Pocophone F1 - The new flagship killer?

alec76

reuben2018 wrote: »

Thats fair enough but since EGlobal is technically based in the EU i should be able to do something about it, mean like refunds etc. The only thing is i really dont want to go through the hassle of returning the phone!! (

EGlobal based in Hong Kong, not EU.

thehamo

honda boi wrote: »

I think mine has the bleeding issue also.
Tho I doubt youd have much look from the Chinese website.
Got mine from AliExpress and didn't bother contacting the seller as I'd say they'd do f all about it.

I bought a Chuwi lapbook of a Chinese seller on amazon. Went belly up after a few months. Made a complaint and it was refunded without even asking for the lapbook back. You might just get lucky.

That said it was done through Amazon so that's a bonus.

Eglobal have a warranty on all products and pay pal so a dispute might be possible to open too?

massy086

Hi all just got the F1 today love it.is there anything I should do to it like de-bloating or so on

reuben2018

Hey guys! Whilst i was filling out my RMA case ( basically a returns case) with eglobal i was unsure what i should of place for reason of return (whether to put 14 days faulty, 14 days money back guarantee or the warranty claim). I hope you guys can help and guide me through this issue!!

alec76

reuben2018 wrote: »

Hey guys! Whilst i was filling out my RMA case ( basically a returns case) with eglobal i was unsure what i should of place for reason of return (whether to put 14 days faulty, 14 days money back guarantee or the warranty claim). I hope you guys can help and guide me through this issue!!

https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/cancellation-and-return-policy-eu.html
Start there, couldnt find 14 days money back guarantee.?
Eglobal and any other Chinese company is the worst to deal with IF anything goes wrong.
Paypal dispute might be you only hope.
PS. I would try
Return of Faulty Item ( under 30 days return policy), otherwise they charge you €30 restocking fee + postage to Hong Kong.

Krombopulos Michael

Interesting video about flashing the F1 and making is more like the Pixel 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsHtfLh6azw

MOH

alec76 wrote: »

Eglobal and any other Chinese company is the worst to deal with IF anything goes wrong.
Paypal dispute might be you only hope.

That's a massive generalisation!

alec76

MOH wrote: »

That's a massive generalisation!

I would like to read some reviews with positive /painless experience of returning goods to China ?
The easiest route - Paypal dispute/Aliexpress Dispute/ credit card charge back.

reuben2018

alec76 wrote: »

I would like to read some reviews with positive /painless experience of returning goods to China ?
The easiest route - Paypal dispute/Aliexpress Dispute/ credit card charge back.

Under what basis would you open the following disputes in my case??

alec76

reuben2018 wrote: »

alec76 wrote: »

I would like to read some reviews with positive /painless experience of returning goods to China ?
The easiest route - Paypal dispute/Aliexpress Dispute/ credit card charge back.[/]

Under what basis would you open the following disputes in my case??

You have to submit RMA ticket first anyway.

reuben2018

alec76 wrote: »

reuben2018 wrote: »

You have to submit RMA ticket first anyway.

Why??

alec76

https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/aw130/
Some user experience, you could search boards.ie too

alec76

reuben2018 wrote: »

alec76 wrote: »

Why??

What you mean? Have they denied to exchange it/ refund it etc already? Have you proof of it ?Can you present this evidence to PayPal etc?

sioda

Has anyone tried rooting the poco that video above has me tempted

ouxbbkqtswdfaw

How does one go about selling a pocophone?

ouxbbkqtswdfaw

Can I return it to amazon.de after 3 weeks use?

RocketRaccoon

7s52ot9fg4eqvr wrote: »

How does one go about selling a pocophone?

Pm me with asking price

ouxbbkqtswdfaw

Sorry RocketRaccoon, a neighbour had asked me to sell it to him. Sorry about that.

god's toy

Krombopulos Michael wrote: »

Interesting video about flashing the F1 and making is more like the Pixel 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsHtfLh6azw

Good vid. Don't know why the hate on the default launcher/android version tho as to me its fine (MIUI has quarks but there are a lot of worse ones out there) will be looking at the camera app tho.

honda boi

god's toy wrote: »

Good vid. Don't know why the hate on the default launcher/android version tho as to me its fine (MIUI has quarks but there are a lot of worse ones out there) will be looking at the camera app tho.

Been using the cam app for awhile now.
Think it takes better pics then the normal app but anyone notice it takes long to actual take the pic?
So when I press to take the picture it takes a good second or 2 to actual take it?

god's toy

honda boi wrote: »

Been using the cam app for awhile now.
Think it takes better pics then the normal app but anyone notice it takes long to actual take the pic?
So when I press to take the picture it takes a good second or 2 to actual take it?

hmm that's a bug I've seen on the Pixel 3 too.

honda boi

god's toy wrote: »

hmm that's a bug I've seen on the Pixel 3 too.

Had a nosey around and found out if you turn off hdr+ ,fixes the lag.
Fixed the lag but now the pictures taken don't get saved anywhere!!!

tedpan

7s52ot9fg4eqvr wrote:

How does one go about selling a pocophone?

7s52ot9fg4eqvr wrote:

Sorry RocketRaccoon, a neighbour had asked me to sell it to him. Sorry about that.

Sold within 2 hours, tough sale!

PowerTaxi

Just bought this off Amazon UK but theres no information about a delivery date. Any idea how long it'd take?

Bigserious1

PowerTaxi wrote: »

Just bought this off Amazon UK but theres no information about a delivery date. Any idea how long it'd take?

Ordered one 5 days ago and it still hasn't been sent.

eggy81

Mine arrived from Amazon UK in 5 days. This was 3 weeks ago though.

SteelyDanJalapeno

whats the camera like on this?

Any dxomark available?

SleetAndSnow

Ordered on Amazon on Black Friday, delivered to parcel motel yesterday and in my hands today for my sister. Can’t wait for her to open it now.

Subcomandante Marcos

MKBHD did a mass camera comparison over the last while on twitter and Instagram and the results will surprise you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5-bo8a4zU0

alec76

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Ordered on Amazon on Black Friday, delivered to parcel motel yesterday and in my hands today for my sister. Can’t wait for her to open it now.

There is free shipping to Ireland , isn’t ? Why would you use Parcel Motel instead?

SleetAndSnow

alec76 wrote: »

There is free shipping to Ireland , isn’t ? Why would you use Parcel Motel instead?

Nobody home to collect the package!

MOH

About to finally pull the trigger on this, but very quick question for anyone who has one. My main worry is the raised curved screen.
On my current OnePlus, a TPU case like this is raised enough above the screen that if it lands face down the screen isn't going to contact anything.

Just worried with the curved screen that the screen will be flush with the case edge, or even above it, so will the the impact if it drops face down? Or is it not that pronounced?

And should I grab something like this too to be safe?

Krombopulos Michael

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

MKBHD did a mass camera comparison over the last while on twitter and Instagram and the results will surprise you.

Haven't had a chance to watch this yet but I will. I was voting on the pics myself on Instagram as it was an interesting experiment.

Dele

Is this better than a Samsung?

seannash

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

MKBHD did a mass camera comparison over the last while on twitter and Instagram and the results will surprise you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5-bo8a4zU0

Its slightly skewed.
If he had put the pocophone up against the Mate 20 in the first round it would have lost and looked unremarkable. I agree it did cause an upset in the first round but it was a one photo shootout. Not exactly a comprehensive test.

statto25

I stuck Linage OS on it for the craic last night. Fairly straight forward and no complaints so far. Battery seems as good as always and still as snappy.

the heathen

seannash wrote: »

Its slightly skewed.
If he had put the pocophone up against the Mate 20 in the first round it would have lost and looked unremarkable. I agree it did cause an upset in the first round but it was a one photo shootout. Not exactly a comprehensive test.

That's right. That's how knock-out competitions work. It still got through a few rounds against more expensive phones which in itself is noteworthy.

You're right, it's not comprehensive. It's little more than a bit of fun. But there *are* conclusions to be drawn. The conclusion isn't that it's better than phones that got knocked out before it, but that it was able to hold it's own to some extent among much more expensive devices. And for a €300 phone that's a decent effort.

sydthebeat

the heathen wrote: »

That's right. That's how knock-out competitions work. It still got through a few rounds against more expensive phones which in itself is noteworthy.

You're right, it's not comprehensive. It's little more than a bit of fun. But there *are* conclusions to be drawn. The conclusion isn't that it's better than phones that got knocked out before it, but that it was able to hold it's own to some extent among much more expensive devices. And for a €300 phone that's a decent effort.

yeah the problem with that fun comparison is that, when posting to insta or twitter, the features of the more expensive cameras are basically negated....

kinda like recording a piece of music in a 16 bit CD quality FLAC file... but when its posted to say, youtube, it can be compressed to a 64 kbps mp3 lossy sound.... so you completely lose the definition and sharpness.

still.... in comparison with the more expensive phones when viewed on this level playing field, the pocophone still did very very well for a much more budget level phone.

Bigserious1

I watched this last night and wasn't the outcome just that 99% of people will pick the brighter image when presented with 2x choices.

And also that most phone cameras these days are more than good enough for the majority of people.

god's toy

Dele wrote: »

Is this better than a Samsung?

A Samsung what?

Is a VW better than a Skoda?

the heathen

sydthebeat wrote: »

yeah the problem with that fun comparison is that, when posting to insta or twitter, the features of the more expensive cameras are basically negated....

That's right. And that's exactly what most folk use their phones for. So the poll certainly has some real-world relevance

sydthebeat wrote: »

kinda like recording a piece of music in a 16 bit CD quality FLAC file... but when its posted to say, youtube, it can be compressed to a 64 kbps mp3 lossy sound.... so you completely lose the definition and sharpness.

Good comparison because the majority of folk are more than happy with the quality of MP3.

sydthebeat wrote: »

still.... in comparison with the more expensive phones when viewed on this level playing field, the pocophone still did very very well for a much more budget level phone.

Indeed.

tedpan

Pulling the trigger, for 300e the OnePlus 6/6t is not worth the marginal difference. Can't wait!

MarkR

I'm having some trouble unlocking the bootloader. Can't get the unlocking program to find the phone in fastboot mode. Tried reinstalling drivers, different ports, cables, and two windows ten computers.

Each time I get the message to press any key to shut down on the handset.

Any ideas?

X6.430macman

Found it funny that the other YouTubers he called were trying to stand up for the iPhone X/'s and the like... Some of the photos from the (iPhone spring to mind) were desperate in comparison, they might have been better quality and whatever but they were just to dark imo

god's toy

Haven't seen the video yet but.. I really hope he didn't fall into the trap of using Instagram for those 'tests' ?... It's well known that in order to get the same sharpness level across all manufacturers, you have to boost the one's shot on android phones in Instagram's settings. This is because the devs all used apple phones when they set the levels/settings/balances back in the day (as it wasn't on android then) and so a 'one to one' between an apple and an android phone pic can never be 'true' as the pics will always look slightly sharper from the apple when in-fact may not be in 'real life'

Krombopulos Michael

MarkR wrote: »

I'm having some trouble unlocking the bootloader. Can't get the unlocking program to find the phone in fastboot mode. Tried reinstalling drivers, different ports, cables, and two windows ten computers.

Each time I get the message to press any key to shut down on the handset.

Any ideas?

Have you gone into the phone settings, activated Developer mode and selected USB debugging?

MarkR

Krombopulos Michael wrote: »

Have you gone into the phone settings, activated Developer mode and selected USB debugging?

I have USB debugging ticked all right. The OEM unlocking switch always turns off when I leave that menu. Is that normal?

Edit, i revoked and reauthorised and OEM remains ticked now. Still getting he same issue with "press any key to restart" in fastboot, and device not detected.

Going to try an old windows 7 laptop.

Fourth time a charm.

Windows 10 seemed to have issues with finding the hardware. Finally got it working on a Win7 Pro machine. Still have to wait 50 something hours....

eggy81

How do you get face recognition to work on this phone. Can't find anything in menus.

massy086

eggy81 wrote: »

How do you get face recognition to work on this phone. Can't find anything in menus.

You have to set the phone region to india

eggy81

Will this make any difference to the operation of the phone.