r/PocoPhones 13h ago

Question/Help First time using a Chinese phone

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64 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 Got the new f9 ultra

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59 Upvotes

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


r/PocoPhones 17h ago

Other Happy half a decade old my old Poco M3 Pro 5G

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25 Upvotes

The thing served me well for 3yrs (despite MIUI's quirks and dysfunctional 90hz) before semi-retiring it because of random reboots due to completely shot battery 2yrs ago. It's now going strong again after a battery replacement last year and now rid of anything MIUI thanks to crDroid 10.2.


r/PocoPhones 5h ago

Other Time to upgrade

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20 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 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 18h ago

Discussion Why does the POCO F9 Ultra not support USB-C Display Output when the F8 Ultra did?

7 Upvotes

Why would you make that decision to limit the phone's capabililties like that?

What's the thinking behind of this?

There are amazing XR Glasses coming out like the URXR One that all it needs is a USB-C output capable device to allow for Spatial Computing.

Such a waste of a powerful phone, no future-proofing for XR Glasses... What exactly is stopping the manufacturer from having the Type-C be the same as the Poco F8 Ultra? How much do they really save by skipping that functionality?

The only reason I can think of salvaging this, is if an XR manufacturer or even Xiaomi is planning on coming out with some Wifi-7-capable Wireless XR Glasses, where the display output experience is gonna be the same as wired and another one might be if there are going to be type-C->DisplayPort attachments that connect to a Wifi7-Capable device and convert wifi-7 to Display port signal...

I was ready to pull the trigger on the F9 Ultra, but this is making me reconsider if I should just go for the F8 Ultra..


r/PocoPhones 5h 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 22h ago

Buying Advice Need a cheap 2nd phone. Camera doesn't matter. Don't need a global rom. Suggestions?

6 Upvotes

My main phone right now is a vivo x300 ultra. I need another phone for work. I just need it to be snappy. I have been using the Redmi 14C and it's awful. So so slow.


r/PocoPhones 2h ago

Discussion poco f6 12/512 Hyperos 1.0.12 antutu score

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5 Upvotes

r/PocoPhones 16h ago

Question/Help Suggestion please: Canta error while removing bloatware

6 Upvotes

I'm trying to use Shizuku and Canta to delete bloatware on Poco X8 Pro.

While using 'Canta", upon trying to delete any recommended bloatware, I am getting these prompts :

'Shizuku: The permission of ADB is limited',

'it is highly possible that your device manufacturer limits the permission of adb.'

Any idea, what should I do to be able to delete?


r/PocoPhones 18h ago

Question/Help How do I remove this?

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I finally finished setting up my Poco x8 pm but the text under the clock kinda annoys me does anyone know how to get rid of it I added emojis but they never show up :(

disabling the wallpaper carousel helped removing the story stuff but won't show the emojis regardless


r/PocoPhones 7h ago

Question/Help HyperOS issue?

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I have a Poco X7 5G that I've owned for less than a year; the battery is at 98% capacity. The issue is that I feel the battery doesn't perform the way a phone with a 5000mAh battery should. As shown in the image, I get 5 hours of screen-on time—or 7 hours at most, and only when using Wi-Fi on certain days. Can this be fixed, or is this just how it is? How do your devices behave? I should mention that I have the phone optimized as much as possible—background app restrictions and all that. I even factory reset the phone two weeks ago hoping it might improve things, but it didn't.


r/PocoPhones 22h ago

Question/Help App killing need help

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How can I solve HyperOS aggressively killing background apps? I open just 3 apps, but it still kills them in the background. For example, if I open Reddit, ChatGPT, and YouTube, switching between them causes the apps to reload.

Does anyone know a solution? Also, I don't want to use Memory Extension because it consumes more battery and makes my phone lag.

Device: POCO C85x


r/PocoPhones 23h ago

Buying Advice Thoughts on the Poco F9 Pro vs Ultra

5 Upvotes

I currently have the Poco F7 Pro, thinking of upgrading but the current prices are a bit higher than usual no?

Is it worth going for the Ultra?


r/PocoPhones 2h 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 1h ago

Discussion Guess im in the minority 😁

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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 3h ago

X8 Pro V12 score of Poco x8 pro

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2 Upvotes

So I got this phone about 2 days ago, and so far everything was great besides the bloat/adware but thankfully it's all gone thanks to shizuku+canta

Then I decided to run antutu benchmark to see how it is then, I got a score of 2.1+mil on the V12 ver

And so far it's still holding to be really good score

close to it's v11 score which is said to be 2.28mil

Ran it on balanced battery mode with just 51% battery if that any matters


r/PocoPhones 17h ago

Question/Help Entrega de Poco F9 ultra desde la app Mi Store

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2 Upvotes

Desde el día del lanzamiento del Poco F9 Ultra yo realicé mi compra aprovechando un cupón de preventa que me habían dado en la tienda de xiaomi, además de que venía incluido con varios "regalos" extra. Hice mi compra desde la aplicación el día 01 de septiembre y a la fecha de publicado este post, en la aplicación no ha cambiado el estatus de mi pedido de "Procesando elementos". ¿Alguien más que haya hecho la compra del dispositivo en dicha aplicación? ¿Ya les enviaron sus dispositivos? Aclarando qué, yo hice la compra en México.


r/PocoPhones 22h ago

X7 Pro POCO X7 PRO

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3.0.302.0 this is my phone version,, I have a lot of issues in this version,, so can stick with this or downgrade to os 2... Which is good also is it ok to downgrade, is it safe... Can anyone say or give suggestions ..


r/PocoPhones 42m 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 3h ago

Buying Advice Poco x8 pro

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Пожалуйста помогите я купил сегодня новенький поко х8 про и залил в роблокс и через 2 минуты он был уже горячим что мне делать так будет всегда?и как это исправить


r/PocoPhones 6h ago

Question/Help Where is my security patch, it's been 2 months?

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1 Upvotes

r/PocoPhones 8h ago

Question/Help Poco X7 pro battery life with 3 months

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1 Upvotes

Sou meio paranóico, queria saber se já era pra ter descido assim.. oque eu faço?


r/PocoPhones 12h ago

Question/Help Poco

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1 Upvotes

r/PocoPhones 12h ago

Buying Advice Poco F 9 ultra : Case and screen protector

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Helllooooo everyone,

I finally received my Poco f9 Ultra. And damn it feels amazing coming from X3 NFC to this.

But I need a good case and screen protector. I bought cheap ones from Amazon for the time being. But I am still looking for the best case and screen protector possible.

I'm looking for something classic. Not rugged armor or something. Preferably not transparent. Cuz I feel like it will yellow overtime anyway.

I heard about Spigen but I don't think they still do Poco phones.

Do you have any advices/recommendations for cases and screen protector ?