I have read lots of stuff from Batteryuniversity but the idea just never crossed my mind, that you could do restricting with APP :D
Too bad this racket was so difficult to root that I gave up after couple hours of trying because for some unknown reason my PC did not want to understand some usb-driver stuff correctly, lol...
I don’t think anybody familiar with rooting a phone and looking for custom roms would come to me asking what phone to get, i’m pretty sure they already know as much as me if not as much as a master l33t g33k like you, the only people that come to me for advice are people with a life and little taste and time for messing with a phone and learning the ins and outs of adb , recovery etc…
Me, for example. While I can do the magic behind the software, this doesn't means I am up to date with regards to what are the trending known good smartphones at any given time. Generally this is easily solved by reading some reviews and visiting the XDA developers forum, but can take much more time without good advice.
With my abilities I can easily help out people get into the rooted ROM thing, yet of course they have to show true motivated willingness to be responsible for their actions without blaming the guru. Only one close friend of me followed the path and, despite not being even remotely so g33k, until now he has done right and has enjoyed some of the benefits of rooting. It just takes a little common sense.
You said it yourself only one friend of yours followed this path, while not by any measure an authority of your caliber, i have been rooting, flashing roms, changing filesystems, kernels and whatnot and since the Galaxy S I9000 the times of supercurio (Francois Simond) and the whole voodoo thing (i among lot of other phones had a flashed ZUK Z2 that i gave to my sister, i agree about the hardware and form factor), i don’t pretend to have your teaching skills either but as soon as i introduce the idea and explain to people what it involves the answer is almost always “thanks, not interested” the vast majority of people IRL have no time or interest for this, it requires a high level of autism, they want OTA updates and in most cases would be better of on AOSP, hence the success of the nexus line (although it lost it’s competitive pricing after the nexus 4) and now the interest for android one.
JamesB, can also be time, I loved to tweak PCs and such, buy now i ant to just use them. Used to adapt Windows untill it was very fast, now I install Ubuntu once and be done with it
For phones, I dont want to walk a path that leads me back many years, just want it to work relatively safe.
Agreed ,although the MIUI rom is quite bloated, since it’s stable i didnt flash any of my 4 xiaomi (the only phones i still own along a ZUK Z1), can’t be bothered with it anymore if the phone works and is patched for security loopholes.
After my trusty Samsung S7 decided to break (after I left it on my bike rack and drove away I might add ) I bought a Oneplus 5T and have to say that this phone kicks some serious ass.
It’s working on a stripped-down version of the Android OS, so not a lot of bloatware, and it is extremely fast and battery life is phenomenal, will definitely upgrade to another Oneplus when needed.
What is the BLF consensus on Xiaomi smartphones? Quality? SW updates in line with Google Android releases? Battery life day-to-day and overall life? Never had a Xiaomi but would love to buy one at Gearbest.
Also, I am not entirely sure what all the tiny details are among the various models, they do seem similar.
My daughter has a Xiaomi phone (and she has used other brands as well) and she is extremely satisfied with it, performs more that its price, so to speak.
I have read somewhere that Xiaomi is putting out a whopping 5,000mAh battery phone!
I used to have 2 of the early Samsung Galaxies, and they were good phones but I think all the latest Samsungs (like the iPhone) are overpriced.
Some people will keep paying a fortune to always have the latest model, but not me.
For the last few years all of my family have been using Oppo and Huawei phones and they are really good for the money.
There are different models for different budgets.
I don’t know how well known they are in USA, but in Australia they are available in most phone stores.
Yes they are cool… Downside of such phones is weight and thickness. So they don’t look fancy. 350 gr. of weight…
But hey! If you have night shift job they can withstand more than whole shift of gaming and video reproduction, and some of them have power bank function to charge your Iphones or Samsungs or even your rechargeable flashlights