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[General Questions and Answers] Felimenta97:
Wrong. Tipo will get JB and the rest, they are exactly the same, except that Tipo has 200 mAh more of battery.
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
Not S duos, galaxy s2 i9100

Sent from my Nexus 4
[General Questions and Answers] mfsr98:
yup.
[General Questions and Answers] Bastafari:
Okay so have an evo late and it's my second android phone. Previously had the og evo. So I've always rooted and flashed aosp ROMs and eventually there always seems to be trouble with getting things like camera or microphones to work properly with these roms because of the sense drivers. Was wondering if it's the same with other manufacturers besides HTC. Like touchwiz ect. Sprint doesn't have a newer nexus so scratch that.

Sent from my EVO
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
Its not a manufacterer problem, it's simply that custom ROMs will never be perfect. However the more popular the phone, the better support and more bug fixes there will be (in terms of development)

And AOSP ROMs don't need Sense drivers, they're AOSP... so not sure what you mean there?
[General Questions and Answers] Bastafari:
Well I'm just being general but I thought that was a big hump for some og evo camera issues. So does a device like a nexus not have a better chance of having things work for developers since there no proprietary ui?

Sent from my EVO
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
Hmmm... may be some driver issue, but probably not Sense

Nexus devices should have things work better because usually it has ROMs for the version of Android it is on, so developers work off official firmware, whereas on other phones (ex: your EVO) they got stuck on gingerbread but people are developing ICS ROMs for it, which creates more obstacles for the devs
[General Questions and Answers] erdal67:
Lg optimus 2x or motorola atrix 4g for gaming , games like GTA Vice city of mc4

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HTC WILDFIRE A333

Rempuzzlerom 2.81

Nfinity kernel

Dutch
[General Questions and Answers] momskhatri:
2x or 4g

I have personally used Motorolla Atrix 4G and its got good performance. I think you should go for it :good:
[General Questions and Answers] tomn222:
But now tipo has ICS so it will be really "slow motion"... Somebody know when JB realizes for tipo?

Thanks for help :)
[General Questions and Answers] mfsr98:
tipo has ICS? honestly I thought sony updated their devices directly to JB....
[General Questions and Answers] vj_dustin:
Its ICS with no planned upgrade to JB yet. That's why i suggested Mini over Tipo.
[General Questions and Answers] tomn222:
I'm a bit scared of Samsung but if it gets 4.1 so why not? :)
[General Questions and Answers] zswielder:
Hi,

I am looking for a universally compatible Android phone with either a rear or side fingerprint scanner. I used to use Pixel 3 and loved its rear fingerprint scanner that was reliable and functional. I was planning to get Pixel 6 until I learned that they switched to an on-screen fingerprint scanner (why did you have to ruin it, Google!). So, now, I'm in search of an alternative. Currently, I'm on Galaxy S20 5G, and I absolutely hate its on-screen scanner that's very unreliable, especially with a case on, as well as Samsung's modification to Android OS (Samsung shouldn't mess with what's already well-designed). Needless to say, I'm looking for a phone that has more of a stock Android ROM and a rear or side fingerprint scanner. I looked and found some international phones, but they are mostly GSM phones. I live in US and want to have a universally compatible phone. I would appreciate any recommendations. Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] palethanatos:
hi im gonna be getting a new phone soon and all i really care about is getting an android that can actually be rooted after being stuck with an unrootable one for years. so which android phones can be rooted?
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Well, every smartphone that can have its bootloader unlocked. I won't list here all the hundred of thousands of smartphones. My advice, see what smartphones you like, then check their forums on xda.
[General Questions and Answers] PBMaxx:
I am looking for the best gaming smartphone. Big responsive screen, fast CPU + GPU, 8+ GB RAM, 5G, 128/256GB storage, rugged. Being able to use an external monitor/TV would be excellent. Everything else is tolerable. Nothing too dated in case I need support.

Any suggestions?
[General Questions and Answers] the.nebular:
Need to replace my galaxy s8. Honestly I've been very disappointed with the lack of bootloader unlock or root for the Canadian market version.

So I've got some extra cash to buy a phone outright.

Of the offerings available from the providers here the Pixel 5 was the perfect size and the specs were good, I just would've like SD card support.

So what I'm looking for is a phone that I can root and if possible install custom roms like lineage while keeping safetynet, that has roughly the same size and specs as the Pixel 5, but with support for an SD card. And hopefully it's ~$650cdn.

Is there anything like that out there?
[General Questions and Answers] I_like_root_pls:
Need a cheap but reliable phone. All it needs is to run gps and have good carrier coverage.
[General Questions and Answers] peety02:
I am sure many members here go with the same advice as I'll state here too... It depends on your usecase... If you are ok with altering your phone and tweaking on it, go ahead with whatever you like. Huawei decided to avoid Google Services, so support, security etc is up to you (more or less) to take care off. If usability and comfort is more your focus, Nord would be my suggestion... But still, depends on what you want to acheive ;)
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
ASUS ROG Phone 5s Pro with a rugged case.

Samsung S20

Samsung S6

Samsung S6
[General Questions and Answers] the.nebular:
Do you know which model number is the best one for getting root and retaining SafetyNet, because I'm absolutely sure it isn't any for the North American market so I'll need to be specific in my searches to purchase.
[General Questions and Answers] Akitake:
Hey,

Currently own a Redmi Note 9 (non pro), and decently happy with it.

The screen isn't amazing, the refresh rate is pretty low, but the battery's great and the photos serviceable.

I want to change phones because I recently got a 5G mobile plan, and was looking around at what's available.

I'd like a phone that's fairly recent, will be supported for years to come by custom roms such as LineageOS, maybe even /e/ project, etc..

As for budget, I'd say up to 500€

What phones do you recommend at the moment?

PS: I'm from France.
[General Questions and Answers] Az__:
I'm thinking of getting the "Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro". Its currently on Amazon for £179. Not worried about the camera and although I would like to future-proof with 5G I can live without it.

Any other suggestions in that price range (anything over £200 would have to have great features!)?

Any concerns about this phone or Xiaomi that may be worth noting?
[General Questions and Answers] wuud:
Should I buy the Realme GT Master Edition (256GB) or the Realme GT Neo 2 (128GB)? The master edition is about 50€ cheaper than the neo 2.
[General Questions and Answers] Rishikesh3:
Neo 2 Obviously
[General Questions and Answers] JoshBarnettA2004:
I'm looking for an Android phone. Price is not an issue and I'm willing to pay anything, so there's no limitations on pricing. I'm looking for the fastest and best hardware available with the following features below -

Newest, best hardware, and fastest Android phone that I can fully control.

Able to be rooted and install custom ROMS (to primarily remove bloat) and/or other Linux distro's on it (Ubuntu Touch, Fedora, and others) for helping develop with these open source communities.

SD card slot

NOT a Google device for further privacy (Pixel, etc...)

Please help me! I've been out of the Android community for about 8 years so I am lost on what to purchase nowadays.

Thanks everyone!
[General Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
When you say newest, best hardware you run straight into the variable refresh rate display and 5G issues they're having even with the stock roms. So you know you'll have issues with any custom rom...

The newest and "best" hardware isn't supporting a SD card slot.

In my opinion between Android 11/12 and the available hardware, 2021 has been a horrible year for Android across the board. The outlook for 2022 isn't good.

My solution was to step back and side step the mess and go with proven work horses.

I'm running 2 N10+'s, one on Pie, the new one is running on Q*, but both are stock as they run well.

Being Snapdragon variants they are hard to root and really just not worth the trouble, risk and loss of functionality to root.

After 8 years you have a lot of catching up to do. I did something similar to you 2 years ago coming up from Kitkat to Pie. After Android 10 however the Android OS really imploded... and not in a good way. Radical changes in functionality/usability including scooped storage and forced encryption. If you run any higher than Android 10 it will be a true pain. It's been estimated it will take 2-3 years to straighten out the issues with scoped storage alone, that includes getting 3rd party apps to come into compliance. Even then scope storage will still suck cpu cycles in the name of security... meh.

Pie is still real life secure, no issues unless unless you do something stupid.

*the only reason Q runs well on the N10+ is because Samsung heavily moded Q, adding dozens of small system apks to retain UI functionality. It behaves almost identically to the Pie variant. Power consumption is similar or better than Pie. Scoped storage appears to be inactive in Q at least with older apps... which are still fully compatible.
[General Questions and Answers] fredfred41:
Hello

I'm looking for the perfect smartphone for me, to replace my Honor 20.

- Oled flat screen, no curve.

- nfc, double sim.

- the user interface of a "Chinese phone", with the possibility of choosing not to have a drawer, I don't want to have to use an alternative launcher.

- the fingerprint on the side is better but under the screen would not be a dealbraker.

- reasonable price, max 450 usd (400 €), I live in France.

- optional, but it would be nice to have an infrared emitter, wireless charging, 65w charging.

Do you have a suggestion?

Thank you so much.
[General Questions and Answers] AntonyMan:
I'm searching for a 'low budget' device that can be stable and functional without any google.

I've seen the awesome Pro1-X by XDA and I'm asking for similar project but for 'low budget phones' too.​

My Requirements:

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low budget

OS stability, (android like) I always prefer Free Open Source and I think LineageOS it's the most stable.

SayfetyNet pass, For web banking apps or online payments etc.

Degoogled, Get rid Google totally if it's possible.

Or at least, avoiding google's tracking and restrictions enforcing, (like) with MicroG. (...) F-Droid (FOSS:)is much more than a basic functions app repository for me. (but I need Viber, for example, so APKmirror like and so... or what?)

I 've been rooted my 'low budget' phones before and patched stock rom (using adb, fastboot, magisk, twrp, ect.) and degoogled partly firstly / totally finally but there are a lot of problems about those I mentioned above.

That's the reason I'm searching for a device that can be stable and functional without any google.

*that's my craziest dream too.

Can anyone help please?

*Sorry for my English. I'm Greek.

*Thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] ramandeepsingh01:
Tecno was launching so good smartphones with latest Mediatek chipsets some time ago. Seems to have hibernated as of now.
[General Questions and Answers] iamadummy:
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9Pro vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 10. Which one would you go for and why?
[General Questions and Answers] Dimly0:
Hello.

What do you guys think about Sony Xperia XZ3? it is currently available in my country for a much cheaper price than Xiaomi phones like the Redmi Note 10/10s.

Would you recommend getting the Sony or should I go for the Redmi phones instead?
[General Questions and Answers] iolinux333:
Haven't had an Android-like device in a almost a decade. Was POed when I went to flash and discovered the fused bootlock on my at the time extremely expensive OG Android Motorola RAZR, and moved over to Apple as they didn't lie about locking everything down and were up front about forbidding mods.

Anyway, looking for

1. CHEAPEST

2. Completely unlocked and flashable

3. Can run LineageOS or similar, and run it decently

4. ATT/TMobile compatible

5. Prefer smaller screen, 5-6"

This is just as a toy to experiment with, not really wanting quality/features

Some cheap no-name chinese junk I could get off ebay or Amazon for $100-150 would be perfect.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Samsung S6
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Mostly the Sony is a better deal. But that 3300 mah battery. Only you know if is going to be enough or not. My s6, which had a 2500 mah died after about 4 hours of Sot
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Redmi note 10 because of amoled screen. Now I do not play games on mobile, thus I don't mind a weaker processor.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
See xiaomi note 8 pro. It does has a /e custom ROM available
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
See the redmi lineup.
[General Questions and Answers] xAxB:
Might be worth looking into a Pixel / Pixel XL. Picked an XL for $80 recently for the very purpose of experimenting, and found it perfect for the purpose.
[General Questions and Answers] Lmgmovies:
Hello,

My dear Scientists ( Developers)

I wan buy new 5G phone can y suggest best smartphone
[General Questions and Answers] techenthusiast.:
which is the best midrange smartphone to buy in 2021 and have the best custom rom support in long run?
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Redmi note 10 pro
[General Questions and Answers] fredfred41:
I bought an oneplus nord 2, thanks
[General Questions and Answers] techenthusiast.:
best budget smartphone in 2021?
[General Questions and Answers] cash2phone:
Redmi Note 10s or Redmi Note 10T , which one is better ?

which device one should buy out of these two mobile phones, user experience please,
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Is there a point to these questions? Support for custom roms updates is based on a couple factors :

The type of processor. Snapdragon is the favorite here.

The popularity of the smartphone. How many units were sold.

If a smartphone has been sold to millions of customers, there is a higher chance some customers have technical knowledge and will make custom roms for it. But only time will tell. If you expect someone to predict that X smartphone is going to get 10 years of custom ROM support, you can wait forever. No one knows. So pick what smartphones you like and buy them for what they deliver at the moment. For sure, not even a flagship, with the best custom rom there is, can't compete with a mid-range phone launched 10 years from now.
[General Questions and Answers] techenthusiast.:
thank you for your response
[General Questions and Answers] Zekoslawen:
Hello!

I'm looking for a successor to my two HTC 10 phones which are both already showing enough wear & tear that I'm not really happy with buying HTC anymore. Here are my criteria from most to least important

300-500€/$ price range

sold in EU (coz of warranty), no vendor lock

easily & reliably rootable, LOS or Linux support

prefer no PR China or Google coz of privacy/security (not that important since everything uses Chinese and Google software nowadays :()

min 64GB internal memory, SD card, 3.5mm jack, bluetooth

relatively sturdy build

HTC Sense style launcher

magnetic, gyro sensors and similar for Skymap and games

waterproofing (if everything else is equal)

considering the criteria I think this will probably have to be a flagship/ex-flagship
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Htc sense style from which htc smartphone you like ?
[General Questions and Answers] Zekoslawen:
I used to have DHD, I think that was Sense 2.6, that was by far the best looking UI with the most widgets :D although I'd easily settle for a HTC 10 type UI

I like that Sense has a computer-like "start menu" unlike for example MIUI where every app gets pinned on the desktop (y)
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Go for Xiaomi Note 10 Pro. Since it has a snapdragon processor this ensures quite a big collection of future custom rom updates. Install htc apps from this

https://xdaforums.com/t/htc-sense-t...s-sense-9-for-all-devices-12-03-2018.3049438/

Clock htc style you find here

Sense V2 Flip Clock & Weather - Apps on Google Play

Full featured weather app with a set of informative flip style clock widgets

play.google.com

And if you want even a Desire HD lookalike, you could give this theme a go. Keep in mind, you need klwp pro for this.

Desire For Klwp - Apps on Google Play

HTC Desire Theme

play.google.com

PS. Although miui does has that interface, that resembles iphones, they also got one with normal button drawer, like a stock android. All available by default.
[General Questions and Answers] wahlmat:
Hi!

What brands are considered good for aftermarket ROM's? I've extended the life's of my previous OnePlus One and current OnePlus 5T quite a bit with ROM's. I'm probably leaving OnePlus though. With that, what other manufacturer's phones are "possible" to put custom ROM's on? I know Samsung had their thing with a blocket camera recently.

My pool of choice here in Sweden is:

Motorola

Realme

Xiaomi

We do also have

OnePlus

Samsung

Huawei

here, but I'd rather have one of the first three. OnePlus come's in 4th, Samsung 5th and Huawei isn't interesting. I'd prefer to have a phone I can throw a custom ROM on in case the default one sucks, that probably outweighs some features of the phone itself.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Go with xiaomi. They are very suportive of the development community, giving them access to early devices, way before their oficial launches. Cant say that i ve seem this behaviour elsewhere.
[General Questions and Answers] wahlmat:
Wow, that's great! Just what I like to hear!
[General Questions and Answers] Spassd:
Hello!

My old Aquaris X does not read SIM Slot anymore so I need a new one. I was very satisfied with this one, but the manufacturer does not exist anymore. I want roughly same size (5,2") and use LineageOS.

It should be in same range of price, so just a good specs med class phone.

Other than that I think there is no real restriction.

Any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] Simba0029:
This is a long thread, so my eyes glazed over after a while. if this has been answered (and I assume it has, just couldn't find it) I apologize.

I just want a cheap, second-hand hobby phone that is easy to root and hopefully readily available on the secondary market. google searches for this have a ton of lists but there doesn't seem to be much overlap. Most recently I got a OnePlus but I have to wait a week for the token and I really just want to dive in.

Any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] Zekoslawen:
Are you sure about that one? GSM Arena says it has back glass and plastic frame. I think I'd need something more sturdy, I've been known to drop phones every now and then
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Just get a rugged case. A spigen or Urban armor gear. Use that with an glass panel on the front. And it will be good.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Xiaomi redmi 4X
[General Questions and Answers] Hazem Hamed:
Realme GT Master Edition Or Galaxy A52s ?
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Both deliver the same experience. If you had some prior experience with either realme or samsung, go with that. If no prior experiencw, go with samsung. Perhaps this phone will get the new oneui 4.0
[General Questions and Answers] ramandeepsingh01:
Lots of Infinix devices were good. Infinix Note 11s with Helio G96 processor is really good.
[General Questions and Answers] usedusedusedusedusedusedu:
Buying vivo was huge mistake. I wasted money to buy bloatware. Anyone recommend a good android under $200 that has official rooting support?
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Xiaomi note 10 Pro
[General Questions and Answers] silverbluep:
I'm currently quite happy with my stock OS one plus 7 pro. Camera is great, still high quality photos. (To the point I did not change the OS because did not want to possibly give up the camera if I was unable to set it up.) It's been about 2.5 years and the battery life is superb still; good on a full day of charge with heavy browsing. My only issue is the lack of sdcard; as my music library is getting bigger than the internal memory can accommodate, and i like keeping my drm free digital music library around with me.

I will be looking to upgrade my phone for this reason; and I just wanna see what some options are.

Needs are:

* Good camera

* Good battery life

* SD card

Would like

* Charging features (wireless charging, )

* Dual SIM slot

* Good non-google OS experience (microg and location etc. working fine; i used to use microg patched lineageos before this phone; but willing to go stock OS on a phone that has good features like i did with one plus.)

* USB C screen casting; not sure if this is a hardware or a software feature but I had friends do power point presentations from their samsung phones so would like this feature if possible.

Price range is around 500$ max.
[General Questions and Answers] dcard228:
oneplus Nord N200 or TCL 20S? ive narrowed it down to these 2 options
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Go for oneplus. Overall the better phone. Except at internal storage. Can't speak for camera because on paper TCL seems better. But that's purely on paper.
[General Questions and Answers] dcard228:
so in reality im just looking for a phone to replace my Redmi Note 9 Pro since it will no longer be supported come february, so anything in that price range would be my budget. it just happens that those 2 are what i found
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Why do you want to replace it? Does the phone no longer suits your needs? What are you looking for?
[General Questions and Answers] dcard228:
no, i actually love this phone, but when the 3g system in america gets shut down itll no longer work so i have to find a replacement. im looking for a phone that has pretty good performance and good storage somewhere in the $300 range. i dont care about camera specs, just performance, storage, and the screen to an extent
[General Questions and Answers] I_like_root_pls:
Need a recommendation for 3 cheap smart phones. Just need to run basic gps and have gsm.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Samsung galaxy s6

Redmi 4A

Allview P6 Quad
[General Questions and Answers] MortimerR:
Need to know which you would choose between the LG V60 and Samsung S10.

I used to have the V30 which I think was the last perfect phone but it was replaced due to damage with the V60. I'm not getting rid of all my headphones, buying a dongle, or going to be forced to pay for extra cloud storage. But the V60 is too large

The only other phone available with a high end Snapdragon that works on Verizon is the S10, but it's a few years old now itself and isn't much of an upgrade from the V30.

Which would you choose?