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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kevinclint:
True. Im at 30% brightness and still can read without any extra effort in the sunlight. All this even with the backlight turned off.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] issy_i:
Any P news today :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Miss@80:
What news are you looking for?

I'n now using my Xperia for 3 days. So far, really happy with it.

- Smooth interface with no hick ups so far. De screen is excellent. I always use automatic brightness so it's pretty dark but still clear. Yesterday, in the sun, no problems what so ever to read the screen, which is a huge improvement of my previous phone.

- Battery is not bad at all. I've unplugged the phone yesterday moning at 6 AM and at this moment I still have 33% left. I do stop all synchronisation (automatically via a profile app) at 11 PM till 6 AM. I'm only reachable by phone during those hours. During business days, WIFI is always on, bluetooth only when I'm in the car. Automatic synchronisation with FB, Email and Whats app. My previous phone was dead around 9PM the same day (15 hours).

- I had some trouble getting the simcard cover back on proper (it came lose the first few minutes) but after a few attempt, it was closed and I haven't have any problems since.

My colleagues have an Iphone and they were impressed with the look of this phone (and they are real apple fans) so Sony made a good move if I may say so :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rufusj89:
Dear SXP users,

Which color do you prefer ? I personally prefer the Red :D

Waiting for the local showroom to get a piece so I can try it out before buying ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] issy_i:
i think i'll go with the siver one :)

Sexy phone thats for sure, i'll hope Sony will have some 3rd party companys to make some awsome cases and modification for this phone :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zed011:
I suggest people who are into high end earphones to not get the Xperia P. On my Westone UM2 IEMs I hear electrostatic noises while playing music; P must be pretty noisy as a source. Good thing I do not use the P as a music player and have my own dedicated player for the best sound possible.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] maliceomalice:
How do u fix the phone if u stumble inyo a bootloop? The battery is fixed rite..?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] UserX10:
Vol+ + Power Button....

1 x Vibrating = phone restarts

3 x Vibrating = phone is off
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kweki:
Finally, another person who has noticed this. I was about to think that my unit was the only P having this issue. Too bad I'm using my P as my only portable music player as I don't like carrying several devices with me.

BTW, the noise isn't always there. It just appears randomly, at least for my P.

Can anyone confirm if the noise exists while using a Bluetooth headset?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] o>c:
For those whose Xperia P comes with a EP851/EP850 charger, would you mind telling me what is the model of the USB cable that it has (as shown in the small tag near the micro USB end of the cable), a EC480 or EC600L?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] lhphong:
Mine are EP850 and E480
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zed011:
I can hear the noise pretty periodically. I hear it clearly when it is in a quiet part of a song. By turning down the volume to zero, I hear it and even when I pause I hear it for a little bit before it dies down.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ste71m:
Mine is EC480
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 6E 65 76 69 6E:
Got my Xperia p yesterday. on heavy usage the battery lasts for 2 hours!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MajestyZ:
Indeed! He's right! Nobody buy this phone! It's a piece of crap people!!

.. Before you put your "opinion" on here, do some testing, take a look around on the internet to find out whether your results are normal or not. And please, use some rational thinking and common sense before you post stuff like this.

This IS actually a place where people define their opinion on stuff, choosing whether or not to buy a phone.

People like you actually discourage other people to buy this great smartphone. There's nothing wrong with the battery life. Every smartphones battery will suffer from heavy usage, but 2 hours? No way, not for this smartphone with a weaker battery either.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Hornet331:
What do expect 1300 mAh remain 1300 mAh and under load the phone (2d games) drains around 350-400mA and even more under 3d load.

And i doubt the XPS with a faster gpu/cpu and bigger screen will drain less :p
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 6E 65 76 69 6E:
I'm not discouraging anyone to buy this phone but I should say what I experience with the phone. All other factors on the phone is good (actually it's a real pleasure to multi task on this phone) but the battery really SUCKS. This is a truth, I can't keep my mouth shut to please someone.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rufusj89:
can you define your heavy usage ?

What did you do ? Stream a blu ray movie in 3G or what ? 2 hours :eek:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 6E 65 76 69 6E:
Some videos on youtube (on Wifi), games on TV using hdmi cable (temple run, angry birds), background syncing for fb and gmail, a couple of voice calls (not more than 5 minutes together). Thats it and in two hours the warning message of low battery pops up. The display brightness is left as system default.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rufusj89:
Did you charge it up for the first time completely ? A couple of cycles you ran through and recharged ? :confused:

Not sure if HDMI out gaming can consume so much battery !? :eek:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] heryts:
still using my st17
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] piercewei:
After 2-week use, I'd like to reconfirm that the battery life is as good as Arc. Hope this is helpful.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kevinclint:
I've returned back my P at the service centre for a replacement as the camera had an allignment problem in it. Getting a new one as a replacement in around 5 days. Till then i've gotta use a Nokia 1100. :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rufusj89:
Which in terms of days/hours is ? :D

Will prolly get the phone in a couple of days :) Any one have any comments regarding the phone which hasnt been addressed in this thread ? :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] issy_i:
is there any development for this phone yet?

are there instructions how to root etc?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ICXPlay:
development will go faster after the sources are releaed (soon):)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] issy_i:
Wonderfull :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kaizokan:
@o>c I don't know how fast the Xperia P charges with the EC480 cable, but this is my result with Xperia S

Sony Charger EP850 + Sony cable EC600, from 20% to 80% in 2976 seconds (~50 minutes) (internet off)

Approx 49.61 seconds per %

Charger output approx 1270ma

charger output should be approx 1500ma with EP850/EP851

If the EC480 cable really is a charge cable then combined with EP850/EP851 it should charge fast 'fast charging' closer to the 1500 per hour right?

EDIT: I used: Charger Timer to keep track. ("Because not all cables are made equally" :p ) it's a simple app

Settings:

20%-80% (default)

Xperia S: 1750mah battery capacity

Xperia P: 1305mah battery capacity

Why 20%-80%?: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1650933&highlight=20%+80%
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Hornet331:
From my SXP with the 850 charger and the 480 cable

AC 0-100% 1h 23m

USB 0-100% 3h 17m

Thats the mean charging time after about 6 cycles or so.

At lower voltages of the battery its usually around 1300-1400mah, after 80% the phone gradually reduces the current.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] o>c:
Is Xda that tight in resources, or need some kind of motivation for it to set up a dedicated forum? While we are still hijacking the Xperia S board, the panty-ish Galaxy S III that is just released has already got its own board :mad:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ste71m:
about battery

Guys can you provide a feedback about battery drain when browsing in 3g?

I have a drain of 1% every 2 minutes, that seems quite high.

For the rest i'm quite happy about battery
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] o>c:
I also agree that 3G browsing is painfully battery draining, while wifi browsing is less severe.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] issy_i:
Yep, I think XDA admins are Samsung lovers.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Hornet331:
Well they closed the SXP tv dock thread for being the the wrong forum :p
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] inteks:
because not in "Accessories" or because not in "Xperia P" subforum ??? :confused::D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] NABENDU1:
Intial view of my xperia p

I got my new xperia p this sunday ! intially was quite skeptical about the battery life but i guess itz nt dat bad as neofactor is commenting ! talking about the battery life charged my phone last night to 100% and after moderate use still left with approxiamtely 40% after 19 hrs and 45 mins ! dispaly time on was about 2hrs and 10 mins,songs abt 1hr 30 mins(nt in display time),bluetooth for 20 mins,wifi for half hour,camera and vidoe for about 30mins,games no 3d games for 20 mins,other apps gues for another 20 mins, the rest of my display time i gues was all for my curiosity and surfing the menus and settings of the the phone and for some 15 mins of calls and another 10 mins of texting i guess

PS: WIFI turned on only when needed, web browsing was via GPRS and during all other times data traffic was disabled

auto-sync was turned off and allow apps to connect to internet was also turned off

live wallpaper was turned off and brightness was auto along with power saver ! only problem i have encountered till now was that fruit ninja wasnt working smoothly on my device ! the problem might be that it was nt downloaded frm google play bt from a .apk xtension file !!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] LUCA LUCA:
i looking to get this phone.

how is the phone as a mp3 player is the sound good from the headphones and the camera picture quality?

thanks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] NABENDU1:
hey regarding the head phones it is one of the best in-ear earphones u can get alongwith the handset ! the sound clarity is exceptionally high with the headphones and i guess atleast in my country the earphones are different from the ones supplied with the sony xperia s ! well sony always makes a point with itz music and camera quality ! i dnt find any glitches of too much noice with the camera quality ! the camera provides a lot of options as with my 2year old sony cybershot camera 1 i guess the picture seems quite clear and to be frak have nt taken many snaps frm it ! bt still i guess the earlier posts commenting a poor camera quality can be ignored as it is just an 8mp snapper built basically for camera viewing and social networking nt capable of replacing ur digital camera ! nokia pureview the way to go if u want professional type camera :p
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] 6E 65 76 69 6E:
I feel the bass is not punchy as it is on my w595! Tried many music players but nothing catches up my walkman's bass.

---------- Post added at 08:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:02 PM ----------

I don't know what's wrong with my phone's battery. :confused: Whatever I do, the battery can't go beyond 12 hours. What was your initial charging time? My initial charging was only 2 hours (Actually, it reached 100% in 1.5 hours).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nwayen:
I find the camera to be quite good, especially when compared to the camera's found in the Desire S and HTC Hero.

The sound of the headphone output is great, way better than my old HTC Hero. It also comes close to match my Cowon S9, though I miss a good equalizer in the Xperia P. I can't comment on the supplied headphones as I am not a big fan of in ear.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sdotmouse:
Try jetaudio or Neutron Player. Both have good sound.

Sent from my MT15i
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MajestyZ:
Well I can tell that the camera quality is very good, as long as you know how to shoot good pictures!

As for in-ear: I don't like it either and am searching for new headphones, non in-ear ones. Do you have any recommendations? I would like a play/pause controller in it too.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] NABENDU1:
well my phone charged from 30% to 100 % in 50 mins flat ! i mean when the battery showed 100%! then too the charging continued and after a while i got a notification to unplug the charger to save battery ! if u calculate it comes to 70 mins or 1 hr 10 mins for a full charge from 0% to 100% . Itz shocking to knw abt dat kind of battery life ! it would be gr8 of u if u tell me the settings u r using and if u can take the screenshots of the running services ! check the ram as sometimes it tells u about abnormal unsuage my basic ram use is about 160 to 170 mb while in the normal state without any apps running in the background jusr whatapp and postman running from my installed apps ! just this evening i opened app2sd and dont knw wat happnd bt suddenly my ram shot to more dan 200 mb and my battery started dropping even when on standby comparitively faster ! so i restarted my phone and everything has been fine after ! hope dat u provide screenshot of ur services and battery graph !
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rufusj89:
^ Thats the quick charger at work. Just got my SXP 'red' from the store ! :D

Its about to go for its first charge ! Switched it on to check the LED's in the transparent strip ! Will do a detailed post in the xperia P in India thread. :D

Just wondering how long you guys did your first charge ? I am thinking of leaving it overnight ~ 7-8 hours ? If it overcharges,it is no issue right ? being first time charge and all ? :cool:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Hornet331:
Phone wont charge after reaching 100%. It only starts again when it drops below 90%.

So hooking it up more then 2h is pointless, because a nearly empty battery is loaded in approx 1:30 hours.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Karooluss:
Got my xperia P Yesterday and what can i say is that not much supported product ( it even has not own thread on XDA). But it is very good after transormating from iphone for me. I need to debrand it but im a little scaried if I can loose my warranty and I dont know how to.

Wysyłane z mojego LT22i za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nwayen:
Perhaps you can look into the development section of the Xperia S forum. I unlocked the bootloader two days ago, and put Krabappel's ROM on it. It was quite easy, and the ROM works like a charm.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dygen:
Till now I haven't found any practical use for my Smart Tags. Is there any way I can answer a call and turn on loud speaker using the tags? That would be really useful while driving. But didn't find such an option in the LiveWare manager. Am I missing some thing? :confused:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dhansiddh:
Can we expect features like that in one s such as taking pictures while shooting video or choosing the best shot from multiple pictures from sony in the next ICS update.....
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
The problem with smart tags is that you have to turn on and unlock the screen to get it to work. I use mine for when I go out, it turns on wifi and starts the music app. Then when i get home I use another one which turns wifi on and starts some other apps i use at home.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Hornet331:
The tags are a gimmick to show of NFC, nothing more.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrsatan:
I agree they are a bit gimmicky, but they are far from being non-useful. I have started using them quite a bit and I can see quite a lot of promise in them. Really it is up to the user to determine their worth.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cezarL:
Same here, I find the tags quite useful! My SXP came with two tags, I have them both by the door: one for going out (switch to silent mode, disable WiFi, enable Bluetooth, start IM+) and one for coming in (turn on sound, enable WiFi, disable BT).

Considering they work without having to unlock the phone (only the screen needs to be turned on), these actions save me quite a few taps of buttons. It's rather nice :)

Anyways..

Had my silver SXP for a week and a half now, replacing an Arc S.

The build quality and the design are top notch, way better than my previous phones (and I've had a few).

Only one thing I would have done differently: the display could have been placed lower down, rather than the centered position they went with. The Sony logo wouldn't have felt so.. "crammed-in", plus it would have made things somewhat easier for those of us with small hands.

The display itself is great, I think. By far the best legible screen outdoor on sunny days.

Yes, I can see the moire effect others have mentioned, but I don't find it bothersome. I tend to hold my phone still when using it, and that pattern is visible only when you tilt the screen sideways.

Colour shift? Again, not really bothersome, I use the device mostly for music, email, reading (lots of text, few pictures, usually low brightness).

As I've already said, I see NFC as a plus, rather than a gimmick, and things can only get better, once Visa will certify our devices for contactless payments :D

Can't really comment on performance as I don't play games or watch movies, but for my regular use it's more than adequate, I haven't experienced any slowdowns or UI jerkiness, everything is smooth.

The battery life seemed very poor at first, but it improved after a few charge-discharge cycles, and it now matches the Arc S: 2 days with medium use, 3 with light use. Mind you, this is by MY standard usage pattern, YMMV :)

Thing is, I also have a tablet (Sony, as it happens.. again, they had me with their design of the Tablet S), and that one takes most of the load: browsing, messaging, movies when away from home. So the phone gets used mostly when in the subway :)

Still.. since the battery lasts as long as the one in the Arc S, with similar use of the phones, I'd say that's not bad at all.

Now.. there are a couple of things I'm missing, of course :)

First off, ICS. Once you get a taste of it, it's difficult to live with GB :)

Btw, do we have any reports about the update? I mean, anything less ambiguous than "coming sometime in Q3".

Secondly, I wish we had a recovery. Flashing via fastboot is a pain, because I can't edit the .img files, like I would a custom ROM. zip file. But I guess we'll get that as soon as Sony releases the kernel sources..

LE- Forgot to mention, but someone asked about it earlier:

I don't hear any static noise when listening to music via Bluetooth, but it's possible my headphones aren't sufficiently high-end :) (got an MW600 with its original in-ear headphones, they sound good enough for me)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ste71m:
From the sonyEricsson blog

First up, the rollout plans for the Xperia NXT series (Xperia S, Xperia P and Xperia U) are progressing as planned. The first smartphone to be upgraded will be Xperia S, starting from the end of June. Then Xperia P will follow, whilst Xperia U will receive it a little later in Q3. As always we will keep you in the loop with the latest info as soon as we can.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dygen:
Battery usage

Hey guys those who claim 2 to 3 days of usage on single charging, could you please post your firmware version? Because I'm getting only 14 to 15 hrs even on light usage. Of course performance has improved over last few charging cycles (using it for past 10 days) but I'm no where near that 1day mark. I have removed all bloatware that can be uninstalled. But haven't rooted my device yet.

Would also request you to post your battery usage charts if possible.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ste71m:
I charged yesterday morning at 9 and today at 13 had 70% battery left

Only firmware out is 6.0.B.1.564, nobody got	6.0.B.1.576 for what i know

Check here my battery stats and running processes (Stefano)

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/38266
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Mike Lowrey:
Hi,

i'm an owner of the xp in red since about 8 days.

Since yesterday i have the correct sim card and i'm really concerned about the battery lifetime.

In flight mode the lifetime is quiet good but as soon as i have put the sim in the battery drains in no time.

Today i have disconnected my phone at 7am from the charger nearly 8 hours later i had 17% left but the phone just shut itself down.

Here are two screens which show that my usage profile was VERY low.

This is really a bummer since i love this phone. The material is great(especially the red version) the display is really nice and the overall usage is nice, plain and simple.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Bialynia:
Bought an unlocked Xperia P yesterday, it was more expensive then the S (I am in the US) but the Xperia S is just way too big for my tastes, especially coming from the X10. So far it is great, I love the screen, I am outside in bright sunlight most of the day, this screen does an incredible job. The build quality and construction are fantastic, and it runs smooth as silk. I will report back once I condition the battery on how long it will go, I have sync always on as I need access to any emails that come in. It takes pretty nice photos as well, so much faster then then my x10 did.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nwayen:
I find that the battery is improving rapidly over the first two weeks. What I did was charge the phone for some hours to make sure it is fully charged, and then drain it until it shut down. I only did this once by the way.

Right now, I have the phone for two weeks. With the custom ROM made by Krabappel, the battery life is quite good. The following screenshot was made with 45 minutes screen time (and a reboot somewhere in the middle).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kourkoubas:
Hello from Greece. I want to share with you my experience with Xperia P battery life and i hope that this will help some of you who have problems

My XPERIA P settings

1)	Data always on either with 3G or Wi-fi

2)	Auto synch always on (facebook/whatsapp/gmail)

3)	No live wallpaper

I bought my Xperia P 3 weeks ago. The first 18 days I had my P with the above settings and I was always charging it with his own fast charger.

Results … Battery Life 12 – 15 hours and Charging time from 0%->100% 1h and 15mins

After 18 days I had lots of questionings about the battery life. After some signs I had , it crossed my mind that the charging process had a flaw… but it was cause of the mobile or cause of the charger ?

So I decided to use my Xperia Arc charger … Well the difference in battery life was AWESOME.

New Xperia P settings

1)	Data always on either with 3G or Wi-fi

2)	Auto synch always off (facebook/whatsapp/gmail)

3)	Live wallpaper

The last 4 days my battery life is almost doybled …. 27-30 hours. I don’t believe that closing the auto synch boosted it so much. I believe it has something to do with the charger …

Another point worth mentioning is that with Xperia P charger the LED was RED and turned into Green when the battery was fully charged and stayed green. With Xperia Arc Charger the LED was RED, turned into green and then went off when the battery was fully charged.

My proposal for the Xperia P owners who have problem with battery life is to use another charger from older XPERIA phones (Arc, ArcS, Ray, Mini, Neo V) … and try to charge P for 7-8 hours.

Lets try and find out if the Fast Charger has some technical issues.

PS : My Rom is 6.0.B.1.564
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ste71m:
You should compare battery with same settings, probably now it's doubled because you have sync off and not because of the charger
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kourkoubas:
I ll turn auto synch on and we ll see but i insist that everyone who has battery life issues should try and charge the phone with an older charger and tell us the results
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Miss@80:
These apps are always running:

- WIFI

- Handy Profiles

- Yellowbrick

- Whatsapp

- Facebook (push)

- Gmail (push)

Bluetooth for 1 hour

- Screen up time was 1.43

- Android system 1.51

- Calling: 13 min

- Wifi 19 hours non-stop

There is no sychronisation between 23.00-6.00

After 1 d + 2 hours and 45 min still 20% left

I'm not yet allowed to post images so hereby a link i157.photobucket.com/albums/t62/Tweety_hobey/screenshot_2012-06-13_1954.png