The Poco F1 receives Android Pie, confirmed to also receive Android Q

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There are small annoying changes throughout the software that detract from the overall experience. There’s very little place on the left of the notch and Xiaomi decided to show zero notification icons there (MIUI 10 stable and below) or briefly show then hide them (MIUI 10 beta). There is a lot to like about MIUI, especially the multiple added customizations and features. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you must have heard of the cheapest phone with a Snapdragon 845, the Poco F1.

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• We’ve now opened forum pages for these devices to give buyers and enthusiasts a place for discussions, aftermarket development, third-party mods, and more.
• Xiaomi Poco F1 comes with a flexible bootloader other than Verizon devices.

You should create one every time you flash a new ROM or install any kind of mod. It’s the first tool you should use if you ever need to unbrick your phone. Most of Poco F1 users had expected that Android 10 update for the phone will be next to MIUI 12, but this is not what happened, and instead the latest system update was still with MIUI 11. Even Redmi Note 8 Pro, which joined the Mi Pilot program at the same time with the Poco, its users got the latest interface update more than a month ago. The list on the left shows devices supported by Ubuntu Touch. Getting back to stock uses the same techniques used to install ROMs and mods in the first place.

Unlike other devices though, the F1’s notch feels out of place due to the thick bezels at the top and bottom. It feels like Xiaomi slapped a notch on an older phone design it had lying around, just to try and look download stock firmware cool (and fail at it). The heavily rounded corners make the bezels even more visible. Bogdan Petrovan and Abhishek Baxi wrote this POCOphone F1 review after using the phone extensively over multiple days.

To make it easier for potential buyers and enthusiasts to find all relevant information in one place, we have decided to open up XDA forums for the newly announced OnePlus 11 and Lenovo ThinkPhone. We’ve also gotten around to opening new forum pages for a couple of older devices, like the Redmi Note 12 series and the Motorola Edge 30. If you own the Pocophone F1 and currently live in Bangladesh, Spain, France, and some other locations, and update adds in the popular face unlock feature.