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[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] emcom:
DXOmark... come on. We all are serious here. DXOmark clowns have no idea about photography quality.

Miniature tripod does the job well. I always carry one with me in my backpack daily (it very lightweight, so I don't even feel it).

But then, if you want to take beautiful night picture :

- mount the phone on tripod,

- set to manual,

- turn off HDR,

- set exposure to 1 sec (longest time)

... and prepare for a shock. It clearly shows how big sh*t Sony Superior Auto is in low light.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] davidhozic:
If you use a thrird camera app with a slow shutter speed and lowering the iso, you get good results
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] deviousway:
I just compared photo from htc u11 (~same cost) and this phone.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Sony Xperia XA2 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 XA2 Real Life Review] deviousway:
ugly, very ugly
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] aeolist:
Extremely difficult to get a decently sharp picture while holding the device in your hands.

Expect blurry details at any resolution and in any shooting mode.

You'll be better off taking screenshots instead of real photos; before shooting, the preview looks really crisp and sharp. You might get better results with better postprocessing of the images, like with a different camera app (?) or with a non-Sony ROM. Not exactly sure what can be done here.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] emcom:
It's actually not that difficult, but you need to practice a little bit. I have already taken quite a lot of nice pics with my Xperia.

Only night photos are not so good, or rather... mixed bag. Different result each time.

And different camera app is not a solution, I've tried already a lot of them and it seems that none of them can work correctly (a lot of noise in the photos, even with good light) - looks like Sony has changed camera libraries somehow and third party apps don't know how to use them. So it's just stock camera and... well, that's it.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] emcom:
I've put already this information in other thread, but latest software upgrade (50.1.A.13.83) is a real gamechanger. Sony has really improved image processing. Impressive ! Now photos are much, much better. And the HDR mode in Manual camera section does really great job.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] deviousway:
Yes, it's much better now (manual + HDR). Superior mode still not ok. But manual + HDR.

But for some reason update no available for my XA2 dual phone, installed via flashtool + XperiFirm
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] メジロ:
Is there a "touch to focus" function like the Google camera has? I think that's the feature I miss the most from my nexus. I actually don't know how to get the camera to focus at all!
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] deviousway:
Hello,

Camera Settings -> Metering -> Touch

or

Enable "Object tracking" then touch to thing what you want to shoot.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] Xuper:
Focus mode is not good. unfortunately It's worse than my Mom's Phone which Xiaomi Redmi 6A is. video quality is ok but at low light it has insane noise.like ISO 3200. Selfie is ok but don't expect too much.

at low light with auto flash on , it can take a good image but you need to wait 2 or 3 sec.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] gioyocho:
Photo quality is the worst thing, it is so bad. Only in daylight picture is good, one of them, about in 10-15 shots
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] aeolist:
Photo quality may not be so good but your house must make more than up for it! Dream location, it looks like to me. Congrats.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] lovrakus:
here is my photo serial ...
[Sony Xperia XA2 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 XA2 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 XA2 Real Life Review] davidhozic:
It's good, a 300$ that can record 4k, impressive
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ekerbuddyeker:
MEMBER #1

Some of you may have read elsewhere that there is a problem hard-resetting the Samsung i780. I bought mine 3 days ago in NYC. All seemed fine (nice device, well specd) until I ran a regular WM6 app which by chance locked up the device (how unusual for a WM6 device). Normally i would hard reset using a combination of buttons, but couldnt find out how to do it as its not in the manual. i checked online and turns out there are numerous complaints from people with the same problem and no solution. I finally called Samsung UK who told me that there is a special number for dealing with this device, and specifically this problem. I called this number and they told me that:

(a) There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO DO A MANUAL HARD RESET ON THIS DEVICE and the capability cannot be added!

(b) To get it fixed, Samsung will send me a prepaid envelope, I have to send the i780 to them, they reset it and send it back!! only takes 2-5 days (and what am i supposed to do then?)!!! But this is a WM device. it WILL lock up every so often, they ALL do. I asked 'am I supposed to send it to you every week?'. Of course, he said this is the only option. And they wont give me my money back.

(c) The best part: They have known about this problem for OVER A MONTH - which is before they started selling them!

Guys, we have been conned!

I spoke to the retailer. he claims it is not his problem. he also wont give me my money back. So im stuck with a bricked device that if I get fixed will go wrong again, and no one seems to take responsibility. Clearly its faulty design: how could they miss this?

I smell a class action suit coming...

So for all of you out there with this device, know that our model cannot be hard reset and take real care. For all of you thinking to buy this device, I wouls suggest you think long and hard about buying a device that you cannot hard reset.

Anyone with any ideas??
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sp3dev:
strange, really.. but some quy on modaco wrote:

Anyone tried this (as posted in the XDA forum)?

"with the i780 completely off, press SEND (green) + END (red) + Power ON - it will show up the hard reset confirmation."
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ekerbuddyeker:
many times... didnt work.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] utp:
Funny haha, how similar is your case to mine (98%? the only diff here is locations)

Well, yes, we already made a few post about it, I am gonna start up a page for the i780 hard reset issue soon!!

Let all "Bricked club" member join!! and Sansung, you heard us, do something..

Or else....... (We will do it our own way, haha)

:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ekerbuddyeker:
see:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=380723

this is the equivalent of a hard reset
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jhanavan:
i have a i780 , dead, because flashing with drain battery, how to put mode boot , :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Trolls12:
Go after them!

This is ridiculous! If there is a class actions suit, count me in!! I am appalled by Samsung. I switched from being a long time Palm user (who have been very supportive if the device has been faulty) to the i780 because finally I thought here is the all-in-one device I have been looking for that had all the Treo 750 lacked.

They need to recall without questions, and provide everyone with new versions. I am so pissed off right now as the device is only 2 days old ... :mad: I will spend a lot(!) of time and effort to go after Samsung.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] easycure1974:
Calm down people :) They have fixed the hardreset issue in an updated rom released in Asia. So the green and red button works for making a hard reset. I am sure that Samsung in Europe soon will put this in an updated roms for us Europeans. I talked to Swedish Samsung today and an update to WM 6.1 is coming late summer.
[Sony Xperia XA2 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 XA2 performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.

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[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] davidhozic:
Why are you typing this in every thread?
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] deviousway:
Because it try.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] emcom:
After latest software upgrade (50.1.A.13.83) selfies look really good. Sony has really improved image processing. Impressive !
[Sony Xperia XA2 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 XA2 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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[Sony Xperia XA2 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 XA2'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 XA2 Real Life Review] deviousway:
all ok
[Sony Xperia XA2 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 XA2 can charge. A higher rating indicates that it charges extremely fast.

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[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] deviousway:
Quick charge 3.0 not working

2-2.5h from 1% to 100%

Quick charge 3.0 not working
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] Meloferz:
Works perfect for me. Almost an hour to fully charge. With Quick charge 2 takes an hour and a half to fully charge.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] deviousway:
Can you tell me model of your chargers? Want to compare it.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] Meloferz:
The Quick Charge 3 charger that I used is the follow: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-LETV-Fast-Charger-3-0-USB-Quick-Charging-Adapter-For-LETV-LE-leeco-1-1S/32818051296.html

Quick charge 2 charger used: Sony UCH10
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] deviousway:
Tywm, in my case it AUKEY WITH 3.0 QUICK CHARGE, and it no working.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] Razor107:
i live in hungary and was fearing that the phone will not have quick charge or a quick charger but to my surprise the packed charger supports 1.8A charging speed and with that i get around 60% charge in 30 mins which i'm very happy with.
[Sony Xperia XA2 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 XA2 before depleting the battery.

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[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] deviousway:
~8-10 of SOT in 2 days with auto brightness

Hello all,

auto brightness working good and very fast,

Most of time I reading in room, so no need high brightness of screen.

[img="SOT"]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1761/43106769941_5d5a9e50be_h.jpg[/img]

[img="SCREEN DETAILS"]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/836/43056491422_57191d4763_h.jpg[/img]
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] anon1135:
thanks for the posts. phone has been out for a while but nobody has talked about it much. I've been curious how well it does with the battery efficient snapdragon 630
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] deviousway:
I think it's not the processor, it's the screen. It is very good, due to a good safety of brightness.

If needed i can make some tests, like screen time of youtube via wi-fi on max brightness, i think it will be ~6h of SOT.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] h4nz3k:
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[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] Razor107:
i am too very happy with my XA2 battery life it can easily last 2 days with my mediocre to some times heavy use and if it really pushes itself i can get up to 12h SoT on wifi and around 10h with mobile network which beats my old p9l SoT 3 times.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] giosal:
lol, are you people not using your phones at all and just leave it with screen on?

I'm barely getting 4 h...

How? Explain to me please. Also, battery overheats up to 45-50 degrees when charging on sofa.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] Razor10707:
It differs very heavily on use most of the time i use my phone for chatting calling camera music listening and YouTube with these i get around 10hr SoT all day i do game on it some times and when i do the battery shortens this matters on how long etc if i hold a gaming session with my friends it tends to make me go for a charger in about 4hr SoT it also differs on what is enabled like BT wifi mobile network GPS etc and the screen brightness which for me is around 35% always except when I'm using the phone on the street and for heat issues i don't have them or just didn't notice it yet is it happen to you while charging? Try to use less the phone while charging or charge without case i usually don't use my phone while charging as i charge over night or it charges fairly quick to a good 60-70% battery.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] giosal:
Thanks for the response. So, 5-10 min in the sun, even not charging, battery just went up to 47 degrees (also one reboot).

As for the SoT, on average, I'm using the phone for voice calls, texting in Telegram, reading news from Google Now feed using Chrome and a bit of Instagram. BT is always on as I use it in my car, as for WiFi, I have it set to switch off when sleeping. I even installed Greenify, so phone goes to sleep faster. I always charge without a case. And in the car, near the windshield I have to use an A/C if it's sunny, even when not using the phone, because it overheats a lot.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] Razor10707:
Hmm update to the latest software plus ask Sony support because i never had reandom reboot nor overheat issue it's cool to the touch even when playing wot blitz on max settings
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] giosal:
No, not random reboot, thankfully, I rebooted it myself, just said it to underline the fact that it overheats a lot when starting.

I'm running the latest software, of course. Alright, will try to ask Sony Support, but I'm pretty sure, all they will say - do a factory reset.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] davidhozic:
My phone barely lasts a day, how did you get to 2 days? Do you use it very little?
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] schmatzler:
Just don't use the stock ROM. It comes with a lot of bloat that always runs in the background and drains the battery.

On LineageOS you can adjust which apps are allowed to run at boot or stay active in the background. These settings are somewhat hidden in the privacy options of Trust.

Roughly translated from German:

Settings -> Security & Data Protection -> Trust -> (Privacy) Data Protection -> (tap the three dots) extended/additional options

In there, I've disabled background usage for a ton of apps. I don't need Facebook or Instagram starting at boot or always running in the background, for example. The only thing that always runs is Whatsapp.

With these tweaked settings, my phone lasts about 2 1/2 days with moderate usage (some browsing on the way to work, listening to music etc.)
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] Razor10707:
Well in all honesty I'm not a very heavy user but I do listen ti alot of music and use to call or chat with my friends family etc and the phone is mostly in use so like to that close to 2 days there's around 8h SoT involved with minimal gaming but I mostly do that at home with charger being close either way make use of the stamina mode if needed there's performance preferred option too make sure to not exclude just the must apps from power save if you excluded any before it is a good idea to do a full charge to 100% and then wait like 10 minutes once per week (this only if you charge similar to me to put up in the morning with fast charge to 95~%) and ofc screen brightness NFC GPS etc make sure to disable all that's not needed for me GPS is on battery saving mode and NFC is by default on for some reason so don't forget to turn that off as well either way P is already confirmed early in 2019 which will bring adaptive battery ;) that should improve the battery quite nicely

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What your mentioning are really good methods to save battery specially Los is a very light firmware ? but I need to disagree abit as not everyone has the nerve to screw with custom roms etc and for that part they most likely will stay stock either way in your post I only disagree with the part where you say it's bloated yes it is that's sure but it's not even close to some like miui or emui otherwise good tips for long battery ;)
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] davidhozic:
If you can port the camera app that comes with the stock rom i'll sure be using lineageos
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] schmatzler:
On LineageOS, I use HedgeCam 2 and I don't miss any features. It's got MORE features than the stock camera app. :p

Depends. The European ROM seems to be extremely bloated compared to other versions. But there's a dedicated thread for that.

Maybe it's better in the USA. :o
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] davidhozic:
Is the quality the same?
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] schmatzler:
Yes. Full 23MP for photos and 4k 60fps video recording.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] davidhozic:
Ok so i don't know if this is from the latwst update, but my usage got significantly improved.

I still do a bit of gaming at school and watch YouTube videos(with yt using the most battery).

I can now easily get day or more of battery life, good job on that update sony?
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] deviousway:
1.5 days in active usage

2-3 days if just listen music 2h per day +1h wifi/4g email/chats

4days 6h my maximum

I'am on stock ROM

try Use low brightest , 20% ok for me
[Sony Xperia XA2 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 XA2's battery drains under standby conditions. A higher rating indicates that when the phone is not in use, the battery drains minimally.

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[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] deviousway:
~0.5% at night without any tweaks
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the Sony Xperia XA2's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.

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[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Once in a while, when your significant other yells at you, you might use your phone a bit less. Rate this thread to express how the Sony Xperia XA2's battery performs under light use. A higher rating indicates that the device goes a long time when you're using the phone sparingly: no gaming or video/audio streaming, light web browsing, some calling and texts, etc.

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[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Is the Sony Xperia XA2 as good-looking as you are (despite your receding hairline, adult-onset acne, and massive weight gain)? Rate this thread to express whether you think the Sony Xperia XA2 is attractive. A higher rating indicates that you would even go as far to say that the Sony Xperia XA2 is a beautiful phone.

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[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how you think the Sony Xperia XA2 feels in terms of quality. A higher rating indicates that it feels premium and high-quality (attention to detail is high, manufacturing defects don't exist, etc).

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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] StashCompInc:
Hi,

just wondering how do you make a Regedit file that you just click and it applies the registry edits you like, like for a normal pc (it has a blue cube icon on the pc). I would like to make one with the hacks I like, so I can just single click after a hardreset and be done with.

Thanks in advance !
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ather:
this cant be done on the PPC..you will have to make a CAB file with the registery entries and then install it after hardreset
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] romualdrichard:
You can find some program to edit the registry. They can handle such files.

They are the same files than the one on your desktop I think.
[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Please, no "that's what she said" jokes. Rate this thread to express how you think the Sony Xperia XA2 feels in-hand. A higher rating indicates that it's comfortable to hold for long periods of time, even in one hand. Resist the urge to say "TWSS" just now. Seriously.

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[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Are you comfortable in your own skin? Is your phone comfortable in its skin? Rate this thread to express how you deem the skin on the Sony Xperia XA2. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it adds just the right amount of features, it's visually pleasing, and overall it's additive to the experience. If this is a Nexus phone (you didn't think we hand-wrote all of these prompts, did you?) then use this rating to indicate how the latest version of Android looks to you.

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[Sony Xperia XA2 Real Life Review] aeolist:
CONS:

* Navbar is not customizable. The back button on the left should be able to move to the right.

* No built-in geolocation-based blue light filter / color temperature correction (RGB hue correction is not enough). Overlay-based solutions like Red Moon cannot draw over some system elements.

* Too much bloatware (Facebook, antivirus, Swiftkey, YT, etc) using too much ROM space. Disabling those things works well enough, but it's stupid UX.

* In the same vein, snooping keyboard by default (Swiftkey). Not cool. No good simple keyboard available by default.

* Doesn't ship CalDAV/CardDAV support by default. Just license DAVDroid already and ship it, please.

PROS:

* No system-related crashes so far.

* The stock mail app is stable and implements much, much better workflows than the Gmail app when it comes to handling IMAP folders. Very good job.

* But was it really too much to ask to not set the default signature to a spam message? Be professional.

* Simple, fast, polished launcher (after disabling Google Now and such).

* The Sony album app is great.