

Is there yet a replacement for the Note 4 that isn't a downgrade in everything?

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>toss phone lightly on bed
>bounces off the side into a little crevice
I fucking hate life

wouldn't that get rid of the oleophobic coating?

physics bitch

Got an s7 unlocked from Amazon that arrived today. Went and got the right sim card for it and when I restarted the phone I got a notification that says "Service Provider Update: device will restart to configure features supported by new sim card".

Only option is to press ok, but it takes forever to restart. It just says please wait across the screen but nothing happens.
Any ideas?

just wait

>it's just a heatpipe
what's the fucking point? where does it carry the heat to? is there a tiny fan in the chassis?

It carries it away from the SoC, and no there isn't. The point is that a heatpipe on top of a tiny ass heatspreader is better than just a heatspreader without a heatpipe.

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Carrying it away to do what? Heatpipes are supposed to carry heat away from the processor and into the heatsink where it can be radiated away by moving air through the fins. Sticking a heatpipe on top of the block and having it run fucking nowhere isn't going to do anything.

>how does physics work
Its increasing the thermal mass and surface area that the heat produced by the SoC is rejected into.
If you don't understand this then theres no point in talking to you.

my point is why wouldn't you just make a bigger fucking heatsink instead of a pipe that carries it nowhere? why not put the pipe under the heatsink where it can actually do something instead on top of the fins?

Heatpipes are heatsinks. The heat isn't being carried "no where" its being carried away from the source.

How can I completely disable boost? Are there apps to do it?

solid blocks like what you pictured are not a significant increase in surface area and I fail to understand why it would be placed on top of the fins instead of under them with fins running on top of the entire length unless it's meant to dissipate heat into the frame or something.

I know it's oil most likely inside the pipe. It some kinda of non-conductive liquid, but still, opens the thought of "oh I dropped my phone. Now I have a cracked screen and water damage"

Just fuck me up senpai

I've always used iShit for phones, wanna get a tablet for messing around in bed and I'm thinking of breaking away and getting some android, maybe Samsung Galaxy Tab S3? I'm wondering how much I can rice it up if at all, I seriously need a dark theme or my eyes will die. Apparently it runs "nougat" but I know literally nothing about android so, what do?

Been an hour. Still says please wait.

Grab her by the pussy

It's the same kind of liquid that is inside any other heatpipe.

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>Carrying it away to do what?
To dissipate to the screen it looks like.

Is Franco kernel worth installing on the redmeme note 4?

>tfw babby hands
Currently have a Redmi Note 3 PRO but goddamn is it hard to use with my teeny tiny hands.

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Wich Imageboard browser do you recommend? I use Mimi Jow Forums reader.

Clover

>gsmarena.com/us_bans_zte_from_buying_qualcomm_chipsets_for_seven_years-news-30566.php

no more Axon 9
I guess I have to give up looking for OLED and Headphone jack on my phones

dashchan

android tablets are garbage, i've been searching for a halfway decent one to replace my ipadphone for almost half a year and have had no luck. apparently the android tablet application ecosystem is practically nonexistent too, from what i've heard.

Just get a older surface.
I will predict that chink shit will get banned in the US. They already have their alphabet agencies telling them not to use their devices. It's only a matter of time.

Mate 10 is
520 dollars here
Should i cop or wait a huawei phone with better image stabilization comes out

Fuck the new cold war. Phony Red Scare shit

Should I get a Mi A1 now that they're stopping production?

Good deal would cop

Redpill me on Nokia 7 Plus. Should I get one? Am I better off with OnePlus 5t? Some other memephone?
I liked Scirocco a lot (handled it at MWC), but I'd prefer something cheaper.

Idk but it seems pretty legit to me. Unless its too expensive or you have something against nokia it seems really well rounded barring any major hardware defects that haven't been seen yet

How long on average does a smartphone last?

As long as it has to

anybody have the redmi 5 plus in NL? if so what carrier you on and how is it?

Has anyone tried Router Keygen? I downloaded it to my computer and my antivirus detected it as a virus. I'm a little concerned about the APK.

Isn't the Axon 9 going to be the same price as the N7+? Honestly it's hard to beat considering the SD660 is about as powerful as a SD820, and it's an Android One phone with Zeiss Optics on the Camera
The only thing for me is that the screen resolution is too low for the price, I'd rather snag an Essential on sale for $400 than the N7+, but only because it's on sale

that phone looks like a piece of shit, ill buy a razer meme phone if i ever buy a shitty gaymer phone

hey dudes, i have a lenovo k5 right now that i fucking hate, previously had a oneplus 3 that i was very happy with, except for one issue. had a software update that removed the ability to turn the volume down to just vibrate.
looking at getting the oneplus 5T, does anyone know if it has the same issue? if it does, suggestions for something similar?

Samsung is using heatpipes in their phones for long time.

just get an iphone se or iphone 6s plus dude.

What are some cheaper phones that work nice with the Google HDR+ camera port?

>iphone
nty

>want to get the Nokia 7+
>cam app is total garbage
>can use google app instead for great photos
>tele zoom crashes the google app
should I still get it?

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Holy shit meant bloat not boost

CanĀ“t decide between X and iphone 8.
X looks amazing, but has faceId
8 looks not as good as the x, but has touch id.

also the X will get a better version in like 5 months.

Got mugged, lost my S3 mini. Which of these would you guys recommend as a replacement?
>2013 or newer
>$136 or less (I might get mugged again, so I don't want to invest too much, but I can certainly go for higher if it's worth it)
>card slot
>480x800 res or more
>gyro, compass and proximity sensor
>any wifi
>any bluetooth
>removable battery
>6h talk time or more

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ZTE sold US tech to Iran and then lied about it
That's super illegal, not "red scare" shit

What's the current top meme phone.

I have the money I don't give a fuck

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lg v30

You're getting a midrange phone with flagship-tier functionality and no bloat other than the usual Google stuff, I don't see why not.

Nokia 8110.

I am planning to buying this. But i have no idea why. Maybe i just like the design.

Well nope. I won't.
No card slot, no jack

I didn't even know they rereleased this holy shit

fucking poos hoarding all the good cheap chinkphones, I want to upgrade my RN4 to the RN5 Pro but its sold out everywhere and I dont want to pay a reseller "premium" for a fucking chinkphone, in that case I'd buy a fucking samdump or an iGoy aaaaaaaaaaa

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RN5 Pro

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>buy refurb samdump from Amazon/Jewbay
>expecting to not get jewed

The problem is that (You) jewed yourself when you could've bought an spanking brand new Xiaomeme with 1/4th of what your referb piece of shit probably costed you. Congratulations faggot. Also enjoy pink stripes on ur AMEMELED

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Not having IR blaster is a big turndown for me, tho u can get a 3.5mm one like for pennies but fuck that

>mix 2s is more expensive now than it was last week
what the fuck

Get this shit
m.es.aliexpress.com/item/32848956085.html?pid=808_0005_0109&spm=a2g0n.search-amp.list.32848956085
when u get mugged again, just poo, pee, cum and puke over it so the burglar will be grossed and will leave u alone because you're a fucken psyco but ur phone will be OK begoz IP68 thingy :-D

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Is yaata a worthy app? Or just more shit

>non rememeble battery

to the trash it goes

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chinkphone economics is weird. RN4 still costs the same as 1 year ago when I bought it. I dont know if it's good but fuck the pajeets hoarding the RN5 Pro aaaaaaaaa

Is Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 still best bang for the buck?

>buying the currynigger version

Is there an Android device that's chock-full of sensors? Shit like heartrate sensor, altimeter, barometer, etc.

Moving out of that ghetto would be cheaper probably.

Burglars are pretty stabby over here, I might cover it with blood long before any other fluid comes out of my body. Also that's one solid phone, too bad they don't sell it in my country.

I live in a nice neighborhood, actually, it's the places I have to go to sometimes that aren't so friendly.

any of these chinkphones, preferably in the

DONT

A battery replacement and you good

Guys, sadness insued as I found out that the Mi6 has no 3.5 jack. I was really gunning for it.

How bad is it to not have a headphone jack? I already have Bluetooth headphones and I could carry a dongle or something in my wallet.
I hate the idea of it, but is it worth it? I also have the A1 as an option.

My Android 8.0 phone has suddenly changed all black colours to a much lighter shade of gray. Appears to be a software thing. Why the fuck and how do I change it back?

they have that stupid usb to jack shit me thinks

Ya, a dongle.

What phone would be a better choice than Nokia 6.1 (2018) within the same price range +/-$10?