**** The Official Chinese Phones Thread ****

[Clairvoyant]

No Issues with my F1, almost 18 months old.

 

[deuse]

Well giztop have sent my phone via Yodel.

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

 

[silverblack]

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

 

[Peew971]

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]

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

Edit - 60Hz screen, so close...

 

[neoboy]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[silverblack]

@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]

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.

@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]

Awesome - thank you both .

 

[neoboy]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[silverblack]

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

 

[biron_w]

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]

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 :/