>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 >Shill your Xiaomi >PRAISE THE CHINKPHONES
>Also bad news is the fact that Xiaomi has started locking more bootloaders. To our dismay, the Xiaomi Redmi 3 is one of the affected handsets. This is for your security, but tinkerers can still play around if they are patient.
>Xiaomi is requiring users to apply for unlocking privileges and await an acceptance or denial response, which Xiaomi says can take up to 10 days to receive. It’s good to keep phones secure for the casual user, but we feel this process is a bit to inconvenient. And we feel that Xiaomi’s process for unlocking only invites malware to be preloaded on devices leaving China, as users will have a very tough time removing it.
>You should probably not expect too many updates for this phone. We know that sounds pretty bad, but it is super affordable and does what it is meant to do, which would put it in the low-priority list in most cases. However, we should also note that MIUI does receive updates of its own, which are released relatively frequently.
how big of an issue is some semi-locked bootloader? and also comes the idea, what if the phone is pre-malwared when it comes to me? any way to reliably do clean-install?
William Collins
Get a patriot instead, 128GB is like $29 on amazon. I got a 32GB shark once. Data was corrupted after a few days. Never again.
Andrew Taylor
>what flagship should i get? anything that has an unlockable bootloader, rootable, SD card slot, and removable battery.
getting anything else is fucking dumb and you might as well get an iPhone.
Josiah Diaz
>SD810 >superior to anything KYS.
Juan Kelly
>how big of an issue is some semi-locked bootloader? enough of an issue that you shouldn't buy a phone that has one.
Dylan Thompson
Xiaomi.eu debloated ROM if you like MiUi AOSP or CM13 if not.
Ayden Garcia
>SD810 is bad meme
Joseph Scott
I have a T-Mo G3
I am currently running stock MM but the fact that when I copy my passwords from keepass it shows up on the clipboard annoys me to no fucking end, but I really do enjoy a working GPS and camera.
Which one of these should I choose
Michael Bennett
It's not an issue. You request an unlocking code from Xiaomi and get it 4 days later. then you can flash the official roms. If you don't wanna do that, you can ask the shop your'e buying the phone from do it for you. there was an user a few days ago that bought RN3P and asked the shop to install global rom on it and it arrived fine.
Mason Long
Only one current phone matches what you said, the LG G5, and it's got poor build quality and is likely to have poor support - see LG G4 bootloops
Cooper Hernandez
It's certainly not good, it was rushed out
Charles Reed
You are right. There's usually an unofficial CM built by some Chinese students. You may also go deeper and compile it yourself.
James Gonzalez
This fucking chinkphone has better specs than the new $550 sony phone
Adrian Ortiz
>got poor build quality So put a case on it like literally every other phone. The features I mentioned ARE what sets Android phones apart from iPhones on the most basic level. If you don't have them, then don't bother with Android. >is likely to have poor support Literally who gives a fuck? Did you miss the part where I said unlockable bootloader and rootable? If LG or whomever your carrier is says "lol fuck this model" then people on XDA or elsewhere will ALMOST ALWAYS keep supporting the phone for years. Even the Galaxy S2 still gets support.
It's okay m8, just don't use the big cpu cluster for more than 2 minutes at a time and you won't even notice.
Elijah Clark
I was thinking about this, but I don't know what the "sharpening mod" does. Can you explain it to me, preferably with comparison pics?
John Adams
im just selling my z5c right now
Elijah Brooks
It removes the stock over sharpening, which adds a "halo effect" around fonts. Turning it off makes it look nice and clean like any other phone, it's a massive improvement really.
Matthew Cook
LG G4 bootloops were due to hardware not software
I guess build quality is subjective but no other flagships besides the 6P have it called into question
Noah Walker
Ah okay. I will use the disabled setting then.
Does anyone know of any alternatives to Titanium Backup? Helium is broken on MM right now, and I can't seem to find anything that will just backup my apps+data and pack them into a flashable zip.
Evan Hall
What would you guys suggest as the most reliable phone in the 150-180$ category? Looking for something with good battery capacity, and life, powerful processor and memory, instead of better camera and display features. Read about the redmi note 2-3, honor 6, the infamous oukitel k1000 and etc... yet i cant decide which would be the best option.
Gabriel Fisher
I don't trust china in general, not just the sellers, chinese students either, what are my options if I'm going to compile the rom myself, just CM13?
Eli Bailey
>sonyshills
Adam Phillips
Wait for iPhone 7 or buy S7 now?
Anthony Sullivan
>samsung oh sweet child
Daniel Lee
Unarguably the top dog at this point, besides Applel.
Logan Edwards
ok but it has t*uchwiz
Anthony Morgan
Touchwiz in 2016 isn't really touchwiz, it's pretty much enhanced stock if you use a theme and good lock
Grayson Smith
Enjoy your chinkshit, touchwizz is a bad meme now.
If you want to wait for Ios sure, do so, S7 is awesome though so if you want a phone now you won't regret it
Kayden Flores
Will iOS 10 have more features from Android as suggested?
As in, actually being able to customize your shit or having a file manager.
Noah Mitchell
No chance
Jason Miller
depends on what you do with your phone as always
Evan Hill
Uh, why would you even dream that?
They've been so successful thus far with with phones that do nothing at all compared to the competition, what makes you think they'd change their game now?
Ask an average iphone user if they miss not having a file manager and see what kind of reaction you get. Simplify it: ask them is they are bothered by the relative difficulty of accessing their files.
They don't know what a file is.
Gabriel Perry
About to buy the Moto X Play (Droid Maxx) for 230 pounds/300 euro. Am I an idiot or is this okay?
Cameron Green
It's shit. Get a 5x.
Nolan Wood
Is has a microsd card slot, it's great!
>encouraging people to get a phone without a microsd card slot troll
Christopher Peterson
I was looking at the 5x, it's a little dearer, but its got better specs and a fingerprint scanner if youre into that. Really all the moto x has on it is the affordability and that huge battery (and a bigger screen I guess)
Jordan Jones
Don't forget the microsd slot. You know the thing that makes an android phone a smart choice?
Aiden Lopez
most people in this thread are iphone migrants and literally don't care or even know what a microSD card is.
Daniel Butler
All of my phones have had microSD, and I've enjoyed that. I don't think I have ever taken full advantage of it though since they were all 2gb cards, with one being 8gb and going in my kindle fire. Is the difference in specs worth the slot?
Joshua Reyes
How much is the One+3 really gonna cost for Bongland and do you gotta worry about customs when you order from them?
Thanks Cock Docks
Jose Morris
>worth the slot? if you have to ask then stick to iPhone m80.
Anthony Phillips
Guys whats the cheapest chink phone with flagship specs out there?
Nolan Watson
Should I get the iPhone SE? I like the design and kinda wanna see what it's like to have one been and Android fag for the past few years
Connor Ramirez
Or LG G3 vs Moto X Play? If anyone has experiene there? They are the same price
Austin Diaz
android's all about options, if you've never felt the need for a microSD slot don't worry about it
Matthew Young
What are some good paid Android apps that I can pirate? :3
I managed to mount windows share on my android tablet, running latest cyanogenmod 13 nightlies.
Here is my experience:
The cifs kernel module is fucked on cyanogenmod. You need to specify the share name twice - once as device name, and once as unc parameter.
I also had issues with non-ascii chararcter turning into question marks, with iocharset=utf8 option ignored for the mount command. somehow, I got it to work by reordering options - putting iocharset=utf8 right after unc=
Finally, I had to switch selinx to permissive mode for apps to be able to work with mounted directories, using setenforce command.
I put everything into a shell script, and saved it to /sdcard/mount.sh: #!/bin/sh
setenforce 0
mkdir /mnt/cifs mkdir /mnt/cifs/buffer
mount -o unc=\\\\192.168.1.34\\buffer,iocharset=utf8,username=Leaf,password=voidvoid -t cifs \\\\192.168.1.34\\buffer /mnt/cifs/buffer
I then installed Automation app and created an icon to run "sh /sdcard/mount.sh" as root.
Now I can open my stuff using any apps as if it was on a device itself, and so can you.
Wait so I can't transfer music/pics from my PC to an IPhone?
Logan Hill
You can, but only through iTunes.
Carson Turner
Had a note 4 and battery died on me after a year, makes me nervous now. (I can replace in Note 4 for $15, not so much with the new stuff)
Noah Perry
You have to use iTunes.
Sebastian Thomas
It has a 2 year warranty.
Blake Rodriguez
is there any phone smaller than 5.5" that is similarly spec'd to the Nexus 6? I seriously love this phone until I have to put it in my pocket, but I don't want to downgrade too much.
How much do specs even affect performance if I rarely have more than 2 or 3 apps going at the same time anyway?
Grayson Allen
galaxy s7
Jaxon Rodriguez
>this props to samshit for not making it 5.1". when the rumors about there not being a plus version came out I was worried they'd fall for the "bigger is better" meme and just kill the small line. based samshit
Joseph Martinez
Anything in the ~$200 range? used is fine.
Nathaniel Brown
True, S7 is perfectly sized.
William Howard
Nexus 5x?
Nathan Murphy
have fun with itunes lmao
Nolan Wood
Sony z5 compact is the smallest current android semi-flagship.
Ayden Rodriguez
I can't decide between iPhone SE 64 gb and Sony Xperia Z5 Premium. Somehow I got used to iPhone 5s size and its pure usefulness, but I wonder which phone is *actually* better to spend money on and will I regret switching to Z5? With iPhone I know what I'm buying, but with Sony it could be great, it could be not just as good...
Owen Ramirez
...until an S7 mini comes out. (which it might)
Christopher Young
>Sony >$200 range
Liam Campbell
If you're used to iPhone the Z5 premium is one of the worst choices
An S7 would be better for a closer to iPhone experience in terms of build, camera, performance
A 4k screen is also a huge battery killer
Anthony Ortiz
stay away from the 810's
Blake Cox
Thanks, but please explain why do you think Z5 is one of the worst choices specifically compared to S7.
I've only had bad experiences with Samsung over the decade and a half (already?) and I'm kinda superstitious. I have best experiences with Sony and Apple, I don't even consider some fourth options.
Tyler Brooks
What's the cheapest phone with a good camera that can record good quality videos?
Luke Gray
new or used
>checked
Oliver Brooks
Z5 have snapdragon 810 SoC, which was an unredeemable heap of shit. It throttles down to 300 mhz after 2 minutes under load.
Aiden Morales
new
Luis Bailey
check out the htc 10 if you are dropping that much money and like a non-phablet
Alexander Scott
now we wait
Elijah Lewis
Oh. OH. Well, shit. I thought it actually could be good. Good design, 4k, company...eh. I might as well upgrade this little brick (5s) and be content for the next couple of years.
