Mobile Phone Regions

Svein_Forkbeard

Was wondering what effect setting your mobile phone region to somewhere other than UK has on your user experience, apps etc?

Just taken delivery of a Poco F1 and if set to UK facial recognition doesn't work if set to UK. India seems to be recommended.

Jon_01

I read that Xiaomi are starting to place add's inside the op system in India which you can't disable! I made a call with India set and had an add for a game appear when I ended the call!!
So I switched back to the UK.

Some reviews say that the face unlock isn't that secure, but I haven't ever tried it. . .

Stoke

Xiaomi's are great bits of hardware, but I honestly aren't convinced by their software practices. They've done some very questionable things over the years from a developer point of view.

So, my rule is, buy a Xiaomi with the intention of flashing an AOSP ROM within the day. You'll be happier and you won't void your warranty. Nothing to lose ultimately.

Stoke

Jon_01 wrote: »

I read that Xiaomi are starting to place add's inside the op system in India which you can't disable! I made a call with India set and had an add for a game appear when I ended the call!!
So I switched back to the UK.

Some reviews say that the face unlock isn't that secure, but I haven't ever tried it. . .

Face unlock is never secure. It never has been. Nor is fingerprint unlocking. None of them are secure.

If you want security, use a password and Google "password entropy" to understand how to create an infinitely more complex password than this ridiculous 1 uppercase, 1 lowercase, 1 symbol, 1 pineapple and an electrical socket. Learn password entropy, and you'll very quickly learn the score.

Or for those too lazy to read up:

DoaM

Easy to remember, but:

1. A pain in the posterior to type in lots of characters

2. Ironically many utilities requiring passwords won't accept that one, because it doesn't have Upper case, number, special character

arciere

Stoke wrote: »

Face unlock is never secure. It never has been. Nor is fingerprint unlocking. None of them are secure.

If you want security, use a password and Google "password entropy" to understand how to create an infinitely more complex password than this ridiculous 1 uppercase, 1 lowercase, 1 symbol, 1 pineapple and an electrical socket. Learn password entropy, and you'll very quickly learn the score.

Or for those too lazy to read up:

A 256-bit encrypted-password is even better.
I mean, you have to find a compromise between security and practicality: a fingerprint scanner is definitely better than having to type passwords on your phone.
Plus, you shouldn't have anything 'critical' with cached credentials (i.e. bank apps), so even if someone does get into your phone, he doesn't have immediate access to your accounts.

Fingerprint is not 100% secure, but by the time someone manages to bypass it, you should have had enough time to lock your phone remotely or change your passwords.

Stoke

arciere wrote: »

A 256-bit encrypted-password is even better.
I mean, you have to find a compromise between security and practicality: a fingerprint scanner is definitely better than having to type passwords on your phone.
Plus, you shouldn't have anything 'critical' with cached credentials (i.e. bank apps), so even if someone does get into your phone, he doesn't have immediate access to your accounts.

Fingerprint is not 100% secure, but by the time someone manages to bypass it, you should have had enough time to lock your phone remotely or change your passwords.

Maybe, depends really.