What phone you use as your daily driver? And, a discussion of them.

[Yraggul666]

Finally retired my trusty Zenfone 4, it started to powerbleed, not charge properly etc.
Wanted to buy Asus again but they didn't have Asus phones in stock, needed new phone asap so i couldn't wait; switched to a Xiaomi 11T.
Difference is of course night and day. I'm ok with this one but i'm switching back to Asus in 3-4 years

 

[theFOoL]

Yeah Asus and Sony seems to be the companies that nobody seems to understand lol

 

[The red spirit]

I don't bother using those battery monitor apps. They are a waste. Just use the settings battery

Not sure about your phone, but my phone only has fast charging toggle. It doesn't have charge level alarm at all. As far as I know, Accubattery is really old timer on Play store (I think it has been in Play store for nearly decade if not more). It shows charging rate, amperage, voltage, battery temperature. It's a neat utility. obviously their claims should be taken with grain of salt, but as long as you do, it can be informative. It doesn't seem to suck battery or have negative effects, so I will keep it. BTW this app is battery monitoring tool, but any of that optimization junk. I gotta admit that I used Greenify on rooted phone for a while and saw negative consequences like crashing apps and too aggressive sleep mode. In the end even with those things, it didn't manage to save any power as the screen was the main user of it. Got rid of it pretty fast. Perhaps it did something in era of Android Gingerbread, when phone chipsets were often overwhelmed by various tasks and sleep modes were universally poor and often prone to not really working, therefore apps could easily inhibit it and just drain battery for no good reason. Perhaps it worked fine then, but not in Android 5 and I wouldn't dare to touch it now.

Yeah Asus and Sony seems to be the companies that nobody seems to understand lol

After having Nexus 7, not touching anything mobile from Asus ever again. Their QC and just general care about quality is complete joke. Despite lots of positive press, Nexus 7 was a pile of junk. For a while fast pile of junk, but later just completely disappointing pile of junk. reading some reviews of newer Asus phones, they seem to have that Asus classic lack of quality.

 

[Mussels]

Good luck is a tweaking utility that gives your more ui customization as well as sound tweaks and stuff.

Only a few modules work w a series

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GoodlOck

It was originally for tweaking the lockscreen, hence the name - but it's got a hella lot more options these days (Even resolution control for dex, with the DP out on S series)

 

[Deleted member 24505]

GoodlOck

It was originally for tweaking the lockscreen, hence the name - but it's got a hella lot more options these days (Even resolution control for dex, with the DP out on S series)

Is it the App with the clover like icon?

 

[Mussels]

Is it the App with the clover like icon?

Installed here, it looks like the windows 10/11 icon but the squares have colours

Good lock by Good lock labs

 

[Peter1986C]

Since just a couple weeks, it is a Nokia G21. Lovely no-nonsense phone with fantastic battery life, enough performance for what I do, stock Android experience with extremely little bloat and 2 promised Android upgrades.

 

[vekspec]

iphone 13 - midnight

 

[remixedcat]

GoodlOck

It was originally for tweaking the lockscreen, hence the name - but it's got a hella lot more options these days (Even resolution control for dex, with the DP out on S series)

The swipe aurocorrect got me there lol

 

[Mussels]

I just got a 2M USB 3.1 10Gb cable, using it with my genki compact switch dock and my S22U gives me quite an interesting Dex experience


And when all those gibberish sounding words combine: phone + nintendo switch dock = linux PC

 

[remixedcat]

I like the wireless dex too.

 

[Sithaer]

Side note thingy, around ~1 week ago I got a notification on my Realme 8 4g that theres a new system update available and I kinda ignored it for a few days thinking its just the usual small update.

Yeah not really, I got the new version of Realme UI '3.0 from the previous 2.0' and also came with Android 12 update.
It changed some stuff but so far I did not notice anything annoying or way out of place so everything works as before. 'even my custom Gcam camera app'

I was somewhat surprised cause I did not expect to get big updates like that based on my previous Meizu M6 Note that never had any major update over the 3+ years I was using it.
Personally I don't care much for updates as long as my phone works but its a good extra thing I guess.

In overall I'm pleasantly surprised with this phone, been using it since 2021 August and so far no big issues nor any weird system freeze or anything/no bloat or adds whatsoever since its a EU version bought in my country with local warranty.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I just got a 2M USB 3.1 10Gb cable, using it with my genki compact switch dock and my S22U gives me quite an interesting Dex experience


And when all those gibberish sounding words combine: phone + nintendo switch dock = linux PC

So the phone can sit in the Switch dock? I have a switch dock and my s20+

 

[The red spirit]

Yeah not really, I got the new version of Realme UI '3.0 from the previous 2.0' and also came with Android 12 update.
It changed some stuff but so far I did not notice anything annoying or way out of place so everything works as before. 'even my custom Gcam camera app'

I was somewhat surprised cause I did not expect to get big updates like that based on my previous Meizu M6 Note that never had any major update over the 3+ years I was using it.
Personally I don't care much for updates as long as my phone works but its a good extra thing I guess.

Major updates are becoming a normal thing, in the past you only got major updates, there weren't any patches. My A50 came with Android 9, but now it has Android 11. Samsung has update schedules online for each model and it seems that phones get 1-3 major updates now. Google instead just specifies date until their phones will get updates. AFAIK Xiaomi in the past used to be good with OS updates even on lower end phones.

 

[Mussels]

So the phone can sit in the Switch dock? I have a switch dock and my s20+

I'm using a third party dock - typod the name before
Covert Dock – Genki (genkithings.com)
That + logitech K400plus (wireless keyboard w/ trackpad) turns it into a chromebook, more or less.



I'll see if the phone works in the stock nintendo one now, for you


side note: gotta love the zoom on the S22u

So the phone can sit in the Switch dock? I have a switch dock and my s20+

Tested: the stock dock doesnt fit due to plastic support pegs

With a C-C extension cable it may well work, just make sure its a 3.1 cable (none of my C-C cables work, except my 10Gb ones)

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I'm using a third party dock - typod the name before
Covert Dock – Genki (genkithings.com)
That + logitech K400plus (wireless keyboard w/ trackpad) turns it into a chromebook, more or less.



I'll see if the phone works in the stock nintendo one now, for you


side note: gotta love the zoom on the S22u
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Tested: the stock dock doesnt fit due to plastic support pegs

With a C-C extension cable it may well work, just make sure its a 3.1 cable (none of my C-C cables work, except my 10Gb ones)

Not tried DEX. Might have a try of it with the S20+

 

[Mussels]

Not tried DEX. Might have a try of it with the S20+

Good Lock can force 1440p output (on some models), otherwise its 1080p 60hz
This is a googled image, showing the S8 doing it with the now discontinued dex station (they moved to the universal alt-dp standard making it un-neccesary)

especially if your adaptor has a USB port or if you use bluetooth peripherals, its a windows/linux lookalike OS running your android apps. adjustable window sizes, splitscreen and so on.
The wireless version also works, but much much lower image quality - no good for video playback.

I may or may not have filled my phone with 4k movies and dex'd to a hotel TV and played things back with VLC...

 

[remixedcat]

I only played around with wireless dex for a half hour since I just now found my Bluetooth mouse.. will play w it more later...

BTW I also made a customization thread too for ppl to show off their stuff

Show off your phone customizations!!

For those that can theme their phones and have prettied them up nice here's a place for you to show them off!! I have a Samsung galaxy s10 plus with one ui 3.1 Here's my desktop Lock screen And I use good lock modules to get the nav bar to be cats

www.techpowerup.com

 

[theFOoL]

And when your charger only fits slim batteries, you have to use the MICRO USB charger mini

 

[Deleted member 24505]

A very zoomed moon pic. Zoom lens must be pretty good. S20 plus 5g

 

[Mussels]

A very zoomed moon pic. Zoom lens must be pretty good. S20 plus 5g
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a lot of people thought the pics were faked, but tearing the APK's apart showed them it's preset contrast/shutter speeds that help it out

And point two: your moons upside down. My superlaser hole is at the other end.

 

[WhitetailAni]

I've switched to an iPhone 5S on iOS 11.0.1, my iPhone 7's Smart Battery Case is having...... problems.

Spoiler

The silicone wrap is peeling. Which is fine around the bottom, because that's held in a plastic shell. I double sided taped it to stick.
But around where the volume buttons are to the top of the mute switch, it's JUST silicone, because to put the phone in you have to bend it.
And today, part of that cracked, where I can't simply tape over it with electrical tape.
A replacement from Apple is only $50 so I'll be saving up for that, but in the meantime iPhone 5S!

Spoiler

It's jailbroken with Electra at the moment. Yes, I cleaned up the toothpastey stuff on the back.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

a lot of people thought the pics were faked, but tearing the APK's apart showed them it's preset contrast/shutter speeds that help it out

And point two: your moons upside down. My superlaser hole is at the other end.

Upside down? has the phone cam flipped it? was taken the right way up.

 

[Mussels]

Upside down? has the phone cam flipped it? was taken the right way up.

... i'm in another hemisphere


Tested with the genki switch dock: Works fine and gives a USB 3.0 port, however it's capped tp 1080p

Using this USB-C dock works at 1440p on my 2nd display, also with a USB 3.0 port
Volans Aluminium USB Type-C Multiport Adapter (VL-UCH3C2) : Amazon.com.au: Computers

Terrible photo, hard to take with the phone being tethered to the display

(TV's are hit and miss with 1440p, my sony works fine if you add it as a custom resolution, while samsungs have it as a natively supported res)

Edit: turns out netflix has issues with Dex, where it wont go above 1080p 30FPS. Any time it tries, it drops to 720p 30FPS instead.

Edit 2: it's just android in general?
You can search for "test patterns" and anything above 30FPS just locks to 720p

 

[Deleted member 24505]

... i'm in another hemisphere


Tested with the genki switch dock: Works fine and gives a USB 3.0 port, however it's capped tp 1080p

Using this USB-C dock works at 1440p on my 2nd display, also with a USB 3.0 port
Volans Aluminium USB Type-C Multiport Adapter (VL-UCH3C2) : Amazon.com.au: Computers

Terrible photo, hard to take with the phone being tethered to the display
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(TV's are hit and miss with 1440p, my sony works fine if you add it as a custom resolution, while samsungs have it as a natively supported res)

Edit: turns out netflix has issues with Dex, where it wont go above 1080p 30FPS. Any time it tries, it drops to 720p 30FPS instead.

Edit 2: it's just android in general?
You can search for "test patterns" and anything above 30FPS just locks to 720p

lol yeah i guess it is upside down to you


Can't see that adapter on the UK Amazon.