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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Hornet331:
Chargers has pretty much nothing to do with it, its only what apps you have in the background and how much data transfer they do, just forgot once to disable location service on my phone over night and maps was running -> from 100 to 60% in just 6h.

I am waiting for ICS for the P then I root it and get adfree, should also disable a good junk of unnecessary data transfer.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kourkoubas:
Well i guess it has cause if the charger is not working properly then the phone is not charging as it should.

Another day with my phone charged with Arc's charger. Data / Ayto Synch always On and live wallpaper.

The difference is more than obvious from when i had my phone charged with his charger ...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 6E 65 76 69 6E:
15 hours is the maximum I can get out of the battery. Almost nothing running in background, data disabled, no voice calls, no messages nothing. And I get only 5-6 hours on moderate usage! :mad:

Screenshots of battery usage attached.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kourkoubas:
Give a chance to my theory. I had just the same problem.

The solution i found ? i stopped using XPERIA P's charger and i started using my old Arc's charger.

If you can find an older charger (from XPERIA Ray, Arc, Arc s, mini etc) give it a try ...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jonmorris:
Quick question (and apologies if it has already been discussed) but is the illumination for the buttons on the transparent bar really dull on every Xperia P?

On the Xperia U I had, they were too bright. The Xperia S lights the whole bar, while on the P there are three LEDs that light up the icons, poorly.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Miss@80:
Personally, I think that the LEDs are a nice feature but there not great or anything. During daylight you can bearly see the lights. I think that's with all Xperia Ps.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cezarL:
Agreed, they're not especially bright, but then, I guess the intention was to have an indication for where the buttons are when it's so dark that you can't see the markings on the strip.

In any case, I'm using the illumination app, and I can see them glowing for notifications when inside the house (as long as the phone's not in direct sunlight).

Anyways...

Here are some battery stats:

- total time: 1d 4h and somewhere between 20 and 30min (that's when the phone turned off, screenshots were taken with 2% battery left)

- display was on for a little over 3h

- talk time - 1h 52min

- WiFi on most of the time, 2G network mode, BT on while WiFi was off (around 1h 20-30min)

- Google and Exchange sync on all the time (received around 30 emails, most of them on the work email; sent 8)

- one hour of music (320k mp3) over BT - drained 5%

- one hour calling - drained 15% - that's the final large drop in the graph

- one hour display on (automatic brightness, somewhere around 40-50% as far as I could tell) - drained 13% (this was while reading articles in Pocket, with swipes of the screen every 15-20secs, so not in idle) - that's the first large drop in the graph

This wasn't my standard usage pattern, the battery will last me 2 days, usually. That's with Exchange sync turned off overnight (Google sync is always on), 1h of calls at most, 2h of music via BT, tops, and the display on for around 2h total.

Take out the music part, turn off Exchange sync completely, and the battery will last 3 days.

In any case, that's what I got from the Arc S, too, so... good enough for me.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kevinclint:
Been 7 days now, and I'm still to get my replacement P from the service centre. :mad:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] NABENDU1:
hey why didnt u get a doa certificate from the service centre and get d piece replaced from the shop u bought it from
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ste71m:
Just seen a new firmware on ptcrb

A	6.0.B.3.162	ECO	Jun 15, 2012

Anyone got it?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MajestyZ:
Can't find it on PC Companion, SEUS or Emma yet.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SirRobin78:
Did you use any widgets or apps to see the battery level in % ? Maybe this is also a batterykiller - i´m running battery monitor widget and there may be a battery drain while running...i´m not sure.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kevinclint:
Yes. It's the DOA certificate thats taking them this long. They're giving me crap like the Sony's main server is down.

Q. Once I get a DOA do I go directly to the place where I bought it from for a replacement?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] NABENDU1:
yup as far as i know once u get the DOA certificate get to mobile point and u will be given a replacement !!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shivindera:
On my mobile when I had less apps the games worked prfctly... But now games like even fruit ninjas and homerun battle 2 dnt wrk... The game does not start itself. .. The ram also is available but still it does nt wrk.... Plz help

Thanks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] defsix:
With Honeycomb this is true, you have to wake and unlock, in ICS you will only have to wake ( in our case press te power button unless modded) this Is to save your battery and for security reasons.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] NABENDU1:
even on my xperia p fruit ninja doesnt work smoothly !! i guess itz not optimized for our mobile as it comes with a new processor ! havnt tried homerun 2 yet but homerun works fine with my mobile ! might be restarting the phone might be able to solve ur problem !! frankly really dont knw whether dat will work or nt but still givin a try is better dan nothing !
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nwayen:
Fruit Ninja runs great on my Xperia P with Krabappel's ROM. The only hiccups I get is when I have incoming messages. I haven't tried Homerun 2 though.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shivindera:
Thanks guys found out the reason... It was the font size app thing which was creating the problem...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kevinclint:
Got the DOA certificate. But damn it, the shop doesnt have the black version of the phone. They've told me to wait for around 3 days for it. >_<

I like the black version the most cause it resembles a flat screen TV. :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nwayen:
Good to hear that. Does Homerun Battle 2 run properly as well now?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shivindera:
Yeah it runs perfectly :-)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Polat67:
Guys, the xperia P got a novathor processor .. that i dont know if its better than the s3 processor in Xps. .. BUT ... i read that the XPP has the mali 400 gpu .. instead of adreno 220.! So is the Xperia p better for gaming e.g. than the Xps? :o that would surprise me cuz XPS is the flagship, isn't it? The XPP is as good as the Sgs2,and also sgs3 with the graphical Performance. ? Do anyone of u have 2 of the mentioned phones to Test it? I'd be very grateful :)

Grazie
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] NABENDU1:
lolz dat might be because i too bought the black version from them a week ago !:D

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can u elaborate it ! cause even i too have the font notification permanently stuck on the notification bar ! i mean tell me what did u do to run the app ! thx

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regarding gaming i mean the chipset is not designed for gaming ! itz quoted to be a power efficient processor but if u a real hard core android gamer this phone isnt made for you ! and i read somewhere that inspite of having a Mail-400 gpu it is clocked much lower compared to the samsung galaxy s2 ! i mean pure gaming xperience at dis price range would be better given by sg2 rather than xperia p !
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shivindera:
Well I uninstalled the font app and the games started wrking... As far as the notification thing is concerned open the font app press the rightmost key on d transparent strip then in settings/options uncheck d notification thingy... :-)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shivindera:
You can check the gsm arena review... They hv given proper comparison... Also the Mali processor is underclocked so it's nt dat gr8 compared to sgs2...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dohanotoha:
I love this phone but battery life is a major concern to me . If it gives me a day and a half of moderate use , I may consider buying it soon.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] NABENDU1:
atleast it does the work for me ! lasts me anywhere from about 1 day to 2 days depending on my usuage! but moderate use is a vague term and might differ from individual to individual ! specifying ur usage details might enable me 2 answer u better

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since i suppose u r using docomo service did u activate 3gb data free for 3 months as specified during itz india launch !!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rufusj89:
Had the phone for just over a week now.Battery life is definitely improving after a few charge cycles.

Was hoping to a detailed review including addressing many of the concerns I had before purchasing it.Anyways anyone has any particular issue that you want me to talk about ?

PS: The Quick charge feature definitely comes in handy

Talking on the phone for a couple of hours continuously,drains the battery by a solid 20%.The quick charge feature somehow boosts the battery by 10% in 10 mins and so when they say 10 mins charging=60 mins talktime,they are not exaggerating too much.The phone does get quite a bit heated up though.

Not much of a gaming guy but Temple Run and NFS ran quite well.havent tried stuff like Shadowgun yet :D

Detailed battery backup/cam/other quirks will be included in a detailed post soon :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dohanotoha:
I use whatsapp on daily basis . WiFi is on most of the time . 3g is mostly turned off . And regular phone calls.

No games since I have a Sony tablet . So what do you think ?

One more question.do you think ics update will improve the battery life ?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] topazonic:
What about the memory available for usage? Will it be much of a concern? Mostly all apps and games support the device or not? In Maxpayne I saw Xperia P was not on the list so would it support our phones? Would just like to confirm.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dhansiddh:
Max Payne is supporyted on Xperia P and works wonderfully :):):)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SirRobin78:
I´ve noticed the following on my XP:

When the screen is black and i press the border of the display, i can see bright areas on the screen.

I´ve uploaded a youtube clip to show what i mean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZuvyxFb_Bk&feature=youtu.be

What do you think?

I´m not sure but maybe this was also on my xperia arc - but i can´t test this right now.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] topazonic:
Thanks. +1

Most probably going to buy today or tomorrow. :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] topazonic:
Xperia P

Got my Xperia P today. :) :)

Also received two NFC smart tags with it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dhansiddh:
Can you just tell which charger u have got is it ep 800 or ep851????
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cezarL:
After two weeks with the SXP, I find the NFC stuff even nicer than I thought :)

I got my tags to also start / stop playing music when I go out / come back home, in addition to all the other stuff I mentioned earlier.

Oh, and... also, I found an app that will send a wake-on-lan command to my desktop after I connect to the router at home (happens when I touch an NFC tag) :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] paarthdesai:
welcome to the family mate

goood to see you here :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Hornet331:
Backlight bleeding

Either you can live with if or get another phone. Else there is nothing you can do.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] topazonic:
I got charger EP850

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Thanks

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Haven't tried them yet but will soon try them and thanks for the suggest.

+1
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cezarL:
Oh and, you've probably picked it up already from this thread, but just in case: the battery life will likely seem quite poor at first, but it gets better after a few charge - discharge cycles ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jebas15:
hi friends i want to buy SXP. please tell the best price in India.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] chch:
If you don't mind me asking ....

How do you find the level of auto-brightness, bright enough?

Does the screen ever look 'washed out' because of white magic?

How in general do you find the battery?

Is charging quick?

How does browsing compare speed wise compared to the S?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kevinclint:
How did u find the music clarity on the Xperia P? Is it almost as good through earphones as the Xperia S?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
If you had to choose p or s what would you choose? I have the option of sending the S back and getting a P. I don't really use the full power that much so I am not sure what I should do. I do love the screen on the S though.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Nimche:
I would say going to smaller screen is a bit hard but having a smaller phone is a plus. I think screen colors are better looking than S and more refreshing IMO.

I did quadrant on the Prototype got around 2150 while you get 3150 on S I guess?

I do prefer Xperia P in silver, but if you like good screen size then Xperia S if for you. I bought an Xperia X10 for second time instead to have smaller spare phone.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
I do like the Xperia s but I don't like the placement of the buttons and it gets rather hot at time. How is the heat on the P? Usually aluminum makes it get hotter when you hold it. Also is browser performance as good as the S.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Rashkae:
Yes, bright enough, but I always manually set mine.

Nope, But I don't use a high brightness - I'm at 60-70%

Good so far, easily on par with the S on .73

Yes, just like my S, it's done in a bit over an hour

I've never had any slow browsing - but I have a good network.

I would still choose the S (gorgeous screen) - but I am WISHING the S came with this great aluminum unibody and the button/speaker placement of the P.

Yes, music clarity is good, I use good headphones too.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rufusj89:
hey,

How about the capacitive touch buttons.I saw their weird placement on the SXS and was wondering if they feel strange in any way.I understand that they may need a little getting used to but that's to be expected I guess. :o

And +1 for Camera Sample request ! :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] GiveMe2Beers:
Yes please give au some camera samples!!! :D

Other things:

1) Can you tell us more regarding the yellow-turning-greenish issue, please?

2) How about aluminium? It's pretty ok, but regarding to scrathes?

3) How is web surfing? Pan and pinch-to-zoom are smooth?

4) How powerful is the led-flash? Is it very weak as Xperia S?

Thank you in advance! :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 6E 65 76 69 6E:
The keys are actually on the transparent band UNLIKE Xperia S.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Rashkae:
One thing that never fails to surprise me about SE/Sony is how they can get soooo much right but then miss some big "facepalm" things.

For example:

- The aluminum unibody feels oh so good!!! BUT:

- The micro-usb ports are full metal with no plastic bits at the front (unlike the Apple plugs) so if you are not careful, you will EASILY scratch the metal around the USB port

- The placement of the speaker on the side is a big THANK YOU because now your speaker will not get muffled by just being on a bed or in your pocket the wrong way. BUT:

- The metal grille is not aligned nicely in the hole - like a sloppy glue job. It should either be a nice 45 degree angle or a straight 90 degree angle, instead it's kinda 10 degrees off. Just looks off.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
Thinking about trying out the Xperia P as soon as it shows up on Amazon. My Xperia S is going back anyways since it has a reception issue and yellow tint. Amazon doesn't even have anymore models of the S in stock, so I will have to wait anyways. The P seems to have been fairly problem free.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] del1701:
What reception problems where you having?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] realfelix:
if you ask me.. i love the Xperia P much more than the Xperia S tbh... except the specs.. but 1ghz novathor vs 1,5ghz s3 isnt that much of a difference as you could easily overclock the novathor chipset to 1,4 ghz or higher..

just worried about that death grip thing.. maybe some units are suffering this and some don't.. hopefully sony doesn't fall into the same gap like apple with their iSuck 4 :P
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nemer12:
the benchmark for P is 2100 and for Xperia S is 3100 I think. and when ICS will appear there will a more difference.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Gambler_3:
I so so wish this phone had 32GB storage and bigger battery, would have been a perfect upgrade from my nexus S. The screen brightness and power key placement is a huge plus for xperia P compared to the xperia S. I dont care about resolution that much, I think the higher brightness would make a bigger difference 1000 nits on a 4" screen is really something to show off. But it seems like you are crazy to be looking for a premium compact android phone these days, they have to cripple down the smaller phones as if everyone looking for a smaller phone is on a tight budget. :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] UserX10:
The Xperia P in comparison with the Xperia S I can say the following:

The Xperia P is a perfect device for me. The 4" screen is optimal and the aluminium body is fantastic. Also the white magic screen is gorgeous. If you see it live you will know what I mean.

The Xperia S is also a good device but for my hands and my pocket a little bit too big :) The difference between 1 and 1.5 GHz is not significantly. The only thing that is sad is the fact that the memory can not be extended with sd-cards. But 16 GB are enough if you are honest...

I hope that xda will also make an area for the Xperia P...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] o>c:
I am another proud owner of Xperia P :D, 4 inch screen is the largest I want, I can give a few comments.

I can tell that the screen is NOT yellow tinted, its due to a warm colour tone which can be adjusted.

Battery life is indeed a problem, it drops quite fast when browsing, software update and custom rom is needed to fix the issue.

No idea on how durable the aluminium body is, but I am not going to put a bumper to cover its beautiful body.

Death Grip? I haven't experience any problem in calling and browsing over the past few days.

At first I was worried about that the gingerbread browser is not as stable as the ics one, but during the few days of use in browsing many desktop version websites, the stock browser remains strong and not a single freeze or crash happened.

The led flash can serve as a nice torch, just get a torch app in Google Play.

In the engineering mode the led next to the front camera can emit different colours, something devs can play with.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SirRobin78:
I´m looking forward to the release in germany! No one got it yet, some say black will be released first?

Silver is my favorite, amazon, where is it? :rolleyes::D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Gambler_3:
The battery is actually the biggest weakness of the P.

The chipset is weaker than S but it also has lower resolution so it doesnt need that much power. The camera is lower megapixel but I am sure it's gonna be a real quality unit like the arc and X10.

Even 16GB is at the end of the day manageable I just think phones with 1080p recording should have more.

Just the battery is a deal breaker for me. :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
I saw a couple people claiming that the battery life is better than the S? Is that true, because contrary to what others say I think the S has pretty decent battery life. The battery is the only concerning thing about the P.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SirRobin78:
Is there a way to calibrate the battery in the xperia p? My phone went off with remaining 16% batterylife without shutdown. Off from one second to another :(

After connecting the power cable the phone begin to load from 0% to 100% - so i think something is not right calibrated?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
Probably the same way as the Xperia S

try to hold the power button and +volume until the phone shuts AND has vibrated 3 times..release those buttons, turn your phone on then recharge and see..apparently this has worked for many people

someone described this as "calibrating the battery"..

and it seems to make the battery to "reset" to the supposedly 1750 mAh capacity..

the checking is via the "*#*#7378423#*#*" call sequence followed by some screen clicks..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SirRobin78:
But this means everything on the phone is lost?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
No it should be fine still.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SirRobin78:
Ok, will give it a try. The phone must be charged full to do this? Can i do this on every battery level?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
Charge it to full for best effect.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SirRobin78:
Thank you very much for that information! Now i´m charging my P and will do this steps on 100% battery!

But one thing:

"the checking is via the "*#*#7378423#*#*" call sequence followed by some screen clicks."

Within the service menu, i can´t find a battery information - is this Xperia S only?

BTW, this step isn´t mentioned in the SonyMobile manual - only reset. What is the difference in this step? :confused:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
Its under tests. Battery test and battery health
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SirRobin78:
I've checked this in the service test menu, no battery menu on xperia p!

I've shut down on 99% with the two keys. After booting it is loading from 85%. So this is working?

Gesendet von meinem LT22i mit Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AmazingSteve:
Is there a way of setting a different notification for receiving email through the Gmail app and standard text messages? There doesn't appear to be any notification settings within the Gmail app, the only place I can set them is within the phone settings menu and I can only set one notification sound.

Also, is there a way of creating custom vibration patterns for different notifications?

Ideally I don't want to have to do any funny stuff to the phone as I have no knowledge about rooting or whatever.

Thanks! :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Henry33:
just want to ask if you have a small gap between the aluminium body and the display on the side of the phone ?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] NABENDU1:
as far as i know living in mumbai i got the best deal of 23200 from a shop in vile parle ! most of the places you will find the price around 24000 to 25000. online you can buy the sxp from buytheprice.com for 23299 ! i can vouch for the site cause i had purchased a small value electronic item a few days ago from their site but i guess it comes to personal opinion while spending such a big sum ! also on ebay the price is around 24000 from trusted seller ! a guy on ebay is offering smewhere around 22400 but when such a price may lure you , u should also beware that nt everything is right with the seller! there have been cases of fake vat bills, no delivery, opened packages, damaged products,etc. from ebay ! so i gues be doubly careful while buying from ebay ! hope dis comment helps you in ur purchase
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Henry33:
haven't found the battery health either :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] NABENDU1:
yup there is a gap between the aluminium unibody and display but it is a really small one and rest asure that dust and dirt will not enter dat small a place as mentioned in one of the reviews