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Need some Information regarding Redmi note 5 AI

Hey guys, I need your help. I wish to buy Redmi Note 5 ai 3/32gb (money is an issue otherwise I would've gone for 4/64gb) within a month but I need some information. Could you please provide me information?
1. How much SOT do you usually get with Android Pie based custom ROMs with or without custom kernels?
2. Would I face any lag or Fps drops with 3gb variant while playing Pubg and Heroes Evolved (Mobile Legend like game)?
3. With what graphics requirement do you can play pubg?
4. Does Note 5 ai support QC3.0? I know Xiaomi ships it with qc2.0 adapter cable but I have QC3.0 adapters from my previous device and I will buy qc3.0 cable if it does.
5. How much time does it take to charge from 15% to 80% with stock charger?
Thank you, I really appreciate your answer.

Rhine Septimus said:
Hey guys, I need your help. I wish to buy Redmi Note 5 ai 3/32gb (money is an issue otherwise I would've gone for 4/64gb) within a month but I need some information. Could you please provide me information?
1. How much SOT do you usually get with Android Pie based custom ROMs with or without custom kernels?
2. Would I face any lag or Fps drops with 3gb variant while playing Pubg and Heroes Evolved (Mobile Legend like game)?
3. With what graphics requirement do you can play pubg?
4. Does Note 5 ai support QC3.0? I know Xiaomi ships it with qc2.0 adapter cable but I have QC3.0 adapters from my previous device and I will buy qc3.0 cable if it does.
5. How much time does it take to charge from 15% to 80% with stock charger?
Thank you, I really appreciate your answer.
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1 . Gaming+normal usage i usually get 5-6hr+ s0t .
2 . With HE i never face any fps drop ,60fps mode. On pubg custom gfx setting 60fps+hd , there tiny lag sometimes .
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4. Qc 2.0 confirmed .
5. 2hour++

Redmi Note 5 AI has quick charge 3.0
Less than 1hour 15mins to charge from 15 to 80%
With WI-FI browsing we can get 10+ hours SOT
With 4G browsing 7+hours SOT can be achieved easily with two days battery life

lawong said:
1 . Gaming+normal usage i usually get 5-6hr+ s0t .
5. 2hour++
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Its way to low than what I wanted. I guess I may end up waiting for Redmi note 7 as redmi note 6 is just a Redmi note 5 with an ugly notch. Thank you anyway.

SunilSuni said:
With WI-FI browsing we can get 10+ hours SOT
With 4G browsing 7+hours SOT can be achieved easily with two days battery life
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With Android 9.0?

Rhine Septimus said:
Its way to low than what I wanted. I guess I may end up waiting for Redmi note 7 as redmi note 6 is just a Redmi note 5 with an ugly notch. Thank you anyway.
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Try mi max 3 , it has massive 5500mah battery

Rhine Septimus said:
With Android 9.0?
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That's my usage in MIUI 10.0.1
Take a look at these threads
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-5-pro/review/screen-time-t3749678
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-5-pro/review/charging-speed-t3749677

lawong said:
Try mi max 3 , it has massive 5500mah battery
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Community development is a major concern. And holy money

SunilSuni said:
That's my usage in MIUI 10.0.1
Take a look at these threads
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-5-pro/review/screen-time-t3749678
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-5-pro/review/charging-speed-t3749677
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not ugly memeui. I am asking for Pie based custom roms.

I dont think your expectations are realistic when buying a phone for 140usd.. Games run just fine, not at best settings, but good enough. Battery is amazing, and if 6hours of gaming in 1 charge is not good for you, then no device will be good enough, because its a good result. Well except for tablets, or something like mi max 3.

Incogn said:
I dont think your expectations are realistic when buying a phone for 140usd.. Games run just fine, not at best settings, but good enough. Battery is amazing, and if 6hours of gaming in 1 charge is not good for you, then no device will be good enough, because its a good result. Well except for tablets, or something like mi max 3.
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What you're telling $140, its $220 approx while purchasing in our country. 6 hour nonstop gaming is definitely OK but someone mentioned he got 6hour sot with gaming+light usage, that's what bugging me. And I mentioned Android pie custom roms. I saw battery life starts to get deteriorated with newer android version than the phone's original Android version.

Rhine Septimus said:
What you're telling $140, its $220 approx while purchasing in our country. 6 hour nonstop gaming is definitely OK but someone mentioned he got 6hour sot with gaming+light usage, that's what bugging me. And I mentioned Android pie custom roms. I saw battery life starts to get deteriorated with newer android version than the phone's original Android version.
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Well its your country tax then, but that doesnt change the fact that phone cost 140usd in all eshops. And yes, battery life with custom roms is not as good as stock, not by much, but worse. But its only logical, throughout 10 years of flashing custom roms it was always the same story no matter which phone. As i said before, if this phone is not good enough in this price for you, then i doubt that any phone will be, because atleast in europe, nothing comes even close to price/performance/quality of RN5.

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To buy or not...

It looks like the mi 9 SE will be released global on the 28th of March. I want to "measure" how big the xda community will be for this phone, and also just curious...
If the mi 9 SE will be released globally, will you consider buying this phone (answer in poll)?

Well it's just as easy to modify as most of Xiaomi phones so I guess soon there will be here some custom rom choices. Especially if the only other smaller size competitor is Samsung 10e, for over twice the price.
I have 9se for about three weeks so far and must admit it's a great piece of hardware, but only if you like compact devices. Otherwise I'd rather choose Redmi Note 7 (limited budget) or Mi 9 or keep waiting for Poco F2.

winesh said:
It looks like the mi 9 SE will be released global on the 28th of March. I want to "measure" how big the xda community will be for this phone, and also just curious...
If the mi 9 SE will be released globally, will you consider buying this phone (answer in poll)?
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Yes, absolutely. I'm looking forward to purchase the 128gb varient. I LOVE compact phones, especially the ones with flagship spec i.e. Sony. But I'm definitely getting the Mi 9 SE.

Actually, its form factor seem to be the best. I would consider buying the P30 or S10e, but the price is way better on the Mi 9 SE.
Just wondering if it worth waiting for the Mi A3 lite, which would be about the same smartphone except for the snapdragon (660 and not 712) but with Android One and b28....

It depends on what is important for you. I am planning to buy too, after I have seen some reviews and possibly if I see some development activity here.
The reasons I would buy this phone are: small size, amoled screen, quite decent chipset and nfc.
I would personally not buy the galaxy s10e because of the high price and the lack of developement I have seen with their previous phones.

kagazushi said:
Actually, its form factor seem to be the best. I would consider buying the P30 or S10e, but the price is way better on the Mi 9 SE.
Just wondering if it worth waiting for the Mi A3 lite, which would be about the same smartphone except for the snapdragon (660 and not 712) but with Android One and b28....
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After having a mi A1 for over a year, I'm NEVER getting another Android one phone from Xiaomi!

keeeper said:
Well it's just as easy to modify as most of Xiaomi phones so I guess soon there will be here some custom rom choices. Especially if the only other smaller size competitor is Samsung 10e, for over twice the price.
I have 9se for about three weeks so far and must admit it's a great piece of hardware, but only if you like compact devices. Otherwise I'd rather choose Redmi Note 7 (limited budget) or Mi 9 or keep waiting for Poco F2.
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How about the quality of the photos??? Battery?

WhatzIt2Ya said:
After having a mi A1 for over a year, I'm NEVER getting another Android one phone from Xiaomi!
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Ho that's interesting, can you explain why? (I guess the amoled screen won't be on the Mi A3 and that's why i'll buy the 9 SE, but still I'm curious)

Trunksleo said:
How about the quality of the photos??? Battery?
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I just watched a couple of reviews and forum posts so mine is not a "direct" opinion, anyway
About photos, they are very good. They are not great, as well as big brother Mi 9, probably that's due to the software: AI and drivers are still not perfectly calibrated on Sony IMX586. It looks like worst than Mi 8, even if on paper Mi9/Mi9SE should have a better sensor.
About battery, it's enough! If you use dark theme, you can reach 6 hours of display on. Recently Xiaomi released DC function for Mi 9 , maybe we will see the same for Mi 9 SE because both have AMOLED display, which can benefit of this DC function.
If battery sometime isn't enough, QC @ 18W can pump in a few minutes the energy you need to reach late night.

Trunksleo said:
How about the quality of the photos??? Battery?
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Photos during daylight are great, just as you wish them to be. Every lens is doing it's job well - you can get a nice close up photo with zoom, wide angle lens proved to be useful as well, bokeh is nice (but it used to be so even on Mi 6). I am a little disappointed with night mode though - before I was playing with it on Mix 3 and there the results looked like magic, here are mediocre. It looks like the algorithm is only increasing the general brightness of the photo without recognizing the difference between stuff which should be visible and that is supposed to remain dark. The effect is obviously worse than on Mi 9 (basing on the reviews).
The battery is sufficient. Mi 9 SE as a smaller size phone is not bought for gaming therefore for any other activity can be used quite long. E.g. I've got over 14 hours of continuous movie play (MX Player HW+) and 25 hours when left as a clock (Big Clock app on Google Play). When you're not using the phone the battery drain is about 1% per hour with Ambient Display on.

kagazushi said:
Ho that's interesting, can you explain why? (I guess the amoled screen won't be on the Mi A3 and that's why i'll buy the 9 SE, but still I'm curious)
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Xiaomi is notoriously slow with updates. Like now, it's the end of March still no March patch, some people didn't even get Feb patch yet. And the biggest f*** up that Xiaomi did is after android pie update. Wifi Mac has changed, some people got their phone bricked, wifi keeps disconnecting, battery life is super poor (4-5h sot), a lot of bugs I encounter every day, still using 3.18 kernel instead of 4.9 etc. etc.

WhatzIt2Ya said:
Xiaomi is notoriously slow with updates. Like now, it's the end of March still no March patch, some people didn't even get Feb patch yet. And the biggest f*** up that Xiaomi did is after android pie update. Wifi Mac has changed, some people got their phone bricked, wifi keeps disconnecting, battery life is super poor (4-5h sot), a lot of bugs I encounter every day, still using 3.18 kernel instead of 4.9 etc. etc.
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Ok so according to you, the best way is to buy the mi 9 se for its hardware and run custom roms on it? That's my secret plan

kagazushi said:
Ok so according to you, the best way is to buy the mi 9 se for its hardware and run custom roms on it? That's my secret plan
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Nah, the only reason why switched to custom for a while is because the wifi problem, everyone is facing this issue. It's disconnects won't won't connect back, and 5ghz wifi speed is very poor.
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kagazushi said:
Ok so according to you, the best way is to buy the mi 9 se for its hardware and run custom roms on it? That's my secret plan
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I want the mi 9 se as a replacement device. I finally want a premium (cut down) flagship phone, and hopefully will last for about 4 years or more.

Looks like I was following a false track. The release from 28th only contained mi 9 and redmi note 7.
There have been a few others sources hinting towards a global launch. For now we just have to wait.

winesh said:
Looks like I was following a false track. The release from 28th only contained mi 9 and redmi note 7.
There have been a few others sources hinting towards a global launch. For now we just have to wait.
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Many AliExpress sellers are accepting pre-sales with some displaying pictures showing stock of the global version. I have placed an order with HK Goldway, I'll update when it's shipped.

Rdavis27 said:
Many AliExpress sellers are accepting pre-sales with some displaying pictures showing stock of the global version. I have placed an order with HK Goldway, I'll update when it's shipped.
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It is also listed on geekbuying for buying, not only for preorder.
6/64 edition for about 330€ after using coupons seems to be quite a good deal.

Pros:
- 6" screen is still enough.
- Amoled screen and non-intrusive notch.
- Size. The device itself is tiny and lightweight.
- Hardware is below flagship, but much better than mid-range.
- Treble enabled, kernel source already released.
Cons:
- MIUI environment is not so friendly.
- dev scene (I hope I am wrong).
- OEM updates.

Flounderist said:
Pros:
- 6" screen is still enough.
- Amoled screen and non-intrusive notch.
- Size. The device itself is tiny and lightweight.
- Hardware is below flagship, but much better than mid-range.
- Treble enabled, kernel source already released.
Cons:
- MIUI environment is not so friendly.
- dev scene (I hope I am wrong).
- OEM updates.
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Miui and oem updates aren't the issue for me.

Ok, so to summerize:
- Small from factor
- Amoled screen
- Indisplay fingerprint
- 4G b20 and b28
- Widevine L1
- 6Gb RAM
A part for the CPU power, it is even more interesting for me than s10e, and for half the price.
So I definetly swap my OnePlus 6 for this device. The last question is where should we buy it to be sure we have the global version?
I saw that honorbuy.com send the right one with even european charger, but a bit expansive...
Fantacy seller on aliexpress? Anyone ever tried?
Thanks.

kagazushi said:
I saw that honorbuy.com send the right one with even european charger, but a bit expansive...
Fantacy seller on aliexpress? Anyone ever tried?
Thanks.
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I would reccomend honorbuy because of european stock and no VAT on delivery (if you are based in Europe).
Devices are shipped with european socket charger.
If you buy on Aliexpress you must check any custom duty that would be added to the shipment in your country.

Mate 20X 5G EVR-N29 Launcher Issues! My Launcher Observations

I have been trying to chnage the default launcher to another launcher such as Action, TFS, Smart etc... However, each time I swap the launcher to test out the best one to use with the right DPI settings, I have noticed that each launcher that would normally work perfectly fine will then stop functioning with error messages of various sorts and even the recover, reset settings of the respective launchers don't fix this problem. When the DPI of the device is reverted to the original 423, even then the launcer refuses to work.
I am just wondering if there is a Huawei protective service that kicks in to prevent any other launcher apart from the default Huawei launcher taking over the default settings. I have uninstalled and resinstaleld my chosen launcher, cleared data, cache etc but still no fix. As a result, annoyed with what happened, I had to factory reset my device and now only installed one launcher without trying other launchers and the problem is fixed.
As a final observation, as a new user of the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G, I really think Huawei needs to overhaul its default launcher by incorporating a number of great features from the Asus Launcher or a combination of others such as the great TSF Launcher, Smart Launcher and the Action Launcher/Pixel Edition. As someone who used a P8 Max back in the days, I have not seen any significant improvements since 2011, which is a great shame for a company like Huawei. Recently, switched from the Asus ZenFone 3 Ultra and I do miss a lot of features of the Asus Launcher. I guess I won't be heard by Huawei but hope somoene will help to resolve these annoyances I have with my new device.

The Huawei Mate 20 X 5G behavior is similar to the Chinese rom, you can't change the default launcher.

anasmhds said:
The Huawei Mate 20 X 5G behavior is similar to the Chinese rom, you can't change the default launcher.
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Wowzer, even the global version that he has?
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I have been trying to chnage the default launcher to another launcher such as Action, TFS, Smart etc... However, each time I swap the launcher to test out the best one to use with the right DPI settings, I have noticed that each launcher that would normally work perfectly fine will then stop functioning with error messages of various sorts and even the recover, reset settings of the respective launchers don't fix this problem. When the DPI of the device is reverted to the original 423, even then the launcer refuses to work.
I am just wondering if there is a Huawei protective service that kicks in to prevent any other launcher apart from the default Huawei launcher taking over the default settings. I have uninstalled and resinstaleld my chosen launcher, cleared data, cache etc but still no fix. As a result, annoyed with what happened, I had to factory reset my device and now only installed one launcher without trying other launchers and the problem is fixed.
As a final observation, as a new user of the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G, I really think Huawei needs to overhaul its default launcher by incorporating a number of great features from the Asus Launcher or a combination of others such as the great TSF Launcher, Smart Launcher and the Action Launcher/Pixel Edition. As someone who used a P8 Max back in the days, I have not seen any significant improvements since 2011, which is a great shame for a company like Huawei. Recently, switched from the Asus ZenFone 3 Ultra and I do miss a lot of features of the Asus Launcher. I guess I won't be heard by Huawei but hope somoene will help to resolve these annoyances I have with my new device.
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Im in agreement with your Emui and features lacking comments. They even went as much to basically copy One UI 1.0 yet they didn't copy it's features, just the looks.
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Limeybastard said:
Wowzer, even the global version that he has?
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Im in agreement with your Emui and features lacking comments. They even went as much to basically copy One UI very 1.0 yet they didn't copy it's features, just the looks.
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Yes even the global version that he has?
I have same issue ?

anasmhds said:
Yes even the global version that he has?
I have same issue [emoji24]
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Damn.
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I have N29 global 5g version- installed nova and set it as default... No any problem.

Also no problems here on EVR-N29 (C431).

It seems we will not see beta program... And really stable android 10 is seriously late.
Many midrange devices got it, and Samsung s10 5g also.

ivanox1972 said:
It seems we will not see beta program... And really stable android 10 is seriously late.
Many midrange devices got it, and Samsung s10 5g also.
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True.... Unfortunately ?

Received November security update no 9.1.1.197 C185

anasmhds said:
Received November security update no 9.1.1.197 C185
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Good to see that they continue updates on 9.1 as they should be since 10 is beta.
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Is this launcher issue on EVR-N29 Huawei Mate 20X 5G is CONFIRMED?
Coz I already got the EVR-AN00 Chinese Version and plan to sell it just because of this annoying thing I can't set it to Nova Launcher.
Someone please confirm this.
Thank you.

On N29 you can always go to nova launcher, I use it all the time. After every update it goes to huawei home, but you can change if want

mie_shariff said:
Is this launcher issue on EVR-N29 Huawei Mate 20X 5G is CONFIRMED?
Coz I already got the EVR-AN00 Chinese Version and plan to sell it just because of this annoying thing I can't set it to Nova Launcher.
Someone please confirm this.
Thank you.
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If you are running Android 10 on EVR-N29, which is what I am doing now, you will have no issues with the launcher defaulting. When I posted the original thread I was running Android 9.1 and now upgraded to 10 and hopefully EMUI 10.1 soon. All is good overall and would highly recommend upgrade as this will alleviate most of the reported issues on the international version. I am assuming EVR-L29, the 4g Version would also behave in a similarly smooth way if upgraded to Android 10.. I doubt if the Chinese versions would run fine as I think it is not possible to change the launcher using the settings. Perhaps someone else can confirm.

What will android 10.1 bring that 10 lacks?

Jojokoo said:
What will android 10.1 bring that 10 lacks?
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It is actually the EMUI 10.1 update by Huawei. Not sure if the version of Android changes slightly to a version 10.x but we shall find out.
Here are the expected feautures for the Mate 20X and other recent Huawei devices:
The EMUI 10.1 brings MeeTime, Multi-view Conference, Multi-screen, Hands-free video calling, Huawei Share, OneHop, Cast+ Wireless Projection, Sound Booster, Cross-Device Photo Gallery, Celia Voice Assistant, New Themes, Multi-Window, Multi-Device Control Panel, Fast Performance, Security and Privacy.
Source; Huawei Central
You can also check on YouTube and other places for videos of how the UI will look.

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It is actually the EMUI 10.1 update by Huawei. Not sure if the version of Android changes slightly to a version 10.x but we shall find out.
Here are the expected feautures for the Mate 20X and other recent Huawei devices:
The EMUI 10.1 brings MeeTime, Multi-view Conference, Multi-screen, Hands-free video calling, Huawei Share, OneHop, Cast+ Wireless Projection, Sound Booster, Cross-Device Photo Gallery, Celia Voice Assistant, New Themes, Multi-Window, Multi-Device Control Panel, Fast Performance, Security and Privacy.
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Do you know if the battery will improve in emui 10.1? Many people i've talked to said the battery on the mate 20 x is poor.

Jojokoo said:
Do you know if the battery will improve in emui 10.1? Many people i've talked to said the battery on the mate 20 x is poor.
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Yes, I totally agree that the battery life on the Mate 20X (in particular the EVR-N29 5G Model) is very poor. Not sure if the new update will improve battery life but I really hope that it will. My previous Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra had slightly higher capacity but had much better battery management. Huawei needs to get this right urgently.
Huawei phones need to stop being just about good camera tech. They need to improve the UI, battery and some other basics that they could easily learn from Asus. A brand I don't really like due to poor customer service but really admire their efforts to produce usable and well thought out products.

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Huawei phones need to stop being just good about camera tech. They need to improve the UI, battery and some other basics that they could easily learn from Asus. .
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This !!! Crazy facts !!
Yes, I totally agree that the battery life on the Mate 20X (in particular the EVR-N29 5G Model) is very poor. Not sure if the new update will improve battery life but I really hope that it will. My previous Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra had slightly higher capacity but had much better battery management.
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Whats so confusing is those claiming to get 9 hours sot on the 20x. But many more still claim poor battery. I dont know what to make of this. On my samsung a70 with 4500 mah I get 5 - 6 hours sot and 2- 3 days standby time.
What are your sot and standby time on your mate 20x?
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Jojokoo said:
This !!! Crazy facts !!
Whats so confusing is those claiming to get 9 hours sot on the 20x. But many more still claim poor battery. I dont know what to make of this. On my samsung a70 with 4500 mah I get 5 - 6 hours sot and 2- 3 days standby time.
What are your sot and standby time on your mate 20x?
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The short of a long answer is that if you are happy NOT to have a 5G phone yet then to address the battery issue I would recommend the 4G EVR-L29 model which has many advantages such as the higher battery, proper LOUD dual speakers and the headphone jack. The 5G model does not have these and when I run on 5g where I get reception, battery life is even worse. I think the best part of the 5g model is just the 256GB memory, 5g and the40 watt charging which the 4g International model does not have. (256gb available only on the China Version of the 4G Model)
In my experience, even with very minimal use the 5g model will require charging at least once per day but the 4g model will definitely last longer than a day with minimal use. I think the problem lies with the display, the Balong 5000 5G MultiMode chipset and crucially poor battery mamagement of these systems on this device. Today with around 1hr of use at 50% brightenss, battery depleted by around 30%. Which to me is not acceptable. I only used it for browsing and typing.

Motorolla G 5G Plus Updates and Support Questions

hello .. i am really interested with this phone as its currently on sale for 375USD ~ 1399 SAR (including VAT 15% and fees) wherr i am right now ( Moto G 5G Plus 128GB 8GB ram ) and i have some questions regarding this phone :
as i have been using android since 2010 ( Samsung S2 - Samsung Note - Samsung Note 2 - Innjoo - Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 - LG V20 - Poco F1 - Mi Max 3 - Mi Max 2 ) i would like to know about these particular points :
1. how does Motorola deliver software updates compared to Xiaomi, Samsung and LG for example ,,, Xiaomi for getting the most out of it with 3 to 4 security and bugs updates and a big android version change annually While LG might get the one or two update to security patches only with no android version update ????
This is still not answered, we received the September 2020 patch on android 10 for now RETMEA channel .... phone code name is nairo
2. Screen on time Expectations; and let me know if this is single or dual 5g / 4g standby mode .. this is important because it heavily affects the standby time ...
Can this phone use both sims and sd card with an adapter ? i would love to know if any of you have tried that
Answer : dual 4g standby and 4g+/5g on the active data sim when it supports it , hybrid adapter works and getting about a day and a half of life with this phone now ... Still on my second cycle and so far i am getting about 8 hrs sot
Update : battery usage is getting better ... 1.5 days of backup with 9 hrs SOT
3. is this phone easily rooted like requesting the unlock and then using a recovery from fastboot with magisk flash ? or its hard like doing LG v20 wizardry and dirty cow exploits with terminals and flashing ? ( i did both ways before on my older phones but i am just getting the sense of this phone
Answer : its not easily rooted due to lack of developers support and rooting will void all warranty which is absurd, plus you get an intrusive badge on your phone once you unlocked boot loader ... Xiaomi is far better in that case because you can re-lock it and the unlocked sign is not like a nuclear disaster sign .. this remind me of samsung and LG which is not appropriate
Rooted by patching the boot.img file with magisk app inside the phone then flashing it from fast boot, its a manual thing and the TWRP recovery is not working well on this Variant so far so you cannot rely on it (cannot access internal storage or sd card while it request codes or passwords)
4. how does this phone compare to the poco x3 nfc ? in terms of daily usage and smoothness ? is the internal memory fast like UFS ?
Answer : it is faster than poco x3 ... 276k poco vs 309k Antutu v8.4.3 ... Ufs 2.1 as gsm arena mentioned
5. does this phone support USB on the go function ? Are the ringer and notification volumes separable in the software ?
Answer : usb otg and charging other devices is supported, ringer and notification volumes cannot be separated (big bummer)? in settings but i am trying Volume Butler for now and so far i can say it sometimes work and sometimes not due to the fact i am using "island" which has applied a personal and a work profile inside the phone
6. does the phone speaker sound pack some bass like the lg v20 for example ? or its tinny like the poco F1 ?
Answer : closer to poco f1 less bass mono speaker, but its loud enough for media consumption for me atleast
7. will motorola support this phone even further with newer features like stereo speakers like what happened for the mi max 2 as an example ? or we will probably rely on other developers for a magisk module ?
Answer not clear yet
8. best cases for this phone ( links on amazon or aliexpress are appreciated if mods approve )
i bought lots of them from aliexpress and i am trying them now ... so far i like this one
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001600406047.html
for stickers i went installing the Hydrogel one yesterday and with the cover the whole phone experience went from ( a very slim phone that i am afraid to crush and break ) to ( this is a good phone that can deal with my daily usage )
9. the device has no notification LED and instead you get a pesky feature called ( display peek ) that keeps the phone turning the screen on for each move and vibration , plus the notifications cannot be seen if you have the hide notification mode on .... simply a bummer for a person who just wants to double tap to wake and unlock only as this called feature consume lots of battery for nothing ! ... motorola if you can see this please fix it
these are some of the detailed issues that i would like keep exploring solutions for as i am very eager to see your answer

Update : added some answers from my experience as i got the phone on 26-10-2020
No notification led light and the phone keeps lighting up the screen if you use moto gestures which is a pain .. already disabled
Google assistant button is useless
No double tap to wake
Nord VPN app notworking properly cannot login or use the vpn (Updated app now works fine)... Other vpn provider ultrasurf worked fine
No full screen recorder
21:9 screen is very long and only well suited for portrait use
Phone got security patch update September 2020

moto g 5g plus varient specs and antutu score
Some screen shots showing the current device specs and antutu score

I have had it for 2 weeks now, feels quite sluggish especially when switching apps but this is the 4gb ram version. Is the 8gb ram one any better?
This is an android one device which Google says should receive os updates for 2 years (android 11 and 12) and security updates for 3 but no word on the moto g 5g plus specifically

ludio22 said:
I have had it for 2 weeks now, feels quite sluggish especially when switching apps but this is the 4gb ram version. Is the 8gb ram one any better?
This is an android one device which Google says should receive os updates for 2 years (android 11 and 12) and security updates for 3 but no word on the moto g 5g plus specifically
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Glad to hear that it will be supported for 2 more years
Ram usage here is higher than 4gb everyday so yeah its smooth and working well so far ... Can you do the antutu on your varient and check the score to compare ?
Ps : dont forget to turn on adaptive performance it really makes it smoother after a couple of days depending on your usage

thanks
thanks for the advice about adaptive performance, i have turned that on and the difference is significant. i do have my reservations about downloading antutu, just because of all the stuff cheetah mobile has been accused of, but i have done some geekbench tests which I screenshotted but I don't knkow how to upload them here,
so the multi core scores averaged at 1838 and
the single threaded at 592 after running 3 tests

ludio22 said:
thanks
thanks for the advice about adaptive performance, i have turned that on and the difference is significant. i do have my reservations about downloading antutu, just because of all the stuff cheetah mobile has been accused of, but i have done some geekbench tests which I screenshotted but I don't knkow how to upload them here,
so the multi core scores averaged at 1838 and
the single threaded at 592 after running 3 tests
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Hi ludio22,
I'm going to buy the 4gb version too. How is it going after these two months? Is 4gb really a limit for everyday use?

The phone can be rooted very easily, with the standard Magisk procedure.

Automatic light dimmer

Hey folks
I bought my first M20X in November 2018.
It was crashed ½ year ago, so sad.
Then I bought a Samsung s21 ultra, had it 1 month, did not like Sammy any longer, hate the OS and the display size hmmm to small.
Then I got my xiaomi mi 11 ultra 1½month ago, I liked it better then the S21u BUT missed my good old M20X which still is a hardcore phone in my eyes.
I bought a new one 8gb 256gm Chinese version with a global rom on Aliexpress
It work absolutely 100% like my old global M20X Hong Kong version, no Chinese stuff at all.
It surprised me the M20X forum still is active here.. Awesome, not much, but still.
Big story yes, for a tiny question.
Every time I restart my M20X is set as automatic light dimmer grrrrr, don't want that.
I remember the same problem in 2018, but how to fix it, I don't remember and can't find anything about it...
Anyone in here know what to do ??

Rly no one in here have a solution?

BigDisplay said:
Rly no one in here have a solution?
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Hey.. found this. You need to be on no higher than 9.1 for this to work. If you've already upgraded you need to perform a rollback using Hisuite...
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Hey
Thx but I have the highest update you can get to this phone. And I'm happy for this, because it gives me all i need. I don't even use my xiaomi mi 11 ultra... I had it for around 3 weeks now, but this tiny display is hard to work with
And most amazing part I got 2 security updates the last 5-6 weeks, it surprised me a lot

BigDisplay said:
Hey
Thx but I have the highest update you can get to this phone. And I'm happy for this, because it gives me all i need. I don't even use my xiaomi mi 11 ultra... I had it for around 3 weeks now, but this tiny display is hard to work with
And most amazing part I got 2 security updates the last 5-6 weeks, it surprised me a lot
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Hey,
Kinda confused here. Do you have the chinese version? Because I noticed you have 11.0.0.155. But I'm on 11.0.0.142 on C636. How were you able to get 155 when i dont?

Hi
Yes i have a Chinese version 256gb 8gb EU rom version and I bought it on Aliexpress like this.
So it's really a upgrade vs my first M20X C636 Hong Kong version
Took 3 weeks to be delivered.
And as I told, I still get security updates for it
Take a look
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOjxkpz

BigDisplay said:
Yes i have a Chinese version 256gb 8gb EU rom version and I bought it on Aliexpress like this.
So it's really a upgrade vs my first M20X C636 Hong Kong version
Took 3 weeks to be delivered.
And as I told, I still get security updates for it
Take a look
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOjxkpz
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Ok thats what i thought.
Today I tried the samsung note 20 ultra at a store. I have to admit it looks very good! It may be a bit smaller than the 20x but its still a big phone with an amazing sharp bright screen. I'm very tempted into selling my 20x and buying the note 20 ultra instead. Very tempted.

I understand you, tried the same with S21 ultra BUT, for me the display is much smaller and the battery time sucks big time vs M20X and that's enough for me to go back to my beloved M20X.
And I think the same will happen with Mi 11 ultra. When I compare speed etc, I don't feel any big difference at all. So M20X is still 95% up to date.
But wish you good luck then