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    Best recent phone hardware for install ?

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      • Peter GammaP Offline
        Peter Gamma @PhoenixLandPirat
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        @phoenixlandpirat No need to get angry. There is a phone for everyone. Miracles can happen when the cost to power ratio is good, the community for a device is growing, when a company makes a constant effort to have the most recent hardware components. The more people which are using a device, the more interesting it becomes, there are more debuggers and developers, which makes the device more attractive. In my view, chances are best that a Xiaomi device becomes a miracle device.

        PETER GAMMA (Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND

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          PhoenixLandPirat @Peter Gamma
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          @peter-gamma I wasn't angry in anyway, so don't worry about that šŸ™‚

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            AppLee @Peter Gamma
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            @peter-gamma
            I think Xiaomi is the next Google.
            Their products look good, sound good are not expensive (yet). But later scandal after scandal users will discover the truth behind and quality will decrease...
            A company is a company, no brand makes only good products, so you still need to compare products.

            And as for the best hardware to install UT on, the answer is : the more open
            Less blobs, more open source drivers/firmwares, mainstream kernel, ...
            Those will help our community as @PhoenixLandPirat already said.

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              Keneda @AppLee
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              @applee
              Totally agree with you, best hardware for open-source software, is open source hardware ^^

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                Peter Gamma @Keneda
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                I bought now three Xiaomi devices for the price of the PinePhone I sold on ebay. Now, I can start doing tests. I prefer to have several devices. It is not a big loss if one is bricked. And it is also possible to have different devices with different distros. There is no perfect distro, as there is no perfect phone.

                PETER GAMMA (Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND

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                  ubuntoutou @cliffcoggin
                  last edited by ubuntoutou

                  @mito77 OnePlus 6T is only 2 1/2 years old and has a whooping 6 or 8GB of RAM! You can still buy a brand new one.

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                    cliffcoggin @ubuntoutou
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                    @ubuntoutou said in Best recent phone hardware for install ?:

                    @cliffcoggin OnePlus 6T is only 2 1/2 years old and has a whooping 6 or 8GB of RAM! You can still buy a brand new one.

                    Not sure why you are telling me. I am happy with my 8 year old Nexus 5 that does everything I need.

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                      Peter Gamma @cliffcoggin
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                      For me personally, the winner is the port of Ubuntu Touch from Joel for the Xiaomi Poco F1 :

                      https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4611/xiaomi-poco-f1-beryllium

                      Joel, a passionate inter-disciplinary programmer who loves to code all night:

                      https://github.com/joelselvaraj

                      thanks, Joel, for your great work.

                      PETER GAMMA (Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND

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                        L-00514 Banned
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                        Volla phone might be a good choice but this time i'm going to wait few months to verify if it's really stable before buying it šŸ™‚

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                          latasuman89
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                          Im saying that from a OnePlus 3, but I have a pinephone, and i plan on continuing down the line of supporting those who support me/my preferences financially.

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                            boky
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                            I want to buy a pinphone, but it doesn't ship to my country), which is very sad. I'm looking closely at Redmi, how much does it fall short of Nexus 5 in terms of functionality?
                            from of thisit is not clear, since It loses the connection to the cell network.

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                              stanwood @boky
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                              @boky I just ordered a Redmi Note 7 to supplement my N5, so I will be able to tell more about issues in 1 week or so.

                              it seems that the bugs you refer to are from August 2020, they may perhaps have been fixed since then, although the vendor image (LineageOS 16.0) is still the same.

                              Redmi Note 9S Stable
                              If God has a computer, it must be a GNU/Linux

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                                boky @stanwood
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                                @stanwood Hi. Tell us how the installation went on Redmi Note 7

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                                  stanwood @boky
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                                  @boky To be honest I received it with UT already installed (was owned by an UT developer).
                                  I used the UBports Installer to fresh re-install UT, and it worked perfectly well.
                                  If your device is provided with Android 9, you have to carefully follow UBports Installer instructions.

                                  Redmi Note 9S Stable
                                  If God has a computer, it must be a GNU/Linux

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                                    Markatrafik @stanwood
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                                    @stanwood where to get that snapshot? šŸ™‚

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                                      domubpkm @stanwood
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                                      @stanwood All isn't working currently but you have the chance to have a (working ?) notification LED on the Redmi. Isn't it ?

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                                        stanwood @Markatrafik
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                                        @markatrafik You mean "UBports Installer snap"? It's in Ubuntu software Center, and you'll find on the web the Windows + Mac versions.

                                        Redmi Note 9S Stable
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                                          stanwood @domubpkm
                                          last edited by stanwood

                                          @domubpkm You mean the notification envelope icon? Yes I do have it and it works well (maybe hided by the notch).

                                          If you want to talk about things that work / partial / not work on Redmi Note 7, I guess you'd rather open a new thread in devices => Xiaomi => Redmi Note 7 forum section šŸ˜‰

                                          Redmi Note 9S Stable
                                          If God has a computer, it must be a GNU/Linux

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                                            Markatrafik @domubpkm
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                                            @domubpkm I confirm that there are problems with the installation on the Redmi Note 7. Let's create a thread in the corresponding conference, and if the developers help us - let's debug it from/under Linux...

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                                              domubpkm @stanwood
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                                              @stanwood said in Best recent phone hardware for install ?:

                                              You mean the notification envelope icon?

                                              Not at all ! LED Light Emitting Diode.
                                              screenshot20210413_182335792.png
                                              as this screenshot of a BQ.

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