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[Xiaomi 13 Ultra] eng3:
I'm interested in getting a 13U but I am very concerned about having to use a custom rom and based on a chinese rom. I keep having flashbacks to the old days where I had to update magisk all the time because google would actively keep fighting it. Thus safetynet only worked half the time and I had all sorts of things half working or not working at all. I also wonder what the chinese rom might be missing or what strange bugs might exist. It's a big risk because I'd be importing a very exepensive phone that I pretty much can't return. For reference, the other phone I'm considering is the Sony Xperia 1 V but I prefer the hardware on the 13U.

These days, I want something that works without me needing to spend hours reading/posting on forums to figure out obscure fixes. From reading about this rom, it certainly sounds ALOT better that the roms I used in the old days, but I want to get an accurate picture of what I'm in for before investing so much money in the 13U. I went through the bugs that mention the 13 Ultra on the xiaomi.eu bugs forum. I'm not sure what other bugs unrelated to the custom rom but are from the base chinese rom exist.

This is the list so far that I sort of put in order of importance to me:

Google Play system update not working (This sounds really important but I dont really understand the ramifications of this since the rom says "google app support" it doesnt support google play services? That's how google pushes out security updates and features in between major updates from mfr or after support ends)

rear camera not working?

Google maps compass not working (App issue? works fine on my current phone though)

possible 5g connection issue?

fingerprint not working on banking apps

haptic feedback sometimes not working

phone app permissions require manual setting

wireless android auto requries turning off auto data/wifi switching

Allow Incoming Calls" to "From Starred Contacts only" in DND doesnt work

Large Games dont load

There's some basic stuff I need to always work

Phone, Camera, Google Maps, Gmail, Voice, Google Pay, Wireless Android Auto. And basic functions like WIFI, Cell reception, GPS, Bluetooth, Sound.

I'm hoping to hear from some everyday users about anything I missed.

For US users, what apps (ie banking) don't work?
[General Questions and Answers] TopNotch729:
Hello all, I have a samsung galaxy tab 10.1 from 2011 and when i try to plug it in, there is an X over the battery icon. Even after getting a new charger it still does the same thing. It slowly dies when I use it while plugged in, and when you turn it off it slowly charges. Also in settings when you go the the 'battery' option, it says it's discharging. Does anyone know why this is happening?

Thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] Renate:
I don't know. Use a battery utility and see if that says more.

Try my UsbMode.apk (in the sig).
[General Questions and Answers] TopNotch729:
Alright, I'll try it out. What i assume is that my battery is shot and isn't drawing enough power because of a broken pin or something, leading it to only charge while it's off.

If only they could've used micro USB...
[Samsung Galaxy S22] fabrizioguess:
Hello everyone, I don't kniw if this is already posted...but is there any GCAM working on S22 5G?

Thanks all!
[Samsung Galaxy S22] Badger50:
Thread closed since the topic already exists here.

-Regards: Badger50
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] pxlkeshi:
after installing the raviantha kernel and rooting for the first time, do you guys have any suggestions on some must have modules/ apps/ lsposed modules on the pixel 7 pro, I have naptime, brevent, battery charge limit atm, any suggestions will be appreciated <3
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] HipKat:
AOSP MODS, for sure. And I don't know about that Kernel, but Kirisakura is good for Android 14 and I've had no issues with it.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] pxlkeshi:
I'm using nova launcher so will it be useful for me?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Blockheadd:
Yeah ASOP has a bunch of stuff that nova can't do. I'd also recommend play integrity fix 8.9 (works for me) & systemless hosts.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] pxlkeshi:
Part of me actually hates you cus I got it and it's 12 am here and I spent an hour just digging into the settings and having fun customizing so many of these things, thanks for telling me to download this lmfao <3
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] pxlkeshi:
My bad, raviantha or I think I spelled it wrong is the latest Android 14 version kernel of the kirisakura so yea the same one 😭
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] NCVol:
Some form of ad blocker like AdAway.

AccA to limit battery charging. I have mine set to 85%. It's nice to leave the phone on the charger overnight or for a long time and not worry about it charging too high.

SD Maid to occasionally clear cache and trash if you have a storage or some other issue.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] pxlkeshi:
I was using set charge limit but just found out it doesn't set a limit lmfao so I'll try AccA and I'll try out adway and sd maid thank youu
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Locoman_:
If you listen to music on or through your phone, viper4android is great.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] pxlkeshi:
I've tried to use viper4android and it kept saying driver not found and honestly since I'm new to this whole rooting thing, I had no idea about the whole disabling audio fx and all these things and they seemed super intimidating so I decided to just give and use wavelet with autoeq 😭
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] krakout:
Which manager are you using? Last time I had tried it it was not working with my 7P...
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] zootedy:
I'm using dolby Atmos apk it's working fine on root
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] pxlkeshi:
Is it better than wavelet and autoeq?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] zootedy:
Idk haven't used those but I'd say yes
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Victorprz:
If you want to use viper use the viperfx reverse engineering mod, is working perfectly on Android 14
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] pxlkeshi:
Do I need to like disable the stock audio fx and all that ? Cus I honestly have no idea or is it like just a simple magisk module
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Lughnasadh:
JamesDSP is also working great.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] V0latyle:
Personally I find a systemless hosts file to be absolutely necessary for ad blocking. Then, if you're using Magisk, make sure you're using this module to pass BASIC and DEVICE labels in Play Integrity. I'm also using Pixelfy Google Photos for unlimited photos storage.

Otherwise, I've left my UI stock. Everyone has their own tastes, in time you'll figure out yours.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] pxlkeshi:
Yep I got the safety net and I'm paying for google storage anyways so I won't need it, thanks for the help tho <3
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] pxlkeshi:
Nvm viper4android is working now thanks for the help 👍
[Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro] johnsmith441:
I tried multiple custom recoveries on my Poco X5 Pro redwood device.

When I boot into the recovery, I don't see anything on the screen. It's all black.

I don't get any errors when I flash custom recoveries themselves.
[Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro] nighty228:
same
[Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro] Marvino.:
I tried Twrp with this command : fastboot flash boot_ab TWRP_3.7_12-A13_byZulfi.img

it worked and boot to twrp successfully but the touch screen is not working
[Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro] johnsmith441:
Where to get this file "TWRP_3.7_12-A13_byZulfi.img"?
[Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro] Marvino.:
Deleted Account in Poco X5 Pro | RN12PSE | Chats

t.me
[Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro] Masleyko:
Guys ..the ability to flash AOSP rom depends on type of display you have .. there are two types .

if your touchscreen is fts_ts then so far you wont be able to install any custom recovery ..

the other type of display is okey
[Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro] johnsmith441:
Oh, I've got that fts_ts.

You have a reference for this?

Why is that really?
[Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro] Masleyko:
lineage 20 for poco x5 pro forum here on xda

those displays were swirched approx from 6/23 date of making.

i dont know which partition does make the difference but since we are flashing free partitions it should be the dtbo.img handling the display

I have the same problém and I have but the phone researching before that there are custom roms for this phone. and now I have found out this problem with this display so I would really like to find the solution for that
[Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro] Masleyko:
I have just found this link once you have a root it might work but I'm going to try it afternoon

How To install TWRP Recovery on POCO X5 Pro Device? - TWRP UPDATE

Hey POCO X5 Pro Users!

twrpupdate.com
[Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro] johnsmith441:
Nope, that guide leads to nowhere.

The TWRP recovery image on that site is not for Poco X5 Pro 5G(redwood), but rather Poco X5 5G(moonstone).
[Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro] P.Rabbit:
What is the other type of screen?
[Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro] stinkytoes:
Did anybody manage to get a working recovery for their Poco X5 Pro - I am facing the same issue here with the non-responsive touch screen in TWRP - I managed to flash TWRP 3.7.0_TheStretchh-R2 (https://telegra.ph/Instructions-for-install-TWRP-redwood-11-20) - but no touchscreen in the recovery.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] patrickt:
For me, the camera and photography software. I'm 82, have been taking photos since 1962, am mostly deaf and don't play games. The cheapest Android phone on the market would meet my needs except for photography.

I'm just wondering if some of the other features were what got you to pay the price?
[Sony Xperia 1 V] QuadrifoglioVerde:
For me... narrow and sharp design without stupid hole in display followed by camera and RAW support. What i miss is notification LED. Otherwise i get what i want. And price... i don't care because i buy phones for 3-4 years.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] mufunyo:
Flagship SoC

21:9 display

No notch or hole punch

3.5mm jack

Stereo speakers

120Hz OLED

Close-to-AOSP Android ROM

Camera system (dual transistor 24mm, periscope 105mm, two-step hardware shutter)

Basically everything that makes Sony phones unique.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] merc50:
Upgraded from Xperia 1 III which has been awesome, I like the design. 6.5" 21:9 is perfect, headphone jack, micro SD, and of course, the camera.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] BorgOfLocutus:
I had the option to upgrade for $100 from my 1 III.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] Robot76:
I bought mine because:

The screens pixel density and tall for multi-window, 120Hz OLED

It's Sony, always unique and elegant, don't like to be with the sheep, Sony try their hardest, very close to stock Android without manufacturer bloatware

Battery 5000

3.5 jack

Snapdragon 8 gen 2

The camera takes better photos than my families iPhones, optical zoom during video

Easy to root if needed.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] aquaboy11:
I've been waiting for a phone with everything I wanted since the XZ Premium. My wishlist was:

Tall screen

No notch or hole

High res camera

Stereo front facing speakers

Headphone jack

Micro SD card slot

Camera button

Fingerprint scanner in power button

High res screen

I might not have gotten it if I knew the camera was binned to 12mp. But I'm very impressed with the picture quality, so I'm glad I purchased it nonetheless. Also didn't think micro SD card slot would need to be on the list, but apparently that's no longer a given.

I'm also very happy with the bezel. I bought a secondhand Xperia 5 as my Premium kinda broke, and I kept accidentally touching the lower keyboard button. Very annoying. Though with the Xperia 1 V I have yet to have this happen :).

I thought I'd miss the notification light, but I realised how much of an attention grabber it really is. It took me a while to stop checking if the light was blinking, but now I got used to it, it brings some peace not having it. Also nice to not have the charger light on constantly while I'm trying to sleep.

Another thing I like about this phone is its incredible grip. I had to use it without the case for a while, and I've never experienced a phone this grippy. I'm a bit scared I might accidentally drop it by forgetting I have it on my lap, but I'm definitely not afraid to drop it as long as I'm holding it.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] mufunyo:
Good call, I also forgot to mention the microSD slot and the easy bootloader unlock. I've gotten so used to those I forgot other phones don't have them, haha.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] Robot76:
It combines 48mp into 12mp, placing 4 pixels into one, but that pixel size is much larger than a normal pixel at 2.24. A normal 12mp camera would take a pixel size of just 1.4.

The point is to take better pictures than larger numbers on paper.

It does achieve thiis when comparing my pictures to my families iphones...
[Sony Xperia 1 V] Haldi4803:
MicroSD Slot.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] pahakala:
* 3.5mm headphone jack

* long battery life

My Samsung S10e died and 1V was on sale.

After I got my 1V I found out that I quite like messing with the camera apps. It creates very nice pictures in AUTO and in manual modes you can create pretty interesting and cool artistic pictures. Seemingly infinite length 120fps videos on all sensors was also a very nice surprise. Also the video files it creates are very nice high bit-rate 150Mbps, so video files are large but at the same time very well suited for later editing.

The External Monitor app is advertised for use with Sony cameras but it also works fine with those cheap HDMI to USB dongles. I have used this feature to setup few Raspberry Pi's by turning my phone into a hdmi display.

1V has a real high speed USB-C 5 Gbps port. File copies are nice and fast and it also works at high speeds in OTG mode. I was able to use my 2.5Gbit USB Ethernet dongle to move files between NAS and 1V at over 130MB/s.

The stereo speakers on 1V are 10x better than on my old Samsung S10e.

Normal stereo microphones are sound good but the extra Mono MIC between the camera sensors is kinda muddy sounding.

The flashlight is pretty weak.

The dedicated camera button does not work when you have not used the camera app for some time

In Youtube app the video play back is buggy, video sometimes flickers, fills the screen with green or shows heavy video compression blocky artefacts. Reddit has few posts about this bug.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] Aidey68:
I upgraded from the Xperia 1 IV to this primarily due to the overheating issues

Before switching back to Sony Xperia, my previous handset was an Oppo Find X2 Pro.

I like having a camera shutter button, expandable storage, a headphone jack, and the camera apps.

Also, the speakers are brilliant and have no cutout/hole in the screen while watching videos.

I feel that there are still micro stutters with the screen when occasionally gaming
[Sony Xperia 1 V] Haldi4803:
Hahahaha

Had the Poco X3 Pro before.

Managed 4-5 days Battery life.

Normally charged on Sunday evening and then again on Friday.

Can't do that anymore.

Roughly get 2 days out of a full charge. With 15-30% left.

How much better is battery life?
[Sony Xperia 1 V] Aidey68:
The battery life is quite a lot better compared to the I IV
[Sony Xperia 1 V] heyumf:
Mostly of camera and it have manual control
[Sony Xperia 1 V] Robot76:
I also bought the Samsung S23 Ultra, I found it subpar in comparison, it wasn't what I assumed, and much prefer the Sony's elegance and far better definition in display, also void of extra bloat.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] kkjb:
I sold mine used $ to buy a Pixel 8 pro. Now I'm buying another Sony 1 V used.

Pixel maybe on its own....is considered "great" but in comparison to the Sony which i had for 4 months I would consider the Sony great and the Pixel ok.

Easiest comparison I ever had on the merits of the Sony. Will it be relevant after Sony security updates stop? Don't know, or care. The Sony is just right.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] Yakkosmurf:
To get a more refined yet similar experience to my 1 IV.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] nhat.nguyen:
Previously I am using Xperia Z, Z1, Z2 as main phone then switched to iPhone 6s, 7, Xs, 13 Pro Max.

I love the Sony's design and how simple is the Software.

Now, I am using iPhone 15 Pro Max as main phone.

I did try Xperia 1 IV as secondary phone, it is a really nice phone but overheat issue made me to sell it.

Then I tried S23 Ultra, Xperia 1 V (Resolved overheat issue), then Pixel 8 Pro.

- S23 Ultra, too big, heavy software and I really don't like the icon and launcher => Sold.

- Xperia 1 V, got some tiny scratches (OCD :D ) => Sold.

- Pixel 8 Pro, too big, laggy, and it made me don't want to use it.

- Backed to Xperia 1 V, nice grip, overheat resolved, simple software, nice UI and design and most importantly, It made my want to use it everytime.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] DxCK:
I refused to give up the sd card slot, and searched for a device which is both high-end and has an sd card slot.

I used GSMArena to filter by Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, and card slot: Yes (any type).

Only 2 devices showed up: Xperia 1 V and Xperia 5 V.

Between them of course I chose the higher end one, Xperia 1 V .

I coming from Galaxy S20 Ultra which had an sd card slot, but the touch developed dead spots and became painful to use after 2 years of usage.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] Damionix:
XQ-DQ44 512GB/16GB, Green, owned for less than a week at this point and these are my reasons.

Like many of you, I absolutely REFUSE to give up on the SD Card Slot. NEVER.

Flagship SoC

21:9 display

No notch or hole punch

3.5mm jack ( I am a huge music lover. Listen all day)

Stereo speakers

120Hz OLED (4K Display)

Don't Care for Camera ( I seldomly take pictures)

However, I will be returning mine because I cannot get used to the Barebones Android. Having come from many years use of Xiaomi MIUI and Samsung's One UI, I do have to say that barebones Android lacks several features I took for granted in the other OS.

- Call Recording for one ( the third party solutions suck to be honest, and google dialer announces to the caller on the other end that the call is being recorded)

- When I change the screen resolution, it shrinks my nagivation 3-buttons to close together they are unusable. I use extremely small dpx (220) due to bigger texts hurting my eyes.

- I loathe the default fonts Android comes with and I am unable to change system wide fonts without going through some magisk module magic, and even so, not all parts of the system changes.

- And many many many more.

I know a lot of people love Android as is, but for those of us who have seen the extra features that google is slow to incorporate into Android, it has become a dealbreaker for me.

So, sad to say if I do not find a buyer, I will be returning the phone at the end of the month. Luckily I have a 60 day return window. But stopped using the phone after 2 days of trying to make it look anything like the Note 20 Ultra (Sd card baby) I tried to leave behind.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] renandstimpeygti:
Not purchased as yet but will be in the next 6 weeks, currently using my Note 9 (sd845), reasons being as follows:

Flat screen, bezels that hide selfie camera, speakers etc and give you something to hold onto when watching vids, sd card for my pics vids and flac music as I'm not paying for cloud storage when I can get 512gb for £30, 3.5mm (even though I have a Btr5 I still want the 3.5mm for headphones and external mics etc), side fingerprint scanner, great manual camera (at least as far as I have read online by people that actually review tech properly), light skinned sony android flavour, good battery tech re prolonging battery life, length of time charge lasts, camera button!

Things I'll miss from the note 9 - s pen - though I don't use it as much as I used to, led notification although as others have mentioned it might be a good thing to lose as you won't keep checking, dex isn't bad either but to be honest I'll manage OK I think.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] Nidhal AKA the king:
From Xperia 1 II to Xperia 1 V (a trade in with Xperia 1 IV )

at first, I bought an Xperia 1 IV (mint condition) to upgrade from Xperia 1 II, but still didn't use yet, and then, I saw an Xperia 1 V for sale (used like new) I offered the seller a trade in with Xperia 1 IV + extra money and he accepted my offer and this is how i got my Xperia 1 V

Photo taken with my Xperia 1 II :D
[Sony Xperia 1 V] Nidhal AKA the king:
I got 1 IV to upgrade from 1 II but then i found out that it has an overheating issue which is related to the SD Gen1 SoC itself and then i found the 1 V on sale and it was a trade in deal
[Sony Xperia 1 V] rambomhtri:
For me... this is the phone I want but still don't own due to the stupid incredibly absurd price. No phone should cost over 800€, and that is already an insane amount of money I doubt I would spend on a phone... 800€ for a phone! We have gone mad, really, and it's all people's fault.

As always, we have the power not to buy incredibly overpriced devices, yet still end up being greedier than the companies themselves.

Anyways, I own a POCO F2 Pro, first reason, no holes on the screen, it has a pop-up selfie cam, the best selfie cam design for us that don't use it that much. But of course I miss having a microSD card, the OLED screen has a faulty green tint when the brightness is low or medium (otherwise it would be perfectly fine), the USB is 2.0 instead of 3.2... these little things annoy me, but it's not the end of the world.

Now, the problem I see with the Xperia I V is that it has no macro lens (seriously, WTF Sony???!?!?!), just either add a macro lens to the module or simply replace the stupid wide lens. In order of priority, it should totally go main lens, then macro lens or telephoto lens (depending on your style) and then, at the very end, the wide lens.

You can replace a wide lens with a quick panoramic picture using the main lens, you can move closer to an objecto to "replace" the telephoto, but there's no way to emulate or replace a macro lens. The amount of details and the so very close distance to the object achieved with the macro lens is simply unobtainable using other methods.

I also miss that the screen is only 6.5" instead of 6.7" in such a "big" phone. Other than that, and the price of course, it is pretty much the best phone out there, hands down.
[Sony Xperia 1 V] patrickt:
I appreciate your rant about why you wouldn't by an Xperia 1V and I'm sure you failed to notice the topic is "Why did you buy....?" I have stated my reasons for getting an Xperia V and I realize they don't match what many want. I don't do macro and if I did I'd buy a macro lens for my mirrorless camera. I do take close-up shots occasionally.

If I didn't have the money I would not take out a loan to buy an Experia 1 or 5. I just looked on Amazon and was shocked at the cost of Xperia 1V and Xperia 1IV and Xperia 5V. Their value seems to hold although they are not very popular.