[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjraider:
My Knowledge Database​

My Sony Xperia SP is my second Android device and my first device from Sony. So far I absolutly love it. It is a major diffrence with my Galaxy S Plus however the Sony Xperia SP has some very small bugs that are easy to fix by yourself.

In this thread you can read about a few of them that I have discoverd and managed to fix. I will also add some of my How To's in here so that all my help is centerd in one thread ;)

If you have any question do not hesitate to post them :)​

SPECIFICATIONS OF SONY XPERIA SP

General:

2G Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (all versions)

3G Network: HSDPA 850/900/2100 - C5303 / HSDPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 -C5302 / HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100 -C5306

4G Network: LTE 800/850/900/1800/2100/2600 -C5303 / LTE 850/1700/1900/2100 -C5306

Sim: Micro SIM

Body:

Dimensions: 130.6 x 67.1 x 10 mm

Weight: 155 g

Display:

Type: TFT Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colours

Size: 720 x 1280 pixels, 4,6 inches (~ 319 ppi pixel density

Multitouch: Yes up to 10 fingers

Protection: Corning Gorilla Glas

Others: Sony Mobile Bravia Engine 2

Sound:

Alert types: Vibration; MP3 ringtones

Loudspeaker: Yes

3.5 mm jack: Yes

Memory:

Cardslot: microSD, up to 32GB

Internal: 8GB (5.8 GB user available), 1GB RAM

Data:

GPRS: up to 56 kbps

EDGE: up to 237 kbps

Speed: HSDPA: 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3: 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL

WLAN: Wifi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, wifi direct, DLNA, wifi Hotspot

Bluetooth: Yes; V4.0 with A2DP

NFC: Yes

USB: Yes; microUSB v2.0 (MHL)

Camera:

Primary: 8MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED Flash

Features: Geo-tagging, touchfocus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR, sweep panorama

Video: Yes; 1080p@30fps. video stabilization

Secondary: Yes; VGA

Features:

OS: Android OS V4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8960T Snapdragon

CPU: Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait

GPU: Adreno 320

Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compas

Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS. Email, Push Email, IM

Browser: HTML5

Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS

GPS: Yes; with A-GPS support and GLONASS

Java: Yes; via Java MIDP emulator

Colours: Red, Black, White

Battery:

Non removable Li-Ion 2370 mAh Battery

BUGS

Bugs Reported in 4.1.2 version: 2.254

Problem:

Stock notification is not working with Stamina mode on

Cause:

Firmware bug I suspect. Could also be a feature I'm not sure.

Solution 1: Turn off Stamina mode

Solution 2: Download Illumination Bar (Free/Pro). In General settings choose for Xperia U/J and add this application to the whitelist of stamina mode.

Problem:

Screen does not turn on properly (stays completely black)

Cause:

- Unknown -

Solution: Turn off screen again and turn it on. Your screen should turn on normaly.

Problem:

Camera got a yellow tint when shooting pictures in dark with flash

Cause:

Bad camera settings and (perhaps) bad software from Sony

Solution 1: Download this Galaxy S4 Google Edition Camera the pictures are a bit better.

Solution 2: In Stock Camera; Put camera in Normal and not Superior and go for Daylight setting in Whitebalance settings

Problem:

Bad Wifi reception

Cause:

- Unknown - (However some will say software and other will say hardware I believe that this is a software issue from not only the Xperia SP but also from the Router where it gets its connection)

Solution 1: [Fix] Another Wifi Fix

Solution 2: [Fix, tips] How to fix wifi issues (router settings)

Solution 3: [Fix] Wifi Fix

Solution 4: Go to another ROM. Accorrding to stories is the wifi much better in CyanogenMOD

Problem:

Music stops/crashes when Google Chrome is opened

Cause:

Google Chrome is a very very heavy Internet Brower and uses a lot of RAM (it stays cached and reserves 60MB minimal)

Solition:Disable Google Chrome and get another Internet Browser example: FireFox, Opera Mini, Dolphin

Problem:

Phone reboots when benchmarking with AnTuTu

Cause:

- Unknown -

Solution 1: Try to update the app and your phone to the latest version

Solution 2: Create a logcat/dmesg and contact AnTuTuLabs (See Android Development > Apps and Games )

Problem:

BE2 not working in Album

Cause:

- Unknown -

Solition: - none at the moment -

Problem:

Weird volumebar

Cause:

- Unknown -

Solition: A reflash should help but you can also try this: Fix?

Problem:

No Recent added in Walkman

Cause:

Not known however it could be a feature that has been removed by Sony

Solition: Use another musicplayer

Problem:

No Free RAM

Cause:

- Unknown -

Solition: Reboot device or reflash with Sony Update Center

Problem:

LED are not proper functioning in Walkman

Cause:

- Unknown -

Solition: Decrease the volume you will see that the LEDs will be blinking a bit better

TIPS

Tip 1: Do not use Google Chrome as a browser. Reason for this is that the brosers caches a lot. I discoverd that after 1 small browser session of my school table the cache of the app has grown to 75 MB :eek: Also is Chrome a heavy one and will close a lot of process you had running in the background

Tip 2: Backup data from Whatsapp also to your external SD card. It happend to me once that after a Factory reset the Internal SD has been wiped (could also be my fault :silly: )

Tip 3: If you have your device rooted make it Adfree via AdAway (can be downloaded via F-Droid and via XDA)

Tip 4: Turn on Wifi on location; it works perfect. It will connect to saved Wifi networks when they are in the area. It will also turn Wifi off when you're out of range so that you save a bit of juice ;)

Tip 5: Download an FileExplorer. The Sony Xperia SP has none pre-installed.. Some you can install: ES File Explorer, OI FileBrowser and RootBrowser (can also be used without Root!)

Tip 6: Our device has a Camera Button. Use it. Small press will focus it and press a bit harder to take the picture :)

Tip 7: Our device has not a small app for flashlight pre-installed. So install it via Google Play: Flashlight Small App

Tip 8: To stop the flashing lights within the walkman app; open the app > upper right coner > Settings > Musicledpulse > Remove the V and done.

Tip 9: If you do have musicledpulse lights on you can keep them on while screen is of. All you need to have are some high reflexes :silly:.

Open the app and start any music. Close the app via the HOME and reopen it, immediately close the app with HOME and if you are fast enough (and a bit lucky) you will close the walkman app but the lights keep on flashing. Even when you turn the screen on. (you can stop this by open and close the walkman app ;) )

Tip 10: If you encounter any annoying issues after installing a stock or custom rom and you wanted to keep your data intact perform a factory reset or reflash the rom. Yes you will loose data but you will solve these issues;)

Tip 11: In 4.3 you are not able to make screenshots by pressing the powerbutton and choose screenshot. You need to hold the power and volume down together for a few seconds.

OTHER INTEL

Sony has set the values of RAM management. These values are set in a way that the system runs smootlhy how ever when having music on with the walkman app and by accident opening Chrome your music stops. This is due to the LMK of android. LMK stands for Low Memory Killer; when the system has not enough RAM to operate properly it will clear the RAM and kills a lot of procceses.

Starting up a heavy application like Dead Trigger, Modern Combat etc it will use a large ammount of RAM and when it does not get enough it will lag.

Here are some small tips to help you play as smooth as possible:

Reboot your device; this will reset the RAM and only bootup the apps that are needed

Use the app Fast Reboot; this app clears the RAM and tries to make room for you

Close all the apps; dont press the home button but the back button. This will close the app after you

There are some applications and perhaps Xposed Framework settings that can aid here but these need root! Read properly!!

Android updates.

As you all may know by now we get 4.3 in a few days and we can expect 4.4 next year (in the future) See also this link http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/software/phones/xperia-sp/

Update has been released om 13-02-2014

- Regards Mrjraider - ​