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[Xperia Z3v General] SweetBabyRay:
loose sim card and charger

so, i dropped my phone today.

Here are the problems:

First, after the drop,the sim card got knocked loose. Message kept saying "disconnected sim card" and "Sony Xperia Z3v must restart". After restart, it was okay for a while. But then, every time that I put phone in pocket or take it out, i would hear a notification message with the same two messages as before. I had to take phone out of case, and stick the sim card tray back into locked position (yeah, right -- lock? this lock sucks!), but no damage was done to exterior because i had my handy-dandy townshop case!

Second, charger is crap. It goes in too hard and locks too tight. I am afraid that I will break the connector on the phone one day.

Seems like Sony hired other companies to make these things. Maybe they should have done it themselves -- or at the very least, design it, and then, mail out the plans.

- baby ray

edit: after i took out phone from case and re-locked sim card, it worked fine. I am saying that dropping a phone may cause this problem to happen, again. Thanks GigaSPX.
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Can you try using warranty on it? You could probably just talk about how all of a sudden, the phone has a problem recognizing the sim, and try to go on from there as if it was a manufacturer defect. As for the charger, sounds like the same drop problem or so, so try the same thing about it when you ask about the sim.

Other than that about the sim, try buying a wireless charger. They're pretty darn convenient.
[Xperia Z3v General] GhostTrunks:
[IMG="Calendar March 8 missing?"]https://scontent-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11030202_10153103456206041_977574041180562028_n.jpg?oh=6901f5c32b0203808de547362a8a9d90&oe=55B32694[/IMG]

Does anyone have this issue in calendar the default app that sony has for the Z3V? I seem to be missing March 8 and it throws everything off for that month only on month view. Just a small bug

Update: Never mind it fixed itself the next day.
[Xperia Z3v General] Miskatonic:
Thanks for that... I have been fussing with PC Companion on and off for a few hours. Now I know not to. Otherwise, everything is great with this phone. 100% love it.
[Xperia Z3v General] jpraven:
My issues since buying the phone in November:

1. After 2 weeks with the phone, it suddenly restarted for no reason and after that, there was always a small red discoloration on the screen in the upper left part of the screen. I've never had it restart on me since then. Just weird that both happened at the same time...

2. After having the phone for 2 months, I pulled it out of my pocket and there was a crack in the screen, which also made the touchscreen almost completely unresponsive. I've never dropped the phone--not even on soft surfaces--and have always taken extremely good care of it. Of course VZ said it was damage and couldn't be repaired in warranty. Amazingly, after contacting Sony directly and sending it in for inspection, they repaired it and charged me nothing! Small defect in the glass maybe?

3. I can't stand the audio delay when watching Netflix (or Hulu for that matter). Apparently this is a somewhat common problem on other Xperia devices also (just google "xperia netflix audio lag").

But I have to say, I really love this phone and wouldn't trade it for anything else out there!
[Xperia Z3v General] XPS-Lionel:
application audio/video sync issues?

I have seen in some original z3 forums that some applications have audio lag. I don't have Netflix so I don't care too much about that but I will play new games from time to time and treat it like a mini tablet browsing everywhere and playing all kindzz of web media (random article with embedded video not from YouTube) . My razr's battery life is getting worse every few weeks and I need to make a decision on this or wait for an one m9 with a camera that may be worse than my razr's (just kidding:D...or not:eek:). Has anyone else noticed audio/video sync issues?
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Nope, no lags or out of sync problems with me. I have viewed some videos with sync problems on my phone, but it's the videos the uploader put themselves having the problem. I watch any other videos and they work fine.

Also, Idk how well HTC improved battery life on their M9. I know the M8 isn't as long lasting as I've seen to be from my brother's experience.
[Xperia Z3v General] XPS-Lionel:
Ok. I think that I have asked enough questions about the phone to settle me down about it, but every time I see the one m9 I hear "if you break it within a year you will get a new one free" but Im normally careful with my phones. The only time they get scuffs were when I was in high school and I put the phone in someone else hands... that didnt last long. lol
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
I could've sworn they did this for the HTC One M8. My brother wanted to take advantage of it, but instead they deem his dented in volume rocker is physical damage and will cost us to repair. I don't know what stipulations they may have for the M9, but at least having a case on the Z3v is already good enough protection from drops, especially with a tempered glass protector. :p
[Xperia Z3v General] benjy105:
intternet problem

Here's my issue. Bought my z3 used at a great price. Near perfect condition. Used it then updated to Lollipop. Hey presto I can't use my hotspot anymore. I cab activate u but the connected device recieves no data
[Xperia Z3v General] Mize:
Z3V forum...can't be rooted.
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
I would like to bring this thread back up again because there are a few things I've noticed ever since getting root.

1. Some of my small apps extensions doesn't work anymore. Some that are my favorite were Note memo and system monitor. Note memo was my highly utilized because of how convenient it is to pull up a notepad to write anything down while on a phone call. Ever since root, it doesn't properly appear anymore. Over time, my system monitor is now acting up the same way. The notification status telling me that small apps is running won't let me shut them down through it, I have to go through system settings to FC the app as a whole.

2. Not sure what it is, but my screen was shutting off on me randomly last night. I was navigating through chrome and I don't think it's been a full 30 seconds yet, and then it screens off.

3. This is an on general one I think, but after a whole days use of stamina mode, does anyone's battery just quickly decline? It also got super hot for me and I'm just on airplane mode with WiFi. Reason being is because I'm overseas and I haven't gotten my local sim to use yet so I disable most other functions than WiFi. Battery was declining 9% in just like 30 minutes.

Is it due to xposed modules? I have 20mp superior auto, amplify, greenify, bubbleupnp, and Xperia xposed.
[Xperia Z3v General] ConanOBrien:
amplify and greenify actually made my battery life worse, I couldn't understand why or what I did wrong, I even disabled a lot of their features and it still made it worse. Ended up uninstalling both and now my battery life is back to normal.

Yes I am rooted, and running 20mp superior auto, xperia xposed, gravity box, and a few more that are unrelated
[Xperia Z3v General] haggman7:
That's interesting. I too have noticed a decrease in my phone's battery life, even when it's in standby. I recently uninstalled Amplify because, as you said, it wasn't doing anything to improve my battery life. I'll have to try uninstalling Greenify now and hopefully I can get that fabled 7 hours of SOT back.
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Him, totally ironic case here. I thought greenify works the way it's supposed to, especially now that there is root, I don't have to be annoyed with the constant screen flickering to manually force shutdown my selected apps. What I'm unsure about is amplify. How well is it supposed to do what it does?

And also over the past 24 hours, my phone rebooted itself 3-4 times. Way out of the normal means and it mostly happened when I either enter a page inside Facebook or accessing Facebook Messenger. Is it entirely Facebook's fault or its it my phone in general now? I just let Amplify, Greenify, and 20 MP Superior Auto be enabled on xposed for now. If another reboot occurs, I'm going to disable both of these "battery saving" apps to see how this goes.
[Xperia Z3v General] ConanOBrien:
Ironic indeed, but it happened on both my z3v and my nexus 7.

On a semi related note, the Facebook app used to ear my battery a ton. I barely used it and it showed as the top app in my battery monitor. Ended up uninstalling it and installing tinfoil instead. I'd recommend getting rid of the Facebook app and just using tinfoil. You can still keep the Facebook messenger app separate anyway
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
I'm trying out Tinfoil now. Thanks for the suggestion. I hope this is super lightweight in usage. The regular Facebook app is a major battery drainer.
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
I had some random reboots, I uninstalled xposed, reinstalled it and have activated only Gravity Box and Kit Kat full SD card access. One common factor I see in this thread is it seems everyone has amplify, I wonder if that is the culprit.

as to your #2, are you still undervolted/under clocked?
[Xperia Z3v General] Mize:
I've detailed my Z3v problems elsewhere but might as well put them here as well to warn others.

1. Bluetooth-Automobile connection

Randomly dials person from Address Book instead of chosen caller from "recent calls" log. This happens approximately 20-33% of the time.

2. Visual voice mail doesn't work if Wifi is on and connected to anything. Must disconnect Wifi and use cellular data to use visual voice mail.

3. No VoLTE per Verizon promise "by year end" in November, 2014.

4. Google Play Services randomly crashes frequently.
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Even with both Amplify and Greenify both disabled, I'm surprised my phone still rebooted. I even set back my CPU settings back to normal as well.

What I think I'm starting to see is maybe my Sim card. Sounds crazy but at times, it does tend to heat more than usual while I'm on data. The network uses HSPA/HSPA+, so I guess it's like 3G comparable speeds or something. Once I took it out, nothing happens. Of course, that doesn't prove anything because I literally have nothing to do without internet. XD
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
I didn't just disable modules I completely uninstalled xposed, reinstalled and enabled just gravitybox and kk sd card access. no reboots since then. So maybe try that?
[Xperia Z3v General] knivesout:
Love this phone, but I do have a couple of problems on occasion:

1) Voice and 4G go into roaming. Not sure why. Putting phone in airplane mode and disabling it resolves it, or rebooting it, of course.

2) Have started to see background apps crashing, like Google Play Services and one other I can't recall off the top of my head right now. I did drop it pretty hard prior to this starting, but I wonder what about that fall could cause apps to crash, rather than the phone just stop working altogether.
[Xperia Z3v General] nealecj954:
I have an Otterbox on mine and I've dropped it a few times, no visible damage to the phone but my sim card likes to come loose and then i get a constant popup saying a sim has been removed a sim has been inserted until i take it all apart and reseat the sim
[Xperia Z3v General] XPS-Lionel:
Accelerometer /Gyro callibration?

I noticed while playing carx drift racing that the car was pulling to the right (cameras in the right hand) while I was holding it straight and to make sure it wasnt me I placed it flat on the table and the car still pulled left or right depending on the orientation set. Using the code *#*#7378423#*#* in the dialer there are some test there. I went to compass and pitch was -2.3 while the roll was 2.0 flat. idk what to make of the YAW but if I had to guess it could be wrong too. In order to get it in the pitch 0 and roll to 0 I had to lift the lower left corner balancing it on its upper right corner. There also was some instruction about calibrating it with an image of some sort of infinite hand motion with the phone.
[Xperia Z3v General] Mooselips:
I have a problem with bluetooth. When bluetooth is on and phone is connected to let's say a speaker, every time I do something with the phone, the bluetooth volume bar comes up on top, every time I open anything on the phone, apps, settings, anything at all. If I don't touch it, and the screen is on, it's not happening. But as soon as I start doing anything, every new thing I open, this bar comes up.

Anybody else has this glitch???
[Xperia Z3v General] JediDru:
I had an issue with wierd battery drain after root. Unrooted and this things battery is back to normal, exceptional duration.

Also it seems to "forget" my app preference towards what program to open when pressing any calendar widget I configure.
[Xperia Z3v General] XPS-Lionel:
Rear glass adhesive imperfection?

I Have noticed for about a week now that the glass on the back side right around the sim and micro usb is ever so slightly raised, meeting the plastic molding as compared to the rest of the glass which is below the surrounding plastic side bumper. It can be pushed down but it will raise back up. could this a possible heat gun and soft clamp fix or should i leave well enough alone?

BTW I did do a pressure test while squeezing that end together and results were the same, pressure rising for a while then it slowly drops and vacuums when the added pressure is released, if that's normal.
[Xperia Z3v General] XPS-Lionel:
foxfi hotspot speeds

I have noticed for sometime that my speedtest app speeds are almost always significantly faster than the devices wireless connected to it. I tested my win7 tablet (2-2.4MB down 0.5MB up), laptop (2.5MB down 1.2MB up), my droid razr (2.7MB down 0.8MB up) while the speedtest app on the sony gave out 4.3MB down and 1.4MB up. the big problem is with my desktop pc. I more often use it for playing games so I dont download crapware to it but it is connected to the phone with a ddwrt router and it struggles to pull a MB down on speedtest with foxfi hotspot. The razr, it replaced, didn't show this type of issue however when I tether with usb I get very similar speeds compared to the speedtest app on the desktop. Is this "bottleneck" a foxfi thing? if so then I need to root my phone and install wifi tether.
[Xperia Z3v General] ericsdeadinside:
My son's z3v is boot looping and we've tried getting into safe mode and recovery but it just continues to restart. So without access to PC Companion's repair function, the only option is to bring to Verizon and get a new phone?
[Xperia Z3v General] scoder:
Have you plugged the phone in while holding the volume down button?
[Xperia Z3v General] 1linuxfreak:
Try this: post #14 http://xdaforums.com/z3/xperia-z3v-general/tips-tricks-t2996127/page2

With the device powered off, simultaneously press and hold the Power button and the Volume down button (located on the right edge of the device ) until the Sony screen appears then release.

From the System Recovery screen, select Safe mode.

Note Utilize the Volume buttons to navigate and the Power button to select.

Note Allow approximately 1 minute for the device to reboot.

Note Once rebooted, 'Safe mode' appears in the lower-left corner of the screen.
[Xperia Z3v General] ericsdeadinside:
I can get into recovery but it still boot loops even if I select safe mode. Verizon is overnighting a new phone. Thanks for the suggestions.
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
Did you try and ask if the new one will include VoLTE? Lol
[Xperia Z3v General] ericsdeadinside:
Ha. That's why I have an iPhone 6.
[Xperia Z3v General] 1linuxfreak:
Good one GigaSPX!:good:

VZW would be like Arnold -- What you talking bout?
[Xperia Z3v General] 1linuxfreak:
Uh, no room for an iPhone fan boy here! Time to move on. JK
[Xperia Z3v General] darker_slayer:
One thing worth noting on VoLTE

I'm using a form of VoLTE since I long ago ported my number over to GV. With Hangouts supporting MMS through GV on all major carriers (Data/Wifi) I went ahead and let Hangouts take charge of all GV stuff.

With my old 450min NW calling plan and unlimited data, I sometimes bump near my 450 min range. During that time, I just adjust my GV settings from "Use GV to make all calls" to never use GV. Then I turn on the "Ring Hangouts when calls made to GV number" checkbox in Hangouts settings

I turn this back off every time the cycle rolls, because even though I'm making free calls with Verizon unlimited data it gets really freakin hot. 2x as hot as making a voice call for the same duration. Not a hugely noticeable difference in battery, but a 30 min voice call will take about 3% while a 30 min VoLTE hangouts call will take 5%. I don't talk a lot anyway. I can answer the hangouts calls with the chrome extension or have it ring my work phone. Talking is a huge annoyance to me anyway

Just thought I'd share. It may be exciting to get VoLTE with LP, but I think it's going to be similar to using that iphone 3g / 3gs when they added those initial 3G radios while simultaneously decreasing thermal cooling performance from original all metal design to crappy plastic back of the 3g/3gs. They got really hot, fanboys ignored it but anyone using it seriously noticed. Z3 gets uncomfortable for me to continue holding at my face after about 40 min of VoLTE. Nowhere near the 1st degree burn level, just the unpleasant/causes my face to sweat level. Bluetooth and positioning it near some a/c vent in my vehicle has more or less solved that for me though
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
So I ran in to the issue of not being to save a screenshot. Apparently it's an issue with permissions with the files on the internal sd card. The solution I is to create a folder that I called trash on the internal sd card, then cut/move the /pictures folder to the trash folder (/pictures includes the screenshots folder) Then recreate the /pictures with the /pictures/screenshots folder inside and then I could take a screenshot and it would save. I had to do this with the stock file manager app as Root explorer couldn't do it.

The solution was posted in the z3 help & trouble shooting forum. How the guy figured it out I'll never know.
[Xperia Z3v General] GigaSPX:
I've never had an issue with taking a screenshot. What I do is use the Small App from the Recents menu to just push a button to take a screenshot of whatever I'm looking at. It just goes to the review page and allows me to choose to modify or whatever and then confirm to save.
[Xperia Z3v General] BladeRunner:
Yeah, it doesn't seem to be a problem for everyone. Not sure why. Figured I'd post the solution in case anyone else was experiencing it.
[Xperia Z3v General] americandad:
I've been told my Z3V is sending out double texts. When I send a text the recipient gets 2 of the same message, does it with Textra or stock messaging. ???
[Xperia Z3v General] 1linuxfreak:
Okay having major problem with camera on both phones, problem is they keep displaying a "to hot" message and need to cool after about 2 to 4 minutes, not in 4K either, nothing but a skin on the back to accent color, have taken off skin, no help.

Is there a way to set the heat threshold on the temperature for the camera.

I tried several settings and nothing seems to help, I know it is close to 100*s outside but seriously none of the phones I have had previously had a problem doing extended video outside in sunlight, ever.

Any suggestions?

If not, I have to have a phone that will record video in the sunlight, local Police are being asinine and abusive, need to be able to record longer than 2 to 4 minutes. Carry an ice pack? What a joke.
[Xperia Z3v General] jamespbk:
You need to change your network to private if this is a Windows 10 issue. I'd upload a pic but my post count is too low.
[Xperia Z3v General] NazoKodomo:
I'm having the same exact problem. Need help.
[Xperia Z3v General] AddictedToGlass:
Same here, but randomly. Of course is always when I need it most. Males me wonder if an app in the background is responsible. Would love to hear other responses and possible causes.
[Xperia Z3v General] 1linuxfreak:
I can tell you it is not an app, I went into safe mode with no apps running and it still did it

Phone is just barely hot,thermal setting shut down is way too low.

Ours do it in 4k HD VGA, matters not.

Like I said, I can grab the old OG Droid Motorola 1 and it will record all day, getting hot and still works, I thought maybe it was the ambient temperature, that assumption was wrong too.
[Xperia Z3v General] JediDru:
I have a new weird issue. When I enable ultra stamina then disable it later all my disabled apps are re-enabled. Anyone else have that problem?
[Xperia Z3v General] 1linuxfreak:
Can you replicate it? Thanks for the heads up on this, that would suck if you had to go back and disable all that you had previously done.
[Xperia Z3v General] JediDru:
Yea it does it everytime. I thought I was going crazy since I noticed the NFL app etc showed up in my app drawer a few days ago. I seen that it had done it again this morning after getting out of the ultra setting.
[Xperia Z3v General] srsaloom:
On the .509 leak, is anyone else experiencing issues with WiFi access points that you have saved showing as "disabled" and not auto-connecting?

On original flash, this never happened. Had an xposed module mess things up, completely wiped and when I reflashed the rom, I began having the issue (I've completely wiped and reflashed 3x now). I've wiped all my access points from TiBu and never restored from google, yet it persists. Now that I think about it, my tablet on 5.1.1 has similar issues, but it'll at least drop & try to reconnect (and does so successfully 90% of the time).
[Xperia Z3v General] shashikiran:
1. I'm using it in India... and shareit app needs account conformation and not working... to receive.

2.pixels issue.

3.Getting heated frequently
[Xperia Z3v General] JediDru:
Does WiFi shut off for everyone on a reboot with. 509? Tempted to see if the lollipop. 458 I think it is, will do the same.
[Xperia Z3v General] srsaloom:
Negative. One .509 PRF I had made would never connect/reconnect to remembered networks once exiting the vicinity of a network.

Big pain in the butt now is that BT won't hold a connection for more than 10min and is dang near impossible to pair with my head unit in my truck
[Xperia Z3v General] JediDru:
That's really weird. I just have to manually toggle after a reboot and it is good. I have a Asus zenwatch and it stays connected and works flawlessly both on 4.4.4 as well as .509. Maybe I will try .458 if we still don't have official by new year.
[Xperia Z3v General] shashikiran:
heated on running camera and force closing.... cannot record... please help
[Xperia Z3v General] 1linuxfreak:
How long does it take before it force closes? My old phone would do it in about 2 to 3 minutes.

Seems to be a problem with these phones.

Only thing I found was to just get another phone and hope it works. Not a good answer I know, but we are talking about a forgotten by VZW phone here.
[Xperia Z3v General] shashikiran:
i'm from india.... i bought it from u.s... can't do anything. it's asking for account verification while switching on hotspot... can u help? :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z3v General] 1linuxfreak:
You have to root to gain access or sign up on the account and pay VZW for the right to have hotspot.

Do a Google if you root on how to use hotspot on rooted Z3v phone.
[Xperia Z3v General] shashikiran:
ya senior... i'm searching for a solution madly from a week.... i've rooted my phone. but... can't find the solution.... :(
[Xperia Z3v General] 1linuxfreak:
Try the play store, Wi-Fi hotshot for rooted phone.
[Xperia Z3v General] darker_slayer:
Install xposed and then install the x tether module
[Xperia Z3v General] pvcdroid:
I haven't had any problems with pdanet on rooted 5.02. None.
[Xperia Z3v General] Atomix96:
Has anyone had any issues with the top speaker not working on system sounds since going to the 5.0.2? It plays music and games out of both speakers but doesn't play the ringer or any system sounds out of the top speaker.