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[General Questions and Answers] eriol1:
https://stats.lineageos.org/

Is a good indicator for developer support, except for the really old devices that don't really get much attention any more

EDIT:

What I mean is, if there are a lot of people using lineageos on a certain device, there's usually also a lot of custom rom development going on for that device.

Plus, having a lineageos maintainer makes it much easier for developers to come up with their own lineageos based ROMs.

Of course if you're not interested in lineageos based ROMs this doesn't really help you since there's no guarantee that other ROMs exist for the device.
[General Questions and Answers] MikeG6:
I'm looking for a smartwatch to max 250 euro, most important things: Notifications, Spotify Control and Activity (Gym, Walk, Cycling) with working NFC in the EU (Poland).

I had BIP but the screen fell off and got a refund.
[General Questions and Answers] CSA3:
Hii, guys I'm lookin' for a great camera smartphone. All I care about is the camera and also battery life. That being said, I don't really wanna buy Huawei P30 Pro mainly because it's very expensive and I didn't even like the overall design that much, it's kinda too big for me and the lite version was looking so much better to me. So, I loved LG G8s ThinQ everything about the phone is great but I'm not sure about the camera, triple cameras all have 12,12,13 megapixels which kinda worries me. Are those viable for 4:3 only ? I wanna know what megapixels are for 16:9 or whatever full screen ratio is, thanks in advance.

And if anybody has another idea please share with me. I'm also thinkin' about Huawei P30, Xiaomi Mi 9 too....
[General Questions and Answers] pndwal:
Redmi Note 8T has infrared, SD, is much cheaper than Mi 9T, and has similar camera. Note 8, lacking NFC, is cheaper still. Consider M1 A3 with similar price and Cam specs to RN8T, and Android One experience (w/ quicker/ more updates promised). (compare at GSM Arena) PW.
[General Questions and Answers] tsongming:
You can buy the Mi8 right now on Amazon for $250.

It has better specs, than the mid level phones you listed and has last year's flagship processor. Plus the camera is fantastic.

There are many great custom ROMs and the latest Beta Xiaomi.EU rom is absolutely stellar plus is built on Android 10.

The only drawback is a two-week wait before you can unlock the bootloader.
[General Questions and Answers] SpawnX1200:
Hi. Is the K20 pro still the go to phone. Also which sites you recommend to buy phones online?
[General Questions and Answers] CSA3:
So after comparing phones on few different sites and watching many review videos, I decided to go with Huawei P30. My second choice would have been LG G8s ThinQ but I only care about camera quality and battery life so even though LG had almost the best processor out there and it has some other good qualities, I didn't really care for them to pay 200 ₺ more. So as for Turkey, I think Huawei P30 offers the best design, camera quality and battery life with the best price. Sure, Xiaomi always have cheaper and similar phones to that one but design of Huawei is really top notch compared to those. So, anyway I just wanna say quote me if you wanna hear some advices over which phone to buy because I really did a lot of research on many of them, so if you tell me what are you looking for I might be able to help you.
[General Questions and Answers] tsongming:
Good luck with the bootloader on any Huawei phone.

Those phones were a fantastic option until they decided to no longer be friendly to XDA users.
[General Questions and Answers] Naerho:
Which?

Hello,

It's hard to root my Mate 10 Pro without pay so...

I am looking for a smartphone;

- Extremely easy to root

- good connection 4G or more

- to play games

- game guardian compatible

- less than a year

- 300 euros max

any idea?
[General Questions and Answers] dlads:
If you want root on Huawei you will not get it this century.

LG I would avoid, crazy OS, battery is always poor.

Oneplus 7 pro or 7T or wait for 8

Unreleased pixel wouldn't bother with the 4

For budget is say Xiaomi or even Motorola if you are going low end.

Huawei has a lot to like, the camera is superb, the battery is great and the bodywork is top notch

That being said. EMUI has been, still is and probably always will be massive and unnecessary, GPU power is also weak compared to the adreno, by quite some margin.

Updates are mental and support is hilariously awful.

I have the p20 pro and although I love the points I made on this device too, for what it does right it makes up for with what it gets wrong, so so wrong .

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Poco F1

Pixel 3 lite or 2nd hand pixel 3 /4

2nd had hand OnePlus 7 (maybe a pro if you're lucky)

Bare in mind the Mali in non Snapdragon phones is not great for emulation etc and you cannot turn off the page file on Huawei/Honor devices (bootloader locked down)

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Motorola devices, great value for the price
[General Questions and Answers] MikeG6:
I extended my budget to 230 euro (1000 zł) can u suggest some device with google pay?
[General Questions and Answers] Naerho:
And Xiaomi Redmi note 7 pro is ggod for root?
[General Questions and Answers] dlads:
Not a huge user of GP, but a check against GSM Arena should clear up if it's possible..

So long as NFC is on the device it should have it.

Vast majority of phones have had NFC since the Galaxy SIII Mini.

230?

Did you check the devices I suggested in my last post?

Poco, 2nd hand Pixel / OnePlus.

Some of the Xiaomi devices are cheap for what you get. Could not comment on support for the Xiaomi devices though although if it's anything like OnePlus in the UK RMA was less than a week for me and pixel should be on par.

Poco F1 is probably your best bet.

All the devices mentioned would have google pay, check them out on gsmarena and swappa.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
I have a Galaxy s4 gt-i9506. The device supports NFC, however the actual arial for NFC is in the battery, and they do sell batteries without the NFC arial. So, without a supporting battery no NFC,
[General Questions and Answers] dlads:
eBay mate official should be with NFC unless s region didn't have them / allow NFC .
[General Questions and Answers] Hawaiian Tater:
Aloha!

I'm here to ask the experts first before buying a new phone. My service is Boost and for the first time in my life, I am not trying to buy something cheap to save money, hence why I am asking before buying. I don't want to spend a grand or anything like that but I can afford something nice in the midrange category. The top thing I am looking for besides quality is a phone that I can reliably root. If I have to pay a little extra for a phone that I can root and do more with (and most importantly, delete all that bloatware!), it is worth the expense. I've used XDA once before a long time ago when I found someone who helped me root the phone I had. For simplicity, I hope this time to get something that is already known how to root. I'd be very happy to donate to anyone kind enough to help me with this process.

Thanks ahead of time.
[General Questions and Answers] CSA3:
I have never did such thing. I never really cared for bootloader nor did I need it before. As long as the phone works smooth as HTC 10 did, I'm perfectly fine. Like I said before, all I really care about is quality of my camera, battery life and design. Other things are just little details that wouldn't bother me that much. My second day with the phone (P30), I gotta say, I'm loving it. Camera is really good, specially night mode is really a difference maker, it actually takes kind of a render for 5-7 secs with that mode to make it perfect lol.
[General Questions and Answers] tsongming:
Ahh I see, you already went ahead and bought the P30!

You don't really care about whether or not the phone retains it's playstore certification, or whether it will continue to be able to pass safetynet? Go to playstore settings and check if your device is still playstore certified, if so it will not be long before that changes, and you will certainly lose many of the features that most mid-tier to top shelf phones enjoy. Such as NFC payment.

There are many phones that have great cameras, and much better OS's and will continue to be safe to use and updatable well into the foreseeable future.
[General Questions and Answers] CSA3:
So u think P30 will lose its' android functions because of the thing with America ? Well, first of all, I don't think Google would like to lose a client and it seems like it'll be America's and Google's loss if they don't work with Huawei because that would mean huawei would come stronger with their own system which is already happening and I think that's the reason USA kinda took a step back with their Huawei bs. Not that I ever used NFC properly but I think you're having a confusion. Android supports P30, it doesn't support Mate phones of Huawei, so yes my phone is play certified, not that I care really. I don't really feel Google or android is a must.
[General Questions and Answers] tsongming:
You came here 2 days ago asking for pre-purchase advice. Did you not expect to receive the Pros and Cons?

You push back when presented with well publicised facts, and absolutely the US decisions over Huawei will impact them deeply, and it will financially affect Google as well. But It's not Google's decision. In the end, they must abide by the law, whether they like it or not. For the record, I agree that the whole situation is absolutely ridiculous and foolish. Frankly, I am extremely pissed about Trump's asinine policies.

However, even if there were no legal issues, I would still tell people to stay away from Huawei, simply because of the bootloader policy. This is XDA, and website is a development community and we deeply care about software remaining open source and publicly available. XDA is not some marketing outlet for locked down phones.

Now that you have your phone and you like it, then go enjoy it. I can respect that, because yes is a sweet phone. But with major potential issues, and if you spent the full retail price, then you should definitely consider all factors. right?

In the end, I simply gave you warning about potential issues, intended as before buying advice. That is the whole this point of this thread, You already bought the phone and that is final. So go enjoy it and whatever happens is not for us. to decide only time will tell if it was a good decision. I sincerely hope that it works out well for you and that you get at least 3 to 4 years of normal use, along with reliable updates.

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The Xiaomi Mi9 is probably one of the best deals that you can find right now and it has flagship specs across the board :

At $349, you will probably not be able to find a better phone for the money. https://www.amazon.com/Xiaomi-64GB-..._1?keywords=Xiaomi+Mi+9&qid=1575378368&sr=8-1

If you want to spend a little less you can get the Mi8 right now for about$250 and it has 2018's flagship specs.

https://www.amazon.com/Xiaomi-6-64G..._1?keywords=Xiaomi+Mi+8&qid=1575378915&sr=8-1

The camera's on both of these devices are absolutely stellar, both phones will play any game out there and both get incredible good battery life. The only real drawback is a 2 week wait to be able to unlock the bootloader. Outside of that I highly recommend both phones. If you want to spend a little more, at the moment you can find some great deals on One Plus and Pixel. But you will spend around $500 and both phones are truly no better , or much better than the Xiaomi phones.
[General Questions and Answers] 350Rocket:
I've held the p30 pro in the store recently and it felt like the most awesome phone I've ever touched. But I wouldn't want to take the risk in buying it right now. Maybe it will turn out fine, but there is a chance that it won't. The locked bootloader is a big deal too. My OnePlus 5 is coming up on its (probably) last update q2 of next year (Android pie) and I plan to hang on to it for another couple years since the hardware can handle it. I will have to unlock the bootloader to keep it updated at some point in the near future.
[General Questions and Answers] tsongming:
I agree, I had considered buying the P30 and needed to move to something else because my last phone was on its last legs.

I also strongly considered the Oneplus 6T and only ended up choosing my Xiaomi Mi8, because I managed to find one that was brand new and well below retail. Making it a deal too good to pass up. But I have no regrets it's been great. But I plan to get OnePlus next, because I haven't owned one yet, and I love Oxygen OS.

Oneplus seems to be an excellent device and everyone that I know who owns one absolutely loves it. In your case, if you decide to unlock the bootloader you have many fantastic rom options including Havoc, and the soon to be released Evolution 3.0.

Plus you have the new soon to be official Lineage 17.0 by Codeworkx, who is without a doubt one of the most highly respected developers on XDA. In fact OnePlus themselves provide him with free upgrades to a new device every time they release something new. So I don't blame you, I would use that phone until it dies an unrepairable hardware death.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
It's time to change my phone, from an Samsung S6, due to the fact that the battery can't last a whole day. Been thinking about Samsung M30s with his huge battery, but the reviews aren't quite promising. I am looking for a phone that can last 15 hours/day at least, on a data connection (between 2 bars of 3g and 1 bar of 4g) (don't have WiFi at all at work). Not into gaming, most of the time just browsing, listening to music, social and mail. I have a budget of around 350€. Can anyone help me?
[General Questions and Answers] alexsoftware:
Hard choice

Hi guys,

My LG G6 is... well i need a new phone! My first idea is of course the MI9TPRO, which i could find around 330€

But then i've seen that the LG g8s would cost like 30€ more. They both have a nice snapdragon 855, i was thinking that the LG

being a bit "flagshippy" could have a bit better overall build quality and is waterproof (but battery is bit smaller).

Now... it's hard for me. I still hate LG since Nexus 5x, i had it and got the infamous bootloop and they refused to repair it back then.

I switched then to LG g6 only because at the moment back then it was a good choice for my budget.

and now... look again like that? or should i go with xiaomi this time?

i need to decide before christmas.

I hope to hear some advice from you, thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] 350Rocket:
Did the g6 have hardware failure too?
[General Questions and Answers] alexsoftware:
actually not. only front glass has some cracks and phone is quite slow right now.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
And you ve tried custom roms, kernels, overclocking your phone? Seems is quite supported. Also, search FDE. Ai as well. Works wonder on my Samsung S6
[General Questions and Answers] sykozylot:
Hello with next phone

Hey everyone! Could use your help. I'm looking for:

-HDR screen for steaming Netflix, Prime, Disney+

-90hz or higher refresh rate

-Headphone jack

-T-Mobile US compatibility

Budget $600 or less USD.

Having a hard time finding one that checks all the boxes. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] niyonsv:
Have asked a while ago but at that time my phone was working without any issues. But last week it fell down from very height, now it's usable but to replace it's parts it cost a bit lot.

So now planning to buy a new one. My requirements are:

- price around $350 (₹25,000)

- new or last year released one (pre owned)

- should have enough stable custom ROM support

- won't mind if it has notch

- AMOLED screen (haven't used any, that's why)

I also want to know which phone or band is most popular among custom ROM developers?
[General Questions and Answers] 350Rocket:
I had an s6 over 2 years ago and a custom rom based on TouchWiz did wonders for it. It ran faster, had better features and was very stable. It changed my opinion on Samsung. Unfortunately the Canadian variant of the s8 I had after the s6 was completely unrootable so I switched to phones that didn't need rooting or custom roms (OnePlus 5 and pixel XL) but could easily be unlocked when support ends and custom roms are the only option.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Try the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro. Seems quite promising. Or if you want even more features, the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro launches this December with some interesting specs.
[General Questions and Answers] niyonsv:
Thanks for the reply. But I couldn't find any custom ROM for Note 8 Pro and I also doubt the Note 10 Pro. What about 6T now? Is it a good or bad choice?
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Mate, the Note 8 Pro is praised a lot on youtube. Some even call it the best phone of the year. Of course it doesnt have a custom rom yet, the phone has barely been 2 months out. What do you expect ? Two months and it already has twrp and root guides. I can bet there are gonna be some roms surely in February at least. Xiaomi has a nice relationship with developers after all.

Even the Oneplus 6T, launched in october 2018, had the first roms in december 2018 - january 2019.
[General Questions and Answers] niyonsv:
Sorry mate, I thought Note 8 was released a long ago. I bought one Note 7 Pro very long ago and at that time I read some news on 8 Pro, so I thought 8 Pro is an old one. I just checked the Note 7 Pro's ROMs thread and found too many official ROM releases. That's a great.

I just read the features of Note 8 Pro and it is a very impressive phone. But two things I dislike is that the processor is MediaTek (why they choose this one instead of 730 or something?) and the display is IPS, not an AMOLED.
[General Questions and Answers] santi turi:
help to choice

hi everyone, i need a tablet to root for to play games wich model economic i could buy
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Why do you need root ? With root you at most can get around 20% more performance. Cheap tablet with root are still bad for gaming. Buy something like Samsung tab s4.
[General Questions and Answers] shampow:
Huawei Honor pad 5?
[General Questions and Answers] Hawaiian Tater:
I very much like that first one there and it is definitely within my price range. As long as I don't go over $500, I'll be okay. Forgive the noob questions. It's an unlocked phone, meaning I can use it with any service, including Boost? I always just bought Boost phones before. Also, I noticed it does not have an external storage to plug my sd card into. I don't know that it would specifically be a problem but one of the main things I use my phone for is connecting to my car with bluetooth and playing music while I am out driving Uber. As long as this phone has plenty of internal storage space and I can transfer all my mp3 from my computer to the phone, I don't specifically need the sd card. Also, can I play mp3s on these new phones or are they set up now where you can only play music you buy through a service? Cause that would be an absolute dealbreaker. Gotta have my tunes and I do not want to pay for the thousands of mp3s I already have.
[General Questions and Answers] tsongming:
Unfortunately Boost is owned by Sprint uses mostly CDMA Frequencies, and a very limited range of LTE bands. Although many unlocked phones will have some compatible LTE bands, not many have compatible CDMA frequencies. In fact, you will have a hard time buying any unlocked phones that work with CDMA ( Sprint and verizon)

Here is something else that you should know. There is a federal mandate which is making Sprint and verizon switch to LTE and leave CDMA so the CDMA bands can be used specifically for government use such as Police, Firefighters ambulance etc.

Read about that here : https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-218813/

and more here: https://www.quora.com/When-are-mobi...nd-Why-is-USA-still-using-it-on-a-large-scale

Boost currently uses these bands:

Frequency Bands

LTE

B25 (1900 +)

B26 (850 +)

B41 (TD 2500)

CDMA

BC0 (800)

BC1 (1900 PCS)

The Global version of the Xiaomi Mi 9 is called Battle Angel : It only supports 1 band for Boost. So Yes, it will work. but not very well.

https://www.frequencycheck.com/carr...ce_brand_id_eq]=171&q[full_name_cont]=&utf8=✓

If you would like to get away from the crappy locked, overpriced phones offered by current CDMA carriers such as Verizon, Sprint and their subsidiaries such as Boost, Virgin etc, Then Migrate to Tmobile of ATT.

Not only do you have the option of At&T and Tmobile. But there are countless subsidiaries and "MVNO" carriers that use their network. You can find pricing just as good as what you are currently paying and you will have a lot more options with what phones you can use, whether or not they are unlocked ( meaning working with any carrier) and whether or not the bootloader is unlockable. Which allows you to use custom roms, or improved custom versions of the stock software.

Absolutely the Mi9 is a fantastic phone, just not on the Boost network.

Use the frequency check page that I linked above to help you. Always check that the bands are compatible with your carrier and if buying a Xiaomi, or any other brand make sure that it is a Global device, and not made specifically for Asia. Global devices have Frequencies for the US, Canada, South America, Europe etc.

Good Luck.
[General Questions and Answers] santi turi:
any mod games dont work without root and lucky patcher
[General Questions and Answers] Hawaiian Tater:
I don't *have* to keep Boost. I've just had them a long time and they only charge me $35 a month. One of the other things I like about Boost is that my legal name is not attached to the account and I kinda like that. Ya never know who might try to track you down with your phone info. It's not a dealbreaker though.

So anyways... you seem willing to help walk me through this process and you obviously know what you are talking about. I'll happily pay you for your time if you'll keep advising me through the buying then rooting process. I put in a little something to get us started but I am very willing to continue donating throughout. I have never gotten a pricey phone before and I wanna make sure I get this right. Your help is worth my money. :good:

Another quick question... is it possible to block all ads on phones? Cause I love the hell out of my browser adblockers.

I'll continue researching the links you provided in the meantime.
[General Questions and Answers] tsongming:
Thank you!

Your appreciation is very motivating, and anything that you need just let me know.

Also you can message me privately here on XDA, I check my XDA messages several times everyday and I will certainly help you through every step.

To answer you question about ads:

Absolutely you can completely block ads, and never see any ads whatsoever, ( I have not see any ads on any of my devices for years) You will not even see the black boxes that are sometimes left when using firewall ad blocking. By the way, Xiaomi phones are excellent at fully blocking ads, and excellent for customization, the cameras are outstanding and in addition to the stock Cam you can also use the ported Pixel Camera which does some things better than any camera.

I will send you a friend request through XDA, to make it easier to contact me privately.

I am going to sleep now. but I will talk to you soon.

Tony