Pocophone F1 - The new flagship killer?

massy086

eggy81 wrote: »

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

no none you will just have to set your time manually

MarkR

massy086 wrote: »

no none you will just have to set your time manually

Funny story. Going Indian stops me from finding my 5ghz network on virgin media. Can anyone else confirm?

eggy81

Tried it there and it completely changed the operation of miui browser. Went back. I'm sure it'll be updated to work over here at some stage??

MarkR

Changed the channel of the band and can see again. Will be changing to lineage once I can unlock my bootloader.

god's toy

eggy81 wrote: »

Tried it there and it completely changed the operation of miui browser. Went back. I'm sure it'll be updated to work over here at some stage??

Yea I so would not be using the built in browser, all other 3rd party ones like chrome and Firefox will be fine. It also changes the video recommendations on the built in video/music app (can also be turned off in apps settings) but I also would not be ever using them so no loss. Oh and wont be ever using it's own app store or theme apps, just use Google-Play and a 3rd party if you need too.

vsh

MarkR wrote: »

Funny story. Going Indian stops me from finding my 5ghz network on virgin media. Can anyone else confirm?

I changed the region to Belgium and the face unlock works fine, as well as the 5GHz band of the router. And I think you're less lightly to have Indian ads...

MOH

if anyone' still considering it, thumbs up to Honorbuy. Ordered 6pm Wednesday, delivered 11:30 today (Friday).
€340 delivered for the 128GB version, with a TPU case and screen protector.

ciara1052

tedpan wrote: »

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

I recently picked up a one plus 6 for a christmas present but I'm actually thinking of getting this for myself...seems like there's very little difference in spec but a massive difference in price going off GSMarena.

Duff

Right lads, my O/H has decided she wants one of these. Will I be able to get one in time for Christmas, and if so, where's the best/cheapest place?

Cheers.

seannash

Duff wrote: »

Right lads, my O/H has decided she wants one of these. Will I be able to get one in time for Christmas, and if so, where's the best/cheapest place?

Cheers.

Honorbuy,
Ordered my mi mix 3 on Monday and got it Thursday.
Pick the European warehouse

Duff

seannash wrote: »

Honorbuy,
Ordered my mi mix 3 on Monday and got it Thursday.
Pick the European warehouse

Perfect. Thanks!

god's toy

I should be on commission for this phone ha ha. Have three in work after I showed mine off. We've become the cult of Poco!

MOH

Duff wrote: »

Right lads, my O/H has decided she wants one of these. Will I be able to get one in time for Christmas, and if so, where's the best/cheapest place?

Cheers.

Mine actually came with a TPU case in the (Xiaomi) box. So prob no point ordering a seperate TPU case. Damn that €1.75 wasted!

alec76

I am strongly suggesting reading Honorbuy reviews for aftersale services
before placing the orders
https://ie.trustpilot.com/review/honorbuy.com

wotzgoingon

MarkR wrote: »

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....

I know it's late and you sorted the issue but you have to go into device manager in windows while in fastboot mode and select the driver manually.

god's toy

eggy81 wrote: »

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

massy086 wrote: »

You have to set the phone region to india

Just tested, face unlock works fine on UK region now (once you've updated MIUI 10)



Happy days

MarkR

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I know it's late and you sorted the issue but you have to go into device manager in windows while in fastboot mode and select the driver manually.

Device wasn't picked up in device manager at all in windows 10. Fortunately I had an old laptop with Windows 7 on it. Got it working straight away.

Windows 10 shenanigans.

god's toy

Pie is out on poco F1 ! 10.1.3.0 is downloading right now.

sioda

god's toy wrote: »

Pie is out on poco F1 ! 10.1.3.0 is downloading right now.

Is it a push update or you downloading it and upgrading yourself?

Nemeses2050

Ordered from Honorbuy on Sunday afternoon and arrived this morning, super quick delivery. Box is on my desk, staring at me can't wait to open it

Standard Toaster

sioda wrote: »

Is it a push update or you downloading it and upgrading yourself?

It's push but you can just download it here and then point the updated to it manually. "Choose update package"


https://bigota.d.miui.com/V10.1.3.0.PEJMIFI/miui_POCOF1Global_V10.1.3.0.PEJMIFI_f05771189d_9.0.zip


Downloading now myself.

Standard Toaster

And done

honda boi

Standard Toaster wrote: »

And done

Any noticeable differences?
Read somewhere about Google camera not working after updating

Standard Toaster

Haven't dived into it just yet so can't tell you. A few new prompts asking to allow things etc.


Just took a pic with the Google Cam app just fine too.

Bigserious1

Have a 64gb blue one arriving tomorrow from Amazon but bought a note 9 last week instead.

Anyone interested in it before I return it? Will owe me €320 I think.

god's toy

honda boi wrote: »

Any noticeable differences?
Read somewhere about Google camera not working after updating

Deffo opening apps faster, no question.

sioda

Very easy update has to be said.

I can't hide the notch now that's annoying

Albanach1

Had the Pocophone about 3 weeks now. 128GB from Honorbuy, cracking delivery time, ordered Sunday received Tuesday.

Very impressed with the phone so far, very fast. I'm using the Nova Launcher on it to give it the same feel of old HTC. Only thing missing for me is NFC but didn't use it too much so no real loss.

McMurphy

Raging.

Bought a 64GB one for 311stg on Amazon (gets delivered today) then I see they're going for less on honour buy for the 128gb one. :mad:

Think I might return to Amazon.

Wonder would I get an honour buy one before Christmas guys?

Nemeses2050

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Raging.

Bought a 64GB one for 311stg on Amazon (gets delivered today) then I see they're going for less on honour buy for the 128gb one. :mad:

Think I might return to Amazon.

Wonder would I get an honour buy one before Christmas guys?[/QUOTE

64GB ones were going for STG 279 on Amazon. I bought a 128GB from Honour buy, ordered Sunday 11.30 and received Tuesday 11.30 Am.

god's toy

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Raging.

Bought a 64GB one for 311stg on Amazon (gets delivered today) then I see they're going for less on honour buy for the 128gb one. :mad:

Think I might return to Amazon.

Wonder would I get an honour buy one before Christmas guys?

The warranty on Amazon will be saver should you have any problems.. To me is always worth paying extra for.

McMurphy

god's toy wrote: »

The warranty on Amazon will be saver should you have any problems.. To me is always worth paying extra for.

Was thinking that myself

Just noted. The one I'm due is the UK version v honourbuy global.

What's the difference between the two?

god's toy

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Was thinking that myself

Just noted. The one I'm due is the UK version v honourbuy global.

What's the difference between the two?

The UK one will come with a uk charger not sure about the other one. I think what defines them is also the version of miui that they come with.

McMurphy

god's toy wrote: »

The UK one will come with a uk charger not sure about the other one. I think what defines them is also the version of miui that they come with.

Came with the 3 pin UK plug, but said global on the box.

Haven't even turned it on yet, but like the look and feel of it so far.

abarkie

Nemeses2050 wrote: »

64GB ones were going for STG 279 on Amazon. I bought a 128GB from Honour buy, ordered Sunday 11.30 and received Tuesday 11.30 Am.

How much did you pay from Honorbuy for the 128GB please?

bargainboy

hey guys does anyone know anything about honorbuy.com ,do they only accept paypal as i just tried to buy from them with my credit card and it allowed me to chose my credit card (mastercard) i filled in all the criteria necessary and correctly and hit next it brought me to the next screen where i was given an option to sign up for a paypal account or not i chose no
it went on to the processing screen then brought me back to the previous screen where i got a pop up saying my card was declined seems very sketchy any help welcome

bargainboy

nevermind no they don't like to deal with anything other than pay-pal for whatever reason safer for both parties though i suppose .

jamesoc85

Hi all, I purchased mine on honorbuy yesterday. The status is now “Preparation in EU Warehouse” can anyone tell me how long did it take to receive the phone? And which delivery company did honorbuy use? Thanks

Albanach1

jamesoc85 wrote: »

Hi all, I purchased mine on honorbuy yesterday. The status is now “Preparation in EU Warehouse” can anyone tell me how long did it take to receive the phone? And which delivery company did honorbuy use? Thanks

DHL delivered mine from Honorbuy. They were very quick & got tracking updates.

positron

Thanks for the heads up on Pie update.

I am not sure if this is related to Pie or not, I just figured out it's possible to change the app drawer background to black. It's fantastic. I hated the white background on Android on my last phone (Huawei) which had no way of changing it - especially when you are using it at night. This now ideal, now this reminds me of the Nexus 5, simple black inside/out and super quick (like how Nexus 5 used to be 5 years ago).

sioda

positron wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up on Pie update.

I am not sure if this is related to Pie or not, I just figured out it's possible to change the app drawer background to black. It's fantastic. I hated the white background on Android on my last phone (Huawei) which had no way of changing it - especially when you are using it at night. This now ideal, now this reminds me of the Nexus 5, simple black inside/out and super quick (like how Nexus 5 used to be 5 years ago).

How?

god's toy

positron wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up on Pie update.

I am not sure if this is related to Pie or not, I just figured out it's possible to change the app drawer background to black. It's fantastic. I hated the white background on Android on my last phone (Huawei) which had no way of changing it - especially when you are using it at night. This now ideal, now this reminds me of the Nexus 5, simple black inside/out and super quick (like how Nexus 5 used to be 5 years ago).

Nope, that update came a few weeks ago but it's very welcome. Just needs the rest of the backgrounds to be the same.

Dark mode all the things!

I am not seeing app running on top of one another like they use too. IE google maps doesn't shrink to become postage stamp size when running another app... Wonder if setting.

positron

sioda wrote: »

How?

Pull up the app drawer and look for the settings toothed wheel icon on the top right. That takes you to 'Home screen & Recents' settings, and in there there's an option to set 'Drawer's background' - choices are light, transparent & dark.

HTH.

Nemeses2050

abarkie wrote: »

How much did you pay from Honorbuy for the 128GB please?

Hi, I paid E 334 (311 + 23 delivery)

McMurphy

Ok I'm about to fire my phone up, I presently have been using 2 phones, a note 3 and S7..

What's the easiest way of transferring data from both phones to.the poco does anyone Know?

positron

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Ok I'm about to fire my phone up, I presently have been using 2 phones, a note 3 and S7..

What's the easiest way of transferring data from both phones to.the poco does anyone Know?

What type of data - Isn't everything important synced to your google account anyway?

t0mm13b

Downloading the latest Android Pie...:pac:

roper1664

Issues I was having with Bluetooth are resolved since update to Pie.

McMurphy

Am I missing something here, but can't seem to cast YouTube video to the shield?

glog

Pocophone running Pie and latest Miui 10.
App status' only appearing randomly (and quickly disappear) on home screen (left of notch).
If i pull down top status menu then I can see them there.
For example I have no way of telling if alarm is on from either the lock screen or the home screen.
I have to either go into Clock App or pull down top menu.
I seem to have all the correct settings in App Notification/Status Bar menus.

Anyone else seeing this? is it a bug or am i missing a setting?

TIA
gLog.