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I'm kind of in the same boat. I like my xperia but given the recent issues that have been discovered, I'm on the fence with either returning or selling mine and going back to my Mate 9.
I will say that as far as gaming goes, the 835 is better than the in-house chip the Mate 9 has and being waterproof is also a nice plus. There's always a trade-off to be made and so far I can't decide what trade-offs are worth it. Despite the camera issue, I still think the camera is better than the Mate 9.
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I'm kind of in the same boat. I like my xperia but given the recent issues that have been discovered, I'm on the fence with either returning or selling mine and going back to my Mate 9.
I will say that as far as gaming goes, the 835 is better than the in-house chip the Mate 9 has and being waterproof is also a nice plus. There's always a trade-off to be made and so far I can't decide what trade-offs are worth it. Despite the camera issue, I still think the camera is better than the Mate 9.
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Yea bro I understand. I think its a great phone but if thats their attitude as I stated above for the money we pay for our devices it shouldnt have any issues especially not a camera related one coming from Sony of all companies imo. Im on the wall here of what to do lol
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Yea bro I understand. I think its a great phone but if thats their attitude as I stated above for the money we pay for our devices it shouldnt have any issues especially not a camera related one coming from Sony of all companies imo. Im on the wall here of what to do lol
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Oh I definitely hear that. To have them not give a crap about ANY kind of issue on an $800 phone is absolutely ridiculous. It also explains why their sales are in the toilet. I'm no Samsung fan, but at least they understand that they need to fix any problems with their devices considering they're an average of $800 each for the Galaxy S line.
As you said, it's doubly bad that there are issues with the camera software coming from Sony of all companies.
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Nope, I'm not planning to return any of my two ones.
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Nope, I'm not planning to return any of my two ones.
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Two lol nice :victory:
Nope not at all
Don't see any issues, at least until I read about it here.
Now I see it every where from iPhone 6 to Huawei p9+, even when I walk on the sidewalk I see distortion (yeah I wear glasses)
So in all, I'm happy with my phone, it's take f..... Clear picture
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Love my new phone, plan on having it for a few years at least as long as I don't break it
I'd rather have a phone that makes distorted pictures (hopefully they fix that soon) and a screen that if I bring closer to my eyes I can see a zig-zag pattern than a one that stutters. The Xperia XZ Premium is by far the smoothest smartphone that I've ever used.
Still the best phone I've ever owned. Mine's not going back for certain!
Thanks guys, this actually helps a lot and shows even with the issues which hopefully could get fixed with an update I dunno that the phone in general is very much worth keeping considering 15 votes of you's so far and not one said returning it :good:
Just bought mine 2 days ago and i also don't see any issues. I'm a bit disappointed with the sound when compared to my idol 4s but that's only that.
I usually need to take some products picture on my little business counter and many portrait photos. This distortion is wrapping me right now. I will wait for two weeks, If still no fix from Sony , Return for sure.
So nobody else is having Wifi dropped/dc'd?
According to what I was told, Vodafone Germany is monitoring the issue. If the problem heaps up, they consider to stop selling the device.
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So nobody else is having Wifi dropped/dc'd?
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No wifi issue at all (cz,sk,pl distribution). TBH I don't care if there is any distortion either - for pictures I take with phone, XZP is great; if I wanna take great pictures I use my camera. I wouldn't choose any other flagship over XZP right now and I hope it is going to serve me as many years as HOX did. Display - fantastic, battery life - fantastic, GPS - fantastic, headphones sound - fantastic. Phone is smooth like a hell, all I need is full body tempered glass and that's all
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Hey guys, new to all this so go easy on me. Over the past few years I have become a bit of a tech fanatic. I like to get a phone, use for a few months then sell on while it retains value. I'm March I got the S9 Plus coming from a Note 8 and from that coming from an S8 Plus. I love Samsung through heaven and earth but have become slightly bored with their design and UI. I have been strongly considering the Huawei P20 Pro and the OnePlus 6. Can I have your thoughts please? I have read/watch so many reviews on the P20 Pro and it's seems amazing the lag is the main issue as I do now want it. I don't game, I use a phone for emails, text, whatsapp, web browsing, Twitter, Instagram etc. ?
Get both.
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Get both.
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I dont need or want both lol. It's just the lag on the Huawei phones, it's really putting me off at the moment, the old Kirin970 processor too, coming from the Exynos 9810 will feel like a downgrade but then the camera on the P20 will feel like an upgrade. So difficult. The Huawei seems perfect, but the lag and stuttering is a huge dealbreaker for me but I want to know if its as bad as people make our as we all know EMUI isnt the most polished skin.
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I dont need or want both lol. It's just the lag on the Huawei phones, it's really putting me off at the moment, the old Kirin970 processor too, coming from the Exynos 9810 will feel like a downgrade but then the camera on the P20 will feel like an upgrade. So difficult. The Huawei seems perfect, but the lag and stuttering is a huge dealbreaker for me but I want to know if its as bad as people make our as we all know EMUI isnt the most polished skin.
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Then why are you posting in OP6 forums about how you don't like Huawei?
Makes no sense.
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Then why are you posting in OP6 forums about how you don't like Huawei?
Makes no sense.
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It makes a lot of sense. I'm trying to get people's views on bith phones. I'm not saying I don't like Huawei either I have spoken seen a lot of people pull up the lag and unresponsiveness of the Huawei, yet I have just spoken to someone who is not a gamer who has had a P20 for 2 months now, uses his phone for what I use my phone for and has had no lag or stuttering what so ever. So im thinking will I even notice a difference coming from the Exynos 9810 to the Kirin970?
There are major cons woth both phones I'm just trying to get peace of mind with both so I can decide with a balanced view.
Thanks
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BBCLukeBetts said:
It makes a lot of sense. I'm trying to get people's views on bith phones. I'm not saying I don't like Huawei either I have spoken seen a lot of people pull up the lag and unresponsiveness of the Huawei, yet I have just spoken to someone who is not a gamer who has had a P20 for 2 months now, uses his phone for what I use my phone for and has had no lag or stuttering what so ever. So im thinking will I even notice a difference coming from the Exynos 9810 to the Kirin970?
There are major cons woth both phones I'm just trying to get peace of mind with both so I can decide with a balanced view.
Thanks
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Brother, S9 is a superior phone to both. I understand that you are bored, and that you have disposable income to switch phones at will. Which is why my original suggestion stands - get both. And stop being a little ... nice person.
EDIT: As a side note, there's nothing prettier than the Silk White OP6. Consider that.
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Brother, S9 is a superior phone to both. I understand that you are bored, and that you have disposable income to switch phones at will. Which is why my original suggestion stands - get both. And stop being a little ... nice person.
EDIT: As a side note, there's nothing prettier than the Silk White OP6. Consider that.
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I dont really care if the S9+ is more superior. I want a change and I only want one. I don't have disposable income. I sell to then replace, while the S9+ still has value over £500. I do love the one plus 6. But I want my worries addressed.
Battery: Smaller than S9+ - OP has dash charge so is it really a problem.
Speakers: Dual Speakers in S9+ - I mainly use Beats headphones.
Camera: S9+ a better all rounder - OP releasing camera update to make it a lot lot better
IP rating: S9+ IP68 water and dust - OP doesnt but does it really matter. (Although I have seen a few people with issues with dust in the camera.
Now I love the OnePlus 6 held it, feels good, it's an amazing change from the curved designs on Samsung I need a break from them. Then when you use it, the speed is absolutely unbelievable!!
These are my worries I just want peace of mind.
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I dont really care if the S9+ is more superior. I want a change and I only want one. I don't have disposable income. I sell to then replace, while the S9+ still has value over £500. I do love the one plus 6. But I want my worries addressed.
Battery: Smaller than S9+ - OP has dash charge so is it really a problem.
Speakers: Dual Speakers in S9+ - I mainly use Beats headphones.
Camera: S9+ a better all rounder - OP releasing camera update to make it a lot lot better
IP rating: S9+ IP68 water and dust - OP doesnt but does it really matter. (Although I have seen a few people with issues with dust in the camera.
Now I love the OnePlus 6 held it, feels good, it's an amazing change from the curved designs on Samsung I need a break from them. Then when you use it, the speed is absolutely unbelievable!!
These are my worries I just want peace of mind.
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Battery life is really good. Less than 1% for 4 minutes of screen time with autobrightness on.
Screen off drain is inferior with my unit compared to Samsung phones, but I have a bad cellular signal (not with Samsung previously, new carrier with this phone) - therefore more power used by the radio, more drain. About 1% per 2 hours.
Speakers are weak. Not bad, but not great either. Piece of advice, get rid of overpriced junk that is Beats and get real audiophile headphones for the same price and 10 times better sound quality.
Camera is good, but not S9 good. Watch out though, so many reports of bad camera that I think it may be the weakest link in this phone - defective cameras are abound.
The phone is mostly water proof, according to JerryRigEverything YT channel, but it didn't pass the IP67 test, so it's vulnerable to submersions. Splashes, rain, occasional dunk should be just fine.
I think I will stick with the Huawei then purely because of the camera issues then! I love OnePlus, I love the brand and the ethic! I'm hoping the 6T will be a game changer!
Thanks for your time
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Did it fail the IP67 test or did they just not pay to have it certified.
I have an S9+ that I gave to someone else in my family as I did not like it. The camera is great but I take very few pictures. For me, I want a rootable device. I also want as close to pure Android as you can get. I had a P10 and sold it within a month. The Huawei OS is horrid. It's like they thought they were making an iPhone.
Sticking it out with my OP6. Clicks all the boxes I want in a phone.
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Did it fail the IP67 test or did they just not pay to have it certified.
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I think it failed the IP67 test
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I have an S9+ that I gave to someone else in my family as I did not like it. The camera is great but I take very few pictures. For me, I want a rootable device. I also want as close to pure Android as you can get. I had a P10 and sold it within a month. The Huawei OS is horrid. It's like they thought they were making an iPhone.
Sticking it out with my OP6. Clicks all the boxes I want in a phone.
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I do love the OnePlus 6 but I take photos, not thousands but enough to merit wanting a decent camera! I love my S9+ but unfortunately my battery has got worse and worse since I got it in march, and like I said in my first post, since last year I have had the S8+ then the Note8 now the S9+ and it's been basically the same design, and im just so bored of it. Funny you mention the P10, when I got the S8+ last year I keep being pushed by Vodafone to get the P10 but I hated itamd wouldnt get it, the new P20 and the new EMUI is amazing and has changed so much since the P10!!
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Read this thread, it's all about choosing between OP6 & P20pro : https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/help/p20-pro-to-op6-t3794073
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Hey guys, new to all this so go easy on me. Over the past few years I have become a bit of a tech fanatic. I like to get a phone, use for a few months then sell on while it retains value. I'm March I got the S9 Plus coming from a Note 8 and from that coming from an S8 Plus. I love Samsung through heaven and earth but have become slightly bored with their design and UI. I have been strongly considering the Huawei P20 Pro and the OnePlus 6. Can I have your thoughts please? I have read/watch so many reviews on the P20 Pro and it's seems amazing the lag is the main issue as I do now want it. I don't game, I use a phone for emails, text, whatsapp, web browsing, Twitter, Instagram etc. ?
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Neither. I know that "nearly stock" Android, with very few stutter is a very tempting thing but... You'll get a WAY worse screen (don't let anyone tell you the difference is minimal, it's bull****, the difference is huge), you'll get way worse speakers, you'll get a way worse camera, you'll lose the option to charge wireless, you fully lose the vibration motor (the one in the oneplus 6 is so damn awful, you literally won't believe it until you don't feel it, vibration mode is basically useless unless the phone is in your hand or on a surface like glass). The only advantage the OnePlus 6 has is the software. If you were coming from an older phone, I'd absolutely recommend you the OnePlus 6, it's a great phone. But coming from an S9+? You're giving up more than you realize and you're definitely going to regret it after some time.
I was so tempted for OP 6 but the camera is not up to the mark I am using Note 8!
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Neither. I know that "nearly stock" Android, with very few stutter is a very tempting thing but... You'll get a WAY worse screen (don't let anyone tell you the difference is minimal, it's bull****, the difference is huge), you'll get way worse speakers, you'll get a way worse camera, you'll lose the option to charge wireless, you fully lose the vibration motor (the one in the oneplus 6 is so damn awful, you literally won't believe it until you don't feel it, vibration mode is basically useless unless the phone is in your hand or on a surface like glass). The only advantage the OnePlus 6 has is the software. If you were coming from an older phone, I'd absolutely recommend you the OnePlus 6, it's a great phone. But coming from an S9+? You're giving up more than you realize and you're definitely going to regret it after some time.
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Thanks for telling me about the OnePlus! What about the Huawei?? Also are their any other phones put there that you could recommend?
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Huawei P20 Pro looks good but I dunno about its software, though its looks good.
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Neither. I know that "nearly stock" Android, with very few stutter is a very tempting thing but... You'll get a WAY worse screen (don't let anyone tell you the difference is minimal, it's bull****, the difference is huge), you'll get way worse speakers, you'll get a way worse camera, you'll lose the option to charge wireless, you fully lose the vibration motor (the one in the oneplus 6 is so damn awful, you literally won't believe it until you don't feel it, vibration mode is basically useless unless the phone is in your hand or on a surface like glass). The only advantage the OnePlus 6 has is the software. If you were coming from an older phone, I'd absolutely recommend you the OnePlus 6, it's a great phone. But coming from an S9+? You're giving up more than you realize and you're definitely going to regret it after some time.
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Thanks for telling me about the OnePlus! What about the Huawei?? Also are their any other phones put there that you could recommend?
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That guy is FOS. Do I need to spell it out what that means?
"WAY worse screen"
Not even close. The screen is excellent. I've used Samsung flagship phones up to Note7, and I have had extensive experience with an S9. Aside from the resolution, the screen is nearly perfect. Beautiful colors, great brightness and in-sun visibility. Everything else - color temp, viewing angles, hues, color reproduction etc. are nearly perfect. Made by Samsung too.
"way worse camera"
Some truth to that. S9 camera is with no match. Even P20 Pro in my opinion is worse. But OP6 camera is not WAY WORSE. That's ridiculous. This man is inebriated with his own flatulence.
" you'll lose the option to charge wireless"
True.
" you fully lose the vibration motor (the one in the oneplus 6 is so damn awful, you literally won't believe it until you don't feel it"
That's just false. No more comments needed. The man is plain wrong.
"but coming from an S9+? You're giving up more than you realize and you're definitely going to regret it after some time."
I loved the S9. But OP6 is also good. Very fast.
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That guy is FOS. Do I need to spell it out what that means?
"WAY worse screen"
Not even close. The screen is excellent. I've used Samsung flagship phones up to Note7, and I have had extensive experience with an S9. Aside from the resolution, the screen is nearly perfect. Beautiful colors, great brightness and in-sun visibility. Everything else - color temp, viewing angles, hues, color reproduction etc. are nearly perfect. Made by Samsung too.
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Lol. The screen on the S9+ is nowhere near the quality of the OnePlus 6's. Did you read me say that the OnePlus 6's is bad or has any issues with viewing angles and so on? No, you did not. My point was that no matter how good the OnePlus 6's screen is, the S9's ****s on it. It's not just resolution, it's everything, even brightness.
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That guy is FOS. Do I need to spell it out what that means?
" you fully lose the vibration motor (the one in the oneplus 6 is so damn awful, you literally won't believe it until you don't feel it"
That's just false. No more comments needed. The man is plain wrong.
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The vibration motor on the OnePlus 6 is crap. Absolutely garbage. Coming from a Galaxy s8, the difference is night and day. The motor on the OnePlus 6 is tiny, weak, soft and it even makes an annoying sound when typing with haptic feedback on. Just google it and see how many more people are complaining about the issue. (The 3T and other OnePlus phones also suffered from this issue).
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That guy is FOS. Do I need to spell it out what that means?
"but coming from an S9+? You're giving up more than you realize and you're definitely going to regret it after some time."
I loved the S9. But OP6 is also good. Very fast.
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That was exactly my point. The OnePlus 6 has better, faster software. That's all. In everything else, the S9+ is superior.
The guy asked for an opinion, if you wanna be a blind fanboy, that's fine. But when trying to help someone decide where they'll spend 500$+, either give them fair advice or just stay quiet.
Edit: I missed this one.
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"way worse camera"
Some truth to that. S9 camera is with no match. Even P20 Pro in my opinion is worse. But OP6 camera is not WAY WORSE. That's ridiculous. This man is inebriated with his own flatulence.
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Have you ever even looked at raw files produced by both? Have you even done any serious photography with both? I'm not even gonna comment. If you believe the OnePlus 6's camera is anywhere nearly as good as the S9's, you're just delusional.
Ok so I bought the phone 3-4 months ago and I felt the same way throughout the entier 3-4 months:
THIS PHONE IS GARBAGE. Like straight up, something has to be wrong with the surfaceflinger, GPU drivers or something.
THE ANIMATIONS, OH GOD, THEY ARE SO CHOPPY IT MADE ME REMEMBER MY OLD LG P500.
WHAT IS THIS? Am I the only one feeling this way?
I have 4 phones that I can compare it to: Huawei P9, Galaxy S6, Nexus 5 and a Galaxy J5. THE RN5 IS THE WORST when it comes to scrolling and other things.
The user experience is the worst. It gave me headaches. I feel dizzy while using the phone sometimes because of the change in FPS while scrolling (like it goes from 60fps to 3fps for 50-100ms).
No, nothing is wrong with my phone. I have tested my own and a friends rn5. Its the same.
Is there any ROM or anything that can save me from throwing the phone out the window?
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Ok so I bought the phone 3-4 months ago and I felt the same way throughout the entier 3-4 months:
THIS PHONE IS GARBAGE. Like straight up, something has to be wrong with the surfaceflinger, GPU drivers or something.
THE ANIMATIONS, OH GOD, THEY ARE SO CHOPPY IT MADE ME REMEMBER MY OLD LG P500.
WHAT IS THIS? Am I the only one feeling this way?
I have 4 phones that I can compare it to: Huawei P9, Galaxy S6, Nexus 5 and a Galaxy J5. THE RN5 IS THE WORST when it comes to scrolling and other things.
The user experience is the worst. It gave me headaches. I feel dizzy while using the phone sometimes because of the change in FPS while scrolling (like it goes from 60fps to 3fps for 50-100ms).
No, nothing is wrong with my phone. I have tested my own and a friends rn5. Its the same.
Is there any ROM or anything that can save me from throwing the phone out the window?
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Roms sure have a look in the roms section there's plenty there for you to look at.
Do you have Redmi note 5 pro or redmi note 5? Because it's not the same device (not even same cpu, RN5 has Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, the RN5 Pro has Qualcomm Snapdragon 636...
You sure you are in the right thread?
PS: My RN5 Pro works fine, not sure what you are referring about.
Hi there.
If you really have the SD636 version (Redmi Note 5 Pro or Redmi Note 5 AI Dual) and if you are using STOCK Rom, then your phones (yours and your friends) are not OK.
I would try a hard reset and after that, without extra apps installed, I would check the performance. If it's the same, then I would consider the following:
-Your software is somehow altered or your hardware is bad. Those are even more probable if you both bought them from the same reseller. In that case, I would check with the reseller...
If you still believe that this is not the case and the model, in general, is bad, check around you. Almost everybody, including myself, is pleased with the phone and we are not experiencing your issues.
The Snapdragon 636 is an above average SOC and together with all the other specs, guaranties that you could not experiencing such issues from a healthy phone.
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Hi there.
If you really have the SD636 version (Redmi Note 5 Pro or Redmi Note 5 AI Dual) and if you are using STOCK Rom, then your phones (yours and your friends) are not OK.
I would try a hard reset and after that, without extra apps installed, I would check the performance. If it's the same, then I would consider the following:
-Your software is somehow altered or your hardware is bad. Those are even more probable if you both bought them from the same reseller. In that case, I would check with the reseller...
If you still believe that this is not the case and the model, in general, is bad, check around you. Almost everybody, including myself, is pleased with the phone and we are not experiencing your issues.
The Snapdragon 636 is an above average SOC and together with all the other specs, guaranties that you could not experiencing such issues from a healthy phone.
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You are but you cant see them.
After playing CSGO at a low latency(+400fps) and doing many things like that (my home monitor has 240Hz) I can see the lag. My friend does not feel it but I do (and I read some people here did notice the lags too).
Take your phone, look at the screen (concentrate on it) and do something over and over again (like going into the messages app and back). You will see that there are slight lags (duration is between 50-100ms).
Nothing is wrong with my or my friends phone Something is wrong with xiaomis ****ty software.
edit: just installed AOSIP Pie and it feels way better than Miui and any other ROM. Might be placebo and my brain being done with the phone.
I will just sell it. I will never ever buy xiaomi again. My nexus 5 feels smoother than this garbage.
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Ok so I bought the phone 3-4 months ago and I felt the same way throughout the entier 3-4 months:
THIS PHONE IS GARBAGE. Like straight up, something has to be wrong with the surfaceflinger, GPU drivers or something.
THE ANIMATIONS, OH GOD, THEY ARE SO CHOPPY IT MADE ME REMEMBER MY OLD LG P500.
WHAT IS THIS? Am I the only one feeling this way?
I have 4 phones that I can compare it to: Huawei P9, Galaxy S6, Nexus 5 and a Galaxy J5. THE RN5 IS THE WORST when it comes to scrolling and other things.
The user experience is the worst. It gave me headaches. I feel dizzy while using the phone sometimes because of the change in FPS while scrolling (like it goes from 60fps to 3fps for 50-100ms).
No, nothing is wrong with my phone. I have tested my own and a friends rn5. Its the same.
Is there any ROM or anything that can save me from throwing the phone out the window?
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+1
Some people says that treble pie gsi is smoother than any other rom, but didn't test it for now
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Btw some people goes to changing kernels and oc, and i tried that also but didn't notice that difference i was looking for also this isn't a reliable solution in a long term
Well, I would take your word for that but maybe after all there is something you could use to check the issue and perhaps quantify it.
So, If you enable the Developer Options on your phone, you may run the kind of tests you are describing after you select: On Screen as bars, under Profile GPU Rendering in Developer Options.
Long bars above the base line indicate, I think, lag and micro-stutters. If you pinpoint how your lags correlate with the bars you see on your mobile screen, you can take some screenshots (or even a video) and show us what you mean.
Then we could run, more or less, the same tests on our phones and see if there is a difference or not. In the end we may be able to understand the situation better.
Who knows, perhaps you could be on something, the rest of us haven't noticed....
On bootleggers 2.3
If you just install Rom and some small apps, Nexus 5 will give you better feeling but with full apps and need battery life, it will be different story
i dont have any issue with the performance of this phone ,its better than my unrootable mate 8/9 , but the build quality and hardware totally sucks , theres ghost image everywhere, and the screen looks so ugly now because of screen retention issue .
Buy phone for 140$ dollars, then cry that its not as smooth as his 140hz monitor. Lmao, trully. Phone is great, it doesnt lag, every reviewer will say the same, and believe me, they have more expirience with phones than you do. Ofcourse, i dont think that its smoother than say iphone for 1000$, but its a god damm 140 dollars device. Ive been on xda many years, and noticed that the cheaper the phone is, the ****tier the forum is. Please, by all means, show me a smoother/better device for for this price, then i can atleast take this rant seriously, because as of now, you just talk nonsense.
You need SoC more than 800 processor phone. Never buy less than that. That is downgrade for you , so you will have some lags. For most people having this phone is better than redmi note 3 or 4x which they already got . So we enjoy this good phone for this prize .
Not Good..
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Ok so I bought the phone 3-4 months ago and I felt the same way throughout the entier 3-4 months:
THIS PHONE IS GARBAGE. Like straight up, something has to be wrong with the surfaceflinger, GPU drivers or something.
THE ANIMATIONS, OH GOD, THEY ARE SO CHOPPY IT MADE ME REMEMBER MY OLD LG P500.
WHAT IS THIS?
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After playing CSGO at a low latency(+400fps) and doing many things like that (my home monitor has 240Hz) I can see the lag.
I will just sell it. I will never ever buy xiaomi again. My nexus 5 feels smoother than this garbage.
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Just Exactly Are You Trying To Accomplish?...
You are a SENIOR MEMBER.. with over 370 posts..
And you come here and present yourself as a *TROLL*.
With this much time spent here at XDA.. you should be conducting yourself in a much more mature manner.
If this device does not work for you, fair enough.. follow your Own Advice.. and simply sell it.
It's as though you are here looking for some sort of approval.. or, are trying to convince others to sell their Note 5 Pros.
You Are Only Complaining To Yourself... And you are inviting conforntation with other members.
Please.. Keep Your Complaints and Dissapointments of the Note 5 Pro to yourself.. and just move on. :angel:
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Buy phone for 140$ dollars, then cry that its not as smooth as his 140hz monitor. Lmao, trully. Phone is great, it doesnt lag, every reviewer will say the same, and believe me, they have more expirience with phones than you do. Ofcourse, i dont think that its smoother than say iphone for 1000$, but its a god damm 140 dollars device. Ive been on xda many years, and noticed that the cheaper the phone is, the ****tier the forum is. Please, by all means, show me a smoother/better device for for this price, then i can atleast take this rant seriously, because as of now, you just talk nonsense.
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Dude, I compared it with my OLD NEXUS 5 and my ****ing GALAXY J5, phones with bad processors. Im NOT CRYING that my cheap phone is bad, im crying that xiaomi is doing something wrong.
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i dont have any issue with the performance of this phone ,its better than my unrootable mate 8/9 , but the build quality and hardware totally sucks , theres ghost image everywhere, and the screen looks so ugly now because of screen retention issue .
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Same. Also bad signal.
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On bootleggers 2.3
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Finaly someone sees the problem..holy ****..
RaiderWill said:
Just Exactly Are You Trying To Accomplish?...
You are a SENIOR MEMBER.. with over 370 posts..
And you come here and present yourself as a *TROLL*.
With this much time spent here at XDA.. you should be conducting yourself in a much more mature manner.
If this device does not work for you, fair enough.. follow your Own Advice.. and simply sell it.
It's as though you are here looking for some sort of approval.. or, are trying to convince others to sell their Note 5 Pros.
You Are Only Complaining To Yourself... And you are inviting conforntation with other members.
Please.. Keep Your Complaints and Dissapointments of the Note 5 Pro to yourself.. and just move on. :angel:
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Your post doesnt make sense either buddy. Are you here just to cry about me crying about the phone? What am I trying to accomplish:? Its simple: im trying to look for an answear and also maybe some help.
for everyone that is crying:
1) Im comparing the 140$ to a 30$ nexus 5 with a 32Bit snapdragon 800. The problem is not the phone or price, its the laggy experience. Its a little bit hard to see but after you see it you cant unsee. There was a guy in the pixel experience extended who started crying that his phone is lagging now and it wasnt before (using miui and other roms). His phone is fine, its just the fact that he saw the lag.
2) Stop crying about **** like „REVIEWERS SAID THE PHONE IS FAST!!! BEST PHONE FOR 140$!!!!!!”. I couldnt care less about what random paid reviewers said about a phone.
3) I just tested a Nokia with a snap 636 and a Zenfone 5. Both of them were way smoother, it felt a lot better than this garbage.
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Dude, I compared it with my OLD NEXUS 5 and my ****ing GALAXY J5, phones with bad processors. Im NOT CRYING that my cheap phone is bad, im crying that xiaomi is doing something wrong.
Same. Also bad signal.
Finaly someone sees the problem..holy ****..
Your post doesnt make sense either buddy. Are you here just to cry about me crying about the phone? What am I trying to accomplish:? Its simple: im trying to look for an answear and also maybe some help.
for everyone that is crying:
1) Im comparing the 140$ to a 30$ nexus 5 with a 32Bit snapdragon 800. The problem is not the phone or price, its the laggy experience. Its a little bit hard to see but after you see it you cant unsee. There was a guy in the pixel experience extended who started crying that his phone is lagging now and it wasnt before (using miui and other roms). His phone is fine, its just the fact that he saw the lag.
2) Stop crying about **** like „REVIEWERS SAID THE PHONE IS FAST!!! BEST PHONE FOR 140$!!!!!!”. I couldnt care less about what random paid reviewers said about a phone.
3) I just tested a Nokia with a snap 636 and a Zenfone 5. Both of them were way smoother, it felt a lot better than this garbage.
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Well just shows how little you know about phones, if compared to nexus 5, redmi note 5 is **** for you. Because it just happens that i also posses nexus 5, and that device is piece of ****. Horrible camera, even more horrid battery, cheap plastic build. Come on.. You are bashing this phone because damn animations arent smooth enough for you, LMAO. Im not even gonna keep arguing, because its useless and not even funny anymore. Then sell the device and enjoy your nexus 5. Oh, and you probably are more qualified and proffesional than the rest of whole fu***** world, because every reviewer praise this phone, and it just happens to be best selling device of low/mid range.
Wow, what's this XDA?
Simple as that, if you are not satisfied, sell the phone. I have a S7 here next to me and my redmi note 5 global is as good or in some points better than the S7. I've had every S1 to S7, except the S4. I had a Nexus 5, Oneplus One etc. etc Ok I don't play games on it, but camera and batt wise I am more than triple satisfied over the S7.
The redmi note has micro stutters, guess what. the S7 is sometimes worse.
Just sell it, it's not worth arguing with people. If this is your last Xiaomi, then yes so be it. The Oneplus One was my first and my last Oneplus, it was a fantastic phone which I personally recommended to a lot of people but someone I recommended one to got absolute **** after service and I refuse to buy another one because of this.
If other people are satisfied then let them be satisfied, you don't have to be.
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Wow, what's this XDA?
Simple as that, if you are not satisfied, sell the phone. I have a S7 here next to me and my redmi note 5 global is as good or in some points better than the S7. I've had every S1 to S7, except the S4. I had a Nexus 5, Oneplus One etc. etc Ok I don't play games on it, but camera and batt wise I am more than triple satisfied over the S7.
The redmi note has micro stutters, guess what. the S7 is sometimes worse.
Just sell it, it's not worth arguing with people. If this is your last Xiaomi, then yes so be it. The Oneplus One was my first and my last Oneplus, it was a fantastic phone which I personally recommended to a lot of people but someone I recommended one to got absolute **** after service and I refuse to buy another one because of this.
If other people are satisfied then let them be satisfied, you don't have to be.
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Someone with a working brain. I made the thread asking for help, not for idi.. to tell me that i have a problem with my device or anything like that.
I just asked if anyone is experiencing this (and yes, someone people has ).
I didnt start the thread to fight with randoms on the internet. Its like I attacked their family and they have to protect it..
I am just asking for some help. Maybe a proper ROM, kernel, anything that would make my experience better. What did I get? Randoms from india crying that this is the best device and a guy talking about battery and camera while my problem was user experience.
I will just share my experience regarding this, I agree about the part of speed but there are a few points here, For example when we talk about Nexus 5 as the OP mentioned you must keep in mind that you’re talking about pure android system, no extra modifications, no custom UI, no custom apps…etc and that makes a huge difference when it comes to speed that’s for sure, in the case of nexus 5 and the similar phones which come with stock android (from the manufactures) the ROM is bug free or with the minimal bugs, on the other side the ROMs which have their own UI like Xaiomi, Sony, HTC…etc, no doubt it won’t be smooth as the pure android due to the UI modifications and the custom apps, you can easily flash a custom ROM to enjoy the speed but what about stability and the features that you will lose? I will talk about my previous device which was Sony Xperia Z2, I flashed all the custom ROMs which were available, much more speedy than the stock ROM but here are SOME of the issues I had, can’t use WIFI 5GHz, Mic issues and echo (good enough reason to rollback to stock), overheating, can’t select the network manually, some games can’t start at all…and much more.
The problem is how to find a ROM which balances between the speed and stability and this isn’t easy, the solution for the people who are looking for the speed and don't care that much about UI is to choose a device which comes with a pure android system.
Again, I’m just sharing my experience and no offense to anyone
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I will just share my experience regarding this, I agree about the part of speed but there are a few points here, For example when we talk about Nexus 5 as the OP mentioned you must keep in mind that you’re talking about pure android system, no extra modifications, no custom UI, no custom apps…etc and that makes a huge difference when it comes to speed that’s for sure, in the case of nexus 5 and the similar phones which come with stock android (from the manufactures) the ROM is bug free or with the minimal bugs, on the other side the ROMs which have their own UI like Xaiomi, Sony, HTC…etc, no doubt it won’t be smooth as the pure android due to the UI modifications and the custom apps, you can easily flash a custom ROM to enjoy the speed but what about stability and the features that you will lose? I will talk about my previous device which was Sony Xperia Z2, I flashed all the custom ROMs which were available, much more speedy than the stock ROM but here are SOME of the issues I had, can’t use WIFI 5GHz, Mic issues and echo (good enough reason to rollback to stock), overheating, can’t select the network manually, some games can’t start at all…and much more.
The problem is how to find a ROM which balances between the speed and stability and this isn’t easy, the solution for the people who are looking for the speed and don't care that much about UI is to choose a device which comes with a pure android system.
Again, I’m just sharing my experience and no offense to anyone
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I compared LineageOS 15.1 on my old N5 and LineageOS 15.1 (and other ROMs) on RN5. Something is wrong but I dont know what..
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Do you have Redmi note 5 pro or redmi note 5? Because it's not the same device (not even same cpu, RN5 has Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, the RN5 Pro has Qualcomm Snapdragon 636...
You sure you are in the right thread?
PS: My RN5 Pro works fine, not sure what you are referring about.
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some ppl must stop saying those things )
we are not in an indian forum so no ..... i have Redmi Note 5 with SD636 , there isn't any device with name RN5Pro outside of India .... in the whole world (except india of course) the device with the SD636 is the Redmi Note 5 (put also the AI if you want, doesn't matter) , the device with the 625 is the Redmi 5 Plus .-
The title.
I am going to buy this phone soon.
Edit. I will skip this phone and get myself a redmi note 7 once it is released globally.(or a poco f1, once the software bugs are fixed.)
Android Pie is coming, sooo
Good development, ****ty community.
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Good development, ****ty community.
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Explain please?
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Explain please?
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Atleast for me, forum seems to be full of people spamming, asking same questions over and over again, not using search. Also crying non stop about everything, having bought the phone for 150usd, and expecting it to be better than say Pixel for 1000usd. I also agree that community is bad. But development is good, a lot of custom roms, been using Pie rom Pixel Experience, runs like stock, no bugs, great performance and battery life. But if i were you, i would wait for redmi note 7.. much nicer design, a bit better soc, and probably better camera. And its gonna cost basically the same, well maybe 10euros more. Its not really logical buying redmi note 5 at this time, when you have newer devices for the same price. Even redmi note 6 costs the same and is newer, but the only upgrade on it is notched screen. RN7 is a real upgrade tho
Ive been on xda forums since 2008 or so, and i would usually buy flagship devices for a ****load of money, and community was always nice. My last 2 devices, were cheap ones from china, leeco le pro 3 and RN5, and in both cases community was way worse.. So i came to conclusion, the cheaper the device is, the ****tier the community is.
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The title.
I am going to buy this phone soon.
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go for poco f1
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Explain please?
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Atleast for me, forum seems to be full of people spamming, asking same questions over and over again, not using search. Also crying non stop about everything, having bought the phone for 150usd, and expecting it to be better than say Pixel for 1000usd. I also agree that community is bad.
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And don't forget: In this community we have like 5-6 type of people:
- The PUBG user: how's the pubg gameplay plz anyone?
- The SOT lover: I have bad SOT plz dev fix asap
- The random reporter: I have X bug plz dev fix it see the screenshot
- The updates guy: Next update when plz?
- The normal user: we all know them.
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Ive been on xda forums since 2008 or so, and i would usually buy flagship devices for a ****load of money, and community was always nice. My last 2 devices, were cheap ones from china, leeco le pro 3 and RN5, and in both cases community was way worse.. So i came to conclusion, the cheaper the device is, the ****tier the community is.
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Well, in my experience the worst community was with my old S7 edge, that was... my god, a little example: random people building kernels/roms full of bugs and crap, and stupid users paying to be able to use them.
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go for poco f1
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I would go however i don't like the notch design. I can get used to it but why would i want to buy a phone so i can change the software right away?
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Atleast for me, forum seems to be full of people spamming, asking same questions over and over again, not using search. Also crying non stop about everything, having bought the phone for 150usd, and expecting it to be better than say Pixel for 1000usd. I also agree that community is bad. But development is good, a lot of custom roms, been using Pie rom Pixel Experience, runs like stock, no bugs, great performance and battery life. But if i were you, i would wait for redmi note 7.. much nicer design, a bit better soc, and probably better camera. And its gonna cost basically the same, well maybe 10euros more. Its not really logical buying redmi note 5 at this time, when you have newer devices for the same price. Even redmi note 6 costs the same and is newer, but the only upgrade on it is notched screen. RN7 is a real upgrade tho
Ive been on xda forums since 2008 or so, and i would usually buy flagship devices for a ****load of money, and community was always nice. My last 2 devices, were cheap ones from china, leeco le pro 3 and RN5, and in both cases community was way worse.. So i came to conclusion, the cheaper the device is, the ****tier the community is.
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I noticed that most of the people who are on xda are mostly indians. No offence to them but they are extremely dumb (not all of them, only the ones who ask retarded questions about this and that.). I can wait for note 7 however the 48mp camera is a gimmick.
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I noticed that most of the people who are on xda are mostly indians. No offence to them but they are extremely dumb (not all of them, only the ones who ask retarded questions about this and that.). I can wait for note 7 however the 48mp camera is a gimmick.
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Its not a gimmick. Its a really good sensor from samsung, and it uses pixel bining technology. Combining 4pixels into 1, resulting in waaayyy bigger pixels and way more light coming in, resulting in good quality 12mpx photos. RN7 is a midrange device for a budget phone price. You cant get sd660 with all the other goodies for this price anywhere else.
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Its not a gimmick. Its a really good sensor from samsung, and it uses pixel bining technology. Combining 4pixels into 1, resulting in waaayyy bigger pixels and way more light coming in, resulting in good quality 12mpx photos. RN7 is a midrange device for a budget phone price. You cant get sd660 with all the other goodies for this price anywhere else.
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Interesting. I can go with this phone but the glass back, not my cup of tea.
Yes it can be replaceable, but why add a glass back if your phone has no wireless charging?
Also i found a discount on a note 5 pro in my store for just 100 bucks. It expires on 17 january. So what should i do? Buy it or wait?
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Interesting. I can go with this phone but the glass back, not my cup of tea.
Yes it can be replaceable, but why add a glass back if your phone has no wireless charging?
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Because design wise it looks much more premium than aluminium. Also they follow design line of other xiaomi phones. They released mi 8 series with glass back, and if you look at mi 8 light, youll see its the same design as RN7. So, you get new, modern design, and design wise it didnt cost xiaomi anything, because research and development was already done on mi 8 series. If they released another metal phone, looking just like RN5, people would be crying non stop.. They already were crying, because RN4, RN5, RN6 had basically same design..
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Because design wise it looks much more premium than aluminium. Also they follow design line of other xiaomi phones. They released mi 8 series with glass back, and if you look at mi 8 light, youll see its the same design as RN7. So, you get new, modern design, and design wise it didnt cost xiaomi anything, because research and development was already done on mi 8 series. If they released another metal phone, looking just like RN5, people would be crying non stop.. They already were crying, because RN4, RN5, RN6 had basically same design..
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Alright. Strangely that in my country it will cost double but alright. I will look and see how this phone will go.
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Also i found a discount on a note 5 pro in my store for just 100 bucks. It expires on 17 january. So what should i do? Buy it or wait?
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Well, 100usd is a joke of a price. For this hardware, its a bargain. If you dont need that extra 10% performance, better low light photos and more modern design, go for it. You wont find rn7 for 100usd thats for sure.
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Well, 100usd is a joke of a price. For this hardware, its a bargain. If you dont need that extra 10% performance, better low light photos and more modern design, go for it. You wont find rn7 for 100usd thats for sure.
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Alright. I will look and see what i will buy.
The Redmi note 7 seems once again to be a very good phone for the price.
I am very happy with the RN5, updates are regular and I don't matter about dumb people who are always complaining about nothing. I'm not ready to change because I hope Android pie update as announced on the forum ( perhaps increasing photo and video mode) , but I am a bit afraid to loose call recording feature which is a very important functionality for me. As far I know, Android 9 doesn't allow it andI hope it will be still there thanks to Miui.
This is my first Xiaomi and I'm really impressed by the great quality of this smartphone.
COBOL programmers understand why women hate periods.
JLLE said:
The Redmi note 7 seems once again to be a very good phone for the price.
I am very happy with the RN5, updates are regular and I don't matter about dumb people who are always complaining about nothing. I'm not ready to change because I hope Android pie update as announced on the forum ( perhaps increasing photo and video mode) , but I am a bit afraid to loose call recording feature which is a very important functionality for me. As far I know, Android 9 doesn't allow it andI hope it will be still there thanks to Miui.
This is my first Xiaomi and I'm really impressed by the great quality of this smartphone.
COBOL programmers understand why women hate periods.
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I am kinda skeptical about it. Besides, when it arrives in the globe?
JLLE said:
The Redmi note 7 seems once again to be a very good phone for the price.
I am very happy with the RN5, updates are regular and I don't matter about dumb people who are always complaining about nothing. I'm not ready to change because I hope Android pie update as announced on the forum ( perhaps increasing photo and video mode) , but I am a bit afraid to loose call recording feature which is a very important functionality for me. As far I know, Android 9 doesn't allow it andI hope it will be still there thanks to Miui.
This is my first Xiaomi and I'm really impressed by the great quality of this smartphone.
COBOL programmers understand why women hate periods.
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Yeah its not worth upgrading. But if you are buying, it makes more sense to go for RN7.
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I am kinda skeptical about it. Besides, when it arrives in the globe?
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Perhaps in Q1 2019.
COBOL programmers understand why women hate periods.
Got the OnePlus 8 Pro and coming from this turd of a device it is a refreshing change.
The smoothness and higher refresh rate is staggeringly superior.
Wish that Huawei would have left the bootloader alone, the p10 Pro was going places.
Now it's pretty much dead, shame.
Hopefully see some of you in the OnePlus 8 Pro forum, highly recommend the phone, is flawless.
I switched from MI 9t to P20 pro and I really regret it
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Got the OnePlus 8 Pro and coming from this turd of a device it is a refreshing change.
The smoothness and higher refresh rate is staggeringly superior.
Wish that Huawei would have left the bootloader alone, the p10 Pro was going places.
Now it's pretty much dead, shame.
Hopefully see some of you in the OnePlus 8 Pro forum, highly recommend the phone, is flawless.
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bye bye my friend ...also bad company and i will see you in telegram group for p20 pro
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bye bye my friend ...also bad company and i will see you in telegram group for p20 pro
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Course mate no worries.
achour7 said:
I switched from MI 9t to P20 pro and I really regret it
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Ohhh I feel you, that's like me swapping out my OnePlus 5 for the Pro. I got the phone and tried why I got it (camera) then after the novelty of that wore off and development on XDA died, I realised that it is a dog turd.
So much potential, literally killed with several bad decisions.
I wouldn't change my P20 Pro for the world (well perhaps for the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro). Its easily the best phone I've ever owned. I honestly cannot fault it for anything other than the lack of development.
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Got the OnePlus 8 Pro and coming from this turd of a device it is a refreshing change.
The smoothness and higher refresh rate is staggeringly superior.
Wish that Huawei would have left the bootloader alone, the p10 Pro was going places.
Now it's pretty much dead, shame.
Hopefully see some of you in the OnePlus 8 Pro forum, highly recommend the phone, is flawless.
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How is battery life of OP8 Pro compared with the P20 Pro? You get almost same SOT?
And for the camera quality?
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I wouldn't change my P20 Pro for the world (well perhaps for the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro). Its easily the best phone I've ever owned. I honestly cannot fault it for anything other than the lack of development.
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Splintered variants
Poor GPU
Poor CPU
Poor overall performance
Bloated software
Awful customer service
Woeful development
Disgusting software updates.
Do I need to go on?
Sorry mate, each to their own but honestly, I dropped the ball when I got a Huawei, against my better judgement, I'm much happier now that I have the performance I need and the freedom that android deserves.
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How is battery life of OP8 Pro compared with the P20 Pro? You get almost same SOT?
And for the camera quality?
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Well it's only day one but so far it's been pretty good.
I managed to get 14 hours 45 minutes on my OnePlus 5, usually averaged around 10 hours.
My average on the P20 Pro was a little less at about 7-9 hours
Soon as I get a ballpark I'll respond.
So far it's looking good, I think a minimum of 7, better in mind I've got 120hz on constantly.
Camera is phenomenal and that's compared to the P20 Pro. It's a huge leap forward, 4k 60fps is brilliant, the OIS stability is vastly improved and the super macro I love. I'm yet to find a fault with the phone besides one thing which I'm getting used to and that's the waterfall screen, I sometimes touch it by accident but I think that's habit of having edges on my Huawei.
Free wireless bullets 2 came with the phone and a case in the box which will do for now.
12GB RAM and 256GB storage, just a crazy phone mate.
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Got the OnePlus 8 Pro and coming from this turd of a device it is a refreshing change.
The smoothness and higher refresh rate is staggeringly superior.
Wish that Huawei would have left the bootloader alone, the p10 Pro was going places.
Now it's pretty much dead, shame.
Hopefully see some of you in the OnePlus 8 Pro forum, highly recommend the phone, is flawless.
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I absolutely understand you, i will switch over time too. I'm not happy with the Huawei phone.
spityu85hun said:
I absolutely understand you, i will switch over time too. I'm not happy with the Huawei phone.
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Weird thing about me with huawei, I usually get 1-2 phones each year, this time is the first time I've stuck it out with one phone for two years.
So yea I was really say the end of my tether.
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Weird thing about me with huawei, I usually get 1-2 phones each year, this time is the first time I've stuck it out with one phone for two years.
So yea I was really say the end of my tether .
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it lasted for me too. so far a phone has been on for max half a year.
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it lasted for me too. so far a phone has been on for max half a year.
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My wife still has hers and she loves it. Much simpler needs though.
She has had an envious look at my OnePlus though and is now I'm guessing feeling like hers is in need of a refresh
Root already achieved btw and twrp. Not complete but it's very early. I think it'll be hugely popular, going to try to get some of my old Devs to jump in.
People started reporting the green screen problem in low brightness with OP8 Pro. Did you experience anything like this?
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People started reporting the green screen problem in low brightness with OP8 Pro. Did you experience anything like this?
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Nope, also heard something similar on every single thread is every single phone one ever owned. You need to be extremely unlucky for this to happen to you. On any of the aforementioned phones. (list in my sig)
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Splintered variants
Poor GPU
Poor CPU
Poor overall performance
Bloated software
Awful customer service
Woeful development
Disgusting software updates.
Do I need to go on?
Sorry mate, each to their own but honestly, I dropped the ball when I got a Huawei, against my better judgement, I'm much happier now that I have the performance I need and the freedom that android deserves.
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I'm sorry, but I don't see all of this. My phone runs just fine. I don't find the software bloated. I've never had to use customer service. I don't see any perceptible lack of performance. Sure, software updates are slow to arrive, but this is the same with the vast majority of manufacturers. And how many of them still support devices over 2 years old?
As I previously said, the lack of development, due mainly to Huawei's intransigence over bootloader unlocking, is the only real issue I have with it.
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I'm sorry, but I don't see all of this. My phone runs just fine. I don't find the software bloated. I've never had to use customer service. I don't see any perceptible lack of performance. Sure, software updates are slow to arrive, but this is the same with the vast majority of manufacturers. And how many of them still support devices over 2 years old?
As I previously said, the lack of development, due mainly to Huawei's intransigence over bootloader unlocking, is the only real issue I have with it.
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Lol I didn't want to do this (get pulled into a silly back and forth) especially seeing as what I said is correct.
Bloat:
The ROM download is 4.7GB in size? In what way is that not bloated dude? What the hell Is it?
Customer service:
OnePlus, called to RMA, phone sent and back in 3 days, for free, I asked Huawei for MY information, all correspondence, GDPR , this is my information, that was seven months ago, I'm still waiting, they won't send me anything.
Performance?:
Oh dear where to start, install lawn chair launcher, add the Google feed (on the left) it lags when opening it, a OnePlus 5 doesn't lag when you do that? A OnePlus 3, 2 maybe even a 1!!
Dolphin emulator lags, unplayable in most instances, psp, modern combat, normal games like cod, or just 3D games in general have sub standard performance compared to any of the phones out at the same time as the Pro, unless it's a Huawei / honor / Samsung (EU) device, the problem is mainly the awful Mali but the CPU isn't great either, plus it heats up a lot too.
Software updates:
OnePlus - one variation
Huawei - I can even answer this, how many different variants and regions are there for Huawei? L09 L29 c432 c783 A100 ?? I have no idea, it's just a stupid avoidable mess, how long have people been waiting for Android 10? How many people managed to get the beta? Lol it's shocking, OHHH and yes some of the updates relock the damn bootloader, some of the services (funky) completely broke the ability to unlock the bootloader? It's a disgusting, avoidable sh*tshow.
Let me tell you something about software updates, a phone with a healthy after market development community will not need updates after two years, they will continue to get tweaked, optimized, newer modded ROMs released, look at the HD2, I think it's still being developed now. Huawei will never have that, ever, or is a dead platform on XDA.
Lastly :
I'm not bashing your here, I know people who bought this device did so in good faith, I'm one of them, and bitterness is rife as well as a bias for your device but you can't stand by what you said pal, it's just BS, get any Snapdragon device and you'll see what I mean. My only hope for the Huawei community is that they never buy another Huawei ever again, Huawei teamed up with XDA and became popular, created a following and then just pulled the rug out from everyone's feet. I hope they go down the route HTC did, the former surely deserve it.
dladz said:
Got the OnePlus 8 Pro and coming from this turd of a device it is a refreshing change.
The smoothness and higher refresh rate is staggeringly superior.
Wish that Huawei would have left the bootloader alone, the p10 Pro was going places.
Now it's pretty much dead, shame.
Hopefully see some of you in the OnePlus 8 Pro forum, highly recommend the phone, is flawless.
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I couldn't afford the 8 Pro so actually went for a reduced 7T. Saved me a few hundred and still way better than the 20 Pro experience.
maddoguk said:
I couldn't afford the 8 Pro so actually went for a reduced 7T. Saved me a few hundred and still way better than the 20 Pro experience.
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Honestly, if the 8 didn't come to carriers in the UK I was thinking of doing the same mate. Totally get your choice.
Lot of similarities and you've got that high refresh rate too.
With you on the sh*t show that has been Huawei. Remember the days when you could actually unlock the bootloader and we clung on to some hope that there'd be light at the end of the tunnel but they quickly stopped that. I had to send my back for a repair after it hard bricked and they sent it back bootloader locked
I couldn't warrant the extra £200 for the OP8 Pro so got the standard OP8. I'm seeing that Pro forum is already more active with some ROM's that I hope will quickly filter down to its little brother and the hardware is not much different.
So yeah, 2 years of the P20 done & dusted, phone sold, only regret I have is putting up with it for so long.