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[Huawei Nova/Nova Plus Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You don't want to give your significant other yet another reason to yell at you while you're reading XDA in bed. Rate this thread to express what you think of the Huawei Nova/Nova Plus's display minimum dimness. A higher rating indicates that the display can get extremely dim, ideal for reading in very dark environments.

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[Huawei Nova/Nova Plus Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you call granny, does she keep saying "Huh?! Wut?!" or does the conversation flow pretty well? Rate this thread to express how you feel about the Huawei Nova/Nova Plus's call quality. A higher rating indicates that calls are clear and crisp, and that regardless of background noise, you can hear the other party clearly (and with ample volume) and they can hear you.

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[Huawei Nova/Nova Plus Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how you think the Huawei Nova/Nova Plus's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?

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[Huawei Nova/Nova Plus Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Huawei Nova/Nova Plus's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.

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[Huawei Nova/Nova Plus Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Huawei Nova/Nova Plus's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.

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[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Yes, yes, it's possible to love a phone. Heck, you sleep next to it, don't you? Rate this thread to indicate your love for the Sony Xperia XZ, all things considered. A higher rating indicates that the Sony Xperia XZ is an incredible phone that you enjoy tremendously. You love it. :o

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[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're a power user. Can the Sony Xperia XZ keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the Sony Xperia XZ. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.

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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] diamond_d:
for some reason my youtube stop working thru TCPMP. i had the patch and it was running fine. it must be something wit the site or something like that because the EXACT same thing happened on my brother's phone (we have the same one). is there some update that i should look for or is it no longer working and i just have to sit back and be depressed about it? lol any help is MUCH appreciated.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] surur:
http://forum.smartphoneexperts.com/showthread.php?t=148801&highlight=full+youtube

Its been updated.

Surur
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] diamond_d:
thanks a lot. i'm going to do that right now :)
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Would you say that the Sony Xperia XZ is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the Sony Xperia XZ exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?

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[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] a_k_gano:
it is laggy... do not recommend
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] ogi96:
It's still as fast as on day 1 after 5 months for me. 10/10 IGN
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] ExclusiveBFS:
It has been more than 4 months, it's still as fast as the first day. Never had even a lag since then
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] owens2000:
For a so called 2016 Flagship this phone is a major disappointment for me.

I've had two HTCs prior to this (The M8 and original One) and from a day to day usability perspective the Sony is simply not as good as my 3 Year old M8 despite being more recent technology.

- The audio quality is very poor with headphones (and without)

- For whatever reason it lags for no obvious reason - scrolling contacts, using Mail, anything.... it's just random

- The camera is surprisingly poor

- The Phone and Message apps crash more frequently than they should

- The only advantage this device has over my previous phone is the addition of a fingerprint sensor.

I have not loaded the device with useless Apps and I have disabled whatever junk ware I can which Sony provide.

The only reason I went for the Sony is that my carrier did not offer the HTC 10 so I decided to try "something different".

A lesson learned I'm afraid and I should have switched Network provider to get a phone that I would be happy with for 2 Years.

Perhaps I should install a custom ROM to gain a performance boost as I used to do with phones prior to the M8. Quite honestly I thought I was over all that and should not have to these days given the hardware specs of the device.

In Summary, a woefully poor implementation from Sony and they will not be getting my business, with respect to phones anyway, anytime in the near future.

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Very poor for a 2016 Flagship- laggy
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] hoozy123:
I have the phone since October 2016 and its nothing but great - speed-wise, it still feels like a new phone, however, I am experiencing problems with the battery now, overnight the battery discharges to 20% in the morning - I have tried re-flashing the phone but that didnt help. The phone began to bend a little as well (oops).

Other than that - performance wise its still awesome, I totally recommend it - but I would step it up and go for the XZ Premium.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] dillalade:
This phone becomes a beast only once rooted.

I can concur from my own experience - since release been using it unrooted and the phone was unspectacular. However that experience changed once rooted. It took me a few weeks to get it right but that was mainly down to the temperamental status of magisk (no more the case since v13.2.)

Use the right rom and if you know what your doing under the hood then you'll gain ~10hours sot with a blazing fast phone like mine.

Which deep sleeps like a champion.

Performance with LLJY EAS scheduler implementation takes the phone to new heights (once he actually resolves some small issues with the scheduler we can expect further performance enhancement.)
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] 100rabh7791:
Its been doing good .. had some hiccups due bad updates

With the Aug security patch .. its back to buttery smooth experience
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] Darni187:
The question I like to ask why isnt non rooted deep sleeping properly, this phone idle still eating battery non stop.. in this regard the Z5 family with the SD 810 done better, the phone idle in the XZ is shocking..
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] snurrbo:
Overall it's fast but starting camera takes to long. Sometimes 3-4 sec. Since two days back the standard sms-app crashes 19 times out of 20. I've changed it to Textra instead.

Scrolling webpages with a lot of pictures(ex. newspapers) is kind of laggy. Probably because of slow loadingtimes due to 2.4 GHz Wifi.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] rmartinezdl:
Mine is disappointingly slow, I've owned for at least 6 months Z3,Z3c, Z2, Z1, Z1c, which was a beast, tried the z5 premium and never noticed any lag, all of them simply were beasts,

With the XZ the phone seems to be SLOW, lags at random, and RAM is at 70 usage 24/7 even with clean stock rom.

I hope this gets fixed with oreo, I used a Honor 8 and LG G5 respectively and they were faster in UI day to day usage, the only reason I moved from the Honor 8 to a LG G5 was the SD 820, and from the LG G5 to the XZ was that I am a fan of sony phones, IPXX and design.

Sadly, I am not satisfied with the speed of my phone, Ive had it for 1 week.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] DZH1:
That's odd. Has it been dropped at all?

I have several of the USA and Japan models and they are all blazing fast.

Do you think there may be a 3rd party issue!
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] Sharp7:
These "reviews" should be reset since most of them sound like bots and the latest Oreo updated changed everything, this is by far the best 16/17 device and I automatically assume that any nonsense bad complaint comes from people who can't use phones or have fakes from China.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] nzzane:
I can second this statement, I even prefer my Z5 Compact over this - even an iPhone 5 is faster than the XZ (sad but true)
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] Sharp7:
I own all the phones you mentioned and I can say that's not true, at least in Europe.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] nzzane:
Suppose it depends how you use it

For example, on Oreo, i can't use facebook and facebook messenger before the phone becomes too slow (Even in safe mode)

Snapchat kills the phone, bluetooth kills it, location services kills it - if you use the XZ as a basic phone, to take photos and videos, occasional facebook then it will work fine for an added few minutes ;)
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] Sharp7:
I can do that all day every day and still go sleep with 40% battery left, no lag and perfect battery after one year, z5c and iphone 5 start to burn during boot, but I guess it's just me being lucky or knowing how to keep a phone healthy.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] Papanik:
Yesterday I dit a clean install of Oreo & Root & TWRP (I had unlocked bootloader obviously), same apps from Nougat, same everything, phone seems laggy. At least slower than Nougat. I can't understand why... I will try deodexing now, although I don't have high expectations for this.

PS I'm not a bot, I'm a sick Sony fanboy, not changing this device for anything, other than a XZ Premium once it gets a little cheaper.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] Sharp7:
Deodexing will only make it MUCH slower, I suggest you to get flashtool and flash a more generic FW like CE1, also keep in mind than most apps on the play store are not even optimized for Oreo (only 0.3% of devices are on the latest android) and they can slow your phone or even cause crashes just by staying in the background, search for Brevent on the Play store and choose to restrict any app which you won't need to have in the background.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] Papanik:
Thanks dude, I thought about it as well, and yes I will stay with odex ROM, and yes, probably the CE1. ;)
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] fr500:
Since the Oreo update the random lag / slowdown seems less frequent. Still slowpoke compared to my Z5 (RIP) but it's decent nowadays

Sadly though, the phone is still useless for android auto, tapping any entry in my stereo head unit takes 3 - 4 seconds to react.

An old Samsung S4 is perfectly smooth in the same task...

Moving either to the Razer Phone or an iPhone 8 mid 2018 I think...
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] Of123:
Extremely fast and smooth with Oreo. But when waking up from sleep it's very laggy. Also laggy in general use when temperature is higher than 38.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] Papanik:
Exactly this. :good:
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] JimKatsanos:
[android O]

Even if it sometimes is laggy, I am not disappointed. The sound quality is very good, even If it is not as loud as it should be, and the camera app is ok
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] fahmy20021:
+1
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] DrJoint1991:
I have it since March 2017 and so far I'm happy with it. Only problem is locked bootloader :( and when battery is below 10% CPU throttling make phone so laggy. Also I wish that Google Camera with HDR will work someday.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] R0kudaime:
help

Been tryna root my xperia xz, please give link to root mine. Thanks
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] NickMihal:
after 1 year i have my phone is like the first day,no lag
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] baku1413:
Hangs up a lot
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
OMG! Kim K posted another selfie with tons of cleavage! Rate this thread to express how quickly apps launch on the Sony Xperia XZ. A higher rating indicates that even the most intensive apps launch quickly and without hesitation, even if they are no longer in RAM.

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[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're busy and don't have time to wait, which is why you need to stop reading this thread and get back to organizing your Pogs. Rate this thread to express how the Sony Xperia XZ performs when multitasking. A higher rating indicates that the Sony Xperia XZ keeps many apps in memory so that they don't need to reload, and that when moving between apps, transitions are smooth and performance is excellent.

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[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] a_k_gano:
high unreasonable RAM usage
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] Flexy75:
RAM usage should allow to keep apps in RAM, but for example Pokemon Go keeps reloading if I change to gmaps, whatsapp or alike. Booting the device helps for a while, but this is most annoying for a phone in this price class. Using included AVG Protections task killer to kill non necessary apps does not help. Toggling smart cleaner does not help. Really annoying. Considering rooting and using xplosed framework with some module that could help. Really annoyed about (if I have understood correctly) having to downgrade to root it upgrade etc, losing DRM keys, all the settings and apps, having to use days to get back to "same status" with the apps and all in the phone.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] rmartinezdl:
Se here unexplained high ram usage at 70% lol
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the Sony Xperia XZ under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth, even when you're reading a 10,000 word article on "how to kiss a girl".

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[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] a_k_gano:
not smooth when it comes to call history
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] josephnero:
The only problem I had with the phone was that scrolling in some web sites felt jerky. I installed ssd boost( don't let the name fool you, it just stops debugging in kernel level) and now the slowdown feeling is gone
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] amyroukai:
I find it really smooth but there's a hint of ghosting on screen when scrolling.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] dennis2wewwew:
unsatisfied with this model of sony, i have z5 premium and i thinks its better than this piece of crap. scrolling is worse, when i play game its very hard to press. you needed to allow more force in pressing "sometimes" just to response to your finger.. wish i didnt bought this one!
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones are great to take camping because if you play Asphalt 8 long enough, the back warms up to the ideal temperature that can bake bread. Rate this thread to express the extent to which the Sony Xperia XZ stays cool under extended heavy use. A higher rating indicates that even when playing strenuous games for long periods of time, the phone doesn't get uncomfortably warm.

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[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] Of123:
Heats up very quickly through normal use and ambient weather temperature, struggles to lose the temperature then begins to lag.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] nirvananils:
Same here, even with Marshmallow and Nougat during normal use. Actually with Oreo seems no problem
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] cocagenda2:
it has been the same when ambient temperature is high the phone simply cant handle the heat and u can have marshmalow or oreo no mather what it wont help...phone starts to lag to a point when u have to turn it off for few mins and the use it again...it has beeen like this since xperia z3+/4 and z5 with SD810 under the hood...Sony is very bad at reducing heat in there devices...i compared other devices with same chipset and even if they get warm or hot they still work like they should...why Sony offers us a highend phone with lowend capabilities...i remember the perfomance of my xperia z2...4k recording up to 1 hour no problem ,i could play games more then hour and the phone got warm sometimes even hot to touch but it worked with no LAGS....and last one most anoying is the screen input touch ,just go ahead and compare every phone u can with xperia and ull notice the lag in the screen input...so bad from Sony also XZ is probably my last xperia and i had Z,Z2,Z5 they were good but the competition is far better.and last one Xperia phones should sell for winter gadgets,couse u can warm up ur hands if u need to LOL...cheers guys
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] asestar:
My phone stopped recording 4K video after 2 minutes with error messages about heat. Had to close camera app for 5 mintues to be able to record another 1 minute. Completely hopeless phone.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] Vylinx:
I tried to play heavy games like Asphalt 8, PUBGM and Mobile Legends, It reaches like 50-60 degree celsius to the point where I can't even hold the phone. When recording only in 720p / 1080p, it warns me that the phone is overheating and disables some of the functionality and the room temperature is at 15-18 degree celcius
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] argha_galaxy:
I wasted my money buyiny this crap. I can't ever use the camera due to overheat & it shuts down. Thanks to a G-camera 5.0 version that works withouy camera 2 api enabled. So anyone can use that without adb or flash. That's 5.0 version G-camera saved me. Else I would have never able to use Camera itself in my phone. But apps & games? Omg. I have become a optimization expert using this phone. Through choosing apps among many for the same category of Functionality. Bcz everything lags due to a small 3GB ram. Only marshmallow did it lagged. But since Android 7 lag & heat has become a part of this device. So now others ask me apps for a cetrgory which is most optimized & I suggest them. ? ?
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] ven1x:
its not lag because 3gb ram, its thermal throttling. known issue with Sony camera app is all clocks max out.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the Sony Xperia XZ's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.

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[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] awadnisar:
Really nice results in low light. ;)
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] cocagenda2:
of course its not comparable to any galaxy devices in low light conditions but it still performs well...in bright condition i think xperia has no rival...
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] propov:
In low light with manual or just good Scene selection it may be better than Galaxys. But not than G5 or 6.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] pijes:
should have performed better considering its price
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] fastbooking:
Here you have samples of photos in different conditions, have fun

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...&key=VWVGdUMyUEtpUjR2ak9iT3BKRUZrYVFjMGhzVjhn
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] asestar:
Low light performance is about same as a old Galaxy S5 and no where as good as LG G5 or Huawei P9/Mate 9.

Also manual controls only allow about a second of apperture time, so cannot use tripod.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Sony Xperia XZ come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).

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[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] ac_chirul:
Anyone know why my photo quality just like water painting when it zoomed
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] ven1x:
Root or Stock Rom? Sony camera is meh to begin with, BL unlocked losing DRM keys reduces quality even more because some camera software enhancements get disabled.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] ac_chirul:
rooted and stock rom
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] ven1x:
Yep, even with drm / ta fixes after rooting, camera is just terrible. I have 2 phones, 1 root one bone stock, and put them side-by-side with stock camera app. Most noticeable is also the lag when in low light. I'll post some comparison pictures when I find the time
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Your friends are never going to believe what you did. The only way to prove it to them is with that video you took. Rate this thread to express how videos shot on the Sony Xperia XZ come out. A higher rating indicates that videos are smooth (and not choppy) and that auto-focus works very well, and that the camera adjusts quickly to different lighting conditions while recording.

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[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] asestar:
Quality of video is fine. Quantity of video is a big problem as phone heats up and starts turning off stabilization, focus etc and finally shutting down camera after a few minutes of 4k video.

Also, worst camera GUI i've seen in past 6 years.
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're beautiful and everyone knows it. That's why you take selfies. Rate this thread to express how the front-facing camera of the Sony Xperia XZ performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.

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[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
There! Something just happened! Did you take a picture of it? Rate this thread to express how fast the Sony Xperia XZ can go from "zero to picture". A higher rating indicates that launching the camera app and taking a photo is extremely fast such that you never miss an important moment, like when your cat attacks the couch again.

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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] rickyjune:
is there any reg edit that can change the text colour on the today screeen from white to black, or maybe a small program or something:confused:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ekw:
you can use tweaks2k2 to do that. Trial version is fully complete, but caps at 3 restarts
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] windelas:
i think its better if you will change all!

just try this theme generator and not only the white text you can made.... :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] King Joffe Joe:
what can the genator all do like beside change the text ****
[Sony Xperia XZ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you hand your phone to granny to take a photo of you, can she get the job done? Rate this thread to express how you deem the Sony Xperia XZ's camera software. A higher rating indicates that the software is easy to use, fast, uncluttered, and inclusive of advanced features for when you need them.

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