After my Axon got wrecked, my service center replaced my whole device under warranty, so I didn't unseal the box and managed to sell it for 200€.
I'm getting paid in the end of the month and will pick up the Pocophone F1 in the Axon's place.
It's been a wonderful journey owning this phone, great dev support, wouldn't have used it this long if it wasn't for that.
A big thank you to everyone in this forum, I'll miss you.
nfsmw_gr said:
After my Axon got wrecked, my service center replaced my whole device under warranty, so I didn't unseal the box and managed to sell it for 200€.
I'm getting paid in the end of the month and will pick up the Pocophone F1 in the Axon's place.
It's been a wonderful journey owning this phone, great dev support, wouldn't have used it this long if it wasn't for that.
A big thank you to everyone in this forum, I'll miss you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nice work re: new phone
Time and life moves on and so do we all, it was great to see your input here and I hope that your new phone journey is a great one.
Syberclone said:
Nice work re: new phone
Time and life moves on and so do we all, it was great to see your input here and I hope that your new phone journey is a great one.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks a lot man.
I saw at the poco thread that a lot of roms and a couple of kernels exist, plus vendor support for gsi flashing so I should be fine.
Well goodbye again, it's been fun here.
nfsmw_gr said:
Thanks a lot man.
I saw at the poco thread that a lot of roms and a couple of kernels exist, plus vendor support for gsi flashing so I should be fine.
Well goodbye again, it's been fun here.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you for all your support to the community.
Hope you will have some good time with your new phone.
I am using Xiaomi devices since one year and I love the battery life.
Unfortunately the Axon became unusable as a daily driver, because newer ROMs have terrible battery life. So it became more a multimedia device for usage at home.
SilentEYE said:
Thank you for all your support to the community.
Hope you will have some good time with your new phone.
I am using Xiaomi devices since one year and I love the battery life.
Unfortunately the Axon became unusable as a daily driver, because newer ROMs have terrible battery life. So it became more a multimedia device for usage at home.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'd like to have one as a backup as well but I couldn't keep mine since I'm pretty low on cash. :/
If I come across a cheap used one I may pick it up next month because I'm using a Cubot Note S right now (yikes ).
Good to know xiaomis have great battery life, some poco users reach 8 and 9 hours of screen on time
nfsmw_gr said:
After my Axon got wrecked, my service center replaced my whole device under warranty, so I didn't unseal the box and managed to sell it for 200€.
I'm getting paid in the end of the month and will pick up the Pocophone F1 in the Axon's place.
It's been a wonderful journey owning this phone, great dev support, wouldn't have used it this long if it wasn't for that.
A big thank you to everyone in this forum, I'll miss you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It was a pleasure mate! :good:
raystef66 said:
It was a pleasure mate! :good:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Likewise bro, hope I meet you in another forum some time
Thanks for your work and good luck.Sorry for my toxic comments.
Maybe i see your work again on pocophone,because im gonna buy it too -_-
Predatorhaze said:
Thanks for your work and good luck.Sorry for my toxic comments.
Maybe i see your work again on pocophone,because im gonna buy it too -_-
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hahaha, made me laugh, thanks man.
I did ended up bought zenfone 5z mainly for the performance and battery life. I'm gonna keep the axon 7 for backup and sometime use for multimedia device. The dual speaker on axon 7 is one of the best feature I ever use.
For the headphone jack performance. At first, the jack output on 5z was low compare to the axon 7. But after update the output was much better and maybe on par with the axon 7.
The same case for our global axon 7 way back on android marshmellow when headphone output was limited because the EU law and it was fixed on nougat.
nfsmw_gr said:
After my Axon got wrecked, my service center replaced my whole device under warranty, so I didn't unseal the box and managed to sell it for 200€.
I'm getting paid in the end of the month and will pick up the Pocophone F1 in the Axon's place.
It's been a wonderful journey owning this phone, great dev support, wouldn't have used it this long if it wasn't for that.
A big thank you to everyone in this forum, I'll miss you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
See ya man, thanks for your contributions towards this device's community. Been shopping around myself, but think I may hold out a little longer for the next gen phones.
Oh thanks for the offer by the way... :silly:
Great choice.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S9 inbound, to replace the 2016 ZTE Axon 7. After doing some research, it came down to the LG G7 ThinQ or the Samsung Galaxy S9. I had been holding off to wait and see the new Google Pixel 3, but I just cannot see paying $ 800 for the base model and most of the reviewers still prefer the S9. Amazon sells the 64 GB black Galaxy S9 for $ 620, and that was as good a price as I could find, with the added bonus of more points on the Amazon credit card. This is for the unlocked version, good for GSM and CDMA US carriers, and has a US warranty. I will initially switch my Cricket SIM card into it, while my wife looks into adding it to her Verizon plan. Verizon has much better service in this area than does AT&T/Cricket, and she thinks she can get some sort of family plan or discount. I wanted to have the option of a phone that I could switch between Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and their resellers as needed.
This will be my first Samsung phone, but the people I know who have that brand seem to like them. I am keeping the Axon as a backup and media device.
I'll make the switch after the Axon 9 is released in the US. At that point it will either be the A9 or the Galaxy Note 9. I've heard good things about both, it's a close tie. I'm accustomed to Samsung Android, having owned several of them, but the Note 4 was the last. I'd really like to give ZTE another chance. I just had my A7 returned from a warranty repair, working good as new. There is no real need to get rid of it, but I like to have the latest. The A9 will need to be bootloader-unlockable, rootable, and TWRP available before I'll consider it. I'm sure there will be some good Treble ROMs for both devices.
Nooo!!! Ty for everything
After a lot of trouble with my oneplus6 reseller i become my money back and sell all my phones and now all in my Familie have now xiaomi.we have the 5plus,pocof1, and mi8 bro nice too See you too in xiaomi Familie this the best phones ever i used
Kranoner said:
After a lot of trouble with my oneplus6 reseller i become my money back and sell all my phones and now all in my Familie have now xiaomi.we have the 5plus,pocof1, and mi8 bro nice too See you too in xiaomi Familie this the best phones ever i used
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's a beast to be honest but I miss the axon.
I'm facing a very annoying touch latency issue which is to be resolved soon hopefully by a software update, but until this gets solved the axon performs better.
U left right before official oreo released
Official b20 itself isn't so great but hopefully everything else from it will help with development
anon1135 said:
U left right before official oreo released
Official b20 itself isn't so great but hopefully everything else from it will help with development
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Eeh, **** happens some times in life.
I'm most likely going to refund the poco and get an Oneplus 6, I 'll be losing some features but at least it will be fast with good battery life and no problems.
nfsmw_gr said:
Eeh, **** happens some times in life.
I'm most likely going to refund the poco and get an Oneplus 6, I 'll be losing some features but at least it will be fast with good battery life and no problems.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did hear of it having some touchscreen problems and connectivity in the US. Isn't the 6t out soon?
Related
Hi Guys. im thinking of buy Honor 5X and install CM13 on it.
what do you think ? is it the best choice for 200-250$ right now?
Faisal Alro8y said:
Hi Guys. im thinking of buy Honor 5X and install CM13 on it.
what do you think ? is it the best choice for 200-250$ right now?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My point of view, is that Honor 5x is maybe the best choice under $200.
cosminvr27 said:
My point of view, is that Honor 5x is maybe the best choice under $200.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think same as you and i didn't find any phone better than this even on 300$ range.
Faisal Alro8y said:
I think same as you and i didn't find any phone better than this even on 300$ range.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It worths the money, and it's not bad even with stock EMUI ( I am runing Android 6.0.1 on EMUI 4.0 )
This phone is for its price best there is nowadays. have it for 2 weeks and thinking of rooting it as well.
Imo, all the other phones in this price range suffer from two major flaws: 1) lack of manufacturer support post-release 2) lack of hobby developer support. Normally 2) is a direct result of 1). To Huawei's credit they allow full access to the device (bootloader unlock), they publish source code, and they engaged the developer community early on. Even further, they released a major OS update to the phone (Android 5 -> 6.0). As a result we now have a fairly active dev community including a newly minted official CM13 rom. Not many other $200 phones can say that.
If you say its a €500 euro phone with CM i would believe it.. it makes the phone so much faster you wont see a big diffrence between other phones! And the phone has a Premium look aswell. You wont notice its a mid end phone with a low end CPU.
I got this phone ($90USD) to replace my Xperia Z1 Compact and highly recommend it, even for retail $200. Best budget phone I've ever seen. My one gripe is the lack of NFC (I have tags stuck all over the place). However, it's a very well built, solid device with a surprisingly good screen and pretty good battery life. Everyone who's seen it has thought it looked like a $600 phone.
Awesome, awesome buy. Can't recommend it highly enough (assuming you put CM13 on it otherwise ignore every positive thing I've said because the stock interface is not great).
I thought I got a deal @$120! (Prime day).
But I agree, even @ $200 it's still a great value.
This it my current back up phone. I wouldn't pay more than $150 for it at this point, especially you can get the Amazon's Moto G4 for $150 and manually remove the ads.
I consider this the poor man's Nexus 6P. I think the phone is only worth it if you install Cyanogen on it, then it work just like the Nexus. I'm running the phone at 1366x768 resolution to improve the performance.
tapatalk
Faisal Alro8y said:
I think same as you and i didn't find any phone better than this even on 300$ range.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The Honor 5X, imho, is only worth getting if you flash CM13 on it. Otherwise, I wouldn't exactly consider it, especially with the new phones coming out now. You know, if you care about performance and not extra features (specifically the FPS), the LG G3 should be a better phone overall for not much more.
Also, do you not find the OnePlus 2 a better phone for $300? It's basically a souped up version of the Honor 5X, minus the expandable storage. There's also the LG G4 and Moto X Pure. All of the phones I've mentioned are objectively better than the Honor 5X for sub $300.
eksasol said:
This it my current back up phone. I wouldn't pay more than $150 for it at this point, especially you can get the Amazon's Moto G4 for $150 and manually remove the ads.
I consider this the poor man's Nexus 6P. I think the phone is only worth it if you install Cyanogen on it, then it work just like the Nexus. I'm running the phone at 1366x768 resolution to improve the performance.
tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1
Agree 100% with this.
The honor 5x is OK for a backup device only because it just doesn't have the package to make it scream.
Sent from my KIW-L24 using Tapatalk
As a former huge OnePlus fan, it's time to say goodbye. I never upgraded after the 2, the phones got more expensive and the upgraded features didn't justify the additional cost. I've been running my OnePlus 2 on DU 11.5 for months now, the ROM development just never got to where we all hoped it to be. I blame OnePlus for this not giving the developers the tools needed and really hindering their success opportunities.
A huge thanks to all the devs who have and still put work into keeping this phone development alive. Until we meet again.
As for where I'm going. I'm a 2 phone guy, one for work and one for personal. I'll be switching my personal over to the Samsung A5(2017) which is an incredible phone. And my corporate phone will be an iPhone 7...
Farewell. I'm personally not buying OnePlus again.
Oneplus is still using USB 2.0 in the OP5, over 2 years after the type C spec was published. There is still issues with jpeg compression in their phone app and it is not adjustable. Not releasing decent camera blobs for devs to use in their roms, etc. Oh yeah, premium pricing too. No thanks, I am done with them too.
My carrier has the LG G6 on sale right now, I think I'm gonna try that. I love the idea of a wide angle lens, and the Google camera app with HDR+ is confirmed working on it.
Murbert said:
Oneplus is still using USB 2.0 in the OP5, over 2 years after the type C spec was published. There is still issues with jpeg compression in their phone app and it is not adjustable. Not releasing decent camera blobs for devs to use in their roms, etc. Oh yeah, premium pricing too. No thanks, I am done with them too.
My carrier has the LG G6 on sale right now, I think I'm gonna try that. I love the idea of a wide angle lens, and the Google camera app with HDR+ is confirmed working on it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That phone doesn't have an led notification. Just saying.
utkarsh102 said:
That phone doesn't have an led notification. Just saying.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The OP5 doesn't have LED notification?
Murbert said:
The OP5 doesn't have LED notification?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lg g6
Farewell!!
Yeah, I have enjoyed my one plus 2 also but the lack of decent support from the company has turned me off from them. Around the beginning or middle of next month I will be switching to something else. Farewell OP2
OP2 is still a decent phone even in 2017. It's all about finding the right rom for your needs. But yeah.. OP is a terrible company and have forgotten what made them great in the past.
Kirahvi said:
OP2 is still a decent phone even in 2017. It's all about finding the right rom for your needs. But yeah.. OP is a terrible company and have forgotten what made them great in the past.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This sums up my thoughts too. I'm happy with my OP2 for now but when it comes time to change I won't buy another OP.
What if I told you that OnePlus provided the tools, but no one here ever made efficient use of them since Grarak left?
This device still has life and its still a solid phone. I just got it and my intention is to improve it.
CertifiedBlyndGuy said:
What if I told you that OnePlus provided the tools, but no one here ever made efficient use of them since Grarak left?
This device still has life and its still a solid phone. I just got it and my intention is to improve it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would say yey new ROM !
There seems to be some good devs working on the phone still so would be surprised if they where all missing something.
I'l just dreaming about Google doing affordable Nexus devices again ... They would be so successful I'm sure. I first bought the 2 because the 6P was too expensive for me, but I still don't know about any other company which is "developer friendly" as OnePlus and Google. So yeah I'm stuck buying ****ty devices from a brand who doesn't car about their customers
Never settle. Yeah right.
Some good points here, yes, OP2 is still a good phone even in 2017. OnePlus turned it's back on it in pursuit for more ka-chiiiing, and 3, 3T or 5 haven't done much to make them sooo much better. But prices, oh my. Just got OnePlus spam in my mail, new OP5 model with more memory already! What? How much?
6GB RAM + 64GB Storage
499,00 €
8GB RAM + 128GB Storage
559,00 €
So I went to see my order from february 2016. I got 64GB one at the time when 32GB was available. Mine was 345€ minus 40€ for coupon. So 305€. Guess what OnePlus, I won't be settling.
Dac0908 said:
Never settle. Yeah right.
Some good points here, yes, OP2 is still a good phone even in 2017. OnePlus turned it's back on it in pursuit for more ka-chiiiing, and 3, 3T or 5 haven't done much to make them sooo much better. But prices, oh my. Just got OnePlus spam in my mail, new OP5 model with more memory already! What? How much?
6GB RAM + 64GB Storage
499,00 €
8GB RAM + 128GB Storage
559,00 €
So I went to see my order from february 2016. I got 64GB one at the time when 32GB was available. Mine was 345€ minus 40€ for coupon. So 305€. Guess what OnePlus, I won't be settling.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OP2 is still a good phone even in 2017
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Come on, stop. OnePlus 2 was not a good phone, is not a good phone and would never be a good phone.
How can you say it's a good phone when you see User Experience is so bad with the Snapdragon 810, when there is so much thermal throttling every time you are doing something on the phone ? (don't talk about underclock / overclock / custom kernel / etc, those are elements which are flashed after by the user, and are not relevant for every users).
When you can see that you can buy a OnePlus 3T for 350E on Ebay (what I did, phone is in perfect condition), you should not even consider buying the OnePlus 2.
Never had those problems, but I am not using it for games. Phone works just fine - not saying it is (or ever was) a great phone, just a reasonably good one. Mostly let down by software and company which became greedy, and yes, while being the latest thing at the time Snapdragon 810 wasn't that good. Still it works for all basic needs, even after 2 years specs are almost impressive and user experience can be ok. *Not* a power-user experience.
Not comparing it to flagships because it never really was in that category, and you also should put it in it's price bracket, you bought used 3T for 350€ while OP2 when new was 300€. So there's that. After having it for a year and a half I am surely not considering buying another one or recommending someone to get OP2 or any OP actually. For that user experience and satisfaction should be on higher level.
Actually i will buy oneplus again. Why, because it's cheaper then the rivals much cheaper. And i really like my oneplus 2, spent 100 euros for it, really cheap and good phone.
Valneo said:
I'l just dreaming about Google doing affordable Nexus devices again ... They would be so successful I'm sure. I first bought the 2 because the 6P was too expensive for me, but I still don't know about any other company which is "developer friendly" as OnePlus and Google. So yeah I'm stuck buying ****ty devices from a brand who doesn't car about their customers
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Me too on that one...
Bought a Nexus 4 towards the end of them selling out for like £150 or something, was a brilliant phone even though I replaced god knows how many screens and back's on it but was a great great phone
Efforts will be put in getting Oreo up for the OP2, specifically halogenOS 8.0
Any help is appreciated, if you want to submit patches, do so via review.halogenos.org, otherwise, if you have a device tree, let us know.
CertifiedBlyndGuy said:
What if I told you that OnePlus provided the tools, but no one here ever made efficient use of them since Grarak left?
This device still has life and its still a solid phone. I just got it and my intention is to improve it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi CertifiedBlyndGuy, if I am not wrong then you're the AOSPA maintainer for OnePlus X. Are you building AOSPA for OnePlus 2 as well ?
Hello, i have a big question, the same as title. For now i have Huawei Honor 8, an awesome phone with a great design and good battery life (4h sot). The problem is that i want to gave the H8 away for a G5 because i want a phone with a good development comunity. Is this a right decision?
Sheldd said:
Hello, i have a big question, the same as title. For now i have Huawei Honor 8, an awesome phone with a great design and good battery life (4h sot). The problem is that i want to gave the H8 away for a G5 because i want a phone with a good development comunity. Is this a right decision?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't, just don't.
ChristopherXI said:
Don't, just don't.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Reasons?
I just returned my RS988 model G5 a few days ago. GPS would bug out during use, battery life sucked (<4hrs SoT with casual use - messaging/web browsing), screen burn in issues and uneven screen lighting. I thought it was just my particular unit, but further research showed these issues are common. It's a good phone if you get way under the MSRP. There are other phones that last longer and have better quality control for $250. Like Motorola's budget phones, or lower end Samsungs.
Sheldd said:
Reasons?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Spotty GPS. 50/50 chance of screen burn in.
70/30 chance of getting a unit that has HORRID cell signal.
Poor dev support across all models (except h850 and h830).
LG quality control is horrible, some unit even bootlooped because the CPU separating from the PCB.
ChristopherXI said:
Spotty GPS. 50/50 chance of screen burn in.
70/30 chance of getting a unit that has HORRID cell signal.
Poor dev support across all models (except h850 and h830).
LG quality control is horrible, some unit even bootlooped because the CPU separating from the PCB.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Refer to
https://www.reddit.com/r/lgg5/comments/6vy8qp/would_you_recommend_this_phone/
for why the G5 does not bootloop. I bit the bullet and got one used. No problems whatsoever, strong GPS, strong reception, a little burn in but no showstoppers.
The quality control issues were a thing when the device was launched, I'd say you have a pretty small chance of getting a faulty one now.
Sheldd said:
Hello, i have a big question, the same as title. For now i have Huawei Honor 8, an awesome phone with a great design and good battery life (4h sot). The problem is that i want to gave the H8 away for a G5 because i want a phone with a good development comunity. Is this a right decision?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I wouldn't advice it at all.
Especially when you want to flash custom rom. In this case BTcalls doesn't work and neither quick charge
And sooner or later you will probably suffer from gps issue…
Sent from my LG-H850 using XDA Labs
Honor 8 vs. LG G5
Sheldd said:
Hello, i have a big question, the same as title. For now i have Huawei Honor 8, an awesome phone with a great design and good battery life (4h sot). The problem is that i want to gave the H8 away for a G5 because i want a phone with a good development comunity. Is this a right decision?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Honor 8 owner here. Had an LG G3 before the H8 (I've had the Honor 8 for close to a year). Just bought a G5 off Amazon. I wrote myself a comparison review to help me decide if the G5 would be an upgrade or not. I believe it is. I won't post the whole thing here, but in brief...
There are several sellers on Amazon and eBay that are selling the G5 new for $200 - $235. I got a new G5, a larger 3500mah battery, and a clear case for less than $260. FWIW, I've read the battery upgrade has 'fixed' some of the known issues. If one were to go out and buy an Honor 8 today, the price would be roughly the same.
In my opinion, the G5 wins on specs alone, but adding to that things like replaceable battery and amazing camera helped influence my decision.
A couple of things gave me the final push. One was extensive reviews of other devices in the $250 price range and the other is having the ability to install ROMs like LineageOS or Fulmics. Current Fulmics is based on the v20. Oreo has a good chance of coming to the v20. Not saying it's a cinch that the G5 will get Android O, but there is that possibility. While LineageOS has a ways to go on the G5, I'm hopeful it will continue to mature and grow.
You have a lot of good choices if you look at 2016 flagship Android phones. But the G5 is the least expensive and is readily available. Some will say it's cheap for a reason, but I still think it's a good buy.
dwcasey said:
Honor 8 owner here. Had an LG G3 before the H8 (I've had the Honor 8 for close to a year). Just bought a G5 off Amazon. I wrote myself a comparison review to help me decide if the G5 would be an upgrade or not. I believe it is. I won't post the whole thing here, but in brief...
There are several sellers on Amazon and eBay that are selling the G5 new for $200 - $235. I got a new G5, a larger 3500mah battery, and a clear case for less than $260. FWIW, I've read the battery upgrade has 'fixed' some of the known issues. If one were to go out and buy an Honor 8 today, the price would be roughly the same.
In my opinion, the G5 wins on specs alone, but adding to that things like replaceable battery and amazing camera helped influence my decision.
A couple of others things gave me the final push. One was extensive reviews of other devices in the $250 price range and the other is having the ability to install ROMs like LineageOS or Fulmics. Current Fulmics is based on the v20. Oreo has a good chance of coming to the v20. Not saying it's a cinch that the G5 will get Android O, but there is that possibility. While LineageOS has a ways to go on the G5, I'm hopeful it will continue to mature and grow.
You have a lot of good choices if you look at 2016 flagship Android phones. But the G5 is the least expensive and is readily available. Some will say it's cheap for a reason, but I still think it's a good buy.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Please tell me about big bugs on G5 custom roms. Is it true that the quick charge doesnt work? If yes, on wich roms? And how good is fulmics? Looks like an intresting rom. How much sot do you get with the old 2.800 and new 3.5 battery?
Sheldd said:
Please tell me about big bugs on G5 custom roms. Is it true that the quick charge doesnt work? If yes, on wich roms? And how good is fulmics? Looks like an intresting rom. How much sot do you get with the old 2.800 and new 3.5 battery?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My LG G5 is still quite new. I will be running stock for a while before I dive back in to custom ROMs. After a couple more days, I'll post SOT with the 3500 battery.
When I ran Fulmics on my G3 last year, it was a great ROM. I think I needed a bit more horsepower than the G3 had to offer at the time. But with the G5 and it's Snapdragon 820, that should not be a problem.
Sheldd said:
i want a phone with a good development comunity.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
how do you define good? I came from years of owning Samsung Galaxy devices, which have huge dev communities. The G5 dev community pales in comparison, but perhaps the G5 dev community is typical for non-Galaxy devices. I'm happy with the rom options for the G5. Fulmic's ROM is a great custom ROM. Autoprime is good about releasing stock ROM updates if you want to debloat and customize yourself.
Lg h830 stock nougat rom
I've had a G3 d851 for a couple of years and am currently running crDroid v4.0, 8.1. I'm thinking of moving to a G5 and so I've been looking through these forums to see what rom I might use if I bought one. It seems that there is very little development of 8.* roms for the G5 which is surprising considering the G3 has crDroid, RR, and AICP at 8.1 off the top of my head. I'm wondering why a much newer phone seems to have less 8.* development. Or is there something I've missed from my quick perusal of this forum?
105 views with no reply. What's the record
I guess the lack of replies is my answer as far as the development of 8.* on this phone. Kind of sucks because although I do want to advance as far as phones go I didn't want to go backward with the software.
Maybe there is another good phone out there with a removeable battery and sdcard?
thecdn said:
105 views with no reply. What's the record
I guess the lack of replies is my answer as far as the development of 8.* on this phone. Kind of sucks because although I do want to advance as far as phones go I didn't want to go backward with the software.
Maybe there is another good phone out there with a removeable battery and sdcard?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've had the G5 for almost 2 years now and development has always been slow. Right now I'm looking at other phones as well, my main choice being the Huawei Honor View 10 since it has an SD card at least. I don't think any phone still has a removable battery :crying:
My other choices would be HTC U11+ and Moto Z2 Force, both with external SDs ... but those 2 don't have any roms at all so far. The View 10 has 4 or 5 for Oreo already, so that's looking much better than the other 2 and hell, better than the G5 with 0 Oreo roms :laugh:
Nimueh said:
I've had the G5 for almost 2 years now and development has always been slow. Right now I'm looking at other phones as well, my main choice being the Huawei Honor View 10 since it has an SD card at least. I don't think any phone still has a removable battery :crying:
My other choices would be HTC U11+ and Moto Z2 Force, both with external SDs ... but those 2 don't have any roms at all so far. The View 10 has 4 or 5 for Oreo already, so that's looking much better than the other 2 and hell, better than the G5 with 0 Oreo roms :laugh:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks alot for the reply, was starting to feel pretty lonely here. I'm surprised at the development for the View 10 - I've got a Huawei tablet and the difficulty of developing for the Kirin chip has been mentioned several times in the forum. My daughters P10 Pro arrived yesterday, they make nice hardware.
Some excellent food for thought. Again, thanks.
thecdn said:
Thanks alot for the reply, was starting to feel pretty lonely here. I'm surprised at the development for the View 10 - I've got a Huawei tablet and the difficulty of developing for the Kirin chip has been mentioned several times in the forum. My daughters P10 Pro arrived yesterday, they make nice hardware.
Some excellent food for thought. Again, thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well Huawei gave the View 10 to pretty much every dev, from different roms to Magisk :laugh:
Thanks to Treble development seems to be easier now, but the Kirin difficulty is the reason I haven't made up my mind 100% so far. I still have almost 3 months to decide though, that's when my current contract is up ... I'll either get a cheap one and wait for THE right phone or a more expensive one WITH a phone. I hate those decisions though :crying: :laugh:
Nimueh said:
I hate those decisions though :crying: :laugh:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, I had pretty much decided on the G5 until I became aware of the state of development on it. Now it's back to the drawing board.
I like your avatar. We are big cat people, have four of them.
thecdn said:
Yeah, I had pretty much decided on the G5 until I became aware of the state of development on it. Now it's back to the drawing board.
I like your avatar. We are big cat people, have four of them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's Clyde, he was my favourite for 11 years until I had to put him down almost 2 years ago when he lost the fight with chronic kidney failure :crying:
Now I have 2 left, his sister Bonny and an older female, Fussel
Back on topic: If you're happy with stock or custom stock roms the G5 is still a great phone. AFAIK it only has issues on custom roms since they can't seem to get some stuff working properly like NFC, fast charge or Bluetooth calling. I'm pretty sure custom stock roms don't have those problems so if you can live with one of those then go for it :good:
Ive had the nexus 6p for a while now and had to replace the battery numerous times (mostly due to my using wireless charging that seems to eat batteries). i recently updated it with lineage 15.1 which seems to be working fine but having replaced the battery yet again im thinking it might be about time to look for a replacement phone. i did fancy a honor but found that the bootloader unlocking is now a problem so thats out the equation. question is what should i consider for my next phone? it needs a decent size screen, rootable / flashable, and most of all it needs to be affordable. any suggestions?
OnePlus 6T which should be announced in a couple of weeks?
It's been 3 months since I changed my nexus 6P for a Oneplus 6, and I'm really happy, I had a little hesitation because of the notch, but as she is small she does not bother.
The optimization of OxygenOs (Android Pie ) is really great, 0 lags in apps and games.
You can root it with magisk
For me it's definitely going to be the oneplus 6t end of November or December I am buying it for sure.
I'm going to replace mine with a Pixel 3 XL. I don't care if it's ugly as hell, I'd rather stick with a Google device. I'd like to avoid making the mistake of switching to another manufacturer again, even if they have a good reputation like OnePlus. It's never as good as having a Nexus/Pixel device straight from Google.
Face_Plant said:
I'm going to replace mine with a Pixel 3 XL. I don't care if it's ugly as hell, I'd rather stick with a Google device. I'd like to avoid making the mistake of switching to another manufacturer again, even if they have a good reputation like OnePlus. It's never as good as having a Nexus/Pixel device straight from Google.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
im leaning the same way too, i did have a go with a honor that looked fine until i found there is no more bootloader unlocks so that went back. i do quite like the look of oneplus but im not that rich sadly so im thinking a second hand pixel might be the way forward. ive just replaced the battery in the 6p again so that should be ok for now but in the end i do need to start looking at an update / upgrade. thanks for the replies :good:
Face_Plant said:
I'm going to replace mine with a Pixel 3 XL. I don't care if it's ugly as hell, I'd rather stick with a Google device. I'd like to avoid making the mistake of switching to another manufacturer again, even if they have a good reputation like OnePlus. It's never as good as having a Nexus/Pixel device straight from Google.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm doing a similar thing. I bought the Nexus 6p just before the OG Pixel came out. In fact I received it in the mail on launch day.
If I don't see any deals soon from Google, I'm just going to pick up a Pixel 2 XL in New/mint condition on Swappa. They're already dropping pretty low in price.
alerton said:
Ive had the nexus 6p for a while now and had to replace the battery numerous times (mostly due to my using wireless charging that seems to eat batteries). i recently updated it with lineage 15.1 which seems to be working fine but having replaced the battery yet again im thinking it might be about time to look for a replacement phone. i did fancy a honor but found that the bootloader unlocking is now a problem so thats out the equation. question is what should i consider for my next phone? it needs a decent size screen, rootable / flashable, and most of all it needs to be affordable. any suggestions?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
One plus doesn't work with Verizon.
I am waiting for a 7nm chip from Qualcomm and Supervooc to be implemented in Oneplus. Maybe Oneplus 7t . Replaced my battery 3 months back and it works fine for now. I cannot live without HDR+ though. Google has really spoiled us.
I also keep wondering what to replace my 6p with.... But I just went ahead and put a second new battery in today... There's life in this 3 year old yet!
If someone came out with a flat screened phone as to have tempered glass screen protectors properly functional again, I might go for that...
Kwanger said:
I also keep wondering what to replace my 6p with.... But I just went ahead and put a second new battery in today... There's life in this 3 year old yet!
If someone came out with a flat screened phone as to have tempered glass screen protectors properly functional again, I might go for that...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i too have just replaced my battery so hope to get another year out of this, i even managed to buy another 6p thats used but in good condition and has 64gb so i should be all set for a while yet i hope. If all else fails im only 20 miles from Lincoln so i can come 'borrow' yours
buchananchris said:
One plus doesn't work with Verizon.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The 6t does
Xiaomi Mi A2
alerton said:
Ive had the nexus 6p for a while now and had to replace the battery numerous times (mostly due to my using wireless charging that seems to eat batteries). i recently updated it with lineage 15.1 which seems to be working fine but having replaced the battery yet again im thinking it might be about time to look for a replacement phone. i did fancy a honor but found that the bootloader unlocking is now a problem so thats out the equation. question is what should i consider for my next phone? it needs a decent size screen, rootable / flashable, and most of all it needs to be affordable. any suggestions?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I sold my Nexus 6P and buy a Xiaomi Mi A2, I'm so happy with this new phone and now I got Android 9 Pie (Beta)
This is an affordable phone, nice specs and takes fine photos and I love the stabilization of the videos.
luisjoseb said:
I sold my Nexus 6P and buy a Xiaomi Mi A2, I'm so happy with this new phone and now I got Android 9 Pie (Beta)
This is an affordable phone, nice specs and takes fine photos and I love the stabilization of the videos.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
the most important thing for me are updates!!! is xiaomi good with this? any others than Pixels? (not for that price!)
baxxter106 said:
the most important thing for me are updates!!! is xiaomi good with this? any others than Pixels? (not for that price!)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For me too, but Pixel are very expensive and the current desing is not good (in my opinion), because the normal is small and the XL is very ugly with this notch.
The Xiaomi Mi A2 is an Android One mobile, in this month I got the november patch the same day that Pixel and Nexus. For security patch is faster.
At this moment I get Android 9 Pie (beta) and in the end of this month the stable version will be released. I know, Pie is on Pixel some months ago, but for affordable phone only wait 3 months to get Pie and is not too bad, other expensive phones take same or much more time to get it.
buchananchris said:
One plus doesn't work with Verizon.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was looking at the OnePlus 6t as well, as on of our IT techs just got it, however it doesn't work on the Sprint network either
I am looking at the Poco F1. The development on it is thriving. More active than N6P.
I just ordered my OnePlus 6T. Should arrive on Monday
It was a pleasure to flash ROMs alongside you gentlemen. I'll see some of you on the 6T forums ?
Ended up with OP 6T too. At a certain point I got fed up with constantly comparing specs and went with good overall performance and reasonably standard Android. Not happy at all with losing 3.5mm jack but there's the adapter and so be it.
I frankly fail to see why nobody offers a flagship phone with Android One.
Currently in the same boat. Im about to jump ship from Verizon to Total Wireless (I know, same network but at least its much cheaper)
The OnePlus 6T can apparently work on Verizon as long as you contact Verizon and make sure they set it as a "CDMA Less device".
Not sure how i could make that happen if Im on Total Wireless. Backup plan is a 2XL or 3XL. 2XL only because the main dev on ABC ROM just got a 2XL so its guaranteed to be ported. 3XL development not sure how long that will take.