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[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhillOS1:
You're absolutely not alone.. I also have abysmal battery life on my Z5.

Here's my stats from yesterday (full day at work)

h ttp://imgur.com/VF2b45g (remove the space)

WiFi, 3hrs 20mins SoT.

Battery lasted pretty much exactly 12hours, thats pretty far from 2 days promised by Sony. My old Z3 didn't have me worry about my battery at the end of the day, I knew it would last..

(Yes i have bad reception at my job (I work in a TV studio) but again, my Z3c handled that like a champ.

I HATE myself so much for jumping the wagon early. I expected the same exceptional battery life as my old Z3, only in a shiny new package. To say im unimpressed and incredibly disappointed is an understatement of proportions.

I'm currently fighting for a full refund and cancellation of my subscription from my carrier. Considering a Oneplus2, despite it also running the 810, which many seem to point to as the culprit for our battery life.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LucifersDemon:
You really should get a new Z5, then. I haven't encountered any of those issues, but regarding the battery, maybe a full cycle charge could improve some things. Aside from that, I reckon to install Clean Master, just to see which apps are running in background constantly so you can end them. Worst case scenario, perform a factory reset.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
Uninstall anything you've installed and disable any system apps you will never ever want or need and run it for a couple days and see how it is. Then start installing the apps you want again

Sent from my Xperia z5 by Tapatalk
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhillOS1:
This is my 4th Z5 actually :)

They all had this battery problem, they've all been through at least one full cycle as well. Done factory resets, also reinstalled firmware from PC Companion. Tried WiFi ON, OFF, doesn't matter, when ever i turn the screen on i get massive drain upwards of 1% per minute/2minutes. Autobrightness (45/50%)

Today stats: h ttp://imgur.com/6K45leg (again remove the space :), thanks Obama!)

Android system and Kernel are top users in battery. Screen is 3rd.....

Sure, 55% in 11 hours is pretty good, but not with a little under 2hrs SoT.... SONY IM DISAPPOINTED!!

1st: Camera button was dead on arrival

2nd: Wonky loose power button, ****ty battery

3rd: ****ty battery, Stamina mode didn't work

4th: Working okay, deep sleeps, but drains insane amounts when screen is on, doing nothing, browsing, reddit etc.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benblb:
I assume you still have not solved your issue? I'm getting almost identical stats on my Z5 in GSam.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeniCevap:
Sadly no.. I'm getting approx 2.5H of SOT... I've tried many things, nothing helps. And the battery usage still reports my WiFi being on even though I turn WiFi off and all background scanning.. I'm getting really annoyed that Sony pretty much lied to us about the battery.. But I feel like the problem lies with the constant WiFi on, even though it is off.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhillOS1:
Yup I have similar problems as well. Wifi won't turn on, and getting about 2.5hrs SoT out of a 100% juiced battery. :(
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
Maybe you 2 should try a full reset and completely re set up from scratch?

Sent from my Xperia z5 by Tapatalk
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeniCevap:
The battery seems to have "settled". I use these " " because some days the battery drains faster than water in the desert, and some days it lasts pretty much more than 4H SOT. Maybe there is some software issue? Because my WiFi is on 24/7 even when I HAVE disabled it and disabled all related settings to WiFi...
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeremy_inc:
I have the same issues with wifi reporting on in the battery stats even if I turn it off. It doesn't show on in GSAM battery monitor so not sure what that's about. It also consistently reports low signal on the battery page and on my notification bar, whereas my Z3 reported high signal in the same place. If I do a speed test on 4G the speed is about the same, so I think that might be an issue with the displaying of signal rather than it not picking up much signal. My battery life is "OK", in that it will last 24-28 hours usually. My Z3 was quite a lot better.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Falenone:
I seem to have crappy mobile connection too. I game, watch videos and so on and get excellent battery life
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] South001:
I got the app greenify it shuts down all the apps for you or u can get it to do so before putting phone back in pocket, it has helped as I'm the same, battery drains in 6 hours max...

Facebook and messenger seem to take a lot of battery , Iv had Windows and iPhone they don't drain like this... Must be android system
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricodredd:
Not even Airplane Mode is enough to stop WiFi showing up on my battery usage stats. Turning off "Network notification" (Notify whenever a public network is available) under Advanced Wi-Fi seems to do the trick though.

The only other gap in Wi-Fi battery usage appear to be my commute to work in a car - no Wi-Fi on the motorway so the OS must be truly turning Wi-Fi off then too. Sitting in an office with who knows how many Wi-Fi signals about must be keeping it on (only when the aforementioned Network notification setting is on).

I don't have any particular battery issues - I get a full day no problem - but maybe this is the reason that Sony's claimed 2-day battery seems a fantasy to me...
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mondio:
Let's clear this up, Sony never promised 2 days battery life, they stated "UP TO" 2 days battery life. ahead signal is going to drain the battery fast, if your like me and live in a crossover point of towers the phone is probably constantly switching between them. On an old phone I sat and watched it switching towers. Anyway my battery drains reasonably fast and the phone wasn't going to sleep but it's started to now, and I'm getting battery life then my previous phone, so I'm still happy about it and I'm a pretty heavy user with games, browsing etc.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toniiox:
Hi.

Same kind of problème here. I have my Z5 for 4 days and the battery has some problems:

- yesterday it charges to 99%, today 98%...

- stamina mode doesn't work at all

- when I use my phone for basic use (twitter/facebook/SMS) the battery drains l'île 1% of battery every 3 minutes). I don't know if it's normal or not... Any advices ?

I am thinking of returning it to Sony and get refund (possible in France for 7 days)
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakers:
I'm getting about 3 hours screen on time I can't say stamina mode has made any difference, that's about an hour less than my nexus 6 used to get, on a medium use day I'm not going to get through the day without a charge... Hopefully will get better with marshmallow

Sent from my Sony Z5 ooossshhhh
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GearshiftJB:
I would recommend getting used to using Sony's power saving options. Set it up so that they kick in as the battery drains etc 1st level of saving at 65% second level of saving at 45% and 3rd level of battery saving at 25% or something. You'll notice it help alot better. also I made this quick video about the sony z5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lloEIZU8G3Q
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duvel999:
I really don't have these draining..

Which downloaded apps you use?

Updated to latest firmware?

I had many Sony phones.. Never heard about this.

Then I would change the phone for a new Z5 of money back..

Sent from my E6653 @ XDA Portal
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gamer649:
I got nearly 3 days battery out of my device recently, very light usage (about an hour-hour and a half each day). Got about 3 and a half to 4 hours screen on time (I didn't check the stats). Stamina mode is being VERY aggressive with disabling mobile data when screen is off.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
I believe it is software problem! The android lollipop has a battery drain bug!
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DlGroove:
I don't think it's normal for 1 hour of listening music my battery drains allot. I've bought my Sony a week ago and i'm very disappointed ? with the battery ? i expected more from it... I tried every possible to keep my battery levels normals even my stamina is allways on, and still nothing. Please guys can anybody help me somehow...
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
Post up screen shots of your battery charts
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iddefridde:
At the moment I have simular issues. My batterij can barely make 12 hours. SOT is just over 2 hours and in the energy stats it is showing WiFi is always on (when in fact everything is turned off, at least in the settings). I don't use Facebook and I have turned off googles location logging thing.

I am very unhappy with the performance of the phone because I was used to the Z2 long stamina.

I have the feeling there is something wrong somewhere but I can't seem to find what.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
Have you turned off wifi scanning?
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iddefridde:
It seems that I have managed to really turn of the Wi-Fi now.

Possibly I have did something wrong but after some resets and closing of all the Wi-Fi options again now the Wi-Fi is off also in the battery stats.

This also seems to help with the battery since now the battery drop is less. After charging it fully and leaving it standby all night (8 hours) it has dropped 3%, with data on and wats app but with 0 screen on time . This is more what I was expecting and today it seems to be a bit better. However the battery does skip some % (drop from 97 - 94) every now and then but this will probably be better in time. (I have already did a full cycle of fully charging fully discharging and charging when the phone was off with low power charger).

So for me a conclusion so far is:

If Wi-Fi is on in your battery stats it is on and it can be turned off.

Google Location tracker that tracks your every move all day is a very dumb default setting and turning it off helps.

With this I think battery life is acceptable.

I will update after some days to share my experience.

Edit: what still surprises me is that Google services is still the biggest battery drain (sorry i can post pics links because I am junior member i can post links). This even when I have used internet radio for 1 hour and Flitsmeister (an app that tracks my GPS and warns me for speed traps on the highway), my screen was off during this hour.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonoathome:
Adguard. Helps with battery drain.. It really does.

Since I installed it and gone premium, battery drain is now a thing of the past..

Save data usage on apps constantly connecting to the world wide Web to spam you with, including background apps.. So as result less data usage requires less modem usage result in less battery usage/ drain.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
Or you could just use the stock android settings and remove access to background data to any apps you want without having another app installed and running constantly
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonoathome:
That way is messy and time consuming, I want background data for some apps, app guard blocks the ****e you dont want
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
I am also not happy with the battery drain. I come from Z2 and had a great autonomy. In one update of Z2 there was a severe battery drain, immediately they fixed. I hope that fix the Z5. There are times that go down 2% at once.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
Hopefully with a 6.0.1 update we should see great standby time. My Nexus deep sleeps like a coma victim!
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iddefridde:
After a couple of days it seems I have managed the following:

-Idle the Z5 hardily consumes any power. if you get to close all the background apps and things happening it could last rather long. drops 1%-3% over 8 hours.

-Active I cant seem to push more than 4+ SOT out of it. browsing the internet is most of my activity and this seems to be the same for me using WiFi or data connection. I use Opera as my browser and i dont know if other browsers are better to use. Using my Z2 for browsing the most energy went to screen and second to the browser using my Z5 it is the other way around. most of the power goes to the browser and not the screen. my conclusion this must be related to the SD 810 since screen tech is hardly different (this claim is 100% based on my feeling no research has went in investigating this..).

What I am curious about is what are your average browsing SOT hours?
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiElena:
If you reduce Screen Timeout it also helps to save battery power.If possible then make it 1 min or shorter.

Screen brightness also consume lots of energy ,but if we lower the brightness than we can save lots battery power and you can provide your device a good running.:D
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Divine Wind:
Huge battery drain

Anymore tips and etc for the battery? i went to sleep with 100% and woke up to 0%. Did receive some calls and etc in the night but this is quite bad

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and other tips for battery drain ? Offing wifi is not practical for me. However i've turned off all the necessary wifi scanning and etc, facebook notifications and most unnecessary background apps. still having huge drain.
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ben36:
What's it saying is causing your drain? Because that's immense drain!
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Deactive this settings: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64542658&postcount=16
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Divine Wind:
much better ! thanks
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaderag:
I just wanted to join this thread to see if anyone has found anything that has worked... i am so close to ebaying this phone - the battery combined with awful bluetooth stutter are just annoying the hell out of me...

I'm not prepared to turn off background data to all apps as I need it for most (and the ones i dont i have disabled with no discernible difference)

So i don't really know where to go.

I've been away the past week and had no phone signal, so went on airplane mode bar wifi, and it was significantly better, but some days it still was at <10% after 12 hours, with next to no usage...
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaderag:
Posting this here in case anyone can help. First day back at work after my holiday and I thought I'd test battery usage on the way in. Unplugged my phone at 7.30am and got to office at 8.50am. As of now I'm on 62%

All I have done on the commute is read gReader, prob for 35-45 mins.

This does not seem reasonable battery usage...

So that's telling me my battery usage is predicted to last til 11am...
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaderag:
Been sitting at my desk, screen off and dropped another 20% - what is going on!?
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaderag:
Just been in the US and had mobile data off... everything else as normal. Battery life was substantially better (was using screen just as much)... so something to do with mobile data is draining
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wimbawaya:
Hi, this is my first contribution to the forum. I'm having similar issues with the Z5, and have also noticed a link between fast battery drainage and mobile data (as well as wifi and reception).

At my place, the phone struggles to find reception, and battery drains much faster than it should. Disabling mobile data appears to help, but WiFi also takes quite a toll on the battery unless I'm in the same room as the router: 10' sending and receiving pics via whatsapp (screen brightness at about 40%) drained a good 10% of my battery. Outdoors, in places with better coverage, it does better, but the screen still seems to be taking quite the toll on the battery.

My old Z1's battery life was phenomenal compared to this one (literally two days on stamina mode). Still have a week left to return the Z5 and am seriously considering doing so...What a shame ...
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaderag:
So I've just been examining my battery with gsam and I'm getting 28℅ drain with screen off and 24% screen on... All show under screen as 55%... Why am I getting battery drain from screen when it's off??
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zacharias.maladroit:
In case you guys haven't noticed, the

persistent battery drain issue has been "fixed"

since a few days

An update to tobias.waldvogel's repacker with the DRM emulation (bigger part) and improvements in Sony's ROM (smaller part ?) helped,

that e.g. I got a "drain" of 0% in 9 hours in Airplane mode (also using Greenify, Naptime with Aggressive Doze and disabled Motion Detection)

Any repackaged Stock Kernel by rootkernel v5.0 (beta8+, rc*) or custom Kernel that contains an up-to-date modified ramdisk should offer that drastically improved battery runtime

Links:

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z5/development/root-automatic-repack-stock-kernel-dm-t3301605 [ROOT][Kernel][TWRP] repack of the stock kernel with dm-verity and SONY RIC off

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z5/orig-development/kernel-om5z-kernel-t3405660 (OM5Z Kernel for 253 ROM should contain it, not sure about 224)

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z5/development/kernel-andropluskernel-v1-t3246100 (AndroPlus v33 does)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67743629&postcount=187 224_I.1_2_10 of SunKernel, http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67684222&postcount=172 224_I.1_2_8 of SunKernel does as well
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaderag:
So, erm, excuse the n00b question, but is this 'fix' likely to come ota or is it a hack?
[Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zacharias.maladroit:
EVERY custom kernel, rooted kernel, etc.

requires an UNLOCKED bootloader,

so you need to flash it via TWRP (Recovery),

or e.g. via fastboot

fastboot flash boot boot.img

So if the draining behavior persists for phones with LOCKED bootloaders, you appear to be out of luck

in that case try to do a factory reset

and either attempt to "Repair" your phone via PC Companion,

or flash firmware via XperiFirm and Flashtool (no

UNLOCKED

bootloader required, right ?)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawabhishek2907:
hi.. am a zenfone 5 user.... unfortumtly i delete my os ..... plz tell me how to load os......
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SomeRandomGeezer:
OK, first try and find a ROM from your ZenPhone, and a Gapps if necessary, and then transfer it to your phone via ADB. Then go back to your custom recovery, hit Install and find the ROM zip and Gapps and flash them. Or if you have a backup you can just restore it. Good luck and don't forget to hit the 'Thanks' button!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ardentis:
Not the right forum but you need help. First of all, what were you trying to do? Second, what happened? We need details to help you as much as possible

Your problem might be better fixed in your device forum
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cktlcmd:
I already read what KNOX is from the samsung site it directed me... i am curious whether any of you turned it ON and why? Or like me left it OFF and why?

For me I left it OFF because I am not sure about it, thus asked your opinions. I tried searching and reading this site, all i got was... it is hard to root when it is ON, when tripped you loose Samsung's warranty, etc.

...
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GidiK:
The Knox active protection you mention in the title is just a switch for even more security. Samsung itself recommends leaving it off for non enterprise users. I've had it both on and off on completely stock firmware and there's no noticeable difference in (startup) performance. One of the things it prevents is modifications to the system, so if you want to root your device there's no point at all having it on. KAP is however not the Knox efuse and its warranty void marker; that you can't turn off.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fd369:
Hi,

Friends! I am having a very serious issue with my Xperia Z2 d6502. (never rooted) I recently updated it to official firmware .232 via OTA. Yesterday i realized that my device is not recognizing any headphone (original sony, other brands etc, all are working fine with other phone or laptop). Device is simply not reacting to any headphones, i even tried changing headphone type from sound setting.

I thought its faulty jack, but then I installed SoundAbout.apk and changed phone and media audio output to wired headphones, and then all headphones started to work but even the call tune is routed toward headphone by the app and its sounds perfectly.

Please assist me what is the nature of issue? is it hardware or what?
[Android General] Davide G.:
Post closed
[Android General] Tweakforce_LG:
Its based off 4.2, how is it 5.0.1 if it is actually 4.2? Just to clear confusion. Make sure to post in xda as there is much more interest in the p920 there but keep here up to date to [emoji14] if this works you are GOD. Because that phone is ancient and anyone who makes it less laggy deserves a medal xD. Unfortunately i cant test it until its developed further, e.g. 3D not too much bugs, because its not my p920, its a friends who's on stock 4.0.1, wants 5.0.1 but isnt prepared for the risk yet.
[Android General] Davide G.:
Post closed

Thanks to all for the support that we are giving you and goodbye to David G., Zeta99 and UnityTeam
[Android General] Davide G.:
Post Closed
[Android General] pickandrew:
Hello, this ROM is stable or in beta version? Thanks!
[Android General] Tweakforce_LG:
Currently beta

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If screenshots can be provided that would be cool
[Android General] Davide G.:
Important!

Hello everyone, today I wanted to inform you all about the post ROM are officially closed, for information please let write me a private message, hello and thanks to all.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] termiator:
Hey guys.

So I have few questions about other phone than desire 816. I am owner of the desire 610 phone, as u know, desire series support is bad. For now, we've got thread on our forum with cm 11 (i guess) but people saying about bootloop issue. As I know, boot.img contains kernel and other files that will startup the phone. Would boot.img replace fix the bootloop issue?

Sorry for my bad english.

Best regards.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phurkus:
Not a huge bug or problem.

But has anybody noticed you cant rotate screenshots ?

I have a feeling its due to resolution but cant 100% prove it. All other images are rotatable, but when you try rotating a screenshot it just says "fiile not supported"

Any quick fixes or ideas?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cloudus91:
I can rotate Screenshots.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] part3:
I want to make my own custom ROM. But I want to deodex the system.

I found a tool for demodex. I tried to do all odex wiped.

I made it into zip and added in the other files. I've installed from twrp.

A seamless manner. But the opening is taking reset itself?

Do I need to do anything after he turned to deodex plus? Please my English is bad I'm sorry.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ticktock666:
Please don't make duplicate threads, I've already replied to your other thread.

Making multiple threads won't help you/get people to answer you faster, it'll probably have the opposite effect.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milestone97:
Hey guys,

just wondering i it's possible to use whatsapp on 2 devices?

Let's say we change the MAC address, so the 2 devices have the same MAC is that possible?