The Official Pocophone F1 Thread

triggerthat · 17 Oct 2018 at 20:20

Mine arrived today. Great phone. I got the 64GB and now wished I went for more. Are there any restrictions on using an SD card (new to Android)? So far I've used it for videos and it seems to be fine. Haven't play any high bitrate files tho.

Minstadave · 17 Oct 2018 at 20:55

triggerthat said:
Mine arrived today. Great phone. I got the 64GB and now wished I went for more. Are there any restrictions on using an SD card (new to Android)? So far I've used it for videos and it seems to be fine. Haven't play any high bitrate files tho.

Should be ok for even high bitrate files with a half decent SD card, haven’t seen any complaints about slow SD speeds.

triggerthat · 17 Oct 2018 at 21:07

Thanks. My screen protector hasn't arrived yet. Is the screen prone to scratching?

Minstadave · 17 Oct 2018 at 21:09

triggerthat said:
Thanks. My screen protector hasn't arrived yet. Is the screen prone to scratching?

It’s meant to be Gorilla Glass 3 so not too bad.

My first screen protector was terrible. It let a load of lint under the front camera glass area. So I’m going to try one with a cutout over the camera notch.

kration · 17 Oct 2018 at 23:34

lmfy2k said:
F2 out in 6 months?

https://www.gsmarena.com/deal_pocop...catch_f2_coming_in_half_a_year-news-33678.php

If that's the case then I hope the F1 drops in price. I'll be looking for a new phone in a couple of months and if the F1 is about £200 then it'll be my first choice

lmfy2k · 25 Oct 2018 at 21:34

Minstadave · 25 Oct 2018 at 22:35

Nice find, installed no probs.

loltim · 27 Oct 2018 at 00:27

Will the google camera app get auto updates though?

Minstadave · 27 Oct 2018 at 07:52

loltim said:
Will the google camera app get auto updates though?

Dont think so, it doesn't show in Playstore. Not a massive issue though.

warren_1979 · 31 Oct 2018 at 11:55

I don't know if to ditch my P9 Plus for the Poco? I love Amoled so dropping down to LCD will be a bit of a bummer. I'm also worried about the camera quality of the Poco being subpar, but I would love something bigger that 5.5 at the moment.

Minstadave · 1 Nov 2018 at 14:47

MIUI 10 global stable is out. Just installed and looks good, seems to have squished some bugs and face unlock is working now - it's silly fast too.

Drizmod · 4 Nov 2018 at 18:11

Minstadave said:
MIUI 10 global stable is out. Just installed and looks good, seems to have squished some bugs and face unlock is working now - it's silly fast too.

How did you get it? I just checked for updates on my phone and it says no updates available

Minstadave · 4 Nov 2018 at 18:26

Drizmod said:
How did you get it? I just checked for updates on my phone and it says no updates available

There's a direct link available. Let me find the link.

Minstadave · 4 Nov 2018 at 18:28

It's at the bottom of this article:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....oad-miui-10-global-stable-xiaomi-poco-f1/amp/

Download it, go to the phone update screen like doing an OTA update and press the menu button. Select "choose update package" and point it at the downloaded file. No need to extract. Worked fine for me.

Really happy with MIUI 10, fixed the few irritating bugs i was getting on 9. Performance and battery life is good.

scrivz69 · 4 Nov 2018 at 22:54

http://bigota.d.miui.com/V10.0.4.0.OE... Nicked of a youtube review.

Drizmod · 5 Nov 2018 at 08:09

Minstadave said:
It's at the bottom of this article:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....oad-miui-10-global-stable-xiaomi-poco-f1/amp/

Download it, go to the phone update screen like doing an OTA update and press the menu button. Select "choose update package" and point it at the downloaded file. No need to extract. Worked fine for me.

Really happy with MIUI 10, fixed the few irritating bugs i was getting on 9. Performance and battery life is good.

Cheers! Updated my phone.

That Pixel camera in low light situations on the Pocophone is great. It takes great pics but its very unstable and starts to slow down and hang if you are trying to take two or more pics at the same time. Would be great if Xiaomi picked this app up and used it to add the quality into their own

Minstadave · 5 Nov 2018 at 08:31

Drizmod said:
Cheers! Updated my phone.

That Pixel camera in low light situations on the Pocophone is great. It takes great pics but its very unstable and starts to slow down and hang if you are trying to take two or more pics at the same time. Would be great if Xiaomi picked this app up and used it to add the quality into their own

Haven't had any issues with it on mine yet. Seems a lot better in low light than the Poco app.

wnb · 5 Nov 2018 at 16:02

Anyone found a good case for the pocophone? I just had this https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07GYQHTVL/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 turned out not to be carbon fibre and flimsy plastic instead.

Minstadave · 5 Nov 2018 at 16:34

I've used this one:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/For-Xiao...-Black-/223158745530?du=1&txnId=2148522258012

It's soft but better than the one the phone came with.

Drizmod · 6 Nov 2018 at 14:38

Minstadave said:
Haven't had any issues with it on mine yet. Seems a lot better in low light than the Poco app.

Can you try the portrait mode and try to take quick pics one after the other? This is where after 2 or 3 pics it just hangs for me. Normal camera mode is fine for me

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