The Official Chinese Phones Thread

Scam · 28 Nov 2018 at 11:57

AndyCr15 said:
I thought (know) the FPS is rather slow, but it's not like you're waiting a couple of minutes or anything, so I wouldn't be concerned myself.

I haven't had much chance to play but it seems fast enough (normal) if I turn the screen in then use the fps to unlock. However with screen off, using the fps to turn on screen and unlock seems delayed?

Big Elf said:
On the A2 Lite has anyone else noticed that you can set a gesture to swipe down on the fingerprint reader to open the notifications/quick settings and swipe up to close. It makes the notch more bearable and wasn't something I was immediately aware of.

What sort of gesture do you mean? I turned on the swipe down on the FPS to show notifications...

Big Elf · 28 Nov 2018 at 21:26

It appears I'm way behind the times and everybody knows about it.

dymetrie · 28 Nov 2018 at 21:48

Big Elf said:
It appears I'm way behind the times and everybody knows about it.

I suffered moderate ridicule from one of the young whippersnappers at work this morning as he already knew about it and had been using it for ages.

Gave him some work to do.

Felt smug.

d_brennen · 3 Dec 2018 at 05:49

dobbsy said:
I'm using the Poco now and I've bought the A2 for the wife for xmas - get the Poco it's absolutely lightning.

Ordered a blue Poco, should have it delivered to work today, though Amazon is saying delivery up to 9PM

CK61938 · 3 Dec 2018 at 08:27

The RN5 I bought for the missus for Xmas has been delayed by Amazon. Reckons delivery is likely to be Dec 21st. It wants to be earlier than that!

AndyCr15 · 3 Dec 2018 at 08:44

I have a Honor 8X on it's way from Amazon today. I've hear good things about it for a £209 phone.

d_brennen · 7 Dec 2018 at 18:49

Amazon lost my Pocophone allegedly, there was no tracking info and 5 days later they just sent me a refund, no option. I made a complaint on their chat, got a £50 voucher

Funnily enough it's £50 more now... Bought from elsewhere instead. It's a very very good phone if you already like miui, the notch is a bit much though

scrivz69 · 7 Dec 2018 at 19:42

I quite like the notch for some strange reason lol.

d_brennen · 7 Dec 2018 at 20:58

I'd lose the chin and make the top for camera/earpiece/IR etc

scrivz69 · 7 Dec 2018 at 22:34

That would make sense.

_Jimlad_ · 8 Dec 2018 at 21:49

Anyone got the Mi A2 lite. I noticed it's going discounted again. Still after a gift for my pops ?

Scam · 8 Dec 2018 at 22:44

I've had mine for a couple of weeks now. Got the 4/64gb version. Honestly the only issue so far is the auto brightness fluctuates slot. It's snappy and does everything i need it to. And more importantly is smaller, and has a headphone jack. Can't fault it, I just returned a OP6 because of that..

Big Elf · 8 Dec 2018 at 22:46

What do you want to know?

The auto brightness doesn't work properly but apart from that it's very impressive for the money.

Mine cost £160 for the 64GB/4GB version and I think the 32GB/3GB version was discounted to £135.

AndyCr15 · 8 Dec 2018 at 23:50

Check HotUKDeals to find a place that has the 3GB under £120 I think.

_Jimlad_ · 9 Dec 2018 at 00:40

AndyCr15 said:
Check HotUKDeals to find a place that has the 3GB under £120 I think.

That was what I was looking at but it sold out.

Damn

So what's the issue with auto brightness ?

Big Elf · 9 Dec 2018 at 01:13

_Jimlad_ said:
...So what's the issue with auto brightness ?

I find it both too sensitive in that it adjusts too frequently and also inaccurate in that it doesn't produce the correct level of brightness for the ambient lighting.

I use a toggle with 5 main brightness presets to choose from which is enough to cater for my use 99% of the time.

Scam · 9 Dec 2018 at 12:24

Big Elf said:
I use a toggle with 5 main brightness presets to choose from which is enough to cater for my use 99% of the time.

What do you use for that?

Big Elf · 9 Dec 2018 at 19:39

I use Notification Toggle and have been using it for quite a few years but it's not the easiest or most intuitive app to setup but does give the option of adding a number of settings or app shortcuts in the notification bar (it's the second app I install on any new phone or tablet after Nova Launcher). Alternatively there's the One Click Brightness widget which allows you to put a widget for each brightness setting e.g. 7%, 12%, 25%, 100%, Auto on your home screen but wastes a lot of space doing so. There's probably other widgets that do a similar job without wasting as much space

Captain · 14 Dec 2018 at 03:09

Can anyone tell me how to view recently cleared notifications with miui 10?

I've tried holding down on the home screen, choosing widgets but the 1x1 settings option isn't there so I can't access the notification log.

Any tips? No app is any good as it doesn't let you view past notifications.

_Jimlad_ · 14 Dec 2018 at 07:41

I am debating whether to give my old man a new sealed refurbished pixel 1XL or a mi A2 lite

Hmmm

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