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[General Questions and Answers] papamalo:
Looking for a phone, or android set of programs with these features in a new phone.

I'll cut to the chase. I loved Motorola Moto voice and it's ability to create Custom voice activation words. I was in love with my now-ancient Motorola Moto X pure (Style) and while it had all the features I love, including Moto Voice, it was weak on the specs, from the short-life battery, to the old chipset, and low RAM (3GB)

Now I am looking to Upgrade from the LG V30 I am now using and get a new phone. Is there a phone being sold, or a phone that can be rooted and hacked to give me the following features and specs?

1: Totally hands free voice control over the phone including unlocking the lock screen

2: Customizable voice commands, (like say, in French or Greek) for every basic function

3: Minimum 6 GB RAM

4: Minimum 4000 mAh battery

5: 2020, or very recent chipset

6: Good camera, (At least 21 MP)

I'd be totally cool with getting a phone that didn't just have these features and doing a little work on it. Basically I am just looking to recreate the simplicity of my old Motorola, but with a faster, more powerful phone. I've also considered installing Moto Voice from the play store, or other voice control program, but my earlier attempts have shown they they do not play well with android on their own.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks!

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[General Questions and Answers] germandowski:
but if I look at the comparative photos between stock camera and gcam of the mi 10 pro is it the same thing?
[General Questions and Answers] germandowski:
guys, i was at this point seriously evaluating pixel 4a (to save money). Guess? It is sold out! :(

Do you think it will be available again in the future? Is it really possible that the sale of this 4a is already over?
[General Questions and Answers] daniel_loft:
So I am also starting to look for a new phone...

What I have now: OnePlus 5

What I like: Good hardware. Capacitive buttons and fingerprint scanner. Decent software updates (not the first updated to Android 10, but at least it got it). Good Android experience (minimal and generally useful bloatware). Not very big.

What I don't like: Mediocre camera experience, visible especially when taking photos of my little one in medium to low light. No Android 11 update planned (excluding custom ROMs)

What I am looking for:

- A phone with a much better main camera

- OLED screen

- Brand with good update history or at least the promise of at least 2 - 3 major Android versions.

- Google Play Services

- Price below 600 - 650 € (that's debatable depending of special offers)

- I prefer a good old fingerprint reader (not under the screen)

- I prefer 1-2 good cameras (big sensor main and a decent ultra-wide) to countless useless cameras (i.e. low res macro, tele under 2x and with very small sensor)

What I don't need, but don't mind having:

- Wireless charging

- Ultra-fast charging (wired or wireless)

- IPxx rating

- high refresh rate screen

Thinking about it, these are the models that come to mind and these are the caveats that they have:

Pixel 5: Kind of expensive for the hardware. Small and old main camera sensor. I haven't tried a Pixel in a while, but if it is anything like Android One then it will be a bit too vanilla (aka small number of customizations).

OnePlus 8T: The camera (software and main hardware) seems have not improved at all since OnePlus 7.

Asus Zenfone 7: Rather big (I haven't held it yet). I am not sure what's the update history.

I will appreciate all your input!
[General Questions and Answers] Teveril:
I'm with a Huawei Nova 5T, and I love the performance, but I find it too big. I prefer single hand use most of the time. Size of around iPhone X or a bit smaller is perfect for me, any good suggestions?

I was looking at the Pixel 5, but it's only sold by resellers in my country and the price is overpriced.

I don't use many CPU or GPU intensive apps, mostly YouTube, Social apps and Tachiyomi. A good looking screen and good battery is all I need. I prefer bezeless phones, I don't like big chins or foreheads.

Any good alternatives or should I just keep my Nova 5T and suck it up?
[General Questions and Answers] teostar:
Hey looking for a suggestion of a device with the demensions of the pixel 5 or smaller with flagship specifications. Either current gen or last yrs 855. I have a xz2 compact currently and I'm looking for an upgrade but not in size. And from all I'm looking it seems the pixels are the closest in size to the xz2 compact. Seems noone makes small devices anymore.
[General Questions and Answers] mcgriff1985:
Just developing ideas on what to buy next in terms of phone. I have an ok budget but really don't want to spend 1000 dollars on a phone. I recently did a little research and was told to buy a oneplus 7t which turns out to be a mistake. While a great unlocked phone they have modified the way to root and made it more difficult and so there arent nearly as many developers using it. I want a good phone and I can figure out the processes just getting ideas on what everyone else is using and likes in the US
[General Questions and Answers] only-one:
I currently have an unlocked Moto G7 with Verizon. I'm not sure that I really want to go to another Moto phone as this is my 2nd one within 2ish years. I know that I don't want to spend more than $450, in terms on usage, I won't say power user but not light, I'd like to keep the screen size from 5.7 to 6. What device would you recommend that would say get me thru a couple of years or so?
[General Questions and Answers] diegocapassi:
Hi guys, I had suggest in the past..ever!!

Just your opinion cause I had Samsung for alm my life but now I want change and I'm in doubt between xiaomi mi10 and oneplus 8T.

Interesting audio,performance, autonomy and interface integration app

Tks for reply
[General Questions and Answers] ajmc1:
Hi all,

Could u pls suggest which are the better options?

Would like to know both cons & pros of each.

LG G8x Thinq - 25k

Redmi K20 pro - 23k

Realme X2 - 23k

Motorola One Fusion+ - 16.5k

Poco X3 - 16k

Realme 7 pro - 20k

I am upgrading from MI A1.

Prefer stock android, but can live with bloat if overall performance compencates.

Okay with Average Camera.

Should be a good multitasking one as I need it for work, media & games.

And also consider budget. The above are in my max and min budget.

And I'm planning to use the same for 2 year's so if some sort of development is happening, it would be a bonus.

Thanks in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] Rubister:
Rooting/Custom ROM doorway closing? Budget device recommendations?

When I started getting into Android dev we were still using SuperSu and then we had to use Magisk, and now it seems Google is trying to plug that hole! I wasn't sure exactly where to post this, so I apologize in advance if this is the wrong area, but this is a whacking general question - I am not about to go out and buy a new phone before researching if I can root it and flash a custom recovery on it and maybe somewhere down the line throw a custom ROM on it, and I'm not the kind of guy that will give up an organ for a piece of hardware :D Are there any recommendations on budget devices we can still play around with, without breaking the bank, and having to jump through too many hoops to get root and core functionality? I've favored the rugged durability and functionality of the Moto lines, and I've got an old second hand S7 I debricked and bypassed FRP and got working again, but the battery woes...
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Xiaomi Mi 10
[General Questions and Answers] JellyfishSprinkle:
I'm in the same boat as Rubister, looking for a device that I can play with, you know, root, install TWRP and custom ROM, and generally learn about all things Android development.

Cheaper is better, because if I brick it I don't want to have wasted a thousand dollars, I'm in Australia so things are expensive here. (I may have already soft-bricked my Smart E9, but I can get into the bootloader so if I ever find the stock boot.img it'll be okay)

In general I don't really use a smartphone daily, so this will pretty much just be a learning device. An easily unlockable bootloader is preferable, I don't really like how you have to get a code from Motorola to do this very basic thing, for example.
[General Questions and Answers] txdvil:
hi guys, need help with suggestion for this year released phone with many custom roms or support from this forum dev?

midrange one and flagship one

thank you

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hi guys, need help with suggestion for this year released phone with many custom roms or support from this forum dev?

midrange one and flagship one

thank you
[General Questions and Answers] toppicks:
Hi there!

I recently had the same kind of "problem" and basically I was choosing for budget phone and got the list narrowed down to two:

Motorola G9

Nokia 5.3

At the end I bought Nokia 5.3 and happy with it - recommend.
[General Questions and Answers] dgcruzing:
Nokia 5.3

Looks like a nice phone to play with.

Even for a 2nd travel phone

(If and when we can jump planes again)

Camera seems a little hit and miss . But over a few reviews I read makes it sound fine.

Maybe a different camera app could sort those pictures out.
[General Questions and Answers] iiRealXz:
Hi guys

I was thinking of changing my phone, but nowadays there are so many models and so many variations that it is not very clear to me.

The main feature I am looking for is the camera, especially that I can take quality landscape pictures. I am also looking for it to support 5G, and as a secondary feature, to have a 3.5 jack. I barely play on the mobile.

I have seen that the Mi 10T Pro, OnePlus 8T and Poco F2 Pro seem good options (besides the S20 FE, but it has very low battery).

Can anyone recommend me a model that meets these characteristics? It would be in the range of 300€ ? - 450€ ?.

Thank you very much.
[General Questions and Answers] gabling23:
Hello everyone.

My gf is going to need a new phone pretty soon since the one that she has is abandoning her.

I don't really know what are the good options in this price range so could you suggest me some models.

Some characteristics that she is looking for in a phone:

- Good battery life

- A phone that's going to last at least for a couple of years

- Decent camera

At the moment some potential candidates that I found online are the oneplus n100, the realme7, the samsung M31 and the Xiaomi Redmi note 9 pro. Any advice?

P.s. we are in Italy so it has to be available in our market.

Inviato dal mio SM-G970F utilizzando Tapatalk
[General Questions and Answers] pauliusval99:
I have a set of very non-standard requirements, and I'm looking for an old, cheap used smartphone instead of a new model. Not sure if anyone here will be able to help me, but here we go:

As physically small as possible - I mean, I'm talking 3.5" or even smaller here - I don't care how ridiculously small the thing is, I'm not gonna use the screen too much anyway

Supports AptX Bluetooth codec

Boots very fast - it's ok if I have to install a custom ROM to make it boot faster, but if there's a possibility to make it boot in less than 20 seconds, that would be great. I'm fine with removing some features to achieve this, in fact all I need is a file browser and audio player.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Go for Xiaomi Note 9 pro. I have the note 8 pro and the phone is still going strong.

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The support for aptx Bluetooth codec you might get thanks to magisk. Why do you want a 3.5 inch smartphone? Those smartphones were around 2012 or so. With less than 1 gb of ram, you will have a small device that boots and runs like a snail. Because is quite impossible to fit the specs of a 2020 smartphone in a 3.5 case. Such small phone will has something like 1 Ghz, 512 mb of ram, 800 mah battery. At most it will be barely usable. Annoying as hell. Stream from your nowadays mobile. Or get an mp3 player. Or a bigger phone, like an Samsung s6. Trust me, is not worth it

PS : a lot of those phones don't have magisk support, so you would be stuck using antique technology from 2010. Works, but not the best quality. Remember android 4.1? That's what's running on those devices
[General Questions and Answers] pauliusval99:
Well, as I said, I only need a file manager and an audio player, that's all. I'm basically planning to use it as a DAP (mp3 player, more codecs) - I do not need 2020 specs for that, 2010 is fine. My current phone doesn't have a microSD slot so I can't store all my music on it, and I really don't want to replace my daily driver because I love it the way it is and I'm not getting back the money I paid for it. I just want a secondary device to listen from that has expandable storage. Sure, a dedicated audio player would be even better, but most of them don't have Bluetooth. Or if they have Bluetooth, they also come with exceptional audio quality, which doesn't really matter to me because Bluetooth doesn't use that DAC+amp anyway. Not to mention, that kind of devices are very expensive and 2nd hand market for them is nearly non-existent.

As for the size, I already have a rather chunky phone occupying space in my pockets. I don't want to lug around another one. Also, a big screen is not an advantage at all in my situation. I'm not gonna watch movies, read or do anything else apart from listening to locally stored music. In fact, it will be disconnected from the Internet to save power and I'm not getting another SIM card for it either. Big screen would just make it clunkier.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Go with xiaomi Poco f2 pro. Or you could wait for Xiaomi Note 9 pro 5g. Will appear soon

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Why not make your music as a spotify playlist? Or upload it to a cloud storage facility, like Mega.nz. Been using that for 7 years now, works good. There seems to be some apps like Astiga, which allows you to play your music from cloud.
[General Questions and Answers] pauliusval99:
Because Spotify doesn't have what I want and because mobile data has a price.

And yes, I remember not only 4.1 but also 2.3 - tell me ONE reason why I should care about that when I will never exit the music player app anyway?
[General Questions and Answers] Vanilla Pudding:
Is the galaxy nexus still good enough ?

Its a year old phone , and I am a bit worried that it might not wok well with new games .

And I don't care about the SD card .

Now I am rocking with a galaxy mini so any mobile will be an upgrade :D , but not sure what phone to get .

Thanks in advance .

Sent from my GT-S5570
[General Questions and Answers] alex-p690:
Same situation as mine... I'm not sure if xperia play will be an good upgrade.
[General Questions and Answers] skygio99:
CM10 JB work quite well on those models, but I'm not sure for games.

I'm 'testing on my ST15i which has the same CPU and RAM and work fine, I did overclock to 1,2 Mhz without problem
[General Questions and Answers] DeadlyBrink:
First Tablet

Hello ,

I am searching for my first tablet,

I got a ps3 (future PS4:D) and a Sony Xperia S,

So i was thinking about the tablet from sony (Sony Xperia Tablet S,

But i am not sure, The samsung Galaxy tap is a good one to, and the ASUS transformer Tablet hase a awesome keybord.

But on techical information and rom's ect, I don't know witch tablet is a good one, that hase a good rom Support,

Beceause i 99% give it a other Rom en Root acces.

Can anyone gife some good advice ?

Thanks,

Daniel
[General Questions and Answers] vj_dustin:
Even though Nexus 4 is out, Galaxy Nexus is a No brainer purchase..

Enormous support & Nexus flagship. Also no worries about slip & fall as in the Nexus 4..

Comparing it with the Xperia Play is useless..

Nexus 7 or 10?

Both got good support and are performance masters :p
[General Questions and Answers] frederic2707:
Hi I have an og galaxy note and would like a android phone for flashing ROMs and maybe even start to develop so can anyone recommend a phone with good ROM support and cheap replacement screens cause I tend to drop my devices and is widely available secondhand I can spend up to 130 bucks
[General Questions and Answers] cognus:
Hard one.....

here's a challenging device question:

suggest for me a device that can make Google Voice calls over WIFI with no issues, no special tricks, no drama, no failures.

thanks!:fingers-crossed:
[General Questions and Answers] frederic2707:
Just about any android?

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Didn't Google voice get shutdown
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
Where did you hear that?
[General Questions and Answers] cognus:
how 'bout none of the cellphone/handsets I've ever seen. first of all, there are a lot of devices out there that can't do even wifi very well.

eliminate those: I have yet to see a "cellphone" make a google voice call on wifi.

I have seen posts where people claim that with some add-on apps they can successfully get a late-generation iPOD Touch to make good google voice calls. its very shaky on pc's/laptops ... not sure why. works for awhile, then doesn't -

anyone making google voice calls on a N7??
[General Questions and Answers] frederic2707:
In the newspaper in Belgium HLN maybe it still works in other countrys but they are not always reliable
[General Questions and Answers] Vanilla Pudding:
Thanks for the reply but u didn't tell me if the galaxy nexus can still handle today's games .

Like asphalt 7 , nova 3 , GTA 3 , ......

These hardcore games .

And what about its battery life ?

will it still get updates for the next 1-2 years .

Thanks in advance :)

Sent from my GT-S5570
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
The Galaxy Nexus is a little under powered, but if you really want to play hardcore games then just get a tablet (N7, N10). Bigger screen and better specs. More battery life, and updates
[General Questions and Answers] chicagoraw:
which tablet has the most powerful processor?
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
The iPad 4

A very close second is the Nexus 10
[General Questions and Answers] DeadlyBrink:
New Tablet

What is exley the difference between the nexus 7 and 10 ?
[General Questions and Answers] Felimenta97:
Screen size and resolution, processor, RAM memory, device size in general.
[General Questions and Answers] vj_dustin:
I wouldn't say underpowered. A 1.2 Dual core TI OMAP with PowerVR SGX540.

It can easily handle anything you throw at it.

If you have a doubt, check out a review showing GNexus vs. Nexus 4.

THIS
[General Questions and Answers] DeadlyBrink:
Tablet

Thanks , For the site !
[General Questions and Answers] Mathfs:
I wanna buy a quad-core phone, is Galaxy S3 really the best? don't like Apple at all
[General Questions and Answers] dlads:
Go for the small Sony z1 it was capable but small..

Should still stand up today.
[General Questions and Answers] dlads:
Or the X compact

£75

You won't find a more capable small smartphone and for £75 that's nothing
[General Questions and Answers] alinoor01:
Have look at Palm Phone Paul.
[General Questions and Answers] maluus:
Hey all. I m undecided between Xiaomi Mi A3 and Redmi Note 8. I only need some idea about dev support. I ll use the device with my choice of rom. I want a device with enough user and developers around so I can use the device with relatively up to date features and roms at least few years to come. When I check the forum activities both communities seem similar. Normally I would chose A3 for its smaller size, oled screen and android one. What is your opinion? which one should I pick to get better dev support?
[General Questions and Answers] pauliusval99:
Why do you think there are many variations nowadays? I think it's the opposite, they're all the same: same size, same quad camera setups, same ugly notch/hole design, there's literally nothing to choose from compared to the times when we had anything ranging from 3.5" to 6". Now it's 5.6" to 6.8" or something.

I mean, it is indeed hard to choose, but not because of too much choice. It's hard to choose because of the lack of choice: if you want something at least a little different than the "average" 6" giant with a notch and no headphone jack, you have to look very hard because there's nearly nothing to choose from.

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That's actually quite ironic, my previous phone was the X Compact that I gave to my mom :) I absolutely loved it, I just needed something that wouldn't lag on Google Maps lol. That would work well, but I was hoping to find something older and even cheaper. I mean Z1C might be a good idea, it should have gotten pretty cheap by now.

well that would be great but it's ridiculously expensive for what it is :D oh and it doesn't have an SD slot which I probably forgot to mention in my requirements
[General Questions and Answers] iiRealXz:
In my opinion, it is more difficult because there are new brands, as well as more models within it (my 10, my 10 note, my 10t, my 10t pro, my 10t lite...)
[General Questions and Answers] pauliusval99:
That might be true, but those models are all basically the same. So if any of them works for you, you can't really go wrong with either of them. GSMArena has a very nice "phone finder" tool btw
[General Questions and Answers] the.nebular:
Bottloader unlockable phones in Canada

I'm in Canada on the Bell/Telus network, looking for a new phone, but I'd like one that isn't locked down.

So what's available in Canada that allows an unlocked bootloader and/or can be rooted?
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Mate, there s gsmarena. It has a wonderful tool. Use it. We can't suggest millions of phones...
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
You will find your options limited. Mainly with more companies doing what One plus did and that is breaking things like windvine and Google pay services if you unlock or root. I guess you could try the XDA phone but I have a feeling you would run into the same issue but also not sure how you feel about a 20 year old design.
[General Questions and Answers] saad maqsood:
Android phone under 10000 Rupees?

I wanna buy a Good android phone for, under 10000, The best phone that I can find is redmi 9 pro.

Any other suggestions?

-Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Best phone under 10000? 10000 what? 10000 euros?? Go with Samsung S20 Ultra.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
Unfortunately, the currency was in the post title, which I dont think shows up on the phone version o0f XDA.
[General Questions and Answers] AviKiman:
Hello, I'm searching for a phone under 600$, good battery, Im not playing games on my phone, but I'd like it to be quick, and a notification led (If its multi colored - even better)
[General Questions and Answers] go vegan:
The Redmi Note 8 is the last f***ing Xaiomi phone I'm ever buying. Saving a hundred bucks or so ain't worth dealing with it (the unlocking panopticon, the hostility towards FOSS tools to unlock, and the worse than useless warranty support).

So now I'm looking at something current, mid-range, good battery life, good community support for ROMs, and good manufacturer support for unlocking and rooting. Ideally not designed/made in China. And of course I don't want to spend a zillion dollars on a flag-ship. Give or take $300-400 NZD (about $200-275 USD) is about as much as I'd comfortably spend on something that could be lost or broken as easily as a phone.

The Motorola Moto G8 Power is on my radar, but there's no officially released ROMs that I want. That's only a little bit more expensive than a Redmi phone, but about half the price of anything else I can find that's desirable. The Samsung A-series and M-series phones have a lot of attractive options, but little or no ROMs for them. It seems like all of the phones that have good community support around ROMs are all $800+ NZD.

Also, I'll probably buy two phones; one for me, one for my kid. Again, I don't want to spend $$$$ on a phone that my kid can lose or break.