My Poco F7 just arrived. The box looks very premium.

>>107501931
Who gives a fuck about scratches?

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>>107501991
>Who gives a fuck about scratches?

Thoughts on the S25 Edge? I'm using it now and it's a breath of fresh air to have a large phone that's light and sleek. But I'm worried about battery/heat if I'm travelling.

>>107501977
Damn its actually pretty heavy.

Sheesh the buck broken OP is obsessed with baking flamewars instigating iPhone hating images.

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>>107501931
>>107502034
Reminder no smartphone is scratch proof.

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*wins an mkbhd award*
heh, nothing personell kid

>>107502600
>caring what technigger shill thinks

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Face it. Samsung is the best phone manufacturer. Here's why:
>A range of phones to suit every budget (unlike Apple and Google who only make premium phones)
>More security updates than most Android phone makers, especially for budget phones (I think most Samsung phones now get 6 or 7 years of security updates, whereas other Android phones might only get 3 years)
>Not Chinese, so you don't have to worry about the Chinese Communist Party harvesting your data
>Samsung's skin for Android (One UI) looks okay and it works decently

my poco f5 still works

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>>107502770
If they're so great then why everytime my S22U downloads a OneUI update do half of my settings get reset? It shouldn't be changing the function of my power button or rearranging the apps on my home screen. Google and Apple don't do this.

>>107502906
I've never had that problem on my Samsung phone

>>107502770
even poco offers 6 years of security updates these days

>>107502916
And the Chinese Communist Party will harvest your data as a bonus. What a great deal.

>>107502955
these days it's better than being spied by usa

>>107502958
I don't think so. At least the US has some semblance of reasonable laws

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>>107503019
>At least the US has some semblance of reasonable laws

>>107503019
huh?
Last I checked, Edward Snowden was fleeing for his life to Russia.

>>107503041
More so than some other countries, yes

>>107503051
He shouldn't have leaked state secrets then should he

>>107503078
>shouldn't have been a naughty goy!

>still not clear if the EU S26 will get the shit CPU or not

God dammit.

Oppo used Ye's heil Hitler song in an actual ad in the UK
Top fucking Kek https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrQBuJwn/

Is the base find x9 good or should I pay extra for the pro version.
I don't care about the camera and the price difference in my country is huge.

>>107503885
what country

OnePlus won!!

I got a new phone that had googe messages installed by default
every time you get an sms from someone it hides 30% of the screen with a prompt of "do you want to save contact"
and theres no option to disable it

Am I mentally ill or whats the fuck is happening. This is insane.

Like you google the issue and you have several google forum questiosn about it with hundreds of "I have the same question" marked next to it and same canned response where you can send feedback

nigger, why do you need feedback on having an option to disable a niggerific prompt that hides a lot of the screen every single time

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>>107468703
Lmaooooooooooooooo

>>107503885
I prefer the non pro because it's smaller
It's like the mini version of OP15

>>107503907
I live in Costa Rica (Latín America) and de difference between both devices is around $325.
Of course, I can get both versions way cheaper on AliExpress but I rather have a warranty form a local store. (I can't find the device on Amazon)

>>107503818
How do you fuck up that bad? Presumably all the marketing goes through a clearance process too and no one highlighted the issue with using a Kanye song, let alone that one.

>S26 is using the same camera as the S25

What's the fucking point? Tiny battery compared to other phones in the same segment, out of date cameras and the risk of you getting a shit chipset. If only Chinese phones didn't come with shit buggy software...

>>107504103
samsungs sell no matter what so they don't need to innovate

>>107504103
Personally, I can't wait to see how all the YouTubers are going to defend this somehow.

>>107504103
It can run Crysis due to its chip
Chink phones couldn't

>>107504103
Either get an iPhone or an Oppo at that price

>>107504189
>indiaPhone
no thanks

>>107504189
iphone is seriously tempting but I hate the Apple ecosystem.

How's Oppo for software reliability?

>>107504189
I feel like buying an iphone could solve most of my issues but I'm not willing to sacrifice the few advantages Android has.

Test

>>107504222
What was that you said? >>107450769

Have any of you lads ever tried data recovery on Android 10+? I've read that from Android 10 onwards it's basically impossible to recover data if you don't have any backups of them, due to file-based encryption.
I wonder if all the fancy shiny backup apps are a scam, or if there actually is a way to get the lost data back.
Asking for a friend actually, it's the typical case of "oops I deleted some photos and videos and now I want them back. Backup? What backup?"

>>107504850
Google backup way more than you'd expect and I believe Samsung do too.

put yeah, HW level encryption with the master key gone? You're not getting access to that.

>you can't save things here, i'm doing it for your privacy and security
>you can't read things from here, i'm doing it for your privacy and security
>you can't move things here, i'm doing it for your privacy and security
>i fucked with your apps and their permissions, i did it for your privacy and security
>input your pin again, it's for your privacy and security even though you used your biometric to unlock your phone 5 minutes ago
>i randomly deleted your webview cookies, it's for your privacy and security
>be a good goy and install yet another security patch
i hate jewdroid so much it's unreal

>>107503016
Why does Tim Apple spy on me twice as hard as Google?

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>>107503016
Liar.
>>107505049
Google sells the most user data globally. After the Snowden leaks it's obvious everything is spying on you. Stop posting misinformation.

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>My phone
HOT CCP agent tracking me.
>Your phone
Mossad and Ranjesh.
>My phone
Unlocked bootloader, unquestioned power user.
>Your phone
Knox 0x1. Warranty void.
>My phone
Snapdragon (strong, pride of China.)
>Your phone
Snapdragon (weak, no honor)

OnePlus WON.

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>>107505588
Qualcomm is a American company whose chips are made by TSMC which is a company in Taiwan. Nothing to do with China. Just like Apple another American company is pioneering smartphone technology.

is this general just bots spamming the same bait over and over?

>>107504103
It's the only android flagship chip small phone sold in the US. The base models sell a lot because there is a desire for that size. The ultra is simply too big for a lot of people. Personally I think the plus has always been the best balance but it also hasn't really updated it's cameras in 3 years

>>107503494
Probably every country in the world would punish a person for leaking state secrets

>The charging rate has also been improved, and the phone now supports 120W fast charging over OnePlus's proprietary SuperVOOC charger and 50W over the AirVOOC wireless charging pad.
If I die in a small housefire, remember I had no regrets.

What browser do you guys use on the phone these day?
I still swap between brave and Firefox
But I think edge might be another good candidate too

>>107505792
I still use Brave. Though brave sync fucking blows and would only sync bookmarks for me when I went to a new phone. Firefox is probably not laggy by now

>>107505792
i use via + webview beta, it does everything i need (adblocking, userscripts, local password manager, least wasted space if you use gesture-based navigation, back button that doesn't refresh)
my only complaint is that autoredirects don't work too well sometimes (eg trying to buy a shipping label from UPS never actually worked after getting redirected back to the site post-paypal transaction, xcancel doesn't work)

>>107501931
talk me out of buying a redmagic 11pro lads...

>>107506101
There is no game worth playing on phone that other non gaming phone can't already play

>>107506101
Bad software, bad return/repair policy, bad cameras (personally is a plus if you ask me), visible dot on the display because of the camera, software updates

>>107506199
yeah I dont like cameras I usually just cover them up with electrical tape
Other than when I've got to facetime a family member

>>107501931
Found an old functioning Xperia M2, any ideas what to do with it? any custom rom that can make it smoother? For old emulators maybe? a DAP? Whatever can be done with it?

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>Good news Anons! The new Exynos 2600 is out! It's gonna be...
>W-what, no, it's not a space heater, it's actually really good, it's benchmarks-
>P-please stop laughing, we worked really hard on this...
>Y-yes, US version will still have Snapdragon

>>107506130
Main reason is the lack of expandable storage and the bad camera setup. If you don't care about either, then it's a good value for the hardware

>>107504103
To put it into perspective, those are the same main and tele camera as the S22 and the same ultrawide as on the S21.

>>107504146
They'll concur that it's a "well-rounded" compact flagship because it offers "polished software" and long software support, while still having a "versatile" triple camera setup.
Samsung can afford to do this for as long as apple does the same, despite the gap in software processing.

Got a s25, first android in years, it’s good and all but the accidental touches are annoying, can barely hold the thing either.

>>107506981
Get good lock feom the galaxy store and the edge touch thing from it. You can adjust the sensitivity for the edges. Get a grippy case if you find it hard to hold, all the phones are like these slabs now

>>107506981
You are holding it wrong

which android photo gallery app can one use that doesn't take a billion years load (see fossify gallery), and which also looks like it's made by people who have felt the inside of a vagina (see graphene's stock gallery app)? nothing strikes the balance without being just a little bit too weird for average usability and familiarity. hopefully goes without saying that one of the google gallery apps is off the table

Why is the Xperia VII so expensive? I just want a phone with a headphone jack and without a notch man

i've used winlator for a bit and i've realised i'd rather have a mouse controlled with the screen being a trackpad than to move my hand all over the screen to tap
is there any way to do that?

>>107507095
Thanks, case is coming soon
>>107507096
How am I supposed to hold it then?

>>107507798
Isn't that the default behavior?
Should be called Move Cursor to Touchpoint in the settings, it needs to be off.

what phone do I get if I literally just want no lag, good speakers, the ability to run any launcher I want and run Revanched YouTube? I don't mind buying used.

It's beginning to look a lot like Chinkmas.

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>how i feel when someone hands me their phone with gesture navigation

How do I obtain and install an older version of an app for an iphone than the version currently available in their app store? I'm trying to use my iphone 5s but it only supports ios 10.x and I need at least 11.x to use some third party apps and 16 or 18 for the actual flir app. The issue is entirely software related because this phone is listed as being compatible.

>>107508861
Same man

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MKBHD Phone of the Year the iPhone 17.

>>107502955
it's actually a smarter move to let foreign governments have your data, especially ones who have adversarial relationships with your own government. think about it. do you really think china or russia would willingly relinquish your harvested data to US glowies?

>>107508861
I still use the nav bar even on latest samsung
>t. 30 year old boomer

>>107501977
I'm bout to cop one during their 12.12 sale!

>>107502958
>these days
Always has been.
Like seriously, imagine being scared of a foreign country more than the guys who can kick your door down at anytime. Lmao. Not to mention, the usa and China aren't allies. So Chins will refuse a subpoena request from the usa just out of spite. It's straight up brain dead to trust a usa and korean company more than a Chinese one.

>>107509387
MKBHD leisure activity of the year driving 400 MPH in a school zone

>>107509413
>>107509692
Damn, i already posted my reply before seeing you basically said the same thing. Lol. I'm surprised this isn't common knowledge at this point.

>>107505049
do a wireshark analysis comparing data going out of an iphone and an android and you'll see the latter "leaking" 100x more than the former

>>107505792
Cromite.

>>107506101
enjoy the new phone anon, it looks sick

>>107506657
install "ip webcam" and use it as an ip camera

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>>107509653
I still have a physical nav bar like the way god intended

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My Galaxy S20 FE has recently become my primary emulation device and it has a few annoying limits like not running 3DS games well beyond their native resolution. Pic related just barely maintains a stable 60 fps and 2x makes it stutter, and it can't do Wii games in general great. I'm also a hobby photographer specializing in macro and often don't have my "real" camera on me. What's my best Android option around $500 to do both of these things at least reasonably well? I don't want to go over 600. I'd also prefer a big phone

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>>107510649
I'd say smartphones are a natural evolution of classic handhelds, get a telescopic controller and you're good to go.

>>107510664
The problem is mine is a little bit on the old side and showing its lack of power when I try to push games to look and run nicer than their native hardware, so I asked about stronger ones

>>107510649
s24 ultra

>annoyed with big phones
>someone tells me to check out pixlel 9a
what the fuck are these 2018 tier bezels? I have no idea which pixel models are actually worth it if any, there are too many of them

S26 lineup coming out soon apparently but what's the point of that phone exactly? Isn't it exactly the same as the S25 lineup, with only a slightly design change and the new snapdragon?

>>107510741
a series of pixels are basically good enough for much lower price, it's the favourite phone of many for custom roms or grapheneos support

is the dimensity 9500 any good

>>107510761
The point is to not upgrade every fucking year. When you upgrade after 3-4 years you do feel the difference. But yes the past few years only ultras have really gotten new features. The base models have gotten the chip and ram bumps but the cameras have stayed the same

>>107510762
>it's the favourite phone of many for custom roms or grapheneos support
I haven't even thought about this in 10 years back when android was lacking a lot of features the custom roms provided. Graphene is just a meme right?

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I want to learn if I can flash my old Samsung Galaxy J3 phone so I can install a lightweight custom ROM. Where do you begin to learn if it's even possible?

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>>107510850

>>107509693
KEK
E
K

I was hesitant on upgrading to S25 because 6.1 inch screen still seems kind of big but I was surprised to find the phone is basically the same size as my old phone and it's just the bezel difference that makes the screen bigger.

>>107502034
If you're a coomsumer goyslop nigger who needs to buy a new phone every year cause your old one breaks cause its scuffed to high hell and dropped on the ground and/or rubbed/banged against sharp and hard objects dozens of times then scratches dont matter. Next thing you know Tyrone has to move out of his apartment he used to sell fentanyl out of and move in with the white trash whore he gives free coke to for pussy and companionship
He most certainly doesnt NEED to be using a brand new 1 TB iPhone 17 but life isnt fair and these are powerful portable A.I. supercomputers (taking Moore's Law into account, in relation to what it used to take to achieve similar computing power in a university lab or Government funded setting, think those CRAY brand supercomputers)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray

Moral of the story, nice things like the iPhone 17 don't belong in a hyperviolent, irrational, hard drug peddling ape's hands
Give it to some aspiring Stanford computer science freshman who wants to help change the world not hardened pimps thugs niggers spics criminal types

The darkies that change their way and either get a proper eduction and or straighten out I can't rag on
I like honest Indian repair men, but I wouldnt let them date my white non mixed daughter
My family name has preferred to not poison the gene pool for centuries

>>107511458
6.1-6.3 are basically all the same size these days since they've been shrinking the bezels so much. Anything in that range is considered a small phone now. It's a nice size IMO

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>>107505636
>Apple
>American company

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>>107509387
Apple is such a Based American smartphone company, just like Qualcomm.

>>107511931
Apple is dog shit for normie sheep brained NPC consoomers.
Android is for the thinking white man.

>>107505261
>Apple is not technically within the NSO floors.

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ZTE is in some hot water.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/chinas-zte-may-pay-more-than-1-billion-us-over-foreign-bribery-allegations-2025-12-11/

>>107512448
Isn't that the same company as Nubia and Redmagic?

I need android phone recommendations. The Australian 000 upgrade screwed me out of my Samsung S10e by putting it on the block list. I've got till mid jan to upgrade.
I don't use mine for games or anything that resource intensive. Mainly using it for music, yt revanced, web browsing, and a few work apps. Headphone jack is a must.

Which should I get out of these? Open to other recommendations too
>Samsung Galaxy A25 (5G) - Seems to fit the bill but I've seen mixed reception for it
>Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G - Cautious because chinkshit but seems a step above A25
>Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra - Nearly triple the price of my S10E, so not ideal. But specs all above board

>>107513088
don't get the xiaomi for sure, it will be way too underpowered for normal use

>>107507702
Immich + home server

>>107507798
>winlator
just use gamenative instead, the whole windows UI isnt the point

>>107513310
How about the Poco F5 then?

>>107502770
They killed the headphone jack

>>107513573
i have it and it's great

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>>107503818
Based

>>107504031
Don't pull our leg, we all know you're just going to steal one

>>107504103
Believe it or not, software is more important.

>>107505792
Vivaldi

>>107507721
Stop being poor, get a better job and buy one.

>>107507721
xperias are always extremely expensive, i can't even find 5 v that doesn't cost as much as a pixel 10 pro

>>107507702
>doesn't take a billion years load (see fossify gallery)
How many photos do you have? My wife has a dozen thousand photos/videos and Fossify Gallery only takes a second to load. Maybe 2-4 seconds to generate thumbnails when there are new images.

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>>107513792
Alright I pulled the trigger. Wish me luck

>>107513934
no need for luck, either you will hate hyperos or start liking it
and then there are plenty of custom roms for this

>>107513573
>>107513088
Best bet is to get a phone locally. Chinese phones are probably gonna get banned from Australian networks anyways.
This whole situation is completely fucked

>>107514030
i saw one of those whitelists and they are pretty pathetic, especially for a person that needs a phone with jack

>>107513853
>Stop being poor
I paid my mortgage off at 26 and I could buy your entire worthless lineage you illiterate third worlder. 'Expensive' in this context means compared to the perceived value. The Experia VII is a mid tier phone priced higher than most high tier phones.

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>>107514030
https://isthisphoneblocked.net.au/device-brands/xiaomi?search=poco%20f5
not bad i guess

/g/entoomen, please help

I need to buy an iPhone for my kid because she's dumb and wants to fit in. Iphone 13 vs 14? Should i give a shit? Any significant limitations on either?

iPhone 16e or Pixel 9a with grapheme?

>>107514158
doesn't matter, just make sure battery health is above 95

>>107514196
If you care about your privacy and also security, then Pixel + GrapheneOS.
However, if you do mobile banking first check if your bank application is supported on Android systems without Google Play's Integrity API.
https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compatibility-with-grapheneos/
Keep in mind this isn't the full list, so if you don't find your bank app here try running Android in a virtual machine, Android Studio, or BlueStacks/Waydroid and see if it works there. If it does, it should work on Graphene too.

>>107514158
>Any significant limitations on either?
Between the base models? No, there's practically no real difference. They even use the same SoC so system and security updates will be identical.

>>107514196
16e is a meme, get base 16

>>107513088
Buy a Sony 10 VII

>>107514077
Only poor people look at the price tag

>>107514082
Of course they allow international phones from India...

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>>107514516
the site is retarded, it lists global models as xiaomi f5, without poco

>>107514196
Pixel 10 256gb model and above. It has ufs 4.0.

>>107514261
>>107514272
Thanks fellas, much appreciated

Should I buy the Samsung galaxy S26 base model that releases in a couple of months or the Xiaomi 17 base model? How's the software side on new xiaomi phones? I like the smaller size of Galaxy S series base models? Only want the phone for general use.

Now that it has been revealed that S26 Ultra will use same shit camera they've been using for last 5 years, should I just take the iphone pill or pixel + GrapheneOS pill

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>>107502236
:)

>>107515096
Step down to the smol base s26 model fren. It will have a 4400 mah battery.

>>107514844
Personally I would go for the Samsung without question. I think their phones are pretty decent. Also I don't trust Chinese tech because the Chinese Communist Party might use that stuff for spying.

>>107514844
i would say go to a nearby shop and check if you gonna like hyperos

>>107515478
Why would you care about the Chinese and what would they do with whatever data they collect anyway? You're also spied by your own country, which is a more immediate concern.
Not to mention Samsung specifically has been known to give all your data to a certain country in the middle east. All of their A lineup has a non removable spyware app that has every permission on your system and can install other apps without your consent. Check Appcloud

>>107515536
I'm using a old phone so any new android phone would suffice i suppose. But I'll definitely do that, thanks.

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>>107515827
>Why would you care about the Chinese and what would they do with whatever data they collect anyway?

>>107516103

https://www.sammobile.com/news/israeli-app-app-cloud-samsung-phones-controversy/

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Reminder all smartphone companies are working with governments and Palantir to actively spy on the users regardless if it's iOS or Android. After the 2012 Snowden leaks and the more recent Pegasus leaks this should be the unfortunate truth everyone accepts. Pegasus bypasses encryption on both iOS and Android too btw.

>>107509094
shameless self bumping this. I have a flir one that is the iphone version, but I have an android (motarola) phone. I have several apple devices I could use with it but none of them are recent and I can't install the appropriate software on them because they don't have new enough operating systems, but the same apps USED to run on the ios version they DO have so I figure I just need to find an older version that was released before the newer OS's came out.

Alternatively, if I get an adapter that converts the lightning *protocol* into USB-C, would I be able to use that with my android phone? In other words, how likely is it that the ONLY difference between the apple and android versions of the flir one is the protocol it uses to communicate with the phone?

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Y'all ready for gaymen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVDNGMIlzmI

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Why does it still make info sounds when I put the volume down to zero? My old android didn't work this way

>>107516252
>>107503016
Stop spamming your lies and stop spreading misinformation.
See: >>107505261

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>>107516404
Since the anon wants to post fake articles let me post some real news about who helps THEM the most. Pic related is about Project Nimbus.

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I've been a custom rom enjoyer since the first droid razr and cyanogen, nowadays I don't pay much attention to my phone so I'd appreciate some guidance.
I have a Poco F3, unlocked bootloader with OrangeFox Recovery and crDroid ROM (A14 I think). I was wondering whether I should go back to Lineage 19.1 (Android 12L) mainly because of my current poor battery life and how PlayIntegrityFork works best in in (https://github.com/osm0sis/PlayIntegrityFork)
My main questions are:
- Is it safe to downgrade my recovery? OrangeFox has a specific version for <A12 and >A13 (since I'm on A14 i'm on an incompatible version for A12 LOS)
- I'd like to try out KSU Next instead of Magisk this time, but I've been getting mixed information when it comes to its compatibility with LineageOS. Do I need a custom kernel with the compatibility built in or can I just patch the image myself?
- How much of a pain in the ass it is to bypass the integrity checks on the latest LOS? I've found this https://xdaforums.com/t/updated-11-25-2025-guide-get-strong-integrity-fix-banking-apps-revolut-google-wallet-android-16-working.4753805/ and it looked like a massive pain in the ass, this is the main reason I'm thinking about going back to A12, so that way I can just use PlayIntegrityFork and be done with it.
- If you own a Poco F3 (or anything with a SD870) how's android 15? I'm mainly interested on your SOT compared to older versions.
Thanks.

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>>107516164
>>107516252
>AppCloud
You can just disable that app. But in any case, I don't think Israel is as aggressive with cyberattacks as China is. So I am more wary of China. Pic related.

https://theconversation.com/what-is-salt-typhoon-a-security-expert-explains-the-chinese-hackers-and-their-attack-on-us-telecommunications-networks-244473

>>107515340
> beat the latest snapdragon flagship SOC and it beat the latest mediatek flagship SOC.
Expect you didn't post the latest.

>>107516521
>Except not expect
Yes I did those are all the latest soc's for the RM11 Pro, OP 15 and Find X9 Pro along the iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro. The model numbers and info are all from reputable sources too misspelling words anon.

>>107516503
Jews want to plant CP on your phone to lock you up if you're anti-semitic.
Winnie doesn't give a shit about you and just wants to cover up tiananmen.
It's that shrimple.

>>107516318
I'm too old for video games but this looks cool
I wonder if other brands will follow suit

>>107512940
its the parent company, Nubia and Redmagic do their own stuff under it

>>107501931
I just got a new S25+ for free and set it up yesterday but I notice today after watching videos for maybe an hour or two it feels pretty warm. I did a google search and AI told me that it's normal for it to run hot for the first 1-2 weeks for "Initial Setup & Optimization". Is this true or does this phone just always run hot? Am I F*CKED?

>>107516503
Israel is way more aggressive than China when it comes to spying the average western citizen because they're afraid of a surge of antisemitism.
The Chinese don't care about the average westerner political views, they only care about taking marketshare and bribing a few locals politicians into giving them fair trade because they know most Western companies can't compete on a free market.
If you're not a politician with the ability to give them an investment pass in your country, or working in the military industry, China don't give a f about you.
Even Huawei didn't have spyware at the level of Appcloud

Crazy how anons are supporting Google who is actively helping Israel commit a genocide and profit off of the Suffering too. >>107516431

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>>107516781
Apple is literally part of the Israeli government.

>>107516671
Phone brands absolutely will not. Some chinkheld brands might try but I don't know if most of them can pull off a phone

>>107503016
>>107516252
>>107516845
Stop ruining the thread and stop spamming your lies.

>>107516502
Wait... is this just the consooomer general or something? Should I post it on /sqt/ instead?

Any particular reason why Samsung or Apple didn't use SiC batteries on the Edge or Air? Do they not have access to this tech or smth?

>>107517221
Probably better off asking on the xda forums directly

>>107517366
>boomer judges already ruled against Apple because they don't understand Lithium Ion batteries
>samsung had their Note 7 debacle
>hey guys why aren't they using an untested technology that causes batteries to swell much quicker?

I don't know anything about fones but my Pixel 3 was dying so I picked up a Moto G Power 2024 because it was half off + open box. How good is it?

>14952 hours until bootloader is unlocked.

>>107517552
>causes batteries to swell much quicker
when I'm in a pulling shit out of my ass competition and my oppononet is (You)

>>107517630
Google Gemini:
>Yes, they do. Silicon-carbon batteries are chemically prone to swelling earlier and more aggressively than standard lithium-ion batteries.
>Here is the breakdown:
> * Violent "Breathing": When charging, a standard battery anode expands about 10%. A silicon anode expands up to 300%.
> * Mechanical Stress: This massive daily expansion creates internal cracks and consumes the liquid electrolyte faster.
> * The Result: This chemical breakdown releases gas, causing the "spicy pillow" (swelling) effect much sooner in the battery's lifecycle.

>>107517683
incredibly weak bait

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I am thinking of replacing my phone (Samsung A51) because I've had it for over 5 years and it's quite literally falling apart.
So I'm thinking Pixel 9a, 9 or 9 Pro.
Pro is kind of pricey, would you say it's worth it trying to buy used/refurbished or is the risk too big?
Also I have 128GB memory in my current phone and I never filled it, any point paying extra for 256GB in that case?

I don't really play games or anything, my main use case for phones is text chatting and making photos, but it'd be nice to get something extra for once maybe.

>>107516659
You're genuinely stupid

>>107516747
t. Zhang

>>107517983
No argument.
https://www.androidauthority.com/silicon-carbon-batteries-explained-3534045/

>>107514478
Only poor people think rich people don't look at the price tag.

>>107518078
I always had a really good experience with refurbished phones on eBay. I've mainly bought Pixels for either myself or family members. Even phones labelled as "Good condition" have been reliable and still work.

what happened to the loli vtuber phone poster

>>107518111
AI niggers do not deserve my divine tongue

>>107518216
>claims his filthy tongue is "divine"
>teaches error
too on the nose

>>107516502
this is very device specific (talking about which recovery supports your current firmware), you should be asking this on telegram group of your phone not here
you have 4.19 on f3 which doesn't support gki kernels, therefore you need to sideload a prebuilt kernel with ksunext
bypassing integrity checks, apps like revolut detect lineageos specifically so if you want to do the painful route of banking just google what your app detects and then use either magisk alpha with nohello + rezygisk or ksunext with susfs and some other modules
in june i was on android 11 and update killed device integrity back to basic so i stopped bothering with low versions since

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my motorola phone is only 2+ years old and i believe the screen its getting a bit orange, im pretty sure they didnt put a good oled on this one, but im happy i got it for the price i paid, all the other samshits were more expensive and had an ips panel, fuck that i need to read.

>>107518078
I would spring for 256 if the price difference isn't huge, especially if you're going to be using it for camera. 128 feels kinda small these days

>>107516731
That happens with most new phones these days. Especially if it's been doing updates and shit it can get pretty warm during initial use period. Make sure you're on latest system update

>>107520223
256 should be the minimum you go for. Apple vindicated again!

>>107515096
IPhone is a massive adjustment you may fail to cope with like i did when I used a 15 pro max for a month and went back to my 3 year old android. At first it feels fine but little annoyances pop up and you can't change them. Camera is fucking great though I'll give them that

Pixel is a good rec if you care mostly about camera, but the proc is weaker so I'd be concerned about performance in a few years if you're someone who keeps a phone for 4-5 years

>>107516731
>got an S25+ "for free"
lol
>surprised his TEMU Samsung is garbage
>gets hot playing videos
lmao

>>107520196
motorola sissy oh no no no no

>>107516318
>no headphone jack
ugh

>>107511458
The fact that we measure phones by screen size instead of corner to corner is annoying as fuck.

>>107520304
Also recently switched to an iphone and absolutely baffled that's there's NO way to sort camera photos into its own album.
It just vomits every single picture on the phone into a singular pile.

>>107516731
>run hot
so what does that mean, did you take a single measurement?

>>107518656
>telegram group
I'm allergic to those, really.
>gki
Wow, I didn't know what was that. I'm aware of GSI but a GKI sounds... frankly stupid.... considering the amount of personal tuning you need for a device. Wouldn't quite literally everything be subpar in a generic kernel?
>sideload a prebuilt kernel with ksunext / bypassing integrity checks
I figured I'd give the latest crDroid a try given it was the easiest path forward (it comes with a prepatched KSUN and susfs kernel) and I'm happy to say that I've managed to make the bypass work at least on the applications I care about and that's enough for me.

it just werks™

Any hopes for the Galaxy A57 having 512 GB storage?

>>107521974
s fe series have 512

ios is so fucking bad but the phone is so much better can someone just port android to iphone jesus christ

>>107522407
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgKEpB3XFk4

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>>107504000
Red Magic 10 Pro out performs the Red Magic 11 Pro.

Is it worth doing battery optimization stuff or do you just charge overnight

>>107523379
no, just use as is

>>107522784
>graph higher = better
now read the framerate thats below it

>>107523379
I charge once per day at night, using a slow charger to around 80~85%. battery still great after 4 years

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I felt like I lost a few braincells reading these retarded AI release notes. That wordy prose that says almost nothing is really annoying to read.

>>107523801
more importantly, what the fuck?
>jewgle the model number
>oneplus open
>sd8g2
>requires a system update to have fluid animations

What's the best Android that has a headphone jack?

>>107523817
Yeah, I think every update in 2025 was basically focused on the UI.

>>107523752
>Max throttling is good

>>107524062
>higher lows, averages and highs while throttling
sounds like a beast of a chip

>>107523990
its time to get new headphones grandpa

>>107524009
did something go wrong? my shitty sd8g2 ZTE works flawlessly

>>107523990
https://www.gsmarena.com/zte_nubia_redmagic_11_pro_5g_int-14277.php
sony still one generation behind

>>107524224
Nah, they've just been making things like blur, animations and the like smoother and fancier for Android 16.

>>107520428
Runs hot as in it feels hot in my hand when holding it. Hotter than any other phone I've used.
>>107520322
Free from my phone service provider.
>>107520258
I made sure all the system updates were installed first day but I didn't notice the heat until the second day. Should I expect it to last for a week or more like google says?

>>107524465
okay, so you still dont know if the chip is overheating or if the heatspreading design of the phone is inconvenient. give me a measurement, run a cpu temp app

>>107524519
no

>>107523379
>>107523766
Slow chargers are a proven meme, but keeping your charge capacity away from 0% and 100% can immensely help your overall SoT until your battery noticeably degrades.
- always only charging from 10% to 90% = 5%-15% more lifetime SoT
- always only charging from 20% to 80% = 10%-20% more lifetime SoT
- always only charging from 30% to 70% = 15%-40% more lifetime SoT

>Is it worth doing
Very subjective. This entirely depends on how often you charge your phone and how long you plan on using it. If your normal use is charging the phone from 0/10%-100% once a day or two and you plan on keeping your phone for over 2-3 years, then it might be worth it.
But then again, even if you are a "heavy user" you need to ask yourself what can you tolerate more between your battery life noticeably degrading as soon as 2 years of use compared to you having to charge your phone more often (maybe even 2x-3x a day, compared to 10%-100% once a day).
And it also depends on what happens after you're done with it. If you plan on reselling it or giving it away to someone, people generally value phones with a good battery a lot more.

I'd say it's irrelevant and not worth it for most people to pay attention to the battery health. An average person gets to 80% battery degradation only after 2-4 years of use. At that point you're likely looking to get a new phone, or just do a battery replacement for under $50 and keep using your phone for another 3 years.
So the question really is, is $50 worth your increased attention to battery health?

>>107524534
christ this general is retarded

>>107523766
Have 6 years old A70 and battery is still great, very rarely run battery below 50% and it seems that helps.

>>107524600
>not worth it for most people to pay attention to the battery health
I mean I bought the slow charger and configured the charging limit, after that you don't have to do anything.
t. battery health above 90% after 4 years

>>107524613
I asked if it was normal for new smart phones to have heating issues in the first 1-2 weeks like google AI told me, I'm not looking for diagnostics. Stop trying to waste my valuable time

I can't decide whether go spastic and install graphane

Or buy s25 ultra or pixel and enjoy best of Android trading privacy for convenience

Or become itoddler with ecosystem

I need help it's eating me alive

Really thinking about buyong a Chinese phone. Which phone has a 6.3 inch screen or smaller and a good non aislop camera?

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>>107524746
>Or become itoddler
good goy

>>107524746
The only reason to buy an iphone is if you've been apart of the zeitgeist for over a decade already

>>107524793
xperia 10 vii

>>107524746
>it's eating me alive
its not that deep anon, its just a glass square you use a webbrowser on

>>107524635
>t. battery health above 90% after 4 years
This doesn't really mean much since it entirely depends on how heavily you use your phone and the phone model/efficiency/battery capacity. A non-heavy user that charges their phone from 0-20 to 100% can be completely careless if they only charge the phone once every 2-7 days. They'd have the same battery health as someone charging their phone from 20% to 80% every day.
>slow charger
This is a complete meme. A phone designed with fast charging in mind will not degrade the battery any more when comparing a slow charge vs fast charge. What's actually preserving your battery health is your charge limit. A slow charger is just you deliberately inconveniencing yourself.

And again, giving a shit about battery health is not something that everyone would be fine with because it's still inconvenient to most people.
Unless you're exclusively charging your phone over night, a slow charger means you can use your phone less often or you're more commonly forced to use it while plugged in (for no real benefit at all, slow charging doesn't do anything to help battery degradation).
Meanwhile, a charging limit means you have to charge your phone more frequently, maybe even multiple times each day. An average person doesn't tolerate this much of an SoT degradation on a single charge.

All that is just a difference between using your phone in a more convenient manner for 4 years, compared to inconveniencing yourself for 4.5-5 years (maybe up to 6.5 if you're doing something extreme like keeping 30%-70% charge). And this is only in the ideal scenario where a "careless" person never slightly "tops up" their phone and always charges it to 100%.
Most people buy a new phone every 2-4 years anyway. And even if you're a person to keep a device for 5-10 years, it's still more convenient to just do a battery replacement every 4-6 years.

>>107524686
>diagnosing an issue
>I'm not looking for diagnostics

>>107524959
>A slow charger is just you deliberately inconveniencing yourself.
Im asleep though, how is that inconvenient
>Meanwhile, a charging limit means you have to charge your phone more frequently, maybe even multiple times each day.
guess my phone is just good
>inconveniencing yourself
its really not that big of a deal if you're not an autistic purist about it. 90% of the time my schedule is the same so I only need a charge once a day, at night. if you do decide to go out somewhere for a long time, you can charge to 100

>>107524793
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/fuxi/ if you are on a budget

>>107523379
Charge overnight, and then go to the service center to buy a new battery 3 years later.

>>107524793
camera ai slop can be turned off on flagship chinkphones

>>107525138
Budget is not a problem, I'll opt for the xiaomi 17 global version

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>>107525255
Ai can't be turned off in certain modes on some phones. :D

>>107525358
>to see the problem I just need to zoom in 2000%
>I have to buy a new phone

okay?

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>>107525385
No just for zoomed in portions of a image...

>>107525028
>90% of the time my schedule is the same so I only need a charge once a day, at night.
but imagine only having to charge once every 2 days rather than having to keep this ritual of "I can't go to sleep unless I plug in my phone"

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>>107525358
>meanwhile on jeetPhone 17 Poo Max

>>107525484
Ummm you missed a post >>107525400
The chinese love the beauty mode stuff idk why

>>107525484
The jeets at apple love the beauty mode stuff idk why

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>>107525484
>>107525522
What's was that? See: >>107450769

Keep posting fake pictures and misinformation with no links or sources. I'll be here to correct you little bro. Like the video shows apple ai works better than the Samsung ai.

>>107525539
1 > 3 > 2

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All smartphones look disgusting and backward to me.
A complete lack of innovation for a decade or more.
Seeing these efforts by leading industries to sell rehashed products as something fresh is truly pathetic.

>>107525468
>ritual of "I can't go to sleep unless I plug in my phone"
this is some made up scenario, my charger is on the nightstand

my POCO F8 Pro arrived today, it was a steal deal at roughly 450 USD for the 12/512 version. Its running HyperOS 3, is it safe to debloat this now or should I wait a bit more?

>>107525484
how does applel fuck up this bad

>>107525632
if u fuck up u can always factory reset

>>107518157
Any issues with factory reset, like requiring you to log in into old account? I assume warranty is void even if the seller says there's warranty in google play store.

Is 600 eur for a Pixel 9 Pro XL 256GB with just one scratch on the case and no cables/boxes included a fair price?

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Interesting year for the top selling smartphones.
As usual Apple and Samsung are at the top.

>>107525735
>Any issues with factory reset, like requiring you to log in into old account?
No. If a listing doesn't specify it's account locked but someone sells you a locked device you can just get all your money back.
>600 eur for a Pixel 9 Pro XL 256GB
Sounds fine, slightly cheaper than average I think.

>>107525582
Reminds of the movie Cronos. It'll be powered by human blood.

>>107510649
Just use your pc Nigger. Android phones are not good for anything after ps2.

>>107510680
Only redmagic are strong enough for emulation anything after ps2. For Wii, ps3, 3ds, switch You need a dedicated gpu with at least 6/8 core cpu

>>107516397
Put it to silent Nigger

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>want a phone with a nice matte screen protector
>only options are ishit, scamsung and shitxel

Is it a good idea to go to Verizon and get a iPhone pro 17 max for 500 dollars then cancel my debit card and get a new one and keep the device? That's a 1000 dollars off phone
Yes it won't be able to make calls but I don't care I already have a really really cheap shitty phone that can make calls and texts I just want a nice mini tablet
I don't care about my credit score

>>107528353
You can switch to visible or Verizon prepaid if the phone is locked and it will work. You can transfer your number too. Usually Verizon iPhones are unlocked, but if it isn’t you can just get prepaid lol.

>>107528422
Oh cool my credit is shit or I'd get it for free zero down. Is T-Mobile cheaper?

>>107528503
If it’s unlocked you can use T-Mobile, but if it’s locked you must use the same network as Verizon so you can get visible or Verizon prepaid. Enjoy anon. :D

Where do I get a decent phone case with custom image in Europe?

>>107528548
Thank you :)

Does anyone know if there's an Android app that I can share files to and it'll just upload it to a remote website (POST req w/ Basic HTTP auth)?
I'm currently using a flimsy Termux script that hijacks termux-file-editor, but setting it up on each phone I get is a bit annoying.

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>>107529017
You might be able to do this with automate

I regret missing the early bird deal on Poco F8 Pro, everything looks terribly overpriced in my shithole right now
I guess I'm going to spend yet another year with my extremely old phone if no big sales happen until the end of this month

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>6.3" phones are now considered "small"
Make it stop

>>107529441
My dick is bigger than a 6.9 inch phone

>>107529061
Problem is that it needs to keep running the fiber in the background instead of just registering it in the share menu and executing when I trigger it from a share.
I tried it with Tasker too, but for whatever reason whenever the task is triggered from an event it just dies after posting the first notification and giving me the missing notification group message (even though I've generated the notif group already it and it works fine when I run the task manually).
I guess I'll just have to vibe code it over the weekend or something.

I don't use smartphones much but I got a cheap Pixel 6a for my trip to Japan. After arriving the phone was kind enough to tell me about it's battery issues.
I am testing the battery right now after 500+ loading cycles to see whether it can last me a day over there. How much screen time should I expect with this model and does anyone have any experiences with batteries usage while abroad? I just need Google Maps to not get lost.
And more importantly, will that thing explode despite the very little usage I am planning?
Cheerio!

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iphone 17 pro max now or wait for s26 ultra? iphone looks amazing but i fear i might miss some apps like revanced stuff, kuroba and general google shit like lens screencap search and well all the google logins
the design and general performance of the iphone seems to mog the shit out of all android devices so far so that might be an okay trade off

looking for opinions, kind anons.

>>107530008
>revanced stuff, kuroba and general google shit
eh there are alternatives to these, and google apps are also on ios
it's not painful until you try to do shit like running a self hosted backup solution

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>>107530008
I really like iphones Memory Integrity Enforcement feature it seems like the hardest phone to do a zero day hack on

>>107529708
>How much screen time should I expect with this model
I assume 500+ cycles means it's battery health is at 80% or slightly lower. It really depends on how far it's gone. Just using Google Maps isn't actually that demanding, so you're probably looking at 5h-8h of screen time with it depending on various other factors.

>>107530008
>>107530077
do the needful sanjay

>>107530113
Thanks. Should be fine just for travelling. I wonder whether getting a replacement battery is actually worth it then. So far the phones seems to behave fine under load.

>>107529441
Bezels have gotten smaller

>use my phone without a screen protector for two days
>can already see a small scratch
Well fuck it

>>107529441
Folding phone exists.

>>107531557
cant afford a screen protector huh

>>107531967
Curved screen so the screen protector doesn't protect much

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Oldfag here
Dumbass woman broke the back off he samsung fold 3 and shit got water damaged, it boots to the logo over and over at best, sometimes pulls up a blue screen with some Chinese saying Downloading, does nothing. Crying about how there's files and shit that needs to be recovered, but I want this shit traded in under the warranty I pay for. Any luck on ways to fix this shit?

>>107531871
>>107531871
>>107531871

>>107529441
6.3 in the retarded 19.5:9 aspect ratio they use now is small yes. In 16:9 it would be huge

>>107511793
Jeetification is ruining everything.