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[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bikowalczyk:
Hi :cowboy: ,

I recently broke my LG P880, and I'm looking for a new phone. From android phones I've chosen the Z2 - mainly cause of 3GB ram. The other phone I'm thinking about is IPhone 5S.

The main advantages of Z2 for me are: big screen, usage of good materials, android (ability of downloading a movie, finding a subbtitle, and watching it directly on Z2. No need to use a PC.)

Drawbacks: virtual screen buttons (I haven't used them much before), OVER-HEATING CAMERA (the biggest issue), quiet speaker, bad quality microphone.

Iphone's advantages: compact size, beautiful IOS and premium materials (no lag, hang, whatsoever), apps work better than on other devices, the best audio (as speakers and as the headphones)

Dis: simplicity of IOS (it can get boring after some time), I have to convert a movie before watching it on iphone, small screen, etc.

I'm looking forward hearing your opinions. Would you change your current Z2 for an Iphone 5S?

Have a nice day! :victory:
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StarFcker:
Battery on Z2 is enough to beat the hell out of 5s.

My friend use 5s and he has to keep it connected to powerbank almost all the time,hes a heavy browser.

I can easily go through 1.5 - 2 days with my Z2

Never fond of Apple products anyway. Owning an iphone is like coming from the royalty.Not much freedom as you get with android.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] se1000:
I never understand these threads. This is a Z2 forum, you're going to get a very biased answer. The forums are also a concentration of people's complaints about a device, not always reflective of the actual problems it has. Go out, do some research, try to get your hands on a Z2, if that isn't possible, do the best that you can and make the right decision for yourself. /rant
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erectij:
I doubt you'll get many responses in favor of the iPhone here. We've all made our choice clear.

I would try to get my hands on both devices to see which one you prefer. You like both the Z2's large screen and the iPhone's compactness. Hold them both and see which is more important. Find which apps you actually want and try to see whether the iOS and Android versions are different. I have both iOS and Android devices and I was very surprised to see that both iPhones (4s, 5s) and iPads (4) are not really all that much more stable than my Android (SGS2, SGS3, MK808B, Z2) devices. iOS devices can also lag. On the other hand, you can indeed find apps on iOS that, for example, let you download movies and subtitles without a PC. I use AVPlayerHD to FTP stream videos from a NAS server on my iPad. The best Android alternative that I've found can do that is VidOn Player, and it sucks in comparison.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MARKBOARD NETSET:
My choice is xperia Z2 of course all features builtin are awesome ;)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] One Twelve:
i know, right, talk about contradictions.

The size

comparison

is night & day between the two, If you like the compactness of the 5 it will take some getting used to with the z2. I cannot see it happeneing, unless one has serious reasons to dump apple.

And that' the final bit, which ecosytem are you tied to. Difficult for apple people to jump to android and vice versa. Paid apps are not going to work on the other.

none of these points have been mentioned by the OP at all, he needs to do more homework. Companies have all sorts of hooks to hold onto people and keep them in their own sand box.

Dice player also allows to stream from an FTP server. why you would do it this way instead of DLNA i don't know. Course there is no DLNA for apple now is there :laugh:
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Turbojugend:
I have both (5s is my daily driver, and I have the Z2 in the store I work at and have been playing with it for the last couple of days)

For me personally, I like the 5s because of it's size. I like to be able to comfortably use a phone with one hand. Battery life on the Z2 seems to be amazing, but I also have no issues with battery on my 5s(heavy usage I need to charge every couple of days, I also jailbroke it).
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajivshahi:
haha its like walking in addidas shop and asking which is better between nike and addidas... well if didn't liked Z2 then we wouldn't be here ... Z2 has fast processor, big screen, 20 MP camera, humongous ram, waterproof, better build quality than some of flagship device,large battery and the most important thing ability to root without unlocking bootloader.:D... And Iphone has..:confused::confused::confused::confused: small screen, one button, boring UI, crap Battery, Battery hungry processor, no waterproofing, and crap OS...

:D:D:D
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeremy.shi:
Like some other people are saying...you are really asking this question on the wrong forum. This forum is dedicated for android and windows phone. In addition, this is a Z2 sub-forum. Of course most people here will tell you Z2 is better

Anyway, I switched from iPhone 5 to Z2. iPhone 5 is not really that different to the 5s in terms of every day use. I hated pretty much all android devices (ugh, samsung, ugly and laggy UI, don't even get me started.) I had in the past except phones from the nexus line. Most of my paid apps are on my iPhone.

In general, iPhone is very restrictive on pretty much everything. You can't do this, you can't do that. If you have been on android for a while, switching to an iPhone is like going to a gaol. Sharing files on an iPhone has been a pain in the as* to me.

At the beginning I was missing my good old iPhone badly, but after I got used to the Z2 and got everything sorted on my device. I wouldn't want to go back to iPhone anytime soon.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xarfrost:
iPhones pretty UI and compactness can easily be beaten by the Z2.

1. Bigger screen, I know you want a bigger screen to enjoy movies and pictures.

2. With bigger screen comes bigger battery

3. And an external SD card for extra storage for movies and files!

4. with 3 GB RAM, why do people still think Android is laggy. Hell no!

5. 8MP Superior Auto mode, hands down!

6. Because its Android, you can do whatever you want.

7. Because Apple is a hassle. Sending files via bluetooth is a pain in the ass.

I came from Samsung Galaxy S4, but i chose Sony this year because its a smarter and better choice than the S5 or M8. IPhone is way behind the game. Their marketing is just good. :)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matekns:
I have z2 and if i have to choose between z2 and 5s now i will definitely choose 5s. Dobule tap on my z2 barely working and some games are lagging (gta 3, dead trigger 2, assassin's creed pirates, even asphalt 8 sometimes).
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aeroman1:
i have both, I like ios better notification of pushing to lock screen and extremely fast email push notification. z2 push email is very very slow when screen off, 1-2 min latency , sometimes 20 mins. overall, ios is easier and more user friendly. overall, IOS better than android IMO. but I love Z2 hardware design, so I use Z2 more often than 5s.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] One Twelve:
Good way of putting it :laugh:
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfex3best:
Why even compare them?

Spec wise there is only one winner. The z2 is far superior. Yes its not all about specs but I just think the iPhone 5s is not in the same league as the z2 or htc m8,s5,g3.

I mean for me personally I watch movies,tv shows and animes all the time on my z2

and I always make sure its in 1080p so the z2 really fits for me. The square and wide screen is perfect for movie viewing.

Whereas the iphone doesn't even seem to have a 720p screen and the screen is so thin and small it's pretty awful for any movies or tvshows.

I mean that's just one point.I have others too such as the battery being way way better. I mean 3400mah vs 1500 mah?

The z2 is much much better. Maybe you should wait for the iphone 6 before starting any sort of comparison thread.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamalmawa:
What's an iPhone? Is it a new Samsung?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neovalkyr:
where did you get the information that iphone has the best audio? my iphone 4 at the least has worse audio fidelity compared to my sony phone
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MOPKOBKA:
It is old joke, any iPhone owner knows only one thing

iPhone is the best.

I was under the spell for many years, until I realized that Apple restricted me to own crappy technologies and literally blind me. I even couldn't think I can listen to SACD disks on iPhone I was so in low quality iTunes music, but now I enjoy SACD so much on Android. Poor Apple prisoners when you jailbreak?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adz63:
I'd rather a Nokia 3310 over any iPhone. [emoji12]
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamalmawa:
Hey I jailbreaked my iPhone I'm so badass ;)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David T 19:
My friends are huge apple fans and within an hour of being at their house with my new Z2, I had managed to convince one of them to swap their ipad for z1.

The phone is unbelievable, I've never had a phone with battery life so good, I took it off charge at 7:30am yesterday and I put it back on charge at half 10 with only 40% of the battery life gone.

I'd never own an iPhone, I hate the small screen, I hate the look of ios, I hate the people who own them, I hate everything about apple.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajivshahi:
its default. you can use camera mod to boost it to 20 MP Superior Auto Mode...
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] feis:
More pixels does not mean more quality. Its been prooven 8mp auto produces better quality than 20mp superior auto.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3f1f37:
Here's my take...

I have a 64GB iPod touch, which is essentially a iPhone that cant phone lol...

But Its UI is smooth, it has the best support for apps and has a very robust ecosystem for apps & media purchases.

The drawbacks for me are that, the I found the locked down UI very restrictive and what you see is what you get, deal with it...

Add in a JailBreak and then you have a device that becomes a so much more customizable but even so its still restrictive & you can only do what is allowed within the iOS framework, you get ONE ui and thats it, its like getting GEL Launcher and thats it, while its business, games & productivity apps plentiful, till today I am struggling to find a music player that can match the likes of PlayerPro or PowerAMP (I bought both) .

I ended up sticking with the stock player, I make my own playlist and add my music in folders, with iOS you cant do this on the fly, I cant come to your house and if you have some new tunes I wants to take home, my iPod can only be synced to ONE PC and if I want the music, I need to wipe my entire 32GB music library... NOT HAPPENING..

Now with Android and not just the Z2, options are like days of the week and the weather on that day, YOU decide.

I can change my UI and what it looks like, Nova, Go Launcher, TSF Shell with icons to boot and this cant be done without JailBreaking a iOS device. If your OEM skin like HTC Sense or Samsung TouchWiz isnt what you like or your carrier is slow on the Android version updates, you can root, unlock bootloader and completely change the OS in minutes and this would often mean you now have access to the latest OS while staying with the times, iOS has never and probably will never make this advancement.

For me Android = Freedom, I've been around since Eclair 2.1 and stayed with the times because of things like being able to flash ROMs until I can get a new device, when Apple upgrades iOS if your hardware doesnt meet the requirement you get left behind, with Android we have ROM developers who will support a device long after the OEM stops, my HTC Desire officially stopped at 2.3.3 but its running 4.4.3.

Ultimately, the choice is yours!!!!
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s161008:
I do not know?

But what I do know is that I have switched from an iPhone 5 64gb to a Sony Xperia Z2. Oh and I like the option USB OTB + DAC + Focal Spirit Professional very much
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xarfrost:
But yea, you need to unlock bootloader to be able to acquire that, correct?

[MENTION=3671606]3f1f37[/MENTION]

I definitely agree to your post! 2 reasons alone can sway me away from iOS.

1. You have to convert videos to play this and that.

2. You need to have your files synced/saved on the PC (music, videos), else you lose it. Thats as far as i have experienced on my iPod.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iArvee:
No lag, hang, whatsoever? The iPhone 5s isn't that awesome. :D Go for the Z2!

[MENTION=4547838]xarfrost[/MENTION] No. Just root :)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XUS24:
Drawbacks:

virtual screen buttons - ? Seriously ? I find them very convinient - the bottons even dissapear when you start a game to use the full screen.

OVER-HEATING CAMERA - So? You cant record for more then 6 - 7 min ? Samsung has a limit of 3 -4 min. And untill it gets fixed i find 1980x1080 60fps a verry nice option :)

quiet speaker - the phone has 2 actually and they are not the loudest but the give a very nice and rich sound - Z2 has the second best speakers if you want a loud phone buy an Htc one m8

bad quality microphone - I dont know about this mine is great. Do you want me to record something to you ?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xarfrost:
Hmm.. can u link me to that mod? The one in the themes section says we need unlocked bootloader. Also inside the Download section of the Xposed app called "20MP Superior Auto for Z1" doesnt seem to work for me. Or does it? How do I know?

sorry for the offtopic xD
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iArvee:
Lol no problem! Just root, then download xposed. You'll find it there. :) If you have any further questions, just send me a PM. :D
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] One Twelve:
Cosmetic changes are superficial, nice but not essential. After a bit you pick what works and stick with it or get used to what you have.

This wiping entire library just to load music isn't acceptable. Yet you still put up with it.

I'll accept the android = freedom bit.

But when it comes to upgrades apple has it easier, iphone 4 will get ios7. That's like a froyo phone still being officially supported.

Htc desire when it came out was a flagship that's why you got support. The community support for midrange devices or lower is next to non-existent. Lower cost smartphone is a major driver for android, half as much as an iphone or less.

Getting updates when there are so many models available as opposed to just one, is a lottery. and then what is the quality of that support. stable releases are what count, people playing about with roms that may have this or that issue for ages puts a lot of people off.

xperia sp is a midrange device that has official cm support and the only entry level model with it is moto g.

Everything else is unofficial, this means you get support so long as the devs are interested. Good luck.

The only phone i've seen that got the best support is samsung glaxy s, the first one, still being supported. It's a glaring exception.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murrayalex:
Got both, have had every iPhone launched except for the 4s and have had just about every Xperia device as well, 5s and the Z2 are by a long shot the best of breed. The Z2 is Sony's best smartphone by quite some distance although I really did love the Arc S I had a few years ago....a very underrated phone.

Sorry, really haven't got time for all that rather pathetic fanboyism that exists on both sides, I'm a gadget lover first and foremost...can't wait for the Lumia 930 to finally be launched
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farfromovin:
Bro, forget about streaming from ftp or even dlna- you need Plex...
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SovietKitsch:
In 2009, I switched from my Sony m600i to an iPhone 3G. Then I got the 4. Then the 5. From the get-go, I was jailbreaking my 3G to enable background apps among other things, then I got into skinning, enabling hotspots, and tweaking the phone out. I loved the size of the phone, it was small in my hand and didn't bulge my skinny pockets out.

Then, I got bored of it. I got bored of the design, how the UI over the past 5 years pretty much never changed. I got bored of waiting for a jailbreaks after upgrading my phone. I also started to grow tired of the drama behind the jailbreak community.

After having my 5 for about a year (It was a refurb model after my original 5 bought on release had an issue with it), the battery was shockingly ****. I mean if it was cold outside, it would turn off. If it was hot outside, it would turn off. 20% battery? Cool, now you have 6%. Then iMessage started to eat my texts. Everyone I ever texted with an iPhone was going through my email, and no one could stop it sans turning iMessage off completely. With everything going wrong, I started to look at Android, saw the Z2 and bought it after researching it for a month or two. My first phone was a Sony and I loved the design. I love this phone. The UI isn't as seamless as iPhone but has a million more options. I love advanced statistics, seeing how Swiftkey has saved me time or how much battery percentage is being used by each app and individual phone component.

The only thing I miss from my iPhone is BiteSMS jailbreak tweak, and the panoramic sweep. The Sony one sucks and so does seemingly all cameras on the App Store.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cyboy:
exactly and with no doubt Z II !
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajivshahi:
No you just need rooted phone phone. Even rooted phone with unlocked bootloader will work fine...

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1 you can use some mode to override hardware buttons.

2 the speakers are quite because they have waterproofing layer on it. You can peel it off and you will find the true power of those speakers.

3 same with Mic I think it's because of the waterproofing thing.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iArvee:
I've been an iPhone user for quite some time now and I'm glad I made the switch to the Xperia Z2. The iPhone, is not "premium" it does not have "no lag, hang, whatsoever". It freezes (which forces you to reset) and lags just like any other phone. Don't let the animations fool you. :)

But I'd rather just go for the xperia z2. You can dunk it in water and not have to worry about a thing! :D
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] One Twelve:
Samsung does the best panoramas on android.

Gotta ask though, how important is panorama a deciding factor over which phone to go with ?

How often you use panorama anyway.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SovietKitsch:
I used to use it quite often, and now it really isn't even an option. The Sony one flat out sucks and doesn't work at all unless you do the whole panorama they want you to do, when sometimes I'm just trying to take wide angles of rooms and skyline pictures.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajivshahi:
I do half Panama and go to photo and Corp out the black bit....
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SovietKitsch:
I've tried to, but it won't let me take half pictures. Every now and then I can trick it into taking one by randomly pressing in the grey area, but it's incredibly difficult.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddevildude:
Hi Guys !

I am new here so please spare me if this is a noob question.

I just got my Oneplus One and I love it !

However, my contacts wont sync properly .. so.. if i save a number 04xxxx but when the call or text comes in and the network by default shows it as + 61 ( country code) 4xxx then they show as different contact and don't come up in caller ID or are saved as another text thread for incoming messages.

Any one knows how to fix this ?

thanks in advance .
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhishek 9650:
very simple just edit you phone numbers and add country code to the phone numbers i know it is a long process . but it will definitely gonna work.

for eg :-

name : john

mobile : 99999999

~to~

name : john

number : +6199999999

press thank as many times as possible
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddevildude:
thanks mate.. get that but I cant do that for 400 contacts ?

any other way ?

any one else facing this issue ?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhishek 9650:
you can also download this app available for free from google play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maplekeycompany.apps.numberfixer&hl=en
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somu12345:
Hi everyone,

I am to new to XDA forums sorry if i posted this on on section recently i bough my powerful beast grand 2 gaming was very smooth on this phone even on high graphics no matter what was the game it do quite awesome i have problem games like asphalt 8 when i move to sd card only 18.21 MB something move to sd card and additional game data of 1.32 GB something stays on phone memory it happen wid all big game like shadowgun

wether small apps of 8 MB 6.82 MB goes to sd card if i manually move data file to sd card game doesnt detect files i dont wanna root my grand little bit afraid of bricking so any other way to get rid of this problem without rooting

plzz Help friends
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanjuujosephh:
No Solution

Only The Apk Of The App Can Be Moved To SD Whereas The Data File Of The Game Will Remain In Android/OBB Folder In Internal Memory .....So Theres Nothing Can Be Done To Move The Data Of The Game !
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somu12345:
what about rooting is cf root method safe as too manysaying that wid this grand 2 bricked or setting stop unfortunately
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanjuujosephh:
not Recomended

i wont recommend you to root ! Grand 2 is an Awesome Phone and has all the features like high ram and speed ! y do u wanna root it and spoil it !
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somu12345:
plzz tell me only onthing that hardware of grand 2 good to support all games in market on high graphics is andreno 305 goo gpu for gaming
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanjuujosephh:
Bro I have played modern combat 4 without any lag in my G2 ! We have one of d best phone out there in our hand ! Only thing make sure while playing high games u have alot of ram free ! if u have ram under ur control u can do anything wid it ! But ya i did find a bit of lag in San andreas but it worked smooth when I lowered the graphics

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Tips

× clear ram as much as possible

× delete unused apps

× don't use widgets

× disable system apps

× drain ur battery to 0% once every month

× Avoid usin Facebook or clean master app

× use cache cleaner

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Bcuz though Facebook and clean master are awesome they still eat alot of ram ! 100 my will be eaten by both of en
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somu12345:
My friend has s3 and sanandreas on max graphic run smoothly why not grand 2 andreno 305 is way better than mali400 mp4
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanjuujosephh:
Maybe

Maybe Its Bcuz It Has Quad core, 1400 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9 Whereas

Grand 2 Is Quad core, 1200 MHz, ARM Cortex-A7 !
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somu12345:
maybe whatever thanks for your help is there themes for stock ROM grand 2
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanjuujosephh:
Not themes but ya there is a custom rom but I don't recommend bcuz soon we will get d kitkat update but there is a themer launcher it's awesome

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mycolorscreen.themer

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I have a thread in Themes and apps .... check it out I have listed awesome apps in it and I keep updating it as soon as I find new apps