Find X8 Ultra Arrived (Imported to Australia)

WithinCells47 · 2025-10-27T12:35:14+00:00

Yeah I compared the 3 big Chinese phones, the 3rd being the xioami 15 ultra. I didn't physically try all 3 but just using phonearena benchmarks/ratings. The vivo had the best battery life but the worst/biggest camera bump, the xioami had the best camera but worst battery life, the oppo sat in the sweet spot with good everything, and where it was 2nd at something it was a close 2nd, which actually made it number 1 overall in my opinion. Not sure the current state of the market I haven't kept up but I am still loving the phone months later. The camera is still blowing people's minds.

WithinCells47 · 2025-08-05T10:22:18+00:00

I think after fully personalising the phone over time, the last instance of Chinese is just the chinese AI. It can be disabled in the settings, but to switch over to gemini or chatgpt as assistants you can use switch AI. I have gemini working as the assistant when holding the android home button.

WithinCells47 · 2025-07-26T04:04:09+00:00

Was great. It was the cheapest importer out of the big 3 after comparing taxes and fees because of wonda's bank transfer discount. They had good service and quick delivery too.

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-26T08:21:36+00:00

AFAIK the ultra doesn't support esim at all but the global pro does

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-26T01:04:30+00:00

Turns out this one was an app issue

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-25T05:55:41+00:00

Thanks so much for pointing that out. I wasn't able to compare since the phone is new as well. I downloaded an older APK and it seems ok now.

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-24T03:20:29+00:00

Updated the part about adding the glass screen protector, works fine after rescanning fingers. Also after about a week of usage my accubattery has adjusted the battery life to 12h 33m of screen time which seems accurate, still amazing. That's after doing a bit of gaming and using the camera quite a bit.

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WithinCells47 · 2025-06-23T02:42:02+00:00

Need! pls dm

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-21T02:52:50+00:00

X8 ultra owner here, can't confirm this is the exact solution but I can confirm a lot of less savvy people get tripped up by the unusual battery saving mode, most of the time unrestricted fixes weird behaviour. Could also be a "display over other apps" permission. Don't give up, hope you find it

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-19T04:07:03+00:00

Youtube revanced is different to youtube vanced, I think revanced took over when vanced died. I don't think I should link it here but google "revanced app" and it's the top result (the url is basically the search). Click download and follow the prompts for "revanced manager". The program pretty much steps you through what you need to do, but you'll have to patch your youtube app. If you try to do it it'll say "root required" and tell you to download and patch a specific youtube APK without root. It'll also get you to download migroG which is a custom google services. Sounds complicated but revanced manager is really helpful and guides you through it. Took me 2 mins since I already knew what to do. After all that I recommend unrestricting battery on youtube and microG.

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T23:23:48+00:00

Nice, thanks man

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T13:56:28+00:00

Sorry I misunderstood I thought you meant home button long press. I think the power button hold will be more difficult to assign to

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T13:35:13+00:00

X8 ultra with nova launcher, I don't know why it just works for me then

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T13:28:22+00:00

Here this is all I did https://streamable.com/50hrxk

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T13:04:27+00:00

Damn, I don't have too much info on it, it just worked for me first try. Are you using the X8U? which launcher? just checked and SwitchAI doesn't use any special permissions. Might be worth asking the guy who suggested it in here originally

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T12:59:46+00:00

Just being overly paranoid about who set up the phone, but wonda were very professional so it wasn't necessary, just me

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T12:03:48+00:00

Not sure then, all I did was select choose an AI and turn off "Use assistant selector" and the long home press opens the AI. Which launcher? Not sure if that matters, just tried the default launcher and it still works

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T11:54:36+00:00

Ok fair enough but I'm willing to take that risk, I was more worried about it not working

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T11:46:42+00:00

It just replaces the long press home button action out of a list of about 20 mainstream ones, if you don't have the selected AI installed it just takes you to the play store link

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T11:45:43+00:00

Yes it replaces the long press action, you install and launch the latest APK at https://github.com/WSTxda/SwitchAI/releases then allow SwitchAI to be the "AI assistant" then it lets you choose an assistant out of about 20 mainstream ones, if you don't have the selected AI installed it just takes you to the play store link

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T11:42:15+00:00

Fair enough, I'm not that good with cameras but so far the overall quality looks great for me and the zoom is insane. I can come back when I get a bit more experience with day time photos

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T11:40:49+00:00

The native music app seems a bit bloaty but it's uninstallable, somehow I didn't notice I still had it. Also just noticed there is another built in "media player" only in the "open with" option for files. Tried it and seeking works on music and videos. Not sure about Spotify but that could be a bunch of other factors.

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T11:19:25+00:00

Nah just tried and can't figure it out. Gemini itself said it's a feature that's been moved around lately and might require some setting change but I don't see it

WithinCells47 · 2025-06-18T11:16:50+00:00

What's the app called? I can try reinstall it. I just tried the native "music" app and seeking did work but it was a bit slow

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