Official Xperia Z Thread

[N3wXTyp3]

disable it one by one?
Care to share what are the apps you disable?

Whaa quite a few.

Mainly those I don't use.

You have to list them out yourself.

I scroll the app list and then disable them as I pass by them.

 

[icecreamy]

Battery

finally got the xperia z but I realised that the battery life is super short! it depletes by around 1% every 10mins when the screen is turned on. ive tried activating all the battery stamina modes. realised that the maps app is taking around 35% of the batter life. screen is around 24%. android system is 13%. can anyone help me? how do I turn the maps app off? ive tried disabling location service but it doesn't work. any other ideas on how to save the battery life?
also, a message for power management tip keeps popping up saying "maps is preventing stamina mode from saving'. I've tried to click on the force stop or disable button on maps but I get a popup saying that the other apps might misbehave. what should I do?

 

[gapboy]

finally got the xperia z but I realised that the battery life is super short! it depletes by around 1% every 10mins when the screen is turned on. ive tried activating all the battery stamina modes. realised that the maps app is taking around 35% of the batter life. screen is around 24%. android system is 13%. can anyone help me? how do I turn the maps app off? ive tried disabling location service but it doesn't work. any other ideas on how to save the battery life?
also, a message for power management tip keeps popping up saying "maps is preventing stamina mode from saving'. I've tried to click on the force stop or disable button on maps but I get a popup saying that the other apps might misbehave. what should I do?

i do agree battery drain faster on XZ than S3 non LTE, perhaps because i am using LTE now which drains more power when constant scanning on non LTE location.

I off most things no stamina mode, lower brightness but enable to lighting conditions.

Also remember try not to auto sync FB and widgets at regular frequency manual sync if possible. Location-based Wifi maybe a good idea to use when you are in range (under power management)

I could last me one day left 25-30+% at night when i am back for a full charge.

 

[Ben555]

finally got the xperia z but I realised that the battery life is super short! it depletes by around 1% every 10mins when the screen is turned on. ive tried activating all the battery stamina modes. realised that the maps app is taking around 35% of the batter life. screen is around 24%. android system is 13%. can anyone help me? how do I turn the maps app off? ive tried disabling location service but it doesn't work. any other ideas on how to save the battery life?

I got a notification from the phone today. It says that "map" app is draining unnecessary batt and advices me to go to setup-apps to force stop this application when not in use to save unnecessary batt usage if I don't need this app working in the background.

Anyone has a fix for WiFi? Never had an instance of being connected to any WiFi anywhere more than 5 mins without reconnecting and this really driving me crazy. I move around a lot and tap onto public WiFi most of the time. Other than this I'm loving my Z

 

[carlover76]

finally got the xperia z but I realised that the battery life is super short! it depletes by around 1% every 10mins when the screen is turned on. ive tried activating all the battery stamina modes. realised that the maps app is taking around 35% of the batter life. screen is around 24%. android system is 13%. can anyone help me? how do I turn the maps app off? ive tried disabling location service but it doesn't work. any other ideas on how to save the battery life?
also, a message for power management tip keeps popping up saying "maps is preventing stamina mode from saving'. I've tried to click on the force stop or disable button on maps but I get a popup saying that the other apps might misbehave. what should I do?

It is normal for new phone and the battery will improve after a week or two as it need more charging to stabilize and run in.

 

[icecreamy]

It is normal for new phone and the battery will improve after a week or two as it need more charging to stabilize and run in.

I've been using the phone for 1week already. Will monitor for another week. Thanks! Realised I can't disable maps code i depend on the gps a lot. Any other ways to save battery? Or any navigation app to recommend?

 

[pker88]

i do agree battery drain faster on XZ than S3 non LTE, perhaps because i am using LTE now which drains more power when constant scanning on non LTE location.

I off most things no stamina mode, lower brightness but enable to lighting conditions.

Also remember try not to auto sync FB and widgets at regular frequency manual sync if possible. Location-based Wifi maybe a good idea to use when you are in range (under power management)

I could last me one day left 25-30+% at night when i am back for a full charge.

LTE sucking battery is normal
off it lor id u dont need
another reason is. your telco network cui so drain more

 

[daniel_83]

yea the battery life for xperia z is similar, if not better, than my old S3

i dont use stamina mode or any battery saving apps

 

[daniel_83]

my xperia z been running 13 hours since I unplugged it this morning

use it to make a few phonecalls and whatsapp and etc

now still got 80%!

 

[N3wXTyp3]

my xperia z been running 13 hours since I unplugged it this morning

use it to make a few phonecalls and whatsapp and etc

now still got 80%!

My XZ can last quite long. A few calls and whatsapp. There is once it last almost 2 days LOL

 

[hueman]

Gaming and video aside, I feel that browsing with Chrome and using the camera heat up the phone significantly and probably also suck more batt juice.

 

[Tuakong]

It is normal for new phone and the battery will improve after a week or two as it need more charging to stabilize and run in.

Yup...my battery stabilized after 2 weeks and installing Snapdragon BatteryGuru

 

[carlover76]

Yup...my battery stabilized after 2 weeks and installing Snapdragon BatteryGuru

Yes, I let Battery Guru handle the apps and I switch off the WIFI location in Battery Guru and use the default Location WIFI.

 

[jazzman80]

Does using "battery guru" really help in conserving the battery since it uses the location services too? Is the change significant?

 

[zapper_hj]

anyone have google map problem?? mine also said" your current location temporarily unavailable" even i on everything in location services.

 

[Drexter]

Just realised that the sound is soft. Dunno.if it's the update. Anybody encounters ?

 

[dreamz13]

Just realised that the sound is soft. Dunno.if it's the update. Anybody encounters ?

did u just dump it in the water?

 

[Drexter]

did u just dump it in the water?

Yes!!!.....

 

[shadey]

Yes!!!.....

Then read the FAQ....

 

[colinc88]

Can anyone help me on messaging display, it seems all my sms threads are display the earliest date first rather than the latest dated sms first, so now I need to scroll all the way to the bottom to see the most recent sms thread.

Is this normal?

Please help

TIA