I bought my Xperia XZs a few weeks ago online from DWI Digital Cameras: https://www.dwidigitalcameras.com/ , and since the start I've experienced a number of issues - the main one I'll talk about is that the phone's screen would (multiple times a day) refuse to display anything even though the backlight was clearly on when I wake the device.
Holding down the camera button or rebooting the device usually solved the issue for the time being only for the issue to return a few minutes or hours later when waking up the phone from standby once again.
Other issues I've experienced are:
- Significantly sluggish performance than what should be expected often times
- Stubborn WiFi: The status of my home wifi connection would often get stuck on 'saved' before I have to fiddle around with it to get it to connect.
Software repair on Xperia Companion didn't fix these either :/
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When I get into my car and my bluetooth headunit connects with my Z3, the screen decides to turn on... for no reason whatsoever. I've disabled apps, tried setting up tasker to turn the screen on after a few seconds... yet nothing seems to work.
Why is this happening? I never had this with my Z2, it really sucks when my phone is in my pocket and I just want to drive, instead I get random actions, and even at one point pocket dialed people.
I hate to reply with anything but a solution, but this is an ongoing issue for me as well. It doesn't seem like it's solvable without a custom kernel. After I rooted my Z1C and installed SlimKat, it stopped happening. Since I got my Z3 I haven't been able to figure it out at all. The closest I got was to install a custom lock screen and have Tasker check for BT Connected and [custom lockscreen] started then wait 1 ms and turn the screen off. That used a ton of battery. I guess it's a solution if you find a way to stop the battery drain. Went from 5+ SoT to less than 3 in a day.
Bumping the topic.. exact same problem. Very very irritating. Battery drains out without even my knowing it. Seems like a serious bug.
what would you call a device with superb hardware and unstable OS ....
i call it PIECE OF ****, because its of no use. Even your hardware is useless when there is no software to use it.
Lets list the issues faced on this device...
1. HEATS UP :
NO MATTER IF YOU ARE PLAYING A GAME OR WATCHING A VIDEO OR ITS JUST KEPT IDLE WHILE CHARGING THE PHONE HEATS UP, IT GETS HOT EVEN WHEN YOU ARE DOING THE MOST BASIC FUNCTION OF A PHONE... YEA THATS CORRECT IT HEATS WHEN YOU ARE CALLING TOO....
2. STOPS RESPONDING
VARIOUS APPS STOPS RESPONDING
3. NEED YOUR PHONE TO MAKE AN URGENT CALL ... YOU WONT GET IT
THE PHONE WONT WAKE UP TILL APPROXIMATELY 8-10 SECONDS WHEN YOU PRESS THE POWER BUTTON TO TURN THE SCREEN ON.
EVEN THE ALTERNATIVE I.E. DOUBLE TAP TO TO TURN ON DOES THE SAME THING.
4. DONT THINK YOU CAN ATTEND THE INCOMING CALLS EASILY
THE SCREEN WONT TURN ON AGAIN FOR THE FIRST 10-15 SECONDS
5. DONT RELY ON ADAPTIVE BRIGHTNESS
IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO RESPOND TO LIGHT... PLUS ZERO BRIGHTNESS IS AS GOOD AS SCREEN TURNED OFF WHICH IS NOT THE CASE IN OTHER MOBILES
ALL IN ALL YOU CANT USE THIS DEVICE AS YOUR PRIMARY PHONE BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES
Flash cm12.1 nightilies android 5.1.1
Am using this build for 2weeks not facing these issues till.. And one more thing nightilies provides daily updates, update through cyanDelta it's good
I have an LeTV Max (x900), which is a Chinese made android phone. Quite high spec for its time. Anyway, it was flashed with an italian rooted ROM, can't remember exactly now as near 2 years ago.
Current problem is that: phone does not detect any wifi. When pressing "scan". nothing happens, not even any error message. Also, using the phone as a mobile hotspot no longer works.
Circumstances leading up to problem: the phone experienced excessive battery drain, it was quite warm and charging took nearly 10x as long. Eventually, the phone crashed entirely, and the little penguin logo came up on screen frozen. Had to hold power button for 20 secs to turn off. I thought it was battery suddenly dying (as had some trouble charging when low battery), but battery now suddenly seems fine again.
What have I tried: random wifi apps on play store, deleting / restoring hosts file (don't know if that makes difference).
Is this likely to be a software or hardware problem? A full reset is obviously the last option which I don't want to do unless I'm sure it's not hardware. Any definitive way to make sure? Thanks
Hi
I've tried to find relevant info here but have failed...
Right were do I start?
I use Samsung Note 10 heavily for:
Android Auto
-Navigation (Google and Waze)
-Spotify
-Youtube Downloader (to play sound in the back ground)
-phone calls
GPS status app installed with A-GPS data updated.
Phone screen is always on with Courier Exchange app that uses GPS location etc
1. Main issue I get is GPS location accuracy whilst in big cities with Google maps (Waze is similar) , during navigation my position is shown with a delay and very often drive past the street I suppose to turn in or my position jumps to a street next to. After a stop for lets say 5-10 min if I start to drive again it takes about 60 sec until it picks up my location correctly again. Navigation works fine on motorways and in small towns.
I do use magnetic phone holder (the one that goes into a vent and with metal plate sicked onto a back of the phone) - could this be the issue? (never had that problem on Sony Xperia One) . Compass is calibrated and seems to be working correctly.
Phone additional Google accuracy settings (WiFi) needs to be on as this is requirement of CourierExchange app.
2. Second issue I get is phone overheating and slowing down dramatically.
As I've mentioned before I use Android Auto all the time ( for about 8-10hrs a day) , phone is charging constantly (fast charge off) and I do use Spotify / Youtube Mate to listen to music in the background. Had to switch off screen animation to speed the phone up.
I do have "Power mode" switched off for maximum performance. Phone gets very hot from time to time and tend to slow down, google maps scrolling on the vans unit slows down. Sometimes phone doesn't react on touch too.
Am I lacking the RAM here? Is the constant charging an issue (phone needs to be connected via USBcable to use Android Auto). My vent where the phone is located is closed so no hot air blows on the phone directly.
Is the phone simply too slow what I do or there's an Issue whit the phone? Phone is 3 weeks old and don't have many apps installed on it..
I did use Sony Xperia One (with magnetic phone holder in exactly same spot) before and due to its size and lack of dual sim option have decided to go for Note 10 (not 10+ which is too big). Sony worked so much faster and absolutely no issue with GPS between high buildings. Also I'm a little worried about lack of battery care by Samsung (or am I wrong?) as I constantly charge phone, Sony here was learning my habits and after some time didn't allow the phone to be fully charged whilst using Android Auto - had Xperia XZ1 Compact before and this one was also faster then Note 10 and after 2 years of heavy use battery is like new....
Can anyone help me resolve above issues? I still have the Sony One and thinking of getting rid of Samsung if the issues continue - this is costing me money.
For any help and advise what to do I will be very grateful.
I also experience the GPS issues you explain. Sitting still at a stop light and suddenly it's recalculating because I'm suddenly on a side street 500' away. I've never noticed any heat issue while using AA. I do not use any kind of mount. Also, my wifi calling often fails due to location unavailable error.
Hello,
I own my device for 2 years now and last week I decided it was time for a fresh restart and did a factory reset without any issues...well, until yesterday.
Suddenly, out of the blue, in games like Marvel Snap (card game) and Twitter app, the touch screen becomes unresponsive - only power button to turn screen off and fingerprint unlock works until phone thinks it is okay to respond again.
Weirdly, it gets worse while on Wifi and I notice a slight heating up during such temporary freezes.
My phone is practically useless especially while on Wifi now and doing a clean-up, a BitDefender sweep, changing performance settings did not work. I have to mention that it got worse when I set the power profile to ultimate performance so I am beginning to think there is some kind of overheating issue.
I am on MIUI 14.0.1.0 if that helps in any way. I keep all my apps updated.
Do you have any ideas so as to diagnose the problem here?
Thanks in advance.
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Hello,
I own my device for 2 years now and last week I decided it was time for a fresh restart and did a factory reset without any issues...well, until yesterday.
Suddenly, out of the blue, in games like Marvel Snap (card game) and Twitter app, the touch screen becomes unresponsive - only power button to turn screen off and fingerprint unlock works until phone thinks it is okay to respond again.
Weirdly, it gets worse while on Wifi and I notice a slight heating up during such temporary freezes.
My phone is practically useless especially while on Wifi now and doing a clean-up, a BitDefender sweep, changing performance settings did not work. I have to mention that it got worse when I set the power profile to ultimate performance so I am beginning to think there is some kind of overheating issue.
I am on MIUI 14.0.1.0 if that helps in any way. I keep all my apps updated.
Do you have any ideas so as to diagnose the problem here?
Thanks in advance.
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Heat causing hardware issue could be possible.
A backup phone and migrate data and apps just in case.
Changed refresh rate to 120hz and uninstalled TorBrowser and the issue seems to have disappeared.
Took refresh rate down to 60hz and it happened again instantly. For some weird reason, 60hz seems to be the problem in my case.
I got stuck at "post reply" button for a few seconds just now.
Nah, nothing seems to work. The issue persists. Videos keep playing - anything happening real time keeps on, but touch controls get stuck/extremely sluggish at best.