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Huge battery drain !!

I am facing a huge battery drain while on standby in my Xperia XA. .
Its draining around 35% - 45% overnight doing nothing! Anyone else having the same issue ?

BlaZe TK said:
I am facing a huge battery drain while on standby in my Xperia XA. .
Its draining around 35% - 45% overnight doing nothing! Anyone else having the same issue ?
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i think you need to factory reset

BlaZe TK said:
I am facing a huge battery drain while on standby in my Xperia XA. .
Its draining around 35% - 45% overnight doing nothing! Anyone else having the same issue ?
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Is stamina mode on and set up properly, is background data disabled. Auto sync, location in GPS instead of battery saving ect are all things that will drain battery try doing a factory reset or software repair both can work wonders when you have problems. It's more likely one or a combination of the above and to much running in the background

aidy.lucas said:
Is stamina mode on and set up properly, is background data disabled. Auto sync, location in GPS instead of battery saving ect are all things that will drain battery try doing a factory reset or software repair both can work wonders when you have problems. It's more likely one or a combination of the above and to much running in the background
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Tried factory reset and checked all of the above settings things seem a bit better now. Meanwhile checked in Sony forums, there seems to be a WiFi bug which is causing this. Someone from Sony has also acknowledged this. Hopefully this will be resolved in a software update.

BlaZe TK said:
Tried factory reset and checked all of the above settings things seem a bit better now. Meanwhile checked in Sony forums, there seems to be a WiFi bug which is causing this. Someone from Sony has also acknowledged this. Hopefully this will be resolved in a software update.
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Yeah I Saw that gonna be fixed in a update, wifi always scanning needs to be turned off till then, how are you finding the xa apart from that seriously looking at replacing my M2 with one in a couple of weeks I just hope it doesn't get left behind being a mediatek powered Xperia if I get one.

aidy.lucas said:
Yeah I Saw that gonna be fixed in a update, wifi always scanning needs to be turned off till then, how are you finding the xa apart from that seriously looking at replacing my M2 with one in a couple of weeks I just hope it doesn't get left behind being a mediatek powered Xperia if I get one.
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The overall performance is above average given the near stock Xperia UI. Maybe its not as good as SD 650, 615 series, but it still is manageable. Few sour points like free space is very less, 2GB RAM(but RAM management is pretty good), battery life and lots of bloat in my region atleast. The camera and the display are the plus points. Even though it has a 720p, colours are more vivid and sharper than most phones. The brightness levels too can move from very low to very bright.The design feels premium too with the edge to edge screen. Finding a tempered glass to cover the entire screen edge to edge is bit difficult though. I would suggest go for XA Ultra if possible.

BlaZe TK said:
The overall performance is above average given the near stock Xperia UI. Maybe its not as good as SD 650, 615 series, but it still is manageable. Few sour points like free space is very less, 2GB RAM(but RAM management is pretty good), battery life and lots of bloat in my region atleast. The camera and the display are the plus points. Even though it has a 720p, colours are more vivid and sharper than most phones. The brightness levels too can move from very low to very bright.The design feels premium too with the edge to edge screen. Finding a tempered glass to cover the entire screen edge to edge is bit difficult though. I would suggest go for XA Ultra if possible.
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My network only do the x,xa,m4,z5,z5c and z3 i was going to get the x but even on a contract they want to much a month and expect me to pay towards the device(not gonna happen) which leaves the xa as this would be a free device or a honour 7 also free which looks good but I don't like the ui and no app drawer and the xa spanks it in antutu benchmarks and I'm a Sony fan anyway just gonna take some getting used to not having root as I refuse to unlock the Bootloader on a Xperia device and lose all the things you buy a Xperia for to root it. Next two weeks can't go fast enough

aidy.lucas said:
My network only do the x,xa,m4,z5,z5c and z3 i was going to get the x but even on a contract they want to much a month and expect me to pay towards the device(not gonna happen) which leaves the xa as this would be a free device or a honour 7 also free which looks good but I don't like the ui and no app drawer and the xa spanks it in antutu benchmarks and I'm a Sony fan anyway just gonna take some getting used to not having root as I refuse to unlock the Bootloader on a Xperia device and lose all the things you buy a Xperia for to root it. Next two weeks can't go fast enough
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Agreed. Its best to stay away from Honor. Here in my country XA Ultra is not even available and Xperia X with inferior specs is more expensive than the Z5. Certainly this is what's wrong with them. They are talking about de-focusing from certain markets. Don't really know where their focus is. Hope they get things sorted out. Their design is just so good. Its so ironical.

I wait for an update to fix the problem !

BlaZe TK said:
I am facing a huge battery drain while on standby in my Xperia XA. .
Its draining around 35% - 45% overnight doing nothing! Anyone else having the same issue ?
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See this, about the Wifi scanning bug.

evilRafael said:
See this, about the Wifi scanning bug.
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Yes I have already done this. WiFi is still draining the battery but it's weird the battery is getting better day by day.
Its lasting for more than 24hrs with moderate use now with around 4hours of SOT. The only difference was that I have inserted sim cards. Previously there were no sim cards. Could that be the reason behind the drain?

BlaZe TK said:
Yes I have already done this. WiFi is still draining the battery but it's weird the battery is getting better day by day.
Its lasting for more than 24hrs with moderate use now with around 4hours of SOT. The only difference was that I have inserted sim cards. Previously there were no sim cards. Could that be the reason behind the drain?
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lets wait for update ...

BlaZe TK said:
Yes I have already done this. WiFi is still draining the battery but it's weird the battery is getting better day by day.
Its lasting for more than 24hrs with moderate use now with around 4hours of SOT. The only difference was that I have inserted sim cards. Previously there were no sim cards. Could that be the reason behind the drain?
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It probably didn't help the situation having no sim card inserted. The more you use it and charge and discharge the battery the better it will get it may take a week or could take a few weeks to reach its maximum screen time ect. 4hrs sot ain't to bad for a device twice as powerful as the m2 with the same size battery more or less. I usually get between 4.5-6hrs sot depending on how I use it on my m2 I'll be expecting at least 4hrs sot when I get mine on a stock device that is. More than that on a rooted device if root is available that is. I looking forward to getting this device to be honest even if it is a mediatek powered Xperia

aidy.lucas said:
It probably didn't help the situation having no sim card inserted. The more you use it and charge and discharge the battery the better it will get it may take a week or could take a few weeks to reach its maximum screen time ect. 4hrs sot ain't to bad for a device twice as powerful as the m2 with the same size battery more or less. I usually get between 4.5-6hrs sot depending on how I use it on my m2 I'll be expecting at least 4hrs sot when I get mine on a stock device that is. More than that on a rooted device if root is available that is. I looking forward to getting this device to be honest even if it is a mediatek powered Xperia
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Yes the battery has settled after a couple of discharge and charging cycles. :good:

Yet the whole threat is useless.You cant change how the battery / OS is acting, WITHOUT unlock and root access even new custom rom.I lost like 2-3 days in searching for solution of my problem , to find working guide to unlck the bootloader.
The only possible method to save your battery is by using GREENIFY. Using it on my htc phone for like 3 years, with personal score of 30+ days without recharge (STANDBY). Greenify works on root device, that cant happen on this phone ,yet.
PS: i've used some tools like - http://developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader/imei-verification/1d2ac140b78501316d82b5e787350b76/, Flashtool, without luck.

hp6830s said:
Yet the whole threat is useless.You cant change how the battery / OS is acting, WITHOUT unlock and root access even new custom rom.I lost like 2-3 days in searching for solution of my problem , to find working guide to unlck the bootloader.
The only possible method to save your battery is by using GREENIFY. Using it on my htc phone for like 3 years, with personal score of 30+ days without recharge (STANDBY). Greenify works on root device, that cant happen on this phone ,yet.
PS: i've used some tools like - http://developer.sonymobile.com/unl...rification/1d2ac140b78501316d82b5e787350b76/, Flashtool, without luck.
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Utter rubbish, and this device is still to new development takes time and someone who knows how to build working recovery ect. If this device has drm-verity which i do believe all new Xperia device's have since z3+/z5 locked Bootloader root will not be possible unfortunately. I'll know abit more when I get mine next week hop, my current M2 device is heavily modified but it doesn't look good for locked Bootloader root from now on.

I am starting to think that there are some other issues here other than wifi. I think the phone struggles to hold/find signal as my cell standby usage seems really high to me. I've noticed that when at home and the phone is on wifi my battery seems to last for ages. Its the second highest user over the screen.
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My battery hardly reaches 3 hours onscreen, normally just more than 2 hours with very little usage, just facebook and around 15 minutes of boom beach over wifi. Even when I've already turned off the wifi scanning it still drains a lot idling. So I don't think turning off wifi scanning is the proper solution to this at all.
And yeah I think hpsauce37 has a point since I've been experiencing really weak mobile signal that leads to disconnecting my call automatically sometimes. And the mobile signal indicator just stands there at 2 bars at the same spot where my Xperia P shows a full bar.

lhphong said:
My battery hardly reaches 3 hours onscreen, normally just more than 2 hours with very little usage, just facebook and around 15 minutes of boom beach over wifi. Even when I've already turned off the wifi scanning it still drains a lot idling. So I don't think turning off wifi scanning is the proper solution to this at all.
And yeah I think hpsauce37 has a point since I've been experiencing really weak mobile signal that leads to disconnecting my call automatically sometimes. And the mobile signal indicator just stands there at 2 bars at the same spot where my Xperia P shows a full bar.
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U got 2 options to dissable WIFI scan.Look at the settings.

just to share, by disabling scanning wifi the device still scans for wifi when i switched off the wifi (i know it is a bug. im running build .35)
however, i have reduced the battery drain by 30%
-uninstall facebook (which is 99% running in the background)
-activate stamina mode (always on)
-switch off location service

worth buying?

Hello community, I'm owner of a xperia z3 and i'd like to know if you think is worth the change.

On lolipop: yes
On marshmallow: NO!
battery drain on MM is quite terrible but the camera quality (Once DRM is disabled on MM) its outstanding
Though nougat is near so we'll see how NN is.
Edit: wait a bit and see how nice nougat is
Personally I really hope the horrible drain is fixed because its rather anoying that my phone dies mid-day and lolipop for some reason just bootlooped upon occasion.
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Why is the phone so laggy?

So, I've noticed that phone can be a bit laggy. I first noticed it before the Nougat update, but after the update it's even worse. The phone stutters and lags a lot, and it's really annoying. And the battery life is mediocre to be honest. I'm coming from a Z3, which was basically a perfect phone, so this is honestly quite disappointing. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Have you tried doing a factory reset?

Do a factory reset. Better yet use flaahtool to better wipe all partitions to clear any remnants of previous installation.
I can attest to the fact that over several of my previous sony devices that post OTA installations deemed my phone's sluggish.
This doesn't seem to be the case for everybody, however for me at least a clean fresh install via flashtool did the trick for me.
However... I feel that the phone is slightly sluggish on nougat compared to MM specifically when interacting with the device on wake up.
It's not as lightning quick to keep up with my interactions as well as MM was.
Placebo perhaps, but my XZ certainly seems to be a tad slower then MM was from my experience.

I'll try a factory reset and see if it helps. I didn't want to do one, but I guess I don't have much of a choice. Thanks.

Try a repair by xperia companion. Best reset for Xperia

I have that lags too..
I tried to factory reset and it didn't help, I didn't try to do xperia repair because earlier i changed my rom to romaur v4.1 and i afraid of brick my XZ..
does anyone found a way to make this phone faster?

And what about the battery life? The battery life of this phone is shockingly bad. I didn't expect it to be as good as my Z3, but this is just terrible.

dante2086 said:
And what about the battery life? The battery life of this phone is shockingly bad. I didn't expect it to be as good as my Z3, but this is just terrible.
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The least batt life I get is 4 to 5hrs SoT but the highest SoT I got is more than 11hrs (text, a little use of mobile data, movie/video viewing, reading Wattpad, camera, bit of game/s). It all depends on the usage.

ermond012 said:
The least batt life I get is 4 to 5hrs SoT but the highest SoT I got is more than 11hrs (text, a little use of mobile data, movie/video viewing, reading Wattpad, camera, bit of game/s). It all depends on the usage.
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Are we using the same phone. I can't get over 3 hrs SOT, no matter how I use the phone. It's so bad.

dante2086 said:
Are we using the same phone. I can't get over 3 hrs SOT, no matter how I use the phone. It's so bad.
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I am using F8332. What are your activities with your phone? Do you have Stamina mode enabled? Greenify, do you have it?

dante2086 said:
Are we using the same phone. I can't get over 3 hrs SOT, no matter how I use the phone. It's so bad.
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Sounds like a misbehaving app. You should easily be able to get 6-8+ hours screen on just by turning the brightness down some, if there's no app hogging all the power.

It probably is. Because GSAM shows that most of my battery is being drained by apps (about 70%), particularly Android OS and Kernel and the in built battery monitor puts 'phone idle', even above the display. I just can't figure out what it is.

Maybe you had bad luck and got a bad battery in your phone. It can happen, especially since you say Idle is at the top. you should get a longer time than 3 hours if Idle is at the top

My USA and docomo Japan versions of XZ both get incredible battery life with zero lag.

hasona said:
Maybe you had bad luck and got a bad battery in your phone. It can happen, especially since you say Idle is at the top. you should get a longer time than 3 hours if Idle is at the top
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Yeah, but that doesn't necessarily explain why the app usage is so damn high, even at 2hrs plus of screen on time, it still accounts for about 70%.

DZH1 said:
My USA and docomo Japan versions of XZ both get incredible battery life with zero lag.
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I can vouch for the DoCoMo XZ version. That phone uses 1.5gb of RAM due to two default launchers, DoCoMo launcher being the hog even after disabling most DoCoMo services.
Check your SD card as it could also drain your phone on idle. That matter has been discussed.

I'm currently using the phone without the SD Card, uninstalled FB messenger and with Bluetooth off (normally connected to my smartband), while there has been a modest improvement, it's still quite high, especially compared to my Z3. The orange themed GSam screenshot is from my XZ, while the green themed one is from my Z3. App usage is significantly lower on the Z3, with the screen using most of the power, which is supposed to be the norm.

dante2086 said:
Are we using the same phone. I can't get over 3 hrs SOT, no matter how I use the phone. It's so bad.
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I'm getting 3.5-5hrs screen time and a full days use from a 2300mah battery in my xa F3111 it can't be that bad...
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aidy.lucas said:
I'm getting 3.5-5hrs screen time and a full days use from a 2300mah battery in my xa F3111 it can't be that bad...
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Trust me, it is.

My phone is also sometimes laggy...
I installed Arrow Launcher (from Microsoft) and now its butter smooth (60fps).
Maybe, there are some problems with Xperia home launcher.
Nova launcher is also better, but sometimes also little stutter.
Apps are running ok. Sometimes little stutter...

Abysmal battery life.

I have run out of ideas. I have uninstalled apps, repaired the OS, done everything I can think of. The battery life of this phone is the worst I have ever experienced in a phone. I can barely get a day out of this phone (2hrs 30 SOT). I'm at my wit's end. Is it just my device or do others experience this. And does anyone have any idea what I can do?

Unfortunately Sony doesn't pack much into their batteries and software does take a toll. I had a Huawei P9 and P10 Plus and I would get a solid day of heavy use, with my XZ I can't make it to early evening with comparable usage. I prefer Sony handsets to all others, but I have to agree with you in that battery life is crap.

enrique71 said:
Unfortunately Sony doesn't pack much into their batteries and software does take a toll. I had a Huawei P9 and P10 Plus and I would get a solid day of heavy use, with my XZ I can't make it to early evening with comparable usage. I prefer Sony handsets to all others, but I have to agree with you in that battery life is crap.
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Yeah, but it wasn't always like this. I used the Z2 and it had great battery life and I also used a Z3 dual and it's battery life was even better. Compared to those 2, the XZ's battery life is shockingly bad. I used to get 6-7 hrs SOT on my Z3, 2 hrs is a struggle on this phone.

Check for phone idle battery drain it nukes my battery since 7.1

dante2086 said:
I have run out of ideas. I have uninstalled apps, repaired the OS, done everything I can think of. The battery life of this phone is the worst I have ever experienced in a phone. I can barely get a day out of this phone (2hrs 30 SOT). I'm at my wit's end. Is it just my device or do others experience this. And does anyone have any idea what I can do?
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After the last update (1st August release) my phone runs 5 h sot with no problem - 2 days of usage.

lukem99626 said:
Check for phone idle battery drain it nukes my battery since 7.1
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The phone idle battery drain has been high since 7.1 for me as well. I thought it was an app. But I uninstalled every app that might cause that, and yet...

Przemmo73 said:
After the last update (1st August release) my phone runs 5 h sot with no problem - 2 days of usage.
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What's the build number for that update?

dante2086 said:
What's the build number for that update?
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41.2.A.7.53

Przemmo73 said:
41.2.A.7.53
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Still on .35, I'll wait for the update and see if it helps.

dante2086 said:
Still on .35, I'll wait for the update and see if it helps.
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Make sure you do a factory reset after the update.
You will thank me for it later.
Also if you want to seriously see major peeofmance and battery improvement, you need to root and installtlal duality dra4.
People are achieving 5-10hour sot with 24-48hours usage.
The experience in this rom is night and day compared to stock.
Stock ROM is complete turd.
I'm giving you this information from my first hand experience. You need this rom, else you will continue to be disappointed I know this.
Why do I know, well I've been with Sony for 5years and haven't rooted for the passed 2 years until now. It's a must to root this phone else it's merely mediocre.
However the choice is yours

dillalade said:
Make sure you do a factory reset after the update.
You will thank me for it later.
Also if you want to seriously see major peeofmance and battery improvement, you need to root and installtlal duality dra4.
People are achieving 5-10hour sot with 24-48hours usage.
The experience in this rom is night and day compared to stock.
Stock ROM is complete turd.
I'm giving you this information from my first hand experience. You need this rom, else you will continue to be disappointed I know this.
Why do I know, well I've been with Sony for 5years and haven't rooted for the passed 2 years until now. It's a must to root this phone else it's merely mediocre.
+1 ...man this is all thru... i have same xperience with Sony devices...i had xperia z,z2,z5 and now xz and since z5 everything is going down...less battery life...same speakers since z2...very bad loudspeaker its so low that even a low budget phone beats it.. also OVERHEATING badlly...but the design of the phone is way better then any competition atleast for me...and also xz is very durbale phone it fellt 5 times already on concrete also 2 times fell directly on the screen and nothing is broken yet...screen has only 2 little scratches and of course all corners are beaten up a little bit hehehe over all very durable trust me...this new plastic that they use is so good...and at the end i really must say that rootin is a must for this phone cuz since i got it i had constant problems with stock rom, specialy with ram usage it gave me lags all the time but now i use custom rom and xz is flying like it should.
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Install wakelock detector or betterbatterystats and check what's draining your battery. This phone should easily achieve 1 day battery life. I'm getting 3,5-4 of Ingress (AR game that uses GPS+Mobile Data+screen on - so it's hard to drain more)m and about 5sot with normal use

Battery life

Hey,
I get second hand g930fd few weeks ago. I expected a better battery performance but it's horrible. I replaced the battery with an original one and again no improvement.
Can You suggest a solution?
I can't believe, that the 3000mah can't survive all day on average to high usage.
Currently on rooted Oreo stock rom.
Thanks in advance,
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Gaming eats battery very quick

Not gaining at all. I am making around 2.5-3 hrs. SOT with one discharge.
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Same here. Latest Oreo firmware and terrible battery life (it was the same before with marshmallow). I noticed that Android system is above screen in battery usage. That's not good. Something on Android is draining the battery. No idea what. I have a g930a running a g930u ROM for xaa (no company).

lumiden said:
Same here. Latest Oreo firmware and terrible battery life (it was the same before with marshmallow). I noticed that Android system is above screen in battery usage. That's not good. Something on Android is draining the battery. No idea what. I have a g930a running a g930u ROM for xaa (no company).
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*#9900#-> reset battery stats

osssinator said:
Hey,
I get second hand g930fd few weeks ago. I expected a better battery performance but it's horrible. I replaced the battery with an original one and again no improvement.
Can You suggest a solution?
I can't believe, that the 3000mah can't survive all day on average to high usage.
Currently on rooted Oreo stock rom.
Thanks in advance,
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Have you tried re-aligning the dylithium matrix in the warp core?
I jest. But seriously every update adds more bloatware and system demands on the battery. Samsung is nudging you toward its latest phone the Sammy 10 but since there's no real need for us to pay a Kings ransom for their latest flagship every 12 months they need to up the game a little and this is how they do it.
They don't want customers holding onto old phones, no they want you to be impressed with a new camera or button or super-duper screen or something as equally unimpressive.
Custom ROM is they way to go and drastic de-bloats of stock firmware. Be ruthless, if you don't use it, get rid or disable.

Tried a full stock firmware flash with Odin? Assuming selling it second hand all they did was factory reset via settings or recovery, which isn't as clean as a full odin flash.

So any suggestion? Did the batterystat reset, let's see if it's work.
Probably downgrade to Android 7?
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