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Is it worth changing from the samsung galaxy s6 to a OnePlus 3 ?
The specs , battery and camera ? Will it be an upgrade or a downgrade ?

I used to have a galaxy s6 when it first came out but the battery life was so terrible. no matter what i did i couldnt let it last anymore then 2 sot. its too early to say about battery life and camera. but so far what i seen from the camera its been pretty good. now the galaxy s6 has a qhd display and the op3 will have a 1080p but to me i cant tell the difference. so it be down to preference. currently i have a note 4 and its been good to me but i got the op3 because i know they be alot of roms for it. if i still had my s6 it would be a upgrade. hope i helped.

Looking to upgrade from Samsung Galaxy S4 to Honor 8 pro

I am looking to upgrade from my aging Samsung galaxy S4 to Honor 8 pro, however I need some info on the following from you all existing honor 8 pro users:
1. Does honor 8 pro support call recording (in built or via any third party app)
2. Does Honor 8 pro support flip to mute gesture for calls like my s4.
3. Is the camera better in low light compared to my s4?
4. Is the music quality via headphones better than my s4 or Samsung devices of that generation.
5. I am used to heating on my s4, is it more with honor 8 pro???
Thanks to all in advance.

ankydu said:
I am looking to upgrade from my aging Samsung galaxy S4 to Honor 8 pro, however I need some info on the following from you all existing honor 8 pro users:
1. Does honor 8 pro support call recording (in built or via any third party app)
2. Does Honor 8 pro support flip to mute gesture for calls like my s4.
3. Is the camera better in low light compared to my s4?
4. Is the music quality via headphones better than my s4 or Samsung devices of that generation.
5. I am used to heating on my s4, is it more with honor 8 pro???
Thanks to all in advance.
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1) Call recording is supported by using ACR
2) Yes and many more gestures too. Like raise to ear to pick up calls, etc.
3) Probably! According to me the low light images are very good. There is a slight bit of noise in the pics but still there is quite good detail present in the pics during low or artificial lighting conditions. During day time, it is absolute killer camera.
4) Sound quality is very good per my view. I used Mi Piston HD earphones and they sound pretty good.
5) Not more but there is warming during gameplay, VR streaming but it is never over heating even after an hour of continuous usage. After a while now with my daily use and casual gaming as and when, it seems much cooler and heating seems to be reduced or you can say much less noticed.

ankydu said:
I am looking to upgrade from my aging Samsung galaxy S4 to Honor 8 pro, however I need some info on the following from you all existing honor 8 pro users:
1. Does honor 8 pro support call recording (in built or via any third party app)
2. Does Honor 8 pro support flip to mute gesture for calls like my s4.
3. Is the camera better in low light compared to my s4?
4. Is the music quality via headphones better than my s4 or Samsung devices of that generation.
5. I am used to heating on my s4, is it more with honor 8 pro???
Thanks to all in advance.
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I'm in the exact situation. Waiting for someone to answer.

AbhinavVad said:
I'm in the exact situation. Waiting for someone to answer.
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The answer above isn't enough?

Y u are thinking , honor 8 pro is the best deal ever

AbhinavVad said:
I'm in the exact situation. Waiting for someone to answer.
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Call recording can be done using any app downloaded through Playstore.
Yes it supports gestures like flip to mute, etc.
The audio quality through headphones is better against my Moto X Play.
I have yet to get it heat to uncomfortable levels.
Sent from my DUK-L09 using Tapatalk

I was reading some of the user posts and they say that internet speed is slow on this phone. And also I watched several speed test videos of the Honor 8 Pro with various flagships, particularly with Samsung galaxy S8. Even though overall it was faster than galaxy S8 in loading apps, but in loading data from the net like loading websites in Chrome or loading videos in youtube app it was much slower. Can you please comment in this?
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ankydu said:
I was reading some of the user posts and they say that internet speed is slow on this phone. And also I watched several speed test videos of the Honor 8 Pro with various flagships, particularly with Samsung galaxy S8. Even though overall it was faster than galaxy S8 in loading apps, but in loading data from the net like loading websites in Chrome or loading videos in youtube app it was much slower. Can you please comment in this?
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Nothing like that in my Honor 8 pro.
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ankydu said:
I am looking to upgrade from my aging Samsung galaxy S4 to Honor 8 pro, however I need some info on the following from you all existing honor 8 pro users:
1. Does honor 8 pro support call recording (in built or via any third party app)
2. Does Honor 8 pro support flip to mute gesture for calls like my s4.
3. Is the camera better in low light compared to my s4?
4. Is the music quality via headphones better than my s4 or Samsung devices of that generation.
5. I am used to heating on my s4, is it more with honor 8 pro???
Thanks to all in advance.
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1- yes (through 3rd party apps)
2- no it doesn't but, you can tap volume button to mute.
3- absolutely yes
4- I don't actually know (I didn't own a GS4)
5- NO, it's absolutely capable and won't heat that much
I hope this is clear

ankydu said:
I was reading some of the user posts and they say that internet speed is slow on this phone. And also I watched several speed test videos of the Honor 8 Pro with various flagships, particularly with Samsung galaxy S8. Even though overall it was faster than galaxy S8 in loading apps, but in loading data from the net like loading websites in Chrome or loading videos in youtube app it was much slower. Can you please comment in this?
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Were they testing using wifi or mobile data?
Sent from my Honor 8 using XDA Labs

PalakMi said:
1- yes (through 3rd party apps)
2- no it doesn't but, you can tap volume button to mute.
3- absolutely yes
4- I don't actually know (I didn't own a GS4)
5- NO, it's absolutely capable and won't heat that much
I hope this is clear
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It does support flip to mute gesture.
Sent from my Honor 8 pro using Tapatalk

K.khiladi said:
It does support flip to mute gesture.
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Really, I thought it didn't have it

adriansticoid said:
Were they testing using wifi or mobile data?
Sent from my Honor 8 using XDA Labs
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It was over wifi, both Samsung galaxy S8 and honor 8 pro were connected to the same wifi network and S8 could fetch data much faster than the Honor 8 Pro even though the Honor 8 Pro loaded the apps faster.
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adriansticoid said:
The answer above isn't enough?
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I was on the same screen for a while, so the reply didn't load until I posted mine and refreshed.

AbhinavVad said:
I was on the same screen for a while, so the reply didn't load until I posted mine and refreshed.
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Understood.

5T as upgrade from Note 4..what you guys think? Any feedback is welcome !

Hello!
So my wife has the Note 4 but it is pretty old by now and feels laggy. Unfortunately every new phone has this aspect ratio we both hate 18:9 aside from the Huawei Mate 10 and the the Note FE. Finding the FE seems hard with US warranty and the Mate 10 does not have an OLED screen which she loves. So...as she finds the Note 8 way too long with that hotdog shape...I started thinking the 5t even though is the same aspect ratio, being smaller might be a good alternative. The Mate 10 Pro is also on my short list.
Still, I am leaning towards the 5T the more I read about it. What you guys feel about it after using it for a while? How is Oreo doing on it? Please note that the phone will be completely stock as unlike me, my wife does not want ANY modifications to the stock roms lol
Is battery life really good? From the reviews I read I like that the UI seems very fast and smooth.
Anyways, anything you want to share (and if you came from a Note 4 even better). She does not really use the s-pen so she is fine losing that feature.
Thanks!

I came from Note 4 to OP5T and I love it.

FMXP said:
I came from Note 4 to OP5T and I love it.
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I am guessing the camera is better too?
I am reading a lot of complaints of the 5T camera being worst than the 5 and from samples, it seems like that indeed. I even started considering the Mate 10 Pro now because of that and also the Pixel 2 XL (but with so many burn in issues probably not).
Thanks!

I had different phones, the Xiaomi redmi note 4 lg g6, oneplus 5, s8, and the s8 plus. But I am going to buy to the Xiaomi redmi note 5 pro excellent price performance. The Samsung s8 is also very good if u don't want to flash roms. Easy to setup and system wide ad blocker and almost every month security updates and a very nice screen.
I said go for the s8 the new Samsung experience is very good and many times better than the old touchwiz and a very good battery live and performance.

Google camera on redmi note 5 pro

Hey there,
I've been using my redmi note 5 pro for more than a week now, and straight up the camera packed on this thing is really good. But for a tech YouTube like me, who compares this phones with the top flagship devices, the results are inconsistent.
First off I compared it with iPhone X, and was shocked with the results. The redmi note 5 pro performed so much better than the iPhone X. Now some people may say that comparing the two is not fair as there is a humongous price difference between the two. But xiaomi itself said that the phone was a natural competitor with phones like iPhone X and Google Pixel 2.
SO I HAD TO COMPARE IT WITH GOOGLE PIXEL 2 XL. But the results weren't so good. When compared to pixel's images, note 5 pro's images look washed out and soft. But it didn't lack completely back, as note 5 packing a bigger aperture did a little better than pixel 2 in low light situations, but again the results were pretty inconsistent. So at the end of the day no one can match Google's amazing algorithms of HDR+.
But I think if someone can port the Google camera in note 5 pro it will perform so much better as these two device pack almost identical camera hardware.
I'm not sure if camera 2 api is fully unlocked in this phone, can somebody please tell me how to do it. Do I just need to download the Google camera apk from the internet? I'm really curious to see how the redmi note 5 pro will perform with Google camera's algorithms.
Peace

You need to unlock your bootloader first and than flash twrp and magisk and than you can enable camera api 2 by editing Build.prop

Loku_kika said:
Hey there,
I've been using my redmi note 5 pro for more than a week now, and straight up the camera packed on this thing is really good. But for a tech YouTube like me, who compares this phones with the top flagship devices, the results are inconsistent.
First off I compared it with iPhone X, and was shocked with the results. The redmi note 5 pro performed so much better than the iPhone X. Now some people may say that comparing the two is not fair as there is a humongous price difference between the two. But xiaomi itself said that the phone was a natural competitor with phones like iPhone X and Google Pixel 2.
SO I HAD TO COMPARE IT WITH GOOGLE PIXEL 2 XL. But the results weren't so good. When compared to pixel's images, note 5 pro's images look washed out and soft. But it didn't lack completely back, as note 5 packing a bigger aperture did a little better than pixel 2 in low light situations, but again the results were pretty inconsistent. So at the end of the day no one can match Google's amazing algorithms of HDR+.
But I think if someone can port the Google camera in note 5 pro it will perform so much better as these two device pack almost identical camera hardware.
I'm not sure if camera 2 api is fully unlocked in this phone, can somebody please tell me how to do it. Do I just need to download the Google camera apk from the internet? I'm really curious to see how the redmi note 5 pro will perform with Google camera's algorithms.
Peace
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Pixel has a bigger aperture, also with a larger pixel size than the note 5 pro... low light won't be better on the note 5 pro.
I rooted, enabled camera 2 api, installed google camera....but Google camera images had a lot of noise compared to stock camera(you can see noise on zooming into the pic)
Sent from my Redmi Note 5 Pro using Tapatalk

vedantdude said:
Pixel has a bigger aperture, also with a larger pixel size than the note 5 pro... low light won't be better on the note 5 pro.
I rooted, enabled camera 2 api, installed google camera....but Google camera images had a lot of noise compared to stock camera(you can see noise on zooming into the pic)
Sent from my Redmi Note 5 Pro using Tapatalk
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Can you post pics taken from google camera for comparision?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12CUUokprlOcx624zPThutjfBhmoZ0TWU/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t2dcx_Xd87o1ml4_mgmh1jea2Is_QXDH/view?usp=drivesdk
Sent from my Redmi Note 5 Pro using Tapatalk

hdr+
HDR+ and Potrait Mode on google camera work or not?

Does the Google camera port work exactly as it is working in mi A1?

nanduvk said:
Does the Google camera port work exactly as it is working in mi A1?
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Oh man yes gcam make 5 mp like 16 mp

Ammo thind said:
Oh man yes gcam make 5 mp like 16 mp
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But am asking whether it works in note 5 pro?

Google cam cant make RN5Pro images better. No google phone has dual cameras so Gcam will always use single lens to capture images

ehsannn said:
Google cam cant make RN5Pro images better. No google phone has dual cameras so Gcam will always use single lens to capture images
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Our phone is also using single lens to capture images except portrait

120 fps video recording
the soc snapdragon 636 can have the feature of 1080p recording at a frame rate of 120fps, so can we able to record this on redmi note 5 pro using any third party app by rooting?

Ammo thind said:
Our phone is also using single lens to capture images except portrait
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i think this phone doesn't need Google cam bcz it produces good images

ehsannn said:
i think this phone doesn't need Google cam bcz it produces good images
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You have used h
Gcam before

Ammo thind said:
You have used h
Gcam before
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yeah on redmi note 3

perhaps it is necessary to install modified driver for the camera. (if this exists).
in youtube i saw a video that teached where find and install the driver, then install google camera on a note 4.
the difference in the photo (with original driver and with modified driver + google camera) was remarkable.

ehsannn said:
Google cam cant make RN5Pro images better. No google phone has dual cameras so Gcam will always use single lens to capture images
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B
The second camera in rn5p is a depth sensor! So the primary lens does all the work and gcam will only use the primary lens ! So why wont it make the images better.
Though for A1 both lens Gcam has been ported at it works great!!!

Loku_kika said:
Hey there,
I've been using my redmi note 5 pro for more than a week now, and straight up the camera packed on this thing is really good. But for a tech YouTube like me, who compares this phones with the top flagship devices, the results are inconsistent.
First off I compared it with iPhone X, and was shocked with the results. The redmi note 5 pro performed so much better than the iPhone X. Now some people may say that comparing the two is not fair as there is a humongous price difference between the two. But xiaomi itself said that the phone was a natural competitor with phones like iPhone X and Google Pixel 2.
SO I HAD TO COMPARE IT WITH GOOGLE PIXEL 2 XL. But the results weren't so good. When compared to pixel's images, note 5 pro's images look washed out and soft. But it didn't lack completely back, as note 5 packing a bigger aperture did a little better than pixel 2 in low light situations, but again the results were pretty inconsistent. So at the end of the day no one can match Google's amazing algorithms of HDR+.
But I think if someone can port the Google camera in note 5 pro it will perform so much better as these two device pack almost identical camera hardware.
I'm not sure if camera 2 api is fully unlocked in this phone, can somebody please tell me how to do it. Do I just need to download the Google camera apk from the internet? I'm really curious to see how the redmi note 5 pro will perform with Google camera's algorithms.
Peace
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Dude, I'm too eager to see this. I have a Redmi 4 Prime and the Cameracam API enabled with Gcam have worked miracles on my photos. I'm looking forward to buying RN5P, but I'd like to see your photos better.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JROABxbraRXfajHQ2

How to install google camera in redmi note 5
Tell me sir....plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz

I have been wait for 2 more weeks to unlock my phone.
Hope to see the update which allow Google cam work on 5pro at that time. :3

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.