Recent content by fasty

I was expecting variations across the display at low brightness setting. It's a AMOLED thing, we're told, and as an engineer I can see why the technical challenge exists. Having said all that, my display seems practically perfect even at low brightness. Although I tend to be easily annoyed by...

Which model of phone? Just tested on Mi 9t Pro, not experiencing this problem.

Similar experience here with Mi 9t Pro; "phone idle" and "cell standby" seem low, no major issues with unexpected nuisance wakes during the night etc.

Mi 9t Pro has band 20. This is particularly useful in Europe where it is used extensively. Also I believe that Mi 9t Pro has Widevine L1 certification not present on K20. Important to some people.

At risk of stating the obvious, have you confirmed with another phone that you actually have a 4G signal? Similar has happened to me before when the nearby cell tower was under maintenance.

Why do Xiaomi seem to have such a problem with proximity sensors? The one on my Note 7 doesn't work properly and a google search reveals complaints about sensors on many models. It's not as if they are rocket science any more.

I'm using the miui global 10.3.3.0 PFGEUXM and definitely have some "issues" with the proximity sensor. I'm still trying to tie down the exact nature of the problem: With a quick test, or doing calibration, it seems to work exactly as I would expect; the screen switches off as you approach...

Thanks for the reply. Hmm yes, that's what I expected, but icon is definitely not there. It's especially strange since I have definitely had VoLTE with the same SIM successfully on different devices. What do you make of my phone staying on 4G during a call, does that suggest VoLTE is actually...

Using Redmi Note 7 Global version, 4G+64G, MIUI 10.3.2.0. VoLTE I entered *#*#86583#*#* and dialler confirms that VoLTE carrier check is disabled (test page 4636 also shows VoLTE provisioning is ON). On different phones using same SIM, same location, I see "HD" icon confirming "HD calling", or...

Just for reference, the double-tap-to-wake feature depends on the hardware build. I've seen several of these phones bought in UK and none had this "feature"

I wondered about this too. If you're not in a hurry (say, charging overnight) then maybe the slower charge will ensure optimum battery life. I find that using a long (2M), cheap charging cable prevents fast charge! That's understandable because the electrical resistance will be higher than a...

From my experience even the best conventional GPS can still occasionally get confused, especially around city (presumably due to "urban canyon" signal multipath effects). I'm very interested to see how well the Snapdragon implementation of dual-frequency GNSS (as in the Mi 9) actually works in...

Mine is entirely scratch-free even after many months of use. Of course, cheaper large-ape-flavour glass may have less consistent quality of hardening. Perhaps yours came from a bad batch?

I have had occasional problems with the SD card vanishing, even though it is used as "portable storage". I wonder if this could be a related problem? Rebooting the phone has always corrected the problem. I also often notice that when I wake the phone from sleep, there is briefly a notification...

It's still working for me on Three UK network, after February update..