Pocophone F1 - The new flagship killer?

P_Man

Question for anybody who's bought this phone for HonorBuy. Does it only come with the 2 pin plug? Is there any way to get it shipped with a 3 pin plugged instead. I've emailed HonorBuy support but haven't received a reply.

ABitofsense

Anyone use the camera much, is it any good?

t0mm13b

P_Man wrote: »

Question for anybody who's bought this phone for HonorBuy. Does it only come with the 2 pin plug? Is there any way to get it shipped with a 3 pin plugged instead. I've emailed HonorBuy support but haven't received a reply.

It does come with a two pin plug. Get a three pin adapter, and you should be grand.

Even better, if you already have an existing anker quick charge plug, plug in the cable and away you go.

Buy an adapter if you don't.

t0mm13b

ABitofsense wrote: »

Anyone use the camera much, is it any good?

Camera is not bad at all, definitely better than my last phone - Moto G4.

honda boi

alec76 wrote: »

Have they shipped it yet ?
Mi Global Store seller ?
It’s say 30 days processing time for this phone at the moment ( it’s not in stock ,obviously )

They said they shipped it on Wednesday but no update in the tracking.
Was hoping to have it by the end of the week.

alec76

honda boi wrote: »

They said they shipped it on Wednesday but no update in the tracking.
Was hoping to have it by the end of the week.

They've got same route as Eglobal , takes 7-10 days to deliver ( after being dispatched, obviously)
You'll get it next Wednesday- Friday IMO

honda boi

alec76 wrote: »

They've got same route as Eglobal , takes 7-10 days to deliver ( after being dispatched, obviously)
You'll get it next Wednesday- Friday IMO

Ah I see.
They sent me the UK dhl tracking number last Wednesday .
They said they,d apparently send me the hong Kong dhl tracking number on Friday but still nothing.
Ordered on Saturday the 6th.
Sent them a message but nothing back from them.
Have you used mi global store before ye?

god's toy

Miui 9.6.25.0 pushed to me this morning.

marti9t9

god's toy wrote: »

Miui 9.6.25.0 pushed to me this morning.

Face unlock?

god's toy

marti9t9 wrote: »

Face unlock?

Added for Belgium this time

marti9t9

god's toy wrote: »

Added for Belgium this time

We'll get it yet!

god's toy

marti9t9 wrote: »

We'll get it yet!

Yep no doubt it will come.

btj79

god's toy wrote: »

marti9t9 wrote: »

We'll get it yet!

Yep no doubt it will come.

Why not just change the region to somewhere that already has it...? This is working fine for me.

god's toy

btj79 wrote: »

Why not just change the region to somewhere that already has it...? This is working fine for me.

I have too.

btj79

Guys I couldn't recommend honorbuy any higher for buying this phone. I ordered the blue 128gb version at 9 am last Wednesday and received the device in my hand the following day at 11 am. They shipped to me by DHL and I also added the flip case, glass screen protector (it was pure trash and I replaced with a better one from eBay) and a UK to EU plug adapter €340. Like I said earlier my only issue was the screen protector, it had the black banding behind the glass and this made it not have full contact in the center of the screen. Threw it in the bin and applied a better one I bought from eBay.

marti9t9

god's toy wrote: »

I have too.

Does doing that not mess with other $##t on the phone? I'd have tried it myself only the phone belongs to the missus.

god's toy

marti9t9 wrote: »

Does doing that not mess with other $##t on the phone? I'd have tried it myself only the phone belongs to the missus.

On some apps maybe, like the built video player app, when the video I watched was over it was suggesting more videos from the region the phone was set too... In the end I just disabled it and downloaded MX player and set that as default and use YouTube mostly for online watching. Use Firefox for browsing and so far seeing nothing odd has shown up.

In the last few days I've worked out that most of the background stuff it was doing (like re-changing of defaults settings and apps on me) can be disabled and you can stop the phone re-activating it's own defaults. First run a security scan and when it lists all the 'problems it found' drill down and find the apps it wants to re-change to defaults, then just long press on each one in turn and select 'ignore' it then wont flag them again (probably until it gets its next OS update)

marti9t9

god's toy wrote: »

On some apps maybe, like the built video player app, when the video I watched was over it was suggesting more videos from the region the phone was set too... In the end I just disabled it and downloaded MX player and set that as default and use YouTube mostly for online watching. Use Firefox for browsing and so far seeing nothing odd has shown up.

In the last few days I've worked out that most of the background stuff it was doing (like re-changing of defaults settings and apps on me) can be disabled and you can stop the phone re-activating it's own defaults. First run a security scan and when it lists all the 'problems it found' drill down and find the apps it wants to re-change to defaults, then just long press on each one in turn and select 'ignore' it then wont flag them again (probably until it gets its next OS update)

Thanks for that but it sounds like a bit too much work for someone who probably won't appreciate it as much as I would. I'm sure the update will land some day. Cheers.

honda boi

Has anyone ordered of mi Global Store on AliExpress?
Ordered my pocophone on the 06/10/18.
DHL got shipping information the 10/10/18.
Got a ups tracking number the 15/10/18.
Ups delivered to destination (apparently to DHL) 18/10/18. At 9am.
DHL still haven't received it apparently .
This normal?

alec76

They have to smuggle it through customs first, send to Ireland after. Don't you worry, you are well protected by aliexpress policy. I've bought few phones ( not from Mi Global ), but they all the same.
Some of those phones were lost in transit , some seized by customs, I've got full refund through the aliexpress anyway . Wait another week ,and if phone not there, open Aliexpress dispute, don't write to seller, it is waste of time.

honda boi

alec76 wrote: »

They have to smuggle it through customs first, send to Ireland after. Don't you worry, you are well protected by aliexpress policy. I've bought few phones ( not from Mi Global ), but they all the same.
Some of those phones were lost in transit , some seized by customs, I've got full refund through the aliexpress anyway . Wait another week ,and if phone not there, open Aliexpress dispute, don't write to seller, it is waste of time.

Thanks Alec.
Tracking finally updated.
Phone arrived in Dublin at 9am this morning and says it's at the sorting facility so no customs issues I hope, so should have it on Monday hopefully .

alec76

honda boi wrote: »

Thanks Alec.
Tracking finally updated.
Phone arrived in Dublin at 9am this morning and says it's at the sorting facility so no customs issues I hope, so should have it on Monday hopefully .

Have you got it ?

dzilla

Is it listed as compatible on any sites like https://willmyphonework.net I used this when I got my redmi note 3 but pocophone is not listed

honda boi

alec76 wrote: »

Have you got it ?

Yep got yesterday evening
Using it for a bit today.
Waay faster then my old phone,big time!!!
No notification bar is abit of a bummer .
And need to get used to the miui system.
Also the touch on the screen feels abit weird to me and find it typing letters I wouldn't touch. Could be in my head tho.
Class phone tho.

corkie

dzilla wrote: »

Is it listed as compatible on any sites like https://willmyphonework.net I used this when I got my redmi note 3 but pocophone is not listed

It is an xiaomi sub brand, that sites like that are not updated to include it yet!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/wiki/pocophonef1

BY checking the specs of the phone, you can see it has the support bands for Ireland Networks.

Network Bands
FDD-LTE B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20
TD-LTE B38/B40/B41
WCDMA B1/B2/B5/B8
GSM B2/B3/B5/B8

sioda

Any tempered glass recommendations?

vsh

sioda wrote: »

Any tempered glass recommendations?

I've just ordered the screen protector from Rhinoshield for my still to be delivered Poco. Their products are generally superb, very high quality. A little pricy, €32 or so. Rhinoshield.io

dzilla

corkie wrote: »

It is an xiaomi sub brand, that sites like that are not updated to include it yet!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/wiki/pocophonef1

BY checking the specs of the phone, you can see it has the support bands for Ireland Networks.

Thank you for confirming for me

honda boi

Does your notification light blink when a message or notification comes through?
Can't get it working. Doesn't work with WhatsApp.
All settings have been ticked and should work
Most messages won't show up on the lock screen either.

sioda

Works perfectly with all mine with the light have u enabled the wake lock screen for messages and delete any custom notifications in WhatsApp