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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] gazzrenn:
Andy, were you playing the file from the phone storage or from an SD card? I was playing from the phone memory, having not bought a card yet.

As a side note, i've taken SPB pocket plus off there which helped a bit, it does seem less sluggish.... and if i'm honest Andy, i didn't know about the softreset button! :roll:

I'll test playback again.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] andyjeffries:
From an SD card (1GB Sandisk if that helps)

Glad I haven't tried using that app then - I might have just thought the phone was crap :-)

:lol: :lol: :lol:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] chiark:
I do wonder if there's more to come from TCPMP yet, too: I don't know if the OMAP 850 2D graphics accelerator is supported natively, and if it isn't then it should be possible to push the graphics faster...

So far, I like the device with the caveat that activesync refuses to work with Symantec Security Agent. (Getting rid of that and using Windows Firewall poses no problems...)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] chiark:
I tried my "standard" pocket video test today, the matrix revolution trailer. Average speed in TCPMP 0.7 was 139.32%, 33.44 fps, 571kbit/s from a 24 fps 410kbps file.

Seems to work well :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] gazzrenn:
chiark,

Could you try and play that file again from the phone storage?

Video playback on my device (from internal storage) is just hopeless :(
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] chiark:
That is from internal storage - I don't (yet) have a mini-sd card...

Just in case it's something to do with the file, here's the file I use:

http://www.pocketmatrix.com/multimedia/downloads/matrix-rev.ogm

As soon as I get a mini-sd card, I'll benchmark that too to see if it makes a difference.

Are you using TCPMP 0.70?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] andyjeffries:
gazzrenn, I've downloaded this Matrix trailer and run it offf my 1GB miniSD card and it runs perfectly (and is actually quite a good demo of fast moving video on the phone - thanks for the link chiark).

Cheers,

Andy
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] andyjeffries:
Sorry, I just noticed you also posted benchmark results. I've done likewise from my miniSD card:

Average speed in TCPMP 0.66 was 142.09%, 34.10 fps, 582kbit/s from a 24 fps 410kbps file.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] gazzrenn:
Right!

Gonna go home at lunch and give it one more day of trials!

I've got that trailer... gonna go home at lunch and grab it to test this afternoon. (It's sat in the box at home waiting to be returned :? )

It was 0.70 of TCPMP by the way

Thanks for your patience with me fellas by the way, you will be rewarded in pocket PC heaven :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] andyjeffries:
I was running 0.66 hence why I wrote that :wink:

I've just downloaded the latest version and put that on my phone (and soft resetted as TCPMP doesn't seem to like being uninstalled) and the benchmark results are:

Average speed in TCPMP 0.70 was 138.70%, 33.29 fps, 582kbit/s from a 24 fps 410kbps file.

Again, played (normally) fine without any pauses/hitches and still looks really good.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] meroupow:
It is true that it sometimes lack a bit of speed.

But Anton Tomov is working on the support of TI OMAP 850 for PHM 2005.

A bit of overclocking might help the user to be able to choose between performance vs battery because it is not always an obvious choice.

Now the question will be how fast can it be pushed!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] gazzrenn:
OK, it's playing that trailer perfectly. I can only assume the file i was using to test was badly encoded (WMV)

I benchmarked it this time and got..

134.21%, 32.21 fps, 550kbit/s

OK, i'm getting happier..

Now i need to get something (like SPB Pocket Plus) to make sure apps are closed when you hit X. Since SPB seemed to hammer the Vario.

Jesus, things weren't this hard with my MDA Compact.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] andyjeffries:
I tried Magic Button (freeware IIRC) but it also had a bit of a slowdown. To be honest, I'm not that bothered by apps not closing down now, every so often I'll go in to Settings|Memory|Running Programs and close some down - but it never seems to slow down noticably (which would annoy me).

Is there any shortcut to see all the running apps and switch to them (maybe with a hold down key press or tap and hold somewhere)?

Or a small freeware app to do this?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] chiark:
MagicButton caused me no end of problems on my Blue Angel earlier this year... It used to close the phone app, but only partially: I could make calls, but no-one could hear me :( . I hope that's fixed.

Just bought a 512MB sandisk mini-sd, and the benchmark showed 136.43% as the average speed.

As an aside, I'm now going to have to watch matrix revolutions again tonight :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] andyjeffries:
I've just bought HandySwitcher, then found out it comes down as an EXE for Windows XP not a CAB file for transferring to the phone! Never mind, I'll reboot in to Windows when I next get a chance :x
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] gazzrenn:
Andy...

Check this out from a different thread...

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=182252#182252

I bought this app (6 euros) and it works great.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] andyjeffries:
xBar2 does look cool - but as I've just paid for HandySwitcher I'll give that a good go before trying something else.

I actually quite like the way it can be configured to not sit up in the title bar (magic button did that and I hated it). I have it as an icon next to Comms manager and batter status.

Thanks for the pointer though - if I'm unhappy with HandySwitcher after a week or so, I'll look it up again.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Mogwai:
Looks like theres some progress in getting the wizard to work. I passed by some phone shops today and they dont seem to have any in stock. Will pass by next week and hopefully, will have a new wizard soon. Looks like my concerns of video playback has been answered, with your success in using TCMP vers .7!

Does anyone have any comments on the wifi/internet browsing capabilities?

mogwai
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] gazzrenn:
mogwai,

Yes, i have mine connected to my home WiFi network, took a couple of seconds to do it, and my office network. Both are 802.11g.

Both using WEP encryption. Really easy to config, very quick too.

EDIT - PIE seems to display webpages a lot better than my MDA Compact. Using view > desktop you have to scroll around a bit to get where you want to be, but the page is layed out correctly.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] chiark:
Internet browsing is excellent, bordering on superb given the limited screen size. I also have a Zaurus SL-C1000 (vga 3.7" screen, opera and netfront browsers) and whilst the Z is slightly better, the portability of the wizard is winning me over at the moment :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] gazzrenn:
OK, Update.....

I've fully bonded with my Vario now, i wont be returning it... i'm very happy :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] andyjeffries:
Glad you've got along with it.

What happened: did you get a replacement? Hard reset to solve your issues?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] gazzrenn:
Few hard resets

Few application changes (xbar3 and handy launcher instead of SPB pocket plus which i decided was the root of all evil)

The discovery of 'unlock device' (when i thought it had stopped responding, only to find out the screen was locked) (yes i know, dumb)

The discovery of soft reset button (!)

and finally the ability to speedily type text messages for the first time in a year. !

8)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] andyjeffries:
Yeah, I've heard bad things about Pocket Plus (so I've never bothered with it).

I know what you mean about typing fast - I thought I was pretty quick at typing normal text messages but after about half a day I was already whipping my old speeds!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Mogwai:
A question regarding the performance numbers with TCMP. What the heck does it mean 100% 136% as average speed? Can i assume that playback that is viewable is at 100% which equals what in terms of fps? And can i assume that anything over 100% is even better but not necessary?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] chiark:
Bingo - that's exactly it. TCPMP has a benchmarking function, which tries to decode and play the video and audio streams as fast as possible, without trying to sync the streams or be time-accurate. It then gives an average speed of playback compared to the length of the film (so if your device can decode a film that's 2 minutes long in one minute, the rating is 200%)

Anything above 100% means that you've got processor time to spare when playing the file that you're benchmarking.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Mogwai:
OK , does the wizard play consistently at or over 100% with TCMP with avi, mpeg, ......files or do you notice a slowdown of the OMAP processor when several apps are open at the same time?

HTC is about to release the S200 here in France but I was a bit surprised they stuck wth the TI processor and at 200mhz, especially when Eten has the m600 with the samsung at 400mhz. The S200 is essentially the same wizard setup hardware wise except no keyboard and with the magician form factor.

I saw some sneak peaks of the HTC hermes, the up and coming version of the wizard, and it seems that they will go 3G with that model and possibly upping the camera to 2mpix. No info on the processor and speed.

After having read the blog from Mike (Microsoft) which explains the persistant memory (ram/rom) in mobile 5, it makes sense to stay at 200mhz. From benchmark tests it seems the battery life has greatly improved. Although have more ooomph would hurt especially if it doest affect the battery life.

I dont know what the numbers look like in terms of the universal but if the hermes uses a 400mhz intel, the unviversal might be an example of its performance capabilities as its only mobile 5 equiped 3G device on the market for the moment.

mogwai
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] slvrbllt:
My two cents.

Hi mates,

I was looking around for some user's feedback on the Wizard since I would like to buy it. I must say I do really like this new toy, but I am somehow scared by the poor performances reported by several users.

I currently own a Magician and its performances suite me so fine that I tried and discarded PHM since I do not really need more power to perform my usual tasks.

I use my Magician for, well, almost anything... including multimedia playback.

I have read the reports on TCPMP playing the Matrix trailer. A bechmark score of 134.21% was quite good indeed. But then I tried the same trailer on my S100... would a 355,58% result impress you ?

I've got several DivX I use to play on my S100 when travelling, or simply to have some rest when driving with my daughter :-) Most of them are played at 140%...

Since what runs at 355% on the Magician runs at 135% on the Wizard, how would my DivX perform on the Wizard ? These are my concerns.

What drives me crazy is the fact that the CDMA version of this device carries an Intel CPU at 520 Mhz!

Sorry for the long post, but I had to share my frustrations with you ! :-)

Silver Bullet.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] chiark:
Post a file, and I'll benchmark it for you...

In short, the processor in the Wizard isn't great but on the other hand if you get the encoding of your file right it's perfectly suitable for playing movies :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] knowsleyroader:
Movies encoded with Lathe using the PPC settings are streaming fine from my pc to my Wizard using wifi so I cant see any reason why they wouldnt run great from an sd card.

Even full divx movies play ok for so long but then you get a delay every 10-20 seconds or so. ( All from wifi, dont have any movies on the device itself )
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pheel:
Hey guys

It's been sometime since I last posted (from the Xperia X10)

I was originally completely psyched out at this Z1 that I got it straight away!

However I have a few major disappointments at this phone:

a) the battery life is horrible. I have to use stamina mode to get it to last a whole day, and that takes away the "smart"phone features... Push notifications? bye.

b) OVERHEATING. THIS THING OVERHEATS LIKE A B****. Any solutions to this?

Do I have a bad device? Should I flash the generic Australia firmware or should I just stick to my own one?

Do any of you have this horrific overheating problem?

Regards
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pheel:
Just some screenshots
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahomad:
how long the screen was on for?

also, can you press on the graph and take screen shot and post it here (just to see what was on for how long) such as wifi, screen ..etc

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I have also noticed that there are three occasions where the battery level suddenly drop (where the white lines are). I think your battery needs calibration
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pheel:
Hi how do you calibrate it?

Do you run it down to the min, wipe some stay thing? Gahh it's been a long time since I've used an android

Okay ill screenshot that too, but I just charged my phone so Ill have to wait for a full days worth of usage before giving you that.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfex3best:
I have the same problem....if I startup any Android game like "Despicable me" after 5-10 mins it'll heat up so much....

The battery isn't bad but it should be better for a 3000mah battery.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pheel:
Yeah... I play 5 minutes of clash of clans and I think I can fry eggs with my phone (joke) but still.

It's really annoying :( I miss my clash of clans, but I don't want to overheat my phone (otherwise I might screw up the battery). I mean the battery is bad enough, without us overheating it and damaging it even more?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfex3best:
Yeah... maybe there is some sort of fix like flashing another ftf or something..... does anyone have any other suggestions to what we could do?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koolbeanz426:
What about the new firmware update rolling out that just started a couple of days ago? I'm pretty sure I read that it contained some performance tweaks. let's just hope they contain the important ones.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pheel:
I still have a nice 63% on my battery but this is after 5 mins of clash of clans and allowing it to for 2 minutes:

So you guys are also having the same problems?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahomad:
Its quite strange

I play GUN PROS 2 and the phone used to heat up after ~40 minutes, which is quite good (I don't play that much anyway, 30 mins is just about enough). but now after flashing the new update (that started rolling out couple of days ago) the phone is even better, at about 40mins the phone starts to get warm (not hot). You might need to try flashing this update.

The problem might be with clash of clan itself as people here complaining about heat when using it, try other game and see if the issue still there.

One more solution, I read somewhere in this forum that someone underclocked his Z1 from 2.2 to 1.7 and got rid of heat without affecting the performance, you need to look for it in the general section, I haven't tried it because I don't have any issue with the phone heating up though. Keep in mind that you need root and you are responsible if something goes wrong.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfex3best:
If I flash the new update using flashtool will it wipe all my stuff?

I already have so many awesome photos taken with this phone.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pheel:
Thanks ahomad.

you make a very valid point. [I already have setCPU and here is my stats]:

Maybe i should underclock... I'll wait for root on the new rom before I upgrade.

I use conservative (i.e. only really ups the CPU frequency when required so yeah..)

I don't have a custom kernel yet.

Well, the device becomes pretty warm when I just browse the net / do that sort of stuff, but nothing like the 50+ degrees experienced by playing clash of clans after 15 minutes. I should play a few other games and check... I'll play guns pro soon, probably on sunday or monday and I'll report back. Seriously, playing clash of clans is pathetic.

Another random thought... perhaps I should specifically underclock the phone when I'm playing clash of clans?

The battery life seems better today however...
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pheel:
Umm, I think you might have to wipe data because there are alot of complaints about instability and crashes when the data is not wiped.

So do a backup first!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahomad:
you can flash it and uncheck wipe data so you will get the new update without losing anything. Regarding pictures, if they stored in SD card, you won't lose them even if you wiped data.

I flashed the new update without wiping data and I don't have any issue. The battery, camera and performance overall has improved. But I do agree, you better backup anything before flashing new rom in case you made mistake and forgot to uncheck wipe data or error occured while flashing and had to wipe everything.

I suggest you backup and flash the new rom without wiping data and if you have any issue just flash it again and wipe everything then restore whatever you want.

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try and report back, I would suggest trying both, underclocking and trying other games just to know what is the issue. But I wouldn't underclock the device for specific app or game as this means the frequency of your cpu will change whenever you open the app and change back when you close it which (changing the frequency so often) might hurt the chip in the long run. I am not expert in this area but this is what I heard.

from what you posted, you have quite decent battery (I can't really tell until I know how long the screen was on for) but almost 17 hours with what look like fairly heavy use and you still have %20 is very good to me (you played games, wifi on, weak signal which drain more battery as the phone tries to look for better tower ...etc). and with the new update the battery will improve even more.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pheel:
I just tried playing clash of clans with the CPU underclocked. I capped it at 1036mhz and while the game loaded much slower there wasn't that much difference in the performance. The battery peaked at 40 degrees after 15 minutes of game play so all good

perhaps high CPU usage is the culprit.

Also that 16 hour battery was because I really didn't even touch my phone throughout the day... If I touch it occasionally, the battery lasts for 6 hours.

Also that was on stamina mode which I really don't like. It defeats the purpose of a "smart"phone

Do you have root after the new firmware update?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rashkae:
Nope. I play a lot of Hellfire and other games, battery life is great.

a) Mine has all push mail, push notifications, etc, on and lasts almost 2 days so long as I don't spend 2-3 hours playing games.

b) Overheating? How do you know it overheats? Mine gets a little warm but nothing close to my old Z.

No, it won't damage the battery. But it sounds like you have some app hogging the CPU. Try running GoPower for more detailed CPU and battery usage reports.

'

Utter rubbish. Haven't heard of anyone complaining of stability issues.

Again, install GoPower. Find out what the real culprit is. For me it's now 8pm and my battery is at 63%, with lots of whatsapp, facebook, etc.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spizzy01:
Whilst I agree, the battery life is somewhat disappointing - it is to be expected from a Smart Phone clocked at 2.2Ghz, it's essentially a mobile powerhouse.

For those of you worried about heat...

Within the SYSTEM partition is an app called 'com.sonyericsson.psm.sysmonservice' which is in fact an 'Overheat Control' application - To my knowledge, it will decrease the clock speed of the device to prevent overheating, and in some extreme cases will restart the device.

Since the manufacturer has included something to prevent overheating it sounds like the chances of overheating occurring are somewhat likely, but in my opinion the device is safe for at least a year - If it were to completely crap out from excessive heat Sony would have to replace the device under warranty.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CollinFX45:
Can I ask a dumb question? I read a lot of reports about this phone overheating, yet I've never heard anyone list symptoms other than the phone feeling hot. Yes, it feels extremely hot to the touch after gaming or adding the dinosaur effect to your photos (lol), but has the phone ever shut down or noticeably throttled?

Mine gets very hot, but I wouldn't say it is overheating until something happens like an app crashes or something of that nature? I'm just wondering if you guys have experienced any instabilities related to the heat, or if it is simply feeling too warm for comfort?

-Collin-
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gibbo82:
Is go power better than the xperias stock Battery saver!??
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pheel:
do you have stamina mode enabled?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rashkae:
In this case, it's not for battery saving, it's for more detailed output of which process is using the battery.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shahzaib.khan:
i think u should contact to the sony outlet from where u bought it and tell them ur problem im sure theyr gonna do sumthing about it..
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krimskram:
The update to the newest firmware fixed this problem for me. Anyway, try a complete wipe and reinstall using your pc, not the OTA / PHONE update. Tell us how it went.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithkii:
tried underclock CPU to 1.72 ghz.... but still no luck, same thing happened, high temp and very bad battery life... :(
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdabbagh_:
same problems...

Hey guys..I am totally new here, and new to some of the lingo as well, so hoping you can help me out

I am having the same overheating issues, but mostly when using the camera as I have not been playing games much.

I took around 5 shots with the AR feature and the phone got so hot that I got a message saying the camera will shut down since the phone is too hot for use. Since then the camera stopped turning on from the side button, and is showing on the widget on the lock screen with the "not available" symbol.

Someone help me please this phone is less than a week old! Also regarding the lingo, what does flashing a firmware mean? Many thanks in advance!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahki767:
Don't know anything about your camera issues but if you wanna flash a firmware, check this
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luciferanjelo@gmail.com:
i am having the same thing , but after that i did root..and install set cpu try this ..
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meyourchum:
I never had overheating issues and am getting good battery backup

I charged the phone upto 95% and it lasted for 2 Days 2 Hours 46 Minutes

Split up of my phone use -

Normal Use

Occassional 3G Use & WiFi - 1-2 hours

Moderate Browsing - Email, Facebook, eBay etc

Moderate Camera Use - 10 to 12 Photos without Flash

Minimal Music - Around 1 hour on headphones

Around 6 Hours of voice Calls

Battery Use

History Details
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raziel123:
Underclocking doesn't really work, it is overriden frequently

I've checked it under trickster Mod info tab.

As for overheating, interactive governor seems to reduce the temperature,

But I experienced a reboot so I switched back to ondemand.

I don't really have any overheating issues.

Regards