yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] thesebastian:
Yeah, 720p is the perfect resolution for this phone.

I'd consider it as a "PRO", something like:

"Has the optimal resolution for its screen size".

Some reviewers say this is a "contra". But this resolution saves a lot of battery power in all sense:

CPU power / GPU power / Screen's Power / Baseband/modem Power (lower DPI phones requires less internet bandwidth) (And lower resolution too, YouTube needs 720 instead of 1080).
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Deleted member 3151966:
I found another review and it's also a camera comparison against the S6 Edge+ (Y)
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] thesebastian:
Pretty good review! The best so far.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] milesg:
Added this to the camera thread as well.

Z5 series has the best mobile phone camera tested by DxOMark (beating S6):

http://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles/Sony-Xperia-Z5-Mobile-review-Best-mobile-photo-video-scores-to-date
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] gadjet:
The best camera ever!!

Hi all XDAer's, just got my Z5 compact today from carphonewarehouse and I love it. Dumped my Galaxy S6 for this.

Another review..

http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/09/30/dxomark-rates-xperia-z5-as-best-of-the-best-sits-atop-rankings/
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] alpha beta gaga:
excuse my ignorance. so the z5 premium, the z5 and the z5 compact. all 3 have identical lens and camera features?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] supercakefish:
Yep! :)
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] supercakefish:
http://m.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_z5_compact-review-1318.php
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] RiTCHiE007:
yea i seen lots of weak reviews from people bashing the phone because the fingerprint scanner isn't handy for left hand uses while they forget you can use any finger to unlock is so most negative points they make are bias.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] masi0:
I though GSMA will be pessimistic on Z5c but in overall I am surprised :)

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indeed the fingerprint scanner is something to complain, but after week you can use to it:good:
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] aymnga:
Even they use a Pre production unit..

I hope they re test battery on a final version
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] dondavis007:
The battery ain't that good and gsmarena is right about the camera

Skickat från min E5823 via Tapatalk
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Proday:
My impressions after 4th charging...im comparing z5c with my old z3c (on 4.4.4 android; I dont like LP, so bad multicolor expirience) which I use last 7 months.

To be honest, z3c look like premium model more than z5c. Feal in hands is much better on z3c, and it is easier to use phone (z5c have screen placed lower and it is more difficult to reach bottom buttons). Volume button is tottaly bad positioned, it is practiccaly impossible to bend the thumb so much that you can comfortably boost or lower volume. It should be positioned higher than power button not below. TouchID is in bad position too. Sometimes is needed just to unlock a phone when same is on the desk on example and it is much harder with button on side. In 3 days I have 2 times issues with touchID, it didnt recognize my thumb well (my hands was clean and dry), and after 5th miss I had to write my passwoard. Hope that some of next models will have better sensor and position.

As for the systems z5c is slower and much laggy than my z3c (z5c have only better fluidity when scrolling in chrome and tapatalk). Scrolling between homescreens, and in app drawer is much faster on z3c im shure (but again to say, I use 4.4.4 on old device). Few times happens that i had to w8 4-5 sec just to start camera app, or 1-2 sec to show all in dialer or sms app. For a device which cost more than 500e, that is intolerably.

On another side, volume on z5c is much better, louder and more clear than on z3c. On my old phone I couldnt use speakerphone option at all although i have rooted device and flesh mod that bouth speaker woarks. It wasnt usable when phone is more than half meter away from my head while driving a car. Now is much better situation, I can use speaker (it is not loud on example like iphone 6 or some samsung devices) but it is usable, although again only lower speaker woarks (really I dont underestand way sony dont allow bouth to woark; they mention some echo, butt as I sad, I use custom mod from XDA on my Z3C, and echo didnt exist).

Camera is better too. Im not impressed as some others people, but it is ok. You can see my compare VS canon s110 on xda forum http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63159709&postcount=34

And for the end a battery. Im getting about same resoults with my z5c as i had with older model (between 6:30h Sot and 8+h). Setup and screenshots you have again here on forum in battery thread.

Dont ask me about heating, Im not playing games on my phones, only watching a movies, chrome, tapatalk, listening a music and sometimes viber and skype, and in that conditions, phone is warm same as z3c was.

That was my 5 min; sry for my bad Eanglish but i think that you got the point. All the best!
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] supercakefish:
[MENTION=2969046]Proday[/MENTION] you can't fairly compare SOC performance between the phones if one's running KitKat. Completely different Android versions with completely different underlying core runtime code and completely different UI animations. It is a shame to hear that KitKat runs smoother though. I hope that Marshmallow fixes that, as you're certainly not the only one to state that KitKat performs better than Lollipop.

I'm thinking the fingerprint scanner placement is better than on the back (such as Nexus 5X) because when on the back you really can't access it at all if the phone is flat on a surface, whilst on the side it is still possible at least. And if using the device in one hand, a front-placed scanner could be awkward to use without danger of dropping the phone. But really wherever a phone maker plonks it, there's compromises to be made.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] thesebastian:
In my experience with the Nexus 5. KitKat (with ART enabled) isn't smoother than Lollipop, but it is faster.

Maybe it's not smooth but the actions are much faster.

Now..comparing Lollipop to Marshmallow. The new one is much smoother than Lollipop. And a bit faster too (some animations were cut).

Regarding standby battery life: the best was with KitKat. But at that time we used to have lighter apps (like Google Play Services with less methods, WhatsApp without VoIP services, etc etc etc).

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] RiTCHiE007:
Yea and the marshmellow update will get here in november i heard.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] tudork:
Finally, after the tens of scary reports of slowness, lag, jittery screen from the Sony support Forum, here comes a review that is very encouraging. They describe it as fast, smooth, battery enduring. I hope so! www.expertreviews.co.uk/mobile-phones/1404027/sony-xperia-z5-compact-review/page/0/1
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Tommy-Geenexus:
I do not understand the whole drama about that device. My only issue is occassional stutter, everything else is just fine.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] tudork:
I think there shouldn't be any occasional stutter. My z3 compact does not stutter.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] RiTCHiE007:
Well how old is the z3c now? and how many updates did it got? This phone still needs it first update so still early to bash it. November will fix most these problems and makes the camera even better.

I replaced my z3c with a z5c and i love it.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Proday:
I had z3c from start too, and can tell you that it woark much better with 1st firmware than this z5c!
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] thesebastian:
Just to know. Are you comparing Z3C performance with 5.1.1 against Z5C performance with 5.1.1?

If so, then I think Sony just needs to calibrate a bit the kernel (Maybe it's working very conservative and just using the 4 cores that are capped at 1.5Ghz for some processes that requires more power, the other 4 cores).

However, Android 6.0 improves performance over 5.1.1, a lot of Lollipop's stutters are gone.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Bialynia:
I'm very surprised by anyone dissing the fingerprint scanner, it's way more useful then I ever figured. When running the setup make sure to move your finger all around, plus you get to setup five fingers so I have it set for left hand use and also when it's laying on the table. Very impressed with it since it reads instantaneously.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] RiTCHiE007:
yea i think its 1 of the best scanners also because i tried a few but not all seem this fast.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] aymnga:
Do you have to press power button in order to unlock the phone?

Or you just tap the sensor?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Proday:
You have to press it.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Psykhe:
Yes, it seems to be quite good. I've seen a video comparing it to the iPhone 6S scanner it the Xperia one was marginally faster.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Copelandian:
I registered the same finger 3x

...now it works better with dirty hands
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Steven1145:
The finger print scanner is working really well for me here.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] uchosen:
"For all their power, these phones are maddeningly slow and stuttery"

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/16/9549247/sony-xperia-z5-review-compact-android
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] milesg:
IMO it's a reasonable review. He draws attention to the slow camera startup and the slow image processing time.

Sony are so close to having two show stopping devices, but they have fallen at the final hurdle.

Don't get me wrong, really happy with my Z5c and will keep it for the next year at least, so I'll probably reap the rewards of updated firmware and / or Marshmallow, but when someone is looking to buy this phone in two months, these reviews are what they'll be reading.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] CosmosLabs:
TheVerge review looks good...apart from that crack at the bottom! :eek:
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] supercakefish:
It burns my eyes!

(the crack, not the phone)
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] xyashirox:
I just got the phone a few days ago and I am enjoying it so far! I am a huge Sony fan owning both the Z3 and Z3c, I feel the Z5c is a great device with a couple little bugs that I'm sure will be fixed over time. In the first few days of owning it I have had a few lags but nothing major. Battery life is on point like all Sony's, I'm a power user and the Xperia Z series phones are the only ones that can last the whole day!
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] RiTCHiE007:
again, storm in a glass of water but that you could only find 1 photo of the cracked screen kinda says enough right? And if you where reading the article, the dude throw the phone on this table where it hit his metal iphone charger. But ofcourse its easy to bash a brand when the verge is in love with their iphones tho so dont take them that serious. And i doubt he bought the phone and sony just send him a sample model which maybe have been roughly handled by other testers.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] uchosen:
I'm curious as to why I am not seeing any delay on the camera starting up on mine. It's just about instant on my phone(?)
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] mmm286:
Maybe is loaded in memory.

If you reboot phone and when start open camera you don't have delay?

Enviado desde mi SGP611 mediante Tapatalk
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] milesg:
Mine is very quick after a reboot. Once the phone has been running for a day or two it can take 3-4 seconds for the camera to start.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] mdmogren:
The promo videos are all about the super fast auto focus so you can catch that special moment. Kind of ironic that the camera is basically the slowest starting on the market.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Drakorcarnis0:
Well...I flashed a stock unbranded firmware with flashtool and now my battery life has increased IMMENSELY (it's twice the battery life i've got with previous Orange firmware) and better than my former z3c. Moreover, no more lag/stuttering (temperature is now as low as z3c), except from the message app that is still laggy as hell, and the camera app that takes an ETERNITY to open. I did NEVER expect it would change so much but here we are...

Envoyé de mon E5823 en utilisant Tapatalk
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p3r02d3r0:
Hi all,

I have several rather noobish questions regarding flashing ROMs on G3. Yes, I have rooted the device.

I'm coming from HOX on which I have flashed crapload of ROMs, so I would like to know some differences, if there are any.

1. Do you need to have absolutely the latest TWRP in order to flash certain ROMs?

2. Do you have to flash the boot.img after you flashed the ROM? The same question for restoring the Nandroid backup.

3. I've seen in certain ROM threads that some users are reporting that they bricked their G3 simply by flashing a ROM, or restoring a backup. How actually easy is to brick the G3 since I'm seeing a lot of users reporting they bricked their device?

4. Are there some additional precautions I should know about that are specific to G3? Link to a thread is good enough as an answer.

Many thanks for the help
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Will_Xda:
1. Haven't seen any issues in terms of that but doesn't hurt to be on the latest version :) (I understand where your coming from as I had HTC before and had to flash various recovery for XYZ rom)

2. Nope, most roms have kernel with roms so need for adb in that sense

3. These reports are usually from people with X variant trying to flash roms or mods meant for Y variant (quite common) or are from people who don't know what they're doing.

4. As someone who has flashed many roms and encountered only one issue (soft brick form mislabeled zip file on some random forum) which was fixed by button combo and twrp restore, in short nothing extra just plenty of backups

---

The world of root and roms on the G3 is a lot easier and faster then on HTC devices in my experience so enjoy :good:
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p3r02d3r0:
Thanks for the answers mate! They helped a lot! :)
[Sprint LG G3] churchey360:
Is there any custom build.prop mods for stock ROM i can use.. Mostly like uncap 3g/4g speeds or 4g speed tweaks lol?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myabc:
hello. without xposed, in lg g3 rooted with based stock rom, is possible, even with an app deactivate that sound and screen off ignoring slow charge with wireless charge?

i hope a help

thanks
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vivasanti:
NO - you must be rooted, with G3 tweakbox.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myabc:
please, if i install framework do i lose quick circle function? thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Amr Flame:
Hey Guys :D

Okay .... So I Got Cyanogenmod 11 (Android 4.4.4) for my GT-S5570I from this thread over here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2780919

( I was on stock rom (Android 2.3.6) before I flash it and I followed the installation guide)

Tried it for a couple of hours

and every thing is great and works fine

( of course I haven't tried every thing yet but it's so good so far)

except for one serious issue (which forced me to go back to stock until I find a solution)

everything in the rom works fine without the SIM card inserted into the device

When I insert the SIM Card and try to boot up the device I see the boot animation for two seconds then it glitches (or something like that)

and then I see a complete black screen and the device doesn't boot up at all .... I waited it to boot up for nearly half an hour but it didn't

when I remove the SIM card .... the device boots up normally again and every thing works well again

I tried to look for the solution on the thread and I found @ ivano91bighad 's post ( Who had the exact same problem )

the developer told him this " Try changing modem/baseband "

the problem is I don't even understand What that means ???!!!!

I guessed that I should install a different modem file that comes with the 4-files stock rom

flashed 3 different modem files ... and no good

So Does any one know what I Should do???

P.S. #1: The Sim Card Works just fine on the stock rom

P.S. #2: Of course I couldn't ask the Developer cause I had posted less than 10 posts so far so I was forced to post here

and Thank You in advance :D
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] cyttorak:
I have the same problem
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreyeth:
I've been playing around with which filesystems I can format the android systems partitions and then install a custom ROM on.

I tried formatting them to F2FS and then installing a CM and Squids kernel found it wouldn't boot, then wiped them back and formatted

them to ext4 (which I think is the default android filesystem) and installed CM and Squid's kernel

and now on boot its asking me to enter a password to boot my android system.

partitions were the filesystems were changed are /system /data /cache.

o_O I really don't want to be admitting this right now that I bjorked my system while tinker gnoming,

and don't know enough to put it back.

But yeah formatting ext4 /data /cache /system and then flashing everything back should have done it right?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreyeth:
Damn think I may have run into a bug in the Recovery where no matter what happens it still thinks /data is f2fs even when its been formatted back to ext4
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreyeth:
Never mind unbricked it, I think this is the end of late night beer fueled tinkering for me, but I've restored the system.

Should TWRP have been able to format /data to another filesystem besides ext4 or f2fs and which filesystem was the

default on /data from the beginning?

The recovery system seemed to assume that /data was F2FS and even after trying to format it with something different

the repair tool ran was always the F2FS one and always dropped some error messages even after a format to Ext4.

This whole project started when I got the 'good idea' into my head to see if I could format all the partitions that mattered with

F2FS and flash CM 12.1 R53 with Squid's R8 with the partitions formatted F2FS.

Eh I'm done shooting myself in the foot for awhile (or the ass).

Ended with /system (ext4), /data (f2fs), /cache (ext4) and then flashed everything and the system is running great.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreyeth:
The whole experience was worth getting more familiar with TWRP and learning that it is built noob 'tough'.

And can perform awesome awesome surgery for you, when your done shooting your self in the ass.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icu64:
By the way bro... I think the data partition on this phone comes in f2fs by default
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FeRoCiiOuS:
I have the same issue!
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xpmule:
Fishy.. why in the hell would you do that unless you *found* a phone

and were then trying like a noob to reformat it ?
[Android General] alkalali:
Stock Rom Andromax C3si original

Go CMW

--Tap power button and volume down to gether..

Enter to Cwm

Put you download into out of sdcard/memoricard..

Flash via CWM

Open CWM

====>>wipe data ,chache, dalvick chache

Wait, til process down.

Go,back"!!!

====>>first chose "instal zip from sdcard0"

====>>Chose stock rom folder you put on out sdcard..

====>>chose yes instal stock rom.zip

Wait, until process clear..

====>>and chose go back,

====>> and reboot your phone.

Thanks :

M.trisna Mukti C3si Dev

Jamhari c3si Dev
[Android General] Smartpret:
Link Download ??
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] rhartzenberg:
Hey,

Right, so in my great wisdom I managed to drop my TyTN on its face on the kitchen floor one day and since then it just doesn't do GSM.

On boot, it says "No GSM" below the boot logo, and anything to do with GSM (opening the phone app) causes the device to run slow for a little while then return back to normal without launching the phone app or throwing any error message. Its stuck in permanent "flight mode" as it were.

Sending the phone back to the provider, they turned around and said "On inspection it was found that 3rd party software was loaded on the unit and damaged the unit. Unit is returned without repairs done to it."

I was using one of the ROMS from the forums here which worked fine for a few weeks up till the drop. (I do know which one but I'd prefer not to give anyone a bad name where its not called for, so prefer not to mention it directly).

I will say that it was a fairly new release in june.

Also currently have on boot.

IPL-1.04

SPL-1.40.Olipro

Have since tried re-installing version roms which have made no difference at all.

So:

1: is it possible that the updated OS and flashing the radio etc could have cause the problem described?

2: How do I return the phone to its original radio version and a generic (officially supported) WM5?

3: Is there anything I can do from my side to fix the problem?

Many thanks

-RobH
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] debonairone:
Have you tried flashing the original ROM that it came with... Then you can probably take it back to another warranty shop or to HTC for repair... You can also upgrade to Olipro 2.10, you can search for the files, I'm just to lazy to look for it now... If you can't find let me know, and I'll look for it...

Once you upgrade to Oli 2.10, it may make a difference.. Have you tried flashing the radio...? It could very well be a hardware problem that occurred during that sudden stop on the floor...

I'm not to helpful, sorry...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] LandyMan:
Rob,

Obviously the fall messed up your TyTN, and HTC now refuses to work on it (read save money) because you are running a non-standard firmware. Well, screw that!

Have a look here to start the downgrading process.

Then, go to Leaf's site and download the AKU3 firmware from the Members section.

Flash it to your TyTN.

Then take it back to a different repair centre (not too sure about your options in Grahamstown) and tell them you dropped it, and now it is not working anymore.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] rhartzenberg:
Right so trying to get the original (well an club-imate approved) rom installed so that I can try the repair center again...

Based on this:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_SDCardFlashing

Image is HERMIMG_CDL_1.31.305.2_SHIP.nbh

(Extracted frin JASJAM_wwe_1.31.305.2_1.31.305.104_1.21.31.10_ship.exe)

I get the following:

<Gray screen with blue txt>

HERMIMG.nbh -

IPL - OK

BOOTLOADER - OK

SPLASH1 - OK

SPLASH2 - OK

EXTROM - OK

GSM -

OS -

Update in Progress...

</End screen>

And thats where it sits.

Even when trying the recommended usb/HardSPL methods, its gets to about 14% and hangs. I presume due to the GSM module being damaged.

I've also tried .nbh's that only have the GSM stuff, and using the microSD method, it gets about 5% along the progress bar and then halts.

EDIT: I've managed to flash it with an original rom excluding the GSM stuff. Will see what happens at the repair center...

-Rob
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] LandyMan:
Excellent, hope you get it sorted!
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venkatraman_r:
Hello,

I smart selected some text had an email and two phone numbers in my galaxy note edge using my SPen. The T-function in the smart selected text box separated the mail and phone number correctly. But when i tried to save the phone number or email it is trying to save to a new contact and it is not allowing to choose an existing contact and associate the number or phone.

Please help if anyone has overcome this issue.

Thanks,

Venkat R
[Xiaomi Mi 4] mms047:
Here is the latest Benchmark scores of my Mi4 after 1 week of use.

Post ur benchmark scores here guys.
[Xiaomi Mi 4] Dr.Weed1:
Is it MIUI v7?