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[Asus Transformer TF701] YayYouFixedIt:
It could be the apps you use. Some apps are battery hogs. So it depends and with that touch cpu frequency scaling thing maxing out, I imagine the power drains even more. Also you can have battery hogging apps running in the background ya? Google Services and syncing, Screen Brightness etc. POS(Point of sale) ASUS touch screen device what can you do? Sell it? :silly:
[Asus Transformer TF701] blickley:
I have had the opposite experience. My TF701 lasts somewhat longer than my TF700. I have basically the same setup and apps on both. I thought I remember others saying it was the same for them.
[Asus Transformer TF701] YayYouFixedIt:
Mines always plugged in so I cant say. Doesnt bother me at all.

You could create another user profile that has less going on. That might help. Cant say for sure.

ALso. The only one I found that shows you good stats on your battery is Android Tuner 3c. I think They have a battery widget as well.
[Asus Transformer TF701] usern ameisval idandnot:
Tested it with the same apps. TF701 isnt as good for my needs as the TF700. Asus managed to push the resolution over 1080p at the cost of battery runtime. I need to get a replacement battery for my old tablet.
[Asus Transformer TF701] YayYouFixedIt:
You're probably right. I wouldn't be surprised, but you could try running at the lower resolutions anyway
[Asus Transformer TF701] usern ameisval idandnot:
How is that possible?
[Asus Transformer TF701] YayYouFixedIt:
If your updated and rooted you can try my app. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2716723

Use at your own risk. You can otherwise use the wm cmd and edit the build.prop.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Motawa88:
hm.. Battery life is a *****. Some reviewers claim 10-13 hours of video playback. Others say 7 hours, others say 5 hours.... :/
[Asus Transformer TF701] SonjaMichelle:
I get about 9 hours on my TF701 when I start getting charge alerts. The shortest time I've got so far was 7 hours with intense cpu, screen and network activity before I ran into the red.
[Asus Transformer TF701] berndblb:
And that tells you - what?

How often is it going to be essential to watch 13 hours of video?

Or 7?

Or 5?

Battery life is going to depend greatly on how you set up and use the tablet.

Fact is, with the dock battery there is hardly anything out there that gives you BETTER battery life in terms of total hours of use without recharging. No matter how you use it.
[Asus Transformer TF701] sbdags:
I get better battery life on the TF701 than I do on my TF700......
[Xperia Z2 General] Paperinik68:
So, after two weeks of use, I am still loving the phone overall. I do however have some nitpicks that I would like to share here, just for edification.

(1) The automation software that Sony has written is buggy and I mean really buggy. My main issue is that the state changes don't return the phone back to the way it was before the automated state went into effect. For example, NIGHT silences everything, but if I was silent before and I take the phone off the charger in the middle of the night, it turns sounds back on.

(2) Bluetooth - My bluetooth module crashes EVERY time I am in the car and connected. If I'm on a call, it goes in and out at least once. I would say it is the car's bluetooth, but I've never had this happen with other phones.

(3) Wi-Fi - My wifi connection at work has been spotty, but now I sit directly under an access point. The Z2 contines to go in and out of service for no reason. It still may be the connection at work, as it doesn't happen on my home network. But, I find it quite strange.

(4) Docked - The wake-up screen doesn't switch to vertical when the phone is docked. The home screen does.

(5) Phone screen - Not sure who laid the screen out, but it is too easy to engage the phone pad screen, which in turn starts dialing numbers. The sensor doesn't seem to recognize my big face on it, so it doesn't turn off while in a call. DO NOT LIKE.

(6) Autodimming Feature - doesn't really work as advertised. If I'm in a dark room, I don't need the screen to be full on. And yet, it does.

(7) 4K camera recording shut off AND manual camera (20MP) gets an over heating after a few pictures.

now, the good part...

(1) Screen is great for everything, I don't know what people are complaining about. No it isn't flame on strong like a Galaxy S5, but it works and very well, for whatever I need.

(2) Battery life and performance are phenomenal

(3) Simple Android skin.

(4) Camera quality is fantastic. Even in a dark room I got great pictures.
[Xperia Z2 General] feis:
Thanks for info. Looking at bright side, most of your problems should be solved with software update.
[Xperia Z2 General] dany20mh:
I love everything about this phone except one thing :

I have T-Mobile and before this I had Nexus 5 and mostly I had LTE almost ever where but with this phone that percentage is lowered now and rather than having 90% of LTE everywhere I have like 50% LTE everywhere and mostly H+, I don't know why or maybe that's how's this phone or maybe if they release a better radio or firmware if fix the problem, I hope for it.
[Xperia Z2 General] vctrdnl:
Thanks for the info/initial impressions. As already mentioned, most of your problems seem to be due to software issues that could well be fixed in the future. However, the overheating issue concerns me a lot. What if it's a design fault and no ROM updates are going to fully solve it... Idk...
[Xperia Z2 General] globiboulga:
I have had the phone for more than a week and I have to say I love it. I can confirm a few niggles here and there, but nothing deal breaking and I can see myself living with the phone for the next few years. I agree with many that the real killer issue here is overheating. While initially restricted to 4k recording, it seems that the issue is more widespread than this, and today it happened to me recording 1080p at 60fps as well as 4k recording. Only a few minutes in each time. No each time the phone did not feel particularly hot, so I suspect this is predominenty related to the threshold set for the software to go in safe mode so that could be fixed if that was inadequate calibration.

Saying that, I find it difficult to believe that an issue like this could not have been picked up during testing... Certainly makes it looked like they did fry up a few phones during development for them to be so overly (?) cautious on this...

:rolleyes:
[Xperia Z2 General] cr0wnest:
I have the same problem with the spotty wifi. It can drop and go back to LTE all of a sudden with no apparent reason. And it has the tendency to lose mobile connection while I'm traveling on the train, I don't get this with my S3. Fortunately I'm sure Sony can fix these issues buy upgrading the radio and software updates. It's just a matter of whether they will take notice.
[Xperia Z2 General] chesterr:
You know I think Sony makes bad radio antenna. cause Xperia SP is also having issues of dropping signals right now with it's latest update.

Once I went out for skiing and I was using Xperia Z and my two friends had HTC Evo 3D and GS3, they both got h+ yet I only got edge which kinda sucked.
[Xperia Z2 General] Warkman:
Well, Ive had the phone for a week today

I haven't had the same issues as the OP,

the automation software I do have issues with as in night mode it does not turn off notifications and the picture viewer starts, but the way I have got round this is to go to flight mode at night

No problems whatsoever with Bluetooth connections in my S-0max, Freelander or Jag XF, all working perfectly

no problems with wifi, but I did have to uncheck the "Avoid Poor Connections" in advanced wifi setting

no issues with phone pad random dialling or catching it

agree with camera quality, screen quality and noise cancelling headphones are great (but are awful in my ipad, terrible quality on that)

would agree the sound levels are too low, needs an update to increase volume choices
[Xperia Z2 General] cdd543:
Glad I get to pick mine up today. I will say that when I had the z1 that it had low signal issues where it would cycle between LTE, HSPA and no signal in areas where other att phones stay locked on one or two bars of LTE. I'm hopeful this one will be a bit better, but we'll see.
[Xperia Z2 General] jayc1980:
Had my Z2 since Tuesday, It's going back!! Only for a replacement though as I love it.

Reason for going back, the gap is present on the top right on the phone.

other problems I have is the camera. Amazing results but I keep getting overheating message and shutdowns, and the keyboard is a nightmare, keep missing the space bar, but this is no big issue.

The good things, well just about everything else. The speakers are amazing, the screen is absolutely gorgeous, and it is not dim, I spend most of the day with it on auto with slider at the lowest setting. The mrs says it's ugly and looks old, I do not agree with this, it's gorgeous, and looks sleek and elegant.

Would I recommend, hell yeah!!

One further note, when you place it on the stand at night and go sleep, don't leave the bloody vibrate on, man, I sh*t myself and so did the Mrs, followed by me getting a bit of verbal!!!
[Xperia Z2 General] paras:
Iam thinking of buying this phone asap

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[Xperia Z2 General] SexyIceCream:
i would too, but the overheating issues are a turn off. hoping the second batch of Z2s would not have such problems:o
[Xperia Z2 General] paras:
But then z3 would be announced

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[Xperia Z2 General] SexyIceCream:
lol..perhaps a s5 would be the better choice then...but i am really tired of the design language being used by them :( come on, sony! lets hope the overheating can be solved through a software update
[Xperia Z2 General] SexyIceCream:
thanks for your input! but btw, when you mean you haven't faced the overheating for 4k, was it at least 5 minutes? i fully intend to use the z2 for an upcoming concert, so at least 5 mins of 4k would be awesome(for cropping/zooming in) :good:
[Xperia Z2 General] zodiac100:
Before replying, I started another 4k video to see what happened. It recorded for 5mins 22 seconds and then forced closed. Mind you I've been using the phone all morning so was already a bit hot. I think it all depends on the temperature of the phone. If cool, you can probably record for longer. You can though zoom into any video you record. I would suggest using 1080 at 60fps at the concert or just make sure your device is cool before recording in 4k.

I think it's a threshold Sony set for it. If that's correct then removing or increasing this threshold may result in people pushing it too far and damaging their devices.

If it's not a threshold then who knows, there maybe a fix released at some point. Don't forget, the z2 really hasn't got going yet. Sony is still struggling to make it widely available so we may have to wait a few months for any fixes.

I'll wait for the device to cool down completely and retry. I'll come back to you then.
[Xperia Z2 General] SexyIceCream:
thanks loads! haha if it would really take months, the Z3 would be out already(as said by another member above) i still think their 6 months refresh rate is a tad too fast but oh well
[Xperia Z2 General] zodiac100:


---------- Post added at 11:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:06 AM ----------

I think the 6 month cycle is disgusting. Nobody benefits from this. Not consumers and not Sony. With all the delays I doubt we'll see z3 until next year. I think z2 compact and possibly z2 ultra are more likely later this year. Sony would just have absolutely no justification for pushing the z3 in September. Even if they do, it'll just be another rough sketch phone like the z1 was. One which I'll surely be skipping and would advise others to do so as well. 6 months is way too short a time to develop a phone. You'll end up with another unrefined rough sketch. Let's be honest, the z1 looks now like an early prototype of the z2. If it was a proper construct, they would have called it the z2. The z1 was the original z. The z1 was a child of pure greed on Sony's part. I'm sure most z1 users will be wishing they'd skipped that device. Doing think there were that many z users who wished they'd waited for the z1 though. We've seen what Sony has to offer for 2014 and you'll realistically have to wait at least a year to any meaningful improvements. Case in point, z2 and z1 have similar camera specs but z2 produces infinitely better results. Why? The z1's camera was just the hardware without the refinements needed. Like I said, it was a rough sketch of what Sony had to come. In my opinion h2 flagships from Sony are nothing but dishonest devices. Sony's basically selling early prototypes to consumers.
[Xperia Z2 General] rappa619:
Are you guys on the 2.55 or 2.69 firmware? Maybe the 2.69 has some changes to help with the overheating.
[Xperia Z2 General] cedropol:
Replaced unit has no gap anymore? At all or smaller?
[Xperia Z2 General] teck_keeda:
I think it is due to the software problem.

Sony always has buggy software i m using xperia sp for one year and using the official software the same problem you are facing is also faced by me but right now I am using custom rom cm 11 4.4 all things are working fine from ambient light sensor to wifi all is working fine.

Sony has to look out there development team or learn something from custom rom developers.
[Xperia Z2 General] mwatson:
Maybe she was taking about you!? :p
[Xperia Z2 General] Mrplennium:
This is for anyone that currently has the phone, If you are talking on the phone and you hold it between your neck and your head, with your shoulders (in order to use your hands to do something else), do you find that the person on the other end can still hear you?

This was a problem with my nexus one. Some have mentioned that the US variant, the Xperia Z1s had that issue. It has to do with where the microphone is located. I know the obvious answer is to get blutooth headsets or use the headsets in the box for calls, but sometimes you are doing something and you answer your phone quickly and toss it between your neck and hour head to say something as you quickly finish up a task with your hands..etc

Also, can the headset be used to answer calls and speak to a contact through?
[Xperia Z2 General] Mobe1969:
Ah man, the wifi, I can not believe it. Wifi is my only real complaint with the XZ, and seemed to be as bad in the Z1, and now in the Z2. I keep hoping the new model will improve it, for when I get my next phone:(
[Xperia Z2 General] cedropol:
Hi,

I just tested Z2 for some time, also according to call quality. In my opinion situation with internal speaker (call speaker) is better than in Z. Much less rezonance (if any) on back plate on higher volume. For me not more than 50% volume during calls is suitable with both (Z and Z2) and with this I am very satisfied.
[Xperia Z2 General] Mobe1969:
The stereo audio playback speakers on the Z2 should be a world above the XZ. Great news on the call speaker though.
[Xperia Z2 General] Ariozo:
I did "order" m8,z2,s5 and even new Lg "g3". Did get my m8 first and love that device, but thought they could have put some more pixels in the camera tho. And than my s5 came, nice phone but nothing direct new and not a big fan of Tw.

But understand folks that buy it, it is after all a decent device. And now for a few days ago I got my z2. So far I love the z2, do like the design on m8 more tho but overall I feel z2 works perfekt.

And the camera also have that extra pixels i like so fits med well. So far my battery doing OK and signal is stronger on my z2 than on both Samsung and HTC, but guess a matter where you live and what Network you use tho. But thought my m8 should be the device I should use, but now my z2 have take that place and is my main device atm. :)

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[Xperia Z2 General] Tommy-Geenexus:
How can you complain in wifi in any of these phones?

I've used alot, and even my Z gives me noticably better signal than my Nexus 5 and other ones.

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[Xperia Z2 General] debrandman:
How could you order the LG G3? It hasn't even launched yet!
[Xperia Z2 General] Ariozo:
"typo" not order, but friends that work on the places where they sell devices. So as soon they get one I do...

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[Xperia Z2 General] Mobe1969:
I guess it depends what you came from. My crappy old iPhone 3gs had way way better WiFi. Stability and range. So I base my comparison on that. I guess a lot of android phones have rubbish WiFi so it is all relative to what you have come from.

I really wish that there was better data available in reviews or comparison.
[Xperia Z2 General] Tommy-Geenexus:
Yeah right never used an iPhone,

but Android devices in general don't have the best wifi receptions.

Though it really depends on the software quite a lot.

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[Xperia Z2 General] Shebee:
What do you guys think..

I was about to get the M8 yesterday but decided to wait it off, now I saw the Z2 is coming to three soon..

The Z2 is nice, but the M8 is as good if not better when it comes to looks and specs.

Only reason I somehow find the Z2 more interesting is the camera and water resistance, but is the camera compared to the M8 really that much better?

Also, I have to be able to root etc because I want to play around with roms etc, I think the M8 might suit me better?
[Xperia Z2 General] SexyIceCream:
no matter what technology they offer, 4mp is too little for this day and age. i would have gotten the m8 ages ago if it weren't for the camera(would be acceptable if it was just "average", since it really excels on other fronts) would have been the top winner for this year. a pity :(
[Xperia Z2 General] Shebee:
I have to disagree, looking at sample pics they look good especially in low light. You only really notice the lower resolution when cropping (or zooming). Come to think of it, I can't remember when the last time was I did that. For viewing and posting to fb on the PC or mobile it's fine.

HOWEVER, I do agree that the advantages of the bigger sensor don't really outweigh the lower mp count.
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
I just bought Z2 yesterday. No doubts. I wouldn't even consider M8.
[Xperia Z2 General] Shebee:
Have you had the overheating camera issues?

Also, the development seems kinda dead for the sony devices, and what is that crap about losing DRM keys if you unlock the bootloader?
[Xperia Z2 General] Tommy-Geenexus:
Software fix incoming, also the development will increase over time.

The best known Sony devs like Doom and FXP and so on are already here.

In fact Sony stock roms are better than any form of AOSP or CM.

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[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
I will try to record 4k tomorrow, didn't test it yet.
[Xperia Z2 General] Dreadk:
Already said that on an other post, 4k video stopped after 4 min on my z2; however auto mode + recording last for more than 30 min and I stopped it myself.

So if you really need 4k it's a bummer, but if you want 1080p it works perfectly and didn't used the battery so much ;)
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
Okay, confirm,

I just recorded in my home a 4k video.

It took 5:48 to display overheating message and shut down the camera.
[Xperia Z2 General] feis:
Funny how people want to make a big deal of this, and praise samsung, while samsung itself has 5min limitation, so basically the same
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
I personally don't make any deal of this.

I don't see a reason for recording longer 4k videos, actually HD is absolutely enough.
[Xperia Z2 General] Fenix:
Where do you watch 4K videos anyway?
[Xperia Z2 General] le_lutin:
In the future.
[Xperia Z2 General] Jackos:
You're from the future? Damn that's cool :D

Just be to sure... How much RAM will Z6 have?
[Xperia Z2 General] le_lutin:
RAM? Where we're going, we don't need RAM.
[Xperia Z2 General] Jackos:
Huh? Nuthin' -.- Just testing if you have a peek into the future.
[Xperia Z2 General] le_lutin:
It was a Back To The Future reference.
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
Youtube? It shows higher res than hd.

Edit:

Youtube supports 4k. Comparison videos are possible to be watched in 4k.
[Xperia Z2 General] chaud:
Anyone can give me a suggestion whether i shd buy the Black color Z2 or the purple color one? Really can make a choice between the 2. Gotta make a decision 2moro...
[Xperia Z2 General] SkyS1gn:
White! Sexy & dont show fingerprints that much!
[Xperia Z2 General] chaud:
Got a few white devices some time back and most of them turn yellowish after abt 1 year of usage. Black and Purple which one would you choose? :confused:
[Xperia Z2 General] SkyS1gn:
My White Z still white after 1 year :)

I would say black, since black vs purple, 2 really different colour, i mean, different mature :D

You should know what you want bro.
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
Strange - my UI looks slightly different than some other screenshots....

All of the ON/OFF toggles on my Z2 are just round buttons, on some screens I see those buttons

have also written ON/OFF on them....

There is also apparently a little bug in Calendar (??)

I cannot create Task since no keyboard appears there.
[Xperia Z2 General] cedropol:
Which toggles you mean?

Did you try clean up calendar app cache?

EDIT:

I see you mean ON/OFF words on toggles. I don't have them on PL unbranded soft.
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
Wifi On/Off, Bluetooth On/Off, Stamina On/Off etc.

UI toggles.

Yes I cleaned the Calendar cache and when I add a new Task i just see a blank page, no keyboard.

Maybe I do something wrong?
[Xperia Z2 General] cedropol:
Please see above :)
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
I see. So firmwares vary...

And the Tasks don't work even after reboot.
[Xperia Z2 General] cedropol:
Seems you do it correctly.

For me it works when I open Calendar and tap on + at the top. On new page when I tap on Title or Localization I got keyborad roll up from down side, as in all another apps.
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
I have all these options but in Calendar events.

See here how my new Task looks like.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2682373&page=27
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2014/05/01/entertainment-and-app-experiences-all-free-with-xperia-z2/

None of these on my Z2 ATM :(
[Xperia Z2 General] kartoonz:
are these regional specific??
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
May be. I still didn't put SIM inside since I still test it before I fully switch from my (sweeet!) Z.

So it may appear than...
[Xperia Z2 General] zaask:
I received my phone from mobile.co.uk. Using O2 SIM and my xperia lounge shows free download options for movies, Box 50gb, games and OfiiceProSuite. Nothing about free Xperia themes, Evernote premium though
[Xperia Z2 General] raducanmihai:
It is region specific. I live in Romania and I don't have any movies and Video Unlimited says it's not supported. But I have OfficeSuite Pro, 50 Gb on Box, 30 days on Garmin, Bitcasa free for 3 months and starting June 1st Social Live for 1 month. There are also some interviews and some "VIP" contests where you answer a question and you can win something.

One more thing: to get 50 GB on Box you have to create a new account (at least I had to). My other account already had 50 GB free from another 1 year old Sony phone and I did't get another 50 GB. So I signed out and created a new account just to see what happens. And I got 50 GB on the new account.

PS: I forgot about Spider Man 2 game. I have that too.
[Xperia Z2 General] debrandman:
Salut! Cum ti se pare telefonul? Se supraincalzeste cumva si in situatia in care nu filmezi in 4K. Adica atunci cand doar faci poze, filmare 1080p, in jocuri, browsing, mail, apeluri etc. Poti sa-mi mai spui daca in timpul apelurilor, se aude in difuzor un zgomot de fundal asa cum se zvoneste?Si inca o chestie, este destul de puternic sunetul de apel in comparatie cu alte telefoane pe care le-ai mai detinut, pentru ca tot pe forum am citit faptul ca in primirea apelurilor se activeaza doar un singur difuzor din cele doua si sunetul n-ar fi destul de puternic.Merci anticipat! :)