/spg/ - Smartphone General

Best 4-5 inch smartphone up to 200 bucks?

>>62237667

Use the phone finder my negro:

http://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3?

>>62237667
Moto g5 3gb maybe.

i was retarded enough to buy a carrier locked phone from walmart the man told me my tmobile chip should work but it didnt, does anyone know how to unlock it the best and cheapest way possible.

>>62237667
buy and onld Xperia Compact phone

>>62237704
Have you tried returning it? If you explain that you were misled by an employee you'd probably have a shot.

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>literally a perfect phone
>except for the fact that it's fucking BIG

hope xiaomi announces something good for its first Android One phone so I can get rid of this

>>62237728
i live 40 minutes away from the nearest walmart, i was thinking their was an easy method to do it i dont really wanna return it but if i have to i will.

>>62237667
Get one of these babies
http://www.ebay.com/itm/222492108174

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>>62235638
Please respond I just wanna hear what you guys have to say about the s7/edge and how it treated you since you got one. I just want a good phone at a decent price.

>>62237752
Buy an unlock code, it will be around the same price of driving to walmart and back.

https://www.unlockradar.com/
https://www.doctorsim.com/us-en/unlock-phone/

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>>62237600
I has Samsung S5 Neo
Good buy or good bye?

>>62237815
first, you dodged a bullet not ordering the Z2 Pro, trust me, it specs could be good but it's absolutely dreadful software wise, and the processor overheats like a bitch

just buy the regular S7 or S8, I don't like big phones and the edge gimmick is useless, it just produces glaring and its exclusive functions are trivial as fuck

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I know I'm about the only one who cares, but was it ever tested by anyone if LG V30's display uses pure RGB or a different subpixel layout (I bet it's the latter, unfortunately, but still)? Weird that even the display tests didn't mention this so far.

>>62237984
>LG V30 hands on—LG’s OLED displays still have quality issues
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/lg-v30-hands-on-lgs-oled-displays-still-have-quality-issues/

>>62238023

Damn I was just about to post that.

Who the fuck came up with this retarded 18:9 screen with no bezels meme?

>>62238023
No stereo audio no care. Was so close to perfection

>>62238023
>make OLED screens for tvs
>cant make OLEDs for phones
get it together already LG

Help me out nerds, Im a phone idiot and need advice on how to use my shekels the best way possible. Im between a LG G6 and a OnePlus5.. any of you own one of those? what do you recommend?

My needs are pretty much basic:
alarm
whatsapp
clover
default music player
few pics here and there

>>62238056
split screen apps tho

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Need a temporary budget phone for work/life. Something kinda fast, minimum 3gbs rams.

Looking at Nokia 6 and Honor 6x.

Any of you guys have experience w/ either of these??? What else should I look at??

thx

>>62238127
Honor 8

>>62238127

If you're looking for a budget phone, try one of the Redmis.

>>62238023
Thanks, I've heard about this and it's worrying in its own right, but this doesn't actually answer anything regarding the subpixel arrangement.

Incidentally, G6 H870U (bootloader-unlockable quad-dac EU version of the Plus) won't happen now that V30 is gonna be sold in Europe, will it?

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>>62238150
>recommending chink shit that doesn't get US LTE bands

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Does anyone here own the Mi Mix?

Would you buy it again if you could go back in time and why?

Really considering picking one up now that it's come down in price.

>>62238175
Where did >>62238127 say he lives in that particular country?
And looking at willmyphonework I can see that in the USA these would be able to use LTE at least partially, and with some carriers fully.

>>62238175
theres a few xiaomeme phones that use band 4

Give me hidden gem apps, lads

>>62238363
binaureal beats

>>62238363
[spoiler]Granblue Fantasy[/spoiler], in more ways than one

>>62238363

SD Maid.

>>62238189

I am interested in an /spg/ review of this phone as well. Thinking about picking this one up to putz around with LineageOS and if it gets bricked then oh well, still got my main phone.

>>62238363
Termux
AdAway
Server Push Notification (or an alternative)

>>62237845
>https://www.unlockradar.com/
both of those sites dont have family mobile on the list of carriers

>>62238495
but im not pushing you to do it, not being rude either just probably hard to impossible to find.

Is the G4 still good?
Bootloop issues aside. You can get that fixed, I got mine fixed last year and I haven't had any issues since. Just wanna know /g/'s thoughts on it.

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>>62238495
Just call them and say the salesperson lied to you bla bla they'll unlock it for free.

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yay or nay?

>>62238622
only at a very good price

>>62238622

It has an SD821 so I would wait for Black Friday if you have something like this in your country.

>>62238622
Yay, but wait for the price to drop even more when the V30 hits the shelves.

>>62238622
Depends on whether the features you want actually come in your region and your operator (where that applies, thank god where I live there are basically no operator phones).

I'm considering a G6, but I want a Quad DAC _and_ root, and there's literally no model of G6 out on the market right now combining the two (couldn't care less about wireless charging, even). The H870DS and H870DSU aren't rootable, and H870U just isn't coming out for some reason.

>>62238622
...but also agree with the others, it's an attractive brick if you can find it for well below 400$

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>>62237600
>>62237800
>>62238077
>>62238299
>>62238488
>>62238555
>>62238622
whats going on in here?

>>62238071
>>>62238023
>No stereo audio no care.
The DAC doesn't output stereo or are you talking about the phone speaker?

what file browser would you lads recommend?
currently using ES file explorer, but it's so bloated that I'm getting annoyed

I remember there being an app that let you benchmark all the browsers on your device and compare the scores (it ran like 5 tests), anyone know what app it is?

>>62238771
Yeah talking about external. DAC + audio jack is money tho

>>62238801
MK Explorer

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>tfw your ~1 month old new phone's volume keys silver coating is already getting discolored and chipped off
What the hell man, I know this is prone to happen over time but not nearly this quick. I just checked it one day and they were already all chipped off for no reason whatsoever.
Although well, it's actually just the down volume key. I have no idea what caused it, it hasn't gone through any substantial amount of friction at all. My best theory is I have really sweaty hands, and when holding it at least one finger is touching the down volume key. I figured my sweat is very acidic or something. I cannot think of any other reason why it could've happened.

>>62239311
what phone

>>62239321
Moto G4 Play.

>>62239341
Well it's pretty much the cheapest new smartphone you can get, i'm not shocked at all.
If you expect your phone to survive every day wear and tear you need to get a flagship device.

Most likely the button is plastic with a metallic paint that your sweat has removed.

Threadly reminder about tiny dicks.

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>>62239369
I was expecting a little more time before it started deteriorating is all, maybe a couple months at least, specially since I try to take care of my electronics as best I can. Should've mentioned the buttons are in fact plastic, yes. Maybe it wasn't clear enough from me saying it has a paint coating.
Funny thing is the silver plastic frame all along the borders is just fine, even right next to the discolored key.

>>62239370
gain verticality cucklet

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>>62238396
Not that anon but sell this game to me if you would. Does it have bond levels like in fate/Go or something of the like?

>>62237893
Thank you very much anon. To you and all of the anons in this thread for answering all of my questions so far. (except jamal, give it back already)

>>62239311
Had the same thing happen to my Moto G3, but only a couple months ago. That's about a year and a half of use. The volume down button, power button and most of the volume up button were bare plastic. Was thinking of somehow dissolving the rest of it, because the plastic didn't look bad and actually felt good where it was completely dissolved. But I've cracked the screen on it, and just left it like that, now it functions as a low power linux server.

Try isopropyl alcohol if you want to dissolve the rest, I can try it on mine if you want to.

Can leaving the charger plugged to the mains (without a phone attached, obviously) at all times damage it?

What's the best phone for around 400? S7 or s7 active? Maybe a chinkphone? Sucks that the one plus 3t is still 500

>>62239651
No.

>>62239681
Nice.

What's the best budget phone I can get that uses a Nano SIM?

>>62239702
There are power supplies which have a "minimum current" you need to draw from them. But those are not your typical USB power supplies. They are are for high power devices, and typically have the minimum load written on them. USB chargers have to be designed to withstand not being connected to a load, because random chargers being fired to death is not good PR for anybody.

>>62239782
Why?
Just order an adapter for half a dollar.

http://s.aliexpress.com/jUFV7zYr

>>62239678
Mi6 is $400

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Suddenly Android is not recognizing my pin.

The same pin I've used for years. What the fuck.

I'm on Oreo. Help?

>>62239944
Wow, such a clear post.
What PIN?
Simcard PIN? Lockscreen PIN? Encryption PIN?

What is the best way to check for complete functionality of a phone?

>galaxy S6 takes a dunk in the water, screen is kill but touch works, pc recognized
>get refurb phone that works for a year
>a week after I finish contract paying phone, get update that bootloops the phone
>verizon tells me to fuck off its dead

>walk out of verizon with dead s6 and new s8 on new contract I didnt really want to do but need phone
>replaced the bootlooped s6 motherboard with the board out of waterlogged phone and it works fine

I want to return the S8 and keep running the S6 till I get around to leaving Verizon, but returning the phone is going to cost a restocking fee

Im no phone repair man, so im not sure what damage I could have done to the motherboard fucking around with it. It seems to work fine but I dont want to move back to the S6 and it die immediately

Stress test it or something?

>>62240002

Lockscreen pin.

It literally stopped working out of nowhere.

I got a new phone two months ago. I accidentally got superglue in it.
I tried to get the glue out of the fucking plastic. I tried everything from rubbing alcohol to acetone. I finally decided to Polish off the glue with a dremel.
So now I have a phone with a small dent caused by the polishing disk.
What do I do /g/?
I have a new phone thats blemished. Fuck me.

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What's a good app to keep my documents in sync?
I'm getting real tired of manually moving my files everytime I switch devices. I'm using google photos for pictures, but every other type of file I still have just the one copy of, and stuck in whatever last device they were in.

>trying to get back to stock rom on my one m8
>accidentally locked bootloader with no twrp
>RUU wont work

This shit is bricked, right? I dont care about it but i was gonna give it away

Nokia 5 or Moto G5?

To G6 or not to G6?

>>62240574
They're almost the same spec-wise but the Moto G5 is a 1080p screen while the Nokia is 720p (and it's 0.2 inches bigger so its pixel density is almost half that of the Moto's), so if screen quality is important for you I'd say get the Moto. Also I don't know about Nokia but the Moto G5 has virtually stock Android

>>62240641
Thanks anon, they both have virtually stock Android. I think the Nokia looks classier but of course looks don't mean shit.

Any alternative to xprivacy on stock Nougat? Not sure when xposed will ever come. Could use Lineage for my phone but it still has issues.

>>62240660
I have a Moto G5 myself and it looks and feels pretty good when you have it in your hands. But I do agree that this new batch of Nokia phones has really nice design

>>62239469
no problem Fatefag, one last advice
remember that the S7 edge and S8+ phones have larger batteries than its regular iterations
So if battery it's a must, buy those, maybe they're not as compact size wise but the bigger battery is a must for some people

>>62238801
Amaze. It was a recommendation from this thread and I liked it a lot.

>>62239678
Depends on what you want.

>>62239311
>buys cheap poo in the loo phone
>surprised at poor quality

>>62239638
That's alright, I'm more upset at the fact it happened so fast, not just because it happened.
Guess I'll leave it take its natural course now until it inevitably gets completely discolored.

What's the most performance-friendly launcher? Really all I want to do is remove the google searchbar from the homescreen since it won't let me hold and drag it to remove it

>>62240442
Pls respond.

>>62240442
>>62241163
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.resilio.sync&hl=en

>>62241156
Why don't you disable the Google app?

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You jelly? You jelly?

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>>62241332
Not really

>>62241522
Is that on 1 charge or are you cheating? Which phone?

>>62241665
It's the Redmi chinknote 4 running LOS and I have no reason or idea how to cheat.

I need two things:
Good camera
Good battery life.
What are my choices?

WHERE IS MY POWERFUL YET 100% FOSS SMARTPHONE

Is this shit any good?

https://m.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_708210.html

>>62241763
how good of a camera are we talking about here

>>62242216
>>>62241763 (You)
>how good of a camera are we talking about here
Enough to travel. I'm leaving my iPhone 6. Been thinking about a oneplus 3t.

>>62242244
oneplus 3t is a good choice. I would also recommend galaxy s7

My phone is a lumia 920 (using it since 01/2013). For the last year and a half, I've been keeping an eye out for a new phone, but nothing strikes me as an insta-buy. I'm reaching the point where i might just pull the trigger on a midrange or old flagship.

If I dont buy a current flagship, is there high risk of not getting updates?

Also does loading lineageOS guarantee no preinstalled apps? Haven't done that before. I know apps like facebook are preinstalled on galaxies and you can only disable them (cannot uninstall).

So basically moto g5 plus, galaxy s7, or wait for nokia 8 or xperia xz1 (compact). I live in US so reception might be shit due to missing US bands (AT&T).

Any advice? Should I wait another few months for black friday, holiday price drops? Wait for new phone announcements? Like pixel 2, moto. Part of me says buy the g5plus now because it's like 200 or 225, and then reconsider 6 months later if I want anything better.

Sorry, long ass post. But i havent bought a phone in a long ass time

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Why are there no current phones with an active stylus besides the Samsung Note series? It's an incredibly popular line, so shouldn't the chinas be trying a bit harder to emulate it?

>>62242392

Custom ROMs won't come with preinstalled crap including google apps. Although it's hard to say, given the popularity of Lineage OS you should expect timely updates.

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I've been having this problem lately with my phone. It's a Moto G4 by the by.
Sometimes I go to sleep, leave it on overnight, and when I wake up the entirety of cache managing is completely broken and unresponsive. Trying to delete any cache in settings does nothing for any app, and using something like Clover (which is usually how I find out when it starts happening) ends up with pictures throwing a "Could not load image" error for every single picture, no exception.
I haven't found out a way to correct this other than rebooting completely. This by itself is not much of a problem, but I'd like to know why it even happens to begin with, and it worries me somewhat that it might be the start of something worse.
This morning it happened again, and I decided to reinstall Clover to rule it out as it maybe being the culprit. After the reinstall, which I remember deleting all settings the other times I've done it, my settings were instead still the same, but there were pinned threads from like 5 days ago that I'd gotten rid of at that point.

Any idea of what could possibly be going on? I'm also running stock ROM if that matters.

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LETS TALK ABOUT POPSOCKETS!

>yay or nay

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>>62237600
This might be a better question for a stupid questions thread but how can I ensure maximum security for my iPhone? I havent had one in a while but i just got the seven. Since I cant look through files or make any changes to anything, how can i really amp up the phone experience?

I just wanna make sure no one is seeing my calls or text messages

>>62240159
Welp, I figured out the answer to this the hard way

I stuck my good working LTE sim card into it and they blacklisted my simcard
I forgot the IMEI was blacklisted because I claimed insurance on it.

So yeah, I have to go get a new simcard tomorrow, and now I have a Tyrone tier S6 that I dont have a use for.

>>62242605
Why cant they see your texts of calls anon? What are you doing ?

>>62242710
i dont care if google or the government or jesus is seeing them, I just wanna know if its possible and how.

>>62242392
>>62242463
Thanks. I'll definitely load lineageOS then

Honor 8 on B&H for 249. Might jump on that over the moto g5 plus for 225

>>62242392
>If I dont buy a current flagship, is there high risk of not getting updates?
Less of a risk and more of a guarantee not to get updates

Anyone know any good FOSS RSS feeds for Android?

anyone here ever put their phone in a ziplock bag and take it into the shower? did it work?

>>62242869
Steam is bad for your phone
I wouldnt trust the bag

>>62242869
What about if your phone's water proof?

>>62242877
What if you put it in 2 ziplock bags

>>62242879
I don't think any phone is water proof. Theres water resistant phones but not water proof.

>>62242605
Should be fine as-is, just use a six digit passcode as that is more secure than four

>>62242982
But how useful is that "resistance" really? Like, what can it withstand, what does it do, and under what conditions? I mean, in the real world, not the lab test shit.

>>62242421
It's a small niche and they can't bother trying to beat Samsung at their game.

>>62242847
I don't know if it's FOSS, but Aggregator is pretty good.

>>62243060
Rain or small accidents with glasses of liquid.

>>62243060
It depends on the resistance rating. Some phones can survive a drop in the toilet, others flat out die if drops of water goes through the ports.

>>62242770
you shouldnt be texting lolis anon.

lock the app.

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>>62243162
>>62243157
So, how about the IP86 rating?

Can survive minimal full submersion even with the ports open like normal?

>>62243211
you mean IP68? the Galaxy S7 is supposed to be resistant up to 1.5 meters for no more than 30 minutes with no special case or stuff. so it should be safe for accidental drops in the toilet or shallow water but I wouldn't trust it if dropped in a pool or you take it in the shower (steam and condensation = bad)

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Besides shipping taking forever and zero customer support, what are the downsides to chinkphones? Sick of android raping my info and want to lineageos it up.

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>>62243239
Oops, my bad anon. Yeah I meant IP68. Cool, so why do they advertise them as being dropped to the bottom of a swimming pool and being used to take underwater pics?

>>62243265
because commercials aren't always exactly like real life. that's why they have small text in the ads saying not to take it beyond a certain depth or leave it in there for long periods of time unless you got a waterproof case

>>62243243
>no sd card

i broke my oneplus X and got an iphone se cause it was 200 dollars off contract and i needed a phone

fuck this piece of shit. theres so many tiny pieces of missing functionality that makes me wanna throw it

>>62243300
also, no removable battery. First known SD 836 though, until pixel 2 gets announced, and that isn't certain.

>>62243337
I can think of only one phone that came out in 2017 that has a removable battery. The feature's as good as dead

>>62243349
no one ever removes the battery and its just seen as cheap

even when i had a removable battery it was easier just to charge the thing rather than turn it off and swap batteries

also everyone breaks their phones in 6 months so they never need to worry about batteries breaking down

>>62243265
Do you want to swim with your phone or what?

>>62243243
It will go to shit in less than 6 months.

What's a good iPhone charger?

>>62243384
speak for yourself, reddit spacing. I don't want to walk around with a giant 10,000 mAh battery charger in my pocket to charge my phone. I can just keep 2 in my briefcase and swap when I'm out and about.

>>62243440
>having to charge your phone + multiple external batteries
>plastic phone construction so the back can come off
>using your phone this much

kek

>>62243459
he probably plays gaimus lmao

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>>62243459
>having to charge your phone + multiple external batteries
t. only has 1 outlet in his house
>plastic phone construction so the back can come off
I've never had that happen, so I don't know why you would say that
>using your phone this much
>buying something just to not use it

Any other reasons to submit to having the sealed battery meme shoved up your anus?

>>62243540
the back of the phone is always plastic so that it can be removed and it falls off everytime you drop it so the battery can fly out and inconvenience you more kek

>>62243536
what a retard

>>62243556
>and it falls off every time you drop it so the battery can fly out
That's never happened and I've dropped my phone an ass ton. I don't use a cheap chinkphone for daily use though.

>>62243536
No, but i do like to have the screen always as bright as it can get. Auto annoys me.

>>62243599
stop being a silly willy.

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>>62243664
never

>>62238622
No

Anything to look forward to by the end of next year?

Amazon currently list the standard G5+ 64gb as the same price as the prime version with lock screen ads. Is this just a screw up or is it legit? I was waiting to get one until the price dropped, and last week it was listed still at $299 so it looks like it has finally gone down?

>>62243971
Umm... every annual update to every flagship phone that comes out this year?

>>62243440
>I don't want to walk around with a giant 10,000 mAh battery charger in my pocket
>I can just keep 2 in my briefcase
You could just carry the power bank in the briefcase, thought about that?

>>62244141
It's probably just on sale so it'll go back to $299 after some time

How do I completely remove the botnet from my phone? I'm talking completely removing android OS. Can you tell me any ways to keep the botnet subdued for now?

>>62244643
Well with the G5S+ coming out I would think it would stay down most likely.

>>62244751

The smartphone is the botnet. It's constantly sending out a signal to the nearest cell tower.

You can try flashing a custom ROM without google apps, I guess.

Hyuna is a slut. A stupid sexy slut.

>>62244751
Replicant OS

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This phone seems too good to be true. 140€ on sale right now.

Should I get it? Do I have to stick to MIUI? Do I need to beware of chinese government monitoring?

>>62245248
"sale"?

It was at 100 euros a couple days ago.

>>62244797
even then a SIM card gives away a lot of things
honestly, get a carrier pigeon

Android is such a buggy unstable piece of shit. I bought a new phone a few weeks ago and had no problems with it until a few hours ago. It reboots randomly, I downloaded quite a few apps yesterday and now I can't seem to delete them, and my SD card reader works fine, but not all the apps show up. Good job google,. This is what happens when you hire Pajeet.

>>62245420
you just got a shitty phone

>>62245248
it's legit and you can install lineage os

>>62245338
really? maybe mediatek or pajeet version

>>62243556
the back cover breaks the fall dumbass

>>62240467
don't HTC have their own software to flash their own stock ROM?
literally done this with my xiaomeme.

>>62242785
kek
there's no lineage on Kirin sempai.
you're stuck with EMUI

>>62245445
>>62245248
https://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_704640.html?wid=4

123€ with the coupon RNOTEGB

>>62245338
>100 euros
That probably was the 3gb/16gb Redmi Note 4X

>>62241317
I tried that, but then the part of the screen where it would normally be is unusable, can't put any widgets or icons or anything there.

I've been lurking on past two generals, and I'm more confused than I was before. In the past I've only had two smartphones
>HTC Wildfire S
>HTC Desire X (used one)
So they are not the pinnacle of current tech advancement.
I'm not used to anything bigger than 4", and I think 5" is the max I could go for. I was looking through other Desires, because they seemed to be relatively cheap and small, but there are plenty, their numbers are weird 650>728>830 but I guess the front one means like inches, and the next two another iteration, but still it confuses me a lot. Are HTC Desires in 150-180€ range a good choice? Any other recommendations? What I look for is not much:
>5" or fewer
>good battery
>As little unremovable apps as possible

Mind that I'm from Poland, and half of the phones are unavailable, shipping from abroad is not always possible, and even if there is, conversion rates are shit.

Couple quesitons:
>Are there any legit alternatives to Android/Google or OSX? What happened to Firefox?
>Are custom duties still present among EU countries, or does it only affect items shipped from Asia/US to Europe? How they pick what shipping goes through customs, at random?

>>62245647
https://www.banggood.com/de/Xiaomi-Redmi-Note-4-Fingerprint-5_5-inch-3GB-RAM-64GB-MTK-X20-Deca-core-4G-Smartphone-p-1080995.html?rmmds=search

144€ here with 64GB, but I think I'll go for the 32GB version, so thanks for the link, appreciate it

>>62245757
Eurotrash detected.
How many pollacks does it take to buy a mobile phone?

>>62245858
The middle class have one per family, it's a sign of status. I need new one, because my family entrusted me as a bearer of technology, so I can quickly check new recipes for peeling potatoes and sell my moonshine over Internet

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>preorder note 8
>can't pick home delivery

>>62245940
lol one per family, sounds like you poles need to catch up to the rest of the civilized world.
one per family, bearer of technology, bwhhaha how fucked up is your country?
use lye, then rinse.
moonshine, you a hillbilly?

>>62245991
he's joking you idiot. even a mid-tier euro country like poland is wealthier and more modern than most of usa

>>62246107
I doubt that, you probably have a job putting screen doors on submarines.
Europoorfag

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>>62246129

Have any problems with the Galaxy S8 surfaced in the past couple of months?

>>62246148
TouchWiz is still a laggy piece of shit

>>62245757
The cheap HTC phones have terrible specs for the price. Get a Moto G5.

What are the odds that the Pixel XL is exactly the same as the V30 but with stock Android? I remember reading there won't be a headphone jack though.

>>62246146
Damn right your people ran from the nazis when they invaded in 1939, we beat them.
You're welcome.

I bought a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB (SD ver) ~1,5 years ago and it's amazing for the price I paid for it - well deserving the name "Redmeme".

If I were to buy something new is there a smarthone which would be a clear upgrade? I especially find the camera lacking. I'm talking similar/slightly higher price range ofc.

>>62245982
Yea because they want you to show your face so they can laugh at you for buying a Note 8

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What's the point of double cameras?

>>62246625
3D.

>>62245757
>Are there any legit alternatives to Android/Google or OSX? What happened to Firefox?
No. Firefox OS is dead, so is Ubuntu Touch. Perhaps something might come out of Sailfish OS.

>Are custom duties still present among EU countries, or does it only affect items shipped from Asia/US to Europe?
No custom duties between EU countries. You pay only on packages coming outside of the EU, and only if it's over a certain limit.

>How they pick what shipping goes through customs, at random?
Based on the value marked on the package, and by random checks

I fucking love Xiaomi. I bought a Redmi 4X phone last week thinking it's gonna be basic chinkshit but It's currently working better than any piece of samshit I ever bought.

>>62246489
How is the ui? Is it cancerous like touchwiz?

>>62246236
It looks ok decent, price is little higher than I'd like, but well. Is finger scan a standard these days? Doesn't seem nescessary, can you turn it off (muh fingerscans send to FBI)?

Anything little cheaper than this?

>>62246625
Marketing, normies think two cameras means double gooder photos.

In reality you won't be able to tell the difference between the same pic taken with a single good quality camera and dual cams

>>62246904
>Is finger scan a standard these days?
yes, even most budget phones come with one nowadays

>can you turn it off
well you don't have to register a fingerprint, but the button also works as a home button on many phones (like the Moto G5)

>Anything little cheaper than this?
how much exactly are you looking to pay?

>>62246900
The Settings are alright. Can't really comment on the launcher, since I instantly switched over to Nova. I'd say overall way better than TouchWiz.

>>62246625
Doesn't work on burger bands damnit

Does the XZ1 compact have dual sim?
I can't seem to find a definitive source.

>>62247042
I was aiming at something around 180€ at most, Moto G5 seems to be around 220€. Maybe just currency rates are shit. I would be glad with a phone on a level of, say, Nexus 5 if those were available new from not shady source.

>>62247298
You're looking at wrong places, it's aroun 170€ from what I can see
https://cenowarka.pl/?fs=moto+g5&in=

>>62246314
German here. If you think the Polish fled, you know nothing about them. If you think the Americans freed Poland, you know nothing about history. Also some rural areas in Poland might be in need of modernisation. But at least they don't build their houses from wood, like burgers do.

>>62246273
It will be a slightly different device on the same chassis and mobo, I would expect. I think they'll get rid of the Quad DAC and change the design of the case. Not sure about cameras, they're likely to retain the f/1.6 one, but whoever knows what will they do with the other ones. In general the focus will likely get shifted from a creator's device to a normal consumer's device feat. Google Assistant everywhere.

Does OnePlus still leaks your IMEI when you check for updates?

>>62246701
>>62246701
>>>62245757
>>Are there any legit alternatives to Android/Google or OSX? What happened to Firefox?
>No. Firefox OS is dead, so is Ubuntu Touch. Perhaps something might come out of Sailfish OS.
SailfishOS might be relevant here, as they announced to work with Sony, the last manufacturer of quality smartphones with small form factors (besides Apple's SE). As he said Android/Google, it should be pointed out as well, that there are free android mods based on AOSP, the most promising being LineageOS, formerly known as CyanogenMod.

>>62245982
Why? Mine is being delivered next week.

>>62247332
Thanks anon, I think I might go with this one then.

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>>62246314

>buy a new phone
>there's no custom ROMs for it so you're stuck running the branded ROM
I'VE BECOME SO NUMB

>>62247584
that's what you get for not doing any research beforehand

>>62247469
I really want Sailfish to become actually usable as a daily driver on a mid-to-flagship level smartphone, but it's just not happening no matter how hard I wish for it. There are community ports, but those don't support Android apps and that basically kills any possibility to use Sailfish on its own without multi-ROM.

Also, I think they dun goofed a bit with the gesture system, it's only understandable by the smartphone generation, I'd never be able to explain my parents why the hell do they have to drag the screen down, and very accurately at that.

As another 'also', fuck Qt's licensing, effectively forcing GPL. I mean there are some workarounds for Sailfish apps, I think, but making sense of the legal crap is not what a developer must spend most of his time on.

>>62247596
Eh, it's mostly cause the phone came out a month ago. I'm hoping it gets Lineage soon though

>>62247584
What's more annoying is that for flagships I actually want there's no point in custom ROMs because the drivers for the nifty features (Quad DAC, stylus, hell - even the second e-ink display if we're talking lesser brands) are all proprietary and only available for the original firmware.

>>62247469
From what you wrote Sailfish aims to partner with a manufacturer and sell their OS with it already on phones, and Lineage is going to be only for those who manage to install it on their own?

>>62247613
Oneplus got official LOS in this timespan, unofficial way before that and twtp BEFORE worldwide release.
>>62247614
Why are you looking for gimmicks in a smartphone.

>>62247673
>Why are you looking for gimmicks in a smartphone.
because sometimes they're actually useful. And flagships have the best hardware and build quality. And samsung has bar none, the best OLED panels you can get in a phone.

>>62247614
you're forgetting the most important one, on most phones the camera quality goes worse on custom ROMs because the image processing stuff is proprietary

>>62247613
hwat phone

>>62247714
To be fair, image processing at this point is one of the only things that can make a manufacturers camera beat out others.

Samsung for example uses generally the same or similar sensor to sony phones, and generally similar aperture. Yet samsung is by far the better smartphone camera because the image processing software samsung uses is simply far better than what sony uses.

If samsung just gave out their image processing software for anyone to use they'd lose one of their biggest advantages over their competitors. So obviously they're going to keep it under lock and key.

what's the current Moto G of good-looking phones?

>>62247729
Oppo R11, camera and price sold me on it. ColorOS is a bitch to deal with, so I was hoping to flash LineageOS on it. Bupkis in that department though

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>>62242476
Anyone?

I had to charge my Nexus 5 three times today

>>62247888
the letters on the back of my nexus 5 started falling off recently

>>62247543
lol.
>>62247375
Your country is cucked, you can't even deny the so-called "holocaust" happened or give a hiel hitler salute without going to jail; go eat a weinershitznel ya dumb kraut.

>>62247790
>Oppo
You're shit out of luck, man.

>>62247964
That bad huh?

>>62248010
Well, R9 still doesn't have anything.

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>>62248043
One day

just got galaxy s8. any recommendations on what cases that are durable? dont care about looks that much, since i just upgraded from my 3-4 year old windows phone.

>>62241218
Not op but thanks for the link I think this is what I've been looking for.

Hello /g/. I bought my first android phone, Xgody Y19, and was wondering if it's possible to install 8.0 on it through flashing or rooting

>>62248744
none. it will break no matter what. have fun

>>62249549
You're stuck with 7.0 forever.

>>62249549
it's not even officially released yet so probably not

>>62249597
It's been out for about two weeks already.

>>62247628
Not completely sure about that, some googling might be needed. I think Sony just officially supports installing SailfishOS without shipping it preinstalled. This seems more likely, cause there won't be more than a few thousand users interested.
>>62247599
SailfishOS is still very beta-ish, they might get a little boost by russian companies / federal agencies though, soon™. At least, I heard there's some interest in using SailfishOS as a completely US-free mobile OS (w/o forced backdoors). Not sure if this will actually become a thing, though.

>>62249607
oh shit my bad. either way android updates are shit so your phone probably won't get it regardless

>>62249549
>Xgody
I didn't know that brand so I googled
http://www.xgody.com/xgody-y13-6-inch-16gb-android-5-1-cell-phone-3g-8mp-smartphone.html
This is a whole new level of chinksht

What's the best phone for a hundred bucks? Don't care for camera or games, just gonna be used for music, web browsing, texts and calls anyway.

>>62249549
>Xgody Y19
This is beyond chinkphone what the fuck is this shit

>>62247613
>Eh, it's mostly cause the phone came out a month ago. I'm hoping it gets Lineage soon though
As you know for sure, this highly depends on two aspects:
1. A Qualcomm processor. Else your pretty much fucked.
2. Someone taking interest in making an image. Is it a well selling flagship?

Gonna buy a OP5. Gimme reasons not to.

>>62249859
Meh camera. No sd card. That's about it though, the rest is top notch and meme-free.

>>62249695
Also unlockable BL and how GPL-compliant the manufacturer is. Chinks generally don't care.

>>62249655
Moto E4 if you're a burger, Redmi 4A otherwise

>>62249859
half assed chink hardware

>>62241995
>FOSS
>Smartphone
Hang in there buddy.

>>62249920
>>62250046
Is there still some hardware issues?

What's a good indicator of a good camera on a phone? Like, what should I notice to realize one camera is better than the other?
I know more memepixels =/= better
I mean shit like f/1.7 whatever that is or dual led or all that shit.

>>62250103
yes. they installed the screens upside down because they're cheap and now they all have jelly scrolling

>>62250103
Jelly scrolling("it's a feature") - only noticeable when you're really trying to see it. Volume buttons are somewhat shaggy. I haven't noticed other issues on mine so far, or on xda.

>>62250191
>>62250196
Is it present on all units?

>>62250439
100%. It's by design. Not the first phone to do that as well(some Moto phones did), yet nobody complained before. A really nitpicky thing but you should be aware of it.

>>62250439
Yes. By the way, does anybody have bluetooth problems with OP5? I thought they would release software update to fix this shit but they still didn't and I'm suspecting I might have hardware issues with it. Fucking sucks cause I just got wireless headphones before getting this phone and they work flawlessly with my Nexus 7 but OP stutters every few minutes and is basically unusable from behind closed doors like 3m away. I don't want to rma since I put glass and a skin on it. Also I don't want to get someone else's fixed model.

>>62250529
I haven't enabled BT even once since the purchase so I honestly can't tell. Try enabling/disabling aptx or something.

Is the UMI Diamond a decent smartphone?

Nokia 3 or Meizu m5c?

Are there any go-to website to obtain phone wallpapers or do you guys just use google images and /wg/?

>>62250580
Doesn't do shit. None of the codecs work properly, cleaning cache doesn't do shit either.

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>>62250860
I just use /wg/ pic related is a wallpaper I got today.

>>62248744
OtterBox?

>>62238488
Server Push Notification seems paid.
I was looking for a similar app - something that I just can receiver notifications with, which I push from my home server.
Is there something simple and free like this?

>>62251231
>Clover
>Reddit icon
Cheeky cunt.

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day 5

the battery on my phone has tapped into my own life force

i fear for the worst when it hits 5%

>>62250860
/wg/, Muzei app or photos from art that i like

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Which is the better option for a britbong?

Moto G5S Plus 32GB @ £250
or
Redmi Note 4X 64GB @ £185

Leaning towards the G5S Plus because stock Android appeals to me and I'm a bit cautious about chinkshit so let me know how the build quality of the Redmi is. Also, it should work in the UK, right?

Thanks lads. I don't know much about smartphones but desperately need something to replace my HTC One M8. If you think I'd be better off with a different phone besides those two let me know.

What are the major changes from Nugget to Oreo?

no one talk about ASUS Zenfone 4? wut wrong with it?

Whats the most private smartphone out of the box?

>>62252750
Nokia 3310, anything modern doesn't care about your privacy anon.

>>62252793
I specified SMART phone because I'm looking for a smartphone also before anyone says
>no smartphone is private
I know that that's why I'm asking for the most private for example a blackphone 2 is more private than a google phone

>>62252813
There is no "most private phone out of the box" phone. All phones have a mike and a camera that can potentially spy on you, all phones have internet connection, all phones come with software that collects some of your data. Just buy whatever phone you like and then do the necessary things to make it "private"

>>62252188
Just pre-ordered the G5S Plus on Amazon, have I made the right decision, friends?

>>62252856
jesus fuck there are phones more private out of the box than others so I'm asking which is best out of the box if my main concern is privacy you sperg I gave a fucking example, I'm not trying to have privacy against the fucking NSA I'm trying to have privacy against hackers fucking hell man seriously calm down

>>62250190
On a phone it's sensor and software processing mostly.
1.7 or whatever is the lens aperture, the wider it is the more light gets in.

>>62252586
i'd like to know too, it looks like a good phone.

someone recently posted a camera comparison between the p10 and mi5 note too incase you didnt see it but the mi5 note looks pretty good too.

>>62252750
none

>>62253019
read >>62252813
>>62252906

>>62251876
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ganymedian.serverpushnotificationslite

The app is free. There also exists a paid version, but only available for enterprises. The only practical difference is the 150 notifications/day limit per login.

>>62253431
Oh, I assumed the lite version is much more limited then that. Thanks, I'll check it out

Mi Mix 2 will "only" have an SD835:

http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_mix_2_leaked_renders_show_inexistent_bezels_while_qualcomm_confirms_snapdragon_835_is_in-news-27107.php

bets android blackberry?

whoa sup guys, the Sony Xcompact is the new phone of /g ?
That's surprising

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>>62253452
My very professional conversation with the dev

>>62237600
Hi spg.
Im in need of a new phone with the following requirements
5" screen
removable battery
removable storage
decent camera (ie, my pictures look good enough to show friends but i dont give a shit about 100s of filters or slow mo video gimmicks)
fast enough to browse the web without being annoying and play yt videos etc
must have a headphone jack
would be absolutely delighted if it had stylus built in.
Cost £350 max

I would be willing to go second hand only if there was removable battery and replacements are readily available.
Im willing to accept non removable battery on a new phone but only if its got great capacity.

The only games i play are stuff like sudoku and crosswords on the train, so it dosnt need to be great at 3d.

Will consider any OS
Will not buy hauwei.

can you offer any suggestions?

>>62253715
nice lad

>>62253865

How about the Motorola Moto G5:

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g5-8454.php

>5 inches
>removable battery
>approx. 200 EUR according to GSMArena
>current year model

>>62237600

POON

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Give me a reason to not buy Galaxy S8

>>62254342

No custom ROM support at this time.
2 year update cycle from Samsung.
Non-removable battery.

>>62254355
Rumors are Google is working with several flagships for treble support. If a phone has treble support it can work with ASOP ROMs.
So if the S8 is one of those then it'll have ROMs in a few months after the android 8.0 update

>>62254342
Price
I can have a similarly functioning phone and a laptop for the same price

>>62254411
It's the S8 not the note8.

S8 can be had for like $600

>>62254342

BIXBY
I
X
B
Y

does this exist yet in the android world?

- <5 inch (4.7 preferred)
- OLED
- Not a mini version with shit specs
- Good battery life
- USA bands supported

>>62253865
As a guy who loves his Moto G5 I'll always recommend it, and it fits all of your requirements. Mine was 190 europesos which is what, like 160 or 170 Albion coins? There's the G5 plus and the S versions but afaik those don't have removable battery and SD card

>>62254342
enjoy your broken screen

>>62238127
I have an Honor 5x for a back up device and it's pretty nice. It outlasted my Nexus 6p. The 6x looks nice but I'm not sure if there is any upgrade in performance over the 5x and I've seen where the screen on the 6x scratches pretty easy

>>62254531
Why not get a case?

>>62239311
>>62239341
I've had my G4 play for almost two months and it's like new. No scratches or damages.

Why didn't you buy a case for it? Like TPU or something?

>>62254446
Maybe the Sony something-something Compact will be almost that, but I don't think it is OLED and I don't like Sony.

>>62254838
because it will still break

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this guy here
>>62236527
>>62236887
I took a stroll today and looked at what retailers in my region have to offer.
I found and spent a couple of minutes with HTC Desire 630 and I like it. It has an OK screen, two sim slots an SD slot and appears at least to be reasonably sturdy. I also like the location and texture of the physical button. It is also well withing my spending range and relatively new (for me, it said it runs android 6 and I haven't used android in ages)
Is any good? Please help

>>62254929
I find that hard to believe

>>62254955
it's an extremely fragile design. my coworker has this stupid meme phone with an otterbox case and glass screen protector, and it's already broken on him TWICE

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Best 6-7" phone? Preferably under $500-600. Can wait for a month or two.

What's the cheapest decent phone with NFC? Everything decent is minimum $400AUD

>>62254967
Prove it.

>>62255015
>Best 6-7" phone
I'm sorry about your tiny dick.

>>62255037
Galaxy A5 2017

>>62255069
I don't have to prove shit. have fun flushing your money down the toilet on samshit

>>62254967
How? I've had mine since it launched and it's mint. Maybe your co worker is a retard

>>62255088
he has kids. cases are fucking gay anyway

>>62255015

Chinkshit or no chinshit?

My recommendation would be to wait until the Mi Mix 2 comes out to see the price and see if it's something you might like.

Why did the Moto g5s plus release in pajeet land first? There's been no announcements about it coming to the West.

>>62255130
It's already in Huezil.

>>62255106
>cases are fucking gay anyway
Absolutely this. I like my phone's design so I'm not going to cover it with a chunk of plastic, and thankfully I'm not a clumsy retard so my phone is safe.

>>62254935
get a moto g5 already

>>62254446
The Pixel at exactly 5" is the closest you'll get to those specs, unless you give up on the OLED requirement

>>62254935
It's trash, not recommended

Xiaomi MI A1 pre-order spotted with some specs:

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Pre-Sale-Global-Version-Xiaomi-MI-A1-MIA1-Mobile-Phone-4GB-64GB-Snapdragon-625-Octa-Core/2178148_32828561621.html?spm=2114.12010611.0.0.649f3bbbKCN245

>>62254935
Get yourself a LG V20, my man

>>62255015
Mate 9

>>62238189
most beautiful phone I've ever seen. I want one so bad. they need to hurry their asses up and release that shit (ANYONE KNOW WHEN IT"S GOING TO BE RELEASED IN THE UGAY?)

>>62255356

The Mi Mix or Mi Mix 2? September 11th or 12th is the rumoured date of the Mi Mix 2 premiere.

>>62242476
(You)

>>62252890
No, you got meme'd.

NEW

>>62255450

>>62255450

>>62255450

>>62255450

>>62254342
Samsung

>>62255390
Mi Mix 2. If they announce it on that date I'm assuming it won't be out for a while after that, right?

>>62254446
Blackberry keyone has a <5in screen, has relatively good specs, good battery life, burger bands and iirc an AMOLED screen

it's expensive as fuck tho

>>62255550

They'll announce it and probably have it up for sale a few days after AFAIK. I've already seen pre-orders up on various Chinese seller sites like AliExpress and GearBest.

>tfw patiently waiting for Huawei mate 10

>>62255614
fuck. i was hoping for a non-chink site. language barriers suck which I imagine would amplify the problem if the phone broke under warranty

>>62252906
SECURE YOU DIPSHIT

>>62254411
Dude the s8+ is 500 brand new in my area and online. Look out your ass next time.

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Just got a Verizon LG G6 lads.

Can you guys tell me how to root the Verizon version of the LG G6? Thanks!

>>62245506
Yes, there is. Check XDA again.