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Xperia owners: does your phone ever have trouble charging? I love my Z5, but every so often it seems like charging cables just stop working on it and I need to swap them out. They still work on other devices, just not consistently on the Z5. I'm looking to upgrade soon and I'd like to stick with Xperia, but I'm wondering if anyone with a newer model has ever encountered charging issues.
does redmi note 5 need custom rom? for example getting a custom rom and kernl on my last phone allowed you to have better battery life, less heating issues, and better overall performance because the stock rom was shit. but people have been saying redmi stock rom is good, so is custom rom worth it?
Noah Nelson
You can probably use a custom rom or wait for them to release MIUI 10 soon, either way I suggest unlocking the bootloader now because there is a 3 days period so do it ASAP. I am upgrading my Redmi Note 4 to Lineage which will give me a btter experience with the phone.
Joshua Peterson
Got the s9+ for 625 no contract. Wanted a pixel 2 XL but it was about 200 more and no headphone jack. TouchWiz really is horrible and the Whitestone screen protector I had to install just made me realize why the iPhone is so popular.
Dominic Moore
I never buy new. Replaced my 5x with a active s8. I hate Samsung's software thought I could install vanilla on this thing. There is no dev community for the s8 active.
Had the phone for 2 months now. Turned off all the bloat. Loving the form factor and battery life. Dont hate OS so much now.
S8 active is great phone if industructable and long ass battery are your main selling points.
Ryder Long
Thanks for your blog post
Ryder Murphy
whats the best value for money phone atm? prefer headphone jack and microsd slot (latter not required though)
Jordan Taylor
Redmi Note 5
Jordan Carter
>he doesn't have one of the last two smartphones without planned obsolescence
s9 doesn't have touchwiz and you should put a screen protector on every expensive phone you buy you dumb cunt
Jaxon Anderson
>doesn't have touchwiz Same shit with a different name
Blake King
>it doesn't have TouchWiz >implying SE is anything other than that pig TouchWiz with a new coat of lipstick Delusional samshills everyone
Robert Wood
Putting a screen protector is not the problem, the problem is that the only good screen protector for the meme curved screen is 45 dollars and needs a fucking UV light to install it.
>Not TouchWiz Fuckoff
Chase Davis
What calendar app should I use?
Juan Kelly
Stock
Ethan Nguyen
Looking at pic related for my first smartphone. No fingerprint sensor enabled on the US version, so I found a guide to flash it to the UK version. I'm also going to have to switch carriers since I'm on a 2$/ month plan I got 20 years ago with Verizon. How does this work with me changing the software on the phone? It seems like users don't have as much control over their phone software as I'm used to on a desktop.
I'm pretty fucking clueless and I'm researching to figure stuff out, but most phone users are pretty dumb too, and just want to get netflix working.
Apparently they heat up, and modifying it is very annoying
Owen Sanders
I'm having some last minute doubts. I'm pretty much set on picking up a Nokia 7 Plus, but the locked bootloader and thus no possibility to root is holding me back. What are some other alternatives with pure Android in similar price range that have an unlocked bootloader and can be rooted?
Juan Wilson
From what I've read it only heats up under heavy loading. I only text and call on my phone, and all I am going to add with a smartphone is email, camera, and maps. I hate people that stare at phones all day, and I'm never going to be one of them. Especially no social media or games or Jow Forums on my phone.
Ian King
well the xz2 comes with wireless charging
Jacob Peterson
Anyone here with a galaxy s9 run Gran Turismo 3/4 on damonps2 pro well? I bought it and Gran Turismo runs like absolute shit, I was wondering if I could squeeze out a little more performance by rooting
Logan Kelly
i was really interested in the g5 when it came out but the shitty UI and other design flaws really turned me away from it. got the htc 10 instead
Aiden Bennett
anyone else /autism/ enough to visit /spg/ everyday? I notice redmi note 5 getting a lot of praise here. Nobody mentioning asus zenfone max pro m1? cheapest sd636, 5kmah battery, fast charging, pure android but worse camera but probably improved by gcam.
I'll consider getting a small android tablet and one of these KaiOS babies in the future, just tether the 4G signal to the tablet when I need it for a more complex task.
>Redmi Note 5 Quick rundown? I have a Redmeme Note 4 and it's alright but I wanted something not so chinky.
David Butler
Only the default one supports software enhanced night shots, which are what p20 pro's really good at
Ryder Rogers
I thought russians were too poor to afford a s9, at least that's what the media tells me here.
Hunter Bailey
Need a new phone. Have been looking at the nokia 6.1 and the redmi note 5 pro. The problem is that while the redmi is cheaper and has better specs than the nokia, the screen feels too large for me and for some reason I don't really trust the chinks. What to do? or should I just wait for the nokia x6 global launch because I like the dual camera. The locked bootloader ain't that much of a problem for me because I don't plan on rooting it anytime soon
Jacob Moore
It's actually 15 days now, although I did manage to bypass it with the 2 accounts thing when I bought it a few weeks ago.
Dominic Butler
go with the company with actual local support aka anybody except xiaomi
Xavier Price
I wanna die. Bought an "unlocked" Note 3 at $50, supposedly because it didn't have a SIM card.
I turn it on and it turns out it's the SM N-9002, locked down by a company called something like "China Unicom" and I wanna kmdie because half of the apps are in what I can only guess is Chinese, all of the (occasionally useful) Google bloatware has been uninstalled and replaced with (probably) Chinese bloatware labeled with unreadable (to my manlet brain) characters, and, even though it roots and TWRP flashes nice and easy, flashing any custom ROM to it at all gives me a few non-descriptive errors and fails.
Everything has failed me, be it RecoveryOS, RemixOS, DarkLord SE7, MagMa, or the "stock" ROM.
Please, someone, put me out of my misery.
Colton Gutierrez
>not living in a country where Xiaomi is locally available I pity you, user
David Ross
what hell hole do you hail from
Robert Taylor
It's only $50. Accept the fact you lost it and next time don't be an idiot.
Jonathan Morales
пиздop im just a wannabe slav, im actually a bongloid
Wyatt Adams
Roger that. I just wish, somehow, some way, I could salvage the whole thing. Fuck I hate unfinished projects.
Wait what, how? help me Senpai I have no desire to wait 20 more hours.
James Hall
Wrong. It's fine if a phone looks pretty, but more than that it should be comfortable to hold in any orientation. Therefore, slim bezels are the objectively best option as they give you something to hold onto without blocking the screen.
Samuel Jones
>An SD 450 that sells almost 50% more than a RN5 here
William Miller
shut up shut the fuck up shut the fuck up you fucking retard
Isaiah Clark
>having this much buyer's remorse over your notched bezelless abortion of a phone
What unfinished product? You've very clearly bought a model meant for the domestic Chinese market. I don't even want to guess how you actually did this (hopefully) outside of China. If the purchase was by any chance made through Aliexpress for example, their company and customer service are very capable of refunding if you provide evidence.
Jonathan Cook
Pixel Experience vs Lineage vs AEX?
Redmi 4Prime
Blake Jones
The only countries where xiaomi is locally available are all garbage. Like this isn't even debatable.
Jace Thompson
>Living in poo or china
Austin Evans
Somehow it isn't available in the US.
Landon Allen
chinkshit is banned in the US because your government needs to keep telling burgers they have an enemy out to get them so they dont realise their own government is their enemy
Angel Long
Xiaomi's are officially sold in several European countries
Juan Cooper
For me the Nokia 7 plus. Locked bootloader is not an issue for me.
Reminds me of the Rocky IV. But now this time it's China, only now it's served and fed to people who live off of welfare/minimum wage. Obviously, because those are the only demographics which would believe and take it to heart. No NSA isn't the enemy, but Chinese phones with ironically unlockable bootloaders and substantial custom ROM support are.
Charles Lewis
What would you suggest around that price point?
James Ramirez
Do updates even matter anymore? I can get pic related for "free" (bill credits). Should I? I have the g6 now.
I've never had a phone before and i need help choosing:
sony xperia xz1: i like how it feels in my hands samngsung s8: okay price and every guide is telling me to get one, but i kind of dont like the edgeless design
I need a phone for camera, playing games, and some work stuff
Charles Gutierrez
both have shit battery life. i had both so: s8 - screen, cameras, size, its fragile. xz1 - sony skin, fingerprint scanner, updates, camera isnt as good as s8, its much bigger, lcd screen is a no go for some.
Tyler Brown
>sony xperia xz1: i like how it feels in my hands No point in getting a phone if you don't like the way it feels. Snapdragon 835 is also still great for phone games.
Hunter Rogers
Do you have it? I was thinking of holding out to see the pixel 3.
Jackson Sullivan
>micro USB
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT (if you can hide the notch that is)
