The Official Chinese Phones Thread

alexakasloth · 28 Jun 2020 at 13:38

deuse said:
I have to say that MiUi 12 is fantastic.
The best overall android OS I have ever used

Good to know, I'll keep the Redmi line in mind, I just need to get a low cost phone for my mum to replace her very old Huawei.

Angerer · 29 Jun 2020 at 04:36

Begbie said:
Not really. Some have much better protection than others. If I could get a get mous case I'd be all over it. Sadly it's mostly just rubbish about.

The one it comes with seems OK.

Hi Begbie, did you purchase any glass screen protector? cheers

Begbie · 29 Jun 2020 at 06:54

Angerer said:
Hi Begbie, did you purchase any glass screen protector? cheers

Not yet, it does have one on it already though. But I'll probably replace it with a glass type one.

deuse · 29 Jun 2020 at 11:48

alexakasloth said:
Good to know, I'll keep the Redmi line in mind, I just need to get a low cost phone for my mum to replace her very old Huawei.

Keep an eye on this site to see if they are doing a 12 rom for the phone you pick.

https://xiaomi.eu/community/

wiiija · 30 Jun 2020 at 20:48

I recently got a huawei p smart 2019 after having no phone for nigh on 3 years (yes really), you get a lot of phone for your money these days don't you?

I think its excellent anyway!

Lethal` · 1 Jul 2020 at 14:14

Recently got a Redmi Note 8T. I'm finding that the vibration is really weak compared to my old Moto G5 Plus. I'm guessing not much can be done?

kkelly · 2 Jul 2020 at 11:22

Hi guys, is this phone any good - 'Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro', I dont want to be messing with custom roms etc, are the bloatware apps / ads annoying?

joelk2 · 2 Jul 2020 at 23:24

How you Poco f2 guys getting on?

Angerer · 3 Jul 2020 at 06:24

joelk2 said:
How you Poco f2 guys getting on?

Still waiting for it to arrive mate, will update thread when it does.

Begbie · 3 Jul 2020 at 07:21

joelk2 said:
How you Poco f2 guys getting on?

So great. The screen is awesome, it's super smooth. The gui is actually very good. With nova on I barely noticed a difference from Samsung if anything, it's better.

But I put a dual sim in last week and the phone crashed. Kept restarting. I had to do a full reset and it's been fine since.

The camera is definitely better than my s9+ too. All round I'm very happy.

joelk2 · 3 Jul 2020 at 10:29

Begbie said:
So great. The screen is awesome, it's super smooth. The gui is actually very good. With nova on I barely noticed a difference from Samsung if anything, it's better.

But I put a dual sim in last week and the phone crashed. Kept restarting. I had to do a full reset and it's been fine since.

The camera is definitely better than my s9+ too. All round I'm very happy.

Good to hear. All the reviews rate it highly too.

Lethal` · 3 Jul 2020 at 11:05

kkelly said:
Hi guys, is this phone any good - 'Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro', I dont want to be messing with custom roms etc, are the bloatware apps / ads annoying?

If my experience of the 8T is anything to go by it will have a terrible vibration motor.

I'm most likely going to return. Forgot Amazon had extended the windows.

Dazstoke · 3 Jul 2020 at 17:30

kkelly said:
Hi guys, is this phone any good - 'Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro', I dont want to be messing with custom roms etc, are the bloatware apps / ads annoying?

I've got the 9S which is pretty much the same phone minus nfc.
I'm very happy with it....all the bloat can be removed without root using adb/fastboot tool on a pc and any potential ads can be turned off in settings

silverblack · 5 Jul 2020 at 01:13

Ordered the Poco F2 from Spain for £390 should be here next week sometime.

The Darkness · 5 Jul 2020 at 08:07

kkelly said:
Hi guys, is this phone any good - 'Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro', I dont want to be messing with custom roms etc, are the bloatware apps / ads annoying?

Yeah had this phone for about 2-3 weeks I guess. Uninstalled a few apps when I first received it and use Nova launcher. No ads or bloat now.

Honestly I don't know what else you'd need in a phone. NFC, lightning fast, 3 day battery life, fast charging, perfectly positioned fingerprint reader, good camera.

alastair84 · 5 Jul 2020 at 15:55

i ordered the 9s 6gb ram version shipping from Spain. while i wait for delivery i have been looking at its features. apparently it can play youtube in the background - there is a specific chinese app for this. Can anyone who owns this 9s/9 pro confirm this?

sanaxe1 · 5 Jul 2020 at 17:17

alastair84 said:
i ordered the 9s 6gb ram version shipping from Spain. while i wait for delivery i have been looking at its features. apparently it can play youtube in the background - there is a specific chinese app for this. Can anyone who owns this 9s/9 pro confirm this?

Try an app called https://newpipe.schabi.org/ Blocks YouTube adds and can play in the background. Works on any phone.

alastair84 · 5 Jul 2020 at 17:24

I see. Just hype then! Looks like i'll be uninstalling all those chinese apps when i get it.

Angerer · 8 Jul 2020 at 04:40

is there much bloatware on the poco f2? if so how does one go about ridding it?

silverblack · 8 Jul 2020 at 06:55

Angerer said:
is there much bloatware on the poco f2? if so how does one go about ridding it?

I followed these steps and never got any ads.You can't uninstall any of their apps unless you change rom or maybe root the phone.
I just never use any of their apps.

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

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