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Eat a tick? I’m actually not sure which is worse….
Depends on if it has fed and swollen up and turned green…
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 …
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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.
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’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.
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.
It’s terribly annoying. Since they killed PCmode I dropped my tab and more often on my phone.
i was speechless my GF has a note 10 pro or something and wanted to pimp it up but i had to tell her " i guess you have to choose between the cool gestures or the cool launcher…"
That’s one of the reasons I had for changing to Evolution X rom. Also my battery lifetime doubled (Mi 11)
Would recommend looking into custom roms and rooting if you really want to pimp her phone ;)
I’ve dropped MIUI for the stock ROM UI and the Lineage with microg OS …my Poco x3 NFC got great! …until my banking app started blocking non official android systems …
That’s no biggi, look into SafetyNet fix, MagiskHide Props config and Shamiko (they’re all Magisk modules)
Yeah I heard about magisk but I’m not that techy apparently cause I couldn’t get how to install it but I’ll give it another try
Download Magisk from github and just flash it like you did your custom rom. You need to redo this after each rom update/reflashing your recovery. Afterwards open the Magisk app and follow the onscreen instructions (install via root)
Although this method of installing Magisk is not recommended anymore it’s the only one that worked for me. Following the regular instructions always ends in a bootloop/non responsive display for me
Yeah my main fear is to get stucked in a bootloop but I think Ill try flashing it …
yeah that was the idea but i dont think she cares enough to let me unlock it
I got a note 10 pro as well.
First thing I did after I got it was to install LineageOS. It’s so much better.
I haven’t thought about different launchers for years. What launcher do you want to go to and why?
idk something like nova? or anything worth a fuck really , just not this shit
Recently someone in another thread mentioned Niagara, it’s different but easy to navigate one handed on a large phone.
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I use Nova launcher (free edition) and is great, tons of customization!
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.
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 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.
Banking apps work on Pixel Experience along with Google pay. Writing this from my Mi 9T Pro with PE android 13 installed.
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…).
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
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.
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.
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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[Happy opossum noises]
More seriously, I’m not surprised. If you think Western companies are all about lock-in and anti-features ooh boy you should see what the Chinese equivalents work on.
My older redmi has this issue where once a accessibility service was killed, it had to be disabled and enabled with the 10s mandatory wait because xiaomi. Miui also disables a bunch of APIs like 3rd party apps cannot change the wallpaper or the running services option present in most ROMs. This isn’t to ignore the aggressive app killing behavior of miui. Overall, my experience wasn’t great. Oneui is a much better and more stable experience, IMO.
“Eat a tick” is a new one. I like it.
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.
They are doing you a favor, the animations really suck with A11 and further.
huh? i dont care about animations i usually remove them anyway
Then you can easily workaround this with an app, which I forgot its name, it is something like Full Screen Gestures or fluid gestures something like that.
Good to know, no Xiaomi for me
huh? you don’t like hacked af phones from China?
I mean… No, but yeah but no… It’s complicated
I only use hacked af fone from USA!! Yeah!!
You jest but honestly if I’m going to be spied on and my data harvested either way I’d prefer if it was my home country. At least Theoretically something could be done about it like petition my elected officials or sue. Can’t really do that with a foreign country.
On the other hand, China has no jurisdiction over me and will deny to the five eyes countries any data it collects, or the fact that it collects anything at all. Worst they can do is deny me entry to the country because I say Free Tibet! and Xi Jinping looks like Winnie the Pooh! but I don’t plan travelling to China anytime soon so whatever.
But the western countries spying on what I do with my phone can put me on a no-fly list, terrorist watchlist or even arrest me when I say eg that direct action and sabotage against climate-destroying industries is justified and necessary if the powers-that-be make peaceful change of course impossible—as they are doing right now.
Worst they can do is deny me entry to the country
Well the worst they can do is
Put me on a no-fly list, terrorist watchlist or even arrest me
Not having jurisdiction has famously never stopped China. Just ask Tibet. Or any country that wants to sail international waters in the south China sea. Or Hong Kong. Or Taiwan.
Lastly, You are correct about China not sharing data with FVEY countries but don’t think for a second that they are not sharing that info with Russia, Iran, or any other countries that actively seek to harm.
If a country is going to in some way use my data against me, I’d at least like to know the language and what my rights in that country are.
I seriously doubt China would send special agents to kidnap some random netizen from EU. And if they did, that would be a diplomatic incident—lots of explaining to be done and paperwork to be filled. And if they tried to extradite a netizen for saying that Xi Jinping looks like Winnie the Pooh, well, good luck, the courts would laugh at them.
At least Theoretically something could be done about it like petition my elected officials or sue.
Your theory is wrong. Americans overwhelmingly don’t care about privacy. And neither do your elected officials, who probably wouldn’t care if Americans cared anyway, because they’re deeply in the pockets of these corporations.
I was somewhat serious and I agree with you. If a foreign country attempts to use my data to target and manipulate me, it is more likely to be opposed to my best interests.
Huh, you sure about this? Sincerely, a German.
Well, which country would attempt to manipulate an American in a way that would help me?
This is why i switched to a Treble GSI ROM. Try ArrowOS or PixelExperience
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
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 🥲
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.
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.
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Samsung hasn’t fixed it, because there’s nothing to fix, as this is Google’s intention. The gestures work but are very finnicky and the animations are laggy or don’t play at all. Xiaomi decided that they don’t want this so they disabled gestures with third party launchers.
I’m using Nova with gestures on my Pixel and it works perfectly. This is pretty close to base Android.
but on custom roms it works just fine?
Gestures were broken in android 11, but Google had released a fix, so they worked with 3rd party launchers. Xioami, for some reason, hasn’t applied that fix, so it’s still broken in miui. Other roms do not have this issue.
Gestures of Lawnchair work fine here on Lineageos 20 (Android 13).
Never had a problem on my pixel with Niagara.
On android 13 and my gestures work fine.
