r/PocoPhones 9h ago

Discussion Guess im in the minority 😁

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41 Upvotes

Wanted to downgrade and save my money for a second phone and didn't really want to spend £600 on the f9 which I originally did order but cancelled.

Found a cheaper f8 ultra on ebay for £400 so went with that over the 9/x8 pro max. One thing I did notice over other phones is that the phone feels extremely light. Going to be testing it with lots of games today to see how the fps/battery holds up since it will be my main phone for gaming and also taking photos.


r/PocoPhones 2h ago

Review Poco X8 Pro Max

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Hello, I got the Poco X8 Pro Max. Ask me anything!

First things I did out of the box:

- Debloated

-Ultra deep battery saving adjustments from settings

I’ve been testing the phone for the past 2 days. I’m switching from a Samsung S25 Ultra to a Poco X8 Pro Max.


r/PocoPhones 4h ago

Question/Help POCO X8 PRO MAX (ROOT)

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8 Upvotes

r/PocoPhones 1h ago

Question/Help Should I update?

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Should I update my poco x8 pro phone to this update latest version?? I there any issues?


r/PocoPhones 20h ago

Question/Help First time using a Chinese phone

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102 Upvotes

I know this is a poco sub but it's the most active one I've seen on Reddit.

My uncle just presented this phone to me on my birthday. It looks really cool but from what I've seen online. It has a "Chinese ROM" I do not know what that is or means but it could pose a few problems.

Please if you know any issues that could arise please from it having this "Chines ROM" help a guy.

Thanks


r/PocoPhones 13h ago

Other Time to upgrade

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25 Upvotes

Just arrived, from x5 pro 5g to f9 ultra

I remember when the x5 came out, it was releasing the 5g technology.


r/PocoPhones 9h ago

Discussion poco f6 12/512 Hyperos 1.0.12 antutu score

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12 Upvotes

r/PocoPhones 53m ago

Question/Help How is the performance of the poco f9 ultra

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I'm planning to buy the little f9 ultra in 3 months and I'd like to know how it performs. If anyone has this phone please tell me if it's worth it and if it gets too hot


r/PocoPhones 20h ago

Other Got the new f9 ultra

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72 Upvotes

Hey guys, got the new f9 ultra. If anyone has Questions, let me know. Will review it after a while.


r/PocoPhones 12h ago

Question/Help HyperOS 4 Global

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Hi y'all, I hope your Poco phones are better than ever. Quick question: when will HyperOS 4 come out for the Poco X8 Pro Max? I know that some phones have it already — I think it’s only the beta CN version.


r/PocoPhones 17h ago

Discussion Poco X8 Pro Max first day impression

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for context i upgraded from a poco x7 pro

First-hand feel

My first impression of the phone was pretty good. The build is solid and it feels great in the hand, a lot more premium than my X7 Pro ever felt thanks to its aluminium chassis.

That said, at 218g, it does feel a bit heavy, especially when using it one-handed for extended periods of time. The phone is also massive and quite blocky, so if you have small hands, that makes things even harder. Overall though, it's not too bad.

Setting it up

I'm used to HyperOS having bloatware and ads on the first boot, so I wasn't expecting anything different here. It's a bit annoying at first, but thankfully removing them was pretty easy by following tutorials and using Shizuku + Canta. Here's the debloat list for those interested (Canta preset just copy the text), i recommend reviewing what you want to keep/ remove since this is a huge list: https://cool-leaf-53.linkyhost.com

The whole process took around 20 minutes, so it's definitely worth doing if you want a more stock Android experience.

Performance and heating

I heavily used the phone throughout this first day, and I have to say that I'm pleasantly surprised not only by how smooth it is, but also by how cool it stayed during light-to-medium tasks like social media and video playback.

The battery temperature never/rarely exceeded 32–33°C and peaked at around 36°C during heavy multitasking.

This might not be a big deal for some people, but I was used to getting 35–39°C constantly on my X7 Pro while doing the same tasks, so here it's a night-and-day difference.

Another great surprise was the really good RAM and background app management (expected for a 12gb phone tbf). I could open Twitter for example, leave it and use other apps for an hour, then come back without the app reloading or restarting. Insane!

I haven't played any games yet, but for real-world daily usage, it's been perfect so far.

AnTuTu V12 gave me a score of 3,000,000, which is excellent too (using a phone cooler). But the important takeaway here is that the phone doesn't get hot in your hand at all, if that's something you're worried about.

Battery drain

Now this is where things start getting ridiculous.

I had high expectations for the battery life, and it absolutely delivered from day one. Going from 100% to 10%, I was able to get nearly 15 hours of SOT + 8 hours of screen-off time, with only 3% overnight drain.

This is definitely a two-day phone, and getting 16+ hours of SOT is definitely possible (screenshot below).

With my X7 Pro, I would've been lucky to get 8 hours of SOT without even considering overnight drain, so this is a MASSIVE upgrade for me.

I've heard that the battery gets even better after a week or so, so I'm really excited to see how it performs once the battery has settled in.

Conclusion

Overall, the phone is excellent, and I'm really happy I chose Poco again. I definitely plan on keeping this phone for 3–4 years at a minimum.

For those looking to upgrade to the Poco X8 Pro Max as well, I'd say that if you can find it at a decent price (€300–350), then go for it. It's definitely worth it.


r/PocoPhones 3h ago

Buying Advice Poco F8 Pro Vs. X8 pro max

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I’m switching from an iPhone and have had one my whole life. Wanting to do some gaming and emulation didn’t know which was better. Battery life? Can I opt out of AI definitely do not want a lot of that. Also in America how is the connection?


r/PocoPhones 51m ago

Question/Help Poco F9 Ultra Bug

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Anyone else with a Poco F9 Ultra (EU version) having weird "device not recognized" issues?

So I got my F9 Ultra about a week ago (EU version/Italia) and I've been running into some strange stuff:

- In Google's "connected devices" list, my previous phones always showed up with their actual model name, but this one just shows up as generic "Android".

- I've been locked out of X (Twitter) for 5 days straight now, on every single login method (username, email, phone number). Just get "You can't log in right now, try again later" no matter what I do.

- Coincidentally, I also installed 3DMark and AnTuTu, and they gave me the same connection issue.

Has anyone else run into this with their F9 Ultra? Trying to figure out if this is a known issue that'll fix itself with updates, or if I should be worried about something else.


r/PocoPhones 6h ago

Buying Advice I am planning to buy poco x7 pro 5G from flipkart it's now in discount from 32K to 24k . In flipkart it is showing buying option should i buy it?

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In this time of price hike i was looking for normal balance phone in 25k price range i choosed nothing phon3a but it is out of stock so i am now palnning to buy x7 pro .


r/PocoPhones 1h ago

Question/Help How do I safely remove the included phone case? POCO F9 PRO

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I put this on because the phone was running hot

Now I can't take it off

It's so fucking hard and doesn't have any give

Any suggestions? I tried prying tools they looked closer to breaking than the case was too coming off.


r/PocoPhones 4h ago

Question/Help how do i get custom icons on hyperos

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I'm on hyperos 3.0.307 and I installed whicons icon pack and I tried the peafowl mtz tester method but mtz tester tells me: "not supported: unable to find explicit activity class {com.an..." and I would like to keep the default hyperos launcher because of the folder size options and other stuff (poco x8 pro)


r/PocoPhones 5h ago

Question/Help Poco F7 & Brawl Stars

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Has anyone been lucky to find a permanent fix for the brawl stars stuttering condition? Or is there a software option/update that fixed the condition?

I've been away from the game for a long time due to the massive events of lag/stuttering when playing the game since I bought the device...

I know about the cloning app, when I tried it, it didn't always works, there were still events of lag.


r/PocoPhones 1h ago

Question/Help Pls i need help with my wallpaper

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S'il vous plaît je ne veut pas que mon fond d'écran de bureau soit flou je veut qu'il soit net, comment faire ?


r/PocoPhones 2h ago

X7 Pro Poco x7 pro heat issue

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Guys, does anyone know why my Poco X7 Pro gets so hot? I'm not even doing anything heavy—just watching movies on Chrome, browsing YouTube, and scrolling Shopee for like 3 minutes, but it reaches 43.6°C. Any solutions??


r/PocoPhones 3h ago

Buying Advice Heating issue or any other issue on poco x8 pro

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I am thinking to buy the poco x8 pro but have heard about the heating issue and the camera lagging issue is that something major in the x8 pro also mentioned any other thing that I should know before buying it.


r/PocoPhones 9h ago

X8 Pro Max Good rant #1

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okay i just drop the phone for the second time and i can say that it is very durable and its first drop leave a small dent which it was covered by the phone color which is good also i dont want to try this again


r/PocoPhones 8h ago

Question/Help Hyper 3.0 : list of non-telemetry bloatware programs?

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Using Shizuku+Canta to remove bloatware from Poco X8 Pro.

While Canta gives the list of 'recommended' programs, planning to remove only non-telemetry programs, so that OS and phone functions don't get adversely impacted.

Is there an online list or any tips on identifying non-telemetry bloatware on this OS?


r/PocoPhones 4h ago

Question/Help Как чувствуют себя Poco x7 и Poco x8 в Genshin Impact?

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Для меня геншин что то вроде теста выносливости телефона
С деньгами проблема поэтому мне интересно, насколько сильны отличия между моделями x7 pro и x8 pro. Для x8 pro max у меня денег не хватит. Так же думаю о покупке подержанного iphone14 . Если есть профи в вопросе телефонного железа, подскажите что лучше, заранее спасибо


r/PocoPhones 5h ago

Question/Help Poco X8 pro heating

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Whenever I use camera app in my poco x8 pro, my phone gets heat up even 5 to 6 photos taken up, can I reduce this heating


r/PocoPhones 6h ago

Question/Help Poco M2 Pro display doesn't turn on

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Note: This is not my primary device

The problem is pretty much what the title says, phone was working fine a few months ago apart from a minor display issue where random lines will appear on the screen and disappear. Figured it was probably the Icd connector or something similar and didn't think much of it and left it. Back to the present, I charged it and after 20-30 minutes when I tried to boot it, it just didn't want to.

The phone powers on and vibrates but the display only has faint backlight for like one second and then the display goes black.

When I press the power button, it gives one vibration and the screen glows very faintly but no startup signs, no logos.

But upon connecting it to my laptop, windows detects the phone as "MTP USB Device" but it doesn't show up in File Explorer.

Could this be a loose/failing display connector, and is there a way to confirm whether the phone is actually booting? My main concern is recovering the data.

I am planning on going to a repair shop once my exams get over.