I have never used stock Xiaomi software for more than the time it took to unlock the bootloader. The custom ROMs for my devices were jank as fuck too. I will never buy from Xiaomi again. Only Pixel and GrapheneOS from now on.
I LOVE GRAPHENEOS AND OTHER DEGOOGLED SYSTEMS!! I LOVE HAVING (MORE) CONTROL OVER MY DEVICE (WITHOUT ROOTING)
I completely agree. You don’t need to shout however :)
:) OKay
What’s broken:
- caps lock
- you tell me!
i went for a Nothing Phone (1) cause i got tired of bloatware. It’s nice that when you want to do something on your phone it just does it, without shoving an ad down your throat.
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Samsung shows ads on the phone’s lock screen…it’s that intrusive. Only people maybe spared are those with 1K+ Galaxy Phones. By this point, might as well buy an iPhone.
I’ve been buying the galaxy line of phones for a while now, currently have an S21U. I’ve never seen ads on the lock screen before. It doesn’t completely surprise me though, my Samsung TV does have some movie and TV ads on the home screen, just like my Roku and most streaming apps now.
no, it doesn’t (I’ve never seen ads on all price ranges, M12, A52s and S21FE)
maybe you accidentally activated Samsung’s “help poor people” app (forgot it’s name). It shows ads on the lockscreen and donates most of the ad revenue to charities (Samsung takes a cut tho which is a bit scummy). You can just uninstall it, like any other app.
Also, low-end Samsung phones (like M1* and A1* series) come with a hidden app called AppCloud (it regularly sends you notifications, usually after installing updates, asking you to finish setting up your phone by installing some bloatware like TikTok and stuff), make sure to disable it from the Settings.
He must be talking about glance on samsung.
I looked into my options really carefully when choosing my phone last year. Few things to note, when looking for an Android phone:
- Make sure it’s either a pixel or a Snapdragon powered phone. This just means that if the manufacturer does some stupid stuff, there is a higher probability of your phone having a custom rom.
- Stay away from Samsung if you want to install custom roms, they are really against it.
- Pick a manufacturer of good build quality and software updates being stable, some manufacturers just half as them and brick the phone/ damage display/motherboard because they pushed update with wrong voltage.
- if you want a basic phone and don’t really care about the most beautiful photos or do heavy mobile gaming, just pick a cheap phone, it will be more than enough.
The phone I picked was Moto G52, it cost me ~150USD and it is one of the best phone experiences I’ve had. It lasts me 2-3 days on a charge, mostly because I do close to nothing on it just answering calling/messages and some basic internet surfing. For my purpose, it is better than a top end iPhone/Android phone.
Motorola is quite slow with updates, but the community is great and created and are now maintaing custom roms, which means I get the latest software updates quite regularly. The camera is passable, but the speakers they are loud like really really loud, louder almost all smartphone.
Bonus points: it has a headphone jack.
I used to think Xiaomi phones were great, because they were the only ones I’d ever had. But then I tried out Samsung, Motorola, Vivo, and many others, and just got blown away each time I remembered I used to enjoy MIUI
Well Samsung phones are basically 2x or 3x the price …
If you are going to use a xiaomi phone you have to at least put a custom ROM on it.
They are probably waiting on the unlocking period.
Am I weird for like MIUI 🥲
You can use MIUI by Xiaomi.eu. It’s a custom rom based on Chinese MIUI.
Chinese MIUI has more features than the other regional roms. Everytime they showcase a new MIUI version most of the features only arrive to the Chinese rom, all other regions get just basic stuff.
Whether you like it or not is not the issue.
The issue is, as with most modern OSs, that the OS itself is chock full of spyware.
I’m done with Xiaomi. Good hardware but very intrusive software. Just to change the ringtone or the notification sound I have to accept being spied by them. Had to use a 3rd party software to change these. Wallpapers? Nah, accept the terms to be spied on as you use our theme software. I’m done, writing this on a Redmi Note 11 but already ordered a Moto G23 to replace it. Love the screen of the Note 11 but tired of the bullshit push to relinquish control of the device.
Will try the Pixel Experience ROM after I transfer everything to the new phone but I need banking apps working, not much hopeful.
Whem the Fairphone 5 comes out I will buy one. Decided it is time to invest on fair devices.
I had experienced that on a Vivo phone. The worst device i’ve ever got it. The only advantage is a Snapdragon as a CPU.
LineageOS solved this issue for me.
It’s a little outdated model, but on late 2022 I got a brand new Redmi Note 9 Pro (2020) just so I could have a Xiaomi without MIUI cancer. I’m using it right now.
The problem is finding an offically supported model, otherwise you rely on people who post their custom LineageOS roms on forums.
It’s not even good hardware.
I’ve got a Mi 10t Lite, and the camera is useless. It randomly blurs patches of photos when it takes them, especially if you dare to use the zoom
Even worse is the Calculator app lmao. I was baffled when I had to sing some terms and Conditions to upload my data in order to use the calculator app.
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Only difference with a Pixel phone is they won’t ask your permission.
Yeah, but at least it’s just Google, not Google and Xiaomi (and who knows who else…).
Writing this on a Redmi note 10 running pixel experience. Banking apps all work fine. I haven’t had any issues with stuff like that.
Same. On X3 Pro running CrDroid. The lroblem I face is that battery backup is not that good, the launcher’s recent menu is buggy sometimes, and gestures are not great as MIUi. (Like can’t swipe back on Gbaord to close it.)
Otherwise a lot better in every aspect than MIUi. No junk of apps and lot better privacy.
I haven’t encountered an app that doesn’t work after using magisk to hide root acces.
Btw xiaomi.eu ROMs are also a good option next to lineageOS.
Banking apps work on Pixel Experience along with Google pay. Writing this from my Mi 9T Pro with PE android 13 installed.
I’m typing this from an unrooted xiaomi phone with lineage for microg where I can use banking apps. The only downside is having to connect to a computer every time I install an update.
“Eat a tick” is a new one. I like it.
Only Xiaomi does this, even other Chinese phones are not doing this. It sucks though because I want to use a simple and minimal launcher with gestures
Install a custom rom and be done with this proprietary bullshit
yeah but gestures were extremely broken and sucked on all android phones I’ve ever used (EXCEPT custom ROMs and Pixels) if used with a 3p launcher. actually just stick to a 3 button navbar.
In stark contrast to the other comment, I’ve hated gestures, and have actively switched every modern android I’ve gotten back to 3 buttons. And yeah, Nova Launcher till I die.
I only ever used gestures and never had a single issue.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.android.sidegesturepad
This is the best app by far. Been using it for years.
Not compatible with my Pixel. Possibly a Samsung only app.
Damn really? I thought it was universal
By Samsung?? That’s interesting, thanks for the link 👍
that is actually an android thing. it f* sucks.
I use gestures on my third party launcher, android 13.
This is why I install a custom rom on all of my phones
This isn’t the default for others. In OneUI, for example, you can use a combination of both, even with 3rd party launchers. One-handed mode+, for example, is awesome for gestures.
its definetly the way to go but i havent seen something this outrageous in a while…
its definetly the way to go but i havent seen something this outrageous in a while…
ROM spies on you — I sleep
ROM doesn’t allow gestures with 3rd party launchers — real shit
Eat a tick? I’m actually not sure which is worse….
Depends on if it has fed and swollen up and turned green…
I had one XIAOMI phone, the Poco X3 NFC. Worst phone experience I’ve ever had, entirely due to their supremely shitty OS mutation.
How dare you insult my phone? Jk the stock ROM is terrible, i only lasted a week using it lmao
