What phone you use as your daily driver? And, a discussion of them.

[Space Lynx]

@mclaren85 ty for this advice:

"mclaren85 said:
in Androd phones, you can specify your custom dns as:

dns.adguard.com

ads are gone."

did this and rebooted my phone and it does work. that is awesome. i assume its still safe to do my banking and stuff on my phone with this setup this way?

 

[mclaren85]

@mclaren85 ty for this advice:

"mclaren85 said:
in Androd phones, you can specify your custom dns as:

dns.adguard.com

ads are gone."

did this and rebooted my phone and it does work. that is awesome. i assume its still safe to do my banking and stuff on my phone with this setup this way?

Most certainly yes. DNS is just an address book, it has nothing to do with your connection, unless it directs you a pishing site. But even at that time, the banking app would not communicate with the main server.


Biggest concern for me however, Adguard windows software. It installs its own root certificates in order to decrypt your https and practically sees everything you have done on the internet. But, I don't think they will even attempt to see your moves since it will badly, like very very badly harm their reputation.

 

[Space Lynx]

Most certainly yes. DNS is just an address book, it has nothing to do with your connection, unless it directs you a pishing site. But even at that time, the banking app would not communicate with the main server.


Biggest concern for me however, Adguard windows software. It installs its own root certificates in order to decrypt your https and practically sees everything you have done on the internet. But, I don't think they will even attempt to see your moves since it will badly, like very very badly harm their reputation.

i use linux, so i don't need to do it anyway for my desktop. just nice to have on my phone is all, thanks a lot. just did it for my dads phone too, he is going to love no ads, lmao

 

[KetoRay]

Most certainly yes. DNS is just an address book, it has nothing to do with your connection, unless it directs you a pishing site. But even at that time, the banking app would not communicate with the main server.


Biggest concern for me however, Adguard windows software. It installs its own root certificates in order to decrypt your https and practically sees everything you have done on the internet. But, I don't think they will even attempt to see your moves since it will badly, like very very badly harm their reputation.

I did try it, but I had to change it to "dns.adguard-dns.com"..

 

[mclaren85]

i use linux, so i don't need to do it anyway for my desktop. just nice to have on my phone is all, thanks a lot. just did it for my dads phone too, he is going to love no ads, lmao

Yw, for even more ad-free experience you should use Yandex Browser + Adguard Android. Totally eliminates it.

I did try it, but I had to change it to "dns.adguard-dns.com"..

It's all here:

Our server addresses​

If you already know how to set up DNS on your device, use these addresses

​

Default server
AdGuard DNS will block ads and trackers.
https://dns.adguard-dns.com/dns-query
Non-filtering server
AdGuard DNS will not block ads, trackers, or any other DNS requests.
https://unfiltered.adguard-dns.com/dns-query
Family protection server
AdGuard DNS will block ads, trackers, adult content, and enable Safe Search and Safe Mode, where possible.
https://family.adguard-dns.com/dns-query

​

Default server
AdGuard DNS will block ads and trackers.
tls://dns.adguard-dns.com
Non-filtering server
AdGuard DNS will not block ads, trackers, or any other DNS requests.
tls://unfiltered.adguard-dns.com
Family protection server
AdGuard DNS will block ads, trackers, adult content, and enable Safe Search and Safe Mode, where possible.
tls://family.adguard-dns.com

​

Default server
AdGuard DNS will block ads and trackers.
quic://dns.adguard-dns.com
Non-filtering server
AdGuard DNS will not block ads, trackers, or any other DNS requests.
quic://unfiltered.adguard-dns.com
Family protection server
AdGuard DNS will block ads, trackers, adult content, and enable Safe Search and Safe Mode, where possible.
quic://family.adguard-dns.com

​

Default server
AdGuard DNS will block ads and trackers.
sdns://AQMAAAAAAAAAETk0LjE0MC4xNC4xNDo1NDQzINErR_JS3PLCu_iZEIbq95zkSV2LFsigxDIuUsQhzIjIuZG5zY3J5cHQuZGVmYXVsdC5uczEuYWRndWFyZC5jb20
Non-filtering server
AdGuard DNS will not block ads, trackers, or any other DNS requests.
sdns://AQMAAAAAAAAAEjk0LjE0MC4xNC4xNDA6NTQ0MyC16ETWuDo-PhJo62gfvqcN48X6aNvWiBQdvy7AZrLa-iUyLmRuc2NyeXB0LnVuZmlsdGVyZWQubnMxLmFkZ3VhcmQuY29t
Family protection server
AdGuard DNS will block ads, trackers, adult content, and enable Safe Search and Safe Mode, where possible.
sdns://AQMAAAAAAAAAETk0LjE0MC4xNC4xNTo1NDQzILgxXdexS27jIKRw3C7Wsao5jMnlhvhdRUXWuMm1AFq6ITIuZG5zY3J5cHQuZmFtaWx5Lm5zMS5hZGd1YXJkLmNvbQ

​

Default servers
AdGuard DNS will block ads and trackers.
IPv4:
94.140.14.14
94.140.15.15
IPv6:
2a10:50c0::ad1:ff
2a10:50c0::ad2:ff
Non-filtering servers
AdGuard DNS will not block ads, trackers, or any other DNS requests.
IPv4:
94.140.14.140
94.140.14.141
IPv6:
2a10:50c0::1:ff
2a10:50c0::2:ff
Family protection servers
AdGuard DNS will block ads, trackers, adult content, and enable Safe Search and Safe Mode, where possible.
IPv4:
94.140.14.15
94.140.15.16
IPv6:
2a10:50c0::bad1:ff
2a10:50c0::bad2:ff

 

[Space Lynx]

Absolutely loving my Pixel 9a, I really like that they made it a thick phone with no camera bump/extra battery, it's just so easy to hold and grip without a case being on it. Very lightweight too since it is all plastic mainly. Very happy with this phone, I love how clean it is vs the samsung bloat. I'm glad this phone will be getting 7 years of updates, it also has a feature where when battery saver 80% charge limit is turned on, if it is plugged in, the battery is bypassed entirely. I'm not sure if all modern phones have this feature, but it says specifically this one does. I am kind of old fashioned in that I think we should not be chained to our phones, I use Garmin for my GPS driving, and I work remote anyway so I rarely if ever leave the house, so my phone rarely gets unplugged. So, I enabled the 80% battery and leave it plugged in.

Hopefully this means even 4 years from now the battery will be in good shape still, since it won't be going through many charge cycles.

 

[Bagerklestyne]

I'm glad this phone will be getting 7 years of updates, it also has a feature where when battery saver 80% charge limit is turned on, if it is plugged in, the battery is bypassed entirely. I'm not sure if all modern phones have this feature, but it says specifically this one does.

I think it started out as a Pixel 9 feature then rolled it back as far as the 6a. My 7a has it too. It's definitely a good feature I use as I bluetooth stream white noise (rain) to a speaker while I sleep so it's great that it's not trickle murdering the battery every night.

 

[95Viper]

The topic is: "What phone you use as your daily driver? And, a discussion of them."
Stay on topic.

 

[Laurijan]

I had a Samsung S10 for like 5y and after I started repairing Apple products for a living I got a free iPhone 12 to get a better understanding about how to use them

 

[RaceT3ch]

Update on my ROG Phone 6:
It's been fine
Idk why people say "Oh it fries itself"
Never had anything remotely close to being that kind of issue unless you count the one time it randomly restarted.

 

[alimus]

IPhone 11 pro

 

[avidgamer121]

Moto Edge 50 Fusion
Camera is amazing, even in low light.
Performance is good for general use, i don't play games.
Battery life is decent especially with power save mode, can last few days on low usage.
Sharp Display, minimal bloat except some motorola apps.
I kinda dislike stock android though, not my cup of tea. (prefer realme ui, even xiaomi miui and hyperos is alot better).

overall a very good phone but i rarely use it because i am mostly on my pc and phones are not my cup of tea.

 

[neatfeatguy]

Here I am, it's 5/31/25 and I finally got a new phone.

Moved on from my Samsung Galaxy S8 that I picked up around the end of October in 2017. The S8 was still doing well for me, battery life was okay and I believe it took better pictures than my wife's S21 (until you zoomed in too much, then the S21 was the winner), but sadly I was getting pop-up messages on a few apps I use saying that Android 9 was being phased out and soon I wouldn't be able to use the apps. So I finally gave in and picked up a S25.

Got a Unicorn Beetle case on the way and should see it by midweek next week. Hopefully this case for the S25 is as good as the case for the S8 was; it did hold up pretty well for about 7 years until the side buttons on the case started to wear out and fall off (had to use a touch of super glue to hold them back in place).

Here's hoping I get a good many years out of this phone, like I did my S8.

 

[KetoRay]

Here I am, it's 5/31/25 and I finally got a new phone.

Moved on from my Samsung Galaxy S8 that I picked up around the end of October in 2017. The S8 was still doing well for me, battery life was okay and I believe it took better pictures than my wife's S21 (until you zoomed in too much, then the S21 was the winner), but sadly I was getting pop-up messages on a few apps I use saying that Android 9 was being phased out and soon I wouldn't be able to use the apps. So I finally gave in and picked up a S25.

Got a Unicorn Beetle case on the way and should see it by midweek next week. Hopefully this case for the S25 is as good as the case for the S8 was; it did hold up pretty well for about 7 years until the side buttons on the case started to wear out and fall off (had to use a touch of super glue to hold them back in place).

Here's hoping I get a good many years out of this phone, like I did my S8.

Nothing wrong with the S8 imo. I still use it as my backup phone

 

[neatfeatguy]

Nothing wrong with the S8 imo. I still use it as my backup phone

Great phone it was. Only issue was the Bixby button - thankfully there was a way to disable it. I hate Bixby, in fact I hate all the "assistance" programs on these devices. Until I found how to disable the Bixby button, every time it was accidentally pressed you'd get some intrusive shit trying to tell you how to do things or what you do. I'm so glad there is no Bixby button on my S25 and that I can simply opt out of using it while setting things up.

I just finished making sure all my data and apps were transferred to my new phone and factory reset my S8. Time to move on.

 

[Athlonite]

Great phone it was. Only issue was the Bixby button - thankfully there was a way to disable it. I hate Bixby, in fact I hate all the "assistance" programs on these devices. Until I found how to disable the Bixby button, every time it was accidentally pressed you'd get some intrusive shit trying to tell you how to do things or what you do. I'm so glad there is no Bixby button on my S25 and that I can simply opt out of using it while setting things up.

I just finished making sure all my data and apps were transferred to my new phone and factory reset my S8. Time to move on.

The assistant features wouldn't be so bad if it didn't require wifi or mobile data to be turned on all the time

 

[Leooooo1061]

Sony Xperia 5ii. Love the small design and processor's great. Snapdragon 865 can certainly keep up with daily use and light gaming. Never experienced stutters. It's also got a pretty high resolution OLED with 120hz refresh rate, great camera quality and a pretty long battery life considering the size. I've heard that the screen often craps up and displays lines, though. Seems like a common problem with the Xperia lineup. No problems yet but I better watch out. I recently switched to an iPhone 16, but after a few weeks I switched back. Can't get used to how large the iPhone 16 is.