The Official Chinese Phones Thread

Clairvoyant · 9 May 2020 at 21:57

No Issues with my F1, almost 18 months old.

deuse · 11 May 2020 at 10:43

Well giztop have sent my phone via Yodel.

So I have asked for my £24 I paid for DHL shipping.....

silverblack · 12 May 2020 at 13:44

Poco F2 just released €499 for the 6gb 128gb version.Looks indentical to the K30 pro :confused:

https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=10220&idPhone2=10140

Peew971 · 12 May 2020 at 14:18

silverblack said:
Poco F2 just released €499 for the 6gb 128gb version.Looks indentical to the K30 pro

https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=10220&idPhone2=10140

It was always supposed to be just a rebranding of the K30 Pro.

doodah · 12 May 2020 at 14:27

Hello Poco - that's a lot of phone for the money.

Edit - 60Hz screen, so close...

neoboy · 12 May 2020 at 15:29

90Hz would have been just a bit too much to ask for when you can order it for around £415 with latest SoC, AMOLED, etc.

kona786 · 12 May 2020 at 16:09

neoboy said:
90Hz would have been just a bit too much to ask for when you can order it for around £415 with latest SoC, AMOLED, etc.

If they just added a little more to the price for 90hz it would have been a winner. Or make a variant with 90hz.

maj · 12 May 2020 at 16:40

Recently debloated my Note 8 Pro but how do Xiaomi get away with putting adverts in their ROMs? Never seen adverts in other manufacturer ROMs (Android or otherwise). Might just have to stick with Solid Explorer for viewing and opening downloads. I have some Xiaomi domains blocked in pihole already but these ones are still getting through.

d_brennen · 12 May 2020 at 16:50

Poco F1 here running the latest available MiUi and not seeing any ads in the stock Downloads app, VPN off and away from home, too

doodah · 12 May 2020 at 18:04

@maj - any tips/signposting please? Expecting a Xiaomi phone for my mother-in-law soon and want to get rid of their crap.

silverblack · 12 May 2020 at 18:20

doodah said:
@maj - any tips/signposting please? Expecting a Xiaomi phone for my mother-in-law soon and want to get rid of their crap.

I've done as recommended here and don't get any ads now.

https://www.androidauthority.com/remove-ads-xiaomi-miui-1019139/

maj · 12 May 2020 at 18:20

d_brennen said:
Poco F1 here running the latest available MiUi and not seeing any ads in the stock Downloads app, VPN off and away from home, too

Yeah the missus has a Mi 9 and doesn't get adverts either. She is on 11.0.6.0 where as mine seems to be stuck on 11.0.3.0. Might just try and manually flash 11.0.6 and see if that gets rid of them. Having googled it there is a manual way but you have to disable settings in certain apps but it shouldn't be needed.

doodah said:
@maj - any tips/signposting please? Expecting a Xiaomi phone for my mother-in-law soon and want to get rid of their crap.

I used this as it has an easy to use GUI. Have a read of the FAQ if your phone isn't detected.

doodah · 12 May 2020 at 18:29

Awesome - thank you both

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neoboy · 12 May 2020 at 19:03

kona786 said:
If they just added a little more to the price for 90hz it would have been a winner. Or make a variant with 90hz.

It would cannibalise their regular Mi 10 sales, basically need to buy the latter if you want 90Hz and wireless charging. Although it has a useless macro lens whereas F2 has a tele lens.

Dazstoke · 12 May 2020 at 19:40

silverblack said:
I've done as recommended here and don't get any ads now.

https://www.androidauthority.com/remove-ads-xiaomi-miui-1019139/

I've also got a Xiaomi coming so that's going to be really helpful.
Cheers

kona786 · 12 May 2020 at 20:06

neoboy said:
It would cannibalise their regular Mi 10 sales, basically need to buy the latter if you want 90Hz and wireless charging. Although it has a useless macro lens whereas F2 has a tele lens.

Ah OK makes sense. Too many OEMs making too many phones.

biron_w · 12 May 2020 at 21:37

At £410 the poco F2 Pro is very tempting. Anybody dealt with Gearbest before?
*edit*
Looks like it doesn't have band 20 which may cause problems for me on Three :confused:

silverblack · 12 May 2020 at 22:50

Three and EE are OK it's O2 and Voda that need band 20.

biron_w · 12 May 2020 at 23:05

silverblack said:
Three and EE are OK it's O2 and Voda that need band 20.

Ah cool

I think I'll wait til it's on the rain forest then I may pick one up.

Mobius 1 · 13 May 2020 at 11:42

biron_w said:
At £410 the poco F2 Pro is very tempting. Anybody dealt with Gearbest before?
*edit*
Looks like it doesn't have band 20 which may cause problems for me on Three

Weird, gsmarena specs says it has 4G band 20.
https://m.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_poco_f2_pro-10220.php

edit. Reading around, on other spec sheets.. it seems that it doesn’t have band 20 :/

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