[Xperia Z General] arvin2212:
MOD EDIT:

I have changed the TITLE to "[DISCUSSION] ALL GENERAL & BATTERY Discussions"

This Thread is to be used for ALL non-development and battery related discussions.

All device related chatter GOES HERE.
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This thread WILL take the place of ALL the threads asking...

"Should I buy this phone?"

"What ROM/Theme/App/Mod is best?"

"Why does my battery suck?"

"Why is my phone hot?"

~JAB

The Original Post....

Hi all,

This is my rant about the Xperia Z.

Prior to the Xperia Z, i was using a Galaxy Note 2. I loved the vividness of the screen (I know, unnatural colors) but hated how the 'white' was 'yellowish'. When the Xperia Z was introduced to the market, I fell in love with it's shape, and I have always wanted a phone that looked this good. It was waterproof so another bonus as I always wanted the ability to be able to wash my phone whenever it gets too dusty.

Sold off the Note 2, and bought the Xperia Z right away. The first issue I noticed was the display. It was sharp which was good, but the colors seemed washed out. Eventually I got used to it. The subsequent firmware added more contrast to the screen and after that, I had no complaints. The issue that cannot be fixed is the dead pixels. I have about 8 or 9 of them but they were only noticeable if the brightness was set at the maximum level.

Now, with the flaps, it is quite troublesome to remove them whenever you want to charge the phone or transfer stuff to / from the phone. I read about people who needed to replace their flaps and I didn't want this to happen to me. I bought a Note 2 QI wireless receiver and the charging dock. I modded the wireless receiver so it would fit the Xperia Z's charging point and it work. The downside to this is the battery heats up to 42.6 Celsius and it would stop charging randomly because of the heat. I had to go back to charging via USB. I use a case with all my devices so the official charging dock is not an option.

This is the case that I was using. My whole phone was wrapped with the casing and I took perfect care of it. Never has it once dropped or handled in a violent manner yet, last week, when i decided to wash the phone as it was dusty, I found a dent / line of crack (Vertical) at the top part of the phone on the left side (Right is where the headphone jack is located). I have no idea how the crack formed but it was quite heartbreaking.

Now the battery life. It is not bad, but not good. Not bad as it could last me a day of extremely light usage. I am forced to set my screen brightness at the lowest possible setting and turn the auto brightness off. Anything more and the battery would drain rapidly. I had to make use of the app, ds battery saver pro to turn off my data connection and turn it on every 15 minutes to receive notifications (email,whatsapp,wechat). I had to flash an awesome custom kernel (DooMKernel) so I could under-volt the device and clock it at 810MHz. With this, the battery would last me about 12 hours with about 2 hours of screen on time. The battery is used up my data connection whenever I turn the screen on. I visit the gym regularly so I'd play music via Bluetooth which accounts about 2 - 3 hours of usage. I grew tired of having to constantly conserve my usage just so the battery would last. Now, I know there are people who are extremely pleased with the battery life of their device and I don't want to argue on that. My point is, the battery is not suitable for my usage.

Finally, as some of you may notice, there were posts here claiming that there were specks of dust appearing on the images captured from the camera although there is nothing on the lens. Initially I assumed that these were just a minor occurrence, but I noticed the same on my phone yesterday. There were 3 dots and they were not dust. There aren't any scratches on my camera and I couldn't possibly think of a cause.