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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, ...
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@applee
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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.
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@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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@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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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.
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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
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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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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?
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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.
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@stanwood Hi. Tell us how the installation went on Redmi Note 7
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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.
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@stanwood where to get that snapshot?
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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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@markatrafik You mean "UBports Installer snap"? It's in Ubuntu software Center, and you'll find on the web the Windows + Mac versions.
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@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
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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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@stanwood said in Best recent phone hardware for install ?:
You mean the notification envelope icon?
Not at all ! LED Light Emitting Diode.
as this screenshot of a BQ. -
@domubpkm Ok, so the back light (torch + camera flash) works well indeed.
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@stanwood Do you speak of Notification LED ?
Seen on Amazon (french).
Translated R Answer : 'It's the tiny indicator light next to the USB C connector. Low intensity, but works..'