Therefore, it is capable of providing greater stability and a bug-free experience. Once you have downloaded the Samsung stock firmware (.zip) for your device. Extract the downloaded firmware Zip file to a convenient file location. After downloading the new firmware, connect the Poco X3 to a PC and use the official Mi Flash Tool to install it. Once the device boots up in fastboot mode, it will display the MIUI Bunny icon.
- The skin and facial hairs look over-processed but it does a great job at retaining colors in the image, the colors look punchy and pleasing to the eyes.
- The okayish display, the chunkiness, and the average camera performance take away some stock firmware points.
- We are consistently getting around 6 hours of screen-on-time.
- No smartwatches, TVs or any other type of device are supported.
- Its fast-responding pixels will make more of the 120Hz refresh speed.
Also, charge the device battery to at least 40% so that the flashing process will not be interrupted by low battery. Interrupting the firmware installation process could damage your phone. The updater app does not support upgrades from one version of LineageOS to another, and will block installation to any update for a different version. Upgrading manually requires similar steps to installing LineageOS for the first time.
Although to contradict myself, there is some image ghosting on this panel. You’ll notice most often when scrolling quickly and slow down. It’s not too distracting, it’s just something to note, and given the cost of this smartphone, it’s not a dealbreaker.
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- The 240Hz touch sampling does its job in making FPS games more responsive, and the impactful speakers definitely add a layer of immersion.
- The strip in the center provides an even slightly better grip for the fingers than the sides, making the smartphone sit pretty securely in the hand despite its size.
- One difference I could find is that Poco UI doesn’t have the Google Discover feed to the left of the homescreen.
- On the other hand, -c makes repo to pull in only the current branch instead of all branches that are available on GitHub.
- Users do not prefer the device that comes with a bad camera.
But trust me, I’m not one of those TV Series addicts who watch shows and movies on the move, on my phone. I prefer consuming media on a slightly larger display, at least on my laptop, nothing less than that. So, the AMOLED display doesn’t matter much to me, but the high refresh rate does. None of these quirks are deal-breakers but there’s definitely room for Poco to iron out the inconsistencies. What’s even better is that I never feel constrained by battery life. Even with a couple of hours of gaming, the X3 Pro comfortably coasts through an entire day and then some more. This is one of those phones that will condition you to not look at the remaining battery level.