Still worth it in 2023 ??

[nex_t]

Hello everyone,
I'd really like to buy this phone, I know it's about 4 years old.
I have some questions about the compatibility with different apps.
Does the Nova Launcher works on this ? I don't care about Gestures ....
What about the YouTube Vanced and AoD Notify ?
Are there some custom ROMs ?
What are the cons right now, here in Europe ( Germany ) with this mobile phone ?
I do not care about 5G. 4G should be more than enough for me.
Any advices are welcome, thank you

 

[blackhawk]

Get the Note 10+ instead; better specs, more ram and up 1tb expandable storage. The Exynos variants can be rooted but the Snapdragon variants are faster. Excellent build quality and it's a running machine.

 

[nex_t]

6 GB ram and 128 GB memory should be okay for me

 

[blackhawk]

6 GB ram and 128 GB memory should be okay for me

Never can have too much ram or storage, 256/12gb is the base model. One of the best displays out there. Best display to bezel ratio of anything out there. Very good cams.

Personally I take One UI over Nova; faster, capable, more efficient and very stable.
Only possible deficiency is no 3.5mm jack.
No variable refresh rate and ones with no 5G get very good SOT once optimized. These will run extremely well stock and as such the UI is very customizable.

 

[nex_t]

Excuse me ,I'm not talking about Samsung mobile phones here
You are off topic

 

[blackhawk]

Excuse me ,I'm not talking about Samsung mobile phones here
You are off topic

Excuse me.
To be concise; I don't think it's worth it.

 

[nex_t]

Okay, thank you

 

[xjesus]

Hello everyone,
I'd really like to buy this phone, I know it's about 4 years old.
I have some questions about the compatibility with different apps.
Does the Nova Launcher works on this ? I don't care about Gestures ....
What about the YouTube Vanced and AoD Notify ?
Are there some custom ROMs ?
What are the cons right now, here in Europe ( Germany ) with this mobile phone ?
I do not care about 5G. 4G should be more than enough for me.
Any advices are welcome, thank you

Nova works, at least on global version.

I bought a second hand mate 20x after a Xiaomi mi mix, and it's the best choice for sure. There is no other screen like this. And everything works all right, all the software, cameras, battery for 2 days long... It's unbeatable in every way.

even with foldables you get a smaller video in 16:9 ratio and you always enjoy the full screen.

i have a book case and it's like a foldable but without the problems of battery, breakable, etc

 

[xjesus]

Nova works, at least on global version.

I bought a second hand mate 20x after a Xiaomi mi mix, and it's the best choice for sure. There is no other screen like this. And everything works all right, all the software, cameras, battery for 2 days long... It's unbeatable in every way.

even with foldables you get a smaller video in 16:9 ratio and you always enjoy the full screen.

i have a book case and it's like a foldable but without the problems of battery, breakable, etc

Nova launcher works, at least on global version.

I bought a second hand mate 20x for 250€ after owning a Xiaomi mi mix, and it's the best choice for sure. There is no other screen like this. And everything works all right, all the software, cameras, battery lasts for 2 days... It's unbeatable in every way.

With current foldables you would get a smaller video in 16:9 ratio and with mate 20x you always enjoy the full screen.

i have a book case and it's just like a foldable but without the problems of battery, breakable, etc. It has dropped several times and no problems so far. Huawei book case is very good for this phone.

Vanced YouTube works as well. FNG gestures works perfect without root.



I can't root or install any different firmware. I thought I was going to miss it from my Xiaomi mi mix, but not so much. I just can't use Titanium backup and can't get rid of all the ads, but I can use dns.adguard.com as a private DNS and it avoids quite some ads.



It's running EMUI 12 and Huawei is still updating its kernel...

Even if I could spend 2000€ in another phone and 20x would cost the same I would choose 20x any time just for the aspect ratio and big unbeatable screen, speakers, robustness and battery optimization.

 

[zlaer]

Hello everyone,
I'd really like to buy this phone, I know it's about 4 years old.
I have some questions about the compatibility with different apps.
Does the Nova Launcher works on this ? I don't care about Gestures ....
What about the YouTube Vanced and AoD Notify?
Are there some custom ROMs ?
What are the cons right now, here in Europe ( Germany ) with this mobile phone ?
I do not care about 5G. 4G should be more than enough for me.
Any advices are welcome, thank you

I still rock mine with long battery life of 7 - 9 days under medium use.

My global phone at one point had Nova launcher but eventually it was uninstalled because Nova eats away at battery. Besides, the phone is faster and snappier without it.

Vanced still works on it which is crazy cool.

For installing custom roms, downgrading to 9.0/9.1 is a necessity. But doing so may render newer apps inoperable. Personally, EMUI 12 is better than any version before it - even though its bootloader is locked and installing custom roms is a no no.

Cons for Germany? I cant say since I'm not in Europe.

The only 2 idiotic annoyances with the phone are: 1) auto brightness is enabled at startup and 2) notifications to update to network time. Although the notifications dont happen a lot theyre still annoying. Had there been none of these issues, the phone would be perfect.

At one point, I was thinking of selling it and buying the Note 20 ultra which can be upgraded to One UI 5.1, a very nice UI upgrade touch. But in the end I found myself keeping my 20x because of its wide aspect ratio (which unfortunately phone makers have abandoned as I'm still scratching my head over that) and bigger screen even though the Note 20 Ultra may have sharper resolution. However, if one day my 20x does become broken I will not buy another 20x. Instead I'll buy the N20U.

If you have more questions let me know.

 

[bukeyolacan]

Nova launcher works, at least on global version.

I bought a second hand mate 20x for 250€ after owning a Xiaomi mi mix, and it's the best choice for sure. There is no other screen like this. And everything works all right, all the software, cameras, battery lasts for 2 days... It's unbeatable in every way.

With current foldables you would get a smaller video in 16:9 ratio and with mate 20x you always enjoy the full screen.

i have a book case and it's just like a foldable but without the problems of battery, breakable, etc. It has dropped several times and no problems so far. Huawei book case is very good for this phone.

Vanced YouTube works as well. FNG gestures works perfect without root.



I can't root or install any different firmware. I thought I was going to miss it from my Xiaomi mi mix, but not so much. I just can't use Titanium backup and can't get rid of all the ads, but I can use dns.adguard.com as a private DNS and it avoids quite some ads.



It's running EMUI 12 and Huawei is still updating its kernel...

Even if I could spend 2000€ in another phone and 20x would cost the same I would choose 20x any time just for the aspect ratio and big unbeatable screen, speakers, robustness and battery optimization.



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How did you get this update? Mine doesnt have Jan 2023 patch still? (5G version though)

 

[xjesus]

Kernel and Security patch is from 2022, but Mainline software update is now "2023-02-01 Q"

 

[zlaer]

Kernel and Security patch is from 2022, but Mainline software update is now "2023-02-01 Q"

Is that for the 5G version?

 

[xjesus]

Is that for the 5G version?

No, mine is 4G Global version.

 

[zlaer]

No, mine is 4G Global version.

Are you sure? My phone is EVR L29-C636 which is 4G... and the last update was from last year in Jan or Feb of 2022. Do you have the same model?

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[xjesus]

Are you sure? My phone is EVR L29-C636 which is 4G... and the last update was from last year in Jan or Feb of 2022. Do you have the same model?

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As I said before, and as you can see in my "Spanish screenshot" above, kernel and security patch from Huawei are from February 2022, and mainline software update (Android update from Google) is from 2023. It's already 2023-02-01

Android Project Mainline: Everything you need to know

Android Project Mainline directly updates core OS components with "critical code changes" from Google Play, accelerating Android updates.

www.hexnode.com

My phone is L29

 

[zlaer]

As I said before, and as you can see in my "Spanish screenshot" above, kernel and security patch from Huawei are from February 2022, and mainline software update (Android update from Google) is from 2023. It's already 2023-02-01

Android Project Mainline: Everything you need to know

Android Project Mainline directly updates core OS components with "critical code changes" from Google Play, accelerating Android updates.

www.hexnode.com

My phone is L29

Appreciate that. I have 2 questions..

1) If you could get the Note 20 Ultra brand new in exchange for the 20x would you exchange it?

2) I keep getting notifications on "network time unavailable" to enable location. How do I disable this annoying notification?

 

[xjesus]

1) Not even a S23 Ultra. Why? Mainly because I'd lose almost 1cm width and 1cm height of screen with the same weight. I'm sure the battery wouldn't last as long, the fingerprint wouldn't work as well, and most probably the UI would be a little faster with 120Hz but again, with a lot of battery drain, I'd miss the 3.5 audio jack and the super speakers from the Mate 20X. I'm not a gamer, but gaming would be something that probably would run faster in the S23 Ultra compared to the Mate 20X. I don't use a Stylus. Phone camera sensors are limited by their size. For the rest I'm sure there is no real gain. Whatsapp, Youtube and Chrome are my main usage of the phone and all I need is the biggest screen and better sound as possible.

2) No clue

 

[zlaer]

1) Not even a S23 Ultra. Why? Mainly because I'd lose almost 1cm width and 1cm height of screen with the same weight. I'm sure the battery wouldn't last as long,

Got to say you're wrong about the battery comparison. The s23 ultra"s battery greatly exceeds the one in the 20x by far.

 

[xjesus]

Maybe...

From:

https://www.kimovil.com/en/huawei-mate-20x/battery

https://www.kimovil.com/en/samsung-galaxy-s23-ultra/battery