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| | |Category=Android, Phones | ||
| | |Company=Xiaomi | ||
| | |Description= | ||
| | |InProduction=No | ||
| | |Logo=Poco X3 Pro.jpg | ||
|ReleaseYear=2020 | |||
|Website=https://www.po.co/global/poco-x3-nfc/ | |||
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The '''{{Wplink|Poco_X3|POCO X3, X3 NFC and X3 Pro}}''' are smartphones developed by '''[[Xiaomi]]''' and released under their POCO brand, devices primarily targeting budget mid-range phone users. These models are particularly prone of randomly rendering themselves unusable/inoperable ("bricked"), either due to a combination of poorly developed software updates that were released by the manufacturer, and/or the soldering joints inside of the device being of poor quality. The company has ignored multiple customers' complaints or requests for help if the warranty period is expired, even in circumstances where it has been found that forced updates to the user's device, has in-fact caused the phone to become unusable. | The '''{{Wplink|Poco_X3|POCO X3, X3 NFC and X3 Pro}}''' are smartphones developed by '''[[Xiaomi]]''' and released under their POCO brand, devices primarily targeting budget mid-range phone users. These models are particularly prone of randomly rendering themselves unusable/inoperable ("bricked"), either due to a combination of poorly developed software updates that were released by the manufacturer, and/or the soldering joints inside of the device being of poor quality. The company has ignored multiple customers' complaints or requests for help if the warranty period is expired, even in circumstances where it has been found that forced updates to the user's device, has in-fact caused the phone to become unusable. | ||
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===Bad soldering causing phone to not function (''2022 and onward'')=== | ===Bad soldering causing phone to not function (''2022 and onward'')=== | ||
Bad quality soldering caused chips to partially detach from the main board, rendering the phone completely defunct, or in mild cases only causing it to lose some functionality.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Complaints on POCO's official forum |url=https://c.po.co/global/topicdetail/10049}}</ref> The issue requires board level repair to fix. In the best cases, this can restore the phone to working order for about two years, but in the worst cases, the phone only survives for about a day before not turning on again. The outcome of the repair cannot always be determined in advance, so the phone isn't reliable anymore even after the repair.<ref>{{Cite web |title=iFixit thread on the issue |url=https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/736918/Phone+is+dead,+it+doesn't+starts}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Forum thread discussing the viability of reballing |url=https://xdaforums.com/t/experience-after-reballing.4569279}}</ref> | Bad quality soldering caused chips to partially detach from the main board, rendering the phone completely defunct, or in mild cases only causing it to lose some functionality.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Complaints on POCO's official forum |url=https://c.po.co/global/topicdetail/10049 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708203109/https://c.po.co/global/topicdetail/10049 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref> The issue requires board level repair to fix. In the best cases, this can restore the phone to working order for about two years, but in the worst cases, the phone only survives for about a day before not turning on again. The outcome of the repair cannot always be determined in advance, so the phone isn't reliable anymore even after the repair.<ref>{{Cite web |title=iFixit thread on the issue |url=https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/736918/Phone+is+dead,+it+doesn't+starts |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251215141642/https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/736918/Phone+is+dead,+it+doesn't+starts |archive-date=15 Dec 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Forum thread discussing the viability of reballing |url=https://xdaforums.com/t/experience-after-reballing.4569279 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241108132738/https://xdaforums.com/t/experience-after-reballing.4569279/ |archive-date=8 Nov 2024}}</ref> | ||
===MIUI 13 update causing phones to bootloop (X3 Pro) (''25 July 2022'')=== | ===MIUI 13 update causing phones to bootloop (X3 Pro) (''25 July 2022'')=== | ||