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[General Questions and Answers] Scath:
T-Mobile Bands and International Phones

I really love the quad-core phones from china. I have had my ups and downs and have been using them for over 9 years, until I got my MyTouch 4G (what I have now) which has lasted me for 2 years now, but I'm tired of it. DO NOT FLAME for wanting a "china phone," please and thank you.

I am also considering phones that are not overseas like the LG Nexus 4 and the Sony Xperia Ion HSPA+ - However the Nexus 4 I hate the bidding wars on eBay.

CHINA PHONES

Phones I know will work on t-mobile

Huawei Honor II - 1.5GHz Quad-core CPU 4.5 Inch Screen 2GB RAM

K-Touch Hornet II V9 - 4.5 Inch Screen 1.4GHz Quad-core Tegra 3

Meizu MX Quad-Core

Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL

Tianyu K-Touch Treasure V8 Tegra 3,Android 4.1 Jelly Bean 4.5"inch Nvdia Quad Core 1.5G 16G rom 1G ram GPS WIFI 8.0MP

Huawei U9508 Honor Glory II Quad-Core 1.4GHz 4.5 inch IPS Retinal Screen 2G RAM Android 4.0 ICS 8.0MP Gorilla Glass
[General Questions and Answers] -DarkKnight-:
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my neighbor has a one v from virgin mobile. IT IS NOT LAGGY. HE DIDN'T EVEN ROOT HIS PHONE!

benchmarks don't matter, they are just for bragging rights

If you really hate this phone, then DON'T GET MICROMAX, THEY SUPPORT IS NONEXISTANT AND DEVELOPER SUPPORT WILL BE LITTLE TOO

u should get nexus 4(if it is still in stock) if you really hate your one v
[General Questions and Answers] positiveg:
Someone asked me to get them a non brand name tablet running the world famous droooiddd lol.

But yeah I'm wondering what to buy for them. Oh yeah and they want to spend around $100, cause they are waiting for the prices on the S3 to come.down out of the galaxy.

So what do you guys suggest?

Thanks

N.B this person is a novice

Thanks

G
[General Questions and Answers] KnockerDolt:
Tablet with a Stylus

Hi all, I'm looking for a tablet with stylus compatibility. Ideally, I don't want it to cost that much either. I do have an iPad 2 which I’m selling and I guess I can get about £250 for that and I can spend maybe another £100 so ideally a tablet that costs about £350. I had a look at the Thinkpad Tablet but it does look underpowered by standards nowadays. Anyone have any suggestions?
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
Stylus?

Maybe Note 10.1?
[General Questions and Answers] KnockerDolt:
Oh wow, I didn't know Samsung released a Note tablet. I'll definitely have a look, Thanks! Is the community stil active for it? I don't really want to get a product to find the community for it dead.
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
I don't know firsthand, but it looks like there's plenty development going on.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1739

You can be the judge, though ;)

EDIT: just took a look at the price and it's a little pricey based on your budget... don't know if your willing to go higher or not.
[General Questions and Answers] shazzy1:
Pls help am confused.....xperia ray r xperia U?????which one is better
[General Questions and Answers] Felimenta97:
Xperia U all the way. Better in every single aspect (except for presence of SD card slot).
[General Questions and Answers] username1234321:
Please help me decide between Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and new windows 8 convertible ( like Samsung ativ smart PC). I prefer Android over windows but the main advantage of Samsung ativ smart PC is that I can use it as a PC as well as a tablet.
[General Questions and Answers] hard91:
i am looking to buy sony xperia tipo dual will it g8t choice?????

or samsung
[General Questions and Answers] matexone:
I would also choose Xperia U... good screen and nice design with enough power to do everyday job :)
[General Questions and Answers] don2012:
iPhone 5 or galaxy s3
[General Questions and Answers] eriol1:
V20 might be susceptible to the lg bootloop issue, I wouldn't recommend buying it used with no warranty. They tend to die suddenly when they're a little over a year old. Doesn't happen a lot, but it happens enough to be a real problem.

The V30 might have the same problem, but there's not enough data yet to say anything concrete.
[General Questions and Answers] phazer11:
Bump
[General Questions and Answers] MathGuy284:
I'm looking to buy a relatively cheap used phone ($200 max) that I can root and put custom ROMs on. I'm in the US and using Sprint. I was thinking the LG G6? If you have other suggestions please recommend! :)
[General Questions and Answers] phazer11:
I'm trying to decide between a few phones. A good camera and external microphone (though ao long as there is the ability to hook up an external microphone for video or audio recording that works as well) are pretty important. UI and updates are too. I would prefer a leaner, cleaner experience. I am not oposed to slightly older models like the Pixel 2. My current eyeballs are the Pixel 3 followed by the Oneplus 6T. Other options include the S9 and as before one of the Pixel 2 models, an LG V35 or V40.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Wait a bit, for S10 to launch. And maybe you can land an S9 plus
[General Questions and Answers] kristofthewise:
BUMP. Does nobody but noobies post in this forum? I havent seen any answers in here for a while, just questions and more questions. I am starting to feel like this forum thread is just a garbage pail to keep us noobies from contaminating the rest of the forum with our questions. Which is fine as long as somebody answers us. Is somebody going to answer us?
[General Questions and Answers] phazer11:
Yes, I'm incredibly frustrated myself kristofthewise
[General Questions and Answers] eriol1:
This forum has nothing to do with being new.

Someone could be posting for the first time on xda and yet he may have years of experience with a certain phone.

That's what this forum is. A place to find someone experienced in the class of phones you're interested in.

If someone reads your post and happens to know something useful, they'll probably share their knowledge. If they don't, they're not going to do your research for you.

In your case I'm not surprised there were no answers.

Finding a phone with no internal microphone seems impossible, to me at least, which is why I didn't answer.

There may be a phone like that out there, but you probably know more than most about that type of thing.

I myself haven't been answering much lately because I haven't had a good look at phones since buying one 2 years ago, so I don't have much to offer.
[General Questions and Answers] HugoPolymorph:
Hello,

I'm looking for a device under 120€/135$ which can be rooted and with a fastboot that would run the command:

fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0

I tried Huawei but since they stopped unlocking bootloaders it won't accept the fastboot command.

I tried Xiaomi but the wait time to unlock the bootloader is impractical and it does not run the fastboot command anyway.

I like Lenovo Moto a lot but devices in our price range might not be bootloader unlockable.

Does anyone know a phone that's cheap enough and can be rooted and bootloader unlocked (so it can boot on charge when off)?

Thanks for your help!
[General Questions and Answers] SunilSuni:
You can check Xiaomi's android one phone, android one phone can be unlockable with a simple command fastboot oem unlock

Mi A2

Mi A2 Lite

Mi A1 (Too old to consider)

All motorolo phones can be unlockable with a unlock codes (you need to get unlock code from Motorola website)
[General Questions and Answers] 350Rocket:
I've never heard of a phone that meets your criteria. Those are almost all standard smartphone features and have been for a long time. Maybe you could find an older phone that has no fingerprint sensor and has a broken microphone and broken GPS?

But to answer your second question I post answers here occasionally but I'm not the best person for recommendations most of the time because I'm not in the market for a phone for a while and I only out of curiosity look up reviews on the phones that I think would suit me and my budget when it's time to upgrade eventually.

Also a lot of people post with a budget in another countries currency and I don't know that currency or what phones are even available there.

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Sorry that was supposed to be a quote to kristofthewise. I also didn't realize there was several more posts after his when I started typing mine.
[General Questions and Answers] phaleg:
Android phone with this features

Hi everybody,

I recently changed my Nexus 5x for a Honor 10, but I am not satisfied because it is super long and narrow, they call 19:9 and it comes with customization and additional UI with not so vibrant community about custom ROMs either, because of longer process to unlock, root and so on. Now that I explained the background, I can formulate my question.

Would you advise for an android device with the following features, or at least the most of them

* relevant, ** very relevant *** top importance

Android One (or easy to put custom roms) ***

Squared shape (like 16:9 or anyway not too long and narrow) **

Screen > 5.5" **

2018 or newer **

Decent battery life **

About price and availability, I am in Europe now.

For price, I am open considering that performance is not a top priority for me.

If it's coming next, I can also wait for a new device to be available.

Less relevant, but nice add ons are:

Waterproof * / Cameras * / SD * / performance (I don't expect the best, but at least good worth the penny)
[General Questions and Answers] go vegan:
My Xiaomi Redmi 5A is dead/dying. I've been overall happy with it running crDroid.

Requirements for new phone:

* Cheap

* Can be rooted without too much hassle

* Same or better hardware specs/performance

* Similar size/shape

Any suggestions? Thanks :)
[General Questions and Answers] Fatal_Scythe:
Hey guys!

So it looks like my Xperia M2 Aqua is about to reach it's limit after about 2,5 Years of usage, and since it sometimes gets so slow that even normal apps like Instagram or Whatsapp are causing the phone to completely freeze, I'd like to get an upgrade :)

For now, I'm looking at buying either:

• The Samsung Galaxy J4+

• The Samsung Galaxy J6+

My Budget is between 200-280€ btw, but right now both of those phones got an price cut to 160€ so I can't quite decide which one to get :D

I'm open for other phone recommendations that are at my Budget though :)
[General Questions and Answers] Amirk365:
You can consider much better phones than those bro. Such as the Mi A2, Nokia 6.1 Plus etc.
[General Questions and Answers] Nico2416:
Try to give a look at the Redmi Note 5 Pro, it's cheap, it's probably the best ROM-phone and it has a good hardware overall.

If you have an higer budget go for OnePlus phones
[General Questions and Answers] arko15:
Nokia 7.1 or Motorola G6plus?

Hey

I can buy one of these phones used 1-2 months for similar good prcice. And I have dilema.

The most important for me is camera(quality in night condition also matters) - I have no idea which one is better in this field.

Also I pay attention to screen and design - I guess in this regards Nokia win. However I have some doubts about 3gb ram in Nokia, it seems too little, but maybe its enough because of pure android?

I have also option to buy LG G6 but for similar price, but it would be used about 12months.

What do you think?
[General Questions and Answers] phaleg:
I see, my concern is that is from exactly 1 year ago and is still quite long (18:9)… does it have a similar successor?

About OnePlus, any model that could suit me better?
[General Questions and Answers] Fatal_Scythe:
Thanks for the fast answer mate, the Mi A2 as well as the Nokia 6.1 sound interesting, although it's kinda hard to get your hands on an Mi A2, and the Nokia 6.1 is still a bit overpriced and starts at about 300€ here where I live. And also, I wanna test and play around a little with them in the Electronics store before buying one. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Nico2416:
There's the Redmi Note 7 (currently available only in China, in Europe will ne released in a few months, I think) or the Redmi Note 6 Pro (that is actually identical to the Note 5 Pro except for the fact that is 6 months younger and it has the notch)

For the OnePlus the best are the 6 and the 6T, both are flagship smartphone so you go for the top.

For the lenght of the screen: nowadays it's almost impossible to find a phone with the 16:9 ratio, every smartphone I remember that was produced from the late 2017 up to now has a 18:9 or 19:9 (with the notch)

EDIT: you can also give a look at the Mi Mix series by Xiaomi, in particular the 2S (cheaper) and the 3, but wothout knowing the budget it's hard to tell what is the best choice
[General Questions and Answers] monkish34:
I was recommended to come here for my question. This is my original thread.

https://xdaforums.com/private.php?do=showpm&pmid=21304361

Basically I'm moving back to metro and going to get one of their freebie phones. I have a link to their current freebies in that thread. So I'm just looking for something decent AND can be rooted. My last two phones couldn't be (lg's).

So any advice? I think every Samsung I've had was rootable, so i was looking at the j7. But I'm not sure how good the phone is.

Anyways any help will be much appreciated. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] phaleg:
I can spend up to 300 € for a medium target (where I find some of my wanted features) and up to 700 for one that has all of my features.

About these devices you suggested me, which one have a decent ROM support?

I don't like to use devices with UI like this Honor 10 I have, I like to have stock android one, or being able to load AOSP or Lineage
[General Questions and Answers] cavalloz:
Hello there,

I would like to buy a new phone after 2 years with moto g5 plus which I liked. Gestures, android stock and battery were pretty good for my use.

Features I need:

Very good rear camera

Very good battery

Price range in Europe: 200/300 €

Fast android updates (not necessary but appreciated)

I think that moto g7 plus, pocophone f1 and the new xiaomi mi9 se are good choices, which one do you think is the best? Do you know other phones that I should consider?

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Nico2416:
I suggested you those device because, in terms of ROM developments, they're the best choice. You can check their forums here on XDA and see if the phone you'll buy have the ROM you want, if you don't want to risk, though.

Anyway, if you wanna be sure about custom ROMs in general, you should go for a OnePlus or a Xiaomi that, also, are the best smartphones in terms of price/quality ratio.

Note: I don't own, obviously, all those devices, but I'm pretty sure of what I'm saying. I recommend you, in any case, to watch some reviews on YouTube of the products you are interested about, it's always useful watching the device being used, it gives you a way better overall idea
[General Questions and Answers] GugiMistrz:
Huawei Mate 20 Pro
[General Questions and Answers] N01F3AR:
I'm looking for a new phone for use with Verizon. I want something decently cheap (less than 100 bucks) that's rootable. Any suggestions?
[General Questions and Answers] Nico2416:
IMHO:

1) OP 6T

2) PIXEL 3 or S10

3) Mate 20 PRO

With the OP 6T really above the others: it's same (if not better) as the others in technically everything at a half of the prices. If you like custom ROMs is the perfect phone and, with the Google Camera, you can improve the Camera quality. There are also a lot of custom ROM that will make him really durable.

Pixel 3 is good, but it's a kind of Android iPhone, good experience but really priced up.

I can't talk, obv, about the S10, but I don't like so much Samsungs (in terms of software, in particular).

For the Mate 20 Pro I'd avoid every Huawei device for the rest of my life. Their developement policy is ridiculous (you can't unlock the bootloader anymore) while their software is the worst thing I've seen for ages in terms of optimizations, graphics and so on..
[General Questions and Answers] Amirk365:
S10e can also be considered. It has a cheaper price. Only draw back IMO is the side fingerprint scanner,having never used one.
[General Questions and Answers] CamoGeko:
I think that's gonna be a great phone! The only drawback from my perspective is the lower resolution screen compared to the S10 and S10+, only has 1080p and not 1440p.

Sent from my mata using Thebear Blue XDA Labs
[General Questions and Answers] zetsui:
im trying to upgrade from my ****ing gs5 and its so frustrating. a week straight of research

1) removable batteries seem almost wholely ****ing out. unreal. so if i buy used or battery out of cycles i have to pay $50+ to have it replaced? hidden cost few consider

2) locked bootloader galore. I NEED root.

3) newer manufacturers like huawei LG xiaomi and oneplus- value proposittion, post market support in the US, etc unclear. Even huawei's model differentation is unclear.

4) nfc is nice for subway etc here in NJ NY but very limiting if I do want this feature

5) battery life aint much better than gs5 on newer devices according to GSM arena or anandtech testing

6) screens are huge, not running or physical activity centric even going from my gs3 to my gs5 was a step up. the fact they have only gotten larger is crazy. thicness makes this a confounding factor for running tho

my valued features are 1)battery life 2) ease of root (good number of roms etc) 3) camera 4) external sd card (i cannot imagine not having this, ever not have access to internal memory on a bad flash? horrific experience) 5) display in that order

I just upgraded my s5 to 9.0 what a major update. greate battery life. I'm mainly looking to upgrade as my s5 1) charging port is bent out of shape now 2) 16gb internal requires meticulous

Which phone shoudl I get I think from gsmarean filtering and phone seaarch gs8+ and xaomi max 2 ? oneplus also seems good except it has no sdcard

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What you end up getting?
[General Questions and Answers] phaleg:
What is the best screen technology?

(IPS, LCD, AmoLed and why?)
[General Questions and Answers] Darkstand:
I've been hunting for my next phone, but im being so picky that it's hard to find semi recent phones. My Wish list is as follows:

Removable battery. This removes 90% of phones right off the bat, but there are a few out there. (It's also worth noting if one can actually obtain trustworthy batteries for a phone - seems like a lot of scammers and defective stuff from China.)

Either has an unlockable bootloader or otherwise allows the install of TWRP. (And root, but thats kinda a given.) This also removes a fair number of phones.

Preferably semi-decent hardware as far as CPU, RAM and such goes

I plan to use this phone on a Verizon MVNO so it needs to work on that network, but due to #2 will probably not be verizon branded since they tend to lock their phones.

I'd heavily prefer a phone with an expandable sd card slot, but its not a gamebreaker as long as the phone has sizable internal storage natively. I need a fair amount of space for my stuff.

I don't care much about cameras or headphone audio (if I play anything its likely over bluetooth)

I use the phone heavily for browsing, GPS, and general utility (alarm app, ect.)

IPS ratings are a plus but not that important if missing. Durability is slightly more important. Battery life is important, but removable batteries make that slightly more bearable since a spare is an option.

I don't care diddly squat about aesthetics as long as it works well, especially since I tend to stuff them in (thin) cases almost immediately after I get them.

I typically buy phones used but if they sell new on amazon or the like for reasonable prices that's ok too. Used matters a bit less when the battery is replaceable though.

I tend to buy (used) phones in the 250ish range, not top the the line but certainly have some oomph behind them.

My current contenders are as follows; none quite hit all the right notes

LG v20

+Lots of Development

+Good screen resolution

~ok internal hardware specs

~Really good audio hardware I will never use

~Good camera I will rarely use

-Unlocks via LG Developers program..... which is not terribly user friendly. Or at least it was not when I tried to unlock a LG G5. Maybe I'm wrong about this one, and it unlocks without.... but I don't think so?

Phone is a bit dated but holding up well, I think

Samsung Galaxy j7 Duo J720M (There are like half a dozen J7's with very different hardware, so specificity is important)

+Good hardware specs

+Easily unlocked bootloader

~OK resolution

-No TWRP as far as I can tell released for that specific version. I doubt I know enough to even think about building my own.

Not sure if the older j7's might be worth a look.... there are so many of them and its hard to tell them apart sometimes.

If anyone has any other suggestions or comments on these two phones let me know.
[General Questions and Answers] monkish34:
I'm wanting to get one of the free phones from metro when you sign up. But I want a decent phone, and one that can be rooted.

Any advice?
[General Questions and Answers] goa Boa:
Sony XZ3 or Oneplus 6T? :eek:

Overall i think sony is superrior...but 4 GB RAM? Hmmm is it future proof? My smartphone should last for 3 - 4 years. :confused:

Most of the time browsing and youtube... no gaming or photos.

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Amirk365:
You really don't need such expensive phones if that's all you're doing mate. Maybe a nice Pocofone will do you.
[General Questions and Answers] TheInfiniteAndroid:
Personally wouldn't recommend anyone to buy a 5G phone in 2019

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OnePlus 6T, better development, OxygenOS is great, Sony's camera's are underwhelming imo, plus if you unlock the Sony's bootloader pretty sure you lose DRM keys involving camera algorithms & screen algorithms such as Bravia etc.
[General Questions and Answers] phazer11:
So. At an impasse. NEED NEED NEED a new phone been without one for over a month, since my LG G3s SIM card slot broke itself.

I haven't really been satisfied with the ultrawide thing on phones despite liking it for monitors just feels too narrow in hands I have big fingers. Anyways I've been able to get my mits on some phines to get a feel.

The S9+ as well as the Pixel 2 and to a lesser extent the Pixel 3 XL were the lesser of the evils I tried. I'm going to see if amy of the stores in town have an S10 and if I can feel it. Kind of excited about it since it has one of the features I was holding out on upgrading from my G3 for till it broke. 802.11ax WiFi. The screen also seems about as wide as my current one so that's a plus.

Haven't been ablw to feel one of my other considerations the OnePlus 6T. So verdict out on that and I have very conflicted feeling about the LG V40. I would like a good camera and the option to put a custom firmware but am willing to compromise. Pixels OS is clean enough I suppose.

Also if it helps I literally couldn't care less about water resistance its going to be in a case. If it were up to me a removable battery and headphone jack would take priority but such ia the way of things.

Suggestions?
[General Questions and Answers] sekk:
Right now, considering the possible oneplus 7, oneplus 6, oneplus 6t and xiaomi mi 9: which one should I buy, I'd buy only the 8/128 version of better, considering that I WILL root the device, I want the best experience possible while being able to CLONE POKEMON GO.

Which one to buy?

And also, about the snapdragon, should I get the 855 device considering it's more expensive than the 845?

I'm kinda confused whether this extra money is worth it...
[General Questions and Answers] TheInfiniteAndroid:
OnePlus 6 & 6T right off the bat have worse CPU & GPU, even if it isn't much, the 855 is better & more efficient than the 845, however OnePlus devices have a far more active community here than the Mi 9, partly due to the fact that the Mi 9 is new
[General Questions and Answers] sekk:
What about the part of pokemon go?