Official Xperia Z Thread

[kazuki666]

1) does get warm with prolonged usage, but not hot enough to cook egg
2) using without stamina mode, can last a day
3) not much regrets so far, camera performance could be better.

1) My response will be to run it under the tap to cool it!
2) So far I have been jamming dragon ball tap battle on it. I must admit I was expecting the batt to drain faster.

 

[carlover76]

Most of the sony apps removed.CPU control integrated in the settings,white balance settings too..Fast and smooth PRE-ROOTED

I just gotten mine yesterday at 8.30pm, the battery level was 60%. After 1.5 hours, it dropped to 36%. I walked back to the HP shop and wanted to return the phone back to them. It doesn't heat up that bad though.

I traded in my S3 LTE for my current Xperia Z. I like my Zee. There is something drawing me to my Zee and I have no idea what.

The screen colours is extremely difficult to look at. I have to turn up the brightness to around 60% to see my screen properly. Then there is the sound issue. I can hardly hear it at max volume. I put it in my bag and I use my office phone to call my Zee, I cannot hear it. I put it in my pocket and use my office phone to call my Zee, I cannot hear it.

The HP shop guy was very kind. He agreed to change my Zee for the Optimus G and return me my exact change. However, LG and HTC doesn't support microSD so I am kinda stuck with either Samsung or Sony. *sigh*

I can only say that the battery need more charging cycle to stabilize and season.

As you are blinded by the brightness from your AMOLED screen of S3 so you will find Xperia Z screen not so bright, that is normal but Xperia Z gives you more natural colours and it will not make your eyes tired after you view too long on the screen.

 

[Chipero]

I can only say that the battery need more charging cycle to stabilize and season.

As you are blinded by the brightness from your AMOLED screen of S3 so you will find Xperia Z screen not so bright, that is normal but Xperia Z gives you more natural colours and it will not make your eyes tired after you view too long on the screen.

Well, the brightness on my S3 was at 20%. I have to crank up till 60% on my Zee.

Any ways on increasing the max volume ? With xLoud and without xLoud , no difference

 

[umts_lte]

Proud Xperia Z Owner

I owned a Note 1 unit and now a Xperia Z. Well before the Note 1, i had a Xperia Arc.

The user experience in the first few days of use are rather poor as i experienced sever dropped mobile coverage inclusive of data connection. I have managed to install the 7.2MB of patch and it works wonder. Problem resolved.

Here are some + and - i have for Xperia Z.

* I love the Xperia Z UI (although with some short coming) like the Index page with creation of apps folders. Cool.

* Camera is definitely good with quick response and natural tones.

* Launching apps are quick (i hope they can be consistent for long)

* Great screen with clean and clear visual experience

* Size of phone is handy and much more pocketable, thinking back, i don't really need a big screen for day to day use

* With or without Stamina, the battery seems rather strong for 2 days with Data Connection always on (i hope they can be consistent for long)

- Dislike the missing feature to create folders for relevant apps in apps section

- Dislike the missing GPS on-off via the drop down page

Generally, the design is cool and sleek. I am a happy owner for now.

 

[porcu]

My sdcard will temporarily go undetected when th unit heats up.
I was at Legoland (a steamboat with swelling temperatures) and I thought I lost all my photos...
Wash it and after cooling down, the card was detected again.

 

[cityscream]

I owned a Note 1 unit and now a Xperia Z. Well before the Note 1, i had a Xperia Arc.

The user experience in the first few days of use are rather poor as i experienced sever dropped mobile coverage inclusive of data connection. I have managed to install the 7.2MB of patch and it works wonder. Problem resolved.

Oh? You mean that the mobile coverage is poor initially? what kind of patch is it?

 

[kazuki666]

Guys, any of u have problem with whatsapp on your Z? I am using Go keyboard, and I notice sometimes the keyboard will suddenly just shrink away and I have to "pull" it back.

 

[umts_lte]

Oh? You mean that the mobile coverage is poor initially? what kind of patch is it?

Hi.

That was the latest patch available i found last friday. The build says 10.1.A.1.434. Downloaded it from the East coast and all the way to North Singapore with more than 10 dropped connections. Was rather upset with this new phone from telco.

 

[mac_oasis]

I nova launcher without prime.

When you use nova, is your led working?

 

[carlover76]

Most of the sony apps removed.CPU control integrated in the settings,white balance settings too..Fast and smooth PRE-ROOTED

I owned a Note 1 unit and now a Xperia Z. Well before the Note 1, i had a Xperia Arc.

The user experience in the first few days of use are rather poor as i experienced sever dropped mobile coverage inclusive of data connection. I have managed to install the 7.2MB of patch and it works wonder. Problem resolved.

Here are some + and - i have for Xperia Z.

* I love the Xperia Z UI (although with some short coming) like the Index page with creation of apps folders. Cool.

* Camera is definitely good with quick response and natural tones.

* Launching apps are quick (i hope they can be consistent for long)

* Great screen with clean and clear visual experience

* Size of phone is handy and much more pocketable, thinking back, i don't really need a big screen for day to day use

* With or without Stamina, the battery seems rather strong for 2 days with Data Connection always on (i hope they can be consistent for long)

- Dislike the missing feature to create folders for relevant apps in apps section

- Dislike the missing GPS on-off via the drop down page

Generally, the design is cool and sleek. I am a happy owner for now.

Do you mean creating folders in the application list? You can do that by opening the application list, select under Own Order in the top left corner drop down menu and you can press and hold any application icon onto another app icon to create folder.

 

[carlover76]

Most of the sony apps removed.CPU control integrated in the settings,white balance settings too..Fast and smooth PRE-ROOTED

Well, the brightness on my S3 was at 20%. I have to crank up till 60% on my Zee.

Any ways on increasing the max volume ? With xLoud and without xLoud , no difference

XLoud is to enhance speaker and not earpiece volume so do not mix up.

 

[carlover76]

Most of the sony apps removed.CPU control integrated in the settings,white balance settings too..Fast and smooth PRE-ROOTED

Hi.

That was the latest patch available i found last friday. The build says 10.1.A.1.434. Downloaded it from the East coast and all the way to North Singapore with more than 10 dropped connections. Was rather upset with this new phone from telco.

What type of drop connection you mean? I would suggest you do a repair via pc companion, it might be software corruption.

 

[carlover76]

Most of the sony apps removed.CPU control integrated in the settings,white balance settings too..Fast and smooth PRE-ROOTED

My sdcard will temporarily go undetected when th unit heats up.
I was at Legoland (a steamboat with swelling temperatures) and I thought I lost all my photos...
Wash it and after cooling down, the card was detected again.

What SD card you are using? I never encounter such a issue even when my phone heats up while playing game consistently for up to 30 mins.

I guess the heat up is due to the JB cos other phones using the same JB also heat up too.

 

[wolvie77]

I just gotten mine yesterday at 8.30pm, the battery level was 60%. After 1.5 hours, it dropped to 36%. I walked back to the HP shop and wanted to return the phone back to them. It doesn't heat up that bad though.

I traded in my S3 LTE for my current Xperia Z. I like my Zee. There is something drawing me to my Zee and I have no idea what.

The screen colours is extremely difficult to look at. I have to turn up the brightness to around 60% to see my screen properly. Then there is the sound issue. I can hardly hear it at max volume. I put it in my bag and I use my office phone to call my Zee, I cannot hear it. I put it in my pocket and use my office phone to call my Zee, I cannot hear it.

The HP shop guy was very kind. He agreed to change my Zee for the Optimus G and return me my exact change. However, LG and HTC doesn't support microSD so I am kinda stuck with either Samsung or Sony. *sigh*

U need to give it a full charge & then use & recharge a few cycles. I use my Z with juice defender battery life better than my S3. I can fully charge at 12pm use till 7+ still left 50+%. If it was my S3, it would have dropped to 20-30+%

 

[DoraemonBoi]

Guys, any of u have problem with whatsapp on your Z? I am using Go keyboard, and I notice sometimes the keyboard will suddenly just shrink away and I have to "pull" it back.

not a problem with stock keyboard.

 

[casshern]

I just gotten mine yesterday at 8.30pm, the battery level was 60%. After 1.5 hours, it dropped to 36%. I walked back to the HP shop and wanted to return the phone back to them. It doesn't heat up that bad though.

I traded in my S3 LTE for my current Xperia Z. I like my Zee. There is something drawing me to my Zee and I have no idea what.

The screen colours is extremely difficult to look at. I have to turn up the brightness to around 60% to see my screen properly. Then there is the sound issue. I can hardly hear it at max volume. I put it in my bag and I use my office phone to call my Zee, I cannot hear it. I put it in my pocket and use my office phone to call my Zee, I cannot hear it.

The HP shop guy was very kind. He agreed to change my Zee for the Optimus G and return me my exact change. However, LG and HTC doesn't support microSD so I am kinda stuck with either Samsung or Sony. *sigh*

wah which shop so good, let u change phone after opening and using for some time

 

[mr_gev]

Guys, any of u have problem with whatsapp on your Z? I am using Go keyboard, and I notice sometimes the keyboard will suddenly just shrink away and I have to "pull" it back.

Use SwiftKey keyboard. It's really good.

 

[umts_lte]

Do you mean creating folders in the application list? You can do that by opening the application list, select under Own Order in the top left corner drop down menu and you can press and hold any application icon onto another app icon to create folder.

Got it. Big Thanks.

 

[umts_lte]

What type of drop connection you mean? I would suggest you do a repair via pc companion, it might be software corruption.

The dropped connections i meant referred to both voice and data. This was especially prominent in the highway where i see no major concern in Note 1.

Anyway, the problem was resolved after the recent update.

 

[carlover76]

The dropped connections i meant referred to both voice and data. This was especially prominent in the highway where i see no major concern in Note 1.

Anyway, the problem was resolved after the recent update.

Good but I have no issue with the previous firmware also. What telco is yours and probably the issue lies on the settings for the Network.