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[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subhani:
Is that an app you recognise? It's definitely installed on your phone. Uninstall it I say. Doesn't clicking on that particular notification instruct you as to what to do, Toby?

In any case, use the google search function on your device, either via the search bar at the top of your home screen or by swiping up from the home button right at the bottom. Type in the name RTE news and uninstall that app. Alternatively, go to Settings, App, swipe to the tab called 'All' and scroll down until you find the offending app. Looks like you may have installed a few junk apps unwittingly. Keep your phone clean, and your country tidy. LOL.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toby2111:
Yes, it's a news app from my national(Ireland) TV broadcaster. I've installed it on all my phones. When I click on the notification, it brings me to the app info screen, where I can force stop it or uninstall it.

My point is, I'm reading about other z3 users having the ability to put "active apps in standby" and whitelist certain apps. However I don't have that option on this phone. So is it a glitch on my phone? Should I contact my provider? Or Sony? Is it unique to the D6603 model? Very unfair that I'm missing an important function on my phone as STAMINA mode can't run properly unless I uninstall perfectly legal apps.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toby2111:
Anybody else with the D6603 model not getting the "active apps in stand by" option in STAMINA mode?? Very frustrating....
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subhani:
Don't you have the whitelist option below?

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[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shuthefrontdoor:
Mine works as its suppose to, i didnt have to do anything special, tested last night and it didnt give me any notifications until i unlocked my phone this morming, the wifi did stay on always but that how i have it in my wifi settings to always on
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toby2111:
No,I dont get that option page at all. All I have is this-

No option to edit STAMINA mode at all.....very strange
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxtester:
You have to tap on Stamina Mode to see the options...
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toby2111:
I did,nothing happens!!Thats the problem, it doesnt allow me to do this!!

Wifi also stays on after screen is turned off as mentioned by other users.

EDIT-OK,flashed new firware,seems to be working,now have the option to whitelist. Although,even though I've whitelisted the app,I'm still getting notification that its preventing STAMINA from working.

Also wifi still staying on after screen shut down.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerflash:
Where it says the words stamina mode... Tap it and you will See options
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subhani:
Let us know if you manage to get it to work after uninstalling the specified app sony mentions.

Then follow my steps i posted one or two pages back. Full charge, disable stamina mode, clear data of eco mode controller under all apps (optional and may not be of any benefit), reboot, enable stamina mode, ignore device for 15 minutes, (hope nobody interrupts this 15 minute window with a notification or call), after 15 minutes with phone in sleep, send yourself an email and a whatsapp message. If you don't see the notif light blinking then success! Wake your device and see your notifications populate.

Then reinstall that one app you removed and see if the problem persists. If so, and despite the whitelist option, then I reckon that SOME apps are not compatible with stamina mode. In any case, I would be worried about an app that keeps the phone awake permanently and prevents stamina mode.

Sorry I can't help further.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toby2111:
Thanks, I'll try that later.

One more thing-I took my phone off charge off 1am,on 100%. I turned on ULTRA STAMINA to conserve battery. At 7am,it had dropped to 95%......thats a 5% drop in 6 hours...is that not a lot?I've read off some people dropping 1% battery overnight on STAMINA so I figured ULTRA would at least match this or even better it?I took a photo of battery usage,attached below
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toby2111:
EDIT- Last night Normal STAMINA mode only used 4% battery from 11pm to 7am,that's 8 hours. I thought ULTRA would've been better than STAMINA.??
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poldie:
I've had minimal loss overnight. What you could try, if you want to save more power, is use the included Smart Connect app, and configure it to turn off data and wifi overnight, and enable it again in the morning. You'll still receive phone calls, the alarm will still work, etc.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subhani:
It's not bad but it should be less, yes. Perhaps WiFi overrides the stamina settings. I never use WiFi as I'm on a truly unlimited 4g data plan. Try turning WiFi off at night like someone above suggested.

Also, did you uninstall the news app that was giving you problems?

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[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poldie:
Out of interest, what are you paying for the unlimited 4g plan? In the UK it's like £39 for 4 gigs (if you want a tariff that gives you the phone for free and a bunch of minutes/texts, anyway).
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subhani:
I'm on the Three network. Their 4g isn't as fast as EE's. Not even half as fast but I still get 30 down and 18 up which is plenty fast for me, esp considering I am uncapped unlimited.

I pay for the sim only and I am on a grandfathered unlimited £15/month plan for a twelve month contract, which includes truly unlimited data, tethering unlimited, 2000 cross network calls, 3000 Three to Three calls, 5000 texts too. People say their 4g coverage is bad outside London but I cannot confirm. The one time I was outside London, I got 4g where my mates EE was showing 3g. However, EE's 3g is as fast as Three's 4g! But they don't offer unlimited plans and are too costly.

E.G. my mate's EE gets 85 down and 30 up! That's fast I tell you. I don't know if that translates to real world speeds as I need to compare side by side. Anyways, that's my OT post.

Stamina mode is great for me because it prevents me from always feeding my addiction by constantly reaching for my phone with every flash of the notification LED.

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[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poldie:
You've got a pretty good deal there. These days I'm surprised any network continues with grandfathered contracts, and don't just say when your contact is up that you can look for the next best contract. You getting 30 megs isn't that bad; remember, EE have two different flavours of 4G and you pay extra for the fast one. I AM on the fast one, and the fastest I've seen is 59up, 29 down. I'd do more tests, only the Ookla speed test app uses 100 megs per test (burned through half a gig of my 4gig allowance in a few minutes doing tests!); I might have to look for a more efficient test. 3 are known for their good data, though. I almost went with them when I left giffgaff (which is getting less competitive every month). I managed to get the z3 on a 24 month contract with unlimited minutes/texts (including eu->uk and eu->eu calls/texts, but not uk->eu) for £24 per month after discount, which isn't too bad. Anyway, yes, OT!
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toby2111:
Wifi was turned off. ULTRA turns it off anyway. And I uninstalled that app. Just seems strange that ULTRA STAMINA uses more battery than STAMINA mode
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ulver:
I lose about 3-4% overnight with stamina mode and double tap to wake enabled.

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[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonathan-H:
ignore me
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android404:
Don't tell me what to do.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tania247260:
Edit: Its works
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tania247260:
Edit: Its work
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockStar2005:
STAMINA mode fix??

You can leave STAMINA mode on (under Power management), however...... only enable the "Extended Standby" option and of course Activation should be at 100%/Always on. When Wi-Fi is on, you must also have whitelisted 2 specific apps in STAMINA under the "Apps active in standby" list: The text msg app you're using (i.e. Textra, etc) and I would also whitelist one under "All others" entitled "Phone/Messaging Storage". Again, this is only for when you have Wi-Fi on. Keep the other stuff disabled in here. With regards to STAMINA mode.......

First, put Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep to "Always" (Settings, Wi-Fi, Advanced). Also, make sure everything else on that page is unchecked/disabled. Turn off STAMINA mode. Go into Settings, Apps, All, Extended Standby Mode Controller, Clear Data AND Cache. Then go to your text app's (Textra, etc) "App info" page (on same Apps "All" screen) and clear ONLY the cache, then close out the app itself (3D button to the right of the virtual Home button, swipe the text app off the screen). Reset. When you come back, follow what I said above, including turning STAMINA mode back on (leave "queue background data" off.) Make sure that when you turn STAMINA mode on that the pop-up shows up describing it. If it doesn't at any point, then repeat this paragraph's instructions. What I just said here MAY resolve any lingering MMS issues, and also resolve any issues regarding with STAMINA mode not kicking in too. When I did this my phone spit out a few "missed" incoming MMS messages out all at once. And the battery seems to be last longer too.

It seems that MMS messages will def show up if Wi-Fi is on, but it will take longer to show up if screen is off. Maybe 3-5 minutes longer.

RockStar2005
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockStar2005:
STAMINA mode not working

So basically the issue I'm having is, if I keep STAMINA mode on, including "queue background data", I DON'T get all my MMS messages. They get blocked, at least while phone is charging (which is weird b/c STAMINA isn't active when phone is charging). Also, if I keep "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" to anything but "Always", they don't come in either, but "Always" drains the battery more. It seems to me that STAMINA mode is not working because ppl on here are saying that with it on, when it does work, overnight you should wake up to like 95% power or more, but I'm waking up to like 57%, and that's with STAMINA mode ON ("background" off, and Wi-Fi on "Always").

When I turn on STAMINA mode, at 100% charge it says like at night before bed that I have over 5 days of power left (and even more in Standby). But when I wake up the next morning, it's at 57%. If I want my phone to get MMS messages, I'm losing a lot battery power. And also, clearly the projection it's giving is total BS b/c how can I have 5 days of power left if 7-8 hours later my phone is at 57%??! I absolutely LOVE this phone, but having to choose b/t battery life and receiving ppl's MMS messages is not a choice I should have to make.

So do people who use STAMINA mode on here and have the Z3 (please do not reply if you have the Z3 Compact) go like 8 hours on a full charge (with phone uncharged) and still have like 95%+ power left? Is that right? If so, do you 1) have issues with MMS 2) do you have "queue background data" on 3) did you whitelist your text app and 4) do you have "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" at "Always" or something else?

Thanks,

RockStar2005
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMRL:
Stamina is definitely not working on my phone. Wifi is constantly on even though I have tried to set it "only when plugged in" and location based too, and I can get messages on Whatsapp while on Stamina.

I don't have that Eco controller app either, can't find it anywhere on my phone's list of app, neither on Kitkat or Lollipop.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockStar2005:
Mark,

See my post from page 8. It

fixed

my issue.

Only thing is I'm noticing that Power Management's (in Settings) estimated battery time projection seems to change every few days unless I reset it (at least it's happened a couple times now). The important thing is the battery life itself still seems to be intact (as described in my post), but the projection is just off. No big deal. Just follow my post and let us know if it works for you or not.

My HOPE is that the Lollipop 5.0 update will come with a Stamina mode fix to resolve this issue, but all I really care about is that after doing all that is mentioned in the post, the battery life is stellar! I left it on standby (unplugged, but fully charged) for about 9 1/2 hours (Wi-Fi off, as well as Location off...... Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep set to Only when plugged in) over night last night and when I checked it this morning, it was only down to 94%!! I think that's incredible!

If you have any questions let me know. Again, please post your results here.

RockStar2005
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eason85:
Whoa what... there is no "extended standby mode controller" on my lollipop phone. Can anyone else with LP check for this?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockStar2005:
Eason,

Maybe in the Bangkok edition they either don't have it, or it may also be under the name Eco Mode Controller. For me though in the U.S. (T-Mobile), it's Extended Standby Mode Controller. If you can't find it, hopefully someone here will know more and respond, but look for Eco Mode for now.

I haven't gotten Lollipop YET, but my guess is I will have it by the end of the month.

RockStar2005
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eason85:
I'm on lollipop, so I am using Baltic one, same as most people. I wonder if I accidentally deleted it or something?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockStar2005:
I dunno how you'd even do that, but it could just be your phone's corrupted? My phone's software was, which is why using Sony PC Companion helped to fix that. Did you check to see if it's under the Eco Mode name?

When I get lollipop I'll check right away to see if I still have it. Anyone else wanna chime in? You other ppl who have lollipop........... you still got Extended or Eco, or no? If yes, then yeah Eason, it's corrupted. If ppl say no, then I dunno what to say except NOT cool Sony. lol

RockStar2005
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subhani:
No eco mode controller or extended thingy... Lollipop French version.

From my lollipop toting Xperia Z3! Hit thanks if I've been any help.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockStar2005:
subhani,

I dunno. Don't get why one version would include it and other ones don't. Sony should've just let it be universally available on ALL models. Stupid decision on their part.

And then there's THIS BS (yes, I have T-Mobile lol).

This is what happens when you DON'T have all 4 of the major U.S. carriers involved in selling your phone, make a premium phone but sell it for too low a price that ppl think it's not worthy of being called "premium", and worst of all NOT ADVERTISING your phone in the U.S. but expecting ppl to actually buy it despite the fact that they don't know it exists! lol

If they turn things around and T-Mobile offers the Z4 or Z5, I'll get it of course, but if not, I guess I'm going back to HTC. lol

RockStar2005
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazi_xm:
Hi folks,

here's how my Z3C is working on 4.4.4. :

with wi-fi and mobile data disabled I get 1% drop in 8-9 hours.

Now to the stamina mode : when i got the phone 2 month ago stamina mode worked perfectly just as it should. With screen off it disabled both wi-fi and mobile data and connected them back only after I unlocked the screen and while internet was off the battery usage graphic flattened .Literally.

Meantime something happened and now stamina mode works strangely : it does not disable wi-fi at all but it disables mobile data after a while. Certainly not after 1 min but somewhere after 1 hour. So when i double tap the screen... mobile data is off and it connects as soon as I unlock the screen.

But! whit this setup i do not get the same drop overnight as if i would disable wi-fi and mobile data because there is a 5-6% drop.

If I cannot get it to work I will try to factory reset the phone.

Did someone find anything new meantime ?

Thanks.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] browngeek:
I have a D6633 HK edition running Lollipop. In Settings, Apps, All I don't have either "Extended Standby Mode Controller" or Eco Controller. I do however have "STAMINA Mode" listed with version number 1.0. I presume those who have Extended Standby Mode Controller / Eco Controller also have STAMINA Mode installed?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockStar2005:
browngeek,

You're not the first person I've heard say they don't have "Extended Standby Mode Controller", or "Eco". I don't have Stamina Mode or Eco under Apps, so I use ESMC. So yeah, I would ASSUME they're all the same thing, just maybe listed differently by region.

RockStar2005
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] browngeek:
Stamina mode is clearly not working on my phone. I'm getting the same times with or without Stamina mode on, i.e. roughly 1 day 9 hours with about 4 hours screen on time.

Will try the suggested fix by RockStar2005, but I don't want to do a full wipe if I can avoid it.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockStar2005:
Yeah don't worry about the "posted" times. After a few days they went wrong for me too. I'm hoping Lollipop will fix that glitch, but Stamina mode itself most DEF works after I fixed it!

But if you're not seeing a difference with Stamina mode on or off............ that's what I had going before I applied my "fix". Go ahead and try it and if it doesn't work, then yeah, full wipe, but hopefully you don't have to do that.

Good luck!

RockStar2005
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuffDaddy_d:
I never had any issues with my MMS, but thank you for this info. It really does get Stamina Mode to start working properly again. However, I have noticed that after a few hours of being enabled, Stamina Mode seems to stop working for me and I have to redo all these steps. The remaining time will just randomly drop to around an 1 day and 5 hours - even at 80% battery. When Stamina Mode is working, it works great, preventing my phone from waking up every few minutes. Has anyone else noticed this and what is causing it?! There's no point in even turning it on if it's going to stop working after 4-6 hours.

Granted, I shouldn't be upset since I can still get 2 days of usage from the phone w/o stamina mode, but it would really be nice to go 4 full days again as I once did when the phone was new.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockStar2005:
Puff,

It is my suspicion that enabling/disabling Stamina Mode several times may mess it up and keep it from working properly once it gets to that point. That is why once I set it, I don't mess with it anymore. I've EVEN taken the extra step of taking the Stamina Mode link OFF from my Navigation Pane, to avoid accidental disabling. I suggest doing the same.

The only thing that fixed it for me when it got THAT bad was the Sony PC Companion factory reset option (part 1 of that post). Yeah it sux to have to do a factory reset, but doing it through Sony PC Companion is the best way to go. It's been reported that those who use it for updates and factory resets seem to have less issues come up vs those who do it on the phone straight.

Before you do any of that, I must say........even when Stamina Mode is working for me, a few hours or days after I reset it (not factory reset, reset Stamina Mode itself), I notice the Projected Battery Time goes out of whack and displays incorrect projections. But know that this does not mean Stamina Mode isn't working. It is "normal" I guess and Stamina Mode itself still kicks in when it's supposed to for me. If it's not for you though, then you def need to do the factory reset as I'd described. Another indication the phone needs a factory reset is if it seems like the battery is draining faster than normal.

You should test Stamina Mode first though before doing the factory reset. By that I mean: 1) Put your phone on Wi-Fi (makes it easier to test) and make sure Stamina Mode is showing as enabled. 2) Turn screen off. 3) Wait 15 minutes (I say 17 is better) as that is how long it takes Stamina Mode to kick in. 4) After let's say 17 minutes or more of screen being CONTINUOUSLY off, turn it on. Is the Wi-Fi symbol there when you first turn it on? Or is it gone at first but then shows up seconds later? If it's there when you first turn on the screen, your Stamina Mode is out of whack and you MUST do Sony PC Companion thing from my post. If it is gone at first but then shows up seconds later, Stamina Mode IS working and you don't need to do anything else except turn off Wi-Fi (unless you want it on). Doing this test with 4G LTE doesn't seem to work b/c the phone keeps the 4G LTE icon at top on all the time, though I still believe Stamina Mode is cutting it off anyway as normal when the screen's been off for 15+ minutes. With Wi-Fi the answer is more clear.

Here is a slightly updated post you can follow. And you can use Sony PC Companion for JUST updating your phone too (Support Zone ((Start)) ---> Update phone/tablet ((upper left corner))). For big updates, I recommend it. For smaller ones, it's optional, but I'm doing it anyway cuz F it. lol

Let me know what happens.

RockStar2005
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stryyker:
Thanks rockstar for the help, I've tested on my z3 and z3tc.

On my z3tc stamina seems working, I leaved WiFi on for 15min, when I turn on the display it taked almost 5+secs to WiFi turns on.

On my z3 seems bugged :/ after 15/17min I've turn on and the WiFi as already on so, stamina seems not working on loli z3 :/

Im going do your guide today with Sony pc companion and see how goes after.

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[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockStar2005:
stryyker,

No problem! Glad to hear my advice helped, and that it seems yours Z3TC's Stamina Mode is working!

Yeah for the Z3 (which is what I have, from T-Mobile U.S.), it sounds like you're def gonna need to use Sony PC Companion. But that's what I did as I said, and it fixed it 100%! Just don't worry about the battery projected time going haywire. That's "normal" (and by "normal" I mean Sony, it's a small bug, but fix it already lol)................ but again, Stamina Mode will still work regardless what projected time is displayed there.

Keep us posted on what happens.

RockStar2005
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stryyker:
Thanks rockstar.

Done it about 30min ago and seems normal and working so far.

just reinstalling some stuff and all apps. And need a recharge batt to test full 100% charge with stamina.

But seems to work so far, with WIFI on, leaved couple min off, turn on the screen and the wifi as disable for about 5,10secs until turn on so =)
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockStar2005:
stryyker,

That's great! No problem!

Yeah sounds like it is working normally then. Again, Stamina Mode only turns on 15 minutes after the screen's been off, so remember that when you're figuring out how much power you need to do stuff, etc.

If there's any issues that come up in the future regarding MMS, Stamina Mode, etc...... check my post in full to see if something there can fix it.

RockStar2005
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stryyker:
BTW seems by battery is kinda off now. Taked around 3% over night when I as a sleep, seems is taking more battery now them before :/

I've already installed gsam battery monitor, and I will report after another full charge 100% if is fixed or not.

Enviado do meu Z3
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockStar2005:
hmm........ when I leave it overnight, at the MOST it only goes down like 1-2%. 3% is still great though. But if it's less than that, then something's off. Yeah try again tonight. Charge it to 100% before bed, then let me know what it is the next morning. If it's anything under 97%-98% (sometimes for me it's STILL 100% or 99% the next morning lol), then something's prob not right.

RockStar2005