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My Sony Xperia Z review

Hi guys! please check out my Sony Xperia Z review on my blog techfreak08.blogspot.com you wont be disappointed, thanks!!

kobenobe said:
Hi guys! please check out my Sony Xperia Z review on my blog techfreak08.blogspot.com you wont be disappointed, thanks!!
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Theres a thread for reviews - I liked the review but the battery section of the review didn't make a lot of sense nor does it give me an idea of how much screen time you managed. How many hours? Also how many hours with Stamina mode too.

Decent
Good review, but you should really go more in depth on how the phone perform moving around the ui, gaming, apps etc.

tyyy
thanks alot dude

Xperia Z2 ****Official Pakistan Thread****

Xperia Z2 Pakistan users thread for discussion of price, availabilty and other questions relating Xperia Z2
Lets discuss this great phone
I will provide support to anyone who needs it in this thread
Happy DISCUSSION

Do we have any users in this region???
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muhammadshais said:
Do we have any users in this region???
Sent from my D6503 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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yes bro. from peshawar here. where you from and which week z2 do you have? i wanted to purchase likin maslay hee bohat hain is main like gap issues, etc etc so i was worried if i wont be able to replace it or not to is liyay nahee liyaa. and what price did you paid for it?
thanks

Good to see Z2 users here. The Indian batch also have some gaps and off center camera lens but these don't effect the device. I have tested waterproofing and it just works.
BTW mine is 14w18. But now the latest batch is 14w20 I guess.

iAMOA said:
yes bro. from peshawar here. where you from and which week z2 do you have? i wanted to purchase likin maslay hee bohat hain is main like gap issues, etc etc so i was worried if i wont be able to replace it or not to is liyay nahee liyaa. and what price did you paid for it?
thanks
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From rawalpindi....ibought it for 59k from local market i think its an imporeted one slightly used ,,didnt buuy a new one...new one is around 68 ,, i dont find any gap issues i tried water proofing and it works....love the display of this set and its a nice set.... I think some online sellers are selling it for 65k for new if u are interested

badelemental said:
Good to see Z2 users here. The Indian batch also have some gaps and off center camera lens but these don't effect the device. I have tested waterproofing and it just works.
BTW mine is 14w18. But now the latest batch is 14w20 I guess.
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How do u check the batch of the device???
Just confirmed no gapps or off center camera

Anyway for those thinking of grabbing this phone i suggest u should go for it ,the only disadvanatage i found is the 16gb limited memory but then i have a 32gb class 10 micro sd card so it compensates for it in other fields the phone runs fine ,,u will love it

muhammadshais said:
How do u check the batch of the device???
Just confirmed no gapps or off center camera
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Open the SD tray and there will be a small piece of plastic sheet having all the details.

I have this phone about a one month old. only one problem you can say that over heat when making 4k video. Other wise outstanding phone, extensive use this work perfectly. Water proof is ok.center displace does not effect pics nor videos.

atif_afzal said:
I have this phone about a one month old. only one problem you can say that over heat when making 4k video. Other wise outstanding phone, extensive use this work perfectly. Water proof is ok.center displace does not effect pics nor videos.
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U can undervolt for that by installing Doom kernel

badelemental said:
Good to see Z2 users here. The Indian batch also have some gaps and off center camera lens but these don't effect the device. I have tested waterproofing and it just works.
BTW mine is 14w18. But now the latest batch is 14w20 I guess.
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thats nice bro. and what about your 4k recording?
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muhammadshais said:
How do u check the batch of the device???
Just confirmed no gapps or off center camera
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ok bro. yes like hsn is selling for 65 and i am thinking to grab one but then again sept is almost here so note 4 and xperia z3 will be here. :laugh:
yep. you can check the batch no. as mentioned be fellow user.

Under volt resolve this problem. For my under standing under volt will just increase the recording time, am I right. Could you please let me know the under volt values.

iAMOA said:
thats nice bro. and what about your 4k recording?
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I can only record (4K) max of 4 mins and after that I get the overheat message and camera App shuts down. This is happening to all users of Z2 as far as I know. Also other devices such as Note 3 and S5 has a software limiter to record max of 5 mins of 4K video.

atif_afzal said:
Under volt resolve this problem. For my under standing under volt will just increase the recording time, am I right. Could you please let me know the under volt values.
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Undervolt also helps in the heating issue plus in dooms kernel u have better heat management drivers as compared to stock so it will also give good results.......and as per undervolting i think in my device i can undervolt easily upto -60mv on alll frequency but that is device dependant and some devices endure and other dont so do some testing start with 25mv then 45 mv if u dont have freeze or performance issue u cani ncrease undervolting
Hope this helps

muhammadshais said:
Undervolt also helps in the heating issue plus in dooms kernel u have better heat management drivers as compared to stock so it will also give good results.......and as per undervolting i think in my device i can undervolt easily upto -60mv on alll frequency but that is device dependant and some devices endure and other dont so do some testing start with 25mv then 45 mv if u dont have freeze or performance issue u cani ncrease undervolting
Hope this helps
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Thanks alot could u plz send me the link for deoxed for.402. I want to try cyber shoot mod. Thanks

Xperia Z1C Lollipop 5.1.1 Update & Discussion here !

Hey guys,
Im doing a new thread about the 5.1.1 update that should be here in August/September so we can discuss the improvements and related stuff in one thread only =)

First news:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/06/2...1-lollipop-to-hit-xperia-devices-from-august/
August seems a little optimistic for the Z1 I would say....
Hope its true ...

profyler said:
First news
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Here the first news - http://www.xperiablog.net/forum/threads/testing-android-5-1-1-for-sony-xperia-z1-compact.17896/ ))

Android 5.1.1: Any news about new features and camera manual settings integration with Camera2 API in addition to Raw Photography?

nan92 said:
Android 5.1.1: Any news about new features and camera manual settings integration with Camera2 API in addition to Raw Photography?
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Dont expect camera improvements.

Dont expect camera improvements. [2]

Dont expect camera improvements. [3]

Why?
BTW I think it already takes good pictures.
Maybe not as good as a newer Galaxy or Iphone but still very good. (But yeah it could be better with those hardware specs but maybe they are using their bad sample sensors for their own xperia's and hide behind "software problems" and they couldn't do that anymore when they would allow RAW?)

jajajaja, what ?

http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/07/1...-0-546-certified-for-xperia-z2-and-z3-series/

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http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/07/1...-0-546-certified-for-xperia-z2-and-z3-series/
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saw that. do you guys remember how much time was it when Z1 LP went online after Z3 ?

profyler said:
saw that. do you guys remember how much time was it when Z1 LP went online after Z3 ?
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Approx month

We’re starting our Android 5.1, Lollipop upgrade from today for Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact, Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z2 Tablet. Xperia Z1, Xperia Z1 Compact and Xperia Z Ultra are next up, starting over the coming weeks – followed shortly thereafter by Xperia T2 Ultra and Xperia C3, then the original Xperia Z Series… with Xperia M2 and Xperia M2 Aqua after that.
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blogs.sonymobile.com/2015/07/21/android-5-1-lollipop-rolls-for-the-xperia-z3-and-xperia-z2-series

End of August will be my guess.
I hope this fix the battery drop...its the only thing that annoys..

profyler said:
End of August will be my guess.
I hope this fix the battery drop...its the only thing that annoys..
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It be in a few weeks but I certainly hope not end of August if it's according to this schedule.
Ey, is everyone getting the sudden battery drop issue? You guys sure it ain't hardware related? Cuz if it is, I be selling my phone next month if this 5.1 update don't fix it. Gotta go back to removable battery like the G4 or Note 4, really gonna miss my Z1C though.

uchihakurtz said:
It be in a few weeks but I certainly hope not end of August if it's according to this schedule.
Ey, is everyone getting the sudden battery drop issue? You guys sure it ain't hardware related? Cuz if it is, I be selling my phone next month if this 5.1 update don't fix it. Gotta go back to removable battery like the G4 or Note 4, really gonna miss my Z1C though.
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I'm not having any sudden battery drop issue, probably is battery problem. You could easily change battery if you want to give a chance to new battery.

HooLIMAN87 said:
I'm not having any sudden battery drop issue, probably is battery problem. You could easily change battery if you want to give a chance to new battery.
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I had the sudden battery drop issue. Tried many things. Finally replaced the battery, been fine since then (more than a month).

uchihakurtz said:
It be in a few weeks but I certainly hope not end of August
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I also think that at the end of August. Week 3-4.

hope that there will be double tap wake up, or is it not going to happen?

And smart backlight, screen rotation, call handling

Update 28 Dec 2016 The best results for me so far with my Z3+. No heat, just battery

Update 28 Dec 2016
I've been using this to reduce the heat. I know many of you have heard about it, just want to share to those who are still struggling with their Z4 .
I reduce the screen resolution (in general) to 720p , and back to 1080p only for watching films . My phone gets good results in both battery and performance.
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OLD: Oh my gosh, "Sony STAMINA mode" and "Skynet project" (.zip) have made my life better. My phone went crazy ( and crazy hot) even I used any modded or stock kernel, L speed or anything like that, but then I saw someone talking about Skynet project, found an old .zip online and have used it for a week now. Pretty great!
Hope you can find a nice solution for your love phone.

alexander43c said:
Oh my gosh, "Sony STAMINA mode" and "Skynet project" (.zip) have made my life better. My phone went crazy ( and crazy hot) even I used any modded or stock kernel, L speed or anything like that, but then I saw someone talking about Skynet project, found an old .zip online and have used it for a week now. Pretty great!
Hope you can find a nice solution for your love phone.
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Can you please upload it somewhere and send me the link via PM ?
I'm interested what it is possible to achieve
Thanks !

zacharias.maladroit said:
Can you please upload it somewhere and send me the link via PM ?
I'm interested what it is possible to achieve
Thanks !
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Have sent you a message ! Hope you can do something with those.
Sent from my E6533 using Tapatalk

alexander43c said:
Oh my gosh, "Sony STAMINA mode" and "Skynet project" (.zip) have made my life better. My phone went crazy ( and crazy hot) even I used any modded or stock kernel, L speed or anything like that, but then I saw someone talking about Skynet project, found an old .zip online and have used it for a week now. Pretty great!
Hope you can find a nice solution for your love phone.
Sent from my E6533 using Tapatalk
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Can I ask you where to find Skynet project? I found something like that but that thread was unavailable... Looking for help

Kachelistic said:
Can I ask you where to find Skynet project? I found something like that but that thread was unavailable... Looking for help
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You can download it from here https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/project-skynet-genesys-tx7-performance.443903/
There is also an instruction how to activate it and how to use it.

So how is your battery now?
Screen-on time?

alexander43c said:
Oh my gosh, "Sony STAMINA mode" and "Skynet project" (.zip) have made my life better. My phone went crazy ( and crazy hot) even I used any modded or stock kernel, L speed or anything like that, but then I saw someone talking about Skynet project, found an old .zip online and have used it for a week now. Pretty great!
Hope you can find a nice solution for your love phone.
Sent from my E6533 using Tapatalk
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Please share with me. My device is e6533 too. Thank you

Just flash the zip file. Then in terminal emulator, do the following:
su [enter]
menu [enter]
Then configure it from available options.

My new method guys

hanney said:
My new method guys
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M getting this error while switching to battery mod....plz help me what it cud be

doctorsworld99 said:
M getting this error while switching to battery mod....plz help me what it cud be
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You should get into the skynet project site (find on Google) ,and ask for help there. They know much better about this. I don't use skynet any further dear.

hanney said:
You should get into the skynet project site (find on Google) ,and ask for help there. They know much better about this. I don't use skynet any further dear.
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Found d solution... It was supersu problem. I corrected it... Now its fine.
Btw why did u aborted skynet....and what are u using these days

doctorsworld99 said:
Found d solution... It was supersu problem. I corrected it... Now its fine.
Btw why did u aborted skynet....and what are u using these days
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Skynet project doesn't seem like my thing, it turns everything off, and it's not how and why I choose android. For instance, with things work normally, I use Google Now for almost everything, googling, watching and reading stuffs, translating things without getting into browser, or any other app. It's much easier and faster to use what you have got. I do use Zach's kernel for image/ screen enhancement but I would prefer the stock one sometimes. Zach's is better in some ways though, but yeah..
And as I write on the top, I've been using the screen shift app (with root, or you can use any app) to reduce the resolution of the screen. It makes our phone screen less sharp (poorer quality), but you wouldn't notice the difference anyway. The good thing is, you get better performance, better battery, and reduce heat (I suppose), as far as I can see from my phone.

hanney said:
Skynet project doesn't seem like my thing, it turns everything off, and it's not how and why I choose android. For instance, with things work normally, I use Google Now for almost everything, googling, watching and reading stuffs, translating things without getting into browser, or any other app. It's much easier and faster to use what you have got. I do use Zach's kernel for image/ screen enhancement but I would prefer the stock one sometimes. Zach's is better in some ways though, but yeah..
And as I write on the top, I've been using the screen shift app (with root, or you can use any app) to reduce the resolution of the screen. It makes our phone screen less sharp (poorer quality), but you wouldn't notice the difference anyway. The good thing is, you get better performance, better battery, and reduce heat (I suppose), as far as I can see from my phone.
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Did u really felt any difference in battery, heating, performance by screen shift app....if yes, then plz share ur settings here with us, that would b of great help to many of us.
Coming to skynet.. M using it. Battery has improved a bit and yes heating has reduced a bit too.

doctorsworld99 said:
Did u really felt any difference in battery, heating, performance by screen shift app....if yes, then plz share ur settings here with us, that would b of great help to many of us.
Coming to skynet.. M using it. Battery has improved a bit and yes heating has reduced a bit too.
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I don't know what you use to read XDA, I did attach 3 screenshots in my post, and it's "screen shift" app, you get into it, set resolution 720 x 1280, density 294 (or else as your own needs)

120 hz

How active?
https://gazyekichi.com/2017/07/26/画面さくさく！「xperia-xz-premium」は「120hz」に対応している/

Ciro54 said:
How active?
https://gazyekichi.com/2017/07/26/画面さくさく！「xperia-xz-premium」は「120hz」に対応している/
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I can't read that so no idea what you're talking about.

4rz0 said:
I can't read that so no idea what you're talking about.
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The display xzp is 120 hz whith razer phone,, how enable this mode?
if someone knows how to put it.
There are 3 options.
1080p @ 60hz
1080p @ 120hz
2160p @60 hz

yes bro.
read about it but no .zip file to flash and no apk to install

karrouma said:
yes bro.
read about it but no .zip file to flash and no apk to install
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https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/kernel/commit/726d30677dfb812524f934902e3361799f9e6538
https://androplus.org/Entry/4577/

seems like this can be ported to stock rom too. i hope the devs look into it

Is this real? ???
I am so happy with my XZP, too bad I had lost the headphones offer.
This will make xzp the phone of the year... 2018 of course ???

A user italian xzp tell next update, he have options

Why would Sony make all these devices support 120hz but not add it in the software? Im so pleased to hear my device actually has a 120hz screen but is there no way to change this using just adb like with 4k? Im not ready to lose drm keys yet. Does anyone think it will be possible without root/kernel flash? Thanks
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Ciro54 said:
https://github.com/sonyxperiadev/kernel/commit/726d30677dfb812524f934902e3361799f9e6538
https://androplus.org/Entry/4577/
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If you look at the dates you will notice that it was a few months ago that this was done. I wonder why nothing was mentioned about it sooner.

It was used on AOSP project
If you know how to build that kernel, then you're ready to go
Check here for more information
https://developer.sonymobile.com/open-devices/

May be its available in Developer option but i am not sure about that, you can check there
GO to setting / About phone and click 8 times on build number to enable developer option setting in your phone
then go to setting / developer option / from there try to find

zohaib0001 said:
May be its available in Developer option but i am not sure about that, you can check there
GO to setting / About phone and click 8 times on build number to enable developer option setting in your phone
then go to setting / developer option / from there try to find
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It's not available in there on stock oreo. I've checked it yesterday...

It's only available on AOSP builds which are using that kernel. The feature wasn't pushed yet to the stock ROM.

VERY interesting find! This is really cool stuff (and could even put the Razer Phone to shame!) Has anyone actually tested this however? It could be an option but not even work. However, this is really, really cool!

Oh it would be amazing to see more shots of 120hz on the Xperia XZ Premium. I am curious to know how performance is since it was said the razer phone had additions to reach 120 fps on games. Not sure how true that is. Maybe a video of the feature being enabled would be cool just to see.

I tought that for reach the 120hz you need to upgrade the display hardware of the device, am i wrong?

ex3meex said:
I tought that for reach the 120hz you need to upgrade the display hardware of the device, am i wrong?
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Xperias xz1, xz premium, xz have displays 120 hz, Only than Sony enable 60 hz

Ciro54 said:
Xperias xz1, xz premium, xz have displays 120 hz, Only than Sony enable 60 hz
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I am super curious why they would use such hardware though when at the time there would be no need. Also if it doesnt get enabled then what would the point be of Sony doing this? Like having a future proof phone is great but most people upgrade after 2 years because the "free" updates cease. Its the reason I upgraded from my Z2. If Sony offically enable 120hz that would be sooo cool. I think im gonna make a tread for it in the XZ section where theres more support to see what rom developers can do there and see if they can get it to work on their custom roms.

Cut the crap guys. If XZ premium has 120Hz display, there is no way sony disabled it. Instead, sony will advertise as world's first 120Hz 4K display. End of story.

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Cut the crap guys. If XZ premium has 120Hz display, there is no way sony disabled it. Instead, sony will advertise as world's first 120Hz 4K display. End of story.
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The official update on the kernel code contradicts you and your statement. This entire thread wasn't created from some theories, but from a fact, which is the kernel update.