Xiaomi Poco F5
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- 29 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 29 Sep 2023Go to Settings> Home Screen and scroll down to Recents a... moreWhat is the point of this tutorial now when i have it done already by googling the solution already. When i wrote the comment i had it done.
Was it not clear from my post already ?
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- SinEater
- TmG
- 29 Sep 2023
I definitely recommend 12 gigs. Not a big difference in price. And you don't need to use virtual ram for a very long time. I don't recommend to use it at all. I live in Danmark and paid 375 euro. Phone came with MIUI 14.0.6 Now I'm on 14.0.9 for a week or so. I got ride of most bloatwere and ads ofc. Free ram between 7.6 gigs to 8.6 gigs. I will like to use custom ROM. But I'm afraid. Never done it before. Plus I think it's not mature enough. But still I'm on XDA Forum every day and it's tempting..
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- n5r
- 29 Sep 2023
hmm, 28 Sep 2023Where do you see the ram usage ? Also the usage is about ho... moreGo to Settings> Home Screen and scroll down to Recents and turn 'Show memory status' ON.
Then the RAM available appears on the top right hand corner of the Recents page.
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- 29 Sep 2023
Spanky, 28 Sep 2023There is an option in MIUI’s Settings which makes it possib... moreBasically i needed to google this recent apps to find the way how to turn this memory on and show me my 8GB version use only 3GB
But well the more ram you have the more the phone will use it too. Same on computers.
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- Spanky
- nD@
- 28 Sep 2023
hmm, 28 Sep 2023Where do you see the ram usage ? Also the usage is about ho... moreThere is an option in MIUI’s Settings which makes it possible to see how much RAM is free. This happens whenever you enter the „recent applications“ menu and is visible in the top right corner. I have this option ON, it’s quite useful.
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- 28 Sep 2023
New poco user, 28 Sep 2023In 12gb version , 7 gb is reserved and just less than 5 GB ... moreWhere do you see the ram usage ? Also the usage is about how much you have apps open to see how much it use the ram.
Also that 7GB is virtual ram that you can add to the 12GB while the 8GB version have 5GB virtual ram
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- Anonymous
- n5r
- 28 Sep 2023
New poco user, 28 Sep 2023In 12gb version , 7 gb is reserved and just less than 5 GB ... moreMy experience is the opposite to yours. My 12Gb F5 usually has around 7.6Gb RAM free which means that it uses about 4.4Gb.
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- ashrobb
- 8FI
- 28 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 28 Sep 2023this phone launched with android 13 so nowhere you will fin... moreI know. That's why I said "downgrade to Android 12 or lower where it is available". Since the issue affects a lot of Xiaomi phones, not only this one.
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- Anonymous
- PB7
- 28 Sep 2023
ashrobb, 25 Sep 2023Yeah, that's the workaround. Only solution so far is t... morethis phone launched with android 13 so nowhere you will find android 12 ROM for poco f5
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- 28 Sep 2023
In 12gb version , 7 gb is reserved and just less than 5 GB is available , wonder what would be for the lower 8 version?
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- 28 Sep 2023
It seems like F5 have monthly security update or is it cause of the 14.0.7.0 update ?
As it is like 3rd update i have got from the time of it's release.
I know that the Android 14 should be around end of November or in December
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- Spanky
- nD@
- 27 Sep 2023
Wanz, 27 Sep 2023Is it better to take 8gb or 12gb RAM? Use for playing games... moreMore RAM is ALWAYS good for gaming and multitasking. And you futureproof your phone that way, even for regular applications. So, you kinda answered your own question. Besides, the price difference is very small, for 50% more RAM. In fact, in some stores, the 12GB version is cheaper than the 8GB one.
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- 27 Sep 2023
Is it better to take 8gb or 12gb RAM? Use for playing games is quite heavy, as well as multitasking and social media
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- 26 Sep 2023
Summer98, 26 Sep 2023Has anyone updated to version 14.0.6.0? Is it safe to updat... moreI just updated to 14.0.7 and the problem with the compass/maps is solved.
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- 26 Sep 2023
This is an amazing phone with a solid camera insane gaming performance,very smooth high graphics and miui is very good OS, speakers are 🔥 idk why people were critics of it, 120 FPS is insane for every task , honestly a 10/10 best phone u can get for this price , flagship experience without the flagship cost
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- Summer98
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- 26 Sep 2023
Has anyone updated to version 14.0.6.0? Is it safe to update or is there any issues so far?
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- ashrobb
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- 25 Sep 2023
Spanky, 25 Sep 2023Apparently, there is a temporary solution to this: delete t... moreYeah, that's the workaround. Only solution so far is to downgrade to Android 12 or lower where it is available while Xiaomi fixes it, but the bug has been around for a while.
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- Spanky
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- 25 Sep 2023
ashrobb, 25 Sep 2023This issue affects most or all Xiaomi phones in Android 13.... moreApparently, there is a temporary solution to this: delete the Google Maps application data. However, after a while, the bug returns.
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- J9W
- 25 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 24 Sep 2023poco f series has no deadboot issues only in the x and m series
X and M series dont seem to have the issue also as it was only with the X3 and M3 that is 2 years ago. So people got fired for it and they did there best to fix it. Also it's a must to be said that all the issues were only in India market. So probably even the factory that made the India market phones lost some heads or got fined for the damage.
Also there is a saying that we learn from our past mistakes or we need to make mistakes to learn from them.
Just to let people know that Xiaomi is just a bit over decade old brand so to have some issues after 10 years doing the phones is not so bad. Compare to brand like Samsung that had exploding batteries and is old as heck brand with lots of experience doing all types of electronics.
We have seen motherboard issues on all brand so Xiaomi is not different on that part as it's still mass production and there will be always defective examples.
I would say that if motherboard is giving up is a lot better then you have a ticking bomb in your pocket that can do you physical harm is way worse and still people for some reason trust Samsung and dont complain about it.
I dont think that these people who complain about the motherboard issue complain about it cause some models had the issue. They just need to defame cause it's Chinese brand and all the world is scared of China being the next super power that leads the world
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- 25 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 23 Sep 2023Poco is for PERFORMANCE !!!!
Why are you looking performan... moreThis issue affects most or all Xiaomi phones in Android 13.
Just saying it is not a problem specific to the Poco F5.
Edit: Quoted the wrong post, I'm referring to the navigation issue with Google maps