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[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] pakole:
Slightly too aggressive

The few days I used the XZ2 on stock software. It appears to kick things out of RAM more often than I am used. On P beta, it appears more aggressive still, but not insane.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 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 XZ2 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".

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] acatoan:
Call log no more lag anymore. Love it
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] dibdin:
Mine is as smooth as a baby's bottom
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] AlvinZahran98:
Mine is smoother than a baby's bottom.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] davidletterboyz:
Coming from OnePlus 5T 8GB/128GB, the XZ2's scrolling performance can be said smooth. However, there is subtle differences between them. I noticed OP5T scrolling distance is shorter than the XZ2 for the same amount of touch and drag input. This makes the OP5T seems to be slightly smoother. But overall I have no complain.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 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 XZ2 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.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] michal89chz:
Asphalt 8 is bad example, there is 30fps lock. Play Lineage Revolution on ultra. Phone will burn.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] AlvinZahran98:
Mine runs cool almost all the time. But yeah, it gets a bit too hot sometimes (which is acceptable, since I live in a tropical place).
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] stipi69:
Haha you guys havent ovned xperia Z5 and god forbid you tweaked thermal management ? scorched earth, you could actualy feel finger burn on back sometimes...

XZ2 heat to performance ratio is excelent in my experiences, luke warm most of the time while performing on moderate to heavy task, when maxed out still very good, i did not find it even close to hot
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] AlvinZahran98:
I still use my Z3 and even with that phone, I can feel my hands burning from heat sometimes.

XZ2 feels like an ice compared to my Z3, since Z3 could get as hot as a phone that came out from a stove or something.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] stipi69:
haha mate then you know it :) think they nailed it in xz2 this lack of heat i think
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] AlvinZahran98:
Yeah hahaha ?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] BladeRunnerA2C:
When my XZ2 gets hot, I just put it in the water ?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] jauhari:
SAVAGE! :good:
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] BladeRunnerA2C:
It's IP68 certified though. .... ?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] tomo100brt:
Did any of you used XPERIA Z3+? I think no. It was burning even in lite use. When I was playing games it would overheat. And using camera would overheat it.

So, XPERIA XZ2 heating iz nothing compared to XPERIA Z3+. This is normal for playing heavy games although I think XPERIA XZ Premium was better and head less heating.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] kadajawi:
Mine has some serious overheating issues. The exterior never goes beyond 40 to 45°C, which is fine, but the inside of the phone is melting. Especially when using the camera. Recording videos for a while it would first start deactivating features, before shutting down the camera altogether. It also can't charge then. Cooling down the phone is pretty hard, it can be 15°C outside of the phone by blasting it with the aircon, and still be overheated on the inside.

Anyone else experiencing similar issues?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] aragorn771:
I have gone from z2 to z3 to xz to this xz2. I haven't experienced any of the heat issues on the XZ2 that all those had. Haven't even seen a warning. Although I haven't done a super long video yet, usually the XZ would give me some issues after 3 minutes of video and I have done 4 minutes on XZ2 without issues.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] AlvinZahran98:
Agreed to every point you said. My XZ2 have never experienced overheating as bad as my Z3 and Galaxy S6 edge (my S6 edge has a great overheating issue, much worse than my Z3). I only felt the phone is warm sometimes, but not that bad, still very tolerable.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 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 XZ2'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.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Haldi4803:
Smartphone:

DSLR:
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Fustang:
I think that the low-light image quality has improved significantly after the Pie update. I just recently updated to the latest pie from oreo and i can feel the changes.

You can see that there is a lot of information on the first picture that i have been able to produce the second one with snapseed.

It's almost there with the big dogs, only thing missing is OIS and camera2 API.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Fustang:
Xz2 too has some sort of astrophotography.

Set Shutter speed to 1s and the ISO to 1600 in a visual pollution environment or between 3200 and 6400 in a dark area.

Just make sure to stabilize it, the lake of OIS doesn't help.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] payjo73:
Good for rear camera but bad for front camera just.like Xperia C3 lol
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Sony Xperia XZ2 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 XZ2 Real Life Review] AlvinZahran98:
One outdoor, one indoor.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] EMJI79:
Did anybody try gcam?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] cornel.atomei:
Gcam is not working on xperia devices as it is not camera2api compatible. Here is a good comparison video with OnePlus 6 and you can find many more comparisons of xz2 on this channel. Enjoy!

[youtube]h9Z8xQ0_dzM[/youtube]
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] AlvinZahran98:
I got GCam working for my XZ2, without root. But I forgot where to download it. The link is somewhere in XZ2 compact's thread.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Gu.lu:
Back-lit mode, hdr auto and hdr+ (gcam)

Hello, since XZ2 doesn't have an auto HDR feature as some other manufacturers (name samsung, HTC, LG,...) I am wondering how superior auto is doing in back-lit scenes? Does the back-lit scene in intelligent auto makes it for the exclusion of a force (auto) HDR option? I have a Z5 compact now and its dynamic range is pretty poor. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] AlvinZahran98:
My XZ2 always recognises backlit scenes as Landscape or Backlight but the result is great, I have a sample but I really can't upload it because of how big the size of the pictures.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Nidhal AKA the king:
here is the link of the thread:

https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xz2-compact/themes/best-gcam-google-camera-app-xz2c-t3778887

thank you for the mention too :)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] grizzlyspid86:
If i'm not mistaken, when a backlit / landscape icon appear in Superior Auto, auto HDR will be triggered. At least thats what happens in previous Xperia phone. So it does have the auto HDR features.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Gu.lu:
Which previous Xperia do you mean?

Because on my Z5 compact I don't think that's the case.. The Z5 series camera didn't have a good reputation anyway, but I especially noticed a huge gap to the best ones in unevenly lit scenes.. With the backlit situations, it depends where your focus is - if you want defined clouds and sunset on your photo, then the foreground is gonna be too dark, or properly exposed foreground is gonna lead to overblown highlights (white sky without clouds). As far as I saw, XZ2 also suffers in highly uneven outdoor scenarios, and has IMO worse dynamic range than on Google or HTC.

LG and apple for example show when the HDR is triggered automatically when shooting in auto mode, in real time before taking a photo, and I think Sony should do it too if they offer auto HDR.

IMX 400 is hardwerwise definitely able to do so... If it can shoot moving objects before you press shutter button (predictive capture) then they could also do multiple-frame exposures in real time before taking a photo IMO.. Which maybe they do, I REALLY hope so.

However, sometimes I prefer less dynamic range and higher contrasts.. Pixel 2's or U12+'s photos sometimes have too little contrast for me due to bringing down highlights and/or boosting shadows too much.. At the end it's a trade off :) nevertheless I think every phone should have had an auto HDR these days.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] manuerduarte:
I realized that the zoom is not just a crop of the original photo, it has a process to soften the image.

I leave an example.

Original, crop and 8x zoom.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 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 XZ2 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 XZ2 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 XZ2 performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Theandroidfan:
Can anyone tell me what the selfie quality is like? I’m getting this phone today.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] davidletterboyz:
Just tested it. It's not bad. I've never used selfie though. It has the option to switch off the skin smoothing effect.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 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 XZ2 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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[Touch Cruise ROM Development] fab35:
After a run of the PolarisUnlocker.exe, the process crashed at the begining (Step1) and the Phone is now blocked on the SPL 3-color screen (displays Replug USB Cable, Pola100 MFG, SPL-1.00.1000 CPLD-2). I can't do anything. PLEASE help me, what should I do? Could you advised me first if I should remove the battery to switch OFF the phone? or try a hard-reset? please help. Thanks a lot.

Fab
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] pqillu:
You can try this....

1. Stop ActiveSync

2. Open Task Manager (press Ctrl + Alt + Delete) on your PC and

stop these two processes rapimgr.exe and wcescomm.exe

3. Plug in your device via USB. Your computer should be asking install a driver. Install and continue.

4. Now Run mtty and choose USB in 'PORT'

4. type "set 16 0" without the quotes to tell bootloader to boot the OS after reset.

5. type "task 8" to get your device formatted.

6. Now unplug your device and manually reset it.

Thanks to Christonge.....

PQillu,
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] eabudy:
Thanx Buddy

Successfully done :-) lots of thnx to u bro pqillu..

HTC Touch Cruise

Rom Ver 1.25.408.1 ITA

Rom Date 12/12/07

Radio Ver 1.58.21.23

Protocol Ver 25.65.30.04H
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] imfloflo:
Can you sticky this post can i'm boring to view everyday new thread with the same question ^^
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] mahermp3:
task 8 make my polaris restart ? is that ok or what
[Sony Xperia XZ2 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 XZ2'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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[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Haldi4803:
Monthly security updates!

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[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
To power up, you consume Red Bull. But your phone just needs its adaptive fast charger. Rate this thread to express how quickly the Sony Xperia XZ2 can charge. A higher rating indicates that it charges extremely fast.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Haldi4803:
Charging is 'kinda' fast... it's not much slower than the competition up to 60%, but from 70-100% it does take quite some time. This might be due to qnovo Battery protection/longetivity techniques.

Read more here
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] davidletterboyz:
Charging speed to 100% is considered slow by today's standard, especially from 85% to 100%. Coming from OnePlus DASH charging, the XZ2 takes forever! The Qnovo charging method slows down the charging speed as it moves towards 100%. This is definitely not a shave/shower/**** phone. You'll need it to be charged overnight (hence Qnovo and battery care) if you want to leave your home with 100% battery charge.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] payjo73:
Fastest device that ever i use
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Sony Xperia XZ2 before depleting the battery.

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[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Luhccas-X10:
We have a winner here! [emoji471]View attachment 4510800View attachment 4510801

Sent from my Sony Xperia XZ2!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] AlvinZahran98:
How??? My maximum sot is at 9 hr, though.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Luhccas-X10:
A lot of useless apps disabled (and removed with adb shell)

No sh*tty Swiftkey keyboard (i use the Sony)

Disabled a lot of background data and activity of apps that I don't need real time sync (games, social apps, store apps, tools)

It's not a magical stuff but makes difference.

Sent from my Sony Xperia XZ2!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Haldi4803:
Could easily reach 10-11h on the last 15% :)View attachment 4522648View attachment 4522649
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] AlvinZahran98:
Just got 10h yesterday.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] xerxess:
seriously this phone have amazing battery life, i got sot 7-8h very easy and still remaining 15%
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Eye_twitch:
Not that lucky

I have not had the same luck as you guys. Seems my phone gets really hot and battery life has not been the optimal experience for me. :crying:

[IMG="battery is bad in my xz2"]https://i.imgur.com/UREesf7.png[/IMG]
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] dibdin:
I get around 6 SOT. Reasonably happy with that, especially compared to the XZ, which is what I was using before the XZ2.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] AnchorStandard:
Here are my stats. Are these normal?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Eye_twitch:
Your phone on idle consumption is too high in my opinion.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] AnchorStandard:
Any ideas of why this may be? I don't play any games, but I do have a bunch of social media apps along with IFTTT, and Google Play Music.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] azyounes:
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and still on 21% ?

sent from XZ2
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] dangonzz:
Hi guys, i just bought this phone and it has android pie update, and i get maximum 6.5h of SOT, how is your SOT on android Pie ?

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Geoffxx:
something is draining your battery, take an hour and go through all the apps and disable/uninstall those you don't need or use

Turn off background data etc again for all the apps that don't need it

Check permissions of your apps be smart about what they allow

Fitness apps might be running stuff you don't even know about

Your phone running hot would suggest to me that you have a rogue app that is very active in the background doing stuff you are not aware of - possibly malware
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] eko kuchiki:
My battery is getting worst now and I just got sot 5hours

Anyone every try to replace the battery here ?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Anti-root:
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[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] lawong:
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[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you sleep, does your phone sleep, or does it stay up all night and crunch 1s and 0s? Rate this thread to express how you deem the speed at which the Sony Xperia XZ2's battery drains under standby conditions. A higher rating indicates that when the phone is not in use, the battery drains minimally.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] wakers:
Didn't charge the battery last night went to bed around 11:30 pm with 65% battery woke up at 6:30 with 64% standby drain is incredible...
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] kris555777:
My stanby drain is very poor, it 1% for every hour at nigh,22pm - 8am it's drained 9%.I don't know why because my XZ2 going in deep sleep normally.

My battery stats
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Klaus N.:
The battery drain in deepsleep is really outstanding: About 1 % in 6 1/2 hrs. But also the drain in the whole is very good: It's still at 70 % after 46 hrs, with about 2 h screen on :good:
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] kris555777:
After restart, quickly after writing last post my XZ2 battery drain is now really improved, too about 1-2 % at 6hs. :laugh:
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] cdytoby:
Can you post what kind of apps are installed? like Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, WeChat, etc?

I'm pretty sure that's decided with the app that's installed.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Monolithus:
About 4-5% per night (8hrs).
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] 2dorr:
Stand-by drain is at iOS level, meaning it's superb.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] AlvinZahran98:
0% or 1% every 5 hours or so. It is really good.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Haldi4803:
I've really missed this.

0.2%/h and almost no Wakelocks in WiFi 5ghz standby :)

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[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] pakole:
Random Battery Drain.

I have had my standby at 8-10 at times. I have had my standby at 2 randomly as well. On averages, I have had my battery drain at 6 from 95% at 10 PM - 86% at 7 AM, but I am a hardcore user. Right now, I am on the Android P Beta, so my mileage will vary.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] jayb222:
Screen on time I get about 6 hours average on the phone which isn't bad but I've seen up to 10 hours of screen on time so I don't get it. Also my standby time while it's in my pocket isn't great at all. On an average day I'll lose about 60% of battery life between 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and I only use the phone sparringly for random texting and only YouTube for an hour on my break at work. No rogue apps are draining anything in my battery stats either.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] kris555777:
YouTube has a huge usage, bigger than the other phones. 15 min watching and in bettery stats it's an 2 place with high % usage.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] jayb222:
In stand-by? My percentage for youtube is only for when the screen was on for me. It shouldn't be that app while the phone is in my pocket.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] MartinX3:
My Battery usage.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] thatu:
My XZ2 doesn't go into deep sleep unless I turn it to airplane mode. Not sure what the issue is

Last night the phone had the following stats:

Last screen off was at 9:48 PM and battery was at 78%

I woke up at 2:41 AM and battery had dropped to 61%

then I decided to switch to airplane mode and went back to sleep

Woke up at 7:47 AM and battery level was 58%

I have a thread for this at https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xz2/help/xz2-battery-t3843188

Appreciate any assistance/thoughts

Thanks
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] MartinX3:
Could you list your installed apps?

Did you deactivate any preinstalled apps?

I removed/deactivated any preinstalled app and exchanged Facebook with its "lite" apps.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] thatu:
Thanks Martin,

Is there an easy way to capture all the installed apps to a file ?

I don't use Facebook on the phone and it isn't showing as an app that uses resources.

Last nights I charged the phone to around 92%, restarted and it seems after the restart it does go often into deep sleep but soon after it stops. Then I switched to airplane mode and went to sleep.

I loaded the bug report into Historian and I am attaching the graph. See where the circle is, that is when it decided not to go to deep sleep obviously due to CPU running. What information can I provide from that time period that could help ?

Thanks in advance
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] MartinX3:
That must be an selfinstalled app, which uses the internet.

Okay, that's difficult, because the apps need at least the internet for advertising.

Hmm, I don't know if you can list the apps via ADB
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] MartinX3:
Hmm.

Google Messages

BBC News

Google Search box widget

Wasn't android messages this RCS app?

I disabled it and use SIGNAL instead.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] thatu:
I have been suspicious of RCS but it is set for no background.

The problem is certainly related to the phone signal, now at night I turn on airplane mode and the drain is almost nothing.

What is really bizzare is that the phone goes into deep sleep as some places (for example in the office it seems ok, at my apartment it doesn't want to)

My Xperia Z5 goes into deep sleep all the time

Can RCS be disable ?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Piotreek88:
battery drain with sd card, 8h at night - 8 to 10%

Without sd card 2-4%

BT, WIFI, GPS, NFC on.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] Trace.Oneil:
Has anybody figured out what is causing the standby drain? My device isnt too bad with regards battery drain,but as far as i know there shouldnt be any drain when the device is sleeping and all wifi and mobile data connections as well as location setting are switched off at night. There should be no drain then or maybe 1% but my device averages 3-4% in 8hrs while in sleep mode.

My rooted Xperia Z5 with exactly the same setup and apps installed,has no battery drain at all in the same timeframe with data etc switched off in sleep mode.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] ionSeven:
My theory is that devices use this time to communicate with each other to prepare for world domination.

Keep an eye on your toasters people ?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Real Life Review] iamrohit888:
Same issue, did you find any solution yet?