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[Xperia Z1 Compact General] adey64:
Thank you for your insightful input! One thing so important to me is screen and software responsiveness and fluidity...and you're the perfect person to tell me how fluid it feels compared to the nexus 4 and I will be eagerly waiting your response!

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how is the charging time? is it quick charge enabled?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Milltach:
Hi, can you also please put the z1 compact on the top of your nexus? :) It makes me easier to recognize the size difference
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] stevo_125:
Answers to a few questions:

Charge time from almost flat seemed to be in the region of 2.5 hours, which is pretty good by my reckoning.

It feels a lot smaller than it looks. The reduction in width makes the most difference, and after 2 days using the Z1c the Nexus 4 feels chunky to me now. I don't have my Nexus to hand for size comparison photo now I'm afraid, but laying the Xperia over the top of the Nexus 4 allows you to see 2-3mm on all 4 sides. Next to no difference in weight, through the Sony feels more dense/solid to me - Gives a premium feel.

The phone operation is very fluid and smooth, I went through numerous custom roms and kernels on the Nexus 4 to get the kind of smoothness that the xperia offers right out of the box. Launching the camera app is very quick: Maybe 2 seconds from sleep (via the shortcut button), and near instant from the menu shortcut. Shot-to-shot time is very impressive too - This is one thing where the N4 was always poor in my opinion.

I haven't missed the screen size at all, others may I guess, but personally I prefer being able to operate the whole screen comfortably with one hand!
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] adey64:
Thanks great to know the xperia ui doesn't slow the experience
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] stevo_125:
Headphone sound quality

Hi Guys,

Some more feedback on my experiences with the phone.

I'm noticing improved WiFi reception compared to my Nexus 4, My desk in the office is a bit of a black spot normally. My laptop frequently disconnects from the wireless, the Nexus hardly ever managed to connect, the Z1c seems to obtain a connection here and I'm streaming music over it without dropouts :victory:

On a related note, The sound quality through the headphones is very good too. I'm using Logitech Ultimate ears 200, previously had fauxsound on the Nexus 4 for improved volume, and whilst this did allow my N4 to go louder than the Z1c does, the sound quality is definitely better here, stereo separation in particular seems to be better.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Steve_God:
Mine arrived in the mail this morning, and I'm impressed so far :)

Still setting it up mind, but it's the perfect size for my hands (pretty much the same size as an iPhone 5 with a case on)

In comparison with my current Android phone (HTC One X), although in physical size it's only a little smaller to look at, it feels much smaller in the hand, and more usable (no over-stretching of the thumb, reaching for the on button, etc...)

And as for the responsiveness, it's genuinely on par with the iPhone 5 too!

I'm glad I took the gamble to pre-order! :good:

(Just need to set-up the SmartWatch that came with it next...)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheKingOfPain:
Any impression about the ringer volume? I've got a Z, and I had to use a mod (replaced the Fusion3 file) in order not to lose notifications and calls.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Pytte:
quite surprised to see they did not include headphones.. I guess they gotta sell some bluetooth headsets..

Initial impressions coming from an Samsung Galaxy S2 with kitkat.. I miss the settings button :P And don't understand why they could not put the buttons on the empty field below the screen instead of using the screen .. :\

Laying the Z1c on top of my sgs2 is pretty much same size.. although the Z1c is a little thicker than the SGS2
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] alpha beta gaga:
if you care about audio quality, you'll already own decent headphones/iems and have absolutely zero use for any included iems which would stay wrapped up and un-used and be a waste of sony's dosh. much rather sony spent the money they will save by not bundling cheapo iems on a phones build quality etc
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Zoidy:
Mine from O2 came with earphones And surprisingly they are actually quite good but the rubber buds slide out the my ears.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] vboechat:
+1

i dont care about included audio piece.. got my own AKG k450, pretty good stuff
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] tiru.adi13:
Would you guys recommend this over a Nexus 5?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] adey64:
Very important question for me!
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] OCEP:
I don't own a Z1 compact (yet) but I had two Nexus 5 devices - both sent back to get a refund because Nexus 5 has some serious issues with its microphone. The audio recording is terrible during video footage and a lot of users complain about crappy quality during phonecalls (on the receiving end).

Here's a link: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/0hvTK4eMVGk
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] mkiki:
First impressions too

To share my first impressions: I received mine yesterday, and I spent the afternoon playing setting up the phone :D.

The size and weight are about the same as my previous phone (a HTC sensation).it fits well in my hand and well in my pocket too.

The built seem of quality, the flap are easy enough to manoeuver (and allow to plug cable easily), and seems built to last. Overall it gives an impression of quality. I don’t have any issue with the plastic protection screen.

On the software side, everything run fast, and smooth. I have been really impressed by the 4G: it seems merely as fast as at home. All the connections are running well (no issue with gsm, wifi, Bluetooth, nfc). Phone calls are clear, and the micro works greatly according to the “test” I made.

The only drawbacks I found are linked with my experience on my previous phones, and are softwares linked (it might be possible to solve them, but I have search yet to do so): I found the keys of the keyboard to be a bit too small; The intelligent dialer is not as good as I wish (start to look in the phone number before looking at name); I am missing the HTC clock which was also indicating the weather.

If you have any question, feel free!

Franck
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] darksideauto:
I stood around the phone store for at least two hours playing with both items. I paid 900kr ($140) more for the z1c.
[General Questions and Answers] TheMegaFoxu:
Hi guys i try to install in my goophone I5s new rom im install and my phone doesn't start at all,the phone doen't react to any taken action help me please..

i install just this rom : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2449981
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gia90:
After reading this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1990111, I understood that the "wake on alarm" functionality is not strictly hardware related, so here it comes my question:

Would it be possible to implement this feature on mako?

I've searched for infos about this, trying to find someone who added this by modifying aosp source and I've found this commits:

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_system_core/commit/1a4cc448853fe7c6426bb785af9cf58cf69fd1ef

https://github.com/BAM-Team/android_system_core/commit/bf89da12f0288911d194a86d2edc639e628aae0e

Does it mean it is already implemented in some custom roms? Is there any mako rom with this feature?

If not, is someone (hopefully a developer) interested in it?

Thank you for your help.
[Xperia Z1 General] GusArb:
Hello everyone, there seems to be something wrong as I have no sound on any psx game I load to it, also there's something strange with chrono cross as the characters have no weapons on them but they look like they are actually holding weapons.

Any ideas?

Thanks for the help
[Xperia Z1 General] dakunclear:
You have to tweak the hell out of it to make it work found that out with other emus
[Xperia Z1 General] keyz86:
Use FPse instead, it's miles better! Works better than a real PlayStation!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emulator.fpse&hl=en_GB
[Xperia Z1 General] sjonlloyd13:
epsxe is working fine on my z1 .. :) use 1.9.5 version :)
[Xperia Z1 General] dlads:
Epsxe is also working just fine on my phone too, audio used to get disabled on fpse if you hadn't bought the proper one and had just installed the apk. Never noticed it from epsxe though, check your plugins and different games, its not an incompatibility with the z1
[General Questions and Answers] Wpa87:
Why i can't play Wild Blood on my GT-S7500?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Stevethegreat:
I've been "out of the loop" for quite some time and much has happened to Samsung devices since my last one (Samsung i9000). Basically it is the terror stories about this Knox security thing that mostly concern me and brought me here...

I mean I like this tablet, I trully do, but if I'm robbed by android's main advantage (modifying the thing to suit your needs) then I have absolutely no reason to choose this.

I have already read a a couple of stuff but they are all concerned about s4 and note 3. What about this tablet (the WiFi version), is it ... secured too? Also I'm a bit unclear of what this Knox thing achieves, at first it voids your warranty, second does not let you to flash certain ROMs, but I'm unclear from/on which ROMs this is enabled or even if merely rooting your device would enable this. I mean someone may not be interested in aosp ROMs but still love some "optimized stock + custom kernel" will this Knox thing prevent him even from that?

If this is proved an unmodifiable device I'd think twice for it's usefulness, android's only edge is its "modifiability" remove it and you buy sth 2nd or 3rd tier...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] ultramag69:
You can still root and modify things, however, Samsung has taken the stance that since Knox has been tripped you must've been running Custom firmware/apps that can "potentially" damage the hardware so all warranties (at least from Samsung) are void....

The other issue is Samsung are updating bootloaders when you install firmware updates. If you happen to get a new bootloader then you CAN'T go back to a lower version of firmware, period... Doing so generally results in bootloops or stuck on Samsung logo until you update to the newer firmware again...

The downside to this is the nandroid backup you took just before updating in case of a problem is rendered useless, and in the case of the Note 3, Kies no longer recognises the new bootloaders so emergency firmware restore doesn't work...

Knox also tries to deny any app root access, some messenger programs were denied access as their permissions required root access. SuperSu has been updated now to work with no problems, until Samsung decide to interfere again....

Knox is also a secure container for your data, it was meant for security agencies and such to have a secure passworded partition in the software that doesn't allow anyone but the person with the passcode to access it. This is disabled after rooting as the system has been modified and can no longer be deemed secure....
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Stevethegreat:
So Knox is more about controlling your device than security as it is not optional (you cannot turn it off , right). Also about losing the warranty, well I was hoping to buy it from a reputable store in my country, even if Samsung voids my warranty can't the store itself honor it?

If not, if in fact merely rooting your device voids my warranty whatsoever than I'm most certain that this is not a device for me and I'm not sure for whom it is, I don't think android is a good os when decoupled from rooted apps (no xposed framework, no adblock, no virtual buttons, no gestures, no greenify), the experience is basically killed...

Even jail breaking your iPad doesn't kill the warranty as long as you install non jail broken iOS version on top... Bad Samsung, bad
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Stevethegreat:
OK, since I actually want to give this tablet a go I came up with a new idea. What if I trip up the Knox counter but then get back to stock firmware and *then* my tablet gets damaged? Would then my warranty be honored? The Knox counter can only tell you that it was tripped *once* but not what is/was happening at the time you got a defect.

Maybe my battery died, or more than a handful pixels died on me, all having nothing to do with me rooting my device at some point. Can my rooting still be grounds for samsung to dismiss my warranty? Because if so that is quite a scheme that Samsung runs.

Do any people had their warranty honored even though the Knox counter was tripped?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] pierrekid:
If you have a squaretrade warranty you should be fine with that excuse. However, Samsung will say that they cannot tell if the damaged occurred before or after the rooting occurred, thus denying you your warranty. Once the counter is tripped, from that point on the warranty is gone. My recommendation, get a squaretrade for 100 with a 2 year warranty and you will be fine.
[HTC Droid DNA] ModestMouse1312:
i have a HTC droid dna and an HTC One but for some reason i cant send texts using groove ip on the Dna, it works perfect on the One, both are s-off and rooted. what would be the reason i cant receive texts on the dna? i can call and receive calls just fine. and can even send texts to people. just cant receive
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masteriori:
Hello everyone,

I have Alex_rac's Z1 ported launcher and wanted some help trying to reduce margins (see attachment for highlighted areas) just above the dock icons and below the pagination dots. Help will be appreciated. :good:

Thanks
[General Accessories] brian leach:
I have loaded some music on to this card (used in an XDA II) via Media Player 10/Activsync and it works fine up to a point.

That point is about 1GB!

Exploring the device clearly shows lots of space but any further attempt to add tracks produces a Not Enough Space response from MP.

Is this a known problem please and is there any solution?

Many thanks

Brian Leach
[General Accessories] Purplxd:
Hi there,

I have the same issue. I found the following answer:

http://hardware.mcse.ms/archive31-2005-5-192332.html

However, I cannot locate a copy of DISKMAN 4.2 Beta to do it...

Anyone out there have a copy of this program?? If so, please put it on the FTP and let me know.

Cheers

Aaron
[General Accessories] brian leach:
Thanks for the post but I think I may have a different problem to the link you posted.

I can quite clearly see the full 2GB capacity both on the xda II and exploring via ActivSync but I just can't transfer anything to the card.

Brian Leach
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
Hi.

My tablet/notebook is an "HP Envy Rove 20-k000ea" see link below for specifications

I have a Tab 7" with the latest software and have kies 3 on my notebook

Every time i connect to my notebook my tablet constantly connects and disconnects every couple of seconds.

I have an Win8 haswell chipset notebook and all the drivers are the latset.

If i connect though a usb 2.0 hub i can connect first time no problems.

I also have an Win8.1 tablet and it connect to that`s usb 3.0 with no problems

does anybody know what is wrong?

http://h20386.www2.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=E1L48EA&opt=ABU&sel=PCDT#merch-tech-specs

thanks

John
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thelegendofzeth:
Hello, I have a XT1033 and since I have flashed a lot of custom roms, and no one had proximity sensor working. Is there a fix or something?

And sorry for my english.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjgcooper:
Hi, I'm using tillaz's infusion b2 and the proximity sensor seems fine if a bit sensitive. It is on the right hand side at the top of screen (I think it was left on my last phone so that slightly confused me)

Does it not work at all or just not as you'd like? I haven't used them but infusion has an option in settings to tweak the delay - there must be other tools to do this (in build prop I think) if you don't want to use that Rom.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thelegendofzeth:
Does not work at all. I've been using DynamicNotifications as lockscreen in stock 4.4.2 but in any custom rom it turns off the phone and I have to hard reset it and uninstall the app. Haven't tried Infusion but I really want it working in PA.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thelegendofzeth:
Nobody that can help?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thelegendofzeth:
No one??
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baldevp:
Bricked my phone by flashing it with firmware in this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2453921, now it wont go into flashmode or do anything infact any ideas how to revive it
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Doom Slayer:
You are not alone.

The question is if you have warranty or not?

Because if yes, that play dump in Sony Service Center.

Otherwise you will need to open your device.

Solution is not ready yet, I am working on it.

I am waiting for new battery(I damaged mine), after that I will continue experiments.

Stay in touch in this tread, it's for Z1, but they have hell a lot of bricks.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baldevp:
its rooted do you expect warranty on that
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Doom Slayer:
If you got a red blinking led or no led at all, then they will change a motherboard.

Even if you got unlocked bootloader.

Just go to Sony and tell then something like " The Sony software asked for update,and after that my device died"

Remember not to use words such "Root" or "firmware"

Just play noob.

Just make sure phone is completely dead

My situation is worse, my phone is from Singapore so, no warranty for me.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baldevp:
thanks man a lie can surely save my day
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Doom Slayer:
You are welcome.

You can always open your device, but then no warranty for sure. :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baldevp:
ya why to void it
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
Which ftf did you flash?

What parts of the ftf did you flash (or exclude)?

What exactly are the symptoms?

What was the battery state when you started the flash?

What firmware did you start on?

What dos the LED do when the phone is on charge?

Does the PC make any sound or say anything when the phone is connected?

What does flashtool say when the ultra is connected?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hamdogg:
I got your PM... I'm hoping that you were using the latest version of Flashtool. As that could be the bugger!

Using the previous version has been bricking devices flashing .290. Not sure about .132 but im betting it does too...

Check if you had the latest version.... if not then your are currently screwed!

If it was the latest, then I'm sure it can be resolved.

Note: opening your device rips some adhesive tape inside it. So then technicians know that you've been inside your device... and hence warranty void!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
This is mostly for [MENTION=4642591]hamdogg[/MENTION] regarding the above

One thing I have noticed and has been mentioned in the Z1 forum is that flashing .290 ftf often dropped the battery by huge amounts, I have seen 40% or more, and then very fast charging - looks like calibration is right out of whack.

Yesterday when flashing to play with root (I flashed .136 mayby 6 - 8 or more times) I never saw a battery drop/jump outside of the few % I would expect from a full flash.

This leads me to believe that there was something very wrong in .290
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hamdogg:
Yeah good points. When piecing together the ROM tree for doggROM (still not 100%, but its up; need to work on the kernel image) I noticed quite a few added lib files. There are a few changes that we probably wont see for a while.

I also flashed dogg and stock FTF probably about 10 times yesterday. went from 60-30-odd %... not bad for constant use for 3 hours and then flashing different ROM's..
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] techpal:
Same thing happened to me yesterday. I continuously flashed or 2-3 hours first flashed .532 to gain root ,then flashed.290 couple of times, and then.136 .

Flashing .290 always lead to drop in % around 40.But after flashing .532 over .290 lead to battery percentage rise.Also flashing .136 or .532 had percentage dropped by 5-6 only.

Now am on .136 and charged it and charging was way faster than before.

Wanted to know did it anyhow damaged the battery considering the faster charging?

Or it will be normal after a while?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] zeppelinrox:
What firmware were you updating from?

Did you use latest Flashtool?

Most importantly, did you flash the 136 kernel but not the 136 bootbundle?

Im asking because if answer yes to the last question, the brick bug hasn't been fixed.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baldevp:
it does not connect man, its ****ed up, i cant connect it in any mode or start it, it goes goo-gaa some time when connected to lappy by connecting-disconnecting continously but many times do not connect i flashed the generic firmware, 1 st link on the link given originally
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
We want to know exactly the firmware you flashed, just saying the first link is hard for us, as we dont know the model phone you have etc

anyway did you just leave it as all defaults when you flashed?

and what about the other questions?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baldevp:
battery was way above 80%

I didn't exclude any part

the pc connects and disconnect and many times doesn't even detect it

flashtool doesn't detect it

flashtool version 0.9.11.0

I used the earlier 14.1.B.1.526 GENERIC Taiwan http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2439438
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
ok, that is a different link than in your first post, but atleast we know what you were flashing.

What firmware were you on before the flash?

I have a feeling the issue might be with the old version of flashtool. I have used that version before without issues, and also that FTF without issues.

I think it might be bricked, but there may still be hope.

Upgrade flashtool to at least 0.9.13.0

Reboot the computer

Reinstall drivers

If you hold the volume + and plug in the phone to the PC do you get any lights on the Ultra?

How about if you hold the volume - and plug in the phone to the PC doe the leds flash then go out?

do the above two while the new flashtool is running and post it's output if you can.

I'll be away fron a PC for most of the next 30+ hours but hopefully [MENTION=4642591]hamdogg[/MENTION], [MENTION=655433]LordManhattan[/MENTION], [MENTION=3357461]zeppelinrox[/MENTION] will have some more hints
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] zeppelinrox:
Oh it's likely due to the old Flashtool version.

9.13 was giving an error (at bootbundle phase) to one guy so he tried 9.11

Bricked it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2624641

9.11 and newest ftfs don't go well together but I don't know exactly why.

Does 9.11 not flash the bootbundle?

[MENTION=2807379]Androxyde[/MENTION] would have the best guess as to what goes wrong with 9.11

But my guess is that you ended up with a 526 bootbundle with the 136 kernel and if so, that means the brick bug hasn't been fixed.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baldevp:
so what do i do now, will they accept it at service centre if i play noob
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] zeppelinrox:
Yep they will.

It got bricked while updating to latest Sony release.

Just get an RMA from Sony support.

First they'll give you instructions on how to reset the phone with PCC.

Then you say "hello... I can't get into flash mode..."

Need an RMA and BTW, there's over a hundred reported bricks plus god knows how many more :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] caesu:
Play noob and get rma#. I recently bricked my phone with flashtool (power went out)

Charging = blinking red > solid red > nothing > repeat.

Connecting to pc = device connect sound > repeating disconnecting sound.

Sony gave me a brand new bell xzu. I'm I'm Canada so it was shipped through purolator, received brand new phone just under two week (7-8 business days)
[General Questions and Answers] Wpa87:
After spoof on my device the applications stay incompatible.